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Disclaimer: Plot mine, everything else, Stephenie Meyer

Seems to me the basic conflict between men and women, sexually, is that men are like firemen. To men, sex is an emergency, and no matter what we're doing we can be ready in two minutes. Women, on the other hand, are like fire. They're very exciting, but the conditions have to be exactly right for it to occur. ~Jerry Seinfeld

Chapter 9 –E Cosi Comincia (And so it Begins….)

Edward POV

I silently chuckled to myself as I watched Bella's reflection in the rear view mirror. She looked so…frustrated. I hadn't planned on nibbling on her ear lobe at the accident scene, but it was right there and she smelled so good. But I could feel the sexual tension rising between us. I would have snapped long ago had I known where I stood with her. I didn't want to push her into anything she wasn't ready for because as much as I wanted to bed her, I didn't want it to be a "wham bam thank-you ma'am" sort of thing. I knew I was falling in rather deep with her and I was a tad lost on where to go next. I'd had a few semi-serious relationships in the past which all ended rather badly. They would learn about my mother and either A) smoother me acting all motherly, B) pity me which I didn't want or C) run away. Bella was option D. She didn't pity me because she is in nearly the same boat with her mother though I still don't know for sure. She didn't seem to have any motherly instincts, I would hedge that she doesn't even really want kids right now and she sure as shit didn't run away.

We pulled into the engine bay at the station and slowly started piling out. I was incredibly sore from today's events and I could imagine everyone here probably felt just about the same. Crawling into and out of tight little spaces with medical bags, backboards and people was not an easy feat. But we all did it without complaints because we wanted to, we wanted to be there rescuing those people. It was our job, no, it was our life. I knew I wouldn't have it any other way and neither would anyone else here too.

We quietly started pulling equipment from the engine that either needed cleaning or to be restocked, like the medical bags. There was an exhausted silence throughout the engine bay. Triage accidents like today's usually left us all with a new perspective on life, me probably more than them since they have seen it all before. And since I was still a probie, it was still catching up to me. Seeing so many lives in danger potentially lost forever, makes you want to grab the figurative bull by the horns. Carpe Diem and all that noise. There is no time to waste. That was probably why I finally gave in and acted a little rash tonight with Bella. Not that I was tired of waiting, but I was afraid of losing what little time I could have with her. I didn't want to regret my time like my father does.

I heard Bella clear her throat to get all of our attention. I stowed the backboard back on the engine as we came to a finish on our after call chores. "I'm going to get started on dinner if you guys would like to finish here and then get your showers. Alice promised that she was going to try to get us a couple extra hours before we get bumped up on the call list so we can all get some decent rest."

All of us mumbled our thanks as she made her way up the stairs. I stowed one more of the backboards onto the engine after cleaning while the rest of the guys stowed away the now full medical bags and extrication equipment. I started walking up the stairs behind an animatedly chatting Emmett and Jasper. As they turned to head towards the showers I turned towards the kitchen. "Hey Edward, man you're gonna wanna get shower before you crash out for the night. Who knows what other calls we could end up getting later tonight?" I looked over at Jasper.

"Yeah man, I plan on it. Just gonna give Bella a hand." I notice Emmett smirk next to him as they turned to head towards the bedrooms. I spun around and headed towards the kitchen while everyone else headed off for the showers. They really did take advantage of Bella quite often. I could not just sit idly by and let Bella do all the cooking for everyone. I was raised better than that. The kitchen, laundry, cleaning and children weren't the only the things women were suppose to do. Men were suppose to help them, equal partnership, and I'll be damned if I act like the rest of those heathens in the other room.

I stood by the door briefly and watched Bella move around the kitchen. Her movements were slowed and tired in nature as she tried to put together a quick filling meal for all of us. By the looks of it, she was going simple again - spaghetti with meatballs and garlic bread. Her hair she had pulled up into a lose knot was starting to fall down and frame her face and she looked utterly exhausted. But she was gorgeous. I stepped forward into the kitchen and started pulling out the bread and other ingredients. "Let me help you with that, you look tired."

She nodded her head and stirred the meat. "I am. Not so much tired just warn out. I think a nice hot long shower would probably help…and maybe some sleep." She laughed lightly. She reached over and turned on the small radio sitting in the kitchen. As the soft melody of the song on the radio quietly played out through the kitchen, Bella and I continued to cook in comfortable silence. We had accidently bumped into each other several times while cooking, grabbing plates and setting the table and each time I felt that spark of something more. Each time my skin came into contact with hers, I didn't want to pull away.

As soon as dinner was done we all took our seats to eat. Carlisle said a quick prayer for all the families in the mass accident today. We had a moment of silence for their loss and then started digging in. Emmett broke the somber mood with a few jokes and laughs while planning out the weekend with everyone. It looked as though everybody was going to Marty's again. Emmett invited Bella and me along but she passed and I just shrugged my shoulders indicating a maybe. I figured she didn't want everyone here to know we had a date planned already. Everyone here got to witness firsthand what happened between her and Jacob. I figured if for some unforeseen circumstance that we don't work out – she wouldn't want to whole crew to know everything again.

Slowly, everyone started excusing themselves from the table to head to bed. Before long Bella and I were the only ones left sitting at the table. She was done and so was I. I stood, grabbed up her plate and leaned down to whisper in her ear. "Why don't you go take that hot shower of yours? I'll do the dishes."

She looked up and smiled at me. "Thanks Edward, I appreciate that." She stood from the table and walked out of the room. I made my way into the kitchen to find that nearly all of the guys had finally learned to rinse their plates before setting them in the sink, Bella had been trying for weeks now to get the guys to help out somewhat. I was still the only one that did. It seems that they figured with a new probie in the house and Bella – nobody would have to lift a finger for chores. Makes me wonder how their moms raised them. I may have not had my mother for long, but I was damn sure going to follow what she instilled in me.

About twenty minutes later I found myself done with the dishes. The dishwasher was loaded and running, the minute amount of leftovers were put away and the dishes from the counter were dried and put away. I glance at the clock on the stove to find that it was already half passed nine. I walked out into the living room to find two of the ladder guys passed out on the couches in front of the TV. It was still left on quietly playing the news from the local station. I walked into the bedroom to find everyone else out cold. How any of us were able to sleep over Emmett's loud ass snoring was beyond me. Bella was lucky she got to sleep downstairs and never hear any of it.

I walked over to my bed and kicked off my shoes next to it. I pulled the towel I kept folded by my bed out and started to strip. Once you started living in a full fire house, you lost all since of decency when it came to nudity. Only time we all really curbed it was when Bella was present. I laid my clothes on top of my bed and wrapped the towel around my waist. I grabbed my small toiletry bag and made my way to the showers. When I pulled open the door I was hit by a wall of steam. The light was not on and I could still hear a shower running. I had figured Bella would have been done with her shower by now and asleep downstairs. I was fully not expecting to find myself alone with Bella in the showers, at night with no lights, unsupervised. This could end one of two ways. Only one of which would end up being incredibly good.

"Bella….are you still in here?" I asked as I quietly let the door fall close behind me. I made my way down the middle of the shower stalls towards the only one I always used, coincidently it was one of the nearest to her stall. As I got closer to her stall I was able to barely make out the top half of her body. She had both hands placed against the wall with the shower head running hot water over her hung head and down her back. I wanted nothing more than to walk up behind her and wrap myself around her.

"Yeah…the hot water just felt too good to leave." She replied in hush tones. The words sounded seductive and the unasked question hung in the air. I stood there, watching her without moving towards my own shower. I was desperately trying to read her mind, see if she was going to ask the questions I was begging her to say. I was waiting for her permission. I watched, transfixed as she turned her head and looked over her shoulder back at me. If the wall guarding her shower wasn't so high up blocking my view, it would have been one the most erotic sights ever and I would have killed to see it. Her voice was nearly silent as she spoke. "Edward, come here."

I dropped my toiletry bag next to my normal shower full well knowing I wasn't going to need it. I walked around the outside of her shower to the little entrance on the opposite side. I reached down to pull my towel away from my body, quietly groaning as it tugged free from my now ridged erection. There would be no hiding that from her. I glanced over at Bella as I stepped into her shower. She was still standing in the same exact position I had found her in when I came in. While I walked up to her I noticed that the wall around the shower barely came up to the middle of my arm; it would be quite obvious to someone walking in that I was in her shower.

I came up behind her, careful not to lay my whole body up behind her. I reached up and gently tugged her hair away to one side and let my hands slide slowly down her back and up again. When I reached her shoulders I started to gently message them, knowing she had to be sore from today. I was rewarded with a low groan. "Oh….that feels good." I smirked to myself and leaned in next to her ear. She smelled like fresh strawberries and I breathed in deeply, committing the smell to memory.

I started lavishing her neck with soft open mouthed kisses and silently breathed into her ear. "That's not the only thing I do the feels good." I slid my body up against hers as I said this, fully letting her be completely aware of the state I was currently in. I wasn't expecting her to grind her hips back into me when I did that. I hissed at the contact.

She let her hands drop from the wall and stood up a little straighter. My hands slid from her shoulders and gently settled on her waist. She turned her head slightly to the side and looked at me. "I was kinda banking on that." She whispered as she leaned forward. I greedily took her lips with mine and wrapped my arms tightly around her waist. I broke from the kiss and started trailing my lips up and down the side of her neck and shoulder while running my hands back and forth across her stomach. I wasn't going to move my hands either north or south until she gave the green light.

I kissed up the side of her neck and reach her ear lobe, nibbling on it lightly when I felt one of Bella's hands grab one of mine, slide it up her stomach and over her breasts. "Please Edward, don't hold out." I groaned into her neck as her words completely sunk in – this was the green light I was so hoping for. I moved both my hands to cup her ample breasts, letting the weight of them rest in my palms for just a bit. I continued my ministrations on her neck as I slid one of my hands back down her stomach while my other hand gently tugged and rolled one of her pert nipples. I was greeted with a throaty moan as her hands slid behind her and across the outside of my thighs. I tried desperately not to buck my hips forward into hers when she did that.

I let my hand slip down between the apex of her thighs and I was pleasantly surprised to find her nearly all bare save for a little tiny strip of hair. I let out a hiss with her loud moan as my hand deftly slid back and forth through her slick folds and her hips started to move back and forth slowly. Her head dropped back against my shoulder as I continued my ministrations. Her hips were bucking forward into my hands faster now as I increased my speed. She suddenly cried out into the empty shower stalls when I slipped two fingers into her. I flicked my thumb back and forth to draw out her orgasm as I palmed her breasts and sucked on her neck, careful not to leave a mark. I could feel the ache deep within me to feel more contact, to have the favor returned, but I wasn't going to push her. If she wouldn't, so be it, but I really didn't mind if this was all about her. We could always do more later.

I ran my hands back up and down her body as she came down from her high. I rested them back on her hips as I softly kissed at her shoulder. She turned around suddenly and threw her arms up around my neck, pulling me to her mouth. I responded letting her deepen the kiss and lead us wherever this may go. I let my hands trail down and palm at her curvaceous ass as she stepped in closer to me, winding her body around mine. "How strong are you, Edward?" She breathed out against my lips in between kisses.

I dropped my hands down to her thighs and lifted her up, her legs winding around me instantly. I assumed that was what she had meant by her question. I turned us around in her tiny little shower stall and positioned us in one of the corners. She leaned back and used one of her arms to support her on the edge of the wall. I leaned forward and trailed my lips down across her breast and around one of her nipples, flicking my tongue out and hearing her groan in response. Her other hand had slipped from my neck and dropped down to grab a hold of my hard on. It was my turn to fill the empty room with echoing moans as her hand clasped around me. I leaned my forehead against her chest and looked down to watch as her hand glided back and forth over me. I felt her legs tighten around my waist ever so slightly and then she was using her arm on the wall for support to pull her body a little bit away from my own. I didn't quite get what she was doing until she had me positioned right next to her hot center. I desperately wanted to just push forward, more than anything, but my mouth actually got ahead of my brain.

"Are you sure?" I tightened my grasp on her waist to hold her still. It was killing me to be so close yet so far.

She met my eyes and smirked. "Positive." She moved her hand back to my shoulder as I slowly pushed forward, both of us moaning the whole way in. I held her still for a minute, just to get use to the feeling of being inside her. She was nearly too tight and I had to wait a moment in order for this to last. I tentatively pulled out half way and pushed forward again. Bella's breathy sounds and low groans fueling me to pick up my pace. My grip tightened and I leaned forward to suck at her breasts, teasing her as I continued to thrust. As her moans got louder and my pace grew quicker, I had to give up my attention to her bouncing breasts and concentrate on holding her up. I leaned my forehead against her chest once again and watched as my cock moved in and out of her expertly.

I had not planned on this happening today, Friday maybe, but never did I think it would happen today. Or in the shower as our first time either. This was what I had meant when I said we would snap and shit would just start happening. I would have to make it up to her, do things proper like this weekend on our date. For now though, I was content just fucking her into oblivion.

I watched intently as my cock slid in and out of her moist center; I was hypnotized just by the sight of it. I noticed one of her hands move from holding herself up on the wall and snake between us, dropping down to flick over her sensitive nub. I groaned in appreciation and looked back up at her, quickly dropping my lips to hers; tugging her bottom lip into my mouth, biting and sucking on it as she let a few moans slip into my mouth.

Her breaths started coming out in pants and I could tell she was trying to hold off. If anyone should be holding off, it should be me. Her head lolled back as she squeezed her eyes tight, moaning into the darkness. I leaned in to her shoulder and started nibbling on her neck once again, not so gently this time, while thrusting forward a little harder each time. I bit down gently on her ear lobe and whispered, "Now Bella. Just stop thinking and let yourself feel."

"Oooohhh Fuuucckk" Came out of her followed by a loud whimper as she started to spasm in my arms, her walls clinching tightly around me as she fell over the edge. I secured my hands on her hips as pushed forward a few more times quickly finding my release within her as well. Now even more exhausted than before, I pushed up against the wall a little bit more to try to find some rest.

Numbly, her legs fell from my waist. I turned us around and slid down the wall in the shower so the spray from it was right on us, cleansing us from a rather dirty shower excursion; not that I was complaining. I pulled Bella flush against my chest and wrapped my arms around her, knowing full well how much I enjoyed having her in my arms.

She laid her head back against my shoulder and closed her eyes, relaxing into my embrace. I laid a small kiss on the side of her neck as our heart beats started to return back to normal. "Mmmm….that was unexpected…" I heard her mumble almost incoherently.

"Yes….but worth it." She nodded slightly.

"Definitely. Can we end all calls that way?" She laughed.

"As you wish," I laughed along with her. "However….I don't think I'd like offering up a free peep show to our friends."

Bella quickly bolted upright. "Shit!" She quickly scrambled to her feet and barely stuck her head up over the wall to look into the empty room. I was trying my hardest not to laugh at her antics.

"Bella…." I gasped in between laughing. "They were all asleep when I came in here. No worries."

She held onto the ledge of the wall and squatted down like she was a special-ops military personnel hiding behind the wall, trying to blend in and be invisible to the world. "But…." She whispered even quieter, "What if they heard us?"

I chuckled and grabbed her by the waist pulling her back over to me. "Over Emmett's snoring? Yeah right, they heard us…" I placed a kiss on her forehead and moved to stand us both up. "But if you are that paranoid…we can get out of this shower." I reached over and turned the nozzle on the wall effectively killing the lukewarm water. She reached over and grabbed her towel quickly pulling it around her, hiding away her perfect little body from my eager gaze. I too grabbed my towel and slung it around my waist. She stepped up to me and placed her hand against my bare chest, sliding it upwards and around my neck pulling me down for a quick kiss.

"Why don't you get dress and come on downstairs?" She said in a seductive voice as she started to step away.

"Doesn't getting dress defeat the purpose of coming downstairs?" I laughed as she started walking down the deserted shower room.

"Who says you're getting lucky again tonight?" She smiled as she stepped out of the room. As soon as she was gone I stepped out of her shower, grabbed my long forgotten toiletry bag and stepped back into her shower again. I discarded my towel once more and kicked the water back on swiftly. I hadn't gotten my shower yet and I'll be damned if I go down there smelling like I just crawled around an accident scene. Truth be told, I don't know how she withstood me for as long as she did while we did that.

I hurriedly scrubbed my entire body and was in and out of this shower in under…I'd say three minutes flat. I yanked my towel around me and silently tip-toed out into the bedrooms. Sure enough everyone was still sound asleep. I quickly dressed in my uniform clothes sitting by my bed, stowed my towel and bag away and hastily made my way out into the living room and down the stairs.

I tried to be as quiet as possible going down the stairs to Bella's private room. I'm sure Carlisle wouldn't take it too well finding me sneaking downstairs like a horny little teenage boy. Besides, Bella had her own private room for a reason; POSH and all the legalities that go along with it. That's why I skipped even bothering to put my shoes on and just carried them with me, walking silently through the fire house.

The light in Bella's room showed brightly underneath the door as I stepped up and tapped lightly against it. I found her standing on the other side of it, fully dressed back in her uniform too. We often slept in our uniforms, always saves precious time when calls come in during the dead of night. Wordlessly, Bella grabbed my hand and tugged me into the room. She flipped off the light behind me and proceeded to drag me towards the bed. I climbed in right after her and got comfortable as she snuggled in beside me. I knew we wouldn't be doing anything else tonight. I didn't mind though. Falling asleep with Bella in my arms was heavenly. Great…. I sound incredibly pussy whipped.

A/N: So, What did you think? I know first time in a shower isn't usually how it goes…however, the sexual tension had to snap sometime and the shower was like common ground. Haha.

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