The Fourth Year - The Second Six Months

I looked from my mother to Bella and behind her to the kids, all of us were shocked and everyone seemed to be waiting for my response. "What are you doing in Seattle mother?" I hugged her and my father and waited for an answer to my question.

"Esme, you told me you talked to him?" My father stated looking at my mother in confusion. After a few seconds he managed to put a smile genuine smile on his face and approached Bella. "It seems congratulations are in order, welcome to the family Bella. I sincerely hope you two are very happy together, you deserve it."

"Thank you Carlisle, that means a lot to me." Bella responded hugging my father.

"I mean every word of it, I have never seen Edward as happy as he is with you and the kids adore you. I wish you a long and happy marriage." I watched as my father moved to speak to the kids and then Sue and Charlie. It had been 10 minutes and my mother still had not gotten herself together.

"What brings you to Seattle Mother?" That seemed to bring her back a little.

"You're married Edward? You didn't even say anything to us. I can not believe you married her. Tell me you had the good sense to have her sign a pre-nup."

"That is enough mother." I turned to everyone else, "Why don't you go ahead without me. I will catch up as soon as I am done here."

"Are you sure Edward? I can send Dad and the kids to the apartment and stay..."

"I'm sure. You go ahead with everyone else. I'll call to see where you guys are, I love you Bella."

"I love you too Edward." She kissed me before smiling at my father and gathering everyone up to go have lunch. It hurt to watch Bella leave, I wanted her to stay and keep me calm. But I knew if she stayed and listened to the venom my mother was sure to spew about her I would be anything but calm.

"Why don't we try to find a quieter place to have this discussion?" I didn't wait for their answer I just walked off to find a quiet corner to have it out with my mother. We managed to find a relative secluded spot by some restrooms. "Before you start I feel the need to warn you. Bella is my wife and I strongly suggest that you remember that when you start talking about her. I have had it with you and will not tolerate you bad mouthing her, if that is the only reason you are here then I suggest you get on a plane back to Chicago now."

She looked as if I had slapped her. "Edward I came here to try and explain some things and to talk to Bella."

"Explain things...like how you paid Tanya monthly? I understand in the beginning to get her to have Emily but after that it is just beyond me as to why you continued to pay her. Was it hush money? Were you paying her to stay with me? Keep me happy? Did you really need to be in control of my life that much?" I paused to see if she had anything to add to the conversation and the smug look on her face had me wanting to reach across the table and strangle her. Growing up she had always felt the need to be in control and had to know every single thing I was doing, but did that really need to carry over into my adult life. She had never like Tanya, did she see my staying with her as some form of punishment for not heeding her advice about marrying her. At this point I wouldn't put it past her.

"I have always known what was best for you Edward. Had you listened to me and not married her none of that would have been necessary. Yes I kept paying her after she had Emily, I wanted more grandchildren and I wanted you to be happy. If you had told me how unhappy you were I would have stopped."

"You would have stopped, it would have been best had you never started. Can you really not see how wrong what you did was? And why the hostility towards Bella, is it because she won't bend to what you want?"

"I love you Edward and as your mother I will do whatever it takes to see you and my grandchildren happy. Bella admitted to seducing you Edward, why do you think she did that? Because she is in love? Please tell me you don't believe that, she saw an unhappy, rich man and took advantage of that. I don't understand how you can not see her for what she is. She is not one of us Edward, she is a social climber of the worst order and I will not tolerate her in your life. I have no idea how she tricked you into marrying her but if it happened out of the country I am sure it should be easy to reverse. If we do it quickly then we shouldn't have to pay her much to get her to go away."

"Does my happiness or the kids' happiness mean anything to you at all?"

"It is the only thing I think about Edward. Why do you think I am doing all of this? The thing I want most is for all of you to be happy and settled. Look at the problems she has brought into your life already. She is just a child herself, I really do not understand how you became involved in this mess in the first place but I will get you out of it."

I stole a glance at my father, who was looking at his wife of 40 years like he had no idea who she was and he probably didn't. It made me wonder if she had controlled him as she was trying to me and I think we both realized at the same time that she probably did but was much more subtle about it. "Let me explain a few things to you mother. First, Bella did not seduce me, she approached me with exactly what she wanted, we had an intelligent conversation about what both of us had to offer and then she left the decision up to me. She knew I was married and not a cheater but she didn't want to leave for college with a bunch of 'what ifs' and that is why she told me. Had I not contacted her, she would have gone to college in the east, she didn't tell me which one she got a full scholarship to but I found out on my own it was Yale. She turned down Yale for me, for us. I contacted her and that is when things started, after I had left Tanya. Second, after talking to Charlie and the kids I took Bella to England for a Dickens Christmas. We were married in The Summerhouse of Thornbury Castle and it was a complete surprise to Bella. She had no idea until I asked her, which was about 30 seconds before we actually married. We will not be reversing the marriage, not now not ever. Lastly, she makes us all very happy, none of us were this happy when I was with Tanya, accept this mother. Bella has agreed she can be civil if you can and if you can't then you can see the kids when she is not around but it will not in our house. I will not have her put out or hiding in her own house. Understand that she is forcing this, if I had my way you would not be welcome in our lives at all. You need to come to terms with this mother."

She sniffed at me like she would when I was little and misbehaving. "Edward, I really don't think..." I cut her off.

"That's just it mother I don't care what you think any more. I mean it, find a way to come to terms with this. Bella has done her part and now you need to do yours and find a way to get along with her. You need to talk to her, until she comes to me and says 'I talked to your mother' I do not want to hear from you. Don't call, I won't answer. Don't e-mail, I won't open it. Don't make anymore unexpected trips to Washington. If you show up on my doorstep, I won't let you in. I will however call the Chief of Police to have you removed for trespassing and if you think he won't you need to remember that he is also Bella's father. The father who loves her, sees how happy she is and is happy for us."

I turn to my father, "You are welcome anytime. You have been nothing but supportive and I have a feeling most of what has happened is as big of a surprise to you as it is to me." He nodded but was still speechless. I gave him hug. "It was good to see you but I think you should return Chicago and Dad, come whenever you would like but leave Mom at home until she resolves her issues with Bella. I will let you know when the invitation includes her." With that I turned and walked away to go be with my family.

They had ordered Chinese and were at the apartment eating. When I arrived they were laughing and Bella was showing the pictures of the wedding. I ate and joined in with them talking about the trip, then we all got on the road back to Forks. I promised Bella I would call her later tonight to fill her in on what happened with my parents. The kids were quiet on the way home, I think they knew I was lost in my thoughts. I could pinpoint different times in my childhood that it was obvious my mother was controlling the situation and I didn't catch on but now she was doing it behind my back. I was having trouble deciding if I had never known her or if it was a recent development because Bella wouldn't play her game.

Once we got home the kids went to get their things ready for school tomorrow and I was settling down to call Bella when Emily came in to talk to me.

"Dad the boys and I talked while you and Bella were away and we came to some decisions we would like to discuss with you. They decided I should be the one to do it but if you want I can go get them so you know it was all of us." She seemed nervous so I wasn't going to make it worse by telling her to get her brothers, besides it would be like the boys to gang up on her and have her do the talking for all of them.

"Calm down Em and tell me what your concerns are, you know you can talk to me."

"Ok, here goes. We know Grandma doesn't like Bella for some reason and we aren't asking to know what the reason is, but we do want you to know how we feel. We stand by Bella. She would never do anything to hurt you or us, whatever Grandma thinks Bella has done she is wrong. None of us are happy with the way she is treating Bella, we love Bella and don't want Grandma to hurt her feelings any longer. We know we have to be respectful to Grandma but if we have to make a choice we want you to know Bella is our choice."

Bella has always stressed to me over the years that the kids pick up on all the things I wished they had not and it was being proven to me again and I wasn't sure of how to respond. "Emily I am going to be 100% honest with you, no sugar coating of anything. I am not sure what Grandma's problem is with Bella. I am finding out that Grandma likes to be in control of everything and I don't think Bella is going along with her plan and that is upsetting Grandma."

Emily laughed. "Bella won't go along with anything if it hurts you or us. Sometimes I think she doesn't know how to back down from a fight. She is very protective of us dad, I think even more than you know." She whispered the last part and I wasn't sure I was meant to hear it.

"What do you mean Emily?"

"We were at the mall one day last summer, Bella wanted to go the bookstore and I wanted to go Hot Topic. Since they were close to each other we split up and agreed to meet at the Food Court. When I got there I saw Bella walking towards the restrooms and Tanya was following her but she didn't know it. When I got to the hallway where the restrooms are I heard arguing, they were in that one family bathroom yelling at each other. Mom was saying horrible things about how Bella was after your money, calling her a whore and telling her to go get her own man and you would toss her aside and just a bunch of lies. Bella yelled back that she loved you and Mom was the money hungry whore and that her loss was Bella's gain. Then I heard a slap and a thump and I thought about going in to see what happened but then I heard Bella's voice. She was talking low and very calm, it actually made the hairs on my neck stand up, she said 'If you know what is good for you, you will leave Edward and those kids alone. You didn't want them and I do. Do what you always said you wanted to Tanya, go live your life free of being tied down to a family. Bother any of them again and I will finish what you started here today and don't think I won't do it.' Then I heard water running so I walked back out to the Food Court and got us a table. When Bella came out her face was red, when I asked she said she ran into the stall door and later I noticed one hand was bothering her. I saw Tanya when she came out of the bathroom and her nose and lip were bleeding."

"Did you ask Bella anything else about it?"

"No, she has no idea I heard any of it but when it was happening I felt very...protected, loved, comforted. I don't know the right word but I do know Bella won't do anything if it isn't in our best interest, I am positive of that."

I found myself wondering if Bella had had any other run-ins with Tanya over the years, I was almost positive she had. And was it perverted that I was turned on by wife beating my ex-wife? Probably but I was sure it would be what I saw the next time I jerked off in the shower.

"There is something else Dad." Emily said pulling me from my dirty thoughts. "We want Bella to be our Mom. I don't know if it ever has or will come up but we would be fine with Bella adopting us and truly being our Mom. I don't know if I would feel comfortable calling her Mom because she isn't that much older than me but she does every thing for me a mom is supposed to and we want her to know that is how we think of her."

I was stunned. "Bella and I haven't talked about that but we have talked about possibly having children, how would you and your brothers' feel about that?"

"We would be fine with that. Evan is actually looking forward to not being the baby of the family any more."

"Bella brought up a good point though Emily, if you took a baby out people would probably think it was yours and not your sibling. Would you be okay with that?"

"I hadn't thought of that but I think I would be okay with it, the people who matter to me would know the truth. That is all that counts."

The conversation ended after that and it was a lot to process. I called Bella and filled her in on both conversations, leaving out her Tanya smack down episode and the fact that the kids would be okay with her adopting them, that conversation would need to be done face to face.

"I realize I am not the cause of the problem with your mother but I am sorry you are having them at all Edward." Bella said.

"They would have come up sooner or later, I can't believe that I didn't see it earlier."

"But she wasn't doing anything to you directly and you said it yourself, you were just trying to survive day to day with Tanya. Nothing happened that you should have noticed."

"Maybe if I had gotten out sooner..." Bella cut me off.

"Stop right there. If you had gotten out sooner then we probably wouldn't be together now and I thought you liked how we are together?"

"I love how we are together, that is not what I ..." she cut me off again.

"You know what I love?" Her voice and turned husky. "I love when you stroke me slowly with your big cock, hitting all the right spots, making my juices flow down my thighs. My husband, the only one to ever fill me, to touch me, to make me cum, will you make me cum?"

"Fuck Bella." I locked my bedroom door and took my jeans off. "I love how your pussy squeeze's me. My wife, so warm...wet...tight and all mine, cum with me wife." I was stroking my cock and from the sounds of things Bella was close too. "Do you have Big Eddie baby?"

"Yes, he is buried in my pussy, I am so close Edward. So close." She was moaning and I could tell desperately trying to cum.

"Remember the last time we used Big Eddie? I had you tied to the hood and giving your ass a good fucking while he was in your pussy. You liked that didn't you? The way it felt, my cock fucking your ass and pussy at the same time. Cum for me Bella, I am so close."

"I loved the way it felt, I love when you fuck my ass. So good...yes...I'm cumminggg Edward!" That was all it took for me.

"Belllaaaa" I moaned as cum landed on my chest. "God I love you, what brought that on?"

"I miss you and just your voice can get me off Edward. I got horny." She laughed. "Back to a serious note though, I do hope you can work things out with your mother."

"We'll see, Dad is pretty upset with her too now. I think she has been controlling a lot more than any one thought. He was not happy with her when I left but I told him he was welcome to visit any time."

"That's good, I like Carlisle."

"I need to go and make sure everyone is ready for school tomorrow. I love you Bella, my wife."

"I love you Edward, my husband. Good night."

The return to school was interesting, it took until lunch for someone to question me about my wedding ring and it was a student not a teacher. I was approaching a table full of senior wrestlers that were getting to loud and as I raised my hands to tell them to pipe down Jacob Black shouted, "Holy shit Headmaster you got married?" The lunchroom instantly fell silent.

"Yes I did Mr. Black and watch your language."

"Sorry Sir, you married Bella Swan?"

"Yes, over Christmas and she is Bella Cullen now."

"Congratulations, she is one hot piece of..." I raise an eyebrow at him daring him to finish that sentence. "What I mean is she is, you're one lucky bast..." I put my hands on my hips and gave him a look that said really? He had the decency to look at floor sheepishly.

"Mr. Black I'll save you the detention and just say thank you and watch how you talk about my wife in the future." He nodded and continued eating before he could get himself into more trouble. I knew I would be the hot topic of discussion for the rest of they day. What I forgot was that my 15 year old daughter was at this school too so they didn't need to come to me for information.

It was the last class change of the day when I heard Emily and she didn't sound mad as much as she sounded frustrated. "As I told everyone else, yes my Dad and Bella got married over break. No it wasn't in Forks, if you want more information ask my Dad." I turned the corner to see Lauren talking to Emily.

"Do you have a question for me Miss Mallory?" She was not happy at being caught. I looked at Emily. "You need to get to class Miss Cullen." She nodded and looked relieved before walking off. "Miss Mallory if you need to know something ask me not my child." I walked off without giving her a chance to ask her questions. I was not as lucky when I walked into the office, Mrs. Cope started firing questions at me so fast I didn't understand all of them.

"Slow down Mrs. Cope I will tell you what I am willing to share." I was sure it was killing her not to be the most up-to-date on the gossip. "Yes, Bella and I married over break. No, we didn't marry in Forks or Seattle. The only ones who knew about it were Charlie and the kids and that is how we kept it quiet. We actually married in England and it was a surprise to Bella, I ask her about 45 seconds before the ceremony. She will be finishing her Master's in Seattle and the people that matter to us are very happy about the marriage. I will not answer any other questions so please do not ask." She looked ready to burst from having the details and when she left the office I was sure she was searching out someone to share them with.

It was 3 weeks into the school year when I had my first interviews in Boston. I would be interviewing with Lexington Christian Academy on Monday and Boston College High School on Tuesday. I was flying in Saturday night and taking Sunday to look around the city. Bella was excited about the Boston College interview - she wanted me to ask why they don't accept girls. It is an all boy's school and she is offended that I am even talking to them. I tried to tell her it would give me an opportunity to teach the next generation how to be gentlemen and she didn't buy it. In reality I would love an all boy's school, I could do with less drama in my work life. Bella came home for the weekend to help me pack and would take the kids to Charlie's before leaving on Sunday. He swore he was looking forward to having them again, apparently they had fun over break.

The flight was good and I enjoyed exploring the city on Sunday. In some ways it reminded me of Seattle, being on the harbor and all the history. I knew it was a place Bella and the kids would love, houses were expensive but we would be able to afford it. I was up early and nervous, I wanted to call Bella but she was 3 hours behind me and would kill me if I called at 4 am, so I was very surprised when my cell phone beeped with a text message.

Edward-

I knew you would be nervous so I packed you a little stress reliever. Look in your briefcase for the IPOD and play #4. I know you will do great and call me when you are done. I love you.

-Bella

I found the IPOD and the video. When the music started I knew what the video was of, Bella had done a striptease/pole dance for me months ago to Nickelback's Shaking Hands in a school girl uniform. When those Mary Jane's and knee hi socks came into view I was already rock hard and pulling my cock out of my pants. She was wearing her old school uniform, when she swung around the pole and the top two buttons of her shirt popped open I moaned and spread the cum leaking out of my dick around so I could stroke harder and smoother. Fuck she looked good and her pigtails were driving me crazy. Bella's yoga was really paying off, after 4 years she was very flexible. It showed when she wrapped one leg around the pole and was essentially doing a split on it then reached one hand up high to steady herself and fingered herself roughly to an orgasm. As cum was running down her leg I shot my load, hard, onto my chest. After I calmed down I sent her a text before getting into the shower.

B-

Very relaxed now, my naughty girl. I am going to tie you to that pole, in that position and fuck you hard kitten. Count on it!

Love -

E

Both interviews went well but neither school held any appeal to me. They were too...stuffy and set in there ways. I enjoyed the rigorous academics of private schools but wanted the freedom to bring new curriculum on board and that would not have been possible at either school. Bella insisted she wanted me to do what I wanted but I should keep my options open. So we decided that if they wanted a second interview I would do it but not commit to anything yet.

I returned to Forks and word had gotten out that I was interviewing with other schools. I was definitely leaving at the end of year and for some reason people seemed surprised by that. It was during the monthly staff meeting that a few of the teachers questioned me about why I was leaving, I am sure the look on my face said I thought they had sprouted additional heads. "How can you ask me that? Because Bella and I chose to ignore much of the accusations and innuendoes doesn't mean we didn't hear them. The people saying she is a gold digging whore, most of which are in this room. The women that do not respect the fact that I am in a committed relationship and still feel the need to hit on me. The remarks about me being a child seducer and using my job to troll for girls. Do you really think all that could be so easily forgotten? Would any of you be able to forgive and forget if you were the one those things had been said about? As I said we chose to ignore it and just live our lives, for our own happiness and the happiness of the kids. You people know us, or we thought you did. Bella has lived here her entire life and I lived here for the last 15 fifteen years, most of the things being said sounded crazy when you took our character into consideration. But that was part of the problem too, people were ready to forget what they knew about each of us and accept the rumors. Maybe next time you will remember that those people you are gossiping about are people too, not just a story and when you run them out of Forks maybe the town is the one that loses. Now, let's start." After that my life at work became very mundane, no one questioned why I was leaving and the gossip stopped. Some of the female teachers still flirted with me but nothing as obvious as before that meeting, I should have known that if things were fine at work they wouldn't be at home.

I was planning for the play party that was held for Valentine's Day every year, it was on a Saturday and I arranged for Charlie to keep the kids and with Bella's outfit we would be stepping things up even more than the last play party we were at. Bella wouldn't be totally nude but damn close to it and with her clamps as adornments I knew I would be rock hard most of the night and Bella swore she was looking forward to it. She was turning into quite the exhibitionist and said she loved for people see what only I would ever be allowed to touch.

I received a call from Excel Academy in Dallas for an interview on Monday. They were a boarding school for high school teens that were struggling either academically or behaviorally. It was a very interesting school but because we would live on the campus Bella and I agreed that this school would require more background information and consideration than the ones where the kids wouldn't have frequent interaction with the students. They wanted to fly me in Saturday night so I would have Sunday to see the kids in a relaxed atmosphere and then interview and tour the school on Monday. I called Bella that night to let her know and while we were both disappointed we agreed I need to go to Dallas. I would be glad when we were settled somewhere and could become a part of the BDSM community and attend parties more then 2-3 times a year or go to the club more than once very 2 months. It was an important part of our life and having friends in the community we could talk to openly was important to both of us. Peter and Thomas as well as some of the other Dom's said they would help us get in a good club wherever we settled. Just because we were into some kinky shit didn't mean we let just anyone in, the club we belonged to in Seattle was pretty exclusive.

Valentine's Day was on a Wednesday this year and I had planted Bella's gift in her car when she was home over the weekend. It was a necklace of two interlocking hearts, one had a sapphire in it the other an amethyst, our birthstones, and in the interlocking part was a diamond. I knew she would love it. I was in the gym going over things for the dance that would be held this weekend when my phone rang, I didn't recognize the number so I let it go to voicemail, five minutes later I was being paged to the office for a phone call.

"Edward, it's Thomas Mann."

"Yes Thomas, what can I do for you?"

"Well, I just received a call from Kyle. Bella called him. She has been arrested for assault and needed an attorney. She did ask him to call you and explain she is only allowed one phone call and she assumed you would want her to call a lawyer."

"She was what? Arrested? Are you sure?"

"Yes I am sure. He is on his way now to find out what happened and bail her out if need be."

"I need to make some arrangements for the kids and then I am on my way. Do you know anything at all?"

"All I know is it happened on campus and she beat the fuck out of some guy. I think he is being held too, she is insisting he bothered her first and it was self defense."

"Thanks Thomas. I will be there as soon as I can and her father will probably be with me, as a cop he should understand and be able to get to the bottom of things. If she beat the guy I think she did he has friends who can help us."

"Ok, if Kyle can get her released I will have him take her to my house. I'll send you directions and keep you updated."

"Thanks again."

I was almost positive the guy would turn out to be James, he is the only one that had been bothering her. I called Mrs. Call and explained Bella was fine but there was an emergency and could she spend the night with the kids. After she agreed I called Charlie as I walked to Emily's class to tell her everything was fine but I needed to go to Seattle. Charlie told me to pick him on my way out of town and Emily wanted me to call when I reached Bella.

When I picked Charlie up he had been able to reach Billy Black who verified that it was indeed James that Bella had supposedly assaulted. Billy was in the process of putting together all the information we had given him on what had happened at Bella's apartment and the restraining orders we had against James even though they expired. The fingerprints taken from her apartment had not matched any one but if James' prints were now in the system we were going to check against them specifically. We were hoping to get the charges against Bella dropped entirely and file charges against James for stalking.

When we were an hour from Seattle Billy called Charlie and said they were close to getting Bella released but to come to the police station, he didn't think she would be out in the next hour. Charlie asked if he had seen James and then laughed at the response he got from Billy. After he hung I looked at him to see what was so funny.

"You made Bella switch from self defense to Tae Kwon Do, didn't you?"

"Well yeah, especially when they wouldn't renew the order, she needs to be able to defend herself aggressively against him if necessary. Why?"

"Do you have any idea what belt she is?"

"No, I know she goes several times a week and has been testing quiet a bit lately. I have seen her practice at the house and she looks to be good at it. She has even started teaching the kids how to do it."

"Well, the reason it is taking so long to get her out is because she is a red belt and James is in the hospital."

"James is in the hospital?"

"Yes, he has a broken arm, they think some cracked ribs and maybe a concussion on top of the stitches from a bite mark."

"What?"

"Yeah, Bella kicked his ass and good. They are trying to determine if because she has martial arts training it would be consider assault due to extreme force. I expect them to let her go as soon as we get there. Billy said they had no idea she is a cops kid because I have always taught that should she ever get in trouble with the law to keep her mouth shut until a lawyer or I could get to her. I also always taught her that if she needed to defend herself that once she had them down to make sure they stayed there. If James' prints match up I can guarantee she will be let go as soon as we get there." Charlie was laughing again, "She does keep things interesting."

"Yes she does but I wouldn't trade her for anything Charlie." I said laughing.

"I know Edward."

When we arrived Bella was sitting with Kyle waiting to be released, the prints had matched James and that had gone a long way to explain why she reacted the way she did to him. He would be charged with stalking to start, they would search his home to see if anything else could be found. Bella looked to be fine but when she saw me I could see how stressed she was about everything. She ran to me and I could feel her shaking slightly.

"Sshh your okay Bella." I whispered to her. "I am very proud of you for defending yourself. You did good baby."

"But it is causing all this drama and what if James starts talking about what kind of party we saw him at?" She whispered back to me.

"We will deal with that when we have to Bella, for now I am so grateful that you were not hurt. I love you Bella. Do you want to tell me what happened?"

"I'll tell you when we get out of here. I love you too Edward."

Charlie was right within 20 minutes of us arriving she was released and no charges would be pressed against her, a clear cut case of self defense. We thanked Kyle and I asked him to inform Thomas we would be going back to her apartment but to tell him everything that happened since I was pretty sure we would need Kyle in the future if charges were pressed against James. Once at the apartment Bella insisted on cooking us dinner as she told us what happened.

"Cooking relaxes me Edward, you know this so sit down and I will tell you both what happened. Just stay out range of my chopping knifes, it still pisses me off to think about it." She said with a small smile. "I was leaving the English building when I saw him walking across the yard with roses, red roses. When he approached me I told him I had to go and he wasn't suppose to be talking to me. He went on about how he had tried but I had misunderstood, then with the restraining order he wasn't allowed near me and now with me close to graduating he knew he had to act now. He was very calm and almost soothing while talking to me almost like he was expecting me to run from him. I just stood there because at least there were people around us." Bella was stirring a pot on the stove but I didn't think she was with us anymore, her face was blank and I was sure in her mind she was standing back in front of that building.

"I reached up to adjust my book bag, it was such a simple gesture but it set him off. I had used my left hand, he saw my wedding ring and flipped out. He grabbed my wrist and started shouting about how could I let you touch me, I was his and did I really think he would let me get way with marrying you. I pushed him off me and turned to walk away when he grabbed me from behind, he wrapped his arm around my chest like an embrace and I just...snapped. I was only thinking of getting away I held onto his arm and bit down when I felt him release me I turned giving him a roundhouse kick to the side that sent him stumbling back but I forgot to let go of his arm, I think that is how it got broken. When I let go he fell hard on the sidewalk and I guess got a concussion. I was walking towards him to...honestly I am not sure what I was going to do but I was pissed and wanted to hurt him more. That is when campus security arrived and you know the rest." She turned to look at us and I could tell was trying to gauge our reactions. Charlie started laughing as I walked and hugged her from behind.

"As I said, you did good Bella. You had every right to defend yourself. That is why I want you taking those classes."

"Edward is right Bella. You did what you needed to and kept yourself safe. He should not have approached you at all." Charlie said but I don't think Bella believed him.

"What happens now?" She asked Charlie.

"Well, they will search his house to see if he is hiding anything there but he will definitely be charged with stalking since his prints matched the card from the flowers and the ones outside your window. How he pleads will determine if you will need to go to court or not."

Bella just nodded and said it was time for dinner. She was quiet throughout the meal but looked to be returning to her normal self. After we cleaned up from dinner Charlie went outside to call Billy after hugging her goodnight so he could check up on things before we left to return to Forks. I went with Bella into the bedroom, she was exhausted. I helped her change and made sure she was uninjured, she appeared to self conscious about me seeing her body, not the bold woman I was used to. I began to wonder if she had edited what he said to her because Charlie was here. Before she could put her night clothes on I laid her back on the bed and knelt in front of her. I was softly gliding my hands up her body.

"Do you have any idea how much I love you? You are mine Bella, I will never give you up or let someone take you from me." I started at her knee kissing up the inside of her thighs. "I wish I had time to make love to you but I don't think Charlie would appreciate hearing that right now." She giggled. "You are so loud baby but I am going to make you feel good and show you much I want you always. What happened today just made me love and want you more Bella. You did nothing wrong and everything right, let me show you how beautiful you are to me." I licked up her slit and she moaned. "You need to be quiet baby or else I am going to have a very uncomfortable ride back to Forks with your Dad." She laughed but nodded and then I really went to work on her. As much as I hated to rush things, this needed to be fast. She was writhing and pushing against my face and trying to be quiet but she was still loud. I knew she would yell when she came so I slide two fingers inside her and started stroking her soft spot as I climbed beside her and looked into her eyes. "You will always be mine and I will always love you." I felt her tighten around my fingers and leaned in and kissed her hard capturing her scream in my mouth. When she relaxed around me I pulled back to see her face and she was crying softly.

"Thank you Edward. I was worried what you would think, that maybe I led him on or something and wanted him to..." I cut her off.

"I once heard you explain to Rose and Alice about how secure you are in my love. I am just as secure in yours Bella, you love me, and I know that. You will never leave me because I will never do anything stupid enough to give you reason to. Whatever he said, I could never believe because I sleep every night wrapped in the warmth and security of your love. I know you love me as I love you and nothing will ever change that."

She nodded and went to say something but a big yawn happened instead. I moved her under the covers. "You need to sleep little girl. Call me at any time if you need to talk or just need me. I mean it Bella, talk to me about this."

"Ok" she mumbled as she was drifting off. "Love you Edward." I kissed her and went to set the alarm so we could leave. We were almost to the halfway point when Charlie asked me to pull off at a rest area. He had me park by the tables away from everyone else, ok maybe we weren't as quiet as I had hoped in her bedroom I thought as I got out of the car.

"Edward I had you pull over because I need to tell you something and I don't expect you to be able to remain calm about it. I know I didn't when I was told." I was confused, what was this about. I was getting ready to ask when he spoke again. "They searched James house Edward. They found pictures, lots of pictures. Most of Bella alone, but some of the two of you and a couple of all of you at the park. My guess is he has been following her for years. They also found some items he had in a drawer that I couldn't identify but maybe you can tell if they are Bella's or not." He pulled out his cell phone and showed me the pictures he had been sent. I flipped through and saw her panties, a blouse, one of her corsets and a pair of leather cuffs. I am sure the look on my face told him what he needed to know. "I thought so, they are Bella's aren't they?"

"Yes, she told me after the break-in that some things were missing but they weren't anything important. I didn't push her on what they were, I never thought they were of this nature and I had already contacted the alarm company about her apartment. What was he planning on doing Charlie, has he said?"

"No, and as fucked up as this is going to sound the fact that he followed her for so long and never acted until now may actually be a good thing."

"How can this be good? What the fuck was he doing with this stuff?" I was pacing around the picnic area glad it was dark and empty.

"He hasn't said, only that he loves her and would never hurt her. His actions so far confirm that. It is more an adoration than a sick obsession where he has to have her or kill her. As to what he was doing with her things I don't want to think about that. Billy said he talks about her like she is on a pedestal too good for him to touch. They are trying to talk him into pleading guilty to avoid Bella going to court."

"What happens then? He has to go jail Charlie, tell me he is going to jail."

"I expect him to end up in a maximum security psyche ward somewhere. It depends on how long he gets as to if he will do jail time after he gets help. Either way as the victim Bella will be contacted whenever he comes up for parole. If anything happens to me Edward it is important that you keep a current address and number on file with the Seattle PD, understand?"

"Yes, I understand. I have to tell Bella about this Charlie. We do not lie to each, ever and I know how naive that sounds but it is a hard and fast rule we have had from day one and neither of us has broken it. I can wait until I see her face to face but no longer." He nodded and we continued our drive to Forks, there was no use in worrying about things until he knew something concrete.

Bella came home for the weekend and all of us were glad to see her. She appeared to be back to her old self. I told the kids a very clean version of what happened, a man that had been bothering her tried again and this time she fought back and we had to explain things to the police. Evan and Ethan wanted a blow by blow recap and Emily, remembering what had almost happened that Thanksgiving, just needed to see for herself that Bella had not been hurt. I explained to Bella what Charlie had told me on the drive home and she admitted she wasn't surprised that James had taken her things, we had suspected all along it was him. She insisted that I still go to Dallas for the interview and she had moved her classes around so that she didn't need to go back until Tuesday evening. I retrieved the necklace from its hiding place in her car and put it on her, she loved it and I was glad to be able to replace at least some of the memories from Wednesday with good ones.

The Dallas visit was interesting to say the least. While the position would have been both challenging and very rewarding there was no way I was moving my family there. The students who lived there had a wide range of issues and the school did a good job of dealing with them. The main problem was they would have had close contact with my family and that wasn't acceptable to me, not that I thought they would hurt the kids but they just didn't need to be so openly exposed to some things. I told the Board before I left the reasons I would not be able to accept anything if offered and they understood.

The next month passed uneventfully. I had not heard from my mother even though I had talked to my father several times and they were trying marriage counseling. He felt naive and betrayed to realize that after over 40 years his marriage had not been what he thought it was. James plead guilty so Bella did not have to appear in court and he was sentenced to a psyche ward for 4 years. Bella and I didn't think it was long enough but Charlie said it was actually a long sentence for the charges. Bella was doing great in her classes and getting ready for finals, then she would have one more quarter. Things had calmed down at the school and they were interviewing new headmasters. I sat in on the interviews and one or two of those candidates would keep the students on their toes and not in a good way. I also received calls from schools in New York City and Chicago for interviews, I scheduled them during spring break so I could Bella and the kids with me. Bella had also started researching teaching positions in Boston, NYC and Chicago. She had a fairly good idea of which schools she wanted in each city, we were just waiting on a decision to be made and then she would contact the ones she had chosen. I called my father and told him when we would be in Chicago, I also asked him not to tell my mother, she had yet to speak to Bella.

We flew to New York first and stayed at The Carlyle again but in a family suite this time, the kids loved it. I interviewed with The Calhoun School and Birch Wathen Lenox School. I liked both of the schools better than the ones in Boston, they were more progressive in their thinking, my concern now was living in a large city and how the kids would like it. We took the kids sight seeing for a day to Central Park, The Statue of Liberty, the top of the Empire State Building, Times Square and made sure to ride the subway. We talked openly about would we want to live here, the kids were excited about everything to see and do but admitted it would be an adjustment to not be able to walk in the woods or ride their bikes to a friend's house. Privately Bella and I discussed living in Connecticut and taking the train in everyday but that would be close to a two hour commute everyday and neither of us were keen on that idea even if Bella didn't work in NYC. We did manage to come to some conclusions though, Dallas was out and New York over Boston, which left Chicago and neither of us had to say the biggest drawbacks there, Tanya's parents and my mother.

We stayed at the Chicago Fairmont, in the Grand Suite and none of the kids asked Bella or I about it but she did overhear Evan asking Emily if I was still mad at Grandma. She must have nodded her head, Bella said he huffed and mumbled something about how she should just talk to Bella. I interviewed with The Francis Parker School and The Latin School of Chicago and I hated to admit they were the two I liked the best. I loved the way the viewed education as evolving and that teaching methods should also. The kids had been to Chicago so much that I just let them take Bella around while I talked to the schools. We had lunch with my father and he was glad to see everyone. I asked how mother was and apparently she was having a hard time adjusting to not being as controlling but he said she seemed to be making an honest effort. After the kids went to sleep I talked to Bella about the schools here and she admitted they went to visit the Laboratory Schools at the University of Chicago and she loved them. If we moved to Chicago their high school would be her first choice to teach at. I couldn't help but wonder how we would manage living in the same city as my mother if she couldn't get along with Bella.

We returned to Washington and all I could do now was wait to see who I would get a call from, I refused to believe that none of them would call. Bella was being very optimistic and was discussing The Laboratory School with her professors and career placement office, she also admitted that she was looking on line at housing in Chicago just in case she said. She was in her last quarter and if she stayed on track she would graduate Summa with her Master's degree, I was having trouble coming up with a suitable graduation gift for her. I was waffling between Hawaii or a secluded island in the Florida Keys but I have time before I need to book anything.

They say bad things happen in 3's well so do good things, the week before Easter I received a call from The Calhoun School in NY, Boston College High School and Francis Parker School in Chicago the all wanted me for a 2nd interview the next week and I was giddy about it. I knew I was very employable but it still felt good to know other schools recognized that fact too. Bella was excited for me until I mentioned Boston College.

"Boston is still your last choice right?" Bella asked.

I couldn't help but laugh. "Yes Bella and I promise even if I take the position I refuse to be turned into a misogynistic, stuffy jackass of a Headmaster." I said using some of the words she had used.

"Good, because that would mean less head for the Headmaster and I like giving him head." She purred into the phone.

"And he likes getting it, trust me. So you'll be in town Friday?" I asked trying to change the subject.

"Yes I will. I love you Edward."

"Love you too Bella."

It was Thursday and I was looking forward to seeing Bella tomorrow when I was paged to the office for a phone call. When I opened my office door sitting in my chair with her ankles crossed on my desk in nothing but her knee-hi white socks, Mary Jane's, school tie and pigtails was my wife in all her naked glory. I quickly closed and locked the door as she slowly stood up.

"I have been a bad, bad girl Headmaster. My boyfriend has this school he wants to go to and I don't think I am being supportive of him about it." She was standing in front of me with her head down circling her one foot on the carpet. "I should be more supportive of him, he is really good to me and I don't know how to make it up to him. Could you give me some ideas?" I was rooted to the spot I was standing in, I couldn't believe she wanted to do this when school was in session. "Please Headmaster Cullen, I really need your help and you have helped me in the past." She laid a wooden ruler on the desk. "Maybe I need a good spanking, I really do feel bad about how I acted and I am not sure how to say sorry."

"Miss Swan," I said moving around my desk to sit in my chair. "Maybe you should just tell him how sorry you feel and that will be enough." She couldn't tell if I was going to play or not.

"Ok, if that is what you feel is the best way to proceed, I really am sorry and I hope I didn't overstep the boundaries by coming to you with this?'

"No of course not Miss Swan, now if you feel a punishment would make you feel better I could do that for you but I am sure he doesn't feel one is in order." She walked to the side of my desk and leaned her torso on it so her ass was in the air.

"I think that would make me feel better Headmaster but is their something else I should do also?"

"Oh Miss Swan I will show you exactly what you should do for him." I stood behind her holding the ruler and swiftly brought it down on her ass. "What will we do if someone hears us Miss Swan? Or are you hoping someone hears us?"

"I have to admit the thought of someone hearing makes me horny Headmaster Cullen. Would you mind if some hears?"

"No, I am going to make you scream for me Miss Swan." I snapped her again with the ruler and it left a nice pink line on her ass. I moved my fingers through her folds. "So are you wet for me or are you thinking about your boyfriend?"

"You Headmaster." I spanked her again twice and was rock hard when the pink lines appeared.

"You have a lovely ass Miss Swan, but I am sure you know that." I swatted her again and she started to squirm. "So tell me Miss Swan does your boyfriend like it hard and rough?" I asked lifting her right leg and placing it on the corner of the desk. I slowly pushed one finger into her.

"Not really he is too scared to hurt me or so he says."

I pushed another finger in and started circling her clit. "Well you won't have that problem with me Miss Swan. I love having rough sex, driving my cock into a hot, tight, wet pussy and I bet you are tight aren't you?"

"Yes Sir I am. I do the Kegel exercises to make sure."

I unzipped my pants and let them drop to the floor while rubbing the tip of my cock through her folds. "Fuck you are wet baby girl." I thrust into her hard and set a fast rhythm not giving her time to adjust like I normally do. "Hot and tight too." I said as I smacked her ass with the ruler again. "You look good taking my cock Miss Swan."

"I love your cock Sir. So big and wide, fills me right up Headmaster." She was trying to buck her hips back into me. I gripped her hips and pushed them into the desk. "Oh no little girl, I am controlling this ride. Squeeze me you naughty girl." I growled into her ear as I picked up my pace.

"Fuck Headmaster...sooo good...I'm gonna cum Sir." The pitch of her voice was rising and I knew she was close, so was I.

"Me too. Squeeze me hard...fuck girl...cum on my cock...now...do it." She clamped down on me and shouted, "Headmassssterrrrrrrr".

"Fuck your pussy is good." I was still thrusting in her trying to prolong her orgasm. "I'm gonna fill your pussy girl." With one last thrust I yelled "Fuck" and blew my load, hard.

Once we both were breathing normally I pulled her onto my lap. "What brought all this on? Not that I mind it was a nice surprise."

"Part of it is I do feel bad for giving you a hard time about Boston but mostly our chances to have sex in this office are coming to an end and you said things had calmed down at school so I figured we could give them something to talk about." Bella was chuckling as she explained her reasoning.

"I like those reasons and you have nothing to feel sorry for but thanks anyway. At first you had me thinking this was your way to try to force me to play with you." I slapped her ass when I said it and waited for her response.

"No, no that wasn't it at all. I was worried you might think that but tried to get my point across I just wanted to say sorry and have fun. I actually expected to just give you a blow job but this was sooo much better."

"Let's get dressed and I'll walk you out. I am surprised Mrs. Cope hasn't..." And there it was the intercom. I put my finger over my lips so Bella wouldn't talk. "Yes"

"Are you ok Headmaster Cullen? It sounded as if you hurt yourself." She asked.

"I'm fine thank you. I just bumped into my desk." I released the intercom button right as Bella laughed. I dressed but didn't put my tie on and watched Bella pull clothes out of a bag but she left the socks and Mary Jane's on. She undid her hair as I opened the office door. I walked into the outer office combing my fingers through my hair and saw the stunned faces of Mrs. Cope, Ms. Weber and Jane Alexander. "Ladies" I said as I held out my hand and Bella took it walking out of my office.

"Oh Miss Swan I didn't see you come in." Mrs. Cope said and she was actually blushing.

"No the office was empty when I got here and it's Mrs. Cullen." Bella said as we left the office. We could here the gossip starting before the door closed behind us. The bell rang before we could get outside and I heard several boys yell "Way to go Mr. Cullen." Bella laughed and kissed me before walking to her car. God I loved that woman. As unprofessional as it maybe I was sure another visit or two from her like that and the females would definitely be leaving me alone. I had caught a few of the teacher's going at it in the past so they had no room to say anything.

Easter was nice. Some people pointed looked away embarrassed when we caught them staring. Bella and I just laughed because we were pretty sure the looks had to do with her visit on Thursday. "I wish one of them would ask." Bella whispered to me. "I would love to confirm their suspicions." Dinner was at Charlie's this year and we took the opportunity to talk to him about the cities we may move to emphasizing that we both had our eye on jobs in Chicago. He asked about my parents and I was honest about the situation. I was sure that regardless of where we moved to Charlie would be very involved in the kids' lives, he considered them his grandkids too.

I went for my 2nd interviews and visiting all three schools back to back convinced me I wanted the Headmaster position at Francis Parker in Chicago. All three schools said they would make a decision by May 1st. When I told Bella she was very excited, she had been talking to the Laboratory Schools and had submitted a resume telling them that it would be dependent on my position. She was hoping to hear from them in May also. In the end I received offers from all three schools. Bella and I flew to Chicago so I could accept the position and explain fully why I was leaving Forks.

I was nervous about this meeting, I didn't want them to feel betrayed. Three members of the Board were in the conference room and they couldn't hide their surprise when I told them I needed to disclose something before we discussed my contract. Bella sat beside me as I recounted my divorce, the beginning of our relationship and the reaction of Forks when it became public and the accusations that had been laid against me at the Board meeting including the outcome of that meeting. When I was done they looked stunned but not disgusted. "I was not trying to hide anything, we did nothing wrong and in the end that fact was proven. But I couldn't, in good conscience, not disclose this to the school I may actually be working at, I would never want you to be blindsided should my problems in Forks become public knowledge."

They thanked me for my honesty and asked us to step out of the room so they could discuss this new development amongst themselves. Bella assured me they would still offer me the position but I didn't want to get my hopes up and then not get it. We waited for 30 minutes before they called us back in and offered me the job. I gave Bella a big hug and she decided to take a cab to the hotel so I could discuss my contract in private. She was in the shower when I returned to the hotel. After a round of hot shower sex, we ordered room service and I spent the rest of the night making love to my wife. The woman who stood proudly beside me and supported me in everything I did.

We returned to Forks and told the kids and Charlie that we would be moving to Chicago over the summer. The kids were excited, if we had to move going to a city they knew was best and their grandparents were there. I called my father and told him about the move. He was happy for all of us and hoped this would be the thing that forced Esme to deal with her issues. It would be hell on her to live close to the kids and not see them often because she couldn't be nice to Bella. I wasn't sure what to do about Tanya's parents but we had time to figure that out.

Bella returned to Seattle and contacted schools in Chicago she could teach at while I gave my notice. Bella started to slowly pack up her apartment and the house when she was in Forks. We e-mailed each other pictures of houses and neighborhoods we could live in. We wanted to look at houses the week after school was out so hopefully we could move in quickly. The time flew by, Bella graduated Summa Cum Laude with her Masters and I surprised her with a week on Seabird Key as her graduation present, we would ne going in July. Seabird Key is a ten acre private island in the Florida Keys, we would be the only ones there for a week. Charlie and Sue agreed to keep the kids for me. Bella was offered a position at The Laboratory Schools a week before her graduation and everyone was thrilled.

Bella insisted we celebrate my birthday, my 40th birthday, before things got nuts. So the weekend of Forks graduation found me the butt on many 'over the hill' jokes and old man presents. The kids had a ball with it so it wasn't all bad. We had a cookout with Charlie and Sue and I was glad it was a fairly relaxed day. The realtor was coming Monday to put the Forks house on the market. Bella's friendship with Alice and Rose had drifted and they barely saw each other now. Bella told me she hoped once they entered the real world they would come around and try to contact her. As we climbed into bed after seeing Charlie and Sue off Bella snuggled in close to me but I knew she wanted to talk about something, she just couldn't relax.

"Bella, whatever it is just spit it out. It can not be as bad as the build up has been."

"Well, I rented the VIP room at the club two Fridays from now for a Birthday/going away party for you and us. The club will still be open but in the VIP room will be us, Peter, Thomas, Matt and a few of the other Dom's I know you are friends with and their sub's. I am in the process of planning a surprise for you and I hope you like it."

"I am sure I will love it Bella and it will be good to see everyone before we move. Just remember to stay within my hard limits for attending parties and your ass is safe."

"That is not a problem, 40 is a big birthday Edward and I want it to be special for you."

"I am sure it will be. Now get ready baby, we are going to see if your pretty young body can keep up with my dirty old man mind." I said chuckling as I rolled on top of her. As it turns out we are fairly evenly matched.

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