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Disclaimer: These characters belong to Stephanie Meyers
Bella Pov
He got me to go to his birthday party. I'd told him that I wasn't going, and the bastard threatened to dress me himself, and throw me in his car.
He'd said, "There is no scenerio where I leave here without you. You can get up and get dressed willingly or with force."
I laughed a bit, secretly loving how bossy he is, but still skeptical about going with him.
I told myself that this is ridiculously inappropriate. How can I go around his family? I'm technically the mistress. How will they respond to me?
I told him about my fears, and he just shot me one of his reassuring grins, and took me into his arms, bringing my body flush against his. He looked me right in the eyes as he said, "I want you there with me. Fuck what anyone thinks"
He wants me with him, on his birthday. How can I deny him?
So now I'm standing in the middle of a huge room, with a huge dance floor near a wide stage with a live band, and Edward is nowhere to be found.
After he'd been missing for twenty minutes, I stopped looking for him, and decided to stand near the outskirts of the dance floor with my glass of wine.
"Lovely, isn't it" I hear from beside me. I look over and see a woman with long brownish-red hair, curled and flowy down her back. She's dressed in a little black dress that leaves nothing to the imagination. It's skin tight, and has a ridiculous dip in the back, stopping right before her ass.
I'm stunned by the sight of the beauty, and I stare at her with my mouth wide, and in surprise. This is the woman. Heidi. She's here. Why the hell didn't I see this coming? I'm both embarrassed and pissed off by the sight of her. Why is she here? Why didn't Edward warn me that she would be here? He must know that this will be uncomfortable for me. "I'm sure you're quite dazzled by your surroundings. This isn't your usual bar scene" she laughs lightly, and I blink at her. How does she know that I work at a bar? Does Edward talk about me to her? Why does he tell my business to HER?
I shake off my annoyance, and decide to face her the same way that I would face anyone. She's not above me in any way, and I hate that she is standing as if she has superiority over me.
"I'm comfortable here, with my date" I tell her, and watch as her eyes stretch, and her eyebrows raise. She nods her head and takes a sip of her wine. Yes, I have the man that you want, and you can't have him. He's mine.
"And who might that be" she asks with a smug look, glancing around me. I can tell by the look on her face, that she knows exactly who I am, and who I came with. She recognized me that day at the restaurant as well, and she'd glared at me.
"We both know, Heidi" she raises an eyebrow at the mention of her name, and she smirks.
"That was quite a show you put on" she says with a very fake smile plastered on her face. "He didn't deserve that, any more than you deserve him" she points a finger at me, and tilts her head to the side, examining me from head to toe. She screws up her face in disgust, and looks away shaking her head.
I give her a fake smile. "Oh really"
"Yes. You're a clown that he keeps around for his amusement. You're flashy, and-" she pauses, searching for the right word. Then her eyes snap back to mine, "You're off color, and wild. Guys like to fuck that type because it makes them feel excited. You know, the guy fucks the whore, goes back to the real thing"
"And what are you? The real thing?" I ask and she nods. "Right? So let me get this straight. You're his wife then?" her face falls. "No, you're not. You and I are both whores, except, I'm the whore he wants to be with" She thinks she's better than me? I think not!
She licks her top lip, eyes me, and she scoffs. Then she looks down into her glass of wine, and then takes a slow step towards me, until she's right in my face. I won't back down. It's not in my blood.
"Listen, little girl! He will grow tired of you, and he will come back to us. It's only a matter of time." she says, and my eyebrows furrow. Us? What does she mean by us?
"Aren't you married? You're fucking disgusting" I spit out like the words are the most distasteful thing imaginable. "Edward wants nothing to do with you"
"You really have no clue who you're involved with? It's actually quite funny. Edward is-"
"Heidi" I here a deep voice come from beside Heidi, and I glance over to see Edward standing there with an unreadable facial expression. "What are you doing here"
Heidi looks away from me, and turns to face Edward. She reaches her perfectly manicured hand up to his face, and begins to lean in for a kiss. I freak out, as I usually do when I feel a certain emotion come over me. One that I never deal with, or have never dealt with. I act out of impulse, out of anger. I shove her away, taking her place at his side. Mine! I almost growl at her.
I feel Edward grasping my hand, and I instantly feel a little braver. I look back towards Heidi and my mouth falls open in shock. I didn't realize that I'd shoved her so hard, she'd spilled her wine down her dress.
"You little bitch!" She screeches. "Do you have any fucking idea how much this dress cost?"
"Heidi, you should leave. I asked you not to come" Edward says, ignoring her dramatic act.
"What about that whore? Look what she did to me" she's overreacting. She didn't even spill that much wine.
I look up to Edward, and I see his jaw ticking angrily. He fills the space between us and Heidi, and I hear him speak to her in a very low rumbling voice, and I don't miss the firmness there. "If you ever speak to her again, Heidi, I swear, no one will be able to save you from my wrath. Apologize to my date, and then get the fuck out of here."
"Apologize to her? Edward, look what she did"
"I told you to keep your hands to yourself. I belong to Bella, and she has a right to defend what is hers."
"You fucking bastard. How dare you? How fucking dare you?"
"I asked you nicely already, Heidi. Leave. Now" it's a quiet command, eerily quiet. He's trying to control his anger.
She shoots me a look, and then starts to walk off. "I'll go, but I'm not apologizing to that bitch!" then she turns her furious gaze on me. "He's going to use you, until there's nothing left" she says to me, then she glares at Edward, and walks away.
He's going to use you, until there's nothing left! He's going to use you, until there's nothing left! I already feel a bit used. I sigh heavily. What have I got myself into?
Edward then turns to me. "Walk with me. I want to introduce you to my family." He holds out his arm and I take it, letting him lead me. I can't help but notice the women around us staring at him as we walked by, their heads turning to keep their eyes on him as we walk. Even men glance our way, and straighten there backs, as if Edward were a king of sorts. Well, he is a god. I think to myself.
Edward always has that effect on people. When he enters, he immediately dominates the room.
We stop in front of an older couple, a very gorgeous couple in their fifties I assume, if they are Edwards parents. The woman has very kind eyes, and she seemingly smiles with her entire face when she sees me. The man smiles as well, but it doesn't quite reach his eyes. He's not as excited to meet me. "Carlisle, Esme, this is my Bella" Edward motions toward me with his normal smile that knocks me off of ny feet. I smile back up at him, unable to really tear my eyes away from him to look at his parents.
When I finally do, the woman envelopes me in a hug, the man just nods at me. "It's so very nice to meet you Bella. Are you enjoying yourself"
I nod, smiling from ear to ear. I wasn't expecting such a warm reception. "Of course! I'm just happy I get to help celebrate Edwards birthday" I squeeze Edwards hand, and look up at him to see that he's watching me closely.
"He's glad you're here as well, and so are we" I have a feeling her husband doesn't feel the same way about me. "Oh dear, I just remembered something." Esme speaks to Edward. I look back to her, and see a frown on her face. "Tanya and I have been planning this for over a year now, so I apologize if your name card isn't near Bel-"
"I told her to move" Edward grits out, and I look up and see his damn jaw clenching. Will he really spend his entire birthday barking angrily at everyone? He should be happy.
"It's okay, Edward" I rub his arm reassuringly. It doesn't help the situation one bit.
"Which table is it" Edward asks, and Esme points to one near the front.
Edward lifts my hand, and kisses my knuckles. "Excuse me" he says, before taking off towards the front of the room where Esme pointed.
"Oh dear" Esme says. I look on, watching as a very pretty blonde comes up to Edward, just as he's picking up a card.
She looks down at his hand, and holds her arms out, looking at the card in confusion. I see her eyes roll, as she snatches the card from his hand. His hands ball into fists at his sides, and I can see him physically shaking as he barks out more orders.
"Tanya, I presume" I turn back to his parents. His mom nods, but his dad just stares at me, and its unnerving.
"Yes. His wife" Edwards dad finally speaks. "The one that he's been married to for years" he spits, and I flinch away from his harsh tone, and his words.
Esme runs a hand along his arm, and shoots me an apologetic smile. "Dearheart, you should go and try to calm Edward down. He's been a bit snappy today"
"Okay" I say in the voice that is becoming more common, and walk away towards Edward.
This night is just, not turning out how I expected. Well, actually, I had no expectations, but this is just too much. I thought I'd dealt with every terrible thing out in the world, but now I see that the most venomous people aren't the people on the street, its the people I've encountered since I met Edward.
When I reach Edward, I grasp his hand, and he looks down at me, one hand still at his temple. He smiles at me, and then turns, taking my face in his hands. "You're the only thing that's right tonight."
"Happy Birthday" I tell him sweetly, and his eyes go liquid, as if my words, and my being here is all he needs. He drops his arms to my waist, pulling me flush against him, not caring about the many people surrounding us. He leans down to whisper in my ear so only I can hear.
"If we were alone I'd be spreading you wide, and gorging on your pussy until you came all over my tongue" he says in a thick, raspy voice that drives me crazy. I shudder in his arms. I bet if he wasn't holding onto me, my knees would give out.
"Is that what you want for your birthday"
"No. I want that and so much more. I'm going to rip this flimsy little dress off of you, spank your perfect round ass, and fuck your brains out."
"I like this dress"
"So do I" he says, then he kisses my neck, and I elbow him. I feel his shoulders shake with laughter. Then he pulls me closer to him, so close I can feel his erection. I suck in a breath.
"Stop it! You're making me so fucking wet right now"
"That's how I want you. I want you wet and ready when you walk through my door, because I'm going to give that sweet pussy quite a pounding tonight"
I try to shove away from him, because he's getting me hot and bothered in the midst of a dinner party, with his friends and family. "Come on baby, since when are you shy"
"Your parents are here"
"So what? They know how I feel about you"
"And what do you feel? Lust"
"I yearn for you, baby. Not just your body. This isn't just lust." he tells me, and I stare into his eyes, and I know that his words are true. "I adore the fuck out of you. You know that. You have to know that" he furrows his eyebrows, and shoots me a glance in disbelief. How can I believe what he tells me with every thing else thats going on?
"Can I borrow him for a second?" I hear someone ask from beside us. I break away from Edwards hold, and my gaze falls on a very tall, strikingly beautiful blonde. My eyebrows raise into my hairline. What does she want with my Edward?
Edward clears his throat. "Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of Bella" Edward says, and I look up to him and try to hold back a smile. I could kiss him right now, and I almost do. He's been going out of his way to make me feel like the lady in his life lately, and I must say it's lessening the burn of finding out that he's married.
She smiles at me, then turns her gaze to him with a barely there smile. I feel a thick tension in the air that wasn't there before, and I look between the two of them. There's animosity of the highest degree between these two, and it makes me wonder just how civil is there break up? Is this what he considers civil?
"Okay." her voice is musical, and she lets out a slight humorless laugh, and follows up by clearing her throat. She looks down at her hands for a second, then looks back up and her eyes are a bit glossy. Fuck! I know that look. She still loves him. She still fucking loves her husband, and he's with someone else. I sort of feel like shit. Not enough to walk away, because honestly I don't know or trust her, but enough to give her a sympathetic look, and slightly maneuver myself out of Edwards arms. He shoots me a disapproving look, and the woman catches it.
"I just wanted to let you know that I asked Heidi to stay"
Edward inhales deeply, and I can clearly feel him taking calming breaths, before he pinches the bridge of his nose. I lean up to look into his eyes, and all I see is rage.
"Do whatever the fuck you have to do Tanya, but keep her the fuck away from me, and especially away from Bella. You two have been warned"
"Okay, well, great. Dinner will be served soon." the woman smiles at Edward, then at me, before walking away.
"You don't have to speak to her like that" I tell Edward, and I swat his chest. I can only imagine how it feels to see the man that I love, walking around flaunting a new woman. A younger woman. "She still loves you"
"Yea well the feeling is most certainly not mutual. She also knows how I feel about you" he pulls me into his arms again, and wraps his arms tightly around my waist, looking down at me. "That is what our meeting was about also. I told her that I'd met someone else. I told her that counseling wasn't necessary because I no longer wanted to pretend that there was something to fix."
"Did she cry" I ask him and then sigh, and turn my head away to watch her walking away. Unrequited love hurts, I know it does. I watched my dad love someone for years, someone he could never truly have the way that he needed and deserved.
Renee may have only been a room away from him, but the Renee that he knew and loved had long gone. She was incapable of love. I watched my dad suffer, so I know. I know how Tanya feels to love Edward, and not have it reciprocated. I pity her.
"No, she's had years of practice concealing her true feelings."
"You said she didn't take it well" I point out his words to me. They rush back to me now that my conscience has intervened.
"She didn't. I know her Bella. She's smart. She's not going to break down in front of me." he kisses my neck, and then pulls back to look at me. "You're worried about her" its not a question, but I still answer with a shrug. "Don't be." he kisses my forhead. God, he's kissing everywhere but where I want him to kiss. I've never been so amped up in anticipation of something in my entire life like I am for a kiss from Edward. "She's a big girl"
I nod, and squeeze his arms, looking up to smile at him. "Are you enjoying your party?" i ask, and he nods. "All I've seen you do is argue with people since we walked in" I laugh and he squeezes my hips, flexing his hands. He bites his bottom lip and gives me bedroom eyes.
"I'm going to enjoy tonight" he starts massaging my hips, and I try to pull away from him.
"Edward" I chastise, and he pulls back, looking innocent, but theres mischief in those deep green eyes.
"What" he asks innocently. "I told you baby. You don't dictate when or where I touch you. And you don't fucking pull away from me"
"Well, I'm not going to let you cop a feel in front of nearly a hundred people" I tell him and he laughs, but stops when something catches his eye over my shoulder. I pull away, and look.
He grabs my hand, and pulls me with him. "Meet my sister, Alice"
"You have a sister?" i ask him, and then I realize it's a stupid question because he just said he did.
"Yes Bella. That's what I said."
"Where's your brother" I ask him. He continues to lead me through people, to the other side of the room.
"Dancing with his date."
"Can I meet him"
Edward glances towards the dance floor, towards who I assume is his brother. "Yes, but I'm not too fond of his date. I don't want you around her"
I laugh at him, and finish right when we reach a petite woman with raven hair cut into a short pixie like style. It fits her face perfectly, and I must say, she's quite beautiful. Then again, her brother is a god, so what did I expect?
"Alice, meet Bella. Bella, this is my little sister Alice." Edward introduces us.
Alice holds her hand out to me to shake. "Nice to meet you, I guess" Alice says a bit rudely, giving me a small smile, and I make a face. Okay, apparently his sister doesn't approve of our relationship.
"Nice to meet you too" there's that small voice again. Am I really scared of these people? Beef up Bella! You can't let these people intimate you.
Edward leans down to whisper in my ear. "Dance with me"
I look up at him, and nod, eventhough I'm terrified of dancing. "I don't think I know how" I whisper, and he gives me that usually sexy grin, and leans back down to my ear.
"I got you baby" his voice is soothing and reassuring, and all of a sudden the tension leaves my body. I trust him. He places a hand at the small of my back to guide me ahead of him. "Alice" he says, giving her a head nod, as Alice grabs a glass of wine from a passing waiter, and then nods back at him.
He leads me to the dance floor, and spins me around to face him, pulling my body to his, with his hand to my back, the other grasps my hand to hold to his chest.
I smile when I hear a soft, warm voice begin to sing my favorite song, and I'm overjoyed when the sound of the music fills the room. The singers voice isn't as clear as Nora Jones but it still touches me as it always does.
"Come away with me" I sing softly, and Edward pulls me closer, as we gently sway to the music. I lay my head against Edwards chest, trusting him to lead as we dance. "I love this song" I whisper to him, before closing my eyes, and letting the song, the words sink in.
Renee loved this song. I know because my dad would play it often, or he would sit by my moms door and sing it while she cried. My dad would never make it to the words, 'And I'll never stop loving you' without crying too.
I squeeze Edward close as the painful memories flood my mind. "While I'm safe there in your arms" I sing as we sway. I'm so content in Edwards arms, I can't think of a warmer, safer place to be. I feel him kiss the top of my head, and I sigh. "Come away with me"
Edward pulls back as the song ends. "Are you okay" he asks, and I nod, letting him pull me off of the dance floor.
Dinner is served shortly after, and I'm glad to see that both Edwards wife, and friend Heidi are in the back of the room, chatting and eating together, and nowhere near us.
I find it weird that Tanya is okay with being friends with a woman that is actively attempting to bed her husband. She seems a bit partial to me. She hasn't been rude or malicious, which I'm grateful for, but still, its sort of weird. Her behavior in general is just strange.
I wish I fully understood the relationship between the three of them. Then maybe their behavior wouldn't seem so strange to me.
In the midst of dinner, I tap Edwards shoulder to excuse myself to the bathroom. He stands, and offers to walk with me, but I assure him that I'm a big girl, he laughs, and lightly pats my ass as I walk away. I wish he'd stop doing that in public.
I turn a corner and see Heidi walking out of the bathroom. She stops when she sees me, and then rolls her eyes. "You're so lucky that I have respect for Edward" she tells me with a scowl on her face. I roll my eyes at her and try to get to the bathroom door but she blocks it.
"Excuse me" I try for polite, but I don't have it in me to continue if she's going to be a bitch. Bitch Bella hasn't come out to play in awhile, and I would hate to go ape shit crazy on this upitty bitch. She won't know what hit her...literally!
"I don't know what he sees in you" she says, and then she scuffs. "Does he call you baby, when he's fucking you?" she laughs. "It's because he can't remember your name" she looks me up and down and smirks. "If I remember correctly, everytime we fucked, it was my name he shouted as he came" at that I lose my shit.
I punch her dead in the mouth, and I don't stop there. She deserves every hit that connects to her fucking face. She has talked down to me from the moment she met me, and I've played it cool. As soon as she brings Edward into it, all reason leaves me, and all I'm left with is a cloudy brain, hazy vision blurred by anger, fueled by rage, eardrums ringing, heart pounding. I'm going to draw blood soon if I'm not stopped.
I'm like a raging beast, pulling her arm, punching her repeatedly, and I can't stop myself. I've become very possessive, very jealous, and filled with an uncontrollable urge to destroy any competition. He is mine.
"Oh my god!" I hear a woman's shrill voice cry out, and it snaps me out of my frenzied attack. All Heidi managed to do was claw at my arms, and pull at my hair, whilst I was straddling her, punching her repeatedly. I knew she was shouting for me to stop, but I couldn't register her words, I was in a trance, as her words wreaked havoc in my head. I reacted violently, I knew it was only a matter of time.
I feel myself being jerked upright, but I continue to swing even as I'm in the upright position. That's when I recognize the person holding me up, and throwing me over their shoulder, while I listened to Heidi yell obscenities at me. I kick and scream, causing a scene, realizing that I hadn't done nearly as much damage to her as I wanted to. She deserves more of a beat down. "I'll fuck you up next time, bitch" I shout before she's out of sight. Edward continues past the ball room, and dining room area, to the out doors.
Heidi comes running out, and before I know it I feel a stiletto hitting my face. "Fucking slut" she yells, and Edward turns around, and gets wacked by her other heel.
"Put me down Edward. I'm going to kill her" I feel myself being let down, but his arms block me, amd corners me in front of a limo door.
I see Heidi being hauled back in by a big burly man, that resembles Edward, and I assume it's his brother that he mentioned.
"Get out of my way Edward" I shove his chest, and he does the same to me, getting right into my face. He's fuming mad.
"Shut up!" he says to me, and my anger slowly dissipates, and I'm filled with something else. Warmth maybe, I don't know what it is, but my heart is speeding faster than it was a second ago, and my breathing is coming in pants now.
"This is her fault" I tell him, and watch as his nostrils flare, and his jaw tightens, and fuck if it's not sexy as hell.
"Shut up Bella" he tells me, but I open my mouth to speak again, because I'm still pissed off by Heidi's words. Why is he pissed at me? I start to ask him, but my lips instantly become sealed by the most perfect, softest set of lips known to man. Lips that I have longed to touch mine for a month now. They are finally on me, and I swear it was worth the wait.
He takes my lips firmly, and forcefully, gripping my hips to him, but pressing me back into the side of the limo. He reaches one hand up and grips me by my nape, pulling me as close as humanly possible. He makes a low rumbling sound deep in his chest when I willingly open my mouth to him.
There's a fire building up inside of me, its raging deep within me. I need him. I need him now. But I won't dare break this kiss. I've waited too long for it.
I feel his tongue exploring my mouth, stroking my tongue, dominating me completely. He tilts his head to get a better more thorough taste, and I part my lips wider, giving him everything he wants without him asking. It's as if we're in sync, our mouths move together, our tongues move together, our hands grip to get closer eventhough there's clearly no more space between us.
This kiss is feverish, passionate, heated, ravenous, greedy, hungry. We both want more, need more.
Tremor after tremor wreck through my body and I'm weak at the knees, sure that if he releases me I'll fall straight to the ground.
I'm pained with desire, and practically trembling in his arms as excitement thrills through my veins, heats my body, overtakes me completely. I'm so fucking addicted to this man, and now I'm going crazy over his kiss. I'm desperate, and clingy, and needy, pulling him closer, kissing him back harder, pressing up against him, rubbing against his erection. Jesus, I just can't get enough.
I feel like I'll die if he takes his mouth off of me. It's that fucking serious! It's that fucking good-no amazing! His kiss is the single most perfect thing I have ever experienced in my life. Everything that I've experienced with this man has been the absolute best for me. He is just the best experience, and I know at this point I couldn't bare to lose him, lose this, lose us. I want to keep him. I want to make him happy. I want forever.
He finally pulls away, breathless, and panting with his eyes closed tightly, and his jaw clenched. Its so fucking sexy.
I grip the lapel of his suit tightly in my hand and with slightly shut, hooded eyes, I whisper, "You kissed me"
"Mmhmm" He groans, and breathes heavily out of his nose, his eyes low, and staring directly at my lips. "I am going to kiss every inch of this body tonight baby."
"Please" I whimper, my chest rising and falling heavily. I bite my lip, amd he thumbs it, pulling it from my teeth, before taking it between his teeth.
"Fuck" he hisses, amd pulls back with tightly closed eyes. Then he leans his forehead against mine. "I swear I'm coming back to you tonight" he whispers before kissing my forehead, and pulling away.
I'm confused. "What" I ask as he steps back on the side walk.
"Get in the car Bella" he says in that tone, the one that demands I do what he says without question.
"Where are you going" I ask him desperately. Don't leave me! Not when I'm crazy horny, and begging for you.
He steps back in front of me looking down at me. "Get in the fucking car" this voice is dangerous. This voice says, do what the fuck I said, and do it right fucking now.
I huff, and puff, and turn to grab the handle, but he reaches for it, pulling it open. I look over and see Heidi coming out of the building. She bends down to pick up her shoes, and then just stands there, with her arms folded glaring at me.
"In" he says, and I huff some more before complying. He pats my ass as I climb in, and I turn to flick him off. He closes the door, and I look out the window to see him taking angry strides over to Heidi. He shouts at her, then points an angry finger towards a waiting black car. They walk towards it slowly, and the last thing that I see before the limo takes a turn, is Edward sliding in beside her in the back of the car. My blood boils. He-he got in the car WITH her! With HER!
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