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Virulent
Chapter 5
"What?" Edward said.
Bella nodded at Edward's shocked face. His jaw was touching the ground. His eyes were wide open. If Bella wasn't so scared about what had happened in the previous few days, she would've laughed at Edward's comical expression. She'd recounted the whole story to a stunned Edward.
After her encounter with the terrifying creature, she decided to make a conscious effort to stay in populated areas. In other words, she wanted to be part of the crowd. She never thought she'd hear herself saying that as she was often walking against the ideals of society but this time, she felt that safety would come in numbers. And she needed those numbers.
After thanking Emmett profusely for what he had done, she'd departed from the local supermarket after leaving a few statements to the police. She'd driven straight home where she locked the door and checked behind every curtain, nook and cranny. She'd secured every single window in her apartment and even called Alice to tell her what had happened.
Alice did the same thing. But because Alice also had a boyfriend, she'd phoned him and told him to stay with her as she was rather frightened. Jasper Whitlock was the name of the twenty six year old boyfriend of Alice's. With shaggy blond hair and twinkling blue eyes, his southern accent made him even more attractive. He worked as an accountant with his beloved girlfriend. Bella thought the two to be exceptionally cute.
"I need to meet this McCarty guy," Edward said, still in a daze. Bella nodded, her thoughts wandering to what had happened that night in the supermarket.
"It couldn't have just been that single guy," Bella said, deep in thought. By 'guy', she meant the skeletal creature that was about to attack her. "He must have transformed from one thing to another thing. And it's still happening as we talk."
"Well, maybe the creatures are scared of sound or something and can only come out at night. They probably need a bit of time to transform, meaning that if someone becomes infected by a bite or something, they need to be killed immediately, before they transform. That sort of prevention can be the solution. But it'd be hard just to simply kill off a helpless, human being," Edward said. He played his fair share of video games.
"But the supermarket wasn't that quiet. There was noise," Bella said.
"But maybe it was quiet compared to other places in Seattle. They wouldn't come out here, in the middle of the city, amongst the traffic. They might be attacking quieter suburbs and local shops because there aren't a lot of people around and people get petrified when they see scary shit like that. They just lock up," he whispered, suspicion dancing in his eyes.
"Is that your philosophy, professor?" Bella teased.
"Do you have anything better?" Edward retorted. She couldn't believe that they were sitting at a diner, discussing possible theories about zombie-like monsters.
"Maybe it's a virus? Or some fungal pathogen that's causing these mutations?" Bella said. Edward raised his eyebrows, nodding slowly.
"Anyway, how was work?" she asked him, needing a change of topic. They decided to have ramen tonight before heading over to Bella's place. It had been so long since they did anything together.
"Fine," Edward said, thoughts drifting back to the quizzical events of his day. Angela and Jessica, two bright students from his lecture, had walked up to him this morning, twirling their hair. He'd noticed that both of them wore very short skirts and had the top buttons of their shirt undone. It almost looked like they were from that Britney Spears music video.
He remembered asking them if he could help them and the two girls gently touching his arm and saying how lovely his eyes were. Usually during his lectures, Edward would wear his glasses when he'd read off of his notes. But occasionally, they would sit on his desk, untouched. He remembered nodding uncomfortably before telling them that he had somewhere to be. He also remembered shaking off the chills that ran through his body.
"Where did you just go?" Bella asked, staring at Edward. He looked spooked out, more than anything.
"Nowhere," he mumbled. They continued to eat in silence before both driving back to Bella's place.
It honestly didn't matter whether they went to Edward's or Bella's as they lived relatively close to each other. Sometimes, Bella even made the effort to drive to her place to pick up Lucas and bring him over to Edward's. Edward adored animals very much and would always have a litter box ready for Lucas.
Arriving back at her apartment, Bella quickly fed Lucas so that he would be occupied with his food, enabling her to make out with Edward (without a furry spectator). Grabbing Edward by his tie, she pulled him to her, kicking the door shut behind him. He kissed her hungrily as he grabbed her by the waist and held her up, pushing her against the door.
"Bedroom?" he asked. She nodded, curious as to why he would even need to ask.
He placed her gently on the mattress as he took off his shirt. Edward was attractive, anyone could vouch for that. But strangely enough, Bella only saw him as a remarkable, worthy friend. She licked her lips at the sight of his sculpted abdomen.
"You seriously don't go to the gym?" she asked Edward, narrowing her eyes.
"Nope, no time," he said, immediately kissing her again.
"You lie," she whispered dramatically, making him chuckle. He fumbled with her clothes before tearing them off. He licked her left nipple before placing the swollen bud into his mouth and flicking it quickly. Her moan showed all the appreciation he needed. He alternated between her left one and right one before she testily told him to hurry up and take off his pants.
After discarding his boxers, Edward grabbed a condom and slid it on himself. He touched Bella and found that she was wet and impatiently waiting. She smirked at him. He gave her a look.
"I was simply checking," he said.
"Well, you're too slow. I'm already dripping like an ocean. No more foreplay," she stated, matter-of-factly.
He entered her, making her instantly quieten as she closed her mouth and shut her eyes. Her fingernails scratched his back as she held herself close to his body. Her nipples brushed against his as he moved on top of her.
"Yes," she said. It was the only word she was capable of uttering. "Yes."
He continued to thrust before he felt himself unable to take any more of it. He came, throwing his head back and cussing. She moaned, thrashing slightly before she stilled.
Meow.
They looked at each other before bursting out into laughter. They'd forgotten to close the door and now Lucas stood next to the bed. He was a smart kitten. He didn't stand very close to the bed as that would prevent him from seeing everything, due to the height of the mattress.
Instead, he stood at a fair distance that offered him a good view of what was happening. Bella groaned in embarrassment but Edward smiled sympathetically at the kitten.
"Have you talked to a vet about this?" Edward asked. The kitten was oddly interested in everything Edward did. Now that Lucas was in the room, he followed Edward around when he discarded the condom. Perhaps Lucas just wanted Edward. He didn't actually like the sex part. He might've just liked watching Edward do it.
Edward walked back to the bed, placing a kiss on Bella's cheek. She was about to ask if they wanted to go for another round when there was a thump on her front door. There wasn't a distinct knocking that indicated a needy visitor. Just an irregular thumping on the door.
Bella and Edward became still for a moment.
"Are you expecting anyone?" Edward asked. Bella shook her head.
Her patients didn't know where she lived and usually, they'd call her if they had an emergency or if they were in desperate need to talk. Some believed that it would break the barrier of professionalism between psychologists and patients, to know so many personal details about their shrink, but many found that they could talk to Bella as a friend due to her warm nature. Once she'd been called and pulled out of bed in order to stop a man from jumping off of a bridge. Regardless, none of her patients knew where she lived. It couldn't be any of them.
Edward and Bella quickly put on the clothes that they'd been so eager to take off. Bella then walked up to her door. She peered through the peep hole. There was no one there. The thumping continued. Edward walked up behind her. They both seemed to be in a dilemma about whether it was a good idea to open the door or not.
She thought, worriedly. He pondered, quietly.
Bella placed her hand on the doorknob. She opened the door.
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