I turned and woke to find that Edward was right beside me and he was looking at my face. There was a tiny bit of concern, but there was also love. My eyes still felt a little puffy from my crying last night. Charlie came up last night to cheek on me to see if I was feeling better. I told him Edward had left.
"Bella, we have to talk about something," Edward said to me bringing me out of my thoughts.
I knew where he was going with this. I shook my head in response. "Bella, I don't care what you say about this. He has to know. This is for your own good. Either you are going to tell him or I am," Edward said. He wasn't going to let me say no anymore. "I don't know what you have to worry about. I'm going to keep you safe for as long as you need me," Edward told me. I knew what he was saying was true, and that I had nothing to worry about, but I didn't know how to tell Charlie.
I sighed in defeat. I knew there wasn't a way out of this.
"We will do it together," I said with a hint of a smile dancing on my face.
"Thank you," He brought his hand up and put it in mine.
I knew Edward wanted to get this off his chest as soon as possible. "Come on I think we better tell him as soon as possible," Edward pulled me out of the bed and carried me in his arms.
He put me down as soon as we got to the stairs. He then took hold of my hand. I led him down the steps.
Charlie was sitting at the kitchen table with a newspaper to his face and a beer not far away.
"Hey dad," I said coming to him and taking a seat. He looked up from the paper to look at Edward and I. He glanced down at our hands that were intertwined. "I need to tell you something important," I said to him with a seriousness in my voice.
He put the paper aside and took hold of his beer taking a sip.
Edward and I both took a seat at the kitchen table. Edward sat near the window and I sat on the outside. Closest to my father.
"Okay, fire away," He said with a calming tone.
"Dad you know the guy that I was dating?" I asked him. He seemed to catch the main word in my sentence.
"I thought you guys were still dating?" He asked getting a little more interested.
"No, not anymore. Dad there is something that I have been keeping, locked away inside for so long. I can't keep it inside any longer because Edward says it's not healthy, so I have to tell you," I was stalling, both my dad and Edward could see that.
"Dad you know how I used to come home with bruises and cuts all over my body," I was looking down at my lap. I didn't want to look up to see Charlie's reaction. "Those weren't accidents, dad. Jacob was the one who was hurting me," I could feel my eyes starting to gather the tears and I felt my face grow hot. Edward took his other hand that wasn't holding onto mine and he placed his cold hand on top of the hand that was in his other hand already.
"He was the one who has been hurting me this whole time and I couldn't tell you because then he would figure it out and then he would hurt me even more and he would hunt me down every minute of the day and I couldn't have that. Ever since Edward came into my life, everything seems a little better. I don't have to be afraid," I cried now.
I looked up at my father. There was an astonished look on his face. It was like he couldn't take all this information in that I was giving him.
"How long was that going on?" His voice was quiet. He didn't know what to say. His voice was also somewhat cracked.
"For a couple of months," I cried. I turned to Edward and he looked like he wanted to embrace me in a hug, but he wasn't so sure that was the right thing to do when we were right in front of Charlie.
"You shouldn't have waited until now Bella. He could have killed you. Do you know that?" He looked at me with desperate eyes.
"Yes I know, but I couldn't risk my life. What if he did stalk me every single day. He surely would have killed me," I said in defense.
"Bella, one of us would have protected you, just look at what a good job Edward is doing, I haven't seen a cut on you for about a week or two," Charlie pointed to Edward. Edward was nodding agreeing with what Charlie was saying. I started crying uncontrollably. Edward couldn't resist taking me in his arms.
"I just want to be happy," I couldn't believe that I was breaking down like this.
It was such a big deal and Charlie felt bad about this. He felt guilty that he wasn't there for me in those couple of months.
"Bella, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. I should have been, but I wasn't and I'm so sorry. And I'm sorry I wasn't a better father for you," I looked like he was crying a little bit.
"You don't need to blame yourself dad, it's my fault. I kept it hidden and I never should have done something like that. I should have told you," I said releasing Edward and coming over to hug my father for the first time in a long time. It was an actual hug.
"I just want this pain to go away," I said to my father.
"Don't worry Bella, everything is going to be fine. I'm going to take care of everything on my own. I'm the sheriff. I'll make sure he gets locked up," Charlie said to me trying to make me feel better. I nodded as we pulled away from one another. "I'm going to head over there right now," My dad walked away from me and went to put on his belt with all his utility's. His gun, pepper spray and hand cuffs.
"What are you going to do with him?" I asked wondering. I didn't want him to get killed or anything, but I did think he needed to be punished.
"I'm going to put him away for a while. What he was doing was wrong and illegal," My father said sounding all tough and serious now. He was going to do whatever it took to make me safe. He was like Edward trying to keep me safe, but he wasn't as loving and he didn't touch me like Edward did. I liked Edward's way of keeping me safe a little more than Charlie. Charlie seemed to go a little overboard sometimes.
"When are you going to be back?" I asked my father.
"I don't know. It might be a while. I have to drive all the way down to the reservation and ask some questions, it takes a lot to lock someone up Bella. So I might be a few hours," Charlie said taking the door about to leave.
Edward stood next to me with his hand in mine still.
"Oh and Edward could you stay with Bella in case Jacob isn't at his house, he still might be wanting to hurt Bella," Charlie said opening the door.
"No problem chief Swan," Edward said with a smile.
"Thank you so much Edward, you don't know what this means to me. The only thing that I want is for my daughter to be safe and happy and you seem to do that for her," Charlie smiled once more before leaving.
Edward and I were alone again.
He turned me so that I was facing him and he took both of my hands in his.
"How are you feeling?" He asked me soothingly. He moved his hands from mine to my waist. He pulled me closer to his cold hard body. His golden eyes bored into mine as he waited for me to respond.
"I kind of feel a little stressed and my head hurts," I said as he pulled me even closer so that I could rest my head against his shoulder. We slowly swayed back and forth in the middle of the kitchen.
"You know Bella. I have a good way to relieve you of that stress?" He whispered seductively into my ear. Shivers ran through my body.
"So you think that I should maybe take a few Advil?" I was messing with him now. I knew what he wanted. Edward the responsible one, but right now the only thing he wanted to do for me was to distract me because I was stressed. He knew what I liked and what I wanted. He was going to be considerate and give me what I wanted.
"What's with you Edward, you never insist on having sex," I said to him with a devilish grin.
"I want you to be happy Bella, and I want to please you, and I think that the only way to do that is to get your mind off Jacob and get your mind on me,"
He pulled his lips to mine, they were sweet and luscious.
"I will once your on top of me," I whispered into his ear. I was pretty sure I felt his body shudder at my words. "So do you want to go upstairs," I asked him as I took his hand and started to lead him to the stairs.
"Wait Bella, there is something that I want to do before we get to that," Edward stopped us before we even got to the first step. He smiled. We were both acting like horny teenagers. That's what I was inside half the time. I never really thought that Edward had that kind of side to him. "I want to clean up before we get heated up," Edward smiled as he looked down at me.
"We already kind of did that once before Edward," I said to him not getting his meaning for getting cleaned up.
"Yes, but I want to do it without wearing any clothes," He whispered. I trembled for a moment.
In one quick movement Edward scooped me up in his arms and carried me up the stairs.
He was grinning the whole time. Edward was excited about this, I could see it in his eyes and his smile. He carried me into the bathroom and set me down on the toilet seat.
He moved over to the window and pulled the curtain down.
"Why are you pulling the curtain down?" His actions didn't make sense.
"I want it to be like it's night time, make it a little more romantic," Edward said as he came over to me and smiled.
"Edward what is with you tonight, your really not acting yourself," I said to him. "Maybe my human hormones are rubbing off on you," I said teasingly. Edward leaned in the small shower to turn on the water.
The water poured down onto the floor of the shower. Edward quickly pulled his shirt off and it landed on the linoleum of the bathroom floor.
He was captivating. He took my breath away. I stood from the toilet and moved over to my beautiful boyfriend.
"Edward you don't know how beautiful you really are," I said placing my hands on his cool chest. I looked down I saw the V that led down his pants. I blushed.
He brought his hand up to brush his fingers across my cheek. " I love it when you blush," He murmured.
He placed his hands on the bottom of my shirt and started to pull up to show my pale skin.
Edward pulled it up over my head and tossed it back over his shoulder to join it with his shirt.
We both looked at one another I went for his button on his pants and he went for mine. We both removed each others pants at the same time.
If Edward wasn't a vampire, he would have been blushing terribly right now. Edward was only in his under and I was in my bra and underwear, that was the only thing that was keeping us from one another, physically that was.
"Put your hands on me Edward," I murmured.
He pulled me closer with one arm. " Your skin is so warm," He whispered. "I love you so much Bella," Edward urgently pressed his lips against mine. His hands held me tight against his cold body. His icy hands moved up my stomach, just bellow my breasts.
Edward moved his mouth to my neck "oh Edward, higher," I heard him moan into my throat. Edward wasn't sure if I meant to move his mouth higher or his hands.
His hands gripped my round and now erect breast.
I moaned louder than I thought possible.
"Edward, we should get in the shower before the hot water runs out," I hardly got out with little breath left in my lungs.
"Your going to have to take off the rest of my clothes then," Edward rasped against my jaw. His breathing was ragged. It turned me on even more. I felt the hot wetness grow between my legs.
I wasted no time. I quickly pulled his underwear down his long slightly hair legs.
His length was exposed to me.
My face was flushed bright red. Edward was very aroused. "Edward seems to need a little bit of attention," I said placing a hand on his hip. My hand was very close to his erection.
He looked down and smiled. "I guess I am a little lascivious," Edward flashed that grin to me. "Now, it's your turn to take your very flimsy articles of clothing off," Edward instructed as he snaked a hand around me to reach the clasps of my bra. My breathing was labored, just like Edward's.
He did this was slowness. The bra fell to the floor along with my other clothes. He looked at my breasts like there were something to eat. I instinctively brought my arms up halfway, but Edward's hand restricted them from moving all the way up.
"Please don't cover yourself up, your way to beautiful," Edward said with his eyes growing dark with lustful hunger.
"Come on," I said with a grin and stepped into the shower. I held onto his hand. He walked in the shower with me. His eyes never left my body.
I slowly closed the curtain to the shower.
A/N: Thank you so much everyone that has reviewed so far. I love you all. I have past the 50 marker and I'm going for one hundred. Help me reach that goal and I will be the happiest person ever.
