A/N This chapter is a little shorter than most of them. Hope you guys continue to enjoy. Thanks for the reviews. SM still owns.
Bella POV
My heart was racing so fast after kissing Edward that I was fairly certain that I would be unable to sleep for hours. I didn't have the will to use Edward's bathroom to brush my teeth before bed, so I grabbed my toiletry bag and walked downstairs to the guest bathroom. After brushing my teeth and splashing some water on my face, I left the bathroom and made my way back to my bedroom. I changed into my pajamas and got into bed. As I laid in bed, I thought about my time spent with Edward. I've enjoyed every second of my time with him. I finally replayed that good night kiss.
I knew that Edward had boundaries that he wasn't willing to cross until after marriage. I supported that even though my hormones didn't. That kiss tonight definitely seemed to hint at his wanting to cross his own boundaries. It was something that I wouldn't want to do regardless of how I might feel about the issue because I never want Edward to regret anything. I had a feeling that if we went too far, he would definitely regret it. Somehow, I was going to have to be strong enough to stop things if they ever get too heated. I'm not sure how I will ever be able to do that, but I had to try if it ever came down to it.
I needed a distraction from thinking of kissing Edward. Those thoughts were getting me more riled up instead of calming me down enough to actually fall to sleep. I got out of bed and grabbed my book out of the bag it was packed in. I settled back into the comfort of bed even further. I could hear a few drops of rain starting to hit the window. I opened up the book and decided to start reading Pride and Prejudice again. I flipped to the first chapter and began reading. Eventually after reading several chapters, I found myself trying to nod off. I marked the page I stopped at, and put the book on the night table next to the bed. I laid back and was asleep in minutes.
I'm not sure what time it was, but I woke with a start. I sat up and heard the wind whistling loudly and rain pounding the house. Everything was pitch black in my room, so I was left without even being able to see where the door was to get out. I was a little scared of staying here in the blackness all by myself, so I carefully got up out of the bed. I held my hands out around me trying to feel for anything in the way as I walked in the direction of where the door to the room should be.
"Shoot," I muttered when I managed to stub my toe near the foot of the bed.
Once I found the door, I opened it and looked around. The power must have gone out because there was absolutely no light cast anywhere around me to help me find my way around the house. I would have tried to go downstairs into the kitchen for a glass of water, but I really didn't think I would be able to make it down all of those stairs in the darkness without falling. It's times like these that I wished that I just carried around a flashlight. It would have been useful to help me get around.
Instead, I carefully walked across the hall and opened the door to Edward's room. I couldn't really make out where anything was in his room in the darkness. I could hear him breathing deeply, so I walked in the direction of that sound keeping my hands out in case I bumped into anything along the way. When I felt the bed under one of my hands, I stopped. I looked down, but it was still too dark to see Edward sleeping there. I wondered for a moment what I should do. I could always go and find his sofa to sleep on. I would still be in the room with him without disturbing his sleep. The thought of being next to him on the bed was enticing though.
I finally made up my mind and whispered, "Edward."
I could hear him shift around on the bed in front of me. "Bella?" he whispered to the darkness.
"I couldn't sleep with the storm outside," I said softly. "I was hoping that maybe I could stay in the room with you tonight."
"Of course you can, love," Edward said reaching his hand out to grasp mine.
He pulled me into the bed with him and I got under the covers and snuggled up to his side. He stroked my hair and hummed a song that sounded very much like a lullaby. The soothing nature of all of this helped me drift off to sleep once again.