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Chapter 21

XXX – Preparations – XXX

The trip from Forks back to Seattle had been uneventful, but fruitful. We had made some executive decisions and plans to move forward.

Edward had stayed over at my house that night as we had been so overly tired from the trip. The moment we stepped through the door, clothes were torn off, showers were had and a bed was filled with two very tired bodies.

Oh, and aunt Flo had made a visit during our vacation so that sorta cut off some of our much needed sexy times.

Was I bitter?

Fuck yes!

But I digress...

Edward was due to start his day shift that week so we planned to call everyone we could think of on Monday night and invite them to a little soirée at Edward's house on Saturday. Edward was working a half shift that evening but had Sunday off so we would be able to relax the next day.

Everything was perfect.

Monday morning, we woke up went to work. Nothing special happened there.

I spent most of my day caged up in my cube and staring at the screen while clicking on my mouse repeatedly. I know it sounds tedious, but it is what I do. I play with Photoshop, make things pretty to look at and at the end of the week, someone pays me for it.

Nice gig, huh?

Edward called me a little bit after five pm. to tell me he wouldn't be coming over later since he had a very harsh day and was desperate for his own bed. I can't say it didn't sting a little, but I completely understood. The poor boy had spent three nights sleeping in a double sized bed that was probably as old as I was. I was used to that bed, but apparently, he wasn't.

I made quick work of calling my landlord about giving notice for my apartment but was met with his answering machine. I left a generic message, asking him to call me back and gave him my work number. I needed to have that nipped in the bud since we were already into late November and I needed to give him my month's notice. Edward and I had decided to slowly bring my things over to his house to make a smooth transition for both of us.

He told me that I could use some of the spare space in his basement for any of my extra stuff. I wasn't too attached to most of my furniture, so we would be using it for the game room in the basement. Tanya had brought quite a bit of stuff with her and Edward had never bothered to get it refurnished after she had left. Thankfully for me, Edward and Esme had awesome taste in furniture and the house looked better than I could ever come up with.

Edward had also filled me in on the beautiful gardens behind the house. I couldn't wait for spring, since according to him; it was like backyard came to life all over again.

I looked around my sparse space and decided that I wouldn't be sad about leaving it. Truth be told, I was giddy and even though we were in for a busy month ahead with my move and the Christmas season, it would all be worth it in the long run.

I made myself a quick dinner and ended up falling asleep while watching TwoandaHalfMen re-runs on cable. I woke up around two in the morning, made a trip to the bathroom and then face planted onto my bed where I fell asleep right away. I must've been more tired than I had thought. Either that or the Tryptophan from the turkey we had on Thanksgiving had some mad lingering effects.

Tuesday morning came too quickly but I got up, took a quick shower and went to meet Alice for our coffee date.

"So, you're sure about this?" Alice beamed, fidgeting with her empty cup.

I nodded, "Yeah, you guys can come over at around four. We can have a few drinks then an early dinner. Edward works the night shift but he only starts at nine so we can have a nice little gathering before he leaves me for the night."

I didn't tell her we were going to make a grand announcement. Granted, Alice and her stellar intuitive skills probably already knew about our plans. What she wouldn't know was that I was going to be asking for her help in packing all my shit.

And for a single gal, I had a lot of stuff to pack.

"Alright. I'm just surprised to see the two of you being so domestic, I mean, a dinner party? Really?"

I glared at her, "Alice, just get your ass to your cousin's house. We want to do this. It'll be nice to have us all together. Besides, what else did you have planned?"

She shrugged, "Alright. But, ehmm, you're cooking, right? 'Cause one thing I know for sure is that Edward does not possess stellar cooking skills. The boy can barely make toast."

I giggled, "I know. He burned my Pop-Tarts the other morning." We giggled a bit at Edward's expense. Alice was allowed since she's family and me well; I love him and his idiosyncrasies, just like he loves me and mine. It's all good.

"Well, this was nice, Bells. We need to get to work but please tell me you'll be here tomorrow morning." she gave me the puppy dog eyes I couldn't resist.

We walked out of the coffee shop and headed towards our building. "I promise. I'm sorry I've been a bit of a fail lately but everything has been so hectic."

"I know. No worries. Okay, call me later." She waved at me as we parted ways.

"Laters."

I got to my cube and fired up my puter. Ange was already seated and seemed to be completely enthralled by whatever she was doing. She didn't look up to acknowledge me. This was normal for us. She was a nice quiet girl. Fast learner and super smart. And, as a plus, she loved working on the websites. The two of us made a great team and in the few weeks that she had been around, I had found her to be a great asset to our office.

Unlike my lunches with Tanya, I found lunch with Angela to be a relaxing experience. It felt like she actually wanted a friend but she didn't intrude into my private life or even ask anything about it. We kept our conversations pretty much work related. I found that I was the one willingly opening up to her and letting her in. She was shy and true to herself which was refreshing considering I had been exposed to Tanya for so long and well, we all know how that went.

I eventually found out she was a year older than me. Her husband Ben was actually from Seattle so they had family here.

Oh, and she was a preacher's daughter.

I made it a point to not swear too much in front of her ever since.

Talk about a shocker.

Just a week prior to her big religious revelation, there I was swearing like a sailor at my computer because Joomla, the stupid program our office uses to set up the web sites, was being a bitch and she was just looking over at me like I had three heads. I bit my lip and told her I was sorry. That's when she told me of her love of all things web related and how she loved to build websites.

We've been a team ever since.

I think I love her.

I may have to make sure she never quits this place.

I may have to beg Lauren to make sure she never leaves. But dude, Angela was a true gift for my sucky work life.

It was like she was sent just for me.

Tanya who?

Yeah, exactly!

I invited Angela and Ben to come to dinner Saturday night. I figured it would be nice to get to know Ben too since I was already totally in work-love with his wife. Wouldn't want him to get jealous, ya know.

She accepted wholeheartedly and I ended up friending her on Facebook.

Yes, I loved her that freaking much in only a few weeks. I tell you, she had magic keyboard fingers that just worked their way into my heart.

That night, I made myself some dinner and watched some television while I waited patiently for Edward to get to his house and call me. I couldn't wait to tell him I had invited Alice and Angela. He was supposed to have called Emmett and his parents to tell them about our Saturday dinner plans.

Our big announcement would either please all of them or we would suffer through speeches about it being too early for us to move forward so fast.

My major argument to that is that when you know you love someone, you just know. Jumping in with both feet will either make us stronger or pull us apart. Eventually we would have done it so why not sooner than later.

The subtle ring of my phone shook me out of my reverie.

"Hello." I smiled into the phone, expecting Edward's voice.

"Isabella, it's Marcus."

Crap, landlord. Oh, well, "Hey Marcus. How are you?"

"I'm good. I suppose you want to tell me you're moving?"

I twirled a strand of hair absentmindedly around my finger, "Ehmm, yeah, actually... I hate doing this but I'll be out for January first."

Marcus groaned, "I'm a little disappointed, Bella. Is there anything I can do to make you stay? You were a very good tenant and as you know good renters are hard to find."

"I'm really sorry, Marcus. There's not much you could do. I've decided to move in with my boyfriend and well, he owns a nice house."

"Oh, I'm happy to hear that, Bella. I'm happy for you. I'll make a note of that in your file. Just make sure to drop off the keys at the office when you're all settled. Okay?"

"Thank you so much, Marcus. I've had a wonderful time in this place but it's time for me to move onto the next step in my life."

"Alright Bella, good luck."

"Thanks again, Marcus. Good night."

"Good night."

I hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief just knowing that things were progressing made me feel giddy.

And horny.

I know, weird. Sue me.

I hadn't seen Edward in well over twenty four hours and withdrawal from his pretty face was getting to me. Plus, mother nature had finished her wrath on my vag and I was finally free to go forth and have sex.

As I sat on the couch and contemplated some YouPorn and maybe a self-love session while waiting for Edward to call, there was a knock on the door.

"I'll be right there." I grumbled while making my way to the door.

Stupid cock blocking son of a-

I looked through the peep hole and flung the door open, "Holy shit, what are you doing here?"

"Nice to see you too, baby?"

I beamed at him and threw my arms around his neck, inhaling his scent, "I was just thinking about you, Edward."

He wrapped his arms around me and walked us back into my apartment, closing the door behind him as he pushed me backwards until my lower back hit the bathroom counter.

Edward cupped my ass and pulled me to sit on the counter, "God, I've missed you, sweetheart."

I nodded my agreement and peppered kisses all over his jaw and the corners of his lips, purposefully teasing him.

"Hmmm, I missed this."

I giggled, "I missed you too." Kiss. "Dinner is on for Saturday." Kiss. "I invited Angela," Kiss. "Ben, Alice and," another kiss, "Jazz."

"Okay, how bout we discuss them later." he gave me that panty soaking grin and wiggled his eyebrows. Dayum,he'spretty. "Less clothes, more kissing."

I couldn't agree more.

So I did as he asked and pulled him to me, taking his bottom lip between my teeth and suckling gently as I unbuttoned his shirt and he fiddled with the zipper on my black work pants.

I slid my tongue into his mouth eagerly searching for his, earning a guttural groan as they slid against each other.

I broke our passionate kiss and hopped down from my perch on the counter to help Edward undress me.

Soon, his clothes had met mine in a pile on the floor in the corner of my tiny apartment bathroom.

I set the shower temperature and held Edward's hand as we stepped underneath the spray. My body tingled with anticipation not only from Edward's presence but also from the heat of the water trickling over my tired muscles.

Edward took my shampoo and put a small amount onto his hand, "Turn around, baby."

I sighed as he massaged it into my scalp. My nipples perked up as he worked his fingers into my hair putting my entire body on alert.

I flattened my hands against the wall in front of me to hold me up. The tingles from his touch that were coursing through me were too much, I needed to hold onto something otherwise, I was afraid I may fly away. Not that that theory made sense but in that moment, it did.

Edward rinsed my hair then proceeded to wash my body. Sliding the wet soapy washcloth over every limb. Eliciting involuntary moans and whimpers from deep within my body. With every pass, I thought I would go up in flames from the heat of his touch.

When he was done, I took the washcloth from him and proceeded to put some of his body wash, on it and did the same to his body. Of course taking extra time to clean his fully erect dick.

I made a mental note to get back to it later.

I then took his bottle of shampoo and squirted a small amount in the palm of my hand, "Can you kneel, baby, you're too tall." I grinned up at him.

He swallowed thickly and did as I asked.

I proceeded to wet his hair with my hand-held shower head and then lathered up his copper colored tresses. Wet or dry, I loved how his hair felt in my hands, soft and not too long but always seemed messy and free.

Edward moaned as I massaged his scalp. I had the same effect on him as he had had on me.

"Hmm, baby, that feels so good. Don't stop." He proceeded to bring his hands to my butt and massage my cheeks with his large palms and long fingers.

I paused a bit, taken aback by the feel of his hands doing such delicious things to my back-side.

I rinsed his hair, saving him from getting too much soap in his eyes as he leaned forward and buried his face in my pussy, bringing his tongue to greet my eager clit. "Hmm, Edward, it's been so long..." I whimpered, holding on to his hair so that I wouldn't fall over.

"I know, baby," Lick, "we'll be together soon." Swirl, "Hmm, you taste so good, Isabella."

Thud.

I died.

His tongue lapped at my eager clit as his fingers dug into the flesh of my butt, holding me up as I came hard, falling over the edge, mumbling uncontrollably under my breath.

I let go of Edward's hair as he stood up in front of me sporting a shit-eating grin and a hard-on that could have rivaled the word's hardest cock. "Hmm, Edward, I missed your tongue."

He moaned as I leaned into him and cupped his balls with one hand and slowly moved my other hand up and down his shaft.

"Fuck, baby, I love having your hands all over me but if you keep doing that I'll be cumming all over your tits."

I groaned. For some reason the thought of Edward jizz all over me sounded oddly erotic. "Hmmm, maybe that's what I'm aiming for then." I brought my thumb over the head of his cock and swirled it around, picking up some of the pre-cum that had gathered there before bringing my thumb into my mouth and sensually licking it off.

And that, ladies, is how you get Edward Cullen to manhandle you.

He grabbed me by the shoulders, swirled me around and before I knew what he was doing, I was bent over with his cock, buried deep inside my pussy.

"Fuck, Edward, so good." I sighed as he filled me bringing one hand to cup my breast and the other one on my hip to keep me still.

The angle in which he had me positioned made my body tingle with ever thrust as the head of his cock hit my g-spot in just the right way.

No vibrator had ever made me feel that way before and dammit did it ever feel good.

In no time at all, I was mumbling incoherently again as Edward slammed into me quicker and rougher, finding his own release. "Fuck, Bella.. I'm cumming, baby."

"Holy shit... so good." My hands were pressed against the wall in front of me, steadying me because otherwise, I'm positive I would have fallen onto my face and well, nobody wants that kind of clumsiness in the middle of their orgasmic bliss.

Edward pulled me up and pressed my back against his chest as he wrapped his arms around me. The motion made his limp cock slide out of me making me whimper at the loss of contact. "We have got to do that again." I giggled as I turned off the taps.

Edward kissed my temple, "Hmm, absolutely."

We climbed out of the shower and dried ourselves before heading to bed.

I pressed my back-side against Edward's front, making me the little spoon as Edward's arms encircled me and pulled me closer.

"Hmm, so, what was it you were saying about Alice and Angela?"

"Oh, they're coming over on Saturday. Did you get a chance to talk to Em and your mom?"

"Yeah, mom said something about dad having a fundraiser engagement to attend so they won't be able to make it but Em and Rose will be there. I hope its okay with you, but I told mom about our plans."

I gasped; I mean shit, what if she didn't want us to do this? What if she got him to change his mind? "What did she say?" I sucked my bottom lip into my mouth and chewed on it nervously as I waited to hear his answer.

"Oh, she said she was happy for us. Mom likes you very much."

Exhale.

Inhale.

Breathe.

"Oh, that's nice. I really like her too."

He chuckled, "You were actually worried there weren't you?"

I let go of my bruised lip, "Yeah, kind of."

Edward kissed the spot behind my ear, "Stop worrying, beautiful. This is exactly why we're together. It's like we were just meant to be."

I smiled, "I love you, Edward."

"I love you too, beautiful."

We drifted off to sleep, comfortably snuggled up together happy and sated.

XOXOXOXO

I woke up in an empty bed, and after an evening of blissful happiness, that kind of royally sucked. Then again, Edward was so kind, letting me sleep in when he had to get up so early to start his shift at the hospital that it almost made up for it. Almost.

I tightened my grip on his pillow and buried my nose in it, inhaling his scent greedily.

Gah, he smelled so damn good.

And soon I would get engulfed by his scent all around me all the time. It was like my body had a visceral reaction to it. My nipples would harden and my body would tingle, the sensations were directly linked to my throbbing girlie bits.

I know, I have issues.

The alarm clock started up again, fuck, I must've pressed snooze.

I groaned and reluctantly got out of bed, yawning and stretching as I made my way to the bathroom. I did my business, brushed my teeth and did my hair then clawed my way into the depths of my closet for some work-worthy attire.

Dressed and looking half decent, I grabbed some strawberry Pop-Tarts from the cupboard and my purse and was on my way to work.

My day was pretty quiet, coffee with Alie, lunch with Ange then dinner alone but ending the evening securely buried underneath the covers with Edward.

The rest of the week went as such. Edward would end his shift and come over, we would spend some quiet time together, talking and just being and then we'd go to bed together.

A girl could seriously get used to that.

By Saturday morning, I was so happy to be able to get it out of me. Keeping our news a secret from our friends all week had made me all sorts of crazy.

Alice had almost made me spill but I had found my resolve and stayed strong. Thankfully, tonight was the night and then either our friends would be happy and supportive of us or they would threaten us with pitchforks saying it was too early in our relationship to move in together so quickly.

Either way, it was time.

Tonight, couldn't come soon enough.

A/N: A huge thank you to everyone rec'ing this thing, I mean seriously, I am floored with all the attention. THANK YOU!

I hope I didn't offend anyone last chapter with my comment about fanfiction being porn for the bored housewife, I am aware that alot more people than that read ff, it wasn't meant as an insult. I probably read way more than I should myself.

A huge thanks to WitchyVampireGirl and Scrimmy for bearing with my crazy ass. Seriously, I may need some little purple pills sometimes...

WVG and I have published our joint O/S. it didn't win the contest but it was fun anyways...

http: / www . fanfiction . net/s/7477984/1/

XOXO – Missy :o)