First I want to say thanks so much for reading the story. Also, I want to thank everyone for the reviews. They inspire me to write, even though I also write because I love it. And, I see many of you have added me to their favorite stories list. Please review, too. I'd love to see what you have to say.
So, what did you think of Maggie? It seems she knows more than she is letting on. And is Charlie keeping secrets from his daughter? The plot thickens as we try to unravel the mystery of all that is Edward and Bella.
Homecoming is approaching, and Bella's dress will be revealed, along with Alice's and Rose's. And don't worry, we will see more of Emmett and Jasper, too. I love their characters. They can be so crazy at times.
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Here we go again…
Edward called me as soon as he saw my bedroom light on. "Can I come over?" He sounded like an excited little boy on Christmas morning. "Um, sure. My dad's asleep already. Just come to the window, ok?"
"Ok." He said as I heard a knock right then. He was still on his cell laughing at me when I jumped. "Jesus! Edward. I didn't know you meant right this second. You scared me." I acted like I was pouting. "Oh, my poor baby. Come out and let me make it better." He cooed. "I thought you coming in?" I looked at him and tilted my head. "What's that?" I asked as I looked at the metal contraption sitting next to him. "It's a folding ladder. I thought if you had to sneak out through the window, that you might need a ladder." He explained looking serious.
"Really, Edward? I can do a handstand and back flip out of higher places." I huffed as I climbed out on my own still wearing my T-shirt and boy shorts that I had dressed in for bed.. "Where to?" I asked knowing I didn't really care where we were going. I just wanted to be with him. "Across the street." He grinned, looking at my outfit. I think he liked it. "Really, that's…..so daring." I said sarcastically. "I wanted to show you something." He mused. "Something, I made for you."
"Really? You made it?" I asked liking the sound of this surprise for once. "Well… you'll see." He gave me a shy smile. He took me by the hand and quietly guided me to his front door. Alice opened it before he could touch the handle.
"Oh, you are going to like this so much." She vibrated. "Alice!" Edward hissed at her. She looked like she was going to say something else and then clamped her mouth shut. "Now where were we?" Edward looked at me with his emerald eyes and flashed his crooked smile. My knees buckled as he caught me. "Sorry, I couldn't help myself." He smirked, knowing exactly what that did to me.
He then turned and walked to what I thought was a wall. But he slid the huge panel open. "This is an extended living room for when my parents have guests over. Well, they haven't had a chance to have anyone over yet, but you get the picture." He smiled at me again before closing the huge panel and locking it. He walked over to a beautiful piano that was sitting in the middle of the room. He sat down on the bench and patted the space so I would sit next to him.
"I have been working on this for a while, even before we moved here. I finally finished it when I met you." He started to play. His fingers glided effortlessly over the keys. He started out with a frantic melody. The music surged through my body. It held an emotional sadness to it. Then the music got faster and faster until it reached the peak. He then started to bring the tone down and play a softer melody. I could feel the tension releasing from the music itself.
A sudden calmness rushed over me. "So beautiful." Was all I could say as I stared with my mouth agape at his brilliant fingers floating over the black and ivory keys. "Who? Me or the music?" He chuckled as he continued to play. I could see that his playing really calmed him, too. "Funny. And both." I smiled as I then stared into his eyes. He was still playing lightly, but looking back at me.
I was lost in the music when it finally stopped. "Thank you, Edward. That was…I can't even find the words. Thank you!" I choked out with tears spilling down my cheeks. I through my arms up around his neck and pulled his lips to mine. "I'm glad you liked it." He smiled kissing me back. "I loved it, Edward, and I love you. That was the single, most wonderful thing anyone has ever done for me. I love you so much." I started to kiss him harder, and I tried to break open his lips with my tongue asking for entrance. He, of course, granted it by entwining his tongue with mine.
Breathing heavily, my mouth broke free of his as I started to kiss his face, and then moved down to his neck. He growled with pleasure as I lightly sucked, placing a small light red mark. I didn't stop there as I started to frantically unbutton his shirt. "Bella." He sounded out of breath. "We…can't." He sounded like his resolve was breaking as I continued to suck on his neck leaving little marks. I had found his weak spot, and I was going to take full advantage of it. Suddenly, he snapped open his hooded eyes and quickly lifted me onto the piano. He stood up and started to attack my neck with kisses as he raised my shirt up over my head leaving me only in my sports bra and boy shorts. I continued to unbutton his shirt, and shook it off of his shoulders exposing his bare chest. I tried to lean forward and kiss him, but he held me back as he sucked on my earlobe. My weak spot. "Edward." I moaned as I threw my head back giving him full access of my neck and chest. He ghosted his lips over my collar bone sending shivers through my burning body. And then he traced his tongue along the hem of my sports bra.
It seemed as if he was contemplating whether or not to go further with me. Let's help him out, shall we? I asked myself smiling like the Cheshire cat as I started to take my sports bra off. "Allow me." Edward whispered to my surprise. He slowly raised the sports bra over my mounds trailing kisses inch by inch behind the previously covered skin. He left it on though just enough to get access to my hardened peaks. I writhed as he placed feather light kisses over my breasts. I reached my arms around his neck and pulled him closer so he would get the hint that he could get a lot rougher with me. I wasn't made of porcelain, after all. Hell, he felt so good at what he was doing, I wouldn't care if he bit me a little. Maybe we could get to that point in the future. I thought as he pushed me against the hard glossy surface.
By now, we were practically laying on the piano. We stayed like that for a while as he continued to taste my flesh, and I writhed and clawed at his back. Then his head snapped up. "Not now, Alice." He spoke through his teeth. "Your father is going to check to see if you snuck out. I need to get you home." He sullenly placed a kiss on my belly button and pulled my sports bra back down. "But, Edward, I want you to touch me." I whined. He smiled and helped me get my shirt back on. "Later, baby." He smirked as he unlocked the huge panel and slid it open. As we walked out of the room, I saw Alice standing there staring at me. "Thanks a lot, Alice." I mumbled at her as she looked at me apologetically. "Sorry, but you were going to be grounded and…" She frantically tried to explain. "It's ok, Alice. I forgive you…this time." I smiled at her as we left the house.
"She feels really bad you know. She going to try and make it up to, and when she does, just let her, ok?" He informed me as he hoisted me through my window. I could have got back in myself, but I like the way he cradled my ass as he pushed me through. "Fine. I will….let her then, ok?" I waited for him to come in, too, but he just stood there shuffling his feet. "Aren't you coming in?" I asked him hoping he would take my invitation. "Uh, no..I can't. I want to, but….I mean, I don't know if I can control myself around you, and your dad is here…" He stumbled through his words, probably trying not to hurt my feelings.
"You're right, I mean, ummm, we should just see each other tomorrow then." My chest literally ached at the thought of being apart from him after we just acted like horny teenagers on his piano. He leaned up to give me a kiss goodnight. I readily invited his tongue in my mouth. "Ok, see you in the morning." He said as he gave me a panged look, and then he started to walk away. "Thank you." I said. "For what?" He turned to look at me. "For playing for me. You really don't know how much it meant to me. I…." I stopped when he walked back over to me and reached his hand up to caress my cheek. "I love you." He said. "I love you, too." I said back as I choked back the tears. "Sweet dreams." He smiled at me. "You, too." I whispered.
Lying in bed, I thought of how far we have come in only a few weeks. And, how if it wasn't for Edward, we might not have become as close as we are now. I almost gave up the first time he rejected me. I am so weak. I thought to myself as guilt crept into every pore of my body. I didn't deserve him, and I knew that, but something kept bringing us closer. Then my thoughts moved to the woman at the dress store. Maggie. She said something that kept floating around in my mind as I drifted off to sleep.
"Some things have a way of finding their way back to each other." A familiar voice whispered from somewhere in the distance. I couldn't see through the fog that had so quickly appeared at my feet. "Who are you?" I called out hoping the voice would sound out again so I could follow it. "Damn fog, I can't see a thing. Whoa!" I shuffled my feet into something on the ground. I reached down to feel what it was that almost made me trip and fall and possibly break a bone. I followed the shape of the hard, cold texture. There was a handle on it. I picked it up by the handle, and I gasped as I saw that it was a baby carrier that I was holding. With a baby in it! The baby giggled and opened its eyes at me. Then I almost dropped it….I mean him. Bright green eyes! Like Edward's! "I think he likes you." A red haired woman appeared from the fog. Maggie? "Give him to me, Bella." Carlisle said as he joined her side. "It's ok. He'll be fine." Carlisle noticed my nervousness as I slowly handed him back.
And then I heard another man's voice. "Such a good girl. Here take another dose." The man who resembled James, only older appeared next to Carlisle, holding another baby with dark hair. A girl. He looked to be about Carlisle's age, and had blond hair. The fog started to dissipate, and I suddenly realized where I was. The genetics lab. I do not recall ever being there before, but I knew exactly what it was. This is where they ran tests on Alice and Edward. But why was I here?
I blinked for a moment and shook my head in disbelief. When I opened my eyes, I was lying down next to the babies. I reached out to take baby Edward's hand. But I only saw a tiny reaching for his. And it had a tiny butterfly IV in it. "Now, now, Bella. Don't reach too far. You'll pull your IV out. You want to be big and strong when you grow up, don't you?" Maggie rubbed the top of my head. I started to scream out that I was 17 years old. I wasn't a baby. But I just heard crying when I opened my mouth.
"Shh, Shh. It's ok, it was just a dream. You're with me now. Always." Edward was whispering and gently rubbing my forehead. "Edward? When did you get here?" I sat up quickly. My voice was hoarse. "It's morning, Bella. 5 A.M. Your dad just pulled out, and I ran over. I missed you. You were screaming…." He looked at me with his head tilted. "Here, let me get you some water." He jumped up and ran to the bathroom to fill my glass, and ran back to my side. "I'm so sorry I wasn't with you last night. Are you ok to go to school? I can stay with you today if you want. We could just lie here…." He was tempting me, smiling lazily. Then he paused and put a serious face on. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"No…yes…I don't know. It was…strange, Edward. It was in the past this time. It's never in the past. I'm scared." I felt myself shivering. He wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly as he rocked me back and forth. "You don't have to talk about it right now." He breathed with his lips in my hair. "We don't have to go anywhere today either." He added.
"But I need to! We have homecoming this Friday! Rose will kill me if I don't show today!" I think I scared him a little with my outburst because he jumped back. So, I toned it down a little and made my voice softer so I wouldn't alarm him. I could hide this fear. I was good at that. I was like my dad in that way. "Besides, if I practice in P.E. today, I will get more time with you later." I moved to him and sat on his lap. I straddled my legs facing him so I could give him a good morning kiss. "Don't you want to see me…later?" I softly whispered in his ear earning a shift in his lap.
"Of course I do….are you sure you're ok?" Edward sensed that I was covering my feelings. He felt me like I felt him. Sometimes it was like we were attached in mind and body. He caressed my back and pulled me closer so that we were forehead to forehead. He was so gentle and loving. I have never known anyone as pure at heart as he was. I let a deep breath as I realized I was actually holding it. And that made Edward sigh in return. "I'm fine, Edward." I said as I shook my head quickly and laughed it off.
I started to get off of his lap and he lightly wrapped his arms around my waist. "Don't go. I like you here." He gave me the combo puppy dog eyes and crooked smile. Damn that's hot. But I had to be strong and get ready for school. It was an important week with Homecoming just around the corner. There was practice, the Homecoming rally, and the parade. "Oh crap! The parade!" I said out loud. "So?" Edward asked, looking at me like I was over reacting.
"Oh, Edward." I whined. "The girls and I have to work on the float after school. And I have to walk in the parade." I kept whining. He still wasn't the big picture. So, I looked at him straight in the eyes. "I won't be able to see you until…like….the dance!" I sat there still on his lap waiting for a response. And he let out an evil laugh. "What are you laughing at? Are you not going to miss me?" I was crushed at the thought that my feelings on this weren't being returned. "Silly Bella. Don't worry. You will see me." And that's all he said leaving me confused. "Now go and get ready." He ordered as I got up and started to walk to the bathroom. "Wait!" He yelled after me. "Alice wanted me to give this to you. She said I would really enjoy you in this today." He purred as he handed me a bag. "Oh she did, did she?" I tried to sound irritated, but could help smiling. I mean, really. Alice did know her fashion. And she definitely knew her brother.
Thirty minutes later we were in the car on the way to school. I kept catching Edward staring at my legs as he was supposed to be driving. "Watch the road." I laughed as he pretended not to look at me. "What." He kept saying. He was so adorable. I was very please with Alice's choice today. It slightly resembled a three piece suit. But the green jacket that stopped at my waist was left open at the top to show the cream colored camisole, and not to mention, the tops of my breasts. Yeah, she also included a cream colored push up bra and matching panties. And the short as hell skirt hit me at mid to high thigh. She was kind enough to include neutral peep toe pumps that were safe for me to walk in. I knew why she didn't choose Edward's favorite blue color today. I just had to look at eyes, and see that it was mine instead.
"Bella! Over here!" Rose shouted from across the campus as we started to walk up. I tried to grab Edward's hand, but he put his arm around me and pulled me close instead. "You look so hot today." He whispered in my hair which sent all kinds of chills down my spine. "It's all for you, baby." I whispered back still look straight ahead. "You better watch out or it might be me dragging you the parking lot this time." He sighed and then chuckled.
"Hey, you look hot today, Bella." Rose gushed as she pulled me from Edward. "Yeah, I wonder who will be playing the teacher later. You'd better be good Edward, or she'll get the whip out." Jasper laughed jokingly. "Whatever, Jasper. I hear Alice has already showed you hers." I laughed back at him. "You know it." Jasper did not get embarrassed easily. But I still tried. I did, however earn a slight blush from Alice. "I miss you, Girl." Rose said as she hugged me. "I know. Me, too." I put my head on her shoulder. We basically grew up together, and were pretty much inseparable. That is, until we found the loves of our lives. I guess this is what growing up was all about.
"God, do you think you're going to make out next? I want to watch if you are." Jasper smirked. "Jasper! Ewww! We're both….like…..your sisters, remember?" I reminded him for the thousandth time. "Ok, fine then maybe Alice and Bella can…." He started again then. "Owww, what was that for?" Jasper was rubbing his head where Alice had just hit him with her handbag. "If you think I will ever share you with anyone else, you've got the wrong girl." Alice warned him earning an 'Oooh' from Edward. I just giggled at him. I think he knew his sister wasn't joking. "Yeah, you're Tramp days are over. Oh man. I can't call you the Jazz Tramp anymore. I guess I can call you Jazz the Whipped." I started to laugh so hard at my own joke that I didn't notice that Edward was just looking down at the ground.
So I stopped laughing. "What's wrong, Sweetheart. I'm sorry if I am too corny for you. I just thought it was funny." I smiled trying to get him to do the same. "If you think Jasper is whipped, then I guess I am whipped, too. And you are making fun of him." Edward whined actually looking a little hurt. "Oh, honey. There is nothing wrong with being whipped. I just couldn't find anything else to call him. I will think of another name for him later. I love you." I felt bad for hurting Edward's feelings. And I thought I was sensitive. I guess my true colors were coming out more that I felt more comfortable around him. I was normally a joker and teaser. At least with Jasper and Rose. I just had changed a little when I met Edward. He….changed something inside me. I guess he brought out the love.
"And I love you just the way you are, Jazzie." Alice kissed Jasper on the nose. "But don't forget that I will rip your head straight off if you go back to your straying ways." She shook her finger at him smiling. She knew what he would do, too, as he brought her finger to his mouth. "Don't change that either." She giggled.
"Ok, are we done coddling to the boys? We have practice and a float to build." Rose was stomping her foot repeatedly. I knew this made her miss Emmett, so Alice and I said goodbye to our boys, and followed Rose. I could almost feel Edward's eyes burning into my backside as we sauntered away. We weren't even expected to go to class since we were getting ready for Homecoming.
Being a Red Hot definitely had its advantages.
A/N: I am so sorry it took so long to update. I wanted to write more in this chapter, but I thought I should give you guys something since it has been so long. I am working hard on updating sooner next time. Thanks for reading, and please review…..