Innocent Sins
~Chapter 25 – Almost There~
BPOV
"So, you're going to let Alice plan everything? The dress, the flowers, the guest list, I mean, who knows who she's going to invite," Edward said with a chuckle.
I shrugged. "I know how important it is to her, and I'm horrible at planning things."
"We could always just go to Vegas," he said with a hopeful crooked smile.
"Nope, you're on probation."
"I heard the courthouse is beautiful this time of year," he joked.
"No. Carlie and Alice are super excited about the whole big wedding thing, and if you don't care, and I don't care, then let's just do what will make them happy."
"Alice, would get over it, but if Carlie really wants the whole wedding thing, then I'm all for it."
"Good," I said and kissed him quickly before grabbing my car keys.
"You know, maybe we should rethink the whole school and work thing. I think you should just stay here with me all day," Edward complained as I headed out the door for class.
"You know, absence makes the heart grow fonder," I said with a wink.
"I have to thoroughly disagree with that statement."
"Are you saying that you love me less the more time we spend apart?"
"No, loving you less isn't possible, but I do love you more and more every second I spend with you."
"Well, it's a good thing I'll only be gone for a few hours then," I said before rushing back to him for another kiss. "I'll be back soon."
Since I already had my associates' degree, I was able to start my bachelors program right away, and I absolutely loved every minute of my advanced literature classes. I truly felt that my life had finally fallen into the exact perfect place, and I couldn't possibly be any happier.
When I was walking to the parking lot after classes, I saw a police car parked behind my car, blocking me in.
"Great," I said frustrated. I had planned to hurry home so I could make love to Edward before Carlie got off of school, but it appeared I was going to be delayed. I saw the officer bent over looking under the back of my car, but I had no idea why.
"Um, excuse me, is there a problem?" I asked trying to disguise my bitterness from being forced to miss my afternoon love session.
"Hey Bells," Jacob said as he stood up.
"Oh, hey Jake. What are you doing here, and what's wrong with my car?"
"Nothing, it's just a freaking amazing beast. Where the hell did you get this thing?"
"Edward forced me into it, why?"
"I just never saw one before. I didn't think they sold them in the US yet."
"That must be the reason why everyone stares at me when I drive and there is always a crowd waiting for me after classes," I said and reminded myself to make Edward pay for embarrassing me with the ridiculous car.
"What's so funny?" Jake asked me. I didn't realize that I was smiling at the thought of making Edward 'pay' for the car thing, I always loved my form of punishment.
"Nothing, what's up with you?"
"Well, I was driving by this morning and I saw you in this car, but I was on my way somewhere else. I was just passing by again and had some free time, so I figured I'd come check it out. But now that you're here, I wanted to ask you something."
"Okay, shoot."
"Did I really get a wedding invitation in the mail?"
"Uh, I'd assume so, but Alice is handling all that so I can't be sure."
"Are you really going to marry Edward?" he asked incredulously.
"Yes, why?" I asked slowly.
"After everything he did to you, you really are planning to spend the rest of your life with that jerk?"
"Jake look, I really don't care what you or anyone else thinks about it. If you disagree with it, then don't come, but I'm kind of in a hurry, so can you please move your car so I can leave," I said angrily. I had enough people's feelings to worry about, and I wasn't going to waste one second worrying about him.
"Where are you going in such a rush?" he asked rudely.
"I'm trying to make it home in time to fuck my fiancé before our daughter gets home from school. What the hell difference does it make to you?" I said aggravated.
"I really hope you know what you're getting yourself in to." Jacob said quietly before getting into his cruiser and driving away.
I drove home fast, going went through every yellow light, and when I still had an hour left before it was time to pick up Carlie, I excitedly hurried into the building and straight to the elevator. I practically ran to the condo door and went inside, but then I froze when I realized that Edward wasn't alone. It just really wasn't my day.
"Charlie, I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is, I'm not going to change it for you," Edward said calmly, but I could hear the tension behind his words.
"Damn it! It just aint right, the whole thing is completely ridiculous, I'm sure you can even see that," Charlie said heatedly. I was going to round the corner so they could see me, and then ask what they were arguing over, but I decided to stay hidden by the door and just listen for a minute.
"I'm not going to change my mind about it. It's the right path for us, you just need to accept it," Edward said sternly.
"This isn't going to end well; she'll find out and get upset."
"No, I'll explain exactly what happened, she'll be fine. Besides, she trust me, she'll believe anything I say."
"DAMN IT!" Charlie yelled unexpectedly. I rarely ever heard him yell, and it scared me but I didn't want to interrupt because whatever they were arguing over was a big deal and I didn't want them to stop and try to hide everything if they knew I was there.
"Charlie, you need to calm down."
"Don't you dare tell me to calm down, you did this and you have no right to talk to me like that. I warned you the last time that if you ever did anything like that again, I wouldn't hesitate to kill you."
"You really don't want to go down that road, I let you beat me before, but I will not sit back and let it happen again. If you even try it, I swear, you will not walk away from it," Edward threatened, and I knew I had to intervene.
"Fine, let's do it," Charlie goaded.
"What the…." I started to say as I walked into view, but then I had to catch myself, "hell is going on?" I finished quietly. I had never seen such a sight before, and I knew the image would be ingrained in my mind for the rest of my life.
"Hi babe," Edward said casually with a smile, Charlie refused to look at me.
"What are you two doing?" I asked quickly as Edward stood to greet me with a kiss.
"YES! IN YOUR FACE, SUCKER! I told you I was going to kill you, HA beat that!" Charlie said enthusiastically, Edward ignored him.
"Oh, I was just trying to teach Charlie how to play 'Face Punch'," Edward said with a smirk.
"I told you I'd win. It only took fifteen rounds, but I won."
"Charlie, I put the controller down to kiss Bella," Edward said annoyed by Charlie's gloating.
"Well, it's not my fault she came home. You should have stayed focused."
"Whatever," Edward said under his breath. "I don't think you should keep playing, it's probably raising your blood pressure."
"I'm as healthy as a horse. Come on Bella, come try to kill your dad," Charlie said eagerly.
"Uh, no thanks. I don't get it, you said something like, 'she'll be upset if she finds out'. What did you mean by that?" I asked even though it was Charlie who made that comment.
"I let Charlie play using Carlie's character. And he lowered her score by two hundred points," he said irritated.
"What happened to 'she trusts me, she'll believe anything I say'," Charlie said mockingly to Edward.
I just stared at my father completely dumbfounded. "What has gotten in to you?" I asked him.
"I really don't know," he said hopelessly. "It's this damn game. These video games are worse than any drug on the market. I can't believe you let Carlie play these things."
"Carlie is mature enough to know that it's just a game," Edward muttered.
"Hey now, you don't have to be a sore loser," Charlie said arrogantly.
"OK, ENOUGH!" I yelled at him.
"Sorry," Charlie said like a misbehaving child. I shook my head at him incredulously.
Edward sat back down on the couch, so I went and sat with him on his lap.
"How was school?" he asked after kissing my shoulder.
"Good," I said and then turned my body so I could rub the back of his neck and play with his hair. I may have been more uncomfortable with the PDA in front of Charlie, but he was so engrossed in playing again, that he didn't even notice us.
Charlie and Edward had definitely come a long way with each other. When we told him that we were getting married, I think Charlie finally understood that I wasn't having false irrational feelings for him. Charlie had to accept my choice to be with Edward, and in doing so, he could see the very real and very deep love we had for each other. Anyone who was around us could see our emotions, because they were uncontainable.
"So dad, you didn't call…again," I said. I really didn't mind Charlie coming over unannounced, except for the fact that he seemed to be doing it a lot lately and he always had to spend the night because Forks was three hours away. I was extremely uncomfortable the first few times he stayed over with us, though I didn't think he heard anything, I felt awkward having sex with Edward knowing my father was in the next room over. But the more he came, the less I cared; I wasn't going to let his presence stop me from making love to the man I loved, we just had to keep it quiet, which was hard. Carlie slept like a rock, so we never worried about being too loud for her, once she was fully asleep.
"Dad?" I said again, because he didn't answer me.
"Huh? What? Oh, sorry Bells, what did you say?" he said while turning his head towards me but still looking at the screen and pushing buttons on the game controller.
"Okay, I had enough," I said and then grabbed the remote and tuned the TV off.
"What, why did you do that?" Charlie asked offended.
"You're addicted dad, you need an intervention."
Edward started laughing so Charlie shot him a death glare.
"So, you said you were working this weekend so I wasn't expecting you here on a Friday."
"Oh, right, well, I took tomorrow off so I could come to talk to the two of you in person."
"What's up? Did you finally ask Sue to marry you?" I asked teasingly.
"No, but she has basically moved in with me, that's a start. No listen, I have some important news. Aaron's court date has been bumped up to the end of the month. The prosecution is going for the death penalty, but the defense is claiming insanity."
"So, what if he's found to be insane?" Edward asked.
"Well, he's definitely insane. The question is whether he is fit to stand trial at all, little alone go to a regular prison and be sentenced to death."
"So, you're saying he could end up in a metal hospital instead of prison?" I asked horrified.
"No, it will be a highly secured insane asylum," Edward said quickly. "Nothing like what I was in."
"Wait, you knew about this?" I asked surprised.
"Liam mentioned that it was a possibility. But Carlisle made sure I was in an actual hospital, where he'll be in one of those places where they keep him in a straight jacket and locked to the bed at night."
"And that's reassuring to you?" Charlie asked him.
"Well, no. But the truth is those places probably keep better tabs on the prisoners than the actual prison does. Really, I think all serial killers are crazy, because no normal person would do those things."
"I guess I can see that," Charlie agreed. "But I still think that son of a bitch needs the death penalty."
"I thought you didn't believe in the death penalty?" I asked.
"Well, I do in this case."
I was really starting to see a change in my father. The more time he spent with Edward, the more I could see him actually becoming fond of him, and like me, Charlie really saw Aaron as being solely responsible for my rape.
"But, we really won't know anything until the hearing?" I asked.
"Psychologists are currently evaluating him and going over everything, so they'll have a decision if he's fit to stand trial before it begins at the end of the month," Charlie said.
"Well, that's at least something. I'm just glad everything is finally moving forward," I said.
"After the trial, we'll never have to see that bastard again," Edward said soothingly.
"After the trial? I didn't know you were planning on going."
"I have to testify. I thought you knew that."
"No, I didn't."
"After he's sentenced, then I have to go back on trial to see if I get charged with accessory to murder."
"Wait, what? I thought all that was dropped since you were a minor at that time."
"No. Liam said that they can't convict me, but I still have to go to trial."
"UGH, that is so unfair," I said bitterly.
"It'll be over soon, and then we'll get married and you'll graduate and start your own book editing company. We'll have one point five more kids…"
"What?" I asked surprised.
"What?" he said confused.
"What did you just say?"
"Oh, well I thought you would prefer to open your own company. Don't worry; we can afford to fund it until it gets off the ground."
"No, I meant about the one point five kids thing?"
"Isn't the norm to have like two point five kids? We already have Carlie so we're almost there; we only need one point five more. Maybe we should just round it out to five."
I raised my eyebrows. "Five?"
"What, you want more?"
"Uh…I don't know. I guess I never really thought about having more kids. It's just that I'm going to school now and I really don't want to stop long enough to go on maternity leave. Having a baby is exhausting. I just don't know if I have the energy to do the midnight feedings and all the diapers and…"
"Bella. If you don't want to have any more kids, that's fine. I have more family with you and Carlie then I ever even dared to dream of having, but you make it sound like you would have to do it all yourself. I'm here now, I would do as much as you needed me to do, more than fifty percent if you were working full time."
Edward's comment completely took me aback. For some reason, when I thought about another baby, I'd just think about how hard it was taking care of Carlie. I counted on Edward completely to help with Carlie now, he took her to school, did homework, and even made her lunches, but when thinking about a baby, I just thought I'd have to do everything myself. But he was right, I wouldn't be alone and I loved the idea of raising a baby from the beginning with him.
"Okay. After we get married, I'll go off the pill."
"Neh neh neh, can you just save that talk for when I'm not in the room," Charlie said as if I completely disgusted him by saying 'pill'. "Not that it's any of my business, but I'd like more grandkids. I always wanted three or four kids myself."
I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"After the wedding? Don't you want to finish college first?" Edward asked me, ignoring Charlie.
"No. I think I can still concentrate on school while being pregnant. And as soon as I graduate, I really want to get to work right away. I love the idea of opening a company, but that's going to take a while and I won't be able to take time off right away."
"I don't want you having a baby just for me," Edward said.
"Are you kidding? I can't wait to feel your baby inside me again, I just didn't really think about it before. I'm really excited…really," I said doubtlessly.
Edward pulled me closer to him, and kissed me passionately.
"Okay, well, why don't I go pick up Carlie," Charlie said uncomfortably then got up and grabbed his coat.
"Thanks dad," I mumbled as he walked out the door.
Edward scooped me up, and ran me to the bedroom for a quickie. It wasn't the long drawn out love making I was hoping for earlier, but it was definitely enough to hold me over until bedtime.
He knew how desperate I was for a release at that moment, and we didn't want to waste time on pleasant foreplay, so he laid back and let me take control. I tore off my clothes and straddled his waist, before aligning his tip to my opening. "UUhhh!" I moaned euphorically as I took him all the way in, as deep as possible. Even before climaxing, having him inside of me was an extremely welcomed relief after missing him for half the day.
I just sat on him for a few moments as I cherished the feeling of being attached in that way, but then I couldn't hold on to sanity anymore and completely let all other thoughts go, as my body just instinctually started rocking. Our bodies always ached to be connected, as if we weren't physically complete without the other, and we always let them take total control.
I leaned forward and grabbed onto the headboard as my pace sped. He matched my movements with upward thrusts, and held tightly to my hips. I loved watching his facial expressions as he enjoyed the erotic feelings of thrusting into me. He was so beautiful and so fucking sexy as his eyes rolled back and he constricted his facial muscles as he neared orgasm. He gripped me harder and pushed and pulled to increase the intensity of our drive, which only sent me over the edge way too soon. I wanted to prolong the feeling, but I was powerless against him; when he wanted me to cum, I had no choice but to comply. I had no idea how he knew how to do that, but he did it every time. When we were constricted on time, he always knew the exact way to get the job done quickly.
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The rest of the month was full of school, and wedding plans. Alice and Angela were constantly over as co-maids of honor, and were busy discussing every little detail. I was pretty bored with the endless cake and flower options, so I spent that time doing homework or studying, which my best friends didn't even seem to notice.
The wedding was set for August, which was still a couple months away, but we still had a major hurdle to get over first. As the end of the month rapidly approached, I started bracing myself for the horror of seeing Aaron again at his trial. I trusted Esme when she told me that Edward was mentally and emotionally strong enough to handle it, and I trusted Liam when he said Edward wouldn't be charged with being an accomplice, but I still worried beyond anything.
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