The Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt:
Languid
Pen name: ladyinblue6
Pairing: Canon and non-canon
Rating:
M


"Bella!" I recognized my mom's voice. "Who's in bed with you?"

My first reaction was to ask her what she was talking about. Then I remembered that my boyfriend had come all the way to Phoenix to tell me he loved me.

Edward was still sleeping, both of his arms wrapped around my torso like a cage. His face was snuggled into my neck, and every time he exhaled, I could feel his warm breath against my skin. His lips brushed against me occasionally. God, I loved him.

"Sh," I shushed before whispering, "This is Edward Cullen, the guy I was telling you about."

Renee scowled. I could see Phil behind her, looking over her shoulder. "What is he doing here?"

"Well, someone told Charlie that I was planning on staying in Phoenix," – I glared at her – "so, Edward came to ask me to come home. We're dating again."

I could see Renee blushing. "Oh, well, um, that's very good, Bella. I'm happy things worked out. We'll just leave you two be, then."

Phil chuckled at Renee's mortified expression while she closed the door. I smiled and shook my head as I ran my fingers through Edward's hair. I still couldn't believe he came to Phoenix just for me. It went above and beyond any expectations I had for a boyfriend. At least a boyfriend in high school.

He sighed and nuzzled my neck, his arms constricting around me while he threw a leg over mine. He was too warm.

"Edward," I murmured. "Wake up."

"No," he mumbled stubbornly.

I laughed quietly. "Come on, babe. I'm dying of heat stroke over here. At least stop smothering me."

He groaned and rolled over, his arms still locked around me so that I was laying on top of him now. I laughed a little louder this time as Edward smiled against my collarbone.

"Do we have to get up?" he asked, his voice still thick with exhaustion.

"Well, seeing as Renee just walked into the room, yeah, it'd be nice," I told him with a smirk.

"Your mom was in the room?" Edward scowled. "I didn't hear anything."

"You're a deep sleeper," I told him before kissing him chastely on the lips. I untangled myself and got up, quickly running my fingers through my hair and straightening my shorts and tank top. "Get up, lazy ass. Time to meet my other parent."

Edward slowly rolled off my bed and pulled his jeans and t-shirt on while I checked my phone. I decided that I'd better phone Alice later if I wanted to remain on her good side.

We walked out of my room and out into the kitchen, where Phil and Renee were eating some Chinese food.

"Want some?" Phil asked, holding up a box of noodles.

"Yeah," I replied as I dished up food for myself. "Mom, Phil, this is my boyfriend, Edward," I introduced nonchalantly.

"Nice to meet you, Edward," Renee murmured. "Dig in. Bella told me you were a hockey player on Charlie's team."

"Oh, um, yeah, I'm right wing," Edward mumbled back as he grabbed some food.

"You any good?" Phil grunted.

I rolled my eyes. As if Phil knew anything about hockey.

"Well, I'm playing WHL next year in Calgary," Edward told him. "I guess I'm alright."

Understatement of the year. It was the first time I'd ever heard Edward act modest.

I phoned Alice after supper and told her mostly everything. She was happy that Edward and I were back together. She said she forgave me for ditching Forks during the most important break of the school year.

The next morning, Edward and I packed up to head back to Washington that afternoon. Charlie picked us up at the airport, which was a pleasant surprise.

"Hey, Bells," he greeted, throwing an arm around my shoulder and messing up my hair. "Decided to come home, huh?"

"I was always coming home, Dad," I told him as Edward followed behind us, carrying our bags.

"Oh, I knew that." He smiled, making his eyes crinkle.

"Then why'd you tell Edward–"

Charlie shrugged. "I knew you were pouty because of him. One white lie never hurt no one, did it?"

"Well, no, but–"

"Then don't question it," he replied simply, squeezing my shoulders.

"You're so bad," I said with a chuckle.

He shrugged again. "I do what I can."

We dropped Edward off and then went home. I showered and put away my clothes. I laid down on my bed and realized that Forks was my real home, and I never wanted to leave until I was done high school.

--

As I expected, Alice came over early in the evening to help me get ready for a night out. Garrett was having another small get together. Alice filled me in on the latest gossip: It was actually Garrett's sixteenth birthday tonight; Lauren and Jessica had a threesome with Mike Newton and got caught by Lauren's dad, the minister for the United Church in Forks; and the La Push guys had been showing up at a lot of parties in Forks lately.

Garrett's birthday party was a good unwind from the past days. Garrett made me do a line of birthday shots with him and then gave me a lingering kiss on the cheek before Edward pushed him away and territorially shoved his tongue down my throat. I gave Garrett a sympathetic smile; I really did like the kid. He just shrugged it off with a grin and went after Kate Cheney, Ben's younger sister.

I picked up where I left off. Jasper and I talked about what we were doing next year. Jasper wanted to go back to Texas, but he had an offer with the WHL team in Spokane. They were begging him to go play for them. I told Jasper that I applied for the University of Calgary. He grinned his smug smile and told me it was a good plan.

"You love him," he said, still smiling smugly.

I shrugged and mashed my lips together to stop myself from grinning.

He chuckled. "It's about time, Bella. The guy's been head over heels for you since that teen dance."

I shook my head and smile. "Shut up, Jasper."

He put his hands up defensively. "I just call 'em as I see 'em, darl."

Jasper chuckled when I pushed him playfully.

Emmett gave me a giant bear hug and a wet kiss on the cheek.

"Welcome back, baby girl!" he cried exuberantly. "How was Phoenix?"

"Good," I replied with a laugh. "How have you been, big guy?"

"Fucking fantastic," he said with a dimpled grin. Then his eyes wandered away from me. "Hey, Crowley! What's up, man?" And he was off.

I laughed as he stumbled away from me. Edward slid an arm around my waist. Life was perfect again.


Not much left to do! Only five more posts. Hopefully I can finish them before the end of the month.

I'm just trying to let the story end itself. Not much action left. But, stick around. There's still more to come. ;)

Love,
Mary