A/N: I think this is the last chapter before the move. There might be another one, depending on how whether or not I can sleep tonight, but otherwise, this is it for a few days.

Thanks to everyone for the safe move wishes and for all the reviews. I think I got my most reviews on the last chapter of the story. Apparently you guys don't like it when Bella and Edward are broken up LOL.

Have a great Memorial Day.

I don't own twilight, but I am almost all packed for Canada.

BPOV

I didn't call Edward on Sunday like he had asked me. I was beyond tired from being dragged halfway through Seattle by Nikolas the day before. All throughout the day, we visited almost every bookstore in the city to see if they were carrying his book. Luckily, this was just in between all the other shops he took me to, which included several different menswear stores, Hugo Boss being my favorite. I sat in one of the chairs as he tried on a few different suits, each time requesting my opinion, but not really caring what I had to say, which made me laugh. In fact, I laughed most of the day with Nikolas, which was something I had been sorely missing for the past few days.

When we finally sat down for lunch, Nikolas insisted I pour my heart out to him about all of my recent troubles; he ended up telling me to suck it up. He laughed at me for blowing everything out of proportion and insisted that if I cared for Edward even a little bit, I should do whatever it took to make it work with him. I quickly moved us onto happier topics and was a relieved when then we had finished eating and Nikolas dragged me back through the cold Seattle streets for more shopping. Nikolas enjoyed shopping almost as much as Alice and it was frustrating and tiring. I was able to convince him to let me head home just before dinner, and when I got there, I made myself a quick sandwich and passed out on the couch.

"What are you doing my Bella?" asked Alice when she called in the middle of the afternoon on Sunday.

"I'm arranging my CD's by color as I dance around and sing Journey songs," I said with a laugh as Alice groaned at my sarcasm. "What's going on with you?"

"Nothing, but I was hungry. Did you want to go for dinner at The Lodge, say at like five thirty?" she asked nervously as I stood up and looked in my fridge. Well, it was either baking soda and cheese slices or dinner out with Alice.

"Sounds good sweetie, I'll be there," I said happily as I reminded myself to hit the grocery store on the way home from work tomorrow night to stock up the fridge. I had been lacking any major food for the past two weeks, and I missed cooking, even though these days it usually reminded me of Edward. I had a quick shower and got dressed in some jeans and a loose fitting sweater before deciding to walk the three blocks to the restaurant. I was glad Alice had picked this place because we hadn't been in months and it was right between her apartment and mine, which was an added convenience when we had been drinking.

"Evening Bella," said Mel the bartender as I walked in a quickly ordered a beer from the bar.

"Is Alice here yet?" I asked nervously as I took a seat and stared around the restaurant looking for her. We had always loved this place because it reminded us of her cabin in Jackson Hole with the wooden walls and plank flooring. There was a bunch of moose heads hanging on the wall, which in my opinion, was sorely missing at the cabin.

"Yeah, she's in the back room," said Mel anxiously as he handed me my bottle of Corona and I headed towards the back, where they usually held different functions like bachelor and after-work parties. I had even dragged a few of the crazies from my office here one day last summer for an all night beer fest, which ended with me punching one of the guys from accounting who accidently grabbed my ass. Ah, good times, I laughed to myself as I pushed open the door and came face to face with Edward instead of Alice.

"Oh come on, what the fuck is going on now?" I yelled angrily as I turned around to leave and Mel locked the door behind me, while shrugging his shoulders.

"Apparently Alice is well liked around here," said Edward with a nervous laugh as I thought about reaching up and pounding on the door until Mel finally relented and let me go. "They are under strict instructions to leave us alone for at least half an hour, so you can either sulk by the door or talk to me."

"Isn't that rich? You suddenly want to talk to me," I blurted out angrily as I threw myself down on one of the couches on the far side of the room. I used to like this room, with its rich pine board walls and dark brown leather couches flanking the walls, but now I suddenly felt claustrophobic. "Isn't this considered kidnapping?"

"Whatever," sighed Edward as he came over to the couch and sat at the far end opposite of me. "If we need to argue to make things better between us, then by all means, let's fight it out. I'm an idiot, a jackass and a bastard for acting the way I have for the past month, but it never meant I didn't care about you. I just had my priorities all fucked up." He turned his body around to face me as I took a nervous gulp of my drink.

"Yeah, you did fuck up. I was falling for you and then you starting ignoring me. When I'd call you, you were always busy with work. When we made plans, you either cancelled them or showed up late. No offence, but your actions didn't exactly show that you cared about me," I said in frustration as I fought back tears. "Then you finally show up at my door, on the day I was going clubbing with my girlfriends in an effort to make sure I knew you cared about me before I did something stupid like have a one night stand. Is there anything about me that screams 'whore'?"

"No," he said sadly as he hung his head against his chest.

"Then what made you think I would do something like that?" I asked as I crossed my arms tightly across my chest, trying to be confident, but failing miserably.

"I don't have a good track record with women Bella. Other than blood relatives, you are the girl I have ever cared the most for and I don't know how to handle that." Edward sounded downright depressed as he spoke and it made my heart break again. Why the hell did he have this effect on me?

"Why the hell are we here?" I asked curiously as I took another sip of my drink and leaned my head against the back of the couch, closing my eyes tightly, as I awaited his words.

"Well, I couldn't exactly fly you down to Jackson Hole to apologize. Alice recommended this place because she said it reminded both of you of the cabin. We were happy at the cabin. We were in… " stopped Edward for a moment as he turned away from me and grew silent.

"We were in what?" I asked in frustration, pissed off that he couldn't finish whatever the hell he was trying to say.

"We were in… love at the cabin. At least I was. I never said it, but it didn't mean I didn't feel it," said Edward, as my mouth hung wide open and he began to pace around the room. He was in love with me? What the hell? "I fell in love with you the night we had our Christmas together and made love in front of the fire. I started imagining weddings and babies, and ask anyone in my family, because that is simply not me." I was still in shock by his half assed admittance of love; I don't think I heard anything else he managed to say after that.

We sat in silence for a few minutes before I ended up opening my mouth, "What do you want?"

"I want a chance to change, with you. Emmett is already forcing me into new office hours where I leave the building by five thirty every day at the latest. He even talked about making building security drag me out of my office if I was refusing to leave," he said with a gentle laugh as he came back to the couch to sit down beside me, this time closer than previously. "I want us to go on dates again and I want to be able to call you my girlfriend."

"I want that too. I've spent the last nine days basically getting upset over all of this, but Nikolas made me realize that I should fight for what I want, and ever since like day four at the cabin I've wanted you," I said sweetly as Edward grabbed my hand in his and leaned over for a kiss.

"Who's Nikolas?"

"He's the first author I ever got published," I admitted honestly as Edward gave me a smile. "Alice already told you huh?"

"Yeah, she might have mentioned something when I called her yesterday freaking out after I saw you leaving your apartment building with a guy," said Edward a bit nervously. I think he thought I was going to get upset over the fact that he came to his senses after seeing that he had competition. "I'm more worried about Logan stealing you from me than Nikolas though."

"Well Logan is a little charmer, plus when he comes over he brings me gifts. I got a Valentines' card a few weeks ago and cookies last weekend. You have some tough shoes to fill Edward," I said with a laugh as he pulled me into his arms and hugged me gently.

"I hate fighting with you," he said sweetly as he kissed the top of my head and we both looked towards the door, where Mel was standing, holding it open.

"I didn't hear anymore screaming and yelling. I wanted to make sure you hadn't strangled each other," he said as he shrugged his shoulders and closed the door behind him, laughing easily.

"Let's go into the restaurant and eat a meal together for once," I suggested as I stood up and offered him my hand. He slipped his fingers into mine and I pretended to take a lot of effort to pull his weight up from the couch. As we walked back into the main restaurant and noticed Mel smile at us, he pointed to a booth in the back and Edward and I slipped in beside each other.

"Hey Bella," said Cindy, one of the waitresses, as she came over to our table with a few menus for us. "Tonight's soup is Cream of Broccoli and Cheddar. Who is this tall drink of water you've got beside you?" she asked with a grin as she began to bite the end of her pen, trying to be sexy. Cindy had big blonde hair, all styled a la 1987 and Edward simply grinned at her stupidly.

"This is my boyfriend Edward," I said easily as she began to look disappointed. "I'll give you guys a few more minutes to check out the menu." We spent the next forty five minutes talking about his work and the major changes that had happened at the office since I had been there last. I got a chance to let him know that I had submitted the first ten chapters of my story to my boss and I was awaiting her response, which I hoped would be on Monday when I got into the office. After we finally finished our dinner and stood outside the restaurant, we looked at each other anxiously, completely unsure of what to do.

"Umm… I walked here because I needed to fresh air," he said simply as I laughed and explained that I had done the exact same thing. We turned south and started to walk back to our buildings in the cold air, and he wrapped his arm around my shoulder, pulling me close to him. "If I hadn't done anything, would you have talked to me again?"

"Well, I would have probably seen you at Alice's eventual wedding and maybe some christenings for some of the little babies she keeps talking about having, so I was sure I would talk to you at some point," I said with a laugh as he looked disappointed. "I told you that Nikolas knocked some sense into me and reminded me to fight for what I wanted. I was going to contact you during the week, once I had time to let everything soak in."

"I'm glad I made a move then," he said sounding completely relieved as I leaned up and kissed his neck gently.

"I'm glad you made a move too," I said with a sigh as I felt his hands reach up into my hair. "It's still early. Do you want to do something else tonight?"

EPOV

Hell yes I wanted to do something else tonight. I wanted to get her naked and in my bed as soon as humanly possible, I thought to myself as I tried to think of the right words to say to her. Sure sex was foremost in my mind, but I didn't want to push Bella and I wasn't sure what was going through her head these days, especially when it came to her and I.

"Whatever you want to do is fine with me," I said casually as I kissed the top of her head again and we continued our walk back to our apartments in the freezing late February night.

"Why don't we go back to my place for a movie and some hot cocoa, oh wait, I don't have any," she said sweetly as I laughed for a moment. "What's wrong?"

"I thought you always had cocoa around Bella?" I replied curiously as she smiled up at me brightly.

"I do usually, but it's been a rough few days and I forgot to go grocery shopping." I nodded my head in acknowledgement of her words and when we passed the corner store near our apartment, I dragged her in and insisted on buying her three boxes of hot cocoa mix. Bella grabbed a few other snacks like caramel corn and Twix bars, and only minutes later, we were wandering down our street, chatting easily about anything that came to mind.

When we walked into the apartment, it was only eight thirty and as I picked out a movie from Bella's extensive collection, she started to boil some water for the cocoa. After I had picked out 'The Dark Knight', Bella disappeared into the bedroom for a few moments and came back looking sexy as ever in a pair of flannel pajamas. I was comfortable in my jeans a sweater, but was envious of her clothes, so I pulled my sweater off, leaving me in a grey t-shirt.

"So, what's the choice?" she asked with a grin as she wandered over to the table, with our drinks and snacks on a small tray. I eagerly grabbed the Twix bar and opened it up, handing her a piece before talking again.

"The Dark Knight," I said with a grin as she simply smiled and cozied up to me on the couch. I smiled happily as I remembered some of the times we had spent on the couch in Jackson Hole and even though I wanted to ravish her for the rest of the night, I simply slipped my arm over her shoulder and held her close, relishing in the scent of her hair and the fact that I hadn't screwed this up completely.

We were a little bit into the movie when the Joker made a pencil disappear and I laughed easily, even though I had seen the movie ten times, including twice at IMAX with Emmett. "Edward," asked Bella casually as my hand was slowly moving up and down along her along sweetly.

"Hmm?" I muttered slowly, trying to watch the movie yet also be the attentive boyfriend she wanted me to be.

"Did you mean it when you said you were in love with me?" she asked as she sat up a bit beside me and stared, eagerly awaiting my response. When those words had flown out of my mouth at the restaurant, I was immediately upset with myself. I didn't want to confess my feelings of love for her while we were fighting. How romantic was that? However, sitting here with her now, I couldn't help myself.

"Yes, I meant it. I've never felt the way I do when I'm with you Bella. I've never wanted anyone so much in my life and I've never thought of a future with anyone else. I've been in love with you for weeks Bella," I said, trying to calm myself when all I really wanted to do was make love to her. Bella said nothing for a few moments. Instead, she curled up closer to me and placed her head on my chest while her hand moved gently along my thigh.

"I love you too Edward," she finally said, almost five tortuous minutes later. I wanted to sweep her up into my arms and carry her into the bedroom and make love to her until well into next week, but I didn't. I opted to kiss her forehead lovingly and say the words to her again that had made my heart melt just moments ago when she finally said them. If Bella wanted more, I wanted her to make the first step because I didn't want to overstep our boundaries.

The movie was almost finished when I heard Bella snoring gently in my arms. This time, I picked her up in my arms and brought her into her bedroom, which looked like a bomb had gone off. There were clothes everywhere and even though the sight made me laugh, I almost tripped over a pair of jeans as I moved my way towards her bed. "What's wrong?" she asked sleepily as I pulled the blankets up against her and gently moved a few stray hairs from her face and behind her ear.

"Nothing's wrong baby. You fell asleep and I'm putting you to bed," I said as I rubbed small circles on her back soothingly, but she simply sat up in bed and rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

"Why didn't you try to sleep with me?"

"What?" I asked incredulously as she repeated the same phrase to me. "Umm… I didn't want us to move too fast. We just got back together Bella," I said nervously as she looked up at me, her eyes brimming with disappointment.

"We finally confess our love to one another and you let me fall asleep in your arms. My lord Edward, you really are dense when it comes to women aren't you?" she said with a laugh as my ego took a big hit from her words. Instead of replying to her, I pushed her back onto her bed and pulled her in for a deep kiss as I hovered above her tentatively. The moment my lips touched hers, it was like a firestorm that had been brewing for the past several days went off. My free hand immediately latched on to her breast and was massaging it gently as she moaned against my lips, spurring me on even more.

I leaned back on my ankles and tugged her pajama pants off of her and found she wasn't wearing any panties. Why hadn't I done this earlier? I chastised myself, as I watched Bella slowly unbutton her shirt and toss it on the floor. I jumped from the bed and quickly undressed myself before moving back into position between her legs, my hands gently moving against her inner thighs.

"Is this more of what you had in mind?" I asked as I dipped a finger between her folds and she groaned lowly from my touch. She was dripping wet and clearly just as eager for this as I was.

"Actually, I had something else in mind," she said huskily as she rolled me over onto my back and was now straddling me. She leaned forward, her lips against my neck, and I could feel her heat radiating over my cock, making it twitch in anticipation. I was about to say something else when I suddenly felt Bella bite down on my neck… hard.

"Fuck me," I groaned involuntarily as I then shuddered as her nails scraped across my chest, no doubt leaving marks which would show up in the morning. I was a little overwhelmed by the aggressive manner at which she was taking me, but then I quickly realized this must be what make-up sex was all about. I had never had the benefit of make-up sex before and was desperate to make it count as I hoped not to have any big fights with Bella for a long time. I looked up and saw a condom sitting on her nightstand, so as she continued her assault on my neck and chest, I quickly slipped the condom on and grabbed her hips.

I thought I had managed to catch her off guard, but before I had a chance to force her down onto me, she did it of her own volition, making me loudly scream a few choice curse words from the sheer pleasure of being inside of her again. Bella was in control of the entire situation, moving up and down on me at her desired speed, even though my hands were firmly latched to her hips. I ended up moving my hands down to cup her ass and gave myself over to her entirely, my cock relieved that I had stopped over thinking everything for a moment.

I slipped my hand between our bodies and began to rub her clit as she moaned in approval. Bella's hands were latched firmly against my chest, her fingers felt like they were digging in so hard I was worried she would draw blood, but it was one of the most erotic moments I ever had. When she screamed out my name moment later, I knew she was close to her release, so I rubbed her a little harder as she began to tighten the muscles in her body.

"Fuck Bella," I groaned as she began to practically milk my cock, which was one of the most pleasurable things I had ever felt. She leaned down and kissed me before letting her orgasm take over her body, making her shudder gently against my lips, which in turn made me cum deep inside of her as I screamed out how much I loved her.

A few moments later, we were wrapped around each other when I felt Bella kiss my chest sweetly. "Edward?" she asked quietly as I simply moaned sleepily in acknowledgment of her question. "What time do you need to be at work tomorrow morning?"

"I'm never going into work again," I said with a sigh as I wrapped my arms around her tighter, praying that I didn't have to let her go.

"I have to leave here by seven thirty, but I thought we could have another round before we left for work," she said easily as I opened my eyes and noticed her evil grin.

"Like I said, I'm never going to work again. Hell we can go all night if you want. I know I want to."