"Victoria?" I whisper, my throat going dry. All he does is nods and my knees buckle, but before I hit the ground Edward catches me.
"Bella sweetie it'll be fine" He whispers pressing his cool lips to my forehead reassuringly.
"Is Jacob okay?" I ask standing on my wobbly knees.
"Yeah, he was enjoying himself, but Victoria slipped away" my voice hitches when he says this and he kisses my forehead again.
"Everything is going to be fine" he murmurs against my forehead.
"Where's my truck?" I ask.
"Jacobs bringing it to your house as we speak." I think I hear him murmur something like 'hopefully he totals it' but I disregard it and we walk out onto the road where his Volvo is sitting parked on the side of the road.
I decide that right now isn't the right time to discuss our … issue. So we drive in silence, him concentrating on the road, his jaw tight. I reach over and touch it and it relaxes a little and he reaches up to hold my hand to his cheek, "I'm so happy your okay Bella. If anything ever happened to you…" He shudders at the thought. He turns his face to kiss my palm. He inhaled and winced.
"Your so thirsty…"I whisper rubbing the dark shadow under his eye.
"Its bearable" He whispers.
"Edward…"
"Bella. Don't worry about it" He snaps, and I pull my hand away from his cheek. He exhales and apologizes "Bella, I'm sorry, it just… Victoria… she got so close! She could have gotten you! And I wouldn't have been there to save you Bella! I could have lost you!" He gasps and weaves off of the road and onto the side of the road.
"Bella you have absolutely no clue… I love you so much and the thought of losing you it, it makes me go crazy Bella!" He nearly shouts, his voice resonating in the small space.
He pulls me onto his lap and holds my head between his chest and his hand, murmuring into my hear. His body starts to shake and I pull away, not able to believe that he's laughing. But he isn't his eyes are tight and sorrowful, and I can swear that if it were possible, tears would be streaming down his granite cheeks.
"Are you… Crying?" I ask astonished.
"Yeah…, the vampire way" He chuckles. After a while he calms down and strokes my hair softly, kissing my neck, and my stomach turns in knots. He kisses his way to my lips and presses his lips to mine lightly and then a little harder.
He breaks away with a little huff and pulls out his cell phone.
"Hey Jasper? I need you and Emmett at Bella's house in ten minutes, I'm gonna need to go hunting." He says winking at me. He hangs up and veers onto the road and heads to my house.
Were there within seconds and he drops me off whispering "I'll be back when Charlie's snoring" Before kissing me and speeding of in the opposite direction. I putter around for a while, doing some chores that I've left neglected. The hours drag and I do something I rarely ever do. Drink coffee. I've got a very short tolerance for caffeine, but I've got the feeling that I'm going to need the energy tonight from the way that Edward winked at me earlier.
While I'm cooking Creamy Fettuccini Alfredo, Grandma Swan's recipe, someone sneaks up behind me and grabs me. I let out a screech and Jake chuckles
"A little high strung uh Bells?"
" You tell me! I was almost killed six hours ago!"
"Sorry about that" He apologizes rubbing the back of his neck.
"No problem, death is a common enemy" I laugh trying to make the situation funny even though we both know that its not .
"It must suck to be you" He chuckles.
"Not really… I've got family a were wolf best friend a vampire boyfriend and a maniac vampire chasing me around. Its an awesome life" I say true full except for the part about Victoria.
"Really?" Jake asks his face breaking into my grin.
"Yeah when my werewolf best friend and my vampire boyfriend are behaving themselves, and not ripping each other to shreds." I joke mussing his hair.
He just grins at me, his teeth gleaming. He sniffs and grimaces.
"Well I'll see ya' later Bells" He says and turns to leave.
"Does it have to be like that?" I whisper
"Bella, for now it does maybe later it won't but for now…luv you Bells" He whispers hugging me and leaving.
"Love you to Jake." I whisper to no one before Edward comes in, his eyes soft and golden.
"Hola…"He whispers kissing me.
"Hi." Its amazing what his present does to me, sad to happy in all but two seconds. Wow. "What are we doing tonight?" I ask.
"Definitely not sleeping…
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EPOV
Time away from her is pure hell. Thinking of who or what she's thinking about. Even the two hours it takes for Charlie are horrible. I never go home, I sit in the tree outside of her house listening to what's going on tensing when Bella trips over her own feet and then chuckle when she steadies herself.
God how I love her. The way she tripped across a flat surface, the way she blushes when I stroke her cheek. I love her loving brown eyes, and the way her lips brush together when she talks. And now that I've seen her naked…
She doesn't know it but there are men that would kill to have her. God how many times I have to retain my anger when we go to Seattle or Hoquiam and a guys thoughts wonder to non appropriate avenues. Once of twice I've thought of taping her breasts down and buying her a bunch of baggy t-shirts but it makes me oddly proud that she's mine and no one will ever touch her but me.
Finally Charlie is in bed and Bella runs upstairs to take a shower. I imagine her in the shower and I leap through her window. I sneak into her bathroom and close the door soundlessly. I strip silently and slide in next to her, I'm so silent that she doesn't notice me until she reaches back to grab the soap and grabs my…. Nether regions. She gasps and turns around, her heart accelerating and she looks up \at me not releasing me.
"Um… Hi?" She whispers.
"Oh come here you goof ball" I whisper holding her to me, smelling her hair, smelling the faint smell of werewolf.
"I missed you" She whispers kissing my neck, and I cant stop the groan that escapes my throat.
"Ditto." I whisper. I grab the shampoo off of the side of the shower and squeeze it into her hair, smoothly massaging it into her scalp. I wash her lightly and then when were done I dry her. She dresses in her usual holy sweatpants and one of Charlie's old t-shirt. New pajamas…
We lay down on her bed for a while kissing lightly, and whispering to each other and then Bella breaks off and looks me full on in the eyes with a look that would have sent my heart flying if that was possible.
"We need to talk" She says intently.
"About…?"
"The future."
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