AN: Can I just say wow! The amount of reviews last chapter exceeded my expectations, so what your saying is the more dirtier the chapter the more I get love….hmmm interesting!

Thank you so, so much! Please continue to review it's what keeps me going when chapters, like this one, drives me nuts. Sorry it took so long to get out, the beginning wrote itself but then I struggled with the rest which sucks when life is busy.

To answer a question...you'll just have to wait it out to see what's bothering Alice, whats the fun in it if I tell you....patience is a virtue :)

Anyways, Enjoy!!!! I'll be out of town the next couple of days then I'll jump on the next chapter a.s.a.p.

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BPV

I wrapped my towel snugly around me and walked to my room having forgot my shirt on the bed. As I walked across the hall I caught my reflection in the hallway mirror and chuckled to myself at what I saw, I was wearing a huge, goofy grin that had been permanently plastered on my face since last night, if I was still human I knew my cheeks would be severely sore. I reached out and opened my bedroom door still amused with myself, the effect that boy was having on me was insane, I felt like I was walking on air. I stepped in through the door way seeing my shirt I had left thrown across the bed but I instantly froze in place. My body went rigid as the little hairs stood upright on the back of my neck, my nostrils flared as I breathed in deeply, my eyes frantically scanning the room.

Nothing. Nothing was there, I couldn't smell anything out of the ordinary except for maybe the faintest scent of something I couldn't quite place but at the same time it seemed…. familiar. There were no signs of anyone in the room or that anyone had been in the room but I could just tell, I knew someone or something had been in here, I could feel it. There air felt thick and my chest constricted as the heaviness of it pushed up against me from all sides, something was off.

Edward jumped through the window at that moment and startled me, almost causing me to drop my towel. He laughed at my reaction because I was pretty sure getting taking by surprise wasn't a habit vampires usually took part in.

"Bella, did I startle you?" he asked, completely amused, "Love, didn't you hear or smell me coming, at least……" he trailed off and stared at me. I watched his eyes scan my half naked body as he finally became aware that I was standing in front of him in merely a towel.

I looked down and gripped my towel tighter to me and I realized my hands were trembling, Edward noticed at the same time and quickly closed the space between us and began rubbing my arms soothingly.

"Bella?" he ducked his head to meet my wide eyes, "Baby, what is it, what's the matter?"

The trembling worsened and I stared at my hands like they were foreign to me, I didn't even realize vampires could tremble.

"Bella?" he pleaded with me, panic starting to come into his voice.

"I'm….fine," I stuttered out.

He looked at me skeptically and pulled me to him wrapping me in his arms.

"Bella you're shaking like a leaf, what happened?" he whispered into the top of my wet hair.

"It's stupid, it's nothing really, I'm just being…paranoid." I muffled into his chest.

"Nothing you could possibly say could ever be "stupid" Bella, it's obviously not nothing if it has you this shaken up, now tell me." he said more sternly.

"Do you um,……smell….anything out of the ordinary? Like if someone had maybe been in my room?" I whispered reluctantly.

I felt his body automatically tense and heard him breath in the air for a few moments before he finally relaxed.

"No, all I smell are you and I and a very faint smell of Charlie from this morning but that's it." he answered leaning back to search my eyes. "Why, did you smell someone in your room Bella?"

"Nooo, not really, it's just…." I covered my eyes not wanting to continue because I knew what I was saying wasn't making any sense, if someone had been in this room or in this house or yard for that matter we would both know instantly, but even though I knew that I couldn't shake this feeling, my body knew otherwise, how was I supposed to explain that.

Edward nodded at me urging me to continue.

"I know there are no signs of anyone being in here Edward but all I know is that when I left this room to get a shower the room felt one way and when I came back it felt completely different, like….like someone had been in here while I was showering." I took a deep breath.

He searched my face again and my eyes dropped under his scrutiny, he probably thought I was crazy.

"Bella…..I don't really know what to say to that" he stopped and studied my eyes, "maybe we should bring this up to Carlisle….."

"No," I blurted out before he could finish and cringed at my outburst, "I mean no…." I repeated softer, "It's fine, it's probably nothing, ya know……I'm still getting used to all of this and everything…." I trailed off.

He took a deep breath and hugged me back to him rubbing calming circles on my back. "Fine, but if anything happens like this again, promise me you'll tell me Bella and then we will talk to Carlisle about it."

I nuzzled my face into his chest and held on tight to his shirt thankful for the calming effect he had on me, my body had stopped trembling, but was now reacting in another way for a completely different reason, I was standing in the arms of the man I loved in nothing more than a damp towel. My body shuddered under his soft touch.

He chuckled at me under his breath picking up on the shift in my mood and nuzzled his face into my hair breathing me in deeply before dropping down to kiss me softly. I deepened the kiss tangling my tongue with his and reached up to run my fingers through his disheveled hair, I fisted his hair in my hands and he moaned lightly into my mouth, his palms flattening against my back and pushing down over the roughness of the towel towards my ass. When her reached his destination he cupped the bottom of my cheeks firmly in his hands and then froze, his body going completely still.

EPV

I was still worried about Bella, something had shaken her up and my chest clenched seeing her like that, I would do whatever I could to always protect her but at this moment I felt helpless, I didn't know what to do or how to comfort her so I just held her. I held her tight to me rubbing soothing circles on her back whispering calming words in her ear. She nuzzled into my chest and gripped my shirt with her tiny hands, I pulled her to me tighter as her trembling subsided. I watched her body shudder under my touch and I couldn't help but chuckle at this beautiful angel before me, I could tell her mood had shifted as she gripped my shirt tighter. I nuzzled her wet hair breathing in her intoxicating scent, it was multiplied from dampness of her skin and the strawberry shampoo she had just used. The sweet smell engulfed me, wafting through my nose and dancing around me making me dizzy. I leaned down and kissed her softly not wanting to push her but she deepened the kiss and tangled her fingers roughly in my hair, she tugged on the roots and I couldn't help but moan lightly into her delicious mouth. I flattened my hands on her back and slid them down to her backside feeling the texture of the towel against my fingers as I went.

Towel……….

It had completely escaped me that Bella, my sweet innocent Bella was standing in my arms pressed up against me with only a thin, damp towel separating us. I instantly grew hard and continued on my path, cupping the bottom of her perfect ass firmly in my hands, I froze.

Her towel had ridden up and the tips of my fingers were now touching her soft flesh where her legs met her cheeks. She whimpered at the contact and I swallowed hard pushing back the venom, lightly moving my fingers in place and pressing into her damp skin exploring the new divine territory, it didn't escape me how close I was to her warm center, I could feel the heat radiating from it on my fingers. I could feel a pull in my hands, the inexplicable need to just move a few more inches over and touch her. I wanted to touch her. I closed my eyes and breathed in deep, the smell of her arousal hit me like a mac truck, I inwardly moaned and my breath escaped me in a strangled mess.

When I hadn't moved she leaned back and looked up at me with doe eyes and then gave me a small smile before reaching back and taking my hands in hers and bringing them back around to her mouth. She gave me a small kiss on each hand and then slowly walked backwards a few steps dropping my hands to my sides.

"I better get dressed…," she said softly still smiling up at me.

I just nodded my head at a loss for words.

She chuckled and grabbed her shirt off the bed and walked slowly from the room swaying her hips seductively with each step she took.

I swallowed the venom pooling in my mouth down hard and tried to compose myself. I slumped into her rocking chair to wait for her leaning over and rubbing my forehead roughly. I laughed lightly to myself, wondering if my sweet innocent Bella knew exactly what she was doing to me

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When we arrived back at my house we were much to Bella's dismay greeted with my entire family besides Carlisle seated in the living room. All eyes were on us as I pulled her over to the couch where Jasper and a very somber looking Alice were seated and pulled Bella onto my lap. I watched Bella cower under the scrutiny of my families stares as she hid behind her hair, I gave her hand a small reassuring squeeze and then scanned the minds around me hoping beyond hope that no one had any snide comments ready to embarrass Bella. I looked over at Esme and she was practically glowing, looking back and forth between Bella and I, her mind was over flowing with love and happiness for us and she was resisting the urge to run over and gather up Bella in a motherly hug. Rosalie sat cross legged trying to come across as disinterested in the whole situation but her thoughts were more smug, patting herself mentally on the back thinking she had played a role in getting us together. Emmett was whole heartedly trying to come up with something witty and humorous to say that I wouldn't pummel him for later when he upset Bella. Jasper's thoughts were mainly focused on his wife, he was worried and trying to send her waves of calm. I scrunched my forehead in confusion and turned to Alice who was reciting this seasons latest must haves over and over again in her head, even her mental voice sounded depressed.

"So, Newbie….," my head quickly shot to Emmett having had been concentrating on Alice to much entirely missing what he was about to say, I cringed as he continued to speak smiling mischievously, " you and Eddie huh?" he said wagging his eyebrows up and down towards Bella.

She chuckled nervously and looked at me for help.

"Emmett" I warned, shooting him a glance.

"Oh come on, we're all just happy for you that's all, it only took….what Eddie 90 years to find someone good enough for you." he said innocently.

I cringed as Bella looked at me with confusion on her face, I realized this was a conversation that we hadn't had yet. I gave her a small smile and was thankful to hear Carlisle's car come up the drive. After we gave Carlisle enough time to get in and settled I asked if we could have a word with him and then I pulled Bella along side of me to follow him to his study but she put on the brakes actually pulling me back with her and I chuckled at her newborn strength.

I watched her turn her attention to Alice who had yet to even make eye contact with anyone since we got here, she sat still by the arm of the couch holding her tiny legs to her chest staring off into space.

"Alice?" Bella's voice pulled her from her thoughts, "Are you okay?" I could hear the worry in her voice, you didn't have to be a mind reader or an empath to know something was seriously wrong with our normally exuberant little pixie.

I watched Alice drop her morose mask and look up at Bella with a timid smile, "Bella don't be silly, I'm fine," she tried to match her usual chipper tone but only someone who knew Alice well enough could see she was putting on an act for Bella's benefit, she jumped up and walked over to Bella and I pulling us into a bone crushing hug, she leaned back to look at us both, "I'm so happy for you guys, I knew you would be perfect together…." she trailed off before turning around and pulling Jasper up off the couch and upstairs with her.

"Huh?" Bella mumbled out skeptically, looking at me with questioning eyes not buying Alice's bit for a moment.

I shook my head at her letting her know I had no inside information on the matter and I made a mental note to find out what was going on, if it had something to do with Bella and I she wasn't going to keep me in the dark any longer.

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BPV

Edward led me by the hand to Carlisle's study and I stared at Alice's door as we passed, she was hiding something from me and her mood was so un-Alice like I couldn't help but have a sickening feeling of dread in my stomach .

We walked into Carlisle's study and I breathed in the wonderful array of scents that surrounded it, wood ..from his many shelves and large oak desk, leather… from his collection of old medical journals against the wall, they were comforting smells. I watched Carlisle and Edward have a silent conversation in front of me and I bit back my aggravation of feeling out of the loop again, I was going to have to talk to Edward about this habit of his.

When Carlisle finally addressed me he leaned into his desk and clasped his hands together looking very fatherly.

"So Bella, Edward tells me your father has invited you to La Push tomorrow." he waited for me to confirm what he already knew and I nodded my head yes.

He took an unnecessary breath before standing up and pacing slowly behind his desk, it wasn't a stressed pace like I had seen Edward do time and time before, this seemed more of an exercise to get his thoughts in order.

He stopped and looked at me, his eyes showed nothing but concern and compassion.

"I've actually been mulling this situation over in my head for awhile now Bella, well since we met you to be exact."

He went on to explain the treaty with the werewolves. Werewolves? I was still trying to wrap my head around that concept but found it amusing that where I had been so accepting with the reality of vampires that the reality of other mystical creatures living among us was so far fetched in my crazy twisted mind. I felt Edward's eyes studying my face as Carlisle continued to explain that I wasn't under the protection of the treaty as far as the wolves would be concerned and that instead of alerting them of my arrival in Forks that he thought it best that for as long as possible he would rather keep my "condition" a secret. Since Charlie had a connection with the Blacks the news of his own daughter being one of their mortal enemies might not be received very well and even though he didn't think they would try to tell Charlie about me he wasn't sure what they were capable of. Edward's grasp tightened on my hand and I could tell Carlisle was editing while still trying to get across the seriousness of the situation. I looked up at Carlisle with panic in my eyes and he walked over and sat in front of me on the edge of the desk.

"It's nothing to be frightened about Bella, as long as you stay on our side of the line everything should be fine and if by some chance word travels to them about you because sometimes the Quileutes do venture into Forks, you're not alone Bella, you have us and we would never let anything happen to you." Carlisle finished and Edward squeezed my hand letting me know he agreed whole heartedly with what Carlisle was saying.

"Okay…," I breathed out feeling a little bit better. So as long as I stayed away from La Push I shouldn't become dog food, huh… This life was definitely turning out to be interesting, to say the least. I rubbed my hands back and forth on my jeans, a nervous habit I had brought over from my human life.

"So, any ideas on how to get out of going with Charlie tomorrow?" I glanced back and forth between Carlisle and Edward's calculating expressions when Alice walked in the door.

"I'll call him for you Bella, you can sleepover tonight." she chirped still not her usual springy self.

"Hot Damn!" Emmett's voice bellowed through the house, "Eddie's finally going to break in that couch!"

"Excuse me Bella." Edward hissed, kissing my hand and sprinting from the room.

I looked up at Carlisle who was shaking his head at his sons and I knew this would definitely be a blushing moment.

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After Alice called Charlie and worked her magic and Edward and Emmett returned an hour later after Esme had thrown them from the house to finish there rough housing outside, we all settled in the living room for the evening. The boys played game after game of Mario Kart bickering and trash talking as they went. Alice sat beside me on the couch absentmindedly doing different things with my hair as Rosalie was in the process of painting my nails a new color she seductively called Sexed Up Siren, claiming I needed it if I was ever going to get anywhere with my prude of a boyfriend. Both words she used didn't sit right with me. Prude, because I didn't understand the inside joke I was missing, Edward was the epitome of perfection and I knew there was no way he had walked this earth looking that good for so long without having…experiences, I cringed even thinking about it. Boyfriend, because that didn't even seem to begin to describe what Edward was to me, I couldn't even come up with a word that covered the depth of feelings I felt when I was around him, he was my everything.

The whole room erupted at Rose's jab and I watched Edward just shake his head at his siblings while cutting his eyes slightly over at me.

Six games later Edward was leaning against the couch between my legs about to break the tie and beat Emmett and Jasper, but I was having trouble concentrating because every now and then I would feel a feather light touch on the skin of my bare foot and it would send tingles up my legs. I knew Edward knew exactly what he was doing having heard him chuckle under his breath more than once and I wanted payback. Jasper shot me a look, I'm sure sensing my mood jumping from turned on to vengeance and I grinned wildly at him as he snickered and waved his controller only the slightest amount winking at me.

I took the hint and leaned forward and wrapped my hands around Edward's shoulders massaging them, he sighed lowly and I leaned in further still continuing the work on his shoulders and neck lightly touching my lips to his ear, I watched the muscles in his forearms clench and unclench as he held the controller tighter and I looked to Jasper waiting for my cue. Just as the race was coming to an end Jasper nodded his head and I lightly blew in Edward's ear moaning his name softly.

He growled lowly and his eyes shut before snapping them back open but it was too late, Jasper jumped up celebrating his victory pumping his fists into the air and I fell back into the couch giggling as Jasper jumped over and gave me a high five. Edward whipped around staring at me with realization slowly crossing his face, he chunked his controller in front of him in defeat and stood up leaning over me.

"You little sneak….think that's funny do you?" he purred, trapping me with his arms on both sides of me like a predator.

"Yep." I laughed, popping the P.

"I see." he said before he grabbed me and threw me over his shoulder.

I knew I could break free but I was having too much fun so I played along and smacked his back as he held me upside down, my feet kicking in the air.

"Say goodnight Bella," he said playfully swinging his body around for me to face the others.

"Good night Bella," I barely choked out between giggles as he smacked my ass and carried me towards the stairs.

AN: The next chapter will include a personal conversation with ExB that should be interestingly awkward, I'll also be jumping ahead and speeding up their relationship so things will be picking up. Review Review Review........