She looked up after a minute to catch his face in her hands and kiss him on the lips softly. He gladly returned the kiss, picking her up so she was sitting on the hood of his car as he deepened it. That surprised her but she didn't pull away. Instead she wrapped her legs around his hips and slid her fingers into his hair before parting at the sound of the school bell ringing for the day to be over.
Edward couldn't help but groan slightly at having her on his car like that and grinned evilly at her as he nipped her lower lip. She giggled softly and gave him a quick kiss before resting her head against his chest and letting her legs fall from around his waist to hang down on either side of him. He ran a hand down her back lightly as he eyed the students leaving the building to gather in the parking lot to go home.
It amazed him how quickly both of their moods had changed at just being together.
Bella noticed the stares they were getting, but honestly didn't care. She was content at the moment and he was happy to hold her.
Once the parking lot became empty they decided to finally let go of one another and leave. Bella ended up falling asleep in the car on the way back to the house and he smiled at her lovingly as he parked the car. After adoring her for a moment and sliding a piece of hair behind her ear, he got out of the car and carried her inside. She shifted in his arms and moaned uncomfortably, like she was having a bad dream.
He was able to get her to his room quickly and tried to lay her down and soothe her out of her current state. She struggled in her sleep against him as he went to cover her up. "Bella its ok." He spoke softly and reached up to stroke her cheek.
She lashed her arm forward and knocked his hand away. "Mike just stop." She called out in her sleep. Not really as a call for help, but an irritated message of annoyance.
Edward's breath caught in his throat and he narrowed his eyes. Did she really just say that? he thought.
He attempted once again to wake her, now interested in finding out why she was dreaming of Mike.
"Bella, it's me Edward. Wake up." His voice was still soft and sweet even though he was worried.
"Stop!" She jerked awake then while pushing his hands away. Trying to calm her breathing she then noticed who was beside her. "Edward..." Her voice was in a whisper and she instantly moved to his arms.
He pulled her back a little to hold her head in his hands and make her look at him. "Did he do something to you?" Worried at the moment he held off on his anger until he got an answer.
She looked at him confused a moment. "What?" She knew what she had dreamed, but did not know what he heard.
"Mike, what did he do?" He lightly rubbed his thumb against her skin as he continued to hold her face in his hands.
Guess she spoke in her sleep more than she though. "He didn't mean to." He really hadn't meant to, but that didn't mean he wasn't being a jerk. Bella really just didn't want Edward to have to worry about anything else.
He was confused now. "What do you mean?" He was still holding off on getting mad for the time being, wanting to know what had happened. She then began to explain the whole story to him.
Edward pulled away from her to stand and think a moment. She just watched him not knowing what else to say really. He moved to sit down by the window and stared off into the sunset. Bella stood up and headed in his direction. He was facing away from her and removed his shirt to lean against the wall. She stopped to watch him. "Are you mad at me?"
He turned his head to face her. "Of course not, but you wont let me deal with my frustration how I normally would, so I'm stuck trying to figure out a new way." He reached out for her and she didn't hesitate to move to him. Sitting down between his legs with her back against his chest and his arms around her she shut her eyes. "You can take it out on me." She grinned, but he couldn't see it. Hopefully he knew what she meant and she was only kidding.
He chuckled from behind her and it actually made him feel better to laugh. He playfully leaned his head down to nip at her neck and shoulder. "It's bad enough I have to hold back with you when I'm trying to take it slow. I don't see that happening and someone not getting hurt."
Bella turned so she was now facing him and leaning her chest against his. "Oh really." Since his shirt was off she took advantage of that and dipped her head down quick enough to bite his nipple. His body was too sexy for her to resist.
He jumped some at her actions but also groaned, an instant turn on for him. Reaching down he stopped her from doing it again and made her eyes meet his. "Stop that." He smiled, but was also serious. She continued with her evil grin as she looked at him and thrust her hips forward against his forming hard on she could feel. That caused his eyes to roll back and he bit his lip, but was silent. His strong hands left her face to now hold her hips from moving. "Don't." He insisted.
"You can't resist me." She teased and since he now had her hips captive she managed to get a hand between them to tease his hard on through his jeans. That was true she was extremely hard for him to resist and her teasing was about to drive him crazy. He wasn't able to keep his hips from moving against her hand at first and moaned softly. "Please Bella." His eyes were shut tight as he tried to keep a clear head and not let her do what she was trying to.
She pouted at his rejection playfully. "What's wrong?" He swiftly moved his hands to hold her in a position to where she could not tease him anymore.
It took him a minute to speak once he set his breathing normal again. "Trust me you have no idea how much I want you. However with this much frustration built up inside of me I'm not going to risk it." He continued to hold her like that as he kissed her lightly on the lips.
She understood and smiled after returning his kiss, but wanted to see how far she could actually go.
"Maybe I want you to hurt me." Game went wrong there when his smile dropped and his face saddened.
"No." He let her go slightly to pull her up closer to him in a more loving embrace. "As many people who have taken advantage of that lately you are going to be lucky if I let you leave my side." He tried to smile then not wanting to ruin the mood, but did want her to know how serious he was. She gave up then and apologized. Silently laying her head down on his chest and shutting her eyes, she took that time just to enjoy being with him. That was until her stomach growled against him.
He laughed softly and stood up taking her with him. "Guess I should feed you."
"Hey, I'm not a pet. I know how to feed myself thank you." She teased and tossed his shirt at him. He just shook his head and smiled as he put his shirt on then went with her to the kitchen. She opened the fridge to see what little food was there just for her. She still couldn't get over that she was the only one in the house that ate that type of food. Settling on a bowl of cereal she set down on a stool at the bar to enjoy it. Edward just stood there and watched her, always interested in anything she did. He would have to go feed himself once she went to sleep.
Bella finished and washed her dishes before heading back to his room. Which over time had become their room since almost all her things were there and he even put in a bed for her recently. Edward shut the door behind them and watched as she pulled on a tank top to sleep in. Only then reminded of what happened to her that day as the bruises showed on her back. Keeping his thoughts to himself he followed her across the room to join her on the bed to hold her as she went to sleep.
He pulled himself away from her gently with a kiss to her forehead to set out with his plan to feed once she had fallen asleep.
That night was the first night he actually felt bad for killing an animal. The animal was innocent and really had no other purpose there than to fall meal to something else. His mind kept flashing to those around him that deserved to be in the animals spot more so than it, at least thats how he felt. It frightened him to feel that way and knew it was because of his love for Bella. He never once before had such hatred toward certain humans. The fact nothing was being done to those that harmed her he figured had to be why. Plus the extreme frustration that had been building in him since he pulled Bella away from Charlie. He wondered if he was going to feel like this forever. He knew inside how protective he was over her and how much it hurt to have something happen to her and to hold back all of his feelings. He now felt like it was his instinct to do something to those that had hurt her. How close he had come to losing himself to Charlie when he grabbed her arm the other day at school. He had never been so careless before, so stressed out and happy at the same time. It made no sense. Knowing how much he loved Bella and what he would do for her, he could not lose control of himself because of her and ruin everything for himself and his family.
The one deer is what he settled on for the night since he couldn't bring himself to do it again right then.
He quickly returned to his home and stood by the glass door to his room looking in on Bella as she slept. Would the monster really win him over and he lose control all over a girl? Or would he have to leave with a broken heart? So many questions left unanswered but he was clueless as to how to make these horrible feelings go away.
He took his hand to trace the drops of water on the glass as he continued to stare at her just letting his mind go blank for once and not think of anything.
He really felt like crying if he actually could. Thought if he could perform that action like a normal person it would help release some of the emotions he was feeling. Knowing he could never leave her since he knew he would then be the cause of her pain, but also because he loved her unconditionally, he was just going to have to deal with his feelings how he saw best fit. He honestly did not think he would have to worry about Mike trying something else, but Charlie was a mystery to him. Every day he feared he would show up there and rip Bella away from him. Tear her away from this new life she had found and felt safe with, just to be turned back to his abuse once again. Even if he really had changed she did not deserve to have to look at him and be reminded daily of the monster he was in those moments. Slamming his clenched fist down against the side of the house he growled. It wasn't hard enough to harm the foundation or even wake Bella who was right inside the house.
He quickly moved through the room and out in an instant. Finding his piano and sitting quietly. The best way to deal with his emotions was to let his feelings flow through his fingers and onto the keys. This way no one was to be harmed and it eased his pain. Anyone listening to the sound flowing in the house could feel his mood, it wasn't to be mistaken and no one bothered him.
Once he felt a little bit better he stopped playing and went back to Bella. It was about time for her to be getting up anyways, they sadly had school that day.
Edward of course drove them to school like he always did. Today was different from all the rest because as soon as he parked and turned off the car he was ambushed. Charlie had been waiting for them to get there and took the chance to park his police cruiser behind Edward's car to prevent him from trying to leave. He quickly emerged from the car and approached the passenger side where Bella was sitting, taking her completely off guard. He opened the door and gently but rudely pulled Bella from the car to stand, never letting her arm go. Edward was just as quick to reach her side of the car enraged, but before he could say anything to Charlie he noticed all the other officers off in the distance watching them. He had been set up to where he could not do anything and he didn't like it.
"Charlie what are you doing?" She spoke in his direction quietly but stern.
"You know, I gave you plenty of time to come to me on your own and you refused. So I took my own action. Even if you do not wish to stay with me, you are going to at least talk to me." Charlie's tone was normal and pulled her in the direction of his cruiser. She tried to resist him and pull away but she couldn't.
She helplessly looked over at Edward who swallowed hard, but didn't move.
"Edward..." She cried to him, scared and not understanding why he was just standing there.
He clenched his teeth and fist as he looked in the direction of the other officers and back at her. His body trembled with fury and pain at her cry for help and his mind raced for an escape plan. He had to shut his eyes for a moment and bite his lip to keep control of himself. He wanted nothing more than to go to her, to rip her away from his grasp and run away, but he couldn't. He forced himself to not take that action and as a result he was being punished with hurting Bella for the first time. The look of pain and rejection on her face as she was forced into Charlie's car broke his heart. No matter how much he hated himself right then he knew it was the best choice he could make. His fear from that night of her being taken away from him had come true. Was keeping his family's secret really that important right then? he thought.
If he had tried to fight off Charlie and steal Bella away from his hold. He could easily come to his home and take her from there the same way and he knew Carlisle would let her go. Not because he believed it was best for her, but knew they had no say in it when it came to the law. If the other officers had not been watching him like a hawk he may of gotten away with something other than this, but there were too many witnesses.
Bella still struggled with Charlie even if Edward was not going to help. Going with him alone was the last thing she wanted to do.
She did not win. Looking out the window she met Edward's eyes as hers filled with tears and felt betrayed.
It wasn't his fault and she knew that deep down, but she was angry and upset and hurt, her mind crippled to not think straight.
Edward stepped forward as her eyes met his, all emotion leaving his face as Charlie sped away with her. A hair away from letting the inner demon take control and not care about the world around him. He was slipping until a high pitched voice brought him back to reality. Alice stepped beside him having witnessed what happened from a distance. He ignored her and growled as he turned to face his car and slam his fist against the roof. It smashed down hard enough that both the front and back passenger windows shattered.
"Edward!" Alice yelled at him as she quickly scanned the parking lot to make sure no one had seen. She then tried to go to him and calm him down, but was instantly rejected.
He did not care about his car and even though he loved Alice he did not care what she had to say right then. It made him feel better to hit something. Shrugging her away he headed toward the school's front door. He knew if he was left to roam around free right then he would do something stupid, but could he be trusted in front of the hundreds of humans waiting beyond the door. It wasn't the humans he was furious with, at that moment it was just one and he had no idea what was going to happen. Charlie was on the job and he knew he certainly wasn't going to be drunk. That really wasn't what he was fearing. He feared that Charlie's anger toward him and Bella's actions recently was enough to set him off this time without the beer to influence.
Every possible horrible thought he could come up with he feared was going to happen. He knew the other officers were there to obviously back up Charlie, but was he going to take her to the station? Take her home? Where the hell were they going? What was he going to say or do? Was he ever going to see her again?
Growling again he stopped right before entering the school and grabbed his hair, wondering if his choice was the right one. He could feel Alice coming up behind him with Jasper and sighed. His mind starting to become clouded at Jasper's attempt to calm him.
"Stop it!" Edward snapped at him trying to shake him away.
"Edward, listen!" Alice pleaded. "You can't keep stressing out like this. I know what Charlie did before was wrong and how much it hurt both you and Bella, but maybe this isn't a bad thing. Maybe he really wants to try and make things up to her. All Bella wants is her father back." She still tried to comfort him even though he wasn't allowing Jasper to.
"You have no idea what he could be doing..." It took a minute for her words to sink in. Maybe he really was over reacting, but he loved her too much to let something like this go unguarded. Charlie really did seem sorry when he caught them in the hall at school. Just as he thought before, wondering if their actions by leaving like they did could of set him in a new direction.
Alice placed a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eyes. "Every human family has their own ways of dealing with their problems. Bella is tough."
He started to calm down again but was still worried. "She is never going to forgive me for letting this happen, even more so if he turns out to be the bad guy again. He could of killed her last time... almost did.... I can't risk that. I just stood there like a coward and let him take her. She probably thinks I didn't care.."
"Edward." She hated seeing her brother so stressed out. Never really taking the time to think about all he had to deal with before. "Bella will forgive you."
Edward sighed and pinched his lips together. "I'm going to class." He turned and left Alice and Jasper standing there to watch the school door close behind him. The thoughts in the back of his mind kept telling him to leave and follow her. Find out what was going on, but he was too afraid he would not be able to control himself if things went badly. The same feelings returning to him that were present just last night. How could he go on being with Bella forever if this is how he was going to feel all the time? He quickly pushed that thought aside because he could not see himself without her. It would hurt more than this.
All he had to do was get through the day at school and hope he could hear from her soon. He could think of a million other things he rather be doing than sitting in a classroom, but it was keeping his mind occupied for the time being. Keeping him somewhat sane.
The day went by slowly and he spoke to no one. Tried to pay attention to his teachers and the work just to keep his mind from wandering. He only had one slip up when he saw Mike pass him in the hallway grinning. He quickly shook thoughts of what he could do to him aside and kept walking, his time would come.
The last bell finally rang and he quickly made his way out to his car to get his phone. Reminded again of that morning when he saw his car and sighed. Not letting it bother him he reached for his phone to see no one had called. That got to him and his worry returned. He ditched the car for now and headed on foot to the only place he could think where she might be. He stopped when his phone vibrated in his hand and looked down to see the call coming from just the person he wanted to talk to.