Disclaimer: Twilight + Edward, Bella, Alice, etc. Stephanie Meyer. Attempted Sin + plot + Dan, Lawrence, and Aerin Mine.
A/N: I know; you all probably hate me for making you wait since April. But I swear it'll be worth it!
Edward and I had been spending our days blissfully happy with Dan, Lawrence, and Aerin, (ok, maybe not so much Aerin) showing them around Forks. I gradually got used to Aerin though, and he didn't seem half as bad as I thought when I'd first met him. Edward and I were inseparable, day and night, our affection flowing freely when and where we pleased. When we were at the hospital helping Carlisle (as apart of our community service hours required for school), I had been at the front desk after school, and Edward had come up behind me and kissed my neck in a constant trail. I specifically remember hearing an old woman in the waiting room say, "crazy teenagers and their crazy hormones." Edward and I snickered and continued our display, with an annoyed harrumph from the old woman. Carlisle and the nurses merely chuckled and scolded us half heartedly.
It was only when we were in our meadow, fiercely covering each other with kisses, did I remember the one thing I'd completely forgotten the past week: Charlie. I bolted up, Edward still sitting on the ground in confusion. "What's wrong Bella?" he asked slowly pulling me down and back under him, showering my face with soft kisses. No matter how much of a vampire I became, I still struggled with coherency around him, especially when he kissed me and his scent surrounded my every being.
"Char...Lie…" I said the word in two syllables, barely able to connect the two.
"What about Charlie?" Edward asked me softly.
"He… wonder…where I am?" I struggled, triggering a good amount of snickering from Edward. He laid his head on my chest and sighed.
"Yes, I suppose you'll have to go see him, after a week of 'study sleepovers with Alice and Rosalie.'" I snorted at this.
"Is that what you told him?" I said, finally able to focus without Edward's scent engulfing me.
"Yes, it is kind of ridiculous isn't it?" Edward agreed, laughing wholeheartedly with me.
After we ended our laughing fit, I started to stand, when Edward grabbed my wrist and pulled me back down before I could blink. He made a motion for me not to talk. In the distance, there was arguing.
"I know she's out here Dan!" To both our shock, it was Aerin.
"She's with Edward Aer, leave her alone!" Dan shouted back.
"I don't care! I have to talk to her! It's important and you can't stop me!" I turned to Edward, to see him livid. I cocked my head, and he stood quickly, pulling me with him. He flung me onto his back and ran at vampire speed to the house and up to our room. He waited until the door was closed to unleash his terrifying roar. I slowly walked toward him as he shattered various items along the wall. I grabbed his arm mid-throw with a powerful grip, and placed the item back on the table it came from; all the while holding Edward's wrist in a death grip. I finally looked back into his eyes with a look that felt like one a mother would give a child when they're about to scold them. "You are acting like a 4 year old!" I hissed. He pouted at me with a half hearted glare. "Now you calm down and explain the reason behind this outburst!" It was hilarious; I never imagined using this tone on Edward, and I was struggling to contain my laughter. His glare intensified.
"Yes mother," he replied, placing extra emphasis on the word 'mother'. He sat down on the leather couch and started to calm himself down. I realized I still had his wrist is my grasp, and loosened it and started to rub my hand up and down his arm slowly and softly. I looked in his eyes, and smiled reassuringly. He smiled back and kissed me softly.
"Better?"
He sighed and said, "Yes," and pulled me into his chest.
"Are you going to tell me what was wrong?" I murmured my question into his chest, but I knew he heard me. I felt him stiffen slightly against my shoulder.
"I heard what he was thinking." His teeth we gritted, his body tense. I stroked his face and softly shushed him as a way to calm him. He took in a deep shuddering breath.
"What was he thinking Edward?" I asked softly.
He was quiet for a while, and then he finally spoke. "He was thinking," He took a deep breath to steady himself, "he was thinking of how to take you from me. He was going to tell you a lie to get you to fall to pieces, or hate me. And then he was going to take you far away. To Russia, or Thailand and then come back and kill me. After he…hurt you." He edited the last part, I could tell, but I wasn't about to mention it. I just about melted when I saw the look on his face. It showed anger, pain, and…worry? I'd never seen Edward get worried over another vampire, not since James. "Bella I'm not letting you out of my sight! You are to stay with me every second of every day, I don't care what Charlie says…" He suddenly burst with over-protectiveness. "We'll move. It's the only way to keep us together." He started to pace the room, then stopped, got down on his knees, grabbed my hands in his and said with a sudden idea, "We'll get married!"
"Married?" I barely sputtered out. I wanted to marry Edward, I did, but I was shocked passed reason.
"Yes!" He said excitedly. He kissed me all over. When he finally reached my face, he stared straight into my eyes. "For too long I've waited for something to make my sentence on this earth worth it. For too long I hated what I was, and never found salvation from it. For too long I've been alone and searching, losing all hope that I'd find what I was looking for. And then I found you, and I knew. I knew you were what I've been searching my entire immortal life for. Your love saved me from what I was Bella…" He stopped and kissed me slowly then whispered, "Say you'll be mine for eternity my sweet, my beautiful, my salvation…my Bella."
I knew I'd be crying if I could. I took Edward's face in my hands, and whispered, "Yes Edward, I will marry you," And kissed him with all of the emotion I had been feeling at that moment. He seemed surprised at first, and then he matched my emotion, making that kiss one I will always remember.
"Bella," both fell into a sleep-like state after our night. We didn't actually sleep, but we closed our Edward whispered. We eyes and drifted in our own thought. I sighed dreamily, and laid my head on his marble, exposed chest.
"Edward?" I whispered after a while of lying like that.
"Yes baby?" He asked stroking my hair.
"I love you." I said.
"I love you too." He replied, and kissed my head. I couldn't help but be blissfully happy. That is, until the door burst open to reveal the last person I wanted to be there.
"Rise and shine you two!" Aerin shouted, full of false cheer. Edward growled under his breath.
"God Dammit, Aerin, get the hell out!" He shouted as he rushed to cover me from Aerin's lustful eyes. I glared at Aerin with all my power, but he just stood there at the foot of our bed with that stupid wolfish grin on his face. I finally gave up and pulled myself (and the sheets) closer to Edward, who wrapped his arm protectively around my waist. "Get out!" Edward roared, which was enough to send Aerin skittering out the door. I gave a frustrated sigh, and laid my head against Edward's shoulder. I felt like a sister who was making out with her boyfriend in the front room, only to have her kid brother walk in on her. I had every intention of ripping Aerin to pieces after the way he looked at me. From the look on Edward's face, those intentions were not only my own. He was glaring at the door until he noticed I was staring. Then, he pulled me closer and started to kiss me. He was angry, and it was written all over his kiss. Instead of the usual kiss he gave me where it was soft, then grew in intensity, this one was intense and fueled by his anger. I wasn't apposed to his kiss, but I worried about him. "Edward…" I said between kisses.
"Yes?" He asked while fierily kissing my neck, not even the least bit distracted.
"Why are you angry?" I lifted his face from my neck, with regret on both our parts.
He sighed and looked longingly at my neck than said, "Aerin was imagining you…with him…just like we were when he walked in…" He was gritting his teeth. I kissed him along his jaw, loosening the pressure on it.
"You shouldn't get so worked up. I wouldn't want to be like this in a bed with anyone but you. And I won't be because I love you, and I'm going to marry you, and Aerin will just have to find someone else to stalk." I said, almost pouting. He sighed, and laid his head in the nape of my neck.
"I know. But just the fact he think he deserves you...I don't even deserve you." He whispered, his breath echoing on my skin. I chose to overlook that comment, and slunk down lower into the covers, pulling him with me so that I could lie on his marble chest.
