A/N: Yep, I'm back. This chapter was almost 5,000 words before I added my Authors Note, so this one will be lengthy. I've got some major things planned in the near future of this story, and thanks to MaggieMay14 for being my beta and agreeing with my ideas.
I've got two fic recommendations for you lovely folks today:
Starting Now by Lovebuggkiss and In It For Love by Tellmenolies. I'm the beta for Starting Now, so I'm just being a whore by rec'ing it, but I stumbled across In it for Love on one of my readers profiles (thanks addictedtotwilight79)
Anyways, enjoy the fluff!
I don't own twilight, but I do have like 10 mosquito bites from my weekend away. Dirty little bastards.
BPOV
The ride to Victoria was… exhilarating to say the least. The moment I decided to stop worrying and simply enjoy the ride, as Edward had advised, I immediately felt different; renewed almost. I found myself stealing glances at him as he drove and hoped he was oblivious to me and my movements. I was also thankful that he couldn't read my mind; otherwise he'd be concerned about how giddy my thoughts were and probably inquire as to whether I should be committed.
Once the car was unloaded from the ferry and we had gone through customs, I was excited to get to the hotel to be alone with him. It seemed like it had been ages since we had been intimate with one another but it had been less than two weeks. Since the entire Lauren debacle, which Rosalie insisted was handled, I had been even more possessive with Edward. When we had gone out to dinner the night of the birthday party, I clung to him more than usual and glared at anyone who dared to look at him in any way that was even close to being less than pure.
I even stayed at his side while he checked us in to our suite, even though all I wanted to do was explore the lavish lobby of the hotel. If the rating system went up to ten stars, this would definitely qualify, I thought to myself as I looked around casually. When we had first pulled up to the hotel, I was a little shocked at how grand it was, the place literally looked like some old castle with its high roof and intricate details. The lobby was filled with lots of antiques, gorgeous paintings and old leather arm chairs that reminded me of a library in some old Victorian house. The ceilings were high with wooden beams and huge chandeliers hung every so often; Edward had to nudge me gently to get my attention away from everything.
"So whatcha think?" asked Edward anxiously as we entered our lavish suite on the fourth floor. I began walking around checking out every small detail as though I was trying to commit them to memory. The living room had a long formal couch and a couple of club chairs, with a big TV inside a wooden armoire. The bedroom was a lot more extravagant with a huge king sized bed covered in elaborate gold colored bedding and more pillows than I had ever seen in my life.
"It's lovely," I remarked casually, knowing full well that I had no suitable words to describe the opulence that was our room.
The bell hop showed up at the room a few moments later and left our bags in the bedroom as Edward slipped him a few bucks for his assistance. "Why don't you go get comfortable? I have to run to the lobby for a minute," said Edward cryptically as he practically sprinted from the room after giving me a small kiss on the cheek. I busied myself by unpacking both of our bags into the closet and then checked out the bathroom, which had one of the largest tubs I had ever seen in my entire life. It was nice to be staying in the lap of luxury.
Edward was back less than ten minutes later, smiling from ear to ear. "Dinner should be up soon and we have plans tomorrow night, so I hope you have something sexy to wear." I simply nodded my head in response and thought about the sexy white dress Alice and I had picked up a few weeks ago during a random shopping trip. It would hopefully be suitable for wherever we were going tomorrow night. I knew Edward had something decent to wear because I emptied his luggage, which seemed to annoy him when he finally realized I had done it.
"What do you want to do tonight?" asked Edward after we had finally finished our dinner, which consisted of cedar plank salmon, asparagus and spinach salad. We had already been in our hotel room for almost two hours and we were still fully dressed, I think this surprised both of us.
"I think it would be a great start to the weekend if we took a long soak in that huge tub," I said sweetly as I let my fingers dance slowly over his chest, which was still covered in his button down check shirt.
"I hope you mean together," he asked with a nervous gulp as I simply nodded my head and walked towards the gargantuan bathroom, positively beaming with excitement. I turned on the water till it was the perfect temperature and watched the tub fill up as I poured in the entire bottle of almond scented bubble bath that had been sitting on the edge of the tub, as provided by the hotel. I was already naked and soaking in the tub with bubbled up to my neck, before Edward walked into the steam filled room.
"You look like you have something on your mind?" I inquired as I watched intently as Edward undressed, throwing all of his clothes into the corner with mine and slipped into the tub. I wrapped my legs around him as he leaned his head back against my chest and I began to run my hands through his hair. A silver bowl and two glasses caught my eye on the edge of the tub. Had I been so relaxed that I didn't even notice Edward bring these in with him?
"I brought dessert," he said with a chuckle as he handed me a glass of champagne and I noticed the bowl was filled with chocolate covered strawberries. "See, I have moves better than Logan. He's not even legal so this would be juice and berries." We both laughed easily at his comment but the laughter soon subsided as his next question shocked me into silence.
"How do you feel about marriage Bella?" Edward asked as I watched him calmly sip from his champagne flute. I had no idea if he was proposing or not, so after a few minutes of silence I offered up the vaguest answer I could think of.
"I think it works for some couples."
"Do you think it might work for us?" he asked again as I almost choked on the strawberry he had given me. "I'm not proposing Bella. Today was an important day in determining your future and it got me wondering about OUR future," said Edward simply as I reached down and began massaging his shoulders. He moaned in appreciation, but I think I was just working out my own tension on his shoulders, rather than trying to relive some of his.
"I think it could work for us down the road, Edward." I finally replied, hoping I had placated him somehow.
"Do you want kids?" he asked slowly as I gave him a tentative smile. "I'm not going to go poke holes in the condoms or replace your birth control pills with placebos. I just want to make sure that we want the same things in the long run."
I nodded in agreement because he was right, why waste our time if we really didn't want to travel down the same road, together. I mustered up all of my courage and took a quick gulp of the champagne as Edward turned around in the tub and rested his chin on my stomach. I was momentarily distracted by his firm, naked ass before I shook my head and brought myself back to reality.
"Yes, I want kids one day and I want to be married one day, but I am certainly not ready for it now since there is so much I want to do and so many places I want to see. I just don't think it would be fair to a drag a baby along. However, I know that if this book does well, the book tour that Hancock would send me on could take me to a lot of the places I want to go." I was about to continue after a short pause to catch my breath but Edward tried to interrupt me. I silenced him with a deep kiss and continued my thoughts. "I want those things eventually and I want them with you and only you. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't envisioned you playing baseball with a little boy with messy bronze hair and dark brown eyes or having tea at a small table with a little girl with bright green eyes and long dark hair. I want it all with you Edward, just not today."
"A simple yes would have been fine Bella," laughed Edward as I grinned happily before I smacked him on the back of the head. I joined in on the laughter and he turned back around so he could reach a strawberry to feed me. "Although, I do like the imagines you've created of our future children."
"A little of you and a little of me,' I said with a tiny smile as I licked my licks before I accepted the strawberry he offered.
"You know Bella, if there is somewhere you want to go or something you want to see, you'll have to let me know or we'll never get around to doing them," Edward added as he set our glasses down on the floor, placed his hands on the edge of the tub, beside my head, and lifted himself so his face was even with mine as he placed a chaste kiss on my lips. "In the meantime, we can always practice making those babies."
My instinct was to laugh at Edward's comment, but his lips were pressed hard against mine before I could respond. I let me body do the talking for me as I wrapped my legs tight around his waist and I could feel his hardness at my entrance. My mouth was instinctively on his neck as my hand plunged into his hair and I pulled him closer to me. I let out a low guttural moan as he slipped inside my eager tightness.
"I love you, always," Edward muttered genuinely as he moved inside of me, the lukewarm water of the bath lapping against his defined, muscular body.
"I love you, forever," I responded sweetly as I slipped my hand between our bodies and began to rub my clit, which distracted him as he glanced down at my hand and shuddered slightly.
"So fucking gorgeous," he said solemnly as I moaned in ecstasy. I was close to the edge and thankfully Edward was too. As my body tightened in orgasm, Edward pulled out and came in the tub with a resounding sigh. I felt a little frustrated when he pulled out, but when I noticed we had forgotten the condom, relief washed over me and I began to get out of the tub. We were always extremely careful when it came to our sex life and even though I was on the pill, it was very rare for us to go without both forms of contraception. "We're not ready for little babies, remember?" laughed Edward as I tossed him a towel, as he dripped water onto the bath rug outside of the tub.
"Right," I said with a grin as I leaned forward and licked some water from his jaw line. "Not until we're married."
The rest of the night, we lay on the couch with Edward's iPod playing in the background as we finished the champagne and strawberries Edward had ordered from room service. He had been awaiting their arrival while I was busy warming up the bath tub earlier and it had been a pleasant surprise to say the least. As I felt his fingers dance along the back of my neck, I realized I had some important issues that I wanted to discuss with him as well.
"So Daddy… how many kids do you want?"
"Um… two or three at least, though knowing us we'd end up like that family in Arkansas that has like eighteen kids because we can't keep our hands off of each other," he laughed as my face turned pale at the thought.
"Oh hell no," I chuckled seriously. "You'd get snipped way before eighteen kids, Edward Cullen." Edward looked at me as though I had just run over his dog, so I quickly changed the topic. "If Cullen Advertising expanded again to another state or country, before we got married, would you want me to come with you?"
"No Bella, I want you to stay home and miss me," he said sarcastically as I glared at him in frustration.
"I was being serious," I retorted angrily.
"So was I and that was a seriously stupid question. Of course I would want you to come with me. You can write anywhere in the world. Wherever I am, I want you to be there too." I smiled easily at him as I felt his lips against my neck. He was humming softly and the sensation was very arousing. He broke me from my reverie a few moments later though as he spoke again. "This conversation has given me a great idea. When is your lease up?"
What the fuck?
EPOV
The expression on Bella's face was one of pure shock. "We've already agreed that we want to get married and have babies one day, so don't look so surprised," I explained with a big grin as I went back to humming against Bella's neck as I waited for her response.
I was leaning back against the armrest of the couch, my arms wrapped tightly around her chest. We had changed into some comfortable clothes and we were both trying to relax, although I think that went out the window when I suggested that Bella should move in with me.
"I'm not sure it's a good idea…" she began to say before I interrupted her and began to fill her head with my logic.
"How many nights a week do we sleep over at either my place or yours?" I asked, knowing full well the answer was at least three. Bella didn't answer, instead opting to simply nod her head in acknowledgment of my argument. "Think of all the money you are throwing away on rent."
"I'm not throwing it away Edward, I love my place," Bella retorted fiercely, as though that would stop me from my new mission.
"Bella, it's an overpriced storage space, half of your stuff is at my place anyways," I added as I kissed the top of her head and watched her eat a strawberry slowly, as though she was thinking hard about my words. "You've thought about having my kids but not about moving in with me?"
"Are you asking me?" she replied tensely until I heard her giggle quietly. She seemed to be playing with me and I guess that she simply wanted me to come out and ask her.
"Isabella Swan, love of my life, will you do me the honor of moving in with me and allowing me to wake up beside you every morning?" I asked sweetly as I held her hand in mind and kissed her palm.
"I'll think about it," she answered with a laugh as I tensed up at her reply. I had been dead serious and she simply laughed at me. I thought of a few responses that no doubt would have resulted in a fight and a shitty weekend in Victoria, so I kept my mouth shut and glanced up at the clock.
"It's getting late Bella, we should head to bed," I said calmly as I tried to sit up a bit on the couch, but was held in place by Bella's body pressed against mine.
"Are you mad?" she asked anxiously as she finally moved and I could stand up from the couch. I reached my hand out to help Bella up and she smiled tentatively, her brown eyes looking remorseful.
"No Bella, I'm not mad. We have an appointment tomorrow and plans in the evening. I really do think we should head to bed," I said sincerely, even though I was a bit frustrated about the moving thing. I wrapped my arm around her waist and led her into the bedroom of our suite. "I'll break you down eventually."
"Pretty sure of yourself huh?" asked Bella as she crawled into our huge bed and proceeded to get comfortable.
"I'm persistent, or haven't you noticed?" I laughed as I climbed into the bed beside her and pulled the blankets over us. I swept her body close to mind and heard her giggle quietly to herself. She seemed determined to make me work for it and I was desperate to get her to move in with me. Game on.
The next morning was very relaxed between us, almost as though we hadn't had the most serious discussion of our relationship the night before. We ate breakfast in relative peace with the exception of Bella trying desperately to find out what I had planned for our evening. Just as we had finished with our late breakfast of blueberry waffles and fruit, there was a knock on the door. I opened it eagerly as two women walked in carrying massage tables.
"I almost forgot we had a couples' massage scheduled this morning," I remarked as I tightened the belt on my bathrobe, clearly recalling I only had on a pair of boxer shorts. Bella's eyes lit up with excitement as I kissed her forehead and the women, Helga and Lena, advised us to get comfortable aka naked. They set up their tables in the living room as Bella and I wandered into the bedroom and pulled our clothes off, a little too enthusiastically.
We lay on the tables, with towels covering our asses as Helga and Lena explained a few things to us before starting. I had scheduled a one hour massage for us together and as I felt the hot oil drip onto my back, Bella reached over and grabbed my hand in hers. We were both face down on our own massage tables, but I could feel the immeasurable electricity running between us. It didn't take long for me to be completely relieved of my stress and when they had us roll over, I finally was able to glance at Bella, who looked almost as peaceful as me. She now had a towel draped across her chest and I couldn't help but imagine myself oiling her up and running my hands all over her body.
Little did I realize, that only minutes later, I fell into a comfortable sleep. When I woke up, the room was oddly quiet and when I glanced over at Bella's table, it wasn't there. I did however feel a pair of hands on my chest and looked up to see Bella climbing onto the table completely naked, straddling me. Her hands were not quite as good as Helga's, but she got a completely different reaction from my body and I was suddenly hard as a rock and desperate for her as I felt her fingers trace around my nipples.
"I had to slip them a fifty dollar bill to get them to come back in an hour for the table," laughed Bella as she leaned forward and bit my ear gently. Her hands were now working on my shoulders and as she leaned above me, her breasts were in perfect line with my mouth, so I forced my head up and took a nipple into my mouth, eliciting a loud moan of pleasure from her.
"Ah Fuck, Edward," she added as my hands ghosted up her sides to her back and I pulled her down against me. Neither of us had gotten cleaned up from the massage, so this was going to be extremely slippery, I thought to myself as Bella suddenly sat up and pulled a condom out from the end of the table. "I planned ahead."
I watched in awe as she slipped the condom on me and then slid onto my length with ease. I gasped as I felt myself inside of her heat and as she began to buck up and down slowly on me, I almost lost it completely. "Is this table sturdy?" I asked, suddenly worried about it taking our weight. Bella didn't seem to care though because she kept riding me like a wild stallion as she reached down and began to rub her clit at the same time. My hands instinctively grasped onto her tits and I moaned her name as a chant while she fucked me, harder than I could remember us doing previously. I tried to focus on what Bella was doing to me, but I heard a slight noise from the table and immediately tensed up. Little did I know that two seconds later, Bella was coming loudly, my name echoing around the room and I followed right behind her, desperate for my own release.
"See, the table is fine Edward," sighed Bella as she hopped off of me and tossed her bathrobe back on. "Helga wouldn't have suggested it if she thought the table would snap," she laughed as she headed towards the bathroom. I glanced up at the clock and saw it was almost one in the afternoon. We still had a few hours before we had to leave for dinner and then the club we were going to. Pierre, the concierge had filled me in on some of the happening events in Victoria while we were in town and there was a concert at a club called 'Richard's' downtown. It was only a few blocks from our hotel, but I knew the show started at 8, so I wanted us to leave for dinner in plenty of time.
"We have to leave at five for dinner Bella," I called to her as she wandered into the bedroom. I grabbed the phone to call Pierre and make sure that he had in fact got us the concert tickets.
"Sorry Mr. Cullen, I had to make some slight adjustments. You will still see the show, but when you get to the door, give the bouncer your name and he will direct you," said Pierre cryptically. "I also made a mention of your special request; I'm just not sure if it can be fulfilled. I tried my best, but you know how temperamental singers can be."
Bella and I let the afternoon get away from us as we showered all of the oil and sex off of ourselves and settled on the couch to a bad pay per view movie and some overpriced peanuts from the honor bar. Bella had cursed up a storm about the eight bucks I paid for peanuts, but I didn't care because I was in seventh heaven with her. When we finally got up and managed to get ready for dinner, it was almost four. Bella proceeded to do her hair and makeup with ease and wandered out of the bathroom with plenty of time to spare, looking like she had spent the afternoon at a salon.
"You look simply stunning," I said genuinely as she twirled around in her white knee length dress which hugged all of her curves.
"Call it seven years of being best friends with Alice. She had to rub off on me at some point," laughed Bella as I wrapped my hand in hers and pulled her out into the hallway. I had dressed in a simple dark blue button down shirt with a pair of black dress pants. Bella kept commenting about how handsome I looked, but I was certain I looked like shit next to her. We ate dinner at a small restaurant only a block from 'Richard's', which Pierre had recommended. We were both pleased with the dinner, but I could tell Bella was getting antsy by the time the bill was presented by our overly excitable waitress.
"She was so eyeing you up," laughed Bella as I slipped my hand into hers after I had paid the bill and we were leaving the restaurant. I glanced at my watch and saw that it was already quarter to eight and I was relieved we were so close to the venue.
"I only have eyes for you Bella," I said sweetly as she scoffed at me and gripped my hand tight as we walked down the street. "You should have brought a jacket."
"And ruin this sexy dress? No thank you. As Alice says, sometimes you have to hurt for fashion," laughed Bella as I glared at her and we stumbled upon Richards's. There was a long line up in front of the building and we stopped in front of the bouncer and I gave him my name eagerly. Bella looked at me with surprise as he opened the velvet rope and let us in.
"Carly, these two are guests of Pierre. Take care of them," shouted the bouncer as I wrapped my arm around Bella's waist and led her to the woman standing in front of the coat room, clearly named Carly.
"Hi Guys. Any friends of Pierre's are friends of ours," she said politely as she walked us around the outside edge of the club and to the right side of the stage. "I'm sorry we were completely sold out, but I am sure you won't mind standing in the wings for a little bit, right?" I nodded my head and then glanced down at Bella's high heel covered feet. She slipped them off with a smile as I kissed her forehead and thanked Carly for her help. She promised that if we needed anything further to let her know.
"Do you want a drink before the show starts?" I asked with a grin as Bella nodded her head. Unfortunately, the bar didn't have a great selection so I grabbed us two beers and I went back to join her. Bella was still standing nervously and when I handed her the beer, she seemed to relax considerably. I was about to say something to her when the stage lights went down and I wrapped my arm around her waist.
"Welcome to Richard's everyone. We have a special treat tonight. On his sold our North American tour, please join us in welcoming Joshua Radin…" said the announcer as Bella whipped her entire body around and stared at me in complete shock. I wished I had a camera with me to capture this moment on film. Joshua came out and sat on the small stool at the center of the stage with his guitar to the resounding cheers and claps of the crowd. He immediately started in with his most recent single 'I'd Rather Be with You' as Bella stood on her tip toes and tried to talk to me.
"Did you know he was in town?" she yelled at me as I forced my ear closer to her, desperate to hear what she was trying to say.
"No. Pierre told me last night."
Bella seemed placated by this and clung to me the rest of the night as we watched the show. Joshua was awesome in concert, not that I had expected any less and before we realized it, he had played almost all of our favorite songs and the night was starting to wind down. Bella and I had spent the entire concert either wrapped in each other's arms or touching in some way and I hoped that my love for her was showing in every movement I made, since I couldn't really tell her over the loud music.
"A close friend of mine begged me for a favor and since I'm a sucker for true love, this song is for Bella and Edward, who he has assured me are here somewhere," said Joshua as Bella loosened herself from my grip and turned around again to face me. Joshua started to sing 'Lovely Tonight' which was the song we made love to on our faux Christmas up in Jackson Hole and Bella knew it immediately. She kissed me passionately, grabbing my hair and pulling my face down to hers eagerly, before finally turning around to enjoy the show.
I need you to know this won't be broken
And all that we said will not be lost into the dawn
And you would be the last thing I saw coming
I'm still surprised
You are lovely tonight
You, dear, will guide me into the morning light
You are lovely tonight
Lay here beside me - I see the rest of my life with you
Alone we are fine; but when we're two, we are eternal
The moons have aligned our separate lives; here become one
And you would be the last thing I saw coming
I'm still surprised
You are lovely tonight
You, dear, will guide me into the morning light
You are lovely tonight
Lay here beside me - I see the rest of my life with you
All my life I've lived alone without you
All this time I couldn't find a way to belong
And you are lovely tonight
You, dear, will guide me into the morning light
You are lovely tonight
Lay here beside me - I see the rest of my life with you
Just as the song finished, Bella stood on her tip toes again and whispered in my ear. "My lease is up in June and I would love to move in with you Edward."