Hello! How is everyone doing? It's been a couple weeks since I've updated but you know life and stuff. Whaddya gonna do? So, I've posted a story with all my unfinished work in it. There's several chapters filled with stories upon stories that I started but won't be finishing. Go check it out, it's filled with awesomeness (my opinion).
And ways I'm done rambling, enjoy the new, long awaited chapter.

Chapter Sixteen – Moving In

It's been about two weeks since I've decided to move in with Edward. I had been packing what little I owned in Alice's house. So far, I only had two boxes.

Even though I had agreed to this, I was still very nervous about moving in with another man. What if it didn't work out? What if he decided he didn't like me anymore.

I shook my head sharply, trying to get rid of those thoughts. If I kept thinking them for to long, I'd sabotage myself. Or something like that, whatever Emily said.

"Hey, Bella," Alice said as she entered my room, "You almost finished packing?"

"Yep, almost," I said as I folded a shirt and placed it in my box.

She started folding clothes, "Are you excited?"

"I am. Nervous to. A little bit of both." I chuckled.

"Well, it's a good thing," she smiled, "You and Edward really like each other."

"I know. I just have those thoughts sometimes that… you know it'll change or something." I said.

"Everyone does. It's normal. But, I do think it is a good thing. And if it doesn't work out, you know you can always come back. I'll be here."

"I know, but, don't you think it's kind of pathetic that I constantly rely on you?" I asked.

"No," she said, "I don't. I mean, you've never really told me what happened to you. All I know if that you were living on the streets, very skinny and badly bruised. Something bad obviously happened to you, and I don't think it's pathetic. If I did then I wouldn't be a good friend."

I shrugged, "I'm fine now. Better than I was."

"I know you are, but you can still come back whenever you need to," she smiled, then her smile fell, "I still wish you'd tell me what happened to you."

I didn't answer for a moment. I just kept folding my clothes.

"Something bad." I answered after a tense moment.

She placed my pants into the box, "I figured that. Maybe one day we can talk about it openly."

I nodded, "Yeah. One day."

"Alright, well, you are all packed," she said, putting her hand on my back, "Let's have a glass of wine before Edward gets here."

"Absolutely," I smiled.

We put my boxes by the front door then sat at the counter and had a tall glass of wine. I was never much of a wine drinker until I met Alice. One of our favorite past times is drinking a glass and gossiping. I was really going to miss this.

We were laughing when Edward and Jasper walked through the front door.

"Hey, boys," Alice smiled.

"I see you're already drinking," Jasper smiled cheekily.

"Shut up, we've only had one glass," she laughed, "Besides we're celebrating."

"What are we celebrating?" Edward asked as he moved behind me and kissed my cheek.

"We are celebrating you and Bella moving in together."

"A good thing to celebrate." I smiled, handing him my glass and letting him take a sip.

"Very good thing indeed," He handed it back, "So, are those your boxes by the door?"

"Yep, will you take them to the car?"

"Sure. You finish up, we've got to get to the furniture store before it closes."

"What? Why?" I asked.

"Because we're picking out new furniture. I told you this." He said.

My eyes narrowed, "As I recall, I said, let's wait on the furniture."

"Well, we definitely need furniture. All I have is a couch and a bed. We'll just get a bedroom set and a living room set. So, the apartment feels more like a home."

I rolled my eyes but laughed, "Alright, fine. We can get new furniture."

"Ah, well thanks for your permission."

Edward and Jasper grabbed the boxes and brought them down to Edward's car. I helped Alice wash out the wine glasses. Once we finished we walked outside where the boys were.

"I'll see you later?" I said as Alice and I hugged.

"Of course, I'll be over at your place and you'll come over to mine. We'll see each other all the time. We'll have slumber parties and everything." She said, hugging me fiercely.

I finally pulled away, "I'll see you later."

"See you, you have fun picking out furniture."

I hopped into Edward's car, waving at Alice and Jasper as we drove off.

"So, are we going to get the furniture today? How are we going to haul it back home?" I asked.

"I guess we can order it and have it delivered." He said.

"What kind of furniture do you want?"

"I'm not sure. We can look and decide together."

We finally arrived at the furniture store. My mind was spinning with a million ideas of furniture. I've never really bought furniture before. In my old apartment, I just had the basics. A mattress and a small hand-me-down couch.

The store was filled with all sorts of furniture types. I began to feel a little overwhelmed.

"Hi, how may I help you today?" A nicely dressed woman asked. She wore a giant smile and a ton of makeup.

"Um, we're just looking to buy a living room set and a bedroom set." Edward said.

"Alright, well, look around, if you don't find anything in here there are catalogues with our online furniture."

"Thanks." I said s I grabbed a catalogue and started flipping through it.

"What about leather?" He said, "I kind of like leather."

"Mm, I don't know." I said as I skimmed my hand along the top, "It's pretty but it doesn't feel soft."

"Okay, what color? How about we start with color?" He said.

"You know, I do like white couches. They go with everything. So, if we decorate the living room it'll match."

"That's a good thought, let's do a white couch. How are you thinking about decorating the living room?"

"I love pastel colors. Light blue, some orange. I'm not really sure. How would you want to decorate?"

"I'm really cool with whatever. I'm not much of a decorator. I always hire someone else to do it for me."

I snorted and smiled, "Is that why you want me to move in with you? So, I can decorate for you?"

"Yep. Caught onto my plan." He chuckled.

"So, white couch? What about coffee table? Or end tables?"

"Since you want pastels, we should do light colored wood. I wouldn't say white, but, how scrubbed out wood or something?"

"Let's look, because honestly I'm not sure what kind of wood."

We walked around the entire store at least three times. Mentally we checked the furniture we wanted. But, it was difficult deciding on which ones we wanted.

"Why don't we go back to the apartment?" I said after an hour and a half in the store, "I'm really tired and I'm hungry. We can do this another day."

"Alright babe," He put his arm around me, "Let's go get food. Chinese?"

"Chinese sounds amazing right now."

"Here, take this catalogue and just look through it. Maybe you'll find something then you can come back." The saleslady said.

I grabbed the catalogue and walked out of the door with Edward. We stopped by the little Chinese place beside the apartment and got it to go.

"That was delicious," I said, stretching and falling back against the couch, "I've never had better Chinese food."

Edward laughed, "I think you were just very hungry. I've had better."

His hand moved along my legs as he moved over top of me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss. I wrapped my legs around his waist.

We made out for a few minutes before we took our shirts off. I gasped as he played with my breasts, twisting and pulling my nipples. I smiled as his mouth moved down and sucked my breast into his mouth.

"Mm, Edward," I moaned gently, my hands moving through his hair.

"I love hearing you moan," he whispered against my skin.

"You know, I was thinking," I said looking down at him as he looked up at me, "W-we should… d-do it. For real…"

He sat up, "Really?"

I nodded and reached over to my bag, pulling out a pack of condoms. He grabbed them, then fell into a fit of laughter.

"Baby, I'm big but I'm not extra, extra big." He laughed.

I blushed and grabbed the pack, "Oh my god. Are you serious? Ugh, this is why that lady at the check out gave me a thumbs up. And she whispered good luck!"

He snorted and lifted me up, taking me to the bedroom. He laid me down gently and reached into his night table drawer. He pulled out a couple condoms.

"I have a couple, luckily, and they fit me." He smiled cheekily.

"Are they up to date?"

"Yep. I try to keep a little stock of them. Just in case." He said, opening it then starting to roll it onto his erection, but, he stopped.

"Bella, if I ask you something, do you promise not to… not to get mad? Or upset?" He asked.

I nodded, "Ask me."

"After… after all those months being with those assholes, did they use condoms?" He asked.

"No." I looked down shamefully.

I could see the color drain from his face, "Did you get checked out, afterwards?"

I bit my lip, almost refusing to answer.

"Bella, I promise I won't be mad." He said, lifting my chin.

"Not immediately after…" I said.

"Okay. When you did get checked out, was everything okay?" I asked.

I turned my head away, "I'm tired. I think I'm going to go to bed."

"No, Bella, come on," He pulled me against him, all thoughts of sex gone, "I'm sorry. I know it's a scary thing to talk about. But, I really, really need to know."

"I don't want to tell you," I said, squeezing my eyes shut, "I really don't want to talk about it."

"Bella, please, it's important." He begged.

I kept my eyes closed breathing deeply. I knew this was important but talking about it made me so uncomfortable. I just knew he'd be disgusted and want to leave.

"Okay, I know what you're think and no, I won't leave because of something you tell me. I wouldn't do that to you. I like you too much."

I opened my eyes, tears falling down my cheeks.

"Oh Bella," He held me against his chest, "I'm sorry. Why don't we talk about this later?"

I nodded and wrapped my arms around his neck. I wished he'd let it go, but, I knew he'd want to know.

How was it? Good? Bad? Lemme know in a review!