AN: I hope you enjoy this chapter and if it is not apparent I do not own twilight.

~Chapter 18~

Edward POV- August 15th-

Suddenly I couldn't breathe and I opened my eyes,

There was a hand clasped firmly around my neck, constricting my breathing.

"I told you not to tell Boy!"

The man said as he jerked my body forward and onto the floor.

"Now since you have been very bad I'm going to have to punish you."

The room was dark and I couldn't see anything, but the sound of his belt coming unbuckled was one sound I knew extremely well.

I cried out as the first hit came into contact between my shoulder blades, his belt hurt and I could feel where I knew I would have welts the next day.

"Make all the noise you want boy, there is no one left to save you from the rest of your punishment."

My eyes widened as I moved to look at him, his hand still tight around my neck.

The moon light shone through slightly allowing me to see the crazed look on his face.

His laughter rang out, it sounded inhuman as he began to speak again.

"I killed them, they were stopping me from getting to you so I killed them, it's your fault they are dead, you're such a selfish boy. You put your own life over them, you could have saved them, and you shouldn't even have involved them."

Thant's when I noticed the blood that was smeared onto his shirt; even his hands had blood on them. He let out another loud laugh when a look of horror showed on my face.

"But it's too late, they are dead, and you are mine!"

I screamed with everything I had as my world went dark.

I woke up with my heart still wildly pounding in my chest, threatening to break free. The sun was slightly shining in through cracks in my blinds and I could see that I was still in my bed. I frantically looked around the room. Everything looked to be in order and exactly how I had left it last night, even my shoes where tossed in a random way from when I kicked them off.

"Edward?" I heard a male's voice call out to me as someone knocked on my door.

"Edward, are you ok?" He asked again as he slowly opened the door when I didn't answer. Carlisle's face appeared as he took a small step inside.

"Yeah, I um had a bad dream." I said wishing he wasn't so worried about me. "I forgot to take my pills before going to sleep last night." I added and he just nodded in understanding.

"Son would you like to talk about it?" He said as he came closer.

"N… No. I'm alright dad." I said wishing yet again that I was just a normal teen.

"Sure, but if you need to talk…" He started.

"I'll let you know. " I said interrupting him.

He left and I turned to look at the clock 8:21 am, it read. It was Sunday which means I had an appointment with Ann tomorrow. I stretched as I climbed out of bed and made my way to the dresser to grab clean cloths, I sighed as I noticed I was running out of long leave shirts. Alice insisted that short sleeve would be better on me and I refused to listen to her, I was not ready for anyone to see my scars. I wanted; no I needed to keep my scars covered. I didn't want to have the reminder of my past, I wanted to work on letting it go and move on. The day was peaceful; Alice had locked herself in her room and was trying on every outfit she owned in order to figure out her outfits for the first week of school. Emmett was playing a video game by himself as Esme cleaned the house; Carlisle had left around 10:00 for his shift at the hospital.

"Hey Edward, Jas and I are going to dinner tonight. Kind of a guy's tradition we have, we would both love it if you came along." Emmett said when I walked into the kitchen for lunch. I thought about what he said as I made myself a turkey sandwich.

"Um, thanks for the invite but um, I think I'll stay here." I said as I rushed out of the kitchen not wanting to have to explain anything to him.

I enjoyed Jasper's company, a little more than I should have last night. It was unwise to let a man get that close to me. That's something I needed to remember, I was not going to fall victim to anyone again. I decided as I walked up the stairs and into my room. Emmett didn't bug me and at 5:00 I heard his jeep start up and take off down the road. It was almost 6:00 when Carlisle's car came down the road and Esme yelled up for Alice and me that dinner was ready. The four of us sat at the table and quickly dug into the dinner Esme had made. There was a salad she called it a "Spinach Salad" paired with it was a chicken dish that had cheese inside of it and to finish it off there were homemade rolls fresh from the oven. I took a little of everything just to try it, after realizing that I loved it I took more.

"Alice, all set for school to start tomorrow?" Esme asked as we settled into eating dinner.

"Yes, I've decided to…." I blocked out Alice as she explained each outfit she would wear with which shoes and the matching purse she had to finish it off.

Carlisle talked a little about work saying a guy from Emmett's football team was in a car wreck and wanted Esme to remind him to talk to Emmett about the hazards of drinking and driving.

"Oh, Edward!" Alice suddenly said causing me to slightly jump. "Your birthday is Friday (Aug. 20th)!" She said as if this was supposed to be news to me.

"Yeah." I said figuring she was done talking.

"We should have like a party or something. We could invite all our friends and you could finally meet them." At her words about a party I froze my fork halfway towards my mouth.

Suddenly my mouth was dry and I couldn't find my voice. It took three tries before I am able to make words come out.

"N… n… n... noooo… no parties, please." I said barely above a whisper.

"Fine, gosh what's up with you and parties?" She said sounding slightly frustrated.

"Edward, Alice why don't we just go out to dinner as a family and just have a family party." Esme said not wanting Alice and I to get into an argument.

"Sure." We both said.

"Um, Rose and Jasper are fine to invite if you want, if they um... if they want to come." I said suddenly wishing I hadn't spoken up in the first place.

"Oh good, I'll let Em know when he gets home." Alice said.

The rest of dinner went by fast and I soon found myself at the piano with my new music book.

Jasper POV-

I had hoped that Edward would be with Emmett when he came to pick me up, even though Em had told me that he didn't want to join us. Thankfully I was able to hide my disappointment as I hopped inside Em's Jeep and we took off to our favorite Mexican food joint. If you could call Bobby Salazar's real Mexican food and not just Americans take on it.

Em and I talked casually about the classes we would have, we had three of the same classes. Though with how small our school is I was surprised we didn't have all of the same five classes. Thankfully our free period would be our last class of the day which means we could hang out at his house or at mine, we normally would hand at his but with Edward things have gotten complicated and I can tell Emmett is trying to give him the space he wants.

"So how is the team shaping up this year?" I asked Emmett as I took another bite out of my burrito.

"The team is looking great." Emmett said as his face lit up. Em loved playing sports; I on the other had despised it. "Man, I think this is going to be our year. You know? Coach said I may even get a scholarship somewhere if I practice hard." We talked about the team for a few more minutes as Em informed me about Mike's chance of getting kicked off if he shows up drunk to practice one more time.

"How are your guitar lessons going?" He asked changing the subject when he noticed I wasn't paying attention to his football talk.

"They're great. Angela is an amazing teacher and even let me borrow one of her guitars so I could practice at home." I knew Em wasn't real into music but I enjoyed being asked about it. He also talked about Edward while we were finished up our dinner.

I loved hearing Emmett talking about the bronze haired angel that has recently rejoined the Cullen family. He told me about Edwards love for music and that night after Emmett dropped me off at my house I found myself thinking about the angel playing the piano as I gently strummed the guitar in a chair next to him, smiling at the thought I hang my jacket on the coat rack as I head down the hall and to my room. Our house is a normal sized house three rooms, two bathrooms, living room, kitchen with dining room attached. I close and lock my door when I get into my room. I could not stop thinking about Edward as I discard my jeans onto the floor along with my socks and shoes, I could imagine his hands touching me, his voice whispering to me.

Edward stops playing the piano and turns towards me.

His hands are smooth as he lets them feather over my jaw.

"Why don't you put down that guitar and play something else." He says his voice full of desire. The second the guitar is safely put away I was being dragged towards the couch.

"Jazz I want to kiss you." He whispers into my ear as we both (not so gracefully) sit on the couch. He didn't even give me a chance to reply as his lips crash onto mine. I give in meeting him with just as much passion, just as much need. I pull at him causing him to straddle my lap as our kiss deepens.

By now my boxers are off as I take myself in hand rubbing my dripping tip with my thumb.

Slowly his body starts to move forward causing our cocks to rub together through our jeans. I grow even harder as his hands graze down my shirt till it came to the bottom of it then his smooth silky hands are touching my bare chest and I'm not sure how much I can take of his touch.

My shirt is soon discarded as I quickly return my hand to my throbbing cock and let the other rub up and down my chest, playing with my nipples as I let my imagination go.

My tongue begs for entrance into his mouth and I realize how divine he tastes as I am allowed access and our tongues tango together. Breaking the kiss I move my mouth to suck and nibble on his skin needing to taste all of him, to feel all of him. His lips are hovering over my ear, his hot breath arousing me, as he softly whispers my name right before he licks the lobe and nibbles it causing me to buck my hips into him harder. Our bodies continue to press into each other...

I can't hold out much longer as I feel my body tense with pleasure and I spill my hot seed onto my discarded shirt. I open my eyes as I come back to reality still trying to come down from my high.

My phone chooses that moment to buzz.

Sighing I pick it up and notice a text message.

Jas-

Family is going out for Edward's 17th birthday Friday 6:00. You and Rose are both invited.

- Em

I reply quickly as a smile forms on my face.

Em-

I'll be there.

-Jas

Putting my phone down, I can't stop thinking about Edward.

Fuck, I need to find a way to get myself alone with him.

EPOV Again-

I don't know how long I had been playing the piano when I heard Emmett come home. I continued to play, though this time my mind began to wonder towards Jasper and what would have or could have happened if I had joined them at dinner. Shrugging I decided to let it go as I practiced the scales in the book.

Carlisle came in causing me to pause and look at him.

"Son I am needed back at the hospital. I just wanted to say goodnight and I placed some sleeping pills by your bed for you. I'll see you tomorrow to take you to your appointment tomorrow. Night son I love you." With that he turned to leave this was a nightly thing that Esme and Carlisle did with the three of us, you know telling us goodnight and that they love us.

"Dad, wait." I said standing up and walking over to where he had stopped. "I love you too." I whispered as I hugged him. I could practically feel happiness radiating off of him as he hugged me back.

"Thank you." I thought I heard him whisper as we broke apart and he left and I went back to playing to piano, letting my mind wonder off to what tomorrow would bring and a certain blonde man who had informed Emmett of his acceptance to the invite of dinner Friday.

AN: Big thanks to arianawhitlock for help on fixing my lemon and making the above one. :) I hope all of you enjoyed it, let me know by reviewing. :) And a heads up the lemons will be slightly scattered at the beginning of J/E relationship. Just remember Edward is 16 and had gone through hell and barely survived though he will be 17 VERY soon. He's not going to be jumping anywhere fast especially with another guy. But don't worry, they will get there. Life is a journey.