EPOV

School sucked. There is no more concise way to describe our first day back after our incredible weekend. I hated to let Bella out of my arms, let alone my sight. She was happy and glowing with newfound confidence and the boys in the school were taking notice. I wanted to curse them for even looking at her. She was my mate. Their adolescent, sex-driven brains had no idea the love that I felt for her. How I needed to worship her and keep her safe from everything, including them.

While they thought about her lovely breasts or her butt, I remembered each time she had told me she loved me and how much joy I felt from just her presence. From being the one she trusted enough to be close to and intimate with. While I admired her body, it was with a reverence and a commitment to never harm her. She wasn't just a pretty face to me, as she was to them. I guess you could say that for the first time really in my life, I was seriously jealous, not of them, but that I had to share even in their dirty thoughts.

Naturally, most of the school gossip was still on my return and exactly why I had left and come back. Unfortunately, this didn't take the pressure off of Bella. I was forced to watch her be uncomfortable in people's thoughts as multiple 'friends' drilled her throughout the day about what exactly had taken place in the past week or so, with only a short reprieve in the class she shared with Angela.

Bless Angela and her always kind, gentle thoughts. For that class period, the girls discussed Bella's new fashion sense, thanks to Alice, and an upcoming English essay. It was a nice mental rest.

My stress level was high, despite my happiness as of late, because I was frustrated. I wish I could say that it was completely the frustration of a newly mated vampire having to share his prize, and that it was entirely primal, but it wasn't. It was also the sexual frustrations of a teenage boy, confined by rules and watchful eyes, unwilling, yet forced, to keep my hands off of her and to try to keep even my eyes to myself, mostly.

Bella nearly drove me wild when she got overheated in biology class, removing her hoodie, and causing her delicious scent to waft over me in full force. Just when I thought I had recovered from that, I risked a glance over at her instead of the lecturing teacher, and I caught a glimpse of black lace just barely peeking out from her dark purple v-neck shirt.

She caught me looking and smiled, blushing, and looked down at her notes. That blush! That lovely blush that extended across the top of her chest.

My senses were on overload. I nearly grabbed her and ran out of the classroom and into the woods right there. Alice's thoughts were loud even buildings away. Don't you dare, brother. I nearly laughed, remembering a much earlier time when I wanted to carry her out of this exact classroom for much different reasons.

Bella had no idea what she did to me, or, maybe she did this time, and this was her form of torture.

"Mr. Cullen! What is the name of the book I was just discussing?"

"On the Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection." I answered, plucking the answer from his thoughts as the class giggled at me of all people being caught not paying attention. I had always been known as a quiet, perfect student. A role model. Teacher's pet.

"Correct! Eyes up here." he said, and the class giggled even louder, especially Bella. I couldn't fight my grin at the sound of her laugh. As soon as he looked away, I slid her a note. Tease.

You love it. was her answer. I nearly growled in aroused frustration, but simply slid the note in my notebook, a reminder of how appealing she was on this day.

Class ended too soon, and I held her hoodie out for her, terrified of the thought that others might get a glimpse of that tantalizing lace gracing her chest. That particular pleasure was only for my eyes. "I'll have to take that back off to change for gym anyhow." she said, refusing to put it on.

I was speechless and simply shook my head, wrapping an arm around her to escort her to our final class and to make sure that no one would get close enough to see down her shirt.

My eyes were black, and I know that she saw it as we parted in front of the girl's locker room door. I swear I heard her giggle when she stepped inside. She was trying to kill me!

Although I would never pry into the girl's locker room, not wanting to see anything inappropriate in the other girls' thoughts, the second I heard chatter in the gym, I started to listen to people in there, watching Bella. She was thankfully dressed in a t-shirt with a sports bra and large sweatpants, revealing nothing inappropriate. If Mike Newton had so much as glanced at her while she was wearing anything more revealing, I would have punched the smile off of his filthy face.

I needed some way to show the children at school that Bella was mine. My arm around her as much as possible was a start, but I couldn't always be there. I briefly considered my mother's engagement ring, but I knew that it wasn't the right time yet.

My thoughts instead landed on a large diamond heart charm that had also been my mother's. I could have it put on a delicate silver or gold chain for her. It would nestle beautifully between her breasts, resting just above them against her collarbone. I imagined the sparkle of the diamond against that tantalizing delicate lace she was teasing me with. It was perfect. But I knew that I could never get Bella to accept a diamond from me. She would panic and insist that it was too expensive.

I watched, fascinated in Alice's vision from her classroom as I offered the charm to Bella, putting it on her myself. She smiled and accepted it without question. Huh. Miracles do happen. Then it was decided.

School finally ended and I couldn't get to her fast enough. I startled a few students in my rush to her, but still kept a human pace at least, although barely. She was thankfully again wearing the hoodie when she left the locker room and ran into my waiting arms.

"I missed you." she said sweetly.

"You have no idea." I answered, my voice rough as I led her out of the building and to my car. I was so, incredibly grateful that we had several hours before her new curfew and that her father knew she would be safely with me, putting no obstacles between us and our time together, other than where to take her.

It was too cold to go to our meadow, being in the middle of winter, but I also didn't want to go home where the entire family could hear what we were up to. I did want to give her my mother's diamond as soon as I could though. It was Bella who helped me with my indecision. "Alice promised to help me start my English essay tonight. Do you mind if we go to your house?"

"Alright." I said, starting the car, unsure of what else to say. Alice certainly hadn't said anything about homework being involved in her plans.

Bella giggled after a couple minutes of silence and reached for one of my hands. I gave it to her and relaxed a little at her touch. "You're gripping that steering wheel like it personally offended you."

"Maybe it has."

"What did it do?" she asked, laughing.

"It's keeping me from touching you."

"Oh, yeah?" she asked, smirking. She unbuckled her seatbelt before I could process what she was doing, again removed her hoodie, and absolutely assaulted me with her scent as she moved around in the confined space. I had to stop breathing for a minute. What I also caught was the faint starting of her arousal. "You like it when I take my clothes off?"

"More than you will ever know. But your scent. When you do that, it permeates the air around me and it drives me wild."

"You aren't thirsty, are you?"

"Not for your blood." I answered, practically finishing in a purr.

"What for then?" she asked innocently. I growled in response, flooring the accelerator, and arriving home in a matter of minutes. I quickly unbuckled my seat belt and appeared at her door in a flash, removing her seatbelt and helping her get out of the car.

The second she was standing up, I grabbed her, mindful of my strength, and pushed her against the side of my car, trapping her against my body.

The sweet smell of her arousal caught my attention again and my erection hardened impossibly, begging to break free of my pants. Her eyes were wide, but not with fear. She gasped when she felt my hardness against her as I tangled my hands in her hair and kissed her roughly, passionately, still somehow mindful to not harm her.

She wrapped her arms around me and brought her tongue out to meet mine. I couldn't stop the constant purr coming from my body, whoever happened to be home and forced to hear us be damned. I slid my hands under her shirt and enjoyed the softness of her newly exposed skin there.

It was Esme, sweet, gentle, always loving Esme, and her motherly thoughts that brought me back to my senses, at least for a moment. She wondered if she should check on us since we were taking a few minutes to come inside. She hadn't seemed to hear my purring over the sounds of the washing machine and the TV. I was grateful.

My siblings arrived in their car just a second later. I helped Bella straighten her clothes before they pulled into the garage and she flushed, further tempting me, embarrassed. I pulled her in my arms in front of me, partly to still be touching her, and partly to hide the growing problem in my pants.

I wasn't fooling anyone, especially not Jasper. Woo, get it bro! he thought, sounding very much like Emmett in his thoughts as they pulled in. Emmett also noticed our position and I quickly led Bella inside and up the stairs, not speaking to anyone before we were situated in my room.

"What has gotten into you?" she asked with a grin, her eyes still wide and her arousal very much present.

"You." I leaned over her where she was sitting and gently, softly, stroked the outline of the tiniest bit of lace showing itself above the neckline of her shirt. "And this."

"I thought you would like this one."

"Like doesn't even begin to cover it."

I heard Esme ask my siblings if I was alright. It wasn't like me to come home from school and not say hi to her. "He's fine, he's just horny." Emmett answered simply. Esme cracked up laughing and looked away, returning to the laundry she was folding.

"Glad to see him acting his age." she said.

"Aww mom! You get mad when Rosie and I act like that!"

"Because you are adults who have been mated for seventy years!" she answered. I tuned out their thoughts, still trying to scheme at how to get Bella alone to where they couldn't hear us.

Carlisle was thankfully at work, leaving me only five vampires to deal with to get some privacy. Bella watched me as I was silent, still aroused. I realized that she was admiring me as I often admired her. What did I ever do to deserve her?

"I'm glad we came here, actually. There's something I want to give you." I said, trying to snap myself back to the present moment and focus on things that were not my primal urges. I loved Bella with all of my heart, and I couldn't wait to give her my gift.

"Didn't Alice and I spend enough of your money this weekend?" she asked.

"You could have spent all of my money and I wouldn't have cared." I answered honestly.

"Yes, you would have."

"Alright, maybe not all of it, but still. Got to have a little bit left to invest." I joked. "This didn't cost me anything. I promise."

"OK."

"Close your eyes." She did as she was asked. I stepped into my closet and Alice appeared in my doorway, opening the door without a thought. I saw that it was safe to come in. Here, this will match it perfectly. she handed me a small jewelry box that I saw in her thoughts contained a silver chain of the right length. For once, I was incredibly grateful that my sister was a shopaholic and already had this on hand.

"Thank you." I whispered, too quiet for Bella to hear, as I went into my closet and got the heart, stringing it on the chain and setting the jewelry box aside so she would be more likely to believe that I didn't buy it. She would quite literally always have my heart with her, and it made me incredibly happy, pushing my lustful thoughts mostly away for a minute.

I sat down beside her, taking one of her hands in mine and placing the necklace in it. "Open your eyes." I said, and she looked down at her hand.

"I promise I didn't spend anything." I insisted before she could protest. "It was my mother's, and I want you to have it, to always have my heart with you."

She looked up at me with tears just barely forming in her eyes and I knew immediately that I had done the right thing. "It's beautiful. And really sweet."

"May I?" I asked, taking the charm from her hand, and opening the clasp. She turned and allowed me to place it around her lovely neck, just like Alice's vision from earlier. "It's cold, it doesn't beat, and it's all yours, just like my own heart. I believe it throws sparkles in the sunlight too."

She smiled and kissed me gently. "And I love it just like I love your heart." She rested a hand on my chest.

"I'm sorry if I was a little…. aggressive earlier." I said, mostly returning to my senses. I lovingly touched the soft charm where it rested perfectly above her cleavage.

"I'm not. It was really sexy." she answered. I heard Emmett laugh from downstairs.

"Eavesdropping asshole." I whispered. He laughed harder. Bella giggled a little, with no doubt who I was referring to.

"Relax, bro!" Emmett shouted from downstairs. "We're all about to run to the store with Esme! She has some grand home improvement idea she wants us to help her with!" I could hear him rolling his eyes in his mind, but I was grateful that we would have some privacy.

"Have fun kids!" Esme called upstairs, and I thought I might die from embarrassment. Bella laughed again. I hid my face in the pillows.

"Thanks mom." I answered, more as a groan.

Bella was gently rubbing my back and I relaxed into the sensation, closing my eyes, and just enjoying her touch. "You sure you're alright?" she asked. "I've never seen you so…excited."

"You caught me off guard. I didn't want anyone to see that lovely blush across your chest but me. And once I saw it, well, I nearly carried you outside and had my way with you."

"That would have been fun to explain!"

"Very." I groaned.

"We're alone aren't we?" she asked.

"We are."

"Then have your way with me." she said, lying on her back beside me. I was hovering over her in an instant, making no effort to hide my real speed, and placing open mouthed kisses down her neck. Her legs were squirming, and I could smell her arousal again and sense her growing desperation. She enjoyed teasing me, but I was sure that her thoughts had been just as dirty as mine these last couple of hours.

As I kissed the side of her neck, I lovingly caressed the heart charm she now wore on her chest and the thin lace below it, tracing a path across her blushing chest with my fingers.

She reached to remove my shirt and I helped her, removing hers as well. My eyes fell on a thin, black bra that accented her pale skin perfectly. It was hard not to stare, but she didn't seem to mind. I ran my fingers over it, making her nipples stand at attention before I slowly removed it, kissing her breasts.

My hands were resting on her stomach and she grabbed them, trying to push them lower. I growled. I purred, and I complied.

I undid her pants and removed her panties with them, immediately kissing her intimately and using my tongue to find her clit. I was rewarded with the first quiet "fuck" of the evening almost instantly.

I started to ask if she was sore or needed more time to rest due to all of our lovemaking lately, but I trusted that she would tell me like she said she would if needed. Instead, I showed my love for her with my actions, kissing her, tasting her, enjoying her.

"Edward, please." she whimpered, running her fingers through my hair.

"Please what, my love?" I asked, replacing my mouth on her with my hand.

"Fuck me."

The growl that came out of my body was unlike any I had ever made before. Her eyes grew wide and her heart sped up, but she wasn't afraid. I had finally almost fully let my vampire instincts loose around her today, even unintentionally, other than being mindful of my strength and my venom, and she still loved me, wanted me.

She reached for me. I needed no more encouragement to climb up into her waiting arms and whisper words of love as I finally slid myself inside of her, moaning along with her as I settled into my favorite place and my urges were finally satisfied.

She was warm and comforting around me, surrounding me with her love and her scent. I could hear each breath she took, each beat of her heart, and I lost myself in her as our hips moved together. A quiet whisper of "fuck" tumbled from my lips as well, and I didn't fight it.

She wrapped her legs around me, pulling me closer to her. My body practically hummed with satisfaction. Just as she had found her confidence with me, I too found mine with her. I felt truly alive as I loved my mate and satisfied urges that were awakening a little more in me every day I spent near her.

I held still for just a moment, rolling over so that she was on top of me. She propped herself up and I enjoyed the view of her gorgeous, soft breasts. Her chocolate eyes caught my attention next and we gazed at each other, feeling intense pleasure together as we both approached our climax. Bella moved faster and I let her set the pace, using my hands on her hips to help keep her steady.

Her heart beat faster, and her body tightened around me. I closed my eyes, focusing on the sensations of my cock inside her, rather than my desire to bite, definitely present at this angle with her scent all over me, above me, beside me. My release shot out and I moaned loudly, shaking with the relief of it. Her orgasm was just a split second after mine. I loved the feel of her finding her pleasure around me, because of me, with me.

She laid down in my arms and we were happily quiet in each other's embrace, recovering. I listened to each beat of her heart.

We enjoyed our time together peacefully until the family returned a little over an hour later. We dressed and she blushed at the thought of facing them, knowing that they knew what we had done.

I kissed her and tried to dazzle her in an attempt to settle her nerves. "You know they don't mind. In fact, they encourage our activities."

"I know."

Alice came upstairs first, alone. I saw in her thoughts that her intention was to put Bella at ease. "Bella! I brought you some dinner! I wanted to talk to you and since Esme has the guys being noisy downstairs with her home improvement project, I thought we could talk up here."

"That sounds nice." Bella said. I was grateful for Alice's quick thinking. She handed Bella her takeout and they got comfortable on my couch.

"What exact home improvement project are they working on?" I asked, but Alice was blocking her thoughts from me, as was Esme. Emmett and Jasper apparently didn't know any specifics just yet and were just doing whatever Esme asked of them. Oh well. It didn't really concern me anyhow.

I hope you had fun, brother. Alice thought smugly. Bella really has changed you.

I smiled at her and pretended to be interested in my music collection while Bella started eating. "So, you two. Charlie has been really stressed lately with work and…everything. I think it would be healthy for him if he sees some of us acting more like typical teenagers, especially you, Bella. Then, he wouldn't worry so much."

"What have you seen, Alice?" Bella asked.

"Just a lot of worrying, about work or about you, mostly."

"What do we do?" She was open to the idea.

"Nothing dramatic, just subtle ways that he can see you happy or see how well you fit in with me or Edward. Jasper and Emmett said they would help. It will also help make sure he doesn't get too suspicious about our being unusual the more he gets to know us. And it will take some of his attention off of you and Edward."

"Help how?" I asked, knowing that they could do immature a little too well.

"Harmless pranks. Mild amounts of trouble." I saw a half-formed plan in her mind to let Jasper or Emmett get a speeding ticket or perhaps TP the tree outside of Bella's house.

"You're insane." I said.

"I like it." Bella, of course, would challenge me as only she could. She knew I wouldn't argue with her.

"Good!" Alice clapped, excited. "Then finish eating and we'll go downstairs and plot." She rubbed her hands together, smiling and I wanted to be annoyed, but when I saw the cute face Bella was making and thought about how amazing it felt to lose myself in her earlier, I could only smile at my mate, my everything.

Author's Note: At first, I was like….is this too many lemons? But then I was like, they're horny teenagers and Edward has 90ish years of repressed sexuality. Let them be! Let's see what Emmett and Jasper can get into in the next chapter.