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Chapter 4

Saturday, January 7, 2012

BPOV

I couldn't believe he actually asked me that and I couldn't control the giggle that escaped my lips all while nodding at him.

"Yes, absolutely." I told him before sinking my hands in his hair and latching my lips to his in a passionate embrace.

After a few minutes we broke apart. "So, about tonight, my place or yours?" I asked him quietly.

"If it's not too much hassle on your part, it would make things easier for me to be at my place. Just in case I am needed downstairs at the club. Saturday's can get a little crazy sometimes." He told me as he massaged my thighs that sat on either side of his hips.

"Are you not going to work tonight?" I asked him because I remember him telling me earlier that he usually worked on his nights off from the firehouse.

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't have to if I don't want to. I usually do paperwork until I'm needed." He told me quickly.

"Great. You can do your paperwork while I finish grading my papers." I told him as I hopped from his lap and tossed my bag of now thawed out corn at him and danced my way up the stairs.

I quickly threw a bag together with some pajamas and an outfit for tomorrow before tossing in my essential toiletries. I slipped off Edward's clothes and threw my old jeans and t-shirt back on before snatching a hoody from the closet to toss on before I went outside in the frigid January air. I was just zipping my small suitcase when Edward wandered back upstairs with his jeans riding low on his hips showcasing his 'v' perfectly.

I groaned and shook my head at him. "You really don't know how sexy you are do you?" I asked him as I finished zipping my suitcase.

"I don't know what you are talking about." He smirked at me as he snatched up his shirt that I had tossed on the bed when I had changed back into my own clothes. He slipped the shirt over his head covering up the perfect abs that I was blatantly ogling. He picked up his boxers and strode over to my hamper and tossed them in before coming back to my side. "You ready to go, baby?" He picked up my suitcase and handed my hoody to me.

I nodded and we made our way out of my house, making sure that everything was secured after my surprise visitor today.

EPOV

Bella would be the first woman, besides Rosalie and Alice, to have ever been in my personal space before and I was kind of anxious about it but excited at the same time. "What happened to Emmett last night?" She asked from beside me as we made the short trek downtown to the club.

I smiled as I thought about him, Rosalie and all of their girls. "His wife gave birth to daughter number 6 last night. He was freaked out because Rosie gets vicious when she is in pain." I told her with a slight laugh. Vicious was an understatement to how Rosie acted when she was in extreme pain or discomfort but she would never admit it.

"Really? You're not making that up? He has 6 daughters?" Bella asked and disbelief as we rolled to a stop as a light changed to red.

I laughed and fished my wallet out of my ass end pocket and handed it to her. "There are pictures in there of all of them." I explained to her as the light turned green. "Go ahead and look." I told her when she still hadn't opened my wallet. I trusted her and this proved that because my entire life was packed into that wallet.

"They are in order from the oldest to the youngest. Skylar Destiny is the oldest one at 5 years old and is the spitting image of her mama." I told her as she examined the picture closely.

"She's beautiful. Rosalie must be a beautiful woman and a saint to have 6 daughters all under the age of 5." She said on a laugh.

"You will understand when you meet her. I gotta pay a visit to them tomorrow after they get home. The next one is a picture of Annabelle Faith and she is 4, just a little over 10 months younger than Skylar." I told her as I pulled into the rear parking lot of the club. Only my closest friends parked here, and of course I parked there.

I turned the car off and twisted in my seat to face Bella. I tapped on the next picture in my wallet. "This one is Maggie Grace and she just turned 3 about 4 months ago. She is my little girl; she swears that I can do no wrong." I told her on a chuckle because in all reality Maggie had me wrapped around her little finger. They all did really but Maggie and I had a special bond and I loved it even though I never showed favoritism over any of the girls.

"I can see that. I bet Emmett is completely whipped and they are just babies, just imagine what it's gonna be like when they get to be teenagers." She said on a laugh which caused me to laugh with her before turning to the next picture.

"This one is Victoria Hope and she isn't quite 2 yet, she is almost exactly 10 months behind Maggie and only 9 months older than Lillian Joy." I told her as we looked at the last 2 pictures in my wallet. "Lilly is a mess but truly a daddy's girl. She is normally fussy for Rosie but Emmett can walk into the room and she instantly hushes. It's been that way since she was born. The baby that was born last night is to be called Sariah Harmony." I told her as she closed my wallet and handed it back to me.

"They sound wonderful, Edward, they really do. I bet you make a fantastic uncle!" She said as she leaned across the console and placed a quick peck against my lips basically stunning me. She got it and I didn't even have to explain it to her. Em, Rosie, and the kids were my family as well as Jasper and Alice.

I quickly jumped out of the car and snatched her small suitcase from the trunk as she grabbed her worn leather messenger bag out of the backseat that contained all of her schoolwork that needed grading.

I grabbed her hand and led her around to the side of the building and through a locked gate and into my sanctuary. It was my own small backyard with a set of private outside stairs that led into my loft. "I didn't even know this was back here." She said in awe as she stopped to take in the small grassy area that held a couple of plastic lawn chairs and a huge ass grill as well as a small pink swimming pool.

"That's kinda the point of the locked gates to both the parking lot and this area. This is my sanctuary away from everything. There are only a handful of people who even know that I live above the club. Besides Rosalie and Alice, who is Jasper's girlfriend, you are the only female that I have ever brought here." I told her honestly.

"Wow, I'm honored. You know we could have very well stayed at my house if you feel uncomfortable with me being here." She told me seriously.

I shook my head and tugged on her hand and led her up the stairs and unlocked my outside entrance door. My loft took up the top 3 floors of the building the club was in. The main floor was the living room, office, laundry, and one bathroom. The second floor housed the kitchen, dining room, and playroom. The third floor was my real sanctuary and it was my master's paradise. It had taken a lot of work to get it to what it looked like now but it was well worth it in the long run. Like I said, this whole building was condemned for destruction when I stepped in and bought it 2 years ago.

I opened the door and let Bella walk in before me. "Home Sweet Home." I told her as we walked through the door and into my massive living room.

"Got a big enough TV there Edward?" She asked as she sat down her bag and walked around the massive space.

I chuckled and sat her suitcase down so I could watch her take in my space. I had a 72 inch plasma screen, HD TV that sat in the middle of a huge entertainment center/bookcase. I shrugged because I was ,before today, a single guy living alone. I enjoyed my luxuries.

She perused my shelves that held pictures over the years since I had moved to Houston. There were only 3 pictures of my parents and me that I had taken them from my home before I had moved into the hotel. They were in my office where I usually spent a lot of my spare time at. I like to talk to them when I was overwhelmed or frustrated about something.

After she was finished snooping she came to stand in front of me and hooked her fingers in my belt loops tugging me until I was flush against her. "I like it, Edward. It is very you and I can tell that your friends mean a lot to you as well as the girls." She said affectionately causing me to smile broadly because she really did get 'it'.

BPOV

I stood in Edward's living room looking at all of his most prized and personal possessions and I think I fell a little bit harder for him. He had 2 large black leather sofas in his living room and one rather large chair with an ottoman that was solid white and looked so very comfortable to curl up in. These were all centered around a huge ass TV and bookcase that was filled to the brim with CD's, DVD's, books, and pictures of all of his friends. When I was finished perusing and teasing him over the size of his TV I went to stand in front of him and tugged him to me by his belt loops.

"Wanna give me a tour of the rest of the place? I see stairs!" I told him teasingly.

We were in the middle of the tour when his cell phone began ringing incessantly. He ignored the call twice before answering it on a grumble. "What, Tyler?" He growled into the phone.

I watched as Edward's face changed from irritation to pissed off and back to irritated as Tyler explained what was going on. "Fine, I will be down in a second to talk things over." He said before she shut his phone off and tucked it back in his pocket.

"Everything okay?" I asked him as I wrapped my arms around his waist. We were standing in the middle of his master bedroom at the present moment.

He shook his head and twisted until he faced me and framed my face in his hands gently. "It seems like our head bartender for tonight has called in sick and with Emmett already being out because of Sariah being born, we are now short 2 people and I am needed down there tonight."

I groaned and nodded knowing that this meant we wouldn't get any quiet time until way later tonight. "It's fine, Edward. We knew this was a possibility and now it is a reality." I told him quietly as I reached up and kissed him hard on the lips. "What time do you need to be down there?" I asked him and looked at the watch on my wrist. "It's almost 7 now." I told him quietly knowing that the doors opened at 8 and stayed open till 5 on Friday and Saturday nights.

"I need to run down right now but I hope that I can come back up here for a little bit but I don't know if it's gonna be possible or not." He told me regretfully.

I nodded. "That's fine. Do you want me to stay or go back home?" I asked him quietly not liking the possibility of going home or really staying in his space by myself.

"Neither, really. Can you come down and keep me company? I am going to go call Seth in and then I am going to man the door all night." He asked me hopefully.

I smiled and nodded. "Lead the way, barman."

EPOV

I couldn't believe how amazing Bella was. She had to be exhausted by now as it was nearing 3 a.m. and she was still sitting on her stool behind me as I worked the line letting people in as people trickled out. "Baby, why don't you go upstairs and go to bed?"

She shook her head, her ponytail swinging in the cool night air. Thankfully the night wasn't as frigid as it had been. In Texas, you never could tell what the weather was going to be like from one day to the next. "Why not?" I asked her quietly as I motioned for the next group of scantily clad women to enter the club.

"Because I want to sleep with you and I don't feel right sleeping in your bed for the first time without you there." She answered on a yawn.

I groaned because this had been her answer for the past 3 hours and she wasn't relenting and I wasn't winning. It was a losing battle. "Whatever you say, baby." I told her and kissed her on top of her head and allowed her to lean into me as we stood just inside the door of the club.

I was never more grateful when I heard Seth holler out "LAST CALL! LAST CALL!" at 4:30. Bella was practically asleep leaned back against the door bundled in my thick winter jacket. "It's almost over, baby. I promise." I told her quietly and she just nodded and leaned against me as I leaned propped up against the door to the entrance of the club.

"Last call, folks. Sorry for the wait. Come back again and maybe you can get in then. I'm sorry for the wait." I told the line of folks that still littered the sidewalk out front of my pride and joy.

They groaned and left, waving in my direction. People started slowly trickling out of the club I sighed in relief because I knew that the night was almost over.

"That's it, boss. I've got it from here. Get your beautiful woman upstairs and into bed." Seth said as he came to stand by the door since no more alcohol was being served.

"Thanks, Seth. I'll see you later, man." I told him as I bent down and scooped Bella into my arms. "Goodnight, man." I told him as I passed by him and made way inside the club.

"Edward, I can walk, you know." Bella said softly as she snuggled into my neck.

I chuckled and just continued walking as I held her close to my chest.

BPOV

I snuggled into Edward's chest as he carried both of our tired bodies up the stairs to his house, with me locking both doors behind us. I yawned loudly as we entered his apartment and buried my head into his shoulder. He surprised me when he went to his chair and sat down with me in his lap. "Thought we was going to bed?" I asked him groggily.

He nodded and leaned his head back against the chair with his eyes closed. "We are." He said but made no motion to get back up.

I slipped off of his lap and slipped my shoes off and put them beside the chair before snatching up his hand tugging on him. "Come on, barman. You will sleep so much better if you can stretch out and I'm not sleeping in this chair right now. I'm much too tired for that." I pleaded with him and kept tugging with all my might but wasn't accomplishing anything because my socks kept sliding on the hardwood floors.

He quickly got to his feet which caused me to lose my balance but he caught me up in his arms and saved me from a disgraceful fall. "Let's go, baby. We both need a shower and then I want to show you something amazing before we go to bed." He told me and then he was the one tugging me behind him up the stairs.

We quickly ascended the 3 flights of stairs and into his sanctuary. His dark cherry sleigh bed stood center stage and the dark colors of the room were toned down with white/black comforter that was tossed haphazardly across the bed. Behind his bed was 1 of 2 walls of glass. They weren't just huge window, no it was floor to ceiling glass only broken up by dark blue curtains hanging at each end. "Edward, aren't you worried somebody is going to see you naked up here? Or watch you sleep?" I asked him curiously as I picked up my bag and headed into the bathroom to get ready for bed.

I heard him laughing as I shut and locked the door behind me. I heard the door knob jiggle just as I was stripping off my clothes for a quick shower. "Baby, why did you lock me out?" He whined against the door.

I just laughed at him and turned the water on to start heating up. I heard him grumble and walk away. I smiled as I stepped under the rainfall shower head to wash the grime of the long day and night away. I would like nothing more than to let Edward take a shower with me but I really wanted to wait before we took that next step and seeing him naked again wasn't going to help with that decision. If he was serious about wanting a relationship with me then maybe we needed to keep the actual act of having sex out of the equation for a while. That didn't mean we couldn't fool around with other things though, now I just had to think of a way to tell him about my decision.

I didn't walk out of the bathroom until I was fully dressed in my shorts and tank top. I spied him standing by the window that overlooked the basically deserted street below. "It's all yours, barman." I told him as I came to stand beside him and look out over the city of Houston.

"To answer your question about being worried someone is going to see you, all you have to do is hit this button" he motioned to a remote with a green and blue on it. He pointed to the blue button on the remote " and the smart screen activates and it is like a solid wall of frosted glass. And to top it off, this button here" he motioned to the green button on the remote "slides the curtains closed and it is like nighttime in here." He told me as he handed me the remote, kissed me on top of my head and went to the bathroom.

I stood there dumbfounded glaring at his back as he walked away from me without a second thought. I heard him chuckling behind me as he closed the bathroom door to take his shower. I stood there amazed at the views from downtown. You could see the beginnings of sunrise and wanted to see it before going to bed.

I was lost in my own thoughts when I felt Edward's smooth cheek graze mine and his warm arms wrap around my waist. "Are you okay, Bella?" He asked quietly.

I nodded and leaned back into him and brought my hand up to rub his smooth jaw. "I'm perfect. Why did you shave it all off?" I asked him curiously as we stood there and watched the streaks of color begin to shade the sky.

He shrugged. "It irritates me, most of the time. It will grow back, I promise." He stroked my shoulder and neck gently. "Plus, baby, you have stubble burn after today." He whispered against my neck.

I hummed and leaned further back into his chest as we watched the sky lighten.

"Why don't we go outside on the deck and watch the rest of the sunrise before we go to bed?" He suggested quietly.

I nodded and watched as he stepped to the corner and grabbed the window and just slid it open. "Wow! I didn't know those opened." I told him as he laughed at my enthusiasm.

He nodded. "It was a luxury that I wanted when I renovated the entire building. You are the only other person that has ever been up here and know about this." He told me as he grabbed my hand and led me outside to a chaise lounge that sat out on the most amazing deck I had ever seen. We settled on the chaise lounge cuddled together underneath a blanket that he mysteriously produced and watched the sunrise.

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