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Chapter 29- Going to the Chapel
Bella POV:
"Smooth talkn', so rockn'. He's got everything that's a girl's wantin'." I poked Edward in the cheek; he shook his head and silently laughed. I kept singing along, and changed the first word. "Piano cutie, he play's it groovy!" Edward rolled his eyes. "And I can't keep myself from doing something stupid."
"This song is stupid," I heard him mutter to himself.
"I think I'm really falling for his smile," I reached over and cupped Edward's chin, and with my fingers squished up his lips to form a forced smile. "Get butterflies when he says my name!" I released his chin and leaned back into my seat so I could wave my arms around properly for the chorus.
"He's got something special, He's got something special, And when he's looking at me I wanna get it all sentimental. He's got something special, He's got something special, I can hardly breathe. Something's telling me telling me maybe he could be the one!"
Edward leaned forward to turn down the volume, completely interrupting my groove.
"Hey!" I protested, dropping my arms from rocking out.
"I accepted the fact that you liked a few Jonas Brother's songs, but now Miley Cyrus?" Edward kept shaking his head.
I felt my bottom lip stick out, "Actually, this is Hannah Montana."
He barked out a laugh. "Ok that's it; I don't think we can keep seeing each other if you are going to be listening to this underage music."
I leaned back into my seat and tried to hide my grin. "That's cool; I always thought your man crush with Justin Timberlake was a little iffy."
"He is a very talented musician!" Edward protested.
I bit my lip trying not to laugh. "But I've got to say, you have horrible timing in breaking up with me. We're almost at Forks, and I don't think that the police chief there will be too happy that you broke up with his daughter."
Edward lost the color in his face. "Ugh, why are we staying at your dad's again?"
I sighed; we've had this conversation three times before we even left, and one time already on the road. "Because we are here for the wedding, and will be here for only a couple of days, and how can I not stay with my dad? If we were here for more than three days, I'd say we should get a hotel. Come on, my dad loved you last Christmas!"
Edward took a few deep breaths then finally glanced at me with a playful smile. "You're lucky Swan, I'm not going to break up with you for the Hannah Montana song, but if I hear even a few chords of some High School Musical crap…"
I pushed myself from my seat so I could lean over and give Edward a kiss on the cheek. "Awe, look at you, threatening me as if you have a say in things."
Edward broke out laughing.
"You love me too much, you'll take me with Disney music and all," I kissed his cheek again.
"Yeah, crappy music and all," he mumbled.
"Just like how I'll take you with your creepy man crush and all," I teased.
"The man has talent!"
I relaxed back into my seat and looked out the window with a silly grin on my face.
Dating Edward was… amazing, right, perfect, and natural. I had to admit, that during the first couple of days together, I wasn't sure how the transition from best friends to being boyfriend- girlfriend was going to work out. I knew that I was completely in love with him, but the idea that Edward is in love with me too was something I couldn't wrap my head around.
Looking back to when we first admitted we loved each other, it feels like I'm looking back to a dream that was not real. I remember telling Alice, only because I had told Edward what Alice demanded that I do, and he insisted that I called her otherwise she would have raised hell. I settled on a text saying something along the lines of "don't know how you called it, but Edward and I are together now. If you call me, I won't tell you how it happened."
I didn't want anyone interfering, I wanted to figure thing out with Edward; just the two of us. I was shocked when Edward told me that he had realized he loved me since my first date with Jacob, and all of the things he went through while I was dating him. I told Edward that the reason why I had wanted things to work between me and Jacob was because I had a crush on Edward and I didn't know what to do.
Edward started smiling and said he want to call up Jacob and tell him what I had just said.
I was shock when I realized Edward did the whole, me seeing him naked in the shower thing on purpose. And I couldn't stop laughing when he told me about the rivalry he and Jacob had, especially when we all went to the family fun center. But when I found out why Edward was always so angry in the end, and why he really left, made me angry with myself for not seeing it sooner.
Edward wouldn't let me beat myself up over it though. He said that the only thing that mattered was that we were together now, and that it was almost a good thing that we had spent that time apart. I remember thinking that Edward was crazy, and telling him so; but he explained to me that we both grew while apart, and yet even though we were both angry at the other party, and even though we didn't see each other for almost three months, we still loved one another even while thinking that it was unrequited. He reasoned that if we could make it through that, then we could handle anything in the future.
I remembered that I kissed him.
There were a couple of things we needed to talk about with the new territory of dating each other. One was if he should move back in. We agreed no, at least not right away. We may have lived together harmoniously enough when we were only friends, but living together while dating was probably going to be a little different.
Yet as time wore on it was clear that he was probably going to move in when the lease was up in September; he stayed at my place basically every day and only went back to his apartment to get whatever clothes he hadn't already brought over.
Another big issue was the sex. Edward was cautious about kissing me for the first few days; my stupid nose was still sore. Trust me, the moment I stopped flinching whenever I tested to see if my nose still hurt, I jumped him. And after almost getting carried away, we agreed that we should wait for a little while before we took it to the next step.
Yeah, that didn't even last a week.
We were on a walk when, surprise, it started raining. By the time we made it back to my apartment we were both soaked. And what had started out as playful kissing turned into a night of discovering one another, loving one another, and pleasing one another. For someone who had claimed being inexperienced, he had many tricks up his sleeve. And need I say? My man is packing!
The next morning he had this smug ass smile on his face, and would randomly start laughing to himself. It took a while to get it out of him, but finally he told me.
"Well, you dated Jacob for how many months and you guys never had sex? You and I got together five days ago…" he chuckled to himself.
If he wasn't standing there in only his boxers and looking mighty damn good, I might have been a little more pissed. Instead I smacked his arm, "You know I don't believe in sex without love!"
Edward pulled me to him and wrapped his arms around. "I know," he kissed my forehead. "But it's a guy thing."
I tried to wiggle away from him. "I don't know why you're being so smug about this, you know you win if I had to choose between you and anyone."
"I know," he laughed playfully as he picked me up and tossed me over his shoulder while I let out a scream. "And let's go verify that you choose me, shall we?"
When Edward and I finally emerged from the apartment to go hang out with our friends for the first time after we got together, everyone said a collected "about damn time." Alice had reminded me how good she had been by not calling me, and demanded to know every little detail. And I mean every detail. The next day she had teased Edward about the small birthmark the shape of a strawberry on his upper thigh.
Hanging out with everyone was exactly the same as before, only now I felt like I could breathe easier. I guess I never realized how envious I was of my friends and their relationships. I could now kiss Edward whenever I felt like, and sometimes I kissed him just because I could. He particularly liked it when I did that.
Alice was thrilled that we were together just in time for her wedding. I had rolled my eyes at Alice then, but when her wedding finally did come around, I was more then pleased to know I had a date. And Edward was the perfect date.
Alice and her very tired wedding planner had planned a perfect wedding. Everything was perfect, the flowers, the colors, and the subtle decorations. Rose and I looked sexy yet classy in our bridesmaid dresses. Alice had declared herself amazing after seeing her sister step out of the dressing room, and looked ten pounds lighter than what she really was, all because of the cut of her dress.
As for Alice's wedding dress, well I have to say she never looked more beautiful; but I think that was because she was looking at Jasper with only love in her eyes.
It seemed to be the summer for weddings. Right after Alice's wedding, Angela called to tell me that her and Ben were getting married at the end of August. She planned to do a small, ceremony in her parent's backyard (if it wasn't raining).
So Edward and I were on our way to Forks for the wedding, and Edward was having a mild… nope, full blown panic attack about staying in Charlie's house. Being the faithful girlfriend that I am, I enjoyed watching him freak out.
Edward gripped the steering wheel. "You're enjoying this."
"Yes I am," I nodded with a smile. "I never brought a guy home before, so this is all very entertaining."
"Yeah well, let's see how entertaining it is when your dad kills me and your left to go alone to the wedding."
I bit my lip. "You got a point there; make sure you don't piss off Charlie then."
"What do you mean piss him off?" Edward glanced at me with a panicked look. "Is that easy to do?"
"Never mind that, we're already here."
Edward pulled the car into the driveway. Unlike the last time we came to visit Charlie wasn't outside waiting for us, so Edward was able to take a few moments to regain his composure.
"You're acting ridiculous you know that right?" I raised an eyebrow.
Edward pulled me closer to him so I could hear his whisper while we walked to the front door. "Look, you told me you never brought a guy home before right? Meaning I'm the first. Meaning he never had a chance to do that whole protective father thing. Meaning, I could be a dead man."
I started at him, my jaw hanging slightly. "Oh my God, I'm in love with a freak."
"Bella!"
I rang the doorbell. "I'm sorry Hun, but I think you're just over reacting."
Charlie opened the door, a rifle in his hand.
"Maybe you're not," I breathed so only Edward could hear. It looked like Edward was right with Charlie doing the protective dad thing; in that case I was going to have to bring out the big guns.
"Daddy!" I squealed and threw myself into Charlie's arms. I hardly ever called Charlie 'Daddy'. In fact I had only used it three times before. Once when I accidentally broke his downstairs TV, another time when I told him I wasn't moving back to Forks but instead moving to Seattle, and another time when I installed wireless in the house before telling him.
"How's my baby girl doing?" Charlie hugged me right back. A, Charlie has never called me that, and B, he was not a hugging kind of a person. He was laying it on thick for Edward.
I kept my hands on his arm, but pulled away slightly. "I'm good, not much going on. You excited about the wedding?"
Angela and Ben have known Charlie for years, so it was only natural that he was invited as well.
I tried to steer Charlie into the house so that Edward could get inside, and out of the rain. But Charlie wasn't having any of that and kept me in place so that I was out of the rain and Edward was getting soaked.
"It's about time those two kids got married," he nodded.
When it was clear that Charlie wasn't going to be making any point to move I clear my throat. "Um…Dad, I think we should get inside, Edward's going to get soaked to the bone if he keeps standing out there."
Charlie shrugged as if to say 'so what' but released me anyway and made room for us to come inside.
"Dad you remember Edward right?" it was a lame question to ask, but the man wasn't giving me much to work with.
"How you doing Sir?" Edward stuck his hand out, flicking some water at Charlie.
Charlie just looked at Edward's hand. "Go into the bathroom and wash up, you're getting water everywhere."
I felt bad for Edward as he ran up the steps, a distinct "squish" on every step he took.
I followed Charlie to the living room, where he set down his rifle next to his gun cleaning kit. "Dad."
"What's up?" he asked, but kept his eyes on the gun.
"Dad," I repeated and went to go sit next to him so that he could pay attention to me. "I want you to be good, and nice to Edward."
"I am," he huffed.
"Dad!"
"Fine," he looked up at me. "Come one Bells, he is the first guy ever brought home; I've got to give him a hard time."
It looks like Edward's theory was right. "He'll be the last guy I bring home," I said quietly.
Charlie raised both eyebrows. "That serious?"
"Yeah, that serious."
"Hmm," Charlie relaxed into the couch. "Well, I'll make sure to make the couch is extra comfortable for him."
"Dad…" I blushed, but kept a stern look on my face. "He's not sleeping on the couch."
Charlie frowned.
I kept talking. "You know how much I respect you, and by how freaked out Edward was, you know he respects you. I'm almost 29, an adult, in a relationship with the man who will be your son in law one day. Please be reasonable."
Charlie ran his hands through his hair and let out a breath he seemed to have been holding. "Future son in law, huh? Is that official?"
"Not yet," I shook my head with a smile. "We don't want to rush anything, but we've already talked about it and we know that's where it's going."
Charlie took another breath and slowly let it out. "Alright, I'll be good. That whole 'if you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything.'"
I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks dad."
Three loud thumps brought Charlie and I out of our father/daughter moment. I jumped up and rushed to the stairs to find Edward steadying himself.
"I forgot that the stairs are wet from my clothes," Edward looked up to see Charlie walking in from the living room.
"I'm sorry, I'll clean this up as soon as I can," Edward leaped to the next step, not seeing the small puddle.
After years of always being the clumsy one, of always falling for no good reason, it was finally my turn to laugh at someone else being clumsy. And the fact that it was Edward, whose legs went flying up from underneath him and sent him flat on his butt and slid down to the bottom step, just made it the icing on the cake.
I laughed. I laughed my ass off.
Charlie shook his head as he left and mumbled, "Aw hell, don't say anything… I got nothing nice to say."
After calming Edward down from his 'Bella moment', I was able to help him clean the stairs up. I quickly got dinner whipped up and dinner itself wasn't too awkward once we all had something to talk about.
Charlie went to bed early, giving Edward a glare that brought him back to panic mode.
"Why did your dad look at me that way?" Edward asked me, wide eyed. "I thought things were good."
"I don't know what goes on in that man's mind," I shrugged.
Edward sighed, and finished drying the last plate I handed him after washing it. "Well I guess we better go to bed, tomorrow's the rehearsal and after Alice's rehearsal, I don't underestimate how draining it can be."
I grimaced at the memory. Her sister was being a pain and kept messing up or asking dumb questions. In retaliation, Alice had us rehearse over and over and over and over…
"I doubt Angela would be like Alice, but I don't want to risk it." I grabbed Edward's hand, "Let's go."
"Go where? I'm sleeping on the couch," he asked but still followed me.
"Oh right, about that. I kind of told my dad that you were going to sleep with me." I tried to keep walking up the stairs, but Edward held tight to my hand.
"What?!"
"I just explained to him that we're adults, and you are the man I want to spend the rest of my life with, and… oh, Edward please don't look at me like that."
"He's going to kill me." He shook his head, and slumped to the wall. "He's going to sneak into your room and kill me because you can't keep it in your pants."
I was on a step higher than he was which made us almost eye level. (He was still taller.) I wrapped my arms around his neck and placed soft kisses all over his face.
"We don't have to do anything, but I just wanted to be able fall asleep, and wake up in your arms knowing that I'm safe, and loved. But if you don't want that…" I pouted.
"Fine, you win," Edward shook his head and kissed me. "You know I can't say no to your pout. But don't you try to get frisky with me."
I raised my right hand. "Scout's honor that I'll keep my hand to myself."
Edward raised an eyebrow. "You were never a girl scout."
"No," I shrugged. "But I ate their cookies."
The next day Angela text messaged me asking that Edward and I get over there ASAP. Angela was never the dramatic type, so getting a text like that from her was definitely something to take seriously.
Edward and I were at her house in less then ten minuets and we were met with chaos. There were kids running around screaming, some half clothed, the decorations looked as if someone had tossed them around, hoping that it would stick but not really caring either way. An argument could be heard from both the direction of the kitchen and up stairs. And faintly, I heard the distinct sounds of my best friend crying.
Not caring about any of the other sounds in the house, I ran straight to where I knew she would be; out in her patio. Sure enough, the back screen door was open and I was able to find Angela sitting in the loveseat swing, her head hanging down and her hands covering her face. I had probably only found Angela crying, maybe four or five times since our becoming friends, but each time she would come out to this porch swing to cry. And each time, like I am now, I would sit next to her, wrap my arms around her and ask what's wrong.
"Everything's wrong!" she sobbed.
It was such a girl like comment, which made me want to laugh at the fact that I was coming from cool, calm, collected Angela.
"Ok… how about we start off with what's most wrong?" I spoke softly and rubbed her shoulders. From the corner of my eye I saw Edward hanging out by the door, staying in case I needed him.
"I wanted to do a small backyard wedding so that I wouldn't have to put up with the stress of a big wedding, but now everything is falling apart!" Angela let out an angry breath before going on. "It all started when Ben's cousin decided last minute that she wanted to come to the wedding too. You know how much I love Ben's family Bella," she looked up at me with pleading eyes.
"Angela, I know how much you love people. Remember you're the Jane Bennett." Angela and I always were obsessed with Jane Austen books, particularly Pride and Prejudice. I always referred Angela to the eldest sister, Jane; who was the kind sister that only looked at the good in people. Not including Edward, I don't think she has ever really disliked a person; and she ended up forgiving Edward!
Angela laughed a little, which gave me hope that her day wasn't going to be in a complete ruin. "I don't care that she decided to come last minute, it's just that she's been criticizing everything that I'm doing and she said that she can do better, so when I let her do something; like the decorations, she ends up doing a horrible job and leaves it without even trying to fix it!"
So that explained the decorations. "And what about the kids running around?" I asked softly.
"They got out?" Angela looked at me with wide teary eyes. "She was supposed to be watching them until their outfits for the wedding came so they can try them on. All I told her to do was keep them locked up in a bedroom!"
"And the arguments?"
"In the kitchen my mom's arguing with my Grandma that they need to special order a cake. And my grandma is demanding that she makes our wedding cake, but she doesn't understand that Ben's allergic to eggs, and I'm scared my grandma is going to kill Ben. And upstairs they are trying to make Ben's cousin a last minute bridesmaid dress."
"What do you mean last minute bridesmaid dress? I thought there was only going to be me, and Britney." Britney was Ben's sister. She and Angela had gotten pretty close and when Britney got married Angela was her maid of honor. So it worked out for Britney to be Angela's maid of honor. No wonder Angela was breaking down here.
"Yeah," Angela looked up at me, this time real anger shone through her eyes. "She's demanding that she's in the wedding, and now it throws everything off because Ben doesn't really have guy friends that he can ask to drive down to a wedding that they originally weren't invited to, so that they can be a groomsmen!"
"Why can't you have one of the guys here do it?" I offered. "You must have plenty of male family members here."
"Yeah, but if we ask any of them, there is going to be more drama on why we didn't ask the other guys." Angela shook her head. "I just wanted to marry Ben."
I kept rubbing her shoulder while I took everything in that she just told me. "Alright, here's the game plan. We're going to let your grandma cook her cake, but tell her that it has to be small and if she doesn't like that then she doesn't have to cook anything. Then you can make that the kids' cake or something, while you can eat the egg free cake that is going to be specially made.
Edward can go lasso up the kids and go entertain them for a bit; there is a SpongeBob marathon going on right now that the kids can watch." Both Angela and Edward gave me an odd look. I shrugged. "What? That little square pants sponge is funny."
I thought I heard Edward mumble something like, 'at least it's not Disney.'
I kept going. "I'll go see what I can do with the dress. I know that Alice and the gang are going to be here in like an hour and I'm sure Alice would love to help out with putting the dress together. And once they all get here, they can help put all the decorations together."
Angela stared at me open mouthed for a bit before tackling me with a hug. "Bella, thank you, thank you!"
I hugged her back. "Don't thank me yet, we still have to get everything done."
I called up Alice and asked her if she could help out, before I could even finish my sentence she said yes. Everyone agreed to help out, and Edward had just left the room of kids saying that they'll be taking a nap in about an hour or so.
I went up stairs to see is if I can help Ben's bitch of a cousin. There were two of Angela's aunts with soft green colored fabrics hanging around themselves. They greeted me with open arms and hugs (they didn't live in Forks, but they had visited a lot back in high school) while I asked where the wedding crasher was.
"She's in the bathroom," Aunt Linda nodded her head in the direction.
"Little brat is causing up a storm," Aunt Anna sighed as she took a seat on the bed.
"Well help is on the way, so you guys can probably go take a break." I smiled at how wonderful my friends were.
"We won't leave you alone with her dear," Aunt Linda walked over to pat my shoulders. "That wouldn't be humane."
From all of the talk over this mysterious, bitchy cousin, I was half expecting her to have a body of a grizzly bear, a head of a crocodile, and a personality of a tornado. Oh, I am feeling creative today.
There was a knock at the door as Edward peeked his head in. "Safe to come in?"
"The beast is at bay," I nodded with a smile while Edward B lined to give me a kiss. The Aunts whistled.
"Aunt Linda, Aunt Anna, I am shocked by the both of you," I feigned my bewilderment.
Edward released me so he could walk over to the Aunts. "Hello, my name is Edward Masen." He held out his hand.
"My name is Anna, and this is my sister Linda," Anna shook his hand.
"And my name is Tanya," a light voice called out.
Well, she sure as hell didn't have a body of a grizzly, or a head of a crocodile. She was taller than me but shorter than Edward, and her legs seemed to go out a mile long in her casual workout shorts. She was slim and fit and those boobs were totally fake! At least I'm hoping that they are. And of course she's pretty, with that doe eyed look. To top it call off was that strawberry blond hair that curled just perfectly at the ends.
I didn't like her.
Tanya sauntered over to Edward as if he was her prey and held out her dainty hand with a flirtatious smile.
Edward looked over at me with an alarmed expression. Ha! My smart boyfriend wasn't going to be falling for your tricks! Still, Edward being his polite self took her hand and curtly shook it with a brief, "Nice to meet you."
He was just about to be free of her clutches before she reached out for his arm and pulled him back.
"So you're here for the wedding?" she asked while I had to hold back a 'no shit Sherlock.'
"Err yes, I'm here with my girlfriend," Edward looked at me with pleading eyes. "Bella."
To the rescue! I was used to seeing Edward being hit on by other girls, and I didn't mind, because then I could come in and just say that I was his girlfriend and that they needed to back off. But this Tanya chick, I did not like at all.
So I did what girls do best. I put on my friendliest smile and wrapped my arms around Edward.
"Hi I'm Bella, Edward's girlfriend, and one of the original members of the bridal party." Pulling out the bitch gloves.
"Hi Bella," Tanya smile just as brightly. "It's nice to meet you. I'm also part of the wedding party. It was such a surprise, but when I found out that I could make it to the wedding Angela and Ben demanded that I'd be in the wedding."
It physically hurt not to roll my eyes.
"So I'm thrilled to be here, but I must say Angela is really brave for sticking to her wedding color, green; seeing as some people just might not be able to pull it off." Tanya smiled sweetly to me.
"Well, I've been here since the beginning with her and Ben, she already made sure that both Britney and I look amazing. So, the only one who really needs to worry is you." My smile kept on shining. "But I'm sure you'll look great."
"Hmm, yes," Tanya's smile faded a bit.
I felt my cell buzz.
I looked up to Edward. "Cool, everyone's here. We should go meet up with them." I smiled over to other woman in the room. "I'll be right back with more reinforcement."
The moment the door closed behind Edward started kissing my neck. "What's this for?" I giggled.
"You have no idea how hot you are when you get all catty," Edward kept nuzzling my neck.
"Well, if we're going to be spending today and tomorrow together then she better know not to hit on my man." I always love saying that he's my man.
"Bella!" Rose called out as I stepped on the last step. "What the hell happened here?" Behind a surprised Rose, were our equally shocked friends.
Summing up what was going on was quick and easy enough, and when I told them what the game plan was they were all up for the challenge. Before we were about to split up I looked to Alice and Rose.
"So Tanya, the cousin, well make sure you two keep an eye on how close she gets to Jasper and Emmett."
"Hey!" both Jasper and Emmett looked at me, offended.
"It's nothing on you guys, but we've got ourselves a stage five clinger."
Emmett's offended frown broke into a smile. "Nice Wedding Crashers reference."
"I thought it was appropriate," I grinned. "But seriously, I've got a bad feeling about this girl."
"Thanks for the heads up Bella," Alice nodded to me.
It was a long day, but with my friends there it made time go by easier. About two hours into the work, Alice came storming down stairs. I had never seen her this pissed off, and just kept huffing about how much of a bitch Tanya was. Apparently Tanya kept telling Alice what to do, and how she was doing everything wrong, and trying to teach Alice how to properly thread a needle.
Jasper had to calm Alice down, but finally Alice just smiled at us and said how she had put together the dress in such a way, that it would make Tanya look like she was pregnant. I don't know how Alice would be able to manage that with how skinny Tanya is, but Alice told us to trust her, so we did.
Alice, Jasper, Rose, and Emmett all decided to stay at a hotel, which turned out best because I have no idea how we would be able to fit everyone in Charlie's little house.
I was lying in bed reading one of the books that I always keep at Charlie's house, when Edward walked in after just having taken a shower. His towel hung dangerously low, and since I knew what he was working with, it wasn't hard to imagine.
Edward sat on the bed, facing away from me, and used his other towel to dry off his messy hair. I set the book aside, not caring about the page I was on, and crawled across the bed to wrap my arms around Edward's bare chest from behind. He didn't say anything, but I felt him relax in my arms as I started to kiss his shoulder, his neck, and his ear.
Slowly I worked my way around to kiss him properly, but I had to crawl into his lap to get the better angle. From underneath the towel, I could feel him getting just as into it as I was, so I pushed him onto the bed so I could straddle his chest.
I went back to kissing his neck and working my way down his chest. Edward had this half grunt, half moan thing that drives me crazy (in a good way) when I hear it. And as I kissed down his stomach I was hearing his moan just as I liked it. I stayed kissing his stomach while my hands reached up to take off his towel.
"No," Edward's hand came up and grabbed mine. "No," he repeated again, just as breathless as the first time.
"What?" my breathing wasn't any better.
"I mean, no. We shouldn't do this." Edward sat up a bit and took my hand off his towel.
"Are you not into it?" I asked, lost in my confusion. "Because I thought you and I were on the same page here." I slid down further on him and sat directly on him. It was just my underwear and his towel in the way. I rubbed up against him. "Nope, you're more than ready."
"Bella!" Edward hissed and threw his head back. Before I could get that reaction again, he rolled out from under me. I lost balance and ended up lying next to him on the bed.
"Edward, what's wrong?" I reached over cupped his face. Maybe I was getting spoiled, but so far whenever I'm in the mood he is very willing to fulfill my needs, and vice versa.
"It's not that I don't want to," Edward held my hand with his own. "It's just that, your dad is right next door."
I dropped my hand and sat up.
"Edward, he fell asleep hours ago!"
"Yeah, but the walls are thin and I really do not want him to hear us," Edward also sat up. "And this is his house; I would feel like I'm tainting it."
"Ok, well. What if we just do some… heavy petting?" I reached over and lightly dragged my fingers down his chest and closer to my goal. "Or heavy kissing?" I started to climb back over to him.
When my hand reached the edge of the towel, Edward jumped and made a very non-manly sound. He climbed off the bed and adjusted the towel so it would stay tight on him.
"I can't do that either," he shook his head. "I would have to shake your father's hand with my hand, and I can't do that knowing that I touched you with this hand the night before. And the same goes for talking."
I kneeled on the bed, and with my knees, walked my way over to the direction of Edward.
"You cannot be serious here. You have felt me up countless of times, gone down on me, I can't even remember how many times, and yet you can't do this now?" I stuck out my bottom lip and pouted. I reached over and rested my hands on his shoulders. "Edward, I really want you."
"I'll cry rape," Edward looked like he was trying really hard to only look into my eyes. "And there's a sheriff next door, so you just be careful there; and no means no."
I rolled my eyes. I jumped off the bed walked to the door. "Fine. I'm going to go take a shower and take care of it myself. Think about that while you wait out here."
I heard a groan as I walked into the hallway, and not a happy groan.
That night Edward made a very detailed promise of what he was going to do to me when we got back to Seattle, which made me behave for the rest of the night and a very happy camper the next day.
I was supposed to get ready at Angela's house, and Edward was going to get ready at Charlie's and drive over with him; something that neither of my men were looking forward to.
The extra groomsmen crisis was solved after everyone left last night, and Ben agreed to have one of Angela's cousins be the groomsmen making it even.
Tanya was already in the room where we were all supposed to be getting dressed throwing a little hissy fit.
"You!" she glared at me the moment I walked in. "You're friend ruined my dress; it looks like I'm pregnant!"
Sure enough, Alice had worked her magic and sown the dress so that there was a little puff right in front of her lower abdomen. I had to fight back a laugh and smiled as innocently as I could.
"I'm sorry Tanya; too bad we don't have enough time to fix it." I smiled sweetly. "But hey, the color looks good on you."
Tanya kept pitching a fit about her dress, but when Angela showed up to put on her wedding dress, Brittany told Tanya to shut it.
Angela looked beautiful. Her dress was nothing like Alice's, who had an outrageously poofy dress. Angela's dress was a simple white dress that hung easily and matched her slim figure. There weren't many designs on it, but what it had on the trimming was enough.
There was a collected intake of breath when we saw Angela in the finished product. I'll admit I got a little teary eyed.
Angela went to go have a private talk with her mom before the wedding, and Brittany went to get her camera out of the charger in the next room, leaving me with my new best friend.
I felt like I was doing a pretty good job at ignoring her. After all didn't I just tell Charlie if you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything? And this is Angela's day, so she really does not need any kind of stupid drama; as long as Tanya doesn't say or do anything to piss me off.
"God, I need to get laid," I heard Tanya say from behind me.
I didn't say anything; maybe she was just talking out loud to herself.
"That guy you were with yesterday, he's really not your boyfriend is he?" She asked in a condescending tone.
I took a breath before turning around to look her in the eye. "Yes, he is my boyfriend."
She shrugged and started to walk around the room, looking at all of the pictures. "I saw two other really hot guys here too. One really tall and had a bunch of muscles and dark brown hair, the other was tall too but on the leaner side with blond hair. But when I saw him, he basically ran away from me." She frowned, but kept walking."He's probably gay."
"Those two guys are my best friends. The dark haired one is here with his girlfriend, and the other is here with his wife." Of course she was one of those girls who thinks that the only reasonable explanation for a guy to reject her is because he's gay. Just another charming quality to add on the growing list.
"I've dated a few married guys," Tanya kept talking as if I had cared or wanted to know. "They're not as hard to get with as people may think," she let out a laugh that made me sick to my stomach. She seriously doesn't care if a guy is married or not. If anything she probably likes the challenge.
Tanya looked over at me and with a smile that implied that there was more meaning behind her words. "To bad you're guy is already taken."
Yeah, he's not interested in disease- infested caverns! I wanted to yell that at her, but Brittany came rushing in telling us it was time for the wedding.
Even with her weak threat, Tanya didn't stop me from enjoying the wedding.
I really was not worried about her. She didn't try to hide who or what she was, and Edward had already seen first hand how she could be. Plus I haven't seen her look at Edward even once so that made me relived enough.
But what it all really comes down to is how much I trust Edward. I know he wouldn't do anything with her, and that he was completely in love with me. I could be the overbearing girlfriend, and keep telling him to stay away from her, or to not even look at her; but what good would that do me? It would just piss him off, and make Edward think that I didn't trust him. By the time the wedding reception was in full swing, I had completely forgotten about her.
Edward had demanded that we go out and dance, and he didn't care if I did step on his toes or not. It was obvious he had a few drinks, nothing to make him drunk, but definitely loosen him up. Maybe he wouldn't mind some heavy petting tonight…
Alice was in an intense conversation with Aunt Linda and Aunt Anna about clothes in the 70's, leaving Jasper without a partner. Edward ran off to go use the rest room, so Jasper decided to attempt to dance with me.
We had danced together before, and he knew how dangerous it could be, but we still had fun.
"So how's married life going for you?" I asked him while we danced.
Jasper had this silly grin on his face. "Even better then I had imagined."
I couldn't help but smile while I thought about how perfect my two friends were matched.
"Alice wants to start trying to have a baby," Jasper's grin grew into a wide smile.
"Really!" I squealed. "That's amazing Jasper! You guys are going to be wonderful parents."
"I know Alice had a lot of energy," Jasper's eyes wondered to where Alice was sitting. "But I've seen her with kids before, and she calms down and is surprisingly patient."
"So it's possible that in a year from now you're going to be a dad?" I asked with a smile.
Jasper beamed. "Yeah, I guess it is."
The song ended and I looked around for Edward.
"Is he still in the bathroom?" Jasper asked, not needing to know who I was looking for.
"Maybe, I'm going to go look for him." All of that love talk Jasper was doing just now had me wanting my love.
I walked back into the house, and the noise from outside was slightly shut off with the doors closed. We were pretty lucky that it hadn't rain, and at the last minute changed it to an outdoor wedding.
I went to the down stairs restroom, but a child's voice answered when I knocked so I went to the upstairs restroom in the master bedroom. When I opened the door, I wanted to scream.
Edward was kissing Tanya.
I want to cry, I wanted to run, I wanted to go over and beat the crap out of Edward. But instead I stood there and watched. This wasn't right, Edward loved me, and he wants to be with me. I trust him, and wouldn't do that.
And he wasn't. Edward wasn't kissing Tanya. Tanya was kissing Edward, and Edward pulling his face away trying to push her off. She obviously wasn't a heavy girl, but Edward being the gentleman that he is, wasn't going to out right push her.
"No, stop it! I told you to get the fuck off of me." Edward finally lost his cool and with not much force pushed her. Tanya landed on the bed, right in front of him; legs open and all.
"Edward," I called out, and both pairs of eyes looked right at me.
Tanya immediately wrapped her legs around Edward, who started to push off her legs and get out of her grasp. She also hiked up her dress to make it look as if they had been fooling around.
"Oh Edward," Tanya made her voice try to sound all breathy. "I thought you said your girlfriend wouldn't come to find you."
"What?! I never said that!" Edward jumped away from her and rushed over to me. "Bella, I swear, I didn't. Please believe me, you know I wouldn't!"
"Stop," I didn't look at him. "You can't judge me for what happens in the next five minutes."
"What?" Edward asked as I marched right passed him and up to Tanya who was sitting up on the bed with a smug ass smile.
I hated that smile.
So I made it go away.
I punched the bitch.
Tanya screamed and her hands went up to her face. "What the fuck!"
"You think you can come here and hit on my boyfriend, and that he would fall for a skank like you?" My voice was surprisingly calm, and I wasn't even yelling. "You think that just because you spread your legs, guys are going to hop on." I leaned in so that I was close enough to feel her breath. "Hate to break it to you, but he's just not that into you."
I straightened up and turned back to a stunned Edward. As I reached the door Tanya couldn't let me leave without her having the final word.
"Yeah, well, that's not what he said earlier."
I stopped and shook my head. I was done with her.
"And your boyfriend's a good kisser!"
"Oh, hell no." I muttered to myself. I turned back around and with all force I could muster, punched her again.
Tanya went flying on the bed, and I heard a satisfying crack when I punched her.
"Oh, that one hurt!" I cradled my hand to my chest and kept saying "ouch" over and over.
Edward rushed me down stairs, and sat me on the counter while he grabbed some ice.
"You were amazing!" Edward finally said after making sure there was ice on my hand. "But how did you know?"
I looked up to the green eyed man I loved and smiled. "Edward, you're an ass man. If you were into her kiss your hands would be all over her butt, not trying to push her away. Yeah sure, when I opened the door I thought what I saw was you kissing her, but it wasn't you Edward. You're the man who I truly love more than anyone. I know you."
I was rewarded with a kiss that made me all tingly and a of part me wanted to go find a room, while the other part wanted to rub this in Tanya's face.
"I found them! They're just trying to get it on in the kitchen!" Emmett's loud voice boomed, breaking the romance.
Alice, Jasper, and Rose showed up in the kitchen laughing, before Emmett asked about my swelling hand.
"Did you fall down somewhere Bella?" Emmett laughed.
"No, actually I punched Tanya," I shrugged casually.
"You did what?" Emmett's laughter stopped and his mouth dropped.
"Bella found Tanya trying to kiss me, and kicked her ass," Edward grinned proudly.
"I didn't kick her ass, I just punched… twice."
Rose and Alice were hovering around me right away.
"Thank God you did, because I was about to have a smack down with her myself." Rose huffed. "Did you know she grabbed Emmett's ass?"
"Babe, you know I told her that my butt is off limits to everyone but you," Emmett pulled Rose into his chest and kissed her forehead.
"I tried to tell her that I was not interested too," frowned Edward. "But she basically tackled me."
"Then Bella tackled her," Alice laughed.
"I did not tackle her!" I protested.
I ended up needing going to the hospital to get my hand checked. It was just a small fracture, but my friends teased me every step of the way. Emmett kept telling me not to go punching any other people, seeing as I only had one good hand.
Tanya needed to go to the hospital too, and I ended up feeling horrible. She had a broken nose, but luckily she wasn't going to be pressing any kind of charges. She may be an idiot, but at least she was an idiot that knew my dad was the police chief.
I was feeling pretty bad about hitting Tanya, until I saw her walk by the room and made another stupid comment.
I kept apologizing to Angela about having ruined her wedding, but she only laughed and ended up thanking me for having punched Tanya.
"That girl was getting on my last nerve," Angela had said. "And at least now I have a good story to tell when I talk about my wedding."
I was extremely relieved when Edward and I finally made it back to Seattle and were relaxing at home.
We were lying on the couch, not really doing anything, just enjoying the time of it being just the two of us.
"Well this trip was a complete disaster." I finally sighed after replaying everything in my head.
"Why do you say that?" Edward asked, but he seemed more entertained with a lock of my hair that he was playing with.
I lifted my hand, which was wrapped up.
"No, I don't agree with you there," Edward sighed into my ear. "Charlie finally met me as your boyfriend, and not just your friend. I have a few interesting promises I need to fulfill. You were able to get a few more ideas on what you want to do when we get married. And I was able to see exactly how much you trust me."
"Well, when you put it like that…" I smiled and wrapped my arms around him.
"Remember what I told you, when it comes to you and me, no matter what we do it's always perfect."
"Edward, you keep talking like that and it's going to spoil me," I laughed.
"Oh, well in that case," Edward brought his eyebrows together so he looked serious. "Woman, go make me a sandwich…now!"
I kept laughing and stood to go walk to my room. "Oh Edward, you and crazy ways."
"But I really am hungry," I heard him pout.
Alright! This chapter was to show you guys how their relationship progressed, and how a big thing in any relationship is trust. We've all read a story or seen a movie where the girl walks in at the wrong time, and she jumps right into conclusions. Well after watching a movie like that not too long ago, I thought to myself "why don't these girl just stay a second or two, and watch to grasp what the hell is going on." Easier said then done, I know, but in this story I made it done. Haha
Just wondering, how many AZ readers do I have here? I was at Tempe Market Place the other day and met a reader there randomly, it was awesome haha. So I was just wondering any AZ readers?
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We have the last chapter coming up, and it will be call: Continuing On
I'm sad thinking about it, so I'm not going to think about saying goodbye to you guys until I post the next chapter… so until then
I hope you enjoyed :)
