Chapter Fourteen
Could I possibly be falling for Edward?
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Falling. What a stupid word to use. Why would you falfl for someone, I mean, I fall, a lot, technically in the true sense of the word I've already fallen for Edward. At the coffee shop, at the bookstore, out at dinner...
"Bella?"
"Hm." He broke my trance.
"Are you ok?"
"Yes."
"You just seem..."
"What?" I asked when he didn't continue.
"Distracted?" Should I be worried that he's not looking at the road?
"No, I'm fine." I smiled at him.
He leant over and flipped open the mirror on the sun flap. "Bella, you're a pretty shitty liar."
I stared at my face, it was true, my lips pressed into a thin line and my eyes were way too wide. I may be a shitty liar, but there is no way that I'm going to tell Edward the truth. Sorry.
"I'm just tired." Edward just mumbled in response, obvious disbelieve laced in his mumblings. I took his hand and we remained quiet for the rest of the drive back.
I did start to nod off in the car, so when Edward pulled up at my place he looked calmer, probably believing my lie.
He opened my door before my tired fingers could even unclick the seatbelt.
He wrapped his arm around my waist and walked me to my door.
"Thank you for meeting my parents."
"They are amazing, Edward."
"I swear they aren't always as... they're just not usually that, explicit." He frowned and I giggled.
"You're saying they don't usually talk about their sex life in front of you?"
"Bella, seriously, that was my worst nightmare coming to life."
"I still loved them all the same."
We were at my front door now.
I wonder what it would be like to try the L word out.
The errant thought crossed my mind, stopping me for a moment. I needed to delve some more, maybe with the help of some goon and my girls. Edward pulled me into him by my hips.
"Do you know what tomorrow is?"
"Monday?"
He nodded, "It's also the start of the two weeks from hell."
"Two weeks from hell?" Yep, I'm confused.
"Two weeks 'til your cast comes off." He leaned in. I could smell him breathing all over my face, spearmint.
"Do you want to come in?"
He pondered, "I've got to work in the morning and I know you don't, and besides, I don't want to start pushing the boundaries with hell starting tomorrow."
"So, no?"
"Sorry, no."
He leaned in to kiss me.
Does it not feel like this for everyone?
No. Kissing Mike most definitely did not feel like this. His mouth was awkward on mine, his lips too big, his breath too overpowering and gross.
Edward lips always moulded perfectly with mine, his lips always smooth and just the right size and his mouth always had that hint of spearmint no matter morning or night.
He pulled back and kissed the corner of my mouth slowly before kissing me on the forehead.
"Goodnight, Bella."
Monday
I awoke late morning and got out of bed. I stretched. I don't feel any different. Last night Edward said that these next two weeks would be 'hell', but at the moment I feel fine.
Rose asked me questions about Esme and Carlisle, but there wasn't really too much to tell. We were practically sisters now, so I told her about how I recounted the whole story of how Edward and I met. She laughed saying that she could picture exactly their reactions. I didn't tell her about the baby-maker blanket though. Some things are just too intimate to tell.
After my tales with the in-laws Rose broke and spilled the dreaded news.
"I'm moving out."
"What, no! Stay, please."
Well, don't I sound clingy...
"Bella," She laughed, "Em and I are getting married."
"So?"
"I just figured that I should test drive him first."
"You've been having sex with him for ages, don't you think you've rode him enough." I blushed because I didn't mean for my mouth to say that. Rose blushed for an entirely different reason. "Oh, shit, sorry."
She waved away my apology.
I hugged her.
"It's ok Rose, abandon Alice and me. I'll forgive you if you make me maid of honour at your wedding." She laughed and I pulled away from her. "But I am seriously happy for you."
She smiled in response.
Tuesday
Day two. Nope, don't feel different. I have no idea what Edward was talking about. Weird, weird boy. We spoke last night over the phone. He sounded normal. He made no attempts to seduce me into phone sex.
Should I be saddened by this fact? Do we need to have actual sex for the phone sex to start? I really don't think so.
...
Oh my God! What has Edward done? He's implanted sex into my brain!
Wednesday
Today is the first time I'm seeing Edward since Sunday. We're babysitting Stan because Emmett needs to tidy things up so Rose can move in he can't do it while Stan is there because, and I quote, "I can't deny his cute face, get's me every time."
And people call me the freak!
Edward came over with Stan. We decided to go for a walk. With yesterday's 'sex on the brain' I couldn't for the life of me sit next to Edward and watch the Discovery Channel. Anything could happen, like watching the Discovery Channel.
Edward and I hit the dog park.
It was a decent day. Edward asked me not to eat a hot dog and bought me a hamburger instead.
"I just can't take that kind of imagery."
"Why?"
"Because we have to babysit Stan."
"So..."
"So it would be weird to go back to your place and do things in front on Stan."
"Performance anxiety?"
Edward just laughed at that comment. Before he inserted a very serious no and kept on laughing.
I continued to chow down on my hamburger. I never liked pickles, so I dug through my burger and pulled it out and flung it. Another dog came out of nowhere and started to lap up my pickle.
Did you know that Stan is not de-sexed? It's because Emmett doesn't want to take away his 'manhood'. Also according to Emmett, Stan is going through his teenage, 'long shower', 'yes mom I'm just taking extra time to wash my hair' phase.
The sight of this dog caused Stan's little 'ears' to perk up. Edward was holding the leash.
Needless to say living with Emmett had caused Stan's eyes to be 'babe magnets'. He took off, I believe after the cocker spaniel. Edward had to chase after him and then try to pry them apart.
Edward made his way back to me holding Stan at arm's length. Stan continued to thrust his little pelvis.
Edward and I hastily left the dog park with Stan trying to grind into Edward's hand.
"Um," I really couldn't think of anything to say.
"Home time for Stan?"
"Yes."
I don't know why but the possibility of almost seeing Stan get some was too much for me today. And now I felt awkward with Edward. Great. Maybe because I was kind of hoping similar events world take place between us. All I could see was thrusting and Edward and penis and Edward and sweat and Edward.
Edward dropped Stan off and then drove me back to my place. He didn't ask to come in and I didn't offer. That was how weird Stan had made it. I think Edward went home for a cold shower because as soon as I closed the front door I bagged my cast and turned up the cold.
Thursday
Work was on the agenda today. I seriously think the universe is working against me. I had to stock books today. Self help books. This included some titles such as Karma Sutra, Sex for Dummies, Bonk and Getting It On.
So today I got reacquainted with an old friend... Buzz.
Friday
Finally! A semi-normal day. Alice and I are helping Rose pack. Tonight is her last night. Alice and I were in Rose's room right now. It's 10 and I've already had one glass of boxed wine. We figured we'd be classy today. Alice is in charge of Rose's clothing. Rose is clearing out her draws and labelling the ones which we shouldn't touch. I really don't want to know why. I'm labelling boxes.
No I'm not slacking off. With Alice's 'filing' system and Rose's amount of crap it's a lot of work.
We broke for lunch, grilled cheese and more wine.
After I stood in front of the bookcase and started removing all of the books that Rose owned. There wasn't much of a dint, just a few school books that she refused to part with and some of those popular vampire books that were all the rage right now. Rose and Alice were fighting over which DVDs Rose owned. How she won against Alice and stole our Harry Potter collection I'll never know.
"Guys, come on you're being ridiculous." Alice and I may or may not have been a little bit tipsy by this stage and may or may not have stopped talking to Rose for taking our Harry Potter DVDs.
I mean, come on, wouldn't you fight for Harry Potter?
My phone started buzzing in my pocket.
"You're no use to me unless you can convince Rosalie Hale to give Harry Potter back to me!" I declared. Maybe I was being a bit over the top.
"Bella?"
"Jake!"
"So I did ring the right number?"
"Of course. How are you? So you're still alive?"
"Er, yes."
"Well, you haven't rung me in a long time." I pouted. "Do you want to come over?"
"To join the protest?"
"Yea, sure."
"I'm coming over."
Jake arrived and Rose begged him to get Alice and me to speak to her.
"Can't you just split them down the middle?"
"Where would you make the cut?" I was shocked.
"I don't know, but for the love of Gaga just do it. I'm not drunk yet, so all this fighting is serious." In the end we ended up splitting it down the middle. Upon closer inspection some of the DVDs were *cough*illegalcopies*cough* so I've no idea why I was adamant that they stay here.
We packed and drank late into the night. Jacob packs some killer music.
Saturday
Ow... ow, ow, ow. I placed my hand to my head. I think my intolerance for alcohol has lowered, I only had what? Four glasses yesterday. I sat up. Alice and Rose were still asleep. Jacob was stirring on the end of the bed. We all decided to sleep together last night. Like a slumber party. I felt my phone buzz in my pocket, it must have been what woke me.
"Hello." I croaked.
"You sound like ass."
"Thanks Edward. I feel like it." Nicely played Swan, even hung-over you can pull the sympathy vote.
"How about I come over and cook you breakfast?"
"Edward... can't... Rose... balls." Emmett commented in the background.
"Emmett, its 11, I'm sure an hour won't get you castrated."
"It's 11 o'clock?" We've overslept.
I didn't get an answer, but I heard Emmett mumble, "Your nephew."
"We're coming over." Edward's voice was overly cheery.
...
"I'm going miss you so much Rose." I was crying.
"Bella, I'm only 5 minutes away." She was crying equally as much.
I hugged her closer, "It's still too far."
Alice joined in and the three of us stood there blubbering.
Eventually Rose backed up, hopping between feet and fanning her face. "Ok, ok, enough crying. We should be going." Jacob stepped forward and hugged her. She blushed when they broke apart, probably from an inappropriate comment Jacob made.
One last hug and Rose was gone. Edward was helping Rose and Emmett cart the boxes so he was gone for the night promising to ring me before bed. Jacob left, he had to go hang out with Seth. We were going to hang out tomorrow anyway.
Now it was just Alice and me.
"So, you and Edward looked cosy at lunch." We were watching Harry Potter in honour of Rose.
"Alice, I think I'm falling for him."
"Wow." I gaped at her sombre response. "Joking! I totally had you two pegged from the beginning." She launched herself at me and hugged me.
Sunday
"8." Jacob said.
"No way, total 7. Now that guy is an 8."
Jacob bent over and laughed at me.
"You laughing at me Black?"
"Did you just give that guy an 8?"
"What would you give him?"
"A 6!"
"Are you high boy?"
Jacob and I were 'g-spotting', an old tradition that we created when were both single. We are sitting in the park and rating guys after we had spent the day together. Simple, yet fun, but always with a hint of dispute.
"Can we agree that that guy is a 2?" Jacob pointed.
"I'm sure his mum loves him." I laughed, "But yes, total 2." Sometimes we got a little vindictive.
"Oh my god Bells! 11!"
I swung my head, "What! Where?" I followed his finger, "Edward!"
"He's here to wine and dine you. I've got to go meet up with my boy."
"Oh, ok. Thanks Jacob." I hugged him and left with Edward.
...
"Can I come in?" Edward asked after he broke away from my neck.
"Ok, but no funny business."
"Why not?"
Because I really, really need some funny business right now?
"Because I think we should wait."
Monday
After a night of no funny business Edward was dropping me off to work. There is seriously nothing worse than work on a Monday morning after sharing a bed with your boyfriend.
He leant down to kiss me. He was ravenous, erotic and horny and so was I. Unfortunately; because of my stupid mouth I could take no pleasure because I stupidly decided that we should wait.
Now, why wait. I don't really know, to increase the anticipation? Because I'm crazy? Maybe a little masochist? But now Edward is holding me to my word. I tried to take it back, but he said I wanted it. Now he teases me.
Edward pressed me to him and let his hands wander. What an asshole. How am I supposed to go to work now? If I was a guy I would totally have a raging hard on.
"Enjoy your shift, Bella." He pecked me all too sweetly on the lips and walked around the corner. He's teasing me and I don't like it. Not one bit. Jerk.
I touched my fingers to my lips. I may be angry at him, but I can still appreciate a good mouth fuck. I turned, still lost in my haze, to go to work. I wasn't watching where I was going and I was thinking about possible ways I could torture Edward after my torture session ended. That's why I smacked myself right into the glass doors.
Stupid things didn't automatically open for me! Subconsciously I must've known I was late because I was walking at one hell of a pace. I literally bounced. I swear, tennis ball meets racket, bounced off those doors, which then had the decency to open as I landed on my ass, head not so narrowly missing the puddle.
I removed my fingers that were still holding my lips in remembrance of Edward's kiss and put them of my forehead. Hello Headache.
I didn't bother to move. I would get up when I felt like it. I could see Angela inside. She must've known I was ok because she didn't come out to see. I could see her legs crossed at the ankles as she did the pee dance she does when she finds something extremely funny.
I sat up and finally Ang came out.
"Bella." I just looked up at her, "You should've seen your face." She laughed, "And the birds flew away just so you wouldn't squish them with your ass." She was holding onto the wall with one hand and her ribcage with the other.
"Angela, I don't know why it's so funny, I've fallen a lot." I extended my hand in hope of her helping me up. She grabbed it, but wasn't that much help. I wiggled a bit. I don't think I broke anything.
"It's funny 'cause you were wearing your 'post-Edward' face."
I frowned and went to work. Post-Edward face my ass.
Tuesday
"I walked into a door yesterday." Rose and I were having coffee. She gave me the 'Rosalie Hale questioning eye'. "I think it's because I'm falling for Edward."
"Well, that's nothing new."
"How come everyone knew before me? Even Esme pointed it out." I'm outraged.
"Well, do something about it."
"I can't, not until my cast comes off." She laughed, "Oh, not what you were talking about?"
"No, but you've got sex on the brain, B."
I knew that too. I'm starting to understand the term 'hell'.
Wednesday
I finished my shower with a blast of cold after a goodnight call from Edward. Nothing happened, but the boy sure knew how to build some tension. He was still torturing me.
My bedroom is right next to the bathroom. Now I didn't think anything of it when I heard the loud clang in the pipes when I turned off the hot water and the cold on. Our house was old and the bathroom piping had always been a problem. But never had I expected it to be this bad. It was always fixable, like when Edward helped me fix it. Now, I'm not so sure.
I had gotten out of the shower and completed my post shower routine, moisturising and removing the bag from my cast. I walked into my bedroom. Everything was normal at first. My room looked no different. One of the photos I kept on the wall of Alice, Rose and I shook a little bringing my attention to it. I stared at it and it did it again. I removed it from the wall. The wall was wet.
The shower and my wall shared this exact point.
"Alice!" I called and she came, "What do you think this means?" Rose was the tinkerer in this house, but Rose wasn't here anymore, so...
"Your walls are leaking."
"Or the shower." I said and she nodded. We went into the bathroom and tinkered with the wall. We tapped and prodded, but the drywall seemed fine here.
"Maybe if we turn the shower on?" Alice suggested. We did. I turned on the hot first and everything seemed fine.
"It made a funny sound when I turned on the cold." Alice raised an eyebrow at me and I just blushed and rolled my eyes. I turned off the hot and turned on the cold tap.
The wall vibrated and the pipes groaned. I turned the cold onto full capacity and that's when we heard the loud BANG! Alice and I stood there for a while just staring at the wall, wondering what we did. The sound of spurting water hitting something caused me to move. I rushed back into my room. There was a hole in my wall, where the photo used to hang, which was spurting out short, quick, strong bursts of water, right onto my bed. I raced back into the bathroom.
"Turn it off!" I said and Alice turned off the cold. She exited the bathroom and I followed her back into my bedroom.
"Oh boy." Oh boy was right. My bed was wet. I lifted the cover off to find that the water had soaked my sheets and my mattress was semi wet. "I'm going to call Rose." Alice said and wandered off.
I got dressed, something I hadn't done before the excitement. I was drying my hair with my towel when Alice entered again.
"I disconnected the water from that bathroom, I think." She laughed, "Well, Rose thinks." She inspected my mattress. "You can't sleep here."
"Where am I going to sleep?"
"Rose's room."
Thursday
Edward hovered above me. He was naked and so was I.
"Touch me." I panted as my hands twisted in the bed sheets.
He kissed me lightly on my collarbone, "where would you like to be touched, Bella?" His voice was low and sultry.
His tongue licked and flicked over my nipple, "you... you know where."
"Nu uh, you've got to tell me, love." He kissed slowly down between the valley of my breasts.
"Oh, yes!"
I took his hand and placed it on my sex. "Here." I whispered.
The bed creaked repeatedly as Edward slowly moved his lips over my stomach.
"Yes! Right there!"
I could hear the headboard banging against the wall behind us. I didn't think we were moving that much to cause the bed to bounce off the wall.
Edward slowly placed a kiss on my clit before he looked up and me and said, "Oh Alice!"
I shot up in bed.
"Jasper!"
I looked around the room. I was in Rose's room. The wall behind me shook and the two occupants in the next room let out their final moans before everything fell silent.
I was still in a haze from sleep and extremely frustrated with the way my dream had left me.
"No fucking way!" I leapt out of bed as fast as my bung leg would allow, "ew, ew, ew!" I ran into the living room and started brushing myself off, like their actions had made me dirty.
I shivered. Alice and Jasper had just fuelled my dirty dream!
I calmed down and went and took a shower. I went back into Rose's room, calmer, and hoping to sleep. I heard Alice giggle.
"Horny assholes!" I slept on the couch.
Friday
I glared at them as they entered the kitchen the next morning. My back hurt from rolling off the couch and landing on the floor this morning. They just shrugged off my glare and made themselves coffee, emitting their post-coital glow at me.
"Bella, are you ok?" Alice asked as she sat down on the stool next to me.
"Just peachy." I smiled at her.
She frowned, "You seem off."
"Well, you seem on." I'm sure Jasper loves that.
Jasper chuckled. "I'm going to go take a shower, babe." He kissed Alice on the temple.
"Oh, wait, I'll come too." I spluttered my coffee.
"Please, don't." I begged. I put my hands on my ears. "I can't take it anymore."
Alice removed my hands from my ears. "What the hell, Bella."
"Do you know how thin the dry wall is?" Alice just blushed. "Is Jasper staying over tonight?"
Alice's eyes darted away from my face, "no?"
Saturday
I opened my eyes. My face was buried into the red fabric of our couch. How did I end up on the floor? I had to sleep in the living room again last night, but I distinctively remember going to bed on the couch.
I just thought the fall would've woken me, but no, it was the giggling coming from the kitchen.
They're like rabbits.
"Did Rose ever have this problem?" I called out and rolled over onto my back.
Alice leaned over the couch. "She never said anything. It's probably just your overly horny brain making your ears listen out for anything sort of sexual sounds."
"Being horny doesn't make you a better listener."
Alice rolled her eyes, "Jasper made breakfast and Rose said she'd look at the piping today. Your mattress should be dry by now and you need to be at work in 40 minutes." She walked away.
"But I'm so comfy here on the floor!" I called out and got ready for the day.
Sunday
"Oh my god. That was amazing. I love you so much. I promise you I'll never leave you again." I moaned. I slept in my bed last night. Free from sex noises and erotic dreams. Also, this was the last day of 'hell' as Edward dubbed it.
I hadn't seen him, in the flesh (dreams don't count), since Monday. I think it was a good idea, less temptation and frustration. He's been working, I've been working and fixing that goddam shower, which works for short periods of time. Rose and I discovered that you can't take a shower longer than 15 minutes in there. Thankfully I didn't ruin any sheets through this experiment. I recognised the clang and bang.
There was a knock on my door, "Bella, are you done in here?" She poked her head in, smirking.
"Yes, Alice." I rolled my eyes. She entered holding a cup of coffee. "Oh, Alice, I love you too." She quirked an eyebrow at me and looked in my cupboard. "What are you doing?"
"Looking for Edward."
"He's not here."
She looked at me shocked, "but you're in such a good mood." I rolled my eyes. "Well, seeing as you're in such a good mood, I thought I'd bring something up."
"Shoot." Alice smiled.
"I'm going over to Rose's today and I was wondering if you'd come."
"Sure, why do I have to be in a good mood to visit Rose?" I asked. Alice's eyes twinkled.
"No reason."
...
Save me!
B x
Why, what's wrong
E
"Bella, are you listening?" Alice appraised me.
I'm being tortured
B x
I looked down at the table covered in wedding magazines and women in bridesmaid dressed.
LOL
E
Lol! That's all he has to say!
No, not lol!
Be the hero!
Come save your girlfriend now!
B x
"Bella!" Rose snapped this time.
"Guys, I don't care. I don't know. All I ask is to not be wearing red, because I'll stand out and that you let me wear flats." I begged.
Let me just get my shiny armour
and I'll be on my way
E
Did you just call the Volvo Shiny?
B x
"Absolutely not. You will not be wearing flats as my maid of honour!" Rose fumed. Yea, she actually made me her maid of honour, but thankfully she let Alice practically run the show.
Busy, save yourself.
E
Oh shit. Don't tease him about his car, Bella. I raised my leg in the air. "Look what happened last time I wore heels guys. I plead the fifth!"
I heart the Volvo.
They're talking heels!
Think of your loins!
B x
"Maybe if she wears a long dress?" Alice suggested.
"Ok." Rose was weary.
"How do you feel about g-strings?" Alice asked.
On my way
E
Thank God!
...
I panted and reclined on Edward's couch.
"Thank you for saving me. That was exactly what I needed."
A make-out session with Edward?
Edward looked at me funny.
"Stay the night."
A/N Mm, so I'm a liar, I cockblocked you again. But I promise it ends next chapter and I promise I'll upload in under 16 days. I swear on the life of Edward! Review.