A Getty Romance

Disclaimer: All Twilight related characters belong to S. Meyer.


Chapter 29

"Monterey."

I wrinkled my nose. "Too far."

"Santa Barbara?"

I shook my head. "Too uppity."

Edward sighed and put his phone down on the table before leaning on his elbows so he was closer to me. "Hawaii."

I squinted at him as I tried to figure out if he was serious or not. Flying across the ocean to Hawaii for our first weekend away? "Too much," I answered.

He laughed and sat back in his chair. "I'm out then. Those are my ideas. Your turn." Edward draped his elbow over the back of his chair and swirled his soda around as he stared at me expectantly. The ice sloshed around inside his paper cup.

"Hmmm," I hummed, taking a long sip from my blackberry soda and staring out through the pillars to the clear blue sky. "Santa Cruz."

"Too surfy," Edward mused.

"Surfy?"

"If you can make up dumb reasons, so can I." He was laughing in earnest now.

"Surfy isn't even a word!"

He waved his hand back and forth. It reminded me of something Tanya would do. "Next."

I wracked my brain again. "San Diego?"

Edward nodded approvingly. "I have a condo there, actually."

"In the city?" I asked hopefully.

"On the beach."

I gasped and felt my mouth drop open. Sometimes I forgot how wealthy he really was. As if his daily parade of designer suits weren't enough. Speaking of – navy plaid, black tie. Ridiculous. He moved his legs under the table so that they pressed against mine. I could feel the warmth of his skin under the fabric of his pants and the hard shape of his shin. He smiled slyly as I nudged him back with my foot.

"So, San Diego?" he asked hopefully, reaching over our discarded lunch wrappers to take my hand.

I nodded. "San Diego."

He pressed my fingers to his lips almost hungrily as we enjoyed the last few minutes of our break. Tanya had left a couple of days ago, leaving us with our regular routine, which I'd missed terribly.

"Can we go this weekend? Please? I'm dying to get you out of here." His eagerness was hard to resist, as was the seductive way he arched his brow. I felt the flames flicker to life, low in my stomach.

Inconvenient.

I bit down hard on my lower lip. "Alice is coming this weekend. I need you to meet her." If it were anyone else, I would have cancelled. The way he was looking at me should be illegal.

"Next weekend?" He nipped my knuckle with his teeth.

I giggled and tried to pull my hand away. "My Dad is visiting."

Edward's eyebrows fell. "Seriously? Did you just plan all of this?"

"Months ago," I sighed as I internally scolded myself for filling the first two weekends of our freedom with important visits. He kissed my fingers again and my insides turned to mush. "The weekend after," I suggested softly.

He nodded and his lips dragged over my skin. "Just us. Away from here."

I sighed happily and squeezed his hand. "It's about time."

I hadn't heard anything further from the Cullens since Saturday but I knew that Edward had received earfuls on multiple occasions. He ignored a call at least once a day while in my presence. I knew it was hard on him but he assured me constantly that he had no regrets and having our relationship out in the open was more important than anything else.

I hoped that some day Esme and Carlisle would accept me and welcome me into their home. It made me thankful to know that my parents would be kind and welcoming to Edward no matter what.

"So, if Alice is here this weekend that means…"

I pulled my hand from his and swatted his arm playfully. "Keep it zipped, Cullen. You're going to have a very lonely weekend."


A/N: *claps hands* Ooh! A trip a trip! Short lil' update for today. Just some fun banter, which we've been missing. Wednesday will be the last regular chapter with these two before we go into the extras. I'm sad! I've had so much fun at the Getty. Thanks for all of your bathroom sex love. I'm happy that no one mentioned the fact that he threw his Gucci on the floor. Of a restroom. It kills me.

Enjoy any spring-time holidays you may be celebrating today! All my love!

Special thanks to my Aussigirl for taking this trip with me. I can't believe it's almost over! xx