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A/N This chapter is lemony fresh. You have been warned.
It was exactly one week since Edward told me about his DUI and I never intend to bring it up again. It is the day before Thanksgiving and I was cooking my contribution to the Cullen feast. I already had two pumpkin pies cooling on a rack behind me and I was working on a green bean casserole recipe I had found in a box of family recipes. Edward had been here earlier, but he was far too much of a distraction so I sent him away. He had been trying to relax me I was a little strung up about tomorrow; Grandma and Grandpa Cullen were flying in from Chicago and Mimi and Papaw Masen were flying in from Columbus.
My nerves were shot. I was worried that they would look down on me. I'm proud of who I, where I came from and how hard I've worked to be where I am now, but of course they might not see it that way. On the other hand these were the people that raised Carlisle and Esme, they can't be that bad. Right?
I put the casserole in the oven, set my egg timer, and took it upstairs with me while I pick out my outfit for tomorrow. I looked in my closet and realized that being friends with Alice has done wonders for my wardrobe, she encouraged me to pick out clothes that I normally wouldn't. I have dresses and skirts, heels and blouses; I felt girly and feminine and confident.
An hour later my timer was going off and I had my outfit laying on my bed, went back downstairs took the casserole out of the oven and set it on the counter to cool; locked the back door and went back upstairs to shower.
I docked my I-Pod, hit shuffle and stepped under the hot spray, letting the hot water ease my tight muscles when the instrumental introduction to a very familiar song came on.
Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
Winding in winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye
And roped me in so mesmerizing
So hypnotizing I am captivated
I am …Vindicated!
I am selfish! I am wrong!
I am right, I swear I'm right!
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the
Things you swore you saw yourself
So clear…
Like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intentions
Oversized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me so isolated
And so motivated
I am certain now that I am…
Vindicated! I am selfish
I am wrong!
I am right!
I swear I'm right!
Swear I knew it all along!
And I am flawed!
But I am cleaning up so well!
I am seeing in me now the things
You swore you saw yourself
So turn up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my fingertips.
Trace the moment fall forever
Defense is paper thin
Just one touch and I'd be in
Too deep now to ever swim against
The current so let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
So let me slip away
I am…Vindicated!
I am selfish I am wrong!
I am selfish! I am wrong!
I am right! I swear I'm right!
Swear I knew it all along!
And I am flawed!
But I am cleaning up so well!
I am seeing in me now the things
You swore you saw yourself
Slight hope..dangles on a string
Like so spinning redemption
The song finished and I realized I was standing under the spray staring at the wall having yet to do anything shower related. That song captivated me. All I could think about was Edward. Was this how he felt about himself? Did he feel below redemption?
I finished showering to a safer song 'Cowboy Casanova', country music is my guilty pleasure. I stepped out put on my black camisole and panties and a pink towel in my hair to put the casserole in the fridge. When I passed the hall table I noticed another black rose sitting there.
Panic set in. I went to both doors, they were locked and all the windows were shut and locked. How did that get there? I grabbed my baseball bat and ran back to my room hiding underneath my blankets.
I woke up the next morning after a very fitful sleep still clutching my bat. I disentangled myself from my blanket and realized I had left my hair rolled up in the towel. My hair was tangled in the fibers of the towel, clinging like they were hit with static electricity. I went to the bathroom and spent ten minutes brushing out the tangles. I got a text from Alice making sure that I was awake; I replied that I was and continued getting ready. I painted my eyes in gold's and brown's, slipped on a cream colored crochet dress, put an Alice band with a large cream colored flower in my hair, and pulled on a pair of tan boots that ended about two inches below my dress.
I looked in the mirror and for once I really liked what I saw, it was an Alice approved dress that made me feel good about myself. I clasped the bracelet Emmett had gotten me for Homecoming on my wrist just as my phone started singing. With that smile and those eyes. I'm falling… Mt eyes lit up, that was Edwards ring.
"Hey handsome!" I said answering it. "Well hello to you beautiful! I was told I had to pick you up, so I will be there is 5.2 seconds." He said laughing at the other end. I grabbed my small white bag and headed down the stairs grabbing the pies and casserole out of the kitchen. "Why do I get the feeling this has something to do with Alice?" I asked locking the front door and holding the front door between my ear and shoulder. "Because it has everything to do with Alice."
I hung up my phone and turned around to see him standing on the passenger's side, my door open and waiting for me. Edward's face fell a little when he saw me, but he regained his composure so quickly that I wasn't sure that I hadn't imagined it.
He got in on his own side and took off before pulling on to the side of the road not 5 minutes later. He looked worried. He took a deep sighing breath. "Bella…Bella I…Bella there's going to be more than just my grandparents at the dinner." He said looking like that had taken all the energy he had. I felt confused and I know I looked it too. "Tanya, her sister Irina and their parents will be there. That's not all though." He looked at me right in the eye, he was terrified, like he knew I wouldn't like what he were about to say. "Bella I've slept with Irina on multiple occasions, the last time being 2 months ago."
I laughed, which was obviously the reaction he wasn't expecting. "Edward was my being upset a real concern of yours?" I asked after my laughter calmed down. He nodded. "That was before you met me or at the very most you had just met me. How can I get mad at you for something like that?" He exhaled relieved and I continued. "I can't say I won't feel insecure today, but I'm not mad at you."
"Thanks Bella, I wasn't sure. Some girls do have problems with this even if I have no fucking control over it." He leaned in and kissed me softly before turning his car back on and continuing the drive to his house.
When we walked in the back door Esme was standing in front of the oven basting the turkey. "Oh Bella I'm so glad you're here." She said standing up and walking over to me, embracing me in a tight hug. When she pulled away I handed her my contribution and was quickly pulled away by Edward leading me upstairs. We walked in his room and I was shocked at how spacious it was. Everything was pushed against the walls. One wall was nothing but CD's and another had golden light flowing in, it was made entirely of glass panes.
He collapsed on his black and red comforter being supported by a king size bed. I laid on my side next to him and felt his hand on the curve of my right hip. I took the time to look him over and I'm glad I did. He was wearing a black and gray striped button up shirt and tie that accentuated his tone; charcoal gray slacks that made his legs look longer, if that were possible; and his smell was dark, it filled my senses entirely. I leaned into his chest to smell him better when I felt his hand grip the back of my thigh, pulling it over his hip, holding me closer to his chest.
He was about to lean in and kiss me when a cough behind me alerted us to the fact that we weren't alone. "Sorry to break this up guys." Rose apologized. "But we're all needed downstairs. Carlisle is about to pull up with the grandparents." She explained and left the room. I moved my leg from Edwards's hip and stood up with him following, he put his arm around my shoulder and squeezed. "They'll love you don't worry." We walked down the stairs hand in hand stopping on the back porch where everyone else was waiting.
A white van pulled up, the right sliding door opened up automatically and a life slid out; I knew exactly who this was. A beautiful young woman with strawberry blonde hair rolled out in a wheelchair. This was Tanya Denali, Edwards first time Tanya. I tensed for a split second and Edward grabbed my hand giving it a little squeeze. The side door closed and a second later three other people stepped out; one was a tall leggy blonde, so beautiful she rivaled Rosalie; The other two were their parents, tall and beautiful, like their children.
Esme stepped forward and hugged each of the in turn whispering words I couldn't hear to them. When she came back she introduced us. "Bella this is Kate and Eleazar and their children Tanya and Irina. Kate couldn't be here, couldn't leave campus." I looked at the leggy blonde who was staring right back at me. "This is Bella Edward's girlfriend and we have recently learned that she is Emmett's long lost sister." Carmen's eyes lit up and they went chattering away back into the house her parents all but forgotten.
"Hey Eddie." Irina greeted crushing her body to his. "I had an amazing time when we were last together; you could say it was orgasmic." Emmett snorted and I heard Rosalie hand connect telling me she slapped him upside the head. I wasn't watching them though, I only had eyes for Irina, she was going out of her way to make me feel uncomfortable. I wasn't going to let that happen though, I grabbed Edwards hand tighter, I could feel his eyes looking down on me.
"Oh Edward!" Someone squealed "You love her." I looked over at Tanya and realized she said it, she didn't look jealous or angry as I thought she would though; she looked very pleased. "You deserve to be happy Edward and to be loved. I know you blame yourself for the wreck, but your selflessness protected me in a lot of ways."
Thank you Tanya." Edward said. Irina opened her mouth to speak, but before she could Carlisle's black Mercedes pulled in the driveway and our attention was diverted. "Relax love." Edward murmured in my ear. Easy for him to say I only have one living relative and Edward knew him before I did.
Carlisle opened the passenger's side door and a woman that bore an amazing resemblance to him stepped out. The back doors on either side opened and two men stepped out one looking amazingly like Esme and Edward. Edward jumped off the porch and helped his grandmother from the backseat, wrapping his arms around her, hugging her tightly. Alice and Emmett went down after Edward and greeted their grandparents, this is still very weird. As if he knew what I was thinking Jasper leaned over and squeezed my hand giving me a reassuring smile.
"Hello Bella. I am Elizabeth Masen, Esme's mother; you can call me grandma Lizzy. This is my husband Edward, Grandpa Ed." Esme's mother was a beautiful woman in her late sixties and her father looked to be in his early seventies; she had the same bronze colored hair Edward and Esme has; her father was nearly six inches taller than his wife, with a receding hairline. Carlisle's parents stepped up next "Bella dear Edward has told us so much about you-"
"No I haven't." Grandpa Ed cut in making everyone else laugh.
"-As I was saying the young Edward has told us so much about you. I'm Granddad Peter and my wife's name is Grand mum Charlotte." Edward told me Carlisle parents were from England and had moved here about a year before he was born, but they still retained a great deal of their British accents.
Both sets of grandparents turned to Jasper, Rosalie, Tanya, and Irina. They already knew each other, so there wasn't a need for proper introductions.
A short time later we all headed inside; Alice and I were in the kitchen helping Esme, when Edward came to lend a hand, followed not to long after by Irina. All through the cooking process, she found a reason to put her hands on him and it was getting very difficult not to rip her pretty blonde hair out. He was mashing the potatoes when we had both finally had enough. "Irina grabbing my ass is not an accident." Edward gritted through his teeth. I was about to say something too when Esme cut in. "Edward why don't you take Bella to your room?" Without another word we turned and left the kitchen.
"Bella I am so sorry about that. I had no-" I cut him off by putting my index finger to his lips, pulling it away and laying on his bed. It took not time for him to join me, his hand finding my hip, and his lips finding mine. It didn't last long; Alice came up and told us it was time for dinner.
Dinner was loud, everyone was laughing; and I, thankfully, was sitting next to Edward. This was the best Thanksgiving I had ever had and I never wanted it to end, but unfortunately it did as all things do. After I had given hugs around to everyone Edward drove me home. When we were inside I promptly pushed Edward against the door and kissed him full on. "Upstairs", I groaned out wrapping my legs around him as he lifted me in the air.
Edward pushed my door open with his foot; I moved my legs from his waist, stood and pushed him on the bed straddling him. I leaned forward and captured his lips with mine once more, biting his bottom. He moaned in my mouth and thrust his hip upward brushing me where I needed him. I sat up, pulled my dress up over my head and undid my bra, I heard Edward groan in appreciation. He latched both his hands in to my breast and massaged them, rubbing my nipple in each side between his thumb and index finger, making me moan writhe on top of him. I reached down and undid his tie and unbuttoned his shirt, lightly scratching my nails down his chest and abs.
I could feel the wetness in my between my thighs pooling in my panties and I'm sure Edward could feel the heat through his slacks. He leaned forward and took my left nipple into his mouth; I threw my head back and moaned. I felt his right hand trail down my stomach and under my panties, Edward brushed his middle finger over my sensitive nub and I almost lost it. He replaced his middle finger with his thumb and pushed two fingers inside of me making me call his name. "Edward please." I begged bucking into his hand. He started pumping his hand vigorously and moving his thumb in tight circle around my bud. I gripped my nails on to his shoulders and called his name as I came undone.
I brushed my hands down his chest to his waist and undid his belt and fly; he pushed them down his hips while I took my panties off and tossed them to the side. I grabbed a condom from my bedside table and rolled it down his dick. "Are you sure about this Bella?" He asked looking worried. I smiled and nodded. He laid back and I held his cock in my hand and eased myself on to him. I whimpered at the feel of him filling me entirely and he groaned at being fully sheathed inside me.
I braced my hand on his chest and swirled my hips, pumping my legs up and down, whimpering and moaning at the sensation. Edward had his hands on my hips helping guide me. "I can't do this." He groaned before flipping us and pounding into me, making me scream. He pulled one of my legs over his shoulder and I rested the other on his hip, gripped his hands under my shoulders bracing himself better; and pounded my cervix with his tip. I dug my nails into his back and screamed into his shoulder as his orgasm hit. He was thrusting wildly before I felt him pause and groan, as I felt warmth spread through me.
Edward rolled off me, slipped the condom off, tied it, and tossed it in the trashcan next to my bed. He rolled on his side and pressed his body into mine, my back to his chest.
We laid there for nearly an hour before he had to go. We dressed, him in the clothes he came in wearing and me in a pair of sweats and a T-shirt. We walked downstairs and kissed goodnight, but something over my shoulder caught Edward's eye. There were two black roses on the hall table crossed at the stems and a note sitting next to them.
I know what you did with him slut and you will pay.
Edward looked at me. "Bella?" I don't know what happened next, everything went black.
A/N Let me know what you thought about my attempt at a lemon. Also can someone tell what the fascination with citrus fruits are (lemons, limes).