Title: Living Life
Summary: When Edward fell for Bella he knew his life would change forever, watch as he navigates this life with just love and a plan.
Rating: M because we all love our OCD lovin'
Pairing: It's always going to be an E/B story
Disclaimer: No, I still don't own these characters. Although I wish I did.
Chapter 25 – Bella
Pacing
"Did you put sunscreen on?" Edward asked me coming into the bathroom. I was tying up my hair into a ponytail so it would go in a baseball cap.
"No yet, why is it really sunny out there?" I asked.
"Yeah" He said taking the bottle off the counter and squirting some into his hands. He massaged it into my shoulders. I smirked at him through my reflection in the mirror while I finished doing my hair. Sometimes his OCD needs could be ridiculously romantic. Don't get me wrong, sometimes the only thing stopping me from killing him was the fact that he cleaned the toilets, but other times... well it was just swoon worthy.
"Thank you" I said with a smile as I pulled my baseball cap on. I pulled my ponytail through the hole in the back and adjusted it on my head. "I hate wearing hats." I stated looking in my reflection as I adjusted the peak on the front of the hat. I had to wear it though otherwise my face would more than likely get burnt and I wasn't going to go around with a big red face for the entire vacation.
"I think you look very cute in your baseball cap" He said kissing my temple "And I told you how I felt about your beanie at Christmas" He added in for good measure.
"I still feel stupid" I said and he chuckled kissing along my neck, a smile on his face.
"Your skin is so soft" He murmured changing the subject as he ran his hands along my arms before kissing the spot under my ear. "So what do you want to do first?" he asked me.
"Food" I said "We never got to dinner last night" I added turning around in his arms. To add to my point my stomach grumbled loudly causing us both to laugh.
"I heard no complaints at the time." He stated resting his hands on my hips.
"And you're not hearing any now it's just a statement." I told him leaning up and kissing him. "So we'll get breakfast and whatever's closest we'll go from there? You can map out the day from that right?" I asked him knowing he needed to figure out what the days plan was pretty early on. I had no idea how to get anywhere or where anything was so I was perfectly content to let him lead me around the city.
"Yeah do you have your sunglasses?" he asked me.
"In my purse, do you want to throw the sunscreen in there too?" I asked him as we walked out of the bathroom. "Where is my camera?" I asked looking into my bag and realising it wasn't there.
Edward held his hand out with my camera in it and I smiled.
"You left it on my bedside locker" He said and I nodded taking hold of it, I had been taking pictures of the view from the balcony this morning. This city was just breath taking I know why so many people talk about Paris now; it was like something out of a book. I put the camera into my bag before pulling it onto my back. It was one of those knapsack ones, my Dad bought it for me for Christmas, and I thought it was great. Especially since I was carrying around all the usual touristy things. "Are you ready to go Love?" he asked me.
"Yeah, let's get going I'm starved" I said. He locked the room and took my hand as we walked to the elevator. "Did you text Seth?" I asked him.
"He texted me about the cats and I replied." He said "They're doing fine." He added knowing I worried about my feline babies. What? They lived in the house and were too precious. I knew I would miss snuggling with my kitten and Lincoln the whole time we were gone. Thank God I had a sexy fiancée to help me through this hard time.
"Good" I said. We walked out of the hotel and out towards the river. We found a little cafe and decided to have breakfast there. I loved the feel of the place, the cobbled stones on the street. We sat outside underneath a parasol because the sun was shining, a man was playing a battered old violin at the opposite end of the street and the music drifted down towards us. I had to stop myself from looking for an old Hollywood star like Audrey Hepburn because seriously I felt like I was in a movie, everything was so perfect.
"So what about the Eiffel Tower first?" Edward asked as we sat down pulling me out of my thoughts of the beautiful city I was surrounded by.
"Cool, are we going to go all the way to the top?" I asked excitedly as I the waiter handed me the menu.
"Definitely" He said. He then leaned over and helped me decide what I wanted for breakfast; Edward's fresh skills were great to have on this trip. I decided on a ham and cheese omelette. The waiter came over and took our order from Edward. "So did you sleep okay last night?" he asked me once the waiter had left the table.
"After the jetlag and the amazing orgasms, paired with the ridiculously comfortable bed and the cuddly fiancée... yeah you're lucky you got me up out of that bed this morning." I told him.
"Cuddly?" he asked quirking his eyebrow.
"Oh yeah I think you're very cuddly. The best snuggle partner." I told him leaning in and kissing him. "So when we get back we need to start deciding stuff for the wedding." I told him as our food was placed down in front of us.
"Like what?" he asked curiously.
"Well we need to decide on the wedding colours, and the food, the invitations." I said and he nodded.
"Well when is Angela giving you your wedding book?" he asked "I know you wanted to see that before you started making the plans and stuff." He said and I nodded.
"She lost it, she hopes she'll find it when she's packing up her apartment, plus she has her Mom looking for it at home." I told him. I had been so frustrated when Angela said she couldn't find it, I really wanted to know what was in that book. I knew it was the imagination of a little girl but I still wanted to see could I incorporate some of my wishes into the day. What little girl didn't want to plan her wedding? If I could bring in some of the little things it would really make the day magical.
"Is there anything you remember wanting as a kid?" he asked me.
"The colour yellow." I said with a smile. "I love yellow, it was always so happy and I think weddings should be happy." I explained.
"So yellow flowers, yellow bridesmaids' dresses?" he asked me.
"You don't have to just agree with me" I told him "You can tell me if you don't like yellow." I added.
"I love it if you love it. Don't take this the wrong way but to me the wedding is a formality. I just want to be married to you. The only thing I really care about is if the food is good Love." He said "Oh and that we have good music." He added.
"Are you serious?" I asked him. "So you're just going to let me plan the whole thing?" I asked him suspiciously that didn't sound anything like Edward.
"Obviously I'm going to want to help with the planning to make sure it goes off right and that it is our wedding and not something my Mother and Alice have come up with it. But Bella you make sure this is what you want." He said taking hold of my hand.
"I want it to be what we want not what I want." I told him "As you said it's our wedding." I added.
"You're what I want, at the end of the day I want you with a wedding ring on this finger and a new surname." He said before leaning in and kissing me.
"How the hell do you do that?" I asked him.
"What?" he asked curiously.
"For a guy who couldn't tell me his name just over a year ago, you've got an amazing way with words." I told him and he blushed a little bit. "You're so cute" I added causing his blush to intensify.
"Cute and cuddly?" he asked me teasingly.
"Uh huh" I said kissing him again. "So come on tell me." I said playfully him in the side. I really want to know how he could do that.
"I can be myself with you" He said "And that's just one of the many reasons why I love you." He told me with a smile.
"I love you too Babe." I said kissing his cheek.
We went back to eating our food and quickly finished. We paid the bill and headed out to the street where the sun shone down on the city. Edward pulled his sunglasses down onto his face as we walked towards the Eiffel Tower. As we approached it I pulled out my camera, showing my tourist as it were.
"Oh my God, it's huge." I said looking up. "And don't even think about saying that's what she said." I warned him and he chuckled. "No it never looks this big on t.v. when you see it." I added as we approached it.
"Come on" He said pulling me over to the booth where you pay to go up. Because we were here in the off season the line wasn't too long. We went and waited for the elevator up. "So do you want to stop at all the floors?" he asked me.
"Yes, I'm going to experience all of this." I told him. "And if I get a bit creeped out as we go up you have to hold my hand."
"Like I'm letting go of your hand, all these French men around trying to take you away." He teased wrapping his arms around me.
"I prefer the home grown produce to be quite honest." I told him.
"Home grown?" he asked.
"Good ole American boy." I said kissing him. "American Pie on the Fourth of July all that good stuff." I said and he laughed.
"Well that's nice to know, that you won't run off with some exotic French man." He said and I laughed.
"You're stuck with me now." I told him kissing his cheek. "Okay so you know when I told you I wasn't afraid of heights?" I asked him as we got into the elevator. There were a few other people in the elevator but not too crowded due to it being an off season.
"Yeah?" he asked looking sceptical.
"So I'm not afraid perse, I'm just not a fan of them." I told him and his eyes bugged out.
"Bella!" He exclaimed but in a whisper as not to alarm the other people in the cabin. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked and I bit my lip.
"Because I knew if I told you I was scared you were never going to let me do this." I told him and he sighed "I swear it's just a little scare, nothing big. I'm sure this is going to be amazing." I told him.
Edward was such a worry wart some times and if he thought I was going to be afraid well he wouldn't of suggested it, so when he asked me if I was afraid of heights I told a little white lie, I wasn't about to let some stupid fear keep me from going to the top of the Eiffel Tower. No way Jose. I was the kind of person who pushed my limits not hid behind them.
"You should've told me." He said and I pouted.
"I know Baby but what reason do I have to be scared when I have my strong, sweet, sexy fiancée to protect me?" I whispered into his ear so only he could hear.
"Sometimes Bella..." He said shaking his head.
"I know I am an expert at pushing your buttons, but come on you love me for it." I said and he seemed to think about it before nodding.
"Okay but if you begin to feel light headed or scared, tell me straight away." He said and I nodded.
"Deal" I told him leaning in and kissing him.
The rest of the day was nothing short of incredible after that. We went all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower, and I only got a little scared, the views from the top were just incredible.
Then after that we walked to a small dock on the Seine and took a boat trip down to Notre Dame. Edward navigated us through the city to landmarks such as the Arch de Triumph.
We got on the Metro... that was terrifying but fun. I thought New York was bad when I visited Angela... well when the Metro was scarier.
We fed the pigeons... well I fed the pigeons. I could understand Edward not wanting to get too close but it was still fun.
We then walked back up along the Seine and picked up some gimmicky stuff for the kids back home. Abby Cheney would never forgive me if I came home without a present and Edward wasn't going home without something for his nephews.
It was fun though; I have to say Paris was just an amazing city. Sure some people were a bit snobby, but we stayed on the tourist route, which was fine by us. We were here to see the things everybody talks about.
Plus seriously how much could I complain I was being guided around the city by my incredibly intelligent fiancée. I didn't really have a hard life did I? No I did not.
When we arrived back to the hotel we were exhausted but in a good way.
"How far did we walk?" I asked as I threw myself on the bed.
"Far" Edward said pulling my shoes off and rubbing my feet.
"That was amazing" I said "All those things you see in the movies all the time and you think 'Hollywood probably builds that up too much' and then you get here and you're like 'nope, gotta give credit where it's due'." I rambled "Did you see the windows in Notre Dame. I mean they were just beautiful..." I continued as he took off my other shoes and rubbed my other foot. "And you're just incredible right now." I told him before letting out a moan, he was really working on a part that was really sore.
"Well we've got more walking to do so I think it's the least I can do" He said and I smiled at him.
"I really do think you're the best fiancée ever Edward. Like seriously I'm so cocky about this I'm willing to pay for a poll to be done." I told him and he chuckled. Once he was done with my feet I climbed onto him and straddled his lap. "Thank you so much for all of this." I said kissing him.
"Mmmm happy to do it." He said kissing me. "I love you so much, I love seeing you so happy." He added kissing me again.
"Well you make me this happy." I told him "I love you too." I said.
"You make me happy too."
"Really?" I asked.
"The happiest I've ever been Love." He said moving the hair out of my face. "You're so beautiful Bella."
I ducked my head down blushing but he tilted my face back up using his fingers.
"You make me feel beautiful." I told him and he smiled.
He caught my lips with his and pulled me closer to him. I moaned into his mouth when I felt him hardening against me. I played with the collar of his shirt before trailing my hands down his front.
I pulled his t-shirt over his head before pushing him onto his back. His smirked up as me as I lifted my own shirt up over my head before tossing it on the floor. I pulled my hair out of my ponytail and left it down against my back. My hair was getting really long. It used to keep it under shoulder length but now it nearly reached my ass.
Edward caught a piece of my hair and twirled it in his fingers.
"My hair is too long" I said looking at it and he chuckled.
"I like it this length" He said and I rolled my eyes. "No I'm serious."
"Really?" I asked and he nodded. "Okay, but I'm getting some of it chopped off just so it doesn't get all weak." I told him and he smiled.
"I think you've still got way too much clothes on Love." He stated his hands resting on my hips just over my pants.
"Oh really?" I asked and he nodded lowering the zipper.
"Uh huh" He said before reaching inside my pants and pushing them down my legs. While he did that I opened his pants and pushed them off him.
"Much better" I stated when he laid in front of me in just his boxers.
"My sentiments exactly" He said taking in my dark brown bra and panties set. "But I have a feeling that colour would look wonderful on the floor."
"Okay that was cheesy" I told him giggling and he reached and unclasped my bra.
"But adorable right?" he asked and I laughed.
"Yeah" I said leaning down and kissing him once he had thrown my bra on the floor. He wrapped his arm around me before climbing back on the bed. Once he was up against the headboard he turned us so that I was on my back.
I pulled him down on top of me craving skin to skin contact. His hand found its way to my bundle of nerves and he began teasing me with his fingers. He pushed my panties aside and touched me where I wanted him the most.
"Edward" I gasped clinging onto his shoulders.
"I love it when I have you like this, you look so beautiful." He murmured kissing along my neck.
I couldn't respond as he continued his actions. Fed up with them being in his way he pulled my panties off my body and threw them on the floor with the rest of his clothes.
I wanted him no... I needed him right now. I needed him in every way.
"Edward, please" I cried out as he continued teasing me.
"What do you want me to do Love?" he asked. I moaned at the more dominant side of him coming out. Edward while more confident could still come across timid in his love making. I adored this stronger, in charge side of him that I was seeing. "I can't do it unless you tell me" He added.
Wondering what the hell had gotten into my fiancée... so I could make it happen again... I began panting what I wanted him to do.
"Please, I need..." I moaned as kissed at my neck. "I need you" I managed to get out.
"Where do you need me?" he asked.
I was now a pile of goo; this could not be healthy right? Suddenly melting had to be bad for my health.
"In... inside me" I groaned pushing myself against his hand, trying to create friction.
He took hold of my hips, his thumb stroking where his name was inked across my hip before turning us over so I was back on top.
"Show me Love" He said and oh my God, did I just orgasm? Seriously the tone of his voice was so sexy it was going to make me combust.
Freeing him from the confinement on his boxers I yanked them off his body and threw them over my shoulder before climbing on top of him. Edward sat up and I wrapped my arms around his neck as I lowered myself onto his hard erection.
He kissed me hungrily and using the grip he had on my hips he pulled me up and down onto his body. My arms held me up against him as he moved me, my hands on his shoulder bracing myself; he moved me up and down. Every time he lowered me I kissed him unable to get enough of him.
It didn't take much of this to bring me to the edge. Edward grunted burying his face into my neck as he found his release. I buried my face into his hair. I didn't know how thick the walls in this hotel were and I wanted to make sure nobody could hear the screams I was letting out.
As I came down I slumped against him and he wrapped his arms around my waist to hold me up. We were both sticky as a sheen of sweat had appeared across our flesh after our intense encounter.
As my breathing returned to normal Edward placed small kisses along my neck and collarbone. I sighed against him and rested my chin on his shoulder.
"Um... wow" I said breaking the silence that had come over us.
"Yeah" He said sounding somewhat breathless.
"So where the hell did that come from? And can we get it again?" I asked and he chuckled against me.
"I have no idea" He said and I giggled. "I wasn't too rough was I?" he asked and I shook my head.
"No" I reaffirmed. "That was amazing" I told him leaning up and kissing his lips. "You are incredibly sexy." I told him kissing along his jaw line. It was so strong and really played a part to what made him so attractive. Well his tone body was another big thing but he was masculine without being over muscly and I loved that.
"I love you Bella." He said and I smiled.
"I love you too Edward." I told him and then his stomach rumbled. "Did you work up an appetite Baby?" I teased
"Just a little bit." He said and I chuckled. "We could just order room service." He said moving hair off my shoulder and kissed the newly exposed skin.
"No way, we are in one of the most amazing cities in the world. I'm not staying in to order room service." I told him and he nodded kissing me "Although we will be coming back here for dessert." I added pulling back in to kiss him again. I couldn't get enough of him today; I think it's got something to do with being vacation.
"I like the sound of that Love." He said "But I think we need a shower first." He told me.
"Yeah maybe I came tame the sex hair." I told pointing to my head. "Although maybe you need to do that more than I do." I teased ruffling his hair. "You look like you've been plugged into a socket." I told him.
"As lovely as that complement was, we should really get up" He said as he stood up, breaking our connection causing me to whimper a bit. But he distracted me by kissing me. He pulled my legs around his waist and I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Okay" I said as he carried me into the bathroom. He put me down on my feet and I walked into the cubicle turning the water on. He grabbed our toiletry bags and brought them into the shower cubicle with him. Reaching into my bag he grabbed my shampoo and began washing my hair for me.
When he was done I made him dip his head so he could do the same for me before we both washed each other.
Once we got out of the shower we got dressed in evening clothes and went to find some dinner.
We ended up in a very fancy looking restaurant; Edward ordered for me and got me some amazing lobster. It was delicious. I was still swooning at his French skills though. Seriously maybe I could get him to do it while we had sex, although that may lead to me loosing complete control before anything actually happened.
While we were eating I took in the place around me, I couldn't help but smile it was just beautiful. Edward had a smile on his face throughout the whole of the dinner. Once we were finished our meal we decided to go walking for a bit.
"You look insanely beautiful right now Love." He said pulling me close to him as we walked.
"Thank you, you're not so bad yourself." I teased kissing his cheek. He was quiet after that though. We stopped as we walked across one of the bridges over the Seine. It was just beautiful. "Edward?" I asked he was back in his own thoughts as I leaned against the bridge railing. "Babe" I said and he shook his head and looked up "Where did you go?" I asked him and shrugged.
"Nowhere" He said.
"Liar, liar, pants of fire." I teased and he ducked his head down. "Come on tell me." I said nudging his side.
"Okay" He said before taking a deep breath "Bella I don't want to wait a year before I get to marry you." He said letting it all out at once.
"What?" I asked looking at him confused.
"I'm just... I'm so ready. I just want to be your husband so bad and I want you to be my wife. You have to feel it too." He said and I knew exactly what he meant.
"Yes" I said "But we need the year to plan and get ready. And... I thought you wanted a year." I told him this is what we had agreed on when we had made our life plan; he told me we would need a year so I had accepted that.
"I did, but not anymore." He said. "I just want you as soon as possible." He said.
"I'm not going anywhere." I told him taking hold of his hand. "If that's what you're afraid of don't be I'm not going anywhere. I can wait a year." I told him.
"That's the thing, for the first time in my life, I'm not afraid." He said and I knew by the look he was giving me he was ready. And God so was I. How long had I felt like he was more than just my boyfriend that we were ahead of ourselves in so many aspects of our relationship?
"Okay" I said and he smiled at me. I couldn't help myself the smile that broke out across my face. He pulled me towards him and kissed me. I cupped his face in my hands and kissed him back with everything I had. "So when do you want to get married?" I asked him, adrenaline running through me we were really going to do this.
"Well if I thought my mother wouldn't kill me, right now." He said and I gasped.
"Edward we can't do that." I said. "It would kill them or they would kill us. Both are very likely. Look at what happened when Rosalie and Emmett eloped. Plus I couldn't do that to my Dad." I told him and he nodded.
"I know" He said moving the hair away from my face. "So how about this summer." He said biting his lip nervously, like I was going to reject him. I don't think that was even possible.
"Summer three months away?" I asked him and he nodded. "Everyone is going to think you knock me up." I told him and he nodded.
"So then I'll just have to just to keep them happy." He said and I smiled. "The sooner we get married. The sooner we can make our baby." He murmured before kissing my lips. "Something I know you're dying to do. I know it's going to be a lot, what with trying to open the centre and work, but I think we can pull it off. We only want our friends and family there. It doesn't need to be a huge a wedding and I'm pretty excited about the honeymoon aspect of it all." He said and I nodded.
"So this summer?" I asked him and he nodded. "Yes, we'll do it." I said kissing him. "It's going to be a lot of work but I think we can do it." I said.
"I know we can do it." He told me hugging me close to him.
"I love you so much." I said kissing him.
"I love you too. And I can't wait to marry you."
"This is going to be amazing Edward, next year Christmas will be our first as a married couple." I told him swooning at all the first that were coming up.
"And then who knows? Baby Cullen might be borne by the following summer, if everything goes the way we want." He said. "Plus the upcoming anniversary to the successful Cullen Learning Centre, fronted by Mrs. Isabella Cullen." He said.
I squealed on the inside like a fan girl and then on the outside just to let me to know what his words were doing to me. I was so excited.
The fact that this time next year my baby could be almost here, that I would be just months away from being a mother was so amazing.
I couldn't wait to have a baby with Edward, telling him I was pregnant, telling our families, watching him kissed my baby bump as the little life grew inside me, decorating the nursery, bringing our little one home from the hospital.
He was going to be an amazing father and I wanted to be his wife and the mother of his children as soon as humanly possible.
"So I'm only going to get my shot one more time?" I asked him and he nodded. "Are you sure?" I asked him.
"Positive" He said with a smile on his face. "I can't wait to have a baby with you, and I don't want to make you wait another whole year for something we both want so badly." He said and I smiled kissing him.
He knew what to say to make me a pile of goo and I loved him because of it.
"I have to call everyone." I told him excitedly causing him to chuckle. I knew initially everyone wouldn't be happy that we were rushing this, especially his parents but we didn't want to wait and hopefully they would come around to our way to thinking pretty quickly.
We were going to need a lot of help getting all this work done.
"I was thinking we have our dessert first." He said kissing my neck reminding me of our conversation earlier on in the hotel room.
"Okay I like your plan better." I said kissing him hungrily.
I really did.
I really love Paris.
So do I!
Did you all really think I was going to make you all wait a year? It's like you people don't even know me. Sorry for those who wanted them to elope, I'm still hearing it from Esme about Emmett and Rosalie and I don't think I could handle it again lol.
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