Chapter Thirteen: After Dinner

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Characters by Stephenie Meyers

EPOV

We paid for our bill in cash. None of us wanted to have Mike come back to our table. Bella argued with us about paying for her part. "No, I invited you to dinner so I'm paying." Rosalie told her. For some reason Bella looked extremely guilty.

Leaving the restaurant we gave our keys to the valets standing there. I decided I wanted to kiss Bella at least one more time before she left my presence. "Bella." I called. She turned around and I was struck once again, her eyes were fathomless pools of brown. Instead of bending down to kiss her I picked her up and put her legs around my hips and held her there. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me first this time, seeming to know what I wanted. Her mouth tasted so good, I couldn't get enough. Eventually needing air I pulled away and trailed kisses on the side of her mouth, down her jaw and placing an open-mouthed kiss on the soft skin of her neck.

Hearing a honking noise brought me back to reality. Rosalie was sitting in the driver's seat of her car waiting impatiently for Bella. I didn't want to let her go and she seemed reluctant, but did push me away a little so I put her back down. Bella tripped on her way towards the car, but caught herself. I heard Emmett's booming laughter after her. She got in the car and turned to us to wave and Rosalie was off. Rosalie drove as fast as I did.

We were still standing there waiting for my car to be pulled around when I heard Jasper ask me "So why were you so quiet tonight? I mean I know you are no Alice, but you always talk more than that." I just shrugged at him. I had been stunned speechless when I saw Bella walk up to us. Thank God Alice didn't dress her, if she had, their was no telling what I would have done.

Most of the night was a blur. I tried memorizing how Bella smelled and felt. Then that vile Mike Newton had to ruin our time together by calling me a man-whore right in front of her. I can't believe she actually went out with that guy. Hearing her story of how bad his kissing was, I couldn't help laughing. At least half of the girls I'd been with he'd dated. They'd all come to me desperate to forget how bad he was. Normally, I'd be grateful, but at the moment it made me angry. I would only be half as much of that man-whore he'd called me if he knew what the hell he was doing. Shaking my head to get him out of my head and back to Bella, my car was being pulled up.

Getting in with Emmett in the front and Jasper in the back, I put the car in gear and started driving. I had to turn my iPod to some classical music quickly and not the raunchy stuff that was currently playing. Emmett groaned and said "Do we have to listen to this shit? You know I hate it."

"I'm trying to calm myself down, so yes you have to listen to it. Unless you really want to watch me jerk off right now." I responded. He gagged and mumbled under his breath.

Emmett eventually turned his head to look at me and said "Edward, I really like Bella. Don't screw it up. I think she could be good for you, but I will beat you down if you hurt her."

"You are supposed to be my brother. Why do you care now? You never cared before." I asked him, wonderingly.

"Bella feels like my little sister, like she's supposed to belong to us. I know Rosalie and Alice felt it too. She's my family now too and I will protect her, even from other family members." He stated emphatically. Wow, Bella had already wrapped herself around my family and I don't think she even tried. We were all just drawn to her.

I heard Jasper from the back say "Yes, she feels like she belongs to us. Don't spoil it. I like her."

"Alright, alright. I won't promise I won't try anything with her, but I will try to be less slutty with other girls." It was all I could promise, that I'd try. I wasn't sure I trusted myself. Thinking over the events of the day I had already had oral sex with Tanya this afternoon and then wanted in Bella's pants desperately tonight. Hearing her confession that she wanted to fuck me even though she was sleeping at the time had spurred my actions of the night on.

I began driving faster needing desperately to be home and take a cold shower soon. When we had gotten out of the car and walked up to the house we saw a woman sitting there waiting for us. The girl with long silvery blonde hair floated down to me and said "Edward, I missed you. I really need a fix if you are willing." She said this as though I a was a drug she couldn't get enough of.

"Lauren, I can't do anything tonight. I'm sorry. I think I'm actually falling for someone else and it wouldn't be fair to her." I told her. Emmett crossed his arms across his chest and nodded proudly.

She pouted at me and said "Are you sure? I'd let you do anything and I do mean anything you wanted." Surprisingly, instead of being turned on like usual, my skin crawled. Mike struck again. She was one of his cast-offs.

"Leave Edward alone, bitch. Now go away." Emmett said menacingly.

"Emmett, be nice." I told him. Then I shook my head at her and said "I'm sorry. I'd start looking for someone else that was good for you."

She walked away from us angrily and never looked back. For that I was grateful.

"Alright, let's get inside before I'm attacked again out here for a third time today." I told the others getting my keys out hurriedly.

"It's your own fault, you know. I have no sympathy for you, but I will protect Bella as I said and if that means fighting off a bunch of girls then I'll do it." Emmett told me matter-of-factly.

I sighed and pushed the door open. I ran up the stairs to my bedroom throwing off my clothes and towards the bathroom. Turning the water on as cold as possible I tried to think of anything besides sex with Bella Swan.

BPOV

My body felt like jell-o when I sat in the front seat of Rosalie's car. Edward's effect on me was powerful. I'd never experienced anything like it.

Alice moved her body between the front seats and grabbed Rosalie's iPod there and turned the music on, loudly. I burst out laughing at the words of the song and I asked her "Who is this?"

She said "You don't know? If you are our friend you must learn music, we all love it. Almost all of it. This song is Lady Sovereign's 'Love Me or Hate Me'."

I nodded and we all moved our heads to the beat of the song. We listened to a few others by her before getting back to our dorm. Well I listened, Alice sang at the top of her lungs and Rosalie mouthed the words. People were whistling at Alice and her crazy shouting.

Getting back to our room I laid down on my bed exhausted. I was thankful now that Alice had me come back here. I was so tired. Today had been the most eventful day I'd ever had.

I kicked off my shoes, prepared to go to sleep in my clothes. Once I realized how hot it still was I decided I couldn't do that. I got up and went to my stuff and found a cotton tank top and cotton short shorts to change into. Taking off my clothes as modestly as possible with Alice sitting there on the bed, Rosalie said she needed her beauty sleep and had already left us. Alice said "We are all girls here, you better get over your embarrassment or you'll have to go down the hall to change every time you turn around."

I knew what she said was true, but I still wasn't used to it. I didn't have any brothers or sisters so I had no idea what it was like to not have any privacy while changing clothes. I turned away from her and stripped and redressed as quickly as possible before turning around.

I saw Alice's eyes appraising my body and I was mortified. She told me "I knew you'd clean up well. Why the hell are you hiding that body? It doesn't stay young and beautiful forever you know, might as well flaunt it while you've still got it."

I said nothing. Alice got up and started getting ready for bed too, she was wearing pink silk pajamas the same color as her bedspread.

Sitting down on my bed I sat Indian style. Then I saw Alice dance over to my side of the room and plop herself down on my bed.

"Ewww… Bella, how can you stand to sleep with this comforter or these sheets? They are itchy." Alice cried while running her hands over them.

"Alice not everyone can afford the finest sheets, you know. This is what I'm used too." I stated.

She was shaking her head at me. "No, this won't due at all. Leave me in charge of the decorating. I want our room to sort of go together anyway."

Too tired to argue with her I said "Fine, but if it looks like pink threw up in here I'll never forgive you." In a flurry of movement she came at me with a hug and nearly knocked me off the bed.

"Alice, control your excitement please. I am so tired. I need to go to bed." I told her.

"Okay, okay. Well I wanted to talk about Edward, but it can wait until tomorrow." Then the little pixie jumped off the bed and onto hers in what almost looked like one swift move.

Turning out the lights and getting under the covers I closed my eyes and dreamed of green eyes and crooked smiles.