Chapter 6: Fireworks and Late Night Talking

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Ms. Swan

I knew I probably sounded like an idiot, asking Edward if I could sleep closer to him, but I really was scared. To be honest, I had always hated being in the dark. The only light I had out there was my cell, and I probably would have kept pushing the button to keep it lit up, but I didn't want my battery to die. I heard Edward say 'Fuck' and then he said my name. At first I thought he was trying to scare me or something, but then I wondered if he was dreaming about me.

Yeah, right… keep dreaming Swan.

And then I had to open my big ass mouth, asking him why he said my name. Why didn't I just leave it alone? Edward stared at me, and even in the darkness I could tell his face kind of flushed a bit.

"Well… uh…" Edward stammered. He sat up and ran his hands through his hair, which was something I noticed him doing when he got anxious or nervous. "I think I was having a dream about… something was chasing us out in the woods."

What a way to scare the fucking pussy girl that couldn't sleep alone in the woods. "Really?" I said dumbly as Edward nodded. "I hate camping out like this… because of reasons like that."

"Bella, it was just a stupid dream… I think I probably drank too much or something," Edward explained.

But I didn't think he had that many beers. "Okay."

"Em said you loved camping out…?"

"Yeah, in my back yard or theirs… Alice and I grew up doing things like that. And if we did go camping I was clinging to Em the entire time," I chuckled.

Edward laughed and laid back down, facing me. I guess all hopes that he was actually 'dreaming' about me were tarnished with a fucking nightmare. Great.

"I promise I won't let any crazies, bears, or snakes get you, Bella," Edward said. I could have come right at that second, just listening to the sound of his voice. It was different from any another man's voice. Husky. Sexy. Smooth. And deep.

"Snakes?" I gasped, eliciting another laugh from Edward.

Edward smiled with his eyes closed. "Good night, Ms. Swan."

"Night, Coach Masen," I said with a sigh.

I woke up the next morning, with the weight of something draped across my side. Sometime during the night I had shifted my body, facing away from Edward. I looked down, immediately recognizing the hand that was close to my thigh. It was Edward's, of course. Oh my God. And then I felt him pressed up against my back. I carefully moved my head to look around at my surroundings and groaned when I realized I had moved to my current spot. My sleeping bag was off to the side, my pillow in the same spot where I had fallen asleep. And for my third heart attack that morning, I realized that my head was resting on Edward's arm.

Fuck. He must think I'm crazy.

I slowly moved my body, praying I didn't wake him up. Just as I was almost free from his arm that was resting over me, his arm moved, gripping me to him.

"Ms. Swan… I am still sleeping and sleeping quite well, so could you please not move for at least ten more minutes."

Completely mortified, my face heated as I wished I could just crawl into a hole. Not just any hole. The bottomless pit or something where I would never have to face him again.

"I'm so sorry," I mumbled against his arm, trying to bury my face.

Edward was still laughing quietly as I suffered from an insane amount of embarrassment. "Hey, it's fine, Bella… actually I think I'll pay you to come sleep with me every night. That was the best sleep I've had in a while."

"You'll pay me to sleep with you?" I asked, acting as though I was offended.

"Fuck…" Edward sighed. "That didn't come out too well…"

I giggled at Edward's awkwardness as I sat up quickly. The only problem now… Edward's hand that was on my side had slipped down to my upper thigh, which left his fingers so fucking close to where I dreamed of having them. Edward jerked his hand away quickly and I let out one of those weird, choking coughs.

"I… uh… I'm going to walk down to the bathrooms." I scrambled my way out of the tent, grabbing my bag on my way out. On my way down the trail, I heard giggling coming from the direction where my friend's were camping. Hopefully they weren't getting an early start on things just yet.

I didn't know if Alice and Rose would give me a hard time about sleeping in the same tent as Edward. I was supposed to shack up with one of them when I got there, but considering one of them was obviously busy, that plan kind of went away. I kept walking to the bathrooms, hoping I would come up with some wild story to prevent telling them where I slept for the night.

I was in one of the bathroom stalls when I heard Rose and Alice's voice nearing the building. Rose was laughing about Emmett's girlish moans from last night, which almost caused me to laugh out loud. I covered my mouth to hold it in. I thought I was safe until one of them got in the stall next to me – it was Rose. She was going on and on to Alice about something, but stopped talking suddenly.

"Isabella fucking Swan… I recognize your damn long toes!" Rose yelled.

"Bella?" Alice squealed.

Of course they would recognize my toes that they loved to tease me about. The second toe was slightly longer than my big toe, which I never heard the end of, and also, Alice had painted my toes a few days before. It was an insanely bright pink color that I usually wouldn't wear, but Alice insisted.

"Yes…" I groaned. I changed my clothes quickly before exiting the bathroom stall. Once I opened the door, both Alice and Rose were standing across from me with their arms crossed and evil smirks on their faces.

"When did you get here, young lady?" Rose asked, tapping her foot on the floor.

I looked up at the ceiling, rolling my eyes. "Right about when Emmett, I'm assuming, screamed 'Yessssssss' or something along those lines."

The three of us erupted in laughter. I explained that Edward drove me out there so I didn't have to drive out by myself and I slept in his tent. As soon as their little questioning eyebrows started to raise, I immediately told them I wasn't ready to be in a relationship so I would really appreciate it if they didn't try to 'hook us up'. They both understood and didn't push the idea any further, which I was very relieved about.

Once we were finished with our morning rituals, we walked back to the campsite. Edward was talking with Emmett and Jasper about some hiking trail he wanted to try out. I loved hiking, so I hoped that the guys would let us tag along.

"I don't want to go hiking," Alice complained right away.

Edward turned around and smiled. He was looking right at me, but shifted his gaze over to Alice. "Nice to see you, too, cousin."

"You men can go hiking, but us girls are staying here," Alice said, looking at Jasper. Alice walked over to Edward and hugged him. "Nice to see you, cousin… and thanks for taking care of Bell again."

Rose wrapped her arm around my shoulder and laughed. "Yeah, we're staying here… might go into town to shop or something."

The guys nodded, but I decided to speak up. "I kind of… want to go hiking. Can I go with you guys?"

Alice knew I loved that sort of thing, so I knew it wouldn't surprise her. I didn't mind shopping, but it wasn't like my absolute favorite thing to do.

Emmett clapped his hands together and walked over to me, picking me up and squeezing me in a tight hug. "My little Bell is back!"

After we ate breakfast that the guys cooked, I changed into my tennis shoes and Jasper sprayed me down with some outdoor spray. Rose and Alice made sure that I had my cell in case I got separated from the guys, which wasn't likely considering the guys were so over protective… even Edward. I called Seth and made sure he was coming out to the lake. He was already on his way, so the girls were going to keep an eye out for him.

The hiking trail that we went on wasn't too strenuous; it was more of a scenic hike anyway. I luckily brought my camera with me and took several pictures. There was a long bridge that we crossed and at first I didn't think Jasper would make it across, as he had a hard time with heights. Emmett shaking the bridge didn't help, though. I even started to get a little scared, but Edward reached out and grabbed my hand. I gripped it very tightly and thanked him.

Jasper and Emmett got ahead of me and Edward as I was stopping to take pictures. Edward waited for me. We were deep in conversation about outdoorsy stuff. He probably would cringe if he heard me say outdoorsy stuff. Somehow our conversation shifted to both of us being sickened with our latest relationships and how we both wanted to take some time off from dating. I was glad that we were having this talk because I wanted to be friends with him… without the worry of being involved. Though I would be lying if I didn't think about being with him. Honestly, who wouldn't?

"So… you're going to that concert, right? The one that Emmett bought the tickets for?" Edward asked as he helped me step up on a huge boulder.

"Yeah… it should be fun, but I'll have to make sure Seth can stay with Billy or something."

Edward nodded and smiled softly. "You know, I think it's just… really great of you… to take care of your brother the way you do. You seem like a really strong person."

If he only knew. "I'm not strong," I said quietly.

Edward stopped dead in his tracks and turned towards me. "Yes you are, Bella. I couldn't have done what you did…"

I didn't want him to make me feel better about the situation or get sympathy, even though I knew he was being genuine. Nobody knew how many nights I would go out to my car to get some alone time and just scream out of frustration. I constantly questioned why all of this happened to me.

"Thanks," I said with a smile. "Anyway… are you going?"

"Yeah, and I was wondering… I'm going to take my motorcycle. Wanna ride with me?"

Fuck. My mind was so dirty.

Coach Masen

As soon as the words left my mouth, I couldn't help but think dirty thoughts. I was such a horny asshole around her and I really wished I could push aside those things that got my dick hard constantly because I sincerely liked Bella. She had opened up to me slightly about raising her brother, though I knew she could have said more. I knew one day she would talk about it more with me. Bella needed someone to talk to. And here I was… saying things that made me picture us in compromising positions.

"Um… sure. I'd love to, if it wouldn't be too much trouble," Bella replied after a few seconds of silence.

"Great!" I said, probably a little too excitedly. "I guess we'll work out the details when it gets closer… but I'm staying overnight. Is that okay? Or were you planning to?"

"Yeah," Bella nodded, "it's a pretty long drive to come back that late at night."

Bella and I continued talking as we caught up to Jasper and Emmett. We started to head back to the campsite as we were all starting to get hungry. I didn't realize we had been out for so long, but by the time we got back it was after lunch. Alice and Rose had picked up some sandwiches from town and Bella's brother, along with his friends, had arrived while we were gone.

Jake and Seth both had their girlfriends with them, but that didn't stop Jake's shameless flirting with Bella. I would have been jealous if he wasn't a kid. He still annoyed me, though.

That evening, everyone piled in the back of my truck to go into town for a parade that the girls wanted to see. Bella sat in the cab with me. She complained about the girl that was with her brother, thinking the girl looked very "experienced". Bella kept an eye on her brother throughout the parade, but sat next to me, which made me very happy.

After the parade was over, we all went back to the campsite and cooked steaks and baked potatoes before the fireworks started. Bella and I moved my tent closer to our group of friends, hoping we wouldn't get a "show" again. During the fireworks show, Bella sat a few chairs down from me and I really wanted to move closer to her, but I knew that would be too forward. Our friends would probably make a big deal out of it. Bella was busy keeping an eye on Seth and Jake. She felt like it was her responsibility to look after Jake since Billy did the same for her with Seth.

Once the show was over, everyone decided to go for a swim in the lake. And I might as well have just gone back into the tent and jerked myself off already because Bella yanked her shirt off, revealing a red, white, and blue bikini top that I couldn't tear my eyes away from.

"Gotta be patriotic," Bella laughed as she slipped out of her shorts.

I stared at her as she walked over to the lake to join everyone else. How in the hell was I just going to be friends with this woman?

"You coming in, Coach?" Bella asked with her hands on her hips.

I nodded, but waited until she had turned around facing the water. Everyone had swam out into the middle of the lake which thankfully took their eyes off of me. It wouldn't be too good for Seth and Jake to see their coach with a fucking hard on that would not go away because of Ms. Swan.

I made my way over to everyone, positioning myself in the gap between Bella and Jake. He may be a teenager, but I didn't want him spoiling my fun with being around Bella. The couples were in their own conversations, some separating from the group. Bella and I stayed close to each other, our shoulders bumping every now and then as we made small talk. Bella was a fan of scary movies, even though they caused her to have nightmares, which made me laugh a lot. Since I had a huge collection of movies, we made a deal to watch my top twenty scariest movies of all time during the summer. I knew it would be hard to be around her… alone… but I could restrain myself. I think, anyway.

Some people were still popping fireworks which made a really awesome display close to the lake. Bella's eyes lit up every time she saw a pretty one. I had the urge to reach over and kiss her, but more than likely she'd end up slapping me or something. Damn, she was so beautiful.

"Oh my god!" Bella shrieked, clinging to me suddenly. "Something just touched my leg!"

I couldn't hold back my laughter as she held onto my arm. "We are in a lake, Bella."

"But that's so nasty!" Bella said loudly. "I wanna get out."

I chuckled and grabbed her arm. "Here get on my back."

Bella didn't hesitate, quickly moving around to my backside, locking her legs around my waist. Her delectable breasts smashed against my back, along with her pussy that I so badly wanted to touch. And holy shit… I think her small foot just brushed up against my hard on. Hopefully she didn't realize that's what she was touching.

Bella loosened her grip on me as we neared the shoreline, but not before squeezing my shoulders tightly and whispering "thank you" in my ear. I had never wanted another woman as much as I wanted her.

I ran over to the tent and grabbed two towels, hurrying back over to Bella who was now shivering. I draped the towel over her and rubbed her arms, trying to warm her up. For a summer night it was slightly chilly and considering her tight, tiny ass bikini was barely covering up everything, she was practically naked. I dried off as we walked over to the campsite and sat next to the small campfire.

"Thanks," Bella said, smiling at me as we sat on a big log surrounding the small fire. I threw a few small sticks in the fire to keep it going. She still just had the towel wrapped around her, which was killing me.

"You're welcome, Bella."

Bella turned her face toward mine and I stared into her deep brown eyes, wishing more than anything I could kiss her. I almost thought she was going to lean towards me, until our dumbass friends came running over to the campsite for towels. Bella jerked her body back and stared at the fire in front of us.

"I'm gonna go change…" Bella said quietly. I watched her walk away, unable to take my eyes off of her. This didn't go unnoticed by someone.

"Coach…?" Jake said, clearing his throat.

I turned to Jake who looked like he was fuming. "Yes, Jake?"

"Nothing… just wondering what you were looking at," Jake replied. Little ass.

"Just making sure Bella made it back to the tent. She said she was afraid of the dark," I explained, hoping he would just leave it alone. This was adult business… not teenager business.

Jake nodded. "Yeah, but I'll look after her."

He was a determined little ass. I chuckled as the others walked up and started talking about ghost stories. There was a specific ghost story that supposedly took place at Baker Lake and Emmett wanted me to tell it to the girls. Carlisle had brought us up here one summer when we were kids and scared the shit out of us with that story.

Once we all changed into dry clothes, we gathered around the campfire to try and scare the crap out of the girls. Bella picked the open spot next to me, even though she could sit next to one of the girls. I was rather happy about that.

"Okay… so Edward wants to tell you guys about this ghost that hangs out by the dam," Emmett began, chuckling the entire time as Rose dug her nails into his arm.

Bella leaned over just as I was about to begin, scooting close enough that our shoulders were touching.

"Alright, well… this is all information that we got from Carlisle… but back in the early nineteen hundreds this girl and her boyfriend drove out here… wanting some 'alone time'." I said with quotations, considering there were kids present. Meaning Jake. "Anyway, the boyfriend heard something outside their car… he got out, but disappeared, so the girlfriend freaked out and got out of the car to look for him. Well, the only thing they found left of her was her head. It turns out there was some psychotic killer on the loose, looking for anyone he could kill. He decapitated his victims. So… years later when a family was out camping, a dad and his son were out exploring the lake and got off of the trail slightly, ending up at the dam. It was getting kind of dark, but in the distance, standing on the dam, was a ghost… with no head. It was a girl because she had a dress on."

All of the girls gasped as the guys laughed. Bella actually moved closer to me and shivered. I wanted to put my arm around her, but I didn't know if that would be too forward.

"And the messed up part… the girl was facing away from the man and his son, but she must have sensed their presence because she shifted her body to face towards them, as if she would be looking at them even though she didn't have a head."

"Thanks a lot, Edward… now I'm not going to be able to sleep!" Alice whined as she moved to sit in Jasper's lap.

The kids all stood up and said they were going to walk down to the dam, Bella protested but since they wouldn't listen to her, Emmett stepped in. He told them they absolutely could not leave because it was too dangerous to go down there since it was so dark. Seth eventually agreed, but Jake kept trying to go. I could tell that Jake might be trouble for Seth and Bella.

Emmett and Jasper took turns telling ghost stories until the girls were scared to death. Seth and Jake were too busy making out with their girlfriends to notice. Once it was time for bed, Bella and I walked to my tent. I unzipped the entryway, allowing Bella to enter first with me following close behind.

"Wow, I'm going to have the worst dreams now…" Bella whispered, laughing quietly.

"Me too," I said jokingly. "Hopefully Emmett and Rose will keep us entertained."

Bella put her hands over her ears and grinned. "God, no… I'd rather have nightmares than listen to them get it on."

We settled into our sleeping bags, but I felt like Bella was too far away. I loved sleeping with her the night before and almost came in my fucking boxers when she rolled over to get closer to me, brushing up against my hard on. Yes, I was still hard. I'm telling the truth when I say that I am constantly hard when I'm around the woman.

Bella groaned when we heard moaning noises nearby. "That's my fucking horny ass brother… shit, I hope he has a damn condom. Why does he have to do this shit with his sister around? Little perv…"

I sat up and grabbed my bag, pulling out a box of condoms. Bella looked at me with questioning eyes when she saw what I was holding. "I'm a man, Bella… always prepared…."

Bella giggled, nodding her head. Her face blushed a bit, which made her even more beautiful. I got up and unzipped the door to head over to Seth and Jake's tent. It was a double cabin tent like mine, so I unzipped one side, not bothering to see who it was and threw a few condoms and did the same on the other side.

"Just in case," I said before walking away.

Bella had the shyest look on her face as I got back into the tent. When I laid down next to her, she was burying her face into her pillow. I immediately noticed that while I was gone she had moved her sleeping bag over to where it was touching mine. Fuck, yes.

"DoIevenwanttoknowifitwasmybr other?" Bella mumbled into the pillow.

I rubbed her back, not realizing what I was doing until I was actually doing it. If that makes any sense… But regardless, I just wanted her to feel better and quit worrying about her brother.

"I didn't even look in there… so I don't know who it was, but either way… they're both covered," I answered. "He's a teenage boy, Bella…"

Bella lifted her head up and looked at me. "Yeah a very, very horny teenager."

"Bella, I think that's the norm for his age…"

I changed the subject soon after, talking about the scary movies I was going to make her watch. Who would have thought that I would be giddy to watch scary movies with a girl… when I'm almost thirty years old?" Bella eventually drifted off to sleep, snuggling close to me, but keeping her hands to herself. I loved the fact that we could be close like this as friends. I wanted more, of course, but if I could have her like this for a while, I was content.

As I watched Bella sleep, I couldn't help but picture in my mind her riding me, putting my condoms to good use. Though with her, I would hate to use condoms. Hopefully she would be on birth control because I would so fucking love to come inside her, feeling every bit of her tightness wrapped around me. The term blue balls didn't even come close to describing me by this point. Last night my sleep talking, jerking off dream was interrupted, and now there was no way I could relieve myself with Bella right next to me. My cock was going to fall off.

I finally fell asleep a little while after Bella, dreaming of the things that I thought of before I went to sleep. I loved my fucking dreams.

Miss Swan

I woke up sometime during the night, feeling something hard pressed against my ass. Edward's arm was draped over me, pretty much the same as the morning beore, and to be honest, I loved it. However, I had a good feeling that I knew what was pressed against me. I blushed… all over. But that was normal for guys to be hard in the early morning hours… right?

I thought that might be normal until I heard my name come from his sexy ass mouth again. "Bella…." He whispered in a moan.

Oh my gosh.

**reposting due to requests. I'll post the complete story as soon as possible, and once I'm finished with this one, I'll repost the other stories as well (FFY, SSN). I'm still not finished with UtSM and I don't know when I'll be able to work on it. My life has been crazy the past few years and I apologize that I have not finished UtSM, but I just haven't felt like writing or had the time. I never intended to be one of those people who couldn't finish out stories… but I'm trying to get back into writing, so I hope to work on it soon.

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