Recap:

I got out of the car and watched as Edward drove off. I took in a deep breath and walked towards the front door. It opened before I even had the chance to open it myself. My step mum was at the door looking angry and pointed to the lounge room wordlessly. As I made my way in I saw both Emmett and Rosalie, and Alice and Jasper seated on the long couch together. I seated myself between them.

And waited for Charlie to begin his lecture.

Chapter 16

"Your mother and I go away for a couple of days, we come home early and nobody is home. Rose you're at Emmett's when you rang us and told us you would be back after a date. And Jasper is at Alice's. Dinner doesn't last till midnight where I come from. I don't even want to know where you were Bella..." Ouch. I wasn't that bad, was I? "Don't look at me like that, Bells." I opened my mouth to object but gave up and slumped back in my chair.

"First off...Bella. When you came here you promised things will change. You would go to school and stop all this late night partying to which you are accustomed to back in Florida. You might be at school but you have been going out every night and I'm sick of it..."

"But I haven't be-"

"I don't want to send you back to Renee's..."

"I won't go there if you do."

"I know you won't which is why I don't want to kick you out. You've always done what you wanted to... but it has to stop. For my own sanity, please, and for your safety, stop all this partying and drugs and your sex driven lifestyle. Just until you leave my house. Please." His eyes bored into mine roughly and I nearly shrunk backwards with the force, but mostly the love hidden behind his roughness.

"Secondly," he continued addressing everyone now, "I think that this may be way too late... but I suppose it's better late than never, right?" We all stared at him blankly. He looked over us all but his cheeks reddened and he looked away quickly and fumbled in his pocket for a few moments and brought a handful of... "condoms." Rosalie moaned beside me.

"Now, umm... the idea of... uhmm... condoms is... to put them on before... you... erm... yknow... and then take them off... after." He coughed and pulled his shoulders back, trying to regain his confidence. He threw a pile on Emmett's and Rosalie's laps. "You don't wear them, no sex. I put up with a lot and I don't say anything but I'm not dealing with a teen pregnancy, capeesh? Just do me this one small favour, please." He then threw a pile at Jasper. He then turned and looked at me, "should I even bother giving you these?"

"Charlie! Listen I'm sorry I've been such a disappointment to you all these years but when I promised those things...to be a good girl, no drugs, no alcohol... well I respected you and your rules. I haven't gone anywhere near drugs since I got here and I haven't been sleeping around."

"Oh really? So all these late night outings when you think I don't notice you're gone... they are what? Strolls in the park? I don't think so Bella. I know you too well... just like I know that you sleep around with a lot of guys."

"You asked me not to sleep with randoms that I met at clubs while I was intoxicated. And I haven't been, not since you asked me to anyway. The guys I've been sleeping around with? Singular. One. One guy. My boyfriend. You asked me to not sleep with the plural. And shouldn't I have the same rights as your stepchildren who you just gave permission to sleep with their partners?" he looked a bit stunned and stared at me unblinkingly. "And you know what? I think I might just go and stay with him tonight... unless I run into some drug dealers that I can sleep with in the park on my way." I jumped up and made my way out of the room quickly.

"Bella!" He called after me.

I turned around and took a deep breath and said quietly and as apologetically as I could, "I'll speak to you tomorrow, Charlie. Goodnight. I do love you. But I don't want to see you right now." The room was silent as I walked outside.

I walked along the path slowly, a solitary tear running down my cheek, stinging in the cool night air. I wiped it away and breathed in deeply. The only noise around the whole way there was the steady beats of my shoes as they connected with the concrete... not even a single car. I took the lonely walk morosely thinking about how horrible I felt towards Charlie, and the best way I could fix it up with him. I didn't come up with anything that made the least bit of sense. But my worry dissipated when I entered Edward's yard and saw him pacing in his garage near his car door. He didn't even notice me walk up.

His head slammed down on his car bonnet as he bent over in frustration. I tiptoed up behind him and grabbed his hips by sneaking my hands up his untucked shirt. My colds hands making him jump in surprise. He grimaced but when he saw it was me his mouth turned into a smirk on the side of his mouth. "You're back. And you're not dead."

"Oh, really? Not dead. Well spotted Mr Cullen." I ran my hand through his hair and pulled down hard on the back of his scalp, bringing him closer to my mouth. I kissed him gently for a moment, and without removing my lips from his whispered, "I'm very... impressed by your wit and... intellect."

His arms wound around me, his hands grasping at my ass, pushing me up against him forcefully. His tongue sought mine immediately and he walked step by step against me, forcing me backward until I eventually hit the wall. His mouth trailed along my jaw and as I arched my neck up he suddenly bit down hard on my soft flesh making me squeal in pleasure and pain. I jumped up on his hips, winding my legs around his waist and digging the heels of my shoes into his sides. Whispering into his ear "upstairs would be a good place to start," and bit into his earlobe as he moaned and slowly made his entry into the house and his ascent up the stairs as I bit, sucked, licked and nibbled my way across his face and neck. We were halfway up the staircase when he moaned loudly as I made contact with a nerve under his jaw and he wobbled slightly, grabbing onto the banister, forcing me to clutch to him tighter.

He kicked the door open with his foot and threw me down onto the bed, jumping on top of me and burying his face in my chest, ripping my top open and nuzzling his nose into my breasts before kissing his way down my body. When he got to my jeans, his hands were entwined in mine so he started unzipping them with his teeth, not having the patience to unwind his hands from mine.

As he was pulling down my pants at a startling speed, a couple of footsteps were heard walking down the hallway. "Eew!" a shrill voice yelled. Alice. "There are doors on the walls for a reason," and slammed the door shut on us. We had forgotten to close it in our haste. We could hear Jasper's catcalls on the other side of the door and whines as he beat at the door like a dog wanting to come inside. Edward huffed and dropped his face into my stomach for a few seconds, but when Jaspers antics continued he jumped up and stalked over the room, opening the door. Jasper stepped back in surprise and looked a bit nervous as Edward's eyes narrowed at him in anger.

Jasper clapped him on the shoulder and saluted him. "Have fun, kids!" and sauntered off down the hall towards Alice's room with a large smirk on his face.

Edward flung the door shut and payed close attention as he locked it, checking it twice. "For a secret relationship, we seem to get caught a lot." I laughed and signalled him closer. I kneeled on the bed as he stood in front of it, and we simply gazed into each other's eyes for a few moments. Unmoving.

Simultaneously we attacked each other's lips in a passionate moment as he forced us back on the bed. He quickly pulled on my jeans, barely staying up, and pulled my underwear with it to save time. And once I was undressed we both clawed at Edwards clothes together until we were both satisfied with his nakedness.

He pushed me down roughly with a growl, grabbing my hands and holding them above my head as he pinned me down and had his way with me. We didn't need any foreplay, we were both more than ready after all the disturbances of the night, all the teasing...

He smirked when he saw that I gasped as he entered me. He pushed within me hard and fast, refusing to take any time. We both wanted each other to take a moment to savour the feeling. He pulled out nearly all the way to tease me before slamming his way back into me again and again. My eyes started to roll back into their sockets as the pressure built up inside me. "Cum for me, Bella."

"I am... I'm... coming!" waves of pleasure soared through my body, my body tingling where our flesh connected. But Edward wasn't anywhere near done, he only changed the angle, my gasps coming much quicker and louder as he pounded into me. My eyes trailed along his body, watching his sweaty body, watching his muscles flex as he moved. For the second time that night I could feel my body responding to him, about to release.

"Come with me, Bella. Are you nearly there? Are you there?"

"I'm... uunggh."

"Uugh!!" We both exploded into bliss together, Edward falling onto my body limply in satisfied exhaustion. I loved the feeling of him on me. It made it harder to breathe, but I didn't need to. I just needed him there. But he rolled off after a few moments, worried he was crushing me. But I rolled after him, lying on him, not wanting to separate at all. I trailed my foot along the inside of his leg as our breaths slowed, our chests heaving in sync due to our proximity.

He kissed me awake in the morning and when he moved to pull away, I clutched at him, not letting our lips separate. He spoke against my lips, "If we don't leave now, we'll be late."

Oh. School. I'd almost forgotten.

I hadn't brought any clothes with me from home, and my top had been ripped last night. We had no time to do anything else so I wore my jeans again and stole one of his shirts and secured it with one of his belts under my bust. I tried to tame my hair but gave up. People would work it out what I had been doing last night pretty quickly anyway.

Edward sped towards the school and let me off on the side off the road around the corner from the school under the cover of a set of trees so everyone wouldn't see us arrive together. He apologized profusely for me having to walk an extra fifty metres but I waved him off after a quick kiss.

I was just walking around the car park when I saw him pull into a space on the other side of the car park, teachers parking. He got out, winked in my direction and walked off towards his class. I sauntered through the school hallways as people gave me knowing looks. Pfft, it's not like I made a real effort to disguise that I had gotten laid last night. I actually made it to English before anyone else and as Mike filed in and took in my appearance his brow furrowed before he caught my glance and winked, looking me over. And sat next to me. I groaned.

It would be a long day.

"So Bella..."

AN: I'm so so sorry it's taken this long. I haven't had time... and I'm actually serious. I had 4 migraines in one week, and then I had the production of Alice in Wonderland (which went really well btw) which took all of my time. Like rehearsals every single day of the week for 3 weeks before it- our school takes musicals really seriously, and I was the lead so I haven't had a life. And then I had my last week of school... ever! It's so good...so there have been a few necessary parties that i had to go to, to celebrate of course. I have exams starting next week, then graduation, and then another set of exams that determine if I get into uni, but then I'm finished. So bare with me over the next couple of weeks... ill update when i can. I'm really trying. But once that's finished... I'll be able to update probably daily as long as I don't get a job.

I'm so sorry...

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