Edward's POV
Wednesday was unseasonably warm for northwest Washington State. When Emmett called and said that he and Rose were going to work late that evening—working extra so they could take some time to spend with our parents that weekend—and asked if Bella and I would go over and feed the puppies, I quickly agreed.
"Do you mind if we use the pool?" I asked Emmett over the phone, smiling at Bella, who'd come over to my shop to eat lunch with me.
"Nah, not at all," he answered. "Even if it wasn't heated, with as warm as it is outside today, you'd probably be fine. I cleaned it last weekend, so it should be fine."
"Thanks, bro. We'll handle the dogs and lock up once we're finished if you aren't back yet."
"No problem. Tell Bella hi, and we'll see her for dinner tomorrow."
I smiled and covered the mouthpiece to give Bella his message.
She grinned and said, "Tell them hi."
"She said hi, Em," I told him, laughing when he grunted before hanging up.
"My brother's such a conversationalist sometimes," I remarked, draining the rest of my Coke.
Bella finished her bite of pasta salad and looked up at me, a worried expression on her face.
"What's wrong?" I asked quickly. As far as I knew, she'd been fine until just now. I had no idea what could have changed.
"Your, um, parents will be here soon."
I nodded slowly, not following.
"What if they don't like me? I mean, we haven't been seeing—"
I stopped her before she could get any further. "They're gonna love you, Bella. I promise. You're smart, funny, caring, you like my siblings, and you love me. More importantly," I stressed, "you make me happy, and I love you. That's all they care about."
She nodded slowly. "I guess so. This is, um—I'm new at this. This is the first time I've met a guy's parents, so I guess I'm just not sure what to expect."
I laughed. "Well, you've met the rest of my family, yes?"
She nodded, raising an eyebrow in question.
"What kind of parents do you think could raise children like Alice, Emmett, and me and stay sane?" I raised an eyebrow in return, smirking when she laughed.
"That's a good question," she teased. "Are we sure they're sane?"
"Not always," I said with a snort, "but most of the time, it's a pretty safe bet." Reaching across my desk, I took her hands in mine and squeezed gently. "Please, love, don't worry. I promise, you have nothing to fear."
Bella nodded slowly, still looking a bit unsure, before glancing up at the clock. "Oh! I'd better go. Mrs. Cope is only working half days still, through the end of the week, so I need to get back and let her go home." She smiled softly. "This was fun, Edward, and the pasta was delicious. Thank you for lunch."
I walked around the desk and pulled her into my arms. "It was my pleasure. I'll see you after work, and then we can grab some dinner to take over to Rose and Emmett's to eat while we play with the dogs and swim, okay?"
She nodded and then leaned up to kiss me. Her arms around me pulled me closer to her, and her fingers grabbed hold of the back of my T-shirt, fisting the fabric. She sighed into the kiss as I ghosted my fingers up her arms, over her shoulders, and buried them in her hair. I ached to deepen the kiss, needing more of her. When I brushed her lips with my tongue, she whimpered, and I took the opportunity to slide my tongue to meet hers as they began to dance and tease one another.
Finally, we broke apart, almost gasping for air. I leaned my forehead against hers, not wanting to lose contact.
"Fuck," she breathed, making me chuckle.
"Maybe later, love. Right now, though," I said, glancing over at the clock, "you'd better go."
I laughed when she squeaked her surprise and nodded. "Yeah, uh...yeah," she muttered under her breath, shaking her head as if to clear it. "See you later!" She quickly walked away, calling out a goodbye to Sasha, who was standing behind the counter, pretending to pay attention to anything besides what we'd been doing moments before.
"Let me clean up our lunch mess," I told Sasha, grinning back when she smirked at me, "and then I'll take over so you can grab your lunch, too."
~*~*~CIBD~*~*~
Bella's POV
"Do you wanna eat first and then wait to swim, or swim now and eat after?" I asked Edward as we unloaded dinner onto counter in Rose's kitchen.
He looked thoughtful. "Well, if we swim now, it'll be plenty warm enough outside and in the water, and we might work up an appetite for after," he answered slyly.
"Edward, dear," I murmured with a coy smile, running my hand softly up his arm. "Are you planning on being naughty in the pool?"
Giving me an innocent look, he questioned, "Would I do that?"
"In a heartbeat," I replied with a laugh.
"Maybe," he retorted. Smirking, he gave me a quick kiss on the forehead before grabbing the containers of Chinese from the counter. "So, swim first, eat later?"
I giggled, nodding. "I'll go let the dogs out. Let's play with them first."
"Sounds good. I'll get their food ready while you wait to let the monsters in again."
I made my way to the back door, Teeny and Cindy following behind me obediently. I let them outside and watched as they both immediately moved to the side of the yard to do their business before coming back to the door to be let inside.
"Good puppies," I crooned softly as I let them in again. "You babies ready for dinner?"
They gave excited yips and raced off to the kitchen. I followed, laughing when I got to the kitchen to see them each already at their separate bowls, scarfing down their food.
"Apparently, they were hungry," Edward said dryly. "Let's get changed, and by the time we're ready to go outside, the dogs'll be finished. We can play with them out in the yard before getting into the pool. Sound okay?"
I nodded. "Sounds perfect."
Grabbing the new swimsuit I'd bought when Alice and Rose had taken me shopping, I headed down the hall to the bathroom. It didn't take me long to change, and I looked myself over in the mirror before going back to meet Edward. I knew I looked okay. Alice had helped me pick it out. It was a midnight blue Tommy Bahama two-piece, with a metal ring connecting the two pieces of the top between my breasts. The bottoms—which had matching metal rings on each hip—made my ass look fantastic, and although I didn't have breasts as ample as Rose, I wasn't as small as Alice, either. The bikini top fit me perfectly, cupping them and holding them up and in place like it should. The blue color against my skin was pretty, and since Edward seemed to like it when I was in any shade of blue, I knew he was sure to like this one.
On my way back through the kitchen, I grabbed the towels we'd brought and then walked into the living room, where Edward stood by the door, holding Teeny and talking to both dogs.
When he heard me come into the room, he turned and his eyes darkened like they always did when he was aroused. He set the dog down and came over to me, looking me over from head to toe.
"You look stunning, love," he murmured, pausing at my chest.
I tried not to laugh when he didn't say anything more or look away, but my effort was futile. A giggle escaped me, followed by a second when even that didn't pull his attention away from my breasts. Finally, I reached out a hand and, with a single finger on his chin, tilted his head up until he was looking me in the eyes.
He shook his head slightly, his eyes focusing again, and I giggled a third time when he blushed a deep red.
"Sorry." He chuckled. "You, uh, look great."
Grinning, I said, "Thanks. You don't look half bad yourself, mister."
And he didn't. His black cargo trunks hung to just above his knees and had white piping down the sides and a white drawstring. He'd left off his shirt, so I had the perfect view of his wide shoulders, strong chest, narrow waist, and the oh-so-yummy vee that disappeared under the band of his suit.
"Shall we, or do you need another minute?" he teased, interrupting my perusal of his nearly naked body.
"Oh! Yeah. Sorry." I laughed even as my cheeks heated. "Look, it's the vee!" My eyes followed my fingers as they traced down one side of the muscles that formed the vee under his waist, across the top of the trunks, and up the other side of the dips.
"Behave," he chided, taking my hand in his and leading me to the door. The twinkle in his eyes gave away his amusement, though, so I wasn't too worried about being out of line. When he winked, I knew I'd been right.
Edward opened the door, and the dogs raced ahead of us out into the backyard. He immediately grabbed the tennis ball for Cindy and the smaller ball Emmett had bought for Teeny and threw them across the yard for the dogs to chase after. Emmett kept the lawn neat and clean, so I spread the towels down on the grass a bit away from the play and sat down, stretching out to bask in the rare sunshine to watch them play.
When Teeny came trotting up with his ball—which I discovered was about the size of a small hacky sack—and dropped it at my feet, I picked it up and tossed it for him to run after again. Edward was standing near me, playing fetch with Cindy and her tennis ball. We threw the balls for almost fifteen minutes before both dogs trotted over to the water bowl.
Edward moved to me and held out his hand. "Come on, love, let's swim."
~*~*~CIBD~*~*~
Edward's POV
Bella grabbed my hand with one of hers, held onto the towels with the other, and allowed me to pull her into a standing position. I wrapped an arm around her waist, and we walked over to the gate in the fence surrounding the pool.
Rose had insisted that they put in a wrought iron fence when they put in the pool so they wouldn't have to worry about it later when they had children. Of course, they knew now that she couldn't have children, but she insisted it was still a good thing. They'd need it for all the nieces and nephews Alice and I were going to have for them to spoil rotten.
Bella tossed the towels down on one of the chairs off to the side of the pool and then stopped when I began pulling her to the edge of the deep end.
"Nuh-uh," she said adamantly, shaking her head. "You can get in that way. I'm gonna walk down the stairs like a sensible person and acclimate myself to the water."
She laughed when I just shook my head and smirked. I gave her a quick kiss, let go of her hand, and dashed to the edge, throwing myself into the water in the cannonball position. Even underwater, I heard her shriek as the water came out of the pool, splashing her.
I surfaced, laughing and pushing my hair back and out of my face, and watched as Bella glared and then continued to the steps at the end of the pool.
"Come on, love," I called. "It's not too cold, I promise."
"Says the crazy man who just splashed me," she grumbled, but her answering grin let me know she wasn't angry.
Bella took her time stepping down into the water, and by the time she reached the bottom step and sank down until the water was chest high, I was beside her.
"See?" I said. "It's not that bad."
"Fine," she admitted. "It's not that bad."
I laughed and pulled her to me, giving her a wet kiss. "Swim with me?" I asked.
She nodded, and before I could blink, she'd ducked under the water and pushed off the step behind her, propelling herself farther into the pool. I beamed with pleasure and began swimming to catch up.
We played for half an hour, racing back and forth, floating as we talked, diving to the bottom of the deep end for some of the pool toys Emmett kept beside the pool, and just having a good time. Bella kept brushing against me throughout our play, and beneath my trunks, I was hard as a rock. When she suggested we race one more time, I agreed, and on the count of three, I took off.
I didn't notice that she wasn't with me until I was almost to the end of the pool. I stopped and looked back, noticing that she was in the same place she'd been in when I started racing.
"Everything okay?" I called to her.
"Mmhmm," she answered. "Come back, Edward..."
Her tone was suggestive, almost purring. It sent my dick into overdrive, and although I'd have said it was impossible, it got even harder. What did my little minx have up her sleeve now?
When I swam up to her, I looked down through the clear water and realized she was completely naked. While I'd been racing to the other end of the pool, she'd been stripping.
"Fuck," I hissed, reaching down to adjust myself as my cock throbbed.
Giggling, she asked, "Problem?"
I growled, grabbed her hand, and gently placed it over my cock in my swim trunks.
Her giggling cut off, and the amusement on her face was replaced with lust and heat. "Take them off," she pleaded.
The pleading tone was unnecessary; I was unable to deny her anything. I wasted no time in tugging the trunks off and tossing them up on the side of the pool.
I was already worked up from having Bella naked and pressed against me, not to mention the constant state of arousal I seemed to be in around her. When she began to stroke me and play with my balls, I had to work to keep from spilling myself into her hand. As much as I enjoyed that—and I did always enjoy it—I wanted to feel her around me more.
I reached between us and stilled her hand on my cock with mine, capturing her lips in a quick kiss before actually removing her hand. "I wanna be inside you, Bella," I said, my voice husky with all my pent-up desire.
She nodded, her breathing heavy, as I moved us up to the steps of the pool. Planting myself on a step high enough that the water came to my waist, I pulled Bella onto my lap so she was straddling me. Her hands came to rest on my shoulders, and then she slowly lowered herself until I slid fully inside her.
"Fuck," I growled softly, feeling her stretch to accommodate me.
She moaned in response, her body tightening around my erection.
With one hand on her hips and the other buried in her hair, I helped control the pace at which she rode me. I tugged her forward until she was leaning up, close enough to capture each other's breath, but not yet touching. She whimpered until I leaned forward myself and captured her lips with mine.
The kiss started off slow and gentle, our lips and tongues moving at the same rate as the slow rolling of her hips. When we finally broke apart for air, I began trailing wet, open-mouthed kisses down her neck, to the curve of her breast.
Her nipples were puckered from being exposed to the air, and she gasped as I closed my lips around one taut little nub. I moved my hand from her hair, trailing my fingers across her smooth skin until I reached her other breast. After weighing the round fullness in my palm for a moment, I tweaked the nipple, rolling it between my thumb and forefinger. Bella's movements faltered as my teeth tugged once at her nipple before kissing my way back up to her neck, where I attached my lips to the soft skin under her ear.
I could feel the heat of my impending orgasm, so I moved my hand from her breast to her clit, desperately wanting Bella to come with me. I sucked softly at the skin under my lips and then moved up to her ear and murmured, "Come for me, love," as I repeated the same rolling motion on her clit as I'd done to her nipple.
Almost instantly, Bella cried out as her orgasm hit her hard and fast. "God, Edward!"
Her body was shaking, squeezing around me. Her cries and heavy panting, combined with her hands now tugging my hair, brought my own orgasm rushing to the surface. With a roar, I gave one final thrust of my hips and came hard inside her.
When we could breathe again, Bella began giggling. I must've been looking at her funny, because she explained, "I can't believe we just had sex in Rose and Emmett's pool! Rose is gonna kill us."
I laughed and said, "Baby, if you think we're the only ones to have done this, you're sorely mistaken. I guarantee all three couples have had their turn out here now. I wouldn't have put it past them for my parents to have done it, as well."
"Still!" she exclaimed, blushing a bright red. "Oh shit, we have got to get outta here before they come home and find us like this."
Still chuckling, I carefully pulled Bella from my lap, and we both groaned softly as I slid out of her.
Bella moved as quickly as she could up the steps and over to the towels, tucking one around her. "I'm going inside to clean up and change clothes!"
She was off before I could say a word, leaving me standing there, dripping wet, with a towel in one hand and my trunks in the other.
I shook my head, laughing, as I grabbed her swimsuit and made my way inside. When I got to the door, I whistled for the dogs, and once they were in, I stepped inside, closed and locked the back door, and headed for the other bathroom to do the same.
~*~CIBD~*~
When Bella walked into the kitchen, re-dressed in the jeans and T-shirt she'd worn over to the house, I already had our dinner in the microwave and a Coke for each of us on the table, along with plates, forks, and napkins. She gave me a kiss as she passed and sat down at the table just as the microwave dinged.
We were quiet until all of the food had been dished out, and then she said, "Hey, can you do me a favor tomorrow when you pick up your parents?"
Swallowing my bite of Chow Mein, I said, "Of course. Anything."
"I have a box of books from the store I've been saving up for Charlie. Mostly westerns, but a few history and true crime novels, too," she explained. "Could you drop them off to him before you come back home?"
Nodding, I replied, "Sure, I can do that. I'll stop by the station on my way back out of town."
She smiled her thanks, and we continued eating, but my mind was racing. I'd been meaning to have a chat with Bella's dad, so this was the perfect opportunity.
Suddenly, Bella wasn't the only one worried about a parental visit...