WARNING: MATURE CONTENT
Chapter Ten [Epilogue]
Every year, Los Angeles is hit with a scorching heatwave. Every year, windows are opened, privacy evaporates and the only aim of life is to remain cool in the burning land. Esme loads my room with cooling powder, laces the window ledges with mosquito killers and constantly reminds Emmett and I to keep hydrated as if we were two five-year-olds.
The previous summer, however, brought with it change. Specifically in the form of Bella Swan.
During my years as middle schooler, freshman, sophomore and junior, I had failed to notice the outstanding girl who lived on the other side of my bedroom wall. Her witty charm, dazzling eyes and hypnotic smile captivated me from the first glare she threw at me across our windows. I remember looking up from my best friend, The Laptop, expecting to meet a tall, busty blonde with large blue eyes, thick black eye lashes and glossy lips pouting at me, just begging me to pounce on her. Instead, a beatiful, slender porcelain skinned girl locked her wide brown eyes, full of innocence, with my corrupted green eyes. The ratty blonde hair was replaced with thick, bouncy brown waves cascading down her small sheathed back. Her expression was not one of flirty fun, but of hateful irritation.
I was hooked.
She didn't try to take advantage of my proximity. She didn't flash me her underwear and she didn't leave dirty notes on my desk. Bella Swan smashed my glasses, threatened to kill my stereo and screeched loud enough for China to hear when she found her room covered in shaving cream. Bella Swan stuck pictures of me getting nearly raped by Jessica Stanley and sleeping beside Alice Brandon on my door as warnings. She was different. And I liked it.
Along with my bedroom, my life, my problems and my family were set out in front of Bella. She took my fucked up existence in stride as I attempted to take my own life, gave her a silent treatment lasting a lot longer than it should, and told her that I was in love with her when she was expecting me to end our idle relationship.
Emmett ran away, came back, helped his girfriend abort their offspring and jetsetted with her to Dartmouth College in hopes of graduating in Sports Science and Business Management. Rosalie shocked us all and enrolled herself into Medical School. As she learnt about terminating her foetus, her interest was spiked in learning about the human body.
The real shocker were Jasper and Alice tying the knot fresh out of high school. Everyone was sceptic as to how long the young love could last, but it turned out to be an eternal connection made between two unique people. Jasper, and whipped? Never...
Bella and Rosalie were secretly upset at the fact they were not told about the ceremony which took place in Las Vegas on the spur of the moment. Emmett and I were actually glad since it saved us torturous trips to the boutiques to get our tuxes fitted to perfection when we would only wear it for three fucking hours. In our 'male bonding moments' we thanked Jasper for his weird spontaneous shit and saving us the bother. Alice was outraged, and just to spite us poor Cullen brothers, she called for a white wedding in the very meadow where she publicised her marriage. My girl and Rose were overjoyed and seeing their elated faces made me forget all about the fucking tuxedo fittings. Anything for my girl.
Alice was given away by her father, Mr. Brandon who was actually quite pleased about the whole thing. He believed that at least her daughter didn't live in sin. Hah! Alice crossed the line of sins ages ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hale looked quite good for people who had two children, both equally fucked up and crazy in the head. They stood dutifully by their son and welcomed Alice into the family with soft smiles. Jasz took his little lady down to his hometown of Houston to study political science and history while Alice alternated between the New York fashion runways and her dreamhouse in Texas.
Dating the daughter of the Police Chief isn't simple. Charlie Swan interrogated, poked, sneered and did a full background check-up on me, when he was informed that my relationship with his only daughter wasn't just a high school thing. Renee Swan was excited about all the beautiful babies we would produce causing Bella to hiss and grind her teeth at the oblivious mother. After my intentions were brought out in the open, I was finally permitted to whisk off my girl to New Hampshire, where I studied with Rosalie in Med school and Bella majored in Psychology and did a minor in English.
"Hey honey, you alright?" A sweet voice called.
I blinked and took in my favourite woman in her glory, "Hey love. I'm fine, great actually, now that you're here"
"Too cheesy." She grinned and kissed me softly on the lips.
Just the whisper of her touch caused all my blood to circulate down there. Since I was actually at home, in our two-bedroom apartment for once, I thought I should take advantage of this situation. The long, contrasting hours of our classes severely limited our time together. So, I circled my arms around Bella's shapely waist and flipped her onto the bed I was sitting on. She felt the gist of my actions and began kissing me more feverishly, clumsily yanking open all the buttons of my shirt.
"Mmmn, so fine..." She murmured against the soft spot on my neck.
I peeled away her tight back shirt, revealing her her lacey black bra. Bella then pushed off my shirt, and undid my belt buckle, letting my jeans fall to the ground with a thud. I pushed my erection against her clothed core, causing her to moan in impatience. Ripping off her fitted jeans and matching black boy-shorts I pumped in two fingers, setting up a fast rhythm. Bella closed her eyes and parted her mouth in ecstacy as she slipped her hands into my boxers and began pushing up and down my length. After several minutes of panting and sweating, we rode out our orgasms in harmony and collapsed against each other.
Parting Bella's long, pale, slender legs, I positioned myself at her entrance, and swiftly thrust in, grunting in pleasure.
"You're so wet!" I gasped.
"Unghh, faster!" She panted.
My thrusts became more frequent as the beads of sweat accumulated on my forehead and I gripped onto Bella's hips tighter.
"Faster!" Bella repeated.
I thrashed myself against Bella, pushing my hardness all the way against her wall, until she cried out.
"Edwarddddd!"
Soon after I reached my climax and enthusiatically yelled Bella's name in pure ecstacy, I fell onto the bed beside my one and only object of affection.
"I love you" Bella proclaimed into my chest.
"As I love you" I confirmed.
Amidst the flaring temperature, sticky bodies and abundant sweat - the very heat we once despised with a passion, we now had grown to love. Because, it was the exact reason to the euphoria, content and undying love we felt, as we wrapped ourselves around each other. And whether the future brought a blazing sun or an icy winter, I knew that it would always have Bella and I together.
The End.
