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Chapter 25 .. Edward
"Alice, I don't want to go too overboard. You know Bella won't like it." I leaned over to read the papers on Alice's desk and frowned.
"Edward, it's her eighteenth birthday. We have to do something big." She quickly moved the papers and put them back in a folder. "I'm sure she'll be expecting us to do something like this."
I laid back on her pink fluffy comforter and groaned. "No US Alice, you. Just you. This is your doing. Me and Bella have only been together two months, don't make her dump me so soon." I sat back up and watched her laugh at me.
"There is no way, under any circumstances, that Bella will leave you. None. Stop worrying so much." She pulled me off the bed and dragged me out the door and down the stairs. She pulled me all the way to the living room.
"Mom, dad, can I ask you a favor?" Esme turned up to look at me and Alice. When he gaze landed on me, I started shaking my head. Hoping she'd take that one of two ways. One, say no to whatever Alice asks. Two I have nothing to do with this.
"Of course honey. What is it." Esmes words caused Alice to jump in between them on the couch like a four year old. I'm still not one hundred percent sure how Jasper deals with her when she gets like that. I love my sister. The connection I have with her is like no other, but sometimes, she can really be a pain.
"Can we have a small birthday party for Bella here." When she said small, I was a little concerned. Small was not Alice's thing.
"Of course. When were you thinking about doing it? And how small?" The look on Carlisles face was probably of the same concern.
"Not too many people. Her birthday lands on a Friday, so the guys and Rose will be able to come down. And maybe just a couple people from school?" Alice smiled up at dad, and won him over immediately.
"Of course. Not too many people. And there are going to be a few rules." He looked over at Esme.
"Definetely. No drinking. No one we don't know. Nothing too overboard, you know Bella won't like that. And don't let Emmett do anything stupid." Esme gave Alice a strict look, then looked over at me. "Do you hear me Edward?"
I nodded my head and Alice turned to give them both a hug. "Thank you!" She ran over and grabbed my hand dragging me back upstairs. I turned around briefly to see Esme laughing and moving closer to Carlisle. I mouthed a quick HELP ME! But they both just laughed and turned back to the TV. Great, even my parents can't help me when it comes to Alice!
We got back into her room and she threw the folder at me. "OK, so I was thinking only a couple people from school. None of the fake bimbos chasing after you. I don't want my best friends birthday ruined by some slut throwing herself at her boyfriend." She smiled and I opened the folder.
"Thank god. So that means no Jessica, no Lauren, and that other weird girl that follows them around like a puppy." I skimmed down the small list of people she had written down. "Ohhhh! And no Mike!" I shot my head up and looked at her.
"Edward, do you really think I'd invite 'stalker Mike'? You doubt me sometimes." She reached in her drawer for another sheet of paper and started writing something down. "I was thinking we could clean out the pool and have it there. It's supposed to be kinda warm and Carlisle got both the heaters working again. Yeah?"
"Are you sure it won't be too cold. I don't want Bella getting sick on her birthday. But as long as the heaters are fixed, I guess that would be OK." I put the papers back down and tried getting Alice's attention.
"Alice, what time were you thinking about having it?" She looked up and shrugged.
"What time do you think we should?" I knew I didn't want it too late, cause the later it gets the colder it gets.
"Well how about we have it pretty early, then maybe take her out to dinner afterwards?" I watched her nod her head and quickly agree.
"We, that means everyone?" I nodded. I wasn't going ot hog Bella on her birthday. As much as I would love to..
"Yes, of course. Everyone can go. Think mom and dad would?" She shrugged.
"I'm sure they would. We'll ask later." She wrote a couple more things down and we sat there for another hour, making sure Alice had everything worked out.
As I got up to walk out of Alice's room, my phone started ringing in my pocket. I took a quick look at the caller I.D before smiling and answering.
"Hello love." I walked down the hallway to my room and closed the door behind me.
"Hey Edward. I was just making sure you were still coming to dinner."
"Of course, six right?" I was skimming my closest looking for the perfect shirt for dinner tonight.
"Right. Well I just wanted to call and remind you. Is Alice coming?"
"No, she's going somewhere with Esme." I finally found the blue button up shirt Bella loved so much and pulled it out.
"OK, well I'll see you at six. Love you."
"Love you too. See you then. Bye." I heard her say goodbye back and closed the phone. I turned around and tossed it to the bed, so I could get changed. It was only four-thirty, but I figured I'd get there a little early and help make dinner. Tonight Charlie invited me to dinner to celebrate Bella's birthday a little early. He would, unfortunately be out of town Friday, so he was making an attempt at making it up to her.
I headed to the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed. When I was ready I took a quick look at the clock and walked out to the garage.
When I pulled up infront of Bella's house, I quickly got out and headed to the door to escape the rain. I knocked lightly twice, then walked in. I hung my coat up and turned around to see Bella walking out of the kitchen, eyes wide and a huge smile on her face.
"Edward!" She ran over to me and flung herself in my arms. "You're early?"
I held her tight and bent down to kiss her. She wrapped her arms around my neck and deepened the kiss slightly. I lowered my hands to her hips and just held them there. After a little while, I quickly came to the realization I needed to breath, so I pulled away and gasped for air. I bent back down and tucked my face in her soft hair.
"You're going to be the death of my Isabella." I pulled away and looked at her face. She was too beautiful. I'll never, for as long as I live, know what I did to deserve her.
"The death of you? How do you figure?" She jumped up on her tiptoes and quickly kissed my lips before lowering herself back down and smiling at me. Her smiled almost made me go weak at the knees.
"Well first, that smile of yours. You know it transfixes me, what if I go weak while I'm on a flight of stairs. I could fall and break my neck." I tried to act serious, but her giggle made me blow it. "And second, you keep kissing me like that and I'm gonna stop remembering how to breath." She started laughing harder and pulled me into the kitchen.
As soon as I got into the kitchen and spelled the air, I knew immediately Bella was making her delicious stuffed shells. It was my favorite.
"Mmm, smells good baby." I walked up behind her and kissed the side of her neck. She wrapped her arm up around my neck and sighed.
"Thank you. Wanna help?" She turned around and ran her hands up my chest. She knew I wouldn't be able to resist that.
I did whatever she told me to do and we made dinner together until her dad got home. I was expecting him to walk in and start yelling because I was here without him knowing, but I think he was starting to trust me more. Ever since the mess with Jacob, he's been surprisingly grateful towards me and has been a lot less hostile.
When we sat down to eat, I saw Bella starting to serve it, so I pulled her to the table, kissed the top of her head and told her to have a seat. I went back and got Charlies plate first, then Bellas, then my own.
When I sat down, Charlie looked genuinely pleased.
"So Bella how was your day?" Charlie looked up at Bella, then over at myself.
"It was good dad. How was work?"
"Same old stuff honey. School going OK?" He kept looking over at me as I continued eating quietly.
"Yeah. Spring break is in a couple weeks, so things are going pretty easy. Not like senior year isn't easy enough."
"How about you Edward? How are your classes going?" I shot my head up and swallowed down what was in my mouth before I answered. I was fully expecting him to just ignore me tonight. Like he had been doing lately. We had a good relationship, but it wasn't one of much conversation.
"Um, it's actually going really good Sir. Not a lot of homework, so I guess that's pretty great." I looked back down at my plate and continued eating.
We all sat there, mostly quiet, for the remainder of the meal. When everyone was done, I offered to help Bella do the dishes as Charlie went to the living room.
As we were washing dishes I kept feeling Bellas hand purposely grazing mine under the water. I knew she wasn't meaning to tease me, but I'm a guy, and that's just how it turned out. I leaned down to her ear and kissed her earlobe, making her tuck her head sideways into her shoulder. She started giggling quietly and attempted to push me away. It wasn't working. I continued kissing down her neck to her shoulder and finally she dropped the plate back into the sink and turned towards me, grabbing the collar of my shirt and pulling my lips down to hers. It was fierce, but very sweet at the same time. She just had a way of mixing everything together into one, and making every kiss perfect. She arched back against the sink and I hovered over top of her. As I felt her tongue begging for entrance, I ran my hand up her side and over her shoulder to cup her face. While my other hand gripped her hip. I felt her bottom lip tremble slightly and smiled into the kiss. It made me happy that she responded that way to my touch, because she had no clue how I responded to hers. I needed her like I needed to breath, and when she kissed me like this, and allowed me to touch her like that, I knew it was not the result of just a need for company, it was a need for me. She wanted me just as much as I wanted her, and I felt that.
I had only seriously dated one other girl, and when I think back to how it was, it was nothing like this. When I kissed her, I didn't feel the need to keep kissing her. When I touched her, I didn't want to take it further. I loved her, yes; she was my first girlfriend. But how I felt for her, was nothing compared to how I feel now for Bella. There was nothing about Bella that I could do without.
I came back to my senses when I felt Bella moan quietly against my lips. I pulled away for a second just as I heard Charlie call from the living room.
"Bella, are you guys almost done? How long does it take to do dishes?"
Bella pulled away from me, tilting her head back and giggling. "Yeah, we're almost done dad. Sorry, Edward's not much of a chore-person." She kissed me once more on the lips and turned back around. I went back to standing next to her and grabbed the last plate left. I didn't realize how soapy it was and it slipped right out of my hands and into the dishwater. When it made a splash, water went all over the front of Bella's shirt and soaked it all the way down. She gasped and jumped back, as I grabbed a dishtowel and started wiping her shirt.
As I tried drying her shirt as best I could she stopped moving and just stared at me.
"I'm so sorry Bella. I didn't mean to." I stopped and looked up at her to see her with her eyes brows raised, looking at me. "What?"
She looked down for a minute, then back up at me. "Do you mind Edward? I can dry myself." She started laughing and I suddenly became conscious of where my hand was. I quickly pulled back and put my hands up in the air. "OK, sorry, again, Bella, I'm sorry." She started laughing harder and I turned around when I heard Charlie's boots against the tile floor of the kitchen. Bella continued her laughter and Charlie told her to go upstairs and change. When she left the kitchen Charlie turned back to me.
"Edward, can I have a word?" He crooked his finger to me and led me to the living room. I sat down on the couch across from him and he looked right at me, with his hands folded across his lap.
"I want to make this quick. But I need to know how things with you and Bella are going. I want to make sure there good and you're treating her right." He gave me the 'dad' stare and I leaned forward. I wanted to reassure him that things were beyond great and we were both happy.
"Things are amazing with Bella and I. I couldn't be any happier, and I see she's happy too. And you know Carlisle and Esme raised me right. Of course I take care of her and I'm a complete gentleman to her. That will never change." I never thought I'd be so brave to my girlfriends father, but when I look at him as Charlie Swan, the guy I've known my whole life, instead of Chief Swan, the father of the girl I'm in love with, it's a little easier.
"I know they raised you right, but it's a different time now. It's not like when I was little and my parents were together. Boys are not the same now, and I want to make sure you know that I keep a careful eye on the both of you, and if you slip up and hurt Bella in anyway, know I'm licensed to taser." He sat back with a smirk on his face and my eyes shot open. I knew I'd never mess up, not with Bella, but hearing that scared me a little. I knew he wouldn't be afraid to make me fall to my knees with thirty volts running through me.
"I can assure you, I'll always be good to Bella." I swallowed hard and tried to regain composure. "I love her Charlie and if anything ever happened to her by my hand, you won't have to punish me. I will have already done so myself." I smiled a small quick smile and looked up to see Bella come down the stairs. Charlie nodded his OK and we continued a normal conversation with Bella.
Bella's Birthday Party!
"Edward, come on. Please come in the water." I felt Bella tugging on my arm and pulling me to the pool. I hesitated. I had just got out and was starting to warm back up.
"Bella, go ahead without me. I'm gonna go find Emmett." I kissed her cheek and she frowned a little but ran back to the pool.
I walked into the house and saw Emmett concentrating hard on the label of a bag of chips. I walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder, making him jump slightly and turn around.
"Yes, Eddie?" He smiled and closed the bag of chips.
"Don't call me that. Is Alice done with Bella's present?" He nodded and pointed upstairs. "Yep. It's up there. When are you planning on giving it to her?"
"Probably after dinner." We both walked back outside and I started looking for Bella. But she was no where in sight. I asked Emmett if he saw her and he looked around for a moment before shaking his head. I walked up to Alice and she said the last time she saw her, she was heading back to the pool. I looked in the pool, no Bella. I looked on the small deck, no Bella. I even went back inside and called her name. Still no Bella. I was beginning to get really confused. I wasn't even gone that long, where had she disappeared to?
I decided to walk around the side of the house to see if she maybe walked around front when I saw her and Mike standing against the bushes along the house. I stood back, out of site and listened for a minute. Debating weather or not I should barge in.
"Bella, when are you going to dump Cullen and finally date me? You know I've wanted you longer than he has." Mike reached up to touch her hair, but Bella backed away.
"Mike, don't start this. You weren't even invited here today. D you want Edward to murder you?"
"Come on Bella. At least give me a chance."
"Never Mike. Sorry. I'm happy with Edward. That's never going to change." I started smiling at what she was saying, but the minute Newton opened his mouth again I felt like punching his lights out.
"OK, let me prove to you that I can be better for you. Edward, never has to know. He doesn't even know you're missing from your own birthday party." Mike was getting closer to Bella, and I was closer to pouncing.
"OK, Mike. You wanna come to the party, come on in. Maybe if you make it past Edward, I'll take you up on your offer." She smiled at him and I felt like my heart was breaking. What was she talking about?
I watched her put her hand on his shoulder and lead him back to the party in the backyard. I quickly ran around the side and just stood there. Dumbfounded with what I just heard. Was Bella tired of me? Did I upset her in someway? Did I mess up, and not realize it? How could she?
She walked right passed me and didn't even notice me standing there. When I saw the smile on Mikes face I slammed my fist against the house. The concrete scratched my hand a little, but I could care less at this point. I watched them walk by the pool and Mike pull his shirt off. When Alice gave Bella a strange look, Bella just winked and turned back to Mike. She got him closer to the edge of the pool and started laughing at whatever he was saying.
I couldn't believe she was doing this to me. She had to know I'd see her. She's right there in the open. When she ran her finger up his arm, I clenched my fist again, but didn't wanna hurt myself so I tried to compose myself. He was smirking and smiling at every little thing Bella did and all I saw was red. I was so mad at him for making numerous attempts to take everything I held. Bella was mine, and I wasn't just going to sit back and watch him take her from me. I pushed myself away from the house, but before I got halfway to Bella, I watched her smile and put her hands against Mikes chest. She quickly pushed back and he flew backwards into the pool with his jeans still on. Once he reached the water she reached down for his shirt and threw that in too.
I couldn't help but to laugh, I laughed so hard, I almost fell over. Bella waited till he resurfaced and bent down a little. Mike shook his head, trying to get most of the water out of his eyes and his hair.
"And maybe next time you'll listen when I tell you I'm happy with Edward. I. Don't. Want. You! Now leave me alone and stop trying to flirt with me! Next time it won't be me pushing you into something. Count on that!" She turned around and saw me laughing. Her eyes shot open and she noticed where I was standing. She got a very guilty, apologetic look on her face and slowly walked over to me.
"Edward, I'm sorry, I thought you were inside. You didn't hear that did you?" She pointed to the side of the house and I knew what she meant.
I nodded slowly and she looked like she was about to cry. I rushed over to her and grabbed her up in a hug, holding her close to me and kissing the top of her head. "Yes I heard it all, but I now know why you did you. You're amazing Bella, only you could pull that off." She pulled away a little, just enough to look up at me.
"I'm so sorry you had to hear that. I was just trying to make him think I liked him so he'd get near the pool." She looked down, but I brought her beautiful face back up and kissed her lips.
When I pulled away, she smiled and I looked behind her to see a half dressed, soaking wet, really pissed off Newton climbing out of the pool. He looked over at Bella and gave her a dirty look, which just pissed me off. I grabbed her hand and pulled her behind me as Mike walked over.
"Bella, was that really necessary?" He was wringing out his tshirt and looked up to see me standing there, instead of Bella. He started to take a step back, but I just mirrored him.
"Yes, Mike, that was completely necessary. You're lucky she got to you first. I would have done more damage than she's even capable of dreaming up." I smiled at him and he walked away, rather quickly.
I turned back around to Bella and saw his start giggling. I couldn't believe just two minutes ago I doubted this woman. I knew better than that, and I knew it would never happen again. She had the perfect opportunity to have someone other than myself, and she still confessed her love for me. Me of all people. I think I loved this girl more and more every day.
She grabbed me back into a hug and I stroked her hair. The party was almost over, but I could tell Bella was not ready to go inside. So without much thinking, I grabbed her up bridal style and started running toward the pool. She started screaming and laughing at the same time.
"Edward! No!" I barley understood what she said as I jumped into the pool and held onto Bella. I felt her start kicking under the water and pulled her to the surface. I grabbed her face and kissed her, trying to show her how much she meant to me and how much I loved her in that one kiss.
The party finally ended and we all went upstairs to change. Me and everyone else, with the exception of Carlisle and Esme, who got called to a last minute hospital thing in Emuclaw, took Bella out to dinner that night. It wasn't anything fancy, I knew Bella wouldn't want that. It was simple and she loved it. I begged her to let the waiters sing 'Happy Birthday' to her, but she refused, saying once today was enough.
When we got home Bella looked really tired so I helped her out of the car and carried her upstairs. She wasn't sleeping yet, but I had a feeling she might be soon. I still wanted to give her her birthday present though, so when she went into the bathroom to change I got out the box and set it on the bed.
She walked out of the bathroom a couple minutes later in an old t shirt of mine and boxers. I took a deep breath and kept myself sane as she walked to the bed and saw the box.
"What's this Edward?" She gave me a curious look, so I walked over behind her and told her to open it. She looked back at me and I nudged her on.
She took the lid off the box and saw a big picture album inside. The front was all decorated in cutouts of Bellas favorite flowers, and had some lace and ribbon around the edge. It was a fabricated front, so it was kinda thick. She saw the writing on the front and let out a small giggle.
Isabella and Edward.
Always and Forever.
She turned around, "Edward, did you do this?"
I nodded and smiled a little. "Yeah. Alice and Esme helped. That would explain the lace. Do you like it?" She nodded furiously and I laughed. "You haven't even opened it yet." I turned her back around and flipped the front cover back. On the first page was a baby picture of me and Bella, seperate, then below that, once of us around the same age, only together. I had dates hardwritten under all the pictures. She ran her finger over the picture of me and smiled up at me. She flipped through a couple pages and I saw a tear crawl down her cheek.
"Bella, you OK?" I leaned down to her and kissed her tear away.
"I'm fine." She looked back at me and met my lips for a brief second. "It's beautiful. Thank you so much." She flipped a couple more pages, and laughed when she came to our 'First day of Kindergarden' pictures. She was so adorable. I caught her yawn a little and gently pulled the book from the grasp.
"We can look at this more tomorrow. You've had a big day love, let's get some sleep." She nodded and started to climb up onto the bed. I put the lid back on the box and put it next to the bed by the nightstand. I crawled up next to her and pulled her close to me.
"Did you have a good birthday?" I covered her up and wrapped my arms around her under the sheets.
I felt her nod into my chest and lightly kiss the base of my neck. "Of course. I got to throw Mike into a pool and spend the whole day with you. What could be better." She was barley whispering now, so I told her to relax and go to sleep.
As soon as I felt her breathing even out, I knew she was asleep. I just held her tight to me and breathed in the scent that was Bella. I laid my head back and thought that my life couldn't get any better. I had everything I needed right here next me to me.
She was mine.
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Also, like some of you have seen already, I put up a couple 'mini moments' in another story. It's not a sequel, and it's not another story. It's just a compilation of Becomes Attainable one shots. lots more of Bella and Edward stories and moments I have skipped over. I have to say, the couple I have written are really cute. I'm gonna try real hard to make none of them dramatic, just kinda fluffy moments between Bella and Edward that didn't get a chance to be in the story. Kinda like my own deleted scenes, if you think about it (=
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