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Chapter 20
The next month went by in a blur. Cullen and I managed to steal a few more make out sessions in between me working massive amounts of overtime and him going out of town for stories to follow for the newspaper. I had to admit I was getting sexually frustrated. Cullen kept telling me he wanted our first time to be perfect, which made me smile, but still...I needed to get laid.
We spent a lot of time just talking and becoming more comfortable with each other. He really was an incredible guy. His sense of family, his work ethic, the way he loved Robby so unconditionally as if he'd always been his baby, all of it. I thought about all the time I'd wasted being a fucking bitch and it made me so sad sometimes. But Cullen had a different view. He said it just made us appreciate each other more now.
I told him more of my history with Jake, how crushed I'd been to know I'd been duped. He could relate and everything about it seemed so meaningless now. I wondered why I ever stressed out about my past and sadly, how I'd let it control my future.
Another reason Cullen wanted to wait was so that he could get tested before we had sex. Even though he never went unprotected with Tanya or anyone else, he wanted to show me he was clean. I appreciated that a lot. I will say, it was odd that two people our ages waited to have sex at all, especially living in the same house, but we had both agreed not to rush into it. After a month of what was basically extended foreplay, I can honestly say I wanted to fuck him until the cows came home, and I was pretty sure the feeling was mutual.
Robby was growing so fast, he had started saying new words since the "Beh" for Bella that had come out of his mouth. He was now saying "Cuh" for Cullen, which made that asshat grin like he was the king of the world. It was absolutely adorable.
He was also sitting up all on his own, crawling and making attempts to pull himself up on things. He was early for that but it wasn't unheard of, according to Carlisle. He also had eight pearly white teeth that he loved to show you when you were feeding him.
Spitting food was his new favorite thing to do. Cullen and I seriously needed hazmat suits to feed the kid at this point. He made us laugh though, and filled our hearts with joy when we looked at him since he was such a gorgeous mix of both Angela and Ben. He was gonna be a looker for sure, we'd be beating the chicks off him with a stick when he got older.
Cullen was returning home tonight after being out of town for work for the week. Alice and Jasper had invited the family for dinner and we were going to be there. They had an announcement, I was pretty certain I knew what it was. Based on Alice's appearance this week in the mornings when I dropped Robby off, she seemed a little green around the gills, I was betting they were pregnant. I was so excited for them I could hardly stand it.
I picked Robby up early and headed home to get ready. It had turned out to be a beautiful May day and I wanted to be able to enjoy some of it. Alice said to dress casually since the weather was good we were going to barbecue.
Noticing Cullen's car in the driveway, I told Robby he was home. "Robby, guess what buddy? Guess who's home? Cullen is home, Robby, you wanna go see him, baby?" I sweetly cooed to him.
Robby squealed and kicked in the car seat as I reached in to get him out.
All the sudden I felt hands grip me around the waist.
"Bella, you're home, I've missed you guys," Cullen said against my ear, his breath warm and smelling of peppermint.
"Hey you, yeah, we're home, we missed you too" I said, turning around with an excited Robby in my arms.
Cullen leaned forward and lightly brushed his lips against mine then backed away and looked deeply into my eyes with a loving smile on his face. He looked scrumptious, good enough to lick. His hair had lightened a bit in the sun and it appeared he'd gotten a little tan as well. The sage green t-shirt and tight dark indigo jeans he wore made him look even hotter than I thought possible. He stood there a few moments staring back at me with a big smile before looking down towards Robby who was facing him in my arms.
"Robster! How are ya, buddy? Did you take good care of our Bella for me? Huh, did ya?" he said to Robby sweetly, grabbing his little leg and giving it a shake as he spoke.
Robby cooed and squealed getting all excited, trying to bust out of my arms to get to Cullen.
Grabbing him from me, I watched adoringly as Robby snuggled into Cullen's neck for cuddles, tucking his hands under himself and rooting in on his chest. It was adorable as hell watching these two together, clearly they loved each other beyond words.
"Aww, Robby, I love you too buddy, I missed you," Cullen said softly, giving Robby a big hug while pursing his lips and kissing his little head gently. My God, how could one man and a baby be this fuckhot?
Looking up at me, his eye brow quirked, he said kindly, "So, what do we need to do to get ready to go to dinner? I'm ready, I've got some dinner ready for Robby, you wanna go shower or change or something?"
"I'd love a quick shower, if you don't mind feeding Robby?" I answered appreciatively as we made our way inside the house.
"Not a problem, go shower and we'll be ready to go when you're done," he said, leaning in towards me for another light kiss. He must have really missed us.
After a quick shower, I grabbed my new Seven jeans and put them on. It was a splurge of epic fucking proportions, but what could I say, they made my ass look amazing! I put on my teal peasant top and some black flip flops to complete the outfit. I left my hair to dry naturally, allowing my curls to do what they wanted, I added some light blush, mascara and a sheer pink lip gloss to complete my look. All in all I only took about thirty minutes to get ready, not bad for a chick, if I did say so myself.
I came down the stairs and found Cullen and Robby ready to go in the kitchen. Cullen gave me another huge smile when he saw me, nodding and then saying sweetly, "You are a sight for sore eyes, Bella. You look very pretty this evening. You ready to go?"
"Yeah, let's blow this joint, are you boys ready?" I asked them both, as I blushed at the compliment, grabbing Robby's foot and giving it a light squeeze as he cooed and smiled at me.
The drive to Alice and Jasper's didn't take long, they didn't live too far from us. Cullen and I spent the time in the car tossing around our thoughts about how adorable Alice was going to look as a pregnant woman, if my theory about her looking green this week was right and indeed she was pregnant.
Finally arriving, we pulled into the driveway of their home. We walked up the flower covered walkway to the front door. Before we could knock, the door was opened with a flourish and Jasper rushed out to grab Robby from my arms.
"Robby, buddy! You're here! How nice of you to bring silly Bella and silly Edward along," he cooed excitedly to Robby, holding him close to his chest in a soft hug.
Everyone in Cullen's family adored Robby, it was so wonderful to witness.
Jasper looked out at us with a crooked smirk, one eyebrow raised and made a huge gesturing wave of his hand, indicating we should come into the house. Cullen smiled and grabbed my hand tightly as he pulled me inside.
Everyone else was already there, smiling broadly at us as we entered the spacious kitchen. There were murmured hellos and kisses on cheeks from Esme and Carlisle, waves from Emmett and Rose and finally Alice grinning madly at the two of us as we stood there hand-in-hand.
"Hey you guys, glad you could come. Jasper was about to throw the burgers on. You want a margarita?" Alice said brightly.
"I'm driving, so none for me," said Cullen.
"That sounds great, I'll have one," I answered.
Jasper handed me my margarita. He'd lost Robby upon his entry to the kitchen. Rose had grabbed him and she and Emmett were playing with him, making him squeal in delight. Emmett was tickling him and his sweet giggles were making us all smile.
"Emmett, don't tickle him too hard, I've heard that when you do that it affects babies somehow, like it causes them to stutter later in life or something," Cullen said worriedly, looking at Emmett imploringly to stop tickling Robby.
"Edward, son, I think that's an old wive's tale, there has been some evidence that tickling too hard can cause children to experience pain and the baby would cry. I don't think Emmett is tickling Robby in a way that he doesn't enjoy. So, tickling is okay as long as it doesn't seem to be causing discomfort," Carlisle offered, trying to calm Cullen's nerves a bit.
"See, Edward, I'm not hurting my little buddy, he loves it, he and I are cool," Emmett said firmly, giving Cullen a surly look.
"Well, excuse me Em, I just remember how you picked on Alice and I when we were kids, tickling us mercilessly," Cullen said sarcastically, rolling his eyes at Emmett.
"Yeah? So? You don't stutter do ya? Oh and you seem relatively normal, although that might be up for discussion," Emmett offered humorously, his eyes alight with glee as he dissed his little brother.
Esme laughed loudly, looking over at me as she said, "See what I dealt with, Bella, these three always trying to one up each other? Emmett, be a good son now and stop tickling Robby, since it is obviously making Edward nervous and stressed."
"Oh yeah, we don't want my little brother nervous and stressed, do we now?" Emmett teased, rolling his eyes as he laughed heartily at Cullen. Rose took Robby out of Emmett's arms and cuddled him close to her.
Robby only had eyes for Emmett though, reaching back over toward him trying to get Emmett to take him back from Rose.
"See! He liked it! He wants me," Emmett said excitedly as he took Robby back from Rose.
Robby kicked his little feet, looking up at Emmett adoringly, smiling and cooing.
"Robby, can you say 'Em'?" Emmett coached him. "Say Em, come on little man, you can do it, say Em," he kept pleading.
"Eh," Robby said.
The room exploded with laughter and clapping and Robby was giggling and bouncing, obviously enjoying the attention.
"Crap Emmett, only you could get a baby to say your name on demand," Alice said jealously, her hands on her hips.
We all laughed and Cullen chose that time to say excitedly, while rubbing his hands together in anticipation, "So, Alice, what's the big news?" The look on his face was one of adoration, he loved his little sister.
"Oh man, Edward, leave to you, Mr. Impatient," Alice admonished as Jasper made his way over to stand at her side, gripping her hand tightly in his.
"Well, we asked you all here tonight for dinner so you could help us celebrate. Jasper and I are going to have a baby!" Alice gushed excitedly as tears of joy filled her and Jasper's eyes.
The room exploded in applause, well wishes and more tears.
I looked over at Carlisle and Esme, both had tears in their eyes, hugging Jasper and Alice to them fiercely.
"Oh, Alice, Jasper, I'm so excited, a second grandchild!" Esme said emotionally, wiping a tear from the corner of her eye.
Wait a minute? A second grandchild? Did I miss something?
I glanced up at Cullen, with a look of question on my face. He smiled down at me and shrugged his shoulders sheepishly. I still didn't get it.
"Damn, l'il sis, now Rose and I better really get a move on! First Edward and Bella bring Robby into the family and now you and Jasper... man no pressure or anything!" Emmett joked as he patted Jasper on the back and pulled Alice into a big hug. Rosalie waited her turn and as she grinned wildly she pushed Emmett out of the way and moved in to hug Alice and kiss Jasper on his cheek.
Oh my God! Seriously, Robby? If I'd ever had a doubt about Cullen and his family, it was gone forever now.
"Oh, Alice, Jasper, congratulations you two, I feel so blessed tonight. I've got Robby and now you two will add to our family and I have witnesses to the fact that Emmett and Rose will try to add to my blessings as well. Now if I could just get a "Grandpa" out of Robby, my night would be capped," Carlisle said sincerely, his eyes brimming with tears of joy.
Esme made her way over to Robby, picking him up and squeezing him to her chest. As she kissed the top of his head she said sweetly, "Oh Robby, aren't you excited baby? You're gonna have a new little cousin to play with soon!"
I glanced a look back up at Cullen. He had a single tear rolling down his cheek and a soft wistful smile on his lips as he made his way over to his sister.
"Congrats, Al, I love you. You're gonna make the best Mommy, you know that right?" he mock whispered in her ear as he hugged her tightly against his chest.
Gazing up adoringly at her big brother with the most beautiful smile on her face, Alice said softly, "Thanks big bro, that means a lot to me, I can only hope we'll do as well with our baby as you and Bella are doing with Robby."
And cue the tears. I was a blubbering mess. I hadn't noticed Jasper make his way toward me and when he pulled me over next to him and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, I really lost it.
In the comfort of Jasper's embrace I thought to myself, how did I end up here, me of all people? I had been so cynical, so jaded and untrusting. These people were literally my salvation in life. I never knew this kind of love. I mean yeah, my Dad and I had been close, Ang and Ben were like family too, but this, this was different. It was just so overwhelming, so perfect. Robby and I couldn't have landed in the middle of a better situation. I sighed quietly realizing that Angela and Ben knew exactly what they were doing.
Cullen glanced over at me with a bright smile on his face and gave me a wink. I was still crying, but clearly, they weren't sad tears. They were tears of joy for my new family. Yep, I said family. I finally realized that for all my cowardly responses and fucked up attitude, in the end it didn't matter. It didn't matter because even if I wasn't ready to accept them, they had already accepted me.
This was amazing, the realization of the fact that I was full. For the first time in my life I felt like I was full. Full of life, love and promise. Full of dreams, goals and happiness. I missed my parents and my best friends, but I knew without a doubt, those sad times were behind me. I could let go of the sorrow and I only needed to concentrate on going forward in joy.
I also realized, rather astoundingly, that I was in love. I loved Cullen. I loved his family and I loved our life with Robby. Now all I needed to do was figure out how to handle it all without fucking freaking myself out.
Releasing Alice, Cullen made his way back over to me, pulling me to his side as Jasper let go of me. He wiped my tears away with his thumbs as he smiled gently at me. I returned his smile with a shaky one of my own. He grabbed my hand, gripping it tightly as he pulled me closer to his side.
Esme and Carlisle, still holding Robby, raised their glasses and Carlisle made a toast, his voice full of joyful emotion, "To family, may we always be this fortunate and happy, cheers!"
"Cheers!" we all said loudly.
The rest of the evening was spent teasing, congratulating and teasing some more. Discussions of labor pains, hole/head sizes (thank you Emmett!) and finally the coup de grace, Robby saying "Papa" for Carlisle after much coaxing.
It was really a perfect night.
As we drove back home, I couldn't help but sigh. Cullen glanced over at me, smiling at me and said, "What? Why the sigh, Bella?"
"Shit, Cullen, can you believe Emmett of all people, felt compelled to tell poor Alice that even though ten centimeters sounds like a lot, it is really only like four inches? I mean come on, who does that?" I said, shaking my head and laughing softly as to not wake Robby up in the back seat.
"Only my big brother, that's who. Emmett has always been and will always be a cesspool of information. Some useful and some not, obviously," he drawled sarcastically.
"I know, but damn, poor Alice. How daunting that must feel, ya know?"
"Well, women have done it forever, the having babies thing, thank God. I know that no man would ever volunteer!" he said, laughing lightly as well.
"Do you think you'd ever want to have another baby, Bella," he said softly, after clearing his throat. I saw him glancing at me out of the corner of his eye to see my answer as he swallowed nervously.
Swallowing my own nerves, I considered my answer carefully.
"I've considered it, Robby should probably have a brother or a sister. I never had that, seeing you with your family makes me wish I had," I answered truthfully, shrugging my shoulders.
"How about you, did you ever think about having kids?" I asked, intrigued at what his answer might be.
"Hmm... well of course I didn't think about it much when I was young but when I was seriously thinking I was going to marry the supposed love of my life, I felt like I wanted to have a big family," he said sadly. I could see a small frown on his face, his features muted by the dark of the car. From the way his voice sounded, I could tell he was melancholy.
"I thought I'd at least have three kids. Being the middle of three myself, I knew how wonderful brothers and sisters could be. Do you think you want a lot of kids, Bella?" he said to me, turning to give me a quick look to see my expression.
"Well, honestly? I never really thought of a number, I just thought I'd always have more than one. I think you have to be responsible and if you truly can't afford them or aren't able to properly care for them then you obviously shouldn't have them," I said seriously.
Cullen laughed at me and then said teasingly, "Oh, Bella, you're so conscientious! You over think everything don't you?"
I started to giggle thinking about my answer as I reached over and gave his arm a swat for teasing me. What a brat.
He laughed and grabbed my hand in his bringing it up to his lips to kiss my fingers.
Shortly after, we arrived home. He got Robby out of the car and took him up to his room and put him down for the night.
I stayed in the kitchen, putting the leftover food from Robby's diaper bag away and picking things up.
Cullen came into the kitchen and pulled me close to him for a hug.
"I missed you so much, Bella. I thought about you every minute I was away," he said softly, running his nose up the side of my neck.
I may or may not have whimpered aloud at his touch on my neck; fuck, he missed me, I missed him.
He made his way up my neck onto my face, his lips leaving a sizzling trail as he continued on to find my lips.
Our lips made contact, his warm wet ones finding mine, the intensity of the kiss growing as the passion was oozing out of us in waves. I gripped the back of his head, pulling his hair a bit as I pulled him to my mouth like a starving woman.
He possessed my mouth, his tongue seeking refuge and his teeth nibbling my lips seductively. He was rubbing his hands up and down my back, stopping along the top of my ass, gripping my hips and pulling me closer.
I could feel his hardness against my pubic bone as he rubbed against me, moaning into my mouth as he did.
Standing in the middle of the kitchen making out was not the way I wanted this
evening to end.
"Um..." kiss, kiss, lick, "Cullen, can we..." kiss, kiss, "Get.. err I mean go... yeah go..." kiss, lick, kiss, "Take this somewhere more comfortable?" I sputtered out between our passionate kisses.
"Bella, please, I need to show you what you mean to me," he ground out, his voice full of longing. Poor guy was going to have a massive fucking case of blue balls if we weren't careful.
"Yes, Cullen, God yes! I want you...now..." I said breathlessly.
Pulling away from me, he stared down into my eyes, his face alight with happiness and desire. Grabbing my hand he pulled me out of the kitchen quickly and up the stairs, pausing at my door.
"Your room or mine," he asked sexily, his face containing a taunting smirk that held promise of sexy times to come.
"Mine. It's closer, and I've got the baby monitor" I answered firmly as I pulled him inside the bedroom and shut the door softly behind me.
I turned around to face him, smiling softly as I started to remove my clothes, backing towards my bed.
I pulled my top over my head. I was wearing my teal lace bra so when I removed the shirt and stood before him in only the bra with my jeans, I heard Cullen inhale quickly.
"My God, Bella, I've wanted you for so long, Jesus you're so fucking beautiful," he said to me, as if he were worshiping the sight before him.
I knew I was ready for this step, I had no qualms about standing in front of him and continuing to strip out of my clothes, I wasn't nervous in the least. I unbuttoned my jeans, Cullen still standing with his back to the door watching me as I slowly shimmied them down my legs. I watched him as he licked his lips eagerly and started to un-do the snap on his jeans after whipping his t-shirt quickly off his body and throwing it to the floor. Wow, excited much? I loved seeing him ready to go, it was all coming together the way it was supposed to.
He stalked toward me like a predator. With his jeans now removed I could see the massive erection he was sporting through the front of his boxers. Jesus, I couldn't fucking wait.
Stopping in front of me, he moved his fingers lightly down my chest, following the rim of my bra while teasing my nipples over the top of the cups.
"Bella, I want to show you what you do to me, give me your hand," he whispered seductively, licking his lips with his wet, pink tongue.
Looking down as he reached forward slightly, I put my hand in his.
He flattened my palm against the front of his boxers, his cock was hard and firm, twitching in anticipation and when I rubbed against it, he moaned throatily in my ear.
"Unf...fuck, do you feel that? You make me hard as a rock, my cock wants inside your pussy so badly, we've waited long enough. I want you Bella, I want to make you scream my name in my ear when you cum," he groaned out. Wow, Cullen was such a dirty talker.
I rubbed my hand against him, enjoying the way he moaned and groaned in response.
Our breaths were coming out as pants as we attacked each other's lips with longing.
He had one hand on my breast, rubbing and squeezing it roughly, but not so rough that it didn't feel good, it felt amazing. His other hand was gripping my ass so tightly, pushing me against him while he rubbed himself between my hand and my pelvis for friction.
I pulled him toward the bed, laying down I continued to pull him to me until he was laying on top of me. He licked my neck, moving down my chest to my breasts.
"Take the bra off, Bella," he said firmly. Oooh he was being bossy and that was so fucking sexy.
He moved over so I could lift up and remove my bra. Then Cullen reached into my wet panties, his finger grazing my clit and pulled them down.
"Cullen, ahhh... you... make me so fucking horny..." I moaned out breathily, my hips moving up and down, simulating the motion I desperately wanted our bodies to make together.
"You are horny aren't you? Jesus Christ, you're so fucking wet for me, Bella," he groaned as his fingers touched my soaked pussy.
He gently pushed two fingers inside me, curving them upward as he moved them in and out of me, causing me to moan and groan even louder.
"Uhh...oh my God, Cullen, please. Please..." I said in a whispered prayer.
"Please what? You have to tell me what you want Bella," he answered seductively, his voice thick with need.
Looking into his hooded lust filled eyes, I said very firmly, "I want you to fuck me. Fuck me now, Cullen!"
That was all the invitation he needed as he rolled over, stood up, pulled his boxers off and grabbed the condom from his jeans to put it on.
Turning back, towering over me, he said softly, his eyebrow raised in question, "You ready? I'm about to make you mine."
My lip between my teeth, I could only nod, not trusting myself to speak at this point. I didn't want to tell him I loved him when we were about to have sex, I wanted those words to be special on their own, not connected to a moment of lust-induced verbal vomit.
Coming over to me, he spread my legs open and crawled up between them, kissing his way up my torso.
When he got up to my neck, he leaned into my ear and said gently, "You're mine now Bella, all mine. I lo...oh that, that feels like heaven."
Then he pushed inside me, filling me completely. I could feel his cock, stretching me and filling me up. He started moving then, slowly, methodically.
I matched his strokes with my own, his face contorted with passion, mirroring my own I was sure.
I ran my hands up and down his body, squeezing his ass and rubbing myself against his pelvis.
He turned over quickly, pulling me on top of him. We continued pumping against each other.
He gazed up at me and with a smirk removed one of his hands from my thighs.
Bringing it to his mouth, he brought his tongue out and licked his thumb then brought it forward to rub my clit.
Holy fucking hell, that was sexy!
I moaned loudly as I rode him harder, him thumb continuing to rub along my clit.
Leaning forward a bit more, my breasts hovering over his chest, tickling against him lightly. I twisted my hips in a circular motion, getting a different angle of penetration.
Cullen moaned, his face scrunched up in pleasure.
"Oh my God, shit...that feels amazing..." he ground out between clenched teeth.
His hands now gripping my thighs harder as he met me, thrust to thrust.
I sat up again and started grinding against his hips faster and harder. I was moaning and humming loudly, so turned on by the moment. I felt my insides getting tighter, my thrusting more erratic as my orgasm loomed near.
"Oh... oh my God, Cullen... I'm gonna... I'm gonna..." I sang out.
Suddenly he started rubbing the soles of my feet, almost a tickle but a bit harder. I could feel it as though it were a direct line to my pussy.
My orgasm overtook me then, it was so powerful, so fucking awesome!
"Yes, yes... oh my God, Cullen, yesssss..." I moaned, throwing my head back as I came hard around him.
Then he was there too, his thrusting getting faster, his breathing more erratic, his moans louder. "Fuck, Bella, oh hell...yes..." he groaned, his mouth open in an 'O' shape as he came with a loud grunt.
We stayed tangled up in each other a few minutes, pulling ourselves together, trying to catch our breath and get our heart rates back down to a normal rhythm.
"Ungg...holy shit, that was awesome," he growled, as he pulled me down to his lips and kissed me hard.
"It was wasn't it?" I agreed whole heartedly, as I rolled off of him to lay down beside him, running my fingers lightly over his abs.
Kissing the side of my head, he pulled me closer to him, giving me a tight hug.
"I was right, you and I were meant to be together," he said lovingly, his face aglow with delight.
I gave him a big smile, nodding my head in agreement.
He stood up then to remove the condom and dispose of it in the bathroom. I missed his warmth immediately.
As he came back into the room, he paused in the door way and said firmly, one eyebrow quirked, as if daring me to say no, "Don't even think we aren't sleeping in the same room from now on. Now that I've had you, I don't want to be without you, I hope you know that."
I giggled and said "Uh, sure, whatever you say Mr. Bossy. Wow, you get your way one time and look what happens...you get all bossy and demanding, start marking your territory..."
He growled at me then ran toward me, jumping onto the bed like a ten-year old.
"Bella, tell me you agree, tell me, tell me," he teased as he tried valiantly to tickle the un-ticklish.
Laughing hard, I answered him with a huge smile on my face, "Of course I agree, I wouldn't have it any other way."
He leaned down, kissed me softly and said, "Perfect. Good night, Bella, have wonderful dreams."
Then we cuddled under the covers and for once in my life I didn't lay there and over-analyze anything. I did wonder though, when the right time to tell him I loved him was, I also wondered when he'd tell me. I was going to have to make a plan to make it extra special for him. Maybe for his birthday?
I smiled at the thought, then I just relaxed and replayed in my mind the specialness of the moments we'd had earlier as I fell into a peaceful slumber with Cullen beside me—right where he belonged.
A/N: For those of you who may not know, ten centimeters is a measurement used for when it is time to push a baby out of your body during labor. I believe they say ten centimeters because it sounds so much more plausible to a woman than the thought of pushing out a thirteen inch head, not to mention shoulders, through a four inch opening. Yeah, think stretching, yeah. (I've done it twice, it can be done) LOL
Oh and the tickle thing on the feet? Yeah try it, it's fucking awesome!