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Almost Forbidden Pleasures

By: TikiHawaiianPrincess


Chapter 2: Temptation


When I woke in the morning, I turned on my side to see Edward, staring at me intently with his beautiful topaz eyes. He was grinning from ear-to-ear. I groaned inwardly.

"What's the smirk for?" I said, trying to be as playful as I could this early in the morning.

He shook his head, "Not telling."

And with that he deposited a quick kiss on my head, "Good morning," he said, and rolled off the bed.

"Good morning to you too!" I said, sitting up.

After I got dressed and brushed my teeth, I followed Edward downstairs to the kitchen, and usually, in a normal house on a Saturday morning, you would see a family eating breakfast at the kitchen table, but not in the Cullen house, what we found when we went downstairs was, nothing.

"Where is everyone?" I asked.

I felt Edward's hand snake around my waist to pull my body to him; he moved my hair off of my shoulder in whispered in my ear, "Hunting."

The simple word sent shivers up my spine, I mentally smacked myself in the head, why was I letting a word I heard a thousand times get to me in that way.

"Oh," was all I managed to get out of my mouth, and I suddenly noticed Edward's cool lips on my neck, and everywhere else he could reach.

"Is that okay?" he said, "They'll be back in a couple days," he said in between kisses.

Honestly? I had no clue if it was okay, the rest of the family have been gone for probably six hours and already Edward was proving that it was going to be a very long and excruciating weekend, I didn't know if I was up to testing my self control, I usually left that in Edward's hands, which I noticed had begun to play with stomach again.

Having his hands and lips all over me, taking me by surprised, was a little more than I bargained for, and suddenly, my knees buckled beneath me, but Edward held me up effortlessly with just his right arm.

"You alright there, Bella?" he barley whispered.

"Yeah."

I still had no clue how I was able to form a complete thought, not that 'Yeah' was the most intricate and detailed thing I could have said.

He let out a husky snigger, "Good. Just checking."

I had to do something to stop myself from turning around and breaking all the promises that I had made, but somehow, telling him to stop was not one of the options.

"So what are we doing today?"

And with that, his loosened his grip on me, and walked towards the table, he smiled at me when he saw my reaction to his stopping etched across my face.

"Well, since the weather is horrible," I looked out the window, and noticed that the rain was coming down forcefully, and was making a lot of noise, that I had somehow managed to tune out, "I thought we could stay in. Maybe play a bit of chess? Watch some TV?"

I nodded in acknowledgement.

"But first, while you're down here eating breakfast, I'm going to go upstairs to shower and change."

He walked up to me, planted a kiss on my forehead, and then ran up the stairs.

I really didn't know what was wrong with me. I've never felt this much on edge, not when there were vampires tracking me, not when I was being attacked by vampires, nothing had prepared me for the emotions that I was feeling right now. Trying to block it all from my mind, I walked over to the fridge, were I found a small note held on by a magnet.

Bella-

Help yourself to anything, you'll get more use out of it than we ever could.

-Esme

I smiled, I didn't know how much longer I could wait to be a part of this amazing family.


"What're you eating?" Edward said coming down the stairs, his hair damp and his clothes clinging to him due to the wetness from his shower.

I couldn't help but stare, feeling the heat rising to my cheeks. His shirt just had to have clung to him in all the right places. The contours of his chest were clearly outlined, leaving little to the imagination, but somehow, my imagination was able to take that image and run with it. I wondered what it would feel like, against my bare skin, if it would still be cold, or somehow, the two of us could manage to make him feel full of heat. Oh, it would be heated alr-

"Bella," he said, again.

I shook my head, "Oh yeah! Um. I'm just having some cereal," I said, slightly embarrassed. I wondered how long I had been staring at him.

He sat down next to me at the table, "Are you okay? You look a little flushed. Is it too warm in here?"

I shook my head, "No. It's fine, I'm fine."

Edward sighed, "It's time like this I wish I could read your mind."

I smiled, "That would take the fun out of everything though."

Seeing that I was finished with my food, Edward gracefully picked it up and placed it in the sink.

"Let's watch a movie?" He asked.

I nodded, I already knew what was going to happen, it was dark in the house, and Edward probably wasn't going to turn on the lights. I smiled to myself.

"What are you thinking?"

I looked up at him, "Just feel a little bit like Alice."

He looked puzzled, "Why is that?"

I watched him put the DVD into the player, and come settle next to me on the couch. He pulled me towards him, and like always, his body felt like a cool rock, and I wouldn't want to have it any other way, this was what I was familiar with, what I wanted more than anything.

"Oh I just know what's going to happen. That's all."

He adjusted his position, "Oh you've seen this movie?"

I shook my head, "No. That's not what I meant."

I looked up at him, and could see the confusion splattered across his face, "I don't get it, Bella."

"You're going to put the moves on me."

He chuckled, "Oh really. What exactly am I going to do?"

"Well," I began, my heart beginning to pound, "You're going to…umm…."

I felt him get closer to my ear, "I'm going to what, Bella?" he said huskily.

My breath hitched as I felt his cool hand found my jaw, and gently turned my face towards him.

"Kiss me," I breathed.

I barely had the words out of my mouth before I felt his lips take mine with a mind-blowing intensity. It was as if he had just broken through a dam and let loose all my emotions. His hands weaved through my hair, pulling me closer to him, as if I wasn't already close enough. I wrapped my arms around his neck, pushing my hands into his back, he had to get closer to me. Suddenly, his hands were now around my waist, and he hoisted me onto his lap. A wave of shock ran through me. I kissed him harder, trying to pour every emotion I felt back into him, and I felt like he was doing the same.

"I love you. I want you. Right now," I heard again in my head.

This thrust a new urgency into me. Without even knowing it, I felt my hips begin to move. It seemed like I heard a growl, but I couldn't tell if it came from me or Edward. In one fluid movement, I was lying with my back against the couch with Edward gently on top of me. I seemed to have no control over what my body was doing. Edward kept his mouth on mine, and it took everything I had to remember to breath. I felt his cool hands snake up under my shirt, just stopping short of where I wanted him to be. I sighed into his mouth, and getting the hint, his hands inched up closer, and closer. His touch did little to cool me down, it felt as if his hands were burning my skin, the contrast between the two was so great.

His hands reached around my back, and right when they reached a clasp, I felt a new wave of want rush over me. He began to toy with it, teasing me, torturing me.

"Please," I begged.

He froze. And suddenly he was off of me in an instant.

I looked at him, completely shocked. His head was down, and he was fiddling with his fingers.

"I… uh… Don't know how to…" his voice trailed off.

"You don't know how to what?" I asked. And then, I felt my heart twitch.

He didn't know how to unclasp my bra.

"Oh," I said almost in audibly.

I closed my eyes, being braver than I knew I was, I slowly lifted the hem of my shirt over my head.

"Bella," he breathed, when he saw what I had done.

He quickly tried to put my shirt back on. But my hands stopped him. I looked him in the eyes, our gaze locking. I began to lose my breath.

"Then let's practice," I said.


A/N: Well there you have it! Chapter 2! Please R&R! I love to hear what you think! Thanks for reading! :)