A/N: Hi everyone! Sorry this took so long to post. I blame part of it on Memorial Day Weekend, and part of it on the fact that Holly insisted I read High Anxiety, by EdwardsBloodType. It sucked me in and I got nothing done. Geez! But it is a great story; you can find the link on our profile page if you are interested.
Thank you to our wonderful Beta, SweetDulcinea. As always you are the wind beneath our wings =)!
Anyhoo…since there has been so much HF in some of the updates we read this week (EP & UofEM), and momma's heart can take no more…I promise this chapter will be fun, romantic, and sexxxy!
Disclaimer: SM owns all things Twilight…I own an 85lb Bulldog named Meatball who thinks he is a lap dog.
*EPOV*
It was the first day of April when we arrived in Maui. The sky was blue, the air was warm, and I was feeling like a million bucks. All my injuries from the accident had healed really well. I still had to attend physical therapy sessions twice a week, but it felt nice to be getting back to my normal, active self again.
Emmett, who had his fair share of serious injuries, had resumed full, active work duty already. I hadn't been allowed to go into fires yet, but they had allowed me to start driving the truck, rather than sitting back at the house manning the phones. However, my doctor had given the green light for me to return fully to work after we got back from Hawaii.
To say that Isabella was not pleased about this would be the understatement of the year, but I knew she was keeping her opinions to herself. She knew that harping on it would be pointless, since I had no intentions of quitting and doing so would just cause an argument.
That didn't mean that I didn't care about her feelings, but this is who I am. She knew going into our relationship that I was a firefighter; risks are a part of the job, but I did my best to reassure her that I would be extra careful. Whenever I finished a shift I would make sure to spend the entire night with her, showing her over and over again…that's right fuckers, I can do it multiple times in a night…how much I loved her.
So as we exited the airport and got into the limo that was waiting there to drive us to the resort, we were all ready to relax, kick back, and just have some good old fashioned fun. We were leaving behind the emo mood that had hung over all of us immediately following the accident. Not to say that the last two months living with Bella were emo…they were great as a matter of fact…but we all needed a vacation and being here finally felt exhilarating.
We sat in the limo as Emmett popped the cork on the complimentary bottle of champagne. He poured everyone a cup and passed them out.
"Here's to a week of fun, sun and hot fucking sex," Emmett toasted.
"Very romantic," Rosalie chided as she rolled her eyes.
We all laughed though, causing a smile to peak across Rose's face as well, as we yelled, "Cheers!", tapping our plastic cups together.
I draped my arm around Bella's shoulders as we sat back.
"I can't believe we are finally here," she told me as she stared out the window toward the palm trees and sunshine.
"I know. I forgot how much I missed the sun since moving to Seattle," I joked.
She looked up at me and laughed. I loved seeing the genuine, carefree smile on her face. She deserved to be happy. I leaned down and kissed her. It was meant to be a very chaste kiss, as we had an audience, but it was very difficult for me to do anything chaste to Bella. My tongue slipped into her mouth and we started going at it with our mouths. She moaned quite loudly, causing Jasper to yell, "Get a room!"
"I'm trying to, man! I can't make this driver go any faster," I responded as I smiled against Bella's lips.
We finally arrived at The Grand Wailea Resort around two o'clock, and let me tell you something…the place was fucking amazing! It turned out we were staying in the exclusive NapuaTower, a private hotel within the resort. Jasper and Alice, and Bella and I were staying in rooms called Napua Royal Suites, while Emmett and Rosalie stayed in the Grande Suite.
When Bella and I walked into our room I nearly passed out over how big it was. There was a large seating area with a big, comfortable looking couch, an elegant table with chairs where we could enjoy our complimentary continental breakfast each morning, a huge patio that looked out over the pools and ocean, and a bedroom that had a big, four post bed that I fully anticipated using…a lot…and I'm not talking about sleeping, folks.
We set our luggage down in the bedroom before I ran across the room and dove onto the bed, rolling around on it like a kid before settling on my back with my arms spread out on either side of me.
"Having fun?" Bella asked with amusement as she started unpacking her suitcase.
I lifted my head up to look at her. "Yes, but I'd be having more fun if you came over here and joined me." I cocked my eyebrow at her and she started to laugh.
"I have to hang up these dresses so that they won't be wrinkled for tonight; Rose and Emmett are taking us all out to dinner. They wanted to do something with just us before their families arrive on Monday; kind of like a bridal party dinner."
Although I hadn't expected it, Emmett had asked me a month ago if I would stand up with him at the wedding. I knew Jasper was his best man since they had known each other since they were kids, but I didn't expect him to ask me since we had only known each other for little less than a year. So needless to say, I was really honored when he had asked. He told me that although we hadn't known each other for a long time he still considered me one of his closest friends and part of his family. I was sincerely touched by it.
I rolled onto my side, supporting my head with hand as I looked at her. "So Rose's father is loaded, huh?"
"I wouldn't say he is loaded, per se. They have money, but I think since Rosalie is his only daughter, and they are having a fairly small wedding in terms of not having hundreds of people at some big, fancy reception hall, he is using all that money he would have spent in that way on lavishing the small amount of guests they invited here."
"Ah, I see," I said as I sat up and walked over to the sliding glass door that was located in our bedroom.
I stared out through the glass for a moment before I opened it and walked out onto the patio. The weather was gorgeous and the smell of the ocean filled my senses.
"Bella," I yelled, "come out here when you're done and look at this view."
"I'm here," she said as she slipped under my arm, wrapping hers around my waist. "It's so beautiful," she commented as I pulled her into my side and kissed the top of her head.
"What do you want to do?" I asked.
"Why don't we go walk around? See what this place has to offer," she suggested.
"Sounds good to me."
After we changed into lighter clothes, since it hadn't been quite as warm when we left Seattle this morning, we headed out of the room. As soon as we got into the hallway we met Jasper and Alice who were just exiting their room as well.
"Where are you two headed?" Bella asked.
"To walk around," Alice answered.
"Us too," I told my cousin. "Wanna go together?"
"Absolutely," Alice said with a big smile. She linked her arm through Bella's, leading her down the hall toward the elevator, as Jasper and I followed behind.
The four of us made our way around the entire resort…and man was it huge. We discovered there were two pools…well, let me rephrase that…there was one regular pool that was for adults eighteen and older, and then there was what was called the Wailea Canyon Activity Pool. That "pool" included four jungle pools, four tile slides, a whitewater rapids slide, a Tarzan pool with rope swing, the world's only water elevator, a sand beach, six waterfalls, caves, three Jacuzzis, an infant pool, and a swim up bar.
Jasper and I were jumping around like kids in a candy store.
"We are so fucking doing that whitewater rapids slide and Tarzan rope swing thing tomorrow," Jasper said to me as we fist bumped.
I heard Bella and Alice laughing behind us. "What?" we both asked in unison.
"Nothing boys. Bella and I will set up a play date between the two of you tomorrow," Alice teased.
"Oh yeah? A play date? I'll show you a play date, Shorty," Jasper said to Alice as he stalked over to her, picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder as he slapped her ass.
Alice squealed, clearly loving the caveman display her boyfriend was giving her.
Bella and I laughed as I walked over to her, throwing my arm around her shoulder, following after them.
We finally finished our tour around the resort and decided to head back to the rooms for a little relaxation time before we had to meet up with Rose and Emmett for dinner in two hours.
When we got back to our room, Bella disappeared into the bedroom while I sat on the couch and flipped through the brochures we had grabbed in the lobby of different off site expeditions. We were going to be here for a week, so we figured at least a few days we could explore other things on the island outside the resort.
"Edward?"
I looked up in the direction of Bella's voice and saw her standing in the doorway to the bedroom completely naked! My eyes bugged out of my head, my mouth fell open, and I dropped the brochure I had been looking at onto the floor.
"I'm going to take a shower before dinner. Just thought I would let you know," she said as a sly little smile spread across her face and she turned, disappearing back into our room.
I was up flying through the suite faster than a PMSing woman chasing after an ice cream truck, trying to get my clothes off in the process. I tripped, falling flat on my face when my feet got tangled in my shorts that wouldn't come off fast enough. That didn't deter me though. My girl was buck naked in the shower, clearly taunting me, and I was not about to miss out on that shit.
I finally got out of all my clothes and into the bathroom, seeing the naked silhouette of Bella through the glass doors of the shower. She turned her head away from the spray of water and looked at me, giving me a seductive smile.
I opened the glass door and slid in behind her, wrapping my arms around her, pulling her back into my chest. I let my hands travel up her stomach until I reached her tits. I cupped them, massaging them before I pinched and pulled her nipples. She moaned, arching her back, as she let her head fall to the side so it was leaning against the front of my shoulder.
"Babe, that feels so good," she told me.
She rewarded me by bending forward slightly so her ass pushed back into my dick, wiggling it a bit for some fucking awesome friction.
"Bella, have I ever mentioned what a great ass you have?"
"Ummm…well I remember you telling me that last night when I was packing my bags, this morning when I got out of bed, when I got into the cab to go to the airport, when we were in line checking in at Sea-Tac, when I reached up to put my carry-on into the overhead compartment on the plane, twice when we were walking around with Jasper and Alice before, and now…so yes, I think you may have mentioned it," she said with a laugh.
"Smart ass," I growled into her ear before biting down on her lobe. "I can't help it, Baby. Your ass is my favorite thing."
"Oh yeah? Last week you said it was my boobs, and the week before that it was my legs."
"Well damn, Baby, that is like asking a parent to choose which kid is their favorite. It's either impossible to do, or it changes weekly."
Bella started laughing hard. She turned in my arms so she was facing me. "Fair enough, Cullen. I could never choose just one thing as my favorite on you either."
She lifted her head to look up at me as the laughter subsided, replaced by lust in her eyes.
Oh yeah! We were so gonna have shower sex now!
The next morning Bella and I woke up fairly early since we had all decided at dinner last night that we would spend the day at the pool.
I was kneeling on the floor of our bedroom in my swim trunks, digging through my suitcase looking for my flip flops, when I heard the bathroom door open behind me.
"Bella," I whined, "have you seen my flip flops?"
"Maybe if you would unpack your suitcase you would be able to find things," she lectured.
I felt her kneel beside me to help me look. It was then that I turned to glance at her. My jaw dropped and I became rock hard immediately…but at the same time another feeling was bubbling in my gut.
"Uh…Bella, what are you wearing?" I asked, trying to stay as calm as possible.
She pulled my flip flops out of the suitcase and looked down at herself, confused. "My bathing suit," she said in a voice indicating she didn't understand my question.
I stood up and looked down at her as she continued to kneel. "You aren't going to wear that…like…outside, are you?"
"No, Edward, this is just my pre-bathing suit. I will do a wardrobe change before we head to the pool," she responded sarcastically, starting to laugh as she stood up.
When she saw that I was dead serious she stopped laughing. "Edward, what's the problem?"
"The problem," I said, "is that as hot as you look in that bikini, Beautiful, it is very teeny. Every fucker at the pool is going to be ogling you."
Her swim suit…for arguments sake we will call the dental floss she had on a swim suit …was a black string bikini. The little triangle part over her tits was just that…tiny, and the bottoms barely covered her ass. I had never had such conflicting feelings in my life. Half of me was begging for her to go and change into something else, while the other half of me wanted to have it permanently attached to her body so I could stare at her in it all the time.
But that was the problem right there. I wanted to stare at her in it…in private. I did not want some douchebag drooling over her out in public.
Bella jutted out her bottom lip in a sexy pout. "But, Baby, I bought this bikini just for you."
I felt my dick twitch in my board shorts.
"And from what I can tell," she said while eyeing my prominent bulge, "you like it very much."
"Ugh, Bella. Of course I like it…no, scratch that…I love it. But so will every guy out there," I whined like a petulant child.
"But I'll have you to protect me against all those nasty pervs," she said as she sauntered closer to me.
She placed her hands on my chest and looked up at me. "I don't care if anyone else looks at me, Edward. The only eyes I can feel burning into my skin are yours."
Before I knew what was happening, Bella sank down on her knees, running her hands up the back of my calves. When she reached the bottom hem of my trunks she ran her hands underneath, up the back of my legs, pushing the material up with her until she grabbed my ass.
She leaned forward and licked my dick over the material of my trunks. I groaned audibly at the sensation and the sight of my fuckhot girl on her knees in front of me, looking all fucking kinds of sexy.
With her hands still under my suit, she slid them up further off my ass until she reached the waist and slowly pulled them down. My now aching hard on sprang out and I watched in wonder as my girl looked at it with hunger in her eyes. She wrapped her little hand around me and slowly started stroking.
"Bella," I hissed out, "we are supposed to meet everyone down at the pool." As if I really fucking cared at that moment, but I figured I would try and act like I cared by throwing it out there.
"Pshhh," Bella stated. "I went bathing suit shopping with Alice and Rosalie before we left, and if Emmett and Jasper are in any way reacting the way you are…we are not the only ones still in our room."
Okay good, because there is no way in hell I could go and float in a pool right now with my dick standing at full attention like some kind of fucking sun dial.
Seductively, Bella licked her lips while looking up at me through her fucking amazing eye lashes, slowly leaning in and wrapping her mouth around my dick. She took me in completely before sliding back and running her tongue around the tip.
My knees started to buckle at the sensation. Bella giggled slightly, which caused the most amazing vibration around my cock. I seriously thought I was going to fall, but she gently pushed me to walk backwards while still going to work on me so that I could sit down on the bed.
Now that I didn't have the worry of collapsing to the floor, I threaded my fingers through her hair as she bobbed up and down, using her mouth and her hand to work in perfect unison together. When she took her other hand and cupped my balls I knew I was done for.
"Jesus, Baby!" I growled. "That feels so fucking good."
"Mmmmm," she moaned, again creating that fucking intense vibration that was pushing me to the edge.
She reached up and took one of my hands out of her hair and brought it down so that I was cupping her tit. I moved the little triangle material to the side as I massaged her, then pinched her nipple, causing her to moan again…not that I did that shit on purpose.
Ha ha…who am I fucking kidding?
It was that last little moan from her that sent me over the edge. "Beautiful, I'm gonna cum." I knew she would swallow, but I still liked to be nice and give her the option. When she didn't pull away, I removed both my hands from her and gripped onto the bedspread.
"Ung!" I shouted as I released into her warm, beautiful mouth. My girl took it in like a champ. When I finished, I collapsed backwards onto the bed, breathing heavily.
Bella stood up with a cocky little smirk on her face. "I think my work here is done," she said as she righted her bikini top and walked towards the door of the bedroom, picking up the beach bag. "Ready, Tiger?" she asked…ultimately ending our discussion on her beach attire.
I just nodded like the pathetic, whipped motherfucker that I was…following behind her knowing that she completely owned my ass. I didn't feel so bad for too long because once we got down to the pool and found Em and Rose, and Alice and Jasper, they both looked just as pathetic and whipped as I did…following behind their girls in skimpy bikinis too, panting like dogs in heat…which we all were.
The next few days were spent having fun in the sun. Jasper, Emmett and I even took a surfing lesson, while the girls went into town one day to shop, which ended with the girls laughing at us when we returned. This was due to the fact that I had a bruise on my hip from falling off the board numerous times, Emmett's board was broken in half, and Jasper…well Jasper had just a towel wrapped around his waist since his bathing suit somehow got sucked off in the waves and we couldn't retrieve it fast enough before the current pulled it out to sea.
Rosalie and Emmett's families were awesome as well. Rosalie's twin brothers were sixteen and constantly up to no good. One day while sitting at the outside Tiki bar, Bella and I saw them trying to chat it up with two twenty-something year old chicks, using all their suave moves. It was funny to watch the girls humor them, but what was even funnier was when their two body builder boyfriends returned. Those boys ran so fast I thought I was going to get whiplash watching them.
Finally the night before the big day arrived and it was time for the respective bachelor and bachelorette parties. Bella and I were getting ready in our room before we headed out separately for the night.
"So what are you fools planning for tonight?" she asked.
"Oh…nothing much. Just a little innocent fun," I teased.
Bella rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure you are," she responded but smiled so I knew she wasn't worried. "Just no strippers," she told me pointedly. "Rosalie will kill you and I'm really not in the mood to sit in a police station tomorrow, bailing Rosalie out for murder, instead of at the wedding."
I walked up behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist, resting my chin on her shoulder, looking at her in the mirror of the bathroom as she finished putting on her makeup. "No strippers? What the hell kind of bachelor party would that be?" I asked her.
She halted her movement and glared at me through my reflection in the mirror. "Edward…," she warned.
I just laughed, backing away with my hands up, palms facing out in defeat. "Okay, okay…no strippers. We are just going to a bar in town…not a strip club," I told her. "What are you guys doing?"
"We are going to dinner with Rosalie and Emmett's mothers and then the three of us, and some of Rosalie's cousins, are going to a club to dance."
Bella turned to face me, leaning back on the bathroom counter behind her.
I took a few steps towards her, placing my hands on either side of her hips on the counter. "Well…no dancing with any guys," I told her as I lifted one of my hands and traced my finger along her collar bone, down over the tops of her breasts and into her cleavage. I leaned in and started to lick her jaw up to her ear, where I stopped and whispered. "You're my girl, Beautiful."
Bella shivered, before wrapping her arms around my waist, standing up on her tip toes, and whispering back into my ear. "Only yours," she breathed.
I leaned in and we started kissing. It was fast, furious and hungry. I ran my hands down her hips, over her thighs, and started to lift her skirt up when we heard the door to our room fly open.
"Hey, dick!" Emmett yelled out. "Where are you, fucker? We have a bachelor party to get started!"
I pulled back from our kiss and rolled my eyes. Bella laughed at me. "Have a good time," she said. "We'll meet up with you guys later on."
"Okay. Have fun and be careful," I told her seriously.
"Awww…how cute are you? I will be safe, I promise. You too," she said.
I gave her a quick kiss before she turned back toward the mirror to finish getting ready. I slapped her ass for good measure before I ran out of the bathroom as she squealed and yelled, "Cullen, you are gonna pay for that!"
"With pleasure," I laughed as I exited the bedroom and found Jasper and Emmett digging around in our mini bar. "Hey, fuckers, don't start without me," I said as I walked over to them.
"Well if you would stop trying to fuck Bella in the bathroom we wouldn't already be two shots in," Emmett said as she held a nip bottle of tequila out to me. We all undid the little caps.
"To your last night as a free man," Jasper toasted, holding up his mini bottle.
"Shhhh!" Emmett said in a whisper. "You have to say, 'to your last night as an un-married man'. I used the word free before and Rosalie almost ripped my balls off. I even suggested the word single, but that wasn't good enough either because she so nicely explained to me while she had me in a headlock that just because I wasn't married didn't mean I was single."
Jasper and I doubled over in laughter. How could a big guy, over six feet tall, be so scared of a woman who couldn't have weighed more than a hundred and ten pounds? But as Bella walked into the room, announcing that she was going up to meet the girls in Rosalie's suite, and gave me one last silent warning with her stink eye that I better behave myself…I completely understood. Damn…we were all pussy whipped beyond belief.
After Bella closed the door I held up my bottle again and re-stated, "To your last night as an un-married man!" Everyone shouted 'cheers' as we clinked them together and tossed back our first of many shots for the evening.
We decided to head out but just before I was about to close the door Jasper turned to me and whispered, "Yo man…you got the bag with the stuff in it?"
"Oh, shit! I almost forgot." I ran back into the room and grabbed the white, plastic shopping bag from behind the couch and ran out to meet the guys by the elevator.
"What's in there?" Emmett asked.
I shot Jasper a conspiratory smirk and we both said, "Nothing," at the same time.
"Just remember…whatever you two have in store for me tonight…I have a good fucking memory, dudes. And when you guys get married…payback can be a real bitch," he said. But we all just laughed…knowing full well that Emmett would be down for whatever we had planned.
We got to the first bar at around nine o'clock. It was nothing too outrageous. We had plans for Emmett later on, but we figured that we would start out just going out and having a few drinks before the real festivities began.
We ordered a round of beers and three shots of tequila. After we did our shots and toasted again with our beers, we sat around talking for a while.
"So," Jasper started, "now that we are away from the hotel and can speak freely, does it feel weird that this is your last night as a free man?"
Emmett took a swig of his beer before placing it down on the table. "In all honesty man…I joke about it, but I feel that word free is actually used backwards. Before Rose was in my life I just sort of existed. I wasn't sad or depressed or anything like that…I just went through life in a blur…working, socializing, paying the bills, etc. But the day I met her…everything changed. She made everything I did in life worthwhile. Even the most mundane things I did had a purpose because they were done with her or for her. So I don't look at marriage to her as the end to my freedom…I feel like marrying her and knowing she is mine forever is freedom. I'm marrying my best friend."
Wow! That was pretty friggin' deep coming from Emmett. I didn't think he had it in him, but I was thoroughly impressed. Jasper and I just nodded our heads in agreement.
But just when I started to think that Emmett was a true, sentimental sap, he let out a huge burp and smiled big. "So when are the two of you fuckers gonna settle down?"
"Hey…don't look at me," I said. "Bella and I haven't even been together for a year. I have no doubt in my mind that she is the one, but we need some time to just be a normal dating couple. We have had too much drama and we are just settling into things now."
We both looked over at Jasper who was nervously fiddling with the bottle cap from his beer.
"So?" Emmett asked him.
Jasper looked up at us and settled his gaze on me. "Well…uh…I kind of wanted to talk to Edward about this alone, but I guess now is as good a time as any," he said.
I furrowed my brows at him. "What's up?" I asked.
"Well…I spoke to your dad when he was visiting at Christmas, but I also wanted to talk to you. Since Alice's real father died when she was so young, and you and Carlisle are the men in her life, I wanted to ask you permission for Alice's hand in marriage."
I sat there stunned. "Wow, Jasper, that is really nice of you to do. Of course you have my blessing. I have never seen Alice happier than she has been since meeting you and I know you treat her so well. I would be honored to have you as a member of my family."
I stood up and Jasper and I did the half man hug thing before sitting back down.
"I have her ring already. I was thinking of asking her before we leave here."
I just smiled and held up my beer bottle to clink with his.
"This is just beautiful man," Emmett said as he fake cried. When he was done with his little performance he looked at us in his normal way and said, "Now that I have officially grown a vagina after the conversations we have just had, can we go and see some titties?"
Jasper and I both sprayed the beer we had just taken sips of all over as we started laughing.
"We are not allowed to go to a strip club tonight," I told him, "but we have a really fun evening planned for you. We all stood up, threw some money down on the table, and headed out for the rest of the night.
As we got into the cab at the end of our bachelor party festivities, I grabbed my phone and texted Bella.
Hey B, where are you guys? - E
After a few minutes my phone beeped.
We r at the hotel lounge. - B
Ok…we r on our way. - E
I was pretty proud of myself for being able to operate heavy machinery…a.k.a. my cell phone…seeing that I was pretty wasted. Emmett was sitting in the front of the cab, hanging out the window, high-fiving random people on the street as we passed, telling them that he loved them.
The cab driver didn't seem fazed at all, which Jasper and I found hysterical, considering what Emmett was wearing.
We pulled up in front of our resort and got out of the cab. Jasper and I had to prevent Emmett from hugging an older couple who looked terrified at the sight of this big, muscular guy coming towards them wasted, singing All the Single Ladies, by Beyonce, and dressed like a freak of nature.
"It's his bachelor party," I explained to them as I tried to contain my laughter. The man just started to laugh as his wife spun on her heels, hauling ass in the opposite direction.
"Where's my woman?" Emmett boomed.
"She's in the hotel lounge," I told him as we guided him in the right direction.
As soon as we walked into the lounge the bouncer cocked his eyebrow at us, before snickering and shaking his head. He didn't even bother to check our IDs.
When we got inside we all started to look around for the girls.
"Rosalie! Where are you, Baby?" Emmett yelled.
"Oh. My. God!" I heard Rosalie shriek loudly.
We looked over in the direction of her voice and saw all three girls looking at us with their mouths hanging wide open.
Immediately Bella and Alice broke out in fits of hysterical laughter while Rosalie sat there mortified.
"Emmett McCarty…what in God's name are you wearing? And where the hell are your pants?"
Emmett did a little twirl to show off his outfit which consisted of a grass hula skirt and coconut bra top.
"Do you like it baby?" he asked as we made our way over to their table.
By this point Alice and Bella were laughing so hard that Alice stood up quickly and ran to the bathroom telling us that she was gonna piss her pants.
"Do you have anything under that?" Rosalie asked Emmett who was now sitting next to her, trying to make out with her, while she had her hand on his face pushing him away.
Emmett reached down and moved some of the grass from his skirt out of the way. "I have my undies on, Baby," he responded as he tried to lean in and lick her face.
"Where the hell are your pants?"
I reached down into the white bag and threw them across the table, hitting Emmett in the head.
"They didn't exactly go with the outfit," he told her seriously. "They clashed with my bra," he said as he knocked on his coconut top.
Rosalie tried to keep a straight face before she too busted out into fits of laughter that got the rest of us going.
After Alice returned and slid into the booth next to Jasper, we rehashed our evening to the girls. We took Emmett to a luau that was meant for men only. It had all your typical fire juggling, and Hula girls in grass skirts, but it was a little more risqué than your typical family luau. Bella looked at me and cocked her eye but before I got smacked Emmett spoke up eloquently for Jasper and I.
"Don't worry…there were no titties shown, but they did dance a bit more seductively than that shit they taught the Brady girls when they went to Hawaii on The Brady Bunch. And Jasper and Eddie set it up so I would be a part of the show. They even bought me this outfit so I would fit in." He looked at Rosalie, "you're so pretty."
Rosalie started to laugh again before she stood up and reached her hand out to Emmett. "Come on my little Hula Girl. We need to get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow."
Emmett stood up and scooped Rosalie up, causing her to squeal, as they made their way out of the lounge.
"Hey, Beautiful," I said as I turned to Bella who was cuddling into my side. "Did you girls have fun tonight?"
"Well, clearly not as fun as you three had, but we did have a good time," she slurred.
"Are you drunk?" I asked her amused.
"Mmmm…maybe just a little," she said, following it with her telltale sign of drunkenness…a hiccup.
She leaned up so she could whisper in my ear…well what she thought was a whisper…she actually shouted. "Edward, let's go upstairs. I have a surprise for you."
Jasper and Alice broke apart from sucking face to look over at us…clearly hammered themselves… hearing Bella's 'whisper' to me since she was so quiet and discrete.
"Okay, Baby, let's go," I laughed, taking her hand and leading her out of the lounge.
We got up to the room and Bella pulled me into the bedroom. She pushed me over to the chair in the corner of the room and told me to sit down and wait there for her. She then disappeared into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
I leaned to the side and reached out, pushing the sliding glass door open so we could get a breeze. Once I did, I sat back and rested my head against the back of the chair, closing my eyes, thoroughly enjoying the smell of the ocean streaming through the screen door into our room.
After several minutes I finally heard the light clicking sound of the bathroom door opening, so I lifted my head up to look. The door was slightly ajar but the light was off inside. I saw Bella's hand slide out and run up against the wall outside of the bathroom door, where she blindly searched for, and found, the light switch. She dimmed the lights and pulled her hand back in. I still couldn't see her, but I was intrigued as to what she was up to, so I leaned forward in my chair, resting my elbows on my knees, and my face in my palms, waiting to see what she was going to do. Her hand poked out again, this time holding a little remote. She held it up, clicking a button, and the sound of sultry music started to play. When she yet again brought her hand back inside the blackness of the bathroom, I cracked a smile…really intrigued as to what was coming next.
Finally, the door opened completely and Bella stepped out, resting her hands on either side of the door frame. She was standing there in a black satin corset, matching black panties with a garter belt attached that were holding up black thigh high stockings, and black stiletto high heels.
To say that my jaw hit the floor would be an understatement. My dick instantly hardened, clawing at my zipper. He wanted out…now.
"Beautiful…what is this all about?" I said as I carefully rolled my tongue up back into my mouth from off the floor.
"Well…," she said in a sultry voice, "like you said before…what would a bachelor party without a stripper? And even though it was Emmett's bachelor party, I still like to make sure my man gets what he wants."
My mouth hit the floor again at the realization of what she was saying. My girl was going to strip…for me! Holy shit!
"You might want to get comfortable, Baby," she purred, "'cause you are in for quite a show."
I swallowed hard and leaned back slowly in the chair, getting comfortable. The slow beat of the sexy music she had on filled the room as Bella took two seductive steps out into the room. She stopped where she was and turned toward the bed where she grabbed hold of one of the bed posts. While never taking her eyes off me, she slid down to the floor with her feet still planted firmly on the ground, until her ass grazed the carpet and she popped back up to a standing position.
She then turned around so her back was up against the post, imitating the same movement as before, only this time she was facing forward. Once she was standing again she stepped out of her heels and walked slowly towards me to the beat of the music, and when she reached me she bent at the waist, resting her hands on my knees. Her tits were practically spilling out the top of the corset. I lifted my gaze slowly from her chest to her eyes, licking my lips.
Bella slowly moved her face toward mine and just when I thought she was going to kiss me, she tipped her head to the right, stopping her mouth inches away from my ear.
"Edward?"
"Y…y…yes," I stuttered out.
"Would you like a lap dance?"
She pulled her head back slightly so she was looking at me…but so close to my face that I could feel her warm breath against my skin. I wanted to kiss her so bad but instead I choked out, "Yes, please."
She just smiled before standing back up straight and turned around so that now her perfect ass was right in front of my face.
"I think I need to get rid of these pesky stockings," she told me from over her shoulder.
She bent over again at the waist and undid the stockings from the garter belt, rolling them down her beautifully tanned legs until they were off. She threw them over her shoulder so they landed on me. Then, without notice, she sat down on my lap and leaned back so her back was pushed up against my chest. She ground her tight ass into my dick, making my hard on ache to be released from the confines of my pants.
Instinctively, I lifted my hands to grab her tits, but before I could make contact, she grabbed my hands in hers and looked at me from over her shoulder.
"Nuh-uh," she chastised playfully, "no touching." She carefully placed both of my hands onto the arms of the chair, giving them a little squeeze before she let go and continued her slithering around in my lap.
Once again, she seductively rose to her feet where she brought her hands to her back, and I watched in awe as she slowly popped open each hook to her corset. After the last hook was undone she turned to face me, holding the corset up with her hands. When she made eye contact with me she shook her hips slowly from side to side as she pulled it away from her body, discarding it to a corner of the room.
I was now in full on panting mode. She looked so fucking hot dancing seductively for me. She was standing in nothing but her panties and it was killing me because I just wanted to touch her but I wasn't allowed.
She stepped closer to me, straddled my lap and sank down, roughly grabbing my hair and pulling my head back so that I was looking up at her. She ground her pussy into my lap, breaking momentarily from character as she whimpered over the friction my hard on was giving her through the flimsy fabric of her panties.
My fingers were digging into the upholstery of the chair where I was gripping so hard my knuckles were white, desperately trying not to go against her rules by touching her.
She reached back and placed her hands on my knees, arching her back in the process and when her tits came within inches of my face, I lost it. I could no longer hold back. I stood up quickly, catching Bella off guard. I wrapped my arms securely around her waist, while her legs and arms instinctively wrapped around me.
I crashed my lips to hers, stifling the protest she was about to give me about ruining the end of her strip tease, but I didn't care. She had just turned me on beyond belief and I could no longer sit back and watch as a spectator.
I walked us over to the bed, where I sat her down. I quickly stripped off my clothes before climbing up, as she scooted back towards the center of the mattress and lay back. I hooked my fingers into the waist of her panties but paused to look at her.
She was biting her bottom lip, staring at me with such lust.
"Bella…that was the single best strip tease and lap dance a guy could ever get, but I want to be able to remove the last piece of your clothing," I told her as I slowly pulled her panties down.
Once they were off, I tossed them over my shoulder and leaned down over her, immediately taking her nipple into my mouth. Her back arched up off the bed as I moved to the other one. She was moaning and shivering under my touch. Her hands flew up into my hair, where she tangled her fingers amongst my locks.
I stilled my movements and gazed up at her before she finally realized I wasn't doing anything and peeked open her eyes to look down at me. I smirked at her before flipping her over suddenly, causing her to squeal.
I pulled her up so she was on all fours and maneuvered my body so I was kneeling directly behind her, grinding myself into her ass.
I bent slightly at the waist, bringing my arms around her so one hand could grope her tits while the other slid down her ribs to her stomach, until I reached the motherland. God…she was so fucking wet. I started slowly circling her clit with my fingers while I leaned back slightly, lining myself up with her tight pussy.
"Are you okay?" I asked before proceeding.
"Ung," she growled, "I'm so totally okay, Baby."
Once those words were uttered from her, I slid in from behind, causing her head to drop down and rest on the bed as she moaned. I slid back out slowly but pushed back into her slightly harder the next time. She was whimpering in the hottest way.
"Harder, Baby," she said.
I pulled my chest up and grabbed onto her hips before pounding back into her. Bella let out a loud moan while I continued pumping into her with vigor. I watched as she brought one of her hands back to start touching herself down there!
From our position I couldn't see her hand but knowing that my girl was touching herself while I gave it to her from behind filled my entire body with such arousal that I was emitting the most animalistic sounds.
"Oh God, Edward, that feels so good." She was slamming her ass back to meet my thrusts. "Oh baby…I'm gonna cum!" she yelled.
She clenched around me, her tight contractions bringing me closer to my own release as I continued my delicious penetrations into her.
After several more thrusts I finally stilled, releasing everything I had into her. I collapsed onto her, and we both fell onto our sides. I pulled her back into me, spooning her as I gently messaged her breasts and kissed her neck. When her breathing got to a more normal rate she turned over, facing me. She reached up and ran her fingers over my cheek, leaning in she kissed me. She slipped her tongue into my mouth and we kissed deeply, yet slowly, taking in the immense love and attraction we felt for each other.
When we finally pulled away we just lay still, staring at each other for several moments. I leaned toward her and kissed the tip of her nose, then a chaste, quick kiss on her lips, before leaning back to look at her.
Finally, I sat up and slid off the bed, quickly turning off the music and lights. I left the balcony door open so we could enjoy the breeze and the sound of the surf. When I walked back to the bed, Bella was already under covers and I slid in behind her, wrapping my arms around her before pulling her into my chest.
"I love you, Beautiful," I whispered into her ear.
"I love you too, Baby."
The following day was a bit hectic to say the least. Bella left our room as soon as we woke up in the morning to join all the ladies at the spa. They were going to spend the day getting facials, massages, hair and makeup done for the wedding.
Emmett's father treated all the men to massages as well, but we had ours up in Emmett and Rosalie's room so that we wouldn't bump into the girls by accident. Rosalie didn't want Emmett to see her before the wedding so the hotel accommodated us in that way.
After all our massages were done we had lunch in the room. Since none of us had a lot to do in terms of getting ready we lounged around, having a couple of beers and smoking some good cigars that Rosalie's father had obtained somehow from Cuba. He even allowed Rose's younger brothers to try a drag, with the promise they wouldn't tell their mother on him, and we all laughed and made fun of them when they started choking and coughing.
The wedding was to start at six o'clock on the dot, so at four-thirty Jasper and I headed down to our rooms to get showered and dressed.
After I finished styling my hair in its usual, untamable disarray that Bella liked to call 'sex hair', I grabbed my tux jacket and headed over to Jasper's room. When I walked into his room I heard him cursing from the direction of the bedroom. I entered into the room and saw him struggling with his bow tie.
"Man…you are going to get it all wrinkled," I told him as I walked over and turned him to face me so I could tie it for him.
Once it was neatly tied, and Jasper thanked me, we decided to head down to the chapel.
The chapel was small, white, and sitting right atop a small cliff overlooking the ocean. When I peered through the front door I saw that at the end of the aisle, taking up the entire back wall, was a huge glass window that offered a magnificent view of the ocean.
Emmett paced back and forth nervously as Jasper and I tried to calm him the best we could. We knew it wasn't the kind of nerves that accompanied cold feet, but rather nerves of not messing up his vows, and nerves of finally seeing Rosalie.
The wedding planner approached us and told Emmett that Rosalie and the girls were headed down now so he should accompany his parents down the aisle and take his place in front by the alter.
Jasper and I both patted Em on the back before watching him disappear inside with his parents on either side of him. Once the door closed behind them, leaving Jasper and I standing alone, we turned our attention away from the chapel, in the direction of the hotel where we saw Rosalie, her parents, Alice and Bella coming across the lawn.
Both Jasper and I froze in place, taking in the sight of Rosalie looking gorgeous in her beautiful wedding dress, followed by our girls who were holding her train, looking breathtaking themselves.
Rosalie was wearing a white strapless gown that was fitted to slightly past her hips, where it flared slightly. Her hair was pulled up into a bun.
Alice and Bella were wearing short, pale pink, strapless dresses that had what looked like delicate feathers all over the bottom half. Bella's hair was all down, in big soft waves that were currently blowing around her as she made her way closer to me.
When she finally made eye contact with me, I gave her a crooked smile, causing her to blush a little before she returned the smile to me.
They finally made it to where we stood right outside the doors of the chapel. Jasper and I each gave Rosalie a kiss on the cheek, telling her how stunning she looked. I then shook her father's hand and kissed her mother, before walking around behind them to take my girl's hand after she and Alice finished smoothing out Rose's train.
"You look stunning, Beautiful," I whispered to her.
"You don't look to shabby yourself," she told me as she fingered the lapels of my tux jacket.
She straightened the flower I had pinned there before resting her hands against my chest. I stared into her eyes for a moment before leaning down to give her a quick kiss.
The door to the chapel opened slightly and the wedding planner, Trey, slipped out. According to Bella, who whispered in my ear, Trey was fabulous in a "two snaps in a Z formation" kind of way. Think Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier from 'In Living Color'.
"Are we ready for the bridal party?" he asked Rose.
"I think so," Rose answered before taking a deep breath and smiling at the four of us.
We all nodded, letting her know we were ready, before Trey opened the door for Rosalie's mom, closing it after her. She was then followed by Alice and Jasper. He closed it behind them and started counting…when he reached twenty he asked Bella and me if we were ready.
I held my arm out for Bella, and she linked hers through mine while she held her bouquet in the other hand. We smiled at each other before Trey opened the door again so we could walk down the aisle.
Soft music played as we headed down the aisle. There were windows on each side of the room that were opened to allow the breeze to float in. The smell of flowers and salt water filled the room. Just in front of us we could see the sun setting across the water, on the horizon. When Bella and I reached the end of the aisle we separated, going to stand in front of the altar on our respective sides.
I stood behind Jasper, who was behind Emmett. Em was shifting from foot to foot…nervously twitching in anticipation. The music that had been playing slowly faded out before the wedding march took its place. Everyone in attendance, who had been sitting, stood and faced the back of the chapel. The double doors swung open, revealing Rosalie and her father. Emmett's nervous movements suddenly halted as he stared at his bride. Rose and her dad slowly started to make their way down the aisle and I noticed Emmett quickly wipe away a tear that had started to fall down his cheek.
The moment was overwhelming. The words Emmett had spoken to Jasper and me the night before rang over and over in my mind. I looked over at Bella and saw her gently wipe a happy, sentimental tear from her eye before lifting her gaze to meet mine. I smiled at her and she returned it warmly. Neither of us could break the connection as we stared deeply into each other's eyes.
Rosalie finally reached the front where her father handed her off to Emmett before taking his seat. As the two of them turned to face each other at the altar, in front of the minister, they both reached up and brushed the tears from the other's face.
Throughout the rest of the ceremony I went from watching Rose and Emmett, to staring at Bella. She was so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off her for more than a few seconds at a time. She would go from laughing, to wiping a stray tear away, to looking back at me and gazing as well.
Once the bride and groom were declared man and wife and had kissed, we all started to clap. They made their way back down the aisle, out the front door of the chapel, as Bella and I were finally joined again, following Jasper and Alice out.
We all headed toward the beach to take some bridal party pictures before heading up to the cocktail hour and reception that were being held outdoors. Tables surrounded a wooden dance floor in the middle of the outdoor area that overlooked the beach and ocean. Once the DJ started to play music I grabbed Bella and spun her around. I dipped her quite low while planting a big kiss on her awaiting lips. She giggled against my mouth as I slowly brought her back up to a standing position. She ran her hands up my chest and around my neck as I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her tightly to me. We danced together next to Jasper and Alice, talking to them as we did.
The reception was tons of fun; lots of food, drinks and music. When Alice caught Rosalie's bouquet I turned and winked at Jasper, which he returned by tapping the pocket of his jacket with his hand. When I cocked my eyebrow at him curiously, he just smiled and turned away.
The night wore on and after dancing a lot I found myself sitting at our table, surrounded by Jasper and Alice, a bunch of Emmett and Rosalie's cousins, and Bella in my lap. We were all talking and laughing and enjoying the end of the party.
After about an hour we all sort of broke off into our own conversations. I moved Bella's hair off one shoulder and started to place small kisses on it and up her neck.
Her shoulders shuddered at the contact and little goose bumps spread along her skin.
"Hey, Beautiful, do you want to go for a walk on the beach?" I asked her.
She turned her head to the side so she could look at me over her shoulder.
"Uh huh," she responded. "That sounds perfect."
We stood up and I was about to tell Jasper and Alice that we were leaving, but they were already gone. So I took Bella's hand and walked down the stairs that led onto the sand. At the last step I rolled up the bottom of my tuxedo pants and then helped Bella remove her strappy, silver heels, which she held in one hand while taking my hand in the other.
We walked down close to the water, allowing the surf to run over our feet. We were silent for most of the walk, just enjoying the sounds of the ocean and the warmth of the air to stimulate our senses. After a while I let go of her hand and wrapped my arm around her shoulder, pulling her into me while kissing the top of her head. She slid her arm around my waist and nestled into me as we continued to walk.
All of a sudden Bella stopped walking. "Edward…look," she said as she pointed down the beach.
My eyes followed her finger as I saw through the darkness the silhouette of a guy down on his knee in front of a female.
"That guy must be proposing," she said softly, clearly happy and touched to be witnessing the moment.
I smiled, knowing exactly who it was. Knowing that I was witnessing such a special moment in my baby cousin's life really overwhelmed me, and before I knew it I felt a tear slip down my face. Bella looked up at me curiously.
"Edward, are you okay? Wait a minute," she said, looking quickly to the two people down the beach, "is that Alice and Jasper?"
She looked back up at me and I smiled and nodded. "Jasper asked me last night for my permission to ask Alice to marry him," I told her.
Her hand flew to her mouth and her eyes started to well up in tears.
"Are you okay, Bella?" I asked her, not sure if she was happy or sad.
She dropped her hand and put her arms back around my waist, looking up at me as the tears continued to fall down her cheeks. "I am more than okay. I'm so happy for all of us. Each one of us are at different points in our lives, but we are all exactly where we are supposed to be…and we are all so happy. I couldn't ask for anything more," she told me.
I reached up and placed my hands on either side of her face, using my thumbs to wipe her tears away. She leaned in, laying her head on my chest as I wrapped my arms around her back and hugged her close to me as the water continued to rush over our feet.
As we stood there in silence, I started to think about where I was in my life. I knew I was truly blessed. One of my best friends just married his girl, my cousin was getting engaged to my other best friend, who was a guy who treated her better than I could have ever hoped for, and I was living with the girl of my dreams. Making a life together; moving in a definite direction for our future.
I sure as hell didn't know much about life. I unfortunately knew all too well that things could change in a heartbeat, and life as you know it can change directions in an instant. But there was one thing I was for sure of…without a shadow of a doubt. I knew right then and there that it was only a matter of time now before Isabella Swan became Isabella Cullen.
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