Chapter Thirteen: In My Dreams

Bella's POV

Waking up that morning had to be the best experience in a while. Emmett's arm was heavily draped over me, his breathing heavy. I smiled as I rolled over to face him, and giggled as he groaned since I'd woken him up.

"Morning sleepy head." I whispered, kissing his cheek. He rolled over onto his back, and dragged me with him. I snuggled into his chest and took in the musky scent of his skin.

"What time is it?" He groaned as he wiped his eyes from sleep. "Because, it doesn't look like the sun is out."

"Blinds you dork." I giggled as I sat up, letting my sheet drop. He seemed to have noticed because I felt his hands stroking my back, giving me goosebumps like always. "Emmett." I sighed as I closed my eyes, unable to think about anything but the feel of his hands on me.

"We have to find some way to wake me up." He said as he pulled me on top of him, his cock making direct contact with my clit.

"Emmett..." I moaned as he began rocking his hips, causing the friction I so desperately needed. "Don't...stop."

"Whatever you want." He growled as he brought his lips to mine, kissing me fiercely.

"Mommy!" I heard Aiden cry from his room. I groaned as Emmett stopped moving his hips, and I rolled off of him, grabbing my robe. I gave him an apologetic look as I opened the door and headed down the hall to Aiden's room.

Emmett had convinced me to move out of the house we were in and into the house he'd found. The only problem, he was persistent and wouldn't let us wait until the new house was ready to leave. He insisted on getting a POD for our things and moving in with him and Rosalie in their apartment. It wasn't perfect, and it was really cramped, but it worked. Emmett was right, that creep knew where we lived and I was more than happy to get out of there.

"Good morning, kiddo." I whispered as I walked into the room Aiden was using. It was small, only big enough for his bed and a chest of drawers. But, he was two...he didn't need much. "Do you want some scrambled eggs for breakfast?"

"Pancakes!" He squealed as he grabbed his stuffed lion from the floor.

"No, you had pancakes yesterday as a treat." I told him, picking him up into my arms. "How about I put some yummy cheddar cheese on your eggs?"

"Orange juice?"

"Yes, you can have some juice." I smiled, kissing him on the cheek. I walked into the kitchen where Rosalie and Emmett were already seated, drinking their coffee already. I put Aiden in his chair and moved to get the eggs from the fridge. "I'm making him scrambled eggs if you guys want any?"

"Thanks, but I'm going for a run this morning." Rosalie said, finishing her coffee and putting her mug in the sink. "I need the relaxation...didn't get much sleep last night."

"Sorry." I whispered, my face turning red.

"No, don't ever apologize for that." She laughed as she walked into her room. I turned to Emmett and he only shrugged.

"Were we really that loud?" I whispered as I beat Aiden's eggs. "I mean...what if Aiden heard?"

"I don't think we were really loud. Rosalie's room is right next door and she isn't exactly a heavy sleeper." He smiled. "Plus, even if Aiden did hear us, he wouldn't know what it was."

"True." I laughed, nudging his side. "You want some?"

"No, I thinking I'm going to go with the trusty Cheerios this morning." He laughed as he sat down next to Aiden. "But, thanks."

"Anytime."

The three of us spent the rest of the morning together before Rosalie came home from her run. Emmett and I both knew she wasn't actually out running, and was out seeing the new guy she'd met, but neither of us pushed her on telling us about him. She obviously wasn't saying anything for a reason.

"How was your run?" Emmett managed to ask without winking or laughing like he usually does.

"Good." She said, taking a bottle of Gaterade from the fridge.

"You've been gone all morning?" He asked.

"It was a long run." She shrugged. "I'm going to go take a shower." She said and neither of us missed her face turning red from embarrassment. I stood and walked into the kitchen, and opened the fridge, ready to make lunch.

"Do you want a sandwich?" I called across the room towards Emmett who was playing Lego's with Aiden. "I'm going to make him a grilled cheese.

"Sure." He called, standing up and walking towards me. I shuddered as I felt his hands creep around my waist as I was cutting the velveeta for Aiden's sandwich.

"I'm not going to get anything done if you keep doing that." I nearly moaned as I noticed my hands shaking.

"So?" He whispered darkly. "We can always eat later."

"Aiden's...Aiden's right there." I pointed out and I heard him sigh as he buried his head into my neck. "Sorry, the problems with dating a single mom."

"Well, there is a thing called friends." He winked as he jumped up to sit on the counter. "How about asking Jasper to take him tonight and we can go out together."

"I can't keep dumping him on Jasper and Alice." I told him as I smeared butter onto the bread. "They have a lot going on right now."

"Then what about my aunt and uncle?" He offered. "Esme absolutely adores him and he hasn't seen them in a while."

"Well," I sighed, looking over at Aiden. Even though we were technically living together, Emmett and I rarely had time to be alone together. With having Aiden all day, and Rosalie being right next door it was hard to have anytime together. "Sure, if they are willing to take him."

"Believe me." He laughed, digging his phone from his pocket. "She'll be willing."

Emmett had been right. Esme had been dying to have Aiden all to herself and gladly took him off our hands. I jumped out of the shower and noticed Rosalie had already gone somewhere. I walked into the room I was sharing with Emmett, and stopped in my tracks. He was standing in only a towel, reading a magazine. I cleared my throat and he looked up and smiled at me.

"Good shower?" He laughed as he walked over to me, grabbing my hips and pulling me close to him. "Hope you left me some hot water."

"Trust me, you won't need it." I told him as I untucked the towel that was wrapped around his waist, letting it fall. I leaned into kiss him and as our lips met, my own towel fell, exposing both of us completely. He picked me up and carried me over to the bed, laying me down gently. I wrapped my legs around his waist, and began grinding against him. I could feel him harden underneath me as he took the time to explore my abdomen.

"Emmett." I moaned as he clasped my nipple between his teeth, gently sucking on it. "Please."

"Please what?" He asked as he ran his hands up and down my thighs. "What, Bella?"

"Please." I moaned again, unable to actually speak. "Fuck me."

"Gladly." He moaned as he thrust into me. I screamed as he slammed into me over and over again. "Jesus, Bella." He growled as we both neared release. His hungry lips found mine and kissed me passionately as he came undone inside of me. He fell limp on top of me, both of us a sweaty mess.

"I guess I didn't really need to shower." I laughed as he rolled off of me.

"Care to join me?" He asked, grabbing both our towels off the floor. We actually did shower while we were in the bathroom and even though we were late, we were able to make our reservation. We spent the time, getting to know each other again, on a more intimate level. I learned about his child and how he had a brother he never met before. And I told him how I nearly lost Jasper in a car accident when we were in eighth grade.

"It was a drunk driver." I sighed. "It was late...they were coming home from a birthday party of a friend. Out of nowhere, and car rammed into the drivers side where Jasper had been."

"Oh wow."

"Yeah, he was out for almost a month." I sighed, trying to stop the tears. "I sat with him everyday he was in the coma. Reading to him. Telling him the latest gossip. I was there when he finally woke up."

"Was...was anything wrong?"

"Thankfully, no." I smiled. "He wasn't able to finish eighth grade at school...he had to do cyber school for three months. But, he was able to come back our freshman year."

"Is that when you met Alice?"

"No, not until sophomore year." I sighed.

We spent the rest of the night talking about lighter subjects and I could barely breathe when the waiter brought our check from laughing so hard. We drove to Carlisle and Esme's place after we were finished and Aiden was already asleep by the time we got there.

"He was a little angel." Esme whispered as I walked into their room to grab him. "Such a sweetie."

"Just like his dad." I smiled, bending down and picking him up. He began to squirm in my arms, but quickly calmed down once he realized it was me. I strapped him into his car seat Emmett kept in his car, and gently closed the door.

"Thanks for watching him." Emmett sighed as he hugged Esme. "We really appreciate it."

"It wasn't a problem." Carlisle smiled. "What time tomorrow?"

"Nine?" I questioned looking at Emmett. It was once again moving day for Aiden and I since we'd be moving into our new home. "Yeah, we wanna get down as soon as we can."

"Nine should be fine." Esme said as Emmett opened the car door for me.

The sound of our alarm came way too early the next morning. Emmett groaned as he lifted his arm to slam on the alarm clock. But, I knew Aiden was already awake in his room and we had to get up if we wanted to be ready when everyone else got here to help us out.

"Come on!" I urged, throwing the blankets off. "Up!"

"Sun's not shining." He mumbled, throwing a pillow on his face.

"It's Forks. The sun is never shining." I laughed, taking the pillow away form him. "Come on, if you don't get up, I'll hide all the coffee."

"I'm up." He mumbled, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. We ate breakfast quickly and finished just as there was a knock at the door. I opened it and Jasper and Alice were there, holding out a box of Krispy Kremes and Starbucks.

"We brought supplies!" Alice laughed, handing me my coffee. Alice was now out of her first trimester and was growing rounder with everyday that I saw her. I let them in and smiled at Jasper and Emmett who were already wrestling. "We didn't come here for playtime."

"Yeah!" I laughed. "Get a grip you two!"

"He started it!" Jasper laughed, pointing his finger at Emmett. I rolled my eyes as I set the coffee they'd given me on the table, and turned towards them.

"So, most of our stuff is in boxes." I said as I led them to the room Emmett and I shared. "Plus, most of it is in the POD we rented, so we gotta haul all that stuff from the POD to the moving truck. Everything is labeled, so Alice...don't pick the things up labeled 'BOOKS'."

"Thanks, mom." She joked, poking my side. "You got any labeled 'PILLOWS'?"

"Yes." I laughed. Carlisle and Esme arrived not long after and we began the slow process of moving. I hated doing this when Aiden and I moved to Forks, and this was the second time in a month that I'd done this. Alice mainly kept Aiden busy while the rest of us lifted and carried things to the truck, but it was the biggest help of all.

Rosalie came home midmorning, looking blissfully happy and completely exhausted. I didn't miss the rise of Emmett's eyebrows as she walked through the living room and into her room.

"Has she said anything to you?" I asked Jasper when I heard the shower turn on. "I mean, does she have a boyfriend?"

"I promised I wouldn't tell." Jasper mumbled, avoiding our eyes.

"So she does have a boy toy." Emmett laughed. "I knew she wasn't going running every morning...she fucking hates running."

"Em, don't push her." I said as I taped a box of Aiden's toys shut. "Let her tell us on her own."

"I will." He sighed. "But, it's been like two months..."

"Everyone I care about seems to end up dead nowadays." I heard Rosalie said from the doorway. "I don't want that to happen to him."

"Rosalie!" Jasper called after her as she slammed her door shut.I didn't miss the glare Jasper gave to Emmett before running after his sister. "Rosalie, please open the door."

"I wasn't trying to be an ass." Emmett defended as we sat on the stoop of the apartment building. "I just wanted her to tell me."

"She wasn't ready to, Emmett."

"I know." I sighed. "But, I'm the one she used to talk to about boys. I was the one she talked to...not Jasper."

"Oh," I nodded, understanding why he was acting this way. "So, you're jealous of Jasper."

"I'm not jealous of him." He lied. "But, I feel like he's taken my place. I'm supposed to be her best friend."

"And you are." I assured him. "But, Jasper is her brother."

"Yeah, the brother she didn't know about for twenty-six years!" And there it was. No matter how much he didn't want to believe it, he was jealous of the relationship Rosalie and Jasper had formed since they'd figured out they were twins. "Okay, so I'm a little jealous."

"It's okay, Emmett. I was super jealous of Alice when she first came into our lives."

"Really?"

"Yeah." I smiled. "I mean, they didn't come out and tell me until after we'd graduated, but they were together. He told her things before he told me...he asked her to hang out on Fridays before he asked me...and she was the shoulder he cried on when his mom and Peter died."

"That was this year?"

"Yeah, but I'm still not the number one girl in his life." I shrugged. "It still kind of hurts. Not to the point I want Alice out of the picture, but...I used to be number one."

"So, it'll always sting?"

"Maybe." I answered. "But, she's always going to need you, Em. Jasper still needs me...twenty-six years later. Jasper still needs his best friend from when he was little."

"I just wish she felt that she could still talk to me."

"And, she'll tell you when she wants to." I said, rubbing his back. "Just, let her be."

It was nearly dinner time when we'd put all of the boxes into the truck and drove it down the road to the new house. Since it had taken longer than everyone thought, we decided to just bring the things inside and avoid unpacking until further notice.

"You wanna go get something to eat?" Emmett whispered into my ear.

"Does everyone wanna go get something to eat?" I asked. "I mean...I don't know about everyone else but I'm starving."

"Voluri's Pizza?" Esme suggested, picking Aiden up.

"Sure." Jasper agreed. "We're going to go pick Melody up and meet everyone there."

"You know, this is the last night we're going to have an excuse for sleeping together." Emmett laughed as we pulled down the covers to the bed. "Bummer."

"Oh," I whispered, realizing he had a point. "Yeah, I guess that's true."

"But, we can always think of some reason." He laughed, grabbing my hips and pulling me close to him. His lips brushed past, and suddenly moving into the new house didn't seem like a good idea. We'd only been living in his apartment for two weeks, but I'd grown accustomed to waking up next to him, getting ready with him, kissing him goodnight. I knew we hadn't been together long enough to actually move in with him, but it was something I wasn't quite ready to give up."

"Hey, what's the matter?" He asked once he'd realized the tears welling up in my eyes. "Bells, talk to me."

"It's too soon to move in together," I pointed out. "But, I'm not ready to give you up."

"Give me up?"

"I just mean...not be with you all the time." I sighed, sitting down on the bed. "It was a good excuse to move in together since we haven't been together long enough, but..."

"Hey, you and Aiden are welcome here anytime." He whispered, sitting down next to me. "We can keep that bed together for him...I can finally buy that pullout couch Rosalie's been asking for. Anytime."

"It still isn't the same." I said, turning my head so his eyes met mine. I took a deep breath, and leaned in and our lips met with a passion we'd yet to have together. I turned my body around to get a better angle, and wrapped my hands tightly around his neck. He slowly lowered both of us onto the bed, and crawled on top of me, his weight pressing me into the bed.

"What about Rosalie?" I asked since apparently she hears us.

"She's not here." He whispered as he left a hot trail of kisses down my neck. I reached for the hem of his t-shirt and he allowed me to remove it and then he tok mine off as well. I tightened my grip around his neck as he began kissing my breasts through my bra before he reached around me and unhooked my bra. "Perfect." I hears him whisper.

He took him time that night, exploring every inch of my chest and stomach. There wasn't a spot he didn't kiss or tough, and by the time he slid my PJ bottoms down, I was more than ready for him.

"Emmett." I moaned as I ground against him, needing something more. "Emmett."

"Tell me what you want, Bella." He whispered into my ear as I pushed his PJ's down to his ankles.

"I want you..." I sighed before trailing off. He stopped moving and took my chin in his hands, forcing me to look him in the eyes. I saw him easy smile and gained the confidence I seemed to have lost. "To make love to me."

I saw the way his face lit up when the words left my mouth and he kissed me passionately as he slowly entered me. We made slow, steady love that night. Making silent promises to each other. It was the best time I'd spent with him, and we collapsed into each other's arms in a pile of 'I love you's'

"Don't ever forget that." He whispered as he pulled me close to him.

"Never." I sighed, tightening my grip on him.

It was hard to believe that I could love again after Edward. But, with Emmett, I felt I could do anything. Be anyone. Love anyone. Emmett gave me the confidence I so desperately needed when I moved to Forks. And, he gave me much more than that. He gave me the love I needed.