A/N: Happy Valentines Day, my valentines! Hope you had a wonderful day.
Now it's time for an entirely EPOV chapter. Let's just say this chapter will leave you thinking #Squadgoals. Step aside, Taylor Swift Squad.
There are a BUNCH of visuals for this chapter and I am working on a playlist for you guys, too. We also get to talk to Angus!
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EPOV
"Alice, I think we have enough beer." I tell my devilish sister who's putting another case of Magic Hat in the cart.
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with leftovers." She skips off toward the next aisle to probably double the size of this already full cart.
I feel my phone buzz in the pocket of my swim shorts and see the familiar name of Bella's flash on the screen.
I'm with my crew right now… Should be picking you all up in a hour. Did you see what I left you this morning? ;)
My mouth instantly waters when I think back to the warm cinnamon bun that was waiting on the kitchen counter for me when I woke up. Bella got up and went to my favorite café to get me a coffee and my favorite cinnamon bun before she had to leave. My friends were coming to my house and her's were going to her place so she had to leave early in the morning so it looked liked she slept at her place and not naked in my arms.
You know I did… You're the best. Did you get home alright?
Everything went smoothly. Put on my robe when I got there and made my bed look slept in so they didn't expect a thing.
You know how I love that robe... Are Emmett and Rose there yet?
They're a few minutes away. Speaking of children, I've got to run because the kids are fighting over the last muffin. By kids I mean Alec, Dylan, and Alana, of course. See you soon.
Godspeed.
I chuckle when I hit send because I can perfectly visualize the three fighting over a muffin and Bella screaming at them trying to break it up like a kindergarten teacher.
"Alright, we got the margarita shit, fish, beer, guacamole, and chips." James dumps enough stuff to feed a family while Jasper dumps in all the other stuff we need for grilling out.
"Oh, one more thing." Mike bolts out of the aisle, ignoring my calls for him to come back because we have enough to feed a decent sized country for a few months. Jessica and Alice return with more unnecessary stuff and dump it into the cart.
"Who the fuck do you think is paying for all this? Let me remind you we're in a place where its nickname is Whole Paycheck. " I ask, wide eyed at the amount of shit we have and imagining the prices of all this stuff at Whole Foods' prices.
"Well, I mean we do have the world's highest paid actor in our presence." Jessica bats her lashes, but I just roll my eyes. We're heading to checkout when Mike runs back, throwing a final item in the cart.
I eye him when I see he's throwing in a pack of Trojan condoms and he's staring back at me with a knowing look.
"And who are these for?" I ask, holding them in his face between my middle and fore finger
"You." He states obviously.
"Care to elaborate?" I ask, narrowing my eyes at him
"Oh come on, dude, you need to fuck Bella." He pleads.
Been there done that, my friend
"No." I place the condoms back on a shelf.
"Yes." Mike retrieves them and puts them back in the cart.
"No, I'm not, I bet she has a boyfriend anyways." I say, trying to think of excuses.
"We know that she's perfectly single, so if you're not fucking her then I will." James interjects the conversation and reaches over to grab them.
My blood boils over and just when I'm about to lose control and lash out, Alice intercepts the encounter and takes them out of James' hands.
"Considering Bella is a human being and not an object, nobody will be fucking her." I breathe a sign of relief at Alice's save while James groans in annoyance and I head to pay for our groceries.
"Alice, we're going to the beach, not the Oscars." I yell at Alice who's changing her outfit for the millionth time.
"Seriously, babe, you look gorgeous."
"Ugh, fine." Alice stomps off settling on a blue cover up over a beaded, multicolored bikini.
I open my phone while I wait for Bella to arrive and see a new text for her.
I can't hold out the belt of laughter that escapes my mouth when I see a picture that a fan must have sneaked in Whole Foods. I was standing there with the condoms in between my fingers, yelling at Mike who at that time had probably was still trying to convince me to fuck Bella. I see Bella's text with the picture is simply "oh?" and the tongue emoji. A handful of people asked for pictures or autographs in Whole Foods, so it wasn't unusual for people to sneak pictures, but I could see how easily this one was taken out of context.
I decide to shoot back a silly text message and chuckle to myself as I send it.
In this photo, you can clearly see one Edward Cullen yelling at a Mike Newton for getting the wrong size condoms. As you can observe, Mike mistakenly got XL not XXXL, which is a bit small for Cullen, but they do not make any bigger ones. "Newton will never make the mistake again, he should know better." a close source reports.
"What are you laughing about over there?" Jasper asks, eyeing me suspiciously.
I look at Bella's screenshot and pull up the Instagram of where the picture came from.
"I just found this in my tagged pictures." I hold the phone out and everyone starts laughing hysterically at my pissed off expression with the condoms held in my hand. I freeze when I feel my phone buzz in my hand and curse myself for not waiting to respond to Bella until after I showed them the picture. Now, it was clear that Bella was texting me with the "Bella Swan New iMessage" alert that just popped up on the screen.
"Uh oh, Edward, looks like you're got a text from your girlfriend." James jokes as I pull the phone away and act casually, trying to play it off.
"Well, James, I wouldn't call her my girlfriend since she's just texting me that they're just five minutes away."
"Mmmmhmmm. Whatever you say." Jessica says. I roll my eyes and she smiles in response. "Don't worry, we're just playing with you. We know you're only friends."
Lie, lie, such a lie.
"Yeah, that's all it is. Plus, she works for me." I say nonchalantly, lying through my teeth.
I discreetly open the text from Bella and see it's most definitely not a casual text saying she's a few minutes away.
Instead, it's an adorable selfie of her making a funny face wearing a white off the shoulder top and the top half of her hair is up in a bun on top of her head. Her skin's as luminous and bronzed as ever, a contrast from her bright green eyes, strikingly light in the sun. I see below the picture is a short message. Shame. Thought they were for me.
My dick is exceptionally hard and threatening to poke out through the thin material of my swim shorts, so I cross my legs, trying to get it down.
Fuck, I hate the fact that people besides me are going to see her walking around half naked in a bikini.
Also, just got a call and I'm having a photo showcase two weeks from now :)
I smirk as I type out a response, incredibly proud of her. I love looking at her photos and I'm beyond happy to see her share even more of her art with the world.
You know I'll be there with a giant poster and a shirt saying Bella Swan's #1 Fan.
"They're here!" Alice pops out of her seat and runs to the door after seeing a van pull up with surfboards tied on top and indie music pouring out of it.
"Come on, bitches, it's time to get sand stuck in our crotches." Dylan yells out the window as he hits the side of the van, calling us over. My whole crew jumps in the van that suddenly explodes into cheering as we climb in.
There are bro hugs, squealing, and high fives all around as we act as if we haven't seen each other in months, like always.
We were family, it was that simple.
When I'm sure people are distracted greeting each other, I turn and see Bella behind the wheel with her favorite John Lennon-esque round Ray Bans that I now know she can't leave the house without. The same adorable bun from the photo is on her head and fuck-hot off the shoulder outfit. Every time I see her, even if I had seen her five seconds earlier, my breath catches in my throat and my stomach flip flops for a second. Our eyes meet and Bella smiles sheepishly as I throw a wink towards her.
"Alright kids, buckle up." Bella yells over everybody once all our coolers and beach bags are loaded in. We pull out of my driveway as we head on the highway along the beach that Bella and I rode together just yesterday. I smile at the memory of the most gorgeous, incredible girl by my side as I whipped down the road along the crashing waves. It was one of the happiest memories of my life.
Bella DJs the whole way, playing Day Wave, Houndmouth, Peace, Alabama Shakes, and Beck while we all sing along to the few songs we were familiar with. It was quickly discovered that Bella's secret talent was finding incredible, undiscovered bands. Her music taste was incredible and often lined up with what I listened to. Right as we're about the scream the chorus of Give Me All Your Love by Alabama Shkaes, the music cuts off and Bella's phone starts to ring.
"Oh come on that was the best fucking part!" Emmett yells and we all groan in response.
"Well tell that to your brother-in-law, not me." Bella says, glaring at Emmett through the rearview mirror.
"Is that Angus?" Alana and Leila screech in response.
"It sure is." Bella responds as all of Bella's friends cheers in response while my crew sits confused.
"Wait who's Angus?" Jessica asks, puzzled as the rest of my friends, and I pretend to be just as confused even though I know all about Angus.
"My idiot brother." Bella jokes as she slides her finger to answer the call.
"Hey dumbass you're on speaker; my phone's connected to Alec's van's bluetooth." Bella says as she merges lanes
"Good morning to you too, loser." A raspy, rich Australian accents echoes through the speakers of the van.
"What's up, bro?" Alec shouts and all of Bella's friends say their greetings in unison.
"Hello, dear ol' brother of mine." Rose chimes in.
"Jesus, Rose, we need to get you back down under, you practically have no accent left. Meanwhile most Americans can't even understand half the shit Bella and I are saying because of our so-called foreign accents."
"Yeah, yeah, we'll all be down there in two months." Rose replies. Even over the phone Rose, Bella, and Angus's connection is obvious. They were a trio.
"Who else is with you guys?" Angus asks.
"We've got all of us, Edward, his sister, and their crew." Bella answers
"Oh, shit, I've got to keep my chill." Angus jokes and I hear Bella mumble idiot under her breath.
"It's nice to unofficially meet you, Angus," I respond.
"You as well, brother." It was clear that he was just as welcoming and kind as Bella; he was calling me brother after I spoke five words to him. James, Mike, Jasper, Alice, and Jessica all introduce themselves over the phone and he welcomes them just as warmly.
"Alright, what do you want because if you must know, your phone call interrupted us right before we were going to belt out the chorus of Give Me All Your Love so this better be important. Edward was going to hit Brittany Howard's high note, too." It was true, I was getting ready to belt that shit.
"Damn, I should be arrested for that. I'm so sorry for interrupting such a beautiful moment."
"Damn straight" Emmett shouts
"Well, I just finally finished mixing It Was Blue and wanted to let you know that the mp3 is in your inbox." Angus says to Bella.
"Hell yeah!" Bella pumps her fist into the air
"Ooh! Is that the song you guys started writing a few weeks ago?" Rose pipes in
"You bet it is." Angus replies. "I'm going to let you guys go so you can listen to it. Let me know what you think when you're done."
"Will do. Love you and don't forget to water the succulents I sent to you." Bella warns
"You're so funny, I was just about to do that!" Angus lies, making it apparent that those succulents definitely haven't been watered in days.
"Mmmhm. Yeah. Ok." Bella speaks, not believing a word of what he said. "I'll talk to ya."
"Love you" Angus says right before hanging up the phone.
"Jesus, your whole family is so sweet." Jessica chimes in right after the call ends.
"Seriously, your parents must be so chill." James adds.
"Yeah, Bella and I are very lucky." Rose answers, squeezing Bella's shoulder.
"So Bella, what's this new song Angus was talking about?" Alice questions
"We wrote it during a late night skype session about two weeks ago for Angus to sing. He and I went back and forth sending rough cuts and our edits and it's finally done."
"Wait, your last name is Swan, right?" Mike interjects
"Yeah." She replies curiously
"Yeah, her brother's Angus Swan; we saw him at Coachella last year." I say to my friends who are putting the pieces together, wondering how they recognized his name.
"Oh my god I love his stuff!" Alice exclaims, practically jumping out of her seat.
"Yeah he's awesome, he and I were a duo before I moved to the states but I still write all his songs with him." Bella adds
"Really? Can we hear the new one he just sent?" Jasper pipes in
Bella flips through her phone until we hear the heavy, muted strumming of an electric guitar. It has a classic rock feel and the intensity of the guitar increases until Angus breaks the tension with his voice.
It was blue against the wall
It was over, over when we got there
It's a gravestone up ahead
It's an old man in your head
No I don't need ya now
No I never need ya before
No I don't need ya now
Hell I don't need ya anymore
In my head
The song continues to go on, blasting from the speakers as we continue speeding down along the beach as if the driving was matched to the intense, badass feel of the song. I had to admit, when you are listening to the song you feel as though you could possible be the coolest person on the planet. It had a total classic rock, angsty feel; a far cry from Angus's indie folk chill out songs, but still totally his vibe. One thing for sure is that his music always was mysterious in some way, no matter what. The final strumming pattern of the guitar comes to an end and the song fades out perfectly.
"OH SHIT!" Emmett belts, breaking the three minute silence we all had while listening to the song "Hell yeah, that's my brother in law, bitches!" Emmett booms once again. I didn't even have to ask to know that Emmett and Angus were close.
"Damn, Swan!" James adds on as the rest of us cheer and clap at the end.
"I swear I felt as though I could have been walking in slow motion with a leather jacket, shades, and a cigarette with the wind blowing through my hair listening to that. It's badass, dude." Alec compliments, squeezing Bella's shoulder.
"It's cool, huh?" Bella replies
We all demand her to play it another time and this time we know the chorus so Rose films a video of all of us belting No I don't need ya now, No I never need ya before and so on through the whole song to send to Angus, letting him now it definitely has our approval.
As if it was planned, right when the song ends, Bella pulls off the road and down this dirt road and stops right at the end of it. "Alright. Brody, Alec, and Dylan: you untie the boards. Bella, Camille, Alana, Leila, and I will grab the wax and tool kit. Edward and Emmett, you get the food. Alice and Jessica, you bring the towels, and James and Mike, you bring the speakers. Got it?" Rosealie spits out this plan for us like a sergeant in the military. We empty out of the van and separate to do the different tasks. Everybody is carrying something as we begin a walk down a dirt path which pretty much is in the middle of nowhere.
"I thought we were going actual surfing, not mud surfing." Mike says, grabbing his flip flop that got stuck in the wet mud as we were walking down the path.
"Oh, shut up, the beach is right down here. It's just super secluded but that's good for us." Alana remarks, leading the way with Bella.
Just as she said, we continue walking for another minute until the trees and bushes clear out until a gorgeous little cove, with untouched warm sand and electric blue water.
"Holy shit, who knew this could be in SoCal." Jasper says, his face lit up with excitement.
"We found this spot a few years ago and claimed it as our territory. Other surfers have tried to surf it but once they knew it was ours they have backed off. It's our slice of paradise." Dylan says as he lays down the stack of boards he carried while the other guys do the same.
Before we even have a chance to set our stuff down, all eyes revert to Bella, who's stripping off her cheeky denim shorts under her off the shoulder top. My eyes grow large as she pulls at the hem of her top, lifting it to first reveal a pair of white bikini bottoms that didn't come close to covering her entire ass. She arches her back and pulls the top completely off, turning around to grab her bag, revealing her barely there bikini top. The white bikini top wrapped around her chest twice and tied in the back, fully revealing the special tattoo right below the center of her boobs that took my breath away my first night with her. The whiteness of her bikini made her skin appear even darker and she looked like any male's wet dream with the tattoo on her chest and arms, messy beach hair, impeccable beauty, and all around sexiness. I was a lucky mothefucker.
"Oh my…" My head snaps towards James, who's standing with Mike and Jasper, staring at Bella slack jawed.
James jumps when Jessica slaps him and flushes slightly when he realizes he said that out loud.
"What…?" Bella looks up from her project of making the playlist for today and looks at us puzzled, completely oblivious to what's going on. Here she was looking like a fucking goddess and everyone's staring at her, yet she has no clue why. Oh, Bella.
"Nothing…" Alice smirks and turns on her heel, walking away with a smug smile that basically says that's my girl.
We turn our attention to something else, breaking the awkwardness of Bella catching all of us staring at her like an alien.
"Just so you know, these speakers will be really fucking loud because we play it so we can surf to music." Right then, the music starts playing and we begin to set up our spots in the sand. Bella gets up and grabs her surfboard from under the pile and walks over with it under her arm.
"Holy shit, your board is dope." Jasper says, propping up on his elbows to look at it as she lays it in the sand to get ready to wax it. Her board was entirely white except for on the front, where there was an abstract, native american girl in a headdress. The paint was all different tones of blue, greens, and yellows and the paint strokes were stripy and the end of the girl's head looks like it's dripping off the board. "My friend back in Oz is an artist and dreamed up this design and went crazy on my board. I fell in love with it when she showed it to me after it was done."
"Has she done any more for you? They're so cool." Jessica questions
"She's actually working on one right now that will be used as an art piece and will be hung in the house. She's shattering a mirror and collaging the pieces on the board so the board looks like a splintered mirror."
"That's dope, I can't wait to see it."
"Hey Dylan can you throw me pink sex?" Bella asks, kneeling at her board. Everybody looks confused except for Bella's friends who didn't even blink an eye at the comment.
"Sex wax, you idiots." Bella snarks, rolling her eyes.
We all let out a long "Ohh" in unison, realizing the implications of what she said. Bella rubs away at her board, talking to Jessica, Alec, and Emmett while the rest of us are sunbathing and in casual conversation.
I notice Camille get up and walk off, keeping an eye on Bella. I think nothing of it until I see her, now in just a bikini, speed by Bella with a board under her arm, smacking her ass as she speeds by. Bella's face whips up to see Camille running away right towards the ocean.
"Oh it's on, Brady." Bella's on her feet running right towards the ocean with Camille and her board in an instant and we all follow to the water's edge. Like the music could sense that Camille and Bella were heading for a surf off, Drag by Day Wave comes on and the indie rock sounds bump out of the speakers, projecting the sound out to the ocean. All eyes are on Bella when the water is now at hip height and a wave is coming. She jumps to lay flat on the board and right before the wave is about to hit, she presses her knee into the board and pushes her ass into the air, tipping the board forward, diving under the wave.
Bella's wet ass in a cheeky bikini pushed in the air? Well that was the most erotic sight I've ever seen.
After the wave passes, I see the tip of the board poke out and Bella reemerges, her whole body drenched and all you can see is her legs and ass and arms paddling out rapidly. Her and Camille are calling off a plan and Bella says for Camille to go first. Once they're far out enough, Camille turns herself around on the board and waits for the wave in the distance. Bella pushes herself up and straddles the board, closing her eyes and rubbing her hands down her long, wet hair that now hits above her ass.
Even from here you can see her green eyes and she looks straight out of Maxim straddling the board, wet in that smoldering bikini, hair dripping down her back, and tattoos scattered over her tanned, glistening skin in the sun. A wave comes and Camille starts paddling faster and faster until she pushes up on her feet and rides the wave beautifully. Carving in and out, she finishes off the run gracefully and jumps off once she slows down. We all clap for her and I laugh when I see Jasper, Emmett, and the boys holding up signs with their scores, which range from 8 to 9.5.
My eyes shift over to Bella as a huge wave pummels toward her, still sitting up on her board looking at the waves in the distance. You can tell her brain's going about the distance and projected power of the waves, trying to choose which one to go for. Right before the huge wave hits her, she wraps herself around the board and turns her and her body upside down, so you only see the underside of the board as the wave crashes over. Once the wave disappears, we see her reemerge and flip herself back over, acting as if a huge wave didn't just go over her head.
Bella spots the wave she must've chosen coming closer and she begins to situate her board forward. Within a few seconds, the wave looks like it's about to break and Bella has it timed perfectly because she's paddling with the wave. Right when the whitewater begins to show and the wave breaks, Bella jumps up flawlessly, riding in the barrel of the wave, and we see her emerge from the barrel and carve up towards the peak of the wave.
In a flawless motion, she launches herself and is up in the air before she lands perfectly back on the wave. We all throw our hands up and cheer, amazed by how high she got in the air and how she landed flawlessly. She continues carving in and out, riding the wave like it was elementary and coming out of it without a hitch. Once the wave finishes and she's just riding the surface of the water, she begins to do a victory dance to ODESZA, which is now blaring out of the speakers. She jumps off her board and walks out of the water, looking like some sex goddess mermaid that just came out of the ocean after living there forever. The boys deliberate and after awhile, they all hold up 10s and start whooping and cheering.
"That's how you do it, Brady!" Bella yells at Camille who's standing with her arms crossed, rolling her eyes, but still laughing.
"Oh, suck it, Swan." She says, still acting pissed. When Bella hits land, though, she walks over and they shake hands, smiling.
Afterwards, we all run over to Bella and hug her, telling her how crazy what she just did was and we all do the same to Camille, who still was pretty damn amazing. "Now who wants to learn from the master?" Bella says, holding her arms out, waiting to teach someone to surf.
"Ooh! Ooh! Me!" Alice pops right up and ignores the rest of us saying we want to go and she moves to bounce next to Bella.
"Ok, lets go, sister."
"I don't need a board?" Alice asks, motioning to the pile of them my the speakers
"Nope, you're using mine." Bella heads to the ocean's edge, but Alice remains on the shore.
"You comin'?" Bella asks
"I just got really nervous. Those waves are much bigger up close." Alice says timidly.
"Alice, do you really think I would ever put yourself in danger? Yes, surfing can be dangerous, but these waves aren't big at all which is why we brought you guys here and I can promise you you'll be fine with me."
Alice deliberates a moment before taking an unsure step and eventually moving towards Bella's extended hand.
We all cheer for Alice and reassure her, telling her she'll be great.
Bella explains a few things to her before she instructs Alice to lay down on the board. Bella waits until the waves are calmer and she heads underwater, pushing Alice on the board forward. Alice begins to paddle while Bella swims next to her, pushing her forward at the same time. Once they're far out enough, Alice remains still as Bella instructs her while treading water next to her. Alice nobs and turns the board forward while Bella grabs on the side of the board facing the opposite way, watching the waves. Once she spots one, she tells Alice to get ready and with a few seconds, Bella is swimming and pushing the board forward as fast as she can until the wave begins to break and she lets go, letting Alice on her own. I watch nervously as Alice shakily gets on all fours and rides out the wave, almost falling a few times. We all cheer and this goes on and each time she gets higher until by the seventh try, she stands up for a few seconds before falling over. It's adorable seeing Bella bobbing in the middle of the ocean with her hands up, cheering for Alice for getting up on her first try.
Bella swims in with Alice and we all give Alice a group hug, and Bella hugs Alice congratulating her on her great first run. We decide to take a quick break and start to bring out the food and grills.
"Hey." I turn to my left and see Bella standing next to me and I start to slowly back away so we can separate ourselves from the group who's conversing and trying to set up the grill.
"You're amazing out there, do you know that?" I try my hardest not to smile like an idiot so if people looked at us it wouldn't look like we were having the conversation we were.
"It was surprisingly fun surfing waves that are smaller than I'm used to. I was thinking that maybe, while they are busy making lunch, I could bring you out there? Might be a good time since they're distracted…"
"I though you'd never ask." My heart skips a few beats when I think of being alone with Bella in the middle of the sea where no one can hear what we're saying or really see what we're doing clearly. Plus I've reached my limit of refraining from touching her in that bikini.
"Hey guys, Bella's going to bring me out while you're setting this up." I throw my sunglasses down on the towel and walk back toward the shore where Bella's waiting for me with her board.
"You guys don't want lunch?" Rose shouts towards us.
"We're just squeezing this in before lunch. We won't be long at all." Bella yells back. They return to igniting the grill and Bella and I head into the water. She does the same thing with me as she did with Alice and lays out the basics of what I need to know and the plan for what I should do. "Come back to me after your first run, though…" I wiggle my eyebrows at her, hoping she's suggesting what I think she's suggesting.
"What? I haven't kissed or touched you since this morning. I have my needs." She shrugs
"As do I, my lady." I wink at her and she smiles before pushing me forward, instructing me to paddle. She keeps up her speed next to me on the board, pushing me along until everybody on the beach is quite small in the distance. She spins me around like she did with Alice and watches the waves in the distance.
"What are you doing in your head as you watch those waves?" I ask curiously
"I'm thinking about the swells and trying my best to use basic physics with surfing to calculate which wave will be the best one to surf."
"So you're some crazy science genius?" I ask, impressed by her knowledge of physics.
"No, hardly. It's just something you gain a basic understanding of when you start surfing." She replies. "Ok, I see one. I'll push you forward in about thirty seconds and you start paddling. When you feel me push you forward and I let go, try getting up on all fours or getting in a squat. Then I'll be back in this spot so come back to me over here."
"Yes Ma'am." I respond and before I know it, Bella's pushing me out and I'm riding the wave in a squat-like pose. I had to admit, it was much harder than it seemed to even lift my body up. It was like one imbalanced move and I was tipping over which is why Bella flawlessly flying up in the air seems even more amazing to me once I know how hard it is to even lift my chest off the board.
I finish off the wave feeling accomplished and paddle back out to Bella.
"You did it!" She yells with her hands in the air as I approach her. She's beaming up at me, smiling like an idiot.
"All credit to the teacher." I whip my head around and see that everybody's preoccupied by the grill or making sandwiches.
I smile at this fact and look back at Bella, her eyes sparkling and her hair floating around her in the turquoise water.
"Go under." I order and roll off the board so we're both staring at each other, bobbing in the waves.
Bella sexily slips underwater and I follow suit. Once we're fully submerged, I pull her to me and envelop her in the hottest kiss I've ever had. She wraps her arms around me and her hand's on my cheek as we kiss each other with so much passion, completely underwater, in our own world. There's always been a fascination with being underwater, where you can be in the same place as somebody on dry land, but in a completely different realm, out of their sight. We separate once my breath runs out and reemerge, smiling widely at each other. "I've missed that more than you know." She states.
"Trust me, I know." I respond.
I continue for a few runs and get up on my fifth try, feeling smug as hell. We kiss occasionally when we're sure no one's looking and eventually head in when we start to smell the seafood cooking and hear the margaritas being made.
"Congrats, dude, you got up like a big boy." Jasper says, slapping me on the back as I flip him off.
"Hey, you try and stand up on one of those." I snap back.
"Margaritas are ready" Emmett booms, pouring the margarita mix and tequila over ice. I pile my plate with the fish tacos we made and collapse onto the beach, margarita in hand.
I peek open an eye to see Bella, who sadly has her cover up back on, sit next to me. "The only thing that could make this situation even better than it already is would be you and me, naked, rolling in the sand, lying in the sun, and surfing for the rest of the day." I smirk when I notice her toes curl into the sand and see her cheeks flush. "Don't worry, that it definitely in the near future." Before I can respond, everybody heads over to sit with us with their drinks.
"Hey," Bella shouts, getting our attention. "While you're all here, I just wanted to give you a heads up that I'll be having a photo showcase in West Hollywood two weeks from now, and I'd love for you all to be there."
"Hell yeah we'll be!" Mike shouts and everybody else cheers, making Bella's cheeks blush an apple red.
"TOAST!" Emmett shouts at Jasper, who's now raising his glass.
"Now, if you know know then you know I hate pussy shit,"
"Cough, says the male model, cough." Emmett cuts off Jasper, earning a fistful of sand being thrown at him.
"Anyways, as I was saying before the Meathead-John-Mayer-Wannabe interrupted me, this won't me the sentimental pussy shit I hate. I just wanted to raise a glass to Edward and Bella, because without them, we wouldn't have all met each other and I wouldn't be able to call you my best friends and most importantly my family." Jasper raises his glass high in the air and we do the same, cheering and spreading words of love. I turn to see the girl beside me, her long mermaid-like hair messy from the ocean water reflecting light from the sun, beaming and looking like the most gorgeous girl on the planet. For a second, I see this family expanding and us doing this again years later, but with little kids of our own.
Jasper was completely right. If it wasn't for Bella applying for this job, I have no clue where I would be now. It's only been a bit over a month, but it feels like it's been an eternity with her. All I want to do is kiss her, but instead I excuse myself and separate from the group, pulling out my phone.
I open up Felix's text, pleased that he found the phone number I was asked for this morning. I hit call on the number and wait a few seconds before a familiar voice comes over the line.
"Hello?"
"Angus? This is Edward Cullen. Bella doesn't know I'm calling you, but I need your advice."
We spend the next fifteen minutes conversing after I explain my idea to him and he offers his opinion, supplying me with the sound advice that I was seeking.
"Yeah, so just explain what I said to you about recommending her Indonesia photo she took a few summers ago to be the centerpiece of the gallery and possibly doing a reveal of it after the crowds have left. Also don't forget to ask Jake my favor, too."
"Got it. Thanks so much man, you know her so well so I knew you would be the one to ask about this."
"It isn't a problem." He responds
Right before I close the conversation, though, he cuts me off.
"And Cullen? Just know that if you ever break her goddamn heart I will personally fly the 14 hours to Los Angeles just to beat your face in. Got it?" He says in a voice octaves lower than the one he was using before.
"Trust me, you have full permission to ruin me if I ever do." I respond truthfully. I would hate myself forever if I hurt her.
"Good. Call me back tomorrow, brother. Sorry for the threat earlier, but it's my bortherly duty."
"Totally get it, man. I'm glad she has a brother like you. I'll talk to you tomorrow."
I hang up the phone and head back to the group, feeling like a kid excited for Christmas but also like I may shit my pants with anxiety.
They weren't joking when they said this relationship shit wasn't easy.
So... Angus knows! So far Riley and Angus know. Who's next?
PSA: Edward is NOT proposing to Bella! I'm not that kind of author who give the dessert before dinner. These two have a LONG way to go before that even becomes an option.
Keep your eye out for a very sweet new chapter soon. I'm excited to write this one :)
Look at the visuals and also THERE IS A LINK TO "THIS IS BLUE" THERE! Check it out!
See you next week.
xx, S