Disclaimer: These characters and all likenesses to the Twilight Series belong to the absolutely talented Stephenie Meyer Disclaimer: These characters and all likenesses to the Twilight Series belong to the absolutely talented Stephenie Meyer. We are only playing with them for a bit and promise to put them back in the toy box when we are done; we hold no rights to them otherwise, although it would be fun to hold some of them!

A/N: Your reviews have been wonderful! Thank you for letting us know that you're enjoying the story. We hope that as the story progresses you won't be disappointed with the results. So, does Edward get a bit frisky with Bella? What is her reaction? They are so much Edward and Bella! Enjoy…

Previously: "I don't mind." She kissed me on the cheek and ran up the stairs. I stood at the base of the steps for a moment to catch my breath. One thing was certain; I wasn't going to get any sleep tonight.

EPOV

I made my way up the stairs to the loft to find Bella standing there, waiting for me. "What took you so long slowpoke?"

"Oh uh, nothing. You're sure you want to sleep with me?" I can't believe I just said that. "I mean….sleep as in sleep not as in anything other than sleep of course." I was stammering I was so nervous.

"Um, ha…I knew what you meant. I told you….I'm fine sleeping with you Edward." She was blushing, giggling and stammering all at the same time. It was cute and I was relieved that she sounded as nervous as I felt. There was a moment of silence as we simply stared at each other, neither one of us wanting to break our gaze. It was over all too quickly as she spoke, breaking the spell momentarily.

"Can you turn around?" She asked me sweetly.

"Why?" I put my hands in my pockets and looked at her quizzically.

"Because I'm going to sleep in your shirt if that's alright but I want to take the tank top off and I think you've seen enough of my bra for one night." She explained with a giggle.

"Bella, you can wear that shirt everyday if you'd like." I turned around reluctantly and heard the ruffling of clothes. Damn, there went my chance of seeing her in that bra again. "Hey, you wouldn't mind if I slept in just my boxers would you? It tends to get a bit hot at night."

"Um, that's fine. Okay you can turn around now." She said as she climbed into my bed. My bed, she's in my bed. Calm down there killer. I made my way over to the bed and stepped out of my shorts. As I climbed into bed I noticed her tank top on the floor and her shorts next to it. She's in my bed with only my shirt covering her underwear. Deep breaths Edward breathe in and out.

I climbed into bed and lay on my back with my arms crossed over my chest. Bella had her back turned to me and she seemed so far away. I wanted to close the distance and wrap my arms around her. I lay there for a few minutes longer until I could bear the distance no more. I had to touch her, to hold her, to be close to her.

"Bella?"

"Yes?"

"Would you mind if I…." I wasn't able to complete my question. I wasn't sure how she'd take it and I didn't want her to get upset and get out of bed.

"If you what?" She seemed curious enough and I took that as a good sign.

"If I moved closer to you? I'd really like to hold you if that's alright." I stared at the ceiling holding my breath as I waited for her answer.

"You mean you want to spoon Edward?" She giggled and her body shook.

"I was thinking cuddling would be the more appropriate word but yes Bella, would you mind if we spooned?" I chuckled a little but immediately became serious when she responded.

"That would be nice Edward." She said sounding more like an angel than I'd ever heard.

I turned onto my side and scooted closer to her. I placed one arm under her neck and wrapped my other arm around her waist resting it on her flat stomach.

"Thank you. I've been thinking about this all evening." I said as I kissed her shoulder.

"I like being in your arms. You're so warm and make me feel safe." She scooted back more and there was no space between us. I felt her butt push up against my groin and my body instantly reacted. I started drawing circles on her stomach through her shirt and trailed kisses along her shoulder. She began to move her body causing her behind to rub against my groin more. The friction was driving me insane and I had to get her to stop before I embarrassed myself.

"Bella….." My voice cracked and my breathing hitched.

"Edward…" It sounded more like a moan.

I used the hand that was on her stomach to move her hair away from her neck. I placed my hand back on her stomach and began to softly kiss her neck. She tilted her head giving me better access as she continued to move her hips. Her shirt had ridden up and now there was nothing but two pieces of underwear separating us. My hand now rested on her bare stomach and I let it lay flat against her skin.

I leaned up a bit more as I kissed up her neck and along her jaw. I used the hand that was resting on her stomach and turned her head toward me so I could kiss her luscious lips. She met my mouth eagerly and our kiss quickly deepened. She took my bottom lip into her mouth sucking on it causing me to gasp. I pulled away and stared into her beautiful brown orbs completely enamored before leaning in to kiss her again. I licked her upper lip asking for entrance, which she gladly granted. Our tongues slowly and sensuously stroked each other as I pushed softly on her shoulder to lay her on her back. I was still on my side but leaning more into her as we continued to kiss.

I broke away from her lips to catch my breath and began kissing her neck again. I kissed up to her ear and softly whispered her name, "Bella." I then took the lobe of her ear in between my lips and sucked on it as she softly whimpered my name, "Edward." Hearing her say my name sent chills down my spine and I was losing all inhibitions. I had returned my hand to her stomach and began tracing a different pattern on her bare flesh. As I moved my lips to her neck once again I happened to look down and noticed the sheet had moved down our bodies when she turned. I could see the baby blue underwear from earlier and I inwardly groaned.

"What's the matter?" She asked apprehensively.

"Absolutely nothing." I whispered as I kissed her swollen lips again.

We kissed for a little longer, my lips moving from her mouth to her jaw to her neck and back up again. I had made my way back to her neck and pushed the collar of her shirt down so I could taste the sweet skin of her collarbone. I lingered there for a while until I realized that I might leave a mark. I pulled my mouth away from her collar and went back to her lips. I couldn't get enough of her mouth she tasted sweeter than honey. My hand made its way to her hips and my finger rubbed the hipbone I had been staring at previously until I moved it further up. My hand was flat and I moved it up further until I felt the bottom of her bra. My fingers were tracing the under wiring and I was lost for a moment until something pulled me from my trance. I hadn't realized my hand had traveled so far north and I immediately froze thinking I had gone too far. I simply stared at her, my eyes wide, waiting for her to slap me or yell at me or hopefully let it go and simply roll over.

"Edward…"

"Yes, Bella…." I could hear my voice crack and became embarrassed.

"It's okay….don't stop, please." She was looking me in the eyes but blushing. I was torn and wasn't certain what to do. Part of me, the teenaged hormone driven boy, wanted to continue and ravish her body but the other part, the gentlemanly conservative man, knew we should stop before this went any further. I looked into her eyes and saw nothing but honesty and adoration.

"Are you sure?" I knew we were both virgins and completely inexperienced but I didn't want to take these experiences away from her in case she wanted to share them with someone else.

"Yes Edward, I'm sure. It's not like we're going to have sex tonight but we can explore a little if you're comfortable." She looked away as she said the last sentence. The way she said tonight made me think that maybe she would consider having sex with me somewhere in the future. I wanted nothing more than to share that special moment with Bella.

"Okay then, if you're comfortable. Just tell me when to stop and we'll…." My mind was racing, how far will she let this go tonight!

"We'll stop. Let's just keep our underwear on tonight though okay." I nodded in agreement. I didn't want to go too far tonight myself. I wanted to make sure she was mine before we did anything else.

She grabbed my hand that was teetering on the edge of second base and moved it further up placing it on her breast, which caused her shirt to move up as well. I remained frozen as I looked down and saw the bra and panty set I had seen earlier. I tried to calm my body down from the immediate reaction touching her caused. I looked back up and we gazed at each other for a moment before I leaned up and whispered in her ear. "You are so beautiful Bella."

I kissed her again and this kiss was the most passionate we had yet. I started to move my hand, massaging her breast softly and carefully. I felt her nipple harden under the soft material. I had to break for a breath so I moved my mouth to her neck once again. This is becoming my favorite place to kiss her. My fingers ducked below the fabric a little and I could feel the softness of her swells and her breath hitched. I pushed the fabric down to give me better access and as my fingers softly grazed her nipple she moaned. It was the most beautiful sound I had ever heard. I wanted her to take off my shirt but I wasn't certain if I was pushing the boundaries. I pushed it further up and as if she read my mind, she reached up and took it off causing my own breath to hitch.

I kissed down her neck to her shoulders and then to her chest. Her heavy breathing caused her chest to move up and down enticingly. I kissed the tops of her breasts as my hand moved down to her hip, gripping and not wanting to let go. Her hands were in my hair and she was moving her hips as I traced my tongue from one side of her chest to the other. She had crossed her legs and they were pinned together so tightly I could see her knees turn white.

I kissed her nipples over the fabric and she moaned again. I moved my hand from her hip to the strap of her bra and pulled it down to grant me better access. I had no idea what I was doing but gained confidence with each moan and whimper she made. I continued to kiss and caress her breasts before I began to kiss lower. I kissed her stomach and trailed my tongue over her naval. I wanted desperately to get to her hipbone. I made my way further until I reached my destination. I licked around the bone and then bit down softly causing her to gasp and thrust her hips up. I looked up at her and she was looking at me with a devilish smile. My finger traced the top of her underwear and I should have known better but I couldn't stop myself. The moment my finger went a centimeter under the fabric she gasped and tugged lightly on my hair.

"Edward…" She was out of breath and watching her chest move up and down wasn't helping my situation. Suddenly I felt horrible, as if I had betrayed the agreement we made before we began to explore.

"Bella…I'm so sorry. I wasn't going to…I mean…God, you're just so damn tempting." I was trying my best at stammering out an apology. I couldn't look at her, I was certain she'd want me to sleep on the floor now. I was pulled out of my self-deprecating thoughts by her giggle.

"Edward, it's okay. I know exactly what you mean. I just think we should stop before we get to a point where we….." She looked away shyly.

"To where we can't." I finished her statement for her knowing exactly what she meant and I agreed.

"Yes."

"So you're not mad at me?" It was my turn to look away shyly.

"Not at all. It was very…nice." She was blushing and all I could think was nice? It was only nice? "I mean, it was…well I enjoyed myself and just so you know, you're quite tempting yourself." My ego was no longer bruised and I couldn't help the smile that crossed my face.

"I enjoyed myself immensely too. Let's get some sleep Bella. Would you like my shirt back?" I had my fingers crossed that she'd say no.

"Yes please." DAMN! I handed her my shirt and watched her cover up her very tempting, very tasty body. I scowled a bit and she noticed. She placed her palm on my cheek before she spoke.

"It wouldn't look so good if Emmett walked up here and saw us sleeping in our underwear." She then kissed me on the lips and lay down.

"You're right. I don't want a black eye as my wake up call." I pulled the sheet over us and curled up behind her placing my hand across her waist as I did earlier in the night. I heard her sigh contentedly and smiled.

"Bella?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm going to sound clichéd but I really need to ask you something, especially after tonight, but I'm afraid you'll think I'm moving too fas.." She cut me off before I could finish.

"What?" She sounded anxious which didn't help my resolve.

"Can we move past the dating part now? I mean, God I sound like I stepped out of Leave it to Beaver, but will you….will you be my girlfriend? Because I don't want to see anyone else and I DON'T want to share you with anyone. I guess I just want something that tells me we're exclusive." I was mortified that I just asked that question. Do kids in this decade even do that anymore! I am SO clueless.

"Edward, I'd love to be your girlfriend….but just don't ask me to wear your class ring around my neck or anything." She giggled and I tickled her in retaliation for mocking me. "Uncle, Uncle!"

I stopped tickling her and turned her head so I could kiss her. "Thank you, you won't regret it."

"I know Edward. Good night." She rolled back over and sighed and I could hear the smile in that sigh.

I held her close to me thinking I was the luckiest man alive. I was pulled from my thoughts when I heard her mumble something. I thought by her breathing that she was asleep but I wasn't certain.

"Yes Bella?" Nothing….she must be asleep. Ah, here comes the sleep talking again. I almost forgot about that.

"Edward?" I stayed quiet waiting to hear what she would say next. I was elated that she was dreaming of me and to hear my name come from her lips even in her sleep made me smile. "Love y..." I froze; damn, she didn't finish what she was about to say. Was she saying she loves me? Do I love her? Was that what I was feeling? Yes, yes it was and I was almost certain of it. I felt like I had to say something in return but if it was love I felt for her I certainly didn't want my first time saying it to be to a sleeping form so I opted for a safer route.

"Me too love. Sweet dreams My Bella." She sighed again and I kissed her forehead before I finally fell asleep.

I awoke early noticing the sun shining through the skylight. I realized I was still holding Bella in my arms and sighed in relief knowing it wasn't a dream. I watched her sleep and she was even more beautiful in the morning light. She stirred a little and turned in my arms to meet my gaze with a smile.

"Good morning beautiful." I followed my statement with a kiss to her forehead.

"Morning." She rubbed her eyes and smiled at me.

"You know, you look really good in my clothes. How about you spend the rest of the summer wearing only my shirts?" I teased as I rubbed her bare stomach. The sheet had been pushed down through the night and her shirt thankfully had ridden up again. She giggled and blushed again.

"Ah, so you'd like your girlfriend to walk around Key West wearing nothing but your shirts? I bet I would get a lot of stares and possibly a few admirers that way." She said seductively as she bit her lip. My girlfriend, she's MY girlfriend. And then the jealous boyfriend stepped in.

"NO, I don't think I'd like anyone else looking at my girlfriend that way. In fact, unless you want to see the jealous boyfriend I think you should wear my shirts only around me and that goes for that doily too. Speaking of which…" I kissed her lips and trailed my hand up her side as she giggled.

"Edward…" She said breathlessly as I tried to deepen the kiss. She had other plans as she planted her hands on my ribs and began tickling. I had never noticed I was ticklish before until now. I let out a noise before retaliating and tickling her back. Her hands immediately dropped and she tried to wiggle away. I quickly sat up and straddled her body, pinning her down so she couldn't escape. She was panting my name in between fits of laughter, trying desperately to get away. I was laughing along with her and enjoying watching her squirm until someone clearing their throat pulled us out of our fun.

I stopped tickling her and looked toward the stairs to see an angry Emmett. He was standing there with his arms crossed. I looked down at Bella and saw that my shirt had risen up and her bra was showing. We were having an innocent moment but I knew it must not have looked that way to him. Here I was, sitting on top of his sister in only my boxers, straddling her, and her clothes (MY CLOTHES) had ridden up exposing her undergarments.

I immediately rolled off her and stood up on her side of the bed, opposite and as far away from Emmett as possible. Once I was standing I pulled her shirt down and pulled the sheet up in one swift movement. After I was certain that she was covered I reached for my own shirt to put on. Bella on the other hand wasn't going to put up with Emmett's big brotherly and over-protective ways. She sat straight up, letting the sheet fall again, and spoke to him as if it was normal for him to walk into another guy's room to see his baby sister in a compromising position.

"Emmett, it's not what it looks like." I was trying to protect her and take the blame but she wasn't having it. I was buttoning up my jeans as I saw Bella jut her chin out and look at me with an authoritative and protective look.

"Don't Edward, it doesn't matter what he thinks it looked like." She said adamantly.

"Bella….please, be reasona…." I wasn't able to finish my reasoning as Emmett's retort cut me off.

BPOV

"Oh Hell Yeah it matters what I think!" Emmett was almost shouting. "What in the hell do you both think this is? Romper Room!? I shouldn't have to come up here and see some half naked guy sitting on top of my sister putting his hands all over her half naked body!"

"Then why the hell did you even come up here Emmett? You're just trying to make this look like something it wasn't and I would be willing to bet that if I walked into your room at any point this morning or even last night for that matter, you would have been stark naked and in a way more compromising position! Don't you dare play Pit Bull with me Mr. I am not the way you are but if you want to accuse me of being in situations that obviously make you uncomfortable to think of me in, well I can give you one hell of a run for your money!"

With that being said, I stood up on the bed and pulled Edward's shirt off over my head. Both Emmett and Edward's eyes stared with disbelief and I thought I saw a grin appear on Edward's lips, but it quickly disappeared. I was standing on the bed in just my bra and underwear as I placed one hand on my hip and the other on Edward's shoulder carefully stepping down off of the bed. I put both hands on Edward's face and placed a very strong kiss on his lips. I felt his lips respond but his hands stayed at his sides clenched tightly as fighting off the urge to pull me into him. I then let my hands trail down the front of his chest before I walked away from him and toward Emmett, swinging Edward's shirt over my shoulder. If I had a ping-pong ball I could have easily popped it into Emmett's wide-open mouth. That would have stopped his ranting for a bit.

"Bella, you better…" Emmett began but I quickly cut him off.

"No Emmett, you better find a way to make peace with yourself about me. Do you see this?" I said as I let my hand wave in front of my body, "Baby sis is not a baby anymore and I can take care of myself. You wanted me to relax and have fun; well that's what I am trying to do. I'm not living by your double standard. This protective shit is going too far, Get over it! If I need your help I know where to find you." And I turned to storm out the door leaving Emmett staring at me with a defeated look and Edward biting his lip not to laugh.

A huge grin was plastered on my face as I went down the stairs from the loft to the second floor forgetting that I was parading through the house in my underclothes. I felt much more confident after giving a paralyzing blow to the grizzly bear known as my brother. Jasper and Alice were rounding the corner as I approached my bedroom door.

"Wow Bella!" remarked Jasper winning him a slap on the arm from Alice.

"Bella, what are you doing in your underwear in the hall or more importantly what have you been doing in your underwear?" She was amazed to see me in the hall barely clothed and a curious grin played across her lips. I answered her quickly to avoid any question I saw in her eyes.

"I…um…" stammering and feeling the blush take over my cheeks, I realized I was back to myself, good ole Bella. "Just needed to get a shower and get changed."

"Well hurry up and put on something more decent. We are all going shopping!" She said with excitement. "Be down in the kitchen in 20 minutes. Oh and we will talk later missy." Her eyebrows were raised with curiosity not willing to forget my appearance. She would want to know the reason for it and I knew she'd pry until I was forced to give it to her.

I hurried into the bathroom to shower and was standing in front of the mirror brushing my hair when I heard the soft knock on the door. I wrapped a towel around me to see who it was.

"Hi beautiful," Edward's smile greeted me. "You left your tank top and shorts in my room and I wasn't sure if you would need them. By the way, that was the sexiest show of force I have ever seen!" He was looking at me in a very pleasing way, wearing his trademark crooked smile.

Holding the towel around me with one hand, I leaned out the door to see if anyone else was around. Seeing the coast was clear, I grabbed the front of Edward's shirt with the other hand and pulled him in the room shutting the door behind him. I then pushed him against the wall next to the door and pressed myself into him letting my hands tangle in his hair. I looked into his eyes longingly before I pressed my mouth firmly against his with a passion that surprised even me. Edward quickly responded wrapping one arm around my waist holding me against him and placing his other warm hand on my bare back above the towel. I pulled my lips back away from his to catch my breath as I smiled up at him removing my hands from his hair. His eyes were glazed over and he looked so adorable. My boyfriend. I never imagined I would ever be so lucky.

I reached over for the doorknob and opened the door. "Thank you for my clothes. Now get out, I need to get dressed." I whispered to him as my lips curled into a smile. He smiled back at me giving me a quick kiss on the cheek and slipped out the door.

When I walked into the kitchen, I saw Edward fixing a cup of coffee and everyone else at the patio table discussing the plans for the day. He turned around to hand me a cup with coffee all fixed the way I liked it.

"How did you know what I liked?" I asked.

"Rose told me." He answered giving me his crooked smile.

"Thank you," I smiled back and reached for his hand. We then walked out together and sat down with the rest of the gang.

Everyone turned to smile and tell us good morning including Emmett who was sporting a pouty face. I could tell by the way Rose had her arms crossed and the look she gave him that she had heard of his intrusion this morning and probably gave him a bit of a lecture on it. They definitely made a perfect couple.

Alice explained our plans for the day. Actually they were her plans but no one was arguing with her. We cleaned up from our breakfast of coffee, juice and muffins then headed out the door. We would be walking the few blocks to downtown so we could check out the boutiques and shops. I was glad I decided to wear comfortable jean shorts and a light blue t-shirt with tennis shoes. My hair was pulled back in a ponytail under a ball cap to keep the sun out of my face. Rose and Alice were dressed very similar to me. I wasn't sure how excited the boys were to be going shopping but they seemed to not mind. I would guess they were just happy to spend the day with us.

Alice and Jasper led the way holding hands and she had a very obvious bounce in her step. I looked at Emmett to see if he was going to have me walk ahead of him. He gave me a slight bow, indicating a form of apology and then proceeded to followed after Jasper and Alice with his arm draped across Rose's shoulder. Edward entwined his hand with mine and we followed behind everyone as we all commented on the various shops we passed.

We walked quite a few blocks into the heart of town and I found myself looking over at Edward's face most of the way. At one point he looked over at me and even though I was feeling very comfortable with him, I still felt myself blush while staring into his gorgeous green eyes. I squeezed his hand tightly in mine and felt him do the same.

Alice directed us first to the Heritage House Museum. She was very interested in learning some of the local pirate folklore and so we took the tour. As we looked around and followed the tour guide we spread out in couples. Sometimes the tour guide would stop to explain things and Edward would pull me in front of him and wrap his arms around my waist listening as I leaned back into his chest. He would rest his head against my shoulder and kiss my neck. I kept feeling like I could never get close enough to him.

"Edward?" I whispered.

"Yes, Bella" he whispered back and I felt his warm breath on my shoulder.

"I think I'm missing something. Will you go back with me to look for it?" I asked.

"Lead the way." He replied as he dropped his arms and held onto my hand.

I pulled him back into the last room we were in, the parlor. As we rounded the corner out of site of the group, I turned to face Edward and wrapped my arms around his neck. He looked a bit puzzled but pleased at the same time.

"Weren't we supposed to be looking for something?" He questioned me raising his eyebrow.

"I believe I found what I've been looking for." I answered him with a devilish grin.

"Really?" Edward smirked. "Well, now that you've found it, what do you plan to do with it?"

"Hmmm…how about this?" I said placing my hands on his face and softly kissing his sensuous lips then letting my tongue glide across them.

Edward reacted immediately, pulling me into him and kissing me with much more passion than I had felt from him before.

"Bella," he murmured as he rested his forehead against mine, both of us breathing heavily.

"Edward, I just really wanted to kiss my boyfriend. I hope you didn't mind?" I asked nervously.

"You can do that anytime you would like." He said kissing me one more time. "We better catch up with the group or we will miss the whole tour and Alice will be mad at us."

Once again, we held hands as we returned to the rest of the tour group. They didn't seem to notice our absence. They were just heading out to the Gardens and I had to laugh as I saw Emmett's hand move from Rose's waist down to her butt as they passed through the doorway. She looked at him with an evil smile slapping his arm and moving his hand back up to her waist. Once they stepped outside Rose placed her hand on Emmett's butt and gave it a little squeeze.

"Hey!" He exclaimed as Rose ran off through the Gardens giggling with Emmett chasing after her.

We were free to wander the Gardens for a few minutes before we toured the Robert Frost Cottage. Alice and Jasper found a small bench and sat together talking and kissing amongst the beautiful flowers. As we walked past them Edward watched Alice from the corner of his eye.

"Jasper is a really nice guy." I said noticing his concerned look.

"Maybe I am worried more for him than I am for my sister." Edward replied. This made me laugh and I saw Edward smiling at me.

We continued the tour and Alice quickly herded us over to the shops. She wanted to check out the boutiques for some new clothes. This made Edward roll his eyes, as he knew she would be dragging twice as much luggage home with her at the end of the summer. We stopped in almost every shop we passed and every time Alice left a store she had a bag in her hand or rather Jasper did.

We went from one shop to the next just walking in each as we passed. Jewelry stores, boutiques, gift shops, bookstores, and even a place called Fairvilla Megastore. It took me 5 seconds to realize what kind of store it was before I was back out on the sidewalk blushing very heavily. Edward and Jasper were both standing right behind me. I looked at the sign in the store window wondering why I didn't read it before we walked inside. (Excite your senses in an engaging atmosphere of fun & fantasy filled with romantic lingerie, sensual accessories, unique gifts, toys for lovers, erotic literature, tantalizing DVD's & more!)I pointed the sign out to Edward and Jasper and we all started laughing uncontrollably. We finally realized that we were missing three people.

"Hey, did you see Alice?" asked Jasper looking around quickly.

"Man, I don't think she came out of the shop." Edward answered with a look that was mixed with horror and the knowledge of how his sister never leaves a store she enters without buying something.

"Oh, shit! You have to go back in there and get her out Edward." Jasper looked nervous.

"It's your girlfriend Jazz, you go get her. Besides whatever she ends up buying won't be anything for me!" Edward started laughing again as he and Jasper tried pushing each other toward the door.

"Guys, will you two quit it! I'll go get her. Emmett and Rose are in there too you know." I pointed out as I marched toward the door. I can't believe I am going back in there.

As I walked back in the door I wondered if I could find Alice with my eyes closed. I turned to see if Edward and Jasper were with me and saw those two chickens still standing outside on the sidewalk laughing and shoving each other around. Nice! Alice was pretty easy to find. She was already at the register paying for something that the cashier handed to her in a small bag. I didn't want to know even though I was a bit curious. She smiled as she skipped past me.

"Oh Bella, have you seen Jasper?" She asked.

"He's out front with Edward waiting for you." I answered and watched her head toward the door.

I quickly scanned the shop looking for Rose and Emmett. This place had some strange things I had no idea what they could even be for. As I passed through the aisle looking for my brother I was starting to feel a bit creeped out. I couldn't see over the shelves since they were a bit tall but I could hear Rose giggling and the sound of Emmett's voice. I knew I was getting closer to finding them.

Toward the back of the store I found them looking through racks of lingerie. Emmett was holding up a hangar with a pair of men's leopard print, very small, silky bikini underwear and dangling them in front of Rose's face as his other hand was wrapped around her moving slowly up the inside of her thigh.

"So if I put these on I can be your Tarzan and swing from the ceiling fan over the bed…" he froze when he saw me standing with my arms crossed staring at him. "…and clean that cobweb up there that Esme couldn't reach. Oh, hi bells." He looked like an oversized mouse caught holding the cheese with his tail in the mousetrap.

"Well, well, well. Let me guess. It's not what it looks like right?" I said pursing my lips at him.

"Hey I um…" he put both hands up over his head in surrender not realizing he was still holding the hangar until the silky underwear slipped off it and landed on his head. Rose and I burst out laughing causing Emmett to grab at the leopard print now dangling over his left eye, before it slid down his face. "Very funny! Everybody laughs at Emmett!" He huffed tossing the hanger and underwear on top of the rack.

"Okay Bella, you win! I understand your point. Let's call it a truce." He said looking humiliated at first and then a twinkle appeared in his eye as he looked back at Rose. He quickly grabbed the underwear and a matching leopard bra and panty set that were right next to it. "But I am so buying these, so don't you dare say a word!" He stomped off to the register making Rose and I burst out into laughter one more time as we followed him up front. Emmett rushed out the door with his new purchase so he could brag to the guys and Rose stopped just before we were out the door. She was looking through her bags like she was missing something.

"Oh Bella, I think I set my other bag down back there by the racks we were looking at." She said frustrated she looked through the things she was carrying.

"I'll go check for you Rose." I offered and I turned and made my way through the aisles to the back of the store.

I was bending over looking under the racks when I felt something bump into me. I thought I may have backed up into someone and so I stood up to apologize when I noticed an old man standing behind me. He was staring at me in a very creepy way and I didn't feel comfortable at all.

"Sorry." I said as I backed away from him.

"I didn't mind at all." He said staring at me and let his eyes wander over my body. Eww, gross!

"Bella," I heard the voice of my Edward as he rounded the corner of the aisle. "Rose found the bag she was looking for." He stopped as he noticed the look on my face and immediately glared at the old man. Reaching his arms out to me I ran to him and felt him pull me close into his chest.

"Let's get going everyone is hungry." He said as he held me tightly all the way out of the store. Once we were back outside he asked, "Are you okay?"

"Sure, sure that guy just creeped me out a bit." I answered still trembling and trying to forget what just happened. "Where are we eating, I'm really hungry."

Edward looked at me carefully and then pulled me into a hug, kissing the top of my head. "I should have been with you," he whispered in my ear.

"I'm okay now that I'm with you." I smiled as I whispered back to him making him smile too.

"If you all feel as hungry as a pig as I do, I have just the place picked out!" Alice chirped happily.

"I'm hungry enough to EAT a whole pig!" bellowed Emmett "Lead the way little fireball."

Alice gladly hopped off down the street as we all walked fast to keep up. We didn't have far to go and she stopped in front of a place called Hog's Breath Saloon.

"How did we miss this place?" asked Jasper as he noticed the lively atmosphere of the place.

"Something smells great," commented Rose.

"Yeah, that would be you baby." Growled Emmett grabbing Rose by the arm and pulling her into him. "Mind if I take a bite?" He placed his mouth on her neck.

"Don't you dare unless you want to be wearing a set of false teeth." Rose giggled playfully pushing him away.

"Oh come on Rosie," Emmett whined causing her to stop and tilt her head to the side for him. "That's my girl." He smiled placing kisses up and down her neck.

"Dude, if we had already eaten we'd be throwing up right now!" Jasper said making a face at Emmett and his sister while the rest of us laughed at the disgusted look on his face.

"Jazzy, let's go eat." Alice said as she playfully hopped onto Jaspers back. He reached around and held her legs as they bounced into the saloon.

"Why does he think they are any better than Emmett and Rose?" asked Edward smiling at me. We both were shaking our heads.

Edward held out his arm to me and I wrapped my arm around his as we joined the rest of the gang. We spent the next hour eating some of the best burgers and listening to music. When we were all finished Alice stood up and grabbed Jaspers hand while he was picking up the many bags she had acquired with his other hand.

"One more stop before we head home," she said.

"Alice!" We all whined together.

"Oh please! You know you love it, now let's go have our treat." She ordered dragging Jasper happily behind her out the door.

As we worked our way back to the house we made a final stop at an ice cream shop. We were all still full from lunch and didn't want to disappoint Alice so we decided to get one cone per couple and share. The girls got to choose a flavor they wanted and I chose vanilla with sprinkles hoping Edward would like it too. We walked over to a bench and sat down as everyone else chose to sit at a table.

"I hope you like vanilla," I said next to him. He put his arm around me and pulled me right up against him.

"I do," Edward answered my question smiling sweetly. "How did you know?"

"I was just hoping." I told him and I took a lick of the cone while he watched my mouth intently.

"You have some on your mouth," he said softly. "May I?" I nodded at him, feeling my insides do flips as he slowly lowered his face to mine and let his tongue glide over my lips. "Mmm." And he rested his forehead against mine staring into my eyes.

"I'm going to melt." I murmured. "I mean the cone is going to melt."

"Allow me then," Edward said placing his hand around mine and pulling the cone up to his lips. He licked all the way around it as I watched his tongue move feeling my heart rate increase.

"Did I get anything on my face?" He asked innocently.

"Let me check." I moved my face very close and lightly brushed my lips against his and then licked all the way across his bottom lip.

This continued on until all the ice cream was gone and we were both breathing very heavily. We followed everyone back to the house and decided to have a movie night and pizza later for dinner. I was willing to do anything that would keep me close to Edward. My mind kept thinking of the ice cream cone we shared. It was the best ice cream I had ever had!

A/N: A/N: Oh yes, wouldn't we all love to share an ice cream cone with Edward!

We do have a cat that needs to be let out of the bag next chapter. If you paid attention you noticed that Alice made a small purchase at Fairvilla Megastore. What could she possibly have in that bag? Bella was a witness to the purchase and she will make sure to find out and you will find out too … on Sunday!

Time to R…E…V…I…E…W!! Thank You, Thank You!