The Mating Dance

by Xavier2163

AU Edward Cullen and his adoptive family moved to Forks to start a new life, but Edward’s life suddenly changes when he’s drawn into Bella Swan’s strange and dangerous world. Vampires mate for life, but what happens when that mate is human? OOC Lemons ExB

14. The girl who owns my soul

Disclaimer: Written under the derivative fan works act. All rights reserved to the original creator, Stephanie Meyer.

Title: The Mating Dance

Rating: M for sexual situations, lemons, and hot, steamy, angsty vampire lovin', underage drinking, smoking, drug use and overall bad behavior.

Premise: Alternate Universe. Edward Cullen and his adoptive family have moved to Forks to start a new life, but Edward's life suddenly changes when he's drawn into Bella Swan's strange and dangerous world. Vampires mate for life, but what happens when that mate is human?

Alternate Universe: Canon pairings eventually, pretty much OOC, ExB of course.

POV: EPOV (Edward), Edward's turn to continue the story. Alice will be back later on and maybe Bella, too.

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Author Notes:

Please note that this story is rated M for a reason, if you'd prefer not to deal with mature themes, please do not read this story.

Ok, I know this is weeks late, but I found some really cool fics to read and was spending more time reading that writing. A bunch of my favorites got updated, and I re-read all four original books and midnight sun again after I went to see Eclipse.

I've been working on this chapter for a while now, but it just kept growing and growing. When I hit fifty pages, and I still didn't have all the plot points in, I chopped it in half and renumbered my outline. The good news is that I'm over halfway done with the next chapter, so hopefully it won't take as long to get out as this one did.

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Chapter 13 The girl who owns my soul

It was nearly three o'clock in the morning when I finally pulled into the garage and parked the Volvo back at home in Forks. The Home Coming after party had still been going strong when we left La Push. The kids that were out there would probably party all night long to meet the dawn, and then go home to sleep all day. Alice and I got out of the car to go into the house. The porch light was still on for us, but the rest of the house was dark.

I opened the door and we went in. I was startled when I turned on the light and Esme was curled up in a chair in the living room apparently reading a book. It was dark in the house before my hand found the light switch, but she was calmly sitting there waiting for us to come in. There was a drink on the end table next to her, and she was smoking a cigarette. She looked up and smiled at us when I turned on the light. This was still going to take some getting used to. Apparently she didn't need the light to see in the dark well enough to read.

"Good morning Edward, Alice, did you find Katy?"

"Yes, I talked to Katy, but it's complicated…"

"Edward, go up to Bella. You know you want to. I'll talk to Esme and explain everything. Ok?"

"Ok. Goodnight Esme. Thanks' Alice, please remember what I told you. Goodnight." I turned and walked to the stairway.

"Goodnight, Edward," Esme told me. I nodded and started up the stairs.

"Esme, there were some complications tonight. I was wondering if you…" I stopped listening to Alice. I didn't want to deal with that anymore tonight.

I walked down the hallway to my door. I knew Bella was waiting for me inside. I could feel her through the closed door. I opened the door and stepped into the room. Bella was sitting in the rocking chair next to my bed. She was wearing the pair of blue harem pants and matching cami that I had become familiar with when she'd spend the night with Alice. The room was dimly lit with candles burning on the nightstand and my desk giving the room a soft romantic glow.

"So Katy knows? Do you want to tell me about it?" Bella asked as she set down her book and got up out of the chair.

"How do you…"

"Alice just told Esme. I heard her. So now Esme is going to have to talk to Katy? Do you think that's a good idea? You didn't seem to react to her to well." She said as she crossed the room to me.

"Alice doesn't think she'll be able to keep the secret, and she'll die if she can't. I guess Alice wants Esme to scare her, and let her know how serious this really is…"

"Well she's right about that. Esme's a real pro at giving newbies 'The Talk'. I know she scared the piss out of me. Katy will be ok as long as she doesn't try anything stupid."

She stood in front of me and took the lapels of my jacket and pushed it open and down off my shoulders. I slipped out of it, and she tossed it over the back of the chair by the desk…

"I don't want to talk about Katy tonight. So, did you…, hunt? How long have you been back? Did you wait up for me?" I asked as I took her in my arms and held her.

I knew she probably had from the golden butterscotch color of her eyes. She snaked her arms around my waist and pressed herself up against me. It felt good to finally be holding her again after the trip out to La Push.

"Yes, I hunted. You know, there's actually quite a bit of game around here locally. It's really convenient as long as you don't mind mule deer and elk. Esme actually likes deer," she shivered a little at the thought. "I'd prefer more predators, but I didn't want to have to go too far. It's quite a trip to find really good hunting. I've been back for a while, but I didn't really wait up for you."

"You didn't…? But you weren't in bed… I figured you'd be asleep when we got back…"

"Umm… I thought you knew… I don't sleep."

"Not at all…? But I've seen you sleeping in Alice's bed when you stayed with her for sleepovers... You spent the night after almost all of the football games… You were sleeping when she came to the door to talk to me that one morning."

"I was pretending, Edward. I haven't slept since I was changed. We don't sleep…, at all… None of us do."

"Ok… That'll take a little getting used to… So what do you do at night?"

"Usually I watch you sleep…"

"You do? How long have you been watching me? I thought I could feel you here in the morning when I'd get up… How were you getting in? I checked all the doors and windows…"

"Well…, since the first week of school… Once I was sure I wasn't going to hurt you… for the last couple of weeks, Alice has been letting me in. Before that, you didn't bother to check the attic window. It squeaked a little as first, but it was fine after I oiled it and got it to move freely in the casing."

"The attic window? I suppose that makes sense. I didn't know you could get to that one when I was checking the locks. You wanted to hurt me?"

"I'm sorry, Edward, I'd never do anything to hurt you, but you just smelled so good. It was very distracting at first. I didn't know if I'd be able resist when I first met you, but I wasn't going to be like James… I wasn't going to force you like what happened to me… It took me a couple of days, but I realized I was more attracted to you as a person than I was attracted to your blood…"

"If you want my blood, you can have it. You're my world now. I'll do anything for you, Bella…" I felt her tense a little as her shoulders tightened and I needed to change the subject. "So when you're not watching me, what do you do at night?" Then I felt her relax again.

"C'mon, let's get more comfortable. You must be tired. It's been a long day for you…" Bella stepped back and took my hand to lead me to the bed. "Get ready for bed, and then we can talk." She reached up and started to unbutton my shirt for me.

I toed off my shoes and stepped out of them, kicking them off to the side. Bella was done with my shirt, and reached for my belt. I unbuttoned the cuffs of my shirt, slipped out of it, and tossed it on top of my jacket. Bella had my belt open now, but she stopped with her hands in the waistband of my pants as she fingered the button, and then looked up into my eyes a little hesitantly.

"Edward, I know we're both feeling a lot of emotions right now and there's so much drawing us together… I want you. My body craves your touch…, but I'm scared… I don't know how much Alice told you about my past…"

"Alice wouldn't tell me anything. Just the basics about where you're from and when you left home, but she didn't feel it was right of her to break your trust to give me any details until you were ready to talk to me…"

"Alice is a good friend. I'm not an innocent little virgin who's shy about her first time, Edward." She looked down and wouldn't meet my gaze. "I've been hurt before… before my thirteenth birthday… when I was little… he forced me to do things…. I haven't been with another man since then… I love you, Edward, and I need you so much… But this is hard for me…"

I wrapped my arms around her and held her tight. "It's ok, love, we'll take as much time as you need." I kissed the top of her head, and just held her until I felt her relax against me. "Let's lie down, and we can talk. I just want to hold you and be with you if that's ok... We'll go at whatever pace you're comfortable with. Ok?"

I felt her nod against my chest, and I felt her unfasten the button on my pants. She eased them down over my hips, and I stepped out of them as Bella stepped back and reached to turn down the bed. I was standing there in my black satin boxer briefs and my t-shirt as Bella slipped into my bed and held the covers back for me. I sat on the edge of the bed and pulled off my socks. I got in next to her and pulled up the covers. Bella cuddled up next to me moving into the embrace of my arms as she laid her head on my chest and draped her arm across my stomach.

It felt so good to finally be holding Bella in my arms as we lay in my bed. My body had been crying out for this closeness since that first day in AP Chemistry when I first sat next to her. I knew she needed time to adjust, and I was willing to take as much time as she needed to be able to accept this, but my body was reacting to finally holding her so close in my arms like this. I knew she was aware of my arousal because her thigh was pressed up against my erect cock as she lay cuddled with me, rubbing up against me with her leg nestled between mine.

"Do you want to talk about what happened? I'll listen if you want to get it out… If you think it will help…"

"I don't want to talk about that tonight, Edward… I don't want to be that scared little girl anymore… That was another life. I just wanted you to know why I might hesitate or feel tense at times. It isn't because of you, it's me. Alice has been helping me work through it. I understand what she means about not being a victim anymore. Ask me about something else tonight."

"Alright… How about the question I asked you before. So, what do you do at night when you're not watching me?"

"I do whatever I'd be doing during the day, except its dark out. It's a little more difficult for some things like shopping. Most human businesses cater to humans and they're closed at night. Small towns can be a real pain that way, but most of the larger cities have stores and other businesses that are open twenty-four hours. A lot of businesses will offer late night services for the right price."

"So that's the sunlight thing again. I still don't understand… You go to school and cheerleading practice. I've seen Esme and Emmett at my cross country meets. Jasper met us at the Police Station in Port Angeles on Wednesday morning. You're out in the daylight all the time. It's not like you burn in the light of day or anything… What's the problem with sunlight?"

"Think about it… You've only seen us out during the day when it's overcast or cloudy out, which is most of the time around here. You've never seen us out in direct sunlight. We'd stand out on a bright sunny day, and you'd know we were different. It can kill us if we're trapped out in the direct bright sunlight for too long. That's why the Pacific Northwest and Seattle are so popular with vampires. We can go out during the day when it's overcast or cloudy enough that the sun doesn't shine through. Its overcast so much and rains so often in Forks that Jasper and I were actually able to even sign up to go to high school here."

"It can kill you? I thought I noticed your face glow and sparkle when you were caught in the sun at the meadow by Ozette Lake. It looked like you were wearing glitter makeup for a second, but I knew I hadn't seen any when we were talking. Is that what you're talking about? Did that hurt you?"

"It's not like that… Like you said, we don't burst into flames. It just felt warm, and I liked it. I guess sparkle is a pretty good description of how we react to direct sun. It's a diffraction reaction when the sunlight reflects off of our skin and breaks up into colors. Our skin crystallizes and slowly boils away. That's what causes all the colors as it breaks up the sunlight, the same way raindrops make a rainbow. We heal fast enough that we don't even feel it, but it drains our energy reserves. I could stay out in the sun all day if I had to, but then I'd probably need to hunt. If I were trapped out in the sun for days and couldn't feed, it would deplete my energy until I couldn't heal the damage anymore, and then it would kill me."

"So that's where the myth about vampires being creatures of the night and fearing the daylight comes from?"

"Yeah, pretty much. In most of the world, that's how vampires live. They stay in during the day and avoid the sun when there are humans around to notice them. They only come out at night so they don't stand out and attract attention. Twilight is the safest part of the day for us. It's the edge of night where we can blend in and still interact with humans without standing out and revealing our true nature."

"Will you show me what you look like in the sun sometime? I only caught a glimpse that Saturday, but you were so beautiful. It took my breath away."

"Ok…, if you like… I don't like to stand out… I don't want to scare you off…"

"Bella, you were beautiful and nearly dazzled me motionless. I had to force myself to dash after you so I wouldn't get lost in the forest when I just wanted stand and stare at the radiant goddess in that shaft of sunlight. Besides, you can't scare me off. I'm yours now. You can't get rid of me that easily." I kissed the top of her head and inhaled her exquisite scent as I stroked her hair and rubbed her back.

"You think I'm beautiful? Just in the sunlight…? I always thought I was kind of plain…"

"You don't see yourself clearly. You are anything but plain, love. The school didn't just vote you Home Coming Queen because Alice rigged it. I think that's what Jessica's mom was trying to do, but the kids at school know who the hottest girl at Forks high school is."

"I'm not hot… The Quileutes didn't just come up with the name Cold One for nothing… That doesn't bother you? That I'm not soft and warm like Katy?" She was slowly tracing patterns on my stomach through my t-shirt. Her fingers moved over the lines of definition on my stomach as her fingers lightly moved along my abdominal muscles.

"No, that doesn't bother me… You don't feel as cold now as you did at the dance… When Esme touched me before at the cross country meet her hands were almost icy, but it was a cold day… You're actually almost warm now… Kind of pleasantly cool, nowhere near icy, and you are soft. Your skin is silky smooth and perfect to my touch." I gently ran my finger tips across her jaw and caressed her cheek.

"I took a hot bath after I came back from hunting and soaked in the tub… We feel cold to your touch because our bodies don't produce their own heat anymore. Our temperature adapts to the same temperature as our environment to help us blend in. If I soak in a hot tub, my body will absorb the heat out of the bath to adjust to the water temperature, but I cool of the water at the same time unless I keep adding more hot water."

"If I laid here under the covers in you arms long enough, I'd warm up to the same temperature as you, but I'd be stealing your heat. We should probably get you an electric blanket so I don't steal your body heat and make you too cold. It'll keep you warm and help me warm up too."

"Ok, that sounds like a good idea. I'd like that, but I really don't mind. I just want to be with you, and it doesn't bother me. Maybe I could sit in the bath with you some time to help you get warmed up. I'll scrub your back for you, if you like?"

"Hmm… That sounds like fun. Just my back, nothing else interests you…? I might take you up on that sometime, but I warm up faster if I just run hot water. I'm not affected by extremes of temperature like you are, and I wouldn't want to scald you. I could call you in when the water temperature cools down to something comfortable for you…"

"Trust me; there are other parts that interest me…" I let my finger tips lightly graze against the edge of her breast as I ran my hand up her arm to her shoulder. I felt her shudder as I traced my fingers along her collar bone and caressed her jaw. Then I raised her chin so I could look into her eyes. I could see the desire smoldering in her gaze.

"I want to try something, Edward, but you need to remain very still…" and then she gently eased me back until my shoulders were pressed back into the mattress.

She leaned in and brushed her lips against mine. She didn't flinch away, but moaned against my lips as I moved to return the pressure, encouraging her as she kissed me. Her lips parted and I felt the tip of her tongue lightly brush against my bottom lip. My lips parted and our tongues met and moved against each other, teasing and exploring.

Her hand moved up from my stomach to caress across the planes of my chest, and I felt her thumb gently stroke my nipple through my t-shirt as she ran her hand over my chest. She gently caressed my collarbone and the side of my neck as her hand continued upward and our kisses became more passionate. She caressed my jaw and lightly cupped my cheek as we moved together nipping, tasting, exploring. Her scent was exhilarating as the strawberry and freesia flooded my senses and made my head spin.

I wanted more and started to deepen our kiss, exploring her mouth. My hands moved into her hair pulling her harder against me, cradling her head, but she pulled back suddenly, flinching away... She sat up looking away and her jaw was clamped tight. Her chest didn't move, and I could tell she wasn't breathing I thought I had pushed her boundaries too far, but she shook herself and moved closer again brushing her lips across my cheek. Bella gently sucked my earlobe between her lips, nipping at it with the gentlest of pressure, and I felt her cool breath blow in my ear.

"I'm sorry, Edward, but you have to be careful of my teeth. I don't want to cut you…" She breathed in my ear. I could taste the faint trace of iron and salt in my mouth, and I must have nicked my tongue when I'd gotten carried away… "They're very sharp, and you could hurt yourself. I could hurt you…"

I trailed kisses along her jaw line and moved back to her lips. She greeted me willingly and tenderly sucked my bottom lip between hers for a second. Then her arms were snaking around my neck and her hands cradled my head as her finger tangled in my hair pulling me closer.

Her kisses were harder and more passionate as her cool lips moved on mine and our tongues tangled and slipped against each other. I felt Bella pushing me back, holding me down as she moved over me. I let her have control as she slid on top, letting her weight settle on me, and press me down into the mattress. Her leg moved out from between mine as she straddled my hips, and I could feel my hard cock grind against her through the thin layers of fabric that separated us.

She leaned back, and grasped the hem of my t-shirt and pulled it up. I leaned forward and let her pull it up my body, and then she pulled it off over my head and tossed it onto the floor. I reached for her as she sat on my lap to pull her into my embrace, but her strong petite hands were back on my chest, and she pushed me down onto my back.

Her hands moved on my chest, exploring and caressing. Her finger tips stroked across my nipples and a shudder ran through my body. She leaned forward and kissed my chest as my hands caressed up and down her sides and then moved to trace up and down her spine. Her tongue darted out and flicked at my nipple, and I shuddered again when her lips closed around it in a kiss and she lightly sucked on it. Her lips and tongue left a trail of wet kisses across my chest as she found my other nipple and gave it the same treatment.

Bella's hands moved up to my shoulders as she kissed up my chest to the hollow at the base of my throat below my Adams apple. She kissed up the side of my neck and along my jaw line as her hips moved against me, grinding my cock against her core. My arms encircled her, pulling her against me, not wanting to let her go now that she was finally mine. Her lips found mine again, as her hands moved back into my hair. Her fingertips tenderly scraped against my scalp as her lips parted and her tongue traced against my lip. My lips parted and her tongue was in my mouth, insistent and ardent as she explored.

She broke the kiss, and her cool cheek nuzzled against mine. She kissed the hollow beneath my ear, and I felt her cool breath against the side of my neck.

"Do you love me, Edward?" She asked. I opened my eyes and she moved to stare into my eyes as the tips of our noses nuzzled against each other.

I could see the vulnerability in her eyes as though she expected me to say no, but she was all I wanted and needed. She was a part of me, and I could feel my connection to her very soul pulsing between us as we held each other.

"Yes, Bella, I love you."

"Do you trust me, Edward? Do you trust me with your life?"

"I'd be dead now twice over if it weren't for you. I trust you completely, Bella. I'm yours…" I closed the little distance between us and captured her lips again.

She indulged me for a minute and then she pulled back and looked deep into my eyes again. "I need you, Edward… I need to make you mine…"

"You have to mark your territory…?"

"Yes…" She moaned and her open lips were back on mine, cool and hard as she tasted me. Then she broke our kiss and was staring deep into my eyes.

"Do it. I love you, Bella… I trust you with both of our lives… I'm yours… take me…stake your claim…"

She nodded, and moved closer. She lightly kissed each of my eyes closed and kissed down my cheek to my lips. Her open lips moved on my lips and her tongue teased at mine. She sucked my upper lip between hers for a second, savoring the taste. Then she kissed along my jaw line to the hollow beneath my ear. I had complete trust in Bella, but I could feel my heart hammering in my chest in anticipation.

"Shhh…" She whispered in my ear. "Relax… trust me, Edward, I love you …" I was calm, but my heart was still racing.

She kissed down my neck to the pulse point in my throat. I could feel her kiss my throat and her cool breath on me made me shiver as goose bumps broke out on my skin and the fine hairs on my arms stood on end. I felt her lips press against my throat and then her tongue swiped against the pulsing artery under my skin… I felt the sharpness of her teeth…

There was a short sharp pain for a fraction of a second and then a euphoric sensation like I'd been injected with a drug. I could feel a pleasurable sensation of her sucking on my neck like she was giving me a hickey, but I could feel the blood flowing freely out of the bite from her razor sharp teeth. Her jaw moved as she swallowed and drank from the bite on my neck. It was like the energy drained out of me with my blood, and I was overcome with a lethargy and sudden drowsiness.

Then Bella's tongue was pressed against my neck, stopping the flow. She swiped her tongue over the bite leaving a pleasant tingling sensation in its wake, and then she was kissing back up my neck. There was a coppery scent on her breath mixed with the strawberries and freesia, and then her lips found mine again. There was the barest hint of iron and salt as her tongue caressed mine.

I felt weak and I could feel all the long hours of this day weighing on me. I could barely keep my eyes open as I struggled to retain consciousness and hold her, but she lightly kissed my fluttering eyelids closed as I tried to stifle a yawn. The last thing I remembered was Bella moving off of me and cuddling me in her arms as she gently caressed my cheek and murmured in my ear.

"Sleep now, my Edward. Rest my only love, after everything you've been through today. Know that I love you and I'll be here with you…," and I drifted off to sleep content and peaceful knowing Bella was mine and I was hers. I couldn't resist anymore as sleep took me.

I stirred awake as awareness returned. It was morning and I'd slept far later than I usual. There was gray light leaking into the room around the edges of the curtains. I could tell it wasn't a sunny day, but definitely daytime. I stretched, and then started awake and sat up. I was alone in my bed… The room was neat and tidy. My clothes from the previous night were gone… Had I dreamed it all? Bella had been in my bed last night…, she was gone now too…

I was about to get up and go look for her, and then my door opened. Bella stepped into the room carrying a tray, and flipped on the light. I could smell food… My stomach growled at the scent of bacon and eggs and coffee.

"I must have timed it just right. Seems like its feeding time for the human. Good morning, Edward."

"Good morning… Did you cook all of this?" I asked as Bella set the tray over my lap on the short legs that folded out of the bottom of the serving tray. She sat down on the bed next to me, and curled her legs under herself as she watched me. I picked up the fork and started to eat as we talked.

"Well, I still remember how to cook most of this… I buttered the toast. Alice and Esme did most of it before they left…"

"Where did they go? Or should I ask…?"

"Alice took Esme to go talk to Katy. Alice seemed to have a pretty good Idea where she'd be this morning…" I just nodded and let it go. I'd royally screwed that one up. Now Esme and Alice were out doing damage control. Trying to fix my mistake or at least minimize the repercussions.

"Are you hungry? Are you going to need breakfast too?"

"No, I'm good. I had a snack last night…"

I looked over at her, and her eyes were the darker orange hue shot through with flecks of red like I'd seen on Tuesday night in Port Angeles.

"I did that to your eyes. Is that me in you…?"

"Yes… You aren't upset are you? I didn't hurt you…?"

"No, I'm fine. You didn't hurt me. It wasn't bad… It was actually kind of sensual and erotic… I liked it, but is it always like that? I mean you used to do that with strangers… You still do…"

"Not like that! Some of the girls do…, and the guys too, if they really like someone or if they have an arrangement with a regular client… I never got that close to anyone when I was working, and I don't now when I have to feed. There are other ways…"

"Other ways?"

She held out her hand to me, and I could just make out a faint tracery of thin white crisscrossed scars against the pale white skin on the inside of her wrist.

"There are many different arteries that serve the purpose. This is one of the easier ones to reach… Maybe I'll show you some of the others sometime…"

"Ok… So your eyes were like this on Tuesday, but I've never seen them like this at school. Alice said you were starving and told you to go hunt last night. How does that work? Do you hunt every night?"

Bella giggled, "God no! I didn't need to feed anywhere near that often even as a newborn! Jeez, I'd be sloshing around waterlogged and bloated. Really, I only need to hunt about once every two weeks if I stay out of the sun and don't get hurt. Same with human blood, once every couple of weeks gives me a decent amount of control over my gift."

"Wow, you really do have a lot of free time on your hands. You don't sleep, and you only have to eat about once every two weeks? You don't age… I don't suppose you have to stop for the ladies room on a long road trip then either."

"All the plumbing still works, Edward. We drink a lot, what with the liquid diet and all. What goes in still has to come out. It doesn't just magically disappear. We might be 'mythological creatures', but we're still bound by the basic realities of the physical world. Our metabolisms are extremely efficient now, but we still make bathroom breaks. Maybe not six to eight times every day like a human, but the need still exists, albeit infrequently."

I was done with breakfast, and the turn of the conversation had reminded me of my own human frailties. "Thank you for bringing me up my breakfast, love, but I think I need to take a moment and go be human." Suddenly she whisked the tray off my lap. It was sitting on the desk, and Bella was standing next to the bed. "Thanks'… That's still going to take some getting used to…"

Bella grinned, "I always wanted a pet… I have to take good care of my human, or Esme will be upset with me. Although I did manage to kill off three goldfish in a row…" She laughed as I turned to her in surprise. "God, Edward, if you could see the look on your face… I'm just teasing! You're a lot more fun than a goldfish… Go have your 'human moment'. I'll be waiting for you…"

I got out of bed, shaking my head while I walked down the hall to the bathroom, and attended to my human need. I stood in front of the mirror, and looked at my neck. I wasn't bruised or cut. There wasn't any glaringly obvious outward sign of what we'd done last night, at least to human eyes. I wasn't sure what I was expecting to see. Maybe a cut or teeth marks. I thought there might have at least been a healing cut or an obvious scar. I could barely make out a faint white line like I'd seen on Bella's wrists. Well at least I wouldn't have to answer a lot of questions from the kids at school or make up an excuse about cutting myself shaving.

I ran a shower and then slipped out of my boxer briefs, and tossed them into the hamper. I stepped into the shower, washed my hair, and got cleaned up. I grabbed the towel off the rack to dry off. I hadn't brought any clothes with me to the bathroom to change into so I wrapped the towel around my waist, and then brushed my teeth. I wasn't sure what the plan was for today, but I'd be ready for anything this way.

I went back down the hall to my room and went in. The light was off and it was dimly lit with only the light leaking around the closed curtains. It took a second for my eyes to adjust and then desire flashed through me like wild fire and my arousal made itself known. Bella was back in bed waiting for me. The covers were turned down on my side, and she patted the mattress next to her, beckoning to me to come lie next to her. Her shoulders above the covers were bare, and I could see her harem pants and camisole hanging on the back of the desk chair.

I stepped over to the bed, dropped my towel, and slipped under the covers next to Bella. She scooted over next to me and cuddled up against me. The feeling was exhilarating as her cool skin pressed up against my warm slightly damp body. I took her in my arms and held her, and I could feel the hard erect nipples of her perfect breasts pressed against my chest.

"I hope you don't mind… Your bed was just so warm and inviting, and I didn't want to start to cool down too much. Then I heard the shower, and thought I'd surprise you."

"Trust me, I don't mind at all…" I traced my finger tips along the silky skin of her spine and I could feel her shudder against me at the touch. "So, what's the plan for today…?"

"I thought maybe we'd continue on with what we were doing last night…" she nuzzled against my cheek and kissed down the side of my neck… "Maybe when Esme and Alice come home we could all sit down together and decide what we want to do this weekend."

"What about Carlisle?" I asked as I kissed the top of her head and caressed her back.

"Oh, we'll include him, but he'll probably be out for quite a while. Esme kept him busy most of the night after they got home from the dance. The walls in these old houses are so thin… They were still rather involved when I got home from hunting…"

"You could hear all of that?"

"Yes…"

"And if Esme was home she'd hear us…?"

"She isn't home now… If it bothers you…, her hearing…"

"It doesn't bother me. Carlisle knew I shared an intimate relationship with Katy, but she never spent the night here. It's just strange to me that they know you're in here, and they're ok with it."

"Well, I suppose I am robbing the cradle, but you're my mate, Edward. We could sneak around and go park by the river if it makes you feel more comfortable, but Carlisle and Esme understand."

"No, I don't need to sneak around. And what do you mean, 'robbing the cradle'! You might be twenty-two, but you were only seventeen when you were changed. We're the same age, and my birthday is in June. I'm older than you by three months. You don't age anymore, and if I wait 'til I'm eighteen before I let you change me, I'll probably look older than you too."

"Ok, fine. We're the same age." Bella giggled against the side of my neck.

"Thank you, 'cradle robber' indeed! So, you're ok with this? Last night you said you we're scared…"

"I'm terrified, but I'll work through it. I trust you. I'm here aren't I? At least this mating instinct thing is good for something. I don't think I could be doing this now if I wasn't so drawn to need you so badly…"

"I don't want to move faster than what you're ready to accept. Are you sure…?

"Edward…"

"Yes, love…"

"Will you shut up already, and kiss me. This is hard enough…"

I obliged her request and pressed my lips to hers, cutting her off. I didn't want to rush her, but apparently I needed to pick up the pace. I'd just have to trust Bella to stop me if I pushed her boundaries too far.

Bella sighed against my lips, almost in relief as though I was finally satisfying some need she had to be even closer to me. Her lips parted and I felt the tip of her tongue on my lips. I parted my lips and our tongues touched, eager and hesitant as they met and slipped against each other. It was slick and sweet and wonderful.

Her leg was snuggled up between mine, and my hard cock was pressing against her hip. I could feel her cool moisture damp on my leg as she ground her core against my leg, and I knew she was aroused. I took the initiative, and maneuvered her onto her back as we lay in my bed making out. I could feel the strong, lithe, steel of her muscles moving under her silky skin, but she yielded to my touch, and let me guide her.

We were definitely way past first base, but I hadn't really made a play for second base yet despite the fact we were lying naked together in my bed. She was sending me signals, but Bella was an enigma. She was hard for me to read.

I was supporting my weight on one elbow, cradling her neck as I kissed her. I let my other hand trace down her side, letting my finger tips lightly graze down her side and along the side of her breast. I felt a shiver rock through her at my touch and she moaned against my lips as I moved my hand onto her stomach. I started tracing slow circles around her stomach moving higher with each pass. She moaned each time my fingers would graze the bottom of her breast, but I didn't actually touch her there.

She reached out and took my hand in hers on the next pass, and I froze, unable to move in her iron grip. Her thumb caressed across my knuckles as I waited for her to make the next move. She lay panting against my lips as I lay there anticipating her next move. Had I gone too far and she wanted me to stop? She could easily snap my hand like a match stick if I'd upset her…

Bella surprised me when she moved my hand up and placed it firmly on her perfect breast, surrendering herself to my touch... She moaned as her erect nipple pressed into my hot palm. Emboldened by her direct action, I explored her perfect breasts. Her skin was cool and silky smooth. Supple and firm, the perfect seventeen year old forever…

I kissed along her jaw and down the column of her neck as I cupped her breast and stroked her nipple with my thumb. I kissed the hollow at the base of her throat, and then down the middle of her chest as she threw her head back and shuddered in anticipation. I lightly pinched her nipple with my thumb and fore finger as my mouth moved onto her other breast, and my lips found her nipple. I wrapped my lips around it and sucked the hard pebble, as my tongue flicked against it.

"Oh God… Edward… Harder! Use your teeth… You won't hurt me…"

I pinched her nipple harder with my fingers, and she moaned louder. I took her nipple between my teeth and lightly nipped at her…

"Harder… Do it! Now…!"

I bit down harder, and a feral growl rumbled through her chest as she moaned and humped against my leg…

I kissed across her chest, letting my tongue trail across the valley between her breasts as I switched sides.

My hand moved lower onto her stomach as I circled her nipple and areola with my tongue.

I let my fingers move into the curls at the base of her hips as my mouth moved onto her nipple.

My fingers traced lower through her curls as I sucked on her nipple and flicked it with my tongue. She was panting now as my hand moved on her cupping her sex and my teeth grazed across the hard pebble.

I pushed my finger into the moisture between her legs and stroked along her wet core as I bit down on her hard nipple…

I felt the growl rumble through her chest. A hiss escaped her lips as she threw her head back, and a strong shudder rocked through her body.

My hand explored her as I circled her opening with my fingertip and my thumb moved onto her sensitive bundle of nerves, gently stroking her clit back and forth as I sucked on her breast.

I started to kiss down her chest to her stomach as I moved lower. I reach down with my hands and she let me lift her knees and spread her legs.

"Edward, you don't have to…"

"Do you want me to stop?"

"No… but you don't have to…"

"Yes I do. Now relax and let me make you feel good. Ok?"

"Ok… I'm just nervous… I don't want to hurt you…" and then she shut up and moaned with pleasure as my tongue licked down through her folds. I used my fingers to gently spread her open and relaxed my tongue and licked up towards her clit.

I gently flicked her clit back and forth with my tongue and then moved back down to explore the whole area with my mouth. I gently probed with my tongue and found her vagina and sucked on her labia before moving back to her clit.

I went to work on her clit, using my tongue and lips to gently suck and massage it. I was careful not to apply too much pressure as I moved in circles, up and down, flicking back and forth lightly varying my pattern.

Her juices were flowing now and she was wet as she moaned my name.

I knew when I hit the right groove, because her fingers tangled into my hair as she grabbed the back of my head and clamped her thighs around my ears like a vice.

"Oh God…, that's fucking amazing… Oh god, don't stop…"

The pressure became almost painfully tight and I was forced to slow down unable to move. Then I felt Bella force her self to relax a little and ease off. I picked up my pace again and I could hear fabric ripping as she clawed at the sheet, shredding it under her fisted hands as she fought to stay in control.

I moistened my fingers in her freely flowing juices and then probed at her opening with my finger tips. I slipped a finger in and she was so tight while I continued to work her clit with my tongue. I worked my finger back and forth and I thought she was going to clamp down again as she panted and moaned.

"Oh My God! Fuck…Edward! Oh god…Edward…"

Bella's pussy was easily accepting my finger now and I slipped a second one in. I moved them rhythmically inside her with my palm up, crooking them slightly, and stroking them in a 'come hither' motion to hit her G-spot.

"God…I'm almost there! Right there…Shit…Edward…"

Bella was pressing my head firmly against her pussy as she panted and moaned my name. She bucked against me, but maintained a semblance of control as I licked her and stroked my fingers into her wet core.

"Edward I'm gonna… God I'm almost there…"

"Edward! Oh god…I'm cuming!"

Bella was moaning my name. Then I felt a strong shudder rumble through her, and she clenched tight around my fingers thrust deep inside her as her muscles contracted. I held my tongue still as I pressed it against her pulsing clit and she came hard.

"Oh My God… Edward… God that was so fucking amazing…"

I moved back up the bed over her between her legs. The feeling was intense and erotic as my skin moved on hers. She was dry and silky smooth and the sensation was electric, pulsing between us where my skin touched hers. I was hot with a faint sheen of sweat making my body glisten as we moved together, the perfect combination of fire and ice.

I stopped for a second to run my tongue across her breast and take her erect nipple between my lips. She was panting hard but I held her for a couple of minutes until she started to calm down as she relaxed and came back to reality. Then her arms were around my shoulders pulling me to her and our open lips met as I kissed her and her tongue slipped against mine.

Her hands moved down my back and onto my butt as she grasped my cheeks, pulling me to her.

The head of my cock grazed through her curls and traced along the cleft between her legs. I reached down and took my cock in my hand and stroked up her core. I moved the head to slip between her folds and stroke along her core into her cool moisture with my cock and ground the head against her clit.

She moaned my name, and I stroked up and down a few more times coating myself with her slippery wetness as she bucked against me,.

"Oh my god… I need you now… Edward fuck me! I need you inside… Please…" She begged me.

I moved the head of my cock to her opening, and started to push into her. Bella gasped as her knees moved up my sides and her legs hooked around my thighs pulling me against her.

"Oh God Yes…Oh my god… Fuck me!" She moaned as my hard cock wedged into her cool wet core.

She was wet and slick and her sex gripped my cock like a velvety vice as I thrust into her tightness and sank part way in.

I pulled back and rocked my hips forward thrusting deeply into her cool slick wetness driving forward pushing my cock against the smooth velvety resistance, and made headway as I sank deeper.

I rocked back again and pushed harder thrusting into her until my cock was buried to the hilt inside her exquisite steel embrace. She gasped out my name as I finally sank deep into her core.

"Oh My God! Shit…Edward! Oh god…Edward…"

My pubic bone was pressing against her clit. I held still for a minute to allow her to relax and adjust, and then I set up a rhythm as I started to move inside of her lifting my hips to rock back into her.

"God Bella… you're so tight… So good…" I groaned as I started to move deep inside her.

"Oh god… Edward fuck me! Oh god…" She moaned as I thrust into her tight pussy.

I pulled back and rocked my hips forward thrusting into her cool slick wetness, moving faster as she held me with her legs and our bodies moved together. Bella rocked her hips to meet my thrusts, and we crashed together as our bodies moved to the pulse of the connection that joined her soul to mine.

"Oh god… Edward Harder! God… Fuck me… Fuck me harder!" Bella groaned.

I rested my weight on my elbows as I pressed my body against hers and I hammered into her, thrusting hard and fast with her legs hooked around me and her hands gripped my arms as she pulled me to her.

God… Edward… I'm gonna… God I'm almost there!" she moaned getting louder as she got closer to the edge.

Bella moaned loud, and she threw her head back and cried my name as I felt her nails dig into my back. I could feel the sting of my sweat in the long deep scratches, and the sudden pain added to my pleasure in an almost animalistic abandon as I thrust hard and fast into her. Her pussy clenched hard around my solid cock and her legs gripped me tight as her orgasm carried her away.

"Uhnn… Uhnn… God… Bella! I'm gonna… Uhnn… I'm almost there…" I panted against her neck as I drove deep into her pussy, plunging to the hilt hard and fast!

I was on the edge, and began thrusting even more urgently as I felt the tingling at the base of my cock in my balls and I knew I was going to come. I thrust hard a couple more times and then buried myself to the hilt inside her cool throbbing pussy as I shot my come deep inside Bella. The orgasm ripped through me and I felt my dick pulse as my hot juice flooded into her.

Bella held me tight as our orgasms rocked through us, and then we started to come back to our selves. I held her face and kissed her while we were still joined together and she caressed my shoulders as she held me against her.

After a minute, I pulled out slowly and looked down into Bella's eyes. I was spent and wanted to lie down next to her and pull her into my arms. I saw her inhale deeply and stretch languorously, but then her eyes darkened and a look of horror swept across her features. She recoiled away from me and in an instant fled to the opposite side of the bed as she gave an anguished moan and looked down averting her eyes.

"Oh my god, Edward! I'm so sorry, I'm a monster! I knew this was too good to be true! Are you alright?"

"Bella, what are you talking about? I'm fine! That was amazing! Now calm down and come back here!"

"I don't want to hurt you… You're bleeding… I did this, I'm so sorry…" She held up her hands that had been caressing my shoulders and there was blood on them.

"I am? Where…?" My back felt wet and stung where she'd scratched me, but it didn't hurt.

"Your back… I cut you with my nails…"

"Don't be silly! Look at me Bella! I'm fine. That was absolutely amazing, and you're not going to ruin the mood! Come here right now!"

"You're not mad..?"

"Of course I'm not mad. How could I possibly be mad at you? I love you! That was fantastic! You were fantastic! Now come here and let me hold you."

Slowly she started back across the bed to me, and I took her in my arms and kissed her. I felt the tension drain out of her, and she relaxed into my embrace, but I could feel the pain starting in my back now as I flexed my muscles to hold Bella in my arms.

"I'm really sorry, Edward. I lost control, and I hurt you…"

"If you're so concerned about a couple of scratches, why don't you just do what you did last night?"

"Last night?"

"You healed the bite in my neck when you pressed your tongue to the wound and licked the cut. Wouldn't that work for this too?"

"I don't know, I never thought of that. Lie down and let me try…"

I lay down on my stomach on the bed next to her, and I heard Bella gasp as she surveyed the damage she had wrought.

"These are deep…! Maybe we should go to the emergency room and have this looked at…"

"And just how exactly would I explain what happened? Try healing it first, and then if it doesn't work, we can talk to Carlisle and decide what to do."

"Ok…"

I felt her kneel down beside me and her hair tickled as she leaned down over my back. I felt her lips on my shoulder as she tenderly kissed the beginning of one of the scrapes.

Her lips and tongue lightly traced along my shoulder and back as she swiped her tongue over the deep scratch leaving a pleasant tingling sensation in its wake. It was the same sensation I had felt in my neck last night.

"Oh wow! That is so cool! It works!" She exclaimed in delight, and then she moved to the next cut and repeated the process.

She was done in a couple of minutes, and sat running her cool hands over the muscles of my shoulders and back.

"All better now?" I asked as I turned to look up at her and rested my weight on one elbow. She nodded through the curtain of her hair.

I reached for her and pulled her down into my arms onto my chest and held her. I reached up with one hand to brush the hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear. Then I leaned in and kissed her and my open lips moved on hers as our tongues met and moved in a familiar dance of bliss.

I pulled the covers back up over us and then returned my attention to Bella's perfect lips as we moved together, touching, exploring, caressing.

My hand moved across her stomach and up to caress her chest. My thumb gently stroked her nipple as I cupped her breast and moved my hand over her chest. She gently caressed my collarbone and the side of my neck as her hands moved on me and our kisses became more passionate. Her scent was deliciously pungent from our love making, mixing with the strawberry and freesia and flooded my senses.

I caressed her jaw and lightly cupped her cheek as we moved together nipping, tasting, exploring. She greeted me eagerly and lovingly sucked my bottom lip between hers for a second. Then she was deepening our kisses, exploring my mouth as she pushed in her tongue. She held me close and crushed my lips with hers. Her hands snaked around my neck and tangled in my hair, cradling my head as she pulled me closer.

Her kisses were harder and more passionate as her cool lips moved on mine and our tongues tangled and slipped against each other. I felt Bella pushing me onto my back as she slid over me. She took control as she moved on top pressing me back into the mattress. Her legs straddled my hips, and I could feel her damp sex grind against my softened cock as her chest moved on my upper body and our hips were pressed together.

She pulled back slightly breaking our kiss, and I trailed kisses along her jaw line and moved back to her lips, but she was pulling away. I leaned forward and reached for her as she slid down my body to pull her back into my embrace, but her strong petite hands were on my chest, and she pushed me back down onto the mattress.

"Relax, Edward, let me have some fun and explore…"

Her hands moved on my chest, exploring and caressing. Her finger tips stroked across my nipples and a shudder ran through my body. She leaned into me and kissed my chest as her hands caressed down my sides and then moved to trace up and down my chest and stomach. Her tongue darted out and flicked at my nipple, and I shuddered again when her lips closed around it in a kiss and she lightly sucked on it. Her lips and tongue left a trail of wet kisses across my chest as she found my other nipple and gave it the same treatment.

Bella's hands moved onto my hips as she kissed down my chest to my belly button. She kissed down my lower stomach to the point of my hip and along my waistline to my other hip trailing her lips and tongue through the edge of my pubic hair.

Her hands found my softened cock and it twitched against her cool touch as she wrapped her hands around me. Her fingers encircled my penis, gently pulling and stroking me.

"You need to tell me what to do here, Edward. I don't have much experience with this."

"Much experience?"

"Ok, no experience, but I read some books Alice showed me, and I vaguely remember a night with the girls at the club a long time ago. I think there were bananas involved… How do I get you excited again?" she said as she gently stroked me.

"I'm excited whenever I'm with you. What you're doing right now is very nice. You can grip me a little tighter to increase the pressure but you'll need some lubrication. You can use spit, or lick it if you want too… Some girls like to take it in their mouth…"

"I know. It was in the books. Tell me what feels good so I get this right, or tell me to stop before I hurt you…"

Her lips wrapped around the head of my semi-erect cock, as her hands moved up and down along the shaft stroking me. She used her hands to caress and stroke my erection as it grew and got hard inside her mouth. Saliva leaked around her lips and coated the upper part of the shaft. It lubricated my hardening cock and her hands as her mouth moved up and down on me.

"God, you're so big, Edward." She exclaimed as she let my cock pop out of her mouth. The tips of her fingers couldn't quite reach her thumb as she wrapped her hand around my cock. I groaned when she stroked over the head of my cock with the palm of her hand.

"Am I doing this right, Edward? She asked with a mischievous grin on her face.

She giggled and stroked up and down the length of my twitching cock as I groaned with pleasure. She ran her fingertips along the length of the bottom of my erection, caressing the thick vein like bulge that ran along the bottom. Then her fingers traced back up to the tip, her palm touched and slipped and wrapped around my hard straining cock. She wrapped one hand around the base of my erection, and used the other to slide the foreskin back to expose the head of my cock.

"God, Yes… Are you sure you've never done this before…? That must have been a good book…"

She sucked the exposed head of my cock back into her mouth and started to work up and down my hard erection. Her mouth moved down over my cock as she took more in and her tongue swirled around me. I lay back and groaned in pleasure as her tongue worked on my head and shaft in her mouth, unrelenting and eager as she explored.

"Bella," I gasped. "Oh god, yes," I panted.

"Good?" she asked, looking up at me with an urchin grin as she let my hard cock slip out of her mouth again.

"Yes," I moaned, "god, Bella, please!"

"Harder?" she asked, even as she squeezed me tight and stroked her palm over the sensitive head.

My hips jerked and she smiled as she firmly stroked my now rigid cock. My hands were fisted into the sheets on either side of my legs, as I shuddered with pleasure and my back arched against the bed as my hips rocked towards her.

She leaned down and took the head of my hard cock back into her mouth, nursing on me, and her tongue swirled around me as she slid my shaft deeper into her mouth careful to avoid scraping against me with her sharp teeth.

Her hand at the base of my cock was moving on my shaft milking me, and she reached back with her other hand to gently stroke and massage the heavy sack hanging between my legs.

I lay panting with my hands gripping at the ruined sheet. Her head moved up and down, sliding in as much of my cock as she could fit into her mouth, and then she'd pull back to swirl her tongue around the head.

"Uhnn, Bella, love, you're so… God, Bella, you're so sexy. You make me want you so much, all the time."

Her mouth was cool and wet as she sucked and stroked, and I felt like I had gone to heaven. She sucked harder, pumped harder, and gently tugged on my sack to make me come for her.

"Oh god, Bella… God, that's fucking amazing!" I moaned.

She sucked me harder and faster, and I was getting close.

"God, Bella… I'm almost there!" I warned her, but it just seemed to encourage her to work me harder.

I tapped her on the shoulder, "Oh god, I'm going to… I'm going to cum!"

I exploded in her mouth, as she pushed down and took me deep in her mouth. She could only fit about half of my cock in her mouth as my head brushed against the back of her throat.

I felt her swallowing as the orgasm pulsed through me, but she couldn't quite keep up, and I saw a dribble of come run down her chin.

Finally, she pulled back off of me, and my cock came out of her mouth with a pop as she sucked down my length to the head.

She reached up and scooped the dribble of cum off her chin with her finger, and then she stuck her finger in her mouth to suck my come off her finger.

"Umm, tasty… Maybe not quite as good as your blood, but not bad, Edward. It might not be a total loss changing you after all…"

I collapsed back against the bed gasping for breath, as she let go and crawled up my body to press herself against me. I pulled her to me and held her close with my arms wrapped around her, and our lips met again. I opened my mouth and ran my tongue across Bella's lips.

She snaked my arms around my neck, and tangled her hands in my hair lightly scraping her nails against my scalp, pulling my face up to her. My hand reached around her neck stroking my hand over her hair, pulling her face down to meet mine. Her lips were amorously moving on mine. I ran my tongue against her bottom lip, tasting her, and then I sucked it between my lips for a second.

Her lips parted, and the tips of our tongues touched. Bella pushed her tongue into my mouth deepening our kiss, and I felt her slick velvety strength exploring my mouth. Her tongue was in my mouth, and I could taste my come on her lips and on her tongue. It was slick and sweet and erotic and I wanted it to go on forever as she made love to my mouth.

I broke the kiss to catch my breath. Bella arched her back and pressed against me as she kissed along my jaw line making her way down my neck trailing electricity with my every touch. She kissed the swell of my Adam's apple in the middle of my throat and then back up to the pulse point below the corner of my jaw. I could feel her cool breath on me and goose bumps broke out on my skin and the fine hairs on my arms stood on end as the sharpness of her teeth grazed across my skin. Her tongue swiped against the pulsing artery under my skin as her lips sealed against my throat.

There was a short sharp pain for a fraction of a second and then the euphoric sensation as her teeth moved through my skin. She was sucking on my neck as the blood flowed freely out of the bite from her razor sharp teeth. I felt her swallow as she drank from the bite on my neck. It was different this time as she took my blood, and I wasn't overcome with the lethargy or drowsiness. The sensation was electric and it felt like my heart beat in time with the connection that joined her soul to mine and the blood was the connection, pulsing out of me and into her...

Then Bella's tongue was pressed against my neck, stopping the flow. She swiped her tongue over the bite leaving the familiar pleasant tingling sensation in its wake, and then she was kissing back up my neck. This time I was expecting the coppery scent on her breath mixed with the strawberries and freesia, and then her lips found mine again. There was the barest hint of iron and salt as her tongue caressed mine.

I didn't feel weak this time, and pulled Bella tight against me as we rolled in the sheets, our lips and bodies locked together. She was everything I wanted and needed. My head swam as her scent filled my nostrils and flooded my senses. She was strong and graceful as a jungle cat and her steel muscles rippled under her smooth silky skin. Her skin was exquisite to my touch, slipping against me as she pressed her body to mine. Her body was lithe and perfect as my body molded to hers. The feeling was electric as my skin moved against hers, and I was dazzled as Bella filled all my senses.

I considered what Bella had commented about changing me. "You're having second thoughts, love…?" I teased as I trailed kisses back to the column of her neck and nipped at her earlobe. She pulled my face back to hers and her lips found mine again.

I broke our kiss and lay back against the pillows to catch my breath. Bella cuddled up against my chest as I held her in my arms. She rested her head on my shoulder in the crook of my neck with her leg draped across me snuggled up between mine.

"About wanting you? Never! But there are pros and cons to consider about keeping you human… or not…"

"Please enlighten me. I'm intrigued by your dilemma."

"Well, your blood is incredibly addicting… I've been dying to taste it since the first day of school, and now it's finally mine… I'll lose that when you're changed." Her finger tips traced across the pulse point in my neck, and my heart hammered in my chest at her touch. It felt like she was stroking the connection between us, and it made me desire her even more. "On the other hand, now I know you have other… fluids… that are almost as good, so it's not a total loss."

"For either of us… You were incredible, love. I can't believe that was the first time…"

"I must be incredibly talented then! I haven't done that with anyone else, Edward!"

I pulled her close and rubbed her back "You are amazingly talented then, and I wouldn't care if you had in the past. You're all mine now. It'd be their loss. You don't have to get defensive, I love you, and I believe you. Now you were telling me about the pros and cons? What do you consider an advantage of changing me?

"Well for one thing, you'd be more durable, and I wouldn't have to hold back so much. It's a little distracting to try and stay focused and not just let go so I don't hurt you."

"This is you holding back! This change is starting to look better and better all the time…"

"God, you have no idea, Edward… It's so hard being careful… trying to stay focused so I don't hurt you… and from what Rose tells me, you'd have a lot more…, stamina…"

"Stamina? I didn't think I was doing too badly…"

"Maybe for a human, but we have to keep stopping so you can recover…" She reached down and stroked my softened cock where it lay against my leg. It twitched at her touch and became semi-erect under her hand.

"If I was like you, we wouldn't have to stop?" I asked surprised at the thought.

"Not unless you wanted to… Rose has told me stories about when she and Emmett were newly mated. They could go for days on end, and only stop to change position or hunt…"

"Wow… We'll have to try that…"

"I'd say that would be a pro, and you'd definitely be up for it…"

"So what are your thought on this… Changing me and everything… I'd have to leave. I wouldn't be able to stay in Forks after the change. Have you talked to Alice about this? And what about Carlisle?"

"Alice and I have talked about it a little, but mainly just the mechanics and basic logistics. You know… how it works, how long it takes, what you go through and the newborn bloodlust… I think she knows more than she lets on, but you know what that's like."

"I know what you mean. It's like she knows what's going to happen and lets you screw up anyhow… That just drives me crazy, but I guess she has her reasons."

"Believe me, I know all about it…, but I still love her. We worked out ok… Before we can make any decisions, we really need to get everyone together and discuss this. If was just you and me, I'd take you to Alaska tonight if you wanted to go…, but there are others involved in this. We should talk to Alice and Jasper and Carlisle and Esme."

"That's probably a good idea… This isn't something we have to rush into, right? Will you be ok if I wait until after I'm eighteen? After graduation would be the easiest to explain… I'd be going away then, anyhow."

"It'll be hard… I'm ok with that, but you have to promise to stay safe. You have to stay out of trouble and promise not to get hurt… I'd just die if anything happened to you…"

"I'll do my best, but I'll have you to protect me… I've managed the last seventeen years ok. I should be able to survive until graduation."

"I trust you, Edward, but you're going to have to be firm with Jasper. Things are getting dicey in Seattle. I don't see things heating up or getting too unmanageable that fast. The rival families are pushing, but we've been pushing back, and we're holding our own so far. You should have the time you need, but Jasper is going to want to bring you into the family business… You know what that means?"

"A little, I've been doing some research and I've got some connections. I heard the Moreno's mostly provide muscle and soldiers as enforcers for other families. Otherwise, I hear your operations are pretty clean."

"Yeah, that's most of it. We deal a little, but mostly just pot for our own needs and to keep the club supplied. Not so much on the street, but we share the wealth if we get a really good deal. Having you hook me up with Sam was a pretty big score for us. We can probably move a half dozen bricks a week to our contacts in Seattle. I hear the Moreno's moved a lot of llello back in the eighty's…"

"Llello?"

"Sorry, I picked that up from Esteban and Jasper. Blow, you know… cocaine? Jasper still had some connections down south, and the money was too good to pass up."

"They were involved in that?"

"Yeah, like I said, the money was too good to pass up… That was before I came along. They got out of that trade when the business got ugly and crack hit the streets… They might be vampires, but they're not immoral enough to profit by watching somebody destroy their lives."

"What about the other families? They aren't all that altruistic, are they?"

"No… Some of the really old families are downright evil. That's the only way to explain some of the things they do… The Fu's will do anything that turns a profit. Heroin and opium trafficking, white slavery for both the blood market and human prostitution, gambling, loan sharking, extortion, protection rackets, murder for hire, they have no limits."

"So our other business dealings…?"

"We get a piece of the action from anything that goes down on our turf. The locals pay our cut if they know what's good for them. Our own operations are mostly security work and collections. Esteban isn't above hijacking the occasional shipment or general larceny for old time sake. He did get his start as a pirate after all, but we play to our strengths. It's easier to let somebody else do all the leg work, and then collect a percentage to make sure they get their payday."

"How do I fit into this, I'm not a vampire yet."

"We have a lot of human associates that work for us. Most of them don't know the truth. Most of our business dealings are with human organized crime families and crews. If they need an operation protected, they call us and we provide security. We have humans that make the deals, and a lot of human button men. You know, Picciotto, low ranking members of the Family who serve as 'enforcers', just like any crew. The 'Family' inner circle gets the special jobs."

"That's where we come in. My training is complete and Esteban's promoted me. I'm Sgarrista now. I'm sworn to Esteban. That's like a 'Made' member of the human Mafia. You know, wise guys who'd serve as the primary foot soldiers in one of the human families. You get all the same rights and privileges as me because you're my mate even though you aren't trained and haven't put in any time yet. I'm responsible for you now. If you screw up, I have to answer for it."

"So keep my nose clean and my mouth shut? Don't worry; I won't make trouble for you."

"You got it. The two most important rules in this business are keep your mouth shut, and don't rat on your friends. Blowing it with either of those will get us dead in a hurry."

"So what happened with Katy was a major screw up…"

"Call it a cheap lesson. Hopefully she won't say anything if she knows what's good for her. Otherwise we'll have to take care of Katy."

"I don't want Katy hurt because of my mistake…"

"We'll do what we can. We won't kill her if we don't have too. Hopefully she pays attention to what Esme tells her."

"Ok. So where do we go from here?"

"Jasper will expect me to start pulling my weight and help out. Now that you're on board, he'll probably expect us to work together as a team. You do the talking, and I make sure they listen to you…"

"Right, I shake'em down and you handle the wet work?"

"We take care of protection contracts and difficult collections… Real protection, security work, not scams where they really need protection from us. I have no problem forcing one criminal to pay up to another, or protecting somebody's investment if another group of wise guys tries to shake'm down, but I draw the line at murder for hire. Tough guy I can stomach, but I'm not an assassin. That doesn't mean I won't fight. I'll protect my family and what's ours. If we take on a contract, we make good on it. I'll expect you to be on the lookout for the wrong kind of job."

"Ok, I'm cool with that. What's our cut?"

"It doesn't work like that for us, Edward. I have credit cards that Esme gave me, but I never see the bill. If I need something, I buy it. I have a cash reserve for pocket money. If I need more, I ask for it and they give it to me. I guess the human crew gets paid, but I don't deal with that. We live a good life. Better than most humans, and all my needs are provided for. We don't use money as a status symbol as much as humans do."

"All of your needs? What about big ticket items or just plain luxury stuff?"

"Esme needed a car when she came to Forks, so Rose bought one for her. We travel first class, and if you want Italian suits, I'll buy them for you. Rose has a lot of really nice jewelry, all real diamonds and precious stones. It's not like we have to put something away for retirement. Most of my family has all been together for decades, even centuries. They take what they need, but we all help earn it. You're good with numbers and money. Jasper and Esteban can let you know about that part of the business if you want."

"Doesn't that sound kind of like communism to you? It goes against the whole capitalist grain…"

"Maybe, but I don't care. Esteban has a share system set up. He's older that communism or democracy for that matter. It's a hold over from the pirate days, but I don't pay much attention to it. I guess you could see how much we have on account if you're interested. It didn't matter to me. I'm satisfied just being part of a real family…"

"I used to worry when I first went to live with Esme and Rose that they were giving me so much, and I had no way to pay them back. You know, to even out the scales… That's why I went to work for Rose, to give something back. They were all so good to me after my accident… That's why I worked so hard with Jasper to prove myself… I know what it's like out on the streets, and a lot of people out there aren't nice. They only look out for themselves. I don't mind what our family does, and it gives me a chance to pull my own weight and contribute."

"What if we wanted to start our own family?"

"Is that what you want, Edward, A family of your own? I can never give you that…" She asked, looking away from me.

"Not like that, Bella. I know we can't have children, and I'm ok with that. But someday we might be ready to bring somebody into our family, if you wanted. Alice was ten when she came to live with us, but she's my sister… What I meant was could we have our own 'family' someday? You know, in the 'family' business."

"It's not like we could have kids or anything, but if we found people that meant a lot to us and wanted to change them we could form our own family group. The other kind of 'family' could happen someday if you really wanted that, but it could take centuries. You're getting ahead of yourself, though. You're not even a vampire yet, and you'd have to get in good with the Volturi to make that happen if you wanted the other kind of 'family' and wanted to break into the business. It takes a long time or a lot of power to earn respect in our world, and our world revolves around power and respect. You'd have to spend at least a century in the Guard, and do whatever they told you…"

"The Volturi are the only way to go? Are they the only game in town? Doesn't anyone stand up to them?"

"They had rivals centuries ago, but they wiped them all out. There are rumors that some of the Romanians survived, and are still plotting against them, but they were worse than the Volturi…"

"How were they worse?"

"The Volturi are content to keep a low profile and feed off the human underworld. They encourage our dealings with the human organized crime families. They maintain power through clandestine channels, and the general population knows nothing about them. The Romanians wanted to rule both the human world and the vampire world. They treated humans like cattle, and didn't care who knew."

"Ok, so maybe that is worse. Why have I never heard of them? If they wanted to rule the world why doesn't history mention them?

"Because we control who writes the history books. You have heard of them. You studied about the black plague that wiped out a third of the population in Europe in the middle ages?"

"Yeah, but it never mentioned anything about vampires."

"The black plague was the purge after the Romanians were finally defeated. Anyone that knew too much was eliminated by the Volturi. It isn't the only purge in the history books, but it was the biggest. It lasted over a hundred years."

"Ok, suddenly family sounds good to me. These Volturi are hard core bitches."

"Yeah, that's why they're still in power… Edward, Esme and Alice are on their way back… Should we get up to go talk to them?"

"Ok, do we have time to make it to the bathroom before they get home?"

"Sure… What do you have in mind?"

"Join me in the shower?"

"Ok… C'mon, let's go…"

Bella sat up and I slid out of bed. I grabbed the towel I'd used earlier and wrapped it back around my waist. Bella got up and wrapped the sheet around herself. She walked over to the closet and took a blue silk robe out, hung it over her arm, and looked back at me. I smiled. I liked having her things in my room, or maybe our room? I opened the door and we went down the hall to the bathroom. We stepped inside and I shut the door behind us.

It wasn't a huge bathroom. I turned to Bella as she turned towards me from hanging up her robe on the back of the door. She was back in my arms, and my lips were moving on hers. Somehow my towel disappeared, but that damn sheet was still between us as my hands moved on her, caressing her perfect body.

"Edward, the shower?" Bella asked as she pulled back and broke our kiss.

I stepped away and ran the water for the shower while Bella unwrapped the sheet from around her body and stuffed it in the hamper.

I reached for her hand and pulled her back up against me, circling her waist with my arms, letting my hands come to rest on her smooth tight butt as I stepped back pulling her into the shower with me. I wouldn't have been able to move her if she wasn't willing but she playfully laid her hands on my chest and giggled as I pulled her into the shower with me.

The hot water cascaded down over us running off in tiny rivulets as I turned her and pushed her against the back wall of the shower. Her hands moved up my chest as she snaked my arms around my neck, and tangled her hands in my hair lightly scraping her nails against my scalp, pulling herself up my body to meet my face. Her open lips found mine as she sighed against my mouth. I ran my tongue against her bottom lip, tasting her, and then I sucked it between my lips for a second.

My hands reached down around her thighs, lifting her, pulling her up to meet me as her willing legs spread around me and locked around my waist. I reached down between our bodies with one hand and positioned my suddenly steel hard cock between her folds, pressing against her opening.

Bella pushed her tongue into my mouth deepening our kiss as I rocked my hips forward sinking my cock into her in one long hard smooth thrust.

It was smooth and silky and impossibly tight as I sank deep into her steel embrace. I felt the slick velvety strength of her tongue exploring my mouth. It was slick and sweet and erotic and I wanted it to go on forever as I stroked into her while she made love to my mouth.

I broke the kiss to catch my breath. Bella arched her back and pressed against me as she kissed along my jaw line making her way down my neck trailing electricity with every touch of her hungry lips.

She moaned my name as I slammed her against the wall of the shower thrusting hard and deep with every stroke. My pubic bone ground against her clit as I stroked rhythmically, pounded into her, lifting my hips to rock back and then slam forward to the hilt again and again.

"God Bella… you're so tight… So good…" I groaned as I moved deep inside her.

"Oh god… Edward fuck me! Oh god…" She moaned against my throat as I thrust into her.

I pulled back and rocked my hips forward thrusting into her slick wetness, moving faster as she held me with her legs wrapped around my waist. Bella rocked her hips to meet my thrusts, and we crashed together as our bodies moved in time to the pulsating throb of the bond that joined her essence to mine.

"Oh god… Edward Harder! God… Fuck me… Fuck me harder!" Bella groaned.

I braced my legs as I pressed her body back against the shower wall and I hammered into her, thrusting hard and fast with her legs wrapped tight around me and her hands gripped my back as she pulled me against her.

"God… Edward… I'm gonna… God I'm almost there!" she moaned getting louder as she got closer to the edge.

Bella moaned loud, pressing her mouth against my shoulder and I felt her teeth sink into my skin. There was a sharp pain for a fraction of a second and the familiar euphoric sensation as her teeth sank through my skin. The unexpected pain shocked me as she lost the battle for control and her inner animal reveled in her abandon. Her eyes rolled back in her head showing only the whites as I thrust hard and fast into her. She clenched hard around my solid cock and her legs gripped me tight as her orgasm carried her away.

"Uhnn… Oh God… Bella! I'm gonna… God… So close…" I panted against her neck as I plunged deep into her pussy, driving to the hilt hard and fast!

I was at the brink, thrusting more urgently as I reached my limit. I thrust hard one last stroke and then buried myself to the hilt inside her throbbing pussy. I felt the tingling at the base of my cock in my balls and I knew I was going to come as I shot deep inside Bella. The orgasm ripped through me and I felt the blissful sensation as my hot juice shot out of me flooding into her.

She held me almost painfully tight as our orgasms rocked through us, and then we started to come back to our selves. Bella's tongue was pressed against my shoulder, where her teeth had torn my shin. She swiped her tongue over the bite leaving the familiar pleasant tingling sensation in its wake, and then she was kissing back up my neck. She held my face and kissed me while I was still deep inside her and she caressed my back as she held me against her.

After a minute, I pulled out slowly while looking deep into Bella's eyes. Her legs unwrapped from around my waist and I lowered until her feet touched the shower floor.

She snaked my arms around my neck reaching for me, and tangled her hands in my hair lightly scraping her nails against my scalp, pulling my face down to hers as I leaned in to meet her. She greeted me eagerly and lovingly sucked my bottom lip between hers for a second. She held me close and crushed my lips with hers. Her open lips found mine as she panted against my mouth. Then she was deepening our kisses, exploring my mouth as she pushed in her tongue.

Finally I broke our kiss and took a half step back. I reached for the soap and a wash cloth and worked lather into the cloth.

"Maybe we should wash now. We are in the shower after all," I said as I smiled at her.

"Ok, let's get washed, but I want to do this again. I enjoy taking a shower with you…"

I used the soapy cloth to tenderly scrub Bella clean, and she let me turn her around and scrub her back. Then she took the cloth from me and returned the favor intimately cleaning my body for me. We stood together in the stream of hot water, letting it rinse the soap from us as I found her lips one last time.

I pressed my open lips to hers and felt the tip of her tongue tenderly ghost across my lips. The tip of my tongue found hers and danced together for an instant, and then I felt her arms move and the water shut off.

I sighed as I broke the kiss and then opened the shower door and stepped out. I handed Bella the last towel on the rack, and then stepped away to reach into the cabinet under the sink to find a dry towel for myself.

I finished getting dried off, and wrapped the towel around my waist to go back to my room to get dressed. Bella slipped into the blue silk robe she'd brought with her, and we went out the door.

Bella stopped in front of the guest room door. "Edward, I have some clothes in here. I'll get dressed. Come get me before you go down stairs?"

"Of course, love…" I reached for her and pulled her back into my arms and kissed her again. She melted up against me holding me as I kissed her, then she pushed me away…

"Go get dressed, or I'll end up dragging you in here with me, and then we'll have to get back in the shower again…" she said as she reached for the door knob.

"Is that such a bad thing?" I teased, but I stepped back to put more distance between us.

"Go on, or we'll never make it downstairs today…" She looked at me wistfully for a second, and then shook herself as if to break the spell and disappeared through the door.

I stood there staring until I heard the latch click shut as she closed the door, and then I turned and went down the hall to my room and got dressed. I grabbed a pair of jeans, a black t-shirt and a dark blue button down shirt. I pulled on some running shoes and grabbed my wallet and cell phone off the desk and I was good to go.

I went down to the guest room, and the door opened almost as my knuckle touched the wood to knock. Bella stepped into the hallway, and I was amazed at the transformation. She was still totally hot, but she'd gone from sultry sex goddess to American teenager in practically the blink of an eye. She was wearing jeans and a long sleeved t-shirt that covered the backs of her hands and wrists. There was another short sleeved t-shirt with an intricate print pattern layered over the first, and she was wearing sneakers today. Her hair was pulled back into a pony tail and she stood in front of me with her fingers hanging in the pockets of my jeans as she looked up at me shyly.

I reached out and caressed her perfect silky smooth cheek and along her jaw with my finger tips. Then I lifted her chin and kissed her. She melted against me and returned the kiss, but then stepped back.

"Be good, Edward… Alice is downstairs and Esme could step into the hall any minute. C'mon, let's go talk to them…"

"Ok, let's go… but I can't guarantee I can be good this close to you." I said with a smirk. I took her hand in mine and we went to the stairs.

She rolled her eyes at me as we went down the stairs. "You're incorrigible. I suppose you're always good…? At least be nice in public."

"How nice do you want me to be?" I asked as I wrapped my arms around her waist from behind. I playfully pulled her against me and kissed her neck beneath her ear. She moaned as she felt my erection grind into her back side.

"Be nicer than that!" She slapped at my hands and pushed them off, but she had a huge smile on her face. She grabbed my hand and pulled me back next to her as we walked into the room.

Somebody cleared their throat loudly. "Jeez, you two! Get a room! I didn't think I'd see you guys all day." Alice exclaimed as she playfully rolled her eyes at our antics, but there was a smile behind her expression of mock disapproval.

"We had a room, but Bella wanted to come down and see what we have planned for the weekend." I remarked as I sat down on the sofa and pulled Bella down next to me. She snuggled close, and I wrapped my arm around her shoulders. She laid her head against my chest, and snaked her arms around my waist as she tucked her feet up under herself.

"So, how did everything work out with Katy?" I asked a little apprehensively.

Esme came walking down the stairs with her arm linked in the crook of Carlisle's arm. She kissed him lightly at the bottom of the stairs and he went to sit on the love seat as she walked to the bar and poured herself a drink. She looked over at Bella, with a questioning glance, and Bella nodded.

"I think Katy took it ok." Esme said as she collected another glass and poured. "Obviously she was scared, but she knows what not to do now if she wants to stay alive. I gave her the options and told her to think it over for a couple of days, and then we'd talk. If she's sensible, she'll let me take her to Seattle next week to give her oath. Then we shouldn't have anything to worry about. She'll be registered, and if she screws up it's out of our hands."

Esme set the bottle down and picked up the glasses, crossing the room as she spoke, and handed a glass to Bella. She went to the loveseat and sat down next to Carlisle. She set her drink down on a coaster on the table next to her seat and looked at us sitting cuddled together with a bright smile on her face.

"Ok, that takes care of Katy for now," Alice said. "I want to go to Seattle this weekend, today. I know Jasper isn't here in Forks, or I'd feel it, and I can't stand it anymore. Edward has come to his senses, and accepted his bond with Bella. You two finally have your relationship headed in the right direction. I want to talk to Jasper are get everything settled with him. I've waited long enough, and it's my turn."

"Alright, Alice, that's fine with me. I wanted to take Carlisle to Seattle and show him the club this weekend too. He should meet the rest of the family, and I'm sure he wants to talk to Jasper too."

"Yes, I would like to have an opportunity to talk to Jasper about you two, and I'd like to see Esme's club and meet the rest of her family as well." Carlisle said.

"Don't worry, dad, you're going to get along with Jasper just fine. I'm sure you'll love him almost as much as I do. Besides, with what happened with Jacob last night, we should probably clear out for a couple of days until Sam can get him calmed down."

"What's wrong with Jacob?" Bella asked. "What happened last night?"

"You didn't tell her, Edward?" Alice asked.

"I didn't tell her about Katy either and she knew. I assumed she would have heard when you told Esme."

"Who is this Jacob, and why is he an issue?" Esme asked.

"I hadn't brought it up yet, Edward." Alice said. "Jacob Black is the son of one of the Tribal Counsel members on the Quileute Reservation. Sam Uley has been keeping an eye on him because he's pretty sure he's going to phase soon to become a werewolf. Edward made the mistake of confirming all of Jacob's fears last night, and now he knows what's going to happen and why."

"Werewolf! They're real too?" Carlisle exclaimed. Apparently Esme hadn't told him everything, and he didn't have the benefit of having heard the Quileute legends like Alice and I.

"Yes, dear, they are, and they make good guards too." Esme said. "I'll explain it to you in a little bit." Then she turned back to me and Edward." Ok, so why is this a problem for us? I know it's traumatic for the new wolves when they first turn, but there isn't anything we can do to make it any easier…"

"He blames Bella for his change," Edward said. "But it's all my fault…"

"Me! What did I do?" Bella exclaimed, shocked. "I didn't make him a wolf! Why do you think it's your fault, Edward?"

"Sam was keeping him away from vampires so he wouldn't be exposed to the catalyst to trigger his change. He was hoping Jacob could have a normal life like his father, but when I took you to the airport to meet Sam, it ruined all of that. To be honest, it was probably too late for Jacob when you decided to move to Forks, but it pretty much sealed the deal when you grabbed him at Sam's shop. You were close enough to touch him. Now he blames you for what's happening to him…"

"Well you didn't have to open your big mouth and confirm that all of the legends were true for him!" Alice said. "Sam could have controlled the situation better if he was in the dark until he'd phased. Now he knows everything, and he's pissed off at the world until he phases and starts to get some control over it. I wouldn't be surprised if he comes looking for us once he turns."

"Alice is right." Bella said, watching my face with a worried expression. "We should probably get out of town for the weekend at least, or maybe until after Jacob phases, and let Sam handle this. I could probably protect us, but Jacob's your friend… You'd be angry if I had to k… hurt him…"

"Bella, love, I know you'd only do what you had to, but Jacob is my friend. If you all think leaving is the best course of action, then let's go."

"Ok, besides, Esme's Mercedes is a two-seater, and Jasper would be so angry if I let Alice drive to Seattle by herself…"

We got up and went our separate ways to get ready to leave then. Bella and I didn't need much, and I quickly packed an overnight bag. Bella had things in Seattle already and she helped me pack and changed the sheets on the bed while I got ready. Alice was ready to go when we came out of our bedroom and we went back down stairs to wait for Carlisle and Esme.

Esme had already cleared Carlisle's schedule for the weekend because she had already been planning a trip to Seattle this weekend. At least he wouldn't need to worry about his clinic while we were gone. They followed us down the stairs a couple of minutes later, and we went out to the garage to leave.

Authors Note:

Llello – (Pronounced 'yay-o', the double l's are pronounced as Y's.) Cuban-Spanish slang word for cocaine hydrochloride. It is a 'street' term for 'coke' or 'cocaine', also known as 'blow'.