Don't own Twilight, just my crazy remake with the characters. LRC

17. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Edward

I made my way silently to the bedroom after talking with my family. Jazz was pissed when Carlisle and I told him the Council's decision but calmed considerably when we told him that Ashley would be leaving in a few days with Carlisle and Esme. I'd hoped that this news would be enough to also calm Skye's anger at the Council's decision.

I took my clothes off and climbed into bed. Skye tossed a little and turned on her side, her back now facing me. I moved her hair over the top of the pillow and pressed my lips to space behind her ears. She moaned a little and whispered my name.

"Yes, baby, it's me. I'm home." I whispered in her ear.

"Umm…Eddie…I missed you." She purred as she reached for my hair and pressed her ass into my groin.

"I've missed you too, and leaving things the way I did had me going crazy the entire time I was gone." I moaned in her ear as my cock pressed against the cotton sleep shirt. "I'm so sorry, baby. And I hate fighting with you. I hate what this is doing to us. What I'm letting it do to us. So will you please tell me how to make it right."

"Promise me you won't ever do something like this again."

"I promise. Never again."

"Is she leaving?"

"Yes."

She grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled my mouth to hers as she turned her head to face me. Her lips were soft, sticky and tasted like cherry lip gloss.

I cupped her breast in my hand and gave it a squeeze. She arched into me, brushing my engorged cock again.

"Shit…" my hand moved to her hip.

She didn't have any panties on.

"Hmmm…" I lifted the shirt then and ran my hand over her belly and between her thighs. The heat emanating, unmistakable.

I ran my fingers through the soft short curls and I felt her mind waking and joining mine as I stroked her clit with my finger.

"Edward…"

I played with her, alternating between dipping my fingers in her pussy and stroking her g-spot; to caressing and massaging her clit.

As she started to come, I lifted her leg and entered her from behind.

"Oh my god!" she whined throwing her head back into my shoulder.

I smiled against her neck then began to suck the blood to the surface. I could feel the artery pulsating beneath the skin. Could smell the oxygen rich blood feeding her brain. I wanted to taste her.

"Please…" she urged.

I stopped sucking but I didn't stop making love to her.

"Not tonight, mon amour. It's been a long day…and I'm not in the right mind set." She knew it took a lot of concentration for me to have her both ways.

"Can we try something else then?"

The images invading my head made my rhythm falter and I almost lost it right then.

"Are you sure?"

She nodded.

I ran my lips along her hairline and pulled out of her. Then I flipped her on her back before crawling between her legs. She looked up at me confused.

"I've read it's easier this way the first time."

"You read up on it?" She smiled.

"I don't like to go into things blindly." I smiled back before dipping between her legs.

I licked at her wetness gathering some of it on my tongue then moved lower. She jumped when I licked her hole. Her entire body tightening. I laughed but didn't stop and soon my finger was replacing my tongue.

"You like that?" I asked knowing that she did. Her body was responding beautifully.

"Yes."

I crawled up her body and peppered kisses along her neck. I removed my fingers and spread her out for me on the bed. Her legs were opened wide, knees in the air and feet planted flat on the bed.

"You're so beautiful." I whispered as I took her in.

It was another image I'd be burning into my memory. Another milestone for us.

She reached for me so I came closer to her by lying on top of her. She reached between us and touched herself, gathering some of her sweet secretion and spreading it on my cock. I swore softly as she placed me at the virginal entrance. I couldn't believe we were doing this. I took a deep breath and waited for her to give me the go ahead.

"You need to control this part. I don't want to hurt you." I told her.

She nodded and pulled on my cock urging me forward, so I pushed a little.

She gasped, closed her eyes, and grabbed my back as I felt myself spreading the tight little hole. I stopped when her breathing sped up.

"Skye?"

"It's okay…" she opened her eyes.

"Relax…" I kissed her and she melted a little.

When the kiss stopped she pulled me closer, so I continued forward. The head of my cock literally popped through her sphincter muscle causing her to shout and dig into my back. I held perfectly still wanting to shout myself. She felt so good.

"Angel… Ughhh fuck…you're so tight." I mumbled.

She didn't respond. She just lay there with her eyes shut tight. She looked like she was in pain.

"Baby?" I stroked her face.

She opened her eyes.

"You alright? You want me to stop?"

"No…if you do, I may never let you back in."

"Skye!" I gasped horrified gently preparing to remove myself.

"Don't, Edward!" She grabbed my ass. "Just move a little. Don't sit there stretching me to death."

I did as she asked. It took a good ten minutes of slow, easy pushing and pulling before I was completely inside her and able to move freely. She started to moan loudly. I closed my eyes and tried to hold off as she tightened around me.

"Ughhh!" I fell on top of her and placed my face in the crook of her neck.

"Edward?" She smirked.

"Sorry, I tried to hold it off. I just couldn't. Give me a few minutes?" I panted.

Her smile spread wide and she shook her head.

"It feels so..." I stumbled over my words, "I never knew what I was missing."

She laughed which made her tightened around me.

"Oh my…fuckkk…" my eyes rolled back and I buried my face in the pillow. She stroked the back of my head chuckling and soothing me. I moved slowly inside her to work myself back 'up'. Her chuckles soon turned to moans. Then together we experienced something beautifully erotic and taboo for the first time.

0~~~~~~~~~~0

Skye lay in the big claw footed tub filled with hot water and sea salts. She was terribly sore. It didn't help that she immediately passed out after she'd come and slept until morning. It kind of freaked me out.

"La petite mort (The little death)." She smiled reading my mind. "It was so wonderful."

I sat on the sink after handing her, her morning cup of tea.

"Great orgasm or not, I hurt you."

"Not on purpose. And it'll pass."

"I know but…"

"No buts, no pun intended." She smiled at her own witty comment and I smirked shaking my head. "I don't regret last night. It truly was wonderful. I mean, until I get use to something your…umm…size…invading that area, it's gonna hurt. We just have to get me there."

"No, I don't think we should do it again."

"Yes, we're doing it again."

"Skye…"

"Practice makes perfect."

"You're crazy. A glutton for punishment."

"Umm hum…punish me." She grinned.

I jumped off the sink and was on my knees beside the tub before she could blink. "Mrs. Masen, what am I going to do with you?"

"You mean you don't know after all these years?" She teased.

"Alright, but not until all the pain has subsided. And I want to check you. You know, down there, to make sure I didn't damage anything."

"Now you're talking." She smiled, raising one brow.

I smiled crookedly.

"Strictly professional," I said and she frowned. "This time at least." I winked.

She laughed and dipped her head under the water. When she came up, she looked at me.

"So… New York, what happened? And why didn't you call me?"

I sighed.

"I wanted to give you the bad news in person." I watched her.

"They won't take her." She frowned.

I shook my head.

"But last night you said she was leaving. You promised." She sat up.

"She is leaving. I'm sending her to Connecticut with Mom and Dad."

She rolled her eyes.

"There are people after her and your sending her with Mom and Dad? That's your plan?"

"Skye, my parents aren't over the hill invalids. They can take care of..."

"Edward, she's got god knows who and how many people coming after her. Mom and dad aren't going to be enough."

"Em and Rosie are going too."

She looked at me and closed her eyes.

"Baby, I can't just kick her out. I'd be signing her death certificate because I have no doubts that they will kill her if they catch her. I can't have that on my conscience." I stroked her face. "Please, just try and understand." I pleaded. "I did the best I could with the Council. I told them I wouldn't and couldn't protect her but they want to keep her safe until they have no use for her. And since I was the one who offered her asylum instead of sending her to them, and because they are using all available resources and man power to find these facilities, they feel that she's my problem. When I told them to go to hell, they said it was my duty as a Council member." I fumed.

She sat back in the tub and took a deep breath.

"Once they find the facility, she'll be out of our lives. All of our lives. For good. Okay?"

"Are you sure about that?" she asked looking dead into my eyes.

Carlisle was right. She knew.

"I am, I've never been more sure of anything in my life." I told her as I took her tiny hand in mine. "There is no me without you, so if I've ever made you feel anything other than that, I sincerely apologize." I held her gaze as her eyes filled with un-shed tears.

"I love you, Edward."

"And I love you. Nothing and no one will ever change that. I don't care who she is or who she looks like. My place…my heart…is here. Understand me?"

She nodded quickly.

"I never meant to hurt you."

"I know…" she said.

"There's only you. There will only ever be you."

"Okay." She sniffed.

"Okay. Now finish your bath and join us downstairs. Mom and Indie made a huge breakfast." I kissed her.

She nodded and I stood up and walked out.

0~~~~~~~~~~0

When I got downstairs the kids were all huddled together. I watched them closely as I walked toward them.

"Hey guys."

They all looked at me. "Hey Dad," JR and EJ said quietly.

"Hi Daddy." Lisette smiled.

"Hey, princess. What's up with you guys? What are you doing?" I asked.

"Nothing, just talking," JR said.

"Funny, I didn't hear you all saying a thing."

"Cause we weren't talking out loud," EJ said.

"And you, what are you doing?" I tickled Lisette.

"I was talking too. EJ and JR shared with me."

"Well that's interesting," I said. They hated when she borrowed from them. "You got something you don't want to share with the rest of us?"

They looked at each other. All of them blocking me.

"I don't like it when you guys hide things from me. We don't have secrets in this family. At least not with each other." I said looking at each of them.

"We don't like her," EJ said straight to the point. I didn't need to ask who he was speaking of.

"Edric, that's not nice. You don't even know her."

"And you do?" he asked angrily.

"Edric." I warned.

"How could you let her stay here? And around mom?"

I looked at him and sighed. He was right of course.

"You know that I would never let anything happen to your mother. And I'm just trying to help..."

"Cause she looks like sissy's momma?" Lisette asked.

I looked at her. Nothing got passed them.

"Because it was the right thing to do." I insisted.

"Oh… Well, I don't like her either, Daddy."

"Princess."

"She's a liar."

"Okay Elisabeth, now that's enough."

"But she is!"

"I said that's enough," I growled. "What's going on with you guys today?"

Their eyes shifted toward the door and they turned to leave.

"Freeze, I'm not done talking to you." I told them and they stopped and turned to face me. "And I asked you a question."

They all looked at the floor. But no one spoke.

"Well?" I urged.

"We just don't like her, okay." JR said and I could tell they were hiding something.

"No, that's not okay, Edward. And why are you blocking me? What are you guys hiding? You know you can talk to me," I said softly.

They looked at each other as if deciding whether or not they could trust me. It hurt and worried me.

"While you were gone…" he started then stopped.

I heard the front door opening slowly.

"Never mind," he said looking around me.

Ashley smiled.

I looked at her, then back at my son.

"Eddie, you're back. How was New York?" She asked.

"I think you know," I said frustrated. "Didn't you speak with the Council?"

She nodded and smiled. "I did."

"And it's Edward." I corrected her.

"Excuse me?"

"You called me Eddie. It's Edward, not Eddie." I looked at her.

"Oh, it's just I heard Skye call you that and…"

"No one calls me that but her," I said turning back to my son.

"Oh…okay."

I walked toward him.

"Edward, you were saying." I moved his hair back off his face.

"It's nothing, okay. EJ and I will handle it." He watched Ashley.

"Handle what?"

He said nothing and his eyes never left her.

"EJ, JR, you guys ready to go?" Jazz called from the kitchen entryway.

"Coming!" They called back together then headed toward him, Lisette in tote.

"Pooh bear!" He smiled and lifted her quickly.

I looked up at Jazz and we stared at each other for a moment. He was blocking me too.

"Where are you guys going?" I asked.

"Out back to ride the four wheelers," he replied. "Give y'all some time to talk." He gestured toward the ceiling with his head. She'll would be down soon.

"Alright, but this conversation isn't over you two." I promised them.

They nodded then left quickly with Jazz and Lisette.

"What conversation?" Skye asked as she descended the stairs.

"It's nothing for you to worry about. I'll handle it." I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her close to me. She smiled and grabbed my chin before kissing me.

I couldn't help but moan and press my body to hers pinning her to the wall. She wrapped her arms around my head, deepening the kiss, so I grabbed her thighs and lifted her off her feet.

"Ahem!" Someone cleared their throat.

I broke our kiss and turned to see Alice smiling and Ashley staring in surprise…maybe disbelief. I cleared my throat and turned back to Skye who was smiling too.

"You have to excuse them, they really don't recognize social norms and boundaries when it comes to PDA." Em explained and I laughed.

"It's my house, and my wife, so if you don't like it, you can leave," I said. "But I apologize if I made you uncomfortable, Ashley. My family knows that I tend to get a little carried away, but I usually do better around strangers." I confessed.

"A little? That's an understatement," PJ and Jake grumbled at the same time and we all laughed.

Skye smiled at me and winked as she wiped the lip gloss from my lips with her thumb.

I kissed it.

"I'm not uncomfortable," Ashley said. "Besides, I better get use to it if I'm gonna be around, right?"

We all looked at each other and I turned to face her.

"About that, I know the Council refused to offer you protection but you won't be staying here."

"You're not going to help me? You're kicking me out!" She panicked.

"No, we're going to help you. You'll be staying with my parents. You, Em and Rose will be leaving with them in a few days." I informed her.

"I can't go with them." She protested.

"Why not?" Alice asked.

She seemed stumped for a second then said, "Because they can't protect me. Not by themselves. I would be devastated if something happened to one of you because you were trying to protect me."

"Then why are you here? If you left, no one here would be in any danger. So if you're that worried about everyone's safety, leave?" Skye frowned.

"All I'm saying is that we should all stick together. There's power in numbers," Ashley said.

She was right of course. It made sense for all of us to stay here and watch each others back but I'd promised Skye and I was going to keep that promise.

"Things are going well just as they are. Why change that?" She asked.

"Because you can't stay here," Skye said suddenly.

"Skye…" I touched her hand.

"She has to go." She growled and I sighed.

"I know but what she says makes sense."

"I don't care. I want her gone," she said and pulled away from me.

"Okay, wait. Can I make a suggestion?" PJ said and I looked at him.

"Please…" I said frustrated.

"Let her stay with our family in Baton Rouge. We'll keep an eye on her and if something happens you guys could be there in less than ten minutes."

"No! You can't put Manny, Frankie and Indie at risk." Skye protested.

"Manny and Frankie can handle themselves. And Indie will be at our home away from any action." PJ reminded her.

She rolled her eyes at him.

"It's really the best solution." He shrugged.

I hated to say it but… "He's right, love."

"But that only leaves us to help if something…"

"We'll stay." Rosie smiled.

"Yeah, we'll stay." Em agreed.

"We can't ask that of you," said Skye.

"You didn't," they both said.

She sighed in resignation.

"Alright PJ, call Pere and make sure it's alright with him."

"I will, but I'm sure it's cool."

"I know this isn't your problem but..." She frowned.

"It's not a problem, sis. Besides, I like having Ed as a brother. I want to keep him around." He teased and she gave him the evil eye.

I could tell that this was not what she wanted. Her family in harms way. But she wanted Ashley gone more and that spoke volumes on how much this meant to her.

"Thanks, PJ," I said sincerely, because he'd saved my ass.

He nodded and left the room to make his phone call.

"Does anyone care to know how I feel about it? I mean you're all deciding things for me without consulting me. Maybe I don't want to go to Baton Rouge with her family," Ashley said huffy.

"Listen honey, you are more than welcome to leave. We can't and won't try to stop you if you want to go. But it would serve you well to remember that you're the one imposing on us. You need our help. So, you either do it our way, or you get the fuck out," Skye said.

We all looked at Skye.

"I concur," Rose agreed happily. She loved her drama.

Ashley looked at me for help with my sister and wife. But I knew better. And this was a compromise I could live with. She needed to as well.

"I agree with my wife. You can either take what she's offering or you can go."

She rolled her eyes and sat down.

"It doesn't sound like I have much of a choice."

"Of course you do. You can make all the choices your little heart desires if you leave. But while you're here, and under our watch, you need to do as we ask," Rose said.

She looked to me again and I nodded.

"Fine… I'll do it your way," she said finally.

"So glad to hear that. Now let's go, we need to get on the road," PJ said.

"We're leaving now?" Ashley asked upset.

"Yeah, I need to be getting back."

"But I'm not ready." She protested.

"Ready? What is there to get ready for? Grab the stuff Ed gave you and put it in a bag."

She didn't get up.

"Go'n now girl. Go get the stuff." He pushed.

She flit out the door and headed toward the guest house.

PJ and Skye shared a look.

0~~~~~~~~~~0

I was headed to JR and EJ's room to interrogate them about the earlier conversation we'd started when Jake came out of nowhere.

"Damn Jake, make some noise when you're sneaking around here. I could've killed you." I teased.

He could be really stealthy for a big ass wolf. And I'd become way too accustomed to his scent.

"Sure, sure." He smiled. "Look, some important pack business has come up and I need to head back to Washington."

"Okay." I looked at him. Something was up.

"I want to leave Nessie here."

My eyes narrowed at that.

"I know you've got your own shit going on with Skye and the look alike but until I figure out what's going on back home..."

"Jake, it's alright. You know she can stay. But do you care to elaborate?"

"Not yet. Let me get there and assess the situation," he said out loud but silently he said, "One of the kids on the Rez shifted last night."

I looked at him. "Go. Call and let me know how bad it is. If you need us, we're there."

He nodded and headed back down the stairs. I headed toward my bedroom. I could always speak with the boys later. My mind was preoccupied with Skye and now Jake. If a kid at La Push had phased, that meant vamps were hanging around the Reservation and that was a problem. Jake and the pack were family now and no one messes with my family. I hope for their sakes, that they were just passing through. Cause if the pack didn't get them. We would.

AN: Nothing to say today. How'd you like the chap?