More fluff. I wanted one more chapter of fluff before I start the incline towards the climax of the story…which you'll probably hate me dearly for. Anyways, more fluff. I've said to a few people that fluff is like the filling of a cake or a pie. You need it to make it sweet. Well this is LEMONY fluff –hint, hint—wink, wink– lol.

Also I have to give major thanks to all you reviewers. Why? Well if it wasn't for you, then this story wouldn't have over 1000 reviews. I was taking a look at my stats and if you guys keep reviewing nearly 80 per chapter, by the time I finish this story, 'Hitched' will have more reviews than 'Being Schooled in Love'. –Gasp!– Yeah! So major huggles to you guys. Anyways here is chapter 17….ENJOY!!!!

(Disclaimer is on my profile)

Chapter Seventeen

Romance & Seduction
(Warning: this chapter is the reason why the story is M!)

Edward's POV

I pulled away from Bella for a moment. I was in pure heaven, just standing there with my lips against hers. I wish I could be like that forever but I have other plans.

"Come on," I said, opening the door. "Let's get out of the cold hallway."

Bella smiled and followed me into the room.

"Whoa," she breathed, looking around the softly lit room.

Whoa was right. Alice and Rosalie totally went overboard after we left. The room was softly lit with millions of different size candles. Roses where on every counter top, the pedals the shades of red, pink, white, and yellow. And in the kitchen, we spotted a tray containing clean strawberries and a small fondue set filled with chocolate. There was also a bottle of wine chilling in ice in the sink. I found a folded slip of paper with my name on it. Picking it up, I was wonder what the heck could Alice and Rosalie have to say about this.

For Romance and Seduction
DON'T RUIN IT!
Love,
Alice & Rosalie x

"Well..." Bella said, turning around in the kitchen. I looked up from the paper. Bella looked at it and asked, "What's that?"

"Oh a note that Alice and Rosalie left," I said.

"Oh…do I want to know what they have to say?" Bella said, smiling slightly.

I laughed and wrapped my arms around her waist. She went willingly into them, resting her face and hands against my chest. My heart went seriously in overtime that I bet Bella would hear it. Slowly she pulled away and bit her lip.

"I guess we shouldn't let Alice and Rosalie's work go to waste," she said timidly, her hands still against my chest, one lying right over my heart.

"You know we don't have to," I said, taking her hand in mine.

She shrugged. "I need to relax," she said, pulling her hand slowly from mine. "We both need to."

She picked up the strawberries and chocolate and slowly turned around, heading slowly towards the master bedroom. I remained in the kitchen, staring after her. I quickly searched for my phone to send a quick message—

From: Edward
To: Alice; Rosalie
Idk if I want 2 kill u…or ty

I quickly turned off my phone, set it down on the counter, picked up the bottle of wine (already opened, thanks to Alice and Rosalie) and the glasses and headed slowly after Bella.

The master bedroom was similar to the living room. It was lit with candles and rose pedals were everywhere. Bella stood before the bed, reading something.

"Bella?" I said, setting the wine and glasses down on the bedside tables.

Bella folded the paper and started to bit her lip, the paper tapping against her palm.

"Bella," I said, wanting to badly to snap my fingers in front of her face.

"Edward, do you mind if I…if I go take a bath before bed?" Bella said, looking shyly up at me.

"No, go a head," I said, surprised and curious to why she asked.

"Whew, thanks," she said, laughing. "I really want to get all this make-up that Alice and Rosalie applied."

I had to chuckle a bit at that. "Yeah they did put a lot on, but you do look beautiful."

Bella smiled and kissed me on the cheek before heading into the bathroom. I heard water running a few minutes later.

Sitting down on the bed, I listened to Bella hum in the bathroom. I wished I would hear her sing. I bet she sings beautifully but the sound of her humming. That boy from her childhood was lucky. Darn lucky, I thought, looking down at the wedding band on my hand.

I needed to get better wedding bands. I had yet to get real wedding bands, still wearing the cheap one that I got in Vegas. Maybe after tonight, I'll take Bella down to a jewelry store…probably Tiffany…and pick out better wedding bands. Maybe…maybe after the babies are born, Bella and I could have a real wedding, surrounded by friends and family. A wedding where a real priest married us, not a wanna-be-Elvis, Bella all dressed in beautiful white.

I rubbed my shoulders. I had a long time to think about another wedding. Right now, I better think about the present and the present right now, Bella was taking a baby, getting ready for bed. I shrugged out of my jacket and undid my tie, the darn thing keep bothering me through dinner. I undid a few buttons and groaned as I suddenly thought about work. I don't know why I suddenly did but I couldn't help but tense up at the thought of the work I needed to do.

I heard a soft click of what sounded like a door opening and the smell of something sweet. I didn't need to open my eyes to know that Bella slowly crawled onto the bed as the bed dipped slightly. I could see her behind me as her hands touched my shoulders gently, smelled whatever she had used.

"You're tense," Bella muttered as she began to massage my shoulders.

I moaned as she pressed into the muscles. "Oh god, that feels good," I muttered, leaning into her touch.

I heard Bella's husky laughed as she pressed her lips into the back of my neck and continued to work the tight muscles.

"Why are you so tensed?" Bella whispered close to my ear, her lips touching my ear. She applied lip-gloss.

"All the work that I still have waiting for me," I muttered. "Things are going right."

"I'm sorry," Bella whispered, kissing the area behind my ear.

I pulled away from her hands and turned around to say something to her but I froze at the sight of her. She was sat back on her heels, dressed in a black silk babydoll. Her lips were glossed in what seemed to be a berry pink. Her body shimmered in some either lotion or something. Oh she was a siren…jump-alicious as Rosalie said earlier. I rained in my hormones especially if I wanted this night to last…

Bella's POV

I felt self conscious as Edward continued to stare at me. I bit my glossed lip and wondering if I was should have done this. I took a bath like Alice said in the note, using the bubble bath stuff. I even used the body shimmer and the cream that Alice left in the bathroom. I knew right away that they were from Victoria's Secret, especially the black babydoll that was hanging up for me.

It was completely out what would be my comfort zone normally but I did it anyways, including giving Edward a massage that he seemed to have loved.

"Say something," I whispered, looking down at my hands.

"You look…beautiful," Edward whispered. I felt him move closer to me. "Let's lean against the backboard."

I looked up to see Edward move to rest against the pillows. I followed suit, to rest against the pillows and against the backboard. Edward uncorked the bottle of wine and poured two glasses of the red wine.

"Thanks," I said, taking the glass and taking a good healthy drink. (AN: before u chastise me about Bella drinking while pregnant, its okay for her to drink a little bit but not a lot

"Strawberry?" Edward asked, holding out a strawberry, covered in the chocolate.

I nodded, setting my glass onto the table beside me, and let him feed me a strawberry. My lips brushed his fingers as I took a bite of the fruit. I closed my eyes at I chewed on the bite before swallowing.

I reached over him to get to the fruit and chocolate that was on the table beside the bed, my chest brushing against Edward. I heard him inhale which caused me to smile a bit and bravery to pulse through my veins. I dipped the strawberry in to the chocolate and pulled back so that I could feed it to him. He opened his mouth and I feed him the fruit but not before chocolate dripped onto the bit of chest that was exposed when Edward undid his shirt.

"Sorry," I muttered and did something I don't think I would have ever did.

I dipped my head and licked the chocolate off his chest. Edward moaned causing me to laugh.

"Minx," Edward muttered as I kissed the way up his neck to his lips.

"Hmm, maybe," I said, smiling and offered him the rest of the berry.

Edward's green eyes remained on me as he slowly finished the bite. I licked my lips as he swallowed and turned to dip a strawberry into the chocolate. He offered me the berry, a look in his eyes. I went to take a bite of the offered fruit but instead of it reaching my mouth Edward slowly trailed it down my neck, chest and down the valley between my breast. I gasped feeling the tip of the strawberry tease the skin, the chocolate cool against my skin before Edward's tongue started to lick it off, his tongue warm. I arched as Edward's tongue reached the valley between. Edward slowly lowered me onto the bed, kissing his way up my neck to my lips. We kissed tenderly as Edward's hands skimmed over my exposed skin. We pulled apart, breathing heavily.

"Oh God, Bella," Edward whispered, his breath mingling with mine, his lips just an inch above mine.

I stared into his green eyes and gently ran my hand across his cheek.

"You're so beautiful," he whispered, bending his head to trail his nose down the slope of my neck and then back up to kiss me.

I pulled him closer, feeling the muscles ripple under my touch. One of Edward's hands slowly pushed down one of the straps of the baby doll while the other one remained fixed to caressing my cheek. I felt the briefest of caresses against my breast that suddenly became exposed before it was cupped underneath. I pulled my lips away from his to gasp at the warmth.

Something must have clicked in Edward's head for he suddenly pulled quickly away from me.

"Oh my God, I didn't…I didn't mean to go this far tonight," He said, sitting up and running a hand through his head.

I felt confusion and tears start to form.

"Oh no, Bella, don't cry," Edward said, spotting my eyes that were starting to go red.

"Y-y-you don't want me?" Oh lord I sound breathless and whiney…and the tears!

"Oh god, no Bella, please, please don't cry," Edward whispered, brushing away the tears. "Please, please, don't cry. I want you, I really do…I've wanted you since I first saw you. But I don't want to let my want for you overpower your comfort. I want you to want me."

I blinked. He didn't think I didn't want him? "What makes you think I don't want you?" I whispered, sitting up and scooting closer to him.

Edward looked away. "Edward," I whispered, reaching out to touch his cheek.

I made him turn his face towards mine, made his green eyes clash with mine brown ones. I leaned forward and kissed his lips softly. I pulled away to see Edward's eyes darken. Without so much as moving my hand from his cheek, I took his other hand in mine and laid it against my breast.

"I want tonight, Edward," I whispered, pulling his mouth to mine for a quick kiss. "I want you."

I pressed my lips back to his and slowly laid back down on the bedspread, taking Edward with me. I removed my hand from Edward's and dug both of them into Edward's hair. While the one hand remained where it was, the other pushed the other strap off my shoulder so that both breasts where exposed for him. Edward's lips tore from mine, leaving me gasping as they trailed down my neck. I arched as Edward's lip came down upon my nipple.

He laved it and then blew air on it till it pebbled. The apex of my thighs were throbbing and aching and my stomach was tight, both with need and wanting for Edward. I was so sure that my heart was going to burst in my chest, the same chest that Edward was kissing and suckling like little child in need of milk. While his mouth was on one, one hand was massaging the other, the other hand slowly tucked underneath me to work the babydoll down.

I gasped and started to undo the rest of Edward's shirt so that I could feel Edward's firm chest. Edward pulled himself away from my chest to start kissing as my stomach as he worked the babydoll down. I lifted my hips to let Edward slip the thing off to leave me in just the silk underwear that Alice left.

"Oh Bella," Edward whispered as his hands slowly trailed against the now rounding stomach where two little ones were forming. "You're so beautiful."

I smiled. "You aren't that bad looking either," I said.

Edward looked up at me, smiling my favorite smile. He lowered his head and pressed a few kisses to my stomach before laying an ear to it. His eyes slowly closed as he remained there, listening to my stomach. I felt tears form again, this time for a different reason, as I watched Edward lift his head to smile down at my stomach, his hand slowly caressing my skin.

"To think, that I created something so beautiful," Edward whispered, kissing my stomach again. "You two don't know how seriously lucky that you have just a beautiful, caring mother." Oh lord…is he talking to the twins…in my stomach? That's so…cute…darn the tears are coming again. "She has the cutest smile and she knows how to cook…I hope you guys inherit that." I laughed causing Edward to look up at me. "I'm serious. I don't want them like me."

Edward crawled back towards me and kissed me on the lips. I pressed my hands into his chest and pushed his shirt off his shoulders. Edward groaned and pulled away to get off the bed. I watched him drop the shirt on the ground besides the babydoll and undid his pants. After dropped his pants and underwear down beside the shirt, he crawled backwards me. I smiled as I stared into his eyes and pulled his face down towards mine.

Edward continued to kiss me while his hands fingered my underwear. With a few fingers, the silky thing was dragged down my legs. Then they were off and flicked somewhere off the bed. Edward looked me over and I suddenly became self aware that I was nude—that we were both nude—but I made no move to cover myself.

"Beautiful, absolutely beautiful," he whispered and placed himself between my legs.

I went to open my mouth to say something but the words got stuck in my throat. Edward looked at me, worried. I shook myself mentally and smiled. I pulled him towards me, feeling him against my warm, wet center, and kissed him with everything I got, with every emotion that was within me. He returned the kiss…and entered me, slowly.

I arched at the feel of him within me, how hard he was. And when he started to move in and out, slowly at first before picking up the speed and rhythm, I could see stars behind my eyelid. I wasn't sure how long it was, but I knew that it was amazing as I climaxed, arching as I moaned Edward's name. And I knew that someone had changed, that I wasn't the same woman I was nearly three month ago. This was a woman I had never seen before. And as we laid, curled in each other arms, I wished that I remained this woman.

SNEAK PEAK INTO CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"What the hell do you want?" -Bella

Q&A

Okay I promised I would do this and I don't lie, lol. So where are the questions I got (I won't say who asked them), I'll try to answer them as best as I can.

Why did Edward truly marry Bella in the first place?
Lol, ah man. Something asked about the plot. Lol. You'll find out in chapter…20 and 21 is what I am seeing in the outline (it might change depending on what I add that I originally didn't have, which btw I'm also seeing 23 chapters for the entire story). I don't want to ruin it entirely but I promise the question will be answered them. But till then here is a small snippet:

"Bella…I married you because…because of a promise—"

What does 'jump-alicious' mean? (Many people asked this that my poor fingers started to hurt so I added the question to the Q&A)
LMAO! I know I should have totally explained what that meant in my last update but I thought I gave enough clues to what the word meant. It isn't really a word. It was something I made up at the last minute before I had the chapter edited. It basically meant that Bella looks so good/hot/beautiful that Edward would wanted to jump her bones/ make love to her/ have sex with her. That's why I added the Emmett's comment about 'condoms.' I seriously didn't think I needed to do any explaining.

Okay, I want to know exactly is Nollie your name? And if not where did you get the name?
It actually isn't my real name. I don't normally give my real name out on the world wide web so very few people know my name. But if you do look close on my webpage there is at least one time where my real name does show. I actually got Nollie from a High School friend of mine back when I was a freshmen and it just stuck. I did ask my friend why Nollie and she said I just looked like a Nollie, lol.

I love all your stories, where do you get your ideas from?
Um, it depends. Sometimes I get them from watching TV or reading a book. It really does depend. Like for this story, I was listening to Carrie Underwood 'Last Name' (Its on my playlist, which btw I need you guys to serious send me songs because I've been lacking on my playlists –tears-) one day. And just listening to the words, the story hit me. I also read a story I think last year, I can't remember the name of it of the top of my head, that sort of is like this story (of course not the entire plot) and the other day I was watching "What I like about You" on ABC family and Val's marriage reminded me of Hitched. So really I get ideas from out of the blue depending on what I want I'm going.

What advice do you have for other writers?
Oh lord, should I even answer this? Lol. I personally don't think I'm the right person to ask that question…someone like vjgm or Sh.C is probably more qualified (Yeah, I know low self-esteem but hey I feel that way), they are much better writers. But I guess if I have to give advice…I would say put yourself into your character's shoes. I always vision myself in Bella's shoes and what would I do next. It's easier to write about things you know or know someone who knows what you writing about. It sucks to do research. I also picture what I'm writing as a movie, which sounds strange but I do. I can see small details that I just have to write down so that others can see them. If the sheets are wrinkled I want to write that the sheets are wrinkled.

So I hope you guys LOVE the chapter, I know I did. I hope to see everyone review. Anyways, I need to take my pain meds (Okay, why is it when I finish writing chapter I need to take my pain meds? I have no idea).

Huggles,
Nollie

PS—
—Still need songs for the playlist…so send me songs
—Pictures of the babydoll and things that Alice left for Bella are on my website
—It's time to eliminate two more names. –tear, tear– The next two names with the lowest votes are Megan, with 30 votes, and Samuel, with 32 votes. –waves bye bye– But that does mean that there are 16 other names that might be the babies name. I can tell u this…the top two boy names are only one vote apart and were leading by a landslide to the other names…the girl names however where so close and evenly spaced between names… : D
—This was edited by RachelRay93