A/N: Alright guys, here's CH 13! Thank you for all the reviews from my last chapter. As I have mentioned before, Fate Lowe is my awesome Beta!

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Edward walked over to the bed and sat down slowly as I grabbed the chair from the foot of the bed, moved it back to the corner of the room, and took a seat.

Edward looked confused as he watched me take my seat. "I told you I would behave, now spill it," I said crossing my legs and leaning back in the chair. Edward nodded and shifted on the bed so that we were facing one another.

"After I took care of Jane, I ran after you and Emmett. I followed your scent back to the place where you guys had been staying. By the time I had gotten there, you guys had already disappeared, just like I knew you would have. I missed my chance," he said softly.

I cleared my throat. "Go on."

"I didn't know where you guys had went, so I went everywhere I could think of that Jasper might have taken you. I went to a couple of small towns in Canada, searched the entire Pacific Coast line before making my way back up and traveling across the northern states. I thought I had found you guys by the time I reached Michigan. I found yourscent there, all over the Davenport University campus. I walked all over that damn campus looking for you guys. I had almost given up when a girl walked by me that reeked of your scent. I stopped her and asked about the perfume she was wearing. She casually told me that this beautiful brunette had given it to her," he said smiling looking up at me.

"Did she have light brown hair and green eyes?" I asked smirking.

Edward stopped smiling at me and just stared. "Yes," he croaked out.

'Uh-oh, did Edward just get nervous?' I thought.

I started laughing. "Don't worry, she was one of our regulars; her name is Rachel. She always gushed over how great I smelled and asked where she could get it. I finally gave in and told her where she could find it, she thanked me up and down and told me how much her girlfriend loved the scent of it," I said wiggling my eyebrows.

I saw the light bulb go off over his head and laughed.

"Well, I guess that explains why she didn't look at me with googly eyes," he said laughing.

"Really, Edward? You can't dazzle everyone. Anyways, continue," I said after calming down a bit.

"Yeah so, I asked her about you and she told me about the bar you ran. I headed over there after thanking her for the info and when I got within a fifty-foot radius of the bar, I knew I had found the right one. I could smell it. I went in and waited to see if you guys would show up, but you never did. I waited about six hours and believe me, that was no easy task. I must have played fuss-ball for three hours with a bunch of college kids, before I decided to give up and start looking elsewhere."

"So what happened after that?" I asked uncrossing my legs and folding them under me.

"Funny you should ask, because as I was making my way out of the bar, a patron stopped me and asked if my name was Edward. When I told him it was, they pulled out an envelope from their back pocket and handed it to me."

"And what's so funny about that? What was it?" I asked.

"A letter from Alice," he deadpanned.

"I did what I had to do," Alice's words echoed through my head and I growled in annoyance.

"Bella...."

"Stupid meddling pixie," I muttered while I mentally cursed the pixie further.

"Did you want to hear what she wrote in the letter?" he asked softly.

I shook my head, erasing all the thoughts I had about ripping Alice a new one. "Yes, please continue," I said looking at him and nodding my head.

"I opened it once I got outside and read what it said. She told me that she knew that I was there the night you met Emmett and that I was a coward for not making my presence known, but that she was glad I hadn't because she said you wouldn't have been ready to see me. She also went on to tell me that she was happy to know that I hadn't given up on you, but that she wouldn't make it easy on me by telling me where you guys were. She said it was my punishment for all the pain you went through. But she left me clues as to your location, but never gave me any specific details, kind of like a Bella scavenger hunt. It was kind fun," he said laughing.

I laughed with him, thinking of all the hints that Alice could have given him, but I was annoyed at it too.

'This was what she meant by telling me she was pushing me towards him, she was doing the same with him,' I thought closing my eyes.

When I opened them, I saw Edward had stopped laughing and was just staring at me. He sighed and stood up from the bed. I remained quiet and watched as he walked over to the window, shoving his hands in his pockets along the way, and stopped to stare out the window. I noticed the sky was already a lot lighter than it was from when we last looked out of the window. Dawn was approaching fast, meaning our time for explanations was almost over.

"She was right about one thing in her letter, Bella."

"Yeah, what's that?" I asked nonchalantly.

"I was a coward," he whispered.

"Huh?" I asked standing up from the chair.

"I was a coward," he said a little bit louder, turning to face me.

"I heard you the first time. I just wanted to hear you say it again," I said smirking.

"Oh you little.."

Edward rushed over to me, quickly swinging me over his left shoulder. "You're gonna pay for that!"

"Edward, put me down now," I gasped.

"Nah-ah. Not until you apologize."

"For what? Put me down!" I said pounding my fists across his back.

'Even though this is a nice view of his backside!' I thought.

"Ow! Bella, remember you are a lot stronger than you once were," he said taking his right hand and rubbing one of the spots where I had hit him.

"Wimp! Emmett can take my punches," I protested.

I could feel the blood rushing to my head threatening to blacken my vision.

"Yeah, well, that's Emmett. He's built like a linebacker, not to mention he is one of the strongest of our kind," he retorted.

"If you don't put me down right now, I will make sure you can't sit for a week!" And just to prove my point, I punched him square in his left ass cheek as hard as I could given my position.

"Shit!" he yelped, jumping slightly, tightening his grip on the back of my thighs so as to not drop me.

"Give up?" I asked laughing.

Edward loosened his grip and he shifted me so that I was angled in the center of his body with both of his arms locked behind my thighs. I stared down at him and our gazes locked, as inch by inch he slowly slide me down the front of his body. My arms ended up resting lightly on his biceps and I felt the muscles flex under the fabric of his shirt. The strength from his arms slid the back of my shirt up and I could feel every muscle of his forearms across the skin of my back. I shivered from the feeling of his skin against mine and I closed my eyes at the sensation. I drew my hands down his arms slightly so I could move my fingers under the hem of the sleeves that rested there. My fingers slid slowly across the skin of his arms and I licked my lips at the feeling of his skin beneath my fingertips.

'Delicious,' I thought.

I could smell and feel Edward's sweet breath across my face and I shuddered once more as his intoxicating scent washed over me.

"Bella," he whispered.

"Hmmm?" I asked inhaling his scent and feeling it settle deep within me.

"Look at me," he whispered sliding his arms slowly across the skin of my back until his fingers were splayed wide across my sides.

I slowly opened my eyes and stared up at him. His eyes had taken on a whole new intensity as we locked gazes. They seemed to hold fire in them that burned a fiery green. Edward's fingers dug into my skin slightly and I shivered as my head lolled forward until my forehead rested upon his chest. My breathing became slightly erratic as Edward shifted his body closer to mine until the front of his body was pressed to mine. I could feel his chest rising and falling against my forehead and I was pretty sure if our hearts were still beating they both would have burst from our chests.

Edward slowly began moving his hands upward along my sides, my shirt riding up with them, until his thumbs once again rested just under my breasts.

'My turn,' I thought wickedly, and withdrew my hands from under the sleeves of his shirt and moved them up to his neck, cupping the sides. I pulled my body back slightly from his and stared into his eyes as I slowly drew my hands down his back until I reached the bottom of his shirt. I fingered the hem of his shirt with my thumbs and quickly lifted it to move my hands under the fabric, not wanting to waste this opportunity to feel the flesh that lay there.

The electricity that was always there between us flared to life once more as I rubbed the pads of my thumbs back and forth across the skin of his back just above the waistband of his jeans. Edward's breath slowly escaped from his lips as I softly traced my fingers from his back to his front. His hands tightened minutely against my skin as I dragged my hands up the front of his torso, bringing his shirt up with them, until I palmed his pecs. I could feel his nipples harden against my skin as his thumbs dipped underneath the cup of my bra and rubbed sensually back and forth on the underside of my breasts. I could feel my body responding to his and the delicious feeling of his skin against mine. My nipples hardened and the muscles in my core clenched sinfully.

My breath caught in my throat as his thumbs ghosted over my hardened peaks. I watched as Edward's eyes bled to black in the same instant I felt the hardness of his lower body grind into my mine.

"Edward?" I asked breathlessly knowing my own eyes were the same black as his and knowing that this hunger had nothing to do with blood.

'Shit! I haven't eaten. Food? Who needs it when I have Edward's skin to feast on?'

I smirked as my thoughts became slightly more indecent than I have ever dared to think. I moved my hands again up his chest, causing Edward's hands to withdraw from my bra and shirt. Even though I knew my thoughts were safe behind my shield, Edward knew what I wanted and lifted his arms above his head so that I could push the shirt up and off.

Once the collar of his shirt cleared his head, I threw it behind me discarding it like a piece of trash. I stepped back further from his body to get a better look at him. Sure I had seen his chest, but not the whole sinfully delicious sight of his upper body. I looked over every inch of his flesh like looking at a fine piece of art. Every line of muscle dissecting his abs, every curve of sensual skin the cascaded over his shoulders and arms.

'YUM!'

I walked around his body inspecting every little detail. I raised my hand and ghosted it over his collarbone as I made my way towards his back, letting my hand follow me. All the while Edward watching my every movement until I get behind him and he could no longer see me. And boy was I glad that he couldn't when I got there.

I stopped breathing for a split second; I was practically salivating when I took in the sight of his back shirtless. I know for a fact that some females are into hair, arms, a guy's ass, not me, I prefer the muscled contours of a man's back. Of course I can only say that I have seen three men shirtless: Jasper, Emmett, and Jacob, but Edward's back was by far the most erotic sight I have ever seen.

'Bella, wipe your chin! You're drooling!' I mindlessly did wipe my chin, but came away with nothing.

"See something back there you like?" Edward's voice cut through my ogily of his backside.

'You have no idea!' I thought quietly to myself.

"Mmhmm," was all I could vocally come up with at this present moment in time.

'God! He looks good enough to eat!' I mentally shouted to myself.

I suddenly found that I could no longer deny what my body wanted and right now, it wanted to lick his back. I placed my hands on his shoulders to get good leverage as I came to stand directly behind him. Edward gasped as my fingers dug in and I slowly stood up on my toes and skimmed my nose across the back of his neck inhaling his scent. I quickly thought that we needed to bottle it and sell it and make a fortune. I squashed that thought as I felt Edward shiver. I touched my lips to his skin and slowly dragged them down his body as I settled myself back down on the floor, letting my breath dance down his spine. Edward groaned at this and almost whimpered.

'Score! Let's see how you like this.'

Suddenly feeling bolder now I parted my lips and let the tip of my tongue touch the skin in the center of his back just under his shoulder blades.

Edward shivered once again and let out the sexiest moan I had ever heard.

Slowly, I licked one long line from that starting point all the way up until I reached thebase of his neck and blew air as I came back down. His skin tasted like fresh raindrops on my tongue and I felt his back vibrate as I heard him growl deep in his chest.

"Bella...."

"Yes Edward?" I asked smiling against his skin.

"I am really finding it difficult to control myself," Edward replied in a husky tone.

I looked down at his sides and noticed that both of his hands were clenched into fists. I smiled again as I lightly traced my fingers across his shoulder blades. I circled back around to the front of him and see that his eyes are closed and his jaw is clenched tight. I decided right there to make another bold move and quickly took off my own shirt, letting it drop to the floor next to my feet. The quickness of it sent a small breeze across Edward's face and ruffled his hair slightly. I just stared up at him as I waited for him to open his eyes. Edward inhaled and opened his eyes slowly. To say that he looked shocked was an understatement. Here I stood in front of him in only my bra and jeans, feeling bolder than I had ever felt before in all of my life, alive and undead, and he just stared at me like he had never seen me before.

'Maybe I shouldn't have taken off my shirt.'I thought at seeing Edward's obvious hesitation.

I bent down beside me and picked up my discarded shirt. "Sorry, I don't know what I was thinking," I whispered as I put my arms through the sleeves of my shirt. As I was about to pull the collar of my shirt over my head, I felt Edward's hand my right arm.

"Don't."

I stopped my movement and just looked up at him.

"What? I asked.

"I'm sorry. For a second there I thought I had died and gone to heaven," he whispered.

I snorted; I couldn't help myself. That was the corniest line Edward had ever said to me. I threw my head back and laughed.

"You think that was funny?" he asked in a serious tone.

His tone stopped my laughter and I looked into his eyes searching for any signs of joking, finding nothing but seriousness. Edward pulled away for a second and walked over to the window, closing the curtains. He turned around and walked back to me, the look in his eyes was one of a predator stalking his prey and I just stood there frozen in his heated gaze. He stopped in front of me and brought his hands up to my arms and pulled my shirt down off. My eyes following his every move as he fingers slowly drew the fabric down my arms and threw it across the room. He stepped closer to me and placed his hands on my naked sides, slowly dragging them up my back until he reached the clasp of my bra. His eyes locked with mine as he quickly disengaged the clasp of my bra and slowly drew the straps over my shoulders. My body shivered as the bra fell away from my body, falling to the floor at our feet. Edward not once taking his eyes off of mine as he stepped closer again and reached out slowly to cup my face in his hands. He leaned forward, the fronts of our bodies still not touching, and gently took my bottom lip in between his lips and licked it slowly. Our eyes closed together at the feel of one anothers lips touching. Electricity seemed to crackle around us as my lips grew a mind of their own and parted slightly letting my tongue come forward to lickhis top lip.

Edward groaned as his hands moved down to cup my neck, his fingers digging in to the back of my neck to bring my head closer. My arms were just hanging lifelessly at my sides as Edward held me immobile with his hands. I was afraid to move, afraid that if I did, this moment would end. He kissed me slowly and softly as his hands moved to my shoulders. Our lips and tongues moved in a sensual dance as the heel of Edward's hands came to rest on my collarbone, his fingers gently massaging the tops of my shoulders. Inch by inch, Edward moved his hands slowly down the front of my body until his palms were situated at the tops of my breasts. My hands came up to rest on his wrists as I broke our kiss and stared into his eyes. Not blinking once, I moved his hands down to fully cup my breasts, my nipples hardening at once at the feeling of his hands. We both groaned and I let my hands drop to his waist. I kneaded the flesh of his hips softly and Edward did the same to my breasts. My eyes closed of their own accord as Edward moved his left hand away from my breast and moved it around to my back, holding me between my shoulder blades. My hands moved to his biceps and held on for dear life as I suddenly felt his breath across my right breast. I gasped when I felt the tip of his tongue flick my harden peak. My fingers dug into the flesh of his arms as Edward's tongue flicked my nipple once again before closing his lips over it and drawing it into his mouth while his hand kneaded the mound of flesh.

"Oh God," I whispered as I moved my hands up to his neck before burying them into his hair. It had been too long since the last time my hands touched his hair and I marveled once again at the silkiness of his bronze locks. I twist my fingers into his hair and arch my back up into him, offering my body like a sacrifice to the gods. The hand on my back pressed me closer while his tongue flicked my nipple again before placing the flat of his tongue against it and pressed in. I tightened my grip on his hair just as his teeth gazed my peak, setting my whole body on fire. A delicious fire that burned through my veins with the intensity of lava.

'Sweet merciful heaven!'

"Edward," I gasped as his teeth closed over my breast and bit down, hard.

I growled at the sensation of his teeth setting into my skin and moved my hands down to rake my nails down his back. Edward pulled back suddenly and stared at me. His eyes were half-lidded and were just as black as my own. Our hands were frozen on each others' bodies as were stared at one another.

"Fuck!" he growled in low voice, teeth clenched together.

"What?" I asked, clearly confused.

Edward blinked and I watched as his eyes bled back to green a second before a knock came to the door.

"Edward, get your ass out here! Jasper and Alice kicked me out so they could have some lovin' time before we leave. He said there was too much lust in the air, whatever that means. Come on, I wanna get something to eat before we hit the road!" Emmett yelled through the door.

Edward stared at me and nodded his head toward the door. "That, was why I said 'fuck'. I heard Emmett coming out of the other room. I was hoping his actions would betray his thoughts and he would leave us alone, but nope. No such luck," he said quietly.

'Fucking Emmett! I'll kill him!'

"Come on Edward! I'm hungry!" Emmett whined.

Edward growled and turned his head away. "Alright Emmett! Hold the fuck on!" he yelled to the door.

Our hands were still in the exact same places that they were before Emmett so rudely interrupted us. We stepped away from each other rather reluctantly; our hands slowly gliding along each others skin trying to prolong the intimacy that was now over. We each grabbed our shirts and put them on. I didn't even bother with my bra; I just went through the bag that Jasper had brought us and found a black hoodie to put on.

Edward watched with sad eyes as I pulled the hoodie over my head. "What?" I asked.

"Nothing. I just trying to figure out where to hide Emmett's body," he said.

I smiled at him. "Don't worry about it. I'll just have to put him in his place once we get back to Seattle this afternoon. Besides, I never did get a chance to eat last night since someone robbed me of my meal," I said while I put my hair up into a ponytail.

Edward huffed, then said, "Well, we'll just have to remedy that."

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