Chapter 28

From previous chapter

"Edward, will you teach me how to French kiss?"

"Oh shit, Bella. I can't believe you actually said that."

I just smiled and said, "Do you want me to ask Emmett?"

"Hell, no. Come here and then he was lying on top of me. Bella, I'm going to start the kiss the same way as our others. Then, please, just let yourself feel don't think, I promise our bodies want to do this."

"Edward, no, they don't," and I rolled on top of him and tried to sit up. I put some distance between us. Then I said, "If they did, why did I bite you last time."

This time Edward rolled us both again and I was truly pinned under him with my arms over my head.

"Bella, you didn't know it was coming last time. This time you do; and before I start kissing you, I have a couple of movie questions for you to think about."

"What?"

"What did you think was the difference between the different kinds of kisses you saw on TV or in the movies?"

"How much passion!"

"What did you think that passion was?"

"Something that made them smile and want to be closer together with them."

"What about when you read books?"

"I knew about the books saying they used their tongues in kisses; but it's called fiction so I thought that it was one other thing that was fiction because my real life boyfriend didn't try it with me."

"Bella, I think we're going to have to sit and read one of your romance novels together."

"Really," and Edward smiled and said, "Trust me and let that thought flow right now."

He leaned down and we started kissing. This time his tongue gently ran over my lips and I opened a little for him. Then his tongue slid further into my mouth and as his tongue explored my mouth. He got my mouth to open a little further and then my tongue started to play with his tongue and we kept the kiss going. He still had my hands pinned over my head and I arched my body trying to get closer to Edward even though he was lying right on top of me. I just knew I wanted to be closer to him. Edward did one more sweep with his tongue and I groaned under him and again arched closer. He lifted his lips slightly away from mine and I nibbled on my lower lip and asked, "Why did you stop, Edward? Wasn't that what you wanted?"

"Yes, beautiful Bella, that was exactly what I wanted, but now I have a question."

"What's that?"

"Why were you arching to get closer to me and what was with the moan?"

"I expect it was my body's reactions to our kissing and liking it. I just wanted to be even closer to you."

Edward smiled and said, "Really?"

"Yes, really can we try it again?"

"You know what they say about practice?"

"What Edward?"

"Practice makes perfect."

We started kissing again this time as he opened the kiss; he didn't bring his tongue into my mouth to kiss me. My brain said, 'What is he doing?' So I wanted to kiss him so badly, I brought my tongue into his mouth first. This time I got a moan out of Edward.

When we ended the kiss this time, "Edward, can I ask a question?"

"Sure."

"How did I do?"

His response to me was that he started a third French kiss with me. This time my groan must have been a little louder. Because the next thing I knew, the tent was shaking and I heard Emmett saying, "Bella, do I need to save you because Edward is really beating you up or is the time out over because you two have made up?"

"Emmett, go away," we both grumbled.

"Fine, but you better be out to the fire pit in the next ten minutes."

"We'll see."

"Thank you, Edward," I said. I gently kissed his lips and sat up as Edward rolled away.

I then said, "Edward, tonight, when we go to bed, will you please explain one more part of male anatomy to me?"

Edward groaned this time, "Yes, but it'll be a hard discussion."

I said, "That was a bad pun, Edward," and I crawled out of our tent. "See you in a few minutes."

I went out to the fire pit that we all had chairs around. I sat next to Jasper. Edward came out soon and joined us. He sat in the empty chair next to me. Edward went to take my hand; but I got right back up. "I'm sorry I made you guys waste a couple hours looking for me. I assumed someone would see me sleeping in the truck and just leave me alone until I got up."

Edward got up and wrapped his arms around my waist and said, "I'm sorry I sent you all off on a wild goose chase. I'd also like to publicly apologize to Bella for accusing her of planning this whole trip so that it would be a way for her to escape. We both admit; we are stubborn and we are trying to get together."

Soon I was wrapped in the girls' arms and they were telling me it's okay. "We know you're going through a really hard time and having 24 hour guards and almost no freedom is taking its toll. So let's just sit back and relax this weekend and ignore the fact that every one of these guys is wearing a gun."

Emmett got into me and so did Jasper. Emmett said, "Bella, don't worry about us there are several times a year we want to slap this guy or send him packing. So I think you are allowed to feel the same way."

Jasper said, "Emmett is actually right this time, Bella."

The rest of the guys on the team said, "We agree, Bella."

"Thanks a lot guys," I said with tears rolling down my face.

Carlisle said, "Bella, we're a team; but we're also a family so if one or two members of our team are lost or hurting we want to help." I started crying again.

Jasper took me in his arms and said to Edward, "I got this one, bro."

"Bella," and he walked away with me. "I know you don't think you deserve a family or that we can love you this fast; the wives don't even know you."

"Yes, Jasper," I sniffled.

"But we're a family and you deserve to be loved. So yes, we'll look for you and be sad when you're hurting and even for Edward when he was gone." After a pause he continued, "Bella, I fell in love with you like a sister on Hell's River."

"Really," I said.

"Well, maybe my really hot baby sister first, but by the end of the week, I was loving you like a sister. When you were gone at the top of the cliff, you broke part of my heart so I'm happy to have you back."

I wrapped my arms around him and said, "Thank you godfather for keeping me so protected and loved."

"You're welcome," and he kissed my cheek and set me down. I went running over to Esme and said, "Isn't our dinner almost ready?"

Esme smiled and took my hand and said, "This is all your dinner. I just showed you how a Dutch oven worked and yes, it should be ready. Let's go check on it." Together, we pulled out the two Dutch ovens, we stirred it and tested the chicken temperature and it was done. We told everyone to get their plates and drinks that dinner was ready. Soon Edward came, took my hand and said, "Go sit down."

I said, "What did I do wrong this time?"

Esme took my hand and said, "Nothing, come with me and I'll explain."

Once we were sitting down, Carlisle and Edward returned with drinks for us. Edward gave me a Pepsi and a quick kiss.

Esme then told me, "Whoever cooks gets the dinner, gets it served to them. It's kind of a tradition that started somewhere along the line. See look Sam is taking Emily her dinner now, too."

Soon Edward was handing me a plate full of food along with my silverware.

"Thank you, Edward," and soon he was back sitting next to me and Carlisle was on my other side.

Everyone started eating and then Angela said, "Damn, Bella. This is good; it has silenced all the men. What is in it? It has a small kick to it, but yet other spices."

I smiled and said, "Thank you, Angela. I guess you can call it Mexitalian chicken."

"It's a mixture of Italian and Mexican seasonings. I then added the chicken, potatoes, carrots, and green beans. It just roasts perfectly in the Dutch oven though."

Carlisle said, "It definitely does." I cleaned most of my plate and Edward took my plate from me. I sat back and finished my soda. Soon Sam brought around brownies, Edward looked at Sam and Emily and asked, "Are these the brownies?"

Sam said smiling at Edward, "Yes." Edward took two and then Sam skipped me.

"Hey, wait a minute that's not fair."

Edward said, "Come here, Beautiful. One of these is for you. These are very special brownies."

So I went over to his lap and said, "What is special about them?"

"Close your eyes and let me give you your first bite."

"Sure."

So I slipped into his lap and he gave me the first bite. I hit the chocolate of the brownie and then another layer of chocolate but a different texture and then I tasted peanut butter, as well.

"Oh god," I groaned. "This is heavenly, Emily."

Emmett started laughing and said, "Bella, Edward was hoping to be the first one to get you to say that not a brownie."

I looked at Emmett though he couldn't see me because it was dark out. Then I looked at Edward and his incredible green eyes were glistening at me. And I said, "Emmett, Edward did get me to say that and he's going to get me to say it again because he's about to give it to me again." Then Edward let me have another bite. I licked his fingers as he pulled them away from my mouth and again I moaned, "Edward, that's amazing. Can we do that again?"

Everyone started laughing and I felt Edward's response to my comments. Jake said, "Good one, Bella."

Once Edward helped me finish my brownie, I moved back to my chair and then asked, "What do you all do now?"

"We girls go get on warmer clothes, the boys clean up and Emmett starts the bonfire. Then we come back with blankets and sit by the fire and talk," Emily said.

"That sounds perfect." I got up to go to the tent to grab a long sleeve shirt.

Edward caught up to me and said, "I'm sorry about my response to your line."

"Edward, it's not a problem. I would wonder what is wrong with you, if I didn't get any rise out of you." Then I kissed him.

"Bella, you should probably put on long pants and cover your ankles. I'm not sure what the flames will do with the wrap."

"Can I ever tell them? They deserve to know."

"How about after we return you home, I'll let you Skype them and tell them?"

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. Now go change."

We were soon all snuggled down around the fire each couple on their own blanket. I was cuddled into Edward's arms.

Emmett, Jake and Seth kept us all entertained. It was amazing to hear them tell stories. You knew it was about cases, but it was more about people's personalities and things they said or did. Finally, I had laughed hard enough and finished another bottle of water. I got up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom and then turning in."

Emmett said, "All you couples, please try to keep the noise down because I don't think Jasper can handle it if I jump him because you all have made me horny, especially you two Bella and Edward."

Jasper said, "Please do for my sake."

Edward walked with me to the bathroom and then together, we went back to our tent. When I opened it, Emmett jumped out and scared the crap out of me. I said, "Oh shit," then instinct took over as he came out laughing. I grabbed his arm, dropped low, swung my free leg and Emmett dropped to the ground with a thud. Edward quickly took a picture of Emmett on the ground no longer laughing.

"Damn, you're really good Bella Swan. I'm sorry I tried to scare you."

Then I saw flashlights coming towards us and everyone could see Emmett on the ground.

Carlisle said, "How did you get down there Emmett?"

Edward said, "Bella dropped him in like fifteen seconds, once he cleared our tent after scaring the two of us."

Then Edward offered Emmett his hand to help him up as I said, "See what happens when you scare me"

"No shit, I won't do that anymore."

Jake said, "I bet she can't drop me."

Emmett said, "Shut up, Jake. She saved both our asses on the river in Alaska."

"We'll see."

"Bella, I'm impressed," and a lot of girls patted me on the back. Emmett apologized and as everyone walked away; he said, "Don't forget to tell Bella about the plan."

"I won't. Now say good night, Bella."

"Good night, Bella," and Emmett hugged me good night.

"Bella, go in and change. When it is safe for me to come in, turn the flashlight on and off."

"Okay."

Three minutes later, I flicked the flashlight and cuddled down in my sleeping bag. Edward came in and slid into his sleeping bag. While Edward was in his sleeping bag, he slipped into a clean t-shirt and pajama pants. Then he got comfortable in his sleeping bag and I heard my name and I said, "Yes, Edward."

"May I have a good night kiss?"

"That depends, do I get my male sex anatomy lesson tonight?"

"Yes, you do; but I'm so glad its dark in here and you can't see my face."

"Why Edward?"

"Because this is just weird and far from romantic."

"But Edward, your penis is what makes it so my vagina can get me pregnant, so in a manner of speaking, it's romantic, please?"

"Fine, what do you want to know about men's penis?"

"Okay, why when you wake up in the morning, is he normally so hard?"

"First, Bella, its called morning wood. It's naturally caused as the brain enters the deep sleep phase. At this stage, the body's skeletal muscle structure relaxes and causes hypervasodilation in the capillaries of the body, resulting in said erection. It normally just happens, Bella. The problem is if said male is cuddling really closely with a beautiful woman in bed then it makes you want the other person normally. Yes Bella, it can happen both ways."

"Okay, I can accept that; but what about earlier here in the tent and during dessert."

"That's simple, Bella. This beautiful lady lying next to me and her sometimes foul mouth that is just like Emmett's."

"So sexual conversations and close physical interaction, get your penis going."

"Yes."

"Then how do you get him to soften back up."

"Orgasm from either myself or a beautiful woman. The other option is time and that sucks, but I'm used to it."

"Now, Beautiful, do I get a kiss?"

"Yes, thank you," and he pulled us together. We started kissing; he ran his tongue gently over my lips and then I let him in. Finally, he had me pivoted some and laying my head on his chest.

"Bella, good night, I'll see you in the morning."

"Yes, Edward, you'll see me in the morning. Good night, but what about Emmett's plan?"

"Oh yeah, we're going to have a race tomorrow rock climbing."

"Let me guess; you guys are using me as the ace in the whole."

"We hope."

"What's the bet?"

"We're not sure- we want to see what they come up with."

"Okay, good night, Edward."

"Good night, Bella. I'm sorry about this afternoon."

Together, we quietly fell asleep.

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