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Back to Edward...

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EPOV

If I'd have known that all I had to do to get Bella to fall for me was stand up to Mike, I would have done it years ago.

Maybe on day when all the other jocks were absent, definitely behind his back...

Would that still count?

Regardless, Bella has been following me everywhere since. I've been trying really hard not to read too much into her closeness but when she volunteered to take the first watch out in the street with me while everybody else slept inside the abandoned buildings nearby, my body started to react to the thought of sleeping close to her.

And that is how I found myself in this current predicament.

While Bella lies just a few feet away in the tiny sleeping bag that we're supposed to share, I'm hunched up by the fire desperately trying to get rid of my raging hard-on so that there isn't a repeat of the first night Bella and I slept together.

I mean, slept in the same tent together, not slept together. Just the thought of Bella and I...

Damn, now my cock's harder than ever. I'm going to be stuck like this all night.

"Edward," Bella says quietly. "Aren't you cold?"

"No," I say, shaking my head. I wonder if she'd be alright if I snuck away for a few minutes to jerk off. I'll just tell her I'm getting more fire wood or something. I stand up slowly, making sure that my back is to her.

"Okay," Bella sighs. "Is something wrong?"

"N-no, nothing's wrong," I stutter. "I'm...I'm just going to get some more wood for the fire."

"Edward, there's plenty of wood right there," she replies. Hearing her say the word wood is doing nothing to help the situation in my pants. "Can you just come over here for a second?"

Keep talking Bella and I probably will.

As discreetly as possible I adjust myself and pull my jumper down as far as I can before shuffling over to Bella. I kneel down quickly with my hands in my lap. Bella lets out a frustrated sigh and lifts the corner of the sleeping bag.

"Hop in," she smiles, though the way she says it sounds more like a demand. Her aggressiveness is kind of sexy.

And if I'm honest, just a little scary.

I gingerly climb under the covers, mindful to keep my lower body as far away from her as I can in such a small space. Bella huffs and tries to close the distance between us.

"Ugh Edward," she groans. "Do I have to do all the work here?"

"What?" I ask. Work? What are we working on? When I open my mouth to as what she means, she pounces.

I'm frozen in place with her lips pushing almost painfully onto mine until I feel her soft tongue sneak out to taste me. I moan heatedly into her mouth when I finally open my mouth and brush my own tongue against hers. The feeling is indescribable, I've never been kissed like this before.

Okay...so I've never been kissed at all before.

Sure, it's a bit sloppy and messy, and we knock noses and teeth more than once, but this is by far the greatest moment of my life. I want to devour her. I want to crush her tiny body to mine.

I want to hump her leg like my neighbours dog does.

Yeah...maybe that's a little gross, but if she let me I totally would.

And then it happens...

Bella pulls her mouth away from mine and grabs my hand, slowly sliding it up her body. My brain is too hazy to register what she wants me to do, but Bella has no problem telling me.

"Touch me Edward," she whispers. And I loose it, my tortured cock can take no more.

"Uh-uh...oh god," I moan as my whole body trembles then freezes, slumping down onto the sleeping mat. I can't believe this happened again.

"Did..did you just..." she doesn't need to finish her question, we both know I just blew it.

Literally...

"Well..." she sighs. "At least you were awake this time."

God...could this moment get any worse?

"Excuse me," a voice echoes in the dark. Bella and I quickly turn to see that our shimmery, possibly holographic friend has returned. He looks uncomfortable so I can only assume he has seen everything. "It is urgent. I need to speak to your leader."

Perfect...