A/N: So sorry for the lack of update in forever but I just had a block! And reading a few fics, plus the conspiring with my psuedo-beta CaughtMyselfFalling helped make this chapter appear! Thank you for those patiently waiting for an update - hope it doesn't disappoint.
I hope you enjoy it - more notes at the end.
Disclaimer: SMeyer owns all this. I own the ability to make her characters bend to my will.
BPOV
Slowly we began untangling ourselves from one another and sat up on the couch. I looked around, trying to find the various articles of clothing that had gotten lost in the sexing frenzy.
So much for that shower…
I felt him place his hand on my hip, "Bella, you are amazing." He kissed my shoulder blade and sent chills down my spine. I dropped the pile of clothes I was holding.
"Oh you're not so bad yourself." I was grinning like a fool. I found his shirt and put in on, and then I turned to look at him. He had found his boxers, unfortunately, and was running his hands through his hair. He looked so … happy. He started laughing to himself and I was confused. I could tell he was looking at something, a white piece of cloth that was lying on the ground. It took me a minute to realize that he was looking at the remnants of my underwear which he had ripped off me.
If it didn't work for Bridget, I should have known it wasn't going to work for me. Oh well, at least they weren't my cutest pair.
"I'm sorry about those." His voice was carefree and beautiful; there was playfulness in it. I pretended to be mad and made my best angry face. He stood up and cupped my face and began kissing my pouted bottom lip. "Oh hush love, you know you liked it."
I grinned, and shook my head. "Yes, yes I did." I leaned up and kissed him softly, letting my lips mold against his, getting reacquainted with his lips. It had only been a few minutes since our last kiss but I missed the feeling already.
I pulled back slightly, taking in the sight of him. He was breathtaking. "Well, I don't know about you but I'm exhausted." I started for the stairs. "You coming?"
You would have thought that I had told him I was giving him a million dollars because his face lit up and he just nodded slightly. I held my hand out for him and relished in the feeling that ran through my body when his fingers intertwined with mine.
We walked down the hall and into my room, and I proceeded to grab a new pair of underwear. Slipping them on, I sat down on the edge of the bed. I looked up at him and patted the area next to me. He came and sat beside me, resting his hand on my thigh. He was running his other hand through my hair and mumbling into my ear.
"What?" I asked, trying to decipher what he was saying.
"Nothing, just reveling in how beautiful you are." He smiled at me and kissed my forehead. "You looked gorgeous when I first saw you, but now – without the makeup and clothes – I think you look absolutely breathtaking. You really don't need any of that stuff; no other woman can hold a candle to you when they're in the same room with you." He was nuzzling my neck, playing with my hair and planting small kisses across my shoulders.
I almost had to pinch myself; I thought I was dreaming. I mean did real men actually say these things? And I mean, we had already slept together, it's not like he couldn't have just said "Thanks for the sex but I'm going to head back to my place and shower then never call you." But instead he was here, sitting on my bed and telling me I'm beautiful?
"What are you thinking beautiful?" His voice interrupted my thoughts. I bit my bottom lip and looked into his eyes.
"Just, that, I don't know why you're being so sweet. I mean we just met and like, I know you're not doing it to get in my pants because we already did that." I lowered my eyes, suddenly feeling very self conscious. "No one has really ever said things like that to me, I just… I guess I don't feel like that so I never really think of myself in those terms. It's easy to act like I'm hot shit but when it comes down to it; I never really feel how I act." I sighed.
Great, now he knows that you really have no confidence. Way to go Swan.
I had no idea what he was going to do next, but I felt him move slightly, positioning himself so that he was facing me.
"Bella, I don't know why you think like that, but I understand." He was tilting my head up and forcing eye contact. "But you are beautiful and all those things I said before. I just think you should know. Especially when you walk around here like you own the place, that confidence is so sexy. I didn't know if I was going to be able to even speak to you tonight because I didn't know if I was good enough for you."
We sat there, looking at each other and not saying anything. The silence was comfortable and welcomed. I mulled over everything he had just said. Beautiful, breathtaking, gorgeous. And he was worried about not being good enough for me? Maybe we were more alike than either of us thought.
I put my hand on his, pulling him towards me and I kissed him slowly, letting our lips do the talking. He squeezed my hand and gently bit my bottom lip. I grinned and looked at him.
"I think we've had quite a long night and deserve some sleep." I climbed off the bed and got under the covers, pulling him along with me. We were facing each other, legs tangled and his hand on my face.
"Goodnight sweet girl." He kissed me softly and we fell asleep.
EPOV
I woke up dazed and confused. Hesitantly I sat up, trying to take in my surroundings but not recognizing anything. The faint sound of snoring alerted me to the fact that I wasn't alone and I remembered everything.
I smiled; remember our little talk last night. It was unbelievable that this gorgeous creature could think of herself as anything less than perfect. I took this chance, knowing that she was still asleep, and studied her more carefully.
God she's beautiful. Even that seems inadequate. She was gorgeous, elegant, and classic. And more.
Her hair fell across her face haphazardly, and the light from the window coming through fell across her face, accenting her perfectly straight nose. She stirred slightly and her lips parted. Her lips were supple, soft and most definitely inviting.
I leaned forward and kissed them lightly, trying my best not to wake her, while brushing the hair off her face. Her eyelids fluttered open and her big brown eyes stared at me, trying to make sense about what was going on. A look of realization crossed her face and her hands flew up to her mouth.
"Ohmygod!" She was talking through her hands. "Don't kiss me yet!" She flew out of bed and turned back to look at me. "Sorry, morning breath."
I leaned back and laughed a little, realizing my mouth probably stank just as bad. I ran my hand through my hair, and closed my eyes. I welcomed the images that presented themselves. Bella dancing in the club. Bella biting her bottom lip. Bella's mouth on me. Bella, Bella, Bella.
As if she heard my thoughts, she reappeared smiling and looking at me. God, she was sexy. Wearing nothing but my shirt, a skimpy pair of underwear and a smile, she walked over to the bed and crawled up to me.
"Hi there." Her voice was low and sultry sounding. She bit her bottom lip slightly and grinned and I cupped my hand around her face, pulling her towards me and stopping when our lips were millimeters apart.
"Hello." I mumbled and she closed the gap between our bodies. The kiss was sweet and minty. I smiled and let my hand move to the back of her neck, snaking my fingers through her silky hair. I pulled slightly, making her gasp and took advantage of her parted lips, slipping my tongue inside her mouth, gently touching hers. I heard her moan and she responded by licking and gently nibbling my bottom lip.
We were interrupted by the sound of "Material Girl" coming from Bella's phone. She groaned and pulled out of our kiss reluctantly. Standing up, she walked over to the dresser where her phone was sitting and answered it.
"Yeah Alice?" She sounded a little frustrated and I stifled a laugh. A devilish grin spread across my face as I stood up and embraced her from behind, letting my hands rest on her hips. She leaned back into me slightly and I bent down, moving her hair from her neck and began placing light kisses on her neck.
"Umm… not exactly." She stiffened when she felt my lips on her skin. "No, no. I mean, we talked…"
I grinned and moved her shirt slightly, now assaulting her shoulders with my light kisses. She moaned slightly, forgetting she was on the phone and turned around quickly.
"No Alice I did not just moan. I, uh, stubbed my toe on something." Her look was a mix of anger and lust, it suited her well. I gave her my best puppy dog face and started unbuttoning her, well my, shirt slowly, letting my fingertips drag slightly over the newly exposed flesh.
"Sure… breakfast sounds good… Okay Alice I really need to go." With that she flipped the phone shut and focused her attention on me.
"You!" She poked my chest with her finger. I raised my hands to surrender but that wasn't enough for her. She smiled then jumped on me, knocking me back onto the bed and leaving her straddling me.
Apparently payback was going to be a bitch.
BPOV
I was barely able to register the fact that Alice was going to be over in an hour to go out for breakfast. Edward was distracting the hell out of me; each kiss was sending little electric shocks through my body, culminating at my core.
"Edward…" I was running my lips over his collarbone, leaving a trail of chaste kisses as I moved down between his pecs. "That was not nice." I bit down on his nipple softly, eliciting a soft "fuck" from his mouth.
My hands were on his hips as I was slowly rocking mine against his; desperately trying to create some of the friction that we had both been feeling last night. My nails dug into his sides as I felt him thrust his hips slightly and I could feel him hardening against my thigh. His hands were on my hips, then on my back, pulling me down towards him. Our lips collided and the rest of the world faded away, our kiss becoming the center of everything I was right then.
I would never get over the taste of his lips, they were sweet and addicting, I couldn't get enough. I pulled away from his kiss slowly, and looked at him. His eyes were closed and he had that crooked smile on his face. I leaned up and kissed his neck and then the bottom of his chin, his rough stubble a contrast to his incredibly smooth skin. He sighed slightly and pulled me into his chest.
I could stay here forever…
We stayed like this letting my head rest on his chest and listening to his heartbeat. He was mumbling into my hair, but I wasn't paying much attention until my eyes caught the time on the alarm clock on my nightstand.
"SHIT!" I jumped up, getting caught in Edward's legs and almost falling backwards. He caught me by my shirt and pulled me back towards him. "Shit, shit shit."
"Bella, what's wrong?" Edward tilted his head and had a perplexed look on his face.
"Alice is going to be here in like 20 minutes and I'm not ready." I was in full freak out mode. "And you're still here!" I looked at him, he looked slightly hurt and nodded his head and let go of my shirt.
"No, that's not a bad thing. I just, I mean, you're still here and almost naked." I tried backtracking, silently scolding myself for saying the words harsher than I meant them. "And all our stuff is still downstairs."
The look on his face registered the meaning behind those words as his eyes widened slightly. "Is that a bad thing?" He was trying to figure out where my head was.
"Not necessarily." I said out loud. "Alice will probably just be more freaked to find out we had sex on the living room couch more than the fact that we had sex." I blushed slightly and looked anywhere but his gaze. Another minute passed before I looked at him.
"Edward." I walked over to him, cupping my hands around his face and tilting his head up slightly. "I do not regret anything that happened last night. I don't care if she knows you spent the night but I don't want her to find out that we had sex by picking up the remains of my underwear off the rug."
He stood up and walked towards the door.
Great Bella. Way to make him feel like shit. Ugh.
Stopping before he reached the door, he looked back and gave me a slight grin and said, "Of course not." He looked at me, and laughed. "Well are you coming or am I going to have to clean up the remains of our sexcapade myself?"
I ran up to him and pushed him against the door; slowly I pressed myself against him, and kissed up his neck. I stopped as my mouth reached his ear and I said in a low whisper, "Last one down's a rotten egg."
I pushed past him and started running down the hall towards the stairs. I could hear him close behind as he caught up to me easily. He grabbed my hips and pulled him back into him, "Not so fast missy." He nuzzled my neck and turned me towards him. I grinned, struggling to get out of his grasp, hell if I was going to be the rotten egg.
Suddenly, I felt my feet leave the ground as Edward picked me up bridal style and started down the stairs. I held onto his neck tightly, knowing that he would never drop me but still the fear was there. We reached the bottom step and he set me down.
"Well, I guess we have a tie." He smiled triumphantly. "I wasn't about to let you run down those stairs because with your luck this would have turned into another episode of 'Bella Goes to the Hospital'." He chuckled and ran his hand through his wild hair, doing nothing to tame the beast that was his hair.
I crossed my arms and stuck out my bottom lip. "I take it Alice and Jasper warned you about how clumsy I was and that I pretty much have my own suite at the hospital." I arched an eyebrow.
"Yes, but don't worry, you're safe with me." He stepped closer to me, my breathing started quickening. "And now I'm going to have to do something about that lip." His thumb grazed over my pouted lip and I instinctively tilted my head up.
Slowly he lowered his lips to mine and kissed my bottom lip. He pulled me closer and began slowly sucking on it. Smiling and moved my hands to his waist and let my finger hook underneath the elastic band. I could feel the heat from his skin against mine and I felt him harden slightly.
I love that I turn him on, I wonder if he knows that he gives my body that same reaction.
We stood there, me still his shirt and him just in his boxers, letting our mouths do all the talking. His hands were making their way north from my hips, bunching the shirt up and stopping as he reached the swell of my chest. I moaned into his mouth and urged him to continue. We were too consumed in ourselves that I didn't even hear the door open.
"OH MY GOD! ISABELLA MARIE SWAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THAT MAN?!" A high pitched screech brought us straight back to reality as I broke away from Edward and saw Alice standing in the door frame. She had been holding a bag of bagels and a latte, both of which were now on the floor. Her mouth was agape and her eyes bugged out of her head.
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.
"Alice, honey, what are you screaming about?" Jasper was two steps behind her with a drink carrier that held 3 more coffees. Alice didn't get a chance to answer before the sight that was before him registered on Jasper's face. Calmly he looked at us and asked, "Edward, why are you naked?"
"Crap." I mumbled into his chest. Well, I guess they were going to find out one way or another. This way just happened to be "another".
"Uh, guys it's not what it looks like?" I stammered looking at Jasper. Well actually it was exactly what it looked like. I was half naked and about to ravish his cousin on the stairs. I remembered that we still hadn't picked up the living room and I looked up at Edward. He nodded, understanding what I was trying to convey with my eyes and tried to distract them from going in there.
"Alice, you may want to get a towel to clean up that coffee before it stains the wood." Edward said urgently, trying to think of anything to get them to the kitchen. "Jasper, you should help."
Alice seemed to finally snap out of her trance and shrieked. She grabbed Jasper's hand and ran to the kitchen to get a towel. Seizing our opportunity, we quickly ran to the living room and started grabbing anything that resembled clothing. I took his pile and ran to the laundry room throwing them all on the floor. I walked back in and gave the living room a once over, and tried to remember if there was anything I forgot. I didn't have any extra time to ask Edward if there was anything we missed before Alice and Jasper came in with that "we need to talk" look on her face.
I curled my legs up under me and sat down on the couch next to Edward. He slid his arm behind me and pulled me into him.
"Okay, spill." Ah Alice, never the shy one. I looked up at Edward and he smiled at me and nodded, letting me know I could say whatever I wanted about our night last night.
I took a deep breath and began. I decided to leave out the good, girly details for later when it was just Alice and I.
"So, after the club we came back here and ate the left over Chinese and then we just sat and talked for a while in my room then things kinda just happened and…" I looked down nervously. I felt like I had just gotten caught having sex by my parents.
Alice was trying her best to look stern but the twinkle in her eye gave it away. Jasper on the other hand was giving Edward a hard look, playing the part of protective big brother. The look lasted about 5 seconds before a huge grin crossed his face.
"Okay so since breakfast was ruined because of the two hormonal adults making out on my stairs, I say we go out!" Alice smiled and looked at us. "Get dressed. Edward, you'll have to wear some of Jasper's clothes that I keep here."
We got off the couch and headed to the stairs, neither of us looking at the other, mainly to keep from laughing at the situation. As we reached the top of the landing I heard another scream.
"BELLA! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR BRA DOING SHOVED UNDER THE COUCH CUSHION?!" I stopped dead in my tracks and looked at Edward.
"I guess we forgot something after all." His eyes were apologetic but the smirk on his face said he didn't miss the hilarity in this situation. I grabbed his hand and ran to my room, collapsing on the bed and covering my head with a pillow.
"Oh great. She knows." I groaned slightly, feeling the bed shift and feeling Edward's hand on my hip. I peeked from under the pillow to see Edward's face. He was smiling at me, his eyes sparkling with a hint of mischief and I threw the pillow at him gently. He batted it away and brushed the hair off my face. His thumb caressed my cheek and he gave me a chaste kiss.
"Let's get dressed before we get yelled at again, or worse, make her even madder." He grinned and hopped off the bed. "Alice's room is…?"
"Down the hall on the left. Jasper's clothes are in the dresser, bottom drawer." I told him. "I put the laundry away." I gave him a small smile.
He left the room and I got up, running a brush through my hair and I threw on a pair of dark blue low riders and a blue polo with a white cami underneath. I grabbed my low-top converse, chucks as we called them, and slipped them on. Making sure I had my phone, I took one last look in the mirror to make sure I looked presentable.
Ah, wouldn't do to try and hide that hickey on your neck, she probably already saw.
I was walking out of my room, lost in thought, when I almost bumped into Edward. He was wearing a dark green button up with the sleeves rolled up past his elbows and a pair of khakis. Damn, he looked good. I tried not to undress him but my eyes had a mind of their own. He saw me staring and puffed his chest out a little, and I let out a small gasp. The shirt was a little tighter on him than his other one and helped to accentuate his wonderfully defined chest even more.
"You look nice." I smiled and reached up to fix his collar. "Although, that hair could use some taming." I reached up and messed his hair up a little more.
He grabbed my wrist and stared at me intensely. Slowly he brought my hand to his lips and placed a gently kiss on each of my knuckles before kissing my palm. Watching his lips on my skin sent so many dirty thoughts through my mind that I had half a mind to tell Alice that I would be skipping breakfast to dine on Edward's lips.
I stepped into him hesitantly, taking his other hand in mine and mimicked his actions. We stood there for a minute before he simply released my hand and let his fingers entwine themselves with the hand that I was still holding. He looked at me a little sheepishly, and then gave my hand a squeeze. I led him down the stairs to a waiting Jasper.
"Alice is in the car." He looked up at us, having seen our little interaction and then let his eyes drop to our hands. He smirked and then mumbled something that sounded like, "I'll never doubt her again."
We followed him out to the car, getting ready to prepare for another onslaught of questions when my phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered, not recognizing the caller ID.
"Hello? Is this Bella Swan?" The male voice asked.
"Yes. Who is this?" I couldn't place the voice but it sounded vaguely familiar.
"Oh, hi. This is James… from La Push. Remember me?" Ah, yes, I knew where I had heard that voice before.
"Hey James. What's up?" I couldn't think of any reason that James would be calling me. I mean, I knew he was looking at me last night, but I really didn't think that he got that vibe back from me. I know I was wasted but I thought I was putting all my sexual energies towards Edward.
"Well I just wanted to let you know that my DJ has informed me that you were the winner of the Hawaii getaway." Huh? What getaway? "Yes, apparently the whole club was entranced by your dancing it was a unanimous decision."
A light when off in my head and I remember that the DJ had announced that they were giving a Hawaii get away, but I had completely forgotten.
"Bella, you still there?" The voice on the other end was calling for me.
"Oh what? Yes, I'm here. Really I did?!" I started getting excited, letting the words sink in.
"Yes." He let out a low chuckle and continued. "Listen I hope you'll be at La Push again this Friday, we're going to announce you as the winner and give you all the information there."
"Of course! I'll be there. Wow…" My voice trailed off as I started thinking about sunbathing on a beach in Hawaii, being served fruity drinks with little umbrellas in them by cabana boys.
"Well Bella dear, have a wonderful day and I will see you on Friday. Take care beautiful." The line clicked and I stared at my phone.
Did he just say what I think he said?
What, the part about Hawaii or the part about you being beautiful?
A little bit of column A and a little bit of column B. Wait, did I even give him my number? How did he …
I got in the car, consumed with my thoughts before Alice jarred me back into reality.
"Bella, who was that, you look like you've seen a ghost." She was staring at me now, as was everyone else.
I took a deep breath and said, "Guys, we're going to HAWAII!"
A/N: So I hope you all liked it, the reason I've been stuck on this is because I was inspired for another story: A Night to Remember, and have been working on that. But I knew I needed to come back to this, my first one, my baby.
Hopefully I'll be updating this a little more regularly now that I've kicked that block in the ass.
As usual, reviews are loved and welcomed. :) And if you want a taste of a fic that's a little out of the ordinary, check out "Chasing Bella" by CaughtMyselfFalling. It's a treat!
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