Author's Note: Once again, I am very sorry I let myself get so behind. I've been pretty swamped with personal stuff. But I'm back now, and it's all good. However, I am very disappointed with you guys. I have over 2000 viewers for this story and only 10 reviews. Where are you guys? I'll accept flames, but at least send me something. I would like to personally thank VampireDaisy, Officially-Bitten-by-Edward, ekmemerald, CullenCartwheel, and tripleT75 for reviewing. You guys are greatly appreciated.

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July 25th Quote:

Edward: "You look so guilty – like you've committed a crime."

Eeep! I think he's talking to Bella, and it's more fluff (eep again). However, I don't really know what he would be referring to…hmmm.

BPOV

"NO WAY!" I screamed at Alice. She had taken me out early this morning to go shopping, which I hated anyways, but had now gone so far as to try to take me into Victoria's Secret.

"Oh c'mon Bella, it'll be fun," she smiled with that evil pixie-ness of hers.

"Fun?! I'd rather face James and Victoria again!" Okay, that was a bit of a stretch, but still…it wasn't that far off.

She rolled her eyes at me. "Bella, you're getting married in a couple of weeks, you'll need some of this stuff. And testing Edward's self control should be fun for you."

I blushed while she looked at me with her most pleading and convincing look. "Fine," I grumbled.

"Yay," she cheered while dragging me straight to hell.

After about two hours of trying on embarrassing lingerie and sampling multiple perfumes, Alice finally let me go and drove us back home. We were there in a few minutes and I lugged three bags of useless "unmentionables" up to Edward's room. He wasn't in there, so I collapsed on the bed to rest while I waited. Then I had an idea.

I hid the Victoria's Secret bags in the bathroom, changed into a set of lingerie, dabbed just a little bit of perfume on my wrists, and sprayed sparkly body mist on my bare neck, stomach, legs, and partially exposed chest. I peeked outside, and Edward still wasn't back yet. I walked over to his bed, laying back on one of the satin pillows, resting my hands behind my head, and closing my eyes, waiting. Just waiting. I blushed when I thought of how Edward would react to my little game of testing his limits. Maybe I should just go back and put my normal clothes back on, I thought.

My thoughts were interrupted by the opening of Edward's bedroom door. I sat up quickly, forgetting how I was dressed, and gasped when I saw Edward standing dumbfounded in the doorway. A growl emitted from deep in his chest, and I knew I had 

crossed the line. I was frozen where I was, trapped in the gaze of his topaz eyes. I blushed and broke the stare, looking down, very embarrassed.

I felt Edward's hand under my chin, pulling my face up to look at him again. His eyes weren't angry though. All I saw in the shimmering topaz was love. My eyes apparently said something different. "You look so guilty," he chuckled, "like you've committed a crime."

"I pushed you too far, I shouldn't have done that."

"You did nothing wrong, love. The growl you heard wasn't of anger."

"What, then?"

"Surprise, affection…lust," he admitted.

"Oh," I said. Smooth, Bella. I didn't know what else to say. "So…you're okay with this then," I asked, gesturing to my mostly bare body.

"More than okay," he laughed again. Of course he was okay with it. Like he said once before, he may be vampire, but he's still a man. A hormonal seventeen-year-old, in fact. I laughed.

"You're very beautiful, Bella," he said. I looked up at him and saw his eyes looking intently at me. I blushed again.

He sat down on the bed, kissed me sweetly and gently, then pulled me into his lap, placing his hands on my stomach. I put my hands over top of his and leaned back into him. "Thanks Alice," I whispered.

Well, what do you think? Be brutal.