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Italian to English translations:

Pazzo - Crazy

Qualcosa non va - Something is wrong

Buon lavoro Nino - Good job Nino

Chapter 11 – First Attack

EPOV

I stood under the shade of a few trees on top of small rounded hill in Willow Grove Cemetery across from Our Lady of Mount Caramel with Emmett and Jasper watching Pop usher Ma around the corner.

"She looks a little pissed," Emmett commented rubbing his chin.

"Pop's probably not telling her shit." Jasper chuckled. "She's very pissed."

"That's Ma for ya," I adjusted my shades. "That's all women for ya."

Speaking of women, we were waiting on my father to come back from sending ours safely back to the house. Some shit was about to go down and we wanted to get them far away from here.

It didn't take a genius to figure out what Aro was planning. Plus, he really should have checked his phone for wire taps before he drunkenly ordered hits on people. He's usually more discreet and organized; obviously this shit went to his head. That was fine with me. The more fucked up he was, the easier it would be win this war. But I still had Russo to watch.

"I'm hoping James shows up." Emmett folded his arms across his massive chest as my father reappeared from the corner and made his way across the busy street.

"I wish it were that simple," Jasper kicked a stone down the grassy hill.

"James is a little fucking weasel." I frowned pocketing my hands, "He won't be here; especially since he knows that Aro is going pazzo and sending hits over the phone."

Pop hopped up the knoll and finally reached us.

"Let's get this over with. I've got some poison lunch waiting for me back at home." He checked his watch, "Ya know maybe, if I reach soon she'll give me lots of sauce on it; make it go down a little easier."

We snickered quietly.

"Don't know why youse are laughing." Pop surveyed the area, the church-goers had mysteriously disappeared, "Those girls looked terrified and you can't tell them anything. But," He gave a small smirk and looked at us pointedly, "I ain't gotta tell ya, youse know the rules."

Fuck!

The three of us sobered when he said that. He was right, the only way I could even give Bella even a half truthful version of what happened that day or any other day of my life was if we were married.

I looked at him and he met my gaze with an even wider smirk and nodded. No word or gesture of Carlisle Cullen was wasted; he always had a point.

The sounds of screeching cars were heard before they were seen. I slowly turned my head away from him to watch the scene unfold. Three cars stopped horizontally across the road accompanied by a cloud of muffler smoke and the smell of burning rubber with a blaze of gunfire directed at the church and the sound of low level thugs whooping.

Fucking Amateurs,

Pop pushed a button on his phone, "Now,"

Suddenly, sirens were blaring and police cars flooded the street from every corner, avenue and alley. The amateur 'hit men' were confused as to what was happening; clearly they weren't expecting this and for a while they hesitated before deciding to try and fight their way out. After a few exchanges of gun fire and some really loud and annoying one-sided conversation from that bullhorn-holding greasy, slime-ball of a cop on our payroll, Aro's idiots surrendered with only 2 fatalities.

Score one for Cullen.

"Good call, son." Pop patted my back, "Saved me lots of trouble on that one."

"Eddie's got his head back," Jasper ruffled my copper locks and I swatted his hand away even though I was proud to have orchestrated the whole thing.

"Or his balls," Emmett added before they burst into laughter.

"Eh… Sooner or later we all give 'em up to some broad we love. Sometimes, we even add a ring." My father winked at me and pocketed his phone. "Let's go." He stepped off the grassy knoll.

I looked back at the scene of police officers and the amateurs. Just then something felt off; it was too easy.

I trailed a little behind the others as they were already down the other side of the small grassy hill. When I reached the base of it, I respectfully avoided stepping on the gravestones nearby. I caught up to them and we wove our path in silence through the cemetery.

I tried to figure out what I was missing other than Bella.

We passed a woman with small boy standing over a grave. The boy had some flowers which he had picked in his hand.

"Mommy, you said we were going to see daddy. Where is he?" The boy asked looking around, "I wanna give him the flowers." He waved them above his head up at her.

I imagined it being Bella and a child of my own standing over my grave. The fear and pain of just the thought of leaving them was crippling but, I knew what this life entitled and I had made my choice. So, I pushed it out of my mind.

She looked at us as we were passing and I nodded respectfully. She nodded back, picked up her child and kissed his head.

Finally, we reached the cars and the rest of the security which hadn't gone with the women spread out around them. Even as I sat next to Pop I still felt off.

"Something's missing." I said quietly to myself and Pop eyed me speculatively.

He was going to say something but just then his phone rang. Pop held it to his ear and I heard Ma's panicked voice.

"Carlisle-"

An explosion blocked out the rest of what Ma said before the phone cut off.

Bella!

BPOV

Edward!

That was my first and only thought as we drove away from the church and the sound of the gunshots.

"Fine huh?" Rose growled under her breath and crossed her arms.

Esme made the sign of the cross and stared frightfully out the window.

I leaned forward against my seat belt and touched her shoulder. "Do you know?" I pleaded with my eyes, "Tell me what's going on."

"I won't lie." She faced me watery pools of green that reminded me so much of Edward's eyes, "I don't know."

I leaned slowly back into my seat. I didn't think she would lie to me but I couldn't be sure. I watched her pull out an embroidered handkerchief and dab at her eyes. I stared out the window at the passing traffic. I was at bit surer that she wasn't lying but, that didn't mean she was telling us everything.

Rose eyed Esme with sympathy tainted with a slab of distrust and I knew that my sister shared my sentiments.

I acknowledged fear seeping into my mind alongside numerous questions.

What was happening? Was Edward okay and alive? Where were Emmett, Jasper and Mr. Cullen? Why didn't they leave with us? Would we ever see them again?

"Bella," Alice said my name and I turned to face her. Her frozen and lifeless appearance told me that she was currently searching through her visions.

"Alice…" I gripped the seat belt tightly to keep from shaking the information out of her.

The life returned to Alice's eyes and they were instantly shrouded with fear.

Oh God no, not Edward!

I pushed the cry that threatened to escape my lips back down. I braced myself as Rose turned to face Alice expectantly.

"Well? Lay it on us psyche pixie! The earlier we know if one of our men is in trouble, the closer we'll be when I hijack this car from Gramps over there," Rose pointed to the driver, "-the faster we'll be able to get back to the church and save their asses."

She sounded strong and ready to face anything. But I knew my sister; inside she was worried to death about Emmett.

"I can't see anything; it's all black smoke." Alice whispered baffled, "I'll keep looking."

We traveled in silence for a while. Suddenly, there was a loud pop and the sound of air escaping. I jumped in my seat; startled by the sound.

"Nino," Esme said quietly. "Qualcosa non va."

The driver started cursing in Italian as the car tires screeched, veered to the left and into oncoming traffic. There was a huge eighteen wheeler truck headed straight for us. He blew his horn long and loud which muffled ourscreaming.

This is it. I grimaced.

I saw Alice cover her head with her arms before I involuntarily closed my eyes; we waited for impact that never came. Nino, who I noticed had gray hair peeking out from under his hat, must have swung the wheel because we jerked and bounced over to the right side of the road.

If I hadn't been buckled in tight, the force would have thrown me on top of Alice.

We let out a collective sigh as the car continued to jerk along and the truck flew past us at a slightly diminished but nonetheless high speed.

"It feels…" Rose's speech was punctuated with each jerk of the car, "…like one of … the tires…are… blown!"

"How?" Alice squeaked out as she bounced in her seat, "By… accident?!"

"Alice," Esme said gravely, "In this world… there are no accidents,"

"We're… being attacked… aren't we?" I asked panicked.

She just nodded as the car came to a stop on the soft shoulder of the road. Instantly, 4 cars appeared out of thin air and veered off the road too. They formed a sort of wide barrier between us and the road. Around us were huge gated expanses of well-manicured land. I knew that we were near the Cullens' home.

"Buon lavoro Nino." Esme praised.

Mr. Nino simply faced us and tipped his hat. I smiled at him, truly thankful he saved us, to which he winked mischievously.

The secret-service looking men piled out of the cars and exposed their fire arms previously hidden under their tailored jackets. They surveyed the area intently and one of them checked out the tire. A heavy roaring sound was heard in the distance, and the secret service men braced themselves. They arranged themselves in some sort of formation in the middle of the road a decent distance away from the cars.

Esme started fiddling furiously with her seat belt. "Get down girls!"

We followed her directions but I heard a faint ticking sound. I looked around frantically. I hoped it wasn't what I thought it was.

"Please be a watch, please be a watch…" I whispered as I started to feel around.

I gazed under Esme's seat and saw the source of the faint noise.

"There's a bomb in the car." I said strangely calm, "We have to get out of this car!"

"Oh, shit!" Rose tried to open the door on her side before she start kicking it. "It's stuck!"

Esme pounded on her window, trying to gain the attention of the men. But, her cries were drowned out by the roaring sound which was getting louder as the source drew nearer. We joined Esme in pounding on the windows but, it was useless; they were too far away.

There was no use in trying to break the windows. It was reinforced glass.

"Il Tronco!" Nino suddenly shouted and searched from something under the wheel.

"The trunk?" Esme asked confused.

"The fail safe," Rose gasped, "Of course! Come on!"

The van had rows of seats that were retractable. The last row of seats had been folded down as they weren't needed and that had created trunk space.

Rose climbed over the seats and she moved passed me and Alice. I followed her and we were piled into the space. A plunk was heard and the trunk door whooshed slightly open. Rose and I pushed it open and jumped out. Esme was out next. Which was weird because Alice was closer to the trunk than she was.

"Bella," Alice called, she was still in the van, half of her was draped over the last row of seats and she wiggled furiously tried to wrangle her leg free.

I grabbed her arm and called out to Rose, "Alice is stuck!"

She came back and grabbed the other arm. We pulled strenuously but to no avail; Alice was still stuck.

"Save yourselves!" Alice started weeping hysterically. "Save yourselves, Oh so this is how it ends!" She continued dramatically, "Bella, Tell Jasper I love him. I never told him yet!"

"Fuck that, Pixie!" Rose hitched her leg up on the floor of the trunk and pulled with even more force. "Tell him yourself!"

I followed suit even as the tears stung the corners of my eyes, "I'm not leaving you here Alice!"

Nino freed her leg from behind and she fell forward on the floor of the trunk space. Evidently her leg was wrapped up in the seat belt. We drew her out of and far away from the car.

"Mr. Nino!" Alice shouted as he slowly climbed over the seats, "Hurry!"

The slow ticking of the bomb, I suddenly noticed, had accelerated and become extremely loud. Some of the men came nearer to investigate what was happening.

Alice escaped our hold and ran towards the driver but she was thrown back by the force of the blast.

"Alice!" Rose screamed as I pulled at the roots of my hair.

Time stopped as I watched her fly backwards through the air and hit one of the high wire fences. Her body slid down to the cushy grass area right beside the fence where she slumped. She wasn't moving.

Esme stood shell-shocked as I felt the darkness threaten to overtake me. I fought it off and I started towards Alice numbly. Everything continually slowed down.

Alice …

The roaring sound started to recede. Rose caught up to me and we hurried towards Alice.

I looked towards the car as the black smoke rose from the burning mass of metal. The smell of diesel mixed with burnt flesh and blood made me nauseous. Mr. Nino's charred remains was stuck with one leg over the last row of seats, his back against the roof of the car and his arms holding on to the top of the seats in an effort to climb over.

Streams of tears coursed down my cheeks as I slowed to a halt.

"We have to get out of here." Rose gently reminded me even though her voice sounded strangled.

We picked Alice up; one of her arms over each of our shoulders. My streams of tears now intensified to rivers. Through my water logged eyes I saw that her dress was singed badly and her face was covered in black ash. She only had one shoe on but she had a faint pulse.

She alive...

"She's alive!" I voiced my thought happily.

I knew what she would say now if she was conscious.

'Bella, where's my other red Christian Louboutin closed toe pump?' She would have had her hands on her little hips wagging her finger at me. 'And my dress is ruined ... Don't let Jasper see me like this.'

Alice…

I laughed as I wiped away the latest of the seemingly never ending tears. I felt like I was going insane.

I looked around; some of the men were lying still on the roadside. While the others groaned and tried shakily to stand before falling flat on their stomachs or backs.

Two of the cars nearby had caught fire and we moved past them quickly before they exploded; Alice's head lulled between us. Esme followed us blindly furiously dabbing her face with embroidered handkerchief. The men which hadn't been injured in the blast encircled us and kept their guns on alert.

One had offered to take Alice.

"Fuck off!" Rose and I snarled at the guard.

We reached the car farthest away from ours and Rose said that she wasn't going to drive in anymore of these cars.

"It's just around the corner anyways," Esme sniffled quietly. "We can walk."

We started towards the Cullens' mansion and I felt my tears dry up momentarily as my muscles started burning from just plain fatigue and the half of Alice's dead weight that I was shouldering.

We had reached the corner when the vans that we had traveled to church in, sped past us towards the disaster site. One of them made an illegal U-turn and I was surprised that the car hadn't flipped over at the speed they were going. When the car reached us four frantic men jumped out.

Esme broke down in Mr. Cullen's arms, abandoned her handkerchief and started to sob openly.

"Alice!"Jasper literally snatched Alice from between Rose and me. "What happened?"

"She's alive," I croaked out.

"She was trying to save Mr. Nino." Rose added before embracing Emmett.

"She told us to tell you..." I started before seizing up at the memory of the last few words I had with Alice; I felt the tears returning.

"That she loves you Jasper." Rose finished.

Jasper nodded and looked down at Alice with tears in his eyes. It was the closest I had ever come to seeing a man cry.

Edward lifted me up off the ground and I buried my face in his neck. I inhaled his masculine scent; happy to be in his arms. The floodgates of my eyes reopened. I never wanted to go through that again yet I knew that it was nowhere near over. But, for the time being I was safe and he was with me.

"After the Doc checks youse out, we're heading to a safe house." Mr. Cullen hugged Esme to him. "It's time to hit the mattresses."

"I'm sorry you had to go through that, Bella." Edward said quietly as he held me in his arms.

Looking back at it; it could have been worse. There were only two fatalities; Mr. Nino and a security guard that was too close to the blast and had succumbed to his injuries later in some expensive private medical center on the Cullen's Payroll.

The good news far outweighed the bad. Alice's injuries were minimal and the Doctor said that she should wake up after a few hours. Jasper insisted the Doctor come with us to monitor Alice's condition.

So we headed out to the safe house. After about half a dozen or so decoy cars, hours of driving around and switching cars we finally reached the safe house.

Now it was 1 o'clock in the early Monday morning and I was lying on Edward's bare chest in our bedroom; listening to the sound of his powerful heart beat and his steady breathing.

I looked up at him. His strong, sculpted jaw was lightly dusted with stubble; his straight nose expanding and contracting slightly with each intake of air. Edward's emerald green eyes twinkled as he stared down at me in relief. He tightened his grip on me as if he believed I would disappear right before his eyes if he let me go.

I raised my head and pressed my lips to his, rubbing the edge of his jaw with my fingertips.

"I love you." I mumbled against his mouth.

He traced the outline of my lips with the tip of his tongue and I felt a shiver run down my spine. Sparks simultaneously ignited in the lower part of my stomach as I opened my mouth to grant him the access he was seeking. He deepened our kiss and our tongues danced together.

I let out a low moan feeling the wetness pool at my core.

"I love you Bella," He rasped, pulling away for air, "My Bella,"

I ran my hand up down from his neck, along the lines of his well defined chest to play with the light sprinkling of copper hair peeking out of the waistband of his pajama bottoms. I felt my cheeks get hot when I saw the bulging that had been there all night increase.

I tentatively touched him through the soft cotton material; he quickly flipped us over and loomed over me. Feeling wanton and brave, I wrapped my legs around his hips and pressed my center into his bulge. I felt my stomach quiver and seemingly drop.

"You shouldn't do that," He hissed in my ear while grinding his bulge against me.

"What if I want to?" I whispered, moaning softly at the delicious friction we were creating.

"Bella," His voice was husky and his emerald pools were hooded and dark. "I don't know how much longer I can control myself."

"Then don't," I entangled my fingers his hair and pulled his face to mine.

"Wait," He said resisting, "Be clear Bella, I don't wanna misinterpret anything and fuck this up."

"I want you," I said shyly, "-inside me."

I had hoped I wouldn't have had to spell it out. My face was burning and I felt like hiding.

He sighed deeply and buried his nose in my hair. "Ya sure?" He asked; the sound was muffled.

"Yes Edward." I said convincingly.

"Alright," Was all Edward said before he peppered my face with light kisses.

I let my body relax and deferred to his expertise. He paid homage to my lips before sucking light on my neck. I hoped he had left a mark there. I wanted nothing more than to be wholly his; a hickey was just the first step. Edward ran his fingers across my collarbone and the neck of my, well his, gray Hanes t-shirt. Underneath which, I was bare save for some blue cotton panties.

"Can I?" Edward motioned to the t-shirt.

I nodded, easing my back off the bed so he could pull it over my head. I was slightly apprehensive about his reaction to my naked body. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. He had probably seen numerous models and strippers with way hotter bods than mine. However, when I reopened them he was looking at me with pure appreciation and hunger. It buried my self doubt and just made me even wetter for him.

He nestled himself between my thighs and started sucking one of my small yet perky breasts with his mouth while fingering the other's nipple between his index finger and his thumb. Over the next few minutes, Edward traded the breast in his mouth for the one in his hand and showered each with equal attention. I moaned as the sensation radiated through my entire body and soaked my panties further.

He moved down my flat stomach which he kissed reverently before stopping to stare at it.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked curiously.

"Our children," He said simply, "This is where they'll be created." He rubbed his hand over my stomach which shivered involuntarily under his touch.

"You want to have babies with me?" I asked amazed at the fact that he was thinking of a future with me when my mind wasn't even going that far. I was just trying to get us both through today.

"I want the whole works with you; a life, marriage, children, old age." He looked at me doubtfully before asking, "Ya want it too?"

"Yes," I said quietly.

Edward hooked his fingers into the sides of my panties looking at me questioningly. I knew that the time for talking was over and we were going to finish what we started.

"You still have on way too many clothes." I protested quietly.

To rectify the gross injustice, he jumped up and immediately shed his pajama bottoms and his boxers. With the last piece of clothing gone, his cock sprang up and bobbed twice. It seemed as if it was saluting me before standing still at attention between his muscular thighs.

It was a shade of pink and way longer and thicker than I expected. His heavy sac swung lightly from the movements he made a few seconds ago. He stood still now, watching me with a sexy, cocky smirk. It was then that I realized my mouth was hanging wide open. I quickly shut it which earned me a light chuckle and amused eyes from my very well-endowed man.

Two can play at that game.

I hooked my fingers into the blue cotton panties I was wearing and slowly slid them down. I opened my legs wide and gave his ample view of my pussy. It was my turn to smirk as he stood with his jaw on the floor. The cold air from the air conditioner felt extremely good on my naked body and my skin broke out into goosebumps.

Edward climbed slowly unto the bed and headed straight for my pussy. He penetrated me with a finger while requesting entrance to my mouth with his tongue. He worked his finger inside me while I moaned into his mouth.

Losing my inhibitions in the sweet sensation Edward was providing I shamelessly pumped my hips against his finger wanting it to go deeper but it wasn't enough. He rubbed my clit with his thumb and new wave of ecstasy surged through my body.

Still, I needed more.

"Edward," I said stopping his hand with mine. We stared into each other's eyes. His became clouded with doubt.

"What?" He asked softly, "You don't like it?"

"I love it. But, I need more." I said.

"Your wish is my command." His sexy smirk returned as he widened my legs with his massive thighs. I was lying on my back and he was kneeling in front of me. He positioned his cock at my entrance and rubbed the head of it against my outer lips. It felt heavenly. Edward lifted my legs and wrapped them around his hips. The action made the tip of his cock slip into my pussy. I closed my eyes and moaned loudly at the sensation which surged through my body.

My hips moved of their own accord wanting to take him deeper. Edward stilled my hips with his hands. It seemed like he was holding himself back. I remember that my first time would probably be very painfully. I tried to relax but my whole body tensed as I mentally prepared myself for what would come next.

"Scratch my jaw Bella."

EPOV

"What?" She sounded baffled.

"Scratch my jaw," I repeated, "It's itching me."

I felt her relax under me and lifted her hand to do as I asked.

I wanted her first time to be as painless as possibly. But, if she was tense while I entered her it would hurt more than if she was relaxed.

"To the left a little," I said and she complied. "Up a little …. ah," I paused, "Now down... yea."

"Done now?" She asked impatiently.

I chuckled. "I love you Bella."

"I love you too Edward," She replied sweetly her expression softening.

"You know I would never intentionally hurt you right?"

"Yes, but what does that-" She stopped mid sentence as her face twisted with pain.

I had pushed deeply and quickly into her without any warning. I broke through the barrier I felt block the tip of my cock earlier. It took all my self control not to pound mercilessly into her but, I knew she was in pain from the stretching her body had to do to get accustomed to the intrusion and my size. I made sure that she was lubricated well enough so there was no dryness to cause her any unnecessary pain.

She took it considerably well. Other than a few tears that escaped from her closed eyes and a quiet 'ffffuuuucckkk'; she showed no other signs of discomfort. The look on her face a few moments later told me that the pain was receding and the pleasure was increasing. It was then that I was aware of how fucking great she felt; so warm, wet and tight. It was killing me to remain motionless. Still, I waited on her to give me the signal that she was ready.

She opened her eyes and put her hands on both sides of my face. She gently pulled me to her and kissed me soundly.

I started moving; pulling out and pushing in at a gentle painstakingly slow pace. Bella didn't respond at first however, after I increased the pace a few minutes later she met my thrusts with equal fervor and passion. I studied her face; eyes were tightly shut and her bottom lip was caught between her teeth as she bounced with each thrust. She locked her legs around my hips and moaned louder; it did wonders for my ego.

"So fucking tight baby," I hissed in her ear, "I wanna spend every single fucking moment, inside you."

She whimpered and dug her fingernails and heels into my back. I felt the familiar tightening in my balls and was shocked at how quickly I was getting ready to come. Usually, it took me at least a half hour of pumping before I was even anywhere near coming. I looked at Bella's face; she looked close but you could never tell with women.

"Are you close?" I gritted through locked teeth.

"I..." She panted out, "Think so," She continued to scratch me "So fucking big."

I tried to hold out a little longer but I knew I wasn't going to last. I reached down and brushed her clit with my finger; hoping it would send her over the edge. It did. She convulsed and writhed under me violently. Her pussy contracted and pulsed around my cock and in turn sent me over the precipice.

I buried myself inside of her and groaned as spurts of hot cum shot out of my body and into hers. Bella's body greedily milked my cock. I grounded my teeth and dug my fingernails into the skin of her hips as my orgasm rocked my body.

"Arrgh!" I couldn't hold it in.

It was way more intense than any other orgasm I had ever had.

After a while our breathing returned to normal as our high had receded. I let my weight drop unto the bed. Carefully not to crush my reason for living, I leaned heavily on my right side and turned on my back carrying Bella with me. She was now on top.

I asked her how she was feeling.

She looked up at me with those big brown eyes of hers. "Fucking A,"

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