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Bella POV
"Eughhh I'm soo bored!" I whined as I lay full length along one of the sofas having finished my book twenty minutes earlier. I picked myself up on one of my elbows to see Edward reading intently from the other sofa. Awww bless, he looks so cute! I laughed lightly as I watched his eyes dart across the page. One of his hands held the book, while the other was frozen in mid air, making him look like some sort of traffic controller.
This sign was familiar to me by now, seeing as I also got just as engrossed as he did in the trilogy of books that he got me addicted to. Once he'd finished the paragraph that he was reading, I watched as he took a mental note of the page he was on and slowly lowered his hand while asking, "Sorry, what did you say?"
I smiled at him while he drew his hands through his hair. I could see that he was waiting for my answer so I admitted timidly, "I'm bored" as I flopped myself back onto the sofa, staring up at the ceiling.
I watched as he walked past me and went to sit where my feet lay. I picked them up to make room for him, but drew back slightly as I felt one of his hands brush lightly at the sole of my foot.
He caught my jerky reaction, and grabbed both of my ankles in his strong grasp while he asked with a twinkle in his eyes and a mischievous voice, "Are we ticklish?"
Ohhh damn it…I cursed myself as I watched him slowly slide both of his hands down from my ankles, to my feet while still holding on in a strong grip.
I can't breathe, I can't breathe!, I chanted in my mind as I gasped for air between my laughter. He tickled my relentlessly even as I tried feebly to kick at him. He must have seen the pleading look in my eyes as he halted the tickling after ten agonising seconds.
He probably wasn't expecting me to, but I noticed the grip on my feet subside a fraction, so I took the opportunity to bolt for my bedroom. I was inches away from my door when I heard Edward get up and quote a line from the film 'Rat Race'. "It's a race, It's a race!" he mimicked the characters voice from somewhere behind me.
I cracked up at that point, and narrowly missed hitting the door frame as I began to giggle at his accent along with the tension of excitement that was building up in me at my inevitable capture ahead.
As I vaulted under my bedcover I realised that all I could hear was my erratic breathing and my heartbeat which was working overtime to accommodate my sudden surge of running and my nervousness as to why I couldn't hear Edward anywhere.
I closed my eyes as I lay on my side, concentrating mainly on my breath to even out. As I lay in this relaxed position, I still wondered where Edward was, because I knew that he wouldn't give up on torturing me that easily.
Seconds after the thought came to my mind; I felt the covers tug lightly behind me. I tensed up as I felt the covers lift and the mattress tip down to accommodate the new body. I began to feel edgy as the person behind me inched nearer to me, never saying a word or making a noise.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" I screeched loudly in shock as two hands grabbed hold of my feet and tickled them mercilessly.
"You can't escape my attention that easily Bella!" he laughed as my screeching died down to unwanted giggles.
"Edward……stop……please!" I gasped out pleadingly as I tried to wiggle from his iron strong grasp.
He thankfully let go of me and mocked, "I haven't seen you run so fast in all my life!"
I scowled and turned around to smack his shoulder, then lay back down, looking up at him. I could feel his laughter shaking the bed as I looked over to him. He held himself up next to me on his forearms while his head hung down, skimming the mattress. "Sure, sure, laugh at me" I mumbled while I remained staring at his arm, that was right next to me, marvelling at how muscular it looked. I wonder what the rest of his body looks like? I pondered.
I could feel tension crackling between us as he stopped laughing and turned his head sideways to look at me. I remained transfixed as the full intensity of his captivating green eyes held mine. I didn't let my eyes waver from his, until his dropped to my lips. I mimicked him and felt my eyes grow wider as his lips seemed to draw ever closer to me.
The bed wavered slightly as he moved himself so that he now had one arm on either side of my anxious body. I felt his thumb trace my bottom lip softly as his eyes darted to mine questioningly, a confused frown set on his face.
I felt his hand as it moved from my face, down to my waist, leaving a tingling trail making me hyper aware of his every touch. I could feel the apprehension radiating from him. He seemed unsure…of what I wanted? I know what I want, why has it taken me so long to realise?! I shouted in my mind as my breathing picked up to a faster rhythm.
His eyes darted quickly back to my lips when I licked them. I could see the feral hunger in his eye's, and also the agonising restraint…that I would erase.
I looked up to his eyes, and half demanded as I whispered, "You'd better kiss me…"
The next moment, his lips were on mine, synchronized perfectly in our matched hunger for each other. On of my hands instinctively sank into his hair, while the other grabbed hold of his shirt roughly, pulling him on top of me.
I gasped at the sudden thrill of his weight pressing down on me and relished in the fact that he took that opportunity of me gasping, to slide his tongue past my lips, to meet mine.
While the kiss deepened, I couldn't help but notice how his hands roamed over my body tenderly and how I wanted more. I began to trail my hands up his shirt, smiling against his lips as I felt the muscles in his back tense in response to my touch.
My back arched in response as he pressed his hips against mine, causing all coherent thoughts to leave my mind. My heart raced and my breathing came out even more laboured as he trailed hungry kisses along my neck while one of his hands began massaging my right breast. I whimpered as he pulled his hand away, only to move it lower to hold grab my butt firmly as he ground his hips to mine. I heard his moan of pleasure over the sound of mine as he did that, even though he had his face pressed into the side of my neck.
I opened my eyes as he continued kissing me, only to see his open a fraction after mine. I felt his mouth agonisingly pull away from mine for long enough for him to whisper my name, and then his mouth was back where it belonged, on my hungry lips.
The sound of the doorbell seconds later burst the bubble that we were in, leaving me frustrated while Edwards eye's simply looked lethal as he propped himself on his forearms, resting his forehead on mine.
"Go see…who's there…" I managed to say as I still tried to catch my breath while the doorbell buzzed relentlessly.
I could see a wary look creep into his eyes, he cut me a glance as he slowly pulled away from me, "I'll be…right back…"
I couldn't help but notice how he made his statement sound more like a question, so I answered it regardless by saying with a smile on my face, "Hurry…please" He gave me a quick peck on the cheek before he got out from under the blanket, while smiling broadly.
While he went to the door, I sat up, resting my back against the headboard, while hopelessly trying to smooth out my messed up hair. Holy cow, if Edward can make my heart race like that just from kissing me…I cut off my thoughts before they went too far.
The buzzing continued annoyingly, Probably a drunk Emmett, holding the buzzer in…I decided and sighed in relief when it finally stopped.I could hear Edward's grumbling from the front door as he closed it behind him angrily. Don't worry love, I know how you feel, my mind silently admitted as I stretched my arms over my head as I yawned. I froze as I realised that I'd used the word love. O my God, I do love him again! And all it took was one simple kiss!...okay, maybe simple is the wrong word…I disputed as my hands dropped to my mouth to stop me from doing something stupid like blurting out my revived love for him as soon as he stepped back into the room. I don't think that would go down too well! I laughed in my mind at the obscenity of the idea.
"Ohhh great…" I heard him mutter angrily from the other room.
Edward POV
So the doorbell was just a distraction? Great…well there's nothing I can do about it now…and I wouldn't want to anyway seeing as I have Bella waiting for me in her bedroom. I drew in a ragged breath as my thoughts swam with the memories of the last ten minutes or so. Her soft body, warm breath, plump lips, her eagerness…I stopped my train of thought there and headed to the bedroom deciding to pick up where we left off, hopefully.
I walked through the door to see Bella propped up against the headboard with a confused look on her face. O shit, is she regretting what we just did? I panicked as I stood frozen at the foot of the bed. "Bella…?" I began nervously; fearing the words which would spill from her lips… which I noticed looked invitingly swollen after our kissing.
"Edward…what's happened out there? Who was at the door?" she asked me quickly. I picked up a hint of fear in her voice which caused my anger to stir at whoever was doing this to us all.
I slipped under the covers next to her and wrapped my arms protectively around her waist, pulling her to me. I felt her relax in my arms as she moved about to sit between my legs. "Someone stuck the buzzer down as a distraction…" I whispered glumly in her ear, hoping that she wouldn't ask any more questions.
"Why would they need the distraction Edward?" I could feel her tense up immediately as she asked me the question.
"Shhhh" I crooned as I began to massage her shoulders. I sighed, then told her the truth, "Someone slashed the tires of my car in the street…don't worry I'll have Rosalie sort it out." I reassured her.
"That someone was the stalker wasn't it?" her terrified voice cut into me like a thousand knives. I wrapped my arms tightly around her waist, pulling her as tightly to me as possible as her body began to shake with defeated sobs.
"Bella, your safe with me…nothing will hurt you." I whispered in her ear while she continued shaking with torn sobs.
I managed to release my arms from her strong hold for long enough to lie her down. I quickly scooted down beside her before she grabbed me securely, burying her face in my chest and entwining our legs together.
As I laced her right hand with mine, I realised that she wasn't wearing the ring that was in the picture beside us on the table. "Where's your 18th birthday ring gone?" I asked her in mainly curiosity, but also as a desperate attempt to distract her.
"In my bedside table…it broke." She whispered while her sobs quietened down. I heard the sorrow in her voice as she told me. "You remembered it?" she asked me as she lifted her tear stained eyes up to look at me.
"Of course…the picture behind you was a bit of a reminder…" I admitted as I smiled my crooked smile.
"I love that smile" she whispered as she lowered her head back to my chest with a sigh.
I could tell that she was getting sleepy after her emotional outburst which, in my opinion was well overdue. "Go to sleep Bella…"I whispered as I kissed of her fingers that were laced with mine, "I'll be here when you wake up…"
"Mmmm hmmm, promise?" I heard her slurred voice mutter in a whisper as she slipped into sleep.
"Promise" I told her, even though I had no idea if she was still awake or not.
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Bella POV.
What the hell is that racket? I frowned as the noise continued. I snuggled deeper into Edwards' chest, breathing in his perfect smell. I could feel him laughing under my as a particularly loud thump came from the other room.
"Edward…make them go away…" I mumbled into his chest as voices began to babble incoherently on the other side of the door.
"You're wish is my command love" he whispered as he kissed the top of my head and slipped out from under me. Love? He called me love…nahh he can't have fallen in love with me that fast, not even I'm that good! I told myself as I pouted unhappily at the loss of his body next to mine, and then ducked my head under the blanket as light streamed through the door as he walked out of the room.
Edward hadn't closed the door tightly behind him on the way out, so I could hear the voices on the other side of the door more distinctly.
"Where's Bella, Edward?" I heard Alice ask, even though it sounded as if she already knew.
"In her room…" his voice was drowned out by Emmett's as he shouted, "At last you've seen the light, took you long enough!" I blushed as I realised that everyone else but I could see that Edward seemed to want me. Maybe that's why he was so much more protective of me than Jasper…I disputed.
"What are you doing?" I heard Edwards challenge someone in a confused voice.
"Calm down Edward, we're in love!" I heard Alice's voice call out excitedly only to be followed by Emmett's.
"Lighten up, be more like me, relaxed…I'm letting you off lightly for being with my sister…" I could just imagine him stood with his arms crossed over his chest in an intimidating stance.
"Whatever, look, Edward, did you know that your tire's have been slashed?" I heard Rosalie ask nervously. He must have nodded because she continued, "Alright then, I'll get new ones in for you as soon as…"
"Thanks Rose" Edward yawned.
"Now that's all sorted out, seeya!" Alice's voice rang out excitedly as the door to my bedroom banged open.
I jumped up in shock as Alice proceeded to jump over my bed like a child at Christmas, while Rosalie walked in calmly, flicking on the lights and shutting the door tightly behind her.
"OmyGodyouhavetotelluswhathappened!" I half made out what Alice dragged out in one breath as she slipped into the bed on my left, while Rosalie flanked me on my right.
I sighed in defeat after Rosalie gave me a prompting look. There was no way out of it, so I proceeded to tell them the whole story, in detail of how our night progressed, including the stalker's doorbell distraction.
"Alice….I'm talking about your brother!" I protested in embarrassment as she looked eagerly at me when Rosalie pressed for details when I got to the part when we started kissing.
"Ohh don't worry about that!" she laughed back at me while waving her hand, "I'm imagining you with Josh Hartnett…or maybe Jared Leto…?" After that little interruption, I continued until the end with only small words from them to prompt me.
Once I finished I quickly took advantage of their silence and asked enthusiastically, "So what happened to you two?" I looked back and forth between the two of them. Alice looked fit to burst, while Rosalie's face took on a dreamy look as she smiled broadly.
"Alice, you better go first before you explode…" Rosalie sighed as we watched Alice sit up straighter, clapping her hands excitedly.
"Okay…it was such a boring night to start with….." she began.
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