Bring On The Day
BPOV
I woke up this morning in the most delicious position. My face was in Edward's chest with his right arm underneath my neck and his left arm wrapped around my waist. I quickly realized that there was no way that I was going to be getting out of bed alone, since one of his legs was thrown over both of mine in a deadlock. And not that I minded. I could stay here all day with no complaint. I snuggle deeper into Edward and breathe deeply. My movements must have woken him because a few seconds later I feel him rubbing my back lightly. I lift my head and place my chin on his chest so that I can look at him.
"Good morning love." Edward says with a drowsy smile. "Sleep well?"
"Mmm you have no idea." I say lolling my head to the side so it is resting on his forearm.
"Actually I think I may have a slight idea…"Edward says before lightly kissing my temple.
Yea…yea I think I could wake up to this every day.
Edward starts to lightly kiss down my face and when he reaches my jaw line my stomach growls loudly.
Good job Bella. That's really sexy. Why don't you let him take a whiff of your morning breath too?
Edward laughs softly against my jaw.
"A little hungry love?" he asks. Come to think of it I haven't eaten since I got off the plane and all I had was packs of peanuts.
So yea I'm kind of hungry/completely hungry/now that I think about it I could probably eat Edward's shirt that I'm wearing right now and it would taste good.
"Maybe a little…" I mumble into his arm. Edward scoops me up and carries me out of the bedroom and down the hallway into the kitchen. He sets me down on the island and kisses my forehead before going into the fridge. He takes out a carton of orange juice and two glasses from the cabinet and shuts the fridge with his foot. As he is pouring the orange juice, Edward notices me looking around the kitchen like I just entered my own form of heaven.
"Would you like to cook something perhaps?" Edward asks handing me my glass of orange juice with a smirk on his face.
"Are you kidding?!" I say. Edward laughs and lifts me off the island and puts my feet on the floor.
"You want some eggs?" I ask, going into the fridge. Edward nods and goes into the cabinets to get me a frying pan and sets it on the stove before turning on the flame.
"So can I ask you something?" Edward asks sitting on a stool behind the island and watching me crack the eggs on the side of the pan.
"Edward, you know you can ask me anything." I say.
"Where do your parents think you are?" He asks softly with his head turned down towards the island, but his eyes are still locked on me.
"At Alice's." I say nonchalantly, watching the eggs in the pan sizzle. I look around for a spatula. Edward stands up and walks to the other side of the island and gets a spatula out of the drawer.
"Thanks." I say walking over to him and taking the spatula from him but he wraps his arm around my waist to keep me from walking away.
"Why don't you tell them?" He whispers.
"I can't." I respond, looking up into his eyes. He lets me go but places his hand on the island in a relaxed stance.
"Why not?" he tries to say calmly, but I can tell that he is tired of having this same argument over and over again.
"Edward, you know why. I've told you before. They would never accept it because of our age difference." I say.
"But Bella, you're 18 now. You can do whatever you want. I don't think that they will react as harshly as you think that they will." Edward says.
"I just don't want them to ruin it." I say quietly, finishing up the eggs. Edward gets plates out of another cabinet and sets them beside the stove and lightly places a hand on my back.
"What do you mean?" he asks.
"Well if they find out and don't approve then it will ruin everything. Everything is perfect right now why can we just let it be for a while longer?" I say, putting the eggs on the plates.
"Bella look at me." Edward says. I turn the stove off and turn around to look at him. He grabs my face strongly with his hands.
"Nothing will ever make this not perfect. Whether people agree or disagree with our relationship it doesn't matter. I know you don't want to start anything with your parents but at some point you will need to tell them. We can't keep it a secret forever. And it would be better if they heard it from you rather than anyone else." Edward says.
"I know I know. Can we just not do anything now? Can't we wait a little while longer? Please?" I ask him. Edward takes a deep breath and breathes his sweet breath back into my face.
"Okay. A little while longer." Edward says, kissing the tip of my nose. Edward grabs our plates and places them on the island in front of the stools before sitting down. He notices me still standing by the stove.
"You going to eat? The eggs are getting cold." He says. I walk over and push the other stool aside to hoist myself up onto his lap. He smiles and helps lift me up. We had just finished our eggs when we heard a knock on the door. Edward kisses my head and I slide off his lap so he can get the door. I pick up the plates and walk over to the sink. I've just turned the faucet on when I hear Alice's voice.
Great. I love her, I really do, but I kinda hope Edward throws her out.
I can them talking and Edward is raising his voice a little bit. I can hear brief spots of what he's saying. Things like 'Alice I swear', 'Come on we haven't even had 24 hours yet' and things along those lines. I know Edward has lost the battle when I hear Alice's heels clicking along the hardwood floors in the hallway and into the kitchen.
"Bella!" Alice says, running over and hugging me. "O my god how was your night?" she says wiggling her eyebrows at me.
"It was good." I say smiling to myself, looking down at the floor.
"Aww come on I want details!" She says jumping up and down.
"I'll tell you later." I whisper in her ear as I see Edward walk in carrying my bags. He looks at me and smiles my favorite crooked smile before walking into the bedroom. I almost swooned right then and there.
"Okay so we have to go shopping today. I'm not taking no for an answer because I took the liberty of going though your clothes and I can tell you right now that you don't have one thing in that wardrobe that you could wear to work." Alice says.
"Alice I'm sure I have something." I say.
"Umm no you don't. Trust me I know these things. Go get showered and dressed and ready for a good day of shopping!" Alice squeals throwing her arms in the air.
"Aliccceeeeeeee" I groan.
"Nope, you are going whether you like it or not." She says pushing me through a door that leads from the kitchen to the bathroom. "Okay, so get showered. That door over there goes into the bedroom." She adds, pointing to a door in the corner near the shower. "I'll be waiting…" She sings, closing the door behind me.
Of the course the bathroom was gorgeous too. There were marble countertops and huge mirrors. It was rather Zen-like. I opened the door of the blue tinted glass shower door and turned on the water. I stepped out of the shower and peeled off Edward's NYU shirt and boxers. I took off the pink bra and looked up behind me at the mirror above the sink to realize that the lacy pink boy shorts were more revealing than I remembered.
I wonder if Edward saw them last night when he walked in
I pull the underwear down my legs and kick them off into the corner with my ankle. I kick the rest of the clothes into the corner by the toilet and step into the shower. After adjusting the water I realize that I don't have any soap. Now I could go with option A which would entail me shouting to Edward for him to bring me my soap. Then he would have to come into the bathroom, with me naked in the shower, maybe we won't be able to control ourselves…. Or I could just go to option B and just go out completely naked at get me some soap and some Edward. Or option C I could just deal with whatever I can find in here. I decide that I don't have the guts to do options A or B, so I settle for what I can find here.
I look around and see Edward's shampoo in the corner of the shower. I pick up the bottle and squeeze a good size amount into my hand. I rub the shampoo into my hair and rinse it out. I see his body wash next to his shampoo and go for that next. After I have washed off the body wash I realize how much I smell like Edward now. I smile and turn the shower off. I open the shower door and step out onto the towel on the floor and grab the bigger towel that's hanging on the bar on the outside of the shower door. I lazily wrap it around myself and grab my clothing off the floor. I obviously was intoxicated by how much I smelled like Edward right now because I didn't think that he would be in the bedroom.
I walk from the bathroom over to the closet and drop my clothes into a pile by the suitcase on the floor. I crouch down and unzip my suitcase, only to find that not only did Alice go through my suitcase to check what clothes I had brought, that she also took the liberty of replacing all of my undergarments. I groan inwardly and search through all the lace, silk, and frills, throwing some out onto the floor in my fruitless search, until I find a pair of lacy black boy shorts, similar to the pink ones, and a black bra with a lace and band and a little bit of lace on the top of the cups. I figure it will have to do. I stand up and slide the underwear on while still wearing my towel and then drop the towel to slide the bra straps over my shoulders and clip the bra in the back. I pick the towel off the floor and turn around to put it back in the bathroom and off course there he is, lounging on the bed like the perfect Greek god that he is. My jaw drops and I can feel my cheeks change 12 different shades of red as I replay the last moments in my mind.
"Hi." I say, trying not to let my voice shake. He gets off the bed and walks over to me, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"You know you could wear that blue pair that you threw out of the suitcase with such vigor." He whispers, referring to an aqua thong, which I had thrown out on the basis that A. it's a thong and B. it's a lace thong.
"Don't push your luck." I say in a weak attempt to be sexy, but he buys it. Edward starts to kiss me with small soft peck's at first that got wetter and rougher every time until his hands found their way to my ass and squeezed.
"Edward" I moan against his lips and he moans back in return. And then Alice decided to insert herself in the situation.
"My dear big brother and my sweet best friend, please stop feeling up on each other because we are on a schedule here!" She yells through the door.
"Ignore her." Edward groans, walking backwards towards the bed and pulling me with him, hands still firmly planted on my ass.
"Edward Anthony Cullen! I heard that!" Alice yells through the door.
"Alice, come on I'm not ready yet!" Edward yells back. By this time he is sitting on the edge of the bed kissing the area of skin in between my bra cups with my arms thrown around his neck. I'm just about to crawl on top of him when Alice announces that she's coming in if we don't stop now. Immediately my ears perk up. How embarrassing would that be? I mean she knows that we make out and stuff but it would just be weird to have my best friend walk in on me half naked on top of her brother. I would like to avoid that situation at all costs.
"Alright, Alice! Alright!" I yell.
"Thank you Bella. Time is of the essence!" Alice says through the door.
"Ugh fuck you Alice!" Edward yells, hurling a pillow at the closed door. Edward collapses in defeat on the bed and I walk over to my suitcase to get out my black skinny jeans. I put them on and grab my red and black flannel button up. I slip it on and turn around to look at Edward. He is still flat on his back on the bed looking quite aggravated. I walk over to him and place by hands on his knees. He sits up and looks at me before running his hands through my hair.
"I don't want you to go." He whispers.
"I don't want to go either." I say.
"Then don't. Stay here with me all day. Don't go." He whimpers burrowing his face into the crook of my neck and wrapping his arms around my waist underneath my unbuttoned shirt.
"I wish I could. I really should go with Alice though. I do need outfits for work." I say. I would give anything to stay here all day with him if I could, but I know that Alice is right and I probably do need some work clothing. Edward pulls his head away from my neck and buttons up my shirts while I slowly run my fingers through his hair. I've decided that I like Edward's morning hair the best because it's all rumpled and sexy. He finishes my shirt and looks back up at me.
"I wanna give you something before you go." He says sliding off the bed and walking over to the nightstand. I hear Alice call my name to hurry up, so I go and get some black sandals from my suitcase. I put them on and grab my striped fabric bag before walking back over to Edward, who was playing with something in his hands.
"Here" He says handing me a key. "It's to the apartment. I figured you might need it."
To be honest I had never thought about a key. I mean when I really think about it, naturally I would need a key if I'm living here but the thought of actually having a key to Edward's apartment never crossed my mind. I can't help but smile and throw my arms around his neck and kiss him. He smiles against my lips and we hear Alice yell at us again.
"Alright, you should probably go before Alice goes into cardiac arrest." He says. I put the key in my pocket and we walk out of the bedroom.
"What are you going to do today?" I ask him as we walk down the hallway to towards the family room.
"I'm gonna go box a little bit I guess." He says. I hadn't registered what he was wearing before because I was so busy staring at his face, but the beater and athletic shorts he changed into should have tipped me off. Edward has been boxing for a while and he's pretty good. He's won all the fights that he's been in, but he doesn't fight for money very much. It's not like he needs it. As we get to the end of the hallway before it turns towards the family room, he pulls me back towards him and kisses the hickey on the side of my neck.
"And don't you dare let Alice put cover-up on this." He growls.
"Wouldn't think of it. I'll be back as soon as I can." I say. I grab his face and kiss him until Alice comes around the corner and drags me out of Edward's grasp and out of the apartment.
Bring On The Day: Charlotte Martin
(You can find this one on the Sweet Home Alabama soundtrack)