Sorry for the delay. I'm not a big fan of Rosalie, so it took longer than normal to write. links to the art works mentioned are on my profile. characters are not mine, just borrowing. hope you like it.

Chapter 7.

Rpov.

We were going to spend the day as a family at the Louvre. It was something each of us could en joy; even Emmett, who though he didn't show it much had an appreciation for beautiful things. We met up with the rest of the family in the hotel's garden section of the restaurant. It was cloudy but very nice out. Bella was just finishing up her breakfast. Instead of sitting in her own seat to eat, she was perched on Edward's lap, while the others sat around pretending to eat. Everyone had a huge smile on their faces, causing one to form on mine. As much as I hated to admit it the hum- Bella completed our family. She made everyone happy, and even though she cause a lot of trouble, we all did at some point. I may not agree with her decision to give up everything and become a monster, but she completes our family.

"Is that how all humans eat breakfast now?" I asked ignoring the smirk on Edwards face. Bella blushed, and sipped her orange juice so she wouldn't have to answer me. I took a seat next to Alice and silently asked her if the happy couple had crossed that line, she shook her head and I smiled at Emmett knowing he knew what we were doing. Edward shot us a glare for our thoughts but I just smiled at him.

Bella finished up her food and we headed off for a day of family fun. Little did Edward know this was also part of our plan. We were going to drop hints to the pair all day, hopefully getting him to notice the beauty of a naked statue, and want to see Bella naked as well.

We were going to stick together and see as much as we could. The Louvre had something for everyone. I was really excited to see the paintings involved in the Da Vinci code tour they offered.

We were looking at Odalisque. A portrait of a beautiful young woman seated on a chaise lounge surrounded by blue fabric. The only thing she wore was an elaborate cloth covering up her dark hair, and gold bracelets about her wrist. In her hand was a fan made of peacock feathers. She had an innocents about her that reminded me of Bella, and apparently I'm not the only one who thoughts so. For the first time all day Bella was blushing, Edward smiled and pulled her closer to him. Emmett of course had to comment on her being nude.

"They really should have showed more of her."

"No, it's classic and mysterious if they don't" Esme said glaring at him.

"She looks like Bella."Alice said smiling. "Perhaps she is related to you" she said turning toward Bella, and winking at her. A low growl escaped from Edward's chest, and he glared at Emmett, who was smiling from ear to ear.

"She does not look like me, can we move on please?"

"Yes she does Bella. You should be proud. This is a popular painting, a masterpiece. Then again, naked women are always a hit." I smiled as I turned away from her as she giggled. We continued to go view masterpiece after master piece. My favorite was the portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour, it is such a lovely piece, her elegance and grace were visible, and despite the fact that she was a royal mistress she had air about her that drew attention. Bella's favorite seemed to be the sculpture of Spartacus, whose every curve and line of his body perfect. It seemed to remind her of Edward, as she kept looking between the two. The only thing physically wrong with the sculpture was the size of his package. It was very small. I laughed at the face she made when she got to that part of the sculpture. Edward shot me a glare than turned his attention back to Bella who was still making a face. He sighed and pulled her way from all of us, and whispered in her ear to low for any of us to hear. I assume to reassure her of the difference there, of at least I would hope there is a difference. Only Bella would ever know.

We finished our day at the museum and went back to the hotel. We were going to have "dinner" as a family. Carlisle had rented out the entire restaurant. We all kept out meals small and ordered something we thought Bella would like, so she could have some of each. She seemed to enjoy all of her food, though it all looked repulsive to the rest of us, along with a small glass of white wine, which she didn't seem to enjoy much. Edward wasn't thrilled with the idea, but he felt it was another human experience she should have, and was happy she didn't like it. Dinner ended and it was now time to dance.

Epov.

After we finished dinner I brought Bella over to the piano and started to play for the others. I had wanted to be alone with Bella all day. I had gone further last night, and wanted to continue but jet lag and shopping all day had caught up with her and after finishing her meal she went to sleep in my arms. It was torture, but we still had to spend a little more time with our family before we could sneak off without causing too much of a fuss. So I sat her on my lap and played a song just for her. She hated dancing so rather than dance we swayed on the bench as I played.

Bella's squirming around on my lap was doing nothing to help my resolve with waiting. It realized a second to late that I had messed up a key in the tune I'd been playing. Bella didn't notice but everyone else had and turned to stare at me. They all started to laugh at me, something that happened at lot but never all at the same time, and never in front of Bella. She seemed to realize what had happened and blushed that lovely pink that made me want to cover her delicate skin with kisses. I smiled at her; thankful that I couldn't blush and asked her if her would dance with me.

"Ok, but only one dance. You know how much I hate it." She said standing, I followed her and the pianist took my place on the bench as Bella and I went to join our family. It was a faster song than I would have liked but Bella seemed to enjoy it. Esme and Carlisle were doing fancy moves as we twisted slightly to the music. Jasper and Alice were in their own world, not even noticing the melody of the song, and Emmett and Rose had already left, wanted to be along. As the song ended I noticed Bella stifle a yawn.

"You're tired, love. Time to turn in."

"No I'm not." She said but then yawned again this time unable to hide it. I smiled down at her, as she sighed and gave in defeated. "Fine. Lets' say goodnight."

"We're going to get Bella off to bed." I said as Bella gathered up her purse and gave Esme a hug, then turned to Alice and smiled as she hugged her and got a kiss on the cheek. I smile as saw jasper wink at her. He was blocking his thoughts as were Esme and Alice. That confirmed my suspicions; they were all in on it. I sighed and guided Bella to our room. She was no longer yawning and seemed to be totally alert now. Was she faking being tired to get us alone? Could she really want this as much as I did? Of course she did, she was a teenager and her hormones ruled her body, but could she really not want to wait until we were married before we went all the way? I sighed not sure how to answer myself. I knew the answer I wanted to give, but was it right?

"Edward, are you ok? You keep sighing. Did I do something wrong?" Bella asked as we entered our room. I smiled at her. She was always to observant for her own good.

"No, Silly Bella. You have done nothing wrong. It's just I think we need to talk." I said with yet another sigh. "It seems that our boundaries are becoming a problem. I was wondering if you would like to renegotiate them. Make them less strict?"

"YES!" she said without hesitation. I laughed at her inpatients; she was more than ready to take our relationship farther.

"The last two nights, I've been testing myself, to see if I could keep control while being more intimate with you. I have been able to. I would like to go further, without going all the way, yet. "

"Yet? You mean until after we're married?"Her face had been so full of joy and hope until she asked her question.

"No, I mean until I'm sure I can control myself. I will not put you in danger. This has to be slow Bella. I need to know you will be safe from me; I need to know I can control myself enough to not hurt you."

"So we can… you know… before the wedding? If your control is good enough?" she asked blushing at the topic. I smiled pulling her onto my lap and kissed her cheek.

"Yes, love. If my control is eno-" I didn't even get to finish my sentence before her lips were on mine, her hands tangled in my hair. I smiled and deepened the kiss. Something I had always been reluctant to do, but it hasn't hurt her yet and it feels wonderful, she is so warm and soft against me. I shifted her so she was straddling me, her body pressed up against me. We both moaned at the further contact. I released her mouth and she gasped for breath. I kissed down her neck to the deep-v of her sweater. The sweater highlighted her cleavage and her pale skin I was about to remove the offending material when she pulled my head back to her kissed me quickly and pulled herself way.

"Where are you going?" I asked incredulously. She never stopped anything physical between us.

"To change… for bed" she said with a wink before going into the bathroom to put on what was sure to be another sexy outfit for bed. I flopped back and evened out my breathing. Waiting for her to come out, it felt like forever before she emerged from the bathroom. The sight of her caused my breath to catch in my throat. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen but in that nightie, if my heart were beating it would have stopped at the sight of her. The fitted nightie had the same deep-v that her sweater had earlier, only now it was a satin material that was the only covering up her breast, the flimsy fabric just grazed the middle of her thighs. I licked my lips at she came toward me slowly. It took all my control not to pounce on her and take her right then. She did a little turn so I could see the whole thing. Her back was exposed except for two straps connecting to the front. As it did in the front it barely covered her amazing behind.

Before I could think I had her on the bed, and was kissing her with more passion than ever before. My hands freely roamed her exposed skin as I moved my mouth from her mouth down the familiar path toward her collarbone, however I didn't stop like I have in the past. I continued to kiss her exposed skin until I got to the gentle fabric covering it. I pushed it out of the way, exposing Bella's breasts to me for the first time. I looked up into her eyes, making sure it was ok. She blushed and smiled, silently telling me it was ok.

I kissed her exposed nipple. She moaned at the touch, and arched her back so she was further in my touch. I smiled and every so gently, making sure to keeping my teeth way from her skin I sucked on her hardened nipple. One of my hands came up from her slender waist to pleasure the other nipple, while the other continued to grope her luscious behind. She moaned and squirmed under my touches, her breath accelerating, along with her heart beat. I loved that I caused that reaction in her. I pulled my mouth away from and latched it on to her other breast. My hand made its way down her slender body to the hem of her nightie, and slowly hiking it out of the way. With out removing my mouth from her breast I looked up at my beautiful Bella and again asked for permission to continue. She moaned in response to my silent question and took one of her small hands from my hair and guided my hand up her creamy thighs to where she needed me.

I could smell her arousal through the thin fabric of her panties. I moaned and crushed my mouth on to hers as my hand massaged her thru the delicate lace that covered her center. Her arousal soaked them easily. She wrapped her tiny legs around my waist as I slowly slid a finger into her hot overflowing center. I moaned in to her mouth at the warmth that washed thru my body from that simple touch. I released her mouth and moved to her neck. Burring my face in her hair as I stroked at her core with one, then two fingers; her breathing accelerated so that she was gasping with every breath as her muscles clamed around my finger. My body went ridged as I fought to control myself. She smelled even better when aroused, but this was better than ever before. She was moaning my name over and over. This helped me to get control over myself. Maybe she was right; I loved her too much to hurt her. I held my trembling beauty as she came back to her senses. She smiled up at me, her flushed face covered in a thin sheet of sweat. I kissed her forehead before redressing her. She was truly exhausted now, barely keeping her eyes open.

"Sleep now my love. Tomorrow it's just you and me in Paris." I kissed her once more, and started humming her lullaby.

"I love you, Edward." She mumbled before drifting off into a peaceful slumber. As my angel slept, I thought about the future, and my control, it would only get easier. I hoped.

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