A/N Identical chapters except for a little addition in this story, it'll stand out pretty well I think. Not necessary to read both if you don't want!

Words with Strangers Chapter 20

She tilted her head, her eyes sparkling. I needed to know what was going on in that fascinating brain of hers. "What?"

"Do you remember what you asked me to do?"

I'd asked her to do a lot of things, most of them that would require a lot less clothing than we had on at the moment. "Uh, maybe you could clarify which thing?"

Bella giggled again. "Okay, do you remember what you asked on Thursday morning before I decided to unleash my inner she-beast on you?"

Thursday morning? Oh! "You mean the movie date?"

She nodded, smiling brightly. "For Saturday night. And it's Saturday night."

I answered her smile with one of my own. "Yes, it is. So you want to watch a movie with me?" It wasn't quite what I had in mind but I wasn't disappointed with that either. We needed to spend time together, just being. I wanted her, hell, I burned for her but I could wait. We'd just had a pretty heavy discussion after all, and a hell of a kiss, kisses really. And maybe there would be more during the movie.

"Yeah." She bit her lip again and I waited. "It's not that I don't want you, it's just…"

I put my arms around her. "I know, Bella. Believe me, I know. We have time, hopefully lots of it. I'd love to watch a movie with you, provided I get to hold you and maybe steal a few kisses."

Her face lit up like I'd just told her she won the lottery. "Isn't that was a movie date is about? Sitting close, making your move, and trying to cop a feel?"

I laughed. "That's what I've been told. I didn't really get to experience it like that. Geek to famous, remember?"

"Well, you're at college now, time to act like a college boy." She hugged me and then let go. "I'm going to go change into something more comfortable." She frowned down at her dress. "This isn't really my usual style."

Whatever it was, she looked great. "I think you look stunning, but I want you to be comfortable." She walked to her dresser and pulled out a gray t-shirt that just might be the shirt she wore in the picture. Sadly, she also pulled out some pajama bottoms, so I wasn't going to get her to reenact that photo, yet. All in good time, though.

"Pajamas," she muttered, her face coloring again.

"Sexy," I told her and she blushed harder.

"Yeah, well, um, do you have any clothes to change into?"

I did, but not with me. "They're with Emmett. I'll be okay."

She frowned and then grinned. "I've got it! Rose still has some of Royce's stuff. I think it would fit you."

I didn't know who Royce was but whatever. "I'm wearing a t-shirt under this, so maybe just some pants or shorts?" Bella nodded and hurried from the room. I took out my phone and texted Emmett.

Staying here tonight. I'll call you in the morning.

Bella came back in and tossed me a pair of black workout shorts. "Will that work?"

"Sure."

"Okay, I'm just gonna go…" she gestured to the bathroom and I smiled.

"I'll be fine." She laughed and hurried into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. I tried not to think about her peeling off that sexy dress. I failed miserably, but at least I tried. I took off my jeans and slid on the shorts, which fit fine. I unbuttoned my shirt and placed that and my jeans on her computer chair. My phone beeped with an incoming text.

Ha! I told you everything would work out. You owe me huge. You can start by taking my place at that charity of Mom's.

I chuckled quietly. We both know Mom isn't going to accept a substitute. I do owe you, though. I'll figure out a way to make it up to you.

I looked around the room, trying to figure out what to do with myself. Were we watching a movie in the living room? In here? Should I lie on the bed? This was all so confusing. I was usually surer of myself. I sat on the edge of the bed and the phone buzzed again.

You can make it up to me by telling me Thorny Girl is home. Did you see her? She's so hot!

Oh Lord. I rolled my eyes. I hadn't really noticed much about Rose other than that she was blonde, but he'd clearly seen enough. I don't think she's home, but I've been in Bella's room. I didn't hear anybody come in.

And I wasn't too sorry about that, honestly. From what Bella said about Rose, I might need Emmett for protection. Hopefully I wouldn't see her until the morning.

You dog, you. Already in the bedroom? You're better than even I thought! I could not be prouder of you right now.

Of course my brother went there. We've just been talking, Emmett. She's changing and we're going to watch a movie.

The door opened and out Bella came and fuck, she was wearing that UW t-shirt. Her purple pajama bottoms were cute on her. It was amazing that I found her just as attractive now as when she'd been all dressed up. Her hair was pulled back in a ponytail leaving her lovely neck exposed. I wanted to kiss it, badly.

My phone beeped again. I rescind my pride. You're no brother of mine.

Bella raised an eyebrow. "Why are you smiling like that?"

"Because you're gorgeous and my brother's an idiot."

She laughed and sat next to me. "In this?"

I ran my fingers down her left arm and she shivered. "I think you're forgetting I've seen you in this shirt and nothing else. It might be my favorite article of clothing you own."

She grinned and those eyes of hers went smoky. "Oh, I think I can find something you'll like better." Her voice was full of sexy promise and I felt my cock start to stir.

"Um, Bella, I'm trying very hard to be a gentleman here."

She giggled. "I'm sorry." The way her eyes were sparkling I kind of doubted it, but I really didn't mind. I was just thrilled that I was getting to see my girl, finally. She was just like I'd imagined her to be in person, now that we were through the talking stuff. "What did your brother have to say?"

I smirked. "He made some assumptions about me staying here and being in your room the whole time. He wants to know where Rose is."

"Rose?" she asked. "She went out with Ang and Jess but I don't know where they were going."

"That's probably a good thing. I think he'd go looking for her if he knew where she was."

Bella giggled. "Really? She'll like that."

"Is that so?"

Bella eyed me. "You can't tell him." I nodded. "Rose has had a crush on him for a long time. She loves bad boys." I snorted. It was hard to think of Emmett as a bad boy, even though he did get into trouble from time to time. "When I figured out that I had you for sure, well, she told me to tell you to hook her up with Emmett."

I played with her ponytail. "I don't think I have to do that. He saw her picture and got hypnotized or something. Plus he liked the way she yelled at him. Well, she thought she was yelling at me."

Bella smiled. "I told you she was scary."

I tugged on her hair. "I'm counting on you to protect me."

She tilted her head and smiled slyly. "I might."

"You might?"

"Yeah, well, we'll see how you do on our date."

I smirked. "What do I have to do win protection?"

She giggled and stood up. "If I tell you, that negates everything. You'll have to figure it out yourself. Now, what movie did you want to watch?"

I shrugged. "Nothing of mine." She laughed. "I was going to suggest Dazed and Confused but…"

Bella lit right up. "I've got it!" She darted into the living room and was back a minute later with the DVD in her hand.

I grinned at her. "That's what I love about these college girls. I get older, they stay the same age," I gave her my best Wooderson impression and she laughed hard.

"Slight amendment to the original, huh?"

"Well, you are a college girl," I told her.

She shook her head. "And Wooderson was probably older than you are now hitting on those high school girls. So wrong."

I laughed as she put the DVD into her player and flipped on the TV. "Yeah, but he had the best lines."

She turned from the TV and smirked. "Say man, you got a joint?"

She was beyond fantastic. "No, not on me man."

"It'd be a lot cooler if you did." Her Wooderson impression wasn't dead on, of course, but it was so awesome coming from her that I laughed my ass off.

"You might just be my perfect woman."

She grinned and came over to the bed, placing her pillows up against the headboard. "I am." I smirked as she patted the bed. "Let's sit up here. I'm gonna get the lights."

I situated myself against the pillow and Bella closed her door and flipped off the light. She came back over and sat on my left. I immediately looped my arm around her and she laughed. "That's one point for you."

Oh, points for making moves on her. That worked for me. "Should I have done the yawn and stretch?"

She giggled. "No, that would have been minus points. I'd let Rose get in a punch for sure."

I poked her side as the opening strains of "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith started and the movie began. "You won't let her punch me."

She raised an eyebrow. "Well, if she does, I promise to kiss it better."

"Anywhere she punches? Because my brother said she threatened…" I cut off when she elbowed me and laughed.

"Anywhere, though maybe not right away."

I laughed. "I doubt I'd want you to kiss certain places right away after I got hit."

She snickered. "I imagine not." She turned to look at me. "She won't hurt you. You're here and I'm happy. That's all she really wants."

"Good. That's all I want, too." She snuggled into me and I tightened my arm around her.

"Did you ever make a bong in shop class?" she asked as Slater judged his lack of air flow in his wooden bong.

I snickered. "No. I never took shop class. And I never did drugs, either."

She smiled. "Me either. Alice got high a couple years ago and was beyond annoying. No thank you."

"Emmett dabbled but Mom lowered the hammer on him. She'll tolerate the bar fights and speeding tickets but no drugs for her boys."

Bella grinned. "She really does scare you."

"Hell yes. She was also in favor of me coming to talk to you, by the way."

"I think I like her," she replied.

"I know she'll like you."

Bella blushed but didn't respond. She was so fucking cute. On screen, Ben Affleck drove up, ready to paddle some freshman ass. "Is it weird for you?" she asked.

"What?"

"You know some of these guys, don't you? Is it ever weird to watch them act?"

I shrugged. "Sure, I know Ben and Matt, Parker, Adam and a few others. But no, it's a movie and I watch it as such. Plus, this came out before I was in Hollywood, so I loved it before I even got there. It's weird to watch myself though. I don't do it often."

"School's Out for Summer" came on and it reminded me that I'd been curious about what she was doing over the summer.

"Do you know what you're doing this summer? Do you have classes or what?" Do you have a passport and would you like to visit me in Europe? I couldn't help myself, she felt so good pressed against me.

"Well, I was probably going to go home, work at my dad's station for the summer."

"Mmmm." I didn't say anything. It was too soon. We'd see how the rest of our time together went. She looked at me but I didn't offer an explanation for my question.

"Hey, Edward? How long are you here for?"

I ran my fingers along the side of her neck. "We have to head back on Monday morning. I have a meeting with my agent Tuesday."

She smiled. "So we have all day tomorrow?"

"All day and all night, if you like."

"I like. Very much."

I grinned. "Me too." I thought about her Spring Break. "You know, Emmett didn't cancel the cabin."

She stared at me. "He didn't?"

"No. He had faith that we'd work things out."

"Hmmm, well we did."

We did. It wasn't awkward or anything. "So do you still want to go?"

Bella sat up and turned to face me. "Yeah. I mean, if you want to. I know traveling up here like this was unexpected so if you have stuff you need to…"

I silenced her with another kiss. She straddled me and I felt her heat and went hard as a rock immediately. She moaned and rubbed herself against me. My hands found her waist and I helped her move against me, not that she needed it. Fuck, I was going to come in this guy's shorts if she kept at it. I pulled away and she pouted prettily.

"I thought I was supposed to be a gentleman?"

She sighed and started to crawl away. I stilled her and spread my legs. "Come here." She smiled and crawled between them, leaning back against my chest. I kissed her ear and she shuddered. "We have all night, all tomorrow and tomorrow night and all Spring Break. I want to go, Bella."

"You do?"

I laughed. "Hell yes." On the screen, Mitch was getting the shit paddled out of him. I watched Bella's face and saw her flush. "What are you thinking?"

"Uh, nothing?" she squeaked and I hugged her to me.

"Does it turn you on a little bit?" I bit her ear and she snickered.

"Maybe a little. But not like that. That would hurt."

I slid my hands down her sides and along her perfect little ass. "I promise I would never hurt you. I told Ben he had entirely too much fun in that scene and it was clear his character had rage issues brought on by his obvious homosexuality."

Bella giggled helplessly and it was so damn cute, though her movement against my groin wasn't a laughing matter. "What did he say to that?"

I snorted. "He admitted it was probably true." I pushed her ponytail out of the way and kissed the right side of her neck. Bella moaned softly. "How am I doing on the date scale?"

"Pretty good." Bella smiled. "Wooderson!" And there was the "it'd be a lot cooler if you did" line.

"Alright, alright, alright." She giggled and I quoted him word for word each time he opened his mouth.

"You've seen this movie entirely too much," she told me.

"Yeah, but that's a good thing," I replied.

She tilted her head and looked at me. "Why is that?"

I traced a finger over her jaw. "Because then I don't miss anything when I do this." I kissed her. It was awkward, with the angle, so I tugged her around so she was lying sideways across my lap. Her arms went around my neck and I opened my mouth. She opened to me right away and our tongues met with more urgency this time.

I moved my hands against her sides, lightly dragging my fingertips over her, tracing the sides of her breasts gently. She moaned and straddled me again. I wasn't stopping this time. Fuck that. I moved my thumbs over her nipples and they immediately pebbled under my touch. She was absolutely not wearing a bra.

"Fuck, Bella," I murmured. Her hands were in my hair and she was tugging hard as I kissed my way down her neck. I rolled her nipples between my fingers and the noises she was making were driving me wild.

"Mmm, I believe you promised to do that." Her voice was husky and sexy as hell. I thrust against her and she gasped.

"Edward!"

I nipped her neck and moved my hands down to the hem of her t-shirt. I wasn't sure if she was ready for me to take it off, so I lifted it a little, enough to trace the soft skin on her stomach. Her hands were on my shirt and she didn't hesitate. I felt her tugging so I moved back so she could get it off me. Her eyes went right to my chest and she licked her lips when she saw me.

"Good God, you're sexier in person."

I had to laugh at that. "I'm glad you think so." Her hands were on my torso now, running over my pecs and down my abs. I was happy Alec had kicked my ass into shape for a couple of days. Bella seemed quite appreciative.

"By the way, so are you." She smiled and reached down to tug at her own shirt. Thank God. Being a gentleman wasn't nearly as much fun. I got a glimpse of beautiful tits and I licked my lips, dying to taste them.

There was a loud bang outside and Bella jerked and dropped her shirt just as her door opened. "So, did you fall asleep during the appetizers or did you make it all the way to the main course?" The loud blonde in the doorway stopped dead and did a double take. "Holy fucking shit, you brought him home?" Then she looked closely. "What the fuck? Bella? Is that Edward?"

"Um, yes," she replied. She got off my lap and turned to face her friend. "Rose, this is Edward. Edward, this is Rose."

I had no idea what to do so I raised my hand in a wave and tried not to think about the fact that I'd just had said hand on Bella's perfect tit.

Rose's eyes narrowed and she took a step into the room. "What are you doing here?"

I ran the hand I'd just waved with through my very disheveled hair. "Um, my brother and I drove up so I could talk to Bella."

"Yeah, you look like you're talking."

"Rose, we talked. I apologized, he apologized, it's all good."

Rose cut her eyes toward Bella. "What happened to your date?" I flinched a little at the words. Even though nothing happened, I hated that she went out with him.

Bella put a hand on my knee. "I went, it was awkward, and he saw right through me and brought me home." She turned to me and smiled. "Alice was here when I got home and she asked me a ton of questions about Edward. It turned out he was sitting in my bedroom listening to it all. I came in and we talked and well, we're obviously doing fine."

"Obviously," she replied dryly. "Alice made nice?"

Bella shrugged. "Yeah, I guess. She was a little hostile but we both apologized."

"That's good. God this is weird. I came home early expecting to find you bored or crying, not making out with a shirtless Edward Cullen." Ugh, that reminded me and I reached for my shirt and pulled it back on.

Rose laughed. "Don't cover up on my account!"

Bella squeezed my knee. "It wasn't how I thought my night was going to go either but I'm really glad it did."

Rose smiled at her before turning a glare on me. I was grateful that Bella was between us. She did look scary. "Did you apologize for making her cry and calling her a stalker?"

God, I hated knowing that happened. "Yes."

"Rose, quit it. I was sort of a stalker. Not the scary kind that you need to get a restraining order against…" Bella broke off and looked at me. "Did you get a restraining order?"

I laughed and pulled her back against me. "No. I didn't have much opportunity to do anything before Emmett had me on the road."

"That prick," Rose hissed. "Where is he? Why couldn't he inform me that you were coming? I could have stopped Bella from going out with Colin instead of monitoring the phone and mail like a fucking weirdo for two days."

Like I knew? "Emmett does what Emmett wants to do. I didn't have any input either. One minute we're test driving his new Venom and the next…"

Rose yelped. "Did you say Venom, as in, Hennessy Venom?" I nodded and she looked a little faint. She held onto the door for support. "Your brother is here driving that?"

"Um, yeah."

"Fuck me. How am I supposed to hold out against a hot man and a hot car?" I didn't think she was asking me for an answer so I wisely kept my mouth shut. "Where is he now?"

"Uh, he's probably at a hotel. I told him I was staying here…"

"Oh you did, did you?" She was back to shooting me dirty looks instead of swooning over my brother and his car. That wasn't good.

"Yes. He's staying with me." Bella patted my leg. "We're good, Rose. Really."

The glare softened and she smiled. "That's all I want for you, Bella."

"I know."

"How long are you here for?" she asked me, her tone infinitely less hostile.

"Until Monday morning."

"And when will your brother be back?" she asked.

I shrugged. "He'll be over sometime in the morning. He has my clothes and stuff. Plus he wants to meet Bella. And you."

Rose smirked. "I just bet he does. Okay, I'll be ready." She turned to leave. "As you were." I laughed. Not bloody likely. My dick had gone into hiding at first glare. I remembered vividly what vital body part she had threatened.

"Bella, you do realize you went out with one guy and ended up in bed with another guy entirely."

Bella's face turned red again. "Yes."

"I'm damn proud of you," she told her as a parting shot. She closed the door and I collapsed against the pillow in relief.

"Sorry." Bella turned to face me and I shook my head.

"Don't be. I don't have a scratch on me, at least."

"She's protective," was Bella's explanation.

"I know. Emmett will love it, believe me. I wonder what she has in store for him."

"God only knows." Bella bit her lip. "Sorry we got interrupted."

I cupped her chin. "It's okay. We said we were going to have a movie date and we kinda went well beyond that anyway, didn't we? I copped more than one feel."

She giggled. "Yes you did."

And it had been sheer perfection. "You liked it."

She nodded. "Very much."

"Maybe I'll cop some more then."

Bella grinned. "Maybe you will." The movie was nearly over and I pulled her back against my chest.

"There's no rush, though, honestly. I want you, yes, but I can wait." What was a little more time when I had her in my arms?

"It's just weird, you know? We've been together for all of a couple of hours, but we know each other so well and I want you so bad and…"

"I get it," I told her. "Let's just take it easy tonight and see what happens tomorrow. I wasn't lying when I said that I would be quite content just to hold you and kiss you a little bit. This is so much more than I hoped for when I got here."

She smiled softly. "You're definitely an improvement on my night."

I laughed. "That's a good thing." She kissed me, a sweet, chaste kiss. I fought down the urge to deepen it. We had time.

Bella pulled back and grinned. "A very good thing."

On screen, Clint was picking a fight with Tony and Bella laughed. "This is actually the best line."

We quoted it together. "I only came here to do two things, man. Kick some ass and drink some beer. Looks like we're almost out of beer." Bella giggled helplessly when we completed it.

"Clint reminds me of Rose," I stage whispered to her. She laughed harder.

"She could totally rock that role," she agreed with me. I moved her ponytail to her left side and kissed her cheek.

"I knew watching this movie with you would be fun."

She laughed again. "And this is way better than over the phone."

"Hell yes," I agreed, tightening my arms around her. She linked her fingers with mine. It felt damn good to have her in my arms.

"Thank you for coming for me, Edward." She spoke softly and I leaned closer to hear her. "You could have just walked away without another thought of me. I sort of deserved that after I deceived you and then yelled at you for nothing."

I shook my head and kissed her temple. "No. I couldn't have walked away. I could have tried but I would have failed, even without my brother pushing me. I, you…you got me, Bella. You just got me and curiosity, the need to know if what we had was real, would have gotten me here eventually. I'm just lucky my brother is more impatient than I am."

"Remind me to give Emmett a big hug when I meet him tomorrow."

I chuckled. "Don't worry, he'll take one whether you offer it or not." He's already got me married off to you after all. Can't say I mind that in the least right now.

"I wonder what Rose is going to do to him," she mused.

I laughed. "I'd rather not worry about those two, if it's alright with you."

"Okay," she agreed, relaxing against me.

"So, Bella, was this an okay first date?"

She turned and smiled up at me. "A phenomenal one, once I got home."

I scowled. "You know, I should totally not put out since you went out with some other guy first."

Bella chuckled. "Alright, if that's how you feel." She turned back to watch the movie and I tugged my fingers out of hers and tickled her sides again. "Uncle!" she shouted. I stopped tickling her and she giggled. "I'm sorry." She turned and looked at me. "I do wish I could take it back. I was trying to be more like Rose and less like me. It didn't really work for me."

"Just be you, Bella. That's the girl I want."

She smiled. "That I can do."

"Good." I touched her lips. "My girl." She smiled so brightly it was nearly blinding.

"Yours."

"Damn right." I kissed her again. I had my girl in my arms where she belonged. Everything felt right again, for the first time since Thursday. Maybe she'd searched me out, but I was damn glad she found me.

A/N These two are so cute. Hope you enjoyed their movie night! I thought it was important that they maybe not go all the way within hours of meeting, but they had a little fun and they have an entire day ahead of them. I loved your guesses for what Bella might have in mind, by the way. So many of you are waiting for that car introduction. I think I'll save that for the cabin :) Coming up, more fun and some sexy times, hopefully, plus Emmett and Rose will be meeting! Something to look forward to!

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