A/N: So, here is a new chapter for you guys to read! I wanted to thank everyone who reviewed the last chapter. We're over 500 reviews and maybe we can get over 600 reviews this chapter, if I counted correctly 51 people have to review;-)! I wanted to thank Katie13Cullen13 and A is for Angel for being my beta's. I want to shout out a thank you to Momams. She discovered my story and took the time to update every single chapter that she read. She gave me 24 reviews. Awesome!
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BPOV
When I hurt myself, Edward took great care of me. He took time off from work and stayed with me day and night. I know he didn't like it, but he let Tess stay over at his mom's house so he could give all of his attention to me.
In that week, I saw the Edward that I knew from the beginning. He was sweet, patient and was interested in me. My feelings grew more, if that was even possible, but I was still too afraid to say something to him about it. I didn't want to risk my job, because it was a great job and I loved being with Tess, she's such a great girl.
I was doing a lot better now, there wasn't much pain and there were a lot of blisters on my legs and stomach. It was time for Edward to go back to work and Esme would bring Tess to school and pick her up. She would come over and help me. It was nice of her to do that, especially when she didn't like me at all in the beginning.
I was a little scared when he asked me if we could talk. That usually means that it's not something good. I acted like I was doing okay and patted the couch so he could sit next to me. In the last week we were on this couch a lot, or on my bed, and watched a lot of movies. I would lean into him and he would wrap his arms around me. It was perfect and I knew that a normal boss wouldn't do that, so maybe there was something that Edward was feeling for me.
He wanted to talk about us, how we were in the beginning and perhaps after our kiss. He wanted to know what I thought about it, how I was feeling and what I was expecting from him. He really caught me off guard with this conversation. What did he want to know? What did he feel about this situation? I couldn't answer his questions without making a fool out of myself.
He insisted that I should tell about my feelings, so that's what I did. I told him about what I felt about our kiss and that I maybe wanted to do that again, kiss him. He was an amazing kisser, but I didn't tell him that. I don't need to embarrass myself that much. I was a bit nervous when I was done with my speech, because I had no idea what he felt. Would he fire me now, because I was having feelings for him? Would it make him uncomfortable?
I asked him if he liked me and why he was being such an ass to me when I had a date with Mike. He told me that he liked kissing me and that he wanted to do it lots of times in the future and that made me blush. I was happy that I wasn't the only one feeling like that. He told me he was jealous when I went on a date with Mike and that's why he reacted the way he did and he was sorry about that. I didn't deserve it and he was totally right about that one.
He asked me if we could ever be more than friends and I hadn't realized that he was insecure about all this. I told him about my worries about our age difference and he reassured me that only we could decide for us. We shouldn't let other people decide and of course there would be talk about us, but we shouldn't care about it. We liked each other and we both hoped that it was going to be enough.
I asked him what was going to happen now. I wanted to know what he had in mind. Are we going to date or just keep it strictly business? Since I asked him first, he had to answer and he seemed hesitant with that. I reminded him that I told him about my feelings and that it's only fair that he should talk now.
I blushed hard when he told me his answer. He wanted to date me and he wanted me to move back, but I guess that was going too fast. He told me that Tess was always going to be his first choice and I respected that. It was a bit weird, hearing that, but it was good that he was already telling me this. I knew what to expect and when Tess would ask Edward to make a choice, I knew what his answer was going to be.
I told him that it probably wasn't smart if moving back here was the smartest thing. So I made the decision to stay in my apartment. I would see him often when I was here looking after Tess and in the weekend we could do things together, if he wanted to.
He told me that he needed to ask me out officially and I was being a smartass and told him I wouldn't wait forever. I thought that I had waited long enough now and it was finally time that we were going on a date.
He asked me in a fancy way and sometimes he's such a dork, a cute one though. He leaned in again and I knew where this was going. He wanted to kiss me and I had no objections. I wanted to feel his lips on me again and I never knew that kissing someone would be this fantastic.
Now I was laying in my bed, thinking back about this day. This would definitely be in my top ten best days. There was a quiet knock on my door and looking at the time, it would probably be Edward. The door slowly opened and Edward was standing in the doorway.
"I wanted to check if you were in bed already," he said and stepped into my room.
"Well, as you see, I'm in bed," I told him and gave him a smile. After our conversation Tess came home and we hadn't had much time alone together. We had to act like there was nothing going on between us, because Tess didn't need to know right away. If it wasn't going to work out, she would only be the victim of it and that wasn't necessary. It was hard for me, to act like our conversation didn't happen, but I should get used to it.
"I can see that," he said and stepped closer to my bed. I had no idea what he was planning to do, but I was loving every minute of it.
"What are you doing?" I asked him and he just gave me a smirk. That meant he was up to no good.
He slowly walked closer and then he jumped on the bed, next to me. I laughed a little too loud and he shushed me with his mouth. His tongue entered my mouth and their we were making out on my bed. His hands moved all over my body and I moaned into his mouth. This felt like heaven and I enjoyed every minute of it.
He moved on top of me and carefully avoided my blisters. He moved away from my mouth and started kissing my neck. It felt great and my hands moved all over his shirtless back. I had no idea what I was doing, but I guess Edward didn't mind at all or he would say something about it.
His hands were on my side and moved upwards. I was a little scared to find out where this was going. He knew that I didn't have experience and I had no idea how far this was going to go. Don't underestimate me, I like this, but it scared me a little. I wasn't ready to go all the way, but I could still enjoy this.
His mouth was back on mine and his hands were on my breasts now. He squeezed one breast a little and I moaned at the feeling. It felt great and Edward did it some more. I moved my hips upward and Edward grounded his pelvis into mine. I could feel his arousal and I felt a little uncomfortable now, but should I stop him?
I knew that Edward would hate himself if he knew that I wasn't comfortable with it anymore and didn't mention it to him. He would blame himself and it would be my fault. I should mention it when it goes too far. He grounded his arousal once more into my thighs and I knew that I should stop it now.
I turned my head so he stopped kissing me, but he moved onto my neck now. I wasn't clear that I wanted to stop.
"Edward, could you stop please?" I asked him with a quiet voice and he moved away from me immediately.
"Oh God, Bella, I'm so sorry," he said and sat in the bed. I knew that he was blaming himself at the moment.
"No, don't worry about it. I just wanted to stop before it got too far," I told him and moved towards him. I wanted to let him know that he shouldn't blame himself.
"I'm sorry that I took it that far. I'm sorry it got out of hand," he said and turned away from me.
"Don't be like that Edward. I wanted it and I liked it, please don't worry about it. I wouldn't mind doing that a lot," I told him and wrapped my arms around him. I gave him kisses all over his face and he started to smile a little. You could still see the effects of our make-out session in his pajama pants and I tried to ignore it as much as I could.
"You're so cute," he said and gave me a kiss.
"We don't want to hear that we're cute. That sounds like you're describing a puppy or something," I said and pouted my lips.
"Well, I'm sorry about that, but you are. You're also an amazing, beautiful sexy woman. Happy now?" he asked me and smirked.
"Really," I told him and kissed him once more.
"As much as I'm enjoying this, but I should get to bed. I'm taking Tess to school tomorrow so you can sleep in, but there are some people that have to work you know," he said.
"Oh, what a hard life you have," I said and winked at him.
"I'm glad that you know that now. But seriously, get some sleep and I will see you tomorrow," he said and gave me another long kiss.
"Sleep well," I told him and looked after him.
"Sweet dreams, my girl," he said and waved.
I fell back in my bed and all I could do was smile. It was a good night and I loved making out with Edward. I hoped to do it thousands of times.
EPOV
I made my way to my bedroom and could use a cold shower. I hadn't planned on making out with Bella like that, but I liked it. I just wanted to say goodnight and see her once more, but it got a little out of hand. She just looked so good, laying there and I had to react to it.
Maybe I went too far, but I just couldn't control myself. My hands roamed all over her body and eventually landed on her breasts. They felt amazing and I fantasized about it before, they fit perfectly in my hands and I couldn't help but squeeze them. Bella seemed to like it too, because she moaned a lot and I took it as a sign to keep going. I might have taken it too far when I grinded my pelvis into hers.
She turned her head, but I just kept kissing her neck and moving some more. I should have checked on her when I did some things that might make her uncomfortable. I should've checked when my hands touched her breasts and when I pushed my erection into her, instead I kept going like some teenage boy who made out for the first time.
I was glad that she stopped me, because things were getting out of hand. She told me a couple of times that I shouldn't blame myself and that she enjoyed it. That made me feel good, because I couldn't wait to do it again. I wanted to feel her naked breasts on my hand, I wanted to kiss them and I wanted to explore her body some more. This wasn't helping my situation now and I should think about other things than Bella's body.
I quickly took a cold shower and then I went to bed. I was taking Tess to school and my mom would pick her up and bring her here. I hope that everything was going to be okay.
Tess woke me up pretty early, but I didn't mind. I always loved it when she came to my bed and dozed off a little. She would cuddle with me and I always cherished those mornings. I missed her the last week when she was staying with her grandma, but it was necessary. She didn't mind it at all, she told me all about her week.
"Is Bella going to take me to school? Because she's still asleep," Tess said as I gave her some breakfast.
"No, I'm going to take you to school. Is that okay?" I asked her. I knew she had no problem with it, but I wanted to hear it.
"Yeah, I love it when you bring me to school. Is Bella still in pain?" She asked me and I knew it had some impact on her. Mom mentioned that she didn't talk about it much, so I had no idea what she thought of it.
"She isn't in a lot of pain, but it still hurts a little. Grandma is going to pick you up and bring you here so you can play some with Bella. Grandma is going to stay here until I get back," I told her, because she needed to know what was going to happen today.
"Don't worry daddy, I will be very careful with Bella," she said and she scared me a little. It was weird hearing that coming from her mouth.
"I won't worry about that. Can you promise me that you will be really sweet today?" I asked her. I already knew she was going to be that, but you will never know.
"I'm always really sweet," she said and smiled really big.
"Yes you are. I'm going to brush my teeth and I have to do some stuff in my room. Can you stay here until I call you?" I asked her and she nodded. I wanted to say goodbye to Bella and wanted to kiss her before I left.
I had no clue if Bella appreciated it when I woke her up, but I craved a kiss from her. I knew Tess would listen and stay in the kitchen, because she didn't need to know about Bella and me. I realized that I was lying to her, but it was for her own good.
When I entered her room, Bella was still asleep and she looked like an angel. I felt bad for waking her up when I told her she could sleep in, but I was being selfish right now. This was probably the last night that she spent here and I wanted to enjoy it.
It felt weird to kiss her when she was still asleep so I shook her a little. She opened her eyes and smiled a little. I could tell she was a little confused, but I kissed her all over her face.
"What are you doing?" she asked me and I loved her voice like this.
"I'm giving you a kiss before I go to work," I told her and kissed her lips.
"How very domestic of you," she said and smiled. I guess she wasn't mad that I was waking her up for a kiss.
"I'm sorry that I woke you up," I said to her.
"I don't mind. Where is Tess?"
"I told her I needed to do some stuff in my room and that she should stay in the kitchen until I call her," I answered her.
"That's really mean of you. Can you send her here so I can tell her to be good at school? I always do that," she said and she blushed a little. It was cute that they had their routines.
"Of course, don't be embarrassed about that. Can I get a good kiss to get me through the day?" I asked her and she made a weird face.
"You're being mean to your daughter so I don't know if you really deserve that," she told me and I liked her like this. She was so playful and always talked back.
"Come on, look who's being mean now."
"And you're acting like a little kid now. Come on, send your kid in and go to work," she said and turned her head. Her neck was in view now and I took advantage of that. I started kissing her neck and she enjoyed it too, hearing her moans fill the room.
"Edward, oh god, come on. That feels good. Edward, you need to go. You're going to be late," she said and I knew she was right, but I was enjoying this.
"Come on, I will give you a kiss, but you should get Tess," she said and I gave her a big kiss on the lips. She moaned a little more and I wanted to call in sick so I could spend this day in her bed, with only her.
"Tess! Bella wants to say bye," I yelled through the house and sneaked in one more kiss from Bella. As soon as I heard her footsteps come closer, I got myself off the bed and acted like nothing happened.
"Good morning," Bella said to Tess, but she stood beside the bed. I think she was a little afraid to hurt Bella.
"You can come on the bed, but you have to be careful. Here, I'll help you," I told her and lifted her on the bed. Bella sat down and gave Tess a big hug.
"I missed you," Bella said to Tess.
"I missed you more," Tess said.
"That's not possible," Bella said, but Tess nodded that it was possible. God, those two together were wonderful to look at. I could already see us all together in a few years. We would wake up like this every morning and perhaps there was another kid in the house, or Bella could even be pregnant. I bet she would look beautiful.
"You'll be good at school today?" Bella asked Tess.
"I'm always," she said and I find it hard to believe that she will always be good at school.
"Okay. Have fun at school," she said and gave Tess another hug.
"I'm going to miss you," Tess said.
"Going to miss you too," Bella said and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
We walked out of her bedroom and I turned around once more. Bella winked at me and blew me a kiss. I pretended that I caught it and placed it over my heart.
I had a break at work and it felt amazing. I was so busy and that wasn't a good thing in a hospital. My mom would be at my place now with Tess and Bella and I really wanted to know how they are doing, but I had another call to make first.
I wanted to take Bella out this Saturday, but I had to have a babysitter for Tess. At first I thought I should ask my mom, but it felt a little weird to do that. So, I figured out that Alice would want to babysit, because she was the one who made Bella and I kiss.
"Hello, Alice Whitlock speaking," she answered her phone. She always sounded so business-like on the phone.
"Why sound so fancy?" I answered.
"God Edward, can't you just say your name. That's how a phone conversation should go," she told me all annoyed. It was easy to get to her.
"I could, but I love to get a reaction out of you."
"You're such an ass sometimes," she told me, but I disagreed with her.
"Do you have time to do a favor for this ass?" I asked her.
"Depends on what it is."
"Would you consider babysitting your favorite niece this Saturday?"
"Why? Isn't Bella free to do that?" she asked me.
"Maybe she has something to do this Saturday. You know, I told her she's free in the weekends and I thought you loved looking after your niece," I told her. I didn't like how she was talking about Bella like that.
"What do you have planned then?" sometimes she was being so curious.
"It's none of your business, but if you really want to know. I have a date this Saturday night," I told her and I was waiting for her to start screaming or something.
"Are you serious? How is that possible? With who?" like I was some weirdo who never had a date.
"Why are you so surprised? You act like it never happens."
"Who did you ask? You did ask someone right? It's not like she had to ask you, because that would be embarrassing," sometimes it was so fun to talk to Alice.
"Oh my god Alice. What do you think of me?"
"I don't know. Tell me, who is she? Does Bella know about it? I think she has some kind of crush on you. I hope it doesn't make things weird between you guys now that I told you that," she told me and I had to laugh.
"I have a date with Bella," I told her.
"Like, you're going on a double date? Is she back with that Mike dude?" I thought she would be jumping with joy when she found out that I was going on a date with Bella. She was the one who made sure that we kissed.
"No, I'm going on a date with Bella. Just the two of us. Is that so hard to believe? You wanted us to be together, didn't you?"
"When did this happen? This is amazing. I'm really happy for you. Of course I will babysit. Tess can sleep over and we're going to have a lot of fun. If you told me you would go on a date with some bimbo I had other stuff to do, but with Bella. I'm so happy for you," she said and I could see her jumping up and down with joy.
"I asked her out yesterday. We had a talk, but I don't want to tell you everything. I haven't asked her if she wanted Saturday, but I wanted to know if there will be someone for Tess. Just, can you please not tell anyone? I don't want everyone on our backs when we're trying to see if there is something between us," I told her. I knew that Alice would keep this to herself.
"Of course, I think it's going to work out between you guys. This is such good news. I really want to hug you," she said and I had to laugh.
"I will call you later this week about the time and if there's going to be a date this Saturday," I told her and we said our goodbyes. Now all I had to do is ask Bella if she wanted to go on a date with me this Saturday.
It felt like forever before my shift was over. I really wanted to go home and ask Bella if she wanted to go out on Saturday. When my shift was finally over, I practically ran to the locker room and grabbed my stuff.
I hurried home and when I closed the door, I heard my girls laughing with my mother. I was a little worried about this afternoon, but it sounded like they were having fun. I felt bad about interrupting their fun now.
I walked inside and usually Tess comes running to me, but I don't think they heard me. I walked to the living room, but they weren't there. Then I heard some more laughing and it sounded like it was from the kitchen. I really hoped Bella wasn't cooking anything, because that would piss me off. She promised me to take it easy and I hoped she really did that.
Mom was standing in front of the oven Tess and Bella were sitting at the kitchen island.
"Oh Edward, you're here already," my mom said and I felt unwanted.
"You sound so happy to see me," I said to her. Tess climbed off her chair and walked over to me to give me a big hug. I loved it when she hugged me when I came home.
"We're happy to see you, but your mom was telling us stories about when you were younger," Bella said and I looked her way. She looked really good and I wanted to kiss her. That wasn't possible so I just smiled at her. I hoped she thought that was enough for the moment.
"Oh God, please tell me you didn't," I groaned. I hated it when she told those stories. They were really embarrassing and I could imagine why they were laughing so hard.
"Don't be so embarrassed. I bet you were cute when you were younger," Bella said to me.
"You don't think I'm cute anymore?" I asked her and then I realized what I had said. She turned red and I felt really stupid. If I didn't want my mom to find out about us, I should really tone this done.
"I'm sorry. That was completely inappropriate," I told her quickly and she just nodded her head.
"You don't call a thirty year old cute, you're handsome," my mom told me and that was the last thing I wanted to hear from my mom. This was starting to get really weird.
"I've put some dinner in the oven for you guys. I should really go home, your dad is waiting for me," mom told me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. She gave Tess a kiss on the cheek and a big hug. Esme walked over to Bella and I was curious about what she was going to do. She opened her arms and gave Bella a hug. I was really confused now.
Mom left the apartment and it was quiet between us now. Bella was looking everywhere, but me. I hoped it wasn't going to be like this every time we were alone.
"Did you have a good day at work?" Bella asked me.
"Yeah, I've been busy. Saved some lives, so it's a good day," I said and she just nodded.
"Can we have dinner here, daddy?" Tess asked me.
"Of course we can. Did you have fun with grandma and Bella?" I asked her.
"We played and watched a movie. It was really fun," Tess said with a big smile.
The oven beeped and dinner was done. I put it on the table and we had a quiet dinner. Tess talked about her school day and what had happened when I was at work. I often smiled, but paid more attention to Bella. She was quiet and maybe something had happened between my mom and her. I just hoped that my mom wasn't getting involved in our lives.
I finally put Tess to bed. She was being a bit difficult and didn't want to sleep. She had to go to school again tomorrow and had to get up early. She was going to regret stalling time to get to sleep. I really wanted to be alone with Bella and now I was cranky because of the situation with Tess.
I just hoped that Bella was going to stay tonight. I wanted a repeat of last night and I would consider her feelings this time. I wanted to let her know that I could do it, making it all around her. She deserved the best.
She was sitting in the kitchen. She loved that place and spent most of her time here.
"Is everything okay? You've been quiet all night?" I asked her and wrapped my arms around her. I really missed her today and now we're finally alone.
"Yeah, I'm just tired," she said and leaned into me. It's a good thing that she hadn't pushed me away.
"Did something happen while my mom was here? Did she say something to you?" I asked her. I knew that something was up, she was acting different.
"No, everything went fine. I'm just really tired. I liked it with your mom here, we talked and it was nice," she said and I smiled and gave her a kiss on top of her head.
"So, do you have time Saturday night?" I asked, hoping that it will be a good answer for me.
"Why? Do you have something planned? Do you want me to babysit Tess?" she asked and it wasn't what I had expected.
"No, I hope to have something planned. I called Alice today and she said she wanted to babysit Tess Saturday so we could go on our date," I smiled at her.
"Did you tell Alice that you wanted to go on a date with me?" she asked me and she was a little confused.
"Yeah, I did. She didn't have any problems with it. She really wanted to babysit. So, do you want to go on a date with me Saturday night?" I asked her. I had a feeling I should be on one knee or something, but I think that would be too much.
"Sure, what are we going to do?" she asked excitedly.
"Well, I will keep that a surprise babygirl," I said and she pouted her lips. I guess she really didn't like surprises.
"Don't be like that, love. It won't be something daring. Maybe just a dinner and we'll see what we'll do after that," I said and she nodded, she was agreeing with what I had planned. I hadn't really thought about what I was going to do that night. Now I had a babysitter and a date, so I could start planning.
"So, are you staying over tonight?" I asked her.
"No, I think I'm going home if you don't mind," she said and I was a little disappointed. I wanted her to stay here forever.
"If you want too. You know you can stay here if you want," I told her.
"It's time for me to go to my place. I've been here long enough."
"You can never stay too long here," I winked at her.
"You're starting late tomorrow so you can bring Tess to school. I'll pick her up and we'll head over here. You'll see me tomorrow," she told me. She knew that I didn't like this.
"But I won't see you tonight if I want to and I can't kiss you good morning," I pouted at her.
"Are you some kind of creep who sneaks into my bedroom to watch me?" she asked me with a raised eyebrow.
"Maybe I am. Would you hold it against me?" I asked her and moved closer to her face.
"Maybe I will. It's kinda creepy that you watch me sleep. But to solve your problem, you can kiss me good evening tomorrow when I'm here. We'll sneak somewhere and you can kiss me," she said.
"I like the idea of that, but it's still not enough," I told her.
"Don't act so spoiled. You should cherish every kiss that you get from me."
"I do that, but I just like kissing you a lot," I said and gave her a peck on the mouth.
"I like to do that too, but I really need to go home. I'm sorry," she said and I put my hand under her chin and lifted her head up.
"Don't apologize for that. Sorry for being such an ass. I like having you here, but I get it that you want to go home. It's totally fine and I will see you tomorrow angel," I said to her.
I gave her another kiss on the mouth and this one was like this morning. Sweet, passionate, but still really hot. Our tongues moved together and we both moaned again.
"So, we have a date on Saturday?" I asked when we were done kissing.
"Definitely, I'm looking forward to it," she told me.
"Me too. Drive safe and please call me when you get home," I told her and kissed her again. She left my apartment soon after that. Saturday couldn't come soon enough.
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