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A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Edward now has to fight for B now! He will! My Edward won't give up, I don't like that and I know some don't either.
You guys seem to have strong feelings about how Edward screwing up and he doesn't deserve to have Bella. Like I said, she will make him work for it but I won't prolong it for 10 chapters or so. It may be 5 or 6, maybe less. I'm itching to write my first lemon and their first kiss after the break. Bear with me, please? I've got to think it through carefully, I don't want to fuck it up. Bella won't find another man, I'm sorry if that will piss some of you off but this is my story and I believe she belongs with Edward. She might tease him a little or make him jealous, however. Tehe! :) The updating may slow down next week and so on because I'm supposed to start work but I'll try to update as soon as I possibly can. I won't let you guys down.
Song for this chapter: Come What May by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman from the Moulin Rouge Soundtrack (.com/watch?v=-YsMvzgeSuI)
Oh, and reyes139- I will fix it, I promise :)
Re-edited -11-11
On with it!
Previously:
She nodded again and walked out the door. I closed the door, wiped my eyes and walked to my room, changed into some shorts and crawled into bed. I felt something under my pillow. So I reached under it and pulled out the item. I smiled. It was her scarf, I sniffed it and it smelled just like her. She must have wanted me to ahve something to remind me of her so I clutched it to my chest, turned off the lamp and fell asleep.
BPOV
"What time is dinner?" I asked Esme, standing across from her, drinking coffee in my pajamas. It was 10 A.M and I would probably take my shower in fifteen to twenty minutes. Esme looked at her watch.
"I already put the turkey in the oven and I'll start cooking the rest at three...so it'll probably be done by six, six-thirty. Sound good?" she asked me. I nodded. Today was Thanksgiving. My second favorite holiday, first being Christmas and I couldn't wait for it. I looked out the window of the Cullen's mansion, taking in the beauty of the season. Leaves had already changed their colors, some fell to the ground softly and blew in the icy breeze.
I asked Alice if I could move in with her yesterday considering I didn't have anywhere else to go and they had an extra room and I definitely couldn't stay with Edward. I promised to help with the bills but she waved me off. I didn't want her to think I was sponging off her and her husband so I needed to find a job. There wasn't much I could do with a degree in Literature and I definitely didn't want to be a teacher. I could always blog online for money, or be an editor's assistant, or a newsletter writer. I don't know what to do. Dammit! Esme must have been talking to me and I didn't hear her because she was waving her hands in front of my face. I shook my head, getting out of my dazed moment.
"I'm sorry, what were you saying?" Esme laughed softly, shaking her head and I smiled.
"I said are you going to be able to handle the fact that my son will be here, around you?"
"Oh, yeah, I'll be fine. We talked last night and he knows what he has to do."
"Are you sure it won't be awkward for the two of you?" I shook my head, reassuring her, took the last drink of my coffee and put the mug in the sink. I turned around, facing her. "I'm going to go shower now."
"Ok." I started walking out the door and Esme stopped me. "Oh, and Bella?"
I turned around, facing her again. "Yeah?"
"They'll be here around 2. Also, Bella, I really hope you two work this out. You're the only person I can see with my son."
"Thank you, Esme. I hope that, too." I walked upstairs, into the bathroom in the guest bedroom, turned the water on hot, took my pajamas off and stepped in the shower, letting the water beat down on my body, washing away all the tension from the last night, soothing my muscles. I grabbed the bottle of strawberry shampoo, squeezed some of it into my hand and lathered it into my hair, using my nails to scrub it into my scalp, washed it out and did the same with the condiditoner. Next, I grabbed my freesia body wash, put some on my loofa and washed my body. As I washed it off I thought about how the day would pan out, if he would try to do something drastic trying to get me back. Edward was worth all this heartfail, I knew that. He was the only one who could make me feel safe and loved, cherished. I couldn't wait to see what he was going to try in his determination to win me over. I'm going to make him work and I mean work. I wouldn't let his devilish ways, beautiful smile, gorgeous face, body and eyes break my resolve. I laughed because I knew that was the first thing he would try and I prepared myself for it.
I shut the water off and grabbed a towel from the towel rack and wrapped it around my body, stepping from the shower. I walked into the room, letting the steam flow out as I opened the door and went to get my blow dryer and set my clothes for the day on the bed, grabbed my dryer and went back into the bathroom to dry my hair. I ran a brush through it as it dried, not wanting it to get tangled. I turned it off and went to open the door and ran into a solid wall of muscle.
"Oh!" I squealed and looked up to see who I ran into and was met with the emerald eyes of Edward. Oh, shit I'm in a fucking towel! His eyes roamed over my body and I immediately blushed. When I blushed, I blushed all over. He watched it flood my face and down, his eyes darkened with lust and he groaned deeply in his throat. The sound shot straight down to the severly neglected place between my legs and I closed my eyes, taking a shaky breath, willing my legs not to give out. I looked back at him and discovered he was on the other side of the room, breathing hard, looking at me like a starving man.
"Jesus, Bella, I didn't know you were in there. All the other bathrooms were full. I'm sorry, honey, I knocked but no one answered. I just assumed..." He closed his eyes, trying to control his breathing still.
"I didn't hear a knock. I was drying my hair. You must've knocked right before I got done," I whispered, trying not to whimper. "Can you stop that?"
"Stop what?"
"Looking at me like that." I was starting to get flustered.
"Looking at you like what, baby?" He urged, smiling smugly. Dammit, he knew how he was looking at me. The man is torturing me.
"Like I'm the last drink of water in the desert and you're dying to have it," I stomped my foot, frustrated at his teasing which causing my breasts to bounce under my towel, elicitng another deep groan from him.
I swear I almost came. "I'm sorry, Bella but it's kind of hard not to considering you're in a towel and I'm a man who wants you and I know what it looks like under that piece of cloth and what it feels like," Edward replied, eyes still roaming, hands running through copper locks..
I huffed. "Don't you have to use the bathroom? Oh, and what are you doing here anyway? Esme said you all wouldn't be here until two."
"Yes, I do have to use the bathroom. I came early to help out with things. Mom didn't know I was coming early because I didn't tell her. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to use the restroom." He walked past me and closed the door. I sat on the bed, trying to breathe normally. God, why does he have to be here? Why did he pick this room's bathroom? Great, now I'm going to have to go through the whole day having him stare at me, imagining what was underneath my clothes. I heard the toilet flush and the water faucet turn on. At least he washed his hands. He came out and smiled at me.
"You're still not dressed?"
"No, I was waiting for you to leave so I could do it without risking another walk-in."
He laughed, shaking his head. "What a shame. I would have enjoyed it and I know you would have too. You enjoy teasing me." I didn't say anything because it was the truth. I did enjoy teasing him, making him beg for it. He stalked toward me, placing his hands on the bed and leaning forward, making me lean back on my hands, trying to place myself away from him. He was practically on top of me and I didn't know why but I didn't push him away. He ran his nose up the side of my neck, causing me to moan and he nibbled on my ear. I started panting and he looked into my eyes.
"Mark my words, baby girl," he whispered, our noses touching, his mouth centimeters from mine, "I will have you again." Kiss me. Kiss me. Kiss me. I whimperedand he leaned further, kissed the side of my jaw, got up and left.
I fell all the way back on to the bed, breathing heavily, rubbing my thighs together, trying to ease the ache. Dammit, I'm so fucking screwed. If he had decided to take me on that bed, I would've let him. I wouldn't have stopped him. God, he melts me down to nothing but a puddle of Bella-goo.
I started to put my clothes on. I picked out a nice red, scoop-neck shirt, a soft, dark gray, button-up cashmere sweater that met mid-thigh, black skinny jeans, and a pair of black, inch and a half ankle boots. I don't do well in high heels like Ali, Esme, and Rose did. I smoothed the clothes over my body, left the sweater unbuttoned, put on my necklace and bracelet, and walked to the full length mirror, looking at my profile.
Not bad, Bells, not bad at all. I thought to myself and fluffed my hair a little. I didn't put makeup on because Edward told me I didn't need it, spritzed myself with freesia scented body mist and walked out the door.
Edward.
Shit, the ache returned! Wonderful. Turned on on a holiday. Happy fucking Thanksgiving.
Two rolled around and I ran to the door as Alice came in. I grabbed her and drug her to the gazebo outside, she was spluttering the whole way, trying to get a hold on my speed.
"What the hell, Bella? What is wrong with you, lady?" she huffed.
"I almost got fucked, Alice!"
"What?"
"You're brother almost fucked me in the guest bedroom and I almost let him!"
Alice put her hands out, stopping my rant. "Back up. Why was he in the guest bedroom with you? Furthermore, how did you get yourself in that position in the first place?"
"I got out of the shower and blow dried my hair. He must have knocked right before I finished because I didn't hear him so I walked out in my towel and ran smack into him. He was looking at me like a starving man and he backed me up to the bed, ran his nose up my neck, bit my ear and said 'mark my words, baby girl, I will have you again' and I swear I nearly came. So he kissed my jaw and left but if he tried to take me I wouldn't have stopped him. I almost got fucked, Alice! God, I wanted it so bad." I was a gasping, flushed mess by the time I finished explaining to her.
She squealed. "Oh my God, Bell, how long has it been since he loved you thoroughly?"
"A month and a half. Maybe longer," I groaned, dropping my head into my hands. "Ali, I'm turned on and it's Thanksgiving! This isn't good. He's been here since eleven and won't stop with the eyes. It's driving me insane. I'm about to grab him and take him in the nearest room and fuck his brains out!" I may have yelled that a little too loud because Esme was looking at me from the kitchen window. I smiled and mouthed 'I'm sorry' and she nodded, smiling.
"Oh, sweetie, I am so sorry. You must be so frustrated. Bella, that is so exciting. You wanna know why?"
"Why?" I asked.
"You trust him enough for you to want him to make love to you again no matter the place!"
Realization washed over me and I grabbed her shoulders. "Oh my God, Alice, you're right!" I started jumping around excited because I didn't realize it until now. I stopped because I realized something, "He stopped, though, Ali. He didn't move further!" She covered my mouth.
"Because he didn't want to push you. He does want you, trust me, he does."
"How do you know?" She grabbed my face and made me look at the door. Edward was standing there, looking at me again, head cocked to the side, smiling. His eyes shining with love. "Oh."
"Hey, Edward, can you get Rose, please?" Alice hollered.
"Ok," called back, walking inside. Seconds later Rose walked out and started forward to the gazebo.
"What's up?" Rose asked, smiling. We told her the story and she was just as excited as Alice. I looked down at Rose's 5 inch, blue boots.
"How can you walk in those, Rosie?" I asked, baffled that she wasn't in pain.
She shrugged. "I started young." I threw my head back and laughed, imagining a little Rose in heels. Rose was wearing a white, silk dress with pearl buttons that stopped above the knee, a baby blue sweater, and cream colored tights and the death trap boots. Alice was wearing a green sweater dress, black leggings, and green flats with a green head band in her spiky hair. The outfit made her green eyes pop.
"You two look great!" I complimented them.
"You do too, Bella!" Alice and Rose agreed. It was getting chilly so we went back inside.
It was five o'clock and all the women sat in chairs as we watched the guys play football. It was Edward, Carlisle, and Jasper on one team and Charlie, Emmett, and Jake on the other. The two teams were huddled together on opposite sides of the back yard, talking heatedly. Carlisle TiVo'd the game on TV so they would watch it when dinner was over.
"Break!" Emmett and Carlisle yelled, splitting up on opposite sides of the field. (A/N: I don't know much about football. Forgive me.) They ran the play, Jake throwing the ball down the field, Emmett took off after it, but Edward caught it and ran the other way, almost being tackled by my dad but Charlie missed him and Edward made a touch down, throwing the ball to the ground, beating his fists on his chest, hooting.
"Too bad, old man!" I yelled at my father. Emmett ran towards me, threw me over his shoulder and ran around the field. I squealed and slapped his back the whole time and was unsuspectedly dropped into Edward's arms and held on because I didn't want to fall.
"Hi, sweetheart," he smiled, holding me tighter.
"Hi, Edward" I whispered, blushing. He put me down and cupped my cheek, running his finger under my left eye and I turned redder. He dropped his hand and laced his fingers with mine.
"Dinner!" Esme yelled. Edward pulled me forward, still holding my hand, rubbing the back of it with his thumb. It was harmless so I didn't say anything or let go and walked into the house with him. Alice was seated in the dining room already next to Jasper and looked at me, Edward, then our joined hands and smiled. I went to sit next to her and Edward took his seat beside me.
Carlisle brought out the turkey, Emmett brought the potatoes and cranberry sauce, my dad came out with the beans and the desserts. Everything was set and everyone was seated. We held hands around the table as Carlisle said a prayer.
"Amen," everyone said at the end of the prayer and we ate. We ate until the men had to unbutton their pants, we laughed, joked, and reminisced about the years before and teased each other for the embarassments that were suffered. By the time dessert came, the guys were hungry again and dug in. I had a piece of pumpkin pie and was about to grab the whipped cream but a hand grabbed it and put some on my slice and then more.
"Extra whipped cream," Edward softly said and grabbed the cinnamon and sprinkled some on the top, "with a dash of cinnamon."
I looked at him and smiled. "You remembered."
"When you love someone, you remember all the little things," he grinned. I grabbed my fork and took a bite.
When dinner and dessert was through, the men filed into the livingroom to watch the game and the women stayed in the kitchen for wine. "Thank you for inviting Jake and I, Bella. This is probably the best Thanksgiving I've ever had. I don't think this would have been as good at mom's considering Emily would probably have been there," Leah thanked me. I smiled and hugged her. "You're welcome, Lee. I'm glad you could be here."
"GO BABY! YEAH! TAKE IT ALL THE WAY, BITCH!" I heard what I was sure to be Emmett, yell. We all laughed, shaking our heads. I finished my wine grabbed my sweater, put it on and walked outside to the gazebo and sat on the bench, wrapping my sweater tightly around me. I heard the door close, figuring it was Ali so I didn't move.
"You wanna dance with me?" The voice called out. It was Edward and I smiled. I turned my head and looked at him, the moonlight making his white shirt look almost glow in the dark
"There's no music, though," I told him, chuckling. He pulled out his Droid, waving it at me. "I can fix that."
"Alright," I grinned. I stood up and waited for him to approach me. He walked over, stopped in front of me and searched through his phone for his music. "Ah, here we go," he replied, pressing play. He wrapped his arms around my waist, I put my hands behind his shoulders, laying my head on his chest a sighed, breathing in his cologne.
The song played and we circled the gazebo. Edward hummed to the words and sometimes sang softly in my hair.
Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Everyday I love you more and more
Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change winter to spring
But I love you until the end of time
Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you
And there's no mountain too high no river too wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide
But I love you until the end of time
Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day
Oh come what may, come what may
I will love you
Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place...
Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day
"But I love you until the end of time," he whispered a lyric from the song next to my ear. I went up to my tip toes and I hugged him, wrapping my arms around his neck and he buried in face into my shoulder, taking a deep breath. "You smell so good," he whispered making me laugh.
"So do you," I told him. "Like cinnamon and your cologne." I felt his body shake a little with laughter.
"Do I get any points for this?"
"Oh you definitely do. That song always make me tear up but don't worry. I didn't this time."
"Yes!" Edward exclaimed.
"You liked teasing me this morning, didn't you?" I asked him and he nodded.
"I love teasing you because you get all embarassed and you blush. Bella, I love your blush. I miss watching it flood your entire body. You remember that night?"
I nodded, burying my face further into his shoulder because I was blushing now, remembering that night and didn't want him to know. He knew I was doing it though. I always buried my face in his shoulder if I blushed when in his arms. "Ah, I wish I could see that."
"You don't know what I'm doing," I squeaked. He did know and laughed."You wanted to kiss me today, didn't you?
"I always want to kiss you. Yes, today, I especially did. I haven't kissed you for ages," he told me. It had felt like ages, even though it was only a month and a half ago.
"What about now?" I asked.
He groaned. "God, baby, yes. Desperately, but I don't want to pressure you."
"What if I said I wanted it as much as you do?"
He moaned softly, the sound shooting through me and settling between my legs. I whimpered as he backed me up to the part of the gazebo where there was no bench picked me up and sat me on top of the window pane. He spread my legs and stood btween them, looking into my eyes. "Are you sure about this?"
I nodded, licked my lips, and bit the bottom one. He placed his thumb on my chin and pulled down, forcing my lip from my teeth. "Don't make them bleed, honey. It would hurt when I kiss you."
"Okay," I whispered.
He moved his hand up my arm, to my shoulder and cupped my neck, stepped as close as he could to me, his other hand wrapping around my back and pulled so my legs were wrapped around his knees, our centers nearly touching. I closed my eyes and Edward leaned towards me brushing his lips against mine once, twice and I opened my mouth letting him inside. At that he turned his head, deepening the kiss, tongue plunging inside my mouth and I moaned, tasting cinnamon and spice from the pie, my hands knotting into the hair at the back of his head. Our teeth clashing and tongues pushing forward, massaging and licking the inside of each other's mouths. He pulled away and kissed the corner of my mouth, along my cheek, across my jaw and down to my neck, licking, kissing and biting. I tipped my head to the side to give him more access, his hands traveled down my back and he cupped my bottom, bringing me closer to what I could feel was his erection, and started grinding against me.
My head fell back and I whimpered at the feeling as he continued to assault my neck and bite my ear. I so badly needed some kind of release so I grinded against him fast, breathing heavy because I could feel the coil inside me tighten so I pressed harder against him, both arms wrapping around his neck and pulled his mouth back to mine, taking his bottom lip between my teeth, pulled it, licking along it and pressed my tongue back inside his mouth, kissing him harder, wrapping my legs around his waist.
"Bella, If we don't stop, I'm going to come, baby. I'm so worked up. Bella, you need to tell me to stop," Edward panted. I kept grinding, answering him with my body, telling him I didn't want to stop. He thrust harder against me, grabbing ahold of my ass, pressing harder and harder, shoving his tongue back into my mouth, running it along my teeth. I pulled back to breathe, gasping. He attacked my neck again, rubbing against the place I needed to be touched the most.
"Please," I moaned, "I need it, please. Edward, faster. Don't stop." The coil was tightening as I urged him to go harder. I couldn't get close enough, it would never be enough. I could feel it, it was coming. I ground against him faster and faster, making him whimper. It was coming, just a little harder, a bit more pressure and I would have my release.
"EDWARD!" We stopped, frozen at the sound of the voice calling out. Edward dropped his head to my shoulder and groaned.
"Fuck you, Emmett. I was almost there." I laughed, my high slowly fading, I ran my hands through his hair, looking into his eyes. "It's okay. We probably shouldn't have gone that far anyway." He nodded, agreeing. We parted and I climbed down, straightening our appearances, and walked back to the house.
"EDWARD!" Emmett yelled again.
"I'm coming, bitch!" Edward screamed, making me bend over, snorting. He looked at me, grinning at my reaction.
I recovered and said, "We should hurry, I need to change my panties anyway."
He groaned, "Bella, don't do that to me."
I chuckled, lightly and took his hand, starting back to the house. "Am I closer to getting you back?" Edward asked.
"Oh, most definitely. You're closer than before but not there yet."
We walked back into the house and into the living room. Emmett was leaning against the counter, everyone behind him and he looked up, "Hey, making out out there, were ya?"
"You don't know me," Edward replied, making Emmett and Carlisle laugh. Alice looked at me with a questioning gaze, wanting to know what happened. I waved her towards me and whispered in her ear.
"I have to change." Her hand slapped to her mouth. "No!" she whispered, excitedly.
I nodded and put my index finger and thumb close, not touching. "I was almost there."
She squealed, clapping her hands, making Edward look at her. I looked at him, smiled, and went upstairs, Alice on my tail, wanting to know the details, God knows why.
Oh yes, he's definitely closer. Definitely.
A/N: Well? Damn Emmett! Right? He cockblocked them. LOL
Bye!
Lionlamb91