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Rearrangements and Rock Stars

EPOV

After breakfast, Bella and I made our way back up to the bedroom, where we actually did manage to pass out for a bit. Neither of us had slept in well over twenty four hours. Between the lack of sleep and our endless night of ravenous sex, we definitely needed to recuperate.

When I woke up, I discovered I was even sorer than I'd anticipated. Every muscle from head to toe ached with every move I made. I was the one with a job that required me to stay in shape, so I could only imagine how achy Bella had to be.

I woke up before Bella, sliding out of bed to sneak into the bathroom in the guest room so I didn't wake her prematurely. I ran another hot bath in the big Jacuzzi tub, before returning to Bella to find she had woken in my absence. I smiled, kissing her, before telling her I had a surprise.

I helped her off the bed, wincing as she hobbled next to me slowly. Yeah, as much as I was feeling it, she had it much worse. Finally, no longer able to take it, I swept her up into my arms bridal style. I carried her the rest of the way, ignoring my complaining arms and legs, and lowered her gently into the tub. I climbed in behind, pulling her to relax against my chest.

The warm swirling water was just what the doctor ordered. Once we finally willed ourselves to get out, we were both moving more smoothly. We slid into our bathrobes, slowly making our way downstairs to eat a light lunch with ibuprofen chasers and then planned to collapse onto the couch.

I took the time to start a new fire and went back to the couch, lying with my back propped in the corner of the arm, bringing Bella to rest against my chest between my legs. We sat and talked for a long time before Bella suggested we read a while. I went upstairs to unearth her copy of Pride and Prejudice and grabbed a random Louis Lamour book for myself from Uncle Carlisle's section of the library corner.

I had lost all track of time, beginning to really appreciate the plot line and the joy of relaxing and reading with Bella like this, when my phone began to buzz from the coffee table. I had left it on when we settled in. I picked it up to see it was Emmett, quickly hitting the button to answer the call.

"Hey Em, what's up?"

"Hey Edward, you better be treating my baby sis good, or I'll have to drive back over there and kick your ass!"

I chuckled, "Emmett, I promise you, I'm treating her like the princess she is. Did you really just call to check on us, or is something actually going on?"

Emmett snorted and then carried on in an excited tone. "I'd say something is going on...a really awesome something actually! Someone handed dirt on Trager over to the Feds, silver platter style, and he ran. It's been confirmed that he headed south. He was spotted in the St. Louis area of Missouri and is still headed away from us. They almost caught him twice now. The last time he just barely got away. I think they're actually going to get him next time. This shit may just be past us!"

I jumped up with a smile, causing Bella to almost fall off the couch. I shot her an apologetic look as I helped balance her and move to sit up. "That's great news, Em! Do they have any clue who ratted on Trager and why?"

Bella's eyes shot up to lock with mine. I smiled and nodded, mouthing that I'd explain when I was done.

"Nope, and that makes me a bit nervous actually, but I kind of get the feeling he was acting on his own with this mess. We haven't noticed any other tails or threats. I don't know if it was a personal vendetta or if he was trying to impress someone or what, but with him out of the picture I'm pretty sure we will all finally be able to relax again soon...at least once he's officially in custody."

"Well, I'm not so sure about that. Once he's out of the way, I'm sure we can back off some though. I hate to be rude, Emmett, but Bella's anxious to hear the news and I really want to get back to enjoying the day I have left here with your sister before we have to go back to work."

"Okay man, but, uh, can I talk to Bells a sec before we hang up?" He sounded nervous and I wasn't sure what to make of it.

"Sure man, she's right here." I handed the phone to Bella who frowned as she took it from me tentatively.

I listened as she conversed quietly with her brother, agreeing to something Sunday night before bidding him good night. We planned to return home around eight in the evening, so these plans for immediately after.

"What was that all about?" I asked. I pulled her back against me as she had been, except this time I had her resting on her side so we could look at each other as we talked.

"He wants to have a group meeting tomorrow night. He's already arranged for Alice and Jasper to be there and said it has something to do with the apartment situation. I don't know what's up, but it makes me nervous. Do you think he's pissed because I'm considering moving in with you?"

I cocked my eyebrow with a wide smile. "Are you considering it?"

She smiled at me sheepishly. "I told you I would and I am, but seriously do you think that might be it?"

I shrugged, "If it was that then why have everyone else there?"

She shook her head. "No clue. I guess we'll find out tomorrow night. Now, what was Emmett telling you that made you so happy?"

I leaned closer, kissing her forehead. "Someone made Trager and he's on the run. He's been sighted in St. Louis and appears to be headed south. They've almost caught him twice and they will probably nail him next time. All of this security risk stuff might just be over soon, once he's in custody."

She smiled widely at me as she jumped onto her knees between my legs, wrapping her arms around my neck.

"Really? Oh Edward, that's great news!" She squealed quite uncharacteristically in my ear as she jumped up and down on the couch cushion before pulling back to kiss me happily. I felt my smile peaking out on either side of her lips and she melted on top of me on the couch.

It didn't take long for the enthusiastic kissing to turn smoldering and before I knew what was happening she was dragging me onto the fuzzy rug in front of the fireplace, ripping my robe off and tossing it behind me. I did the same to hers and settled on top of her.

Finally, she broke away panting. She grabbed my face between her hands, looking me in the eye with an expression of pure lust. "Do you know how many times I daydreamed about you taking me on this rug in front of this fireplace?"

I moaned as she started grinding her hips up into mine to accentuate her point.

"I have spent every summer for the last four years trying to push away hot fantasies of you on top of me right in this very spot. I want you to fulfill my fantasy, Edward. Right here, right now."

I was already breathing hard and aching from the contact before, but listening to her tell me about her fireplace fantasy made it worse. The instant she finished speaking I pushed into her, moaning at how wet and tight she was. There is so much to be said for being with someone who doesn't bed hop constantly and has gone long stretches between lovers. I worshipped her neck and breasts as I continued to slowly pull myself in and out of her in a steady pace, adjusting my angle occasionally, trying to find the optimal position.

I grabbed her hands moving them above her head as I shifted one more time so I could watch her as I filled and left her. She arched and moaned. I smirked knowing that I had finally found the sweet spot. I sped my motions, fighting to control myself until I pushed her over the edge. It didn't take long until her eyes rolled into the back of her head, her eyebrows scrunched. Her neck arched back as her mouth opened wide and those beautiful nasty words poured out of her. The instant she screamed my name, I felt myself fill her with my own string of matching words as I pounded faster and faster into her writhing hips.

When she finally stopped whining and thrusting herself against me, I fell forward to rest my forehead on her chest as I fought to regain my breath.

"Agh Bella, you are amazing! You never cease to surprise me!"

She sighed and ran her right hand through my hair as her left scratched gently across my shoulder blade. We rested our way through the aftermath of yet another round. I actually had lost count sometime during the middle of the night, all I knew was each one was better than the one before.

We fell asleep again on the floor, not waking up until our stomachs growled angrily at us. We reluctantly pulled ourselves together again, even more stiff thanks to sleeping on the hard wooden floor.

We spent a few minutes discussing supper, deciding to grill out the steaks we had found in the fridge. We realized that since we were going to grill out, we really ought to be dressed. We both hobbled upstairs; opting to take separate showers for fear that we'd never eat if we tried to take one together, and dressed before going back down to the kitchen.

By the time I was done, Bella was already in the kitchen with marinated steaks sitting on the counter while she scrubbed potatoes, wrapping them in foil to add to the racks along with the steak. She also had a few corn cobs still in their husks on the counter that appeared to be the next project.

I stepped out onto the deck to fire up the grill and get my cooking area set up before going back in. I stepped up to the sink next to Bella to begin shucking the corn husks and scrubbing away the silks. After her potatoes were done, she grabbed an ear and joined me. In no time at all, we were walking back out onto the deck with our meal ready to be cooked. She settled into a deck chair to watch while I exercised my masculine grilling chops.

We sat around and chatted, keeping an eye on the food and watched the stars as they began to peak out from behind the cloud cover in the night sky. By the time the food was done the sky was clear and all the stars once again reflected in the smooth surface of the lake in front of us.

We opted to dine al fresco; Bella sat the patio table with silverware, plates, and glasses and we ate out in the slight chill of the October night under the stars. When we were done we worked together to clean up our mess and wandered upstairs, falling into bed wrapped together and falling asleep almost immediately.

The sun woke us early Sunday morning since we forgot to close the curtains of the bedroom again. We slowly eased out of bed, moving a little better than the day before, but not by much. We found some breakfast in the kitchen. Bella convinced me to take a walk along the beach when the sun finally crested completely over the water lined horizon.

It was a small thing, walking hand in hand down the beach front, laughing and talking, but I honestly believe it will be one of my favorite memories of all time for as long as I live. Bella was glowing between the sex and apparent joy; it made me excited to know that I was the reason for both. While we walked, she would occasionally throw her head back in unrestrained laughter. I reveled in the fact that I caused that laugh. Finally, I was the one filling Bella's life with joy.

We reluctantly went back upstairs to pack our things so we didn't have to deal with it later, hauling them down to the main floor. Then we walked around, cleaning up messes we had left behind and stripping the bed to be washed.

We spent the rest of the morning relaxing together on the couch, sharing a light lunch in front of the fireplace, and making love there one more time after we were finished. We moved to the deck to enjoy a bit more fresh air before we had to lock up and head back toward the city.

As we drove away from the beach house, I couldn't help but notice how Bella leaned her head against the glass, looking longingly at the house. She turned back for one last look when we made our turn onto the street that led us back to the highway. As we left the place that would forever be the place we cemented our love together, I reached over to grab her hand, kissing it gently.

"I promise you, sweetheart. We'll come back again on our own as often as Aunt Esme and Uncle Carlisle will allow."

She smiled, tightening her hand in mine. We sped back into the city, going straight to my building where we parked and hauled our luggage up to my place. We opened the door to the apartment and dropped our bags in the hallway. I turned to put away my key as Bella went ahead of me into the living room.

I followed soon after, dragging our bags with me. When I turned the corner into the living room, I bumped into Bella, frozen in place. She was staring down the hallway toward the guest room, looking somewhere between mortified and amused. I looked at her questioningly before I heard it.

"Ah, ah, oh Jakey, Ohhhhhhhhh Jake! YES! YES! Don't Stop!"

"Oh Mel, Oh Mellie, Fuck yes! Oh you feel so good Mellie!"

I dropped my bag with a loud thud. I felt my hand go straight to the bridge of my nose, grabbing tightly. Instantly, the moans stopped from the hallway. I felt myself growling before I felt a small hand on my arm. I looked up to see Bella shaking her head at me.

The door to the guest room slowly opened. Out popped Jake's head and naked upper body, he looked surprised and scared. I took a deep breath and sighed, rolling my eyes.

"Calm down, Jake, I knew you guys were doing this earlier when I asked about the gym. I just hoped you would have paid better attention to the time and not subjected us to hearing THAT upon arriving home. You two get dressed and meet us in the living room in five minutes."

Jake looked a bit more relaxed, nodding with a big gulp before disappearing into the guestroom again with an abrupt slam of the door. I shook my head slowly with another sigh. I picked up the bags again, rushing past the door into our bedroom. Once safely inside, I looked around appraisingly, hoping not to see any signs that they had invaded our bed room.

Bella chuckled behind me. She followed me through the door, closing it quietly behind her.

"You know, Edward, at least they were in the guestroom. Can you imagine if Carlisle or Esme had decided to drop by the beach house at any point this weekend? Just be grateful we only had to hear them!"

I groaned in disgust, collapsing on the bed, feeling Bella's weight join me shortly after. Thankfully, everything appeared and smelled untainted. After a few minutes, we left the room to find a red faced Melissa and Jake sitting, holding hands on the couch. They were both too embarrassed to look us in the face. I couldn't help but snicker, which caused them to look up nervously.

I rolled my eyes, "Jeez, you two look like a couple of teenagers caught by their parents or something. It's not a big deal. Like I said, I would rather not have heard it, but I sort of figured it out on Tuesday. As long as it stayed in that bedroom, and Melissa gives it a thorough cleaning tomorrow, I don't have an issue with it, okay?"

They both nodded, looking relieved but still embarrassed. We sat down and asked how the rest of the week went, letting them know the news about Trager. They both looked relieved. We sat and talked a bit more before excusing ourselves to go join the meeting over at Bella and Emmett's apartment, telling them to lock up on their way out.

When we walked into the apartment, the boxes that had taken up the majority of the space in the living room had been shifted to the far wall, leaving room for three on the couch and two on the love seat. Emmett and Rosalie were parked on the couch while Alice and Jasper were snuggling on the love seat. I walked to the spare seat on the couch, pulling Bella into my lap, sitting her cross ways facing Emmett and Rose. Emmett looked over and smiled at Bella, looking pleased at her mood and yet a bit contrite.

Bella shifted on my lap slightly, glancing back and forth between the two couples before sighing.

"Okay, what's going on? What's with the big powwow about roommate situations?"

Emmett sighed, pulling Rose closer to his side, rubbing his hand up and down her arm comfortingly.

"Well, I hate to mess up all the plans everyone made with the whole apartment thing, but uh, the thing is..." His voice dropped off and we were all waiting for him to finish, but Emmett seemed completely frozen up.

Bella got up and crossed to kneel in front of Emmett, putting her hands on his leg and casting a concerned gaze at his face.

"What's up Em? You're worrying me."

Emmett sighed again and smiled. "It's not a bad thing at all, except that we have to screw up your and Alice's plans. You see Bells, Rose and I are going to need a two bedroom apartment soon. Rose's place is only a single."

Bella's eyes grew wide and her mouth fell open. I felt like my face probably matched hers.

"You mean...but...really?" Bella stammered looking between Emmett and Rose with a big smile.

Emmett and Rose looked at each other, beaming, before Rose shifted her gaze back to Bella.

"Yeah, Bella, in about eight months or so, you are going to be an aunt!"

Bella squealed a nearly super sonic tone. She practically jumped across the couch, hugging both Em and Rose around the neck at the same time.

"Oh my gosh, this is so amazing! I thought you couldn't have kids, Rose...didn't the doctors say?"

"Yes," Rose interrupted excitedly, "but as you know, doctors are human and aren't always one hundred percent right...thank God!"

"There's more Bella," Emmett interrupted, quickly grabbing Bella's hand. "We're getting married in two weeks. We're just going to have a small civil ceremony at city hall, nothing big, but we'd love it if you'd stand up with us."

"Of course!" Bella squealed with her face shining nearly as brightly as the sun. "I'd be honored."

Emmett glanced toward me and the other couple on the love seat. "We'd love you all to be a part of it actually, if you would be willing."

Everyone smiled and nodded, moving over to congratulate the two of them. Bella disappeared into the kitchen, returning with a tray full of wine goblets, a bottle of wine, and an apple juice for Rose. We toasted the happy couple before settling back down returning to logistics.

Bella looked cautiously at Alice and Alice looked sheepishly back at Bella. They both started talking at the same time. The rest of us listened with smiles on our faces.

"I hope you don't hate me for this, but Jasper/Edward asked me to move in with him and I really think I should."

They froze when they were done, glancing at one another, and then to Jasper and I as we both started chuckling in our seats. Jasper looked at me, winking. I nodded his way with a smirk while the girls continued to gape at one another before breaking out into giggles.

"Oh thank God. I was so afraid you would be hurt, Bella. I wasn't going to do it since we were just about to move in because I didn't want to bail on you. Then with this whole apartment thing, it seemed like it was meant to be."

Bella nodded from my lap in agreement. "Same here...I wasn't totally sure until I found out about Emmett and Rose needing this apartment, but then I knew it was the last piece of the puzzle."

She turned to me with a big smile. "That is, if the offer still stands."

I wrapped my arms tighter around her waist, pulling her in for a kiss. "I told you the offer was on the table for keeps. I'd love nothing more than for you to move in with me."

Bella beamed at me. She leaned forward to kiss my nose before glancing back at Emmett and Rose and then at Alice and Jasper before jumping up and down on my lap in excitement, causing me to grunt uncomfortably.

"You know what this means right?"

"Ugh," I grasped her hips to halt her bounce, speaking with a strained voice, 'No, love, what?"

She giggled, "I'm assuming Alice and Jasper will want something bigger than Rose's place too...right?"

She cast a look at the couple on the love seat and they nodded; Alice's face grew brighter in understanding.

"So now we have the perfect place for Tanya! It's affordable, relatively close to the hospital, and in a safe building. It's perfect!"

The girls immediately started discussing logistics and moving dates as the three of us guys excused ourselves to slink off to the kitchen.

"Congratulations man, how do you feel?" I asked Emmett pounding his back comfortingly.

He cocked his head, looking at me with a smile. "I feel great, man. You know I always thought I'd be scared at the idea of marriage and kids, but with Rose, it seems right. This baby, with what the doctors said and all, it's kind of like a miracle. Rose always wanted kids, and now we get to have one. I get to marry the woman I love, and have a kid too. I'm ecstatic!"

"That's awesome, man," I said lifting my glass to him and taking a drink.

"What about you two, you sure you're ready to take the big moving in step already? You guys all just hooked up."

I smiled and nodded instantly. "Emmett, you know how I feel about Bella, how long I've loved her, even if I was too stupid to realize it. She's it for me, man. I can't explain it and I know you don't even want me to try, but the two of us together, it's just right. We fit and it's just easy and perfect. The only time I feel like I'm at home is when I'm with her. I'm meant to be with her. I wouldn't be happy if she were anywhere else but with me."

Emmett nodded knowingly, a wide smile on his face, before turning to Jasper with raised eyebrows.

"I haven't known Alice as long as Edward, but pretty much ditto."

Emmett and I rolled our eyes with a chuckle. Typical Jasper.

A couple of hours later, Bella and I left with box full of Bella's clothes and uniforms for work. We headed back to our apartment to settle in for the night. I was so relieved and excited that it was, in fact, now our apartment. I couldn't wait for her to move in permanently.

The next few days flew by quickly. We all returned to work, trying to relax back into our day to day lives. Bella found out upon returning to the hospital that while the med school board had allowed her the week of 'family crisis leave,' she was expected to make up the deficit of time by working an extra six hours every other day for the next few weeks until she made up for the time she had lost beginning on Tuesday, leaving her completely exhausted.

I was grateful that she was already staying with me full time, even though she hadn't officially moved in yet. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten to see much of her. After the last week with her all the time, that would have been completely unbearable.

I insisted on escorting her to and from work every day. Trager still had not been apprehended. Even though confirmed sightings had him in Georgia, I just didn't trust that it was all over. Bella became complacent again. She started calling me overprotective and pretty much everyone agreed with her. What none of them understood is that Bella was my entire life now. I couldn't risk her even the slightest bit if Trager was still out and about in the world.

Wednesday night was Halloween and the official first night of Rock Band Wednesdays. The girls planned it all out on purpose, knowing that most people tend to go out on Halloween. They knew that if they could get people roped into the idea of Rock Band Wednesdays at Dooley's along with enticing them with the idea of the Battle of the Rock Bands, then it would be more likely to take off.

Tonight was a little different, though. The pixie insisted that Bella go back to Hancock with her and that I scram, meeting them at Dooley's. Jake had agreed to escort them from Hancock to the bar, where we boyfriends would take over for the rest of the night. Alice had evil plans I was sure, and I was nervous to see what she had up her sleeve.

I did as I was instructed though. I escorted Alice and Bella from work to the building, leaving once the elevator doors were safely closed. Alice's parents had returned from France and were pissed, not only that everything was going on without their knowledge, but more the fact that security had such large holes in spite of us actually beefing it up for the duration of the situation.

Tony was summarily dismissed, but thankfully he and his family were at least safe. The day all of the insanity went down at Hancock, Alice insisted on helping Tony's son get admitted to a live in rehab facility that kept him safe from any retribution from Trager. Tony was penitent and Alice tried to lobby for him, but in the end, he had lost the trust of both his fellow employees and the residents of the building. The rest of the staff was also reevaluated, several were replaced with hand picked security experts. Hancock was now one of the safest buildings in Chicago, and would remain that way with monthly checkups on everyone's history to ensure another breech would not be possible.

I returned to my place to slip out of my work clothes and into my James Dean get up. It was our band's theme for the night. We were all to show up with the typical Rebel Without a Cause look, white t-shirt with pack of cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve, black jeans with a black studded belt and boots and a leather motorcycle jacket to push the bad boy persona. We each were also supposed to slick back our hair and carry a comb in our back pockets to occasionally run through our hair like in the move Grease.

Once I was ready, I felt uncomfortable in the clothes and my hair felt disgusting. I sighed and shrugged, pushing back my issues. It was just for one night, for Halloween, and it was all for Mama D. I took one more look at my reflection after sliding the black leather jacket in place and made my way down the six blocks to Dooley's.

I walked in, seeing the guys across the room, but there was no sign of our girls. I had to shoo away three different bimbos who were already trashed in their skimpy little costumes that were supposed to be sexy but were really just trashy. Yeah, I know, I know, I would have been all over them a few months ago, but times have changed. Knowing now what lurks under Bella's sweet innocent clothes, trashy skanks weren't as appealing as they used to be.

I grabbed a drink, settling in next to the guys, each of us wearing the regulation greaser outfit. Andy's hair had finally grown back a bit. He shaved the rest of his hair short to match the short patch where he had been shaved for surgery. It was still too short to pull of the greaser look with us, so he wore a black leather Marlon Brando hat instead.

We managed to down two beers before the girls strolled in with long coats over their costumes. Each were done up with lots of make up. Alice and Rose both wore wigs. Rose's hair was tucked up under a short black bob sort of wig, while Alice had a long wavy black wig over her short spiky do. Bella definitely looked different but still amazingly sexy. Her hair had been sprayed black and put into a high ponytail on top of her head. She was sporting a pair of very blue contacts. They were actually a bit creepy for me since I was so accustomed to her warm brown eyes. Her makeup was very heavy, thick black eyeliner giving her a bit of a goth look with deep red lipstick. Like I said, different, slightly creepy, but fully sexy...and I hadn't even seen her outfit yet.

I offered to help her with her coat, but she refused citing Alice's threat of death if she showed her costume too soon. All would be revealed when they performed their first song on stage. Everything was set up and Alice had done an awesome job.

The PS3 was out with the Bluetooth instruments all wirelessly connected. A large screen was mounted both behind the band, with another one hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room. Images from the PS3 were projected on both. Tonight was a packed house. Everyone was keeping their fingers crossed that this would help spread the word about Rock Band nights and the contest.

Rose was drinking a juice, but all the other girls took one shot before slowly sipping on a mixed drink to build their courage before taking the stage. They would go first to help warm up the crowd, doing a three song set. We would go next with one song. Hopefully by then, enough people would sign up to keep the party going. There was a sign in board to the left of the stage that Jerry, the bouncer Alice hired to help organize and keep the list going smoothly, would coordinate from there.

Soon, the girls all nervously disappeared into the bathroom, Andy's girlfriend Andrea following closely behind. A few minutes later, the door opened and Emmett, Jasper, and I watched in awe as the girls emerged from the bathroom, each looking amazing in their own right.

Krista's costume was the most reserved, going for an early day Britney Spears look with a tank top, short sleeve button up, denim skirt and tights with her hair up in pigtails. Alice was not far behind, wearing a gauzy looking knee length gray dress with little straps. I thought for sure she'd be dressed sexier than Bella. Rose was definitely showing the most skin in a pair of extremely black short-shorts over a pair of hose with a mostly unzipped black jacket that only came down to just below her chest exposing her entire midriff. Emmett whooped for her, leaning over whispering that he was warned that she was going to dress extra skimpy because she was determined to show off as much of her body as she could before the baby stretched her out of shape.

Then I saw her, the last one out of the door was my Bella, and oh my fucking God. She was wearing black tights and boots under a red corset top thing, leather belts crossing her stomach that looked almost exactly like Amy Lee in one of Evanescense's music videos. She also had fabric flowing from her waist in a kind of skirt and had arm bands with the long red strands of fabric hanging down over her arms. At the moment, I couldn't for the life of me tell you which video it was from, because all I saw was my incredibly sexy goth Bella looking a hell of a lot hotter than Amy Lee.

They took the stage, and to our surprise, Alice took the drums while Bella grabbed a guitar and Rose went to stand behind the microphone. Emmett and I shot surprised looks at Jasper who chuckled.

"Alice didn't want to show off the best first, so they're all starting off with their weakest instruments."

Emmett and I looked at each other a bit before shrugging and turning our attention to Rose who had already enraptured the room. She took advantage of the attention by explaining the Rock Band idea, the process of signing up to sing, and for entering the contest. Bella went into the menu and selected the appropriate settings and chose their first song of the night, which explained why Rose was singing and how she was dressed.

Bella started off on the guitar line, Alice following soon after on drums. Bella was barely keeping up on hard as Rose began to sing Rhianna's Shut Up and Drive.

I cleared my throat as Emmett drooled all over the table, not even thinking how screwed we were. If this was them on their worst instruments, then we were likely to get our asses handed to us when they decided to take on their best positions.

I watched Bella as she focused intently on the screen, her tongue poking between her lips. She was really struggling and missing a lot of notes, but thankfully, nobody seemed to notice thanks to Rose's seductive hip swivels...that is until Bella failed out anyway. After Alice brought her back, she managed to hang on until the end.

Once they finished the first song, everyone but Krista shifted positions. Rose took the guitar from Bella, Bella taking the drumsticks from Alice, and Alice taking the microphone. Rose selected the next song and began to dominate the guitar riffs with Bella joining in on drums shortly after. It was then that I understood...they were all dressed as the singer performing their songs of the night. Alice was dressed like Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf and was going to sing Fully Alive.

Once again, I was totally focused on Bella, only occasionally taking note of the pixie with one hell of a voice and stage presence. She bounced around the stage, not unlike Lacey herself. Bella was, once again, completely focused on the screen. She nibbled her lip this time, having a bit more confidence in her skill. When it was all said and done, she had managed ninety one percent, which wasn't all that shabby for someone who claimed to suck at all the instruments.

The girls all shifted again. Bella took center stage, sitting the microphone in the mic stand, holding it between her hands. She locked eyes with me, shooting me a crooked, sexy as hell, smile that made me shift a little in my seat. Dear Lord, the things I was going to do to her when we got home tonight! Thank heaven she lived with me now more or less.

Alice selected the song, which I knew would be an Evanescence song, setting everyone to expert. I was mesmerized as Bella held the microphone between her hands on the stand. She began crooning the first lines in a warm tone, eyeing the audience intently, really interacting with them, and getting them involved. It was amazing to see her so confident on stage. She was confident most of the time in real life, but on stage, it was like I was seeing this whole new side of her.

The chorus came and I just about fell out of my chair when she yanked the microphone off the stand. Her voice rang loud and strong across the room as she pumped her hands at the audience. She jerked forward, casting her whole body into the song, along with all of her emotions. I almost felt like I was in the actual music video as the whole room began screaming and chanting, pumping their fists. Emmett, Jasper, and I watched on in awe. It was magic and it was all coming from my beautiful Bella.

When the song was done, the crowd was screaming wildly. The only comment I heard from our table was Emmett, leaning back crossing his arms in a huff and yelling, "Dudes we are so fucked!"

I barely heard him because I was already halfway up to the stage, uncontrollably drawn toward my beautiful Bella.

BPOV

I had been so nervous about getting up on stage and playing the instruments, much less singing lead. I was stunned by the crowd's reaction. It encouraged me even further as I put my heart and soul into Going Under. It was amazing, the energy, the thrill, the reaction from Edward...all one hundred percent worth the nerves and trauma of being dressed in a corset!

I wasn't even off the stage when Edward grabbed me, pulling me down into his arms. He latched onto my mouth hungrily, pillaging deeply with his tongue. As he pulled me hard to his body, I felt exactly how much my performance affected him. I smirked up at him with a wink, he growled in response.

He leaned down into my ear, growling seductively before he nibbled on the lobe, "Oh, my beautiful Bella, we are going straight home. I'm going to make you scream my name before the night is over, I promise you that."

I shivered, running my hands over his chest and down the waistband of his jeans before rubbing him discretely between us with my hand.

"I'm going to hold you to that, hot stuff."

I chuckled as I watched his eyes roll into the back of his head. He moaned quietly.

"Bella, I have to get up on stage and sing lead in two minutes. If you don't stop, I'm not going to be able to be in front of an audience without giving them a much dirtier show than they paid for."

I sighed with a chuckle before letting him go and taking a step back.

"Your grandma riding naked on a donkey in the desert."

He looked at me like I was crazy, while appearing to suppress the need to puke.

I laughed with a shrug. "Well it took care of your problem anyway, didn't it?"

He cinched his eyes closed with a disgusted nod.

I laughed harder.

"Please, never put an image like that in my head again though, love. You may have ruined our whole night with that little mental image."

I laughed again before giving him a kiss for luck. I made my way through the crowd, thanking them for the encouragement I got along the way, until I fell into a seat at our table next to Alice. She already had a drink ready and waiting. She smiled at me with a wink.

"You really are a rock star, Bella. Why didn't you ever try for a recording contract or something?"

I looked down at the table and began tearing my napkin into strips.

"A lot of reasons, one being I'm not good enough, and another being that I always wanted to be a doctor. It's a much more noble profession." There were many more, deeper, darker reasons that I wasn't going to get into tonight. I didn't miss the sad look Rose cast my way, though.

Alice rolled her eyes before looking up at the stage as our boys stepped up to the plate. Emmett was on drums, Jasper was on guitar, Andy was on bass, and Edward was on vocals. I smiled when Emmett set them all on expert and chose Nine Inch Nails 'The Hand That Feeds'.

They started smoothly, not missing a single note. With the first word out of Edward's mouth, the girls went wild. He smirked sexily at them as he sang along with the words, really getting into the lyrics, throwing himself forward over the crowd. They were eating it up, looking like they were about to eat HIM up. Thank goodness I chased the chubby away, or else we'd have even more problems tonight than we already expected.

About halfway through, he shifted his gaze from the screaming girls, all lusting after my beautiful boy, centering his gaze dead on me. He gave me a flirtatious wink and my sexy smirk.

I smiled, licking my lips, bringing my finger up to my mouth to nibble on it seductively, before sucking on the tip.

His eyes grew wide. He shifted a bit, narrowing his eyes at me in warning.

I lifted my hand to flash him 'I love you' in sign language and blew him a kiss.

He reached out mid song, managing to pretend to surreptitiously catch and place on his mouth, without being obvious about it.

I threw my head back and laughed.

He winked again before returning his gaze to the crowd.

As soon as they were done, they were met with just as loud of an applause as we had earned. Edward had to peel at least a dozen drunken groupies off of him before he could even get off the stage.

He looked my way for help.

I smiled and stood up, sashaying over to him. Squeezing between the people in the crowd, I wrapped my hands around his neck, claiming his lips.

His hands snaked around my waist and held tight.

I pushed my tongue in, delving deep, being sure to show the whole world exactly how I was kissing him. I pulled back just in time for him to delve right back, removing all doubt.

When we pulled away, I was getting the stink eye from all the groupies. I just smiled at them sweetly.

"Sorry girls, but Masen here is permanently off the market. Go find another boy toy, this one is mine, and I don't share."

I turned, pulling him away from the group by the hand, only to have him grab me from behind, grinding himself into my butt and groaning in my ear.

"Oh my fucking God, I am so going to fuck you ten ways from Sunday tonight."

I moaned and melted into him, turning my face to meet his lips, before breaking free to finish our walk to the table. When we got there, we were met with five pair of amused eyes and one pair of furious ones. Three guesses who was pissed, but you'd only need one.

"What the fuck, Edward?" Emmett growled across the table. "I don't need to see you being that way with her in front of me."

Edward shrugged, "Sorry, Em, she started it. It was mostly to get the skanks off me, anyway. Besides, she's moving in with me, I don't think there's any denying what's going on behind closed doors anymore."

Emmett moaned, dropping his head to the table with a loud bang, making everyone laugh. We got another round of drinks for everyone and chatted with Mama D before returning to the table. Quite a few bands signed up to play, but unfortunately, only a few were decent. On the plus side, each of them submitted an application to join the battle of the bands.

The night seemed to drag on forever, in no small thanks to the fact that I really wanted to get Edward home. The sexual tension was overwhelming. I really needed to just feel him against me.

When the final band played, we quickly bailed, practically running to the apartment. Edward grabbed me, picking me up so I could wrap my legs around his waist in the elevator as we traveled up to the penthouse floor. The doors opened and there stood Lauren, who thankfully, had become a ghost as of late. We didn't even bother to stop kissing as we pushed past her and made our way down the hall.

Edward opened the door without looking. He proceeded directly to the couch, where he put me down and immediately began to fidget with the corset, getting frustrated because he couldn't get it off.

"We could just leave it on, you know," I whispered in his ear earning a groan. I pushed off his coat, pulling his shirt over his head. I quickly removed his belt,undoing his pants, pushing them to the floor. Meanwhile, he grabbed my breasts, pulling them over the top of the cups of the corset, teasing them endlessly.

When he was fully disrobed, he reached down to pull my tights and underwear out of the way before kissing me hard. He turned me around to bend me over the arm of the couch, entering immediately into our first primal union.

So far, every time we had been together, it was mostly sweet and gentle, full of love and tenderness and sharing together It was wonderful, but there's always room for a bit of unbridled passion and animal magnetism, which this most certainly was.

We were loud and unrestrained as he manipulated my body easily over the edge, following quickly behind. He collapsed against my back, kissing my neck and shoulders, as we struggled to regain control of our motor functions.

"How did I ever get so lucky, Bella? Wow! You are everything I could ever hope for, love. I have no doubt I could make love to you, or fuck your brains out, every day for the rest of my life and never have enough of you."

I sighed contentedly; his butterfly kisses along my shoulder blades making my arousal begin to build again. I moaned appreciatively, shifting under him.

He seemed to take notice and began to get more excited by the new reactions. Now that the urgency was somewhat relieved, I took time to show him how to help me out of the corset.

When my body was free, he resumed his exploration of my back with butterfly kisses that drove me wild. Who would have thought of the back as an erogenous zone? Yet I was so ready for another go it wasn't even funny.

Edward helped me back up, removing my boots and tights, still hanging at my calves. Once the last of my clothes were dispatched, he carried me into the bedroom where he resumed lavishing attention on my back while using his hands to tease the rest of me. This time, it was making love again as we explored new knowledge about my body.

We finally fell asleep, wrapped together in our bed, in our room, in our apartment. It wasn't his anymore, it was ours, and each day I was feeling a little bit more and more like it truly was ours.

Author's Note: Here is an excerpt from my original story The Children of Creation. Link is in my opening chapter A/N.

The Guardian's hairs stood on end as he felt the presence of a greater being before he heard them. He tensed, grasping his weapon out of the waistband of his jeans at the ready as he followed his charge deeper into the ocean of empty darkness. He heard voices in the distance when his ward reached the middle of the room, but the voices were not what inspired him to activate his weapon, the blade extending from the hilt in a golden glow. His charge and his companions were completely unaware of his unease or the withdrawal of his weapon as he prepared to defend them from whatever lay in wait.

The Guardian spun on his heel to look behind him as he heard the musical laugh, his sword at the ready in front of him. A moment later, a figure entered his field of vision from behind a black pillar.

"Lower your sword, Nathaniel," the familiar and comforting voice echoed through the cavernous room. Nathaniel lowered his sword, retracting the flaming blade as his body relaxed.

He smiled at his consort as he reached his side. "Gabriel, it is good to see you, my brother. What brings you to the Terran this lovely evening?"

He watched the unearthly beauty of his superior, one of the most beautiful of his kind. His eyes shimmered golden, even in the dim light cast by Nathaniel's charge's tiny light.

"You are being reassigned, Nathaniel. I am sending Zandriel to replace you in the morn. Be prepared to move on to a new charge by first light."

Nathaniel stared at Gabriel in shock. Reassignment was extremely rare for any Guardian. As a rule, a Guardian was given a lifelong ward to watch over, only reassigned once the lifetime of a ward had reached completion.

Gabriel smiled, knowing the reason for Nathaniel's surprise. "This is a very rare case that needs special care. The Master has decided that you are the best for the job."

Nathaniel nodded, knowing it was not his place to question the Master's plan. "Where is my new charge located, brother?"