DISCLAIMER: The characters do not belong to me…they are all the creations of the wonderful Stephenie Meyer.
PLEASE READ: Okay, I do Edward way too well! All of the Girl Power I had mustered for Bella (who was feeling scared of Demetri and then betrayed by Edward – he did give the mine is yours speech after all) has turned into anger for her hurting Edward and not returning his calls. Please remember! Alice and Rose are with her and are keeping her from being the one to "crack" under pressure. They aren't letting her return the calls!
Also! I got a lot of teary reviews. I want you all to have some happy tears tonight, especially BellaMarie913.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Bella returns home after a weekend with her sisters.
Bella Returns
Rose and Alice had dropped me off a few miles from the house. I snuck through the woods, making sure I stayed downwind. I watched from the top of a tree as they pulled into the garage. Edward came running out of the house and up to them.
"Where is she?" Edward asked. He was clearly very angry.
"Who?" Rose replied, pulling her bags out of the back.
"Bella!" Edward yelled.
"Don't yell at me, Edward," Rose fumed. "I just got here. What's going on?"
"Bella went for a walk the same day you two supposedly went on your little spa weekend. She hasn't come home. That was three days ago!" Edward snarled.
"Don't you take that tone with us," Alice chided. "We've been at the spa. Do you want to see the receipts? Besides, if you hadn't been such an idiot with your car, she probably wouldn't have walked off."
Edward crumpled to the ground and put his head into his hands. "I just want to know if she's all right. She's not answering my calls." I felt bad for him in that moment. It certainly seemed as if he'd missed me.
"Would you like me to look for her?" Alice offered.
Edward stood up slowly, brushing his clothes off. "No. I don't want to give her another reason to be angry." Edward trudged back into the house and closed the door roughly.
Alice and Rose looked at each other and grinned wickedly. My phone vibrated and I pulled it out to see Alice's name. "Wait five minutes and then come walking up as if you've only been out for a few hours."
I closed the phone and watched my sisters enter the house. I really hoped Edward had learned his lesson and would apologize. I didn't like being away from him even with being upset at him. The minutes passed slowly, but it was good to take my time and prepare myself.
I got out of the tree and slowly made my way toward the house. My phone vibrated again. I stopped and pulled it out. It was Edward. "Hello."
"Bella!" His voice sounded both relieved and panicked. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Edward. I told you, I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself."
"Will you be home soon? I really miss you. I'm … I'm really sorry about the car thing. I don't know why I acted that way. It's just … I guess I'm just a little protective of my car. But it's really our car now. Bella, I'm really sorry. Please say you'll come home soon."
"What are you doing right now?"
"Pacing in our room and trying to stop pulling at my hair."
"Wow! That's probably the most honest answer you've ever given willingly."
"I really miss you, Bella. I would do anything to get you to come home."
"Anything?"
"Absolutely. Whatever you want, Bella. Just please come home!"
"Let me think about it."
"I love you, Bella. With all my heart and soul."
"I thought you didn't have a soul."
"You are my soul, Bella. You are the only thing that makes me feel like I'm not a monster. I love you."
"I love you too, Edward. I'll call you as soon as I decide what I'm going to do."
"Bella. Be Safe!"
"I will. I love you." I closed my phone and smirked to myself. I counted to fifteen very slowly. I opened the phone and hit the speed dial for Edward.
"Bella!" he sighed.
"I've decided what I want. I want you to promise that you will never act the way you did about the car again. If I trust you with everything of mine, you have to return that trust."
"Absolutely, Bella. Will you please come home now?"
"Not yet. I want you to do something else."
"What?"
"Go to your window and look out into the front yard." I waited, holding my breath. And there he was, shock clearly evident on his face. I wiggled my fingers at him. "Hello, Edward." But Edward was no longer in the window. He was on top of me as I was pressed into the ground. I laughed as he covered my face in kisses. "So did you miss me?" I teased.
"Please don't ever do that again, Bella," he whispered as he buried his face against my neck. "I couldn't stand not knowing where you were. Be mad at me all you want, but do it where I can see you. Please!"
I wrapped my arms around him and closed my eyes. "I missed you too."
"Picky's home!" Emmett yelled. I laughed and pushed on Edward so that he would let me sit up. He moved and pulled me into his lap, hugging my waist tightly as if he was afraid I would disappear.
"Finally!" Jasper muttered. He marched over to us and pulled me to my feet. "Now take him upstairs and fix him," he growled, pointing at Edward. "He's driving me insane!"
"Jasper!" I gasped.
Emmett's booming laughter filled the air. "Alice! You better get down here! Jasper is about to force Edward and Bella to have sex in the front yard! I think Edward's sexual frustration has finally pushed him over the edge."
Alice appeared out of nowhere, tugging on Jasper's arm. Rosalie showed up next to Emmett and smacked his head, hard! Emmett only chuckled and kissed Rose's cheek.
I held my hand out to Edward. "Let's go for a walk and give Jazz a chance to calm down." Edward took my hand and let me pull him up. He held it tightly as we ran into the woods. We slowed to a walk after we had moved far enough in. "I guess you really did miss me if Jazz is acting so weird," I teased.
"Bella, I … You make me feel weak. No one has ever done that before. I suppose I should be ashamed to admit it, but I want you to understand just how much power you have over me. You've always said you wished you had as strong of an effect on me as I do on you. I'm telling you right now, you absolutely do. Being without you near me was absolutely unbearable. But I did deserve it for my behavior. I'm sorry about that."
"Thank you for being so honest and sincere, Edward. It means a lot to me. But I want to apologize too. I shouldn't have left angry. I should have tried to talk to you more. I asked you at Christmas not to walk off. I should have given you that same respect. I'm sorry."
"Would it be okay if I asked where you were?"
"I'm not ready to tell you yet. But believe me when I say that I was perfectly safe and not in any sort of danger for even a fraction of a second. I made sure that I was safe for you."
"Thank you. I would be completely lost without you."
I stopped us and wrapped my arms around his neck. I looked up into his beautiful golden eyes. "I would be just as lost without you." I pulled his face to mine and kissed him passionately. I wanted him to feel just how much I had missed him. Edward broke away first for once, both of us breathing heavily.
"Bella, you mean so much to me. I can't believe I was so stupid." Edward rested his forehead against mine as he rubbed his hands up and down my sides. "I am so sorry. Please say that you forgive me."
"Tell me why? Tell me how you could trust me with your heart but not your car," I said as I rubbed his chest right where his heart lied.
"I … I don't know. Pride, I think. I know it sounds stupid, but I take pride in never having had so much as a scratch on that car."
"And you automatically assumed I would do something horrible to it?"
"No, Bella! I just … I guess part of me was still thinking of how clumsy you were as a human. It sounds so very stupid now."
"Edward," I said, cupping his face in my hands. I could see the repentance in his eyes, mixed with his happiness for having me home. "I forgive you." His smile was breathtaking.
I pulled his face to mine again and kissed him with everything in me. I started pulling at his shirt, impatient to have it gone. I broke the kiss long enough to toss his shirt away, but quickly started it again. He unbuttoned my shirt and removed it so fast that I hardly noticed. I pushed his mouth open with mine and wrapped his tongue in mine. We moaned and I pushed my chest tightly to his. I reached down and unbuckled his belt, yanking the button and zipper away at vampire speed. I had missed him. I had missed touching him and feeling him and I wasn't going to wait a second longer to have him. I pushed his pants and boxers away and ran my hand down his length. The growl he let out set my insides on fire.
I pulled away, gasping. His eyes burned with desire and the hungry look on his face was heart-stopping. He took off the rest of my clothing as quickly and roughly as I had done to him. He grabbed me by my hips and sucked at my neck. He growled again and licked from the base of my neck to the edge of my jaw.
Edward pulled my hips even tighter against his. "You are mine and I love you."
"Forever," I purred, resting my head against his shoulder. "Show me how much you missed me."
Edward did an excellent job of showing me. For four hours, through too many orgasms to count, Edward showed me just how much he had missed me. If I had been human, I don't think I would have been able to walk after that. Lucky for me, I was a vampire! I was his little monster! And the only reason we stopped was because Edward heard Emmett looking for us. We dressed at vampire speed and did what we could with our hair. We sat cuddling against a tree and waited for Emmett to find us.
"There you two are!" Emmett yelled, hurrying over. "Jazz says he's really sorry. He didn't mean for you guys to stay away from the house or anything. And Esme and Carlisle are anxious to see you, Picky."
"Okay," I said, standing up and taking Edward's hand in mine. "I've missed them too!"
"Did you two finally make up and decide to play nice?" Emmett teased.
"I apologized for being a jerk," Edward said proudly. "Bella was kind enough to forgive me."
"Like the Squirt would do anything else," Emmett chuckled.
"She had me worried," Edward admitted, kissing my cheek.
We made our way into the house. Esme and Carlisle dashed over to us. I hugged them one-armed, refusing to let go of Edward's hand. He seemed pleased by that. "Hi, Mom and Dad! I missed you guys!"
"Welcome home, Bella," Carlisle said, kissing my forehead. "Next time you want a break, young lady, please ask instead of wandering off."
"Yes, Sir," I chuckled.
"Bella!" Esme sighed as she hugged me tightly. She smiled when she saw the way I was holding onto Edward. "You worked it out?"
"Yes," I said happily. "Edward apologized and I forgave him."
"Good." Esme grabbed Edward's face into her hands and kissed his forehead loudly. "You are too smart to be so stupid, my son. Remember that!"
I suddenly found myself being crushed by Jasper. He leaned in and whispered so that only I could hear. "Thank God! He really was about to drive me insane. Sorry about before, but you have no idea how painful it was to feel his emotions and not have Alice home."
I whispered for him only. "Please don't let Emmett know. Think of all the fun we can have if he thinks you're still about to flip out."
Jasper pulled back and grinned wickedly at me. "You are definitely spending too much time with Alice and Rose."
"Never!" I chuckled.
Edward wrapped his arms around my shoulders, pulling me against his chest. He kissed the hollow behind my ear. "I love you, Isabella."
"I love you, Edward," I sighed, happy to be home and in his arms once again. "Let's watch some TV with everyone." I grabbed his hand tightly and let myself in. 'Jazz is going to pretend to still be on the verge of insanity because of you so we can mess with Emmett.'
'You are an evil little monster and I love that you are all mine.'
'Remember that, Mister!'
'Forever.'
I turned in his arms and kissed him deeply. I had missed the feel of his lips on mine so much more than I had realized.
He chuckled against my lips and I pulled back to look at him. He leaned down and whispered, "You've turned into a forceful little thing haven't you?"
"I know what I want and I fully intend to get it."
"Promise?" he asked as he kissed along my jaw.
"Swear it!" I pulled his face up and crashed my lips to his once again.
"Go upstairs already!" Jasper cried. "Before I find a way to kill myself!"
I laughed and pulled Edward to the sofa with me. Emmett was grinning from his spot on the floor. Jasper nodded once, letting us know that he was ready to torture our brother.
Edward leaned close and whispered just for me. "Emmett is deciding how to pin Jasper and force him to stay in the room with our emotions."
"Let's give him a reason to act on that," I whispered back. I turned on the sofa and crawled onto Edward's lap, facing him. I grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him to me, locking my lips with his.
Emmett immediately jumped up and sat on top of Jasper. "Feel all that, Jazz? All that frustration in the air! Time to make you suffer! There's no escape for you! This will teach you to erase all the scores on my games!"
I stopped kissing Edward and moved off of his lap, turning my attention to the television. Edward leaned down and nipped my earlobe, emitting a low growl. I turned to him and said, "Patience." He grinned and sat up straight.
"Ah! Don't stop on our accounts!" Emmett cried.
"Emmett McCarty Cullen! Just what the hell are you doing sitting on Jasper's lap?" Rosalie roared from the top of the stairs. I swear Emmett jumped three feet into the air.
"Nothing, Rose!" Emmett squeaked. Yes! My big brother! My manly, muscular big brother squeaked when addressing his wife. "I was just trying to torture Jazz a little."
"By sitting on him? Why would sitting on him do anything?" Rose asked.
"Well, Edward's all frustrated and I was trying to keep Jasper still so he couldn't leave the room," Emmett explained.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Emmett," Edward said. "I'm not the least bit frustrated." He smiled brightly to prove it.
"But!" Emmett began.
"It's true, Emmett," Jasper said. "Edward is content. The only frustration was coming from you. I think it's time you admitted to Rose that you are secretly in love with me and knowing you can't have me frustrates you."
"What the hell?" Emmett roared as he stared at Jasper. He quickly looked back up to Rose. Her arms were crossed in front of her and she was tapping her foot impatiently. "Rose, honey! I only love you! I don't know what Jasper's talking about!"
Rose snarled and stalked off toward her room. Emmett ran after her, pleading for her to believe him. As soon as their door slammed closed, the three of us burst into laughter.
"That was great!" I giggled. "Did you see his face?"
"Oh my God!" Jasper chuckled. "That was the best one yet!" Edward and I watched him as he walked up the stairs, clutching his side.
"Now that my brother is taken care of, would you mind helping me out?" Edward whispered seductively.
"With what?" I teased.
"I seem to have developed a little problem that only you can fix."
"I would hardly call that little," I teased, running my hand over the bulge in his jeans. He growled at me and I leapt up from the sofa. I ran to our room, knowing he was right behind me. It was good to be home!
