Chapter 20: Afternoon Delight

A/N: Hey, dolls! Alright, I know this is ridiculously overdue but I'm so thankful for all of you who are sticking with me. I could say the truth in that life has been crazy busy, but that's also an excuse because you guys deserve a chapter! I'll finish this quickly then, thank you all for the favorite author/story, story/author alerts, and the reviews. Please, forgive on the mistakes, I'm sure they're in here but I've been working on this for weeks now and my other half is crazy busy. Now, onward Chauncy!

EPOV

I, literally, felt myself leaving that state of mind, the state where you're coming back to reality after having who knows how many dreams. I slowly opened my eyes and gathered my surroundings. I was in my bed but the light coming through the windows showed that it was late afternoon. How the hell did I sleep this long? Then I remembered, Bella. I reached over to the other side of the bed but she wasn't there. I sat up in bed and walked into the bathroom, "Bella? Are you in here?" No answer, so I moved my search down the hall.

I looked into every bedroom and she wasn't there so I went downstairs to look for her, no signs. I was starting to get a bit worried and sad, worried because I had no idea where she was and sad because I was starting to think she had just left without saying goodbye. Finally, when I looked out the kitchen window I saw her in the backyard, looking out towards the golf course. Oh, Christ. This was my dream; this is exactly how it went. My palms started to sweat as I realized how real this felt and how real this dream could come true, whenever we decided. One day I really could wake up, not find Bella next to me, and come down to find her in the backyard holding our baby. A child that she and I created. I felt that stupid, goofy smile appear on my face at this thought about this and as I watched Bella just sitting out there. Wake up, Cullen. That's not what you wanted. It was true; I never, ever wanted kids. I had always taken every precaution to avoid getting a girl pregnant because kids weren't in the cards for me, never were, never will be. I put this thought away and made my way to the backyard and towards Bella. I wrapped my arms around her shoulders from behind and kissed her on the cheek, "Where have you been all my life?"

I felt her inhale deeply, then exhale with her answer, "Well, I lived inside my mother's womb for nine months, after that, I lived in Forks, Washington. Once I graduated high school, I moved down here to a small town in Orange County that you may have heard of, called Yorba Linda, and I'm currently living there but after this, who knows where I'll end up."

I couldn't help but laugh at her smartass answer, "Well, aren't you just hysterical?"

She turned in my arms, wrapped her arms around my waist, and faced me with a small smile on her face, "Yes, actually, I am very hysterical. It's one of the many reasons why those who love me, do. I just bring pure joy and awesomeness to their lives. You're welcome."

"Yes, you do, so thank you so much for that." I couldn't help but kiss her when everything felt so right for us. Finally, things felt like they were good and I wasn't going to ruin that now.

"Again, you're welcome. Did you sleep well? You must have been tired to have slept this long."

"I know. I'm so sorry. You were the one who was tired and I ended up sleeping longer. How long have you been up?"

She laughed, "It's okay, Sleeping Beauty needed his beauty rest, apparently. But I haven't been up all that long, maybe only an hour or so."

An hour? She wanted to spend time with me and we slept the day away, me an hour longer than her? Damn, I really do seem like a princess. "Bella, you should have woken me up."

She untangled her arms from around my waist and moved them to around my neck, "Why? You were sleeping, you needed it, I slept, I needed it, and I just needed less sleep." She pinched my cheek and turned her voice into that annoying one that mothers used when they talked to their newborns, "Besides, you're just so damn adorable when you're sleeping, I couldn't wake you."

I took her hand from my cheek, held on to it and started leading her into the house, "Come on, time to go in now."

She hesitated behind me so I turned around, "But why? It's so nice out. The sun feels amazing on your skin, there's a small breeze, and I've been dipping my feet in and out of the pool. Come on, just a little bit longer."

I pretended like this was asking too much from me, "Fine, we'll stay outside for a bit but then we're going in because we have stuff to get done."

She let go of my hand, sat back down on the lounge chair, and closed her eyes, "Oh, pish posh, Edward! We never had plans for today, besides, the day's practically over. Plus, it's the end of summer; we won't have all the time in the world soon. Just sit down and relax with me."

"Your wish is my command." I sat down in the lounge chair next to her.

"Thank you, genie." After two minutes I was ready to get up and go anywhere, I just needed to get up because I was feeling so anxious. Something Bella had said earlier was bouncing around in my head. Little did she know, I was already leaps and bounds ahead of her and she'd be in for a surprise, hopefully, a good one. As much as I wanted to, I didn't, I didn't move, she wanted me to just relax so I did and she was right. It was really nice out and the vitamin D felt good on my skin. I had no idea how much time had passed when I felt her eyes on me without even having to open my eyes. "I can feel you staring at me and I know it's hard not to when your boyfriend looks as good as I do."

She playfully slapped me and started laughing, "Shut up. I wasn't even staring at you that long! I simply looked over and was going to ask if you wanted to go inside now but you so ruined that moment with your ego!"

I laughed but kept my eyes shut, "I'm sorry but you're right, it does feel really nice out here and I was just enjoying it like you requested."

I didn't hear a response but I felt her weight on top of me, I opened my eyes and looked into hers. There was something I didn't recognize in her eyes, something I hadn't seen in a long time, happiness. There was a light in her eyes and I realized I didn't recognize it because I had been hurting her for so long, the only thing I ever saw in her eyes was hurt and anger. I tucked that hair that never seemed to stay in place behind her ears, she sighed and laid her head on my chest. "Can we just stay in this spot forever?"

I laughed at her request, "Well, we could, but eventually we'd get sores from sitting here forever and that wouldn't be a pretty sight."

She giggled and playfully smacked me, "Way to ruin the moment, jerk."

"I couldn't help it, the opportunity was there to give a smartass remark so I had to go with it." I sat up with her and lifted her off me and onto the ground, following her into the house.

After that day, I heard nothing more about Jacob or what he had done. I suppose he took what he said to her to heart and that was fine by me. The less Jacob was in her life, the better for us. She didn't have to choose between either of us, not that I would make her. For Bella, I would put up with him for eternity if it meant that I got to be with her. That first week or so after the incident was hard on her and she spent most of her time surrounded by others, whether it was with me or Alice and Rosalie. I didn't want her to be alone anyway; none of us did so even if she didn't notice, we all agreed that it would be best for her to have somebody around so she wouldn't sulk. That was another benefit for me that came of this, I became closer with her friends than ever before and we even got to the point where all six of us were hanging out together now. Life was going amazing for me. My job was going well, even if I wasn't with the Angels, Bella was at every game and Emmett and Jasper never held it against me, and my relationship was Bella had never been better. We were still going strong, not fighting, not hurting one another.

Bella had come over to my house, like she had been more and more lately, when I decided to tell her now. I had to tell her something that I had never told anyone before but I needed to be honest with her, with everything. Hopefully, this would work out well for me so Bella and I could move forward in our relationship.

I was sitting at my piano playing a piece I had been working on lately when I heard a car door shut and heard a rustling at the door like someone was banging to get in. I made my way to the door just as Bella threw it open with her shoulder, "Oh, hey! Can you grab my key from the door please? Oh, and lock my car."

I laughed and shook my head at her trying to juggle five bags of groceries and open the door. "Bella, why didn't you just call me and ask for help?"

She was trying to move her hair out of her face, "Because I can do it myself. Can't you tell by my struggling up the front steps, banging the bags into the door, after nearly dropping all of them, trying to see with hair in my face, and having a lovely little chat with my boyfriend about why I didn't ask for help?"

"Right, sorry." I moved out of her way so she could take everything to the kitchen, took her keys out from the door and locked her car before locking the door. I walked to the kitchen and started helping her put stuff away. "So what's with all the groceries, Martha Stewart?"

"Ha, ha, ha. But I figured you could use some because last I was here, you didn't have much, plus, I figured I could make us some lunch."

"Bella, you don't have to do that. I'll make us something since you bought it all." I started pulling stuff out to see what I could make when she slapped my hands away. "No, no, no, just let me do this. Go watch TV or something."

"Fine, I won't make anything but let me help you, at least."

She shook her head and started pushing me towards the living room, "Work with me here and just let me do this. I'll call you back in when it's all ready or if I need your help, whichever comes first, deal?"

I threw my hands up in defeat and started walking away, "Okay, deal. I will leave you in your zone."

She smiled triumphantly and turned around, "Thank you!"

"But not before doing this," I ran up behind her and turned her in my arms so she was facing me, laughing. "Edward, what are you doing?" I kissed her on her lips to have her return the kiss eagerly, "Nothing, just getting a proper 'hello' from you since we didn't have one before. You just walked right past me, into the kitchen."

She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me again, "This is true and I'm so very sorry. I promise, I'll make it up to you."

"Oh, and just how do you plan on doing that?"

She gave me a wicked smile and bit her lip, in the way that drove me insane, before jumping up, wrapping her legs around my waist and whispering in my ear, "In a way that can only be done behind closed doors." She kissed my neck and ground her hips into mine. Fuck. I could feel myself getting hard already. Bella was always seen as the good girl but, as I had learned over these past few months, she was more than willing to lose that image in the bedroom. "Bella, bedroom now."

I felt like I was going to lose my balance from the feeling of pure ecstasy that she made me feel with the things her mouth could do. Her tongue was making patterns around the hollow behind my ear, "Then go."

I hiked her body higher up, closer to my waist and made my way up the stairs to my room. All the while, Bella's mouth never left my neck. I threw her down on the bed and climbed on top of her. I kissed her hard and our tongues fought for dominance until she caved and mine took over. I unbuttoned her shorts and threw them aside then rid her of her shirt faster than any human probably could. I stared at the beauty before me, in a navy blue bra and panty set, rubbing her legs for some sort of friction. "Edward, please."

"Please what, love?" She sat up, tore off my shirt and pants in a heartbeat, and pulled me on top of her. "Please just fuck me already!"

I, literally, tore her panties off and inserted two fingers into her dripping pussy, eliciting a moan from her. "Ugh, Edwaaaaard." I smiled at the reaction I elicited from her and continued pumping my fingers in and out, each time she tightened around my fingers even more. "Edward… please… faster… don't… stop."

"Never, Bella." All it took was just a few more minutes of pumping in and out of her furiously before she screamed my name and a few obscenities. I continued pumping until she rode out her orgasm and finished with a couple deep breaths, "Oh my god."

I pulled my fingers out of her and kissed her gently, "Now that was an afternoon delight."

She pulled me closer and kissed me harder, grabbing my hand in the process. I pulled away and started to roll off of her, only to have her put my fingers in her mouth, licking off her juices. I almost lost it in that moment, watching Bella suck her own juices off my fingers had to have been one of the most, if not the most, erotic and seductive thing I had ever seen in my life. I groaned her name, "Bella, if you're not careful I'm going to lose it."

I felt Bella's core hover just above my almost painful erection, she skimmed the tip of my penis with her soaking wet folds, "Good, if you're going to lose it with anybody, it's going to be me." She speared my cock with her pussy and we both gasped at the feeling. "Ung… Bella…" I nearly lost it right there and came in that instant. I grasped her hips, knowing that I would cause bruises with as hard as I was holding on to her. She slowly started riding me until I started guiding her hips at a faster pace. I wanted to shut my eyes to enjoy the feelings but I couldn't take my eyes off Bella. I watched as she rode me because she was even more beautiful when she was uninhibited. Her head was thrown back, eyes shut, her mouth in a constant 'O' shape, rocking back and forth on top of me, moaning every time our hips rocked together. I couldn't take it anymore; I had to release what I had been holding back, "Bella… I… Not… Much… Longer…"

"Ohhhh, Edward, I-"

No, I wanted to see her face when we came together, "Bella! Open your eyes now!"

She immediately opened her eyes and I took one hand off her hip and moved it to cup her cheek. I brought her into a rough kiss and whispered in her ear, "Cum with me, love."

A minute later the room was filled with my grunts and her moans as I came inside her in pure bliss. After that she lay on top of me with me still inside of her, both of us breathing hard, in unison. Once we caught our breath she rolled off and laid next to me until I pulled her to my chest, limbs intertwined. I turned to her and kissed her softly wherever I could reach. "I love you."

She intertwined our hands together and looked me in the eyes, "I love you too, so much."

BPOV

"Hello?"

"Bella."

"Jake? Hey, what's up?"

He took a deep breath and exhaled, "Bella, can I come over? And talk to you about, um, something?"

I didn't know what he wanted to talk about but I wasn't going to deny one of my best friends, "Yeah, of course. You can come over now, if you want."

"I'll be over soon. Bye."

"Bye." I couldn't imagine what he would want to talk about. I decided to read my book until he got here. I read for about an hour when I heard the urgent knocks on the door. I got up to open up and saw him standing there, "Hey, Jake! Come on in!"

He looked around hesitantly before coming in, "Thanks."

"Of course. Jake, what's wrong?"

He sat down on the couch and ran his hands through his hair, "Bella, there's someone in your life that is out to hurt you."

I knew exactly whom he was talking about and was immediately on the defensive. I crossed my arms, pursed my lips, and felt my head shake, "No, Jake, Edward isn't going to hurt me."

He threw his hands up and his voice was raised more than I had ever heard it before. "Oh my god, Bella! What don't you see? What aren't you getting about this?"

"There's nothing to get! Why can't you see that I love him?"

"Bells. He is a horrible person who uses girls for his sole purpose of sleeping with them, and then throws them out like trash the next morning. You should not be with him! You deserve to be with someone who actually cares for you! Why can't you see that he is toxic to you!"

I threw my hands up in the air, exasperated, "Because he's not! He is not toxic to me! And even if he were, what does it matter to you? We are not ten years old anymore; I don't need you to protect me from him or anything! I do not need your approval, especially regarding whom I date! I want to be with him. Why can you not see that all I want is to be with him? He is so good to me. Why can't you just be happy for us? For me? Jake, we're friends, we're supposed to be happy for each other."

Without even realizing I had, I moved so I was right in front of his face. We were staring each other down until he looked away and laughed. He laughed, "Bella, come on. You really think we're friends?"

I nodded furiously, "Obviously. We've known each other since we were babies, of course we're friends."

"Actually we're not. You are most definitely not the same girl I knew back then. You are not the girl who cared for her friends and family so much; you would do anything for them. You are not the girl who rode dirt bikes with me; you are not the girl who didn't care whether or not a guy liked her. You are an entirely different person and it's all because of him!"

I felt the tears starting to roll down my face, "I haven't changed at all! I am still that same girl that you knew back home. I would do anything for my friends and family, I would ride dirt bikes with you whenever you asked, I don't care whether or not a guy likes me. Excuse me for enjoying the feeling of having someone that actually cares for me as more than a friend."

"Now you're crying over this guy! Really, Bella? You're wasting your energy on this guy? You are beyond a lost cause! I am done trying to reason with you. You know what, when this guy crushes you, because he will, do not even think about calling me. Just think about how I was right her telling you the truth, looking out for you and you chose to ignore me. " He walked past me towards the door. I heard him open it but didn't hear it close right away so I turned around. He looked at me one last time, shook his head and said something. I wish I didn't hear it, I wish I would have just cried so hard I couldn't hear anything but myself like I wanted because I never thought he could say such a thing about me. He looked me in the eye before shutting the door, "I refuse to see you as long as you are with him. You are such an idiot, Bella."

As soon as the door was shut I collapsed on the floor crying. Nothing like this had ever happened to us before. Jake and I were always such good friends, sure, we got into small fights but they were always worked out and now, he was gone. I had Alice and Rose still but there was something different about having a guy best friend, something that I loved and now, he was gone. He left me forever and I knew he was never coming back, I knew he meant every single word he said, "Oh my God. Oh my God."

I blindly reached for my phone and hit Edward's name to dial his number. It rang and rang until it got to his voicemail and I heard his voice, "Oh no, please pick up, Edward, please pick up." He didn't and I just hung up.

I didn't want to talk to a recording; I just wanted to talk to him and nothing else. I called five more times trying to get ahold of him and finally on the last time I left a voicemail. "Edward. Please answer your phone. I need someone to talk to and Alice and Rose left. Please just answer." I hung up and just sat where I was on the floor, crying. I really needed him though, now, so I got up, grabbed my keys and made my way to Edward's. I didn't care if he was busy or wasn't there, I would wait for him if I had to.

I drove absently to his house. Before I knew it, I was at the gate. I rolled down my window to talk to the attendant to let me in, I was so close to seeing him and she was stopping me "Do you have a guest pass?"

I looked at her confused, "What?"

"A guest pass, to get through the gates. I can't let you through without a pass."

"Oh, um," I looked through my glove box and found one from earlier in the summer but it had expired, "I have one but it expired."

She sighed and held her hand out, "Give it here and we'll get you a new one."

I mumbled my thanks and waited for her to put all the information in the computer and give me a new pass. "Here you go and honey, whatever it is, I'm sorry."

"Oh, thank you." I must have looked worse than I thought because she didn't say anything to me when I first got there. I drove through the gates and made my way to Edward's. I passed the families who were at the pool, smiling and laughing, the golfers on the course; all enjoying what little was left of summer. It's amazing how the rest of the world could keep spinning and go on like nothing bad ever happened when my world seemed to be crumbling in front of me. I pulled into the driveway and made my way up the steps. I was just about to knock on the door when it opened and something ran into me, "Bella!" I recognized his smell and his touch right away and wrapped my arms around his waist, "Edward."

He pulled away from me and cradled my face in his hands, "What happened? What's wrong?"

"He hates me."

"What? Who hates you?"

"Jacob. He hates me now and he, but he can't." I buried my face in his neck and continued crying. "Come on, Bella. Let's go inside."

He brought me into the house and sat us on the couch together, 'Okay, Bella, what happened?"

I just told him everything, everything that had just happened with Jacob. How I was feeling, how tired of everything I was, what Jacob had said and finally, I was done. I finished with telling him how he called me an idiot and that he never wanted to see me as long as I was with him. "Bella, I'm so sorry. You are not an idiot and you are an extraordinary girl who doesn't deserve to be talked to like that."

Of course he would say something like that because he was good to me, he did treat me right, regardless of what anyone else said or thought. I looked at Edward's face and saw the anger in his eyes, "Please don't do anything. Don't hurt him."

I watched his hands turn into fists as he moved to get off the couch "Trust me, I would like to very much. He deserves to be hurt for the things he's said to you and how he treated you. That is unbelievable and deserves to be punished." I knew what he was thinking but I wouldn't let him so I grabbed his wrist as he got off the couch, "Edward. He hurt me but you have to promise me you won't do anything. Please." I looked at him pleading with my eyes, begging him not to go, "Just stay with me, please. I need you right now."

There was contemplation on his face but eventually he sat back down with me and I snuggled into his side, throwing my arm over his stomach, making sure he wouldn't leave me. We stayed there in silence for a while but I had to thank him, for everything he did. After I thanked him I felt so tired that I let my eyes shut slowly. I didn't want to sleep; I had intended to spend the day with him anyway before all this happened so I figured why not continue spending the day together. I couldn't help letting my eyes shut and welcoming the darkness to consume me. I know I was moved to a bed after a bit and I realized I had fallen asleep so I tried to wake up, "No, Bella, just lay down."

I didn't want to sleep, not if he was awake, "No, I want to spend time with you."

I knew he didn't want me to fight it but I would until he gave me what I wanted, "Sweetheart, I'll just be downstairs. You can rest and come down when you're ready."

That wasn't good enough for me, I wanted him near me, especially after what happened today, "Can you at least lay with me for a bit?" He nodded and crawled in next to me, pulling me to him. We both fell asleep soon after he lay down. I don't know how long we slept but I woke up and it had to have been around three in the afternoon. I literally slept most of the day away. I looked around and instantly recognized Edward's room and I felt his arm tighten around me. I looked at him and loved what I saw. He was so different when he slept. All the wrinkles in his face were smoothed and he lost that edge that he put on with so many people, the front that he lost with me and I was so thankful for that. I slowly wiggled my way out from underneath his arm, successfully not waking him up and made my way downstairs. I was just going to watch some television but then I looked outside and saw the pool and lounge chairs that looked so inviting. As quietly as I could, I made my way outside and sat down in a chair. The vitamin D on my skin felt so nice. Summer was coming to an end and I have to say, it was probably the best summer I had had in a long time. Being with Edward made me happy and it was so crazy to think of how much my life had changed. I found myself thinking of that often when I was by myself. People always say that the future is exciting and you never know what it holds for you, you never know where life will take you. I most certainly never thought my life would be here. I thought life would be easy for me, never this hard, never this confusing but it was and I wouldn't have traded it for the world. I loved my life, especially the people in it.

I felt his arms wrap around me, "Where have you been all my life?"

I smiled wickedly and inhaled before answering, "Well, I lived inside my mother's womb for nine months, after that, I lived in Forks, Washington. Once I graduated high school, I moved down here to a small town in Orange County that you may have heard of, called Yorba Linda, and I'm currently living there but after this, who knows where I'll end up."

I heard his musical laughter, "Well, aren't you just hysterical?"

I smiled and turned in his arms to wrap mine around his waist, "Yes, actually, I am very hysterical. It's one of the many reasons why those who love me, do. I just bring pure joy and awesomeness to their lives. You're welcome."

"Yes, you do, so thank you so much for that."

"Again, you're welcome. Did you sleep well? You must have been tired to have slept this long." I thought I was the one who was exhausted but he must have been more tired than me for sleeping longer than me. It didn't surprise me though, with the trade and adjusting to a new schedule, I don't know how he did it all.

"I know. I'm so sorry. You were the one who was tired and I ended up sleeping longer. How long have you been up?"

I laughed, "It's okay, Sleeping Beauty needed his beauty rest, apparently. But I haven't been up all that long, maybe only an hour or so."

"Bella, you should have woken me up."

I moved my arms from his waist to his neck and shook my head, "Why? You were sleeping, you needed it, I slept, I needed it, and I just needed less sleep." I pinched his cheek and made my voice into that baby talking voice adults used towards babies, "Besides, you're just so damn adorable when you're sleeping, I couldn't wake you."

He scoffed and grabbed my hand, leading me into the house, "Come on, time to go in now."

I held my ground until he turned around, "But why? It's so nice out. The sun feels amazing on your skin, there's a small breeze, and I've been dipping my feet in and out of the pool. Come on, just a little bit longer."

He rolled his eyes and shook his head like I was asking him to hold the world for me, "Fine, we'll stay outside for a bit but then we're going in because we have stuff to get done."

I let go of his hand, sat down on the lounge chair, and closed my eyes, "Oh, pish posh, Edward! We never had plans for today, besides, the day's practically over. Plus, summer's ending and we won't have all the time in the world soon. Just sit down and relax with me."

"Your wish is my command." I heard him sit down in the chair next to mine, "Thank you, genie."

I did want to stay outside because it was nice but I also wanted to keep thinking. I loved being with Edward but he was intoxicating for me to be around. Sometimes I found it amazing that I could even formulate sentences around him, let alone think. Thinking about where we were when we first met to where we are now was incredible. I would never have thought in a million years that we would be lying next to each other in his backyard. I opened my eyes and glanced at the God next to me, but you are, Bella. I couldn't be happier to be here with him but I couldn't help the wandering that my mind did. What if this could be forever? What if, no matter how many times we fought and said stupid things to one another, we could do this everyday if we wanted? Honestly, I think that's what I wanted. I didn't want to be with anyone else. Maybe on paper, we seemed like a bad couple that had a toxic relationship but we weren't, we worked so well together. I closed my eyes for a bit longer before silently turning on my side to admire Edward.

"I can feel you staring at me and I know it's hard not to when your boyfriend looks as good as I do."

I playfully slapped him and started laughing, "Shut up. I wasn't even staring at you that long! I simply looked over and was going to ask if you wanted to go inside now but you so ruined that moment with your ego!"

He laughed but kept his eyes shut, "I'm sorry but you're right, it does feel really nice out here and I was just enjoying it like you requested."

I got up and climbed on top of him to have him open his eyes and tuck a piece of hair behind my ear. This felt so relaxing so I laid my head on his chest, taking a deep breath, and closing my eyes in contentment, "Can we just stay in this spot forever?"

He laughed, "Well, we could, but eventually we'd get sores from sitting here forever and that wouldn't be a pretty sight."

I raised my head up to look at him for ruining the perfect moment and lightly smacked his chest, "Way to ruin the moment, jerk."

"I couldn't help it, the opportunity was there to give a smartass remark so I had to go with it." At that moment he sat us up and took us into the house.

After that horrible episode with Jacob, life wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Everything was as perfect as it could be in the world. Edward and I were on good terms, his job was going well, I was doing well in my lessons, and everything seemed to be in the right place. The first few weeks after the incident I was never alone. I don't know if it was by my doing or if Alice and Rose had a deal with Edward that I would never be alone but whatever the reason, I didn't mind. I think it was what I needed. There was no negativity or sadness in my life at the time so it made me wonder if Jake was the cause of everything. Maybe his idea of Edward was subconsciously coming into play whenever something happened between us. I didn't know and I wasn't complaining. Emmett, Jasper, and Edward were almost always with us when their schedules allowed, with Edward on the Dodgers, it was hard for all six of us to hang out but we made it work. Surprisingly, Alice and Rose were getting along well with Edward. I know they hated him for everything he did to me and they were only being protective of me but after the first few tense meetings, everything was fine. I couldn't have asked for anything better.

I split my time between my house and Edward's, most of the time I spent the day with him, when he wasn't playing, but went home at night. I still wanted to feel independent so even though he asked me several times to just stay the night with him, I always declined. I was afraid to become too comfortable with being at his house. Sometimes it felt like I knew everything about him but there were still a few moments when I questioned whether or not he was hiding something from me. I was afraid that if he was hiding something and I practically moved in with him, then he could do anything. He could throw me out if I found something out or anything. So no matter how many times my body begged me to stay with him, I just went home. A couple days after the 'incident,' Edward gave me a key to the house telling me I could come over whenever, even if he wasn't home. It felt weird just walking into his house; I knew eventually we would live together, just not this moment.

It was another day that Edward wasn't playing so I decided to pick up some things from the grocery store, because he didn't have much to cook with when I was there last, and I'd make us something for lunch. After getting everything I made my way to his house. At the gate, it was almost the same attendant every time, the one who was here when I came to talk to Edward the day everything happened with Jacob, and over time, she just waved me through the resident's line instead of the visitor's line. "You're here often enough, I figured you may as well use this line." I thanked her and was in the driveway at Edward's a minute later. I hopped out of the car and opened the trunk staring at the haul I had brought over. Why did I buy so much? How was I going to carry this up six wide steps? No worries. As a child, whenever my mom came home with groceries, Charlie and I would help her carry them in and he always told me, 'Bella, try to take as many as you can in at once. You'll build up the strength in your pitching arm if you're successful.' Everyday after that, I tried to take every bag but I had become so accustomed to having Alice or Rosalie with me so I hadn't carried this many bags by myself in a while. I gave myself a mental pep talk and grabbed them all, making my way for the stairs.

Making it up the stairs wasn't bad; it was trying to open the door with my hand feeling blindly around for the keyhole. I felt the bags slipping down my arms and banging into the door, "Oh, no, no, no."

Finally, I found the keyhole and unlocked the door just a crack and throwing it the rest of the way open with my shoulder when I saw Edward standing there looking confused, "Oh, hey! Can you grab my key from the door, please? Oh, and lock my car."

He laughed and shook his head at me, "Bella, why didn't you just call me and ask for help?"

At that moment, my hair decided to fall in front of my eye completely blocking my vision so I tried moving it out of my face by shaking my head, "Because I can do it myself. Can't you tell by my struggling up the front steps, banging the bags into the door, after nearly dropping all of them, trying to see with hair in my face, and having a lovely little chat with my boyfriend about why I didn't ask for help?"

"Right, sorry."

I made my way to the kitchen once he moved aside and heard him following behind me, "So what's with all the groceries, Martha Stewart?"

I rolled my eyes, "Ha, ha, ha. But I figured you could use some because last I was here, you didn't have much, plus, I figured I could make us some lunch."

"Bella, you don't have to do that. I'll make us something since you bought it all." He started to rummage through everything I had just bought but I didn't want him to cook for me, I wanted to do this for him. "No, no, no, just let me do this. Go watch TV or something."

He started looking for something to do, "Fine, I won't make anything but let me help you, at least."

I shook my head and started pushing him towards the living room he will never give in. "Work with me here and just let me do this. I'll call you back in when it's all ready or if I need your help, whichever comes first, deal?"

Finally, he threw his hands up in defeat and started walking away, "Okay, deal. I will leave you in your zone."

I smiled triumphantly and turned around waiting to get started, "Thank you!"

I heard him coming towards me from behind then felt his arms wrap around my waist, "But not before doing this."

I turned in his arms, laughing, "Edward, what are you doing?" He kissed me on my lips and I returned the kiss eagerly, "Nothing, just getting a proper 'hello' from you since we didn't have one before. You just walked right past me, into the kitchen."

I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him again, "This is true and I'm so very sorry. I promise, I'll make it up to you."

"Oh, and just how do you plan on doing that?"

I put on my wickedest smile and bit my lip, knowing how crazy it drove him, then jumped up, wrapped my legs around his waist and whispered in his ear, "In a way that can only be done behind closed doors."

I kissed his neck and ground my hips into his knowing he would get the hint and I would get what I wanted. "Bella, bedroom now."

I continued my ministrations on his neck then moved my tongue to the hollow behind his ear, a spot that drove him crazy, "Then go."

He hiked me higher up, closer to his waist and we made our way up the stairs. I never lost contact with him, more specifically, his neck. I continued my ministrations on his neck the entire time. He threw me down on the bed and climbed on top of me. He kissed me hard until I let him have dominance and he began to unbutton my shorts and he threw them aside just as quickly. He then rid me of my shirt faster than humanly possible. He stopped and just stared at me and this was killing me. I started rubbing my legs together for some sort of friction until I couldn't rake it anymore. "Edward, please."

"Please what, love?" This was insane. I then noticed the inequality in clothing and made quick work of getting rid of all his clothing, "Please just fuck me already!"

My panties came off before I even realized it and he inserted two fingers into my wet core and I couldn't help what came out of my mouth, "Ugh, Edwaaaaard."

He didn't say anything, just kept pumping his fingers in and out and every time was just that much better for me and I never wanted him to stop. I just wanted to reach my peak because I could feel it coming on, "Edward… please… faster… don't… stop."

"Never, Bella." That was what I needed. That was all it took and a few more pumps in and out of me until I was screaming his names and a few obscenities. He continued pumping in and out of me until I rode out my orgasm and I caught my breath, "Oh my god."

Once I caught my breath he pulled his fingers out of me and gave me a gentle kiss, "Now that was an afternoon delight."

I giggled and kissed him harder, reaching for his hand. He started to get off of me but before he couldn't see, I stuck his fingers in my mouth and seductively licked his fingers clean of my juices. I knew I was getting the response I wanted when he groaned my name, "Bella, if you're not careful I'm going to lose it."

I rolled on top of him and let my soaking wet pussy hover above his erection, slowly skimming the tip of his fully erect penis, "Good, if you're going to lose it with anybody, it's going to be me."

I didn't even give him a moment to think before I speared his cock with my pussy and we both gasped at the feeling. I knew he liked it when I rode him, "Ung… Bella…"

He grasped my hips with so much force it hurt but it was a pain that felt so good. , I slowly started to ride him until his hands guided me to a faster rhythm. When I was with Edward, I lost every sense of who I was and I wouldn't have had it any other way. My head was thrown back, eyes shut, and my mouth was in a constant 'O' shape not being able to do anything other than make incoherent sounds. I rocked back and forth on top of him knowing he was going to cum soon by the sounds of his moans, "Bella… I… Not.. Much… Longer…"

"Ohhhh, Edward, I-"

My eyes shut relishing in the pure ecstasy that came from when Edward and I had sex when I heard him calling my name, "Bella! Open your eyes now!"

It was a battle with my instincts to open my eyes but I did when his hand came to my cheek and he brought me down into a rough kiss and whispered in my ear, "Cum with me, love."

That was it, I was done after that, I couldn't deny him when he said stuff like that to me. A minute later the room was filled with our grunts and moans as I felt his seed shoot into my body. After we finished our climaxes, I lay on top of him, still inside of me and both of us were breathing hard. After catching our breath I rolled off him and lay next to him until he pulled me to his chest, my absolute favorite position in the world. He kissed me all over my body, "I love you."

I grabbed his hand and locked eyes, "I love you too, so much."

A/N: The end… Fear not, kids! There is more to come from this story! A nice little, lemony chapter for you all. The song for this chapter was "Afternoon Delight," by Starland Vocal Band, if you don't know the innuendo here, google it. Shocking! Again, I know this was repetitive but I'm trying to get back in my groove to finish this darn story so hang in there with me! Feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you think. I should have the next chapter out fairly soon. Thank you all so much, again! Till we meet again!