AN: Final chapter - and where would we be without them renewing their connection.

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Epilogue

Edward drove to the hotel in town, thankful that he didn't know the face behind the reception desk. The last thing he and Bella needed was the gossip mongers talking about them before they were ready to let it slip that they were engaged.

The whole way, Bella's hand had rested on his knee with his large warm one covering hers. Never had he been more thankful for his dad's truck, with its bench seats and automatic shift, allowing her body to be as close to his as possible. Her other hand found its way under the edge of his sweater and her fingers were against the skin of his stomach. With each movement she made those muscles contracted and his body shivered with anticipation, his cock hardening.

Much as he wanted her, he knew they had to have some privacy and time to talk about the future, which was the reason they were here rather than at her house or his. He knew they'd get precious little privacy at either. His mom had invited Riley to stay overnight, and while he felt for the guy, he wanted to make love to his fiancée without interruptions or having to be quiet.

Bella leaned against his arm, warmer now that she'd put on the matching Christmas sweater to his; though neither had any idea how it found its way into the truck―both suspected his mom was responsible. There was a comfortable silence in the cab, the drive almost silent on the snow-covered roads.

The room was not especially luxurious, but the furniture didn't matter as long as the bed was clean and comfortable. Throwing their coats across the bed on the far side of the room, they toed off their snow-covered boots. Seated beside each other, the two of them were a little unsure of the next step; each waiting for the other to make the first move. It had been a long time since they'd been in this position.

As always, Bella was the brave one, moving to straddle his lap. "Let's begin where we left off, shall we?" she murmured against his lips before attacking them, her tongue immediately demanding entrance to his mouth. In less than a minute, his cock was back to being a steel rod.

Edward's hands were back on her hips, pushing her down against his cock, and she was already rocking her clit against the rough fabric of his jeans. When her rhythm was established his hands slid under the edge of her sweater and over the warm skin of her back, taking it up with them. Leaning away from his lips for a second, she lifted her arms as he swiftly pulled it over her head, leaving her hair in a static halo around her head.

Her dress was next to go; just a simple pulling of the tie at the side of it allowed him to unwrap her from its confines. Bella reciprocated by insisting that his sweater should also come off, forcing him to let go of her for a few seconds to drag both undershirts and sweater off at the same time. Eager to feel her skin against skin, Edward reached around and unclasped her bra, sliding the straps down her arms and off, dropping it to the floor beside the bed, leaving her in just her panties and thigh-high stockings.

Before his lips could land back on hers, she cleared her throat. "Wait, wait, just a second, Edward. Let me call my parents and let them know where we are. Then," she smiled wickedly. "We have all night."

He agreed, letting her up so she could fetch her phone out of the pocket of her coat. Returning herself to the same position, straddling him, she called her house number. Edward's lips closed around her nipple just as her mother answered. "Bella, are you okay? You sound strange." There was laughter in her mom's voice.

"I'm fine, Mom, really." She had to put her hand over her mouth for a second as Edward sucked her nipple harder, biting gently at the hard nub and flicking his tongue back and forth over it. A wicked smile formed on his face while Bella struggled to speak evenly. "Just wanted―" she took a breath in, "to let you know―" and let it out in a small gasp, "that Edward and I are staying―"

He knew he was taking her beyond her limit and stopped for a second, taking pity on her lack of ability to speak coherently. "At the hotel in town. We'll see you sometime tomorrow, okay?" Her glare only caused his smile to widen, and she was determined to get him back for his teasing. Hearing her mother laugh knowingly, Bella blushed.

"You're lucky it's me answering and not your father, Bella." Her mother's laughter echoed down the line as she said goodnight and hung up.

"I'll get you back for that." Bella handed the phone to Edward, laughing. "Call your parents, and let's see how you manage to talk when you're under pressure." As he called his house number she wrenched open the button fly on his jeans and blew a hot breath over his boxer-covered cock.

She could hear Carlisle's voice when he answered the phone and drew the material away from Edward's cock, licking from base to tip, and then enveloped him with her mouth. "Hi, Dad."

His voice rose in a not so manly squeak, and even at this distance she could hear the amusement in his dad's tone when he answered, "Who is this?"

"It's me, Dad." Edward's voice was a little strangled as Bella took his cock deep into her mouth again, then drawing back and sucking hard. A quietly whispered 'fuck' had her smiling, too. Payback was grand!

"We … we won't be back tonight. Bella and I are staying in the hotel in town. We need to talk." Bella swallowed his cock again, sucking hard on the way up, swirling her tongue around the head and dipping into the slit, already tasting his pre-cum.

"Yeah, yeah, see you tomorrow." Edward hung up, his dad's laughter abruptly cut off. "You vixen." He launched himself at her, pushing her onto her back, his fingers remembering all those places on her body that elicited the most delightful laughter. "You liked making me squirm like that, didn't you?"

His fingers were relentless, tickling her mercilessly until eventually, breathlessly, she cried, "Uncle! Uncle!"

His fingers stilled on her body, giving her a chance to push him into his back again so she could draw his jeans and boxers down and off over his feet. She couldn't resist pumping his cock a few times in passing. He hissed and arched his back in pleasure, closing his eyes.

She reached into the back pocket of his jeans to retrieve his wallet, digging into it and withdrawing the three condoms she found there before dropping them to the floor with her dress. With a mile wide grin, she called him on them. "Sooo," she drew the word out. "You thought you'd get lucky tonight, did you?"

"No, no, it wasn't like that," he protested. "It's a habit I've had since―" his voice lowered. "Since you and I were together. I'm clean, though―we're tested at the hospital on a regular basis. I've always used them with―her."

It was her turn to cock her head to one side. "You never trusted her." It was a statement, not a question.

He shrugged. "I guess not, though we never even had the conversation. I'm okay with using them―"

"No, it's fine, I'm on birth control, and―we always used them. I don't think it was a matter of trust, though, he just didn't want any surprise children."

As she threw the condoms on the floor, Edward sat upright pulling her toward him until she was straddling him again. "Let's not discuss the past. Right now, I want to make love to you."

All humor was forgotten as their lips met again, his arms pulling their bodies together skin to skin. Bella shivered at the contact, drawing away from his lips to breathe as his wet kisses on her heated skin ignited a yearning in her belly; a coiled spring of anticipation.

Eventually, her brain remembered where she had been a few minutes ago and she pulled away from him a little, pushing him back down before shimmying her body down his thighs. She rubbed her now wet panties over his length before moving back again, leaning over him to take his cock into her mouth again.

Edward's hands were in her hair, holding it away from her face so he could see what she was doing to him. The sight was almost too much for him, and his cock hardened even more, pre-cum again leaking from his slit. Groaning out loud, he closed his eyes, letting her hair fall against his skin. The feel of it brushing over his groin and thighs was erotic; heightening every movement she made.

His hands gripped his own hair instead as his hips rose of their own accord, his body remembering just how good her mouth felt around him.

He knew he was close when he felt that familiar tingle run down his spine and his balls tightened. "I'm gonna come if you don't stop, Bella." Edward's grunted plea only made her redouble her efforts, pushing his cock deeply down her throat. There was no way he could hold back any longer, and his hips jerked upward, his cock pulsing as he came. "Oh God, Bella, oh God," he called out as she sucked hard, pulling another spurt of cum from his now sensitive cock.

Breathing hard, he lay still, waiting for his body tremors to subside and his breath to even out. Bella laid her head on his thigh, really turned on by the way he lost control, her hand stroking his skin.

"Fucking hell," Edward eventually managed to say, causing Bella to giggle at his exclamation. After a few minutes, he was again able to move. "Your turn," he said, "Come here."

Bella moved up the bed until her head was sharing the same pillow. He gathered her into his arms, his lips meeting hers, tasting himself as his tongue dipped inside its warmth. For a while, the kisses were enough, until his heart began to beat wildly again. His cock had already begun to harden again, but he wanted to taste her, too.

It was his turn to push her onto her back, his kisses touching on her throat, his tongue swirling around each nipple in turn, sucking hard and blowing on the now wet skin. Leaving a trail of damp skin from his licks and kisses from her heart to her navel, eventually his mouth hovered over her panty covered pussy. Sucking on her clit through the material had her hips pushing against his mouth, begging for attention. His fingers slid inside, the backs of them brushing over her hot skin, dipping inside her for just a second before he pulled back onto his heels.

He rested her ankles one by one on his shoulders, his hands drawing her thigh-highs down her legs, smoothing over her skin which pebbled under his touch. When her legs were bare he leaned forward, slipping his fingers into each side of her panties and drawing them down her legs. He dropped them on the floor with the rest of her clothes, leaving her exposed to his gaze.

When they had first been together, Bella had been a little shy, but she had become so much more confident over the years, and instead of closing her legs as she would have done previously under his penetrating gaze, she widened her legs, arching her back in invitation.

Edward groaned at the sight of her bare pink pussy, wet with the desire he'd caused. Laying on his stomach between her legs, he pushed them open further, blowing on her clit and watching it pulse. He parted her lower lips and traced her clit with his tongue, feeling her pussy clench around his fingers almost immediately.

She was so wet that sliding two fingers inside her was easy. Finding her g-spot, he sucked her clit into his mouth; his tongue flicked it quickly from side to side before he drew back and nipped each thigh before returning and swiping his flattened tongue over the pulsing nub.

Wanton moans and groans were coming from Bella's mouth and she was no longer really in control. Drawing her legs up, she rested her feet on his shoulder, allowing her legs to fall open wider. Her hands gripped her hair and then landed in his, pulling his mouth toward her pussy, rocking and grinding her clit against him.

"So good, Edward, so good," she panted, her breath coming quick, along with almost continuous moaning. "Don't stop, please, I'm gonna come." Her movements became more pronounced, rocking harder. Edward doubled his efforts, his fingers rubbing against her g-spot in time with his tongue. He was fully hard again and his hips rutted against the sheet below his body. "Oh God, Edward, I'm coming." The last word was almost stuttered as her body jerked, her hips grinding against his tongue, her pussy clenching around his fingers.

His movements slowed, small licks eliciting pulses through her clit until she released his hair. Now it was her turn to whisper 'fuck' while he grinned and kissed his way back to her mouth, sucking at her nipples on the way. Each time his tongue or teeth came in contact with her skin, a small aftershock flashed through her body until his mouth descended on hers in a searing kiss.

Edward settled his body between her legs, smiling at her when she finally opened her eyes. "Hi," was all he whispered.

His cock was a steel rod as he slid it over her sensitive clit, drawing back and dipping just the tip inside in short strokes. Every time he withdrew, her body reached for his, needing to feel him fully inside her.

"Stop teasing," she whispered. "Fill me with your cock."

Withdrawing completely, Edward hefted himself up on his arms, looking down at where they were almost joined. Her legs came up around his waist, reaching for him, and unable to resist for another second, he slammed his cock deeply inside her. His throat gave out a guttural groan almost without his permission, as Bella clenched around him and cried out, arching her back, thrown into a second orgasm.

Unable to stay still, his thrusts were wild and hard, withdrawing all the way before reseating himself as far into her as he could. It was his turn to mutter 'so good' as his hips pistoned fast, her cries of his name urging him on. No thoughts came to mind, his body pure sensation.

Bella could feel her muscles begin to clench, her sharp, shallow breathing causing her fingers and toes to tingle from lack of oxygen. Every nerve ending seemed to center in her belly and clit as her third orgasm approached. His cock felt so familiar as it filled her over and over again, driving both of them over the edge.

A wash of pleasure began, starting deep inside her, and radiating outward along her arms and legs. Her nipples swelled, as did her clit.

Edward's head hung down as he watched his cock withdraw from and then disappear inside her again and again. Single mindedly, he chased his own orgasm, still fully aware of Bella's pussy beginning to flutter around him. Looking up at her face, he could see the film of perspiration forming on her skin from her belly to her forehead, and the goosebumps that heralded her orgasm, warning him that she was almost there.

Allowing his body to sink down onto hers, he placed his elbows on the pillow on either side of her head. Her eyes opened, drinking him in, and her arms slid from his biceps to the back of his neck, tugging at the shorter hairs. The feel of her hands where they had always belonged, spurred him on; the slight pain had always had an effect on his libido. She pulled his mouth to her and their lips connected, not quite kissing, just breathing each other in.

His thrusts slowed a little, his pubic bone rubbing against her clit with every movement until she was gasping, clenching every muscle almost too tightly for him to move. Within seconds she had dragged him with her; his orgasm rushing over him as he came for the second time.

They lay connected for some time, while their breathing slowed and their heartbeats synchronized. Edward groaned as he felt his softened cock slide out, even though he never wanted to disconnect from her again. Shifting his body, he lay on his stomach beside her, his head turned toward her face. He slung his arm over her body and whispered, "I love you, Bella. Always."

Running her hand over the skin on his arm, Bella smiled at him, repeating his words. "I love you, too, Edward. Always. I never stopped."

~oOo~

Sometime later, when they'd showered together, they climbed into the bed, covering their bodies with the comforter. In the darkness of the room, Edward lay as close to Bella as he could, her back to his chest, his arms pulling her as tightly to him as he was able.

Moving her hair to one side, he kissed her neck. "I don't want to be anywhere you aren't, Bella. I love you so much."

"I feel the same, Edward, but I have to go back to London at least for a while."

His heart dropped a beat and then picked up again, faster than before. "What do you mean? You are coming back here, aren't you?"

"Of course I am. I can't be apart from you, either. I love you, too." There was silence for a couple of seconds that felt like much longer to him. "I'd already decided that whatever happened between us, I couldn't marry Riley, it would never have worked between us, and unfortunately it took a proposal to shake me out of the fog I'd been living in. I'm moving back here to Forks for the moment, until I've found another job and somewhere to live. I've already sent my resignation to my boss and terminated the tenancy on my apartment. All that's left to do is to sort out and ship my personal things."

"Oh, thank God. For a minute there, I was working out how I could arrange to come to England with you."

Bella giggled at his obvious relief.

Edward leaned up on his elbow, looking down at her. "I think I was in the same fog, Bella. I should have been brave enough to find you and speak to you earlier. I've wasted so much time."

He kissed every inch of skin he could reach before continuing. "Of course, you could always come to New York with me until I've finished my residency." He held his breath while he waited for her answer. When she said nothing, he quickly added, "Tanya never lived in my apartment, but I'll replace the bed, and we can replace the sofa. You can change whatever you want, or I can give up the lease and rent another apartment, or we could even buy one, if you'd prefer."

When she had been silent for minutes, he lay on his back behind her. "Say something, Bella."

"I think that sounds like a perfect solution, Edward." Bella turned over and draped herself over his body. He lifted his arm over her shoulders and pulled her close to his body. "When do you have to go back?"

Edward breathed out, only now realizing that he'd been holding his breath. "I have a night shift on January third, and a flight at ten that morning."

"Then you know where I'll be, don't you? Right there with you. I'll arrange for a moving company to ship my personal belongings to your apartment; I have all I need right here."

Acceptance and relief seeped into both of them as they became aware that despite the long gap, despite the problems that had kept them apart, that they were finally on the same page. Edward would finish his residency and Bella would find a job, and they would decide on their future together.

Half an hour later, Bella spoke up. "Edward, we didn't get to tell them our news properly." Her voice sounded like she was pouting.

Edward let out a small laugh. "I know, but I think they kinda guessed, don't you? Let's not worry about it until tomorrow, okay?"

He could feel her smile against his chest. "Sounds like a plan. Since we have no clean clothes with us, we can both do the walk of shame, together, and tell them face to face."

~oOo~

The End

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