Chapter 8: All For One
All Too Soon the sun began peeking through the clouds. From down the hall I heard Charlie's alarm clock go off, the spring in his mattress creaked and the bones in his back slightly popped and cracked as he sat up and groand. His muddy thoughts were on coffee, breakfast and waking up Bella. With her truck not working he would be her transportation to school today.
Though I didn't want to, I knew I had to leave. He would soon be checking in on her. He would not be pleased to find me laying beside his daughter in her bed, he would get the wrong idea of what we were doing last night. With hesitation I placed a gentle kiss on Bella's forehead before I got up. I put on my jacket and shoes and quietly opened the window, climbed out, closed it behind me and jumped off the roof and onto the wet grass. I ran into the forest and made my way home.
When I arrived at my house my siblings we're all getting ready for school. From the outside we look like normal teenagers preparing for a school day. Well, sort of.
Alice, my meteorologist / drill sergeant of a sister, greeted me as soon as I closed the front door, informing me to go get ready for school and what kind of jacket I would need for today's weather. She was talking faster than normal. Apparently she was in a hurry. She wanted to get to school early for some reason. As she replayed a memory of an unclear vision that's her reason for leaving early, it makes a little sense, I guess. In an Alcie sort of way. She had already informed the rest of our siblings of her plan to leave prematurely.
Emmett was in the kitchen putting a dozen eggs he boiled into a baggie and preparing to make his foul-smelling protein shake out of raw steak, kale, blueberries and broccoli with the protein powder and water. He thinks that by taking his props to school every single day that that's going to debunk the childrens' and teachers' suspicion of him taking steroids. I don't have the heart to break it to him that his internet search of how to make protein shakes and boil eggs was a waste. Nobody is buying that he's so bluff and tall from him eating a lot of protein.
Jasper was on the couch watching the News, his thoughts were focusing on Alice, trying not to think about the book report he was supposed to write over the weekend but didn't. He's also trying very hard not to think about another day of school. Another around humans. Before finding Alice and then joining our family he was used to giving into temptation and having instant gratification. Being a vegetarian is quite difficult for him. He is suffering in silence. Since meeting Bella and being tempted by the scent of her delicious blood I have a greater understanding for how my brother deals with a typical school day. Though that does not mean I enjoy being in his head if I don't have to.
Rosalie was loathing over the idea of going to school 45 minutes earlier than usual. Though, now she's caught sight of her reflection in the living room window wall and is marveling over herself. I rolled my eyes and blocked out her pathetic thoughts as I quickly made my way to my room.
Reaching the second, my mother walked out of her study with my father who was ready to leave for work. My father and I greeted one another as he walked down the stairs. My mother enveloped me in a hug, both of their thoughts were so full of love tordes me. I couldn't have asked for better parents than the ones I ended up with. My mother soon let go of her embrace and I continued walking up the stairs.
I went up to my bedroom and quickly changed into fresh clothes and threw on a black hoodie. I then made my way to the bathroom, I looked in the mirror and ran my fingers through my bronze hair a couple of times to make it look presentable. I didn't try to fix it up too much, Bllea likes it messy. Who am I to disappoint her?
I went back to my room, went over to the shelf that holds my sound system and grabbed my sunglasses. I picked up my backpack that lays next to my couch. From the thoughts that are in the house belong to only my mother, I could already tell that my siblings were no longer downstairs. I could hear my brothers' thoughts they were both in the garage waiting for me, urging me to hurry up.
I quickly made my way downstairs, out of the house and into the garage. Alice was really not messing around about leaving early. She left minutes ago with Rosalie. They took Alice's yellow Porsche.
"Finally Mr. Big Shot arrives!" Emmett shouted, standing by the open door on the driver's side. He was referring to me wearing my sunglasses. 'You wouldn't believe how many texts Alice can send in two minutes because your ass was taking too long.'
"About time." Jasper who was sitting ramrod straight, riding shotgun uttered. 'I swear, you take more time getting ready than the girls.'
"Whatever." I mumbled to both of my brothers, hopping in the open door and jumped into the backseat. I know that I didn't take long at all.
"Don't forget," Emmett said jokingly to Jasper, as he got into the driver's seat. "Our human baby brother isn't as fast as we are."
"Ah! That's right. That happens when you're no longer a vampire." Jasper said in the same playful full tone as Emmett.
I rolled my eyes and ignored their thoughts. I could see where this was going. They were going to rag on me about not being tempted by Bella's blood on Friday during our first experience.
As their back-and-forth banter continued at my expense Emmett placed a CD in the radio and turned it on. The song "Yellow Submarine" loudly played as Emmett backed out of the garage, swang his Jeep around and accelerated. Driving down the road going through the turn off that leads to town, he hit 80.
"Really, Em? The Beatles?" I complained about my brother's choice of driving music.
"It's a classic." Emmett responded.
"It's horrible." I grumbled. Music from the '60s was nightmarish, '50s music was much, much better.
"Well," Emmett began in a teasing tone. "I could always put on the Bee Gees. I know how much you love their songs."
Jasper snickered.
"You wouldn't dare." If there's anything worse than The Beatle it's disco music. I was so pleased when that genre of music died out and no longer played on the few radio stations that were available back then. But of course, Emmett still played it.
"Or we could always turn on the country station huh, human boy?" Jasper interjected.
I groaned. Not only were my brother's having fun with me being their captive audience, torturing me with the horrible noise they call music, but also with the annoying jabs at me being human. Unfortunately I'll have to endure this for the rest of the week.
"Either of you care to tell me why we're here this early?" Emmett questioned Jasper and I as the school came into our view.
Though we live outside of town. With our fast driving it never takes us long to get to the High School. The only car belonging to a student in the parking lot was Alice's Porsche, which her and Rosalie were standing beside. Rose looked annoyed and Alice looked extremely anxious.
"It's something that Alice has foreseen." Jasper explained the bare minimum. His thoughts we're worried as he thought about Alice. He was trying to figure out why Alice's visions weren't clear when it came to Bella or anyone around her.
'That doesn't really answer my question.' Emmett thought as he parked beside our sister's car. "What did she "see", kid?"
"The vision wasn't really clear." I began. "From what I could make out it's something to do with me and him." I said gesturing to myself and Jasper. "And Bella. There was also Alice holding up a hideous knitted, neon, multicolor sweater. Don't ask what it means, I don't know."
I was speaking the truth. I honestly couldn't make heads or tails of what her vision met. Only that it made Alice have anxiety.
'Leave it to Alice to get all worked up about some sweater.' Emmett snorted, turning off his Jeep. "Fashion Police."
Jasper chuckled and so did I.
"I wonder what Bella does to block you guys out." Emmett pondered as the three of us gathered our backpacks.
"We don't know." Jasper and I said in unison as the three of us hopped out of the Jeep and made our way over to my sisters.
I watched as Jasper took Alice's hand, they stared at each other intensively, having a conversation only they can hear. All the while Emmett and Rosalie hugged and kissed each other like they had been away from one another for over a year, rather than minutes. There once was a time that this sort of behavior from my siblings irritated the hell out of me. That was before I met Bella and understood what it felt like to love someone and be away from her from any given length of time.
Trying to be respectful to my siblings' love lives, I walked around the back of Emmett's Jeep and leaned against it. I didn't have to look at Emmett to know he pushed Rosalie up against the wall as they continued to make out, his thoughts were loud and I saw it all from his mind. The thoughts that were going through his and Rose's minds made me sick. Equally for my sanity as well as their privacy, I blocked them out. Hearing an approaching car Em and Rose venture off somewhere. Holding hands and walking in the direction of the art building, most likely to continue their intense early morning make out session. Jasper and Alice walked over and stood beside me. I felt like we're waiting for something. I just didn't know what.
As the car got closer to the school the thoughts belonging to the driver became louder. They were not happy thoughts, rather annoyed. The thoughts were not clear but rather muddy. All I could make out was that he was thinking of having another cup of hot coffee, a green vacuum cleaner with a detachable hose and my face. I can't imagine what it all means.
Charlie's cruiser finally came into the parking lot and stopped a few feet away from where my siblings and I stood. I smiled my crooked smile as Bella looked at me from the passenger seat. She looked mortified. She's always so embarrassed to ride in her father's cruiser.
Bella quickly got out of the cruiser, slamming the door with more force than necessary. At the site of Bella my sister let out a loud horrified gasp. I quickly realized I have a very strong prejudice against ugly loose-fitting, knitted, turtleneck, multicolor, neon sweaters. It did not look good on her. It did nothing to flatter her figure.
The whole time Charlie informed Bella to keep the sweater on all day, no matter what don't take it off and that he would be picking her up after school, he glared daggers at me. His glare and angry thoughts about me giving Bella a hickey made me a little nervous.
'He does not like you.' Jasper thought in amusement as Alice pulled him toward the cruiser and they gave Charlie a polite greeting.
Since his words were not spoken out loud I didn't respond to Jasper.
My brother is sort of right. The high point of mine and Charlie's relationship was when my family moved here two years ago. By chance he was at Newton's Olympic Outfitters buying fishing gear. At the same time I was there with my father and brothers. We were buying props for our upcoming "camping trip." Charlie had been thrilled to see and talk to Carlisle for a bit. He has a lot of respect for my father. Carlisle introduced my brothers and I to him. Charlie thought the three of us were very polite and respectful young men, even though he had just witnessed our father break up a mock sword fight between my brothers and I that Emmett had choreographed by using fishing poles moments before.
The breaking point was when Bella introduced me to Charlie a year-and-a-half later as her boyfriend. It's been all downhill from there. On my first official introduction as Bella's boyfriend Charlie made an effort to be in the dining room cleaning his shotgun when I arrived. Then when I brought her home that night he was out on the front porch waiting for us in a rocking chair with the same shotgun in his lap. I believe it's a scare tactic that he would use on any boy that wanted to date his daughter, though I found it amusing since I'm bulletproof. Besides that, Charlie tries to be civile with me, usually. Though I sure did not win any points by putting a big dark hickey on Bella's neck and kissing her too roughly that her lips swelled.
"Edward, I'd like to have a word with you." Charlie's voice was harsh as he motioned me over to his cruiser.
My feeling of being nervous intensified. I also felt apprehensive, fear, and panic washed over me as I moved from my spot from Emmett's Jeep, over to a spot between Bella and my siblings.
Realizing where the sudden change in my emotions were coming from I took off my sunglasses and glared at Jasper. He grinned at me. My brother stood as still as could be by the mirror on the passenger side, with his arms draped over Alice and interlocked at her chest. He looked paralyzed. Making no attempt to even appear human. He was not even breathing.
'Aren't you the one always saying we have to play human? I think you should feel a little nervus in this situation.' My brother, the half living statue, thought directly at me. It was clear that he was having the time of his existence manipulating my emotions.
I paused from rolling my eyes at Jasper as I caught a glimpse from Charlie's mind. Again, with my face and the green vacuum cleaner with the detachable hose. What is that supposed to mean? Does he need a new vacuum? Does he want me to vacuum his house? I wish his mind was more clear like everyone else's so I would be able to understand the meaning behind all of this.
Charlie gave me an unkind look. "Now, I understand you two are a couple of spellbound teens." He began, looking at Bella and I. "But I do not appreciate you giving my daughter a hickey like she's some whore. And, Edward, if you ever bring her home with swollen lips again, I will personally arrest you. Do I make myself clear?" Charlie said harshly with a murderous glare and angry pointed finger at me.
Still feeling the overwhelming nervous emotions that Jasper was throwing at me I tried to speak. "Yes, Chief,... Um... Sir, I... Um... I... I'm sorry... I..." My words came out in a nervous stutter. It seemed to please Charlie.
"Dad, I already told you." Bella cut me off. Her voice was full of confidence. "We were just kissing and the hickey wasn't from him." She lied. "Like I said before, I fell down and got into a fight with our vacuum."
Ah! So that explains why Charlie kept thinking of a vacuum!
The way she said that lie with such composure and confidence it was evident to me that Jasper was manipulating her emotions as well. Because Bella is not a good liar.
Bella's lie was hilarious. I covered my laugh with a cough. Alice giggled and Jasper made no attempt to hide his laughter. The three of us can actually picture Bella falling down and getting into a fight with a vacuum cleaner that has a detachable hose. She's that clumsy.
"Vacuum cleaner? Right." Charlie gave his daughter a suspicious look, not believing the lie for one second. Though now his shoulders were more relaxed and so was his voice. No doubt who was manipulating his emotions.
"It was." Bella protested slipping her hand in mine and lacing our fingers together.
"Edward, don't put anymore love bites on my daughter. They are very distasteful." Charlie spoke to me in a very relaxed tone. He sounded like he was casually speaking to his peer about an everyday event, like the weather perhaps. Instead of what he was actually speaking to the hormonal seventeen-year-old that's dating his daughter about.
"Yes Chief, I'm very sorry." My words were of remorse.
Charlie then went into an enormous speech about the importance of birth control if we are going to be intimate. It was awkward to say the least, however I respectfully listened and gave the appropriate responses. All the while knowing that none of what he said applies to Bella and I. I took everything with a grain of salt since I am a vampire. Everything Charlie said and the way he said it. Made me think of those corny teenage after-school TV specials about life lessons that my sisters used to religiously watch in the '70s through the '90s.
This by far was the strangest conversation anyone could have in a High School parking lot. Though it all seemed so natural. Since that's how Jasper wanted it to be.
Jasper was very entertained by Charlie's speech, he was doing a great job with making Bella and I feel that way too. Alice, however, was bored. Though her visions were grainy and not clear, she had already lived through this conversation and was now checking to see how the school day would play out for all six of us (Bella included). It was irritating to her that anyone who was with Bella throughout the day she was not able to "see" clearly, so that ment me for most of the day and both Jasper and I in the first hour of school.
Finally Charlie was done talking as children started arriving at school. Before Charlie departed Alice informed him that her, Jasper and I need to have our study group with Bella at his house this afternoon. With Alice's charm and Jasper's persuasion Charlie forgot all about wanting to put distance between Bella and I. He caved. Telling all four of us that he would see us after he got off of work and we could stay for pizza which he would bring home so Bella could focus on her studies and not worry about cooking. He then drove off.
I smiled. As long as I have my two secret weapons - my talented siblings. Charlie doesn't stand a chance with putting distance between Bella and I. Luckily he's very fond of both Alice and Jasper and enjoys us having study groups with Bella at his house.
As soon as Charlie's cruiser was out of sight I kissed Bella on her forehead.
"Bella, take that hideous thing off!" Alice said, clearly disgusted by the unflattering sweater. She immediately pulled out a new fashionable navy blue turtleneck sweater from her backpack. I can only assume that came for my closet.
Watching Bella take off that unattractive knitted sweater that looked like it belonged in the 1980s. I was more than grateful that my sister came prepared.
"Thanks, Alice. Charlie made me wear this old sweater he found in the attic as a form of punishment." For once Bella did not try to argue with my sister about her fashion sense. She just gladly took hold of the sweatshirt Alice gave her.
Bella removed the unsightly turtleneck and handed it to Alice while she put on the pretty blue sweater. Alice took the offensive sweater, holding it far away from her as possible. Gripping it between her thumb and forefinger, she ran with it at human speed, tossing it into the trunk of her Porsche like it was an explosive bomb ready to go off. Neither Jasper, myself or Bella reacted to Alice's threatricices. We all know how she is when it comes to fashion. However she did get some pretty odd looks from some of the children in the parking lot though, she wasn't bothered by it.
With my right arm around Bella's shoulders, feeling happy to be close to her. I turned to Jasper. "You know, I'm going to get you back for what you pulled back there." I told him.
Jasper looked at me with a carefree smile and shrugged. 'I'm shaking in my boots. Human boy is going to come after a vampire. I like to see that.' His thoughts were sarcastic.
I rolled my eyes. How long were my brother's going to have fun with all the human jabs at me?
"What are you two talking about?" Bella wondered looking puzzled. She knew Japer silently said something to me and she was confused since she did not hear it.
"When we were talking to your father Jazz was manipulating everyone's emotions." I explained quietly to Bella.
Bella turned to my brother. "That's not fair, Jasper. I thought I was getting better with lying." Bella looked disapproving at him as he and I both laughed.
"Sorry, Bella, I couldn't resist." Jasper admitted with a grin, taking Alice's hand as she walked back to him.
"Really Bella, a vacuum was the best lie you could come up with?" Alice asked in horror, as the four of us began walking away from the parking lot and up the stairs to the classrooms. 'I hope she learns to lie better after you change her or we might be in trouble.'
"I thought it was believable." Bella shrugged.
"You get an A for effort." I told her and Jasper chuckled as he thought back to her lie.
I couldn't agree more with my sister. I can only hope within time Bella will become more skilled at lying. Because we often have to lie to play the part of humans.
When we entered the main building Alice and Jasper suddenly stopped walking, which made Bella and I do the same. I looked over at Alice, her eyes were unfocused. I watched as her vision unfold. Why was I not surprised by what she saw? As her eyes became focused, Jasper stared intently into them. No words were exchanged between them, yet he understood what was about to happen.
In a tone so fast and low no human could hear, my siblings and I quickly formed a plan. We all knew our rolls. Once our emergency plan was formed Jasper and Alice took off down the hall at a little faster than a humans pace in the direction of the art building.
Wasting no time I grabbed Bella's hand. "Come on, we have to hurry." I said as we walked in a fast pace in the opposite direction of our homeroom. If Bella wasn't as clumsy as she is I would have encouraged her to run. Time is our enemy here.
"What just happened? What did she "see"? Where are we going?" Bella was totally confused.
There was no time to answer her.
"Come on! Hurry. You have a role to play in this too." I whispered as we kept up our swift walking down the hall.
Bella gave me a perplexed look as we reached the tiny campus office. Wasting no time at all I leaned down and whispered in her ear. I told her the lines, she now knew her part as she walked into the office. I stood by the see-through door, looking in, seeing that Bella had Ms. Cope distracted. I swiftly turned the corner and went over to my intended target. My movements were so fast I was just a blur to human eyes. Thank goodness the halls were mostly empty, aside from the few sleepy children that were at their lockers nowhere near where I was. In one rapid move I pulled the fire alarm and ran back to the office and casually opened the door and walked in. At that time two other fire alarms went off in distance than two more.
When I entered the tiny office Ms. Cope began to forget all about Bella's question and registered that multiple fire alarms were going off around the school and no fire drills were scheduled for today, especially this early. She immediately rushed us out of the office in a panic thinking there was an actual fire, with the little old school nurse not far behind. Everybody that had been in the building, that was only a few teachers and children were rushed outside. Everyone was told to go to the football field.
Walking hand-in-hand Bella and I were soon reunited with my sibling as we neared the flide. Alice was checking the future to see if any of us would get caught, the future looked clear. Nobody was aware of who pulled the fire alarms. Even the art teacher who had been moments away from entering his classroom and finding a site he would never forget, didn't suspect anything. Jasper stood next to Alice, he looked very annoyed and was throwing massive calming waves at Emmett and Rosalie, trying with all his might to change their mood. Rosalie was fixing her messed up hair and Emmett was refastening his belt, their erotic thoughts were deplorable.
"Really, Em?" Jasper made no attempt to hide his frustration while he used his camouflage haze to cover us in. Making the freaks seem as bland and boring as could be while people walked by us, paying no mind to us or the conversation that was unfolding. "You two were in the forest all night and here you gotta go pulling this shit. Only you would attempt to have a fuck fest at school!"
Emmett laughed at Jasper's choice of words. He wasn't even the least bit shameful.
"Can't you just keep it in your pants for a whole day?" Alice scolded Emmett and Bella's face got red with those words.
"What can I say?" Emmett said unashamed, pulling Rosalie closer to him by her waist. "My Angel is just too damn sexy."
"Thank you, wonder buns." Rosalie gave him a look that went along with her thoughts and made me sick.
Jasper, Alice, Bella and I let out a groan simultaneously as Emmett and Rosalie shared a kiss. It's unfortunate that Emmett and Rosalie are not afraid to get apprehended at a high school. They've done it before, many times in fact. In the early 1970's they were actually caught by the lunch ladies in the school cafeteria. In the large refrigerator of all places! It was a very eventful incident that led our family to an unplanned move back to Candida.
Bella's blush radiated in the air making me feel warm as she hid her face in my chest. It was no secret among all of us that Emmett and Rosalie had been doing the devil's tango in the art room.
"Come on, Emmett. We're at school." I said, trying to redirect his and Rose's thoughts.
'Kid, between you and Jazz I believe you understand how difficult it is to resist screwing at school, a lot more than you let on.' Emmett gave me a knowing look, thinking about how poorly I handled my weekend without Bella. 'Deny it all you wish. When Bella was gone, you couldn't even make it a solid three hours without running to the bathroom to beat the meat in the shower. Don't be a hypocrite.'
I looked away from my brother. I said nothing more nor did he. Deep down I knew Emmett was right. I might be just as bad as him. Or worse...
Principal Green came out onto the field with a blow horn, directing all the children to sit in the assigned spot for their classrooms as the Fire Department arrived on the scene. It was time for school to begin but we were stuck outside. My siblings and I went our separate ways on to the football field. Bella and I sat on the east side of the field with our class, Alice was on the north side checking the future every now and again. Jasper was on the south side, the nymphomaniacs were on the west side sitting down with their class having a weird love moment, staring into each other's eyes. Ugh. The universe truly has a sick twisted sense of humor to put those two in all but one class together. How that happened, I don't know. In the beginning of the school year I had to dazzle Ms. Cope into changing my schedule to match Bella's and still, I have two classes without her. It was uncomfortable and Ms. Cope's thoughts had been on how she plans on asking me on a date on my eighteenth birthday. Oh God. Maybe she'll forget. It was not my proudest moment but I intentionally dazzled her so Bella and I could be together for most of the day. Emmett didn't even have to dazzle the unnaturally red-headed secretary. He just got lucky. Which can be stressful for my siblings and I when we have to keep a close eye on them for obvious reasons like today.
The rest of the school day was treated like a fire drill. With the exception of the Fire Chief giving a very enormous and boring speech about not pulling the fire alarms. Thankfully none of the teachers had a clue about what students were the culprits. The whole school had to sit on the football field until we were released for lunch then school resumed as usual. When the bell rang signaling the end of the day Bella, Jasper, Alice and I all got into the Porsche and made our way to Bella's house. While the two sex fiends went their separate ways in Emmett's Jeep in the direction of our house.
When we got to Bella's quiet house the four of us went to the living room, all of us sat on the floor - Bella and I sat next to each other, Jasper and Alcie sat across from us. All of us began taking out our homework from our backpacks. Since it wasn't a typical school day we didn't have many assignments to do. My siblings and I could easily knock out our homework in no time, though for Bella we stick to a slow human pace.
The vibe in the living room was very cherry, courtesy of Jasper who was getting high off of, and radiating all the pure emotions that Bella and I were giving off from being in each other's company. It never fails to amaze me that mine and Bella's emotions are usually the same and there is no offset to Jazz's intoxicated state. He enjoys our little study groups for this reason.
It didn't take long before all of us were putting our textbooks and papers back in our backpacks. Alice grabbed the remote that was on the coffee table, turning on the TV, she changed the channel from the Sports Channel to some teenager show. Bella stood up, saying she was going to the kitchen to get a snack. Not wanting to be away from her for a minute, I got up and went with her. We talked about our unusual school day as I watched her hunt for her food. She pulled a rectangle foil packet out of a cupboard and placed it on the counter. My eyes roamed her body, her tight jeans that caressed her legs and hugged her ass not to mention her pink blouse that she had been wearing under her sweater showed off her curves and perfectly round breast, made me hungry for her body.
"Before you go home," Bella began, as she went over to the sink, bending down and opened up the cupboard where she keeps a small box of empty soda cans, mini chip bags and a package that once held cookies. Props for my siblings and I to make it look like we are eating an after school snack, which seems to always please Charlie that Bella is feeding her guest. He has not caught on that it's the same empty packages and soda cans from when we first started to have our study group last month. "Can you please take a look at my truck? I don't know why it wont start."
"Of course." I said, going over to her and closing the distance between us. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. She's far too tempting for her own good.
She stood up with her back towards me, I carefully wrapped my arms around her, spinning her around to face me, she leaned into my embrace. Awkwardly, because she was still holding the small box. My arms moved down her back and up her shirt, with my touch she shivered with pleasure and instantly dropped the box to the floor with a loud clatter.
"Oh." She said in surprise.
"You have no idea how sexy you are." I whispered in her ear.
"Realley?" She asked, a smile in her voice.
"Yes. If only we were alone. I'd have my way with you right here right now." She had no idea how much she was driving me crazy. "The things I'd do to you on the table." The possibilities for my fantasies were endless.
'Oh no! Edward, you're becoming as bad as Emmett.' Alice's thoughts came rushing at me from the living room. I began blocking her out.
"Mmmm… Sounds nice. But you're going to have to wait a day or two for any of that. Remember?" Bella reminded me.
I did not respond to that. Instead my lips found hers as I stepped over the box and walked her backwards into the wall by the refrigerator. I moved my hands from her back and placed them on either side of the wall above her head as her back leaned into the wall. I could feel myself becoming hard as I deepened our kiss. My tongue slipped in her mouth and I could taste her delicious flavor. One of her hands tangled in my hair and the other one pressed against my neck. I could feel the heat from her body and the vibrations from her rapid heart beating.
As our tongues wound together, tasting each other's flavor I placed my right hand on her shoulder, moving it down to her side, stopping at the hem of her blouse. I then placed my hand inside her blouse moving up her stomach, to her chest where I cupped her bra covered breast. She moaned in pleasure and pressed her body against mine.
It felt so good to be this close to her. But at the same time she was so close yet so far. There were far too many layers of clothes between us. Even without all the clothes and even if we were alone, though I knew we wouldn't be able to have sex because she was still on her period.
I slid my hand under her bra rubbing her soft warm breast. Her nipple got hard by my touch, it felt like a pebble under my fingers. Her hand went from my neck to my arm, and tailed on a path between us until it reached the bulge in my pants. I bucked my hips into her warm hand as we continued to kiss. She rubbed my jean covered erection, picking up speed when she knew I needed it without me saying so.
At the same time I realized we needed to break away from our kiss so she could take a breath of air. I could feel the sweet pressure that was building up inside me.
"Bella. Oh, Bella." My voice trembled and I was out of breath as I placed my head on her shoulder. "You keep doing that I'm going to cum in my pants." My words were low.
"That's kinda the idea." Bella whispered seductively as she kept rubbing me.
"Hmmm..." Was my only reply as I moved my head so I could see her properly. This was heaven on earth. A mixture of a growl and a groan began to escape my lips. She caught it with a kiss as she rubbed me faster.
'Hey little bro. We're still in here. We can hear you guys.' Jazz directly thought at me as the volume on the TV got louder. His "voice" wasn't annoyed but amused.
I knew that my brother could feel my emotions as well as Bella's. I also was vaguely aware that they could hear us. Though nothing else mattered in the moment only Bella and me.
Being surrounded by Bella. Her touch, the kiss we shared. Lost in the thick haze of her scent, her feel, and her taste. It was easy to block everything else out. I was losing myself to the hunger's of love and lust. All too soon the pressure rippled through my frozen veins, I moaned into her mouth as my body trembled and my orgasm overtook me, a stream venom shot out of my penis, spilling in my boxers.
My ecstasy only lasted a mere ten seconds but it was wonderful.
"I love you. That was marvelous." I breathed as our lips parted.
"I love you too." She simply said.
I gently placed my forehead on hers. God! I love this woman. The only woman on earth who could make me feel this blissful.
"Hey, Edward and Bella! Did you guys get lost in the kitchen?" Jasper called out to us. From his voice and the emotions he was projecting I could tell he found my behavior entertaining. Making out in a kitchen with siblings in hearing range was more expected from Emmett than anyone else. Alice on the other hand was lost in her own thoughts. For some reason she was thinking of inflatable flamingos and giant beach balls. I have no idea what that was about.
"They heard us?" Bella realized my siblings were in hearing range. Her face blushed a bright red.
I shrugged. "Neither of them were listening. They tuned us out, giving us privacy." I reassured her.
Bella looked a little relieved though still embarrassed. Until this moment we had always kept our activities in her bedroom or my car, where no one was around to hear us.
Seeing how I wasn't dwelling on it Bella eased up a little, the blush leaving her face. Her ruby red lips looked delicious against her creamy white skin. Her lips looked too delicious not to kiss. In an instant my mouth was back on hers. Our breathing became erratic and our kiss passionate. She moaned as I pressed my hardness to her belly, revealing I was ready for more. I would never grow tired of this.
Before our kiss became too intense Bella's warm hand pressed up against my chest. Wondering if she needed a breath of air already I parted my lips from hers. Both of us were breathing heavy.
"We better get out of the kitchen." Bella suggested, her voice was breathless. "Can you take a look at my truck to see what's wrong with it?"
I nodded my head, if she didn't stop me we might still be in our current position when father returned home. Well, hopefully not. My siblings would distract Charlie and warn me before we would be caught.
"Sure. Just let me go clean up first." I said simply. I had to clean the puddle of venom from my boxers. It was sticky and uncomfortable.
With little excitement we parted. I picked up the fallen props and handed her the box and she got her snack off of the counter. I rapidly made my way out of the kitchen into the living room, quickly passing my brother and sister. Alcie who had her phone pressed to her ear, intently looking at the TV screen didn't even register me but Jasper did, he gave me a little smirk. I continued to make my way upstairs to the bathroom.
Making my way back down the stairs I took quick notice that all the food props were scattered on the floor making it look like we had eaten. I also noticed that Alice was watching the Home Shopping Network and they were having a sale of summer items, such as inflatable pool accessories which Alice was on the phone ordering while Bella and Jasper were sitting on the couch wrapped up in their own little conversation.
"Alice, why are you buying inflatable sharks?" I questioned as I heard her thoughts and looked at the item on the TV screen. My words had caught Bella's attention. Jasper didn't pay any mind to it. He's used to Alice's strang impulsive shopping.
Alice told the person on the phone that she wanted fifty inflatable sharks before she turned to me and covered the phone with her hand. "They are for your beautiful water-wedding. Now shh." She then looked at Bella. "Your water-wedding will be absolutely amazing! You'll look magnificent in a wedding dress out in the middle of the ocean!" She squealed in excitement, her eyes then met Jasper's. "You'll have to apply online to become an ordained minister and Emmett will have to get his pilot's license, again. Rose will be in charge of the camels."
Bella was silently trying to process everything Alice just said.
"Will do." Jasper smiled. Alice's good mood was overtaking him and his thoughts were very peaceful.
I have always found it amazing that there's not one thing Alice could say or purchase that would make Jasper question her sanity. When it comes to Alcie he's literally seen it all, heard it all, he used to it all. Nothing that she does phases him.
"Wait? What? Camels? Water-wadding?" Bella questioned. I forgot to inform her of my sister's odd vision so she had know idea what Alice was talking about. "Alcie, what on earth are you talking about?"
"Oh, Bella! You and Edward will get married by Jasper on the ocean in June. It's going to be so beautiful! I've "seen" it." Alce couldn't control her excitement. Just then there was a female voice on the other end of the phone, Alice went back to purchasing her bizarre order.
"On the water?" Bella looked so stunned.
I pinch the bridge of my nose. I had told Alice that her vision was not going to become a reality and yet here she was buying stuff for it anyways. Jasper chuckled at the whole situation as Alice ordered an insane amount of small inflatable palm trees that would hold beverages.
Bella looked questionably at me. I had no explanation to offer her.
"Wanna go see what's wrong with your truck?' I offered, changing the subject.
"Yes." She got up off of the couch, walked over to me, giving Alice a strange look. We then walked outside.
Outside I turned on her truck that wouldn't turn over. I then popped the hood and examined it. All while I informed her of Alice's unusual vision of a water-wedding. Bella reacted just as I predicted. Horrified. The only thing that made her smile about it was her being a vampire and her father being in the vision.
Still looking under the hood of Bellas ancient truck I came to the conclusion that it was the fuel pump that needed to be replaced. I closed the hood and at that very moment Jasper came out of the front door.
"Hey little, bro," Jasper said, trying not to laugh and blocking his thoughts. "Alice wants to know if you want festive wedding swim trunks or a speedo. It's for your great water-wedding"
I stared at my brother. That wasn't even a question worth answering.
"Is she still buying stuff from the Home Shopping Network?" Bella asked him.
Jasper nodded his head. "Yes, but not the designer mens swimwear. She just had a vision that someone on eBay will be selling them tonight. You guys will for sure be having a one of a kind wedding." He laughed. His thoughts were all on the unusual water items Alice was buying.
Bella shrieked. She did not want a water wedding. I didn't either. Was there any one who would?
"You better go back in there and stop her." I warned my brother. "Remember the incident with the George Foreman Grills? She over spent and Esme and Carlisle suspended her credit cards. She was literally a mess."
"Who could forget." He laughed. 'But she quickly recovered .'
Bella looked between us. "George Foreman Grills?"
Both of us nodded as the three of us began walking to the front door.
"Years ago Alcie got a little carried away with the Home Shopping Network and ordered a ton of George Foreman Grills and Panini presses." Jasper shrugged his shoulders, no one could explain what made her buy those things. "Our front lawn was covered with boxes that she ordered. By the end of the week the UPS man knew our whole family by our first names." He finished with a smirk. He's never bothered by Alices's impulsiveness; he always finds it amusing.
"That does sound like Alice." Bella said as we walked back inside.
My mind went back to that memory. 1994 was a very interesting year when Alcie discovered the Home Shopping Network was selling the ever-popular George Foreman Grills. Like always, my small sister got overly excited and went overboard. For whatever reason she perched enough George Foreman Grills and Panini presses to cover the state of Texas twice. Having no use for the overabundance of kitchen appliances, my father gave them out as Christmas presents to his colleagues and my mother also gave them as gifts to all the staff and members of the PTA at our school. My father also suspended Alice's credit cards so she could not make any more impulsive purchases, while Esme banned Alcie from shopping for a month. Being the shopping addict that she is, Alcie actually went through withdrawals with not being able to shop or spend money. She missed shopping so much that she emptied out her large closet and set up a fake Boutique in our dining room and kitchen. Using the fake money from our board games such as Monopoly and The Game of Life to purchase her own clothes from the shop keeper that was Emmett. She also set up an elaborate hat and scarf shop in the parlor that was attended by Jasper. It was very interesting to watch until she set up a shoe store in our sitting room and had me be the shoe salesman. Rosalie was very entertained and got it all on video.
As the three of us entered the living room Bella's heart began thumping wildly as she saw the strange water related item on the TV screen that Alcie was purchasing. Putting my arm around Bella I became aware of another sound and so did my siblings. It was a car drawing closer. From the driver's thoughts I knew who it was.
Alice quickly ordered the item that was shown on TV screen, closed her phone and put it in her pocket as she changed the channel to some teenage drama, she didn't want to explain the water-wedding plan to Charlie. He wouldn't be happy his teenage daughter was already thinking about marriage.
The four of us took our places on the couches, pretending to watch TV. Alice and Jasper sat on the couch while Bella and I sat on the loveseat.
Her father stomped up to the door wiping his feet a couple of times on the mat. His footsteps were accompanied by two others along with heartbeats and unfamiliar scents. One heartbeat was more rapid than the other two.
"Hi, kids." Charlie greeted us cheerfully as he swung the door open. "Everyone Behaving themselves?" The question sounded like it was meant for the four of us, but from his thoughts I could tell it was mainly meant for me.
"Yes." Jasper, Bella, Alice and I all replied and then greeted him.
He walked in the living room with the woman and small child from Alcie's water-wedding vision, behind him. For some unknown reason the small child was dressed like the cowboy from that computer animated movie about the cowboy and Space Ranger where all the toys come alive, only difference was that the small child was wearing a purple fedora instead of a cowboy hat. His getup made Alce shrieked in horror. Which prompted her to get odd looks from Charlie and the woman.
Since Charlie and the woman were both holding two pizza boxes each. Jasper and I got up and politely offered to take the boxes to the kitchen.
"Sophia," Charlie turned to the woman. "You've already met my daughter, Bella. This is her boyfriend Edward," He gestured toward me then to Jazz and then Alice. "And his brother, Jasper and sister, Alice. Kids, this is my girlfriend Sophia and her son Caleb."
'What polite boys they are. All of them are very beautiful children.' Sophia thought as she looked at my siblings and I. "Nice to meet you guys. Caleb, say hi."
My brother, sister and I exchanged pleasantries as Bella greeted the woman and small child. The small child didn't say a word. He just clung on to his mother's leg. Jasper and I took the pizza boxes and placed them on the counter. Charlie directed everyone to come into the kitchen to get the pizza while it was hot. Everyone grabbed a plate and pizza. My siblings and I politely took one slice each. We then made our way back to the living room. My siblings, Bella and I sat on the floor with our plate of pizza, so did the small child.
For no apparent reason the small child came and sat beside me. He looked me square in the eyes as he thought of ice cream and the sponge characters theme song.
"I'm Caleb. I'm five and I have a penis." The small child spoke so seriously it was comical.
"Well that's one out of a conversation starter." Jasper took the words right out of my mouth as Charlie laughed and the child's mother gasped. 'Seems like a way Emmett might have introduced himself when he was a child.'
I laughed too hard at my brother's unspoken words. I couldn't agree with him more.
"Yeah so do I." I said between laughter as Bella giggled.
The small child broke eye contact with me and looked directly at Jasper who was sitting next to me. "Did you know that girls have a vagina and only boys have a penis? My dad told me."
"You know, I do believe I have heard that." Jasper laughed and so did I as well as Charlie. 'I swear. I wonder if this kid is somehow related to Emmett.'
Hearing Jasper's thoughts I laughed even harder than before. It did seem like an Emmett thing to say.
Bella blushed and Alice began to think about the strange water wedding she plans on creating as she took a bite of pizza. She was not really interested in this conversation.
'Typical boys. No matter the age private parts are funny to them.' Sophia's mental voice didn't sound happy. "Caleb," She scolded. "Remember, I told you not to say stuff like that?"
The small child shrugged his shoulders as he began to eat his pizza.
"Kids do say the darndest things." Charlie chuckled.
Jasper was enjoying the emotions the small child was giving off. While everyone ate Jasper controlled the mood in the room making everyone content and not feeling the least bit awkward as first encounters usually are.
My siblings and I stayed for another hour. When it was time for us to go Bella walked us out closing the door and standing on the porch with me. My siblings waited for me inside Alice's car as Bella and I shared a passionate kiss. When we parted I whispered in her ear that I would be waiting in her room in a couple of hours. I got in the yellow Porsche with my siblings and she walked in her house.
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Thank you, all you lovely people for reading. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this chapter. All your reviews make it exciting.
Stay safe and happy.
Two Years ago my daughter who was 5 at the time actually had a little friend that introduced himself just as the character Caleb did. Anyways, I thought it would be funny to incorporate that for a character in my story. Hopefully it was funny and not odd. ;)