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This chapter is a biggie, I won't ruin the surprise but you'll see, plus there's a lot of lovin in this chapter so be warned ~ but enjoy it because there won't be any for awhile.
Enjoy the ride!
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BPV
I lay still on Edward's chest listening to the crickets chirp, their high pitched tone usually teetered on being too much for my sensitive ears but not tonight, tonight it lulled me into a peaceful trance. I sighed and snuggled closer to him, rubbing my face into his shirt, breathing him in before looking up at him, what I saw as always made my insides warm. The moonlight sneaking in from my window bounced of his beautiful features and made him look even more ethereal than usual.
I sighed again in content and reached up to trace the shadows on his face and he chuckled lightly, the vibrations shaking through his chest under me.
"What?" He asked, grinning back at me and lifting his hand to run through my hair.
"Nothing." I answered readily grinning back like a fool.
"Something's gotten into you tonight?" He teased, taking a stray strand and spinning it around his finger.
"Really?" I teased back as I felt a devilish smile spread across my face. I dropped my head and looked up at him from under my lashes as I pushed my chest further into him and I purred, "Would you like to know what I want to be in me tonight?" I cocked my eyebrow up and waited for his response.
He didn't disappoint, his features shifted from confusion to understanding to lustful and then to reproachful and he growled lowly. "Bella." He warned, looking at me but he couldn't hide how dark his eyes were turning.
"Yes….." I said innocently, batting my eyelashes up at him.
"Good lord, you are going to be the death of me." He chuckled and hugged me to him.
Ever since our night in the woods a couple weeks ago Edward had stuck to his word about taking things slow even though we definitely didn't go backwards, we actually spent a lot of our time not going backwards. But during those times I never made it easy for him, I always pushed, always wanted more, and I knew I had him close to his breaking point. It was just going to take a little more convincing.
"I'm just in a good mood tonight." I giggled, thinking back on my nights with Edward in this very bed, my body reacting accordingly as I felt the warmth start to spread through me.
I watched his nostrils flare and he swallowed thickly but he quickly shook it off and ignored me. "It wouldn't have anything to do with you getting off from being grounded tomorrow, now would it?" He teased but his jaw was still tense, his voice husky.
"Noooo ….of course not." I quipped sarcastically and rolled all the way on top of him throwing my arms around his neck.
He watched my every move and smiled up at me amused but stayed quiet.
I sat up straddling him and put my hands on my hips. "Edward come on, aren't you excited, we're not going to be stuck to this house anymore…." He nodded his head and still smiled but it didn't reach his eyes.
"Ed-ward." I whined. "Come on, you're killing me here… what's wrong?"
He cleared his throat and shook his head, "Nothing Bella, I'm excited." He said flatly.
"Uh….." I pouted and unknowingly squirmed on his lap as I prepared myself to argue with him.
Before I knew it we were flipped and he was pushing me into the bed kissing me deeply. He pulled back and smiled at me as he brushed the hair from my face.
"I am excited Bella." He said warmly, his eyes boring into mine. "But can you blame me for being a little selfish and being a little upset that after tonight I'm going to have to share you again with the world."
I reached up and placed my palm on his cheek and he leaned his face into my hand.
"I'm sorry Bella." He said softly, as his tone drifted to being more serious. "The last couple weeks have been amazing, I like having you all to myself, and I'm quite tempted to lock us away somewhere to keep it like that." He leaned back down and kissed my lips before moving down to kiss my neck.
"Baby….we have forever." I reminded him.
"That's not long enough." He grunted into my neck and nipped playfully.
I swallowed back a moan as the vibrations from his lips on my skin rocked through my body.
I giggled and ran my fingers through his hair looking at what the moonlight did to it's color. "We can always have alone time together Edward, all you have to do is say the word and we'll have it….." I soothed, pulling softly on his locks. "We can't hide in my bedroom forever……" I reasoned.
His hands roamed my body before they settled on my chest and fondled me through my cami as he nudged down the straps with his nose and began sucking on my collarbone.
"Why not?" He muttered and ran his tongue across to my other collarbone to give it the same attention.
"Unnn Uh." I rasped at the feel of his tongue on my skin, his trail of venom trickling down my chest.
"Hmmmm?" He teased into my skin as I realized I didn't answer him.
"Ummm……" I stuttered, trying to form a sentence that made at least some sense.
I felt him tug on my cami with his teeth before he pulled it down the rest of the way to expose my chest and he eagerly assaulted my nipples with his mouth. His teeth closed around my peak and then he looked up at me and dropped it from his mouth.
"Why not…. Bella?" He asked teasingly, his voice smug, husky, and sexy as hell before he dropped back down and buried himself in my chest.
"Um….unnnn….god, I don't know……" I muttered incoherently.
His body shook with laughter into my skin and his fingers traced down my stomach and dipped into the waistband of my boxer shorts.
"You are pure evil Edward Cullen." I panted, propping myself up on my elbows to look at him.
"Yes." He agreed, as he made quick work and pulled down my shorts along with my panties. "And you love it." He quipped, eyeing me and daring me to object. He pushed his finger into me and my head fell back onto the bed roughly as my eyes fell shut.
"Yes." I panted, both agreeing with his statement and falling into ecstasy.
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It was an hour before sunrise as we laid together intertwined on my bedroom floor. After Edward brought me over the edge more than once on my bed I had pulled him to the floor to return the favor wholeheartedly. Even though my attempts to push us further failed I couldn't help but lay here by the man I loved with a blissful smile on my face.
I felt Edward rest his lips on the back of my shoulder and kiss my skin as he hummed into it.
"I love you my Bella." He whispered, as he wrapped my blanket firmly around us. I lost track of how many times he had said that throughout tonight but it was a lot and I could relate because no matter how many times I said it back it never felt like enough. Those three words seemed like just that, words….and no words seemed to capture or describe how deeply I felt for him.
The time passed in comfortable silence until Edward began playing with my fingers and I knew he wanted to say something. I stayed quiet enjoying his touch and waited.
"Bella…." He called softly from behind me.
"Yes." I whispered back smiling, not wanting to break the peacefulness of our surroundings we had created.
EPV
As I spooned Bella from behind on her bedroom floor I basked in the moment. My body was both completely relaxed and yet eager for more and I couldn't help but smile brightly as I kissed the sweet skin of her shoulder, shuddering as I tasted our mingled scents on her.
"I love you my Bella." I whispered, not wanting to break the quiet cocoon we had created for ourselves and I wrapped her blanket around us firmly and pulled her close to me. God if I could, I would crawl inside this woman. I couldn't get close enough, and no matter how many times I uttered it, I love you, didn't even began to describe my feelings for her. I racked my brain needing a word with more power and an action with more weight that let this beautiful, perfect creature in front of me know how I truly felt about her. It was aggravating and yet exhilarating at the same time to know that I may never find a word or action that held that much meaning.
With the scent of our intimate time together tonight floating about the room and bouncing off of our skin, I needed her, I wanted her.
A nagging thought kept creeping into my mind that had been growing with each day now but I kept pushing it away knowing it was too soon, I promised myself not to push things with her and this was definitely crossing that line. But every time I pushed it away it came roaring back and I desperately wanted to talk to her about it. It had actually been on my mind since the day I realized I loved her. Thinking of an around about way to broach the subject I struggled with my words.
"Bella….?" I called softly, as I continued to play with her fingers nervously.
"Yes." She whispered, and I couldn't help but beam at the smile I heard in her voice.
"I was just wondering, well it's something we've never really talked about…..," I skirted around the issue and shook my head at how idiotic I sounded. "What are your thoughts on…marriage?" I sputtered out trying to sound detached to the subject but failing miserably.
I felt her body tense in my arms and I instantly regretted it.
"Bella?" I questioned when I couldn't take the silence anymore.
She swallowed hard and exhaled. "Marriage?" She questioned, but the way she said it, it came across like a dirty word.
I flinched and took a deep breath. "Yes, marriage."
She turned in my arms to face me and her eyes were filled with panic but she struggled to keep her face calm.
"Um….I don't know…" She stuttered, avoiding my gaze.
I held her chin and pulled her up to look at me. "Love, I'm just curious. When you were growing up….did you ever think about getting married one day, having a family?" I asked trying to keep my face calm and the naked hope out of my voice.
I wanted her forever, I wanted to make her my wife, my mate. I had known that for quite sometime now.
"Um ….well…" She begin and paused and breathed out in aggravation.
"Bella, it's okay. We're just talking here." I tried to soothe her, needing her to continue.
She nodded and swallowed hard. "I'm afraid my answer isn't what you're probably looking for." She said quietly and dropped her eyes.
"Love, I'm not looking for a particular answer. Just say what you feel." I encouraged her as I reached up and ran my fingers through her thick hair.
"Well…I guess I really don't have any thoughts about it." She breathed and looked back at me nervously. "I mean…marriage…" She struggled with the word again, "was never really a positive thing in my life, it wasn't exactly easy with Renee and Charlie when their marriage ended and when Renee married Phil they had their share of problems too….. I guess it's just an idea I don't hold very much stock in." She finished softly.
I ducked down and met her eyes getting lost in their depth for a moment. "So you never thought you'd grow up and marry or have children one day?" I asked to clarify.
"Well I guess in the back of my mind I guess I realized it would probably happen one day far, far down the road, but I never really thought about it." She said choosing each word carefully.
"Oh." I said and cringed inwardly at how inadequate that sounded, but I was disappointed, I had figured Bella felt this way but hearing her say it out loud made it all the more real. I rolled onto my back and put my arm behind my head and looked up at the ceiling. I felt Bella's eyes on me before she climbed on top of me and into my view and smiled at me softly.
"Edward," She whispered and cupped my face. "I want to be with you forever, you know that."
I nodded my head in her hand but stayed quiet just looking into her eyes.
"I know we've kind of talked about this before, how you wanted to get married back before you were changed, is that something you still want ….. Do you still want, um…marriage one day?" She asked, searching my face.
I swallowed hard and fought with the urge to scream it from the rooftops… YES,YES,BELLA. MORE THAN ANYTHING, PLEASE BE MY WIFE.
But I hesitated and chose my words carefully.
"Bella" I started slowly, swallowing back the emotion I felt, "It wasn't something I knew I still wanted until I met you…the day I met you everything changed."
She smiled shyly and her eyes filled with tears and I reached up and ran my thumbs under her eyes.
"Edward….." She hesitated. "I would give you anything, you know that. But I just….I don't know. The idea of…marriage," She whispered, " …is going to take some getting used to."
I let out a strained chuckle and relaxed at her words, she wasn't flat out refusing it so I had some space to work with her on it. I was relieved and I wrapped my arms around her and held her to me and she buried her face into my neck.
"You know." She muffled into my skin. "A lot of people stay together blissfully happy without ever getting married. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell for example….they've been together forever and are perfectly happy." She reasoned and I couldn't help but laugh at her.
"Really Bella, they've been together forever?" I questioned teasingly at her choice of words.
"Uh Edward," She growled. "You know what I mean!" She sat up and smacked my shoulder playfully.
I cocked my brow up at her and gave her a devious smile before I flipped us and pinned her to the ground.
I meant it to be a playful gesture but as I hovered over her pinning her arms above her head all lightheartedness went out the window as I noticed the blanket had unraveled and she was now laying below me completely naked and beautiful from the waist up.
My eyes scanned her body, drinking her in slowly from her hips up until I met her eyes. She looked back at me biting her bottom lip, her eyes dark and shining which I'm positive only mirrored mine at the moment as I panted in and out heavily trying to control myself and forget the fact that we only had a thin piece of fabric separating us.
With my head clouded with want all reason flew out the window and I leaned down and rested my forehead on hers, our eyes both closing in unison.
"I want to marry you one day Bella." I rasped softly and I felt her began to tremble under me. "I want nothing more than to make you mine in every way imaginable." I finished thickly as my arms shook not from holding up my body weight but in defiance as I fought with myself to keep in control.
The smallest, sweetest moan escaped her perfect pout and that sound alone almost undid me right there.
I ignored my better judgment and let my body fall down on her and was immediately met with her heat pulsating through the fabric calling out to my lower half.
I leaned in and kissed her, pouring in all of my need and love for her. All of my passion and want. I licked her lips and pulled back to look at her holding her head lovingly in my hands.
Again, there were no words and I just looked upon her willing her to understand and a small smile broke out onto her lips.
"I know baby." She whispered and she leaned up and met my lips for a soft kiss. "Me too."
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Luckily for my diminishing control the world sprang to life and wouldn't allow us our quiet cocoon any longer. As the day broke Charlie stirred and my cell phone vibrated in my pocket across the room.
Bella groaned as we both looked in the direction of the annoying noise which at this hour could only be Alice.
I moved to get up but Bella pulled me back down to her and pouted and I chuckled at her amusingly.
"Love, you're not grounded anymore, I thought you were excited and looking forward to this." I chuckled as she clung to me.
"I'm allowed to change my mind." She whined and wrapped her arms around my neck in a vice.
My phone sprang to life again in my pocket and vibrated throughout the room as Bella cringed.
"You know if we don't answer her she's just going to come over here, love." I laughed, but we both knew it was true. "Besides, you're the one who agreed for us to go Christmas shopping today, remember?"
She let go of me and groaned into her hands. "What was I thinking?" She muffled.
"I don't think you were thinking sweetheart, I think you were just happy to be going anywhere at this point." I reasoned, while I flipped open my phone and read my texts out loud.
Text 1 : We're leaving at 8 a.m. sharp.
Text 2 : Tell Bella she is not backing out of this. I will come and drag you two out of that house if I have to J BTW Charlie will be up in 15 mins.
I pulled my clothes on and shook my head incredulously at my sister as Bella pulled the blanket up over her head.
I made my way over and stood above her knowing if I touched her again we would never make it out the house today.
"Bella." I called playfully trying to keep my eyes up and away from the thin blanket hugging her every curve beckoning me to her.
"Love, I'm going to go down the road and get my car and I'll be back to pick you up at 7:30, okay?" I asked, my voice straining as my eyes strayed and I was actually jealous of the blanket for a moment.
"Okay." She grumbled but jumped up swiftly to give me a peck on the lips.
I pushed myself to leave her side and practically threw myself from her window in an attempt to leave without her distracting me again but as I crossed her yard and was about to step into the woods I heard her whisper my name quietly and my head instantly snapped back to see her standing in the middle of her room.
My smile quickly fell as my mouth went slack and my body tightened as I watched Bella with my enhanced vision drop the blanket from her body and stand completely naked before me.
"Fuck." I whispered, as my eyes raked up and down her naked form and she threw her head back and giggled.
She was a vision and I found myself holding onto a tree bark beside me in an ill attempt to keep me from running back to her.
She walked to her window fluidly and closed it slowly and I exhaled an uneven breath as I watched her body sway seductively with confidence.
"You are going to pay for this later Bella." I whispered before she closed her curtains and I heard her sweet laugh carry down across the yard.
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BPV
Standing in the small room covered with mirrors I looked at my reflection helplessly as random clothes rained down around me from over the door.
"Alice….." I growled. "How did Christmas shopping turn into an all out Bella Barbie day???"
I heard her tinkering laugh float into the room. "Please Bella, don't be so dramatic…it's called multitasking. Don't ruin my fun." She pouted as I heard her walk away to presumably gather more things for me to try on.
I huffed out in aggravation and leaned against the wall, I was going to hurt Edward for this. He had to have seen this in her mind before he separated from us to go with the boys to shop on their own and left me at the mercy of Alice and Rosalie.
The words he muttered this morning of payback flashed through my mind and I shook my head in utter shock.
He was in so much trouble.
I managed to grab a few things for Charlie and get some ideas for Christmas gifts as the stores flew by in a blur, a possessed shopping addict pixie leading the way, and two hours later I stood in the last dressing room of the day. I had made Alice promise that after this store Bella Barbie time would be finished and she disappointingly agreed before her eyes glazed over and a devious grin spread on her face. When she came too she skipped away pulling me along with her into the lingerie store and when I asked what she had seen she just giggled and shoved more barely there undergarments into my already full arms.
As Rosalie pushed me into the fitting room I exhaled reminding myself that this was it and I was close to freedom and closer to seeing Edward.
I couldn't believe after that whole spill this morning about not wanting to share me that he would purposely hand me over to his sisters and leave me.
I was so caught up in my thoughts that when I heard the small tap on the door I cracked the door open without thinking.
"Good lord Alice, is there anything left in the store?" I growled before his scent instantly hit me and his perfect face appeared in the opening. I had been so distracted I didn't sense him coming and now that he was only steps away from me his scent engulfed me heavily since I had been without it for most the day.
Before I realized what was happening he quickly appeared in my room and locked the door behind him, his dark eyes looked back at me wide and speaking volumes.
"Um, Alice…..uh asked me if I could bring this into you….." He trailed off, slowly looking up and down my body.
I looked down completely forgetting what I was trying on and saw that I was barely covered in a red lace baby doll, topped off with a red thong, and high heels Alice had insisted I try on with it.
Alice.
Her odd behavior became quite clear as I put everything together, this almost made up for torturing me today.
I swallowed hard and fought back the urge to cover up, suddenly feeling awkward and I looked up and put on a false confidence as I watched Edward's fingers rip into the poor negligee Alice had sent in with him. We'd definitely have to buy that now.
I jutted my chin out and smiled at him, "Do you like it?" I purred before doing a slow spin taunting him. I heard him gasp as he took in my exposed backside.
Yes, payback was quite fun.
"Bella…." He rasped, as I finished my turn and I looked up at him innocently.
"What?" I asked, pretending to not be aware of his reaction or the straining fabric in front of his jeans.
I smiled wickedly and bent down pretending to fumble with the straps of my heels, leaving him an up close view of my backside in the mirror behind me.
"It's the shoes right, their too much?" I asked innocently.
In the time it took for the soft fabric he was holding to hit the ground I was in Edward's arms and pressed firmly up against the glass as his mouth attacked mine.
All coherent thought was out the window as I felt his hands frantically skim over my body as he pulled me to him trying in vain to get us closer.
He moved down to my neck and panted heavily against my skin. "You look….," He paused and ran his tongue down to the valley between my breast, "sinfully, sexy Bella." He rasped and cupped the lace barely concealing my breast into his hand.
The feeling of his hands and mouth on me after being away from each other for so long today and the excitement of us being together like this in a public place sent chills down my spine and I felt a rush of wetness between my legs and Edward moaned softly into my chest.
His hands wrapped around my hips and squeezed my ass before lifting me up against the wall and wrapping my legs around him.
"Yes." I breathed in his ear as I came in contact with his now incredibly hard cock. I grinded into him needing more friction. The thin material of the thong did nothing to deter the feeling of him against me as he pressed back up against me in return.
"I want you." I whimpered into his ear as my whole body ached for him. "God, I want you." I murmured incoherently as my head fell back against the mirror.
I heard and felt Edward growl into my neck as his fingers dug deeper into my flesh and he pulled me into him harder.
"Fuck." He hissed, his voice strangled and raw as he put me down and spun me around into the mirror.
I watched in the reflection as he hungrily trailed open mouth wet kisses down my neck, his hands taking turns between desperately massaging my breasts and his fingers pulling and pinching my nipples through the lace.
I threw my head back on his shoulder and watched his hands through my half closed eyes as I whimpered and panted with want.
"Please." I pleaded as it became too much.
He locked eyes in the mirror with me before I turned my head and his lips devoured mine and his hands slid down my sides.
I felt the strings on the sides of my thong snap in two and then his long, slender finger slide inside of me, the feeling almost making my knees collapse.
I moaned deeply into his mouth and he swallowed it eagerly as he put in another finger, his body rocking slowly into my backside.
I could feel him through his jeans and I needed him. I reached back with both hands and fumbled with his button and zipper before I began pushing his jeans down over his hips, his fingers moved faster as his head fell onto my shoulder. I moved to pull down his boxers but his voice made me pause.
"Bella…." He panted against my skin, his eyes torn and pleading with me in the mirror. "I..I want to, but we can't…not like this…" He rasped.
"It's okay…"I muttered as his fingers moved inside of me making it hard to speak. "I just need to feel you….." I whispered, looking back at him in the reflection pleading with my eyes.
He only hesitated for a moment before he nodded silently into my shoulder and I continued to pull down his boxers and took him quickly into my hand.
We both moaned out in unison forgetting where we were as the sound vibrated off the walls.
Every time he moved in my hand as I stroked him he came in contact with the skin of my ass and his fingers began to work faster and more erratic inside of me. With his free hand he found his way to my hip and began pulling me back against him, his hardness sliding in between my legs from behind and hitting me just right but never entering me. The feel of him up against me like that was so new and erotic that I instantly fell over the edge.
"Fuck Bella." He hissed as he kept his fingers moving inside of me, his hips still pushing up against me as he met my eyes in the mirror with a look of desperation on his face as he quietly struggled with something.
Through my panting I opened my mouth to ask him what was wrong but he dropped to his knees bringing me down in front of him and I had to quickly cover my mouth to muffle the moan that escaped me when I felt his hardness rub up against my ass in a new delicious way.
He wavered for a moment unsure before he roughly flipped me over and hurriedly buried his face in between my legs.
At that moment I knew we would get caught, I struggled to keep my breathing quiet let alone the whimpers and moans that were flooding out of me as he devoured me completely.
In the distance I heard a woman's heels click down the hallway towards my dressing room and I looked down at Edward for any kind of reaction but he didn't respond, he was too caught up in what he was doing to realize that the woman was now standing outside the door.
I reached down and pulled his hair to get his attention but that only encouraged him and he picked up the pace.
"Fuck." I mouthed as I felt my stomach beginning to tighten and the heat began to spread throughout my body.
"Ma'am is everything okay in there?" The woman asked who I quickly pegged for the sales lady, I could hear the jingle of her keys she was wearing around her neck and the smell of her cheap perfume I had smelled earlier when we had walked past her.
I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out and I looked to Edward for help but he was completely ignoring the situation.
Oh god.
"Ma'am." She called impatiently and I heard her keys jingle roughly. The thought of her coming in and catching us scared me and thrilled me all at the same time and Edward must of sensed my shift in emotion because I felt him growl lowly against my sex and work harder.
Fuck!
"Um….YES…." I panted unevenly. "Everything is um, fine. I'm just….moving a little slow today I'll…..Uh…. hurry up." I panted, my eyes closing shut as I felt my orgasm quickly approaching.
We were fucked.
That sales lady could of came in and brought the entire store in with her and I wouldn't of cared at this moment, what he was doing felt too good.
I reached back down and wrapped my fingers in his hair pulling him against me and my other hand slid to my right breast and I began touching myself. I looked down and noticed his right hand moving too….he was touching himself….through all of the interruption I had completely missed it.
"Oh GOD…." I mouthed.
The sight of him doing that was the sexiest thing I had ever seen and I was disappointed for only a moment for missing it the entire time before it sent me barreling over the edge.
In the background I faintly heard the sales lady accept my weak excuse and excuse herself but I was too far gone to care as my body writhed under him and my head shook back and forth in ecstasy.
As I came slowly back down I watched Edward sit up on his knees and began to remove his hand from himself.
"No. Don't stop." I begged.
He looked down at me, his eyes dark, and he began pumping himself hard.
"God….. you look beyond sexy doing that." I whispered, my voice cracking.
He moaned quietly and reached down with his free hand to lightly massage my clit.
"Did you like the thought of someone walking in on us Bella?" He rasped, his eyes wild and burning into my soul.
"Yes." I breathed softly, the sight of him coming undone making me want more already.
"You liked the idea of someone watching us, didn't you Bella?" He grunted.
I couldn't speak, I just watched him as he lost control. "You did baby, I know you did, because I could taste you get off on it…." He rasped.
I could tell he was close.
"Yes baby, yes." I panted. "Come for me."
"Oh…fuck." He moaned.
I reached down and slowly slid up my negligee, his eyes watching every inch my hands moved. When I pulled it up and over my head I pushed myself up on my arms and brought myself closer to him. His eyes widened and rolled back into his head when I began touching my chest and softly whispered, "Come on me."
My words pushed him over the edge and his breathing picked up.
"Uh….unnn….Fuck Bella, I'm…shit…coming." He grunted and released on my chest.
I quivered and moaned softly as I felt his release touch my skin and slide down past my stomach and Edward fell roughly onto me, hovering over me as my back hit the floor.
We were quiet for a few moments, only the sound of our panting filling the room.
"That was amazing…..thank you." He murmured into the skin of my neck finally as his body shook and he tried to slow his breathing.
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As we got dressed I surveyed the damage around the room and looked up to ask Edward what we should do about everything but I found him staring at me with a lazy grin on his face.
"What?" I chuckled and looked in the mirror to make sure everything on me was in place.
He had me in his arms in seconds and was hugging me to him.
"Stop looking for something wrong," He said sweetly. "I'm just looking at you, you're perfect." He leaned down and kissed my nose then leaned back to look at me with a big goofy grin on his face.
I smiled back at him and then remembered something and I pushed my finger into his chest.
"Don't think I don't know what you did to me today? Leaving me with Alice….?" I cocked my eyebrow up at him and he smiled innocently, "That was just mean." I pouted.
He sighed dramatically and pushed my hair over my shoulder and kissed my neck sweetly. "I'm sorry." He said smiling, leaning back to look at me again and kissed me softly on the mouth. "Am I forgiven?" He asked, grinning at me crookedly only inches from my face.
I swallowed hard as his breath fanned out over my face and I stuttered.
"If you'd like…." He began teasingly. "I could try to make it up to you, again?"
I regained my senses and giggled looking around the room. "I don't think this room could take any more of that."
"Oh …I think it could." He said looking around the room smugly. "But the sales lady is giving you about five more minutes before she comes and checks on you again." He chuckled.
"Ohhh…. now we can hear her?" I asked, nudging him lightly.
"Bella…who said I couldn't hear her before?" He leaned forward and whispered playfully into my ear.
I gulped and pushed him softly. "You are so bad…." I mused, shaking my head and moving to pick up the mess.
We cleaned up quickly and Edward handed me the pieces that he thought I should keep plus the damaged one's before he gave me a quick peck and slid out the door.
Thankfully when I went to check out Alice was waiting with an amused expression on her face and I chucked the items I wanted into her outstretched arms and ran out the door avoiding the humiliating task of explaining the ruined lingerie to the sales person.
I found my way over to the boys and Rosalie at the fountain outside of the store and melted into Edward's arms.
"Rosie…I think we have some competition." Emmett chuckled while leaning down and flicking water at us. "Didn't ya'll get enough?" He asked, wagging his eyebrows up and down playfully.
Jasper coughed and looked down and Rosalie snickered. I looked up at Edward and he shook his head before shooting Emmett a look.
"Don't blame him Bella Bear, he won't give up any of the juicy details, you guys reek of lovin!" He bent over laughing.
I cringed and buried my face in Edward's shirt and he smoothed down the back of my hair.
"There's no secret's in this family love." He whispered.
"That's an understatement." Rose snapped.
"Ya, with a mind reader, an empath, and an all seeing pixie, privacy is out the window." Emmett agreed, grinning like a fool.
"Like you've ever cared about privacy Emmett." Alice's voice tinkered as she made her way over to us. "You constantly torture poor Edward with your obscene thoughts." She giggled and I looked up at Edward to see his reaction but he was oblivious.
He was looking down at me with such love and admiration that my knees almost buckled. He looked like he hadn't heard a word anyone had said and he stared at me like I was the only person in the room.
I reached up and caressed his cheek, his face leaning into my palm as his eyes swam with emotion.
Emmett clearing his throat killed our moment and we both looked over at him. "Okay love birds, that's enough." He teased.
Edward was about to say something back but Alice's cell phone rang and interrupted his thoughts.
We all waited patiently for Alice to finish but Edward grew tense under my touch and I was instantly worried.
"What is it?" I whispered, but Edward shook his head slightly at me.
Alice hung up and all eyes were on her, Edward was already pushing me towards the entrance as everyone else followed and Alice stayed quiet.
"What is it?" Emmett asked, looking between Edward and a solemn looking Alice.
"It was Carlisle." Edward answered tightly. "There's a visitor at the house and he wants us home promptly."
"Who is it?" I asked stealing glances back at Alice who was being comforted by Jasper as we climbed into the jeep.
"He was vague, he said it was someone that used to be associated with the Volturi." He answered, his face contorted in confusion.
"Alice?" I called confused and she looked up at me sadly.
"I don't know, I didn't see anything." She whispered and a chill ran down my body.
EPV
I held Bella to my side as I drove back to Forks at break neck speed, I heard the urgency in Carlisle's voice through Alice's thoughts and I knew we needed to get home quickly. The fact that Alice hadn't seen any warning of this left me even more uneasy and I hugged Bella tighter.
The jeep skided into the drive and we all piled out to make our way inside but Bella hung back and helped Alice with the bags.
"Bella?" I questioned but she gave me a small smile and told me she'd be in in a minute that she wanted to talk to Alice.
I pulled her to the side to have a fake sense of privacy and nuzzled my face to the side of her hair. "Bella about earlier in the dressing room......" She looked up at me with loving eyes and I stumbled on my words, "I mean...was that okay, are you okay?" I asked not sure.
Bella giggled and the sound soothed my heart as she cupped my face, "Edward, it was more than okay." She said softly and I nodded and gave her a quick peck before I caught up with everyone and went into the house.
When I walked in I first noticed Carlisle's tense smile and then the man standing up from the couch.
"Damien, these are my children, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Edward." Carlisle introduced us and I watched as our visitor's expression hardened when Carlisle got to me.
He continued to stare, his fists clenching by his sides as I struggled to hear his thoughts but came up empty.
"Is this all of your children Carlisle?" Damien asked in a knowing tone but never broke eye contact with me.
"Well, no." Carlisle answered a little taken back but before he could finish Alice and Bella came through the front door and I watched Damien's gaze drift from me to Bella and his face softened but his body stayed tense.
I looked back at my love to see her smile at me before she looked around me and saw Damien for the first time and she froze. Her bags fell from her hands as her knees buckled but I made it to her before she hit the ground.
Her eyes were still locked wide on Damien as I pleaded with her to tell me what was wrong, her body trembling in my arms.
I pulled her to me and placed my lips to her temple begging softly for her to tell me and two things happened at once.
A low menacing growl came from Damien as he took a step towards us and Bella's lips opened to speak.
"Avery." She whispered softly, staring at our visitor in horror.
AN: So, here we go! Review and let me know what you think!
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