Assumptions Chapter 22

Soon

EPOV:

I woke up to the alarm on my phone but Bella slept right through it. I went downstairs to start some coffee before I had to wake her up. Thankfully the sun was out; I knew that it was going to rain the rest of the week so I really did want to make the most of the nice day. I wanted to ask her if she'd spend the day with me before I had to run home and change for church. Both my mother and sister saw me in this suit last night so there was no way that I could wear it to church today without them questioning me and Bella about it, although, Rose was bound to notice that my car was sitting in Bella's driveway this morning. At that thought, I walked to the front window and looked across the street to my brother and sister in law's house to see if I could catch her peering out her front window.

As soon as the coffee was finished brewing I made each of us a cup and took them upstairs, laid the mugs on the nightstand, and crawled back into bed with Bella. I wrapped my arms around her and started kissing her neck until she woke up, "I could get used to being woken up like that," she joked, as she rolled onto her back and smiled at me. I showed her the mug of coffee and she just got even more excited as she sat up, "you keep this up and I might just make you move in with me," she laughed. I kissed her on the cheek and shrugged. I'd be lying if I hadn't fantasized about that possibility, but I knew that she wasn't serious, at least not yet. Maybe someday. I don't know, it feels to me like we've known each other for years rather than the few weeks that it really had been.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go back to the meadow with me today. Spend the day there, alone, instead of with my whole family at my parent's house?"

"Yeah. I'd love to." I kissed her before telling her that I was going to run home to change and would be back in about an hour to pick her up for church. Bella had not been raised to go to church by her mother but she had been attending with me and my family since she officially moved here. Charlie had not been much of a church goer either, at least not in the spring, summer, or fall. Basically any time of the year when the weather was nice enough for him to be out fishing, he was. He didn't mind fishing in the rain but drew the line at snow and ice.

I hurried home and took a quick shower before changing into a fresh suit. I grabbed a duffel bag and tossed a change of clothes in it before I went to the kitchen and threw together a few sandwiches, some chips, and some fruit. As an afterthought, I grabbed a bottle of wine out from my wine chiller and packed it all in a cooler bag. I then grabbed a large blanket to take with us for something to sit on.

When I got to Bella's house I carried the basket of food and my change of clothes in with me. We put the food in the fridge to keep everything cold while we were gone. Bella looked just as beautiful as she did last night; she was wearing what I've come to know as her favorite sundress with a sweater over it. She had her hair pulled up in a messy bun and I could tell that it was still wet from her shower. There was a major part of me that wished that I could have stayed here and showered with her. She kissed me before grabbing her sandals from the entry way and sliding them on. Then we were ready to head out.

My parents were already there when we walked in so we went to join them. As usual, Emmett and Rose were running behind. They were good for running in a few minutes before mass started. Ok, they were good for running in a few minutes after mass started as well. My brother plopped down next to me at that moment and Reverend Webber came out and started mass.

After the service was over Bella stopped to talk to Mom for a few minutes. We had already told them not to expect us for dinner. I knew that Mom loved to have everyone come over for dinner, but she always understood when we couldn't make it. Emmett would quite often show up just in time to eat and then leave again when he was on weekend duty. It was not unheard of for me not to come by either.

Mom and Bella had made plans to go shopping for the remodel of Bella's house tomorrow and they were cementing their plans. I totally understood her desire to change things in the house, and I also understood the fact that she was hesitant to do it at the same time. She didn't want anyone to think that she wasn't honoring Charlie's memory, but at the same time it was now her home and she had to make it her own. She'd be miserable living there if she didn't. I heard Mom tell Bella that she'd pick her up at eight tomorrow morning and I sighed. I knew that they were planning to spend the night in Seattle to make sure that they had enough time to go to all the stores that they wanted to. Due to the plans that we had both made for this week, we would not be able to see each other again until Thursday. That made me happier than I already was that we were spending today at the meadow.

Fifteen minutes later, after being stopped and dragged into a conversation by Mrs. Webber regarding the baby shower that Mom was throwing Angela next Sunday, Bella and I were on our way back to her house so that we could change our clothes before we took off for my meadow. I may have driven a little bit faster than I normally would in my attempt to get us there. I don't know why since we would still have a hike ahead of us once we got to the place where we had to leave the car behind. I was just eager to be completely alone with her with no chance of anyone or anything interrupting us.

BPOV:

I was thrilled not only to spend the day with Edward but to spend it with him at his meadow. Neither one of us had eaten breakfast so by the time we got to the meadow we were starving. Once we had eaten some of the food and enjoyed the bottle of wine that Edward packed us we ended up lying on the blanket that we had brought with us, holding hands, talking, and enjoying the sun and heat and each other.

This morning, while I was laying out the clothes that I would change into after we got back from church, I had briefly considered wearing my swimsuit under my clothes. I decided against that plan when I remembered Edward telling me that he liked to swim naked when he came here. Far be it for me to do anything that would alter his traditions at his meadow.

When I felt my face was getting hot from the sunshine, I let go of Edward's hand and rolled over on my stomach. I looked over and found that Edward was lying on his side, facing me, watching me. He reached his hand out and started playing with my hair which had fallen out of the ponytail that I had it in and was now blocking my face from his view. I got up on my hands and knees and leaned over to Edward, kissing him briefly on the lips. He grabbed at me as I started to pull away from him but I jumped up laughing, "Enough lying around being lazy. I'm going for a swim."

He sat there staring at me as I start backing away from him taking my shirt off as I walked. He continued to sit there watching me as I slipped my shorts off next. I was left standing there in nothing but my bra and underwear. As soon as I started removing them he was on his feet and coming after me. I laughed again as I ran, barefoot, toward the creek and right into the water. Even though the water gets direct sunlight, I was surprised that the water was actually warm. I had completely prepared myself to hit cold water. As soon as I hit the deepest part of the creek, which came up to my waist, I submerged myself under the water. I came back up a few feet from where I started and look back to where I last saw Edward standing on the bank of the creek, but he's no longer there. Before I can turn around again to look for him he grabbed me from behind.

His hands found my breasts while he simultaneously leaned down and started to kiss my neck. I moaned and leaned back into the hold that he had on me. One of his hands released my breast and moved down to my stomach. He tightened his hold on me, pulling me back against him so that I could feel him pressed up against me. I reached my hand around my back and grabbed onto him and gently stroked him, making him moan this time. He moved his hand further down from my stomach until he was stroking me between my legs. We stood there relishing the feeling of how our hands felt on each other's bodies.

After only a minute or so of standing there, he whispered into my ear, "Let's go back to the blanket." For the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to open my mouth and speak my answer to him, so I nodded instead. I released him and taking his hand I led him back to the blanket. I was walking backwards, kissing him every few steps along the way. When we made it to the blanket he wrapped his arms around me, holding onto me as he kissed me and while we lowered ourselves down onto the blanket. I loved the feeling of lying with him, both of us naked and him on top of me.

We let the passion and desire that we had for each other, which had been building up since the night that we met, take us over until there was nothing but kissing, exploring, feeling, and moaning coming from us. When we were both ready, he entered me as we stared into each other eyes. It was a moment that I would never be able to forget. . It felt so right, like he had always belonged with me and I had always belonged here with him.

When we were done, we laid there in each other's arms, just relishing the joy of being with each other in complete silence. I could think of nothing to say and I didn't really think that there was anything to be said at the moment. We had probably scared off any animal that had been unfortunate to be within hearing range of us, but I couldn't find it in me to care at this moment. After lying there for a while, catching our breath and enjoying being in the moment, Edward sat up, suggesting that we actually go swimming to cool off a little. We walked to the creek together this time, hand in hand, and played in the water until we started to exhaust ourselves. I had never been skinny dipping before in my life before today. It was so naughty yet so exhilarating and freeing and I wanted to do it again. I really wanted to do it again with Edward, the skinny dipping and the sex.

We climbed out of the water and got dressed before we returned to our blanket and raided the picnic basket and ate the rest of the food that remained from our lunch. We were both starving from all of the strenuous activities that we'd engaged in this afternoon and practically inhaled it. I was starting to yawn an hour later and we decided that we had better start making our way back to the car before we got too tired and the sun started setting on us.

As we started out of the meadow to return to the trail that would take us back to the car, I turned and looked back at the meadow and wished that we could have stayed there, but the real world was waiting for us and we both had things to do. I still had to pack my overnight bag for my trip to Seattle with Esme tomorrow and Edward had to work in the morning anyway.

"Thank you for bringing me back here," I said to him as I kissed him by the car before I got in, "Any chance we can come back and maybe stay overnight sometime?"

"You mean camp out? Just you and me and one sleeping bag?"

"Exactly like that."

"I think that that can be arranged. We just have to watch for some good weather to do it. And we will do it." I smiled as he walked around the car and climbed in. I sighed as he started the car and drove back to my house.

He sat with me while I packed my bag. I felt a little grungy from all of our activities today so while I took a shower he went downstairs to the kitchen and made us something to eat. We laid together on the couch, watching a little TV, and kissing a lot. Before we knew it the evening news was ending and it was time for him to go home. We both had early mornings and if he stayed with me tonight we would end up staying up most of the night making love again, so I reluctantly let him go. I kind of regretted that it would be so many days before I would be able to see him and touch him again, but I was looking forward to the next date that we had planned. He asked me to join him for dinner at the diner on Thursday night and a movie at his place since I was watching Bree on Wednesday, and he had a meeting with Alice about his school book program that night. I fell asleep thinking about him, how it felt to touch him, how it felt for him to touch me, and wanting to make love to him again.

A/N:

Happy almost Saturday! Thanks to Sweetpea123 for being an amazing beta. I hope that everyone in the path of the blizzard in the US stays safe this weekend. Being a Midwest girl, I feel for you. By this point I am so over winter. I'm ready for Spring to get here. Update in two weeks and reviews will get teasers. Thank you for reading.