I'm so sorry that I didn't have this posted by Friday like I've been trying to but unfortunately I wasn't able to escape the dreaded stomach flu that hit my household in full force and I was extremely sick for the last week. I hadn't been able to sit at my computer long enough to get anything written, so as soon as I started to feel better I sat down and pounded away to get this out to you! So here goes! I hope you like it. There's definitely some lemony goodness with a hint of sweet and sticky to it coming your way this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. That illustrious title goes to the wonderful Stephenie Meyer. I do however own my Row 22 tickets to see Lifehouse and Daughtry in concert in May! Yeah, lucky me! Now you know why I had to include him in my story. I'm totally in love with Chris! My husband doesn't know though so SHHHH!
BPOV
Edward and I decided to take the Camaro to the stadium to meet up with his family. It seems like Edward enjoys driving my car when I let him. We pulled into the Qwest Fields parking lot and I was amazed at how many people were already here. We drove closer to the entrance and I couldn't believe the sight before me. Alice and Jasper were already there along with Carlisle and Esme and they had a parking spot saved just for us. We got out of the car and walked up to his family. Everyone was decked out in their Seahawks attire and I couldn't believe that Alice had actually made it look pretty fashionable. Leave it to Alice!
"Hey Bella, Happy Birthday." Alice cheered as she ran over to me and gave me a huge hug.
"Thanks Ally." I smiled at her.
Jasper was next walking up and giving me a hug and whispering Happy Birthday to me. Then Carlisle and Esme were next but they hugged me together and wished me the same. It still amazed me at how quickly I seemed to fall right in with Edward's family. I was really starting to look at them as my family. Well, one could hope at least right?
Edward wrapped his arms around me from behind and I could smell his aftershave and just about moaned. His scent was amazing and it always seemed to capture my thoughts when he was around. I smiled as I leaned against him and tried to remember the last time that had actually enjoyed my birthday. Edward helped his dad get the grill going and I quickly learned that it was the guys job to take care of the food while tailgating and us girls were suppose to just sit back and relax. I couldn't help but smile and laugh at the way Edward and his dad and Jasper all interacted with each other. In between grilling they took turns throwing a football back and forth to each other.
It was an hour and a half later and they had a spread fit for a king set up to eat at. They had every tailgate food imaginable. From hamburgers, hot dogs and brats and then there was potato salad and potato chips and pickles. I definitely got my fill. Then from out of no where Esme came out holding a plate full of cupcakes and had a candle in the middle one.
"Blow out the candle quick before Alice gets the urge to start singing." Esme smiled at me.
Alice glared at her mother and then encouraged me to make a wish. That would be easy. It was the same wish that I had made this morning with Edward. I wished that I could spend every day of the rest of my life with the man that I love. Edward had given me more in a couple of months than anyone else had ever given me in my entire life. He was the one that I wanted to spend the rest of my existence with and I couldn't wait for it to start! Now if only he felt the same way.
We finished eating and enjoying the cupcakes and then we all cleaned up and got ready to head into the stadium. Edward assured me that we had good seats and knowing him they were probably the best in the stadium.
We walked into Qwest Field and made our way to the ticket takers. Edward handed me my ticket and I didn't even look at it before handing it to the gentleman and then making my way through the turnstyle. Edward and I walked hand in hand as we made our way to where our seats would be. Slowly we made our way through an opening and it nearly took my breath away. I know I had seen it before when Edward and I had dinner here but this was a totally different feeling. I was in awe. The stadium was alive with fans and it all seemed so surreal.
All of a sudden we heard Esme asking us to turn around and when we did took a picture of us. I'm sure the look of awe was still plastered on my face. Edward then led me down to where our seats were. I noticed that we kept walking down and down towards the very first row and I then looked out over the field and saw that we were on the fifty yard line front row center. Of course he would have the best.
"Perks of being brothers with a player." Edward smirked at me. "By the way, you don't know what seeing my name on you does to me." He smiled against my neck as he leaned in to kiss it. Boy was I glad that I wore my hair in a pony tail today. Easier access for Edward I thought.
We all took our seats and I noticed that Esme and Carlisle were directly behind us and Jasper and Alice were right next to them. There were a couple of empty seats next to me.
"Who sits here?" I asked Edward.
"Well those are ours also. Sometimes Rosalie sits with us but most of the time she's up in a booth with the other wives. Otherwise we usually invite friends or colleagues to join us. I figured I would ask Jacob and your Dad to come to the next home game if they would like." he said.
"I'm sure they would like that a lot Edward. Thank you." I told him and then kissed him on the cheek.
"No problem my dear." he said kissing me back.
I was really enjoying myself listening to the music that was blaring out from above. Alice and I were dancing and singing and were just getting into the song 'Lets Get It Started' by the Black Eyed Peas when I heard someone call my name. I turned towards the field and saw Emmett standing there in his full uniform and holding on to his helmet. He made his way over us and Edward and I stood up and leaned over the railing.
"Hey Bella Boo. Happy Birthday." Emmett smiled at me.
"Thanks Emmy!" I smiled back using my new nickname for him.
"Nice jersey by the way." He boasted.
"Yeah well it's no Matt Hasselbeck but I guess it will do." I smiled at him knowing that I would get some kind of reaction from him with that comment.
"Hey, now why would you go and do that to a guy. You sure know how to take a real blow to a guys ego don't you." He feigned hurt.
I looked over at Edward and he was trying to hold back his laughter. "Oh Emmy, you know you'll always be my favorite." I said back to him.
"Well I better be after everything I went through to get you this." He said holding a football in his hands that I hadn't noticed before. Then he held it up for me to take.
"What's this?" I asked him before taking it.
"It's your birthday present from me. Since it's your first game and you're such a huge fan I thought you might like it. And you better since it took me forever to get everyone to sign it." He said with a huge smirk on his face.
I turned the football around in my hands and looked at all of the names that had been signed on the football. There was Julius Jones, Matt Hasselbeck, Nate Burleson and every other Seattle Seahawk that was currently on the roster. Then in the very middle of the football and directly under the laces I saw Emmett's name.
I felt my eyes get a little misty at the thoughtfulness of Emmett's gift. He could be a major pain in the ass sometimes but he was a very thoughtful pain in the ass.
"Emmett, thank you so much. This is wonderful and I can't wait to put it on display when I get home." I smiled at him. I could feel Edward's arm wrap around me tighter and I smiled up at him.
"Okay then I better get out and practice so we can whoop some St. Louis Rams' ass today!" he said before giving Edward a fist bump and heading back out onto the field.
I smiled at the present that Emmett had given me and then turned to show the rest of his family. Edward and I sat back down in our seats and got ready to watch the game. Both teams practiced for a while and then headed back into their locker rooms while the rest of the pre-game festivities finished up. Edward had gone to get us a couple of sodas right before kickoff.
"So are you having fun so far my dear?" he asked me after handing me my Coke.
"I am having the best birthday ever!" I told him honestly. I really couldn't remember a better one. When I was growing up Charlie would usually take me to do something that he enjoyed, not that I would ever complain. It just would have been nice to spend one birthday doing something that I wanted to do besides fishing.
We settled in for the game to start then. It had been an exciting start too. The Seahawks won the coin toss and chose to receive the ball. On the opening kickoff they returned the ball to the 43 yard line which was a really great return. Then Hasselbeck got the ball and threw a long pass to Emmett which he took in for a touchdown. What a way to start the season! Emmett did a funny little dance in the end zone and we all laughed at him. The Seahawks just seemed to be dominating the Rams heading into halftime.
As I looked up at the field as the players were heading in for halftime I noticed Emmett smirking and pointing up towards the Jumbo Tran. I looked up at the gigantic television screen at the one end of the stadium and saw my face being plastered upon it with the words 'Happy Birthday Bella from the Seattle Seahawks' written underneath it. I looked down and saw the camera man right in front of me. I must have turned every shade of red under the sun and tried to hide behind Edward.
"I am so going to kill your brother." I told Edward.
Edward was still laughing and was having trouble breathing at this point. "Oh so you knew about this did you?" I accused him. I turned around and saw Jasper and Alice trying to hide behind Esme and Carlisle. "You guys too?" I asked them.
"Sorry Bella." Alice smiled at me timidly. "Emmett came up with the idea on Friday night and we couldn't stop him."
"Yeah right." I said trying to sound mad but it was pointless. I smiled at them and reached up to give them all a hug. "Thanks for making this a great day guys." I told them all.
The rest of the game went by quickly and the Seahawks pummeled the Rams 28-0. Emmett had a great game and ran for 192 yards. I was quite impressed if I do say so myself. We said goodbye to the rest of Edward's family and decided to get going so that we could take a nap before work tonight. We got back to the Camaro and I grabbed my keys from Edward. "My birthday, now I get to drive." I smirked at him.
I fired up my car and peeled out of the stadium. I knew the faster we got home the faster I would get what I really wanted for my birthday which was Edward with my birthday cake smeared all over him. Yummy!
EPOV
Bella seemed to have fun today and for that I was glad. She deserved to have her birthday be special and I'm just glad that I was able to help make that happen. Between myself and my family I think Bella had been thoroughly embarrassed enough to last a while. I still couldn't believe that Emmett got them to put her up on the Jumbo Tran and wish her a Happy Birthday.
As we were driving home from the game her cell phone started to ring and instead of her trying to find it in her purse I reached in and grabbed it. I looked at the caller id and said "It's your dad." Then I handed her the phone.
"Hey dad. Thanks! Yeah I'm having a really good day. You what? Oh my god! I can't believe they televised that part. Oh man, now I'm really going to have to kill Emmett." Uh oh, he must have seen the 'happy birthday' on TV. Poor Emmett I thought to myself. "Yeah, actually we're on our way home now dad. Yep, I will. Thanks again dad. I love you too. Goodbye." And just like that she was done.
"Boy you and you're dad have quick conversations on the phone don't you?" I smiled at her.
"Yeah, he just wanted to wish me a happy birthday and tell me that he saw my ugly mug plastered on his TV at half time." she said.
I leaned over and kissed the side of her face. "Well first of all it's not an ugly mug and I'm sure that's not what your dad said. And secondly, don't worry we'll get Emmett back." I knew the thought of payback would make her smile.
It wasn't too much later and we were pulling up into our parking garage. I slid out of the car and then went over to Bella's side and helped her out. I pulled her into my embrace and kissed her on the lips. "I don't think I could ever get tired of doing that." I smiled at her.
"I hope you don't." she said.
"So you ready for a nap?" I asked hoping upon hope that she didn't want to go straight to bed.
"Actually I was still thinking about that cake up in the refrigerator and how good that frosting tasted this morning." She smiled up at me and then gave me a coy little smirk and continued as she trailed her finger down my chest. "I was also thinking about how much better it would taste when it was smeared all over your chest and your cock." Ooooh boy! Kinky Bella was coming out to play.
"Really?" I replied smoothly while my insides were doing jumping jacks.
"Yep. Now how about we go find out?" she asked me.
"That's all I needed to hear." And I picked her up and practically ran for the stairs. There was now way in hell I was going to be able to wait for the elevator and even if I did there was no way that I wouldn't have had her half naked in there by the time we got to our floor. Yep the stairs were definitely the safer way to go.
I got us up to our floor and hurried over to the doorway. Bella was giggling and couldn't stop. I fiddled with the keys and got us inside and started to assault her mouth with my own. I was kissing and sucking and licking at her lips. I set her down for a moment and started to pull at the hem of her jersey when she stopped me.
"What?" I asked her surprised.
"You go to the bedroom and strip down and wait for me. I'll be there in a minute." she said seductively.
I think I nearly skipped to the bedroom I was so excited. I pulled my Seahawks shirt over my head and bent over to take my shoes off. I quickly undid the button and zipper on my jeans and pulled them off quicker than I ever have before. I pulled down my boxers and then walked over to the bed. I was definitely ready for Bella. I pulled the covers back slightly and sat down on the bed leaning against the headboard.
I didn't have to wait too long when I heard Bella open the bedroom door. She walked in and I saw that she had her cake in one hand and a can of whip cream in the other. Then I took note of what she was wearing. Or should I say what she wasn't wearing.
There she stood before me in nothing but her 'CULLEN' Seahawks Jersey. She had shed her shorts and tank top and even her underwear and bra. Fuck me she was hot. I could see her nipples through the mesh of the jersey and I was more turned on by that than any other piece of clothing that she could ever have worn. She smiled at me from the doorway.
"See something appetizing Doctor?"
"Fuck." Was all I could mutter.
"Don't worry, we'll get to that eventually." she smirked.
She walked towards me and set the cake and can of whip cream on the bed side table. Then she climbed on the bed and straddled my hips. I could feel her wet dripping core right over my cock and I wanted to just slip it inside of her and fuck the hell out of her. But then I remembered that this is Bella's birthday and is all about her today. I would have to make sure to ask her to wear the jersey to bed on my birthday.
Bella reached over towards the cake and took a swipe out of the frosting with her finger. Then she brought her finger back over and stuck it slowly inside of her mouth. She sucked on her finger and moaned while tilting her head back. I had to look down and check myself because I swear to God I came right there. Then she pulled her finger from her mouth slowly and stuck it back into the frosting. She brought her finger back over and brought it to my lips. I hungrily took her finger into my mouth and sucked every last granule of sugar from it. She reached back over and this time she put two fingers into the icing and then brought them over to my chest. Bella proceeded to smear some of the sticky white frosting all over my chest. Normally this wouldn't be something that I would find appealing but this was Bella we're talking about. She leaned forward and swept her hot little tongue over ever place that she had spread the frosting on me. I was panting like a dog she had me so horny.
I reached up and put my hands on the side of her face to try to pull her towards me so I could kiss her and all I heard was "No, no. It's still my birthday and I get to decide what we do and when." Damn have I said yet how sexy it is having my girl tell me what to do.
I smiled and dropped my hands back down to rub small circles on Bella's outer thighs that were still straddling me. Then I felt her scoot back and I wanted to whimper at the loss of her heat that had been positioned so closely to my dick. But then Bella brought the can of whip cream over and started to shake it back and forth a little. Before I even realized it Bella had sprayed some on my shaft and it looked like she had made her own little sundae. I smiled as I looked down at her. She was licking her lips and then she slid down further and started to lick my shaft up and down. After she had removed all of the whip cream she started to suck on my cock. She was amazing at giving blow jobs and I wanted to sing to the heavens every time she took me in her hot little mouth.
I could feel my release coming and I reached up and held onto her hair as she bobbed up and down. I looked down at the beautiful sight before me as she sucked up and down and then I exploded into her mouth. She sucked every last drop and licked all over my shaft before she crawled back up to me. She was still wearing the jersey and I couldn't wait to get it off of her. She was situated back over my semi hard penis, which I was sure wouldn't take too long to harden again when she leaned over to my ear and said "Thanks for dessert." Then she leaned back and licked her lips.
"I think it's my turn." I told her with a devilish little smirk. I picked her up and flipped her over so that she was now laying on her back and I was laying in between her legs. I reached up and pulled on the jersey to bring it over her head. "This is definitely the hottest fucking thing I've ever seen you in but it is definitely going to get in the way now." I told her as I took it off.
I reached over and took some of the frosting from the cake and then rubbed it around her nipples. They were already hard and just begging for me to suck on them. I brought my fingers to Bella's mouth as she had done for me and she sucked them greedily and my cock was brought right back to a state of readiness. After she released my fingers I leaned down and took her nipple into my mouth and sucked and licked at all of the frosting before switching and taking the other one in my mouth.
"Ugghh, Edward. Please, Oh God, please fuck me. Please."
Who was I to deny her. I needed her and I needed her now. I positioned myself at her entrance and pushed inside of her. I heard her gasp and knew that she was on the verge of her first orgasm. I pulled her legs up higher and sat up on my knees and started to push into her harder. As I was doing this she reached down and started to rub her clit and that just about sent me over the edge. It was so hot to watch her pleasure herself as I was fucking her.
She was panting and moaning and I felt her walls clench around me with her first orgasm but I wasn't through with her yet. I brought her legs back down and pulled out of her. She started to object but then I flipped her over so she was lying on her stomach. I brought her hips up to meet mine and I entered her from behind.
"Oh Shit. Edward, oh, oh, ahhhh." And that seemed to send her into orgasm number two. I still wasn't ready to stop yet though so I slowed down my strides and kept going at a pretty good pace. Then I reached around and started to rub her clit as my dick kept pushing into her.
"Come on Bella, cum for me one more time baby." I said as I rubbed circles around her bundle of nerves and pushed into her from behind. "Come on baby, cum for me."
And with that she clamped her walls down on me again and I spilled inside of her. After she had ridden out her third orgasm I lowered us both so that her back was to me and I was spooning her from behind.
"Damn." She said between breaths. "This has definitely, without a doubt, been the BEST birthday I have ever had!"
I leaned over and kissed her cheek. "I'm glad baby. You deserve it."
We laid there for a while and I could feel Bella's breathing steady and knew that she was asleep. I could feel my chest sticking to her back from the frosting and whip cream residue. I tried to will myself to get up and take a shower but I just couldn't do it. My girl was sleeping in my arms as peaceful as can be and I just couldn't let her go. I decided that I would wait until we got up because then maybe I could get Bella to take a shower with me. I figured that was the best option, you know conserve water and everything. I smiled to myself thinking of devilish little thoughts of Bella and I in the shower and had to will my penis to not wake up and start poking my sleeping beauty in the back. A little while later I found myself drifting off to sleep dreaming of the angel in a Seahawks jersey.
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"Can someone please call Respiratory Therapy for me. The patient in room 3 needs a nebulizer treatment." I felt like I was talking to the air. In fact I was pretty sure I was seeing as how I was working with Jessica and Lauren both of whom seemed to not have a brain in their ditzy little heads. "Did anyone hear me?" I asked.
I turned around and saw Jessica staring at her facebook page. Gees, doesn't anybody ever work around here?
"Jessica!" I said with force.
"What?" she asked back all snippy.
"Get your ass off your computer and call Respiratory Therapy NOW. The patient in room 3 needs a breathing treatment." I scolded her. It wasn't like me to yell but I had little patience left after the last couple of days.
Flashback:
Bella's birthday had been great and after we had gotten up from our nap we did get to take the shower that I had been hoping for! That night unfortunately had been terrible though. We got to work and the shit hit the fan. There was a really bad car accident that had brought in 6 patients, several of which had bad injuries. We ended up calling a 'Trauma Alert' to get more help from the other departments. Of course one of the ambulance's that had responded to the accident was James and Victoria. They had hung around to help out that night and I noticed James getting a little too close to Bella several times. Bella had responded to the alert and had been helping Ben with one of the accident victims when James approached her from behind. I saw that they had exchanged some words and Bella looked extremely pissed off but I was too busy with the other patients to find out what was going on at the time. When I asked Bella about it later on she just said that it was nothing. I'd like to say that I believed her but I didn't and I kept pestering her about it that morning when we got home from work.
That was our first major fight. Bella was so mad that she went and slept on the couch. To say that I got any sleep that day was an understatement. I got absolutely none. I was pissed that she wouldn't tell me what had happened and I was hurt that she wouldn't sleep with me. My mom and dad had always told me that you should never go to bed angry so I just didn't sleep at all. No sleep makes for a very cranky doctor too! That night at work was terrible and I felt bad that Bella and I still hadn't really spoken to each other. We had ridden to work together, although I'm sure she considered driving herself, and we had barely spoken a word.
My willpower had finally broken around 1 am and I made my way down to the lab and begged her to talk to me. It hadn't taken long and she was wrapping her little arms around my neck and kissing my face and asking for forgiveness herself. I told her it was my fault for being such a jealous prick and that I was just worried about her because I didn't trust James. That's when she finally spilled the beans and told me that James had cornered her in the cafeteria the week before and what he had said to her the night before during the trauma. He apparently was trying really hard to get her to leave me and go to him. Apparently he was not only delusional but he had a death wish also. Bella told me that she hadn't wanted to tell me because she didn't want me to get into trouble for fighting here at work after the whole decking Mike in the parking lot incident. Little did she know that I would definitely find a way to take care of James and it would most definitely not be here at work.
We got home Tuesday morning and both showed how sorry we were to each other in the bedroom. It wasn't hurried. It was slow and loving. We both promised to not go to bed angry and I asked her to please tell me if something like this happens again. I told her how much she meant to me and that I couldn't live without her if something ever happened.
End Flashback
That brings us back to today. It is now 4 am on Thursday morning and I'm still waiting for Respiratory to get here and give my patient her breathing treatment. I was about ready to go and do it myself when they finally appeared and grabbed the patient's chart to find out what I wanted.
James and Victoria had not been on call since Bella had told me everything that James had said to her and that was probably a good thing. I definitely needed time to cool down after I had heard. That's the biggest reason that I have been so irritable here the last couple of days. I'm sure everyone was thrilled that I would be off for four days.
I only had a couple more hours left and then Bella and I would be leaving work to go home and change quick and head to Forks for Jacob and Leah's wedding this weekend. I was able to get off on Thursday and Sunday night so that we would have plenty of time for the wedding and also so that I could hopefully put my plan into action. I had already talked to Charlie and my mom and dad and I had everything arranged. I had called Mr. Jenks from the jewelry store yesterday and he had actually been able to finish the ring on Wednesday so I had run down there to pick it up while Bella slept. He got a huge bonus for getting it done so quickly and I promised him I would be coming to see him again to get the wedding band picked out as soon as she said yes.
That was probably the only thing that could put a smile on my face the last couple of days. The thought of proposing to Bella. I had the perfect idea in my head and I was only hoping that it would turn out right. I had everything planned out meticulously and was hoping above all hope that she will say yes. Everyone else seems to think she will but you never know. Stranger things have happened.
I was sitting in my office finishing up my patient's charts when I heard a little rap on my door.
"Come in." I said.
"Hey baby, I was just checking to see if you're done yet. If not I can just go wait for you in the lounge." Bella said from the doorway.
"Nope. I'm all set here. I just finished and I'm ready to get the hell out of this place for four days." I told her with a smile. It was so very true. "Did you call your dad yet?"
"No, I figured I'd call him when we get closer to Forks. I'm not sure how happy he'll be when he finds out that we're staying at the hotel in town and not with him." she said with a sad smile. I had told her that I was more than happy to stay at her dad's but she said that there was no way that she could keep her hands off me for four days and she insisted that we check into the Holiday Inn. Damn I love my girl.
"Okay, well then let's get going." I smiled and stood up from my desk.
We walked out the ER doors and I waved to Ben and Heidi on my way out and said that I'd see them next week. We got to my Volvo and headed back to our apartment. Once we were there Bella quickly jumped in the shower and I took our bags down to the car. I checked in the side compartment of my bag to make sure that I had her ring securely in the velvet box and then zipped the zipper back up. I would have to make sure that she didn't go anywhere near my bag. While she was getting dressed I took a quick shower to freshen up and then I got dressed and we were on our way to Forks.
We had a couple of hours until we would be there and we both decided to stay awake and keep each other company while we drove. Bella drove for the first hour and then I took over and drove the rest of the way. I knew she was tired and truth be told I was too but I would rather take the burden than to put it on her. She called Charlie when we were about an hour away and told him that we would be staying at the Holiday Inn because she didn't want to put him out with us being there for so long. He seemed a little sad but he understood. Bella promised him that we would be there for dinner tonight though and he seemed to perk up. That plus she told him that she would be so busy with the wedding that he probably wouldn't see too much of her anyways.
This was good for me too because it would give me time to make sure everything was in place for my proposal. I was planning on proposing to her on Sunday evening since we would still be in Forks.
I had a huge smile plastered on my face when Bella looked over at me and said "What's got you in such a good mood?"
"You my dear. Always you." I looked over at my beautiful Bella and smiled. I took her left hand in mine as I drove and pulled it up to my lips making sure to kiss her ring finger as I did. Soon, very soon I hoped to have a beautiful diamond on that finger. Only 3 more days.
Okay, so Like it? Love It? Hate It? Let me know. You can't be too mad at me because I actually have told you when he's going to propose and I have been waiting so long to write the upcoming chapter that I can't wait and will probably start on it as soon as I post this chapter. I've had it in my head for so long and I can't wait for you to read it! I have a special person to thank for helping me with the proposal though! Thank you Joy's of Twilight! I don't know if I could have come up with it on my own and I hope I do you justice when I finally get the chapter up. You helped me to complete the idea in my head now only if I can get it right on paper!
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P.S.
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