Intruders

I had forgotten to close the newly hung curtains in my room, and since I was lying on my side facing the window, the sun light woke me again. I heard someone breathing just behind me, and the nights events came flooding back in to my mind. I rolled over to make sure it was real.

He was still asleep, and even though my head was throbbing from all of the alcohol, I decided to have some fun. I sat up straight in the bed and started shaking him.

"Edward! Edward wake up!"

He opened his eyes and saw the panic on my face. He sat up straight and started trying to rub the sleep from his eyes.

"What's the matter?"

"What's the matter? Maybe you would like to explain to me why you are in my bed with no shirt on, and my nightgown is on backwards!"

His face turned pink, and his hands fell like lead. "You don't remember anything?"

"Oh my God. Did we... did we SLEEP TOGETHER?" I clasped my hands over my face for dramatic effect.

"I swear I thought you were sober! You passed out for like five hours and you woke up acting fine!" His voice was pleading, and he was tugging at my hands.

I couldn't help myself anymore. I pulled my hands down so that just my eyes were peeking out. The look on his face made me laugh and I pulled him in to a kiss. When I pulled back again he still looked confused.

"I knew I should have gone in to acting."

"You are awful. That wasn't funny." He laid back down, a little irritated with me.

He was lying on his stomach with his face turned away from me. I started tracing lines on his back. I leaned down and laid myself against him, kissing his shoulder and running my hands through his hair.

"Mmm." He didn't open his eyes.

"Good morning." I whispered in his ear.

"The best." He was being sarcastic, but he turned over beneath me and wrapped me in his arms. "The only reason I tolerate you is because you only joke around with people that you like. As much as you make me laugh, you must love me a whole lot."

"It's true. I love you more than you could know."

I laid there and listened to the sound of his heart, speeding up and slowing down with every inhale and exhale. I never wanted this moment to end, but I knew it had to. My mom would be home any minute, and I knew that this wasn't how I wanted her to find us. "We have to get up."

"Can't we have a few more minutes? I've had to wait a long time for this."

"Okay, but only because you at least waited until I sobered up to have your way with me."

I heard the door open and close in the living room. I jumped up and started throwing our clothes under the bed, thanking God that I was too self conscious to even sleep in the nude. Before he knew what was happening, I pushed Edward to the floor so that he was hidden between the bed and the wall. I jumped back in the bed just in time to pull the covers back up to my waist, as I heard the knob on my door turning. I had never locked it back after we used the bathroom last night and my mother was coming in. From her perspective it would have looked like I was readjusting the sheets.

"Good you're awake."

"Yeah, I just woke up. Late night." I yawned and stretched my arms over my head.

She looked around my room and then eyed me suspiciously, but didn't say anything about what she was thinking. I waited for her to say something. She came and sat on the bed beside me.

"Bella, how are you doing?"

"I'm fine mom. You don't need to worry about me. I am much, much better today." I couldn't hide the hint of a smile that was coming so I pressed my face in to the pillow.

"You haven't been yourself lately, and I'm worried about you."

"Don't waste your time worrying about me. I really am okay now." She didn't need to know why.

My mom sighed and gave me a quick, sympathetic smile. She patted me on the back and stood up to cross the room. When she reached the door she turned and grinned, "Good morning to you too, Edward."

"Excuse me?" My face was frozen in shock, how did she know?

"Honey, unless you've started wearing his size thirteen boots I would have to guess that you've hidden him somewhere in your room, at least half to completely naked no doubt."

If it were literally possible to die of embarrassment I would have ceased to exist in that exact moment.

As always, just when I think things can't get worse I heard someone else coming down the hall. Rosalie bounced in to my room.

"Girl get up, we have some oddly fantastic, yet mind boggling news-"

In her excitement Rosalie ran to my bed, jumped over me, and landed on the other side. Her head stopped, hanging just off the other edge and her legs were on top of me so that we were perpendicular. I knew the exact moment that she saw him, because she stopped dead in the middle of her sentence. All I could do was pull the covers up over my head.

I hadn't even thought about the "we" part of her sentence when I immediately felt another person landing on top of me. It was Emmett. I knew it because as soon as her sentence cut off he picked up with, "Oh my God, that's so gross."

I felt him immediately jump back up, but Rosalie was still there. I wondered why she hadn't moved yet. I felt the entire bed begin to shake when the three uninvited people in my room began laughing.

I whimpered in to my pillow, "Please, God, just make it stop," which only encouraged them more. Rose reached up and yanked the covers off of my face.

"I need to talk to you, only now I have a feeling the conversation will be a bit more interesting." She was still laughing and not even concerned with my extreme mortification.

I hear Emmett clear his throat, "Um, I know you wanted me to stick around, but there will be no talk of this kind in my presence. She's my sister, and I don't want to get sick today." As if he couldn't resist the opportunity Emmett raised his voice, "Edward, man, I've got some work you can get started on if you're really that bored."

Why, God? Why me?

I saw my mother cover her mouth and leave. The small bit of sympathy on her face was overshadowed by the hilarity she found in the moment. My own mother. She should have been just as sick about the whole thing as I was.

"PLEASE JUST GET OUT!" I couldn't take it anymore. I knew what they all were thinking and the worst part was that they were right. I had never been a good liar so I knew I was going to have to own up to it if any of them bothered to ask.

Rose slipped down off the bed and patted me on the back, "Nicely done, Swan, congratulations." She winked, "I'll be waiting for you in the living room." She took Emmett by the hand and the two of them couldn't stop laughing even after the door shut behind them.

Even in the wake of their silence, I couldn't move. I didn't want to. I had no idea what was going through his mind. When the bed started shaking again I knew he was laughing too. Why did everyone except me find this funny? I laid still and didn't say a word. When he was finished he climbed back up on the bed and slid under the covers. He pulled me to him and I buried my face in his chest. I could hear the air move in and out of his lungs every time he tried to fight another round of the giggles.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Why aren't you?"

"If that would have been your mom do you think it would have been funny? As far as my mom knew I was still a virgin! Now she thinks we had sex!" That seemed to be amusing to him.

"Bella the woman isn't stupid. She knows. She was young and in love once too." He chuckled a couple more times, but then he finally settled back down.

"What are we gonna do?"

"What do you mean?"

"Edward I can't walk out there with you. If you think it was bad before, just wait until they see us together."

"I tell you what, if it's better for you, I'll just go out your window. I have to tell you though, they will make jokes about it whether I'm there or not."

"Yeah, but at least this way I can suffer through it without you having to witness it."

He kissed me lightly on the forehead, "Whatever you want." He sat me up and started putting his jeans and boots back on.

I suddenly realized what this seemed like, and needed to make sure he knew how I felt.

"Edward, please understand, I'm not ashamed of this, of what happened. I would never take back what went on in here last night. I just know that they won't understand, and all the jokes and comments will cheapen what we shared. If I do it alone then it will feel like they couldn't taint it for both of us."

He didn't say a word, but once he was done dressing he pulled me off the bed and in to a tight hug. He rubbed my back and whispered in my ear, "Last night was the best night of my life. If I die today, it will be as a happy man. I love you Bella Swan. I love you more than you can imagine."

"I can't believe it all happened, it still seems like a dream. A crazy, wicked good dream."

He let me go and reached for the window. He slid it open and hopped out, then turned just as I kneeled down to face him. "I'll see you later."

"I'll miss you every minute you're gone. I promise not to give away too many details to Rose today." I grinned at his responding smile. "I love you."

"I've got some work to catch up on today, but what do you say about me picking you up around six for a date?"

"Sounds like a plan. Can't wait."

The cold air coming in caused me to shiver and my teeth to chatter. He tapped the window sill and turned to leave. He took five steps then paused and turned back around.

"What's the matter, you forget something?"

"Yeah, this." He strode quickly back to my window and knotted his hands in my hair while pulling my face to him. The kiss started innocently enough, but it grew in to a life of its own. A low moan came out of his mouth and I couldn't feel the chill in the air anymore. There was heat coursing through my veins and air flying through my lungs. When he pulled back we were both gasping.

He pressed his forehead to mine. "I'll see you later."

"I wouldn't miss it."

He let go of me and turned to leave again.

I stood up and closed the window. As I moved towards my dresser I decided to take my time getting dressed. I wanted to give Emmett and Rose enough time to pick and choose which jokes they would make first. And, even though I was dreading the Spanish inquisition, I was full of pride and joy.