Disclaimer – I DON'T OWN IT. I know, do you have to keep reminding me?
A.N.- So this is the longest chapter I've ever written – which is why it took longer. And that's why the AN is larger than like, every other one. I know the first part of the chapter is a little sarcastic but I couldn't help it – I was all riled up after reading Chapter 22 of halojones' fic -4112891 - 10 steps to seducing your hot virgin vampire boyfriend. If you haven't read it already, then you really should. I cried with laughter at Chapter 22.
So, back to Luxuria. Warning, the lemon-ish stuff starts once you get to the huge amount of breaks in the chapter. I'll give you a bit of warning. Bearing in mind that it's my first lemon (despite the fact I wrote..er..not very much, I got help) go easy on me. The random trivia game is a game I made up while getting to know an old friend. It really did teach me loads about him. Oh, and trust me if you haven't tried it yet, the first time you try it, wax really does hurt like hell. Review please!
"Bella," Edward wrapped his arms around me and cradled me to his chest. "Is everything okay, now?" I nodded into his chest resting my forehead against his muscles.
"I was just a little overwhelmed. It's all okay now." My voice was a little muffled, but coherent. Of course, Alice being Alice, she decided that since I was okay, I'd have to start getting ready for the wedding.
"I need to manicure and pedicure you Bella, we're not here tomorrow and then the day after, we've got the hen night, an-"
"The what?!" I shrieked. "A hen night? Are you serious?"
Edward raised his head. "Alice, I thought you said that she'd take it well."
"She is taking it well!" Edward raised an eyebrow at her. "Well, better than she would have taken it if we'd surprised her."
"You were, you were-!" I spluttered, unable to contain myself. "A HEN NIGHT?!" I buried my head in Edward's chest as I heard laughing coming from every corner of the house.
"Don't worry, love. I'm having a stag party." He sounded so bitter I couldn't help but laugh.
"You? On a stag night?" I looked up at him and he was frowning down at me, but there was a little humor still in his eyes. I turned around. "Jasper, make sure you take pictures!"
Jasper laughed, and said "I'll make sure we do. Hadn't you better go and get your manicure done now? I think Alice is about to explode." I laughed and next thing I knew, I was in Alice and Jasper's room with my nails in separators.
"You're going to have a proper pampering day today Bella."
"But Alice, it's a Sunday." Alice gave me a quizzical look. "It's a day of relaxation. I shouldn't be preparing for the wedding today!"
"Exactly, a pampering day. The world doesn't stop because you're not meant to be working, Bella. You're getting married Wednesday. Anyway, you're having a day off tomorrow. We'll be back at 12 on Tuesday, by the way." I nodded, and let her continue.
She painted my nails in a french manicure style, and did the same for my toenails. Rosalie dried my nails with a hairdryer – I was mortified. I was nearly one hundred percent sure that it would set my nails on fire! But it didn't. All of this was done with vampire speed, so my nails were all done within ten minutes, and then I had to spend an hour in the bath before they decided I had to be waxed.
I nearly fainted when they ripped the wax off. I hadn't felt anything that painful in years! "Alice, please, please stop! It hurts too much!"
"Maybe it's because I'm pulling it off slowly." She turned to Rose, and understanding what I did not, she nodded. Then, Rosalie got to work pulling it off at vampire speed. It wasn't as bad as the singular slow ones, but the after effect was very painful.
"Oh my god, oh my GOD I'M ON FIRE!" I screeched, waving my hands over my poor legs as they burnt. Alice abruptly broke down in laughter. I stopped my hand waving and screeching as Rose and I turned to see why she was laughing. We didn't have to wait long.
A second later, Edward burst through the door. "You haven't bitten her, have you!?" He roared, as Rosalie doubled up laughing. Bored, I continued waving my hands to create some air over my burning legs.
"Someone tell me what's going on?" Edward sounded so helpless, that I laughed, then.
"Edward, I'm being waxed. It hurts. I'm not being turned into a vampire." That set Emmett off, and he began roaring as he reached the doorway.
"Well, I'm sorry for being worried about you!" Edward huffed, and I tried to get up to hug him.
"Oh, Edward I know, I didn't mean it like- Ouch! Okay, not ready to stand yet!" I squealed as I collapsed back down onto the floor, the carpet scratching at my heated legs.
"Don't be such a wimp, Bella!" Alice said, finally recovered from her laughing fit. "You can't even feel it!" I gave her a disparaging look.
"Alice, you don't even have to wax! Your hair doesn't grow!" She nodded, and lowered her head.
"I'm sorry Bella. But on the adverts, they say that it doesn't hurt! You must have seen it?"
I raised an eyebrow, and sensing a TV talk, Edward and Emmett closed the door and walked away.
"No, Alice, I haven't seen it." Rose and Alice looked at each other incredulously.
"You must have seen it! 'Are you a wax virgin?'"
"Not anymore!" I huffed, rubbing my legs. They were very smooth, I had to admit.
"No, Bella. We're talking about the advert." Then, Rose and Alice launched into a two-woman demonstration of the Veet advert. Jasper snuck in half way through to take pictures, and I didn't object. We rarely got to surprise Alice. It was half way through Rosalie marveling at Alice's 'silky smooth legs' that they realized Jasper was sitting next to me snapping pictures.
"Jazzy! What are you doing?!" Alice screeched, and I turned to Jasper as the girls were frozen in place.
"You better run." He laughed and was gone in milliseconds.
The rest of the day ensued of the entire Cullen household running around the house with a candid camera in their hands, and Esme and I talking about them all on the sofa.
"Do they do this often?" I asked, intrigued
"Now and again," she laughed, looking more like a mother than I'd ever seen her, "there was a really bad incident once." She laughed, but covered her mouth with her pale hand, hiding her mirth. "Well, Emmett lost a bet to Alice, so Alice sent everyone out of the house so he could fulfill his side of the bet. But Alice made sure to take a little longer than she'd told us she'd be, so when we came back, Emmett was dressed up in one of Rosalie's best dresses, covered in her make-up, and posing for a photographer. Alice managed to get it on the front of some German magazine, Cross Dressers Weekly!" I burst out laughing and she shushed me, trying to hide her own laughter. "We've been forbidden to talk about it by Emmett, but I think Alice has got the magazine cover framed in one of her cupboards!" I giggled and then Esme began talking about cooking as Emmett came roaring down the stairs, followed by Rosalie.
"LET'S TAKE THIS OUTSIDE LADIES!"
"Emmett, you're not going outside, not after last time!" Esme shouted. Emmett and Rose had circled the living room and were back up the stairs in a flash.
"What happened last time?" I asked tentatively.
"Oh, that was horrendous. Emmett was fighting with Edward, as per usual," I laughed with Esme as she remembered. "And for some reason, Emmett picked up Edward's couch, and ran with it outside. While he was yelling profanities, he turned around, and smashed straight into Rosalie's specially made blue Mercedes."
"Rosalie had a blue Mercedes?"
"Exactly. Had." I laughed for a while with her, and we talked about the family, things they'd done, things they weren't allowed to talk about (yet, she still told me), the different places they'd lived, the different places they'd been.
"Not that I don't love to hear about all of this stuff, because I really do," I started once we'd lapsed into a comfortable silence, "but why are you telling me all of these things, especially if you're not allowed to talk about them?" Esme smiled at me and grasped my hand in her cold ones.
"Because you're part of the family now Bella, you deserve to know everything. And I love spending time with you and telling you things, you're my daughter." By the time she'd finished speaking, my eyes were filling with tears. I wrapped my arms around her instantly, burying my head in her shoulder.
"Thank you so much Esme. I love you so much, I think of you as a mother, and you're the best one ever."
"I love you, Bella." I could tell that if she'd been able to, she would have been crying. "I can't explain to you how much it means that you're joining this family, and that you've stayed by our Edward through everything. Even when you had a less life changing offer. I can't imagine you not being in our lives, Bella. I love you so much, my darling daughter." I burst out crying in her embrace, but it was for two reasons.
First, because she loved me so much, and I loved her too. It was amazing to be able to have a mother who really acted like it. She was always there for me, caring and understanding.
Second, because I wasn't staying by Edward through everything. I'd be having a night with her other son, my fiance's brother, just tomorrow. I was betraying her, betraying the entire family. I was a monster.
"Everything okay, Bella?" Rosalie hopped down the stairs, followed by the rest of the family. I pulled out of Esme's hug, and smiled at them, wiping away my tears.
"Yeah, everything is fine. Esme and I were just having a heart to heart, that's all."
"Okay, then. Time to get you to bed, you've got a long day ahead tomorrow. Did Alice tell you what time we'd be back?" Edward asked, pulling me up from the couch.
"Yep, 12. Night guys." Everyone chorused their answering good nights, and then Edward slung me over his back and carried me upstairs.
"Goodnight, my everything. I'll see you in the morning."
"Will you stay?" I asked, burying my head in his chest.
"Of course I will, love." He answered, wrapping his freezing arms around me.
"Good." I said, drifting off to sleep in the glacier.
"Bella?" An angel's voice woke me up from my dreamless sleep.
"Mmm?"
"It's time to get up."
"Nuh-uh" I said, rolling over. Cold arms wound around my waist.
"Bella, you've got to get up."
"Why?" I groaned, shielding my eyes. I wasn't fully awake yet as the arms lifted me up, cradling me.
"I thought I could let you sleep longer, but they've already gone." That woke me up.
My eyes flickered open, and I realized that I wasn't in Edward's arms. I was in Jasper's.
"Where are they?! Where have they gone? Where am I?!" I squeaked, turning around in Jasper's arms.
"Bella, it's 1 o clock. Edward waited for you to wake up, but you were out like a light. Eventually, they had to leave. Edward said to tell you he was sorry." I nodded.
"It's okay. I did sleep like a log. Where am I?" I asked, unaware of my surroundings.
"Oh," Jasper started, looking a little embarrassed. "I wanted to watch you sleep so I brought you with me."
"To where?" I asked, as I began to regain consciousness. I was faintly aware of the sound of wind and a river, and the fact that the ceiling was blue.
"To my meadow." I opened my eyes while sitting up, and sure enough, we were in a meadow. It wasn't anywhere near the size of mine and Edward's, but what it lacked in size, it made up for in beauty.
I ran my hands through the soft grass, marvelling at it's warmth. The sky was a clear cloudless blue, and the sun was beating down. I looked down at Jasper's arms, and realized that he was sparkling.
"I didn't know you had a meadow." I said, turning to look at him as I put my arms on top of his.
"Yes. It's not far from the house though, it's practically our garden." I nodded, resting my head against his chest.
"Can I have a human minute, please?" I asked, realizing I was still in my pajamas. "I need to change." I laughed, and he pulled me up.
"Come on," he smiled, and slung me over his back. We were back to the house in seconds, so it was obvious that we weren't that far away.
"You go get ready, take your time." Jasper smiled and I turned around.
"What's the time?"
"Three o' clock." He smirked, anticipating my reaction.
"Really?!" Had I slept that long?
"Yes, love. Now go and get ready." He pressed his lips to mine for the briefest second, and the entire solar system exploded. When he broke the kiss, it was way too soon for my liking. "Go on." He smiled, and pushed me up to the first step.
I ran up, trying not to trip, and got up to mine and Edward's room, to see an outfit that Alice had already put out for me. Shorts were part of the ensemble, so Alice must have checked ahead to see the weather. I ran into the bathroom, hoping not to trip in my haste. I brushed my teeth vigorously, before jumping into the shower, and turning the water on. I ran my hands through my hair. One night together. I couldn't help thinking what that might lead to. I knew I had no choice, though. It wasn't that I didn't want to do it, though. I'd gotten myself into it, and it was time to turn it back out. I would have to hope that tonight would fix everything. That Jasper and I could go back to being brother and sister.
I couldn't help myself. I kept on thinking of Jasper downstairs, waiting for me. Waiting to kiss me again, to touch me...And then I'd have to start the calming process all over again.
A knock came at the door. "Bella?" Jasper's soft voice came through.
"Yeah?" I called over the rush of the water.
"Can I come in?"
"I'm in the shower?"
"I know."
"Oh." I thought about this. "Yeah, come in." I heard the door opening, though I couldn't see Jasper through the steamy glass. The door opened, and there stood Jasper.
"Oh." was all I said, before he stepped in, and pushed me into the cold tile as his lips collided with mine. His arms wrapped around my wet body as his freezing lips touched my neck. I moaned and he brought his lips back up to mine while I tangled my hands through his hair. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around him, feeling every dent in his body.
"Jasper..." Were we doing this now?
He kissed me hard on the lips again.
We were doing this now, obviously.
"We can do this later, Bella." He said, his breathing heavy. I gasped against his chest.
"What?" He was stopping this now?
"I want to spend the day with you first. I don't want to have casual sex with you all afternoon; I said one night." I nodded against his chest, my breathing still hitched. I raked my nails down his chest, feeling the muscles under my fingers. "I'm sorry Bella, but I really have to do this."
"Do what?" I began to ask, but my question was answered. At vampire speed, Jasper turned the heat dial on the shower all the way to cold. I shrieked as the cold water hit me, shuddering from the temperature. Jasper found it funny, because he couldn't really feel much of the cold.
"Jasper! It's cold, it's cold, I'm getting out!" I shrieked, trying to get past him as he held me tight to his body, waiting for us both to calm down. Eventually I got used to the icy flow, and Jasper picked me up and stepped out of the shower.
"That was fun." He laughed, wrapping a towel around me.
"It w-w-w-wasn't fun! I c-c-c-could get pneu-m-m-monia!" I fussed, rubbing the the fluffy towel over my body.
"Go and get dressed, you'll soon warm up." He smirked and the next thing I knew, he was dressed with my clothes in hand. I slipped my clothes on as he watched, his eyes raking over my body.
"Pervert." I joked, smiling at him. He grinned briefly, before launching himself at me, tangling his hands in my hair as I wrapped mine around his neck. His lips found mine in seconds, his tongue probing my lip. Our tongues danced for a while, before we broke apart.
"You need to eat something, Bella. I don't want you to pass out." I nodded, licking my tongue across my swollen lips. "Please, Bella, don't tempt me." I realized that I had an immense amount of power over him, so I winked and grabbed his hand, leading him back downstairs.
I ate my food in silence for a while, until I looked up at his eyes. They were black.
"Do you need to go and hunt?" I asked. I wasn't concerned, I knew he would be able to manage, but in order to make things easier, it would be better for him to feed.
"Not really." He shrugged, playing with my fingers.
"I know you'll be able to manage, but just to make things easier?" He sighed and nodded, planting a chaste kiss on my lips before racing out of the door. I finished my sandwich minutes later, and went back upstairs to check my appearance. I brushed my teeth again, and brushed through my hair. There wasn't much I could do about my lips; I was sure they would stay this swollen for days at this rate.
I reached the last step on the stairs just as Jasper came shooting through the door. I walked up to him slowly, watching his light eyes.
"Hi." I laughed.
"Hi," he bent down to kiss my lips and my heart beat thumped erratically. "Do you want to go somewhere?" He smiled down at me as I shuddered, breathing in his scent.
"Mmhmm." He laughed before I attacked his lips again, with a passion not far from violence. I loved touching him.
"Come on then, before we get carried away." He winked at me, and picked me up bridal style, running with me to his meadow - not as symmetrical, but wavy around the edges- like our relationship.
He laid me down on the cool grass, and I looked up at the cloudless sky.
"Talk to me." He said. I laughed.
"That was very specific Jazz. What d'you want to talk about?" I smiled at him.
"I don't know. I want to know everything about you."
"Um...we could play the random trivia game?"
He laughed. "What's that?"
"Well, you ask me questions, or I ask you questions, and we have to answer them. A bit like truth or dare but without the dare, I guess." I laughed, and he nodded.
"Sure, let's play that."
We talked all through the day, and watched the sky get darker above our heads. It was around 9 o clock when Jasper finally broke our comfortable silence.
"Do you want to go home now?" I smiled.
"Yeah, I want to go back now." I expected him to sling me over his back, but he didn't. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist so that our lips were inches apart.
"I think I like it better this way." I laughed, and rested my head on his shoulder as he began running. The concentration in his eyes was immense as we sped through the trees.
As he carried me over the threshold, I laughed.
"You were eager to get back, weren't you?"
"Oh, yes." He smiled, and then pulled me upstairs, turning onto another door in the corridor of the third floor. He kicked open the door, and I gasped.
The entire room was red, with a four poster bed. There was red carpet on the floor, and there were luscious heavy red curtains covering the small window. I'd never been in the room before, and I realized this must be the guest room.
This is a lemon. IE, sex scene. Don't read if you'd rather not- just scroll to the review button! Thanks to Sarah for helping = basically, writing most of this. I think pretty much all I did was a bit of the dialogue. And the cute fluffy bits.
Jasper laid me down on the bed and put his arms and legs either side of me.
"One night, then we let go, okay?" I nodded, and began tracing his chest muscles as I saw them through his shirt. His chest started rising and falling rapidly, and his shirt was off in seconds. I kept my shirt on, but undid my bra quickly, slipping it down my arm and flinging it away as he smirked as I struggled. I laughed back at him and pushed my body up so that I could reach his lips. It was so easy being with Jasper. I wasn't nervous, my thoughts weren't running away from me. Everything fit with him. It was like breathing.
His skin was so cold, I couldn't get enough of him. I slid my lips along his chin and licked my way down his neck; as his hands trailed up my top, his thumbs rubbing up my skin until they reached my breasts. He pulled my top off, then cupped my breasts in his hands, and my head whirled at the sensation.
He lowered his head down again until my chest was facing his mouth, then he pulled me up towards him so that he could capture a waiting nipple in his mouth. I moaned as he gently sucked and moved his tongue over the aroused peak, then giving the same attention to the other. My arms gripped his shoulders, nails digging into his skin.
He lowered me back down again, holding his weight just enough so that I could feel his entire body. I felt the hard length of him pressed against me, and I tangled my legs with his. He caressed my cheek, then ran his cool hand down the length of my burning body, stopping at my shorts.
"Can I?" I nodded, unable to find my voice. My throat was dry and my heartbeat erratic as he slid my shorts down my legs. He was breathing heavily, too. And I could see his eyes visibly darken. I knew that it wasn't from blood lust, though. It was from desire.
He brought his lips back to mine, the urgency blatant in the kiss. Everywhere he touched me, I groaned with pleasure. It was like he was purposely teasing me.
"Jasper, please!" He laughed, his lips vibrating against my thigh.
"What, Bella?"
"I need you, now." He kissed my lips again, then licked back down my body until he reached my pants. He ripped them off, throwing them over into a corner. It was a good thing I had more than one pair of those.
He took me suddenly in a burst of lust. I felt nothing but pleasure, as we both groaned on contact. I was secured as his, forever.
"Jasper!" I screamed until I felt his speed start to increase. I dug my nails into his back, clinging to him as I heard a moan escape from his throat. His thrusts became harder and harder and then his body tensed as my body clenched tightly around him. The waves of pleasure rolled over me and I screamed until my throat was raw as we came together, collapsing in a heap.
"I love you, Bella." Jasper whispered into my sweaty hair.
"I love you, Jasper." I whispered, resting my head against his chest as I fell into a content sleep.
Oh, and a HUGE thanks to thefiretree for sending me Alice Practice. It really fended off the writer's block, and without it, you wouldn't have gotten such a long chapter. So send her some love!