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Chapter 20 – Panicked

EDWARD

Jake applauding our performance just cemented it for me. We really needed to have a separate bedroom. Bella had taken off, totally freaked out, and I realized the chickens had followed after her. I hoped she could talk it out with her "friends" as she called them.

Her reaction wasn't the one I'd been hoping for. I was also not looking forward to working my ass off to open the cave entrance, while covered in my sticky mess.

Yeah, that really sucked.

I told Sam to stay with Jake and got to work, so I could get to the waterfall and clean up as soon as possible. I really should've thought my actions through a little better. I usually wasn't so stupid as to think with my dick instead of my head like I had. Fuck, that was messed up. I hoped Bella wasn't pissed when she came back.

BELLA

Oh, my god. I was the worst mother EVER! Okay, I might not have been his actual mother, but for all intents and purposes at this point, I was his mom, and I'd just gotten off in front of him. That was just wrong on so many levels!

How could I have been so distracted by Edward that I didn't notice Jacob had woken up?

I was going to Hell. There was a special place in Hell for people like me, who got off in front of their kids and didn't even notice it, until they were clapping!

In my defense, I didn't really know what was about to happen to me until it was too late. I had never had an orgasm before. I'd been sure that was just something women bitched about not having, because they were myths. At least I thought that was what had happened.

I wasn't sure if what I'd felt was or wasn't an orgasm. Could you have one with your clothes on?

I considered asking Edward, but decided against it. It seemed nice, but it might not have been one. Right now, I was cursing my inexperience.

I was brought out of my thoughts by the chickens clucking and hopping around. They seemed to have found their breakfast and were chasing some bugs around. I was surprised by how light the cave was this far back. I looked toward the front of the cave and saw Edward getting to work on the tree branches in the entrance. I sat down on a rock and watched as he worked. He was very handsome. He'd put on a whole lot of muscle since we'd lived here. I could tell, because the sleeves and chest of his shirt had become way too tight, and he very seldom wore it anymore because it was uncomfortable.

The chickens started hopping around more, and I looked up to see them taking off further down the cave.

"Here, chick-chick," I called to them, but they saw that I had moved toward them and continued on their path. The last thing I wanted to happen was to get lost in the cave chasing the chickens. The damn chickens didn't listen when I called them, "Chick-chick-chick!"

I looked back the way I'd come, to make sure I didn't get lost. I realized Edward and the entrance were out of site, and I didn't understand why there was still light in this part of the cave. I moved forward toward the chickens and the new light source, when the cavern opened up wide into a large room. There was one hole in the ceiling that was letting the light in. It looked like the storm had ripped out a tree or something, causing the gap to weaken and cave in. There was a pile of mud and debris on the ground, but the rest of the room seemed untouched. There were a few side rooms, and I wondered if there was something living in them.

"Edward!" I called to him. I wanted him to see this. "Edward, come look at what I found!"

He came hurrying after me and stopped short, stunned when he stepped into the large open room. He looked up at the hole and then walked over to it, looking up. "We should mark that out there, so we don't fall through it."

"Edward, look at this place," I said trying to show him the potential. He looked at me confused. "We could live here," I pushed.

"In here?" he asked as if I was nuts. He pointed to the ceiling. "In here under that?" he pointed to the hole. "Bella, this place could cave in on us, not to mention the questionable lighting."

I rolled my eyes. "Ventilation," I said pointing to the hole in the roof. "Private rooms," I said pointing to the side coves of the main cavern.

"Bats with rabies, wild animals looking for a place to live," he snapped. One of the chickens went running past us with a rather large bug about the size of its head, and the other chickens ran after it, trying to steal it. "MONSTER BUGS!" he said pointing. "We don't want to live in here," he huffed and headed back to the front of the cave. The chickens continued to feast on the bugs in the cave.

"Bugs, he says," I gripped to the chickens. "It's not like you guys won't eat them all. You guys are the best pest control ever. Bats, he says, we've been in this cave for over twenty-four hours, and I haven't seen one damn bat. I don't know what his problem is."

"Bella!" he shouted sounding frantic.

I hurried after him and saw him looking around panicked.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Jake and Sam, they're gone!"

"What?" He must have been insane. I hurried over to the cove we'd spent the night in, and they were gone. I looked back the way I'd come, and I knew they weren't there.

"Damn it, Edward!"

"Just shut up! I think I hear something," he snapped.

We were quiet for a moment, and then we could hear Sam barking in the distance. We hurried after the sound, going deeper into the cave, silently hoping to hear if we were getting any closer. What we did hear was unsettling.

It was water.

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