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Alice is about to let you know what's in that small bag from the adult store. Did any of you make the correct guess? Her little purchase will come into play in the upcoming chapters.
Previously: 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!
BPOV
Edward and I were holding hands as we walked back to the house. Every few steps I would feel him lightly squeeze my hand in his and when I would look over at him he would smile at me so sweetly. I think he was doing this just to make me blush.
"That is one of my favorite things about you," he said.
"You have a favorite thing about me?" I asked.
"Sure, I like that I can make you blush." Edward smiled at me crookedly.
"What is another favorite thing?" I asked again very curiously.
"Well, I …" He stopped short due to an interruption.
"HEY! Why are you guys walking so far back there?" Emmett shouted noticing we were almost a block behind them. "Hurry the hell up! Last one to the house has to set up the media room and make all the popcorn for the movie!"
"Hop on Bella!" Edward swung me around by my arm and pulled me onto his back.
The next thing I knew my arms were wrapped around his neck and the wind was blowing my hair back. How could he run so fast and with me on his back too! I could see everyone ahead of us as Rose and Alice were throwing their bags at Emmett and Jasper to carry. They saw us coming up on them and they all took off running. We caught up to them very quickly and I found myself closing my eyes and laying my head against Edward's shoulder to keep from getting dizzy. Thank goodness there were no trees around or I would be worrying about running into them! It was an all out race back to the house.
One block from the house, Jasper and Alice tried to bump us out of the way. I felt Edward start to slow up. I opened my eyes just as Alice tripped Jasper and he stumbled trying to catch himself so he wouldn't fall. She was the first one onto the porch jumping up and down and clapping her hands then pulling Jasper up the steps next to her. Edward slowed to a walk and Rose and Emmett came up from behind and jumped onto the stairs just before we did.
"Oh Yeah! You two get to do the set up! You thought you were going to breeze right past all of us but it looks like you lost some steam huh?" Emmett was out of breath and laughing. "Nice try hitching a ride so you wouldn't fall Bella."
"Yeah, you guys were just faster than we were." Edward said as he wrapped his arms around my legs then asked me, "Are you doing okay Bella?"
"Sure, I'm fine." I said softly in his ear. Then I whispered, "I could tell you slowed down on purpose, you could have beaten them easily. Why did you do that?" He turned his head slightly and I saw him smile.
"I enjoyed the run and was just making it last a bit longer I guess." He replied.
"Do you want me to get down? I hope I wasn't choking you." I said.
"You are okay. I don't mind at all" He said as we followed everyone into the house.
They all went upstairs to put away their bags and get changed. Edward carried me on his back into the kitchen so we could get things ready. He backed up to the bar and let my legs go so I was sitting on the counter. Turning around to face me, he pulled me into him and I couldn't help but wrap my legs around his waist. He looked at me a bit surprised but then smiled as he put his arms around my back.
"I didn't get to finish answering your question from earlier." He said as he moved his face dangerously close to mine.
"No, you didn't." I replied but didn't wait for him to continue. I was staring into his deep green eyes as I leaned the very short distance into him and let my lips brush his lightly. I pulled my head back just a bit and looking at his face. His eyes were closed and he continued answering me without opening them.
"The way your lips feel on mine; it's like nothing I have every felt before." He paused as I again placed my lips on his kissing him lightly then pulling back once more. "Bella…," he moaned quietly, "It's like you already know that this is another of my favorite things."
His words made my heart skip a beat. My fingers wound themselves into his hair as I kissed him completely this time. His lips parted for me right away as our tongues caressed. I knew exactly what he meant. Kissing Edward was the most wonderful feeling I have every felt. I just couldn't get close enough to him. I felt his arms wrap around my hips and he pulled me off the counter and held onto me.
"Edward," It was all I could say as his mouth pulled away from mine and trailed kissed across my cheek and down my neck. I let my head fall back as he kissed along the opening of my shirt and around to the other side. Taking one hand out of his hair, I pulled the collar of my shirt over to expose my collar bone for him and heard him laugh quietly while his breath tickled my neck. He placed his lips there and sucked lightly letting his tongue warm my skin as he moved his lips a bit each time. I felt his teeth nip at me teasingly and a tingle ran all through my body. I reached both hands to his face and pulled his lips up to mine kissing him deeply. I couldn't keep from wiggling around in his arms just to press myself tighter into him. I also felt his attraction to me becoming more and more defined.
"Wow," he breathed heavily as he pulled away. "Bella, if we don't stop now….. umm, it's getting really hard….umm."
"I'm so sorry Edward," I smiled as I slowly and deliberately let my legs loose and slide down the front of him. "I feel what you're trying to…" and then I couldn't help but giggle. "I mean I understand what you are trying to say."
"You are very dangerous." He grinned still holding my hips against him. He kissed the top of my head. "Wow."
"We better get this popcorn cooking before they come in here and bust us!" I said as we heard the laughing and loud voices coming down the stairs.
"I will be right back Bella; I need to go run around the pool once or twice real quick to cool down." He winked at me and ran quickly out the door.
I found the bowls as the popcorn was popping and put iced tea in a pitcher with some ice. I took one of the ice cubes and was rubbing it along my neck to cool down. I then let it drop down the front of my shirt. Edward caught me doing that as he returned from his run around the pool and shook his head at me and ran right back out the door. He returned to help me after a few minutes and we took everything into the media room.
Emmett and Rose were hogging up the couch while Jasper and Alice were cuddled on the love seat. That left us on the floor with all the pillows. Edward lay down on his side and pat a pillow next to him for me. Back in the spoon position he draped his arm over me and held my hand.
"I promise to behave," he whispered in my ear as I nuzzled up closer to him.
"Me too." I smiled as he kissed my cheek.
We had finished watching one movie when the pizza arrived. Jasper went to the door to pay and brought two extra large pizzas back with him.
"Okay girls, time to go." Announced Alice hopping up from the love seat. I looked surprised but Rose seemed to know what was going on.
"Emmett, we're going to have a sleepover in your room tonight okay?" Rose asked batting her eyelashes very sweetly.
"All of you…with me…in my room?" Emmett asked with a shocked look on his face.
"No sweetie, just the girls. You and the boys can find another room to sleep in." She told him.
"Sure Rosie…wait, what did I just agree to?" Emmett seemed confused. Jasper and Edward burst out laughing.
"Emmett man, you are whipped!" Jasper exclaimed. "You're bunking with us tonight and we're taking Edward's room. There is more floor space."
"We're taking my room?" asked Edward. "Why?"
"Well if the girls can have a girl's night, we can have a guy's night." Jasper explained as the other two stared at him for a moment then nodded in agreement.
"Good it's settled. Ladies grab and pizza and let's get going." Alice said as she ran for the stairs. Obviously speed ran in their family!
I just shrugged my shoulders turning around to look at Edward. He stood up helping me off the floor as I grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him to me.
"I think I am going to miss you tonight." He said looking into my eyes.
"I know I am going to miss you." I told him and then kissed him very roughly nipping his bottom lip with my teeth. "I better go before Alice comes back to get me."
I pulled away and before I left the room I turned back to look at Edward. He was still standing where I left him and he had the biggest grin on his face.
"Dude, your lip is bleeding. What did you do?" I heard Jasper ask him as I turned and headed up to Emmett's room.
"Bella, in here!" Rose called out to me.
I walked into Emmett's room to find Rose and Alice already in their pj's with my pajamas and pillow on a chair waiting for me. I hurried up to change and joined them on the floor for pizza.
"So girls, who wants to talk about their boy/girl slumber party last night?" asked Rose.
"I'll talk," offered Alice, "Jasper was amazing!"
"Whoa, wait…ground rules here," interrupted Rose. "I don't need to know exactly what my brother is amazing at or what part of him is amazing. Sister alert! Okay Alice?" Alice and I giggled loudly.
"I just meant he was very considerate and he let me pick the side of the bed that I wanted. Not that he stayed on his own side of the bed all night…he kind of slept in the middle on his back looking very… and he let me sleep with my head on his chest so I was able to put my hands... and his hands felt really nice on…and he even rubbed my back and …" after pausing numerous times to reconsider her description of events; she trailed off with a wicked little grin.
"Ewww Alice, borderline TMI!!" Rose and I both shrieked.
"I didn't even get into any details you silly girls!" Alice frowned as she took a savage bite of her pizza.
"Well, Emmett was a blanket hog." Huffed Rose.
"Oh, maybe I should have given you a heads up on that. Sorry Rose." I winced.
"Not a problem Bells," Rose lifted her chin as a sign of accomplishment, "I just gave him something else to hang onto instead of the blankets."
"What!" My eyes bugged out and Alice eagerly stared as she took another bite of pizza.
"What?" asked Rose, "I happened to notice a little fat teddy bear on the floor almost under the bed."
"No way! You mean he brought Mr. Grrr with him!" I almost choked on my pizza when I began laughing.
"Mr. What?" Alice was choking and laughing also.
"Mr. Grrr, is Emmett's favorite stuffed animal. He is a grizzly bear." I filled them in. "He's had him as long as I can remember and when he was really little he couldn't say Mr. Grizzly. All that would come out is Mr. Grrr, so that is his name."
"Awww," Both girls signed.
"Wow, I didn't realize he still took it everywhere with him." I was a bit surprised.
"Well, he acted like he didn't know where it came from but he wanted to be nice to the bear so he put it on the pillow next to him. It was so cute. After we…talked…for a bit, he put one arm around the bear and one arm around me so we could all snuggle as we slept." Rose smiled.
"Bella, it's your turn." Alice eyed me with interest. "Have you gotten Edward to loosen up yet or is he still playing his gentleman card?"
"Edward is the sweetest guy I have ever met. He is always so polite and makes me feel very comfortable around him." I admitted. "I felt so safe in his arms."
"So, you shared the bed. He didn't offer to sleep on the floor?" asked Alice laughing.
"I told him it was okay to sleep together in the same bed." I laughed with her and then blushed as I continued, "And he asked me if he could lay closer and put his arm around me."
"He asked you!" Rose had her eyebrows raised in surprise.
"Yes he did." I smiled shyly. "I think we were both rather nervous. The only boy I had ever spent the night in the same bed with was my brother when we were little."
"He probably slept with his clothes on. You probably did too! You didn't just go right to sleep did you?" Alice was acting like an interrogator.
"Actually he didn't sleep in his clothes and neither did I," I smiled at her, "I slept in his t-shirt and we stayed awake for while also. He never did anything inappropriate."
"What is wrong with that boy?" Alice looked appalled.
"I said that he was very sweet." I told her.
"That's what I mean! You have a girl in your bed with only a shirt and underclothes and you worry about being proper! Bella, you might have to take the lead with him if you every want anything more than a kiss." She was shaking her head while Rose fell over laughing.
I felt myself turning red as I grabbed the drinks and passed them around trying to get the focus off of me. We continued to eat pizza and joked about how much fun we were having here when Rose got our attention.
"Well, I have something fun to ask you girls." she said with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Ask it." Alice said looking curiously at her. Rose's look made me nervous.
"Name one fantasy you have that you would like to make real?" She asked almost daring us to answer. "Bella, you can go first."
"Oh, I don't know, Rose." I said blushing. "I never really thought much about it."
"Everybody's thought about it." Said Alice. "There has to be something."
"I know I have thought about it for sure." Rose spoke up.
I was relieved to have a few moments to come up with something before they returned to me.
"I think it would be such a turn on to have a pool boy there for your every need. I could lay by the pool and make him wait on me and pleasure me at my leisure while I sunbathed in the nude." Rose's mind was far away imagining all this while she stared at the ceiling with a big grin.
"Naked by the pool," said Alice pondering the thought, "sounds very relaxing."
"Okay Bella, back to you." Rose remembered me.
"Umm, I guess I have always wanted to be painted by an artist." I was looking at the floor as I spoke. "You know, have a nude picture done."
"OH, oh…"Rose interrupted. "And he gets all into you as his subject and starts painting your body with his paintbrushes and edible paint! That would be HOT!" Alice was once again taking notes in her head.
"I hadn't actually taken it that far Rose." I blushed but at the same time found myself smiling at the thought.
"I can tell by that look you would love to have your body painted by that artist. That is now your fantasy Bella, and you know it!" Both girls giggled at me in agreement.
"Sure, sure I suppose that does sound a bit exciting." I admitted wanted to move on to someone else. "Alice can you think of a fantasy?"
"That is easy!" said Alice without hesitation. "I have always wanted to be a lady vampire. I would wear a leather panty set and have my way with a man biting at him all over. Did you know they even sell fake blood that is flavored like cherry?"
"Actually Alice, I noticed an outfit like that and some fake blood in that adult shop. You should go back there and buy it. It was even on the sale rack!" Rose eagerly pointed out as I felt my jaw drop when I remembered something from earlier today.
"Alice?" I stared at her wide eyed.
"Yes?" she turned toward me with the biggest grin I had ever seen on her face.
"You didn't!" I shouted in awe.
"What are you two not filling me in on?" Rose was confused.
"Alice you bought that set today didn't you?" I blurted out loud.
"You actually bought it already!" Rose was on her feet. "I want to see it!"
Alice gladly ran out of the room and returned a few minutes later carrying the small bag that I had seen her leave the store with. We all jumped onto the bed to get comfortable. The little bag was lying in the center between us and we all stared at it.
"That bag is so small," I said amazed, "is there actually an outfit in there?"
"And Fang Juice. Well, that is what it is called on the bottle." Alice said bouncing on her knees.
"Open the damn bag Alice, I want to see this!" Rose demanded.
Alice opened the bag and let the contents fall out onto the bed. Rose quickly grabbed the leather bra and panty set while I picked up the Fang Juice to read the contents.
"You can actually eat this stuff." I said. "It is mostly corn syrup and food coloring, wow!"
"It is amazing what they can do with a few pieces of leather and some string!" Rose remarked as she examined the panty set. "You will look so HOT in this! Are you planning on actually wearing this anytime soon?"
"I sure am. I want to make my fantasy a reality for sure and I finally have the man I want to share that fantasy with." Alice narrowed her eyes as she stared at the bedroom door.
"Jasper is going to freak! You know that right? If I hear girly screams coming from his room I will know that it is not from you!" Rose was laughing hard enough to shake the whole bed and we joined her.
We cleaned up the food and lay back down on the bed telling stories about when we were little until we finally fell asleep. I couldn't stop thinking about lying next to Edward. I so wished I could feel his arms around me when I slept. Sure there were three of us in this bed but it was no where near the same.
My thoughts drifted off to a place I wasn't familiar with. I was lying on a sheet that was spread out on a couch. I did notice I was wearing Edward's t-shirt but nothing underneath it. A bronze haired, gorgeous man was standing near a table and turned to walk toward me. It was my Edward. I could see his emerald green eyes staring at me as his crooked smile made me feel all warm inside. Edward…please touch me. I moved my legs against each other as he neared me. Watching my every move he bent over placing a kiss on my lips. He then lifted a paint brush and palate of paints off the floor. He used the brush to carefully paint my lips a very luscious red and ran his tongue across them as we both tasted the strawberry flavor. Edible paints!
"Bella," I heard Rose and Alice's voice as the whole bed started bouncing up and down.
"It's time to get up for work. Hurry so we can get downstairs and have breakfast with the boys before they leave for the boat!" Rose encouraged me.
EPOV
"I know I am going to miss you." Bella said. Then she kissed me like she never had before. She even bit at my bottom lip before she said something about Alice that I didn't quite hear and she walked away. I could feel the smile on my face as I froze in place.
"Dude, your lip is bleeding. What did you do? Do you need a napkin or something? Are you okay?" Jasper asked before he started waving his hands in front of my face. "Hey man, are you in there somewhere?"
"Oh yeah, sorry. You don't need to get in a frenzy. I guess I zoned out. I'm okay Jazz it's nothing. I will help you clean up." I said as I tried to clear my head. I tasted blood as I ran my tongue across my lip. Bella Swan…you have no idea what you do to me.
We quickly picked up the media room and I pitched pillows to Jasper as he put them on the couch. Emmett was standing in the doorway smiling.
"I have napkins, bottled water and pizza. Do we need anything else?" He asked.
"Sounds great and I'm getting hungry. We're all finished in here." Jasper answered.
We climbed the stairway and as we passed Emmett's room all we could hear was Ewww Alice and a whole lot of laughing. Emmett noticed a pair of his sweats and a pillow lying on the floor outside his door. As he picked them up we all smiled at each other, shook our heads and kept walking. I was almost sure I could pick out the sound of Bella's laughter. I found myself becoming very aware of the sound of her voice.
"I'm going to change and I'll be up in a minute." Jasper said running into his room while Emmett followed me into my room.
"Geez, you and Jasper have issues!" Emmett commented. "What's up with the nice neat rooms? I just toss things where I can find them."
"I can see that." I watched him toss his pillow and sweats onto the floor. "Hey, what's that red stuff on your pillow? Is that lip prints"
"Where?" Emmett snatched his pillow off the floor and flipped it around. I saw a big grin light up his face. "That's my Rosie. It must be her kiss goodnight. Don't you dare point it out to Jasper or I'll never hear the end of it!"
"I'm not saying anything." I said as Emmett once again tossed the pillow carefully on the floor so the lips prints were hidden. He pulled off his socks and shirt then threw them on a chair. "You would drive me crazy. I would have to put up a divider so your stuff stayed on your side of the room."
"Don't think I didn't consider that myself already." Jasper added as he came into the room looking around. "It's pretty nice up here Edward."
"Hey Suzie homemaker and Virgin boy, I hate to break up your home décor tour but are we ready to eat?" Emmett ignored us as he set the pizza box on the floor and made himself comfortable. We sat down and joined him grabbing a slice. "So what exactly do girls do at these sleepover things?"
"You mean Bella never had a sleepover at your house with a bunch of giggling girls?" Jasper asked.
"No, not that I remember." Emmett said, "And I think I would have remembered girls running around my house in their pajamas. She never seemed to get involved with all of those girl cliques. She's a lot more intellectual than most of the Barbie girls as she likes to call them."
"Rose always had friends over our house. You wouldn't believe some of the lingerie these girls wear to sleepovers!" Jasper said shaking his head.
"So Rosie wears lingerie a lot then huh?" Emmett pondered this thought. "I just new she would."
"Emm, that's my sister you're picturing half naked in your head. Would you mind not drooling as you do that? I'm still getting used to the idea of you going out with her." I watched Jasper crack a small smile as he threw his napkin at Emmett.
"Eddie, aren't you worried about your sister locking lips with Jazz here? They seem to be getting pretty close lately." Emmett teased.
"I know Alice can take care of herself if need be. She is very tuff and fast for such a small thing. She is also pretty darn smart. She seems to be able to always know your next move before you do. I am still not sure how she does that." I answered as I thought of her running off with my books whenever she had the chance.
"I already know what you mean." Jasper laughed. "I was only thinking about kissing her and she looked me in the eyes and said Stop thinking about it and just do it already." This caused us all to burst out laughing.
"Rose doesn't wait for me to act, she is pretty aggressive. If she wants a kiss she just kisses me first. I think that's so HOT!" Emmett said with excitement. "For being twins you are definitely no where as aggressive as Rose when it comes to members of the opposite sex. Thanks man for letting me get to know her better and being alright with that."
"As long as you treat her right you won't have a problem with me. She's always been one to get what she wants when she wants it. I am not as bold as she is. When I find the girl meant for me, I will be happy to just enjoy life with her." Jasper said.
"Do you think Alice is that girl?" I asked him taking another piece of pizza.
"When I first saw her at the airport she almost knocked me off my feet. Since we have been here at the house I have realized she is quite fun to be around. I'm drawn to her and I can't explain it." Jasper admitted. "I see you and Bella are getting pretty close."
"Yeah, I see that too!" Emmett gave me the evil eye as he ripped a bite off his pizza.
"Sorry about this morning. We really were just playing around…I mean not in that way…she started it…" I just couldn't spit the words out.
"Its okay man, she pretty much put me in my place. I guess I don't have much room to complain when I consider how I act. I'm just not used to seeing Bella with a guy. She never really dated anyone. Maybe just a movie with some geek and then she was always home right after." Emmett frowned.
"I promise I will treat her with respect Emmett. I have to be honest with you. I have not been big on dating either. I have never really met a girl that interested me and I didn't want to go out with a girl just for something to do. Bella is so different. She is not like any girl I have ever met before. I just like being near her. She is almost like a drug or something." I mused while Jasper and Emmett laughed at me.
"Eddie, you have a crush on Bella!" Emmett laughed and punched me in the shoulder.
"Geez Emmett, be careful of my pitching arm!" I rubbed my shoulder and laughed right along with them. Is that what it was? A crush? That seemed like just a temporary thing to me. I was pretty sure this was so much more than that.
We picked up our mess from the floor and decided we were too tired to keep talking. I went to change into some comfortable sweat pants and a t-shirt. When I returned Emmett was already snoring and he was sleeping in my bed. What the heck!
"Good thing you have a lot of floor space up here." Jasper said noticing my shocked expression and throwing me a pillow. "Unless you are planning on getting him to move over and give you some room." He laughed.
"Uh, no way!" I replied and found a spot on the floor. I must have been more tired than I thought because I found myself dreaming of Bella as soon as shut my eyes.
When I woke up felt like I was suffocating, but I couldn't figure out why. It's like I was being buried alive or something. I opened my eyes and noticed it was still dark. What the heck is going on? Pushing my hands up I realized I was under a blanket, and a pillow and another blanket and pillow.
"Hey!" I shouted. "What's up with the homemade coffin you put me in?"
Jasper was just coming back in the room as Emmett stood over me looking like the cat that ate the canary.
"What did you do Emmett?" asked Jasper eyeing the situation.
"Well, Eddie here was calling Bella over and over and I just wondered how many things I could pile on top of him before I muffled out the sound of his moans!" They both bent over laughing until tears were in their eyes.
"Thank guys, you are really funny. You could have suffocated me under there." I grumbled.
"Don't worry, Bella would've come to your rescue Eddie." Emmett choked as they kept laughing.
I pelted them with pillows and pushed them out the door so I could get ready for work. I wanted to get down to breakfast and hopefully see Bella before we left for the boat.
A/N: And so the story continues…
Does it seem like Bella is getting brave around Edward? His very own sister pretty much told her if she wants it she should go for it. Looks like she has the green light! Heck, when it comes to Edward, who needs a green light to tell you to go for it?
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