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We walked up the sand and into the gazebo, the covering blowing in the breeze. Jacob grabbed the towels for us. He wrapped one around me and pulled me towards him again, rubbing my arms up and down to help me get warmer. My teeth weren't chattering anymore but I still felt a slight chill.
As he was drying me off and warming me up, I looked up at him. I was instantly overcome with love and devotion, the cold leaving my body for good. I stood up on my tiptoes and kissed the tip of his nose. "I love you," I said, looking into his eyes, hoping he could read all of the emotions I was feeling right then.
"I love you too Bells, more than you'll ever know," he replied, placing his mouth on mine for a warm, affectionate kiss.
We stayed in that embrace for a while, not wanting to let go of each other, as if we were afraid that the other would disappear if we stopped. My body, my head, my heart were so overcome with uplifting and blissful emotions that I wasn't used to. I never wanted these feelings to go away. I know that I was thinking that over and over again but it was the God's honest truth. The fact that Jacob was mine forever was something that I never wanted to forget. I would always have him with me, no matter what. I wrapped my arms around him tighter, feeling the heat from his body
With a loud gurgle, Jacob's stomach interrupted us. I broke the kiss, laughing hysterically. "Well, somebody's hungry," I said, taking the towel and wrapping it around my body. I was feeling very warm right now, the goosebumps gone.
"Ugh, stupid stomach. I was really enjoying just holding and kissing you," he said. He went over to the picnic basket, one of the blankets, and cooler, picked them up, and brought them over. He pushed open the covering to the gazebo and placed the items outside in the sand.
"Hey, why don't you change into the warmer clothes that Leah packed for you? I really want to have our dessert under the stars outside-it is such a clear night."
"That sounds perfect," I said, going to give him a quick peck on the cheek. I turned and saw the duffel bag on the floor by the air mattress. I picked it up and opened it to take out what was inside-a long sleeved dark brown shirt, tan workout pants with a matching zip-up jacket, a brand new pair of underwear and matching bra, and a pair of brown sandals. Wow, Leah was good! How she knew my size, I would never know!
I began to take the towel off and then out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that Jacob was still inside the gazebo with me, looking at me. I stared at him, placed a seductive smile on my face, and shook my finger back and forth, signaling "No".
He pouted, causing me to giggle. "Come on Bells, isn't it safe to say that we have seen a lot of each other these past 2 days?" he said but he turned and left the gazebo, giving me some privacy. He had in his hands a shirt that he was beginning to put on over his head.
"Yea yea Romeo…don't worry, you'll see more…in due time!!! Now please, I need my privacy," I said, laughing at Jacob. I could see him working to set up the picnic and his back was to the gazebo. I turned so that my back was facing him. I would never know if he snuck a peek at me while I changed because I refused to turn around and check while I put on my new clothes. I was actually kind of hoping he did…that would have been sexy. A blush crept up my neck onto my face at the crazy thoughts I was having.
After I was all dressed, I put my wet bathing suit, the towel, and my clothes from earlier in the day into the duffel bag and zipped it shut. I undid my hair and used the brush that Leah had also packed to try and brush out the crazy knots. Once I was satisfied with the result, I grabbed my hair and put it up in a messy pony tail. I then turned around, saw Jacob sitting down on the blanket, and walked out of the gazebo. I sat down next to him on the blanket and saw an array of food laid out before me. My stomach rumbled. I must have worked up an appetite out in the water. The thought made me chuckle.
"What's so funny?" Jacob asked me, leaning over for a kiss.
"Nothing, I was just thinking about how hungry I was suddenly," I answered back. "Did you make all of this?"
"Sort of. I did have some help from Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, the local supermarket, and my good friends again," he said, leaning to grab the plates he had laid out. "What would you like to try first?"
"Hmmm, how about a piece of that angel food cake and the chocolate covered strawberries. By the way, were you expecting an army?" I asked.
"Bella, this is ME we are talking about. I could eat all of this by myself. But don't worry, I won't. I can share," he said. He had taken a knife out of the picnic basket, cut a piece of the angel food cake and placed some chocolate covered strawberries next to it. He handed me a plate and also grabbed a fork. After I had my plate, he took out a wine glass and gave it to me. I accepted it, but with a puzzled look on my face. I knew that he didn't bring a bottle of wine so I was confused as to what he was going to put in the glass. He opened the cooler and took out a bottle that said, "Sparkling Cider". I laughed quietly. He popped it open and poured some into my glass. I placed my plate down on the blanket and held onto the glass with one hand. I leaned over carefully and grabbed a glass for Jacob. He poured himself some and then placed the bottle back into the cooler.
He then took a plate in his other hand and piled it high with food-cookies, a piece of the chocolate and angel food cake, about 12 chocolate covered strawberries, and some pastries from the local La Push bakery. He put his plate down next to mine and he started to eat. I followed, finishing the food on my plate rather quickly. I took a sip from my glass and the bubbles tickled my nose. The cider tasted delicious and I finished it all.
I set my glass down on top of my plate, laying it sideways so it wouldn't blow over and break. I then leaned back on my elbows and looked up at the night sky. It truly was breathtaking. I don't think the sky has ever been this clear in Washington. Millions of stars were shining above and the moon was bright in the dark sky. I closed my eyes and sighed deeply. I felt the breeze ruffle my hair and blow across my face. I stayed like that for a while, enjoying the peace and quiet, along with being with Jacob.
I don't know how much time passed but I felt Jacob's body moving on the blanket. I opened my eyes and saw him moving my plate and glass onto his and placing it back into the picnic basket. I leaned forward to help him clean up the food, cover it, and put it back into the basket as well. We did this all in silence, with just the wind blowing and the waves crashing. After it was all cleaned up, he leaned back on his elbows, as I had done before. He nodded his head, signifying that I should move closer to him. I moved over so that my arm was touching his. I leaned my head onto his warm, solid chest and relaxed my body to lie next to his. I closed my eyes and we just sat there. Jacob had moved his arm that was touching mine out and was playing with my hair. I could also feel him kissing the top of my head and each kiss sent a shock of electricity through my body. His gentle kisses were soothing, yet worked me up into a frenzy at the same time.
We lay there, in complete silence for quite awhile. Jacob had moved his elbows so that he wasn't leaning on them anymore and I had moved my body and head so that I was still lying on him but my face was facing his. My eyes were open at this point and we just stared at each other. His hands were still entangled in my hair and one of my hands was rubbing small circles over his stomach and chest. Jacob was the first one to break the silence.
"So, what do you still have left to do with school?" he asked.
"Um…not that much. Most of my room is packed up. I still need to get a few things for our dorm room. We move in the last week of August so I have about 6 weeks to finish, which is plenty of time. I already registered for my classes for the fall and spring so I am set," I said, still not believing that I was college bound soon.
Jacob then looked away from me and his face seemed strained, almost uncomfortable. He had stopped running his hands through my hair. Did I say something wrong? I thought to myself.
"Listen, Bells, I…" he sighed. "I just wanted to let you know that this next year isn't going to be easy. I don't know how I can be without you. You are all I think about, all I dream about, all I care about. This whole thing is new to me, new to us, and I just want to make sure that you are happy. That is all I want in life-your happiness."
I had tears gleaming in my eyes, but I refused to let them spill over. "Jacob, you told me before, we are in this forever. I am yours, no matter where I am. And, I am happy. For the first time in what feels like an eternity, I am happy and it is all because of you. You say you imprinted on me? Well….I think that in a way, I also imprinted back on you. There IS no one else for me Jacob-you are it. I'm just sorry that it took me awhile, a LONG while, to realize it," I said, my voice soft and quiet.
I could feel Jacob's heart pounding in his chest, fast and strong. His eyes were sparkling and before I knew it, he had picked me up and placed me on top of him. He had a smile stretched on his face like he was a kid in a candy store. He reached his arms to caress my face and then brought it down so that our lips were touching. We have kissed a lot, Jacob and I, but this kiss was the kiss that could end all kisses. Fireworks went off, electricity sparked, and a volcano of passion and desire burst as our lips touched. I felt the tears from before start to spill onto my cheeks but I didn't care. This kiss was full of such love that I had not experienced or felt before.
Jacob, feeling the moisture on his hands, suddenly stopped and pulled away, worry etched into his brow. "What happened? What's wrong?" he said frantically.
I sniffled. "Nothing, nothing…that kiss…it was just…amazing and…" I couldn't finish because Jacob, having realized I wasn't in pain, put his lips back to join mine and continue the kiss that had bought me to tears.
His hands had moved away from my face and were moving down my sides until they rested on my hips. My shirt had drifted up slightly and I could feel his warm hands on my exposed skin as our mouths continued to move together. The spark that I felt from his touch caused me to moan slightly and push my body closer to his. His hands grabbed at my waist, pulling me tightly to him as we lay there on the blanket. The world around us disappeared and I felt as if we were floating. I didn't want any of it to stop. When I needed to try and catch my breath, I would just move my mouth away from his and kiss his neck, pulling the collar of his shirt down so I could reach his collarbone. His breathing was erratic, his hands moving under my shirt to caress the skin on my back. His touch left a trail of fire on my body.
We stayed in that passionate embrace until I could feel Jacob moving beneath me. Not sure of what he was doing, I pulled away. Jacob quickly moved his mouth to meet mine again, and then pushed his arms up so that he was holding me under my armpits. He then sat up and I was forced to lean onto my knees. The kiss never faltered, my tongue caressing his lips and our mouths never separating. He then finagled his body so that we were both soon standing up. He then moved his arms so that he could grab my thighs and hoist my body up. I circled my legs around his waist and moved my hands so that they were entangled in his hair.
I could feel him move and turn us around and start to walk. My mind was so preoccupied with the current events that I had no idea where we could possibly be going. Occasionally, a little battle would wage between my head and my heart, a constant barrage of no's and yes's that Jacob was working hard to drown out, thought he didn't know that. I was just elated that the yes's were winning!
After a few footsteps, I felt the fabric of the gazebo touching me and knew that we were heading inside of it. Jacob moved one of his arms away from my thighs and used it to move the fabric of the opening to the side slightly so we could get it. His mouth momentarily left mine, to leave a trail of kissing from my neck to my earlobe, nibbling slightly, and eliciting a louder moan from my lips that I had anticipated.
After a few more footsteps, Jacob had leaned me down so that I was now lying on the air mattress and he was above me, his lips back on mine, hungrily kissing me and pulling me close. He leaned onto the mattress so that I didn't have to support any of his weight, but I could feel his erection pushing through his bathing suit. The heat radiating off of his body was burning into mine, and my body was yearning for his touch again.
His hands again were touching the bare skin by my hips and waist, moving up and down, causing the waistband of my pants to lower down slightly. My zip up jacket was removed and tossed to the side-though I'm not sure when he did that. My T-shirt was pushed up very high, my midriff exposed to Jacob's body heat. My hands had worked their way around his back and under his shirt, stroking the muscles of his back and gently moving my fingertips up and down, causing him to shudder, moan, and deepen the kiss further.
Jacob then stopped the kiss. He pulled away and our breathing was loud and ragged. My lips felt swollen and I could see that Jacob's were red and puffy. I only assumed that mine were the same way.
"What's wrong?" I asked, keeping my hands moving up and down his back.
"I just..I…I just wanna make sure that this is what you want….I've waited for you for so long and I can wait longer, if need be. I love you so much and I just want to know that you won't regret me in the morning," Jacob said, his eyes and face looking away from me and his voice very soft.
I felt a lump in the back of my throat. Jacob was expressing his insecurities to me and I wanted nothing more than to put them to rest. "I want you Jacob….nothing else matters to me….right now, and for forever, it's me and you. I'm tired of waiting…it's time to live in the now. I'm living my life with no regrets and I have you to thank for that," I said in a whisper, expressing some of my insecurities and thoughts to him as well. I then moved my head up to meet his lips.
As my head moved back down to the mattress, his lips stayed with mine. He had moved his hands and lifted my T-shirt up higher. He quickly pulled away so that he could pull the shirt off over my head and tossed it to the side. I used this time to then move my hands so that his shirt could be pulled over his head. After our shirts were tossed to the side, our lips met again. I could feel Jacob's hands moving around on the mattress and soon felt a blanket covering myself and Jacob's body. After the blanket was in place, I felt his hands back on my bare skin again, touching my stomach and waist. His lips had made a trail of kisses leading down towards my chest. One of his hands was playing with the lace of my bra, teasing me and causing my nipples to harden. He then used that hand to move the fabric aside and his tongue moved to lick me. My back arched up into him, enjoying the arousing feeling of his tongue on my body.
He moaned and continued to suck and lick my nipple, enjoying my reactions. I felt the familiar heat and blush creeping up my body, towards my face. He kept his mouth on my body, moving up now to my straps. He kept one hand on my nipples and used the other hand to push down the straps so that they were hanging off of my shoulders. I felt him push my bra down and then reach around under my back to unfasten it. My feet were thrashing wildly on the bed as he continued to have his mouth explore my body. After he successfully unfastened my bra, he pulled it off me and tossed it to the side. He lifted his head to look at me. His eyes were moving up and down until they finally rested on my eyes. My hands were draped around his neck and I wanted nothing more than for him to put his hands on me and make me orgasm again.
"You are truly breathtaking," he said to me, leaning down to kiss me gently and then moving his mouth to kiss me all over my bare stomach and chest. I was practically panting at his touch as he moved his hands lower so that he was pulling off my pants, but leaving my underwear on. His mouth was following his hands, causing me gasp. I grabbed onto the blanket for fear of clawing and hurting Jacob, with pleasure of course.
Once my pants were off, his head drifted even lower under the blanket. My head was learning back, taking in all of the different sensations running through my body. His delicate soft lips were kissing my lower abdomen, down my inner thighs, down to my ankles, and then back up again.
When I felt Jacob stop moving, I moved my head to look down under the blanket. I say Jacob's head, resting on my stomach, looking up at me. I felt his hands on my hips, playing with the waistband of my underwear. I had moved my hands so that they were touching his cheeks and his face.
"Are you…?" he began to ask but before he could finish, I moved his face up towards mine and kissed him hard. I knew what he was going to ask me and I wanted to show him my answer instead of just telling it to him.