A/N: Thanks for your reactions to the last chapter dear readers, they meant the world to me :). Here's Edward in all his glory, still not mine alas…
We came together and I couldn't tell you which moan was mine or which whimper was hers. We were one, finally united. No, we didn't make love but she finally asked for she wanted and I gave it to her. I told her she was the one and she didn't run away. She accepted it and told me I was the one for her too.
I pressed myself against her, still unable to believe what just happened. I had never felt a pleasure this intense in my life. I think it had more to do with the link I shared with her, that absolute certainty that I couldn't live without her. This past week had been torture, without her smile, her presence. We had seen each other only to work on the project and we had been so cold, so not like us.
Now the warmth had returned, scratch that, the heat had returned and all the lies had been erased. Against all odds, I was hers and she was mine. My dream was finally real and I was ready to confront anything or anyone in the way of it.
I was about to kiss her once more, her luscious lips tempting me and almost covering mine when real life brutally interrupted us.
"Ahem!" I jumped and so did Bella. We quickly untangled, and braced ourselves for battle.
"Well, I knew there was something going on between you guys but whoa, that was hot!" Bella sighed with relief and my own shoulders sagged a little.
"Heidi, for crying out loud, don't scare us like that!" Bella chuckled. "What are you doing here?"
"What? A single girl can't go out on a Friday night and have fuuun?" She wiggled her eyebrows and I couldn't help snorting at her antics. She was the good kind of crazy.
"Edward…I have to thank you, man." She declared, her eyes suddenly serious.
"Me? Why?" I barely knew her. Why could she thank me for?
"You finally put a smile on the girl's face. Trust me, it wasn't easy, I tried. But then again, you have some…hmm, arguments I don't possess." She wiggled her eyebrows again. I suddenly felt very self-conscious, and I wasn't the only one. I also wasn't the only one turning crimson.
"Did you see us?" Bella asked anxiously, grabbing my hand.
"No, honey, I didn't see anything. But you're lucky there's no one else around because you two sounded like you were enjoying yourselves."
"Oh my God…" Bella muttered. I put my arm around her waist and kissed her temple.
"Maybe we should go back inside. Heidi's right, we should be careful." It was the last thing I wanted to do but we didn't want to blow our cover;
"Yes, ok…" She sighed. "Heidi, can you give us a minute? I'll join you inside and introduce you to the girls."
"Alright, Bellissima. See you Ed." She nodded her head at me.
"See you."
The second Heidi was out of sight, Bella pulled her arms around my neck and her cheek against my chest.
"Your heart is beating so fast. She scared you, right? I thought I was going to have a heart attack." She murmured.
"She scared me but that's not why my heart is beating so fast." I kissed her hair.
"Why, then?"
"You know why." I smirked. She wanted to hear the words.
"No, I don't, tell me." She raised her eyes to mine. They were shining intensely.
"My heart is beating fast…because of what just happened, between you and me. Because I just…" I couldn't say it.
"You just what?"
"I just came." I said in a sigh, my eyes closed.
Bella grabbed my face in her hands, forcing me to look at her. Her smile was blinding.
"You did, huh? I was wondering what all the groaning was about…" I let out an embarrassed laugh. "I came too, you know. It felt so good to do it with you." She whispered in my ear.
I wasn't embarrassed anymore, I was turned on again. So was she, I could tell. She was almost shaking.
"I wish I could…stay with you…" She peppered kisses all over my neck and I moaned. "But, I have to go back inside. The girls will be wondering where I am."
"Alright" I croaked "I need to go back inside and find Kate." She frowned.
"Oh, yes Kate."
"To tell her the charade is over, I mean." I smiled and roamed my hands on her back. "Tell her you finally succumbed to my charms."
"That I did…" She mumbled. "Can you come to my house tomorrow? Around two? To, hmm, work on the project." She resumed her ministrations on my neck.
"I can, I will." I kissed her one last time and let her go back inside. I waited a few more minutes, so it didn't look suspect and also for my …situation to deflate before returning to Kate, who was waiting for me at the bar.
"So, I suppose you were too occupied to spend time with me, baby?" She fake pouted. "Isn't that the hottie French professor I see over there, all flushed and looking freshly fucked?"
"We didn't do anything!" I protested. Kate raised her eyebrows.
"What kind of idiot do you take me for? You look freshly fucked too." She laughed.
"We didn't have sex." I hissed, hiding my embarrassment under anger.
"Maybe not, but close enough. Look Edward, I don't want to rain on your parade but trust me. You have to be very careful. Having sex with a minor could ruin this woman's career, damn even her life. You two should wait." Seeing my distraught expression, she raised her hands.
"It's not prudish on my part. It's simple common sense. If you get caught before you turn eighteen, things could get ugly, man." I knew she was right. After all, she knew about impossible love stories.
"So wise, Kate, so wise. Thanks for your advice, it's definitely worth considering. I guess we'll have to talk about that together."
"Yes and soon." She insisted.
"We are seeing each other tomorrow."
"Good, talk before you start groping each other again." I blushed. "Was it good? The groping I mean." She was so blunt. I envied her actually.
"Yes, it was, thanks for asking." I laughed.
"That's great, I'm happy for you." And she was. She always said what she meant.
We left shortly after and I drove her back home. She gave me a chaste kiss goodbye.
"Ah, Edward, if I wasn't into girls…" She got out of the car, snorting. I shook my head and headed home.
I knew I was in trouble when I saw that Mom was in the kitchen, looking angry and ready to yell. I instantly braced myself. Did she know something?
"Edward, you are in serious trouble, young man." Yep, she knew something. I was dead.
Oh, oh…Let me know what you think, as always :). XO, Steph.
