A/N: I am giving you guys an early chapter, I am having a blah Monday and considering this is one of my favorite chapters, I decided hell, why not give it to ya'll early!
Steph – Here is your shower scene you love so much LOL
Disclaimer – Stephenie Meyers owns all that is Twilight.
Chapter 8
On The Border
BPOV
Just as I am finishing up with my barn chores, Renee calls me over to the tack room. She is putting up the saddles, blankets and bridles that were used today. "Hey Bells before I forget, Dr. Cullen and his son Edward are coming out Monday to check some of the horses teeth and to draw blood for Coggins Tests. I went ahead and told Esme to schedule Phoenix for all of that as well, if that is alright by you?"
I swallow hard, dear lord in heaven the man I have been fantasizing about for months, Dr. Edward Cullen DVM is going to be here at my mother's house Monday.
Well, hell yea that is ok! What is wrong with you woman?
"Sure mom that is fine. What time will they be here?"
Please say it will be after twelve. Monday I have to be at the school from eight until noon for a teacher's meeting before the first day of school the following week.
"Oh that's right. I forgot you have to be at the school on Monday. Esme said that they would be out here around two. You should be finished by then right?"
"Yes, I will be out of my meeting at noon, which actually works out fine. Well Mom I got to get going. Alice has declared tonight a celebratory night for my first run back, I swear she just loves to celebrate." I shake my head at how my cousin can wrangle me into just about anything.
Renee lets out a snicker, "Your cousin is something else I will give her that. You girls have fun and BE careful.
I make it home in record time; flying through the door because I am late…I am always late. I take the steps two at a time, being extra careful not to trip and bust my ass. Once in my room I strip down, heading to the shower. I turn on the water, as the steam is enveloping the room I start to think about Jake.
He is not going tonight to have drinks at Alice's favorite Mexican restaurant. Jake is in Albuquerque, New Mexico at a horse sale with his dad, Billy, and his best friend Sam. I am kind of glad he is gone until Sunday, I have a lot of feelings I need to sort through before he gets back. I know I am not being fair to him. I have come to love Jake but not in the way he would like. He is my best friend. I am scared that once I tell him that, he will be so hurt that he will not want to talk to me again but truthfully I need to tell him. I plan on doing just that on Sunday when he comes by.
I step into the shower the warmth of the water starts to work its magic on my muscles. Riding everyday certainly has put a kink in them. I am starting to feel them loosen with every second that goes by. I start to idly wonder what Edward it doing at this moment. Since our encounter in May, I have thought about him nonstop. He is my happy place along with Phoenix.
I wonder if he is in the shower…I wonder if he thinks about me like I think about him. I yearn to touch every square inch of his body, I dream about him every night. He consumes me. He owns me, mind, body and soul and he does not even realize it. I remember every detail of our conversation that day. The way he smiled, that sexy crooked grin, the way he smelled…cedar and sandalwood, his own unique scent. It makes my uterus quiver at the sheer thought of it. I can feel that familiar yearning in my core every time I think of him. My mind flashes to the most recent dream I had of Edward.
Edward's hands touching me, caressing every inch of my skin. Every time he would touch me I would feel that recognizable surge of electricity, it would pulse through my body causing me to moan and become wetter, wanting him more with each touch. "You like that Bella? God you feel so good." He growls against my neck. I can feel his hot ragged breath against my skin, only exciting me more. He looks up… our eyes meet his are a darker shade of green now, full of lust. I am going to explode at any minute. He runs his hand down my belly. Edward hesitates right before proceeding to my dripping, hot sex that is waiting for him. "Bella you are so beautiful." "Edward please I don't think I can stand it anymore, I need you!" He looks at me again, "Bella I need you to… it has always been you." His hand slowly creeps to my center, pausing, teasing….. Edward oh so slowly circles my wetness with his finger, "God Bella you are so…..wet for me."
"BEELLLLAAA! Jesus Christ woman what are you doing in that shower? You are going to be shriveled up like an old woman if you don't get out of there soon!" Just like that my fantasy is over. Thanks to Alice!
"Fucking…Hell Alice, I will be out in a minute!" I growl at her. I remove my hand from my clit, unsatisfied to say the least and get out of the shower.
I start drying off, still pissed off that my happy time with Dr. Edward "Me Love You Long Time" Cullen was cut short. I start going through my closet for something to wear. I pick out my favorite pair of faded jeans and a cute blue tunic.
I am ready in a matter of minutes. It never takes me long to get ready, I never wear a lot of makeup, so it takes me longer to blow dry my hair then it does to do anything else. I put on lip gloss, giving myself a once over in the mirror, satisfied with what I see I head down the stairs to where everyone is waiting.
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We pull into the parking lot of On the Border a few minutes later and the restaurant is packed. Jasper gives his name to the hostess for our group and she indicated we had a good forty-five minute wait. Of course, that doesn't bother us in the least since it gives us time to knock back a few margaritas in the restaurant bar.
The bar has a definite southwestern vibe to it. There are Navajo blankets hanging on the walls, with clay pots holding random plants situated in faux windows that are there for pure appearance. High top tables are strategically placed all around, a big walk-through door is located over to the side of the bar, shielding the other restaurant patrons that would prefer to sit in a more family-friendly atmosphere. Located right in the middle is a square shaped bar, this is where we decide to sit, Emmett, Rose, Jasper, Alice and then me.
We are on about our third round of margaritas. Alice has been taking hers with an extra shot of Cuervo in each one, to say she was feeling no pain was an understatement. I glance over to her noticing her alcohol induced smile is no longer present, in its place is the biggest case of stink eye I have ever seen. I look around trying to see what has Alice's attention……and that is when I see them. Jessica Skank Stanley and Edward Cullen! My Edward Cullen is with that walking disease magnet!
Alice and I have known Jessica since kindergarten, and that is where it all started. Jessica dumped finger paint all over Alice's pink and green stripped Granimals top that she dearly loved. She was livid, even as a kid Alice was scary when mad. She grabbed Jessica by her frizzy Curly Sue hair and pulled, HARD!
It went on like this all through school, if Alice or I had a boyfriend, Jessica would do her best to lure them away. Sometimes it worked…sometimes it didn't, there was one particular guy that Alice really had a mad crush on, Tyler Crowley. Jessica worked her whoreific magic on poor Tyler, Alice caught them under the bleachers at a baseball game, Jessica was giving Tyler a blow job. Once again there was a lot of name calling, hair pulling and shoe throwing. Alice DOES NOT let go of a grudge. She may not get you right then but eventually she will get you.
I am snapped from memory lane by the Queen of Crabs herself and her banshee nasally voice. "Isabella…Alice it is good to see you." I look up from my margarita to be greeted by Jessica's mystic tanned face, fake boobs and over processed frizzy-ass blonde hair. I nod my head, then turning my head to her right to see Edward just staring at me with this confused look on his face. I give him the same curt nod I gave She-Devil and return my interest to the wonderful margarita in front of me. A million thoughts are going through my clouded mind…
What the hell is he doing with her? Dear God what does that say about me? He is after all on a date with Stinky Twat Stanley. Am I that bad? I guess in his defense I never did call him, so he really did not does not have a clue I am remotely interested and there is the Jake situation that is still looming. Still though, Jessica Spread-Her-Legs-Easier-Than- Parkay-Butter Stanley! What. The. Fuck. Is. That? We must stage on intervention soon before the poor boy dips into the murky depths of Jessica's diseased core!
"Well, well if it isn't Jessica Suck-My-Boyfriend's-Dick-Under-The-Bleachers Stanley!" Alice spits a little into Jessica's face as she carefully annunciates each word in a weak attempt to hide how drunk she actually is. Oh this is going to end so badly! Alice continues on her verbal tirade, "So slut, who have you conned into wining and dining you tonight? You gold digging bitch." Alice spews her words through clinched teeth. Oh this is REALLY going to end badly!
"Well, Alice, if you must know this is Edward Cullen. He just moved here from Texas a few months ago." Jessica's tone is just as filled with venom as Alice's.
Edward glances over at me; I look up at him, giving him the stink eye of my own.
"Edward Cullen, we thought that was you!" I hear Emmett's booming voice say.
"Emmett McCarty, it has been a long time! Jasper Hale is that you too? I didn't know you guys lived here?" The Greek god says out of his perfect mouth.
Yeah, Yeah as aggravated as I am that he is here with HER, I still appreciate how beautiful he is in every way and how I would like to stroke my hand up and down the length of his big hard penis. God that must be the tequila talking!
Then Medusa speaks again, "Alice Brandon I just don't understand why you hate me so much." Jessica bats her eyelashes trying to look innocent. Oh no she didn't! This is REALLY, REALLY going to end badly!
Several things happen at once: Alice lets out a battle cry that Braveheart himself would be proud of. I see out of the corner of my eye Alice's little hand rear back and then with a swoosh through the air it connects with Super Skank's cheek. Oh yeah Alice has had way too much to drink.
Rose jumps up off of her stool…Edward steps back with eyes as wide as saucers…Jasper screams "Hell yea baby slap that bitch again!" Emmett is laughing so hard he is crying, and just like that he fell off of his bar stool, still laughing but is now writhing around on the floor like he is having a seizure. I just sit here like a deer caught in the headlights, thinking WAY TO GO PIXIE! HIT THAT BITCH AGAIN FOR STEALING MY MAN!
Then Jessica makes the worst mistake of her life; she flings her glass of red wine all over Alice's white Chanel top. The gates of hell have officially opened and Alice Brandon is the welcoming committee. Nobody…and I mean nobody defiles Chanel and lives to tell about. It is one thing to ruin Granimals. It is an entirely different matter all together when you desecrate Coco Chanel and her vision.
I gasp and quickly look at Alice, what I see has me scrambling to get off of my barstool in a hurry. I am in such a rush to remove myself from a situation gone bad, that I run straight into Edward's chest, he reflexively puts his arms around me. I jerk felling that damn spark again, I take a step back and turn so that I am facing him, I look up at his face, he is looking down at me looking shell shocked.
Everything is happening in slow motion…Alice standing on her bar stool…Alice flying through the air like John Cena…Jessica just standing there like she is stuck to fly paper…Alice crashing into Jessica and they both falling to the ground in a heap of twisted writhing bodies…Alice grabbing Jessica by the hair pulling for all she is worth…Jessica screaming and crying like the bitch that she is…everybody in the bar is cheering and cat calling; it is after all a girl fight…Alice manages to rip Jessica's shirt, both of her silicone filled sacks fall out, and just like that it is all interrupted as the hostess calls "Hale party of 5, Hale party of 5." Yup that is us.
Alice stops pelting Jessica, stands, runs her fingers through her hair, straightens her blouse and skirt, then leans down to the spawn of Satan that is still a heap on the nasty restaurant floor and says "That bitch is what I call a beat down! Nobody messes with Coco Chanel and lives to tell about it, NOBODY!" The entire bar is whooping, clapping and hollering. Alice turns to them and gives them a curtsy. With that we all turn to follow the hostess to our seats, before I can make my get away I feel Edward's long, graceful fingers grab my arm and pull me back. He is grinning like a Cheshire cat, "So Isabella?" He raises one eyebrow, "Is it always this interesting at On the Border on a Friday night?"
I smile back at him and wink "Nah pretty boy, only when we come here." I chuckle and turn, leaving Edward to tend to his date.
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End Note: Ok I have a confession to make, the whole girl fight at On the Border actually did happen. My lovely sister was the inspiration for this, yup she really did leap off of a bar stool at El Chico's onto a girl who dumped her beer down her shirt. So I need to Thank my sis for giving me a truly priceless story to put into my story. LOL.
Ohh a Coggins is a test that is given yearly for Sleeping Sickness in horses. It is a requirement in all states, some states require 6 months coggins and others it can be a year.
