Chapter 17: Roadtrip
The timer on the stove beeped. It was a sharp piercing sound, letting me know the chicken needed to be taken out of the oven as the rice bubbled over and exploded all over the stove. I cursed under my breath. Now the rice was ruined.
It was Friday evening and I was attempting to cook by myself. I assumed with all the practice runs I had with my mother's assistance last night that I would be able to cook a flawless dinner for my wife without error. The stove that was covered with rice said otherwise.
I wanted to have everything perfect for Bella before Charlie dropped her off at 3PM, which was in less than a half hour. Even though we had a half day of school today she and I were unable to start our weekend out as early as possible because Charlie took off work early, again. To spend a little quality time with her before she spent the entire weekend with me. He made that decision last night when I called Bella before Esme gave me my first cooking lesson.
During our call I had informed my wife of our new weekend plans to go to Canada with Alice and Jasper, she was excited. Hesitantly, I had asked to speak to Charlie to get his permission since we would be out of town for two days. I wanted to make it right and let him know of our plans instead of just taking off like we did with our trip to Vegas. To my surprise he seemed glad that I had asked for his permission. He actually talked to me for several minutes, our first real conversation since I became his son-in-law. He agreed to Bella going on the road trip with my siblings and I, but instead of leaving right after school like I wanted to, Charlie decided to make a few arrangements so he could spend some time with Bella and drop her off at my house later.
Our plan now was that Bella would eat an early dinner here before starting on our roadtrip. Then we would head out to our destination. Bella and I would enjoy our time alone in the cabin while Alice and Jasper would take my car and go have fun in the nearby town.
Grabbing the paper towels I began thinking of how things were starting to look brighter in regards to my relationship with Charlie. He wasn't harsh to me in the parking lot when he picked Bella up after school. He was civilized towards me and I saw from his mind that Sophia had talked to him the day before about being a little nicer to me. I'm glad he was listening to her. Maybe he would soften up soon and rethink the whole weekend marriage deal, that was put in place solely to pacify his demand of an annulment for Bella and I.
I began to wipe up the splattered rice on the wall.
"Edward, do you need my help?" My mother called from the living room where she was with Jasper and both of my sisters. 'It sounds like he left the lid for the rice off.'
"No, mom. I'm good." I answered, staring up at the rice that was now stuck to the ceiling.
'Of course, dear.' My mother thought directly to me. 'Let me know if you need help.'
"Alright." I was determined to do this on my own.
My mother was letting me cook by myself while she was helping them go through the numerous boxes that had been delivered to our house while we were at school. Now all those boxes were cuttering up our living room. The contents of those packages were supposed to be for the insane water wedding that will definitely never take place. However, something unusual happened: what Alice ordered and what she received were very different things.
'Edward, check that broccoli!' Alice mentally shouted to me as she shrieked out loud. "Why on earth would I order a case full of fruit scented candles, a box full of fifty plungers and an extra large box full of contact lenses?"
"I don't know." Jasper answered her, sounding puzzled. "But was there a specific reason why you ordered an abundance of sheet sets in various colors as well as an abundance of bleach and toilet paper?" He asked. 'That's the third box of cleaning supplies. Looks like we are either preparing for some kind of pandemic or going to clean up a crime scene. What are we going to do with the toilet paper?'
'Peculiar that she ordered a full box of disinfectant wipes and air freshener.' My mother thought to herself as she opened a couple more boxes.
"Alice, this is the strangest purchase you've ever made." Rosalie said, from my mind's eye I saw what was in the two boxes she just opened. "There's a box full of warming lubricants and another one with nothing but sponges." She paused a second. "Oh god! What smells so horrible?" Rosaile complained from the living room. 'Why is Esme allowing him to cook alone? The idiot is going to burn the house down. Watch.'
"Nothing, Rose. Everything smells fine." I answered her spoken words at the same time the horrible aroma made its way to my nose, something was burning. My eyes went to the stove, I saw smoke emerging out of a pot. I quickly remove the pot from the burner.
"I don't know." Alice answered Rose. "None of this makes sense. I ordered items for a water-wedding, not any of this stuff. There had to be a mix up with my orders. I know I didn't order anything I received." She gasped, opening up another box. "Now why would I need a giant box of zip ties, grappling hooks and polyester scarves?"
'Weird. But at least we didn't get all that useless strang water stuff.' Rosalie thought as she opened up another box.
'There's some interesting items in that box.' My mother began intently thinking about a book that she had recently picked up from a book store. A boring parenting book about raising happy, healthy teenagers in the digital age. "I'll take those, Alice. I'm going to put this box into the garage. These items might come in handy. I'll be right back."
I stopped listening and following the mind's of my family members and the strange things my sister somehow received. I looked in the burning pot and the broccoli was now burnt to a crisp. Cooking was proving to be a more difficult task than I had anticipated.
Immediately I adjusted the knobs on the stove, turning off the burners as well as the oven.
Grabbing the green pot holder that hung next to the stove I heard the amused thoughts of one of my siblings that were accompanied by footsteps that were headed my way. I really wished he would be heading to another room instead of where I was to witness my distress. But of course, that was wishful thinking. I knew him too well, I was more than aware that he was coming in here to see the disaster I had created.
"Dude!" Emmett said more loudly than necessary as he came to stand next to me by the stove. "Looks like the stove threw up."
I rolled my eyes. "Don't you have anything better to do?" I asked, opening up the oven and removing the perfectly brown chicken and placed it on the counter.
'And miss seeing Susie Homemaker mess up the kitchen?' He silently joked, referring to me by using an outdated term to refer to a housewife. "I think not."
I ignored him as he made more jokes about me being a domesticated husband.
With his arms crossed over his chessed, Emmett leaned against the sink, watching in amusement as I moved around in the kitchen, totally out of my element. Cleaning up the stove and trying to get everything ready before Bella arrives. I wanted everything to be perfect.
The side dishes were a lost cause but at least the chicken survived.
"This is the funniest thing I've ever seen." He laughed, his mind all on Rose and the night out that they had planned.
"What's that?" I wondered, turning around to face him.
"A vampire in the kitchen cooking. Well, more like burning food." He snorted. He was enjoying finding a task I didn't perfected overnight.
I scoffed. "I'm just trying to cook a nice dinner for my human wife." I went back over to the stove. "Now bug off."
He chuckled. "Cooking seems like a lot of work just to butter them biscuits." Emmett mused, using one of his many euphemisms for sex. 'Then again, you gotta do whatever it takes so you'll have a fun weekend and you don't end up jacking the beanstalk.' He was now in a fullon laughing fit.
Cooking was challenging enough without having a sibling giving me crap for it.
Without thinking I grabbed the handle for the rice pot and tossed it at my brother's head. He was too busy laughing to see the pot spiraling toward him. In a matter of seconds the pot loudly collided with his head, bounced off, causing grains of rice to fall on him and the counter before the pot that was now dented fell to the floor with the remaining rice splattering on his shoes as well as the floor. Which only made him laugh louder.
Still laughing he dusted the rice out of his hair. "So you're up for a little fun?"
"Ahh shit." I said in a playful tone.
He took a step closer to me. I saw his intent in time to move out of the way as he darted over to the stove, grabbed the pot with the burnt broccoli and attempted to throw it at me. I ran to the other side of the kitchen, dunking behind the island. Instead of it coming in contact with me, the pot flew to the wall leaving a dent as it crashed to the floor.
Hearing my brother's laughter and footsteps I reached up on the island, grabbing the first thing my hand came in contact with which was the roll of paper towels. I tossed it at him as I ran to the other side of the kitchen.
Playful laughter and shouting echoed through the kitchen as Emmett and I chased each other around. Both of us were opening up drawers and grabbing handfuls of whatever our hands came in contact with to toss at the other. Spoons, forks, straws, a turkey baster and other items flew around the kitchen as we dashed around, getting louder by the minute
My task of preparing a meal for my wife was momentarily forgotten as the horsing around with my brother continued. Our chasing became wrestling as Emmett crashed into me with a sound that could be mistaken for thunder, shook the walls and rumbled through the house. An electric can opener bounced off the counter, fell on my foot and broke into a million pieces as we rolled and bumped into the cupboards.
"Boys, that is quite enough." Carlsile stepped into the kitchen and put an end to our fun. He was fearing that we would damage something.
Startled by our father's voice Emmett and I ended our wrestling match and stood up. As our father looked around the kitchen that looked like a hurricane had blown through it, he scolded us for making such a mess as our mother walked in to see what the commotion was about.
"My kitchen!" Esme was startled by the sight of splattered food that was on the walls, floor, ceiling and window. Along with the broken kitchen appliances and utensils scattered around the floor. 'Why do all my children enjoy destroying my kitchen in one way or another?'
"Sorry, we had a little fun. We got carried away, I guess." Emmett explained with a grin.
"Didn't mean too. Sorry." I apologized.
"Both of you need to clean this mess up." Esme declared in her firm motherly tone she reserved for disciplining my brothers and I.
"Clean everything up. Right this minute." Our father sternly ordered. His tone made it obvious that he meant business.
Emmett and I quickly got to work and cleaned up our mess as rapidly as we could.
Our parents remained in the kitchen while Emmett and I tidied up. Carlisle kept an eye on us and made sure we didn't start goofing off while our mother watched us too. Though she stood at the stove making macaroni and cheese along with a vegetable. She was helping me out by making more side dishes for Bella's dinner since the ones I made were ruined.
When the kitchen was just about all cleaned up Rosalie glided in. She informed Emmett that he should change his clothes if they were going to head out to Port Angeles to catch the movie they were planning on seeing. Picking up a badly bent kitchen knife and tossing it in the trash, he reassured her he would.
Alice came running into the kitchen as I was cleaning up the pieces of glass from the blender. Her thoughts were a jumbled mess of excitement that Bella would be here shortly, as well as confusion of the wired items she was finding in every new box she opened.
"Next time I order stuff someone really needs to check on me." Alice announced to everyone. I looked over at her at the same time everyone else did. Her arms were full of the strangest items and a very amused Jasper was standing by her side. "Apparently I was ordering 18 inch purple pickle pillows, essential body oils, mattress cleaner, packs of bubble bath, dish soap, and so many cans of Ajax. Mop heads, fuzzy slippers and fingerless gloves. I don't know why I would need most of this stuff." She looked so confused.
Carlisle and Esme exchange a look of concern. Their thoughts were insync, that Alice definitely has a shopping addiction.
"I was with you in your room last weekend." Rosalie reminded her. "As crazy as the items you did purchase, I know it wasn't any of this stuff."
Alice was quiet for a moment, thinking that over.
Emmett and I picked up the last broken items up off the kitchen floor.
"Sweetie," Emes said to Alice as she placed the pan with the chicken back in the oven to warm up. "Maybe you should call the company and explain there was a mixup."
"I did." My small sister whined. "Every single company I ordered from, including The Home Shopping Network and the numerous sellers on eBay all said that I received my correct order. There's a no return policy on everything I bought. But I didn't order anything I received and I didn't "see" this happening." She huffed.
"Well, we'll keep what we can use and donate the rest." Carlisle announced his solution for the problem. He was thinking of taking a lot of the cleaning products to the hospital. 'What could be wrong with Alice? It's not like her to get her order mixed up.' His thoughts were very concerned.
Alcie's purchases were not only unusual regarding the items she received. But it was also weird that there was nothing in her thoughts that remembered ordering what she received even though the companies claimed she did. After all, an unnaturally perfect memory is both a blessing and a curse to us. We are unable to forget anything in this life.
Suddenly Jasper pulled the strange looking purple pickle pillow out of Alice's arms. "Em, catch!" He tossed it to our brother.
Emmett caught it. "Bloody hell. It's a purple tallywhacker!" He said in his best British accent, causing Japer and I to laugh. Rosalie giggled but Alice wasn't paying attention, she was lost in her own thoughts, of wondering what happened to all the water items she ordered.
"Emmett, not appropriate." Our parents scolded in unison.
Calisle shook his head and Esme gave my brother a look of disapproval.
Emmett's thoughts were amused that just by him saying that one phrase earned such a reaction out of our parents.
"What?" Emmett smirked as he began to stroke the oddly shaped pillow in a very suggestive way that was also comical. "It's not like I said, yogurt shooter, cock, meat thermometer, cluster launcher, womb broom, joy stick, popsicle push pop, crop mop, love muscle, the sex pistol, the cave hunter, dick-"
"Emmett, we have heard enough." Emse cut him off. She was very disgusted with the words that were coming out of her oldest son's mouth as well as how he was holding that oddly shaped pillow and stroking it.
Jasper and I couldn't hold back our laughter.
"Yes, that is quite enough." Carlisle said sternly, taking the pillow from him. From my father's mind I saw that he too found some of the slang terms funny, though he made a good effort not to show it. "How do you know so many terms for one body part?"
"High School." Emmett grinned.
"Come on. I want to leave soon." Rosalie complained, taking Emmett's hand and guiding him out of the kitchen.
"Alright, babe." Emmett leaned into Rose and whispered something in her ear, but I wasn't paying attention.
While Esme stood at the sink draining the macaroni noodles she turned to my father. "Maybe next time around we should try a Catholic or Christen School for our children." She began and Alice shrieked in horror at the thought of all of us wearing unattractive uniforms. "Hopefully the children at a religious school would be less ostentatious and he wouldn't pick up anymore ill-mannered language to add to his vocabulary."
Having already seen this conversation and knowing the outcome, Alice relaxed.
"That's a nice thought, love." Carlisle, who was still holding that ridiculous pillow said. He put his arms around my mother in a very loving way. "But I'm afraid he wouldn't last a full week. Most likely he would corrupt his classmates and would get expelled." He shook his head then leaned in to kiss her neck.
Jasper, Alice and I walked out of the kitchen as our parents began to get a little too affectionate for our liking.
Alice urged me to go upstairs and change my clothes. She flung a pair of black fingerless gloves at me and demanded that I go change into the clothes that she had conveniently laid out on my bed for me. Her and Jasper then ran off to the living room to continue finding out what else was in the rest of the mystery boxes.
From playing around with Emmett my clothes were a bit dirty and had splotches of food on my pants and shirt. With the exciting thought that my wife would be here soon I ran upstairs to go change. Not that the clothes I would be wearing would matter much. After all, a part of me realized that once we would be alone in the cabin all clothes would soon come off. But still, I did want to look nice.
I passed Emmett and Rosalie on the staircase. They were walking down when I was going up.
'Have fun corking the onion.' Emmett playfully punched my arm.
"Likewise, Em." I grinned, he chuckled and Rose ignored our brotherly exchange as they stepped onto the main floor. I heard them say their goodbyes to our parents and then they were out the door.
I went up to my room and shut my bedroom door, placing the gloves on my nightstand. As I moved around my room I heard the sound of vehicles on the road that leads to our house. One was Rose's M3 heading toward town and the other was Charlie's cruiser. That caught my attention. With each passing second the sound of the vehicle grew louder and I quickly began changing my clothes. With fresh clothes on I grabbed the fingerless gloves. The reason for the gloves was unknown. However, I trusted my spiky haired sister, so I pulled them on my hands.
Before I was out of my room there was a knock at the front door, I heard Calisle answer it and invite Charlie and Bella in while Esme walked over to them and gave them a warm greeting.
Quickly I gathered up my dirty clothes, tossing them in the laundry hamper inside my closet. As quick as lightning I ran out into the hall. Only slowing down to a human pace as I neared the staircase.
"This roadtrip the kids are going on. It's in Canada?" Charlie asked my father. He sounded neverious.
In an instant a calming feeling enveloped the house. Jasper was controlling the mood.
"Yes, that's right." Carlisle answered, then added. "We have property up there." That was kinda true. Jasper and Alice did own the cabin that we'll be staying at.
"They'll be safe up there?" Charlie asked, sounding more relaxed than before. From his muddy thoughts I saw he had his worries about Bella going on the road trip that far away from home. Images flashed in his mind of the worst possible scenarios that could happen to four teenagers on a road trip alone; car accidents, muggings, being kidnapped and a bunch of other horrific stuff.
"Of course they will. They'll stick together and have a good time." My mother reassured Charlie.
I tuned out all the mental voices and the reassuring conversation that Carlisle and Esme were having with Charlie. Nothing else mattered to me but the beautiful sound of Bella's heartbeat. The wonderful sound guided me down the stairs and right to her. Her deep chocolate brown eyes lit up when she saw me enter the room, which made my dead heart melt. She quickly made her way over to me. I wasted no time with taking her in my arms and spinning her around once. Though we had seen each other a few hours earlier, both of us were happy to be back in each other's presence once again. We gave each other a quick kiss before I set her down and she gave me a tight hug.
Though Charlie was still conversing with my parents and my siblings that had made their way over to the door. Our little display of affection wasn't lost on him. He called Bella and I over to him. Hand and hand we walked over to the door.
"Have fun, Bells." Charlie wrapped her in a hug, kissing the top of her head. "Be safe. Call me when you get there and I'll see you on Sunday."
"See you on Sunday, Dad." Bella said as their hug ended.
Charlie then turned to me. "Edward, take good care of my girl." He extended his hand out to me.
Ahh! Now the fingerless gloves that I was wearing made sense. Wearing them would make my hand seem less cold during a handshake. Maybe some of the items from the mix up in Alice's order had a purpose after all.
"Of course, Charlie. I'll keep her safe." I promised, shaking his hand and he smiled.
From my mind's eye, I saw that our mere simple handshake was a symbolic gesture to him. He was more or less handing her over to me, like how he would have potentially placed her hand in mine if we would have had a traditional wedding. Our handshake ended. His thoughts meant a lot to me. He was beginning to accept me as Bella's husband.
Charlie and my parents talked for a few more minutes. While he conversed his thoughts were on Sophia, a drug store, going to her house, and a box of condoms. Oh god! I did not need to know his plans for this night. Apparently the small child was at his father's house for the night so it was just going to be the two of them. With his mind on all of that, he gave Bella one more hug and was out the door.
I immediately took hold of my wife's hand and led her to the kitchen while my parents and siblings went to the living room to sort through the boxes.
"Something smells good." Bella said as we neared the kitchen.
"I made dinner for you. Well, only the chichen. Esme helped me with the side dishes." I explained and her eyes got big with surprise. "Ready to eat?" I wondered, going over to the cupboard by the sink and grabbing a plate.
She nodded her head. "You cooked?" She asked in disbelief. "When did you learn to do that?"
"Last night. I decided to ask my mother to show me how to cook in an attempt to surprise you." I explained with a crooked grin at the same time Alice came bouncing in.
"Yes, yes. She is surprised that you can cook. We all are." Alice excitedly said as she grabbed Bella's hand. "Come on! There's something in one of the boxes that's perfect for you."
"What?" Bella asked as my sister began pulling her away.
Alice didn't give an explanation as she whisked her out of the room. I soon heard their footsteps head upstairs.
Left alone in the kitchen I began fixing my wife a plate of food and grabbed a Dr. Pepper out of the fridge. I wasn't sure what item Alice had discovered in any of the boxes that could make her that excited. Her thoughts were on all scrub brushes, headbands and hand sanitizer that was in a box she had recently opened. Those thoughts were not helpful.
With the plate of food and the can of soda I went into the living room where my parents and brother were, going through box after box. There were so many boxes that filled up our living room that it looked like we were getting ready to open up a convenient store of some sort. I placed Bella's dinner and drink on the coffee table and joined my brother on the floor to go through the boxes.
The first box I opened had napkins, laundry detergent and chain saw blades in it. No one had the slightest clue why Alice would have ordered that. Though, Esme was very excited about this laundry detergent that claimed to be tough on stains. She ran that stuff to the garage real quick.
While I was going through the contents of the seventh box I opened up. Alice and Bella came down the stairs and entered the living room.
The difference in the facial expressions of my wife and my sister was very noticeable. Bella was blushing, clearly embarrassed by something as she took a seat on the couch next to my mother who handed the plate of food to her. Alcie wore a big smile on her face. She seemed like she was hiding some kind of secret as she sat down on the floor and grabbed a box.
As I assisted in going through the last of the boxes I tried to pull the secret from them but either Bella or Alice would give in. Bella simply insisted I had to be good and wait for it to be revealed later. She then began eating and enjoyed her food. Even though I was curious I didn't press any further.
Alice gasped as she opened the third to the last box. "This is all pet supplies." She shook her head, holding up heavy duty shears to cut wool for all of us to see. "I definitely did not order this."
Jasper couldn't help but laugh. Alice looked quite comical holding up large sheep shears.
Bella just gazed at Alice. Not sure what to make of all this.
I chuckled a little. Everything that Alice received was silly in one way or another.
Carlisle and Esme looked at one another with deep concern. Their thoughts were again on the same page that either Alice has lost it, gone too far with her shopaholic tendencies. Or that somehow all of her orders got switched. Neither one of them could understand how every single order got replaced with another item.
Suddenly Alice's eyes glazed over and a flipbook of images flashed from her mind to mine. The stars of her vision were two large furry tan color animals with long necks, running around in the snow in a backyard alongside Emmett. The place in her vision looked unfamiliar to me. It wasn't our house, that was for sure. I wasn't certain where it took place. Her odd vision ended as abruptly as it began and everyone but me asked what she "saw."
Alice gazed up at Esme. "I'm so confused right now." She admitted. "If a pair of llamas show up next Tuesday. I'm just going with it."
I chuckled and shook my head.
Bella took her last bite of food, swallowed and stared expressionless at Alice.
Amusement was radiating off Jasper. He seemed to be going with the flow.
"Why?" Carlisle had a look of concern written on his face.
"Are you trying to tell me you somehow managed to order llamas on the internet?" Esme was stunned. Alice only bit her bottom lip in response. 'Edward, she ordered llamas. Didn't she?'
I only shrugged a response to my mother as I opened up a box that had nothing but bungee cords, nylon rope, and polyester rope. The contents of the box that was in front of me had Alice wondering why that was sent here. It also sparked my father's interest for some unknown reason, I can't imagine why. At the same time that he politely excused himself, saying he needed to retrieve something from the garage, he then removed the box that was in front of me and took it with him. My mother excused herself as well, explaining she had to go upstairs and do research on llamas, because most likely we will have new pets by next week.
With my parents out of the room and the last box in my father's hands and out to the garage, Bella put her empty plate on the coffee table and began helping my siblings and I clean up. Jasper and I were attempting to organize the boxes. Bella was doing her part by picking up the items that were on the floor and putting them back in the boxes. All while Alice was setting aside the items she wanted to take on our road trip, for one reason or another.
"Okay, was that just weird?" Bella asked, as she began helping Alice with grabbing the items she insisted she needed.
"What was weird, love?" I looked at my wife, wondering what she was referring to. Jasper didn't say anything but he too was curious about what she was talking about.
Alice shrieked. "It's not wired. It's hideous!" She held up a package of yellow neon long johns and quickly dropped it into a box, closed it up and stacked another one on top of it. She was acting like the long john's that she found highly offensive were somehow going to escape out of the box and assault her.
The three of us paid no attention to Alice and her theatrics.
"No not those." Bella answered Alice's question, shaking her head. "Actually, I was talking about Esme and Carlisle. About how they cleared the room so fast. What was that about?" She explained, sounding bewildered.
"Oh." I said, thinking she found my father's reaction to the rope related items as odd as I did. "That's just Carlisle. He finds rope and all rope related items extremely fascinating. I'm not sure why though, his thoughts never offer me any clue. One day I'll figure it out."
One of these days I'll crack the code and find out why my father has been collecting rope throughout the years.
"Don't start this again." Alice complained as she removed a large pack of assorted bubble baths and put them in her growing pile that she was taking with us. I hoped everything would fit in my car. 'Just let it go already, Edward. Stop being so curious about Carlisle's ropes.'
"Why? I just want to know what is up with him and the ropes." I clarified, closing up another box and neatly stacking it in the corner with the others.
"Trust me, man." Jasper said darkly. He grabbed a box and put it with the neat pile of boxes. "You do not want to know."
There was something in my brother's tone that tipped me off that he was in on the secret about the ropes, even though his thoughts offered nothing. Which was odd, since he seemed clueless when we came across the discovery of abundance of mountain climbing ropes in the garage yesterday.
"You guys know. Don't you?" I looked at Alice and Jasper. Both of them turned to each other, instantly having one of their private conversations that only they could hear. Their silent conversation lasted a minute before they broke eye contact.
"Unfortunately. We do." Jasper confessed, a strange expression upon his face.
I opened my mouth to ask what he knew, but before I could say anything Alice spoke up.
"I found out accidentally a few years before we found you guys. Trust me, Edward. Take our word for it, Jazz and I wish we didn't know the disturbing secret about the ropes and chains." - Jazz nodded his head in agreement - "Now, I've seen your reaction if you were to find out. It's not good at all. That's why we won't tell you. Just drop it. You really do not want to know the ropes' purpose." Alice explained matter-of-factly. 'Nether would Em or Rose, for that matter.'
I pondered over that for a moment. Out of all my siblings only Jasper and Alice were aware of why our parents collected ropes. Though, it was obvious that they turned the blind eye and made the choice to pretend they knew nothing. I couldn't figure out what would be so horrible about the ropes. Why did both of them block their thoughts, and looked sick?
I mean. I've been trying to figure out this mystery since the 1930's and haven't had any luck. But with my brother and sister's reaction towards the mere mention of the strange item that our father made a good effort to keep concealed. I began to get a weird feeling in my gut that maybe it wasn't such an important topic. Maybe I really didn't need to know.
"Actually," Bella chimed in. "I wasn't talking about the ropes. I was meaning how Emse left the living room so fast to go research llamas. What was up with that?"
Alice, Jasper and I looked at my wife. Leave it to her for her curiosity to be on the least mysterious subject.
Alice and Jasper giggled.
"She wants to research how to take care of llamas in an attempt to be well educated when our new pets arrive." Jasper explained with a smile, stacking the last of the boxes.
"New pets?" Bella questioned, turning to our large aquarium that housed the strange looking flying fish. "But won't you guys be tempted to drink the llamas' blood?"
"No." I laughed at the thought of draining a smelly llama.
"Not at all." Jasper clarified and Alice agreed. "We don't drink our pets, never have."
Bella's eyes moved from the flying fish swimming in the tank, to linger on my siblings and I. Astonishment and confusion spread across her beautiful features. I didn't understand it until she spoke.
"How many pets have you guys actually had?"
"Tons." Alice said brightly, her thoughts were on designer bags that are in her closet, and packing clothes for Bella and I, cus she doesn't trust us to pick out clothes that match ourselves. "Once animals see Emmett that's it. An instant bond is formed and they become part of our family."
"We've had a duck, a couple of toads," Jasper began to explain with a smile. "A badger, a tortoise, a rooster, an ostrich, a tarantula, hedgehog, a couple of ferrets, an emu, a guinea pig, and a frog. All at different times. And before Alice and I joined the family, they had a goose." He chuckled, thinking about how funny it is that all the animals he mentioned get so attached to our brother.
"I heard about the goose. Emmett told me." Bella uttered and added. "It's unbelievable that you guys had all those pets. And here I had to convince my mother to let me have a goldfish when I was young."
"Yes, it's lovely." Alice said impatiently. "We should start getting ready to leave." She picked up an armful of stuff she planned on taking with us, some of the items she already knew the purpose for. Others she wasn't sure of, yet. But felt they were going to be needed.
We all agreed that we would start getting ready to leave. Alice and Jasper went upstairs to retrieve their needed items.
"You never told me your family had so many pets." Bella was clearly amazed.
"Yeah. Though, the relationship with Emmett and the animals usually happens organically." I explained, taking her plate and empty can of soda in the kitchen, Bella was right at my side.
"How so?" She wondered as we stepped into the kitchen.
"Usually Emmett stumbles upon them before or after a hunt and the critters become very attached to him and won't leave him alone." I shrugged, tossing the soda can in the trash. I then went over to the sink to wash her plate.
With my wife full and her plate washed we were ready to go. Alice and Jasper had my car all packed up for our little trip to Canada. With my car jammed packed with all of our belongings that Alice claimed we would be needing, Carlisle gave me my financial resources back since he trusted me enough that I wouldn't run away with Bella. I had seen his intent before he made the decision but I was grateful for that nonetheless. My wife, siblings and I then said a quick goodbye to our parents and were on our way.
The sun was setting as we left Forks. The sitting arrangements in the car were different than I thought they'd be. Instead of Bella and I sitting up front together while I drove, she was in the backseat with my hyper talkative sister and Jasper was up front with me. The atmosphere in the car was very entertaining with the silly conversations we were coming up with.
A little over an hour into leaving Washington Bella began to drift off and took a little nap, resting her head on a purple pickle pillow that Alice conveniently brought. While I drove my siblings kept up the conversation about all sorts of topics, it was never dull.
Throughout our drive Jasper was regulating my mood. Several times he silently let me know that my excitement for my anticipation for finally being able to be alone with Bella was getting to him. I couldn't help it. I was anticipating this weekend alone with my wife with every fiber in my body. The boudge in my pants was evident enough. As discreetly as I could I had to adjust myself a few times so it wasn't that noticeable. Though, my attempts were in vain. Alice was in the seat behind me and thankfully didn't see as she hyperly chatted away. However, Jasper saw. He chuckled to himself each time I shifted in my seat and had to adjust my erection. Anything regarding me and sex both of my brothers find hilarious since it never was on my mind before I met Bella.
As embarrassing as that was. I paid no mind to it. I was too giddy to get to the cabin and have Bella all to myself.
While Alice and Jasper began a new conversation my mind started drifting off. Not because of boredom. No, their discussion was anything but dull. But because I had Bella on my mind. I was reflecting over how much of a different man, a better man that I have become since beginning this magical relationship with my soulmate seven months ago. Seven months ago. Somehow it feels a lot longer, in a very good way. Like, I have never existed for a minute without her and I never planned on existing without her.
Each minute that passed as I drove and the scenery changed. Each word that was spoken between my siblings, each sleepy breathreath I heard Bella take that was accompanied by her heartbeat. Had me thinking of my plans, to worship and love my wife to the fullest.
Half way through our trip Bella awoke from her nap. We ended up making a stop at a gas station for her to have a human minute. Alice of course was eager to look around and buy snacks and drinks to stock the cabin with for Bella. Though it looked more like she was doing a week's worth of shopping instead of just buying a few snacks for two days.
When we returned to my car we traded places. Jasper drove, with Alice next to him. Never did she stop talking once, even her thoughts were going a mile a minute. While Bella and I were in the back seat, sitting as close to each other as we could. Both of us were finding it difficult to behave ourselves and keep our hands off each other.
The ride was proving to be very interesting for my siblings. My poor brother. He was feeling all of our intense emotions of lust and love and trying to regulate the mood and concentrate on anything else so he wouldn't pull off on the side of the road and show Alice a great time in the Canadan wilderness. Then there was Alice, who was having visions left and right. Some were of her weekend with Jasper, that I wished I could unsee. Others were what Bella and I were hoping for, that she wished she could unsee.
When we finally neared our destination Jazz took a different way then when he and I came here on foot. Instead of parking by the chain link fence and rundown property with the killer chimney, he took the back roods and parked in front of their cabin. All four of us got out of my car and walked up to the front door.
"Wow. I'm getting some serious Little House of the Prairie vibes." Bella said in a dreamy voice as Jazz opened the door and punched in the code to prevent the alarm from going off. He then turned on the living room light.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Alice grabbed Bella's hand and darted past me and Jazz. She was excited to show Bella around.
"Yes. It's very lovely." Bella answered as they went further into the cabin with Alice flicking on the light switches as they went.
Before Jazz and I joined the girls inside we went back out to the car and grabbed the bags from the trunk and took them into the cabin. With the amount of bags that Jasper and I each held, it looked like Bella and I were moving in, instead of just spending two nights here. Jazz headed to the kitchen to stock the cupboards with the food Alice had purchased at the gas station. I went to the bedroom to place our belongings in there while Alice was showing Bella around the spacious bathroom down the hall.
With the countless bags Alice packed for Bella and I - there were surely way more bags than if Bella and I would have packed for ourselves - on the floor in the bedroom. I went to go find Jasper who was now in the dining room adjusting the thermostat to make the cabin warm for Bella's benefit. It didn't take the girl's long to join us.
"Jazzy," Alice said sweetly, grabbing his hand. "We better get going. We should check into our hotel and go to that new club."
Jasper smiled at her. "Alright. I'm ready if you're ready.."
Bella's face flushed. She turned to my brother and sister. "I'm sorry we're imposing. This is your guys' place and now you guys are having to rent a hotel because of us." Her tone was apologetic.
Jasper caught her mood and did his best to put her at ease. "No need for apologies, Bella." He spoke in a reassuring tone. "You're family. It's no trouble at all, we're more than happy to lend the two of you our cabin."
Bella's facial expression relaxed.
"No. Don't be silly, Bella." Alice hugged her. "We have fun renting rooms." She smiled, a wide smile, letting go of Bella.
"Both of you are sure?" Bella questioned, standing closer to me. I put my arms around her waist.
"Yes." Jasper and Alice answered in unison as they began walking toward the living and heading to the door. They wanted to give us alone time.
Bella and I walked with them to the door.
"Have fun." Alice's wind-chime voice rang out as she opened the door and stepped into the beautiful night. "I'll text you guys later." She said to both Bella and I as she walked over to my black Volvo and got in the passenger seat.
"See you both some time tomorrow... Maybe." Jasper said, an amused expression upon his face as he sampled mine and Bella's mood. 'Have fun doing the no pants dance, bro.' He playfully punched my arm, with a chuckle. I returned his playful punch. He then darted out of the cabin, to the drivers side of my car and got in.
"See you later." I spoke softly, knowing that both of my siblings could hear me perfectly.
"Bye." Bella simply said in a soft tone.
We walked inside. I shut the door at the same time that my siblings drove off.
The realization that we were completely alone dawned on both of us as our arms wrapped around one another. We were free to do what we wanted, without ruining the cabin, of course. I pulled her close to me. My lips immediately found hers tasting her flavor. In a matter of seconds I had her pinned up against the wall, locked in a passionate kiss. Electricity plused between us as her delicate hands found their way under my shirt and went on a hot path up the sides of my stomach to my chest.
I was becoming impossible hard as our kiss became more intense. Pressing the bulge in my pants to her belly, letting her feel how bad I wanted her, she moaned into my mouth. That beautiful sound made me crave her even more.
With my lips still locked on hers I picked her up. She wrapped her legs around my waist and her hands slipped out from under my shirt, quickly finding their way to my hair and tugging at my messy hair. I gently untangled her legs from my waist, picking up her legs and holding her in my arms bridal style. At inhuman speed I carried her to the bedroom, with the bulge in my pants leading the way.
Gently, I placed her on the bed. Only parting from our kiss to remove my shirt.
"Edward," Bella said out of breath.
I tossed my shirt on the floor. "What is it, love?" I looked at the most beautiful girl in the world, wondering what was on her mind.
"I can't wait for you to make love to me." She sat up and I smiled hearing those words. "But would you mind if I took a shower first?"
As much as I wanted to feel her body underneath mine. To be buried deep inside her. To be intertwined with my love, I also wanted her to be comfortable.
"Of course, love." I kissed her forehead.
Smiling, she hopped off the bed, grabbing two small bags. She seemed hesitant to walk out of the room.
"Mrs. Cullen," I said as she attempted to head out of the bedroom, with the sound of my voice, she stopped and looked back at me. "Don't take too long." I gave her my crooked smile.
She grinned. Her chocolate brown eyes went from my eyes to my hard member that was begging to be set free from my pants. She seemed to be lost in thought.
"I'm more than ready for you." I purred, going over to her and pushing my body against hers. Boy, was I ready. But, if she wanted to shower I'd be good and wait. I slowly separated from her. "Go shower. I'll be here waiting for you."
Her hand grazed my arousal. "Okay. I'll be quick." She gave me a brief kiss before she left the room, almost running.
I heard her walk down the hallway, enter the bathroom, only seconds past and the shower turned on. Thoughts of my beautiful Bella standing next to the shower with the water running as she stripped out of her clothes. Revealing her beautiful naked body and her creamy white skin, filled my mind as I unpacked our clothes and other items that Alice thought necessary for us to have. I placed them in the closet.
Unpacking the last bag I was baffled. In a large black duffle bag that contained twenty-five extra sheet sets in a variety of colors, eleven of those strange looking purple pickle pillows. I couldn't figure out what the purpose for these things might be. Realizing there were still more items in the bag I placed the sheets and pillows on the floor and went through the rest of the bag. I pulled out ten packs of small wash rags, nine packs of fruit scented candles, eight packs of assorted bubble baths, seven boxes of essential body oils, and five bottles of warming lubricant. With all these items that were in this one duffle bag, I could only guess Bella and I were getting ready to have a wild sex party and need multiple changes of sheets. I liked that idea.
I put the sheets in the closest along with the pillows and other items. I kept one pack of wash rags out, those would come in handy for a quick clean up. I also kept one bottle of warming lubricant out, placed it on the bed along with the wash rags. I then opened a pack of candles and arranged them around the room. I quickly made my way to the kitchen, opened up a drawer, grabbed a lighter, went back to the bedroom, turned off the light and lit the candles.
With the candles lit I kicked off my shoes and socks and layed on the bed. Grabbing the bottle of warming lubricant to read the instructions on the back, I heard the sound of the shower turning off, at the same time Bella's heartbeat quicken. I wondered what she was thinking right now. Her heartbeat sounded nervous. I wondered why.
I remained perfectly still on the bed as the sound of the bathroom door opened. She stood outside the bathroom, her heart thumping like crazy. Ever so slowly her gentle footfalls carried her to the bedroom - to me.
"What is that fruity smell?" Bella called out from down the hall.
"I lit some candles. To make it romicaic for us." I responded.
"Oh." Is all she said. Her heart was beating erratically with every step she took.
"What's wrong, love?" I questioned seconds before she entered the room.
"I have a surprise for you. Please don't laugh." She warned and then mumbled to herself. "I feel ridiculous. Why did I let Alice talk me into wearing this?"
"I'd never laugh." I said, feeling a little perplex. I wondered what she was talking about.
"Okay, but close your eyes." She insisted.
Still not understanding what was going on I did as she asked. "My eyes are closed."
Her scent engulfed me as she entered the room. She complemented the candle lit room as her footsteps became louder as she neared the bed. Her heartbeat thumped wildly as she grew still.
Bella took a breath of air. "You can open your eyes now."
Her wish was my command. My eyes flew open to catch the most sensual sight known to mankind. Bella stood beside the bed, close enough for me to touch. My eyes raked over her. She was wrapped up in a dark brown fluffy towel that was a few shades lighter than her eyes, her hair draped down her shoulders in wet strands. Small water droplets were on her forehead and shoulders. As my eyes roamed over her shoulders, I noticed something that caught my attention: a pair of thin light blue lacy straps. My eyes lingered on her shoulders longer than they should have. I was curious why she would want to wear a bra to bed. She's never done that before.
"Why are you staring? You're making me feel very self conscious." She held onto the towel a little tighter.
It was difficult but my eyes met hers. "You're so beautiful. You wanna take that towel off?" It came out in a whisper.
Bella responded with an adorable blush that colored her face and neck.
Her face was the color of a strawberry as she stood before me, very still for a human, clutching the towel that was wrapped around her slim body. Her eyes locked on the bulge in my pants and my eyes slowly went up and down her body. Seconds passed and neither of us moved.
As much as I enjoyed seeing her in the towel I want to see more of her. Making no effort to keep my moments slow and human I sat up and reached for the bottom of the towle. I had it off of her before she could blink. She stood before me. To my amazement she was not naked but wearing a very sexy, light blue see through nightgown that was very, very short. I loved what I saw. The color of the alluring nightgown looked so divine in contrast to her creamy white skin. With each passing second my eyes lingered, I became even harder.
Without a word I placed my hands on my thighs. My eyes wandered over her shoulders and her perky breast with her hard nipples that were rubbing against the thin fabric. My eyes went lower, to her flat stomach and perfect curves that showed through the material nicely. My eyes froze when I got to her panties. It wasn't the usual kind she wore. These were barely a black triangle held up by two thin straps. I was now extremely hard, to the point of pain.
"Are you wearing a tong?" I could not contain my excitement.
"Um... Yes." Bella answered meekly. Her face crimson red. "The babydoll and tong were not my idea, but I wore these as a surprise for you. Alice got these with a bunch of others in ones in one of her many boxes." She quickly came to sit in my lap, hiding her hot face against my bare chest.
Her hot skin made a burning sensation begin at my chest and ripple through my body. That sensation along with her in my arms, smelling her wonderful scent and being very aroused made it difficult for me to think coherently.
"Thank you, Alice!" I blurted out without thinking.
Bella removed her face from my chest. "You like what I'm wearing?"
"Sweetheart, the word like doesn't even cover it." With my hand I tilted her chin up so she was looking right at me. "I absolutely love it. You don't understand how divine you look."
She smiled. Hearing my spoken words she seemed to gain confidence and stood up. She modeled her seductive nightgown for me. She looked so ravishing.
I could never understand as to why Bella never had enough self-assurance to trust that she was beautiful. Hell! She's the most beautiful, sexy creature on the planet. It doesn't matter what she's wearing, she'd look good in anything. Even a paper lunch sack. But I would never make the mistake of telling her that, again. I said that last year to her as a compliment a few weeks after we officially began dating, she ended up misconstruing my words and getting mad at me.
I reached out to her. Placing my hands on her tiny waist. In one fluid move I had her laying down on the bed. My hands gently massaged her body before ripping off her sexy lingerie and thong, tossing the thin scraps of fabric over my shoulder. I was too excited to take my time and tenderly undress her. At least she wasn't complaining. She seemed as eager for her clothes to come off as I did.
I hovered over her completely naked body. Our lips reunited. I felt her arms wrap around my back in an attempt to pull my body closer to her then immediately they went to the wristband of my pants.
The intoxicating aroma of her arousal perfected the air in the candle lit room as she fumbled with my belt.
"It's not fair. You need to be neked too." She complained, mumbbed agents my lips as she struggled to unfasten my belt.
"I'll fix that." Smirking, I moved my face from hers. I lifted myself off the mattress, standing on the floor beside the bed. I quickly undid my belt, pulled off my pants and boxers and tossed them to the other side of the room.
With my pants now off I was as naked as she was. I climbed next to her on the bed. Immediately she sat up, wrapping her hand around my hard penis that twitches in her hand in anticipation. Her gentle hand massaged my penis from the base up to the tip. I moaned as she repeated that wonderful motion over and over again gradually picking up speed. As good as it felt I had other things in mind. Placing my hand on hers I stopped her from continuing.
Bella looked at me puzzled. She opened her mouth to speak, I placed two fingers over her lips.
"There's something new that I really want to try." I explained. She didn't say anything but looked at me curiously with eager eyes.
With careful movements I laid on the bed positioning myself on my back and instructing her to lay on top of me in the opposite direction. She did. With her face inches away from my hard penis she grabbed it with her hand and took me in her mouth. I let out a combination of a groan and a growl as her warm mouth warped around my manhood. She began sucking me, taking short little breaks to lick up and down my shaft and the head of my penis. Each action felt heavenly. At the same time my hands gently kneaded her firm ass while my tongue licked a path from her vagina to her clitoris, lapping up all her flavorful juices while enjoying her magnificent fragrance that was so strong right here. I traced invisible patterns with my tongue on her most sensitive spot, with each movement my tongue made, she moaned, making my penis feel the wonderful vibrations, as my lips joined in on my tongue's journey of bringing her pleasure and began sucking her citorits while I flicked it with my tougue. She pushed herself into my face, which earned her a loud growl of pleasure that ripped out of my chest.
I licked her bundle of nerves with precise movements as I lightly grabbed her perfectly round ass, pushing her as close to my face as possible. Her glorious smell filled my scents, filling every fiber in my body making me yearn for her. As she sucked me and I licked her, my demonic urges were trying to get the better of me. I was more than aware of how close my teeth were to her delicate skin. How easy it would be to sink my teeth into her skin, to break her skin and have her delicious sweet warm blood run down my throat and satisfy my thirst. Too easy. Venom began to flood my mouth.
Bella began vigorously sucking my penis as she let out a loud moan of pleasure, letting me know how much she was enjoying this. Her moan along with the pleasure she was bringing me pulled me out of my horrific thoughts. I swallowed the venom that was in my month along with her appetizing sap that tasted so sweet.
I made an effort to quiet the monster while we continued our glorious pleasure.
Bella's tongue did this spiral motion on my shaft. That felt so delightful that I let out a low fierce growl of pleasure. My growl seemed to help bring her over the edge as her body began to tremble. I silently encouraged her to let go with each rapid movement my tongue made. I swiftly flicked her bundle of nerves making her quiver even more. I could tell she was getting close to her much needed release.
Bella's mouth broke contact with my penis as her body trembled profusely above mine. She called out my name in a broken cry of pleasure, that had my tongue furiously going to work on her soft clitoris. Her intense orgasm that was at once followed by another made her perfect flavorful scent stronger and had her extremely wet, her excitement ran down my lips and chin. I lapped up her delicious excitement, licking her clean. When her orgasm subsided her mouth once again found my penis. With each movement her glorious lips and tongue made, I felt that sweet pressure building up in my core, coursing through my frozen veins and causing my body to tremble. She did this one amazing movement with her tongue swirling it around my tip as she sucked with quick moments. That one amazing moment was all it took for me to explode into her mouth. My penis pulse as quick spurts of venom filled her mouth. She eagerly swallowed and sucked every last drop.
Simultaneously she and I removed our mouths from each other's intimate areas. She crawled off of me and came to lay beside me. Both of us cuddled each other. We were blissed out breathing rapidly.
I wrapped my arms around her shoulders as I was hard once more.
"That was really good." Bella said breathlessly.
"It really was. I needed that and I can tell you did too. Thank you." My voice was low and husky.
"Yeah. You came a lot." She seemed surprised.
I nodded my head. I knew it was a lot. I felt it. "We haven't had the chance to do anything since Vegas." I reminded her.
I had been anticipating my much needed release. I could have easily taken a "fun" shower during the week, but didn't feel like it. Somehow pleasuring myself did not feel right now that I'm married.
"Yeah. We made up for lost time." She smiled, rubbing her hand over my chest.
"Oh. We're not done yet." I said mischievously. We most certainly we're not done. We still had the whole night ahead of us.
I leaned in to kiss her beautiful plump ruby red lips. We quickly became locked in a very passionate kiss. Her hands moved to my head and her fingers wound in my hair and began tugging. Without breaking away from our kiss I moved over her a little, reaching over on the other side of the bed and grabbing the bottle of warming lubricant that I conveniently left on the other pillow. My hand came in contact with it. I swiftly retrieved it. I had plans for this bad boy.
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