Chapter 57: We've Gone Respectable
Bella POV:
I fell asleep on the flight over again and Alice had to gently wake me up when we landed. This time I knew where we were going and was able to enjoy the view more. And by the view, I mean my wife of course.
"You are unbelievable you know that?"
"Huh?" I had to pry my eyes away to respond to Alice's question.
"Are you incapable of acting like a normal human being and not drooling at my ass?" She giggled, her head turned in my direction while she steered the boat. I shrugged and went to make sure I actually wasn't drooling. "We're almost there. Think you can wait that long?"
"I don't know." I growled out, Alice's hands slipped on the wheel for a moment because of it.
"Lord help me." She shifted the throttle to full speed. I approached her from behind and set up camp in the crook of her neck. She was purring extremely loudly by the time we had arrived. Right when she went to hop off the boat, I swept her legs up and carried her the rest of the way. "Bella!"
"What? Isn't this a tradition for newlyweds?" I brought her over the threshold before setting her down carefully on the bed. Alice let out a series of soft moans when I sucked on her neck roughly. I had to let up a moment so she could remove my shirt and I her dress. But as soon as they were off, I returned to my spot greedily, getting high off her natural and aroused scent. "Mmmmm. So beautiful." I muttered as I made my way down her chest and unhooked her bra.
"Wait wait. Come back here. I want to look at you properly." She pulled my head up so our faces were inches apart.
"Is something wrong?"
"No. No, I just wanted to see your face." She whispered while caressing my cheek lightly. "Savor the moment." Her eyes held nothing but love and I was touched. We stayed staring at each other for quite some time, at least until I couldn't handle not being able to touch her again. I went back for the sweet spot on her neck and my hands began to run up and down her sides. Alice slowly stroked down my abdomen and unbuckled my belt. Months ago that movement would have set all my muscles on edge and my heartrate skyrocketing, but now it made me release a moan into her skin.
"Just take them off." I growled impatiently as she teased her fingers on the waistband. She giggled at my exasperation.
"Sorry. Old habits die hard." She maneuvered my jeans down and I kicked them off the rest of the way. Right when I was free of undergarments, I removed hers and then wrapped her legs around my waist. She let out the most delicious moan when I grinded my hips into hers. "You're killing me here."
"So impatient." I murmured against her lips, my hands were now massaging her breasts. Alice was growling at me at an increasing rate. She jerked her hips into mine to try and irritate me into speeding up the process, but I just continued my relentless foreplay.
Suddenly I found myself being flipped and with my back now pressed against the mattress and a very wound up Alice on top of me. Oh I was in for it now.
"You're too fucking slow." She growled out before sucking on my lips for dear life. How the hell does her tongue taste this good? I put one hand in her hair and another on her hip to pull her further into me. Alice abruptly pulled away from my lips and I let out an involuntary whine. But she merely giggled and moved to my neck while her hand trailed down my front slowly, touching every nerve on her way.
"Who's being slow now?" I said, gritting my teeth in anticipation. She stopped kissing my neck and went back to my head with a sly smile playing across her lips.
"What's wrong Bella?" She whispered, giving me a soft kiss, her hand teasing my inner thigh.
"Alice!" She was now running her finger over my clit with feather light force, it was torture.
"You seem to be a little agitated." Alice went to give me another kiss, but I grabbed her lip with my teeth and bit down hard. She finally let out a feral snarl and gave me what I wanted. She made the most sinful sound, moving her fingers slowly until I growled at her again. "So good." She muttered while kissing me heatedly, I sucked on her tongue in desperation.
"Jesus Alice!" Alice had now moved and was circling my nipple with her tongue. My head fell back into the pillows and I couldn't contain the constant stream of snarls coming from me anymore.
"Bellaaaaaa…. Let goooooo." Oh right. I keep doing that. Alice nipped at my neck and then gave me one last thrust. My eyes were shut tight, and it took me a few minutes to regain composure. When I came back to, Alice had curled herself onto my chest and was purring contently.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I had her pinned under me within seconds. "You are not getting off that easy." She grinned that sexy little smile that always makes me hungrier for her.
"Whatever you say, wife."
"Alright Bella, would you like to go to the waterfall or the reef today?"
"I'll go wherever you go." It was the second week of our honeymoon and the island life was just plain wonderful. Alice was now almost as good a cook as Esme and was spoiling me to no end.
"Have I ever told you how cheesy you are?"
"Oh at least thirty times." She giggled and kissed the top of my head as I continued to eat my breakfast.
"Ok then let's go to the reef. We can do a little exploring and work on that sexy tan you're getting." Her eyes raked down my body and I laughed at her horny expression. Alice has been loving the fact that I can get a tan, it seems to make her extremely sexually frustrated all the time.
"Sounds good to me." I finished my breakfast and joined Alice for our shower before heading out for the day.
The water was a beautiful clear blue and warm to the touch, perfect for swimming. Eventually I grew waterlogged and lay out on the sand, enjoying the sun while I could.
"You're staring again." I didn't even have to open my eyes to know where Alice's were.
"How did you know?"
"Because I can practically hear your mouth water." That comment earned me a good punch on the arm. "Ow!"
"Oh please. Like that could hurt you." I felt her settle herself back down next to me and reach for my hand. "I love looking at that." I opened my eyes to see what she was talking about. My dear wife was gazing lovingly at our intertwined left hands, ring fingers touching each other.
"You're so cute." She gave my finger a little kiss and then looked back up at my face.
"Tell me something I don't know." I laughed and tackled her into the sand. "Bella! You got me all dirty!" I purred before picking her up and taking us back into the ocean.
"Well maybe I'll fix it by getting you wet."
"Bella wake up!"
"No don't!" I shouted as I sat bolt upright in bed. Alice pulled my head into her lap to help me calm down and cool off. "Thanks."
"It's no problem." She sighed, stroking my hair softly. "That was the third bad one just this week Bella." She whispered in concern. My nightmares had been particularly relentless lately.
"It's the humidity I think. South America. That's where I was so I guess my subconscious doesn't like it."
"Maybe we shouldn't have come here."
"No no. I love it here! It's paradise."
"Yeah but I don't want you to be in pain!" Alice exclaimed, obviously upset by it all. I got up and stroked her cheek to comfort her.
"Hey I'm not in pain. They're just nightmares. I'm pretty used to them now really." Shit that didn't help. She just looked even more miserable. "Fuck sorry I didn't mean it like that. Listen, we can't just avoid half the world because it sort of reminds my inner mind of things. Besides, I'm really starting to move on from all this Volturi crap. I love my life now, and I love you." She smiled sadly and gave me a gentle kiss.
"I love you too." Alice put my head back down in her lap to lull me to sleep. "But just so you know, I'll never move on from it."
Alice POV:
"Did you remember to pack my-?"
"Yes dear. I've got everything." Bella replied before I could finish, she knows me too damn well. I grumbled dejectedly, really it was just an excuse to try and stay a little longer. It was the end of our wonderful honeymoon, and I of course did not want to go back. Bella chuckled at my depressed attitude and ruffled my hair before getting on the boat. "You coming?"
"No. No I'm not leaving. You'll just have to stay here with me forever."
"Well as amazing as that sounds, I'm afraid we have a family to get back to." Damn. She was right.
"Ugh alright. But I'm only doing this for you." She smiled and took my hand to pull me aboard.
"That's my girl."
My mood still had not improved by the time we got back, but I did smile a bit when we pulled up and I remembered that no one besides Liam had seen us since before the wedding. I hadn't even told them I already officially changed my name to Swan.
"Thank you love." I gave Bella a peck for opening my door for me. She carried our bags in and I followed her inside. But I only got two feet in before I was tackled this time. Is this how Bella feels whenever we tackle her? It's very startling. Emmett pulled me up into a head lock and was shaking with laughter.
"They're back!" He called out, bringing everyone over almost immediately.
"My babies!" Esme yelled and grabbed Bella and I by the neck into a crushing hug.
"Mom!" I groaned in embarrassment. Maybe we should have snuck back in another way and avoided all this trouble. As if she read my mind, Bella chuckled and gave my hand a reassuring squeeze.
The congratulations and wedding reliving lasted a good hour, I'm surprised Bella didn't try to divorce me because of my family already. But no, my wife was perfect, she sat through it all with a huge smile on her face.
"Wow I can't believe Bella is finally a bad-ass Cullen now." Emmett said, grinning like an idiot.
"Actually, no she's not." I whispered, unsure of what their reactions would be. I looked to Bella for some help, but she just smiled at me with a twinkle in her eye that said 'you asked for it'. Oh that woman is damn aggravating sometimes.
"What do you mean she's not? Did you hyphenate?" Rosalie asked, eyeing the both of us.
"No….." I bit my lip. "Um, I took her last name." The room was dead silent. Holy crap they hate me! "It's just I wanted Bella and I to-" Carlisle stopped my babbling with a hug.
"You don't have to explain anything to us Alice. You're a family now, and we're all one." He pulled Bella into it.
"Awwwwww!" Emmett squealed, pushing Carlisle off and wrapping us both in his big bear arms.
"Alright alright enough with the hugging! What did we miss while we were gone?" Bella asked, pulling my clingy brother off of her. But the room suddenly went dead silent again. That's not good.
"Liam?" I looked to my new brother, hoping he would explain.
"Well, we've made the news again." He said cryptically. Bella's muscles immediately tensed up and her jaw hardened.
"What happened?" She asked, her voice on edge.
"There-there's a lawsuit." Once again he answered with very little information that helped.
"A lawsuit against who?" Bella's voice was getting tighter and tighter, and I could feel her body start to tremble in anger.
"Us Bells." Liam ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "They're saying that we belong in a lab and shouldn't be considered as citizens. If they win, we'll be considered as government property." I couldn't tell if I was now shaking or if Bella was so hard that it was shaking me.
"They what?!" I yelled, eyeing my family in hopes that it was all just a sick joke they were playing on us.
"I'm afraid it's true." Carlisle said dejectedly. "It's already in the supreme court, The People of the United States vs. Jackson and Swan."
"What? Wh-why didn't you call us?" Bella was absolutely infuriated.
"We didn't want to disturb your honeymoon!" Rosalie said, trying to calm my enraged mate. "And really everyone here says it won't go anywhere. Really! They already sent a bunch of witnesses for you guys and how amazing you are. We were watching the news coverage yesterday and all the reporters agree that you will win." Ok that made me feel better. Obviously not Bella though.
"But they don't agree do they?" Her shaking was getting into dangerous levels now, I had to do something.
"Bella sweetie, everyone here knows the real you. Even if the general public doesn't like you it doesn't even matter."
"Doesn't matter? So it doesn't matter to you if they deem me as just a failed lab experiment? Just a piece of property?"
"Hey that is not what I said. You need to calm down."
"But it is! You said you don't care about what I'm labeled as!"
"I don't!" I was getting frustrated as her hard headedness. I loved her no matter what people may think.
"So you don't care if I'm as useful as a plot of land? You don't care about the fact that if that's the case, we're not even fucking married?!" Well I didn't think about that, but really I still didn't. What mattered was what I thought.
"Bella please calm down!"
"How can I fucking calm down with this shit? There are people I have never met before deciding what I am! Jesus I need air." She said angrily, getting away from me as fast as she could.
"Bella wait!" I didn't mean for this to turn into a fight.
"Not now Alice! Just leave me alone!" She stormed out the door and I distinctly heard her phase and run off. Well this was not how I imagined this day going.