I Do Not Own Twilight or the characters!
A/N at end.
BPOV
The rest of the week went by, much like the others of the summer. Edward swam laps every morning, made sure that I had enough sun block on, took care of my sunburn, and we talked over lunch a few times during the week. We agreed that I was picking Edward up Friday night, after work, and then we were going to Jared's. I told Edward to pick up some beer and a bottle of tequila from the liquor store to take with us. Jared and Jacob were making barbequed ribs for dinner, so I needed to make a side. Edward offered to make his famous macaroni and cheese and I accepted. It was one less thing for me to worry about.
After shutting the pool down, I went home getting ready, packing an overnight bag, and was off to get Edward. I wanted to say hi to Esme and Carlisle, if he was there, so I parked and walked up to the house, ringing the door bell. Carlisle answered.
"Good Evening, Carlisle. How have you been?" I asked and he led me inside.
"I am well, Bella. When are you going to come over for dinner? We haven't seen you all week?"
"Oh, well, I'm not sure. I've been really busy with work and tying up loose ends before the end of the summer. Only a few more weeks." I said, as he closed the door behind me, and I slipped off my sandals.
"Well, you should come with us to dinner tomorrow night. We are planning on going to Olive Garden; I am in the mood for some chicken fettuccine alfredo. Esme tries to make Italian food, but is not very good at it. Don't tell her I said that." He grinned.
"Well, word on the street is that I can make a mean alfredo. If you would like it homemade? I wouldn't mind, maybe, helping Esme make it for you." I smiled back.
"I wouldn't want to bother you with that. I don't mind heading to the O.G."
"Carlisle, please, I don't mind. I will even make my own noodles and breadsticks."
"Really? You would do that?" Carlisle asked and took hold of my hand, patting it.
"Of course. I'll be here." Just then, Edward greeted me at the door.
"Hey. Why didn't you call and let me know you where here? I would have met you outside."
"I wanted to say hi to your parents, that's why. Where's your mom?"
"I think she's in the office ordering something for the party." Carlisle said. "You really shouldn't have asked her for help. She is going to go totally overboard with it and before you know it, there is going to be a limo service picking everyone up from their houses and escorting them here."
"No." I gasped.
"Oh, yes. I would be surprised if there wasn't a staff already hired to serve during the whole shindig. I told you from the beginning. My mother is a little crazy when it comes to things like this." Edward said.
"Oh, man. I hope she is not going out of her way. Do you think I need to rein her and Alice in, a bit? I know that Alice, alone, can make things extravagant but now you guys have me a little freaked out about it."
"It's up to you; I'm just letting you know that things are going to be done to the max."
"You know what? Alice gave me the full cost of the party and it was within means, so I am just going to have to trust them. I can't get stressed about something that is supposed to be fun. Plus, Alice already has my portion of the cost and I told her not to go over budget."
"Beeelllla!" Esme sang as she came into my view.
"Esme. How are you?" I asked, as she quickly wrapped her arms around my shoulders and squeezed.
"MOM, NO!" Edward shouted and I cried out, as a single tear fell down my cheek. It had only been a few days since I was burnt and being a lifeguard still meant I had to be out in the sun. So, that meant taking longer for my shoulders to heal and they were still extremely sore.
"What did I do?" Esme said frantically and placed her hands on top of my shoulders, squeezed again, and looked at my face. Edward hastily pulled her hands away from me, picking me up, and rushing into the kitchen.
"Edward, what is the matter?" Esme asked behind us.
A few more tears fell from my eyes and I tried to make the stinging sensation leave, but it was a lot of pressure Esme just put on me. I wasn't mad or anything, she didn't know, but it hurt like a motherfucker. Edward had put me down in front of the sink, grabbing a kitchen towel, running it under cool water, and asking me to take off my shirt.
"Mom! Dad! Get out of here for a minute, please." Edward yelled. He pulled up on my shirt, turning me around, and placing the wet towel across my shoulders. I exhaled, in relief.
"Bella, are you okay? I am so sorry. Does it hurt really badly? What do you want me to do?" He pleaded.
"Edward, calm down. Yes, it hurts like a motherfucker, but I will live. Jesus, that towel feels so good, right now. Thank you!" I wiped the tears from my face. "Esme!" I called for her; I knew she was probably freaking out.
She walked in with tears in her eyes. I didn't even care if I was standing there in my bra.
"Esme, it's okay. You didn't know. I got really bad sunburn, Monday, and it is not healed, yet."
"Oh my God, Bella. I am so sorry! What do you need? Do you want Carlisle to look at it? Maybe he can give you something for it. Carlisle!" Esme yelled.
"Are you kidding, Mom?! Bella is standing here without her shirt. Do you think that she wants Dad to come in here?" Edward raised his voice but did not yell, at Esme.
"Its okay, Edward. Remember, they know worse things about us." I giggled at the thought of what we talked about the other day. Carlisle came into the kitchen and immediately put his hands to his eyes.
"Esme, what do you need?" He asked.
"Dad, Bella has sunburn and when Mom hugged her and then squeezed her shoulders, it hurt Bella. A LOT! Is there anything you can do for her? You can look at it if you want." Edward informed him.
"Bella, would you like me to look at it?" Carlisle asked and still had his hands over his face. I laughed.
"Carlisle, you are fine to open your eyes. I am sure that you have seen plenty of women in their bras before. You can look at it, but I am sure there's not a thing you can do, that I am not already doing."
Carlisle removed his hands, walking over to me, removing the towel gently, and briefly looked at the burn.
"What have you been doing?"
"I have just been putting natural aloe on it and taking a Tylenol, in the mornings, to help with the pain."
"I take it that's not the first time you have had sun burn."
"Nope. I think that it was just more intense pain, right now, because I haven't had the chance to put on any aloe since I got out of the shower. I have some in my car and meant to have Edward put it on for me."
"Son, will you please go get it." Carlisle asked and Edward ran out the door. It was just setting in the cup holder, so I am sure he would find it easily.
"I know that you can't stay completely out of the sun, Bella, but what have you done to make sure you give yourself time to heal? This is pretty bad. Have you been sick?"
"No, thank God, I haven't got sick. Sun poisoning sucks ass!" We all laughed and Edward came back in. "I have been keeping a shirt on while I am out in the sun, most of the day, but when I have to get in the water, I take it off. I forgot to put sun block on, Monday morning, and I am paying dearly for it now."
"Well, just keep doing what you are doing. I am sure you know how to take care of yourself." He smiled and turned to Edward. "Put that on her back, let it settle for about five minutes, and she should feel semi-better."
"Bella, do you need anything? I am sorry." Esme apologized, again.
"Esme, I am okay. It's not your fault. Don't feel bad. I promise. I am fine." I knew that she needed to be reassured that I was better.
"Okay, we'll leave you two be. Have fun tonight and we'll see you tomorrow." Carlisle said and he and Esme left the kitchen.
Edward applied the aloe and then lightly kissed my back.
"Are feeling okay? Do you still want to go to Jared's?" Edward asked me.
"I'm fine and yes, we are going to Jared's. I want some ribs! How did the mac-n-cheese turn out?"
"Uh, I told you that it was like world famous, right? No need to doubt my mac-n-cheese skills!"
"World famous, eh? I can't wait to try it." I said, turning around to kiss him. "Thank you for making it and taking care of my back. It feels a lot better, now. Let's get going, I'm hungry." I said and put my shirt back on.
Edward loaded the macaroni and cheese, two cases of beer, and bottle of tequila into the Jeep and we were on our way to Jared's. With the windows down and the sun still out, the drive to Jared's was relaxing and when we drove up to the house, the smell of barbequed smoke filled the air, nicely.
"Mmmm…that smells so good. The boys really do know how to grill some good food." I said, while my mouth was slightly watering.
"It does smell delicious. Is there going to be a lot of people over tonight?" Edward asked me, as we got out of the Jeep.
"Just the usual crowd." I answered, grabbing some of our things. Then Mike pulled in beside us, along with Jessica, and got out of his car.
"Hey, Bella!" Mike greeted me.
"Hey." I said.
"Need any help? It looks like you have your hands full." He gestured to the bottle and pan in my hands.
"Yea, can you grab the other case of beer from the back." I didn't want Edward to have to make a second trip back out here.
"Sure. Jessica, can you handle grabbing our stuff?" Mike asked.
"I guess." She grabbed their case of beer and we headed inside.
Dinner was exceptionally good. The ribs were tender and mouth watering and had no need for barbeque sauce. Edward's mac-n-cheese was a hit with everyone, it really was probably the best I have ever had. While we were finishing up dinner, Edward's phone buzzed, he pulled it out, and read the text. He showed it to me. Emmett.
Where u at? Out of practice early and have the wknd free. Rosie is not picking up.
I hit reply.
Does Rose let you call her Rosie? We are at Jared's, come over. Don't eat dinner, we have ribs here. I'll let you surprise Rose, she misses you. -Bella
I held the phone out to Edward and he placed it on top of his leg. It buzzed, again. He read it and handed it to me.
RIBS!!!! I am so there. And, yes, she does…just not in front of anyone or in front of her. Don't say anything. PLZ!
I giggled and Edward smirked, while I replied.
Promise. How long will you be?-Bella
15 mins. Need anything?
Nope. C-ya.-Bella
Edward put the phone back in his pocket and leaned towards me, giving my cheek a kiss.
"How are you feeling?" Edward asked me.
"I'm fine. Ready to drink! I figured we would stay here tonight, so you can have a good time, too." I said and kiss his lips.
"Where? Is everyone staying? I don't mind being a DD."
"There are three spare rooms here and don't forget about the cabin. We already played paper, rock, scissors for it. We won!" I pointed at towards the cabin and grinned.
"I'm glad to hear that. I'm up for anything." He said quietly, smirking, and raising his eyebrow.
"I bet you are." I whispered into his ear and my hand grazed his thigh, dangerously close to his zipper. He groaned, audibly and catching the attention of the table.
"What the hell are you guys doing?! We are still sitting at the table, you know!" Rose yelled and gave us the death glare. I am sure she was just taking it out on us because she hadn't saw Emmett, all week. Thank God, he would be here to save us all from a bitchy, Rose. Just like that, we heard a bellowing laugh come into the house. Emmett had an arm wrapped around Tara's shoulders, walking towards us.
"Emmie!" Rose shouted, standing up eagerly, and running into his arms. Edward, as well as the rest of us, laughed out loud at the name Rose just shouted.
"Rosalie, did you have to say that in front of everyone, baby?" Emmett groaned, clearly not liking to be called that, but still smiled down at her in his arms.
"Sorry. I just really missed you." She whispered.
"Alright! I'm here bitches and ready to drink you all under the table!" Tara shouted, grabbing someone's beer off the table, and chugging it. Tara will be Tara, I loved that girl. I had no doubt that she had the day off tomorrow, a babysitter to take care of Seth, so she could recover from the night, and would indeed drink us all under the table. I laughed and turned to Edward, who had his mouth hanging open, and laughed even harder.
"Edward, I told you it would be a crazy night. With Tara here, it will be even wilder. Be prepared." I warned him and becoming excited for the fun night that is about to happen.
"I hope you are ready for this! Pizza and wings are being delivered at midnight for our late night snack! So, hop to it baby bro and get me another drink!" She pointed to Jared.
"Well, hello to you too, T-Bone!" I yelled, standing up to give her a hug. She wrapped her arms around me gently, knowing that I had a sun burn, since I mentioned it to her during lunch the other day.
"Hey, Bells. How's the Baby Girl doing?" She cooed. Every once in a while she, along with everyone else, would tease me about the nickname my Dad called me. "Shit, you are looking fuckhott, Edward!" She slapped her hand over her mouth, I laughed, and Edward once again had his jaw hanging open. "Sorry, I had a few beers after work and you know how my filter is removed during times of intoxication."
"Don't be sorry. That is what I think every time I see him, too. Edward, close your mouth and say hi. You were warned, so don't be shocked about the rest of things that are probably going to happen the rest of the night." I said and stroked his cheek.
"Nice to see you again, Tara. I was hoping to see you tonight, I was telling Bella that the other day." Edward greeted her and gave her a quick hug.
"Here Sis, drink up, we want you pounded and entertaining us within the next hour." Jared said, handing her a shot and a beer.
"Hey now, Sam doesn't pound me in front of people for free. There will be a cover charge to see the show and besides he won't be here for another couple of hours." Tara laughed and downed the shot.
"I really didn't need to know that but I guess I walked right into that didn't I?" Jared shook his head.
"Yup. Now, go get me another shot." Tara answered. "So, I assume things are going well between the two of you."
"Great. We wanted to thank you for introducing us but maybe we should wait until you can remember properly." Edward said and smiled at her.
"How do you even look at him without wanting to maul him, Bells?" She asked and looked at me in wonder. I assume it was because of the panty dropping smile of his.
"It is not without difficulty. Tara, quit flirting with my boyfriend and aren't you married?" I laughed. Tara was harmless with her flirting and I would never have to worry about her, thank God.
"Yea, yea. Married, schmarried. I can look but not touch." She laughed. "But, yea. You are welcome. I am glad that things worked out. I will remember the thanks tomorrow, I'm not that gone…yet!"
We all made conversation and were having a freakin' awesome time. Tara can really get the crowd going. Before I knew what was happening, Jacob busted out the double beer bong.
"FUUUUUUUUUCKKKK!" I groaned, as Tara shouted, "YOU'RE GOING DOWN, AGAIN, SWAN!!!"
It was basically a running game that was between Tara and I that had started a few years ago. I don't even remember how it happened, but it did and she was the current reigning champion of this little game. Not tonight!
"What is about to happen?" Edward asked in a concerned voice.
"Someone is going streaking!" Alice yelled and the rest of the group shouted in perfect Will Farrell fashion "We're going streaking. Come on everybody!"
"Ugh. So, Tara and I play this little game. Who ever can down the beer, out of the beer bong, the fastest, wins. The loser, has to strip, run down to the stop sign at the end of the road, jumping into the neighbor's pool on the way back, and do it all while wearing a ridiculously small snorkel and mask set. I don't know why most of our games end up with us getting naked but they do." I sighed.
"Well, I guess it is a good thing that you have had some practicing swallowing then." Edward said aloud, before actually realizing he said it and smacked his hand to his mouth.
"I guess I am not the only one with a filter problem, Edward." Tara laughed at the outburst. "Lil' Bro, turn this shit up! I gotta get in my groove." Tara pointed to the speakers and started dancing to the music. I was still kind of surprised that Edward said that out loud, but just laughed it off.
(Shake Me Like A Monkey by Dave Matthews Band)
"Shit, I'm sorry, Bella. I didn't…"
"Edward, it's okay. It's not like it's not true." I interrupted his apology, laying a nice kiss on his mouth.
"Now, we're getting somewhere, Bella! What else have you and Edward done behind closed doors?" Rosalie whooped.
I pulled away from the kiss and smiled at Edward. "Alright. I need to get my game face on. I am totally gonna win this one. I have lost the last two times and dammit, I need to have the crown back!" I said and smacked his ass.
"Mmmm, I liked that, baby. As much as I would like to see you get naked, I would prefer that it be done for my eyes only. If you win, I'll give you a special prize." Edward whispered in my ear.
(Play Something Country by Brooks and Dunn)
"Let's do this, T-Bone!" I yelled, as the play list for this event began, and before I jumped Edward for having a crazy, sexy voice.
Jacob and Jared began to pour three beers into the funnel.
"Let's go Bella!" Emmett shouted. I gave him a thumb up and prepared myself. Tara had been drinking more than I, so I knew that I had to have somewhat of an advantage.
"Okay. We're ready!" We took our places, grabbing onto the ends of the tube, and positioning it at our mouths. We had a fancy bong, with valves, so on the mark; all we did was turn it.
"On your mark, get set…….GO!" Rose yelled, our official judge, because hardly anything could get past her. I turned the knob and swallowed as fast as I could.
"YEA, BABY, GO, GO, GO!" I heard Edward yell in the background.
"TARA, TARA, TARA!" Emmett boomed. Fucking Traitor!
"BELLA, BELLA!" I could here a jumble of voices. "T-BONE…TARA…T" She had a fuckton of nicknames. I swallowed the last of it down, threw the end out of my mouth, and looked over to Tara who had, just now, pulled the end out of her mouth.
"YESSSSS!" I shouted and fist pumped the air. "FUCK YES! Time to throw in your clothes, along with the crown, T-Bags!" Tara was not a shamed of what she had and quickly stripped. The guys were respectful, as they always are, and turned around while she got undressed. Tara took the stupid snorkel from Alice, placed it over her face, and put the mouth piece in her mouth. Jared's house was at a dead end of a country road and there were only two other house on the road before the stop sign, and the sign was only a quarter mile away.
(Chattahoochee by Alan Jackson)
The starting song for the run signaled, go time. Tara took off down the long drive, we gave her a few seconds lead, so that we didn't get too much a visual of her naked body running down the road, and then we all ran to the end of the drive. A few years ago, we all had learned some country line dancing from a girl that we went to school with and when this little game started we decided to make a country music play list from the start to the end of the challenge. So, while the loser was running, for some reason or another, the others always did the country line dancing at the end of the drive as the music played in the background. It really was ridiculous, but these are the things that will always be remembered, years down the road when we look back at how dumb we were.
"Ready, ladies?" Alice always started off the dance and then the rest joined in. Edward and Emmett looked at us like we had lost our minds.
"I told you so and join in if you know how to do this." I said and started my very sloppy dancing.
"Ya'll can really dance to this?" Jasper asked, with probably the deepest southern accent I have heard from him. Jasper was originally from Texas, but had recently moved to Bloomington because his dad took on a teaching job at the university. He made friends quickly with Ben, Angela's boyfriend, eventually hanging out with all of us, and finally grew some balls to ask Alice out, and the rest is pretty much history between them. He wanted to be close to Alice, so he has been staying with Ben for the summer. Jasper could usually keep the southern accent to a minimum but when he drank or got excited about something it would come back with a vengeance.
"Not well, but yea." Alice said. This was the first time that the game had been playing in front of Jasper, so I assume that Alice hadn't said anything to him about our crazy antics. Jasper joined us and was more in sync with the music, that I am sure he was familiar with, than the rest of us.
Emmett and Edward just laughed at us, shaking their heads in disbelief.
(Boot Scootin' Boogie by Brooks and Dunn)
"Come on boys" Rose called over to them. "Emmett, now!" She demanded and he quickly responded. He tried to watch Rose's feet but he couldn't quite get it, but at least he was trying.
"Come on, Edward. Try it." Jasper said and tried waving him into the line.
"Oh, no. I am enjoying this way too much right now." He laughed.
(Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson)
Once Redneck Woman started the guys bailed out of the dancing and watched us. We girls were having a good time, making fools of ourselves.
(All Jacked Up by Gretchen Wilson)
Perfect timing of this song.
"I'm coming to the end, guys!" We heard Tara try to shout out, but she was panting and it didn't help that the mask was probably pinching her nose together, making her voice come out funny. Angela had run out to meet her with a towel and her clothes, at least someone remembered to pick that stuff up for Tara. I laughed, thankful it wasn't me.
(Why Don't We Just Dance by Josh Turner)
That was a new addition to the play list. I walked over to Edward and he pulled me to him. He kissed my neck, wrapping his arms around my waist, as I put my arms around his neck. I started moving to the beat of the music, I wasn't much of a dancer but I still had some moves, and most of the time they only came out once I had been drinking. Edward started moving with me, picking me up, twirling us around in a circle, and I threw my head back laughing. He put me down and we danced to the song and I notice the rest of the group having a blast dancing, at the end of this driveway. Tara made it back and was dancing with her brother, with the snorkel sitting atop of her head.
(Just To Be Your Man by Josh Turner)
Edward had pulled me close to him; taking hold of my right hand with is left, bringing our hands to his chest, holding it there, while placing his right hand against the small of my back. I placed my other hand in his back pocket of his jeans. He was holding me in the sweetest way and I felt so content with him. Then he did something that sent pure heat between my legs and made my whole body quiver with need for him…
"Baby, lock the doors and turn the lights down low." He sang in his deep, husky voice, right beside my ear. He felt the shutter run through me and chuckled.
"You jerk. You can't do things like that to me with all of these people around." I said and smacked his ass.
"Don't do things like that to me, you know I like it." He whispered, again, in my ear and then moved his hand down to squeeze my ass. I moaned and pushed into his growing bulge in his pants. If it wasn't for a set of lights coming down the road, I might have dragged him to the cabin and took care of both of our needs, people there be damned.
"That's Sam with our late night snacks!!!!" Tara shouted. We all moved out of the way, as he drove in. The guys helped Sam carry in all ten pizzas and five boxes of wings.
"What the hell do we need all of this food for?" Rose asked, as she stuffed her face with a slice of combination pizza.
"Don't worry. Em can probably inhale at least three pizzas on his own." Edward replied.
The night started to wind down and we all settled around the fire pit, enjoying the cool night air.
"Well, does anyone want a shot before we all head to bed?" Jared asked, looking around the fire pit.
"Why not?" Jacob said.
Jared grabbed the last of the tequila, pouring the shots, and then passing them around.
"Here's to good friends, new and old." Jared announced and we all clunk our glasses together, downing the tequila.
I looked at Edward and smiled. His eyes were slightly red and looked like he had a really good time tonight. We all had drunk quite a bit and I am pretty sure that that last shot did Edward in and he was drunk. He held my hand in his and gave me a goofy grin.
"Ready to head to the cabin?" I asked him.
"Yea."
"Okay, we'll see you all in the morning." I said and pulled Edward up with me. We walked hand in hand, down the path to the cabin. I walked straight into the bedroom, turning on the bedside lamp, and slipping my sandals off. Edward was standing in the middle of the room, just looking around. I walked over to him and lead him to the bed.
"Let me help you get ready for bed." I said. I pulled up on his shirt, removing it for him, then made quick work of his shorts, gently tugging them down, and helped him step out of them. He was getting hard underneath his boxers but I left those on him. I kissed his chest, up his neck, and then found his lips. His tongue grazed my upper lip and pushed it's was into my mouth. He had the lingering taste of tequila on his tongue but he still tasted fantastic. I pulled away from him, reluctantly.
"Edward, I need to go to the bathroom. Why don't you wait for me in bed?" I asked and pulled the covers down for him.
"Hurry back." He said lazily and climbed into bed.
I took care of business, washed my face, and brushed my teeth. I walked back into the bedroom and Edward was out cold, snoring. He was lying on his stomach, his left arm underneath the pillow and his right leg slightly hitched up. I turned off the lamp, walked over to the other side of the bed, and got in. I pulled the comforter up over us, settling in, when Edward stirred beside me, and grumbled about something. He scooted closer to me throwing his arm and leg over me, buried his face in my hair, and sharing the pillow with me on my side of the bed. There wasn't much I could do to move, so I just cuddled closer to him, and quickly fell asleep with his body enclosing me.
A/N: I thought that I could get the rest of the summer in here but it was too long. So that means another chapter, soon. Also, I thought about writing a sequel to this but I am just going to keep it all in this story. Yea, the epilogue is done and ready but I am just going to keep adding to this, so that means this won't be finished by the end of the year. It will probably be another 15 chapters, now. Thanks for reading. Please review and check out my new blog. http://booty492(dot)blogspot(dot)com/ HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!