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That´s What Little Girls Are Made Of...

Chapter One-Oh-Six

EPOV

"God, Baby Girl," holding her tight to my chest, "I didn´t mean to hurt you. I-I just…Jesus," I exhaled shakily. "I´m such an ass, please God tell me you´re okay."

I was freaking the hell out!

Bella mentioned that punk´s name, and I saw fucking red!

The thought of him putting his filthy paws anywhere on her body made my blood boil; I was livid that she would allow him to share in something so personal with her.

Why the fuck didn´t she come to me?

I would have taken her to the doctor!

I would have made sure that she understood what it meant to take such drastic step.

I would have been the one to share in her milestone from little girl to young woman!

Me!

I should have been there!

Keep telling yourself that, Pretty Boy! My conscience scoffed. You would have pitched a bitchfit and you know it! There is no way in hell that you would have taken her to get birth control thinking that she was doing it for Jacob´s benefit.

Fuck you; it´s my job to take care of her!

My fucking job, not Jacob´s!

Not some horny college kid who didn´t know his ass from a fucking hole in the ground.

Internally, a war raged inside of me, my breathing spiked and my blood nearly boiled over. A red haze clouded my vision. "E-Edward, p-please," Bella whimpered against my chest. "I can´t breathe, you´re holding me too tight."

Christ, I was such a goddamn dick!

Way to go, Cullen, your fucking little caveman performance is going to scare the poor girl away!

"Shit, Bella," I panicked, pulling back and giving her some space. Not knowing what else to do with them, my hands embedded themselves in my hair, yanking in frustration.

I had royally fucked this up before it even got started!

"Hey," Isabella said, gently halting my assault on my hair. "Edward, look at me! I´m o..."

Something in me couldn´t let her finish that statement, I didn´t deserve her forgiveness.

"If you care anything about sanity, you will not end that statement with the word okay," I said with my face buried in my hands. "What I just did, Bella, was anything but okay."

Tiny hands wrapped themselves around my wrists and tugged. Unable to deny her anything, I slowly allowed her to pull my hands away. Still too embarrassed to look her in the face, my eyes remained shut.

Soft lips place tender sweet kisses to each one of my closed lids. I exhale, basking in the warmth of her touch, even though I have no right to. Shifting her body so that she´s almost to the side of me, Bella pulled me so that my head rested on her breasts, humming quietly, she lightly scratched my scalp.

Leaning into her touch, I soaked it up. "As much as you don´t want me to say it," Bella began, once she had me under her spell. "I´m fine, Edward; a little startled by your reaction, but fine nonetheless." Pausing, she sighed. "This is probably my fault anyway."

Opening my mouth to protest, she cut me off. "Let me finish, please. I say it´s my fault because, I let Jacob come between us. You and I don´t keep secrets, but when Jacob came to me about keeping his, I didn´t know what else to do. It wasn´t until he called me out on my feelings for you did he suggest that I fill you in on what´s going on."

At that, my interest was piqued. "What´s going on? Is Jacob in some kind of trouble, Bella? And, has he dragged you into it?"

"No, and yes," she stated, leaving me even more confused than I already was.

"Care to explain that," I asked, making lazy circles on her abdomen.

"Edward," Bella said before sucking in a big breath. "JacobandSetharegayhe´sjustusingmeasacover!"

"What?"

"God, Edward," Bella huffed dramatically. "Jacob and Seth are gay! They are just using Ang and me as their covers!" Bella´s little body sagged as if the wind had left her sails.

"Jacob and Seth are…" I didn´t even finish my statement before loud guffaws erupted out of me. I mean belly-clenching, tear-jerking, breath-taking guffaws.

All this fucking time, I´ve been jealous of Jacob and he was batting for the other team?

You have got to be fucking kidding me!

After an eternity, I finally sobered. "Oh, Baby Girl," I wiped the tears from my eyes. "You have no idea how fucking glad I am to hear that!"

"Glad to know I can bring you some comic relief, Cullen," Bella said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"Aww...Little One, don´t be like that," I placated. "You just inadvertently saved that young man´s life. As it stands now, you can hang out with him anytime you like. I´m sure he won´t mind looking after you when I´m not around."

"Har-dee-fucking-har! You are such a goddamn jackass, you know that!" Bella smacked my chest in mock agitation.

"So, are we good? No more secrets?"

"Well, not unless you´re still in contact with one of your ex-bimbos." Bella said, giving me the stink-eye. "FYI...Cullen, I don´t fucking share either!" And just like that, Isabella Swan became my hero.

My little girl could hold her fucking own.

AN: There you have it! And no worries... he overreacted, but he will never hurt her or be abusive. Next up... the move, and the memorial services... and I'm gonna tell you now, I bawled my eyes out writing, so it's very emotional! Why stop begging now...leave me sum lovin peeps!

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