Title: Day to Day
Summary: When Edward's older brother Emmett decides it time for Edward to come out of his OCD shell, Edward will find himself doing something he never imagined he would. Falling in love
Rating: M eventually, we'll be sailing the T seas for awhile ladies but it will be worth the wait.
Pairing: Canon pairings cause that's how I roll
Disclaimer: I wish I owned this Edward he is so adorable to me, but sadly no. Stephanie Meyer still owns everything I just love to manipulate it to justify my imagination.
Chapter 21 – Edward
Bad Indigestion? Or Love?
I had had some hefty challenges in life.
Generally they had to do with highschool and my inability to leave the house without washing the floors six times.
But now at the tender age of twenty five I was faced with a challenge that would either be my creation or my demise.
I'm talking about my vixen of a girlfriend.
She knew exactly what she was playing at and she loved every single minute of it.
It had started off pretty innocent, the gentle touches, flirtatious glances but now it had fully escalated to her playing dirty.
I was currently sitting at my desk in work at around four thirty on a Friday. Thankfully the rest of Renee's visit had come and gone without too much scandal, and she and Phil had left sometime this morning. I knew Bella was still hurt over what had happened but she had pushed aside it for her Mom, something I wasn't too happy about but I suppose she's going to feel how she wants to feel.
To say I happy to see the back of Renee and Phil may seem harsh but I was delirious. With them gone and Bella's shot working effectively we were now in the clear to... A part of me was truly terrified, but another part was really excited about this.
And I don't just mean my penis.
I was glancing at the clock not getting much work done thinking about what was more than likely going to happen this weekend when I got a text.
Thinking of you – Bella
I smiled when I saw that. How to reply?
I'm always thinking about you – Edward.
It didn't take her long.
Oh really in what way? – Bella
Every way – Edward
I put my phone on my desk and input more figures into a spreadsheet when my phone started ringing.
"Edward Cullen" I answered not looking at it.
"What does every way mean?" Bella's voice coming through the phone asked.
"I'll let you figure out that one yourself." I told her and she giggled. "Are you at home?"
"Yep, one thing you gotta love about my job short days." She said.
"Well thankfully I'm almost finished up here." I said typing a couple of numbers into my calculator.
"So are you coming over to my place or me to yours?" she asked while I was trying to remember what the last figure I had marked was to finish this equation.
"What?" I asked.
"Yours or mine?"
"When?" I asked her.
"Tonight" She said and my penis shot up like it was on a spring board.
That thing was going to give itself whiplash at this stage.
"Oh... so tonight... we're...?" I began when Bella giggled.
"Unless you don't want to..." She said trailing off and I sat up straighter.
"Of course I want to." I said.
"I'm just yanking your chain Baby. So do you want to go to your place?" she asked.
"Whatever you're comfortable with." I said trying to keep the fact that I was discussing where I would be losing my virginity with my girlfriend.
"I'll meet you over at your place then." She said. "I have to leave pretty early tomorrow so it will probably be better that we go to your place."
"Why would you be leaving early?" I asked.
"I told you my Dad asked me to come and see him."
"Were you topless when you told me?" I asked her.
"Yes."
"That would probably explain why I don't remember this conversation." I stated and she laughed.
"I remember when you couldn't even say topless" She teased and I laughed. "I'll let you get to work Baby. I'll see you later?"
"Yeah okay." I said before hanging up. I decided I would finish off the year I was doing before I went home for the weekend. Thankfully it was simple, straight forward account to do.
As I was typing something occurred to me.
"Holy shit!" I gasped.
I was in love with Bella.
I don't even know when that happened. I was just thinking about how I was looking forward to this even, normal enough I am a man you know so that's only natural but I was looking forward to other stuff, that I had always looked forward to.
Like her smile, or her laugh.
How her lips felt against mine.
How she fit under my chin just perfectly.
That when I picked her up, she completely moulded against my body.
That when we would get to talk about our day and what had happened.
And just as I began thinking about how cute she looked when she attempted to reach a cup out of my top cupboard it was then I realised these little things were all why I loved her.
Love?
Seriously what was going on with me?
Edward Cullen does not do love!
He does schedules.
I mean I do schedules, and lists and planning, lots of planning.
Maybe I was having an aneurysm.
Or a tumour and it was affecting my normal brain waves.
Holy shit I had cancer!
Wait... no. I had my health screening only last month.
Jeesh I was freaking out.
But Love? It was one thing having a girlfriend and near future attempt to have sex but love?
What was that thing my sister and her friends used to say...?
First comes love, and then comes marriage?
Oh God.
I put my head in between my legs praying to God I didn't pass out.
Okay Bella and I had mentioned things like kids and a future in passing. I know the idea of having my baby didn't repulse her which was always good.
But wow, how was I in love with her so fast?
Wait no how the hell did I know this was even love?
For all I knew this was just bad indigestion.
I was going to need to revaluate this.
I decided to save my work, no way was I going to get any work done with this.
I packed up my stuff and locked my office before walking to the elevator. Luckily I managed to get out to my car without having to making frivolous chit chat.
I despised frivolous chit chat.
Once I got home I let Lincoln out to pee and decided to make sure my bedroom was clean.
Looking down at my bed it suddenly realised this was actually going to happen.
I was going to lose my virginity.
Here.
In that bed.
Tonight.
Is the room spinning?
I managed to collect myself and decided it would be best to get in the shower. I managed to get in and out and clean the bathroom twice before Bella arrived. In the mean time I had found three spots on my kitchen sink.
She knocked on my door while I was scouring the sink.
When I was nervous I cleaned.
So sue me.
I walked over and opened the door pulling on my cleaning gloves.
"Hey" She said smiling in the doorway.
"Hi" I said as she stepped up on her tiptoes and kissed me.
"I missed you" She said and I smiled.
"I missed you too."
"Good means I'm doing my job right." She said as we walked into the apartment. "I'm just putting my bag in your closet okay?" she asked as she shrugged her coat and hung it up in the closet by the door.
"Yeah that's fine." I told her. While she was there I went back into the kitchen, pulled the gloves and started at the sink again.
"What are you doing?" she asked coming into the kitchen a couple of minutes later.
"Cleaning the sink." I said leaning over it not looking back at her.
"Why?" she asked walking over to the counter. She pushed herself up so she was sitting on. I still wasn't looking, but I knew she had pushed herself up because her feet were hitting the back of my knees.
"Cause its stained and if I don't get rid of it I'll have to demolish the kitchen."
"God help the child who draws on the walls of your study with a Sharpie." She teased.
"Nah that's just paint, once plumbing is involved that's where it gets messy." I explained
"Ah" She said to answer my explanation
"How was work?" I asked still focusing on the sink.
"Are you going to look at me?" she asked.
"Huh?" I asked managing to get a clump of something of the side of sink. This thing was disgusting.
"Edward!" She exclaimed and I looked up.
My brain instantly turned to mush.
Because I really should have been looking at her.
What sink?
Exactly.
She was wearing red lingerie.
My beautiful girlfriend was wearing red lingerie for me.
A woman was wearing lingerie for me?
God I was so in love with this woman.
The room is definitely spinning.
Why was it so warm in this damn apartment?
Bella's lingerie stopped in the middle of her thigh but split open in the front. The material was sheer so I could see the tiny red panties underneath.
"Forget how to talk Baby?" she asked.
"Huh?" I asked staring at her trying to not swallow my own tongue.
"So you don't like it? I suppose I can go get changed..." She shrugged and went to jump off the counter. I grabbed her arm and pulled her towards me.
I pressed my lips to hers and immediately pinned her mouth with my tongue. She gasped at the swiftness of my actions but grabbed onto my shoulder tightly.
Her other arm wrapped around my neck, I lifted her up and her legs wrapped around my lower body.
I pulled away and looked into her eyes.
Yep so in love with her.
What was going on here?
I decided to take my mind off my confusion of being in love by enquiring about her outfit.
"Where did come from?" I asked her.
"I went shopping today. I was thinking I needed new clothes and when I saw this I just thought 'I know somebody who would like that' so I bought it." She said leaning in and kissing me again.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" I asked her.
"Yes but I'm not the one we should be worried about here. Are you sure you want to do this? And I don't mean physically because that thing's been poking me in the legs for the past three weeks." She stated and I chuckled.
"I am one hundred percent ready." I told her.
"Okay then." She said leaning and kissing me when the phone rang. "No, tell everyone we died in some horrific accident and we'll go away for a long time." She murmured and I kissed her shoulder.
"Sounds like you've been reading my diary Ms. Swan." I teased as I carried her over to the phone. I placed her up on the counter again as I answered. "Hello?"
"Hey Edward, its Emmett." My brother said sounding pretty upset.
"Hi." I said unsure what else to say.
"Listen I know you hate me but can I crash with you this weekend?" he asked.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because Alice has a new born baby and I need to be with people this weekend."
"Where's Rosalie?" I asked him.
"I have no idea, she won't answer my phone calls, and she dropped this fucking massive bombshell on me and then left."
"What?" I asked.
"Can I please...? Edward..."
"Sure Emmett." I said running my hands through my hair and Bella's eyebrow quirked up at me. I mouthed 'Emmett' and she rolled her eyes. She still hated him.
"Thanks Man. What time suits?"
"I just need to talk about some stuff with Bella, we had plans but we'll figure it out."
"Yeah okay Man." He said before we hung up.
"What did he want?" she asked.
"Something's going on with him and Rosalie. She's after dropping something big on him and then just left. He's pretty torn up about it." I explained.
"So...?" she asked.
"He's coming over." I said and she nodded.
"You know if you didn't want to do this you could have just said." She said jumping down on the counter.
"Bella, of course I want to. Not to freak you out but it's pretty much been on my mind since you told me your shot was effective. But my brother needs me and I need to be there for him."
"Oh cause he's such a pillar to lean on." She said sarcastically. That stopped me. "You know it yourself you don't need me to tell you."
"Bella..."
"I'm just going to head down to Forks tonight." She said walking past me.
"Don't go"
"I'm not staying here to watch your brother use you." She said shaking her head and walking towards my bedroom. I followed after her.
"Is it safe?"
"What?" she asked pulling her bag out of my closet and putting it on to bed.
"The drive to Forks at this hour?" I asked her.
"Yeah its fine."
"You want to take my car?" I asked her.
"Nah I drove here." She said not looking at me as she took out a pair of jeans and a t-shirt before walking into the bathroom, locking it behind her.
"I'm really sorry about this." I called but got no response. I texted Emmett and told him any time was fine, before sitting outside the bathroom waiting for Bella. I could hear her in there, was she... was she crying? "Bella? Everything alright?" I asked.
"Fine" She called but the tone of her voice was off.
"Let me in."
"I'm peeing." She lied.
"No you're not." I said and she sighed before opening the door.
I saw her big red puffy eyes.
"Happy?" she asked.
"Of course not." I said. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing"
"You're crying."
"I'm a girl we cry." She stated.
"Bella?"
"I'll call you tomorrow." She said walking past me and throwing her stuff in a bag.
"Don't go mad."
"I'm not mad." She stated. "I'm embarrassed okay?"
"Why?" I asked her.
"I know you didn't plan this but I'm feeling rejected." She said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yes" She said and I pulled her towards me.
"You do know it's killing me that we're not going to be together tonight right?" I asked.
"Really?" she asked and I nodded.
"To be quite honest I wanted to tell him to take a hike but you know, family" I shrugged and she nodded.
"You're right. My only child is showing isn't it?" she asked and I laughed.
"Maybe a little."
"I may have to get advice for when my little brother arrives." She said rolling her eyes and I kissed her forehead.
"I'll get you a book." I told her hugging her. "You okay now?" I asked her.
"I suppose. Another week of being sexually frustrated but I suppose I'll just have to deal." She shrugged and I laughed.
"We've survived this long, a week won't kill us. Do me a favour though?" I asked her.
"What?"
"Make sure that little number is with you." I said and she nodded.
"You like that huh?" she asked and I nodded. "I may just have to go shopping again." She shrugged.
There was a knock at my door and Bella sighed.
"That's probably Emmett." I told her and she nodded.
I walked over to the door and opened it to find a frightful version of my brother standing in front of me.
"Hey" He said sombrely before walking into my apartment.
"I'm just gonna walk Bella out right?" I told him and he nodded before greeting Bella.
"Hey Bella." Emmett said.
"Hey Emmett, everything okay?" she asked pulling her bag up on her shoulder.
"No" He said.
"At least your honest." She said.
"I'll walk you down to your car." I told her and she nodded. "Be back in a minute Em."
"Seeya Emmett." Bella called before we walked out of my apartment. "He looks bad."
"I've never seen him look like that." I told her. "I wonder what happened between him and Rose."
"I wouldn't know." Bella shrugged.
"You two still aren't talking?" I asked her.
"I have nothing to say to her Babe." Bella said as we got into the elevator. It was quiet after that. I picked her hand up and kissed it and she smiled. "I'll see you Sunday?"
"Yeah" I told her. "Call me when you get there?"
"Of course." She said as we walked out of the elevator and over to her car.
"Did I say I'm sorry?" I asked her and she nodded. "We okay?" I asked her.
"We're better than okay." She said and I smiled leaning in to kiss. I cupped her chin and pressed my lips against hers. "You can't kiss me like that if I have to wait for another week." She said and I laughed when suddenly I got an idea.
"How would you feel about getting away for a weekend, no distractions, and no self imposing relatives?" I asked.
"I'd feel very good about that, but what about you Mr. Schedule? Wouldn't that deviate from the normal weekend plans?" she teased.
"I'm willing to bend my schedule for you." I told her and she smiled.
"Sounds like a great idea. I need to get going if I want to get to Dad's before it gets too late." She said and I pressed her against her car and kissed her again. "What did I say about kissing me like that?" she asked and I laughed. "I'll call you later." She said as I opened the door for her. Once she was inside I kissed her quickly again before shutting the door. She smiled and waved before pulling the car out of the spot. I waited until she had pulled out of my buildings parking before heading back inside.
I was back outside my door five minutes later; I walked in to find Emmett looking for a beer.
"Want to tell me what's going on?" I asked him opening my smaller fridge for alcohol, what? It kept things a lot colder, and pulled out two beers.
"Not really" He said and I frowned.
"I was supposed to have sex tonight so you tell me why your here or I'm calling Bella back and you're going home." I told him.
"You and Bella were gonna have sex?" he asked.
"Yes"
"Woah" He said "Sorry for interrupting, was she pissed?"
"Yeah" I told him.
"I'll call her tomorrow." He said.
"And tell me what's going on right now. What happened with Rose?"
"We've been fighting" He said.
"Over what?" I asked.
"You" He said.
"What?" I asked him.
"Rose thinks I'm being a mopey ass since you and I haven't been talking, listen I'm sorry Bro. I was drunk and you know I don't think..." He began and I nodded.
"I know I won't." I told him.
"Cause of Bella?" he asked.
"Yeah" I told him.
"You're so in love with her." He said and I nodded. "Does she know?"
"Nope" I told him. "But that's not what we're talking about."
"Well Rosalie doesn't like you." He said. "I've been mopey about you and Bella's not talking to her because of something that happened between them. I don't know what happened. Alice said Rosalie said some stuff she shouldn't have said to Bella and Bella kicked her out."
"Yeah I was there."
"Oh"
"So Rose doesn't like me because everyone has seems to prefer me over her?" I asked and Emmett nodded. "Wonderful." I said.
"So I've been thinking about just ending it you know? I love her Edward but she is some piece of work. So I called her the other day and asked her to come over so we could talk and she agreed. Kept saying she had something she wanted to talk about too. So I thought maybe she feels the same way right? That we're just not working." He said before stopping.
"And?"
"Well that wasn't what she wanted to tell me." He said.
"What was it?" I asked.
"She's pregnant." He said before picking up his beer and chugging it back.
I just stared at him.
"No way" I said.
"My reaction had a lot more expletives." He said.
"A baby? And it's yours?" I asked him.
"Yep" He said popping a 'p'.
"How long have you two been together?" I asked him.
"Just a little over six months."
"And now a baby?" I asked and he nodded. "Congratulations?"
"I'd save on buying the bassinet just yet."
"She's not keeping it?" I asked him.
"I wouldn't know. She took off after that. That was Wednesday, haven't heard from her since." He explained.
"Do you want her to keep it?" I asked.
"Of course I do. I don't want her killing my kid." He said sighing.
"So... wow." I said unable to think of anything else. "I can't imagine what you're thinking right now."
"I've never been a planner right? That's you and Alice. I'm more of 'sure we'll see what happens' kinda guy. But I did have an idea of maybe marriage then babies. I don't know this is just really messed up." He said and I nodded taking a sip out of my beer.
"Do Mom and Dad know?" I asked.
"You're the only one who knows." Emmett said. "I know I've sucked as a brother and that I don't deserve people to feel sorry for me but still I didn't know who else to talk to."
"I understand." I told him.
"Plus I always said that you were going to be God father to the first of my kids so I thought I should tell you your God child is on its way." He said.
I smiled at that.
"But what if she doesn't want a baby?" I asked.
"I'll pay her to have the baby and then pay her to give it to me." He said and I nodded. "I can't believe I'm having a baby. I look at Alice with her two and Jasper. Like no one am I anyway as mature of him. How am I supposed to...? You'd probably work better than me in this situation."
"Yeah right. I don't like when the bus runs late two minutes if I'm taking it somewhere. How would I handle a baby coming in and messing up everything?" I asked.
"Because you'd have your freak out and then you'd make a plan. Plus Bella seems to be doing a wonderful job of destroying your life plans. If she turned up tomorrow pregnant you two would be fine."
"Have to have sex for that to happen." I told him.
"I can't believe you were supposed to swipe your v-card and I ruined it." He said and I sighed.
"I can't believe you're going to be a Dad this time next year."
"Oh my God." Emmett said taking his beer into the living room.
I looked over to the sink and saw all the cleaning stuff out. I decided to clear it up; it wasn't going to get done tonight. As I was finishing wiping up the counters in the kitchen I was thinking about what Emmett had said.
How would I react if in five months time if Bella told me she was pregnant? I began imagining her face. How nervous she would be as she tried to bring up the subject. How I wouldn't be able to believe what she had said.
But then...
I realised something... I wasn't scared.
Shouldn't this idea absolutely terrifying? Shouldn't I be sick that this could happen? Sure we were protected by her shot but things go wrong.
It might miss something.
Okay I'm getting ahead of myself right now. Calm down.
Bella's not pregnant.
Rosalie however is pregnant.
I was going to be an Uncle again.
But apparently... I wouldn't be too messed up if Bella announced we were in the family way.
"Oh for fucks sake." I exclaimed throwing my gloves down.
"What?" Emmett called coming in.
"I want to marry Bella." I stated.
"Already?" he asked.
"Exactly."
"You haven't even slept with her yet, how do you know you really fit?" he asked.
"See that's the thing I don't even care about that."
"Holy shit."
"How soon is too soon to propose?" I asked.
"Well I think you should yet until you've known her long than a month." He exclaimed.
"Yeah"
"And Edward when I say longer than a month. I don't mean a month and one day." He said. "Jeesh two months ago I couldn't get you to look at a woman and now look at you love and marriage and sex? Who are you what have you done with my brother?" he asked.
"I have no idea"
And I didn't but will I tell you what I did know?
That I really liked this new me.
So some of you did figure out what was wrong with Rosalie. Kudos if you did.
I have to say the response I got for the last chapter was great and I can't wait to see what you all think of this one.
Review please.
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