Rescue Ink
Carlisle Cullen is a pillar of the community. He's a humane veterinarian/philanthropist who owns an animal hospital and shelter. He's a loving husband, a devout father, and his three sons follow in his footsteps as well as on his Harley. They're tattooed bad boys who right the wrong to protect and save. They have hearts that fall in love with the blink of an eye. Well, except for the middle one, Edward.
Disclaimer: I own nothing Twilight.
A/N: I am still blessed with my Beta, Fran. She's my Queen; my comma commando. I took some time away from writing. This story is nearing the end and for all of you, I have to do it justice.
A/N: First rec: A Court of Desolation and Despair by jacklynlew
The pairing story to A Court of Beasts and Beauties in Edward's POV. Living in a cursed land of magic, Edward finds salvation from a most unexpected person. Could this human, although an unwilling stranger, be the one to help him escape the demons of his past and accept the man he was fated to become? AU, rated M for future lemons.
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Second rec: Ineffable by cynosure23
Love is one of those things that is too great and too meaningful to be expressed in words, but we still try.
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Third rec: Kaliedoscopr by myotherlife
Edward Cullen believed that his new assignment was a waste of time until he meets a woman who intrigues him like no other. Bella Swan's talents hold no bounds, yet she heading towards an impossible battle. Thrust into a world where friends and enemies are difficult to discern, they must work together to solve this case before the pattern shifts and everything is lost.
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Chapter Fifty-one: Moving ahead with caution
BPOV
Sundays are my favorite.
Edward doesn't have to go into the clinic unless there's an emergency, so we usually take our time with breakfast, whether it be food or us. This morning, Edward slowly explores all my ticklish nooks and crannies until I explode with the hiccups. With overwhelming guilt, he rubs my back and kisses my shoulders. He mumbles, "You're not too sore from last night?"
"Hiccup … No," I answer with a smirk. "Did you want a repeat?"
"I was thinking of something else."
I smile widely, raising my eyebrows. "Oh?" I hiccup.
He lightly kisses my temple and his warm breath trails my cheek to my ear, "I want you to ride me facing in the other direction. Do you think you'd like to do that?"
I swallow hard, but manage a quiet, 'yes.'
My hiccups cease.
But before we can indulge in one another, Edward's cell rings and an outraged Emmett informs him that the master water main burst and the compound is flooding as he waits for the utility people to arrive. My muttering man dresses quickly, pecks my forehead, and he's out the door in a flash, the roar of his bike fading in the distance.
Okay, there goes a restful Sunday.
A few hours later, Edward returns covered in mud and quite untouchable. He disappears into the shower, as Alice calls with all the details. Jaspers is a far better communicator than Edward. At least, when he's angry, he vocalizes every detail. In the Cullen family, basically, nothing is a secret.
Alice repeats Jasper's findings, "A new hire for the construction crew hit the main line in the hospital. Emmett failed to inform Edward of that detail. The utility company's response was spot on, and the damage was minimal. The entrance was flooded, and Emmett didn't tell Edward where the flowing waters were, and he was caught in the spray. Not a pretty sight, Bella. Jasper said he never saw Edward that angry. Well, not true, lately, he's always angry about something, but this was unavoidable."
I ask, "So, where's Emmett, now?"
"He's with the cleanup crew. He feels terrible," Alice begins to giggle. "Oh, Bella, Jasper said that when Edward opened the front doors, he skidded all the way to the back hallway."
The sight of Edward hanging ten on flooding waters does bring a smile to my face, and a giggle. Oh, all right, I burst out laughing.
Alice and I giggle together, and she gasps, "Edward remained upright, walking on water." She screams in hysterics, "Like Jesus!"
Tears run down my face, I laugh so hard.
Edward exits the bathroom with a towel around his waist, staring at me. "What's so funny?"
I blurt out to Alice that 'I have to go.'
I can't talk to Edward, but try to stifle myself because the way he looks at me, I just start to cry.
He sits next to me. "Baby, what's wrong?"
I softly apologize, "I hate these hormones. I'm a borderline lunatic; a horrible person." I cup his face and fess up. "Alice explained what happened." I sigh.
He grouses, "Yeah, Emmett."
"I'm sorry he pissed you off." I hang my head.
He sighs. "He never thinks before he speaks. He just reacts." Edward shakes his wet head as sits on the edge of the bed.
I sit on his lap and play with his hair while Edward's hands massage my belly. "You okay?"
"Yes."
I bite my lip and mumble, "And I'm sorry I laughed at your surfing through the hospital."
He begins to nuzzle my neck, chuckling. "I did manage to stay upright."
I smile. "Well, you are an upright kind of guy."
He smolders, "I was stiff to the waters."
I wiggle on his lap. "I feel you still … are."
"Maybe you'd like to make up for your ribbing?" He tickles my sides.
I spastically giggle, "What do you have in mind, oh wave runner?"
"You could ride me while looking out in the distance."
I kid with a frown, "That again?"
He looks disappointed, but before he responds, I stand to remove my yoga pants and thong and sit with my back to him. "LIke this?"
Edward mumbles something into my hair, wraps an arm around me, pulls his track pants off, and slides himself over me, teasing me with very slow movement. "Ride me on the backdoor, Bella."*
"Only if you peak."
*RI*
The next morning, Alice, Rose and I spend hours on the phone exchanging numbers with Juan's secretary and assistants. He didn't waste any time back in Boston. We work closely together, organizing a base list of animal rescue shelters in all fifty states. Alice is quite the wiz at finding information. By the time the morning is at an end, she has information for the first ten states in alphabetical order, completed and bound in neat, color-coded folders.
Carlisle, Edward, and Jasper are in and out. Between rescues, patients, and the compound, they're in constant movement. Every time Emmett hits a snag, they run to his aid knowing he's kicking his behind getting everything ready so we can head out to Boston for the weekend.
A little after one-thirty, we break for lunch. Esme to the rescue with gumbo and po'boys.
As she places all the bags on the reception desk, she says, "I heard some meowing on the side of the building. It sounded muffled. We might have a litter out there."
Rose stays and mans the phones, as Alice, and I check out Esme's theory. We comb through all the bushes and landscaping. As we near the storm drain, I can hear faint meows. Looking around, we realize that the sound is coming from inside the pipe.
I reach my hand into the opening, pulling out a child's T-shirt. In doing so, two small kittens fall from the drain. Matted gray fur and soaked to the bone, they loudly meow as Alice and I rush them into the clinic. I carefully cradle the kitten to my chest.
We rush through the clinic door with Esme close behind. "Great job, Esme. I think someone stuffed them into the drain with this shirt."
"Oh, good, you found them. Jasper and Edward are in the back," she says, then starts to move, but stops, and cringes. "Who would do such a thing?"
Alice angrily growls, "One sick …" She stops herself and continues to walk.
"Should you girls be handling cats?"
Alice answers, "Toxoplasmosis is a parasite infection from cat feces, Esme. Jasper and Edward clean the cat boxes at home."
"Oh, good." She sighs.
We reach the back and enter one of the examination rooms. Esme disappears down the hall. Within seconds, Edward and Jasper rush in. I hold my kitten, as Alice exams the other. Jasper helps Alice, while Edward takes mine into his hands. It loudly meows.
Edward smirks holding the kitten up to his eyes. "You have some strong lungs for a little fur ball, Love."
I smile. "She's a sweetie."
Again, Edward holds her to his eyes and croons, Ma chérie.* He looks at me. "She'll be perfect for Mignonne."
I squeeze his arm and whisper, "Thank you."
"You have that same look in your eyes, Bella, " he observes. "That mommy look."
"I'm that transparent?"
He nods.
Jasper complains to Edward, "You know, you don't make this easy for me. We already have a slew of kittens."
Alice gives him puppy eyes and bats them.
I can see Jasper's resolve melting, as Alice coos to her, Cadeau*, keeping the French theme.
*RI*
By five o'clock, we're ready to end our day. Between playing with the kittens, attending patients, and preparing the folders for the rest of the fifty states, everyone diligently works together to complete all the info for our trip to Boston.
Esme asks all of us to come to dinner, but Edward apologizes that he has an appointment downtown and needs me to go with him. This is news to me, and I remain silent. Esme doesn't question, and Edward doesn't elaborate.
I go get a small kitten carrier, and we put our new fur daughters into their safety bin and carry them to the car. I offer to take Cadeau home and keep her together with Ma chérie, since Jasper and Alice want to go to dinner.
Once in the car, I ask Edward, "So, what's the appointment downtown?"
Edward doesn't turn his head as he drives. "You. Dinner. Alone."
*RI*
Seems our boy wants some privacy… too much family?
Surfing term: Backdoor
Entering a barrel from behind the peak of the breaking wave. Backdoor is also the name of the right hand wave that sometimes breaks at the famous wave of Pipeline
Ma chérie - Sweetie
Cadeau - gift
*RI*
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