Chapter twelve

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Voltaire

"Edward! You were supposed to teach me how to shoot a gun!"

"Tanya, get out!" Edward hollered and Bella knew he was close but that he didn't want to come in front of his cousin, who apparently didn't mind watching her cousin fucking his wife.

"But Edward…" she whined.

"Get! Out! Now!" he roared and she got the picture. "Sorry," he whispered in Bella's ear, lowering them down on the bed, lying Bella on her side, still inside her.

"You didn't finish," Bella murmured, still a little dazed from her own climax.

"I will live."

"It's unfair, though," Bella said, pulling away from Edward so he could slip out of her. Getting on her knees, she smiled at him before bending down and taking him into her mouth. His hips arched and she hummed against his shaft, making him moan. She knew he had been close when Tanya had barged in so it didn't take long before she could feel him cum, filling her mouth with his semen.

Smiling, she sat back on the bed and looked at him. His eyes were closed but he was smiling.

"God you're good," he breathed, opening his eyes to look at her. Suddenly she had the urge to hide away from him and she could feel herself blushing. The last time she had given someone a blowjob, she was nineteen and the guy came almost as soon as her lips were upon him.

"You welcome," she murmured, finding the covers suddenly very interesting.

"Okay, you need another shower and so do I, so get your ass of the bed and come with me," before she could utter a sound, he had dragged her to her feet and had her in his arms, making her squeal in surprise.

He carried her into the bathroom, the door slamming shut behind them and he didn't put her down before they both were inside the shower. Apparently he hadn't thought it all through when he turned on the water, spraying them both in ice cold water, making Bella shriek and cling to him as the water slowly turned warmer.

"Sorry," he chuckled, keeping one arm around her as he reached for some body wash and opened it. His arm was still around her as he poured some into his hand and started to wash her back. Bella felt herself grow tired as Edward washed her back with soft hands, fluttering over her skin, she found herself leaning more and more on Edward with every touch and before she knew it, her lids were dropping and she was falling asleep right there in the shower.

~O~O~O

"-so you're saying that Tanya is lying?" Bella was woken up by loud and angry voices coming from the front room. Sitting up in bed, blinking profoundly, she stretched her arms above her head before getting out and pulling her robe around her naked form.

"I'm saying that she don't know what she saw, dad," Edward's voice was raised and angry and Bella wondered what he and Carlisle was arguing about. She wasn't sure if it would be a good idea to join them, to learn what they were talking about, or stay in their room and pretend that she hadn't heard them.

No, she was too curious to just sit by and wait. They didn't notice her joining them before she was standing next to Edward, but neither of them said anything to her, continuing their argument.

"Tanya wouldn't come to me so distraught unless she saw something that wasn't right," Carlisle said angrily.

"For the last time dad, I was fucking my wife!" Edward shouted, making Bella blush.

"You don't fuck your wide, son; you make love to her," Carlisle said sadly, glancing once at Bella, who agree with Carlisle, but she also knew that Edward had fucked her and done a very good job at doing so as well.

"Fucking, making love, it doesn't matter what I did because I didn't rape her."

"Rape?" Bella questioned with wide eyes.

"I would like to talk with Bella alone," Carlisle said, once again giving her a sad glance.

"No, I'm not-"

"Edward," Bella warned and he didn't fight her on it, but sauntered into their bedroom, slamming the door like a child. She was glad that he had understood that she wasn't kidding when she told him that she could easily smother him by sitting on top of him, even if she was half his size.

"Bella, I want you to tell me what was going on when Tanya walked into your room. She told me that she heard screaming and that she was afraid that Edward was hurting you," Carlisle took Bella's hand and led her over to a couch.

"As Edward said Tanya is lying, or she must have misunderstood what she walked in on because Edward wasn't hurting me in any way and he most defiantly did not rape," Bella told him calmly.

"But she said that you forcible held against him, your arms pinned to your side as he…" Carlisle couldn't finish the sentence and Bella couldn't blame him; talking about your son as if he was rapist was not something to take lightly.

"I am very uncomfortable talking about this, but that was the position we were in, though my arms were free. In fact, they were holding on to Edward for support."

"So Edward didn't force you into anything? I know that the two of you aren't so happy about this marriage and that you don't care much for each other, but I hope that you can make it work."

"I think we're already a long shot ahead of you, Carlisle, and don't worry about us killing each other because I have a feeling that the urge will never be there, for either of us."

"I'm glad to hear that," Carlisle said, giving Bella a hug before walking out.

"Carlisle," Bella called after him and he hovered at the door, "You should apologize to Edward."

"I know, but I think it would be wiser to wait until he's calmed down a little. Right now I also have to talk with Tanya."

Maybe he was right; Edward was far the best man to talk to when he was angry and she had experienced it several times, but she had the benefit of being a woman and not bound to him by blood; she could use her womanly curves and attributes to calm him down. She had a feeling that she might have to use them as she entered their bedroom again, but she wasn't sure if she could take it.

Edward was pacing back and forth in front of the bed, mumbling curses under his breath every time he turned and walked the other way.

"Carlisle went to talk with Tanya," Bella said as she found some fresh underwear and tried to dress for the second time that day. Her sweats were still lying on the chair with Edward's t-shirt and she put both of the pieces on. Dressed in all black she remembered how it was to get ready before going out there, geared up for combat.

"You wanted it too, right?" Bella turned to look at Edward as she gathered her tangled hair into a bun.

"These days I'm always willing," Bella laughed but Edward didn't smile.

"That doesn't help my case and it's not funny."

"Yes, I was willing, more than you can even understand. Just looking at you makes me throb, to smell you make me want to throw myself at you and your touch, your touch makes me simply crazy," Bella said, looking him dead in the eye.

"Well, if that's the case, I have no problem help you take care of your problem, to keep you stated," he smirked, moving over to her and pressing her up against the wall, trapping her with his strong and sculpted body.

"I wouldn't mind at all," Bella breathed, doing her best to keep herself together. "But I don't think I can handle you one more time today."

"Too big for you, eh?" he purred into her ear, making her legs feel like jelly.

"You can say that," she basically moaned, her eyes closed as he ran his nose up and down her throat.

"When did 'big' become a problem?"

"It's not but your girth and fullness is kind of making me a little sore, so no matter how much I want you I can't right now."

"Okay, let's watch a movie instead," and then he was off her and she felt frustrated. He turned to look at her with a smirk before adding "When you give me the green light, I will be upon you in matter of seconds."

"Is that a promise?"

"Yes and it's a promise that I will keep."

Edward was a very stereotypical guy when it came to movies Bella learned; he had the whole collection of the Die Hard movies and of course he popped the first one in before Bella could even utter a single word. Even though they weren't her favorite movies, she didn't mind them; they were good, full of action that was more or less believable an easy to watch.

Through the first three movies Bella lay on the bed with her head in Edward's lap, who sat up against the headboard, as she stroked circles on her Bella, Edward making circles on her arms. Right there she believed that maybe their marriage would be a perfectly happy one with the more than enough love for the little person still growing inside her. And who knew, maybe they would end up with a bigger family than just the three of them.

Bella started to doze off during the fourth movie and she fell asleep before it was half way through, Edward still stroking her arm in a soothing manner. But when an explosion on the TV woke her up, Edward was gone and the spot where he had been sitting was cold.

Bewildered, sat up, the covers falling off her and making her shiver as the room had grown cold during the long hours of no tending to the heat. Rubbing her hands against her arms she hunted down a hoodie belonging to Edward, letting the long arms enfold her and protect her from the chilling air of the room.

With fumbling hands she played with the radiator, trying to figure out how it worked as it wasn't like any radiator she had ever seen in her life before. When she was satisfied with the heat it radiated, she fluffed up the pillows and covers before starting her hunt on something to eat.

The house smelled like pizza and Bella's stomach growled loudly and she had laugh a little when the baby kicked her as well, letting her know that he or she was hungry as well.

No one was sitting in the living room and no one was to be found in the kitchen either. For a moment Bella wondered if they all had decided to keep her out from any family business but when she saw a pizza box on the kitchen counter, she almost ran towards with a hope that there would be pizza inside it.

And it was. A very cheesy peperoni pizza that was untouched stood in front of her and her mouth watered at the sight of it.

"It's for you and Edward," Bella spun around to see Tanya standing in the door.

"I'm sorry Tanya but I'm not in the mood of talking with you right now," Bella said rather rudely as she found herself a plate.

"Of course you're not in the mood; there's food in front of you and you have to admit it Bella, you have been eating a lot lately." Angry, Bella turned to Tanya and stared at her in shock.

"I'm pregnant so I have no choice but to eat more than normally," Bella all but shouted.

"I've never seen someone pregnant eat as much as you do," Tanya said, looking rather lost where she was standing, staring at Bella.

"Well, I don't care so I'm going to eat this pizza and I don't care if I end up eating all of it by myself. But Tanya, I have a question for you; why did you tell Carlisle that Edward was mistreating me?"

"The way he was holding you Bella was not normal; he held you as if he wanted to hurt you Bella, but I guess you can't see that, being in the wedding bliss and all."

"Edward wouldn't hurt me, he wouldn't hurt anyone in his family."

"That's the thing Bella, you're not family, only a girl who fooled him and forced him to marry you so you wouldn't have to raise the baby all by yourself."

"Tanya, you know what, I won't grant you with a witty comment or a cruel comeback because I just want to eat some pizza, find Edward and make sure that he's okay before going to bed and sleep until this baby pops out of me. If you still have something to say to me, write it down on a piece of paper, I have a feeling that a post-it will be more than sufficient, and I will read it one day when I have time," she brushed past Tanya with three pieces of pizza on her plate as she started to search for Edward.

She didn't find him. He wasn't in the gym, the den, the garage and he wasn't in his old room or in the garden; he was nowhere to be found. And Bella didn't eat the three pieces of pizza she brought with her up to their room. She managed one but then her stomach said no as she was for probably no reason worrying about Edward. A small piece of her mind kept screaming at her that Tanya was right and for all she knew, even though they were related by blood, they still shared something passionately together.

Shaking any thoughts of Edward and Tanya together out of her head, Bella got ready for bed, curling around the pillow from Edward's side as her belly was making it almost impossible for her to sleep no matter what kind of position she was in. One position she knew she could sleep in involved a certain person that was missing.

Her eyes grew heavy as she stared out on the night sky, clouds roaming the sky in great speed, covering the scars and the moon on their way.

A storm was coming, that was clear, and somewhere in her gut Bella could feel that something, much like a storm, would happen inside the house's four walls.

Sleep had trouble finding Bella that night but even so, she pretended to be sleeping when she heard Edward, and even smelled him, when he came to bed. When she woke up only hours later, he was gone but his side of the bed was still warm.

Ignoring the feelings of doubt inside her, Bella couldn't ignore the pressing on her bladder or the feeling of being watched but there was no one in the room and she was on such a high floor that no one on the ground outside could see into the window unless they were high up in one of the trees.

After she had done her business in the bathroom, Bella almost stumbled into someone and for a moment, she thought it was Edward, but the form was slumped and much shorter than the height of Edward. She had no need to see the face to know who it was.

"Alec," instinctively, Bella wanted to feel a weapon in her hand as she stared the man in front of her in the eyes.

"Hello Bella," he smiled wickedly, his eyes cold and dead. "I see you've been cozying up in here."

"It doesn't matter if have or not because it's none of your business," Bella said, her voice just as dead as Alec's.

"Did I touch a sore spot?" he mocked, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

"Not as sore as the spot I will be hitting," Bella threatened, the urge to hit him growing stronger and her wish to castrate him exploding inside her.

"What makes you think that you will be able to lay a hand on me, baby?" he laughed as Bella scanned him for weapons, but she couldn't see any on him. "Don't worry baby, I don't have any weapons but it doesn't mean that I'm not going to leave you hanging to your life by a thin thread."

"I know you think that just because I'm pregnant, I'm not going to be able to kick your ass and feed you your balls, but you're wrong. But just know that if you threaten my baby ever again, I will make sure that you will never see daylight ever again."

"Oh, look at you all fierce and fiery!" Alec cheered, jumping to his feet. "I wonder, are you still a fire in the bed or if you've grown soft since the last time I had your legs around my head," he stepped closer to her and much to her disgust, he ran his tongue along her neck before taking a step back.

"If I've grown soft, you will never know," Bella hissed, anger surging through her body.

"Don't worry baby, I'm not here to fuck, only to make your life a little harder," he grinned and Bella could see that he was enjoying it, getting a kick out of it all. She watched him as he took her rube and removed the rope, tugging it between his hands as if to check the strength.

Her eyes didn't leave him as he made a noose with the bathrobe rope and she knew what he had in mind.

"When they find you, they will assume that you've killed yourself and they will be so stricken by grief that they won't know that it was me and that I'm gone before the whole Volturi is standing on the doorstep, ready to blow the house to pieces."

Panic was starting rise in Bella, doubt that she would be able to get away from Alec without getting hurt. A hand went protectively over her belly, going unnoticed by Alec who was too busy preparing to kill her and as she watched him, Bella knew that she would do anything to protect her baby.

"Alec, they will – ARGH!" Bella sank to the floor, her hands going over her belly protectively.

"What now?" Alec demanded to know, turning to look at her for a minute.

"The baby," Bella gasped, "I-I think it's coming," just then she groaned loudly, crumbling to her side in pain

"Seriously? Right now?"

"Yes, ughn, right now."

"Shit," Bella watched Alec panic as she shock in pain. "Can't you try to keep it in or something?" he asked idiotically and Bella wanted to laugh.

"No," Bella gasped again, trying to push herself up in a sitting position. "I think you have to deliver it," as she said it, she spread her legs, making Alec stumble away from her in panic and hitting the bed.

"No, I can't do that, no, just no," he stuttered, obviously nervous. "I have to get out," he mumbled to himself, walking over to the window.

"You're not going anywhere," a shot rang through the room and Alec fell to the floor with a cry of pain.

Bella watched as Edward, Emmett and Jasper rushed into the room and over to Alec to make sure he wouldn't try to run for it.

"Go to Bella," she heard Jasper say and in a blink of an eye, Edward was at her side, helping her to her feet.

"Sit down so I can get Carlisle," he guided her to the bed.

"Edward, I'm fine," Bella tried to tell him but he wouldn't listen.

"How far are the contractions?" he asked, obviously unsure what to do, how to handle it all.

"Edward," Bella gripped his chin harshly and forced him to look at her, "I'm not in labor, we're both fine, I just pretend so I could by us some time."

"You're not going cry out in pain and then have a baby popping out of you?"

"No, no baby is going to pop out of me tonight," she smiled, cupping his cheek. "But if you're lucky, you might pop inside me later," she whispered in his year so Emmett and Jasper wouldn't hear her.

"Okay, come along buddy," Emmett said and Bella turned to see him hoist Alec to his feet with a groan. "If you're lucky, maybe Carlisle will take the bullet out as well as patching you up."

"Wait a minute," Bella pushed Edward out of the way as Emmett and Jasper dragged Alec past them. "There's something I would love to do," she smiled as she walked over to Alec. With a smile, she pushed her hand down his pants and grabbed his balls, squeezing them until he trashed and almost kicked her. It was Edward who made her stop but it didn't take the smile of her face.

"You can tell Carlisle that if he wants to set an example with Alec, castrating would be a good idea."

"Man, getting on your wrong side can be dangerous," Emmett laughed as they left, leaving Edward Bella alone in the room.

"I think Carlisle should take a look at you," Edward insisted, grabbing her hand.

"I'm fine," she laughed, pulling her hand back. "All I am is tired and all I want is a shower, some sleep and you, not necessarily in that order."

"I would gladly take you but I have a suggestion; why don't we sleep, then I have my way with you in the morning, followed by a shower or a hot bath?"

"Sounds very tempting."

"Good, then that's what we will do."

"But Edward, where were you tonight? When I woke up at the end of the third movie, you were gone and when I looked for you I couldn't find you."

"I was with the guys in the den playing videogames," he said, smiling to assure her.