Beta'd by the Wonderful Sunflower Fran. Any mistakes left are all mine.
Five-Year Rule
Chapter 11
Bella
It's a late, lazy Saturday morning in Brooklyn and my boyfriend is busy cooking me brunch while I'm on the phone with my parents. It's been over a month since Labor Day. Almost two months since I moved in with the Asshole love of my life. Over a month since I put my studio apartment on Airbnb, it was Edward's idea since my least isn't up until February.
"Bella, isn't it too soon? What is going on with my girls and these Cullen men?" My father's voice is rough. "First Alice and now you. I mean Alice we expect to be a little unpredictable, but you are the reasonable one."
I sigh, laying my head back on the couch. "I'm not reasonable when it comes to love, and I love Edward with everything in me and I'm sure of our love, so why should I wait?"
Edward comes over sitting a plate of waffles and another smaller plate of eggs and bacon on the coffee table. I inhale giving him a huge smile before he goes back for his own food.
"Your mother and I just feel that it's a little too soon-"
"Don't bring me into this. I say go for it." My mother's voice is heard over the speakerphone.
"Renee, we agreed to be a united front," He says in a stern voice.
"Actually, honey, you said we have to be united on this and I said nothing." My mother's voice gets farther and farther away.
Edward returns with his own plate of waffles. He looks deliciously yummy wearing nothing but gray sweat pants. My eyes hungrily drink him up while he starts eating.
"Bella. Bella! Are you listening?" My father yells.
"I'm sorry what?" I ask having lost track of the conversation.
Edward laughs at me and I kick him in the shins.
"I said if you're sure about Edward, then we support you. No matter what."
"That's what I want to hear Dad. It really wouldn't matter either way, but I would like us to all get along. You have to trust my decisions as an adult." I tell him taking a bite of bacon.
"You're right. I'm sorry to doubt you. You've always been a smart girl. I trust you, but if he steps out of line, let me know." He tells me in his best cop voice.
"I will let you know after I handle it. Thanks, Dad."
We wrap up our conversations with I love yous and see you Christmas. When I hang up Edward is looking at me.
"They okay with this?" He asks taking a bite.
I put a piece of my own waffle in my mouth. I hum as I enjoy the taste of the crispy batter, butter, and syrup.
"Dad was a little skeptical, but it's not up to him, is it?" I tell him putting another piece in my mouth.
"I'm glad I'm not the only person you're a brat too, Brat." He nudges my foot with his own.
"If not bending over and taking your shit, or anyone else's makes me a brat, then I'll be that, Asshole," I tell him proudly.
"I personally love your brat ways." He sits his empty plate down and then removes mine from my hands.
Pulling my legs to him, he lies on top of me kissing my lips. Both of our lips are sticky and sweet from the syrup. Edward makes fast work of removing my tank top and a pair of his boxers that I've taken to wearing. His lips find the swell of one of my breasts. He licks and sucks on it before he moves to the other. While he tugs on it with his teeth, he slips two fingers inside of me.
My hands tangle in his hair as I start fucking his hand while he slips a second finger in and palms my clit. I come on his fingers yelling out his name as I tug roughly at his hair.
We've been like this for weeks, either making out like teenagers or having sex like rabbits. Either way I've been deliriously happy about everything.
After breakfast, and desert, I put our dishes into the dishwasher while Edward is in his office catching up on work emails. That is the one annoying thing about living with Edward. He works a lot. I guess I had no idea what an Advertising Creative Director did, let alone one that also owns the company. He constantly reads emails, and he has to approve every video, print ad, and web banner they send him or at least make comments on them. We can be in the middle of dinner or watching a movie and his phone gives off this annoying shrill. Thank God he doesn't answer or worry about it during sex, if he did I would fucking kill him.
After I finish cleaning up the kitchen … that's our deal, he cooks I clean, I rush into our bathroom having to go really bad. I don't pay attention as I go to sit down on the toilet right before …
Damn it!
Edward's version of a bidet, my ass in the cold toilet water!
This is like the one-hundredth time I've fallen into the fucking toilet! I mean how hard can it be to put the seat down! I fix myself and do my business before I march into his office.
"Is it really so damn hard to put down the toilet seat?" I ask not giving him a moment to answer. "I mean really Edward; it's been over a fucking month since you basically stole me from my apartment to live here with you. You would think since you couldn't wait to have me here the least you could do is put down the fucking toilet seat!"
I'm sorry, but I'm tired of this shit! It's fucking annoying to have to go to the bathroom and have to stop, put down the toilet seat then do my business.
"Can you calm the hell down? It's not a big deal. I'll try to remember next time." He goes back to his computer, officially dismissing me.
"Can you calm the hell down? It's not a big deal. I'll try to remember next time," I mimic sarcastically asI walk over to his desk and close his laptop. WE glare at each other for what seems like minutes. Finally, he sighs running his hands down his face.
"You know, if you weren't so fucking good in bed, I would really re-consider this living together thing."
I step back a little offended.
"You're an asshole, but if you weren't so good with your tongue, I would probably reconsider the whole fucking relationship!" I turn to walk away, too pissed to continue the conversation.
Edward stands up and grabs my arm.
"Don't fucking walk away from me. You want to fight over stupid shit, stay and fight." He tells me as he glares down at me.
"Stupid shit? Falling in the nasty ass toilet isn't stupid. In case you have forgotten, I'm a woman, Edward!"
He starts stalking towards me trapping me between him and the desk. He leans in stroking my cheek with his nose as if I was a glass of aged wine.
"Oh, trust me; I could never forget that you are all woman, baby." He starts kissing my cheek, making a trail down to my neck.
I stand stiffly until he sucks on that spot, my head falls back in pleasure as he pinches one of my nipples. I let out a moan and he steps away smiling triumphantly.
Glaring at him, I start walking out of the room before turning around. "I'm still fucking mad, Asshole."
I tell him over my shoulder.
"Sure you are, Brat." He throws a sexy wink my way and I forget to hold the scowl on my face.
Damn him.
~~FYR~~
We exit the cab in front of Jasper and Alice's apartment. Alice called yesterday and invited us over for dinner. Their Williamsburg neighborhood is bustling with families and working professionals on an early Sunday evening.
Edward walks into the newly built building. Everything is modern and expensive just the way my sister likes it. When she agreed to move from the Upper West Side to Brooklyn with Jasper, it was under strict conditions.
One, she would find their new place, and two; they had to get a new car because she was not taking the bus or subway. Having lived in New York for ten years, Alice took taxis and Ubers everywhere.
Edward speaks to the doorman before we get on the elevator. The elevator is just as elegant as the rest of the building that sits off the East River.
We reach their floor and quickly walk down the beige carpeted hallway. Edward knocks on the door, actually, banging on it loudly. I give him a side scowl. Sometimes he's so damn annoying.
"Don't start, Brat." He practically growls at me.
"Don't tell me what to do, Asshole," I growl right back at him.
We argue a lot more since living together. I still love him more than air but sometimes I want to smack his ass and vice versa.
Jasper opens the door, wiping his hands on a towel.
"What took you so long?" Edward asks his brother forcefully.
We walk into the apartment. Everything is in perfect array thanks to Alice. The matching, white leather furniture, and bright red carpet makes the room trendy and inviting at once.
"Ignore him, Jasper, he's just being his usual asshole self," I tell Jasper as I hand Edward my jacket.
Edward grabs me by the ass, pulling me towards him. "Keep it up, and you'll get a beating when we get home."
I give him a sexy smirk knowing what type of beating he's talking about. "Promises, promises."
I walk over to the large window looking at the view of New York at night. I smile seeing all the lights of the city I love. Forks may be where I'm from, but New York runs through my blood.
"You two are so damn perfect for each other." Jasper chuckles as he goes back to the kitchen.
I turn around to come face to face with my hot-ass boyfriend.
Edward wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me into his chest. "Damn right we are."
He whispers against my lips before he kisses me. My hands slip around his neck, my fingers automatically tangle up in his messy hair. The kiss is perfect. This is us, the bickering, the arguing, the sex, the love.
It's all us.
"Stop making out with my sister!" Alice's loud voice fills the room.
Edward ignores her and kisses down to my neck. My head automatically tilts back when I feel his tongue lave at a sensitive spot.
"Bella!" Alice yells from the kitchen doorway.
I reluctantly push Edward away and he gives me a puppy dog look.
I peck his lips, "Later."
We walk over to the kitchen to find Jasper feeding Alice spaghetti sauce.
"It's perfect, Jas. You're such a great cook." She gives him a kiss on the cheek.
Edward looks between Alice and me. "Can neither one of you cook? Didn't Renee cook you all dinner?"
Alice and I share a look before we burst out laughing.
"Our mother doesn't cook," Alice says as she leans up against the counter.
"She was very good with frozen food. Stouffer's Lasagna is her specialty." I tell him as I walk over and pass Edward the bottle of wine on the kitchen island.
He goes searching for the wine opener, uncorking it he looks between Alice and me.
"Well, Jas at least they have beauty and brains. We can't ask for everything." He tells his brother while he pours me a glass.
"Oh, Edward, you think I'm a beauty too? Here I thought you only had eyes for Bella." Alice smiles at my boyfriend.
He hunches his shoulders passing me the glass of wine. "I do only have eyes for Bella, but you're decent enough."
"Don't listen to him Ali. You're gorgeous baby. He's just under Bella's spell." Jasper tells her as he drains the pasta.
Edward pours Alice a glass of wine and passes it to her. "I love being under Bella," he tells her and Jasper.
Everyone laughs at him and I just shake my head. "You're such a fucking asshole."
He pours Jasper's glass next. Once Jasper has his wine in hand, Edward leans over and whispers in my ear.
"I'm your Asshole, Brat." He pinches my side and I giggle feeling the affect of the wine.
"You two are sickly cute. I knew it from the moment I first saw you two fighting in the hotel lobby." Alice says as she takes a dish out to the dining room table.
I follow her carrying a plate that Jasper passes to me. "Please don't remind me. He was such a damn jerk and so old!"
I'm laughing at my five-year rule and myself. If I'd stuck to that rule, I wouldn't have found the best thing that ever happened to me.
Jasper and Edward follow us to the table. Edward already has another bottle of wine opened and I know I'm going to be drunk when we get home.
"I still can't believe you thought he was too old for you," Alice says as she puts pasta on her plate.
I take a sip of wine. "It seemed like a perfectly normal rule to me."
Edward looks at me, "What rule?"
Alice and I stare back and forth. I must be drunk; I really thought Edward knew about the rule.
"My five-year rule. Before I met you, I had a rule that I wouldn't date anyone five years older or younger than me." I tell him gently, not knowing how he would take it.
He puts pasta on my plate, causing me to smile at my boyfriend.
"I'm fucking glad I'm an exception to the rule. I guess I was just so irresistible you had no choice but to break it."
"I'm just glad it worked out. Bella, you really are a miracle worker. I never thought my damn brother would settle down." Jasper says.
We eat dinner happily drinking wine and enjoying each other's company.
"We should all drive down to Mom and Dad's for Thanksgiving," Jasper says as he takes the empty dishes to the kitchen.
"Jas and I were thinking of going to Forks around the nineteenth of December. So if you two are done with work and school then maybe we can all fly down together?" Alice asks sitting down on the couch while her husband does all the work.
I try to help Edward and Jasper with the cleanup, but Edward pushes me towards Alice. "Go be lazy with your sister, plus you're drunk."
He kisses me, his tongue teasing my bottom lip. I giggle like a lovesick teenager.
"Maybe I'm a little drunk," I tell him before I sit down next to Alice.
She snuggles close to me like she use to do when we were younger.
"I'm so happy for you Bella. You two have this crazy intense love and every time I see you two together it just brings a smile to my face." Alice observes, happily drunk.
"God help me, but I love that Asshole." I sigh.
Once the guys are done cleaning up, they join us with another bottle of wine and some desert.
"If I didn't know any better I would swear you two were trying to get into our pants." Alice giggles as she crawls onto Jasper's lap.
Edward pours everyone a glass of wine. Once we are all happily sipping, he sits down in the armchair. He looks over to me giving me a sexy look.
"Come here." He motions with one of his fingers.
"Say please," I tell him giving him a flirty smile.
"Get your ass over here, Brat."
I practically jump up from the couch and sit in his lap. My lips find his and we start making out immediately, careful not to spill our wine.
"No sex on our furniture please." Alice's little voice interrupts us again.
I turn to face her and Jasper to find that Jasper has found us a movie to watch.
"Don't leave us alone if you want your furniture untouched," Edward warns as he places a kiss on my neck.
We get comfortable finishing up the third bottle of wine and watching The Dark Night. By the end of the night, Edward is trying to separate Alice and me. We get a little clingy when we're drunk.
"I miss you, my sissy. Can you spend the night? We can make Jasper and Edward sleep in the guest room. It would be just like when we were little." She says with a death grip around my neck.
"No, she can't stay the damn night. Jasper, get your wife off my girlfriend, please."
Jasper and Edward pull us apart. Alice is practically crying and I find myself getting a little teary.
"Love you Ali. I'll call you tomorrow." I tell her as Edward picks me up bridal style taking me to the elevator. The last thing I remember before I pass out, is the elevator door opening up in the lobby.
Edward
I get us into the Uber with Bella on my lap. She and Alice are crazy as hell when they're drunk. The crying was starting to make me cave and I almost stayed the night.
After giving the driver our address, I look down at Bella moving her hair out of her face.
She's so fucking beautiful.
I peck her lips softly. My heart catches in my throat as I stare at her memorizing every angle of her face. The perfect oval of her face, her long shapely nose, her high cheekbones. And her pouty pink lips, the bottom lip much fuller than the top.
I want to stare at her gorgeous face for the rest of my fucking life and that's exactly what I plan to do.
A/N: Hello! Is anyone out there! So I have taken the Nano Month by the horn and have been writing like cray! I'm going to try to keep this up! So Fran had to tell me what a bidet is: bidet is a plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the genitalia. Learn something new everyday! Everything is good, work is an adjustment and my husband is finally moving to Texas! For all you single mother's I really bow down to you! My other fict The Suitor has been nominated in the Twific awards in Undiscovered Gem! Anyway! Love y'all! Mean it!
PirateLady1- I lived in NY for 15 yrs and go upstate every Black Friday there is a Jersey way that we would take. That is the route I was taking which you can google and you get 3 different routes one taking you to the George Washington bridge! Put you PM on!