Sorry for the delay in updates, this chapter took a bit more to get it all out. Every time I went back to it, it changed on me.
Music for this chapter:
Freakshow - Britney Spears
S.E.X. - Nickelback
It's Not My Time - 3 Doors Down
Get Low - Lil Jon
Not Myself Tonight - Christina Aguilara
Love, Sex and Magic - Ciara & Justin Timberlake
Boys - Britney Spears
Lullaby - The Spill Canvas
EPOV
Monday - Office appointments, check on the kids at the hospital, head home to eat, go for an evening run, shower and head to bed.
Tuesday - Morning surgeries, check on the kids upstairs, stop by the office for tomorrow's surgery schedule, head home to eat, do some laps in the pool, shower and head to bed.
Wednesday - same as Tuesday except for the laps in the pool, today I went to the gym for kick boxing.
Thursday - just like Monday.
Friday - I love Fridays. A couple consultations in the morning then I go over to the hospital to check on the kids and head home around lunch time.
Wow, it has been a long week, but now that Friday is here I can relax a bit. I'm on my way home from the hospital after making my Friday delivery.
Most of the other doctors I know, except for my father, take off every Wednesday for tee time. Other than the fact that I hate golf, I prefer to spend that little bit of extra time with my patients and work half days on Fridays. Much like today, after my office appointments I stopped by the hospital to visit my patients, wish everyone a good weekend and drop off my weekly delivery. While I was there I asked the Head Nurse about tomorrow afternoon and possibly coming in with my guitar and playing for the kids. I've done this before and on occasion it sparks the attention of one of the kids and they show an interest in learning to play. Music seems to always be the first thing cut in the schools when funding falls short and that is quite unfortunate. Music is like laughter, it's good for the soul.
After checking with Admin, it was confirmed that I'd come back at 10 tomorrow and play for the kids before lunch. I chose pediatric surgery for a reason, the kids. They make it all worth it.
As I pull into the garage my phone beeps with a new text message.
Dinner wit grls 2nite. Meet us 4 drinx l8r MidSun? -EMC
Sure thing. Let me know what time and I'll meet up -E
Well, it looks like I'm on my own for dinner. I'll just take some of Mom's leftovers out of the freezer for dinner. Looking thru the freezer I pick out my dinner and set it on the counter to thaw. I set the alarm on my phone so I don't lose track of time and go grab my guitar to practice. Four hours later I'm thankful for setting the alarm, I heat my dinner and eat it. I see the last slice of cheesecake that the guys brought home and decided they could be mad at me all they want, that was the best damn cheesecake I had ever had and I'm eating it. I head upstairs to take a shower and get ready. I check my phone and see that I'm to meet them around 8:30. I've never been to Midnight Sun but I hear it's the dance club to go to around here. I'm not trying to impress anyone tonight so I dress in black jeans and a striped button-up and roll the sleeves up a couple times. I look in the mirror at my hair and decide there's really no point, it's just going to do what it always does, so I just run my fingers thru it and walk down to the garage. Tonight I think I'll take my newest toy, my Camero SS. I get in and listen to the rumble Ruby makes when I start her up. I had to have some things done to her to make her sound like the muscle car that she is, but man is she worth it.
As I park Ruby I see that Jasper, Emmett, Alice and Rosalie are waiting for me in the parking lot and walking over to me.
"Hey," I hollered, "you could have gone inside, you didn't have to wait out here for me. I'm a big boy." I chuckle, knowing what's coming.
Emmett laughs knowing I know what he's thinking. "That's what she said," he says, not able to stop himself.
"Sweet ride," I hear from Rosalie.
"Thanks, I just got her two weeks ago. I was going to wait until next year for the convertible, but I got impatient."
Alice looks over at Rosalie, "Bella is going to flip when she sees this car. She's been dreaming about the new Camero since that silly robot movie."
"First, Transformers was not a 'silly robot movie.' And second, Bumblebee is freakin' awesome! But when I saw Ruby here, she took my breath away."
Rosalie rolls her eyes, "you men and your cars."
"Give it a break Rose, you are the same way," Alice giggles.
"Yeah, I know. But seriously, Bella is going to cream when she sees this. Speaking of Bella, that's why we are waiting for you out here. Just before we got here she called us. Something went down tonight, she's at our place and I think we need to go get her. I think a few drinks and dancing would do her some good to get the Royal Rumble from earlier off her mind."
"Royal Rumble?" I ask.
Emmett elbows me with a wink while Rosalie continues to explain. "It seems Bella and Jake had it out earlier and have decided to call it quits. I imagine Alice and I will get the details over the next few days since she's going to be staying with us for a while. But all I know right now is they are no longer together."
"Okay, then let's go get her." I'm trying not to sound so eager but from the looks of surrounding company I wasn't that convincing.
"We can all fit in the hummer, why don't we take that?" Emmett speaks up.
"Um," I look down trying not to sound crazy, "I would rather not leave Ruby here if I'm not just inside. I'll just follow behind you guys. Plus, I really haven't had a chance to drive her much yet." Damn, I should have just went with the latter excuse.
"Whatever, let's just go so we can get back. I'm ready to shake my ass." I look over to Alice, a bit surprised by her statement. "What, it's been a long week. What would you rather me say? 'I'm ready get my groove on? Bump and grind? Get down with my bad self?'" Okay, now she's rolling her eyes at me.
I can do nothing but chuckle at her, "let's just go get your girl so we can get back and Alice can shake her ass."
I follow behind the others for 20 minutes before pulling into a driveway. As we all get out of the cars we can here music from inside the house. "Hey Alice, sounds like you can do some ass-shakin while we're here."
Alice runs to the door. I'm a little confused by her rush. After opening the door she turns to look for Rose and shakes her head and looks worried. Now I feel the need to rush inside to see what's wrong, but I refrain and follow the others inside. I stop dead in my tracks at the sight before me. Bella is singing and dancing, the way she's moving is entrancing. Bella is moving her body in perfect rhythm to Freakshow. I'm having a hard time looking away from the way she's moving her hips.
Rose quickly turns to warn us, "it looks like she already started. It should be an interesting night." Alice grabs Rosalie to pull her toward Bella where they join her in dancing. The guys and I sit down and watch the show. When the song ends Alice walks over and turns off the music.
Bella grabs the bottle of Patron that is sitting on the table, which Rosalie swipes from her just before she puts it to her lips. "I think you're good for now." To which Bella just shrugs her shoulders.
Bella then turns to the three of us sitting, "What's up Buttercup?" looking at Jasper, "Sweet Cheeks?" looking at Emmett, then turning to me "Cupcake?" wagging her eyebrows at each of us. Then she giggles. The three of us look to each other, thoroughly confused expressions across our faces.
"Care to explain?" Emmett asks.
"Sure, your hair reminds me of butter so you are Buttercup. And you have the cutest little dimples, so you are Sweet Cheeks. And to be honest, I'm too drunk and stressed to remember your names." There's that giggle again.
"Wait? What about me? Why am I Cupcake?" Why did she leave me out of that explanation?
Her face turns beet red and her hands cover her mouth, trying to stifle her giggle. She leans down to my ear to whisper, I'm assuming not wanting anyone else to hear, but too drunk for volume control.
"You are Cupcake because I want to lick icing off of you." And then she barely touched the tip of her tongue to my earlobe.
It's obvious that everyone heard what she just said by the stifled laughter in the room, but I think I just came in my pants. Right here. In front of everyone.
Trying to regain my composure I suggest heading back to the club.
Rose agrees, "that's a great idea. By the look of that bottle she had a grip on, we need to get her dancing to get all that tequila out of her system." Alice pulls Bella over to help her put her shoes on while Rosalie gives us instructions, "I need the three of you to make sure she has nothing but water to drink the rest of the night. You need to understand, this is not the usual Bella we are dealing with tonight. It's not my place to tell you exactly what's going on with her, hell, I don't even have the whole story yet. But just know, as the oldest, Bella has always been the responsible one. She's never been the wild and crazy partier. Hell, I don't think she's ever truly been drunk before, so this is going to hit her hard in the morning. I'm actually surprised to see how drunk she is right now, this is so out of character for her, so please don't hold it against her." Looking directly at me towards the end.
"No problem, we'll help however we can," I volunteer, looking at the guys as they nod in agreement. "Looks like Alice was able to help Bella get her shoes on, I'm ready to go if you are."
We walk out to the driveway, Rosalie and Alice helping Bella to the hummer. Which was working until she saw me walk past toward Ruby.
"Woah, wait a minute! Is that…?" I guess she spotted my car. "I'm not riding in this box on wheels. I'm riding with Cupcake." Bella tears herself away from Alice and Rosalie who each had one of her arms. She stumbles a bit after freeing herself, but rights herself and almost runs to my car. She looks up at me, suddenly becoming shy, "if that's okay with you?"
"I would be delighted," I offered my hand while opening the door and helping her in. I shut her door and walk around to get in. I get in and watch her for a moment as she gently glides her fingers across the dash in front of her. Then she turns and smiles at me. Without looking away, I turn the key to bring Ruby to life. Her eyes close and she tilts her head back to rest on the seat and moans in appreciation. She's going to be the death of me.
The honking from the hummer breaks me from my trance that is Bella. I put the car in gear and back out of the driveway. I chance a glance to my right and see that Bella is still watching me. I break my eyes away and hand her my iPod, "how about you find us something good to listen to."
She takes the iPod and spends a few minutes scrolling thru, "this one, right here. My own personal theme song. Mind if I turn it up a bit?"
"Go for it."
As the bass and guitar start thumping I start wondering how someone could let this Goddess walk away without regret. Then I wonder, would this be happening if she hadn't been drinking. I chance another look at her and see that she has her eyes closed and her head back again and starts mouthing the words. Right now she doesn't look all that drunk.
You know there's a dirty word
Never gonna say it first
No, it's just a thought
That never crosses my mind
I can't help but to keep looking over at her. Ever so slightly dancing in the passenger seat of my car. I think this just became my favorite song. She opens her eyes and looks at me while singing the chorus.
S is for the simplety
E is for the ecstasy
X is just to mark the spot
'Cause that's the one you really want
Yes, sex is always the answer,
it's never a question
'Cause the answer's yes,
oh the answer's yes
Not just a suggestion,
if you ask a question
Then it's always yes
Of course sex isn't always the answer, and in this case it certainly isn't, but damn if she isn't making me want it to be. I step on the gas a bit, we need to get to the club and get there fast. I don't know how long I can be in this car with her and be able to control myself.
The song ends and she turns the volume down and the music floats into It's Not My Time. This time when I look over she looks solemn and I see her wipe a tear from her cheek. I can't take this, she looks so sad, I have to change that. I pick up my iPod and select the next song, hoping to get her back in the mood she was in when we picked her up. Lucky for me, she pops right back into the happy-dancing Bella as she sings along to Get Low as we pull in to the parking lot for Midnight Sun. I turn the car off, but since the music doesn't stop until the door opens I just sit and watch her and enjoy. I see her sisters walking to the car, looking at us like we are crazy for still sitting in the car. I guess it's time to go in. I step out of the car and walk around to help Bella and open her door, offering my hand. I'm thrilled when she not only accepts my hand, but then grabs my arm as we walk toward the club.
She looks up at me, "thanks, I needed that." I just look at her and smile. "Have you seen The Proposal?"
"No, can't say that I have."
"Well, we're going to have to change that. That song is in the movie and it's my favorite part." Then she gets the biggest smile on her face that I have seen so far. "Hey girls," she calls ahead, "tomorrow night is movie night and I know just the movies we're watching."
"Yes Mama Bella," they say together.
"Cupcake, Sweet Cheeks and Buttercup should come over too!" she says
"Yes Mama Bella."
"Hey Bellie Button, do we get a say in this?" Emmett asks.
"Hmmm," Bella looks contemplative, as if she's actually considering his question, but I can see the spark in her eye. She walks over to Emmett, still not letting go of my arm. If she were a foot taller she'd be eye to eye with him now, "nope, I don't believe you do. You'll be there, and you'll like it," she says as she pokes him in the chest, daring him to challenge her authority. The rest of us are trying so desperately to hold back our laughs.
"Yes Mama Bella," now Emmett has conceded with the same response the girls gave.
I'm liking this feisty side and hope it's not just the alcohol talking.
We make our way in and find a table off to the side and each order a drink. Bella doesn't put up too much of a fight when a bottle of water is ordered for her. Before the drinks arrive, the girls make their way out onto the dance floor, making sure we can see them from where we are. After a minute or so of watching, Jasper decides to join the ladies on the dance floor while Emmett and I wait for the drinks.
"So, Ed, man. Sounds like the door just opened up for you and Bella."
"Em, I don't know."
"Come on man, did you not see the way she was looking at you? She wants you!"
"She's hurting, she's going to need some time to get over this first. You should have seen her in the car. For now, I think it's going to be just friends for us. Don't get me wrong, I would love to be more for her, but I think that's going to have to wait."
The drinks get delivered and I quickly drink half of my beer while Emmett holds up his to let the ladies and Jasper know the drinks have arrived.
Slowly the girls and Jasper dance their way over to get their drinks. Once they get to the table they all pick up their drinks and take a sip, except for Bella, she downs half her bottle and looks like she ready to head back out to the dance floor.
"Alright, who's going back out there with me? I need to dance some more. Thank God for those classes in college that taught me how to move it and not fall over. Lord knows I'm so sexually repressed I need to get all this energy out somehow." I heard her mumble something else about Jake, but now didn't seem like the time to try to get her to explain. She looked so cute bouncing around mouthing the words to Not Myself Tonight, I couldn't help but block out everything else around me.
"This is the perfect song for tonight," Bella stated as if it were obvious. "Listen," then she proceeded to belt out to the song, keeping my attention while she moved her body so deliciously.
I'm out of character
I'm in rare form
and If you really knew me
you'd know its not the norm
Cause I'm doing things that I normally won't do
the old me's gone I feel brand new
and if you don't like it fuck you
The music's on and I'm dancing
I'm normally in the corner just standing
I'm feeling unusual
I don't care cause this is my night
I'm not myself tonight
tonight I'm not the same girl same girl
I'm not myself tonight
tonight I'm not the same girl same girl
The longer she sang the more she danced, no longer needing the crowd of the dance floor.
I'm dancing a lot and I'm taking shots
I'm feeling fine
I'm kissing all the boys and the girls
someone call the doctor cause I lost my mind
Cause I'm doing things that I normally won't do
the old me's gone
I feel brand new
and if you don't like it fuck you
The music's on and I'm dancing
I'm normally in the corner just standing
I'm feeling unusual
I don't care cause this is my night
I'm not myself tonight
tonight I'm not the same girl same girl
I'm not myself tonight
tonight I'm not the same girl same girl
In the morningwhen I wake Up
I'll go back to the girl I used to be
but baby not tonight
I'm not myself tonight
tonight I'm not the same girl same girl
I'm not myself tonight
tonight I'm not the same girl same girl
Yah, that feels good
I needed that
get crazy
let's go
that's right
come on
give it to me
now, don't stop
"Alright, you talked me into it. Let's go," and I grabbed her hand and urged her to pull me towards the dance floor.
Reveling in the current coursing thru my hand as it wrapped around hers. Once we got to the spot of her choosing on the dance floor she dropped my hand. Not ready to be empty of the electrical feeling between us I gently re-grasped her hand and spun her around, grabbed her hips and pulled her towards my body. Loving the torture that the contact provided, I briefly closed my eyes only to open them to her singing along again. I think the djay is trying to kill me with his choice of Love Sex and Magic. But as I opened my eyes to watch her as she sang, that's when I saw it. She was looking directly into my eyes and instead of the pain that I saw last week, I now saw a sparkle. It was like she was singing to me.
Your touch is so magic to me
The strangest things can happen
The way that you react to me
I wanna do something you can't imagine
Imagine if there was a million me's talking sexy to you like that
You think you can handle, boy
If I give you my squeeze and I need you to push it right back
Baby, show me, show me
What's your favorite trick that you wanna use on me
And I'll volunteer
And I'll be flowing and going
Till clothing disappears, ain't nothing but shoes on me
Oh, baby
All night, show it, just you and the crowd
Doing tricks you never seen
And I bet that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
So let me drive my body around you
I bet you know what I mean
Cause you know that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
So I did the only logical thing there was to do, I sang back. Our hands were all over each other but our eyes never left the other's.
Everything ain't what it seems
I wave my hands and I got you
And you feel so fly assisting me
But now it's my turn to watch you
I ain't gonna stop you if you wanna crowd my neck
Talk sexy to me like that
Just do what I taught you, girl
When I give you my heat and I need you to push it right back
We finished out the song and sang out the last part together.
Oh, this is the part where we fall in love
Oh, let's slow it down so we fall in love
But don't stop what you're doing to me
I never really cared for that song, but now I think I might like it. We continued dancing, keeping constant contact regardless of the song. For a while she was turned with her back up against me which gave me the perfect opportunity to glide my hand across her stomach when she reached an arm over her head and ran her fingers across the back of my neck and into my hair. The only time we separated on the dance floor was when she felt the need to challenge me yet again and sing some silly song by Britney Spears about boys. And damn if I wouldn't have loved to throw her over my shoulder and take her home right then. She's such a sexy little vixen.
After many trips back to the table to re-hydrate and the countless songs we danced to, she suggested we leave. The others weren't quite ready to leave yet, said they were going to stay until they got kicked out. So I offered to take Bella home. Bella agreed, but once we approached the car and I opened the door for her, she paused and turned to look at me with a bit of hesitation. "Do you mind if we don't head back to the house right away? I don't think I'm ready to go to bed alone just yet. And I wouldn't mind spending some more time in this cream-worthy car of yours." She said with a wink.
"Yeah, sure. Would you like for me to stop and grab something for us to drink?"
"That sounds great."
Once we parked at the corner store I rolled the windows down and left the car running. After I got out of the car I realized I had no idea what she would like to drink, so I just walked around to the other side of the car and poked my head in the window. She had the seat slightly reclined and her head tilted back and towards the window, I gave a chaste kiss to the top of her head and moved the hair that had fallen in her face, "what would you like to drink, sweetheart?"
"Mmm, water's good, probably the smart choice. Thank you."
"Sure thing, I'll be right back." I went into the store and picked up two bottles of water, a Cherry-coke, a bag of pretzels and a few things she may need for the morning. After making my purchase I walk out to the car to see that Bella is now sitting up and looking thru my iPod with a grin on her face.
"Something you find amusing there?" I asked, not understanding what could be so funny about my music.
"I hope you don't mind," she said raising the device to indicate that she wasn't trying to be nosey. I shook my head to let her know it was okay. "But I'm really digging your High School play list. I remember these songs like it was yesterday."
"Yes, some of those songs are quite…interesting. There are a few that were from before I was in high school, but it just felt wrong to call it Old School, I don't feel old," I said with a chuckle. I backed out of the parking spot and made to leave the store's parking lot. "Any where in particular you would like to go? Or just not home?"
A look of sadness crossed her face, "anywhere is fine, really."
"I know a spot we can go and talk if you want?"
"That sounds perfect."
After a few minutes we pulled into the parking lot by a boat landing that overlooked a lake and turned the car off but left the music playing. "How's this?"
Her response was a simple smile, but it spoke volumes. I reached in the back to pull out the bottle of water for her and my Cherry-Coke and the bag of pretzels. "I thought these might help a bit too. It will be helpful to have something in your stomach." I opened the bag and offered them to her, to which she took a couple.
"You do know this is going to get crumbs in your car?"
I smiled to let her know it was okay, "that's why they make vacuums." There was a period of silence while be both looked out over the water. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Well, I'd say yes, but you already asked one. But for you, I'll let you ask another." She was back to being playful and I didn't want to make her sad again, but there was something I had to know.
"I'll remember that for next time. Why did you look so sad when I mentioned 'home'?"
Suddenly the smile left her face and looked down to her lap where her hands twisted the other and I immediately regretted asking something that I knew would take the smile from her face. She inhaled deeply, "well, I just left the only home I've known for the last 6 years, where I left behind the man that I thought would be my 'home' for the rest of my life since I was 16, and moved in to my sisters' home. And that really doesn't feel like my home."
"Wow, since you were 16? That's a long time."
"Jake and I were best friends growing up, since we were about 2. Then in high school, when we were 15 we decided to try the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing, and that's been us ever since. We always said if it didn't work we would make sure we could go back to being best friends. Which is nice in theory. And maybe someday we can get that back. We have such a history, that may be a bit difficult."
"What happened to make it not work anymore? If you don't mind me asking."
"Oh, no, it's fine. I think we just both grew and changed. One of us more than the other," she smirked. "And now, we just aren't as compatible. For a while now it has felt like we are back to just being friends instead of …" she trailed off. She looked up at me and even with the dim moonlight I could tell she was blushing.
"Instead of what?"
"Oh lordy-bee. I don't know why I still get embarrassed over the silliest of things at the oddest times." She covered her face with her hands, rubbing up and down almost as to clear her embarrassment. "Instead of lovers. I don't know why that was so hard to say."
"It's okay. Really." I reached out to grab her hand. "But did you just say 'lordy-bee'?" I had to bring that smile back to her face, and it worked.
"Yes, I did. I get it from my mom. She's always saying things like that, 'lordy-bee, golly-gosh,' I kind of picked it up from her and half the time I don't even realize I say it. I'm such a dork sometimes."
"No, it's endearing."
She rolled her eyes, "oh please, you don't have to humor me."
"No, really. I love that you don't try to hide who you really are. I'm so used to only being around women that are constantly trying to be someone they're not. It's refreshing."
"Yeah, well, I'm not so sure I really know who I am. Who I am has been partially defined by my relationship with Jake for more than a decade. And even with that there was part of me that knew that wasn't who I was. But I tried, I really tried." There were now tears trailing down her cheeks.
I reached over and swiped my thumb across her cheeks to wipe the tears away. "Bella, look at me. You are not defined by a failed relationship. Unless you were the only one in the relationship, which I find almost impossible. Unless you have multiple personalities…you don't have multiple personalities do you?" I questioned her trying to keep a straight face.
"No," she giggle, "only one personality."
"Oh, good, that was a close one." I sarcastically wiped my brow. "But in all seriousness, and please feel free to tell me to mind my own business if you don't want to answer this, does this lack of compatibility have anything to do with the sexual repression you mentioned earlier?"
"Oh God, I said that didn't I? I should have left that bottle of Patron alone I can't seem to keep things to myself when I drink too much. Which is probably why I was never really much of a drinker." She took a deep breath.
"You don't have to answer that. I just…" she cut me off.
"No it's okay. I guess I already kind of put it out there. Yes, it was becoming quite obvious lately that we are no longer sexually compatible."
"How so? If you don't…."
"No really it's okay. I need to learn to talk about this stuff. That could be where part of the problem was. I couldn't talk to him outside the bedroom and he wouldn't let me talk in the bedroom." And the blush was back.
"He wouldn't let you talk in the bedroom? I'm confused."
"Jake and I were each other's firsts, and only at this point. We learned so much together but we never really … we just got comfortable. And then it got uncomfortable. He expected me to want what I've always wanted. He … just expected Vanilla for the rest of his life and I want a bit more variety. Don't get me wrong, Vanilla is good every once in a while, but sometimes I want Chocolate, or Mint Chocolate Chip, or Moose Trax, or …"
"Okay, should I stop back by the store and get you some ice cream?" I raised my brow to let her know I was kidding.
"Maybe next time, but thank you." She smiled and seemed to relax a bit.
"How about I go ahead and take you back to your sisters' place and get you to bed?" She nodded in agreement. "Where's your phone?" She handed it over. "I'm going to put my number in your phone and you can call me anytime to talk about anything you need to talk about. I don't ever want you to feel like you can't talk to someone."
"Anything?" she leaned toward me and challenged me. I really like this side of her.
I leaned over across the center console bring our faces just inches from each other. I grazed the back of my knuckles across her cheek, looked her straight in the eye, "Anything. Anytime." Then I reached up and kissed her forehead.
In the 20 minute drive back to Rose and Alice's place she had fallen asleep. I pulled in the driveway and the living room lights were still on and I hoped the front door was unlocked. I grabbed the bag out of the back seat and walked around to get Bella. I didn't want to wake her, she's had a rough day. I scooped her up bridal style and walked up to the door. Carefully opening the door, thankful it wasn't locked, I saw four sets of eyes watching me closely. "I'm just going to go put her in her bed." They nodded without question.
I gently laid her down and tried to move the blankets so that she could cover up when she started to stir. "Shhhh, Bella baby, just go back to sleep."
"No, I need to change out of these clothes. I can't sleep in this."
"Okay, well I'll just …" I motioned toward the door.
"Please don't go yet. I'll just change real quick in the closet."
I sat on the bed and waited. It didn't take her long and when she walked out of the closet I tried not to stare. But all she had on was a t-shirt and all I could see was her legs. "Um, yeah. You should probably get in this bed and cover up before I do something I really shouldn't do."
"Oh please, you couldn't possibly find this sexy," she said rolling her eyes and motioning towards herself then climbing in the bed. She patted the bed next to her and I moved to sit next to her propped up against the headboard.
"And why not? You know, it's not just the wrapping that makes the woman sexy." She scooted closer and draped her arm across my stomach, snuggling up to me.
"Whatever Teddy."
"Teddy? Where did that come from?" I hated when anyone called me by any variation of Edward, but this I just might like.
"Yeah Teddy. Like teddy bear. It feels good to hug you and you are very comforting, just like a teddy bear."
"Hmm, but am I still Cupcake too?" I asked, wondering if she remembered and still felt the same as earlier.
"Yes," she said while trying to tickle my side until I grabbed her hand and entwined my fingers with hers. "You are still Cupcake too. But I thought maybe Cupcake wasn't a nickname I should use in front of everyone, not all the time anyway."
"Okay, I guess that works. How about you go ahead and go back to sleep and I will see you," I glanced over to the clock, "later tonight for movie night. What time should we be back?"
"Will you stay until I go to sleep? And I'll call you tomorrow when I'm more coherent to let you know what time?"
"I can do that. How about you roll over and get comfy?"
"But I'm comfy like this," she said squeezing me tighter.
"Yes, but how would I get up without waking you once you go to sleep?"
"Fine," she rolled over and then mumbled, "you could just stay the night. I won't attack you."
"Come on now, it isn't like that. I have some things I have to do in the morning before I head to the hospital." I cuddled up behind her, "how's this?"
"Wonderful."
"Good, how about you let me sing you to sleep?"
"Yes please."
I moved the hair away from her face and neck and started to sing her a lullaby.
It's the way that you blush when you're nervous
It's your ability to make me earn this
I know that you're tired
Just let me sing you to sleep
It's about how you laugh out of pity
'Cause let's be honest, I'm not really that funny
I know that you're shy
Just let me sing you to sleep
If you need anything
Just say the word, I mean anything
Rest assured, if you start to doze
Then I'll tuck you in
Plant my lips where your necklace is closed
She was now breathing steadily so I knew she was sleeping. I slowly removed my arm from her waste, placed a kiss on the back of her neck and got up from the bed. I took the items out of the bag and placed them on the bedside table. I scribbled out a note on the pad of paper I saw on the desk and folded it to place next to the bottle of water. I quietly left the bedroom and saw that our siblings had not left the living room. They were all looking at me with a big question on their faces but it seemed no one wanted to speak up.
"We went to the boat landing and talked for a bit. She was pretty sober by the time we left the club but she's probably still going to be hurting in the morning. I'll stop back by on my way to the hospital in the morning. Let me know if there is anything you need me to bring by. Goodnight guys." And I turned and walked out the door to go home.
BPOV
I rolled over, momentarily confused as to where I was. Just before panic set in I realized I was in Rose and Alice's guestroom, also known as home until I find another place. I turn my head to look at the clock, "mother-fudger, ow." I cover my eyes with my arm to try to keep my head from exploding. Slowly I remove my arm and focus on the clock sitting on the unusually crowded side-table. I see that it's almost noon already and then look at the other items on the table next to the alarm clock. A bottle of water, a beautiful vase with a handful of peonies and a napkin with 2 little pills and a cupcake. Hmm, well isn't that interesting.
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