BPOV

My brain was still trying to fathom that I had made-out with Edward and let him meet the twins. He was gentle and attentive, I wasn't sure if it was his age or if he had a lot of sexual encounters to have that much experience.

He went to church with us and didn't think I was insane for my reasoning of going. He left a few days ago saying he had a business trip, but called me every night to check in. I felt as if something was going on, but didn't want him thinking I didn't trust him.

My phone buzzed on the coffee table and I smiled seeing it was Carlisle.

Open the door – C

We had become close; it was almost like I had another older brother looking out for me. I ran into the foyer slowly opening the door.

"May I help you?" I grinned.

"I have the day off and thought I would visit a beautiful girl," he gave me his version of the Cullen crooked grin causing me to giggle.

"Rose isn't with you?" I asked letting him in.

"She needed to go on a trip for a buyer, the car is in Vegas," he explained.

"Must be a twin thing."

"What do you mean?" he asked curiously, but it felt as though nervousness was underlining the question.

"Well Edward is away and she is too, so twins usually do the same things," I concluded plopping onto the couch.

"That's an interesting observation."

"Um, there isn't much I can do Rylan's taking his nap…"

"That's okay I wanted to visit with you. Is that alright?"

"Yes," I said quietly because no one ever comes to visit me.

I felt his hand brush my cheek, noticing he was frowning.

"What?"

"You sometimes get this look on your face, it's heart breaking."

"I struggle with things," I confessed vaguely.

"Care to elaborate?" he asked giving me a soft smile.

"Since Jacob died… I've lost a lot of people because of what happened. I get overwhelmed that you guys want to be around me."

"It's our privilege to have you in our life, Bella."

"I miss Edward," I admitted pathetically.

"He'll be back, he needed to get a few things sorted out with work."

"Why can't he just quit?"

"It's a bit more complicated than that, they're things you needn't worry about," he assured squishing my cheeks together in a chuckle.

I squirmed out of his reach. "Want to watch a movie?"

"What did you have in mind?"

"Pride and Prejudice."

"Now why doesn't that surprise me," he teased.

I stood and put the movie in, Carlisle sat on the opposite end of the couch. Within the first few minutes of the movie I kept sneaking glances at him. He was good at helping others, but I saw the loneliness in his eyes. He deserved happiness and love. I scooted closer to him snuggling into his side. I didn't look at him, but I felt his eyes on me and he squeezed my shoulder.

"I know I might have said this before, but you don't understand how happy I am that Edward has found you," he murmured and I finally looked at him. "As cheesy as this sounds you and Rylan have given him purpose in his lost life."

"I love him, you know," I whispered.

"Always remember that you love him," Carlisle said cryptically pressing a kiss to my head.

I heard Rylan fussing on the baby monitor and went to bring him down. When he saw Carlisle he decided he wanted to be a shy boy. He cuddled closer to me as we watched another movie. He was like this with people from time to time and it baffled me. He was even like this with Charlie, but the other morning when I saw Edward with him Rylan loved the attention.

He talked to Edward and showed him his toys; he even let him hold him when he fell asleep in church. I had a funny little boy.

We finished the movie and Jasper and Alice came home. Jasper seemed to get along with Carlisle and Alice loved him. I think it was for the fact that he said he would like to be her knew shopping partner. Rosalie apparently raved to Alice about Carlisle's fashion taste when Alice caught a glimpse of her closet.

Carlisle left not soon after. I walked past Jasper's office on my way to the kitchen and he had his face buried in his hands.

"What's up?" I asked stretching out on the leather couch.

"We started this investigation on a company and all the paperwork is coming out clean."

"Well that means there's nothing there right?"

"You know I can't discuss it with you," he sighed. "So where's Edward been the past couple of days?"

"Work," I mumbled.

"What does he do again?"

"Sales, he works for a trading company."

Jasper nodded slowly and went back to his work. I left him alone with it to join Alice for dinner. She was all about the baby's nursery and what colors she needed. The more I thought about it the more I realized Rylan and I should get our own place.

I lay in bed unable to sleep thinking about where we could go. Some place close to the store, in a nice school district… Did I want a house or an apartment? All of these questions and thoughts kept pouring into my brain.

I heard my door creak open, soft footsteps following. The bed dipped letting me know whoever it was climbed in behind me. I felt them brush my hair away from my neck and a soft kiss placed there instead. I turned meeting the gorgeous green-eyed man I fell in love with.

"Edward?"

"Alice let me in," he smiled, but it looked strained.

"What's wrong?" I asked bringing my hand up to smooth out his frown.

His eyes locked on mine, I felt so many things at once. "I love you," he whispered capturing my lips with his.

I placed my palms flat against his chest and slid them slowly up until my hands slipped effortlessly onto his cheeks and I held his face close to mine as we kissed. Edward's hands were busy as well, tracing up and down my sides slowly, bringing my tank top higher exposing my stomach…

"No…" I huffed, breaking the kiss and pulled my top down. The last time we did this he didn't see anything I let his hands do the guiding.

"No?" Edward leaned back a little, unsure of why I continued to tug at my top, my cheeks heated in embarrassment.

"My stomach is disgusting, Edward. It's squishy and there are stretch marks," I whispered.

"Let me see," he said as his hands moved gently, before I could protest, my shirt was folded over my boobs and he had placed a reassuring kiss on my stomach. "I don't see anything wrong, love."

"It's…" I frowned sitting up a little, making a face at the pale skin. "It's soft and poochy."

"I see nothing," he smiled kissing me quickly.

I sighed and shut my eyes as he traced my side again, his fingertips barely coming underneath the edge of my shirt to find the soft skin of the corner of my breast.

"Can I…?" I heard him murmur, and without really thinking, I gasped out loud when his hand slid underneath my shirt and his fingers went straight to my nipple. I stopped him for a moment as I peeled off my shirt, allowing him full access to my breasts.

Edward's eyes widened at the obvious invitation and went to work immediately, one hand palming my breast, the other sliding underneath my back to bring me closer to him. Then his mouth moved to my other nipple.

I definitely didn't want him to stop when one of my legs wrapped around his waist. It was then when I felt one of his hands moving down the front of my shorts. I found one of his hands with ease and began guiding it in the direction that I wanted him to take. Edward then got the idea of what I wanted.

My shorts were gone in a fumble of fingers and legs but before he could go any further, I was attacking the top of his slacks. Edward's breath was anxious against my cheek, his hands gripping my shoulders tightly as my fingers fumbled over his belt.

I pulled back enough to look him in the eyes. "We don't have to…" I trailed off, one hand brushing his hair away from his illuminating green eyes.

"You're overdressed," he whispered after a moment or two and his hand stilled. I giggled as he pulled my boy shorts down my legs.

I bit my lip and allowed one of my hands to trail down to his hip, my eyes cast down as Edward pressed the corner of his mouth to my cheek. My hand drifted lower again and Edward choked on a moan as I took a gentle hold of him. I bit my lip again as though the movements of my hand affected me as much as it did him.

"Fuck…" he breathed, bending his head down so that he could bury his face against my neck. "Bella…" But before he could offer anything more I was attacking his mouth again, my hand moving upwards to pull him on top of me. He fell as carefully as he could; terrified he would somehow hurt me and responded to my kiss. He rocked his hips against mine unconsciously and I gasped into his mouth at the sensation – so unfamiliar and almost forgotten. Within an instant I was responding with my own motion and the two of us set up a rushing rhythm that seemed to be heading steadily upwards.

Teeth and tongue continued to clash and Edward actually had to break the kiss, worried that we might be getting ahead of ourselves. "Are you…sure?" he panted, watching my expression earnestly. "We can stop…"

Our pace slowed and almost came to a complete standstill as I sighed heavily. "I know we probably should," I adjusted slightly. "But I don't want to." I sighed again and brought my hands up his face, my thumbs stroking against his cheeks. "I don't want to stop." I repeated.

"We don't have to," Edward ventured tentatively, catching onto my meaning but still wanting to give me a chance to change my mind.

"Please," I leant up to kiss him softly.

He reached down searching his pants on the floor and quickly tore the foil of the condom wrapper, sliding it on. I hummed against his mouth as his hands combed through my hair, my hands were still on his face as he shifted a little against me but decided to be bold letting one of them graze down his stomach. Edward jerked when I took hold of him again, guiding him where I needed him.

"Hmmm…" he murmured against my lips, his eyes shut tight as he bent his face to mine, his forehead moving to rest against my cheek. "Fuck you feel so good."

"We can't stay like this forever," I purred, pushing my hips into him. "God, Edward."

"I love you," he pulled back enough to press his lips against mine for a moment before pressing into me a little and then pausing to gauge my reaction. I let my eyes flutter shut and sighed causing Edward to push in a little further.

Once he was in I sucked in a sharp breath and Edward froze.

"Are you okay?" he asked, a little more than anxious. "I'm not hurting?"

"What? No," I reassured him, running my hands through his hair.

He hesitated for a moment longer only before pressing fully inside me, beginning the familiar motion without introduction. I let out a soft gasp, my face coming up to his and pressing my mouth to his in a hard kiss.

"Beautiful," Edward panted.

"Faster?" I questioned anxiously.

"I don't want to hurt you."

"I'm not going to break," I moaned a little as he picked up the pace slightly. "Better."

"I don't…want…this to end." Edward managed to gasp out. I was getting closer but he still wasn't where I need him to be. He seemed to sense the same thing because he began to increase his speed a little and I responded.

My hands moved to grasp his face tightly, my thumbs stroking his cheeks again. But Edward still wasn't quite finished and he reached a hand up to trace the curved outline of one of my breasts.

"You're beautiful," he whispered. "You're the picture of perfection… So fucking beautiful," Edward groaned as I pulled a hand through his hair again. "Since I first laid eyes on you all I could think was… she's so beautiful. It doesn't matter if it's on the inside or outside… You are beautiful, Bella."

"Please…" I whispered although I didn't quite know what I was asking for – only that I was close and I needed him to just give me that one final push. "Edward…"

My hips jerked up violently and my hand fell from his hair to his shoulder. I looked up at him his face telling me we'd achieved what he'd set out to do.

"I don't think I want us to ever leave this bed," Edward laughed breathlessly into my hair.

He pulled me to him, holding me close once we were finally comfortable.

"You're still here," I mumbled shocked at what we just did.

"I don't think leaving is an option now," Edward sighed.

"I love you," I whispered placing a kiss over his heart.

"I've only ever loved you, Bella," he murmured as my eyes fell shut.

A/N: Before I need to run and hide from a mob or anything… let me just say this, next chapter there will be a bit of a time jump and we'll see what going on with Edward. Next order of business is what did you think this make icky I guess some would say, but is he cheating? No. What will happen to them next? I stand by what I write and I have a plan you might not like it, but have a little faith in this tangled web I wove.

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