Chapter 12
I was shocked when I rolled over and the clock read 6:30. I didn't sleep well last night, at all. Between the dreams and nerves about today, I found myself waking every hour. I tried to go back to sleep, at 7:30 I gave up and went to get a shower.
As I made my way downstairs I couldn't hear anything coming from Bella's room and assumed she was already in the living room. Was she ever in the living room, she was doing yoga and in the something dog position. I was instantly hard and would definitely need to look into all the yoga positions. She is much more flexible than I thought. She has her back to me, when she moves into another position I notice she has ear buds in and hasn't noticed me yet. She moved again, this time with her ass in the air I couldn't stop myself from palming my cock, which was hard of course. The next position, I had to take my cock in my hand or rip her pants off and fuck her now. With my head laying on the back of the couch I closed my eyes and stroked myself as I imagined her in the last position suspended from the playroom ceiling. Fuck, I bet I would get deeper than ever in that position.
I was so lost in the fantasy running through my mind I didn't realize she noticed me, or that she was kneeling in front of me. I did jump when I felt her tongue run up the vein of my cock and tug on the barbell.
"Fuck Bella." I lifted my head to look at her.
"I take it you liked watching me do yoga?" She was swirling her tongue around my piercing and slowly removing my hands.
"Fuck yes, now that I know how bendy you are I have definite ideas for the playroom."
"I do advanced yoga Edward. What you saw was me relaxing, I am much more bendy than that, when I want to be."
"Dammmnnnn, we are definitely exploring that soon." I hissed as she took all of me in and tightened her throat muscles.
"Can I help you relax Edward?" She asked as she moved to take my balls in her mouth.
"Please," I managed to moan out and that was all the approval she needed to start working me hard. She had me cumming within minutes and I have to admit I felt very relaxed as she cleaned me up and tucked me back in my pants.
"Would you like some coffee while we talk? I hope you don't mind, I was having a hard time sleeping and started the pot before moving in here." She was acting as if she had done something wrong. "I usually do my yoga in the morning and I knew I would need to be relaxed for today but I didn't want to be late meeting you here and I…"
"Bella stop, take a breath." She was talking so fast I had a hard time keeping up with her. "Coffee would be nice and obviously I did not mind watching you do yoga. In fact, don't be surprised if I have you do it in the living room on a normal weekend. Then I can you fuck you in those last positions like I wanted to just now."
Her blush was in full force as she went to get the coffee. I couldn't help but chuckle, so brazen in the playroom and yet, demure at other times, she was perfect for me. It was the image of us together, that perfection that had me ready to take on my family if they screwed this up for me in some misguided attempt to know what is best for me.
"Thanks," I said as she handed me my coffee and sat next to me. "So, we need to talk about the brunch, but first, I think we need to talk about what happened yesterday." She looked confused. "My sisters-in-law stopping by yesterday."
"Oh, that."
"Yeah, that. Did something else happen you were thinking about?"
"I overheard a conversation at work last night I need to tell you about and that's it." She looked more amused than upset about that statement so I decided to start with the visitors.
"OK, we'll start with the unexpected drop in yesterday. You need to know I am having the locks changed and will change the security code before we leave this morning. The alarm will be on at all times until the locks are changed and I can get you a key. I told them no more drop-ins, they need to call first."
"I did not even know they were here at first and they scared the shit out of me until I heard the name Alice."
"Sorry about that kitten. Tell me what happened, they were surprisingly tight lipped, especially after they realized I was pissed."
"I had been working on my dream paper for that Quack Afton's class and I needed a break. I went up to clean the playroom. All the equipment was done and I was coming down the stairs to restock the supplies when I heard them, it sounded as if they had just reached the top of the stairs. I was positive I had locked the front door and didn't know how long they had been inside. It wasn't until they were in my room that I heard the name Alice and realized who they were."
"I'm sorry about that Bella. You should have called me."
"I tried, but between my phone being almost dead and the playroom I couldn't get a signal. I think the soundproofing may have something to do with that. Anyway, thank god I had quietly moved to the top of the steps when I heard them in my room because the next thing I heard was the doorknob rattling."
"They ask me why I keep that door locked?"
"That wasn't the door they were talking about, they picked the lock on that door but I had already closed and locked the playroom door."
"They did what?"
"They managed to get that door open and tried to open the playroom door. They tried several codes and had quite the conversation about why it would be locked, why did it look like I slept in a different room, was I hiding behind the locked door, and what our relationship could possibly be like in general. Eventually they went away and I waited about 15 minutes before I crept down to the first door and when I didn't hear anything after a few minutes I stepped into the hallway in time to hear the front door close."
"I am so sorry about that Bella. You should not feel you need to hide when you are in this house." I hugged her tight to me. "This should be a safe place for you."
"It is a safe place for me and you just said you were going to take the necessary to keep them from repeating their visit. They didn't learn anything other than the fact that I may stay in a different room. My computer immediately locks when the screen saver comes on and even if they had looked at it, I was working on that paper."
"Still, it was an invasion of my privacy and yours. I told them that and hope it is enough to keep them in line in the future."
"I fully expect them to give me a hard time today Edward. Especially Rosalie, she almost sounded personally offended that you had the nerve to find a girl on your own." Bella said with a chuckle and I had to agree.
"Sometimes I think she is but even if I wasn't a Dom I could never be with any of her friends, they are too superficial for me. You on the other hand, you I want to build a life with, the more I get to know you the more I feel we could be very good together."
"I feel the same way Edward, I do."
"So, that is out of the way and we both expect brunch to be…awkward, tell me about work last night." She laughed, which I must say was the reaction I was expecting.
"Awkward, that is exactly the word I would use to describe how brunch will be. Tanya and Kate were at the club last night and Tanya got a big kick out of sharing with me how her and her sister are going to crash the brunch of Kate's ex-boyfriend."
"What?" I said more strongly than I meant to and scowled at the laugh I heard from Bella.
"Oh yes, see it turns out that Kate's ex, someone named Edward, thinks her can put her aside for a younger model and Kate isn't going to take that laying down. They plan on showing up, unannounced, and putting this girl in her place, all while showing Edward what he is passing up. They plan on running off Edward's young, naïve girl."
"They said that?"
"Umm-hmm, then went on to ask my opinion of their plan." I couldn't keep the shock off my face. "I told them maybe they shouldn't underestimate the girl just because she is young. They laugh, said they were sure it would work and I wished them good luck."
"Do you think Rose put this up to the plan?"
"I'm sure she is the one who told them about the brunch, but I got the feeling she doesn't know they plan on attending."
I glanced at the clock and we needed to get moving to make it to brunch on time. We showered, separately, before meeting back in the foyer to leave. Bella appeared to be relaxed and while I didn't want to ruin that, there was one more thing she needed to know.
"Bella, I have no idea how this going to go, how they will react, or what they will say. What I do know is that I will want to be with you as much, if not more when we leave my parents' as I do now. Nothing that will happen can change my mind about you and I."
"I know Edward, I believe that too."
"Good. That being said, I do not want you to take any of their crap today, don't be openly rude but feel free to defend yourself if needed. Don't feel you have to be extra nice because they are my family, if you wouldn't let someone else say it to you then don't let them. Remember, nothing that happens there could possibly change what we have."
Bella agreed and we spent the drive to my parents talking about anything but the upcoming meeting of the family. I hoped Alice and Rose being pregnant wouldn't make things worse than normal. Jasper and Emmett told me stories of their mood swings, talk about adding fuel to the fire.
I watched Bella's eyes widen as I pulled up to the gate to gain entrance into Broadmoor. This is one of the older communities in Seattle, it is gated and filled with large wealthy estates, my parents lived on the golf course. My house in Wedgewood was nice but it didn't allude to the fact that I came from this type of money.
"Wow, I had no idea. Are you sure I'm dressed okay?" Bella asked.
"You look lovely Bella, as always." I told her and she did. "The house, the money, it has been handed down for generations. The story goes that my many great's grandfather acquired most of it in what was considered a shady deal involving the railroad and logging industries. I do know when he came to America he was broke, so don't let this fool you."
She laughed, as I hoped she would and seemed to relax slightly. They must have been looking for us because the car hadn't come to a complete stop before the front was opened.
"Here we go." I heard her whisper and I couldn't help my smile. I knew she was nervous and more than a little scared, but the fact she was doing this at all spoke volumes to me about her feelings for me and us. As I opened her door I noticed it was my parents waiting by the front door for us.
"Everything will be fine, Bella." I reassured her as I led her towards the house.
"Mom, Dad, this is my girlfriend, Bella Swan. Bella, these are my parents, Carlisle and Esme Cullen."
"Very nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, you have a lovely home."
"Thank you Bella, nice to meet you also. Please call us Carlisle and Esme, welcome to our home."
I noticed the way my mother smiled but didn't say anything. I noticed the way both of them had given Bella the once over as we walked into the house and I noticed the way my father wiggled his eyebrows at me once Bella passed. While they weren't necessarily bad signs, they weren't good ones either.
Mother led Bella into the living room to introduce her to everyone, I saw the looks on my brothers' faces and knew something inappropriate was going to be said before long.
"Bella, this my son Jasper and his wife Alice." Bella moved to shakes hands, Alice seemed honestly curious about her and Jasper kept eye contact with her while saying hello, which surprised me. "And this is my other son, Emmett, and his wife Rosalie." Bella again held her hand out. Rose gave her a handshake that was meant to intimidate her. When it didn't have the desired effect she huffed and sat down. Emmett couldn't keep his mouth shut.
"Damn, no wonder Eddie doesn't want any of Rose's friends, I wouldn't either with jail bait like you around." He said with a laugh and attempted to pull Bella into hug.
"Excuse me?" She said and put her hand on his chest to stop the hug. They looked at each other, both surprised. Bella because she couldn't believe what he said and Emmett because on some level he had been joking and didn't expect her to be offended. "First, I am 23, therefore I am in no way jail bait. Second, perhaps he just didn't like any of your wife's friends. He is a grown man, capable of finding women on his own, isn't he?"
I knew this was the biggest problem she had with how my family was with me. Even though I never objected to the set ups, she felt they should have minded their own business after the first few unsuccessful attempts. The drop in at my house yesterday definitely didn't help.
I broke the building tension by hugging Rose and Alice and saying hello. Everyone was ignoring the exchange between Bella and Emmett so I greeted my brothers before sitting down on the sofa with Bella.
The conversation was forced at first with the standard catch up questions about work, house hunting and their respective pregnancies. Then the questions about Bella and I started, they were easy at first. What was she studying? What did she hope to do after her Master's? How did we meet? How long had we been together? I noticed Alice was looking at Bella like she was trying to figure something out.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" Alice asked. "You look familiar."
The doorbell rang before Bella could answer. The smirk on Rose's face told me she knew Kate was coming.
"Did you invite someone else?" My father asked my mother. Her shake of the head told me they had no idea about what Rose had done. I took Bella's hand in mine and gave her a smile. Her matching one let me know she was okay, so far and with what was to come.
"Kate, Tanya, how wonderful to see you." My mother said from the foyer.
"I'm sorry for just dropping by, but I haven't seen Rose in a while and I was hoping to catch up with her before they left today. I bet she is just glowing with her pregnancy." I heard Kate say and while Rose was glowing that was not the reason for this visit.
"Come in, we were just getting ready to have brunch. I hope the two of will be able to stay?" My mother's manners had her issuing the invitation but, if she knew the can of worms she was opening, I think she may have bitten her tongue in two to stop from issuing it.
"We don't want to impose." One of them answered. Bella leaned into me and chuckled, my thoughts exactly.
"Nonsense, there is always room for more. Everyone is here, let me introduce you to Edward's girlfriend." As they entered the room it was obvious she wasn't what Kate expected but Tanya's face was priceless.
"Bella?"
"Oh, you know Bella?" Mother asked Tanya.
"Yes, we have had some classes together. You are Mr. Cullen's girlfriend?" Bella nodded. "But I thought…" She moved her eyes to look at me. "Jessica said that club…" She stopped talking without completing a sentence.
"Let's move into the dining room, shall we?" My mother asked.
As everyone started that way Bella and I hung back to watch. Kate obviously wanted to grill her sister about Bella. If the look on Tanya's face was any indication she was still trying to reconcile what she knew about Bella, me, and Jessica's gossip Most of the others looked confused as to what was happening, but one person didn't.
"What a lovely table." Bella said as I pulled her chair out for her.
"Thank you," mother said, "Rose set it for me." She beamed at Rose as if she had discovered the cure for cancer. Bella's next statement made me pause as I was sitting down next to her.
"Oh, so she knew Kate and Tanya would be coming?" An odd look came over my mother's face. "I mean there are two extra places, I just assumed…" She trailed off, Rose wouldn't look at me and no one else knew what to say.
"It's not a problem, is it Bella?" Kate ask sweetly as she sat next to me.
"Not at all, I expected it." Again no one commented, but Kate and Tanya were taking a good look at Bella and Alice was still trying to place where she knew her from.
"That club, Eclipse, that's where I have seen you before." Alice almost shouted causing several people to hold tighter to the bowls being passed around and everyone to look at Bella.
"The bartender," Rose said. "I remember, that was the night Edward went out with Kate for the first time." I wanted to reach over and wipe that smirk off her face, she was just being a bitch.
"The only time," Bella said, "he told me all about your attempts to set him up with your friends." Rose wasn't happy she couldn't get under Bella's skin and Kate didn't appear happy I had explained her away so easily either.
"You two weren't seeing each other than were you Bella?"
"No, we weren't Kate, however, we did begin shortly after."
Everyone started eating and I had never had a more quiet meal with my family. Bella was holding her own and I don't think that was expected but I loved it. Mom and Dad looked as if they just wanted the meal to end, Alice and Jasper were just observing Bella and I, they may be the first ones willing to give us an honest chance. Emmett was giving Rose sideways glances, like he was waiting for her to say something else and that worried me. I felt Bella squeeze my leg and she was smiling when I turned towards her, that smile told me she was fine and would deal with whatever came next. Tanya was still looking at Bella with a bewildered expression and Bella had had enough of it.
"What Tanya? What is it you want to ask?" Bella huffed and put her fork down to give Tanya her full attention.
"I just don't get it. I mean I had heard he was seen with someone but never thought it would be a student. He's hot and everything sure, but why tie yourself to someone when you're so young and he's so…older?"
"You're what, 20,21?" Tanya nodded at her question. "I'm 23 Tanya, a graduate student. If you had listened in Edward's class to some of the discussion and not spent your time trying to find a way to get in his pants you would have picked up on the fact that I am not the type to randomly sleep around. His age doesn't bother me, it is a mark in his favor with me, and my age doesn't bother him. He recognizes that I am not a typical graduate student. If it doesn't bother us then I don't see why it should bother you or anyone else at this table for that matter." As Bella glanced around the table most of them looked embarrassed before looking away from her.
"But what about that club Jessica said he is a member of?" When neither of us commented, Tanya continued. "You know, the S & M club." My head jerked up and I heard several forks hitting plates. Bella laughed.
"You believe Stanley? She would do anything to have the attention all on her and don't you think if Seattle had a S & M club more people would know about it?" She was shaking her head and still laughing.
"Well, some of the girls went and said the club looked normal and it did come from Jessica." Tanya was doubting herself.
"All I can tell you Tanya is that he has never hurt me or done anything I don't approve of. I can't reassure anyone beyond that. You can believe me or Stanley, the choice is yours."
I did not like the turn the conversation was taking. It was bad enough Tanya would open her mouth on campus about Bella and I but to discuss my sex life, no fucking way. We wouldn't be staying long at all.
"Actually, I'm much more interested in why if Bella is staying with you she is in a different bedroom?" Rose asked.
"She lives with you Edward?" My mother asked heatedly. "I warned you about this, she is looking for a sugar daddy. I will not allow you to sink your claws…"
"Stop mother, just stop." I cut her off before she could really get going. "Who I have stay at my house and for how long is my business."
"Don't be naïve Edward of course she is after you to take care of her. Why else would she be with you? I mean…"
"Enough, this is just enough." Bella said quietly but firmly as she stood. "I came here today fully prepared to be attacked, what I didn't come prepared for was an attack on Edward and the obvious lack of respect you have for him and his decisions." She turned to Rose and Alice.
"I was there yesterday when you came into Edward's house. I heard what you said about him and me. You picked the locked on the bottom attic door. What did you hope to accomplish by doing that?" She focused her attention on Rose only. "You invited Kate here today knowing Edward isn't interested in her. Again, what did you hope to accomplish? What you did accomplish was to make Edward uncomfortable, annoy me and embarrass yourself, in my opinion."
"I understand I am young and a 'hot piece of ass'." She smirked looking at Jasper, Emmett and glancing at my father. "That said, should Edward choose to share details with you, like how I take advanced yoga and it makes me very flexible or how due to squats I do at the gym I truly am a hot piece of ass, that is his prerogative. He respects me enough not to discuss it in front of me, if you can't be that respectful then I will be forced to tell how I can tell he is packing more than either of you and explain how well he uses it. For an old man he has no problem keeping a smile on his jailbait girlfriend's face." Mouths drop open and she turns to my mother.
"Thinking the only reason I would be with Edward is to have a sugar daddy is insulting. It is insulting to me and to him. Edward's least attractive trait to me is his money, if you can't see the wonderful man your son is and everything he has to offer aside from money I refuse to explain it to you. Of all the things a relationship with Edward offers to me, the one I need the least is his money. You insult him far more than you do me with a statement like that."
Bella ran her hand through my hair before bending and kissing my cheek. "I'm sorry things turned out this way." She whispered in my ear before straightening. "I find I just can't stay here any longer. Edward, stay and enjoy the time with your family. I'm going to walk around outside and will wait for you in the car." She looked me in the eye, "do not rush on my account."
Bella turned and walked away from the table. I could have sworn I heard her mumble something about my family being even crazier than hers as she left. I waited for the front door to close before facing my family.
"I suppose I am to blame for the happenings today. I thought it was obvious that Bella is important to me, she is the only woman I have ever brought home to meet you after all. I asked you to give her a chance, a fair chance, but obviously that was too much to ask of everyone. I suppose I did expect at least some of you to respect me and my happiness enough to make an honest effort." I paused and looked at everyone before standing and pushing my chair back into place.
"Let me make this very clear to all of you. Bella is means a great deal to me. Do I love her? Not yet, but I have never had for anyone the feelings I have for her and I plan on giving them the chance to turn into love and maybe, just maybe, getting my happy ending."
"Edward, sit down son. We can fix this. I'm sure no one here meant any disrespect…" My father started before I cut him off.
"Do not patronize me. Thank god I had prepared her for what I thought might happen here today, even though I hoped it was unnecessary. Until each of you have sincerely apologized to her and me for today we will not be attending any more family dinners, together or separate, and you are not welcome at my house."
I knew Rose was responsible for most of what happened, so I focused my attention on her. "I do not butt into your personal business and while I may not have voiced any objection in the past I am now. Stay out of my personal life, my relationship with Bella is 100% off limits." Rose blanched but then I thought I saw a look of determination in her eyes. I had said all I was going to on the matter for today, I turned and walked out of the house without another word.
I'm not sure what I expected to find when I left the house but it wasn't Bella bobbing her head in the car singing Shinedown's Sound of Madness, I hoped she never stopped surprising me. After I shut my door I turned to Bella prepared to apologize for the drama, she was grinning at me.
"Your family is nuts Edward. I thought Charlie and the background check was intrusive but what just happened, that is a whole different level on interference."
"I know Bella," I said as I gripped the steering wheel tighter and rested my head against it. "To be honest, in some ways it was better than I expected and in others a lot worse." I started the car and began to make our way home.
"I hope I didn't offend you in there but I stand by what I said Edward. I will not sit still and let anyone insult and disrespect you in that manner, no one treats you that way in front of me. I know they are your family and I am sorry if I overstepped…"
I finally hit a red light and shut her up by pulling her to me and kissing her senseless. "You didn't do or say anything wrong anything Bella. If anything I should have spoken up sooner."
I was kicking myself in the ass for not stopping things earlier but a part of me thought it was hot as fuck watching Bella stand up for us. The rest of the ride I kept replaying what happened and each time I became more upset with myself. I should have stood up to my family a long time ago…pussy. I knew Bella was watching me as my knuckles clinched the wheel tighter.
As I pulled into my neighborhood I felt Bella rubbing my cock through my pants. "Permission to help Master relieve some of his tension?" She asked softly and was already unbuckling my belt.
"Fuck yes Isabella." She was offering me control and relief in a way that would center and calm both of us. I was eternally grateful that we were in a 30 mph zone when she slid me into her hot, moist mouth.
"Fuck kitten, yes, take me all in." I moaned as she slowly deep throated me and kept me there as her tongue moved up and down my shaft, circling my barbell. It took all my control to keep the car in a straight line, I hadn't worked for control this hard since my brief training as a sub. We were close to the house. "Do not make me cum Isabella."
As I pulled into the driveway and hit the button for the garage she pulled off me with a pop and a moan. Thank fuck the garage is heated because that is all the farther we were going to make it.
"Out of the car Isabella, strip, leave the heels and wait for me by the trunk." As I got out I unbuttoned a few buttons of my shirt and pulled it over my head, stalking around the back of the car to a waiting Isabella. "I'm going to fuck you hard kitten," I told her as I knelt in front of her. "And I'm going to put that advanced yoga you teased me with earlier to the test."
I pulled her leg over my shoulder to open her and gave her pussy one long, deep lick. I stood slowly and ran my hand up her leg to keep it on my shoulder. When I leaned into kiss her she was standing pressed into a split position against my body.
"Fuck, I love advanced yoga." She giggled. I ran my cock along her clit and she moaned. "Brace yourself kitten this is going to be fast and rough. Do not cum." Saying that I slammed into her.
"Holy shit!" I heard Isabella cry and I was worried I hurt her. I had never in my life been this deep in any woman.
"Did I hurt you kitten?" I ask and moved her face to look at me.
"No master," she squeaked.
"Color Isabella?"
"Green Master, so very, very green." She moaned. I chuckled and looked down as I pulled out. Fuck the view was spectacular, couldn't watch that for long without blowing my load.
"I know kitten." I pushed into her. "Fuck I know." I move slowly for a few strokes to get both of us use to the depth. "So fucking deep kitten and who knew you could get even tighter. Ready kitten?" I braced my hands on the car beside her hips as she whimpered and nodded.
I thrust into her, hard. What followed could only described as an animalistic fucking. I was slamming into her, she was rotating her hips and choking my cock with her magic fucking pussy. We were both too far gone for words, we were a mass of sweaty limbs, harsh breaths, grunts, groans, and the squishing sound of sloppy wet sex. I felt my orgasm build from my toes and knew I'd be lucky if I didn't black out. Isabella was shaking, trying to hold off her own orgasm. I felt my balls tighten and tugged her clit ring.
"Cum" was all I could choke out. She locked down on my cock and squirted all over both of us. I came so hard it felt like it was shooting out of a cannon. I squeezed my eyes shut, saw stars, and collapsed on top of my kitten.
"What the fuck was that?" I said softly as I kissed her neck.
"I don't know, but when I recover in a year or so can we do it again?" She laughed.
I leaned off her and slowly lowered her leg to the floor. "Definitely."
It took us several minutes to recover our breathing and control of our legs, mine felt like jelly. I need to get her in a warm bath so she wouldn't cramp.
"Come on, I'm taking you upstairs and into a warm tub. Do your legs feel okay?"
"Yeah, but I need a good soak or they'll be sore tomorrow. Can we not talk about brunch anymore today?' She ask and looked down. Normally we discussed things in the tub but I understood her reasons for asking.
"That's fine. To tell you the truth I still need to sort things out in my head too." She nodded and we picked up our clothes before making our way to the master bath.
"How about we, take a nice bath and then I'm going to make love to my girlfriend." She beamed at me and nodded. "I don't mind putting off the talk until Wednesday but I need you to know Bella, you mean the world to me. Nothing today has changed my mind about you or us. My family will learn to adjust to the new Edward."
A/N: I do not own Twilight or its characters.
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