Chapter 15

EPOV

Jasper came out of his room, "What was that?" he asked as he looked around. "Why did Bella slam her door?"

"I don't know; I came around the corner when I heard her boots. "Oh my god, she is stunning. Her curves are amazing so I dropped my towel and cup that I had."

"Well, who is going to risk telling her that your reaction was complimentary?"

Then my cell phone went off, it was Sam. Jasper's phone started ringing to.

I answered mine and Sam said, "Why did Bella just text and cancel?"

"Hold on a minute, Sam."

Jasper said, "It's Carlisle." and he answered, "Hi, Carlisle."

"What? Oh shit, she did. Yes, you can come over if that is what she wants… Trust me. It was a misunderstanding. You know what bring your wife that will probably help… Fine see you in ten minutes."

I then went back to my phone call and said, "Sorry, Sam. It really is a misunderstanding; we'll probably be there in another hour or so is that okay?"

"Yes."

"And our little Bella will probably enjoy all the ladies company because she is pissed at us right now."

"See you soon."

Then we heard the house alarm. We all went running to the back yard with our guns drawn.

Bella had opened her window to try and escape. We all yelled, "Stop, Bella."

"No, just let me go; it's time for me to disappear again," and by her actions she wasn't going to stop. She was running for the fence. She started to scale the wall; I threw my gun down and went after her. We would be in so much trouble if she got away and I really didn't want her gone. I loved having her around and was so looking forward to getting to know her better. I grabbed her around her waist and pulled her down to the ground and I trapped her against the concrete fence, so that she couldn't go any further. It was very uncomfortable for both of us because I knew I had to pin her hard to keep her from using any karate on me. I had to give her no leverage. I had to treat her like a criminal and I hated that. I knew I was hurting her.

"Bella relax, and tell me you aren't going to try to escape; then I'll let you go."

"Please, Edward, just let me go."

"No, you know, I can't."

CPOV

Then I said, "Mr. Masen, let go of Bella Swan this instant."

Edward did and Bella turned to see me standing on the patio. "Gentlemen, inside now. Isabella, will you please join us?"

"I don't have a choice, do I?"

"No, not really."

So Bella went back inside, she went to go back to her room and I stopped her. "Where are you going?" I asked.

"To pack, I am not welcome here anymore by one of the members of this house. So I'm leaving with you, I'll go stay in the stupid safe house. I'm sorry I have inconvenienced your team so much; but would you please assign a new team to me at the safe house? Or better yet send me to DC or New York, let me get away from here."

"I'll let you go to your room, for now, as long as you'll allow my wife to join you."

"That's fine."

I walked up and whispered into her ear, "Queen Isabella, please assure me, I'll find you and my wife still in your room when I'm done talking to my men."

Bella said, "Yes, I'll behave."

Bella went to her room and I went and got my wife. I introduced Bella to my wife, Esme, and left them in Bella's room.

Once the two of them were quietly talking, I left and found the boys in the living room. "Garage now and I want to know what the fuck is going on. You're so happy an hour ago and then I get a call from Bella and find her pinned up against your block wall like a criminal."

"Edward, I'm sure this has to do with you. So talk because the death glares Bella was giving you should have killed you."

"Carlisle, the simple explanation is that she came down the hall in painted on light blue jeans, three inch healed ankle boots and an incredible tank top. She looked so sexy that I dropped the cup and towel I was drying from the kitchen and she took it as she looked awful and ran back to her room. I assume she texted Sam; she wouldn't be coming and then called you to come and get her. I was about to go explain everything to her when you called and then she tried to escape.

"Poor Bella," everyone said.

Then I said, "Why would she think that?"

"Simple, here is some more of her personal history; I learned in Alaska. When we had to leave the hospital to go to the airport, I told her we needed to act like newlyweds. She told me she didn't know how. I then told her to pretend I was a cute young prince that had come to the castle to see her. Then Bella told me that her father wouldn't allow her to date or have other male guests her age until she was 18. Remember she left the day before she turned 18. When I told her I loved her at Disneyland, she wouldn't let me give her more than a simple kiss. Then she tried to pull away but I simply pulled her back and reminded her she couldn't just walk away from me. For the rest of the day, I just made sure we had fun. Once Emmett and Jasper showed up, then we just all played like kids and had a lot of fun. Finally, when we were driving back here that night, she asked me to teach her how to love between two people dating. So I think, she just had no clue that my response was to how beautiful and sexy she looked. I guess I really have to start from square one with her. She understands Emmett's crude comments and sexual innuendos. She's been in the US and had men make obvious passes at her; but she has never seen this before.

Emmett said, "Man, you have your work cut out for you."

"It's worth it," Edward said with a smile.

"Thank god," I said. "Now we just have to get her to listen to you."

"That'll probably be pretty easy with you and your wife here," Emmett said.

"Shall we try this Carlisle?" Edward asked.

"Yes, let's go."

We got to Bella's door, I knocked, "Bella, its Carlisle and Edward. Can we both come in?"

"I suppose."

"Bella, I have heard Edward's side; I believe everything is a misunderstanding from what Edward said."

Bella cracked a smile and said, "Of course you take the guys' side of this."

Esme then said, "Carlisle, how could you? You didn't even listen to Bella's side. Come on, beautiful Bella!" she said. "I'll take you to where you need to go."

Esme and Bella each grabbed a bag and as Bella got close to a stunned Edward and I, Bella reached up and wrapped her arms around Edward to give him a goodbye hug and said, "Thank you for the compliment. I'm sorry I misunderstood so badly. I'm sorry I tried to escape. I guess you have a lot more to teach me."

He wrapped his arms around Bella's waist, pulled her in and spun her around and said, "I'm so sorry." Then he leaned in closer and said, "I do have a lot to teach you, Bella. I look forward to it. Did I hurt you pressing you against the brick fence?"

He put her back on the ground and Bella said, "I'll live and I deserved it. You should thank Esme she explained it to me. So I'm starving, can we please go to the BBQ? I've already texted Sam back."

"Yes, we can." But then I said, "Bella, what I didn't say earlier is that you were wow and incredible. I get to take you to a BBQ. I'm the luckiest man in the world." I grabbed Bella's hand and pulled her down the hallway and said, "Carlisle, can you please drive Emmett and Jasper over? I want to start Bella's education on what a date is at least for a little while with only two of us in the car."

"Of course, but grab your gun on the dining room table."

"Yes, sir and thanks Carlisle."

BPOV

Edward helps me slide into his Volvo and he holds the door for me while I sit down. He comes around, slips into the driver's seat and away we go. "Bella, first you're beautiful and stunning. You coming down the hallway just stunned me into silence. My pledge today, going forward, I promise to make sure that you don't misunderstand any of my cues. You, beautiful one, need to quit trying to run away and let us talk."

"Edward, that is what I have known for the last six years."

"Bella, what would you do, if I took your hand in mine right now while we are driving down the street?"

"Is that what two people do that are dating?"

"If they want to? Some couples like public display of affections, also known as PDA's, others do not."

"What do you like?"

"I like PDA's of hand holding and simple kissing. I don't like seeing two people look like they are going to have sex against walls and touching each other all over the place. I like simplicity and gentleness in public. So may I please hold your hand at the BBQ? I would like to kiss you, but we'll have to work up to it."

"It's okay with me," I answered timidly.

Edward did take my hand and held it as we finished getting to the BBQ. At Sam's house, Edward helped me out of the car, took my hand, and headed for the front door. Sam said, "Get in her Bella. Let go of Edward, he gets to see you all the time. I want you to meet my wife Emily, Jake's wife, Angela and you already met Esme.

"Hi, everyone. What can I help with?"

"You're our guest. Would you like a beer or a corona?"

I didn't know what to say, so I said, "How about the corona?"

After I took a drink, I said, "Emily, you have a beautiful home."

"Thank you. Though Sam is a little protective like all your three guys can be. One time I forgot to turn on the alarm, so Sam got in late and set it off because he was trying to disarm an alarm that wasn't activated. I came out with my gun drawn." My jaw dropped thinking about Emily pointing a gun at Sam. "Yes, Sam has me trained to use a gun to defend myself." By the time Emily was done with her story, I was laughing hysterically.

Angela told me about the first time she stayed at Jake's house and set off the motion detector when she went to the kitchen for a drink in the middle of the night. Seeing him with his gun pointing at me naked led to crazy hot sex later.

Emily then looked at Esme and said, "I'm sure you have a story or two you can tell."

"One of ours was when I came home early from a work trip because Carlisle and I hadn't been married very long and I missed him. I never heard Carlisle come in and he didn't know why the alarm wasn't on. Carlisle always came home and put his stuff in his office, especially his guns so that they were locked up. So I was waiting for him in the den, well my husband instead of investigating himself called the cops and the look on their face when they found me asleep on Carlisle's sofa expecting my husband was rather shocking. Fortunately, I pulled a blanket up really quickly. The police apologized and Carlisle came in and he apologized. We enjoyed ourselves on the sofa. The very next day a very large donation was made to the local precinct to hopefully quiet some of the jokes they were spreading about the CIA operative."

"Oh my god," I gasped in laughter.

"Yes, see what you get to put up with."

"I can see that," and then I asked Emily to point me towards the bathroom.