Rating: M
Stephenie Meyer owns all things Twilight, I'm just picking up her bread crumbs.
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Passport!
CHAPTER 21
Edward
Waking up next to Bella is definitely one of the highlights of my day. When I open my eyes and feel a handful of her luscious breast, I smile to myself thinking it can't get much better than this. I chuckle to myself when she asks me if I am "Billy" lying next to her. Very funny "Lauren".
I am so grateful that we have survived the drama with the Tanya and Riley issues and maybe now we can move on with building a good foundation of just 'us'. Today is a day of skiing and Bella is eager to get the day going and jumps into the shower first, leaving me to suffer this full blown hard on I have for wanting her so badly.
I hear her humming a tune in the shower so I jump up to join her and find the door is locked. Damn, there goes that idea too. When she opens the door and finds me impatiently standing there with my dick at full staff, she laughs. She actually laughs.
"Never lock a man out of the bathroom first thing in the morning, Bella." I chuckle and walk around her.
"Edward, there are two other bathrooms in this house; surely you can find one of them with your built in divining rod." She says before running downstairs, leaving giggles in her wake.
"Ha fucking Ha, Bella." A divining rod? What the hell? I laugh at her terminology because it's true. It is divine and she knows it. I smile to myself at that.
I am standing in the middle of the bathroom drying off when I hear Bella's raised voice. I rush to the door, jerk it open and immediately feel her cell phone hit my chest. Clearly she is upset so I take the phone to see who it is.
"Who is this?" I ask.
Fuck, it's Jacob.
What the hell else can this man want with her? He has broken so many laws as it is, but I am ready for him this time. I reach for my jeans and pull out the small recorder and attach it to Bella's phone and begin recording our conversation. This motherfucker isn't going to get away with this if I can help it.
Like the imbecile he is, he responds to each of my allegations while correcting my intentional mistakes, which elicits his confessions. He must suck at being an attorney. I look over at Bella and she's looking at me like I've lost my mind when she hears how calm and friendly I sound toward Jacob. But when he asks to speak to her my blood drains from my body.
"No, you may not speak to her! You may never speak to her again do you understand?" I say firmly into the phone. If I have my way he will never lay eyes on Bella again.
I can see she is extremely upset so I put my arm around her to calm her.
"Shhhhh." I say into her ear, giving her a small kiss.
I continue to bring small confessions out of Jacob and then let him know our conversation has been recorded. When I tell him that I have pictures of Bella the night he visited her, he goes silent. After all of this, he still had the audacity to tell me that he loves her and wants nothing or no one but her. But when he tells me that Bella invited him to see her, I snap.
"Oh, for the third time you sonofabitch…..she doesn't want to see you and she doesn't want to talk to you and as a heads up, this call is being recorded, so if you so much as even think about calling her or make an attempt to see her again, I will turn all this over to the police, the California State Bar, and my security team."
I know my team has their own way of dealing with things. I typically don't get involved with the mechanics of it all, they just take care of it and then it's no longer in my hands. I reiterate that she doesn't want to talk to him but it still doesn't sink in. Even though he has been told numerous times that she doesn't want to see him, I am now certain he is going to attempt to see her again. After I hang up on him, I need to be certain of his exact location. Is he still in San Francisco or is he sitting in his car at the corner of Bella's street? So I run downstairs to my phone and call Jenks.
"Where is he?" I demand as soon as Jenks picks up the phone.
"Fuck, Cullen, he's here." Jenks responds sarcastically.
"You're sure? Because if you aren't, I fucking need you to be, in two fucking minutes. Call me in two minutes and tell me for certain."
I can feel the panic set in because with each passing minute, I trust Jacob less and less and the thought of him being in Tahoe City has me on full alert. My phone rings bringing me out of my dark thoughts.
"Yeah" I answer sharply.
"He's here." Jenks replies.
"I swear to God, Jenks, you better be fucking certain." I demand. "Did he go up there and see him?"
"No, but he said he saw him enter the building this morning." Jenks said indicating his protégé has been on top of Jake the whole time.
"I want him to go up that fucking elevator and see him sitting at his fucking desk do you understand me? Now, please, just do that and call me right back."
Fuck, Cullen, get a grip here. Don't blow it in front of Bella. You don't need to freak her out while you are freaking out here. I know he's going to try to see her again. I don't trust him. What if I'm not with her the next time? What if she's alone in her apartment and he knocks on her door and she opens it again. What if…
"Cullen." I say, my standard response, when my phone rings and this is the side of me that I was afraid Bella would see. I knew it would happen sooner or later but it is what it is for right now.
"He's here. In his office. Tom saw him with his own eyes. It appears Jacob was sitting on the corner of the desk of a secretary named, Jessica. He was pretty close to her face, intimately close." Jenks reports.
"Are you certain?" I ask.
"Yes, 100%." Jenks replies.
"Okay, good. Thank you. Don't fucking lose him. He made contact with her. I want to know where he is and what he's doing. You text me his every move." I demand, calming myself down now.
"Will do, Mr. Cullen." Jenks answers.
"Oh, Jenks, what about her? Is she still in the area?" I ask about Tanya.
"Yes, she's at her father's home in Napa. I have Suzanne on that detail." Jenks replies.
"Good, just keep me informed. I want to know when they sneeze." I hang up my phone and look over at Bella sitting next to me. I have to laugh when she called me James Bond, but if she really knew how much danger she was still in, she would be frightened and I don't want her vacation or my remaining time alone with her ruined.
"Bella, I don't want you staying here in this house by yourself. I would feel better if you stayed with me, alright?" I tell her.
But when she agrees and says that she thought it was a given that we would be together for the remainder of the week, that made me relax and feel a little better. I thought for sure she would want some time alone and that was what concerned me. I don't want her to be alone right now.
"Hey, baby, do you want to call it off for today? I can ski solo if you just want to go home." She says to me, running her fingers through my hair. God, I love that.
I pull her down onto my lap and try to calm her by telling her I need to settle down and that I want to go skiing when she kisses me. Fuck, I love it when she does that. It says so many things to me. Like that she wants me and that right there turns me the hell on. I can't help but get lost in her kiss and kiss her back. After she ends the kiss, she looks into my eyes with such intensity. I wrap my arms around her tighter burying my face into her neck and hair.
"Thank you, Edward, for protecting me. You stepped up and took care of this situation whereas I freaked out."
I can't believe she just said that. She had someone that she knew and trusted with her life at one time and he breached her trust by physically assaulting her and she is berating herself because she freaked out? I think anyone would react the same way.
"I love the fuck out of you and he will never lay another hand on you as long as I can help it." I say to her, filled with emotion. I love her more with each passing day and I will do anything to keep her safe.
"And I love you back. Now let's go have some fun." She says, jumping up and attacking her tasks of getting packed.
I watch her slim body maneuver the room and confess I would rather spend this day with her upstairs wrapped naked in my arms than outside in the cold, snowy weather. I smile at the thought and get up to help her. After we pack Bella's gear into the truck, we head toward my place but I can't shake the feeling that I have. I analyze the current situation and believe that he is not near her today and that Jenks will keep an eye on him, letting me know in the event he heads in the direction of Lake Tahoe.
But what happens after she goes home? That is my main concern right now. I know Bella will not allow me to have someone protect her. Do I need to buy a place in the city and move there for a while so I can watch her? Fuck.
"Edward, what's wrong? Is there something you aren't telling me about all this?" She says out of the blue, startling me out of my thoughts. I didn't even realize she was stroking the back of my neck. I should never miss out on her touching me, and I smile at her.
"No, it just shook me a bit with him threatening to come to see you again after what he just did to you." I say to her, hoping that pacifies her.
"Okay, but let's just forget about that for the rest of the day, alright? He isn't here and it's just you and me okay?" She says calmly before adding with a wink, "I want to kick your ass on The Far Side and The Land Bridge today."
After we arrive at the condo, we head upstairs to my room and she persists in wanting to know why I am acting strangely. Sensing she is not going to let it drop, I tell her. I explain about my concern for her safety and that I want to protect her. She fights me a little of course but I am determined because just the thought of anything happening to her scares the shit out of me.
~ BD ~
After we spend the day skiing hard, and I mean really hard, Bella went upstairs to take a hot shower and after 30 minutes, I still hear the shower running. Concerned and knowing that my hot water tank isn't that big, I go check on her and find her sitting on the seat in the corner of the shower, passed out.
It was probably one of the saddest, most endearing things I have ever seen.
I lift her and take her to my bed, dry her off, and tuck her in. I tell her I am going to fetch her something to eat and she acknowledges this, but when I bring her dinner she is in a deep sleep. I can't wake her up, so I leave her to sleep and sit in my recliner, eat a little of my dinner and watch my Bella sleep. I love watching her sleep, it's fascinating to me.
After a while, I take a long, hot shower and decide to play the piano a little, a lullaby that has been in my head that I now want to hear out loud. I haven't played since Leah and want to play again, for Bella.
After several hours of playing, I can feel my eyes fighting back sleep and head upstairs. I see my beautiful Bella, smiling in her sleep. I remove all my clothes and slide in beside her, pulling her warm naked body next to mine. I feel at peace again.
My internal alarm clock wakes me at 7:00 and I am still holding her in the same position I was in when I came to bed. She is still sound asleep so I quietly get up and get dressed for the day before heading downstairs to make coffee and a bagel. I look out the window and it's snowing really hard so I grab my breakfast and sit in my usual position in front of the window.
I start to mentally assess my schedule, what needs to be done, what is coming up on my calendar, the planting season, sales, but things always wind up back to Bella. I wish there was a way I could get her to come to the dinner with me. I would be so proud to have her on my arm. I try to devise a plan where she can come with me but I stop myself knowing it would only piss her off. Bella isn't the type of person that likes to be controlled or have decisions made for her so I think I will most likely be going alone.
Funny, as I sit in this room all alone, like I have done for so many years, I'm struck with a feeling of loneliness for the first time. I know my other half is upstairs and I need to be near her. So I grab my mug, get a refill and head upstairs, taking a seat in my chair in front of my window. I remote access into the office and do a little work.
After checking my upcoming calendar, read my emails, answer the ones that need answering, schedule a few meetings, I send an email to Angie.
TO: angie
FROM: eac
Re: Posto di Lea
Hello Angie. I need to unload the Posto di Lea. Unfortunately, this means contact with Leah and I would like you to initiate that call giving her first right of refusal which is in the contract. Once you find out what she wants to do, please let Jasper know either way. I do not want to have any involvement with this transaction. Please work directly with Jasper on this.
Thanks and I will see you soon.
Edward A. Cullen
Volturi Wineries of Napa
I open one of the reports from Jasper when I hear Bella waking up. Good, I missed her. I am such a pussy when it comes to her. Fuck.
"Edward, why did you let me sleep so late?" She asks in her deep raspy voice I notice she has in the mornings.
"Because we are taking a vacation day and that's what one does on vacation, they sleep in." I answer her, leaning my head back on my seat just taking in how beautiful she is right now.
I know that look in her eyes. I get up and walk toward her thinking about what I plan on doing to her body. By time I reach the side of the bed she is laying on her back staring up at me waiting for my next move. But my moves are calculated. I take the duvet and slowly pull it down off her long sexy body. I drag my fingers up the length of her, starting at the tip of her cute toes, slowly making my way to that beautiful space between her long thighs. By time I am there she is so fucking wet for me it was hard for me not to fuck her right then. I slip my fingers inside her and they come out covered with her and suck her flavor off my hand. Her eyes haven't left mine yet and they are filled with anticipation and I fucking love that. I continue my travel up her body until I end at her beautiful breasts. Fuck, I love her breasts.
I can't take this shit anymore and I have to have her so I remove my t-shirt and pants and my dick springs forward and she tries to touch me but she doesn't get the goods yet and I back away so she can't touch me.
I lean over her and push her knees apart laying them open and flat on the bed. When I center myself over her wide open pussy, I continue to stare at her as I give her one long stroke of my tongue .
My baby speaks.
"Oh God… Edward. That is the… hottest thing to watch." She says while she watches me drink her up.
When I insert two fingers inside her I immediate locate her sweet spot and she reacts by nearly rising off the bed. I love that I know where that spot is now and it doesn't take long for her to turn into a puddle of goo.
"Fuck, Edward…Oh, baby you so know how to do that."
"What, Bella? What do you like, baby?"
Did she just tell me she wants me to fuck her?
"How do you want me to fuck you, baby?"
"I want to feel your cock enter me slow and easy. Let me feel the length of that hard dick move in and out of me and then I want you to pound the hell out of my pussy."
Oh, Bella, you playing games with me?
When she asks if that's what I want all I can think of is 'Fuck yeah, that's what I want' and I'm on her like a dog in heat and I'm inside her in one stroke fucking her like she asked.
We are not making love today. We are flat out fucking and when she wraps those long legs around me, I can't get enough of her, can't go deep enough. She is matching me thrust for thrust and I fucking love it.
It's when I position myself higher on her is when I can feel her tighten around me. I know she is ready. Her face is flushed, her breathing is heavy, her arms are pulling on me and she needs me.
"Christ, Bella… Fuck… I need you to… cum for me Bella, now…"
"Edward, baby, I'm… Edward… here it comes, I'm…cumming, baby"
"FUCK, Bella... " I nearly yell outloud and I can feel myself shoot hard inside her it was one of the most intense orgasm's I've ever had and I fall down onto my elbows nearly crushing her and I wrap my arms around her needing her closer to me.
"Damn, Bella"
"I love you." Is all I can say to her.
"I love you too, Edward."
Damn, that was perfect is all I can think about when she speaks catching me by surprise.
Wait. What?
She's ready to go home? Why? Did I hear just hear her say she is ready to go home?
"Do you need to be away from me?" I ask her.
"No, never…I just found you." She says in earnest.
Thank, God.
After a lengthy discussion and rather than going home, we decide to take a side trip and I start to rack my brain for alternative plans. I simply am not ready to give her up yet. I want her near me. I want to be near her. I love her.
I get on the computer to search places to go and we decide on Grass Valley; it's quaint, romantic, lots of shopping and the landscape is beautiful.
Bella literally climbs out of my huge bed to head down to the kitchen for some juice while I surf the internet for more options for us and my ears perk up when I hear Bella softly crying downstairs. I look out my bedroom door and see her in my chair looking out the window then she starts sobbing into her hands.
"Why is he doing this!?" She cries quietly. I know she is trying not to let me hear her, but I do.
"Bella? What is it?" I ask her, dropping down to my knees beside her.
"I'm scared, Edward. More so than I thought." She sadly confesses.
"I know, baby, I know. I'll take care of you, Bella. Don't worry, you are safe." And I mean every word of it. By the end of this week, I will have a solution to where she is safe without the threat of Jacob.
Bella is clearly upset after trying hard not to let it show when her cell phone rings. I can see the tension build when she looks to see who it is. It's Rosalie.
After a lengthy conversation with her, Rosalie has offered Bella the east wing of her home. It apparently has high security so I am extremely comfortable with that. When Rosalie offered to have Alice take care of getting Bella situated, I was even happier that she wouldn't have to go through that either.
It was then that an idea hit me. "Let's pack up and go to my house at Stateline for a few days. Would you like that?" I ask her. We could get away from this place and still enjoy the benefits of the lake and Jacob wouldn't find her.
When she agrees, the weight of the world lifted and I have renewed energy. We pack up both of our belongings, arrange to have the rental agency pick up her car, she turns over the keys to the house and we are on our way to Stateline.
I enjoy the time I spend at Tahoe when I come to ski and when I met Bella it was a bonus. Who would have thought that when I spotted her while driving down I-80 on my way to Squaw, that I would be in love with her a few short days later. But in love with her I am and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I am glad we are leaving Tahoe City. There are memories there that I definitely want to leave behind and some new ones I want to make with her. I look over at her and she is sound asleep, with the seat reclined a bit so that she is comfortable. Her bruises are disappearing a little more each day.
I have only a few days with her so I plan on making the best of them. I phoned Angie before we left Tahoe City for her to have the house stocked and readied for our arrival today, we shouldn't need anything else.
"Edward…" She says in a sweet voice.
"Yeah, baby." I reply. But she doesn't say anything. I look over at her and she's still sound asleep. She's dreaming about me. My Bella is dreaming about me. That makes me smile.
My thoughts go back to Monday. The night of the best fucking sex I've had in years. Watching my cock go all the way into her mouth nearly killed me. How it felt when I entered her for the first time, so tight and warm, and when she screamed my name. How it felt waking up with her in my arms for the first time. I want that again.
I smile at myself when I have to move to adjust myself because just thinking about her has given me a full blown hard on. When I lift my hips up and off the seat to push my cock off to the side, I glance over at Bella, who is now grinning at me.
"What's going on baby?" She giggles.
"Oh, just recalling some fond memories and this is the end result." I chuckle and get comfortable in my seat.
I jump when I feel her hand cover my dick and I gasp. "What the…?" I say jerking the steering wheel.
"Here, let me take care of that sweetie." She says while she undoes my button and unzips my pants.
When her warm hand pulls my dick free it is like a breath of fresh air. It was getting tight in the confines of my pants. But there are no words to describe the sensation when she put her mouth on me and licks my shaft from top to bottom and then inhales it like only she can. I have never had anyone take me down like she does.
"Bella, sweetie, you need to take it easy on me, baby, we are on mountain roads here." I say through broken breaths.
"Why don't you just focus on driving then and let me focus on sucking your dick dry okay, Edward? Can you do that?" She teases.
"Don't be fuckin' talking like that, Bella, I'll cum in your mouth right now." I warn her.
"Pull over, Edward." She demands before she wraps those beautiful lips around my head again.
You don't have to tell me twice, so I find the next dirt road and pull off and scoot my seat all the way back to give her better access and to touch her hair while I feel her head bob up and down on my cock. Hell, that alone is enough to send me over the edge.
"Fuck my mouth Edward." She says and hovers her open mouth over me.
I raise my hips, feeling my cock enter her mouth. I push the head just past her lips then pull out again. I then feel her lips tighten around me making a popping sound when I pull out. I raise my hips again, just putting the head in her mouth; I slowly but gently push it down the back of her throat until I see her lips touch the very base of me.
"Fuck, Bella…here it…fuck…"
I feel her lips move up and down and then suck my head as I cum in her mouth. Damn this girl can make me cum hard.
"Oh my fucking God Bella" Those are the only coherent words I can say right now.
"Mmmmm, baby. I love that." She says purring over my now flaccid cock.
"Keep that shit up Bella…" I threaten her. So when she meets my challenge, she puts my dick back in her mouth I can feel it getting hard again, fast.
"Take your pants off, Bella, now." I tell her and she doesn't hesitate as she strips out of her jeans and panties and then looks at me for her next instruction. I reach for her and pull her over the console, facing her toward the steering wheel and watch as my cock slips into her soaking wet pussy.
I lay the seat all the way back as she holds onto the wheel for leverage and I watch my cock disappear inside her.
"Oh, Edward, thats…Mmmmm…"
"Not yet baby." I can feel her tighten around me and know she's ready to cum.
I grab hold of her hips and hold her above me, not letting her move.
"Edward…fuck…"
She lies back against my chest and reaches down to touch me, feeling it as I slip in and out of her. When she sits back up she cups my balls then slips her finger to stroke the sensitive spot underneath them and I am done. Fuck, if she wants me to cum right now, that's what will do it. I grab her hips and thrust in and out of her while she touches me, sending me into another earth shattering orgasm.
"Fuck, Bella…Bel…" I can't see and I can't speak but damn can I fuck her.
I thrust up and she pushes down, we are in perfect harmony.
"Oh, my god Edward…" I feel her clamp around me and she screams.
Oh yeah, scream my name again, baby.
I can think of nothing better in the world than when Bella and I cum at the same time. It intensifies the experience for me tenfold.
"For someone who isn't a screamer, you sure say my name pretty loud, Isabella." I remind her reaching around and holding her by her breasts and lay her down against me.
"And what a gentleman you are to bring that up too, Edweirdo." She says sarcastically sitting up to reach for tissues from her purse. After she cleans us up she moves over to her seat and gets dressed.
"Edweirdo?" I repeat what she says.
Yeah, like I've never heard that before.
"Yeah, Edweirdo." She says again, giggling.
I sit up, zip my pants, adjust my seat and look at her.
"Yeah, well you can scream that name too then." I say, grinning at her and pull onto the highway.
We drive a while in silence and I can still feel her, inside of her.
"I love you, Bella." I say to her sincerely.
"And I love you, Edward." She returns, reaching for my hand.
"I honestly don't know if I can let you go, Bella." I confess, looking into her eyes.
"What do you mean?" She asks, frowning at me.
"I have had you with me every day since we met and I have fallen in love with you during that time. I don't think I can drop you off at Rosalie's and walk away from you."
"I know what you mean. My life is changed now. It's like you will be a missing link for me." She says exactly what I feel.
"Hopefully, once we get back to our real lives it won't be as bad as we think it will be, but right now, it is killing me to think I have to kiss you goodbye for a whole week. You will be driving to Napa on Friday for the Italian feast, right?" I ask her, reminding her of my mother's invitation.
"Edward, I wouldn't miss it for the world. I would drive to see you even without the feast. I will leave directly after work and if I can leave earlier, I will." She says.
"This is real isn't it Bella?" I say more of a statement than a question.
This is the most real thing I have ever felt. If our love for each other can survive the last few days and we come out stronger for it, then it must be.
"This is very real, Edward. You can't leave me now." I can hear the love in her voice as she says that.
I stop and pull off the side of the road, again, and walk around to Bella's door, helping her out of the car.
"I have to hold you when I tell you this, Bella." I hold her as tight as I can without crushing her.
"I love you more than my own life. There are only two things that could make me leave you. One involves me never breathing again and the other involves you leaving me. My heart hurts just saying that last part out loud. I doubt I would survive it." I can't let her go.
"Oh, Edward, please don't talk like that. Please." I can tell she is crying. "I love you, so much."
"Okay then. Let's not ever mention this subject again, shall we?" I say.
"Deal." She returns and kisses me soundly.
~ BD ~
The weather is ominous today at Stateline. A perfect day to stay inside and curl up with Bella. I don't have that much time left with her and I want her all to myself today.
"I'm starving, how about you?" She asks as she looks in the refrigerator.
Bella makes us the best ham and cheese sandwiches with the works piled high on Dutch Crunch bread for lunch with homemade sweet potato chips. Yeah, my girl can cook! After lunch, we lounge out on the couch and listen to music and read and basically just enjoy being quiet until Bella's cell phone interrupts the silence.
"It's Rosalie." She says.
"Hey, Rosie." Bella says.
"Hey Bella. If Edward is there, better put him on too." She says.
"Okay, you're on speaker."
"Hi, again Edward. Okay, I have some bad news for you." Rose starts.
"What now? What could possibly go wrong now?" Bella asks, irritated.
"I know how Jacob found you and you are going to be pissed. It was my dad, Bella." Rose says.
"What the fuck?" Bella jumps up from the couch.
"I know, I know. He didn't know, Bella. That's the only defense he has. It appears Jacob wormed his fucked up self into a lunch meeting with my dad and another attorney from Jacob's firm and lied to him about how you two were getting back together and gained my father's trust." Rose says, taking a deep breath. "When Jacob said he didn't have his cell phone with him he asked dad for your cell number. He then weaseled my dad into calling your assistant for the address of where you were staying, and well, the rest is history."
"Oh, Rose." Bella says quietly and sits down on the floor running her hands through her hair.
"After my dad told me all this, of course you know I went holy ballistic and told him everything that happened to you and he feels just awful Bella. He sends his deepest apologies and regrets and will talk to you when you get back."
"I don't know what to say, Rosalie. Of all people to leak information it had to be the head of the largest law firm in one of the largest cities in the country? What the fuck was he thinking?" Bella says, getting angrier the more she thinks about it.
"I don't have any excuses for him but he does have a solution." Rosalie takes a dramatic pause.
"Mr. Hale has granted Bella an indefinite leave of absence with pay for her promise to return to school to complete her law degree at which time, a position will be made available to her as an associate at Hale, Whitlock and Evanson." Rose recites and takes a deep breath then continues.
"This comes at a price, however, Bella. If you agree to accept his offer, you must not pursue his firm for damages." Rosalie hesitates for a moment then continues.
"I have contacted your landlord on behalf of the firm and have broken your lease to your apartment at which time you will be a permanent resident at the Hale mansion, east wing, for the duration of your educational pursuit. What do you think about that, Bella?" Rose asks.
"Oh my fucking God, Rosalie. I can't believe you negotiated on my behalf like that. I don't know what to say." Bella says, looking at me and smiling.
"Are you going to accept it, Bella?" I ask her.
"What do you think?" She asks me in return.
"I think it is one of the best ideas to come out of this mess, outside of you falling in love me of course." I answer quickly.
"Rose, if you were here right now, I would plant the biggest kiss smack on your lips." We all laugh.
"That's fabulous Bella, Emmett would love that." She says sarcastically.
"Bella, I hope you don't mind, but I had my lumpers move you out of your apartment already and you are now ensconced in the east wing of the Hale mansion. All you need to do is get your ass back to school." Rosalie says, all excited at the success of her solution.
"Wow, Rosalie, you took care of everything didn't you?" I say to her. "What about 'baby'?" I heard Bella ask.
"She's all tucked in safe and sound." Rosalie replied.
"Well, of course you know I couldn't have done this alone. Our Alice had to manage the situation and it went off without a hitch because of her. I just took care of my dad and shamed him into coming up with the idea. I think it's perfect Bella. You will be an attorney in a year's time." She says, nearly clapping her hands over the phone.
"Rose, I think Bella sends her thanks but she is unable to talk right now because she has her thankful and tearful face buried in my neck and I'm not willing to refuse that to her right now. Can she call you later when she can talk?" I ask her, holding Bella's head while she silently cries.
"Sure, you bet. Bella, I love you and my dad is really truly sorry that you went through that on account of him. He will regret that for the rest of his life and I guarantee you, it will never happen again." She says to Bella, apologizing for her father.
"Thanks, Rosie. I'll call you later and tell your father I accept his offer."
"Wow, Bella." Is all I can say. "This changes everything."
"Yeah, it does." She returns, still speechless at the turn of events.
"Bella, I'm going to ask you something and you don't need to answer me right now, but just think about it, okay? I want you to come home with me for a little while, just until you get your schooling arranged and all that." I look at her face to see her reaction and she just sits there quietly and pensively. "And what in the hell is a 'baby'?" I ask.
"Baby is my BMW Z4." She smiles, answering proudly. I look at her with my eyebrows raised.
Nice.
"You can attend the NVV dinner with me on Sunday, we can tour the winery. You can drink all the Volturi wine you want. You can hang out with Embry all you want, you can hang out with me all you want, please say yes." I hold her face in my hands begging her to say yes.
"I don't have anything to wear to the dinner." Is all she says.
I reach for my phone and call my brother. "Jazz, hey is Alice there with you? Can I talk to her?" I have a plan.
"Hey, Alice, I need a favor. Bella needs a dress, shoes, the works. Can you take care of that for me?" I hear her squeal over the phone.
"I take that as a yes, Alice. I have an account at Gucci's. I will make an appointment for you to see Shelly tomorrow. I want you to get anything you think Bella will need for a formal dinner. Top to bottom, inside and out. My favorite color on her is blue please. Also, will you be able to deliver that to the winery this weekend?"
"Absolutely, Edward. I have her size already and I will deliver it to you on Saturday." Alice says sounding all business –like.
"Also, Alice, Bella will be visiting me for an extended stay, would you mind packing what she might need for a couple weeks? I'm sure she's tired of the clothes she has with her and she will want a change of clothing scenery if you know what I mean."
I look at Bella while I make these personal arrangements for her and she is watching me not saying or doing anything and it dawns on me that she has not agreed to any of this.
"Hang on a second, Alice." I look at Bella's reaction.
"Bella, I am so sorry, I didn't even think to wait for your answer. I just took control of your life for you didn't I? Do you want to stay with me for a little bit until you get your school arranged?" I ask her.
Please say yes!
"Edward…" And she throws herself into my arms so I take that as a yes.
"Okay, Alice, we will see you Saturday. You can stay at my house if you would like to visit with Jasper while you are here as well." I offer.
"Okay, Edward, you can count on me. I will make her beautiful for you."
"If that is even possible, she is already stunning." I say, looking at how beautiful Bella is at this very moment. "Can I talk to my brother, Alice?"
"Hey Edward, do you want to discuss those reports now. I have them right here and I have all the reports that Tanya is involved with." I can hear the smile in Jasper's voice. He knew I was going to give him a hard time about them since he was in the city with Alice, but he is prepared as always. That's why he runs the financial end of the business.
"That's great, Jazz, I want to meet with you and Emmett on Friday at the office at 2:00. Alice will be coming to the compound on Saturday so 2:00 will give you plenty of time to say goodbye and attend the meeting, right?"
"Okay, I will be there." Jasper replies.
"Have you invited her to the dinner?" I ask.
"No, not yet." He replies.
"Well what are you waiting for brother, girls need time to prepare for events like this, you idiot." And I hang up and return my attention back to my girl.
"You, Cinderbella, have a dress for the ball." I walk away laughing.
Edweirdo and Cinderbella.
A/N: Alrighty then. It looks like Bella's life is taking a serious turn. She has met wonderful Edward and finishing school to get her degree, what more could she ask for? Duh dum..duh dum…duh dum….*imitating 'Sharks' theme song*. Now, all you have to do is click on that button down there and write a simple little blurb about how you feel about my story. I know you guys are reading it but I need to hear what you think. It's easy you guys. It's what keeps us writers alive here! Jus' do it!