BPOV
"Come on Edward you have to tell me where we're going! I can't take it anymore." I whine.
We've been driving for probably 10 minutes and we are headed out of town.
"You have to be patient love." He laughs as he rubs the inside of my knee where his hand has been resting since we got in the car.
"At least give me a hint. Please." I ask giving him my best pouty face and even look up at him through my lashes.
"You are a very dangerous creature love. Fine. We are going to Port Angeles. It will take us about a half hour to drive there so just sit back and get comfortable because that's all you're getting out of me about tonight."
"Okay" I tell him and he just shakes his head when I smile at him victorious. Looking out the window I relax and enjoy the scenery and the feeling of Edward's hand on my thigh. No matter how long I live in Washington, I still can't get over the beautiful nature that surrounds me. When I first moved here, I hated it but now I've grown to appreciate it.
Before I know it Edward is pulling into a parking lot.
"Where are we?" I ask him.
"It's a rare bookstore. I thought you might like it. They have all kinds of books from many different time periods." He tells me.
"This is perfect Edward." He breaths a sigh of relief and comes to open my door.
After helping me out of the car, Edward puts his hand on the small of my back leading me to the store.
"Um Bella I think your dress is missing its back" he tells me in a low voice.
"Nope it's supposed to be that way." I tell him and smile
"But it doesn't cover anything. I mean how could you even wear a…." His eyes grow wide.
"Don't worry Edward there's extra support in the front so you can go without." I tell him with a coy smile. I'm glad its dark or he would be able to see that my face is bright red. Where is this coming from? Since when am I this brave?
"You really are a dangerous creature." He tells me. Leaning down he crushes his lips to mine. I respond more than eagerly. Our tongues tangle together in a fight for dominance. I gladly let him win. Both of his hands go to my back and run along the exposed skin giving me goosebumps. Being in his arms is the best feeling. I fit here, it's where I'm supposed to be. Sensing I need to breath he releases my mouth and moves onto my neck. He kisses and sucks all along my neck, and I'm thanking God that I put my hair up. I know exactly what he's doing. He's marking me and I love it. I'm putty in his hands.
Too soon he pulls away from me and leans his forehead against mine. We're both breathing heavy and I can feel his desire pushing into my belly.
"I've been wanting to do that since I saw you in this sinful dress. We better get inside before I do something we might regret." I'm fairly certain that I wouldn't regret anything he could do to me but I follow him anyway.
Stepping inside the store the smell of books hits me. Breathing in deep my face breaks into a smile. I love bookstores.
"I hope you know what you're getting yourself into mister. I can look at books for hours." I tell him
"Well we have reservations in an hour so you'll have to speed it up a little." I just pout at him and pull him towards the first case.
They really have amazing stuff here. I have found several early editions of books like The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby. Stopping dead in my tracks I see a second edition of Wuthering Heights. It is my all time favorite book. Calling Edward over to me I show him the priceless book in front of me.
"Isn't it amazing?" I say with awe in my voice.
"It is love. Do you want it?"
I look at him like he has three heads.
"Are you kidding me? It probably cost more than your car. No I think it's just fine right there on the shelf." I tell him adamantly. There's not a chance that I'm going to let him spend that much money on me.
"Okay if you're sure."
"I'm sure."
"Okay." He says. "Maybe for Christmas" I hear him mumble and I just stare at him in shock.
"Are you almost ready to go love? We have dinner reservations in about 10 minutes."
"Yeah I'm ready." I tell him.
Walking towards the door, I'm startled when I feel Edward pull on my hand. I look back to find him staring at a case on the wall. It is higher than the rest of the cases which is probably why I didn't look in it before.
"What, Edward?"
"Huh? Oh nothing. I was just looking." He says pointing to a book in the center of the case. "My mom used to read me that every night when I was a kid." I look up to see what book he's talking about, The Wizard of Oz. It looks like a first edition.
"You're real mom?" I ask him in shock.
"Yeah. It had just come out a few years earlier and every night we would take turns reading to each other. She loved the fantasy of it and I loved it because she did. I was always drawing make believe worlds and animals. She told me I was very creative and maybe one day I could write a book of my own. She said she would read it over and over, and she would be my biggest fan. That copy looks just like the one we had."
"Wow. I've never heard you talk so much about your parents before."
"Well my memories from that time are foggy. Usually it takes something to jar them back to me so I can remember clearly."
"Do you want to buy that book? I ask him.
"No thats okay" he says shaking his head. "Lets go to dinner."
"Okay if you're sure." I tell him still wary about just leaving it.
"I am. Now let's go I'm starving." I look up at him shocked and he starts laughing loudly. Putting his arm around my shoulders he guides me outside.
For dinner we go to a restaurant called Bella Italia.
"We have a reservation for Cullen" Edward tells the hostess after we walk in.
"Oh of course Mr. Cullen." She tells him a breathy voice that I'm sure is supposed to sound seductive but really she just sounds asthmatic. After batting her eyelashes at him, she looks at the reservation book.
"Yep we have you right here. If you'll just follow me" She bends over right in front of Edward's face to get our menus before walking us to our table. It's a private booth in the back, and I'm glad we're going to be semi-alone during dinner.
"Your server will be right with you, sir." Mrs Too-Much-Makeup tells Edward and then walks away with a little too much sway in her hips.
"Oh my gosh that was so rude. Couldn't she see that you were here with me? Are you kidding me?! I should report her and have her fired. How dare she look at you like that? You're not a piece of meat. That was ridiculous." I'm fuming mad. She has no right to try and take what's mine.
"Bella you have nothing to worry about. You're the only woman in the room to me. I honestly didn't even notice her."
"Good because you're mine." I growl at him, sounding almost like a vampire.
"Yours" he whispers back with dark eyes. The tension and anticipation between us is thick.
Our moment is broken by our waiter.
"Hello my name is Zach and I'll be taking care of you today. What can I get you to drink?"
"Water" I answer without taking my eyes away from Edward's.
"Same" he answers curtly.
"Okay I'll have those for you in a minute, and I'll be back to get your dinner order."
"You should decide what you want, love."
"I'm pretty sure I know what I want" I mumble but I open my menu.
I pick the first thing that looks good on the menu as the waiter comes back with our drinks.
"Are you two ready to order?" he asks
"Go ahead Bella" Edward tells me.
"I'll have the chicken parmigiana." I say and hand Zach my menu.
"And for you sir?" he asks
"Just bring two plates we're going to share it." Edward tells him.
"Alrighty I'll get that right out to you folks."
"Thank you." I murmur as he walks away.
"So what did you do after school today?" I ask him
"I helped Esme with her garden. We have a greenhouse out back where she grows all kinds of fruits and vegetables. She loves gardening and she plants a lot of flowers each year, but she likes to give to the community too. She donates all of the fruits and vegetables that we grow to the food pantry."
"That's awesome." I tell him "She seems like a very nice lady."
"She is. She has helped me a lot. After I woke up…like this. I was very angry and bitter for a long time. I resented Carlisle for doing this to me without my consent. I don't want to be a monster and he made me one without so much as a second thought. Back then Carlisle and I spent our lives very mundanely. We lived in a house with no furniture, no plumbing, and no electricity. Why would we need it? We don't get tired or uncomfortable from sitting or standing in one position. We can see in the dark, and we don't need to shower. But once Esme came along she changed everything. She insisted that we have electricity so that she could listen to music. She wanted plumbing so she could wash clothes and clean the house. She put up curtains and bought furniture. She made our cold dusty houses into homes. She painted and gave to the community. She loved everyone unconditionally including me. She really showed me that there's more to this life. Carlisle is the head of our family but Esme is the heart and soul."
"She's an amazing woman. I'm glad that she got you to see yourself for who you really are instead of a monster."
"I don't know about that, but I do owe her a lot."
"Edward-" my argument is cut off by the waiter bringing me my food.
"Here you go. Let me know if you need anything else." Zach tells us with a smile.
"You should eat love." Edward tells me as he takes a little bit onto his plate, looking at it like its going to bite him.
"Okay but don't think that I've forgotten what we were talking about." I warn him.
"I wouldn't dare." he says cheekily.
The food is amazing, and I'm pretty sure that I don't stop to take a breath until my plate was empty. I'm completely stuffed, but if there was anything else on my plate I think I would have eaten it. It was that good.
I look up to find Edward watching me.
"Don't watch me while I eat." I grumble "It's creepy."
"Im sorry love, I just never knew that watching someone eat could be such an…erotic experience. Those little noises you were making were about to make me need a cold shower." I blush and laugh awkwardly
"Sorry…it was really good." Nice Bella. You're boyfriend tells you he thinks the noises you make are sexy and thats your reply. Real sexy.
"Come on love we better go so that Charlie doesn't shoot me for bringing you home late." He says and winks at me.
Leaving a hundred dollar bill on the table, Edward grabs my hand and pulls me out of my seat. Putting his arm around my waist possessively, he guides me outside. It's a long walk to the car so he offers to pull the car around for me. Standing outside the restaurant, I wish I would have brought a wrap or a shawl. The night air is a little chilly.
"Hey" a man's voice yells. I look over and see a group of men heading towards me. They are all carrying bottles of some kind and walking like they've had one too many. I look around to see who they are yelling to and there's no one around. They must be yelling for me. Oh great. No I'm not doing this. I turn to go back inside but one of the men is standing in front of the restaurant door. Turning back around I find that they've formed a close circle around me.
"Look what we have here. You look fine in that dress girly. I bet you'd look even prettier without it." One says to me. I shudder in disgust.
"Yeah I bet you'd like it if I stripped it off of you right now wouldn't you? You want me to see what you've got going on under there right?"
"What do you think man? Shaved, waxed, or bush?" One of the other men says.
"Oh I bet it's smooth. I bet its like silk. Why don't you pull down those panties and let me feel, huh? I promise you'll like it. I bet you like a firm hand in the bedroom huh?"
He's reaching for the bottom of my dress when a car comes barreling down the road towards us. I breath a sigh of relief when I see that its a silver Volvo.
Edward doesn't even come to a complete stop before throwing it in park and jumping out of the driver's side.
"Touch her and you'll lose that hand."
"Oh look a Mr. ToughGuy. You do realize that there is only one of you and there are five of us, right? We could break you like a twig. Just wonder off and go about your business." The leader tells him.
"I'm telling you that I will kill you if you don't leave now." Edward growls. His face has contorted and he looks more terrifying than I've ever seen him. I can see fear coming across the face of the leader.
"Yeah whatever man. No pussy's that good. Lets go boys." They all run off and Edward is immediately in front of me catching me when my shaking legs give out. He picks me up and puts me in the car before getting in himself. He pulls me into his lap and I can feel him shaking.
"Are you okay?" I croak out. He laughs humorlessly.
"I should be asking you that. I could feel how scared you were. I got back to you as fast as I could. I'm so sorry. I should kill those guys for their thoughts. You're mine." He growls out the last word and I shiver.
"You can't kill them Edward. I know you don't want to go back to that place and take human lives. Just let it go. It was a one time thing. I'm fine. They didn't touch me, they just talked to me. That was it. It's okay." I tell him running my fingers through his hair. I know that he is my mate and he can't stand what they did but I also know he won't be able to live with himself later if he kills them out of anger. He thinks he's a monster and I'm doing everything I can to show him he's wrong.
"They should die just because of their thoughts. If they would have touched you, they would already be dead." He tells me, not letting up.
"Please don't kill them. Please. You don't want to be that person anymore. I know you don't. I don't want you to be that person." He sighs as he gives in.
"Okay but only for you." He tells me as he nuzzles my nose with his. "I love you so much Bella. I can't stand the thought of anyone or anything hurting you."
"I love you too. We better go or my dad will hurt you." I joke trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah okay." He grumbles
Moving over to my seat, and pulling my dress back down over my legs, I put my seatbelt on and we had back towards Forks.
It takes us about twenty minutes for us to get to my house and we are five minutes early for my dad's curfew. Of course Edward opens my door for me and walks me to the house.
"I'm sorry our night was ruined Bella. We'll do better next time." He whispers in my ear as he holds me to him.
"The night wasn't ruined Edward, it was just a bump in the road. Everything else was perfect." I tell him sincerely.
Suddenly the porch lights start flicking on and off and I laugh.
"I better go inside before my dad has an aneurysm."
"Okay. I love you." He tells me before kissing me chastely on the lips. Leaning in he whispers in my ear "I'll see you in a few minutes." And with a wink he heads back to his car.
In a daze I walk into the house and see Charlie standing there with a smirk on his face.
"Did you have a good time?"
"Yeah it was perfect."
"Good, I'm glad you had fun. Now we need to have a talk about you two necking on my front porch." He says gruffly.
I burst out laughing.
"Dad we weren't necking. He gave me a hug and a small kiss. That was it."
"I still don't like it." He grumbles.
"Well I'm sorry but I'm allowed to kiss my boyfriend. You'll have to find something else to freak out about cause it's not gonna be that." I tell him and head up stairs.
"Oh I will" he yells after me.
"Goodnight dad I love you" I yell back laughing
"Yeah love you too Bells." He sighs.
Giggling I grab pajamas and go into the bathroom to change. Tonight I chose my light pink silk baby doll nightgown. It is spaghetti strapped and has an elastic band that goes under my breasts to lift them, and in between them is a white silk bow. The hem hits the tops of my thighs and it has matching panties. It's cute and sexy at the same time. I wash the makeup off of my face before brushing my hair and teeth and head off to bed.
When I go into my room Edward is sitting on my bed waiting. His eyes about bug out of his head when he sees me.
"So what do you think: all dolled up with make up and heels or clean and fresh ready for bed?"
"The dress you wore tonight was gorgeous but nothing can compare to the way you look right now. You're simply breathtaking."
"Good to know that you still love me without makeup." I say cheekily
"Yeah now you have about five seconds to get into this bed before I come over and get you myself." He growls, and while I'm kind of intrigued about the idea of him coming to get me, I scamper over and shut the light off before getting in bed.
Sliding under the covers I look up at Edward.
"Better?"
"Almost. I think you're a little far away." He tells me with a fake pout.
"Oh okay." I scoot closer and put my face right in front of his. "How about now?" I whisper brushing my lips against his with each word.
"Hmmm perfect." He says before sucking my bottom lip into his mouth. I moan into his mouth and wrap my arms around his neck.
Kissing Edward is officially my favorite thing to do.
Turning my head to get a better angle, he plunges his tongue into my mouth wrapping it around mine. I feel like I'm burning. A fire has started in my belly and it just burns brighter the more he touches me.
He runs his hands down my neck to my shoulders and down to my waist. This is the farthest we have ever gone and I know I want more. I break away from his mouth and move to his earlobe sucking it into my mouth.
"More" I demand into his ear as I nibble on it.
"Bella" he groans.
His smooth perfect hand runs down my leg until he gets to my knee, grabbing it he hitches it up over his waist. I groan when I feel his manhood against my center.
"You feel so good" I tell him against his lips.
"You have no idea Bella" he tells me as he runs his hand up my thigh and grabs a handful of my butt in his strong hand and I moan into his mouth. I have to touch him. I reach down and pull on the hem of his t-shirt. Knowing what I want he reaches down and whips his shirt off and comes back down next to me. I can't do anything but lay there and stare. He's flawless. Strong muscles, soft skin, and a smattering of chest hair. Running my eyes down his torso, his perfect abs come into view followed by a happy trail leading into his sweat pants. I want to run my tongue along all of the planes of his body.
"You're perfect." I whisper to him.
"Touch me. Please Bella" he groans. How could I turn that down?
I start running my hands all over his chest and along his abs. His eyes close and he moans deep in his throat.
"Your hands feel so good on me. Please don't stop." Why would I ever stop?
I run my hands down to his happy trail and scrape my fingernails across the skin there. I'm surprised when Edward whimpers in response. He grabs ahold of me and pulls my lips back to his. His lips are heaven, its a shame I have to breathe. Pulling back I start kissing down his neck and to his chest.
"Bella that feels so good. Can I touch you? Please"
"Yes" I moan sucking his nipple into my mouth.
"Oh God" he groans.
He pulls me up away from his body and I whimper. He smiles softly at me when he hears me. Suddenly I'm laying on my back and he is kneeled between my legs giving me a perfect view of his body. His hands are on my waist and they're shaking slightly.
"Edward touch me. Please." I beg. I'm beyond the point of being embarrassed. I want his hands on my body.
Running his palms up my stomach he gently cups my breasts.
"Yes" I moan and arch my back to push myself into his hands.
"So perfect" he whispers to himself and suddenly he's kissing me again while gently kneading my breasts.
Wrapping my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck, I can't get close enough to him. I feel like I'm going to combust. The fire in my belly is now all over my body and my core is clenching and wet. I don't even realize what I'm doing as I lift my pelvis and rock against his. We both let out moans.
"Oh Bella. I love you" he groans into my mouth and rocks his pelvis against me.
I can feel his hardness rubbing against my clit and it's the best thing I've ever felt.
"I love you too. Please don't stop. I need to come. Please." I beg.
He groans loudly in my mouth and starts kissing along my neck. When his fingers start to concentrate on my nipples, I jump and moan. He looks me in the eye to make sure I'm okay and I smile at him. He rolls my nipples between his fingers and I think I'm going to explode.
"Oh Edward. Yes please."
Suddenly I feel his cold mouth on my nipple on the outside of my nightgown.
"Jesus" I moan out "Please don't stop" he sucks my nipple back into his mouth while rolling the other one between his long fingers. One more thrust against my clit and I shatter. I cry out his name as I come apart in his arms.
"Mmmm Bella." He moans out and I feel wetness seep through his pants before he relaxes on top of me. I love feeling his weight against me so when he tries to roll off I lock my arms and legs around him.
"Please just stay for a minute." I whisper.
"Babe I'm squishing you."
"No you're not. I love feeling your weight on me. Just another minute please."
"Okay" he whispers quietly and buries his face in my neck.
"You're extraordinary Bella. I love you so much."
"I love you too. Thank you for…well" I know I'm blushing and I know he can feel it.
"Anytime sweetheart. You're gorgeous when you come apart. I love that I'm the only one who will ever get to see you like that."
"Mmm" I hum in reply. I'm so tired and I know I'm going to fall asleep any minute. I feel Edward roll off of me. I whimper and reach out for him and he pulls me onto his chest.
"Sleep my Bella." He says and I feel him kiss my forehead before sleep consumes me.