EPOV
I've been standing at the foot of the bed for about ten minutes just watching my Bella sleep. She's so beautiful. Her glorious body is unhindered by clothes and the sheet is draped across her waist in a tempting way. She's on her side with her arms curled in front of her and her knees pulled up. Her entire back is visible and the sheet drapes over her backside giving me peeks of her beautiful skin. Her breasts are covered by her arms, but I can see her entire stomach. The sun is shining through the windows bouncing off of her porcelain skin making her look like the angel she is.
I have been able to read minds for over a hundred years. I've heard the thoughts of mated vampires, married humans, single humans, and single vampires, but I never knew that I could love someone this much. I didn't know that it would feel like this, like I'm only complete when I'm with her. She is my heart and soul. I feel like I'm missing a limb when I'm not around her…actually that's not completely accurate; a person can live without all of their limbs, I couldn't live without her. Being without her is like being without my heart.
Climbing into bed with her, I smile when she unconsciously reaches out for me. I reach over and pull her into my arms and sigh as we make contact. She really is my heaven. My hands are combing through her hair as I start placing light kisses all over her face: on her eyelids, her nose, her cheeks, her forehead, the dimple in her chin, the freckles on her nose, and finally her lips. She sighs into my mouth when I make contact with her lips, and I know she's awake.
"Good morning sweetheart" I whisper to her after I pull away from her tempting mouth.
"Mmmm good morning indeed" she says and smiles.
"I'm going to go downstairs and get breakfast started, I thought you might like a shower before you eat."
"Mmmhmm thanks." She mumbles and I grin at her. She's too adorable when she's sleepy.
"Okay sleepyhead, I'll see you when you're done." I tell her before kissing her forehead and getting out of bed.
I'll be the first to admit that I am pretty hopeless in the kitchen. I was a kid when I was turned and we always had a cook in our house. Once I became a vampire, I had no desire to learn to cook. Why would I? So now it's another thing that I'm experiencing with my Bella.
As I'm looking through one of Esme's cookbooks, I hear the shower turn on and I smile. My love must have pried herself out of bed. The sounds of her washing her body are luring me in so I quickly force myself to concentrate on the book in front of me.
Pancakes. That sounds easy enough. I'll mix the batter and Bella can help me cook them.
After gathering all of the ingredients, I start putting them into the large mixing bowl I have placed on the counter. The flour goes in first, but when I dump it in it puffs everywhere. It looks like a snowstorm happened. The baking powder, salt, and sugar are a little easier and I manage to get them into the bowl with minimal spills. Next, I have to put the milk, butter, and an egg in a separate bowl and mix those together. The milk is pretty straight forward as is the butter, but the egg causes me some problems. The first two eggs that I try, smash against the counter. I must be pressing too hard. The next one cracks like it's supposed to but when I go to dump it into the bowl, the shell goes in too. After digging the shell out, I try again. This time I manage to get it just right and I thrust my fist in the air in triumph. As I do, I hear giggling behind me.
Turning around, my throat goes dry. There is my Bella and she's wearing one of my button up shirts and nothing else. Her hair is wet and curling around her shoulders, and her skin is shiny and pink from her shower. Her smile lights up her face and I vow to do anything in my power to keep that smile there.
"Are you having fun there babe?" she asks me with a smirk.
"Yes as a matter of fact, I am."
"Looked like it. So what are you doing?"
"I'm making breakfast for you." I tell her proudly.
"And what are you making?"
"I'm trying to make pancakes. I almost have the batter done. Will you help me make them?"
"Sure. It looks like you're doing a good job, although there's more flour on you than in the bowl." She says laughing.
"That's why I need your help love."
"Alright then let's get started, I'm starving."
After Bella eats her breakfast, which I helped make, I insist on doing the dishes. It was my idea to cook for her, so it's only fair that I clean up. Bella agrees and hops her cute little butt onto the counter to watch me.
Concentrating on the dishes is getting increasingly difficult as I think of the way my shirt was riding up her legs and the tantalizing peeks of skin between the buttons. Luckily I can move at vampire speed and get these dishes out of the way.
Once I'm done, I turn to Bella and stand between her bare legs. She locks her ankles behind my back and her hands into the hair at the base of my neck.
"Now Miss Swan, I think we have a problem."
"Oh yeah?" she asks with a smirk.
"Yes we do. I seems that you have taken possession of one of my shirts. That would be constituted as stealing in any country." I tell her putting my hands on her bare thighs.
"Hmmm well I know how to solve that." she says coyly. I love her playful side.
"And how's that?"
She doesn't answer, but I get her message loud and clear. Quickly, for a human, she reaches to the hem of the shirt and whips it over her head leaving her completely naked. A growl tears out of my throat and my arms tighten around her waist.
"Hang on tight." I growl out to her before hoisting her into my arms and running to my room. Her legs around my waist is sweet torture and I can feel her heat through the fabric of my sleep pants.
We don't even make it to the bed. When we get into my room, I pin her body against my closed bedroom door and rip my pants off. I didn't have a shirt or underwear on so now we are even. I look into her eyes in question before doing anything else. I know she was sore last night, and I would never want to take her without her permission first. She smiles softly and cups my cheek in her hand before nodding at me to continue.
The heat and intensity that was there a minute ago is still there, but the urgency isn't. I want to take my time and savor my mate. Picking her up again I move to the bed. I want to watch her this time so I lay on my back and position her above me.
"Um Edward I don't know how to do it this way." She says shyly while her cheeks redden.
"That's okay love. Just do what comes naturally. I'll help guide you." I tell her and she nods.
I lift her hips up so that my member can slide between her wet folds and let her go from there. She rubs herself on me a few times, covering my shaft in her juices. She's looking at me with intense eyes and I know that she's marking me. I love it. Finally she sinks down onto me and I'm in heaven. I will never get used to the feeling of being inside of my love. She feels so good, she's wet, and hot and tight, but it's more than just physical. We are both incomplete creatures, two halves of a whole, but when our bodies come together, we are one being. It's the most incredible feeling and I hope it stays like this forever.
"God love you're killing me" I moan to her as she slowly slides up and down my shaft, her core squeezing me as she goes. She just smirks at me and keeps going. If I was going to die, this is the way I would want to go. She is gorgeous as she sits on top of me. Her back arched and head thrown back accentuating her neck and perfect breasts. I can't help myself as I sit up and take one into my mouth. Mmmm strawberries and cream, pure Bella. I moan out around her nipple. This woman is perfect for me. If someone had asked me 50 years ago to describe my perfect woman physically, it would have been Bella down to a T. Her long brown hair and her big doe eyes. Her cute nose and luscious lips. Her thin neck which leads down to her petite shoulders. Her breasts which are a little big for her frame but fit into my hands perfectly. Her thin waist which leads to her womanly hips and her round behind. And finally her long legs that go on forever ending in her cute little feet. Everything about her attracts me. Leaning back down so that I can watch her some more, I'm struck once again with how lucky I am to have her.
Her eyes are closed in rapture as she moves faster and faster on top of me. I love that she's using me to gain her pleasure. One of her hands, moving purely on instinct, moves down to play with her clit as she grinds on me. Seeing that, I growl. Replacing her hand with mine, I rub just like she had been doing.
"You're mine. Your pleasure is mine." I growl out at her but not in anger, just in need to stake my claim.
Oh God yes. I'm yours. Every orgasm is yours. You are the only one who can make me feel like this.
She directs her thoughts directly to me as she's too far gone in pleasure to speak in coherent sentences. Her core is clenching and spasming around me and I know she's close. So am I.
"Yes Edward" she yells out stilling above me as her core clenches my shaft over and over. It's like she's milking me for my orgasm. It takes less than a second for my body to respond and come inside of her.
She lets herself fall limp onto my chest, her breasts pressed against my skin and her hot breath on my neck. Her core is clenching around me and I can't find the breath to speak, so I don't.
After a few minutes, Bella picks her head up and smiles at me.
"Wow" she simply says.
"Yeah" I breath back to her. I can't form a coherent sentence when my length is still inside of her.
Our moment is broken by my cell phone ringing from the bedside table. Bella lifts herself off of me causing me to groan and her to whimper before she hands me my phone.
"Hello"
Hey, listen I just wanted you to know that the family will be home in about an hour. I thought you might want to tell Bella so you can both get cleaned up. I don't want her to be embarrassed.
"Okay thank you Alice."
No problem. See you soon.
She doesn't bother saying goodbye before hanging up.
"That was Alice." I tell Bella as she looks at me curiously, "She wanted us to know that they will be back in an hour so we need to get dressed."
Bella groans and throws a pillow over her head.
"At eens eee aw at e id." She says. I have no idea what she said so I concentrate on her thoughts.
Oh my gosh! How embarrassing! Alice saw us every time this weekend. That's just weird. Not to mention that Edward is her brother and she probably saw him naked.
"Don't worry, love. Alice tends to not look too hard at visions like that so that she doesn't see what she doesn't want to. Besides, if she did she wouldn't tell anyone. She's very discreet. Just as I wouldn't tell anyone what I hear in one mate's thoughts about another. We can't change that we have gifts, but we don't have to completely invade the privacy of others." I tell her and pull the pillow away from her face.
"Okay" she huffs.
"Now come one. Get your cute little behind out of bed and let's get dressed."
Grumbling she climbs out of bed and heads to her suitcase. I'm not sorry that I ogle her as she walks away from me. When she bends over to dig through her clothes, I groan and run into my closet to find clothes of my own. Settling on a dark grey henley and light wash jeans, I dress quickly.
When I get back into my room, Bella is just in her bra and panties. They are turquoise with lace ruffles all over them, feminine and sexy as hell.
"Don't look at me that way." She says breaking out of my ogling. "We don't have time for another round before your family gets here."
Walking up behind her, I put my arms around her waist and bury my face in her neck. She always smells so good, but now she smells even better because she smells like us.
"I know love. It's just… oh god… I can smell myself in you. It's amazing." I tell her while running my nose up and down the length of her neck. She shivers and I smile at the effect that I have on her.
"Edward please" she whispers. I know we can't do anything before my family gets here and I don't want to tease her so I just place a kiss at the spot where her shoulder meets her neck and step back.
"Okay love. I'm sorry. You're just irresistible." I tell her as her breathing returns to normal.
"It's okay."
She chooses a pink and black flannel shirt that she layers over a black tank top and dark wash blue jeans. Her hair is a mess because it was wet when we made love. It looks like a rats nest. She brushes out the tangles and pulls it into a bun on the top of her head leaving her delectable neck showing. After a little deodorant, and putting on the necklace that she wears everyday, she's ready.
"You look beautiful." I tell her as she comes to sit next to me on the bed. "Bella, will you tell me about your necklace? I rarely see you without it."
She fingers the locket when I mention it and smiles.
"It was a birthday gift from my dad. It's a locket and on the inside has a picture of me with my mom and dad." She tells me as she opens it and shows me the picture. Bella is young in the picture and you can see the joy in her eyes. She is between her parents and her head is thrown back in laughter. Her parents are looking at her adoringly. It's a beautiful moment.
"That's really beautiful love. I'm glad that you have it." I tell her honestly.
"Yeah usually my dad is horrible at picking out presents for me, but this was one time that he absolutely nailed it. I suspect he had some help from the girl at the jewelry store." She tells me smiling fondly and I chuckle at her.
Man I can't wait to meet Bella. She's going to be the coolest little sister. Emmett's thoughts break through our moment and I laugh at them.
Sorry Edward, I know we're early but I saw that it would be okay. I couldn't hold Emmett back any longer. I hear Alice say through her thoughts.
"Love, the family will be here in just a few minutes."
"They're early" she says nervously.
"Apparently they couldn't hold Emmett back any longer. He is dying to meet you."
Her face pales and she looks even more nervous.
"Bella it will be fine. They will love you, just like the rest of my family does." I tell her honestly and she just nods at me.
"Come on" I offer her my hand, "Let's go downstairs and get settled before they get here."
After she takes my hand, we head downstairs.
When I sit in the chair alone, she looks at me confused before timidly going over to the couch alone.
"No love, come here." I tell her and open my arms. She takes her place on my lap hesitantly so I grab her hips and pull her to me. Her legs are to one side and her bottom is to the other so she is sitting sideways. There's more than enough room in this massive chair for the two of us. Plus, it will help ease her nerves if we can be touching the entire time.
The door bangs open making Bella jump in my arms, and I curse Emmett under my breath.
Surprisingly he runs into the room at a human pace. I know it's so that he doesn't scare Bella. At least he has some brains. Although I would never tell him that.
"Hello Bella. Emmett McCarty Cullen at your service." He says before doing a dramatic bow making Bella giggle.
"Hi Emmett. It's nice to meet you."
"You too baby B. I'm glad Edward finally found someone to knock that stick out of his butt." He says and I growl at him.
You know I'm just kidding bro. I'm really happy for you. Really. She's a beautiful woman.
I just nod at him in agreement. By now the whole family is sitting in the living room watching our exchange.
"Hello Bella. I'm Rosalie. I'm married to this goofball" she says elbowing Emmett in the arm which he then rubs with his hand while scowling at her. "I think we may have met once in school, but it's nice to meet you officially as Edward's mate."
She really is beautiful, Edward. I'm happy for you.
"Thank you Rose." I tell her sincerely. I know it is hard whenever there is the prospect of another vampire being made, especially a woman, but she would never stand in the way of mates.
"Hello again, Bella" Carlisle says from his seat next to Esme. "Have you eaten? I hope Edward took good care of you this weekend."
Bella blushes at that statement, and I can tell that Emmett is about to explode. I raise my eyebrow at him and he quickly calms down. Even he knows better than to joke about a couple's mating, especially when it is fairly new.
"Yes he was very attentive." Bella says, "He even helped me cook breakfast today."
"How did that go?" Esme snorts and I look at her in shock. "I love you dear, but honestly you can't cook at all." She tells me in a gentle voice making everyone in the room except me burst out laughing. I'm momentarily struck by how natural it feels to see Bella laughing with my family. I'm looking at her adoringly when she says, "He did fine Esme. He just made a little bit of a mess."
Bella smirks at me and I knock her with my shoulder making her burst out in giggles.
"Guess what everyone!" Alice yells out. "There's a storm coming. You know what that means."
"Heck yeah! Football!" Emmett yells and runs upstairs to get his jersey and the football. We like to play a small game of tackle football whenever there's a storm. Our family has a special football that is double layered on the outside making it harder to pop in our hands. It still happens but that's just another challenge of the game. If your team pops the ball, the other team gets a point. Emmett is almost always the one who pops the ball because he gets too excited.
"I'll sit out with Bella." Rosalie says. "I just got my nails done and don't want them to get destroyed."
"Alright everyone be in the backyard in five minutes." Alice says before she runs upstairs.
Leaning down to Bella's ear, I whisper, "Alice and Emmett like to go all out when we play football including outfits and face paint. Jasper sometimes gets pulled in, but the rest of us refuse."
"Do you guys play often?" She asks.
"Sometimes" I shrug my shoulders "We have to wait until a storm. You'll see why."
Picking her up in my arms, we head out back. Esme is already out there setting up chairs for Bella and Rosalie to sit in so they have a good view of the yard.
Alice and Emmett come down with their mates. They are each donned in their football jerseys, shorts, and black stripes along their cheek bones.
"Okay so we need to divide the teams." Carlisle says. He's changed into jeans and a t shirt.
"Shirts and skins!" Emmett yells.
"Emmett I don't think-"
"Oh come on old man" Emmett whines interrupting Carlisle.
"Okay then the girls have to be on the same team." Carlisle says. "And Edward can't be on the same team as Alice. So we'll put Jasper and Edward on one team. Emmett can be with the girls and I will play with Edward and Jasper."
"We try not to put mates on the same team." I whisper into Bella's ear.
"Awww why do I always have to be on the girls' team?" Emmett whines and I laugh under my breath.
Carlisle doesn't answer him, he just smirks and heads to the other side of the yard. Jasper and I follow him and the three of us take our shirts off.
"Alright Edward you cover Alice, I'll cover Emmett and Jasper can cover Esme." Carlisle tells us in our huddle and we all agree. Getting in formation on our side of the field we wait for the "throw off" (we can't kick the ball off. The last time we did that, Emmett kicked off and we had to go two towns over to get what was left of the ball.)
"Alright everyone. I'm the ref since I'm not playing. When I blow the whistle the game is on. Emmett you throw the ball to the receiving team." Rosalie says.
The whistle blows and the game begins.
BPOV
I almost fell out of my chair when Edward ripped off his shirt. They're going to play football shirtless?! I think I might pass out.
"It's nice view isn't it?" Rosalie asks from next to me.
"Yeah" I stammer out.
"I love it when Emmett is on the skins team. There's nothing better than watching your man get down and dirty while being half naked." She says wistfully and I laugh as I agree with her.
Seeing Carlisle without his shirt on is definitely weird. I'm used to seeing him as a distinguished doctor but out there half naked with his tousled hair in his face, he looks young.
I know a little bit about football from watching it on TV with my dad, but this game is completely different. First of all they don't kick off to each other, they throw it. I heard some rumblings here and there about Emmett kicking it into the next town. Also the ball is heavier. Emmett let me feel it when he got out to the yard. It has two linings on it so that it's harder for them to pop it. The main difference though is that they don't have pads on. I guess as a vampire they wouldn't need them, but it's still weird.
The game starts and Emmett "throws off" to Edward who catches it and immediately starts to run. He's about half way to the end zone when Alice slams into him knocking both of them to the ground. There's a giant cracking sound like thunder and I want to cover my ears.
"Now I see why you need the thunder" I tell Rosalie and she laughs.
Edward gets up and dusts himself off and the next play begins.
After about a half hour, the game is 6 to 5 in favor of Emmett's team, with each touchdown being worth one point. They have declared this to be the last quarter and Emmett's team has already had the ball. It all comes down to this. Emmett "throws off" but this time Jasper catches it. He begins down the field only making it a few yards before Emmett clotheslines him. They get up laughing and shoving each other before setting up for the next play.
On fourth down, they change it up. Carlisle has been the quarterback for Edward's team the whole game, but this time when he gets the ball, he hands it off to Edward who drops back to throw it. Carlisle runs and is in the end zone when Edward releases the pass to him. It's a perfect pass and headed right towards Carlisle. Right before the ball reaches him, Carlisle is plowed down by a blurry mass. When they hit the ground, I see that it was Esme who took him out. My jaw drops to my chest. I can't believe little Esme did that. She has played the whole game but she has mostly been catching the ball. None of the boys are brave enough to tackle her hard so they always go easy on her. Everyone is silent for a minute before Emmett starts yelling.
"WE WON! WE WON!" he runs over to us and picks Rosalie up and spins her around. "WE WON ROSIE!" he yells as she laughs.
Edward comes over to me smirking.
"Well how did you like your first Cullen family football game?"
Looking over to my left, I see Esme and Carlisle laying in the end zone. He has her pinned down and is tickling her. To my right Alice is riding around on Emmett's back as he runs around the yard yelling. Jasper is standing by watching his mate with a look of adoration on his face and Rosalie is laughing and shaking her head at Emmett.
Looking at Edward, I say "I can't wait until I can play"