Once again, I am amazed at the response this fic is getting. All these new followers adding up with new chapters... and your reviews are all positive, I feel blessed. Thank you all so much for your support. Here is chapter 10 for you all, I hope you enjoy it. Slight cliffy at the end, I'm afraid... hehe
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Chapter 10 – Forgotten
On my way to the apartment, I wonder when would be the best time to go back to see Bella. I think I deserve credit since it has been a week since I saw her last. I debate the merits of either tonight or tomorrow. I finally decide on tomorrow because tonight I am so damn tired, I don't think I'd be great company. Bella deserves my full attention and I just can't give her that tonight. I'd talk to Emmett about it when I get home.
My mother, Esme Cullen, has a heart condition. She needs a transplant. She's been on the waiting list for about three years now. She had been called a few times about a possible match, but every time ended up with a negative result. It's very frustrating, and my mother's condition isn't getting any better. Every day she struggles to do her work. Today's no different, in fact it's worse. She had to be hospitalized. I don't know the whole story, and I'm not sure I want to know. The most important thing is that she's stable, for now, but if we don't find a donor soon…my mind could not conceive the possibility of that not happening and what it would mean.
I'd spent all day at the hospital, sitting with my mother and checking on her condition. Her illness is one of the reasons why I want to specialize in cardiology. I want to be able to help her and others just like her. Another reason why I am pursuing a medical career is my father. His patients absolutely love him; it amazes me every time I go and visit my dad at his office. The patients seem reluctant to leave the office and him, I want that. I hope I can take as good care of my patients as my father does.
I guess I should be thankful that my mom's relapse was the only thing that happened this week, because that combined with the fact I missed Bella like crazy, I would not have been able to handle much more happening.
Bella has become the center of my world. It is almost like basically everything I do is for her. Like I'm trying to lay the groundwork for what I hope would happen soon: the day where I could finally claim her as mine.
I really can't seem to get her out of my mind. She has even started to infiltrate my dreams. At first, the dreams in which she appeared were quite innocent. They were kind of manifestations of things I want to do with her when I take her out for dates, dinner in a nice restaurant, Bella would wear this dress in a shade of blue that I knew would just fit her, a walk on the pier, a picnic somewhere in the city...quite innocent, as I said. However, the more the week went on, the less innocent the dreams became. The dream I had last night was the most intense I've had so far.
I couldn't believe how tired I was after a long day at work. I mean it wasn't really anything out of the ordinary but just seemed to drag on and on. I was certainly thankful to be home, and even more thankful that no one else was home. I flopped down on the bed and just laid there for a few minutes. I wanted to rest before anything else was going to get done.
I startled awake. I wasn't sure how long I had slept but I felt a little better so I decided to go grab a shower and then maybe some dinner.
I stood in the bathroom towelling off as I thought about my day. I could feel the tension coming back so I diverted my thoughts to a less stressful topic. The shower was fantastic, relaxed all of the tired muscles and now I'm ready to grab some dinner. Who knows maybe even go out or something tonight. As soon as my thought drifted towards going out I thought of Bella. I wondered if it would be too much for me to show up again at the club. It probably would be but I didn't give a damn, I needed to see her. I hung up the towel and marched back into my room. Normally I'd get dressed in the bathroom but since no one was home I just opened my door and stepped into my room, naked.
I stopped short when I saw a lump on my bed but under the covers so its identity was hidden. It was definitely too small to be Emmett but I couldn't be sure if it was Jasper or not, it was all curled up into a small ball. I stepped over to the dresser and quietly opened a drawer to at least put on some underwear before I approached the 'lump' in my bed. I needed some barrier between me and them.
Just as I grabbed a pair and lifted a leg to step into my underwear, I heard a small voice call to me…
"Edward?"
It was Bella's voice. I turned and looked back at the bed with the 'lump' as she sat up in my bed, wrapped in my blankets, wearing one of my white button down dress shirts. Her hair was tangled and all over the place, her face was slightly swollen and her lips were the most perfect shade of pink. I wanted to fall into bed with her and do things that were probably illegal in several states. Well, probably not in Alabama but I digress.
"Bella? What the hell…how did you get here baby?" I rushed to the side of the bed and sat down beside her. I smoothed some of her wild hair but left it mostly as is because it turned me on so much to see her so messy. Almost as if she had just had some really good sex. Oh Lord, I said sex and now I was hard as a rock.
"Uhm…well Emmett gave me your address and told me when you would be home. So I came over but you weren't here so I laid down. I'm sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep on you." She sat up a little which caused the gap in the overly large shirt of mine she wore to open even further. I could see all of her breast, except the nipple. It made my mouth water to imagine what it looked like, I'm sure it's the same perfect shade of pink as her lips. God, I wanted to kiss them both, her lips and her nipple.
She looked worried so I moved closer to her and brushed my knuckles across her cheek to assure her that she was more than welcome to come to my house, in my bed, wearing my clothes anytime she wanted. "No, it's fine baby. I love having you here in my house with me. Are you hungry?"
She drew herself up on her knees and walked towards me. She dropped her head and looked up at me through her eyelashes. Just as her hand reached out to touch my chest she purred, "Only for you, handsome."
She pushed me back onto the bed and threw her leg over my hips so she straddled my waist. I was blown away; I have never seen this side of Bella before. She was usually so timid and shy but tonight she was strong, confident, and almost…forceful?
"Bella?" Her fingers came to rest over my lips.
"Shh, let's just see where this leads, okay?" I nodded because her hand was still covering my mouth. She did two things at the same time; she lowered herself down onto my hard cock and created some friction while she pushed one of her fingers into my mouth. The rest of her hand cupped my chin as she slowly slid back and forth across me. I couldn't stop my eyes from rolling back in my head. She felt way too good. In fact so good that I worry about how long I would last if she took this much further.
I had to find a way to distract myself so I flipped her over and decided to spend a little time focusing on her. I reached under her shirt and pulled her panties down. They were the prettiest shade of dark blue, they looked so good against her skin but they looked even better off of her. I dropped them down onto the floor beside me and pulled her legs so that she laid flat out on her back. My hands worked the buttons loose on her shirt and opened it up to reveal her body to me. God she looked so beautiful.
I would like to say that I went the romantic route with her and kissed up her legs and made this grand gesture but nope, didn't happen. I pushed her legs open and immediately dove right into her soaked pussy. She tasted even better than she looked. Made me think of the movie Face Off where Nicolas Cage says, 'I could each a peach for hours.' Well I knew exactly what he was talking about here.
Bella began to squirm and moan, like porn star moan and it spurred me on even further, I slipped a finger inside of her and then another when the moaning slowed down. Before long she was pushing my face harder against her pussy and was coming all over me. I cleaned her and my face as best as I could while she slowly came down from her high. I can't tell you how ready I was to be inside of her. I wanted to share the bliss she just experienced with her.
I climbed back up her body and prepared to slip inside of her. I paused to kiss her mouth and tell her how perfect she was. I wanted her to know, "Bella, baby, you are so beautiful like this. Please." I begged her to be inside of her. I knew that if Emmett had ever heard about this begging he would never let me forget it but I had to be inside of her and it had to be with her permission. Her sweet face nodded at me and just as I pushed inside I felt a hand shaking my shoulder, and Emmett call my name.
What the fuck is Emmett doing in my room while I'm making love to Bella?
He shook a little harder, "Edward, come on man, can you hear me?" I turned to look at him and he wasn't there. When I turned back to apologize to Bella she wasn't there either. Emmett's big hand shook me again and I sat up on the bed. Alone, dressed in my clothes from work and angry as hell.
"Emmett, why the fuck did you wake me up?" I roared at him.
Turns out, Emmett had woken me up because my father had just called from the hospital in Forks. My mother had just been admitted, and it wasn't looking good.
I find it strange to find the living room silent when I enter the apartment. Emmett is usually playing his Xbox when I get home on Fridays. In fact our usual routine is for me to shower and join him in an ass-kicking game of something or other.
I give a gentle rap against Jasper's door, not really expecting him to be home. When he opens the door for me I'm surprised.
"Hey man, what are you doing here?" I ask.
"Nothing to do tonight. Alice had some stuff to finish up for school, and Emmett's out, so I just stayed here," he explains.
"Yeah, about that… Emmett's out? Where's he?" This is very unlike Emmett. Not that he's out but that he's out without me or Jasper.
"No idea." Jasper slinks back to his bed and drops down like he's ready to spend the night just lounging around in his room.
"Okay. Well… I'll be in my room." I'm glad to know that there would be no high energy plans because I need peace and quiet tonight.
"Okay." Jasper focuses on the guitar that sits across his lap as I pull the door shut behind me, he barely gives me a second thought.
I sit down on my bed with my laptop. I really intend to make the most of a quiet night with no Emmett in sight… when my cell phone rings. I check the caller ID and see that it's Emmett calling me.
Speaking of the devil.
"Emmett?" I say when I pick up.
"Um…" a feminine voice says.
"Who is this?" The worst thoughts were going through my mind when a woman's voice came across the line.
Silence.
"Hello?" I ask again, I am afraid that I scared them off and now I might not find out who it is and why she had Emmett's phone.
"Edward?" The timid voice speaks my name.
My eyes grow wide. No, it can't be…
"Bella?"
Silence again.
"Bella, is that you?" I beg every being out there for it to be Bella, I want to hear her sweet voice so badly.
"Y-You remember me?" she asks hesitantly.
"Remember…? Of course I remember you, Bella! What's going on, are you alright?" She had to be kidding me, remember her, well I had news for her she occupied almost every thought I have had since we met.
I hear some sniffling. Uh oh…
"Bella are you okay?" I ask, in a slight panic.
I hear some shuffling in the background and someone else picks up the phone.
"Yo, Edward!" Emmett says.
"Em? What the fuck was that? Where are you?" I need someone to tell me what the hell is going on.
"Um...I'm at the club." Emmett could always be counted on to provide detailed answers.
"WHAT?" I practically scream.
"Ugh, yeah… I couldn't, ugh… stay away." Jasper quietly enters my room as Emmett answers me.
"What's going on?" Jasper asks.
"Apparently, Emmett's back at the club. The one we went to for my birthday." I provide the update for Jasper.
"What? I'm confused…" Jasper looks the part as his face scrunches in an attempt to figure it all out.
"Yeah, well… so am I."
"Hello? I'm still here!" I can hear Emmett say.
"Sorry Emmett, but I'm really confused right now. What's going on? Why was Bella calling me with your phone?"
"Um…well Bella here had some kind of a breakdown when she saw I came to visit Rosalie, but that you hadn't tagged along. She kept repeating you had forgotten about her and stuff like that. We couldn't make her calm down, so I offered to lend her my phone so she could call you."
"Bella had a breakdown? About me not being there?" I repeat, my voice rising with each word. From the corner of my eye, I can see Jasper as he steps closer, as if ready to restrain me.
"Ed, you need to calm down." Emmett tries his best to soothe me, in the only way he could.
"Calm down? You want me… Emmett! How can I calm down? She's freaking out, I need to do something!" I take a deep breath. "Okay… let me talk to her."
"Edward, I'm not sure…" Emmett stutters.
"Emmett," I cut him off, "Give Bella the fucking phone. I need to talk to her."
"Alright, alright, geeze…"
I hear some shuffling again, and then Bella's voice comes across the line again.
"Edward?"
"Bella, are you alright? Is there anything I can do?"
Silence. I sigh.
"Bella, you need to tell me if there is something I can do to help you, please. I'm feeling helpless here." I plead with her.
"Can you… can you come over?" Her soft sweet voice could convince me to do anything she asked.
"Bella, are you sure it's a good idea? Maybe we could meet somewhere else? In a café, maybe?"
"No, you need to come here. I can't leave the club."
Strange… well, maybe her shift will not be over for another several hours. I look at the clock on my bedside table: 10:37 PM.
"Edward?" Bella pleads again.
"Yes, Bella, I'm still here. Listen, I need you to relax for me, okay? I'll be there as fast as I can."
"Okay." Her voice sounds much calmer after my assurance that I would be there.
"I'll see you soon Bella, hold tight."
"See you soon." As soon as her voice disappears, I flip the phone closed and start to get ready.
I sigh and look up, to see Jasper still standing in front of me.
"What's going on?" he asks.
"Well it looks like Bella had a nervous breakdown or something when she saw I wasn't with Emmett." I struggle to make sense of the problem.
"You're kidding." Jasper's easy going attitude perks up, this type of angst puts him on edge, he can sense the troubles other people carry.
"No, not even close to kidding with you, I told you this thing with her is pretty intense. I need to get over there."
"Alright. But you need to calm down. If you get there in this state, you're just going to freak her out more." I step away from him and think it over for a second or two. I take his advice; as usual he was correct with his suggestions.
I need something that would give me just enough time to settle down but not so much that Bella would worry about what was taking me so long, "Okay. I'll take a shower that should calm me down."
He nods as he leaves my room; I follow him and head towards my bathroom.
"Hey, Ed!" I hear Jasper call to me just as I am about to close the door on my way out of the apartment.
"What?" I call back to him.
"Here, take this." He hands me some cash that I quickly count. There must be about a thousand dollars in the wad he handed me.
"What's that for?" I ask.
"Remember where you're going? They won't let you see Bella that easily. Remember, for the staff, you're just a customer. You'll have to pay your way in." He reminds me.
"Oh, you're right. Thanks Jas." I hate it when I'm thrown off my game. The panic and fear I heard in Bella's voice earlier has done exactly that, throw me off my game.
"No problem. See you later." Jasper's smile speaks volumes to me. It says that he wants me to be happy and if Bella makes me happy then he wants it for me.
I wave again before I close the door and fly down the stairs to my car. I make it to the club in record time. I'm lucky that I didn't come across any cops on the way. The closer I get to the club, the more I can feel my connection with Bella get stronger. Intense doesn't even begin to describe this attachment I have with her.
When I enter the club, the auctions are already over, so I need to think of a plan quickly. I sit down at the bar and order something to drink while I think over my options. I am nursing my second drink when I feel someone sit down beside me. When I turn around, I see the blonde girl that Emmett had left with last week, Rosalie, I believe is her name.
"Hello there," she starts the conversation with me. She winks at me, then slides a small piece of paper to me.
"Hello." I pick up the paper and unfold it. Play along, it reads.
"You looking for some fun, cowboy?" She runs her finger down the front of my shirt and smirks at me.
"Sure am, ma'am. Would you happen to know where I can find any?" I lean in a little closer to her and she winks at me again.
"Actually, I do. Come with me." She grabs me by the collar of my shirt and pulls me down the hallway that leads to the private rooms. Once we're out of ear shot, she drops her grip.
"Hi Edward, I'm Rosalie, but apparently you already knew that."
I chuckle. "Yeah. Nice to meet you, again. I just wish it were under different circumstances."
She gives me a sad smile. "Believe me, me too. Alright, Bella's in her room. I'm her best friend and I couldn't get through to her, so I hope you'll have more luck." I can see the care and concern for Bella in Rosalie's eyes.
I nod. "Don't worry. She's in good hands." I try to reassure her that Bella would be safe with me. Something in Rosalie's eyes shows me the deep seated scepticism that I don't think would be alleviated by one action from me or Emmett.
Her words confirm her facial expressions. "Yeah. Believe me, I want to trust you, but you learn to trust no one in this business."
"I understand." I glance down at my shoes and take in what she said. Somehow, this makes an alarm sound in my head, but I just ignore it for now.
"Okay, I'm not going to keep you any longer, Bella's really freaking out in there." She pats my arm and pushes me toward the door to Bella's room. "Good luck," she calls over her shoulder as she pushes open the door that must be her room.
"Thanks."
I walk up to the door and look around to make sure no one sees me then knock softly before I push the door open. What I find on the other side of the door makes me want to punch something hard.
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