AN: Sorry for the excruciatingly long wait – it's been really special trying to update since my laptop decided to give up the ghost…thankfully, my Smartphone has a word processor…sadly it's hell trying to write on the damned little bitty keypad.

This is the last ACTUAL chapter for this story – Chapter 26 will be the epilogue. I do plan on a sequel to this story…but first, ggb-luma and I will be doing a collaboration. It will be J/B pairing – rated M…I'm really excited for this new project.

Here's a brief overview of what has happened up until this point since it's been so long since I updated: Edward had tried to commit suicide after losing his girlfriend, Amber. His mother made him move to Forks, WA to live with his father. A short time after his arrival, he sees the infamous Cullens – Bella specifically. He falls in lust with her and they form a tentative friendship. Bella knows he is her mate and explains her background – specifically that she's a good blood drinker. After they begin to see each other exclusively, Aro comes to visit. Being the shady old bastard he is – he slits Edward's throat, forcing Bella to make the ultimate decision: save her mate or let him die. She changes him and they begin their forever. Chaos and hilarity ensue.

Love all of you guys! Please leave me a review and let me know what you'd like to see in the sequel. : )

Still Bella's POV

"Mmmm…love," he murmured huskily against my throat, "It smells like you missed me too. I hunted with the memory of the scent of your arousal on my mind. It made for an increasingly more unbearable hunt. I kept thinking of the way your eyes darkened to pitch black as you neared your release…the moan that would tear its way from the depths of your soul as you climaxed. You really are a most exquisite thing I've ever laid eyes on when you fall apart around me."

I shuddered almost imperceptibly – my mate caught it only because we were so in tune with each other.

"It seems like you need some time with me almost as badly as I need the time with you."

I leaned my head back, giving him more access to my throat and moaned low in my throat. I loved it when Edward talked like this. It made me feel less like an insatiable whore knowing that he wanted me just as much as I wanted him.

Low below us I heard Emmett groan to Rosalie, "Babe! That's hot! I want to do things to that banging ass body right now!"

I didn't listen any closer as I heard them take off to the forest. Esme and Carlisle had been long gone since our display of affection had started. They tended to get to the farthest part of the property to show their devotion to each other.

In truth, I think they were much kinkier than we were and just didn't want to deal with the ribbing that would come from Emmett if he ever found out.

Alice was locked away in her fashion office – no doubt designing more clothes for all us…trying desperately to give us as much privacy as she was able to.

Edward ground his jean clad length into my overheated and wet core as he murmured his dedication to me fervently into my skin.

I felt like I was slowly losing my mind as he continued to lightly rub our hips against each other.

Slowly he tore the t-shirt from my torso, kissing each new piece of exposed flesh he saw before throwing it to the floor.

Knowing that Edward would be back from the hunt today, I had wisely forgone wearing a bra – they never fared well when he came back from hunting without me.

His lips grazed over the flesh of my nipples – always so sensitive to his touch. They reacted immediately, pebbling against the soft warmth of his lips.

"It pleases me immensely that your body is so reactive to me, love," he whispered as his lips worked the hardened buds…working me into a slow frenzy, "to know that I'm the only man who can do this to you. To know that no matter what could happen in the future, it will always be my name that falls from your mouth."

His words were driving me to the brink of madness. I couldn't form a coherent sentence much less a few words to answer him so I ended up nodding my head feverishly.

Edward lightly dragged his nose across the fabric of my jeans inhaling the scent of the darkening fabric.

Onyx eyes raised to mine as he silently asked my permission, always the gentleman. I couldn't stop the keening noise that came from the pit of my stomach as his nose nudged my throbbing clit through the material – I was close to shredding the jeans myself, anxious for him to find that I was without panties at this moment as well.

Finding all the answers he needed in my eyes and noises, my jeans met the same fate as my t shirt.

"Isabella!" he chided playfully, his eyes becoming impossibly darker, "It's dangerous for you to go without undergarments around me. It's incredibly sexy that you thought ahead of me coming home wanting you. You have captured my desire so completely, Bella. I've never wanted another as much as I crave being inside of you."

I turned my head and groaned into the pillow as his tongue met my slick folds.

"The most divine nectar ever created," he purred into the wetness he encountered as he took another swipe with his tongue.

I craved being with him this way so much – I hoped that eventually the desire would calm down some so that we could act as normally as the other mated couples in the house.

I remembered my 'girl talk' with Alice, Rose and Esme…it had finally calmed down for each of them within a decade of meeting their mates.

Jesus! Would it really feel like this for an entire decade? My mind reeled at that possibility.

As Edward continued the care on my aching core, my mind emptied itself of all coherent thought, leaving me a breathless heap of feeling.

Feelings so intense coursed through my body like tidal waves and I knew that if I wasn't able to stop him, I would be coming soon and I wanted desperately to get mine with him firmly plunged inside of me.

"Edward…baby…" I panted, completely bereft of breath, "I need you babe. I need you…inside me…now."

I emphasized my point by wiggling my butt a little bit making it more difficult for his tongue to touch anything he had wanted.

His head popped up quickly into my line of vision, "I'm not done yet, love. I want to feel you in all ways possible before I greedily take what I want."

He began to kiss up my body – his fingers finding the overheated skin that his mouth had just left. He slowly worked two fingers inside of me. Finding all of the sweet spots, he massaged the skin unrelentingly as his mouth found mine just in time to swallow all of the new keening that was coming out of my mouth.

Edward's mouth was sinful but his dexterous fingers were divine.

No matter what part of his body was touching mine, I found myself constantly in heaven.

"Baby!" my voice was a near scream…I was nearing my precipice and I needed him more than blood…more than anything else in the world.

He smirked my favorite crooked grin as he grabbed my ankles gently, crossed them, and placed them onto his shoulder, teasing my entrance with his tip.

My hips were elevated off the bed and I found myself completely at his mercy.

As his impressive length filled and stretched me deliciously, I found myself unable and unwilling to move. This position allowed him to enter me so deeply. I felt like he was a part of me – it was truly the joining of two souls.

Edward kept my ankles anchored securely to his shoulder as he rocked his hips into mine in heavy, slow thrusts.

The only noises were those of our moans and groans of pleasure mixed with whispered words of eternal love from each of us.

I danced lithely along the precipice – disinclined to jump over the edge. I wanted this feeling to last as long as it possibly could.

His pace began to falter slightly as he neared his release. The solid look of concentration on his face was endearing. He was feeling just as I was – he was trying to draw it out as long as he was able to.

"Edward," I murmured quickly, "Open your eyes baby. Keep your eyes on mine. I want to see you."

Not without difficulty, he managed to open his eyes, locking them with mine.

As he got closer to letting go, his eyes rolled slightly when he would hit a perfect spot inside of me.

I found myself answering in kind. There were certain spots within me that drove me crazy when he caressed them.

I felt my muscles begin to tighten as his pace began to speed up.

"Bella," he whispered huskily, "I love you baby. Being with you for eternity simply won't be long enough. I want to spend several eternities making you feel this way and being with you like this. You truly are my soul mate."

The tightening continued on to blissful levels and hearing him tell me how much he adored me made the process just that much faster.

Edward locked gazes with me and I felt him lose himself inside of me…with me following directly behind him.

After we had both calmed down from our release Edward kept us in the same position as we had when we were making love. He nuzzled the frozen veins in my ankles with his lips.

"I love you so much," I sighed at the tender care he always took with me after such an intense joining.

"As I love you," he murmured.

Slowly, he let my legs down to rest beside him on the bed and leaned down, pressing his ear to my chest – right over my silent heart.

He lay down on me, resting on my chest, cuddling to me as I normally would to him.

I closed my eyes and remembered the feeling of sleep – it had been over a century since I had felt the blissful oblivion of sleep, but I still recalled exactly how it felt to just let it all go for several hours.

Edward did the same and we stayed frozen together for the rest of the evening…long after the others had returned to the house.

I could hear the random conversations that they started amongst themselves.

Rose and Jasper were talking about adding a different lift kit to his truck. Esme was talking to Carlisle about the new flowers she wanted to plant for the spring.

Emmett was talking to Alice about the new music I had been making for him, "I swear, Al! She agreed to dubstep the hell out of Beauty and a Beat for me! It's going to be awesome but I'm sure you've already seen that. I plan on getting ahold of Rosie to that song but I'm sure you've already know that too. I'll be banging my beauty to the beat! Ha-ha! I'm so funny sometimes!"

From near the garage, Rose chimed in, "Alice?"

I could hear the smack reverberate off the walls several times. The living room had amazing acoustics.

Edward's body trembled against mine with suppressed laughter.

"Babe?" Emmett whined, "It's true! I crack myself up! Aren't you glad that your mate is sexy and funny? I'm fantastic in my own right!"

I joined Edward's laughter at our brother. He always had something funny to say – even when he was trying desperately to be serious.

I knew that our family would still be going strong centuries from now.

I had great hopes for the future.