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Now that all of that is out of the way, I have to blush to admit that I published a YA novel in the same 24 hour period that I'm posting a chapter that is more or less a big long lemon. Shameful, I know. Just be warned. Also, a huge thanks to my beta AgoodWITCH for not only working to clean up these chapters for us, but also taking the time to stop in at the virtual release party and make me smile. A big thanks to her and the rest of you awesome gals who took the time to drop in. Some of you probably didn't know anything about it unless you follow me on twitter, but it was definitely a blast!

Okay, I'm going to end the massive a/n now and let you get on with the reading! Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 19

Edward stood in front of me with a sly smirk after the elevator doors closed. "Go grab a clean set of clothes, toss them in your toiletry bag and meet me back out here in fifteen."

I cocked my head with a smile as I narrowed my eyes at Edward in suspicion. "It's a surprise, Bella. Just trust me."

"What about classes tomorrow?" I whispered back with raised brows.

"Our first classes aren't until late in the morning. We're not going far."

I gave him a wary look before agreeing, sending him off with a kiss before dashing down to my room to swap out as fast as I could. I knew if Alice was there I would be answering a gazillion questions while I worked, so I picked up the pace to make up for lost time.

I wasn't wrong…Alice grilled me the entire time for every detail before realizing I was packing again and asking what was going on. She bounced on the balls of her feet and clapped as she watched me dash around, thinking at the last minute that it might be a good idea to take my book bag in case we were running late and grabbing it before dashing back down the hall. Alice cheered me on from the doorway as I busted through to the waiting area where a beaming Edward was already waiting.

When I arrived at his side, he reached out and hooked my waist, tugging me to his chest and kissing me passionately before taking my bag and leading me back to the elevator. On the ground floor, a taxi waited for us to hop in and head off to destinations unknown.

Once we were settled, Edward leaned forward and ordered the driver to take us to the Fairmont Olympic Hotel before smirking back over at my shocked face.

"But…how? Mom and Pop will kill you for putting something like this one your card. They'll KNOW what it was for, Edward."

Edward's smirk grew cocky as he beamed my way, pulling a wad of bills out of his pocket. "Not if I pay cash!"

My eyes widened further as I looked at the bundle of one hundred dollar bills, knowing where he got it.

"You raided the cash stash?"

He winked at me as I shook my head in bemusement. For the past five years, Edward had socked away cash in a hiding space in his room after hearing some doom and gloom financial report about how people needed to have cash on hand for any emergency in case the credit system went under. The next week, Edward tucked two hundred dollar bills under a loose board in his closet and continued to do so with portions of his allowance, birthday money, Christmas cash, any and every windfall ended up getting at least half tucked away for safe keeping.

Last time we counted, he had almost 40,000 bucks tucked away in there for emergencies that he absolutely refused to touch for anything but a life or death emergency, not that we didn't tease and daydream all kinds of great excuses to blow the cash. After a while, it became a sort of a game as we'd dream up fantastic tales of extravagant ways we could spend the money.

"Edward! I can't believe you did that! You've never dipped into that money. I hardly find our current predicament an emergency."

He reached over and tucked a lock of hair behind my ear, leaning over to kiss below it before whispering, "fifty-two."

I whimpered before choking out a question, in answer to which he pulled out an old, crinkled white piece of paper, opening it up and pointing toward the bottom of the numbered list. There in my curly, girly handwriting was excuse number fifty-two of our game.

If Romeo and Juliet were ever reincarnated, we could use this money to help them run away together and be happy so they didn't have to suffer all the family stuff and die. We'd set them up in a beautiful hotel where they could be in love and happy before helping them hide together in Canada.

I stared at the paper before turning my eyes slowly toward my Edward. His eyes were so serious as he gazed down at me. I could feel the love coming off of him in waves as he leaned in and gently kissed my lips, humming in appreciation before the car came to a stop in front of the hotel.

Edward broke from me to take care of paying the bill and grabbing out the luggage as I slowly exited the car, staring down at the list with tears in my eyes. When I wrote that little tidbit somewhere during our Shakespeare unit in eleventh grade, I never dreamed that just a couple of years later, I would be Juliet, running off with my Romeo. Yeah, the family was taking this all far better than we feared, but it was no less poignant, especially after the whole weekend of enforced celibacy. I was desperate to make love to him again; as I'm sure he was too.

I carefully folded the paper and tucked it into a zippered compartment in my purse for safe keeping as Edward waltzed into the lobby as if he owned the place. He whipped out his wad of green, garnering a lot of attention from the staff as he paid for our room in cash and requested an order be sent up from room service. Nobody even began to question our age as he ordered a very expensive, alcoholic champagne and chocolate covered strawberries to be brought up as soon as possible.

The bellboy rushed around to us, taking our bags and leading us to the elevator as Edward stood tall, offering me his arm before guiding me to the elevator car. We looked every bit our nineteen years in our typical jeans and tees under winter coats, but nobody treated us as such. Edward gave the bellboy a nice tip as he opened the room for us and set down our bags before closing the door, leaving us alone again.

I giggled as I walked into the pristine room with white and satiny white vertically striped wallpaper to match the fluffy white bedding on the king sized bed. There wasn't much else in the room besides the massive bed, a chair, a desk, and an armoire that held the television set. It was quiet, soft, and perfect, as we both knew there would be no interruptions or worries of someone walking in here. Here we could relax and just be Romeo and Juliet with no fear of family interference.

I took a deep breath just as Edward stepped behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and burying his nose in my hair. He nuzzled through the curtain to my neck where he kissed the spot where my neck met my shoulder softly. His kisses trailed up to my ear while his hands splayed across my waist, one anchoring just above my pubic bone while the other slid up over my sternum to rest over my heart.

I sighed and leaned back, tugging my hair aside, exposing my neck to him before letting my right hand rest over Edward's hand on my abdomen, while the other moved to rest on his thigh, rubbing up and down gently. Edward's left hand shifted slightly to massage at the soft flesh of my breast, his fingers teasing at my already pebbled nipple, making me sigh and arch into him, pushing myself against his already firm member.

Edward moaned, his hand sliding further down my abdomen. His long fingers slipped under the waistband of my jeans, the tip of his long middle finger just reaching my folds when the loud knock at our door announced the arrival of our room service order. With a whimper, Edward left me to go answer the door and pay the bell hop before pushing the cart to the center of the room with a dark smile.

He shifted himself behind the cart, pulling the bottle of wine out of the bucket and popping the cork before pouring the spewing contents into the two tall, skinny champagne flutes and walking to stand in front of me. He offered me the one in his left hand with a sweet smile before holding his to mine and tapping the top gently.

"To us, and a night without worries."

I smiled brightly and tapped my glass against his, echoing back, "to us," before lifting the glass to my mouth to savor the sweet, bubbly liquid. I giggled as it tickled my nose and danced on my tongue, making Edward smile brighter at me. We both took a couple more sips, keeping our eyes on each other, before he eventually grabbed my hand and tugged me to the cart.

With a flourish, Edward removed the silver dome covering the sweet treats, dressed up in tiny chocolate tuxedos, complete with a white chocolate shirt and dark chocolate tie and dots for buttons. He put the dome aside before grabbing the green stem of the largest one and lifting it to my mouth.

I kept my eyes on his glimmering green ones as I opened my lips and accepted his offering, biting down into the confection and licking my lips of the juice as he pulled away. I smiled when he let out a long weak moan, watching my lips intently as I licked at them a second time before leaning forward again to take another bite.

He lifted a second strawberry from the tray, looking excited to indulge in more lip porn. I smiled and made a little more of a show out of taking my next bite before closing the space between us to tip up on my toes and kiss his lips, sharing it with him as our tongues tangled and Edward moaned a little louder. I sighed into his mouth as I reached and plucked the strawberry from his hand and pulled back ever so slightly to rub the fruit across my lips twice before taking another bite and leaning back in.

There were four more strawberries on the plate, and they stayed there as Edward and I fell together, glasses lost to the floor along with the green strawberry stem as our tongues tangled passionately. We took full advantage of our ability to touch and taste as we wanted as we groped and kissed, backing up against the desk where Edward lifted me to sit while he tore at my shirt, tossing it behind him to the ground followed by my lacy blue bra. I braced myself on my hands as he placed his hand on my back and pulled me toward his mouth, hungrily lapping at the swollen buds begging for his attention.

The air was filled with moans and gasps as I wrapped my legs around Edward's hips, pulling him closer to grind against him as he tasted my chest. Edward pumped against me, his groans growing deeper and more primal with each passing moment.

The world spun around me as the pressure built deep inside. I was on the verge of her falling over the edge when Edward wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me effortlessly from the desk. He carried me to the bed and laid me lovingly atop to the ultra soft comforter, kissing his way down my torso as he slid to his knees before me. When his lips reached the waistband of my jeans he gripped the material in his teeth and tugged, releasing the button and skimming is nose along the top as his fingers slid up to flutter across the my heated flesh before gripping the toggle and slowly lowering it. He kissed and licked at the newly revealed triangle of flesh as he tugged my pants and underwear down my legs to dispose of them behind him.

As soon as I was exposed to him, his eyes grew dark seconds before he dove at me, his tongue immediately flicking at my already sensitive flesh, easily finding my swollen nub. He chuckled and reached up to hold me down on the bed as I bucked beneath him, finding release almost immediately. He eagerly lapped at me as I floated back down from heaven, moaning in appreciation before climbing back up my body to rest his now bare hips between my thighs, his thick hardness nestling between my hot, excited flesh.

I was still panting when he came to rest over me, staring down at me with hooded eyes full of desire and love. I stared back in a trance, lifting my weak arms to caress he cheek, thanking him without words for loving me and taking care of me. He smiled, turning to kiss my palm. I smiled, shifting my hand to grip the back of his neck, tugging him down to my lips as I shifted my hips below him, caressing his excited member between my folds. I gasped as his head slipped down under my clit and then back up again, coating him in my excitement as we both moaned into one another's mouths.

We broke apart, panting as we stared at each other, Edward's face looking almost pained as I shifted myself around him. I licked my lips before leaning up to kiss over his pounding heart. I rested my hand there and soaked in the intensity of his reaction to me before shifting my body a little differently, allowing his member to finally slip into my opening, the tip sliding in easily. Edward threw his head back, a long delicious groan rumbling against my chest as he braced himself above me. I bit my lip and shifted a little more, slowly pulling him within me as he whimpered before gazing down at me with the most amazing, soulful eyes.

"Make love to me, Edward," I whispered as he slid the last bit of distance to be sheathed completely within me. He moved his hand to caress my face before leaning down to kiss my forehead, then my eyes and nose before brushing his lips across my mouth.

"Always," he whispered before he shifted slowly above me, making me arch and gasp in pleasure. His motions were slow and gentle as he moved above me, nibbling on my neck and kissing my face and lips, worshiping me as he claimed me body and soul.

After a long while, he shifted, rolling us over so that I was laying beside him, my knee hitched over his hip as he slowly moved within me while his hand slid longingly over every curve, his head bowing to kiss ever spot he could reach.

I couldn't believe how long we moved together, gently, lovingly, my body almost cresting, but then relaxing into the love between us. Eventually, he shifted us again, bringing me to rest atop him, lifting and lowering me slowly above him. I braced myself on his chest as we moved, grinding against his pelvis with each downward motion.

I was moaning and panting, my eyes cinching tight without my permission as I moved closer and closer to my peak. Edward moved a hand from my hip to circle my clit as he demanded in a husky voice, "Open your eyes, Bella. I want you to look at me, baby. I want to see your beautiful eyes when you cum for me."

I opened my eyes to see him staring, his eyes dark and full of lust, and his chest heaving with his heavy breaths out. I screamed as the world crashed around me, shattering into a billion pieces before falling back together to center around him. He slammed up into me as I began pulsing around him, grunting as his beautiful green eyes stayed locked with mine.

"Ungh! Oh Fuck, Bella! Shit! I love you so much, Baby…oh Fuck!"

His words hit my heart and my G-spot at the same time as another orgasm bubbled up within me right behind the one I was coming down from making me scream out again before collapsing on top of Edward in a sweaty, boneless heap. We panted together in a sweaty mess, my face turned to kiss his chest as he caressed my back and nuzzled my hair.

Eventually my skeleton managed to regain its rigidity, allowing me to shift to Edward's side and snuggle close. I glanced up slowly to see him smiling down at me. He leaned down to kiss my forehead before claiming my lips in a slow, worshipful kiss.

"You are amazing, you know that?" He whispered against my hair as I sighed. "I love you so much, Bella."

I smiled, shifting a little closer to lean up and kiss him back. "I love you too, Edward, so very much."

He sighed, holding me close as we fell asleep together. We woke up twice more before dawn came to steal our time away. We had a few more hours before class so we took a long, sexy shower together, introducing me to the joys of being taken from behind before we finally gave in and packed our things to return to reality. I really wished Rome and Juliet could hide from reality forever, but alas, we had to return to Verona and face the trials that lie ahead. I just hoped they were easier to face than Forks had been.

With one last longing look at our room, Edward kissed me before leading me out and down the hall. The entire cab ride back to campus we stayed cuddled together in the back seat, my ear over Edward's heart and his lips and nose nestled in my hair, enjoying our last few seconds in the bubble before it had to pop.