The Body Chapter 36

My Cell phone ringing dragged my attention back from the plans I was looking at. For a moment I couldn't quite understand why the phone on my desk wasn't flashing and jumping all over the table until I remembered that my personal cell was still in the bottom of my purse. I reached into the depths of my bag and after rooting through all the 'extremely important 'crap that was in there I was too late to actually answer it. Looking at the missed call I saw it was Rosalie, she never just called for a chat so I quickly called her back.

"Hi Rosalie sorry I couldn't find my phone"

"Bella Hi! I was just wondering if you fancied lunch, we haven't had time for a gossip in ages and my afternoon appointment has just wimped out on the first sitting of his back piece. It's always the big ones that do that you know, the girls can take anything but the guys, the bigger they are…."

She sorted of just drifted off and I waited a few seconds to see if she was going to launch into some gruesome story of her piercing a strange part of someone's anatomy.

"So what do you say, can you get away?" she was hesitant almost wary that maybe she shouldn't have rung.

"I would love to. I'm going cross eyed looking at some plans for re designing an abandoned lot downtown and no matter what the architects say I just cannot see it." I told her

We agreed to meet in a bar half way between us in half an hour, just enough time for me to change, cancel my afternoon appointment and get across town.

I changed into some Jeans, boots and a top I kept in the closet in my office and after refreshing my make-up and scraping my hair up into a pony tail, I grabbed my purse and coat and walked out into the main office. Edward looked up instinctively as he always did when he heard my door and caught my eye, I could see the question on his face as he noticed I had changed. I made my way over to him and explained I was off out with Rosalie for lunch.

"Good luck with that then, I'll see you later tonight and if things get out of hand and you need rescuing call me and I'll come and get you" he had a strange look on his face as though he was resigned to it.

I bent forward and kissed him goodbye, a peck on the lips, and whispered "I'm a big girl I can look after myself you know".

He snorted and laughed, "Yes but you haven't been out drinking with Rosalie on your own before have you?"

"It's just a girlie lunch Edward" was my response and he looked at me and rolled his eyes.

We arrived at the bar within a few minutes of one another, she was still at the bar ordering when I walked in. It was somewhere I hadn't been in before and if I hadn't been with Rosalie I wouldn't have stayed.

"You ok with a pitcher of beer or would you prefer a bottle of wine?" she asked as I walked towards her.

I could see she already had one pitcher in front of her on the bar so I presumed the bottle of wine would be just for me, "beer's fine " I said as she nodded at the bartender, picked up the pitcher and we made our way to a booth in the back.

The bartender bought over another pitcher of beer and two iced glasses and set them down in front of us, he poured the drinks and stood looking at both of us.

"Would you ladies like anything else, food, different music, company…."

I looked at Rosalie and tried not to laugh, we'd only been here five minutes and I was already wondering if Edward was right.

"We will need to soak up the alcohol so can you organise us a couple of your best burgers with all the trimmings" she turned to me to make sure that was ok, I nodded, if I was going to be drinking beer at lunchtime I would need that quantity of food.

"I presumed living with Edward you would be craving beer and junk food. That's one of the reasons I chose this place, it does the best burgers I've ever had and I practically live on them with Emmett."

I couldn't help but laugh and tell her about my recent dream where I was chasing a pepperoni pizza around the apartment and I woke up biting my pillow.

" I really don't know Edward all that well. I mean he did spend a lot of time talking and drinking with Emmett before, they are like two old women when they get going, but in another way he keeps himself very much to himself. I am so glad he's found you, you are very good for him, Emmett and I can both see that"

I was touched, it was the first time anyone who knew Edward had acknowledged the changes in him, I saw them obviously and his work mates had started to notice but Emmett and Rosalie were different, they were his friends.

As the afternoon wore on and we consumed our own body weight in junk food and alcohol I had long since given up any pretence of going back to work later on or even going home sober. It felt so good to just relax and laugh, to not have to worry about anything other than where the next pitcher of beer was coming from and whether I would make it to the bathroom and back in one piece. Rosalie was full of stories about her clients, and I finally got to hear about the times she practised her piercing technique on Emmett and Edward.

" I could pierce you if you are up for it, the sensation you get when he pull's on your nipple ring or rattles the ring in your clit, well it's got to be experienced to be believed".

Luckily I hadn't had that much, I was still able to realise that was something that I could well regret. The funny thing was though that it wasn't the pain, the actual act of having it done or the aftercare that stopped me, it was the thought that when I was on the blog next it would be an identifying feature. After all Edwards piercing had been a huge clue for me and maybe even the final piece in the jigsaw.

I don't know whether it was the conversation about piercing Edward's cock, the quantity of alcohol we'd consumed or my ever increasing libido but I could stop myself from squirming in my seat and rubbing my thighs together, the more I did the more I thought about his ass cheeks and how much I wanted to spank them until they were warm and rosy red. That thought made me laugh out loud uncontrollably as I went in my head from rosy red to the Rosie sitting in front of me. I knew that Emmett called her Rosie in private and in my alcohol fuelled state it really tickled me.

Rosalie bless her, sat looking at me as if I'd lost my mind she was just about to say something when I dashed to the bathroom before I wet myself.

"Ok Bella what was all that about?" she asked as soon as I sat back down, my glass was full again and she picked it up and passed it to me.

As I took a drink I thought about what I could tell her, I'd only ever had one close girlfriend I could really talk to but Alice was across the country. She was also game for anything and everything, so she wasn't always the best person to turn to for sound advice!

"Oh fuck this is going to be good, you've gone red from your hairline all the way down under your shirt" she was already laughing as she topped up both of our glasses.

"I have this fantasy. I really want to do something to Edward and I think he will like it, no I know he will love it, but I have no idea how to go about setting it up. I want it to be a surprise not something we talk about and discuss and evaluate. I want it to be spontaneous as far as he's concerned and want it to be fuck hot" I said as I drained my glass so I wouldn't have to look at Rosalie.

"Well you can always practice on me first sweetheart, I'm game for most things" said a male voice I didn't recognise.

I looked up as a new bartender placed another pitcher on the table between us, "with the compliments of the guys over there" he said as he pointed to a table of suits I hadn't even seen come into the bar.

I looked at my watch and was shocked to realise it was 6.30pm, we'd been in the bar for five hours and I think we were on our 5th or 6th pitcher. Rosalie looked fine but I was definitely getting to be the wrong side of enough.

"She's taken and a good girl usually so I'm afraid you've no chance" Rosalie answered for me before picking up the pitcher and raising it in the direction of the other table. "Thank you" she shouted dismissing the bartender.

"Right lady let's hear it" she said as soon as the bartender dragged himself away.

I debated for a few seconds and then decided to just go for it, "I really want to spank Edward, I've been doing loads of research. I found this amazing website which gives me all the information and advice I think I need, I just need to pluck up the courage to actually do it. No that's not true, not the courage, I need to be sure when I start I won't lose my nerve and not do it properly because I want to turn his ass cheeks red and I want to do it in such a way he'll never forget it."

I took another drink and realised I needed to breathe. I hadn't taken a breath in all the time I was talking so I did and finally looked up at Rosalie who was very quiet.

"Well thank fuck for that! I knew you were perfect for that closet pervert but this just proves it, you two were made for each other".

It was my time to be speechless "what do you mean closet pervert?" for a moment I panicked she had known all along about his little hobby.

"He comes across as far too wholesome. I just knew there was a pervert under all that freakish clean living exterior, let' face it anyone who is happy to have me pierce his bell end has to be a bit strange"

At that we both roared with laughter, it was loud and raucous and we attracted the attention of all the booths and tables around us.

"Come on we'd better make a move before we are asked to leave, and anyway I'm going to take you to a little place a couple of blocks from here you are going to love" Rosalie said as she threw some cash on the table. I added another $100 and we made our war to the door.

"Come back ladies any time there will always be a warm welcome waiting for you" the bartender shouted as we left.

The cold air hit me as we stepped onto the sidewalk, we linked arms as both of us needed the support and Rosalie set off in the direction of our next destination. I wasn't sure what to expect but it certainly wasn't the boutique we stopped in front of. Once inside I realised it was actually a place that specialised in costumes for the bedroom, that was probably the easiest explanation I could give myself. It wasn't a sex shop, though Rosalie pointed out they had a room that stocked some toys, floggers, paddles etc, it was way more than that. I could also see massage oils, candles and tubs of rose petals, it was more of a seduction shop, everything you needed and more to stage your own.

"Go and explore, I know what I need so I'll go order it and see you shortly" with that Rosalie disappeared off to talk to the lady who was sat reading on a chaise lounge in the back room.

I had no idea shops like this actually existed, I thought everyone bought this stuff on line, but as I started to look through the garments I could feel the quality of the materials, no scratchy cheap nylon lace in sight. I looked at some corsets and some pretty lingerie sets but nothing caught my eye, I didn't know what I wanted I was just hoping something would jump out and grab me.

I wandered into the next room and the shelves were full of toys and accessories, I recognised a lot of things from Edward's stash and I wondered if he even knew about this shop. A soon as I saw the paddles I knew I would buy one, I held several remembering the advice from the website, I needed one that was comfortable in my hand, not too heavy , it needed to feel like an extension of my fingers. As soon as I picked it up I knew I'd found it, it was the perfect size for my grip and not too heavy, now I just needed to decide on an outfit.

The cab finally dropped me back at the apartment around 10.00pm, I knew Edward would be up waiting for me, he was expecting the worse but I was home in one piece and still only slightly worse for wear alcohol wise.

"Hi sweetheart, did she go easy on you?" he asked as he reached to take my bags.

"I've had a very enlightening day, thank you very much. Rosalie dished up loads of dirt on you and Emmett and she took me to some very strange but exciting places"

"I can only imagine" he said as he slowly pointed me in the direction of our bedroom.

"Go shower while I make you a healthy smoothie to drink, it will cleanse you inside and make you feel better in the morning"

I shuddered at the thought of the smoothie and quickly showered, I was in bed before I even heard the blender kick into action.

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Happy New Year to you all, I'm sorry it's taken me a while to post but I have a nasty bacterial infection that has knocked me off my feet. Hopefully by the weekend I'll be up an about again.