Chapter 21

Walking round the house with them was hellish.

They ooh'ed, and they ahh'ed at every little thing and I got sick of it.

"Look! I can imagine having a massive television on this wall, and on that side, a luxury couch." She frowned. "In brown I think."

"Sounds brilliant, I can't wait to see what your interior design skills are like," Phil smiled.

My mom hugged him. I started to like Phil after that. He was all about pleasing my mom, unlike many sleaze bags she had dated before. I smiled at them. It was all about love here.

I walked up behind Phil, to tell them how I felt about the situation, when I heard something utterly horrifying. Scratch that, disturbing.

"I can't wait to see how you decorate our bedroom, but I don't really care. As long as the bed is nice and doesn't creak so we don't wake up your daughter." He whispered in her ear. She giggled with her eyes closed, so she didn't see me there. It wouldn't have mattered if she had, she wouldn't have stopped him.

"I have major plans for our bedroom," She whispered back. "And don't worry, I know where to get non-creaky beds."

I had to walk away. I couldn't stand the thought of my mom planning to have sex with this guy. At least they were making sure I wouldn't hear it, I thought. That would be awful.

When she said he was moving in with us, I hadn't really thought of the sleeping conditions. I had automatically assumed he would sleep in a spare bedroom, like most of her other boyfriends over the time. Of course it wasn't until I was older that I actually realised they didn't sleep in the other room. The actually never slept at all. But hearing them plan this and not really going to the extreme efforts of hiding it from me made it very difficult for me to deal with.

"I'm going to claim my room," I told them, rushing from the scene.

There was a stairwell that twisted up to the next floor. There were four bedrooms in total: two bigger ones, two slightly smaller ones. I investigated the bigger ones. I walked into the first room. It was bare but had a rather large bathroom and a small balcony. I looked around the bathroom. There was a shower, a bath and a toilet. I could picture removing the shower and replacing it with a walk in one. I would replace the normal bath with a Jacuzzi one, I loved those. The toilet could just be upgraded a bit. I walked out, happy to be picturing what the house should look like. The bedroom though, I could only see a large bed and my mom and Phil standing by it. I immediately felt unattached to the room and rushed out.

The next room I went in immediately appealed to me. It was roughly the same size, possibly a tiny bit smaller, but had a large balcony. There was also a bathroom attached to this one, but it wasn't as big. It also had a shower, a bath and a toilet. I could wok with the space that was there. I ran out to the balcony, to see what view it had. I gasped as I ran to the edge of the railings. There was the most beautiful lake I had ever seen.

The sunlight glittered off the water like my favourite person in the world. I realised this would be a good place to be if I was ever missing Edward, I could just soak in the beauty of the lake. Trees surrounded the lake and I could see a dear by the lake. I sighed at such a gorgeous sight.

"This would be a good place to hunt."

I jumped, startled. I turned to see Edward standing behind me, glittering in the sunlight. I guess I should be used to him sneaking up on me but he startled me every time. I scowled at him.

"You should be at school."

"So should you."

"I don't need school."

"Neither do I."

I wanted to stay angry at him for not staying at school like I told him, but I couldn't. He was too adorable. I ran up to him and flung my arms around his neck. He smiled and lowered his lips to mine. The fireworks were back. I felt a tingling feeling roaring through my lips; they felt like they would explode.

"Hi," I breathed into his lips.

"Hello," he breathed back. I laughed and put my head on his shoulder. "It's beautiful here," he said.

"I know," I turned round but kept his arms around me. "I can't think of anything I've seen that looks like this."

"I can," he whispered. I turned my head to look at him and he pecked my lips. "You."

My heart beat faster as I kissed him back. I couldn't believe the luck I had in getting a man like him. I knew that he thought I was the most precious thing in the world. We kept kissing, and I found that I had missed his touch.

"Bella, are you in here?" My mom's voice came through the room. Suddenly, Edward wasn't there, and I was left like an idiot, standing kissing thin air. "What are you doing?"

I searched my brain for a reasonable answer. "I was looking at the roof?"

"Oh, right. I love everywhere about this place! Even the roof!" She came outside to look at it, chuckling. "It is a mighty fine roof. Is this your room?"

"Yes, I think it is." She smiled at me, happy that I loved the place.

"Now, I haven't put any offers on, so don't get your hopes up yet!" She laughed. "But I'm sure we will get it. Come and see what I want to do to my room." She grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the house.

"Hold on, Mom. I want to stay out here and look at the view for a couple of more minutes," I said, looking back to the lake.

"Fine, but don't make me come back!" She teased.

I laughed as she left the room. We seemed to be getting on brilliantly just now. I was shaking my head and smiling when I walked out to see Edward.

He held out his arms and said, "Now, where were we?" I laughed again and sank into his embrace.

"This house is amazing, but it is quite far from Forks," I said unhappily. "I think I will live with my dad and come here on weekends or something. I just haven't got round to telling Mom that yet. I don't know how she will take it." I sighed. I realised I really couldn't be away from Edward, not this far anyway.

"Did you follow us all day?" The thought had just occurred to me.

"Not ALL day. Just some of it." I frowned. Was the world really that dangerous that I needed a vampire body guard?

"I better go now to see Mom's plans." I quickly pecked his lips and turned to go inside. Edward grabbed my arm and spun me round.

"Are you angry with me?" he said, slightly panicking. His eyes had gotten wider and he gave me a puppy dog look.

"No, I'm not mad!" I chuckled. "I just thought I should go and see my mom. Sorry for being so abrupt about it." I smiled sheepishly at him. He still looked worried but I blew him a kiss and went inside. I tried to remember the room I had first went in. I found it, but mom was nowhere in sight. I checked the balcony and she wasn't there. Suddenly I heard noises in the bathroom. I popped my head around the door to fund my mom and Phil in full make-out mode. Mom was sitting on the counter of the sink with her hands running through Phil's hair. He was standing in-between her legs with his hands on them. Mom's skirt had rolled up her legs so Phil could stand between them. I stared, absolutely horrified as Mom leant back for a breather and Phil continued to kiss down her neck.

"I can't wait to have this place, Phil. Then when we do, I want you to put me right here, and make love to me. Right here." He leant up to nibble her ear and she groaned. I had had enough and practically ran back into the room I already considered my own. I sat down in a corner and tried to push the images out my mind. I wanted to scratch my eyes out. I thought that Phil was the sleaze, but then I heard what my mother had just said. She was as bad as him. I shuddered at the thought again, when Mom came through to the room again to find me.

"There you are! I told you to come through!" Her skirt wasn't straight, her shirt was hanging out at one side, her lipstick was smudged, her hair was a mess but she had a strange sparkle in her eye. Usually, she really care about her appearance, so this was weird for me to see. She looked down, and seemed to notice for the first time what she looked like. She fixed herself and then looked back to me. "Well?"

I was going to argue that I had came through to see, but found her with Phil, however I decided to leave it. It would just spark a really unwanted conversation.

"I was just coming." I got up and followed her to the room. When I walked in, I saw Phil had mom's lipstick smeared over his lips. Mom made a motion to him to wipe it off and then looked round to see if I had noticed. I pretended to be looking at something else, and out the corner of my eye, I could see the look of relief in her face.

Phil turned around and rubbed the red smears off his face while I looked around the room. "What will you do with it?"

"Well I was thinking the colours should be brown and cream, ok Phil? The bed is going to be a queen sized one, a four poster bed, does that seem good Phil? And a t.v. will be here, so we can watch shows at night before bed, is that a good idea Phil?" She was continuously looking towards Phil to get his approval. He only nodded when he turned back round.

"Well I think that sounds great, Mom." I hugged her. I looked at her to see she was turning her head, looking at Phil.

"Yes," she said, turning to look at me. "I will put an offer in this week, with your approval."

I nodded, happy at the house.

"Right then, let's get you home to your Dad."

The whole journey home, I couldn't stop thinking about Mom and Phil and how they were together. I then thought of Charlie, and how he should find someone in his life.

My phone beeped. I pulled it out to see it was a text from Jacob.

Hey stranger, where have you been? Love Jake xx

A/N - Sorry I haven't really been writing a lot. I just got into Pottermore this week so I am absolutely ecstatic about it. I am a Gryffindor, in case you were wondering J Have any of you got Pottermore? x