The Only Exception
Chapter 5: Bella's POV
I wake up around 10am the next day, ready for part 2 of getting the house together. The dressers will be arriving in a couple of hours so I figure I'd wait until after they leave to purchase the dining room set. I hop up and take a shower before getting dressed and venturing to the kitchen to find food. I decide on a pop tart and pick up my phone to read my messages. Leah's text says she'll be here around 1130. Renee's text is asking me to call her when I get a chance. Charlie also texted to my surprise. His says congrats on the house. I have a text from Paul that says tonight, your place 10pm. I have so many different emotions going through my head. First I call Renee and talk to her about Charlie's message. She informs me that they did talk and she told him about my house. She also told him that Embry and I broke up. I get on her case a bit about that because I didn't want him to know. She apologizes and we hang up not too long after because Leah arrives.
After the movers come and put the dressers in the proper rooms, Leah and I head out to buy a dining room set and some more random things for the house. We only stay gone for about an hour and have to seat up the table, chairs, and the bench seat that comes with it. We laugh and struggle through the entire process but are happy with the results when it's over. We head into the living room and pop in a movie settling in for the afternoon. Leah looks over at my seriously like she wants to talk.
"Do you really not wanna know anything about Embry?" Leah asks.
"I mean, I don't want to hear he's miserable without me and I don't want to hear he's happy with Kelsey," I say shrugging my shoulders.
"That's fair," Leah replies turning back towards the movie.
I open my mouth to actually ask about Embry but there's a knock at the door. I'm definitely not expecting anyone so I'm nervous to find out who's behind the door. Leah tenses before hoping up to leave saying she's talk to me later. I know she's going to use the back door so I walk out into the dining room area and open the door. It's Sam. I look up at him confused but let him in anyway.
"Wow Bella, the place is coming along nicely," he notes.
"Thank you. How can I help you Sam?" I ask.
"Well, it's not me I need you to help. It's Embry," he looks at the floor.
"What about Embry?" I whisper.
"He's has been in a bad way these last two weeks since you left and I was hoping maybe you'd at least talk to him?" Sam suggests.
"You know what's worse than falling for someone Sam? Falling for someone who leaves you for someone else. It hurts even worse than that when the someone who leaves you is supposed to be bond to you for life. So no, I will not be talking to Embry and I think it's time for you to go," I say.
"Bella, you left him. He didn't leave you. You didn't even give him a chance to explain," Sam tries to defend Embry.
"What was there to explain? He admitted to seeing her after we were together. That's enough for me. I'm not gonna be with someone who is literally bond to me for life but can still cheat on me. That doesn't work for me. This conversation is over. Do not come here again, Sam. And keep Embry away too," I snap standing to open the door.
He gives me one last sad look before walking out and heading straight to the woods. I sigh and will myself not to cry. Heading back into the living room, I finish the movie Leah and I started before falling asleep on the couch. I wake up a little less than an hour later and decide to head to Walmart to get a few thing as if I haven't been there enough. I go back to the electronics to buy a laptop and pens with some notebooks for school. I venture into the book aisle to find something to read while I wait for Paul's arrival tonight. I decide to go over into the food section to get the stuff to make his favorite dinner. I'm walking up the noodle aisle looking at the noodle selection and my cart crashes into another cart. I look up apologizing and the woman looking back at me is smiling.
"Bella, hey! How are you?" she says.
It's Kelsey. Just my fucking luck. "I'm good, how are you?" I ask.
"I'm doing good! Just grabbing some stuff to make some dinner. Embry is around here somewhere if you want to say hi," she tells me.
For some reason this pisses me off. I was seriously hoping he at least told her about me. Now that I know he hasn't I'm even happier that I left and that I have my own place. "Oh yeah? Maybe I'll run into him. I better go, I've got to start cooking for my dinner guest tonight. It was good to see you!" I say backing up a bit.
"You have a very lucky dinner guest; your food is amazing. We'll have to have dinner again sometime," she smiles at me.
That's not gonna happen. It's not like I can tell her that. So I decide to play a little dirty. "Oh Paul knows just how lucky he is to get my cooking. Yeah we'll have to set something up," I reply laughing.
We say a quick goodbye and I finish my shopping as fast as possible to avoid seeing Embry. Of course, like the rest of the day, I run into him as I'm going towards the checkout. "Bella," he breathes. I nod at him and try to walk past him. "Wait! You aren't gonna speak to me?" he sounds hurt.
"There's nothing to say," I peek up at him and notice some scars on his face that weren't there before.
"Well are you at least doing okay?" he asks.
"I'm doing wonderful, really," I answer.
"Oh good! I was hoping you guys ran into each other," Kelsey says coming up behind him.
I nod at her smiling literally biting my tongue. "Well I better get going," I say moving around them with a wave.
As I'm walking away I hear her telling Embry about our conversation. She does mention Paul just like I wanted her to and I can't help the grin that comes across my face. I look back quickly to see a devastated looking Embry. Take that motherfucker. I jump into the line moving the quickest and get the fuck out of the store. I make it home in record time and sit in my driveway sending Leah a text telling her what just happened at the store. I bang my head on my seat feeling mad at Embry and mad at myself for being mad at Embry. I grab as many bags as I can and make the trek up the stairs to get inside and put everything away. I've got a good hour and a half until I start cooking for the food to be ready close to when Paul gets here.
I go into the living room and open the book I've just purchased getting comfortable on the couch. My phone chimes alerting me of a text back from Leah who simply says someone has got to tell that poor girl. I text back telling her that there's nothing to tell anymore. I notice the time and see that I should have started the prep for dinner 10 minutes ago. I hop up and rush into the kitchen putting on some music while I work. I'm making chicken cordon bleu for Paul, he loves it. I owe him for still wanting to be around even after I cut him off for Embry. I feel like a fucking fool. Paul has literally been there since the beginning. I do love him though I'd never tell him that or anyone else. But I know he can sense it. Towards the end of us, things were different. We talked more and actually went out and did stuff. I don't know about a relationship with Paul but everything was fine the way it was. It probably won't be like that again but I'll settle for just fucking him.
Once everything is all prepped I put the food in the oven and wash the dishes quickly. I want as little mess as possible because once we finish eating I'm going to apologize to Paul in the best way I can. Submission. Whatever he wants, I'm going to give him because he's not selfish. He'll know that I need it too. My favorite thing about being with Paul is we take advantage of each other in a way that actually benefits us both. It's not one sided in anyway and that's all I've ever wanted.
I run upstairs to take a quick shower making sure everything is in tip top shape for him. I decide to put up some baggy sweats and a tight tee shirt placing my hair up and not bothering to put a bra back on. I get downstairs just in time to take the food out of the oven and place it on top of the stove. The front door opens and my heart rate picks up. He's here right on time and I can't wait to see his face.
"Mmmm Bella. I don't know what smells better. You or the food," he breathes in deep.
I turn around and look through my lashes at him leaning against the entrance way to my kitchen and my breath catches. He's standing there butt ass naked with a backpack in his left hand. I gulp and look him up and down. "Eyes up here Bella," he smirks at me.
I blush profusely before looking back up to meet his eyes. I open my mouth to say something but he shakes his head. "Can I use your shower really fast?" he asks.
"Yeah, there's one down here through there or there's one upstairs in my room. Both have towels and your favorite soap," I inform him.
"Good girl. I'll use yours so I can leave my stuff up there. I'll be back in 5," he tells me turning around.
I let out a deep breath and get out some plates before putting food on them and placing them at separate ends of the table. I can't get too close to him or I'll lose my appetite and fuck him right on this table. I let my mind wander for a minute and Paul comes back down the stairs breathing deeply. "You're killing me, Bella," he says walking over to me kissing me deeply. "Sit. I'll get us some drinks," he tells me walking into the kitchen.
I plop down in my chair and start eating immediately. Paul eats fast and I do not wanna be the reason we're held up. He comes back out and sets drink next to me before taking his seat and digging in. Just as I suspected, he finishes first but gets up and puts more food on his plate. He bends down and kisses the top of my head thanking me for the food. He mentions smelling his pack mates in here and I tell him about each ones visit. He growls about Sam being here and trying to convince me to talk to Embry. Paul admits that once he found about Embry cheating on me, he beat the shit out of him. He stopped once he realized Embry wasn't really fighting back. Paul told Embry to stay away from me and that's when he found out I had left town. He didn't appreciate not knowing and said I needed to be dealt with.
I wiggle in anticipation and look into his eyes. I notice his plate is empty just like mine so I stand up to gather them to put them in the sink. Walking over to him I ask if he's done and he nods before running his hand up my leg grabbing my ass. I moan out and bite my lip before he grabs my chin bringing my lips to his. I push the plates away before I climb on top of him. He pulls his mouth from mine and attacks my throat making me grind into him. "Ahh," I moan tilting my head back. I've missed this.
Paul shoves the plates even further away before picking me up and placing me on the table laying me down. I raise up on my elbows to look at him. He winks at me before pulling off my sweats moving my thong to the side. He drops to his knees and pushes my legs straight up into the air before sticking his face directly into my pussy. He holds my hands down flat on the table so that I can't move or push his head away when it gets to be too much. Bittersweet torture. His mouth is crazy good. He uses one hand to take over holding both of mine before he slides two fingers from the other hand into my pussy. "Oh fuck!" I shout grinding onto his hand.
After about a minute, I'm about to cum and he instantly stops all motions. Before I could protest he's filling me completely with his dick and I scream in pleasure. Paul hits the right spot and has me cumming hard. "That's right Bella, cum on this dick," he growls biting my calf. He fucks me hard and deep making it hard to breathe. He finally frees my hands and I grip each side of the table to not slide away from him on this rough ride. He pulls out of me and drops my legs pulling me off of the table. He kisses me hard making me taste myself on him before turning me around and bending me over the table. "Give me your hands," he leans and whispers in my ear.
I reach my hands out behind me and the takes them both in one hand before sliding into me roughly. I moan loudly pressing my forehead into the table. Paul lets my hands go and leans over me going impossibly deeper making me scream. I reach behind me pressing my hands into his sides and hips trying to push him out of me a bit. "No, take all this fucking dick," he growls into my ear.
He's fucking me so hard I know I'm going to have bruises on my hips from the table but right now I can't bring myself to care. I'm so close to cumming and its taking all of my power to hold it in. "Let it out baby, I want you to cum so hard for me. Show me what I've been missing," he says going even harder.
This one is definitely going to be a squirting cum, I can tell. "Take it out, take it out!" I pant at him.
Paul pulls out know exactly what I mean and I tremble hard as I come down from my high. He hardly gives me a minute to breathe before he grabs me by my hair pulling me up. I turn around to face him and he kisses me hard scooping me up under my ass. I feel us moving before my back hits the wall. I moan and he slides into me fucking me wildly against the wall. "Oh my fucking God Paul!" I scream tilting my head back. I look at him and we smile at each other wickedly.
"I'm gonna cum deep in your pussy Bella," he tells me.
"Fuck yes," I pant grinding my hips into his. He hisses at me before filling me up with his cum.
He rests his head on my shoulders for a minute before letting me down. My legs are still shaking so I let the wall hold me up. "One room down, eight more to go," he says chuckling.
I look at him and smile before feeling his essence running down my legs. "Let's get the second room down, the bathroom down here so I can clean up. This is gross," I tell him gesturing to my thighs.
He nods in understanding before carrying me into the bathroom. I set the water at a temperature comfortable for us both and jump right in. He lets my wash my hair asking about my day before he gets in. I tell him about running into Embry and Kelsey at the store and the conversations with them both. Paul climbs in right after that and just wraps his arms around me. "I'm sorry he's a fuck up," he whispers in my ear.
"Not your fault. I'm sorry I go back and forth with you," I tell him kissing his chest.
He brings his hands up and cups my cheeks. "It's not back and forth. Sometimes our paths lead us elsewhere but we always end up right back here," he says wisely.
"I don't want you to feel like you're second best. I feel horrible like whenever something goes wrong I come running right back to you, like... ugh," I say tearing up.
"I don't feel second best. Don't worry, I know exactly where I stand. You keep coming back because you shouldn't be leaving," he tells me hesitantly.
I look up at him confused but he just kisses me which leads to some hot, passionate shower sex. After we rewash ourselves, Paul washes the dishes while I pack up the leftovers. We turn off all of the light and head up to bed. I know there's more to discuss but right now, I'm just going to take comfort in the being that is Paul. I'm so comfortable with him and this is how it should be. I lean over and kiss him gently before he cuddles me from behind cocooning me in his warmth. Sleep comes easily for both of us.
AN: Let me know what you think of this chapter and what you'd like to see in the next!