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On with it! Ch 21I won't lie and say that Edward's first few days home were spent with family and friends who'd been missing him…because that didn't happen.
After a quick drive by to his parent's house on the way home from the airport, we hightailed it to my place and didn't get out of bed until Rose came banging on my door and forced us to get dressed for her rehearsal dinner.
I wasn't going to actually miss it.
It's my only brother's wedding.
We just got lost in the bliss of being back together and time got away from us.
The rehearsal dinner went off perfectly, Rose was more in control than her wedding planner, but I think we all expected that.
Even though I fought against it, we were forced into separating from our men the night before the wedding. My mom told me to suck it up because it was Rose's wedding and we were going to make sure she was happy and calm no matter what.
Thankfully, that's exactly what she was on her wedding day; happy and calm. The venue was covered in light pinks and ivory and there was lace on every surface.
It was beautiful, classy and so very Rose.
Em couldn't hold his tears in no matter how hard he tried and I found myself crying right along with him. Seeing my brother get married was such an experience and I'll treasure the love they showed on that day for the rest of my life.
It was an amazing day to be part of this family.
Edward and I were chilling out and watching a movie, the night before he was supposed to leave, when someone started knocking on the door.
"Are you expecting someone?"
"Why would I expect someone at your house, kitten?"
He had a point there.
Walking up to the door, I took a look through the peephole and became confused.
There were boxes and boxes being stacked on my doorstep. Ripping open the door I looked at the men, trying to figure out what was going on.
The only logical thing I could come up with is I was getting new neighbors and these dudes were at the wrong door.
"What the hell?"
Edward came up behind me, then reached out for the clipboard that was being handed to him by one of the delivery guys.
They ignore me when I open the door but then hand the paperwork straight to him like they were waiting for…oh, holy shit.
He signed for the shipment and proceeded to tell them which rooms to put all the boxes in.
Feeling as though I was in some weird ass twilight zone, I reached out and grabbed his hand and turned him to face me.
"Is there something going on here that I should be aware of? I feel like I'm being left out of a very big joke."
With the smile that lets him get away with just about anything, he pulled my mouth to his and left one hell of a kiss on my lips.
Then ran to get the door for the rest of the boxes.
I let him ignore me for another five minutes before I started to get really pissed off.
"Edward! Stop walking around this place and start answering me. Please. What is going on? My mind is racing with so many possibilities and I need to know."
I wasn't above begging at this point, especially if it gave me the answers I needed.
"You haven't figured it out yet? I'm home, baby. I was supposed to go over to Florida, but I was able to work some things out and I'm being transferred to Travis! I'll take a long commute if it means I get to crawl into bed with you every night. Surprise!"
There was no more talking after that.
Smashing my lips to every surface I could reach, I told him over and over again how happy I was.
Based on the frenzy of hands and tongues, I knew we weren't going to make it out of the living room.
Before my pants were completely off, he had two fingers so deep inside of me that I lost all coherent thoughts.
He set a hard and fast pace, determined to get me to my peak quickly.
"Fuck, yes. You feel so good around my fingers, baby. I'm going to make you come like this, then I'm going to make you scream my name while I'm fucking you with my mouth. Do you know what I'm going to do after that?"
I had no ability to answer him so I shook my head while trying to catch my breath.
Moans were the only thing I was capable of.
"That's it, give it to me."
I let go after that. Heat raced over every inch of my body while my toes curled into the carpet and my fingers found purchase in his hair.
There was no time to come down before I felt his hands on either side of my thighs, spreading me open and using his tongue to try and bring me right back up.
He couldn't seem to pick a spot to focus on.
His thumb was working my clit one minute, the next they were stretching me while his tongue took over.
The stars behind my eyes blinded me to anything other than the euphoria I felt through that second orgasm.
When he crawled up my body and pushed into me, the only thing I could do was lightly wrap my arms and legs around him, too weak to be much of a participant.
He leaned in close, whispering in my ear and taking my breath away for a completely different reason.
"You feel so good, like you were made just for me. So warm and tight, I can't get enough of you, of feeling you wrapped around me. I love you so much."
Feeling the tears threatening to fall, I quickly leaned up and took his mouth with mine, kissing him with every ounce of love I felt in me.
"I love you, too and I'm so happy you're here. This was the best surprise; I can't even tell you."
We eventually moved into our room and fell asleep sometime around one or two in the morning.
I couldn't wait to wake up the next day knowing I'd send him off to work and get to have him back that night.
We could finally be together and nothing made me happier.
Edward and I had been living together for about three months when we got word he was being deployed. It was going to be with an Army unit out in Kuwait and they were looking for trained SAR Corpsmen to fill a few spots.
It was an honor to be asked, even if it was breaking my heart.
We'd started planning for a November wedding and now there was no way we could make that happen. He was leaving in three months and probably wouldn't be home before Christmas.
He came home one night with a wacky as hell idea and I had no idea what to make of it.
"Ok, hear me out. What if we get married in a few weeks with just our immediate family?"
"You're kidding right? Do you know how pissed off everyone will be if we do this? There's no way. My grandparents will kill me, then my Pop will kill you. My aunts will tear you apart. No, babe, we can't do that."
"Yes, we can. I've been thinking a lot about this. We can use my grandparent's backyard, it's perfect, and we'll have our parents there, I guess our siblings and grandparents, too, and then we'll have a big party when I get back from deployment."
I looked at him, trying to figure out what the rush was. He'd been annoying every time I tried to get him involved with wedding stuff and now, out of nowhere, he wants to up and get married?
This wasn't making any sense to me and he was clearly getting that because he started in on an explanation.
"Kitten, you're my wife. I already feel it in my heart and the last thing I want to do is leave here before it's made official. I want you to have access to the base and I want it to be YOU they call if something happens."
Seeing me tear up he rushed over to me and said, "I don't think anything is going to happen, but I have to be prepared for everything. Plus, why wait? We know what we want, let's just do it. Let's get married. I want to be your husband."
Was there any way to actually say no to that?
Uh…nope. There wasn't.
We spent the next couple hours calling parents and trying to sort out how everything would flow.
The most amazing news came from my soon to be father-in-law who said he'd like to become ordained and marry us himself.
I cried again when he said that.
Which earned me laughter and snuggles from my Navy Boy.
It took us about a month to get everything settled but, the next thing I knew, I was sitting in a hotel lobby with my dad.
We were drinking a beer, after having checked in to various rooms there for after the wedding, and he was telling me a bunch of stories from when I was younger. Clearly trying to mess up my makeup.
"You know, it's not too late. I'll run you outta here and he'll never be the wiser. You don't have to do this if you really don't want to."
All I could do was laugh.
"I know you're saying this because you have to. But, don't lie. You like him more than me anyhow."
With tears building in his eyes he said, "I love you more than anything, you're my baby, if he makes you happy, that's all that matters. Though I will end his life if he hurts you. Navy or not, I can take him."
I hugged him tight and we headed out to get my ass married.
Ahhh the sweet sound of wedding bells.
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