Stephenie Meyer Owns Twilight

Chapter 14 – Promises

BPOV

"Shhhh," I am saying to Ash, softly running the brush down her side. She is becoming antsy, swaying back and forth between her right and left legs.

"What is it, girl?" I ask her quietly trying to sooth her with my voice.

I hear a noise from behind me. A low, almost inaudible growl. I turn swiftly. Before I know it I am soaring through the air, landing softly on a bed of hay at the far end of the stable. I look up to find him above me, pinning my body firmly beneath him. He is wearing the most glorious smile I have ever seen. His eyes are full of want, full of need, full of desire.

I let out a sigh as his soft lips crush to mine. His hands securing my wrists and bringing them up above my head. His mouth desperate to consume my very being. His is kissing me hard as his tongue begins demanding entrance into my mouth. I welcome its entrance. Our tongues fight against each other, each wanting to claim dominance.

Again he growls and pulls his mouth away from mine. I whimper at the loss of contact. My body instantly aching, begging for his return. The wait isn't long. His mouth begins working its way across my neck, my collarbone, his hands moving down to stroke along the sides of my body. I bring my hands down and wrap them in his beautiful hair. I pull roughly at his locks as my nails attempt to dig into his hard skin.

He throws his head back and moans. His knees move between my legs and gently pushes them apart. He allows his weight to rest between my legs as his pelvis is slowly thrusting against my center. His hand makes its way under my shirt, over the delicate lace of my bra, while his mouth continues to lick, to taste my neck.

I grasp his back pulling him closer to me, wanting to feel all his weight rocking against me, needing him to harden and speed his thrusting as his erection is hitting against that precious bundle of nerves at my core.

His cold hands begin to kneed and grasp at my breasts. A cold finger circles my nipple and I scream.

"Yes, Edward, please! MORE!"

"Isabella, wake up!" a high pitched voice yelled out.

I immediately woke up, confused, groggy with sleep. I sat straight up in the bed and tried to focus on the wide golden eyes staring back at me as my bed is inexplicably shaking up and down.

"Where's the hay?" I croak.

Alice giggled.

The sleep-fog is finally lifting. I looked down at the shaking bed and find my sheet wrapped tightly around my left leg and see that the comfortable was thrown to the floor. I was still trying to make sense out of why the bed was shaking.

"That must have been some dream. Care to share?" Alice laughed at me. I looked at her and soon realized the reason for the bed shaking. She was bouncing up and down in excitement sitting next to me.

I pulled my pillow from behind me and covered my head with it and laid back down.

"Arrgggghhh, Alice," I moaned out loud from underneath the pillow, "what time is it?"

"Hmmmm, I'm not really sure," she admitted.

I peeked out from underneath the pillow to see the room was still dark. I removed the pillow from my face and glanced towards the window to see a very faint warm light in the sky. Dawn was just breaking.

I sighed and tossed the pillow to the side and sat up once again. I was ready to chastise Alice for waking me up but one look at the happiness on her face quickly melted my anger away.

She just looked so damned happy.

"Oh, Bella! This is the happiest day of my life! Please don't be upset that I woke you, but I just had to tell you about my night with Jasper!" She blurted out, her annoying bouncing increased with each syllable she spoke.

"Alright, Alice. Just give me a few minutes to wake up and you can tell me all the details about…." I abruptly stopped talking suddenly realizing what I was about to say.

"Scratch that, I definitely DO NOT want all the details. Anything that involves what you did with, did to, or did for my brother, is strictly prohibited." I clarified with a shudder.

"Well, it would only be fair since I just spent the last few minutes listening to you moaning and purring in your sleep about MY brother," she said matter-of-factly.

I gasped and flushed bright red to which Alice laughed in response.

Yes, I was well aware of my propensity for sleep talking. No secrets were safe with me around that was for sure. If I dreamt it, I said it for the world to hear. My roommate back at school chided me constantly for my sleep talking. Now it appeared I had progressed to sleep moaning as well since Edward came into my life.

I closed my eyes remembering the marvelous dream I had just had. A small smile came to my lips as I recalled the feeling of his mouth, his hands, his body on mine. And my anger at Alice suddenly returned realizing she had interrupted what was sure to be the most erotic dream I had ever experienced.

I opened my eyes and looked again to her excited, expectant face. The shaking bed beginning to bring forth a mild case of motion sickness.

"Alright, Alice. Give me a human minute and you can tell me all about," I relented, again forgetting my anger.

"Yay!" she squealed as I began getting up out of bed and walking towards the bathroom.

It wasn't long before we were both sitting on my bed while she relayed to me the events of the evening she had spent with Jasper. She thankfully left out the more intimate details for my benefit. We were laughing and giggling with each other. I ohh'd and ahh'd at the appropriate times. I watched in wonder as she spoke of my brother in the most loving of ways. She was truly in love.

I couldn't be happier for Jasper. He deserved all the love in the world. He deserved happiness. He deserved someone as warm and loving as Alice. She was his destiny.

"And the best news is he has agreed to come to Forks with you," she gushed.

She quickly brought her hand to her mouth as if she had misspoken. Her eyes were wide as she stared back at me waiting for my reaction. I was a bit confused as I reviewed the words in my head that she had just spoken.

"With me?" I asked her.

"Bella, I'm so sorry. I wasn't supposed to say…I mean…your parents said…SHIT!" she exhaled.

"Tell me what's going on, Alice. I have to know," I whispered to her. A sense of dread washed over me. I had suspected something was being kept from me and I wanted answers.

Forks? It made no sense to me. Why would the Cullens be taking me to Forks? And why were my parents keeping it from me? I knew this was bad, very bad.

A gentle knock sounded on my door, interrupting my thoughts.

"Bella, we'll talk about it later, okay," she whispered next to my ear. Her voice so quiet I strained to catch all her words.

"No, Alice. Please tell me now," I begged her.

I looked at Alice and her eyes were filled with sadness, pity, and most startlingly, Fear. She just shook her head. She mouthed the words I'm so sorry to me. My heart sank knowing whatever she had to say would forever change my life. I knew it in my heart. I could feel it in my soul. A tear escaped from my eye as I let out a shuddered breath.

Yes, something wicked this way comes, I thought cryptically to myself.

Another knock sounded in the room.

I quickly wiped the tear from my cheek and announced towards the door, "Come in."

The door slowly opened to reveal Edward standing on the other side. He was standing there looking at me, his eyes soft and loving. He glanced to his sister and nodded his head. It appeared that they had exchanged a brief conversation with each other.

Edward was at my side at once. His hand lovingly stroked my tear-stained cheek.

"I will leave you two alone," Alice stated softly as she rose from my bed and left my room closing the door behind her.

Edward and I sat there on my bed staring into each other's eyes for an indeterminable length of time. My fear had made me too quickly forget about my wonderful dream of Edward. All I could do now was look pleadingly into his golden eyes, begging him silently to explain to me what was happening, begging him to reassure me that it would all be okay, that he would protect me.

"Bella, I promise you, I will never let anything happen to you. I will give my life to keep you safe," he said softly as he pulled me into his arms.

He began explaining it all to me. Everything. He told me of the danger I was in, my parents plan to send me away with the Cullens, my father's suspicions with regards to James. He told me my parent's plan to die.

I couldn't speak as my world came crashing down around me. I sobbed uncontrollably as he continued confessing everything to me. He held me tightly, never letting me go. I grasped him in my hands, my arms, as if he were all that could hold me to the Earth.

He continued holding me until my crying ceased. Once I had calmed down, he gently laid me back on my bed as he laid down next to me, his arms still wrapped tightly around my body.

"I promise I will find a way to save your parents, Bella. I swear to you. Trust in me, okay?" he told me.

I knew he was my protector now, he was my life now. He had my faith, my trust, and my love. He would save my parents as he promised and he would save me. I knew that without a doubt. I nodded and nuzzled my head into the crook of his neck. I felt safe once again. Sleep was calling to me. I began to slip back to my dream world as I listened to his reassurances.

"Sleep, my beautiful girl, my love" He whispered as he placed a kiss on the top of my head.

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EPOV

"I promise we will pay for all the damage and for any lost revenue while the wall is being reconstructed," Jasper was saying into the phone as he and Alice came into the living room.

Alice walked past him and plopped down in a chair with a huff, a look of disappointment on her face.

I immediately started laughing out loud after reading Alice's thoughts. She gave me a menacing glare which only made me laugh harder and louder. She rolled her eyes at me.

"Thank you for your understanding and I apologize again. Salve," Jasper stated as he hung up the phone.

"What's wrong, Jasper?" Demetri questioned as he looked at me. I was gasping as I laughed uncontrollably.

Alice let out another exaggerated huff as Jasper began explaining how he and Alice had caused major damage to the inn during their overzealous attempt at lovemaking. If he could have blushed, he would have been red as a beet as he stood there stumbling over his words and fidgeting trying to explain to us. As he continued to explain, Alice kept letting out angry sounding huffs which just made me laugh harder as I saw in her thoughts that they never actually got to complete the act before the entire inn, guests and employees, came barging in to find out what had happened only to find a very naked Jasper and Alice looking down over a crumbled wall.

I was holding my gut as I bent over trying to control my guffawing.

Keep laughing Edward. You'll be destroying much more than a wall when you are finally with Bella, I'm sure, Alice thought to me.

My laughing immediately ceased as I glared at her. My anger seethed and I let out a growl.

Her eyes widened and her hand flew to her mouth as she realized the double meaning behind her words. She quickly came over to me and put her arms around my neck and hugged me to her.

Oh God, Edward! I am so so sorry! I didn't mean it that way. I know you would never hurt Bella. Please forgive me, brother! she pleaded to me with her mind.

I slowly allowed myself to relax into her hug. I wrapped my arms around her waist and muttered its okay.

Alice and I broke our embrace and looked back to the curious eyes in the room that were all questioningly staring at us now.

I just shook my head at them and they returned their attentions back to Jasper. He just stared back at them with anger in his eyes, daring them to say anything. Everyone burst out laughing. Jasper sighed and quietly took a seat in a vacant chair.

Alice looked up at me with sadness in her eyes and I bent down and kissed her cheek letting her know that I forgave her.

After all the laughter had calmed, we began relaying to Alice and Jasper our previous discussion.

I shared my feelings towards Bella with Jasper. He just chuckled and stated he already knew, explaining to my family his gift of empathy. I was relieved when he immediately accepted and seemed genuinely pleased with regards to my intentions towards his sister. He also made the decision to follow us to Forks.

"My only concern is waiting until the last minute to tell Bells," Jasper stated with a furrowed brow.

"To keep her in the dark just doesn't seem right to me. She has a right to know and she has a say in her future." He continued.

I read Jasper's thoughts and knew immediately how much he loved and respected his sister. His mind was troubled with all the possible reactions she would have by waiting until the last minute to explain, by not giving her a choice or say in the matter. He knew she hated being treated as a child and he was opposed to keeping something like this a secret from her. He wanted to prepare her for the worst but at the same time ensure she continued to hope for the best.

Everyone was silent, contemplating Jasper's words. I could hear Demtri and Heidi's thoughts as they considered the best course of action. Demetri finally decided. His yet-unspoken decision took me by surprise.

"Edward," he turned to speak to me, "She is yours and you are hers. You will decide when to tell her."

I nodded my agreement. Demetri turned to Heidi and grasped her hand in his and stroked her pained face.

Heidi glanced towards the grandfather clock in the corner.

"It will be dawn soon. Isabella will be waking shortly to tend to the horse. I think I will start her breakfast," she announced as she stood and turned to leave the room, Demetri followed.

"I think I'll go spend some time with her while she gets ready. She's to be my sister after all," Alice stated cheerfully. She rose and gave Jasper a small kiss and headed up the stairs to see Bella.

Esme and Carlisle took their leave as well. Dreary Forks seldom offered the opportunity to witness a beautiful sunrise so they made plans to spend the early morning hours atop a nearby hill.

Jasper and I remained and sat in silence for a few while, each of our thoughts were with Bella. It was comforting to know that I would have his support and his advice in what was to come.

I soon heard Alice and Bella talking with one another upstairs. I was glad that Bella would have Alice by her side just as I expected to have Jasper by mine. I had just begun to contemplate our future friendships when I heard Alice slip and tell Bella she was going to Forks with us.

"Well, I suppose now is as good a time as any," I said to Jasper.

"Just tell her the truth. And let her know you love her. That's the best advice I can give," Jasper told me with a sympathetic smile.

I nodded and made my way to Bella's room.

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