The Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt: Fragments
Pen name: ladyinblue6
Pairing: Canon and non-canon
Rating: M
This is Edward's PoV. It will be the only time I'll ever do Edward's PoV in this story. This chapter just was explained better through Edward's eyes. And I'm partial to EPoV anyway.
It was already Wednesday and Bella hadn't even texted me. And there was no way in hell I was going to keep chasing after her.
I tried to get Alice to text Bella and tell her to text me, but she wouldn't do it. I tried the same thing with Jasper, but he was a no-go either.
Everyone was extra cautious around me. No one talked about Bella, and when I brought her up, the subject would miraculously change. I didn't have a fucking clue as to what was going on, but I knew they were hiding something. Something about my girlfriend. I mean, my ex-girlfriend.
Fuck, it really sucked calling her my ex. I really liked Bella. A lot. As in, if she didn't talk to me within the next twenty-four hours, I'd go crawling back to her, apologizing for overreacting. Then I thought that twenty-four hours was too damn long to go without seeing her, so I hopped in my truck and took off for her house.
Chief opened the door before I could knock a third time.
"Hello, Edward," he greeted. "What're you doing here?"
"Is Bella home?" I asked him. "I need to talk to her."
"She didn't tell you?" Chief looked surprised.
I scowled. "Tell me what?"
"She went to Phoenix to visit her mom, kid," Chief told me.
That was what everyone had been hiding from me.
"No, she didn't tell me that," I grumbled, running my hand through my hair. "When will she be back?"
Chief shrugged and gave me a sympathetic smile. "I really don't know, Edward. Renee phoned the other day and said that Bella might stay in Phoenix now."
What the fuck?
"Are you serious?" I asked. "She's gunna move away. Just like that? Without telling me?"
"I guess so," Chief said with another shrug. "But that was just a maybe, Edward. She could decide to come home. Knowing Renee, though, she'll do everything in her power to force Bella to stay away from me."
"Thanks, Chief," I mumbled as I left his house.
Within the next twelve hours, I was on a flight to Phoenix. Mom understood, and that was all that mattered. She had Dad wrapped around her little finger. My flight even got paid for by Dad's Air Miles.
There was no way in hell I was going to let Bella leave me like that. If she wanted to stay in Phoenix after we talked, then whatever. Bad luck for me. Hopefully she'd come home though. Hopefully she would understand that I really… I really loved her.
I got the address to Bella's mom's house from Chief before I left. I gave the slip of the paper to the driver and told him to drive.
They lived in an apartment building. Chief hadn't put down the number of the apartment that they lived in. I swallowed. What was I supposed to do now?
There was a girl lying on a blanket in a bikini. Maybe she knew where they lived.
"Excuse me," I said, trying to get her attention.
She looked up. It was Bella. In a bikini. Holy shit, I'd never been so happy for the sunlight in my life.
"Edward? What're you… How'd you find me?" she spluttered as she sat up.
"I had to find out from your dad that you ditched Forks," I told her. "You couldn't have even texted me about this? I've been wondering about why you weren't even talking to me."
"I'm really sorry," she apologized. "About everything. I was being a bitch and you don't deserve that."
"Why didn't you just tell me that?" I asked her as I sat down. "I'm not that scary, am I, Bella?"
"No, it's just…" She bit her lip and looked at me cautiously. "I've been scared."
"About what?"
"I don't know. Us, I guess," she mumbled.
"Bella, you are the most frustrating girl I know," I groaned. "You're stubborn and proud. You hate being wrong, and even when you know you're wrong, you'll never admit it. You're a perfectionist and when things don't go the way you want them to, you pout. You hold grudges over the stupidest things. You're obsessed with lost causes, like teaching me my manners when I'm fucking seventeen-years-old. You make me work hard. You hardly trust anyone." I smiled at her. "You're the most ridiculous girl I know" – I held her sullen face in my hands – "and that's why I love you."
Her eyes widened. I kissed her forehead gently. There, I said it. I'm in love. The guys tell me I'm pussy-whipped. I don't give a shit. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
"You really love me?" she asked quietly. My usually confident girlfriend was suddenly unsure of herself.
I nodded.
"I love you, too," she murmured shyly.
My smile was immense. What had originally been a shitty week turned into something awesome. Bella wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me while she tried to contain her smile.
"Now, are you going to come back to Forks?" I asked her quietly as we parted to breathe.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, scowling.
"Chief said that you were thinking about staying in Phoenix."
Bella rolled her eyes. "My mom probably said that to piss Charlie off. I never even thought about staying here, Edward. I could never just leave you hanging like that."
"Well, you could have just told me you needed time," I murmured as I linked our hands. "I would have understood."
"I know," she sighed as she leaned into me. She was so warm. "I was being ridiculous. I thought that if I just left Forks, I'd be able to think things through better. Everyone would have an opinion on what I should do, and I needed to do this by myself."
"S'okay."
"Edward?" she asked.
"Hmm," I hummed in response, closing my eyes and laying down on the blanket. I felt Bella lay down beside me.
"Have you ever been in love before?"
I pursed my lips. "No, not really. I mean, I used to tell girls I loved them, but that was just because I wanted to get action. Have you?"
She shook her head. "Renee thinks that's why I was scared to talk to you. You're my first serious relationship, and I've been known to run from serious."
I locked my arms around her. "Well, you're not running anymore."
She laughed quietly before she asked, "Do you want to go inside? Phil and Renee are out for the rest of the day."
I groaned as I stood up and then I helped Bella to her feet. I bent down a little and she hopped on my back, wrapping her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck. I carried her into the building.
"Which apartment?" I asked.
"Two-A," she replied in my ear.
Fuck me. If I wouldn't have been giving Bella a piggyback ride, I would have sprinted to the apartment. Bella giggled as I ran up the stairs without losing my breath. Hockey was really paying off. Bella slid off my back to open the door.
It wasn't a big apartment. It was miniscule compared to Chief's house. Renee must not have gotten much out of him in the divorce.
Bella grabbed my hand. "Come on," she murmured, nodding her head towards what I assumed was her bedroom.
Her bedroom here was the size of her closet in Forks, but it was still Bella. The walls were painted green and her bed was covered in black sheets and blankets. Her closet was empty and I saw her bag lying open on the floor at the foot of the bed. Her cell phone was charging on the night stand. It would beep occasionally, probably receiving texts from Alice or Jasper, asking her if we were back together. Thank God I turned my phone off.
I pulled Bella to me, kissing her fiercely. God, did I ever love this girl. She put up with me when no one else could. She knew what to say when I needed it most. She knew when to make me talk and when to leave me alone. She knew me better than I knew myself, and that terrified and exhilarated me.
Bella's knees buckled when I backed her up to the bed. She pulled herself onto the bed before I fell on top of her, holding myself above her so I didn't crush her. Her hands moved under my shirt, pushing it up my chest and over my head. I sat up and threw it to the side before raking my eyes over her mostly naked body, being turned on all over again.
I brushed my hand over her hair and to the knot at her neck, undoing her black bikini top. I pulled the material away from her body, revealing her naked, heaving chest. I looked into her eyes, finding lust and love mixed together.
She sat up and caught my bottom lip between hers. I undid the knot behind her back and threw her top away as we continued to make out. Bella undid my belt buckle and jeans quickly. I rolled us over so she was straddling me instead. She smiled against my lips.
"Just take your pants off, Cullen," she commanded quietly before she pecked my lips again.
I lifted my hips off the bed and let her pull them off for me, revealing my lucky boxers. I'd had them for too long, but they always got me what I wanted. They were decorated to look like an American flag.
Bella laughed when she saw them. "I didn't know you were so patriotic."
I shrugged before pulling her back to me, squeezing her against my chest. I slid my hands down her back and under her bikini bottoms, pushing them down her legs. She lifted herself off of me and kicked the bottoms off quickly before crushing her lips back to mine. My left hand wandered back up her bare thighs and in between her legs, finding her pussy and gliding my fingers over the slick, bare folds slowly, making Bella moan into my mouth. I could practically feel her pulse racing as my fingers slipped into her.
"Edward," Bella moaned as she arched into me. Her breathing hitched as I curled my finger slightly.
I added another finger, making her buck into my palm. Her eyes closed and her mouth bobbed open when my thumb found her clit. I pressed it lightly, which made her hips jump again. I chuckled at her body's enthusiastic reaction to me.
"Edward, I want you inside me," she whispered, even though her body was trembling as she neared an orgasm. I quickly pumped my fingers in and out of her and teased her clit, making her cum with a short cry.
Thank God I finally figured out that Bella was ready to have sex. I thought she was going to hit me the last time I forgot a condom. I was an idiot for not taking advantage of it before. I grabbed my jeans quickly and pulled out my wallet, clumsily looking for the condoms I had shoved in there.
Bella was still riding out her orgasm when I finally got the condom out of my wallet. I rolled her over and pulled off my boxers quickly, rolling the condom on myself.
"You ready?" I asked her, my body hovering over hers.
She nodded meekly, her hands grasping my neck, pulling my painfully hard cock closer to her vibrating pussy. I entered her slowly, trying to keep her from becoming overpowered by her sensitive nerves. I finally sank fully into her. She sighed and ran her nails over my shoulders. She kissed my chest as I thrust slowly into her, enjoying her warmth that could consume me.
Very soon after that, I felt Bella start to tighten around me. I was feeling close to the edge myself.
"Just let go, babe," I murmured in her ear.
She caught my lips with hers. I thrust one more time before she came, causing me to come soon after that. I pulled out of her after I stopped seeing stars and fell onto the bed beside her. She grabbed my boxers for me and she changed into a pair of shorts and a tank top before crawling back into bed with me.
"Renee doesn't understand the meaning of privacy," she explained when she crawled under the covers.
I nodded sleepily before pulling Bella to me for a well-deserved nap.
"I love you," she mumbled.
I sighed contentedly. "I love you, too."
A few things:
Charlie is really rich in this fic. He was a NHL player, for Christ's sake. So, yes, I didn't fuck up when Edward said that Bella's apartment was tiny and all that.
hunterhunting is writing a very hot hockey fic as well. If you're interested in NHL players and what they do with their dicks when they win a game, go read "The Misapprehension of Bella Swan." TKoF is more of the hockey side of things, but TMoBS is just pure sex appeal. I like it.
CANADA WON THE FUCKING GOLD AT THE OLMYPICS! SUCK IT, TEAM U.S.A.! AND I'M SORRY IF YOU'RE A PATRIOTIC AMERICAN, BUT I REALLY DON'T CARE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE JUST FUCKING WON! Sidney Crosby, when (if) you read this, print this out, and it is your free coupon into my pants. Seriously, husband. I'm giving you permission to do anything, anything your dirty hockey mind can think of, to me. I am your slave. Your love slave.
The next six chapters are going to be hard for me. I got the main idea of the story done with, now it's just getting to the happily ever after. I'll finish this before the end of March though, obviously. No worries.
Love (even if you happen to be a pissed off American),
Mary
P.S. I LOVE ALL MY READERS. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL.
