A/N: Ugh! Busy week. Should be able to post two times this next week. Then the sequel of Phases of the Moon will start. I'd say this story has maybe…5-8 chapters left.
I lay in bed not being able to sleep. Bella was in the room just down the hall from me and it was driving me insane that I couldn't be with her. Our date was amazing. When she told me that she loved me as I did her I thought I would explode. I didn't see what the big deal was with having her sleep in my room with me. I think Alice had a bigger problem with it than my parents did. She wanted Bella all to herself. But I needed sleep. It was the day of the game and Bella would be spending the night with me in Portland. Whether Alice liked it, and whether Emmett liked it. As long as Bella wasn't opposed to staying in the same room with me, then nothing is going to stop me. I needed her in my arms. It's not like I was going to try and get Bella to do anything inappropriate with me. I just wanted to hold her.
I tossed and turned for a few more hours. Not running into Alice's room and grabbing Bella was one of the most difficult things I've ever done. I was finally able to drift off to sleep.
It had seemed like I was only resting a few minutes when I was woken up by something touching my forehead. I reluctantly opened my eyes and saw Bella giving me small kisses all over my face and neck.
"Good morning. We're going to head to Portland in an hour or so I thought I should wake you up." She whispered into my ear before I pulled her down so she was laying on my chest.
"Or we could just stay here forever." She sighed contentedly.
"I don't think that's an option, sweetheart." I chuckled.
"How many rooms are there going to be in the hotel in Portland?" She was biting her lip when she asked me that. She looked so sexy when she bit her lip.
"Three." I answered shortly. I wanted to make sure that she was thinking the same thing I was thinking.
"Oh." She smiled slightly and looked down at her hands. "Do you think that maybe you and I could stay in the same room, if you want to, that is." She said a little nervously.
"I'm sure we can. And I would love to." I said kissing her full lips. I kissed her again, and again until she started giggling.
"Edward. Breakfast is downstairs, and I'm starving so unless you want me eating you, then I suggest you come with me to eat." She teased.
"Okay, okay." I sighed. She grabbed my hand and we walked down the stairs together. All of our suitcases were already by the door.
"Good morning, sleepy head." Said Alice through her mouth full of waffle.
"Good morning, sister, thanks for packing my things." I said to her.
"Bella packed them, actually." She said and she seemed a little peeved that she wasn't the one to go through my things.
"Oh. Well then, thank you for packing my things." I said turning all of my attention to Bella, which wasn't a hard thing to do. She just smiled sheepishly and began drowning her waffle in syrup.
After we all ate, we grabbed our things and put most of them in the back of the Jeep. Bella's and my suitcases went into the back of the Volvo. She climbed into the passenger's seat and buckled her seatbelt. She furrowed her brow. I could tell something was bothering her. She looked so cute when she was concentrating.
"Bella, is something wrong?" I asked her, trying not to laugh at her expression.
"It's nothing." She sighed. I knew it wouldn't be easy to get the information out of her. Bella was never one for complaining.
"Please tell me, Love. I can tell there's something wrong." I pleaded.
"You're going to think it's dumb." She said in a small voice. I couldn't imagine ever thinking anything she ever said was dumb.
"It's just that…I don't like watching you get tackled in football. It makes me anxious." She admitted. I tried incredibly hard to stifle my laugh, but it didn't work for long.
"Bella. Don't be anxious. I've been in football since I was ten, I can take it." I said between chuckles.
"I told you that you'd think it was dumb." She said while playfully swatting my arm.
"I don't think it's dumb. I just don't want you to worry your pretty little head, alright?" I explained to her. I could understand where she was coming from.
"Okay. But promise me you'll be okay." She told me.
"I promise." I said before placing my hand on her knee and giving it a gentle squeeze.
We made small talk for the remainder of the two-hour drive. She told me what a good time she'd had the night before again and again. I followed Emmett to the Hotel where we checked in. Everyone was on the third floor.
"So I was thinking. Edward and Jasper in one room, Bella and Alice in another, and Rose and me in the last one." Emmett said as we made our way upstairs.
"No way!" Alice said.
"Alright. Alice, Bella, and Jasper can all be in one room." He conceded.
"Emmett." Bella growled. She was so adorable. "I'm staying with Edward." She informed him.
"Like hell you are." He said.
"Let me take care of this." I whispered to her. "Emmett, let's go talk." I said nodding toward the other side of the hallway. He followed me there reluctantly.
"Emmett, Bella's staying with me." I said calmly.
"No she's not." He said with conviction.
"Emmett. It's not going to be like that, you know me better than that. She wants to stay with me. And I can promise you, as one of my best friends that I would never disrespect her. I love her, Emmett. I'm not that guy, and neither one of us are ready for that. So please, don't make this a big deal." I explained to him. I'll always love Emmett as a brother, but I loved Bella, too, and I wasn't going to make her unhappy to make Emmett happy.
"You better take good care of her, Edward. She's been through—" He started.
"She's been through a lot, Emmett. I know. I will always take care of her as long as she wants me there, I promise." I told him looking him dead in the eye.
"Alright. I guess it's better that it's you than some random guy. But still, I want to protect her." He said, and I understood where he was coming from.
"I want to protect her, too. And I will." I told both him, and myself. I would never let anything happen to Bella no matter what. Emmett nodded in understanding. We walked back to everyone on the other side of the hallway. Bella looked at me with question deep in her beautiful eyes.
"Let's get our stuff." I said to Bella and her face lit up.
"Thanks, Em." She said as we passed Emmett on the way to our room. We went inside and laid our things down on the bed.
"I have to get ready for the game. We leave for the stadium in an hour. I have something I want you to have." I told Bella reaching into my suitcase.
"No gifts!" She protested, and I chuckled lightly at her. She was going to have to get used to gifts whether she liked them or not. I have plans to spoil her until the day I die.
"You'll love it. I promise." I said before bending over and giving her a quick peck. "Now close your eyes." I commanded. She huffed a little knowing that she had lost, and then she obeyed.
I sat down next to her and wrapped my letterman's jacket around her small frame. As soon as she felt the heavy jacket touch her, her eyes opened in shock.
"Your jacket?" She asked me, in shock. She was looking around herself to see how it fit on her. It was much too big but she looked unbelievably sexy. "Thank you so much Edward." She said with a small tear in her eye. I remember the first football game she'd gone to. She looked at Alice and Rose enviously at their jackets that they got from their boyfriends. I wanted more than anything for her to have that, too.
"Of course, Bella. I want you to have it. And you look kind of…..hot." I told her causing her to giggle before I attacked her with kisses. "We need to head to the stadium." I told her after we made out for a few minutes.
"I don't want to." She pouted before giving me another kiss.
"Bella. We have to go. You have to show off your jacket that says 'Cullen' on the back so everyone knows you're my girl." I reasoned with her.
"Okay fine." She giggled before getting of the bed and putting the jacket on herself properly.
I walked up behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist. "You look beautiful." I said before kissing her temple.
"Thank you, kind sir." She replied.
"Not a problem." I said before grabbing my football gear and opening the door for Bella.
We met the rest of the gang downstairs. We got into Emmett's jeep. The hotel was only about three or four minutes from the high school stadium. We pulled up, showed the girls where they sit, and then we met the rest of the team in the locker room.
"Glad to see you fellows decided to join us." The coach said as we walked in and began to gear up. We weren't the last one's there. He was always bitter towards the players who didn't want to ride in the bus. We didn't respond. We all knew better than that. Instead we just took our seats on the nasty benches and listened to his 'inspirational speech'. After the rest of the team showed up and he told us all to go play our hearts out because that's what real Spartans would do. We weren't even in Greece. It was just our team name for Christ's sake.
We got out on the field. The side for Fork's high had a few parents, Rose, Alice, and most of all, Bella. It was always irritating to go far out of town because the home team would have a whole half of a stadium of fans that hated us. I was incredibly grateful to have Bella in the stands. I would play for her. I didn't want her to have a boyfriend who was a loser.
We went out on the field and lined up on the line of scrimmage. We tossed the coin, and the home team got the ball. We lined up. The guy in front of me looked quite menacing. But I could be, too. I scowled at him for just a moment before he looked away.
"Hike!" I heard the center on the other team yell out. The quarterback had the ball. I went straight for him. I was the fastest member on the team, Emmett was the strongest, Jasper was the smartest. This is how we would take down the quarterback. I would run behind the quarterback and slow him down so Emmett could come tackle him. Jasper would pay attention to who the quarterback would throw to, and he would tackle him, leaving the quarterback with no one to throw the ball to by the time Emmett had him on the ground. It was a stuck up thought; but we didn't really need the other members on the team.
We enacted our plan perfectly. The second play began and Jasper intercepted the ball. The rest of the game went much the same. We won by a landslide. I went into the locker room to shower before going back to Bella. I looked at my phone. It was flashing with a new message.
You did great! Love you.
Bella
I took the fastest shower of my entire life just wanting to get back to her. When Emmett, Jasper, and I were all ready we went to the parking lot where the girls were already waiting in the jeep. The three of them jumped out in unison and ran to the appropriate guy.
"You're my hero." Bella said with a kiss.
"That's good to know." I chuckled. I gave her another kiss before we went to a small pizza place just next to the Hotel. We shot some pool, and then went back to the hotel around 9.
"I'm exhausted." Bella said with a yawn as she plopped down on the bed.
"Me, too." I said. "Don't you want to sleep in something more comfortable than your jeans, though?" I asked Bella who was already half asleep.
"I thought about it." She said with a giggle before getting up and heading into the bathroom with her overnight bag. She was in there for a few minutes. I took off my jeans and shirt leaving myself in my boxers and a white t-shirt. Bella came out of the bathroom wearing just her pink boy shorts and a tiny black tank top that left nothing to the imagination. She didn't even realize that what she was wearing was so tempting.
"Bella." I said, but the voice wasn't mine. I was nearly heaving.
"Hmm?" She asked clueless. I couldn't take it anymore, I jumped up and wrapped my arms around her and kissed her. She returned the kiss enthusiastically. Before I knew it despite everything I had said to myself, my father, Emmett, Charlie, I was going to make love to her. I loved her, and I wanted to show her that.
My hands were roaming her body as she pulled off my shirt. I let my lips leave hers. I began kissing down her cheek and along her jaw line. When I got to her neck I kissed and sucked and bit lightly and the soft skin there.
"Edward." She moaned. It was only encouragement for me to go further. I pulled off her top much like she'd done to mine. I laid her down on the bed and began kissing her lips softly again.
"Are you sure you want to do this. We don't have to." I told her. I didn't want her to regret anything.
"I love you so much, Edward." She said, and that was all I needed. We removed the rest of our clothes. I made love to her gently, careful not to hurt her. It was the single most intimate thing I'd ever done. I knew it was the right thing. I loved Bella so much that when we were together like that everything was perfect. There was no Phil, no Billy, no problems at all. Just me, and her, and our love.
When we were finished she fell asleep on my chest. Around two in the morning someone was knocking at the door. "Edward open up!" Emmett yelled. I jumped out of bed and pulled on my boxers. I cautiously opened the door hoping he hadn't heard anything.
"Edward! My dad just called. They've found Phil." He said excitedly before his brow furrowed and his face turned red. "Why is my sister naked in your bed, Edward?" He growled.
A/N: This is rated T. So no lemon for you! Review please! I haven't been getting as many reviews on the last chapter as the others. I just want to make sure the story isn't going badly. Gracias!