So I'm back! Thanks everyone who reviewed, I would reply to all reviews individually but I thought I should focus on trying to update as soon as possible.
I'd also like to apologise for Edward's behaviour at the end of the last chapter, a couple of people mentioned it and I don't know what happened there, but I'll try my best not to let it happen again. We all make mistakes, and that happened to be one of mine.
Um also, this is a bit of a filler and not my best work at all so sorry about that too. Though there is some stuff with Emmett having no shame which is always fun! I just want to get to chapter 12 as soon as I can because... well you'll see =]
Anyway enough ramblings... here we have:

Chapter 11 - Just a bit friggin' awkward

Bella's POV

"So you finally set a date then?" I asked excitedly.

"Yep." She answered simply, though I could detect the excitement easily in her voice, "We want it to be soon since we've been engaged for so long now. So I suggest leaving August 25th free. I can't believe I'm finally going to become Mrs Cullen!" Rose squealed down the phone.

I smiled, excited for her and Emmett, and asked, realissing she only had just under a month and a half to get everything sorted, "Have you told Alice yet? She's going to want to take over." I laughed.

"Yes, I have. She's already decided she's going to take over planning almost everything. It's a bit of a relief actually."

"She did the same with my wedding." I replied, "But actually, I was so glad she did; it was perfect." I smiled.

"I'll bet. I'm happy for her to, just as long as she doesn't go too over the top like at her wedding, do you remember?"

I grinned as I remembered Alice's wedding day. Her and Jasper married almost two years ago. Alice's dress was specially made from her own design and cost her thousands of dollars. Mine and Rose's bridesmaids dresses were designer, too. The number of guests was almost ridiculous, though somehow the newlyweds had been able to converse with all of them. I recalled the doves and the napkins folded into swans. There would have been an ice sculpture, but Jasper had managed to reign her in before she got to it. As over the top as it was though, it fit the both of them somehow and was beautiful.

"Yeah, I remember. Don't worry, she'll make sure whatever she does do fits you." I reassured her.

"I know." She sighed, "Well, I better get going, relatives to phone and all that stuff." she paused and I could hear the muffled voice of Emmett over the phone before Rosalie spoke again, "Em wants to talk to you." the smile in her voice still evident.

"Okay." I said. There was rustling at the other end as the phone was passed from Rose to Emmett.

"Bellarina!" Emmett shouted down the phone, I winced as the sound stung my ears.

"Are you trying to damage my ears?"

"Sorry, Bells."

I smiled, "No worries. Congratulations, Emmett, I'm happy for you." I said sincerely.

"Thanks. I'm so friggin' excited I could explode." He replied, in his usual Emmett manner.

"I had the feeling you might be. You have to promise me a dance on the night though." I stated as I saw Abby pop her head round the door, looking clearly confused.

"'Course!" He paused, "OH!" he said remembering something, "Did Rose ask you? Probably not, anyway, you and squirt need to come over soon- and by soon, I mean tomorrow. Small celebration thing for us and I still haven't found anything out about this Chris dick. Rose will want to discuss wedding stuff too."

I rolled my eyes, "Sure we'll be there. I can't wait to hear that conversation, but he's not much of a dick really."

He huffed, "He's using his dick against her. He's a big ass dick."

I laughed at his comment and then sighed, not bothering to argue with him, "Okay, okay. Just tell me what time to come you big doofus."

"Umm... I suppose six?" He suggested.

I agreed and we said our goodbyes.

"What was that all about?" Abby asked.

I explained what was happening: with the wedding, dinner tomorrow and Emmett's mission to find out about Chris.

Abby smiled, "It's good they're finally getting married." She paused, "Anyway I was gonna ask you if it was okay for me to go to the Clearwater's for dinner? Seth asked me to go."

I smiled remembering Seth's little crush on her and nodded for her to go and she left swiftly, not wasting any time about it.

An hour later, Edward arrived at my doorstep and I flung myself at him, grateful for his presence. Only a very small part of that due to my boredom.

"You're in a good mood." He said, grinning.

"I am now." I answered honestly. The sound of his voice alone made me happy. Ecstatic even.

He squeezed me tightly, "Good. Now, I actually came here for a reason." he said happily.

"Go on…" I said warily.

"Well first, I want to apologise because, 1) I haven't been able to talk to you since Thursday 'cause I've been working so much," we had a deal that every night we would spend at least half an hour on the phone if we hadn't seen each other that day, which was why - I assumed - he found it important to say sorry for, "and 2) Because I just sorta... took off Thursday. I'm sorry."

I chuckled, trust Edward to feel bad about the stuff that doesn't even matter, "No big deal, really, don't feel bad." I shrugged. The thought hadn't even occurred to me until now anyway.

He was silent for a minute and he pressed his face into my hair. I tightened my grip on his waist and he began to twist my brown locks around his fingers.

"Okay," He spoke softly into my hair, it was a pleasant feeling, "Well also, I wanted to ask you if you wouldn't mind coming to dinner at my parent's house next weekend. They're having a meal for - as I expect you've heard - Rose and Emmett's wedding date being set. Jazz and Alice will be there too and I thought, maybe you would come with me. I don't really like the idea of being the seventh wheel again."

I felt slightly intimidated by the idea of meeting Edward's parents. Would they like me? They'd probably see I was unworthy of their youngest son, see how many flaws I had when he was almost perfect. I wondered briefly if they knew that I had also been with Emmett for a short amount of time.

Edward noticed my slight hesitation and before I could agree he was talking fast, assuring me I didn't have to come if I'd rather not.

To shut him up I gave him a chaste kiss… and another.

"Of course I'll come you silly man. I'm just worried your parents wont like me." I confessed, looking down.

He lifted my face to bring my eyes up to look into his. He kissed my nose and smiled, "Of course they'll like you, you silly woman. More than that, they'll love you. Almost as much as I-" he paused brielfy, looking deep into my eyes, as if trying to determine my thoughts, "Almost as much as-" I cut him off once again by pressing my lips, hard and firm against his sweet tasting ones. I was pretty sure of what he was about to say, and I knew that - if he was actualy going to say it - I definately wasn't ready to hear it.

He was most likely not really ready to say it either.

So we were just stood there in my hallway, kissing each other with open mouths, our hands grasping at each other frantically as our needs for each other grew steadily and became almost overpowering.

I'm not really sure how it happened, but the next thing I knew, we were on my sofa, rolling around, touching and kissing each other wherever we could reach. His lips were on mine, mouths open, tongues colliding, his sweet taste making me weak. His hands roamed up my shirt, massaging my breasts under my bra. I had already removed his shirt and my hands were trailing his muscles on his back and arms. His hardness was pressed against my stomach and my panties were soaked through. I hadn't felt like such a horny teenager in my life, not even when I was one.

He moved his hand down, unbuttoning my jeans and pulling them down my legs, massaging my thighs and calves as he removed them, then repeating the actions as his hands trailed back up. He placed a finger inside my panties and rubbed against my entrance.

"God, you're so wet for me." He whispered, almost sounding surprised as he pushed his finger inside me, briefly pumping in and out before adding a second.

I arched my back and lifted my hips slightly as I moaned his name. He could do miracles with his fingers, I wasn't going to last long.

He added a third finger and pumped furiously, and I felt a familiar tightening in my stomach. The tips of his fingers curled, allowing him to reach my g spot while his thumb rubbed my clit.

I screamed as I came and even once I had finished my orgasm, he still pumped his fingers - though more gently - inside me.

He brought his face back up to mine and kissed me softly on the lips before he pulled back and removed his fingers, making me feel empty. He put them to his mouth and sucked on them, humming as he tasted me.

"You're so fucking-" he was cut off.

"Oh, gross. I can't believe I just walked in on that! I'm going to need therapy, I'm scarred for life. Shit, Mum, get a room." Abby said disgustedly before backing away and running up the stairs, shaking her head.

My eyes widened in shock. I'd never been so horrified in my life, and clearly - by the look on his face - Edward felt the same. He had just been cock blocked by a sixteen year old. Who happened to be the daughter of the woman he was touching up. Oh and the woman who happened to be me.

I had been too careless, knowing she was coming home at anytime, fooling around with Edward downstairs where she would easily walk in, and did.

I sat up quickly and pulled up my jeans as Edward scrambled to find his shirt and pulled it over his head.

"I'm so sorry. Oh my God that was mortifying. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Well I can throw her acceptance out the window." Edward complained, groaning.

I ran my hand through his surprisingly soft, bronze hair, "No, don't worry she'll be pissed with me, if she's pissed at anyone. She's probably also a lot more mortified than you, or even me."

He sighed, "Still. Do you think I should apologise or something?"

"No, not now anyway. Don't worry about it."

"Well I don't want to leave you to deal with it on your own." He pressed on.

I rolled my eyes, "I'm going to have to deal with it eventually." I argued.

He stood strong on his argument for God-knows-how-long before I had to literally shove him out the front door with the promise to phone him when I'd sorted it.

Head held high, I marched up the stairs and knocked on the door to Abby's bedroom.

"What?" She said moodily.

"Can I come in?"

"No." She said shortly.

"Let me just-" I started to beg but she cut me off, something she did well.

"No, stop. I don't want to talk about it. Can you just leave me alone."

I sighed and leaned my forehead against her door, hoping she would be okay by the time we headed to Emmett and Rose's house tomorrow.

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Her mood did not improve in the slightest by the time we got to the car the next evening. We sat in awkward silence as she stared out the window with her arms crossed.

"I'm s-"

"No. Don't." She snapped back.

I sighed and nodded, even though she wasn't looking at me, knowing there was no point trying again just yet. I turned on the radio and turned the volume so that it was merely background music and tried again to talk to her.

"You never told me how dinner at the Clearwater's was." I stated, hoping she'd give me something.

"Didn't really get the chance." She said bitterly. "It was good though. Sue is still upset about Harry's death, which is understandable, but she doesn't let it get her down so much anymore so she's made some improvement. Spent most of my time hanging out with Seth, so it's all good."

I smiled. "Glad to hear Sue's okay. What did you and Seth do?"

She shrugged, "Stuff. I don't know. Went on his Wii for a bit and talked, went down to first beach for a bit too." she said and looked at me for the first time.

I smiled a small smile at her to show I had been paying attention, "Sounds like fun. What did you talk about, anything interesting?" I pried.

"Nothing I need to tell you about." She responded monotonously.

I pondered the idea of asking her what she meant but decided against it as we pulled up at the house.

I greeted Em and Rose with hugs of congratulations and Emmett lifted me off the floor. To Abby, he did the same, however Emmett didn't release her from her hug, instead holding her at his side and warning that he needed to have words.

I rolled my eyes and Rose pulled me onto the sofa in the living room, which was also seating Jasper and Alice.

We greeted each other with smiles and I briefly wondered why Edward wasn't here and voiced the question.

"He's on call at the hospital. He works far too much, though he'll be at Mum and Dad's house on Saturday, luckily." Jasper answered. "He did ask you to come, right?" Jasper checked and I nodded.

"Good. Ohh this is so exciting!" Alice bounced where she was sat.

"They have been engaged for like a year, you know." I reminded her.

"I know that, but there was never a date set before now. Oh I can't wait, I love weddings." She said clapping.

"Never would have guessed." Rose muttered and Alice didn't seem to hear her. "Actually though, I was wondering if you two would be my bridesmaids?" Rose asked with a huge smile.

"Oh wow really? Of course I will!" I said at the same time Alice responded "I knew you'd ask! Of course, definitely."

The wedding banter continued for a while and Jasper sat in silence, not really knowing what to do with himself. Eventually he got up and announced that he was going to go find Emmett and Abby to see what they were up to and almost ran out the room.

The three of us laughed at him before returning to our original discussion.

Rose lead us into the dining room where the dinner was already served and the thee of us took our seats.

We ate dinner as more banter about the wedding continued and once we had finished we stayed where we sat.

"Right," Emmett said loudly, clapping his hands together and turning to face Abby, "I think it's time I got some answers."

Abby raised an eyebrow, "About what?" she asked sceptically.

"Well, I hear you have an eighteen year old boyfriend." He stared at her with narrowed eyes.

"So?"

"He's too old for you."

"No he's not." Abby said stubbornly.

"Two years age difference." Emmett persisted.

"What's your point?" Abby said impatiently and everyone else around the table shared awkward glances, all wondering where this was going and if we should intercept or not. I think we all decided not.

"He's too old for you." Emmett repeated in an obvious tone.

"No. He's. Not." Abby said slowly, separating each word into it's own sentence.

Emmett sighed, "Are you even using contraception?"

Abby hid her red face in the palm of her hand for several moments before her head suddenly snapped up and she gave Rose a mischievous smile which Rose returned. Alice, Jasper and I looked at each other confused and returned to listening to Emmett and Abby have their conversation.

"Contraception?" She asked and Emmett nodded. "What's that?" She asked so convincingly I had to hold back my laugh and ended up almost chocking on it.

"You know… condoms? The pill? Birth control in general!" Emmett answered, he sounded slightly frantic which was beyond humorous.

"Oh, no, why would I want to use them, waste of time if you ask me." She answered, the sarcastic tone barely noticeable, but definitely - and luckily - still there.

"You… no, no, no. Look, I'll explain how to use them and everything. You need to use them Abby, didn't your Mum…" He trailed off unsure of the right words to use.

"She was joking, Em." I told him and I'd never seen him look more relieved.

"Well thank fuck for that." He said gratefully. "Remember, every time you have sex, okay, Squirt?"

"I know, Em. I'm not a complete retard." She said slightly impatiently.

"Good. Okay then. How long did you wait before having sex with him?" Emmett asked, deadly serious.

"Come on, Em that's a little unfair." Jazz reasonably interrupted the questioning.

Emmett glared at him, "I want to make sure she's okay and that she knows what she's doing, Jazz."

"Well that's all fine and good, but you don't need to know this." He countered.

"Fine, fine you're right." He said holding up his hands and turned back to Abby who's face was flushed scarlet, "Just please tell me you waited a decent amount of time."

"Yes, I did." Abby looked round the table, "Are we done?" she asked desperately. "This is so embarrassing!"

"No." Emmett said quickly, "I haven't finished. Does he look out for you?"

"Yes, he does."

"Ah well I thought he lives in Seattle. How does he look out for you from there?" Emmett asked unconvinced.

She sighed, "He just does. He comes down a lot."

"How often?" Emmett asked, leaning forward trying to stare her down.

"Most weekends, some evenings in the week." Abby shrugged, "When he can."

"You know," Emmett began, "long distance relationships rarely work out." he pointed out.

"It wont always be long distance." She muttered under her breath. She folded her arms across her chest and trained her eyes on the table. Her head fell forwards and her hair created a curtain around her face, hiding it.

Emmett nodded and stared sadly at her. He must have noticed now that she was obviously upset by the questions and he opened his arms to her and she sat on his lap. It may have seemed odd to anyone else, but we all knew it was a sweet gesture on Emmett's part. The first time they met, she was upset because he was my first boyfriend since Jacob and I divorced and she wanted her father back home. Emmett had done the same thing then, promising everything was okay. It had been one of their many 'things' since then.

He hugged her tight and whispered "Sorry Squirt."

"It's okay, Emmybear." She answered. She sounded as though she was in tears and I was at a loss for explanations as to why. Emmett's questions hadn't been particularly upsetting and I was worried that there was something she wasn't telling us.

"I didn't mean to make you cry." Emmett said hopelessly, then looked around the table at the rest of us, a hopeless expression spread on his face.

"You didn't." She told him, "It's just… me being stupid." She explained.

"What's wrong, baby?" I asked her from across the table.

She looked at me, her eyes and face red, "Nothing. It's just the past couple of days have been… stressful." She said cautiously.

"Why, what's happened?" Alice asked gently.

"Um…" She said "Well last night was awkward for a start, and school's been a bitch and… yeah stuff like that…" She trailed off, blatantly leaving something more important out.

"What happened last night?" Jasper asked concerned.

Abby caught my eye and I knew she felt uncomfortable answering all these questions, so I told them about how she had walked in on Edward and I… groping each other.

"You did that with her in the house?" Emmett asked as though it was a personal insult.

"She wasn't in the house when we started." I defended myself, "She was at a friend's house and I didn't hear her come in."

Emmett laughed, "Sucks to be you, kid." he said to her then to all of us, "Kinda surprised it didn't happen to us, right Bells?" he joked.

Abby made a gagging sound from where she was sat and wriggled in Emmett's lap getting out of his grasp and sitting back in her chair. She over-dramatically shook her head as though trying to rid it of vile images.

"That, is a sick, twisted joke." Abby said angrily.

"Well…" Emmett started but Rose leaned over and smacked him on the back of the head.

"Will you shut up! Abby doesn't need to hear about the times you and Bella were fooling around with her in the house." Rose scolded. She didn't even care about it that much, she knows it was in the past.

Abby slumped her shoulders and put her forearms on the table to rest her head on. I reached my hand up to stroke her hair, but she flinched away from my touch.

I sighed and looked at Alice and Jasper who were looking at her sympathetically, clearly wondering what else was bothering her as I had done.

"Um… are you okay?" Jasper asked helplessly, unsure of what else to say.

"No." She answered sadly, "I feel as bad as… a mouldy cock on a rock." It was an interesting choice of words to say the least.

Rose put her arm around her shoulders and the two men raised their eyebrows at her comment. Alice bit her lip, as I stared at my daughter, aching to comfort her if only she'd let me.

I was going to find out what had her so distraught all of a sudden.