A/N A huge thanks to all who have commented and reviewed. I'm not the type to beg for reviews, but I do love hearing what you wonderful people think. I also love hearing how people seem to hate Jessica as much as I do. I can tell now that a lot of people know where this story is going and I wish that I could make everyone happy. I do promise to include as many suggestions as I can and still maintain my vision for this story. So it goes without saying tragically I own none of this.

I'm also curious if people would be interested in a Charlie POV, to see what he really thinks about this relationship.

Chapter 21

BPOV

"Are you ok kid?" Charlie asked me, probably for the 10th time in the past 15 minutes.

"Yeah, I was afraid that this was going to happen when I puked in class, but there was nothing that I could do about it.""Bells, Jake called a little while before you got home, he saw it too and he's on his way over."

"Dad, that's so not necessary, I'll be fine." "Truthfully, I don't care what Jessica and her herd of sheep think of me." I tell him.

"And believe me honey, I'm glad, but he's concerned, so just deal with it.""Dad, you know that I love Jake, it's just I'm not some fragile doll, I'm ok, honestly."

About 20 minutes later Jake walked in the door and grabbed me in a tight hug. "Hey Bells." "So who is this bitch and should I go kill her for you?'

"Jake you should know better to say things like that around the old man." I laughed. It really was great to see him, it had been a few weeks.

"Well then, at least tell me about the baby's daddy." He said chuckling.

"I didn't know that you had met someone. What kind of BFF are you?"

"I know, I know it's just that things have been moving kind of fast lately, I was actually going to call you tonight." I told him honestly.

"Walk with me into the kitchen" I tell him.

I went to the fridge and pulled out a couple of sodas; How would you and Nessie like to go to a kind of big deal Halloween party?"

"Where?"

"At Dr. and Mrs. Cullen's house." "Edward told me to even tell you that they have a spare bedroom if you guys want to crash there after."

"Seriously?" "So is that the boyfriend Bells, Edward Cullen?"

"Yeah Jake, he's amazing."

"Aww, widdle Bewa is in love;" He said jokingly.

"You could say that, Jake I never knew that I could feel like this."

"I told you, it would happen, and I'm so happy for you, honestly." "But if he hurts you, he's going to have to answer to me."

"So what about the party?" I ask trying to change the subject.

"Well of course we're game, especially if a sleep over is allowed, shit she's going to be excited."

"Is it a costume party?"

"Of course stupid." "What else would you expect?"

"Oh well, we will figure out something." "Seriously though Bella, I'm looking forward to meeting the guy that's awesome enough to earn your love."

"I'll call you with details and directions."

"Just tell me what time, I know where the Cullen's live."

"Thanks Jake" I say while giving him a big hug.

"For what?"

"For rushing over to defend my honor of course."

"Any time Bells, and seriously if you need her ass kicked just let me know; I'll let Leah loose on her."

"That's a scary thought." "Do you want something to eat?" I offer.

"Na, that's ok, I think that I'll take advantage of a few hours of freedom and go see Ness."

I stood up and walked him to the door and gave him one more big hug before he left. I was really glad that he had come by, but for some reason, seeing him made me miss Edward more.

I decided that maybe it time to go to bed, it had been an incredibly long day and I knew that I was going to have to face the firing squad at school tomorrow. The thought of that made me even more exhausted.

I took my bags upstairs and began to unpack my purchases, and I heard the beep on my phone to alert me that I had received a text.

Hey Beautiful, call me when you get a chance.

Love you

E

My packages were instantly forgotten, as I dialed Edward, he answered on the first ring.

"Hey sweetheart, how are you?"

"I'm fine, Jacob came over for a little while, seeing him made me miss you."

"I miss you too baby.""I hate nights when you have to leave me" I told him.

"Me too baby."

"I really wish that there were a way for me to sneak you in; I miss sleeping with you."

"I have an idea if you want me to come over.""What, how?"

"Bella, open your window"

"Edward, my room is on the second floor." I tell him, knowing that he knows this already.

"Yes, and I'm pretty sure that I can get to it, by way of that tree in front of your window."

"Oh, I never thought of that, I wonder if I can get out that way."

"No, don't even think about it."

"Baby, I don't want you taking any risks, you could fall and hurt yourself badly."

"So could you" I told him stubbornly.

"Hey we don't have to do this, It was just a thought, it almost killed me to leave you earlier."

"Me too" I whispered. "Do you really think that you can do it?" I'm desperate to see him now.

"Give me 15 minutes, I'll be there."

"I love you Edward,""Love you too beautiful." "See you in a few."I couldn't believe that he was going to come over, climb a tree and risk the wrath of my father to be with me; I began to realize that there was nothing that he wouldn't do for me.

I also knew that the same was true for me; even as clumsy as I am, I had thought about doing the same thing; now of course I knew that there was no way that I would be able to get my truck out without Charlie hearing, so Edward would have had to come pick me up, but still.

I decided to go take a quick shower before he gets here to help kill the time. I opened my window just in case and grabbed some of my new pajamas. I turned on the hot water full force and stepped in. The heat seemed to melt my tension away or maybe it was the fact that I was going to get to see him again.

I know rationally that things are moving too fast; but I feel powerless to slow them down, not that I want to anyway. I know that most people would say that I'm too young to know what I want for the rest of my life. Those people have no right to say that they know better than I do.

I knew when Edward left me today that I would follow him anywhere. All that he has to do is ask.

I'm sure that Charlie is worried by our intensity, but I can't seem to be bothered to care.

I am so lost in my thoughts, that I didn't even notice that the water had begun to cool. It wasn't until I was shivering that I seemed to snap out of it.

I hurriedly ran a brush through my hair, slipped into my pajamas that we're not nearly warm enough now and brushed my teeth.

I slipped out of the bathroom and into my bedroom as quietly as I could; I didn't want to risk Charlie deciding to come check on me again.

As soon as I was in my room, my heart started racing, sitting there on my bed was the only thing that mattered to me in this world.

I quietly flipped the lock on my door, better to be safe than sorry, and I made my way to his waiting arms.

"Thanks for coming" I whisper to him.

"Anytime you want me Bella, I will be here."

"I want you all of the time"

"I know sweetie, I know" He whisper into my hair. "You know that I can't stay all night, we can't have Charlie seeing my car out there in the morning."

"I know, but I don't want you to leave"

"I will stay until you're asleep, I promise."

We just laid there for a while, content with the silence. I pulled my covers back and climbed in, he kicked off his shoes and climbed in with me, holding me tightly as if he were afraid to let me go.

I knew that I was going to have a rough day tomorrow and that I needed to go to sleep, but I didn't want to knowing that he would leave as soon as I fell asleep.

I looked up at his gorgeous face even though he was wide awake he looked completely peaceful.

"What is it?" He asked me with his famous sideways smirk.

"I just can't believe that you're here right now."

He leaned over me to kiss me, did I mention that kissing Edward is my favorite thing to do? Well it is except for maybe… Not now I tell myself.

The kisses started out loving, sweet and chaste but they began increasing in intensity.

I had my hands tangled in his hair and I was pulling hard, I needed him closer to me; I could tell he was feeling the same way because he laid his hand on my hip trying to pull me closer to him.

I could feel how hard he was through the fabric of his jeans, and I released his hair and directed my hands to where they really wanted to be.

"Bella" He groaned "We can't do this now., Charlie might hear"

"I know Edward, but I can't stop either" My body felt like it would explode with need.

"Shh sweet girl" He cooed to me "I know baby, I know"

"Edward Please" I knew that I was whining now, but I was incredibly frustrated.

"It's ok baby, I will take care of you" he said and bent down to kiss me.

"You've got to be extremely quiet, can you do that baby?"

I bit down on my bottom lip in effort to show him that I could be quiet.

Gently he began kissing me again, forcing me to release my bottom lip and he in turn took it between his and began sucking and nibbling gently on it.

His hands trailed down my shoulders until he reached my breasts, without breaking contact with my mouth, he gently reached down to pull my tank top up in order to give him access. He took one breast into his mouth and began swirling his tongue around my nipple. At the same time he was working the other with his very talented hand.

I was working hard to fight back my moan, obviously he could tell because he stopped for a moment to give me a chance to get myself under control.

After another moment or two he resumed paying attention to my breasts this time he went to work on the other side.

When he gently bit down on my nipple, my hips bucked to hopefully meet his, but no such luck, he had angled his body completely away from mine.

He then started making his way downward to where I needed him most. He then pulled my sleep shorts off of me.

The anticipation was absolutely delicious. I think that he knew what he was doing to me, because instead of giving me the friction that I was craving, he began rubbing up and down my legs, he massaged my thighs while holding my legs apart to keep me from any relief; He grabbed my ass and began teasing me from behind.

He lightly teased my folds, but still held back from giving in to me writhing underneath him.

I fought back a groan when he kissed me hard to cover my mouth.

"Edward please" I hissed through clenched teeth.

"Please what baby?" he whispered into my ear

"I need, ugh" I cried softly

"What do you need Bella?" "Do you not like it when I touch you like this?"

"Yes, god I fucking love it, but…"

"But what angel?"

I couldn't take anymore of the teasing so I reached down and started rubbing circles on my clit.

"OH God, this is what I need" I begged.

I couldn't help but notice that his eyes became much darker while watching me. He couldn't take his eyes from me.

"That is the sexiest fucking thing I have ever seen." He told me.

I was so desperate that the thought of being embarrassed never even crossed my mind.

"That's it, sweet girl, keep going?" "I want to see you cum on your own hand."

I knew that I wouldn't last much longer and I told him so. Immediately he popped the button on his jeans and took his cock in his hand.

Just like he couldn't tear his eyes away from what I was doing I couldn't take mine away from watching him. I knew what he meant about watching each other being so erotic.

After another minute or two I completely came undone and true to my word I was able to keep from crying out; I was still utterly mesmerized by watching Edward, I knew that it wouldn't be much longer for him either and kept glancing at his face to try to gauge how close he was.

I wanted to swallow for him so while I was still trying to recover, I told him what I wanted.

Almost immediately he said "Now baby, please Bella".

I quickly leaned over and took him in my mouth taking in as much of him as possible. He fisted his hands in my hair and let go into my mouth.

"So, do you think that you can sleep now?" He asked me, the laughter dancing in his eyes.

"I think so" I answered while yawning.

He gathered me in his arms and I tucked my head into his chest, he began rubbing soothing circles on my back and whispered "Good night love, I'll be back in the morning."

The next thing that I knew my alarm clock was blaring, damn I muttered, it felt like I had just fallen asleep.

45 minutes later, I was dressed and ready for school. I knew that I should eat something but the case of nerves that I was suffering from wouldn't allow it.

I had just grabbed my backpack and keys when I heard him pull up into the driveway. I met him outside where he was waiting with my car door open.

"Morning love" He said after grabbing me for a good morning hug and kiss.

"Sleep well?" He asked with a gleam in his eye.

"Mmmm, very." I answered.

The drive to the school passed much too quickly and I felt the case of nerves hit me again with full force. He pulled into the drop off line and asked me to wait until we reached the door. Before he let me go he gave me another mind numbing kiss and told me he loved me.

As I was about to step out of the car Angela and Ben approached me.

"Who are they?" he asked. His mouth in a tight grimace, I could tell that he was afraid that they were a couple of my tormentors.

"Edward, this is Angela and her boyfriend Ben, they are the friends that I invited to the party."

"Bella, don't worry, one of us will be with you at all times, are you feeling better?" Angela said.

After hearing this Edward relaxed and let me go; "Ben, Angela, this is Edward" I added remembering my manners.

I knew that we were holding up the line, but really didn't care.

"Don't worry Edward" Ben said, "We'll watch out for her."

"That means a lot and thank you."

"Edward, you're causing a traffic jam" I said, "I'll be ok, I promise."

"Ok love, I'll be here if you need me, just call ok." I quickly promised and let him leave.

"So Bella, are you feeling better?" Angela asked. I told her that I was, that it was a sinus infection, no big deal.

I tried to ignore the strange looks and whispers that were going on around me, but it wasn't so easy. Even though I could really care less what most of these people thought of me, this was tougher than I thought it would be.

More than once, I thought of calling Edward to come and get me, but I didn't. I am a mature woman, I can take care of myself and don't need my knight and shining armor to come and rescue me.

I heard it all that day; When are you do? Do you want a boy or a girl? Is it really Edward Cullen's?

I had to keep repeating my new mantra to myself "Thou shall not kill."

Of course Jessica and Lauren had to add their two cents but before they could even get started Angela shut them up with a look.

Apparently Angela knew Jessica's secret too.

I wonder what Alice and Rosalie are planning, I hope that it's painful.

"So what are you and Ben coming to the party as?" I asked.

"A couple of vampires I think. I know that it's not very original, but it was all that I could get him to agree to."

"I'm sure that you will be gorgeous vampires." I told her honestly.

Finally the final bell of the day rang and I was free from Hell.

My mood instantly brightened when I walked outside and saw him waiting by the door for me.

I honestly don't know when I had ever been so happy to see someone.

I had a ton of makeup homework, so he took me home and tried to help me with it, but we kept distracting each other and finally decided that it might be best if he went home for now.

He did promise me that he would come back later that night and stay with me until I fell asleep.

The next two weeks passed in similar fashion; The teachers were piling on the homework so I didn't get nearly as much time with Edward as I would have liked, but at least we were proving to Charlie that we were being responsible about our time together and showing him that we both knew that school came first; What he didn't know was that I had a bedmate every night.

Even after all this time, Alice hadn't let me in on what she and Rose were planning for those bitches at school. If I asked she said to trust her and it was better if I didn't know anything about I hope I never piss her off.

The closer it got to Halloween, the more excited I became. Charlie had pretty much been 86ing my sleepovers at the Cullen's and since that first night that Edward stayed with me, we had pretty much kept things PG13.

I was beginning to feel more and more desperate for him each day.

Who knew that after making love once, that I wouldn't be able to get enough.

By the Friday night before the party I was beginning to lose it seriously.

Charlie and I had gotten into a major argument because Alice had invited me to stay that night so that I could help decorate the house in the morning, or at least that was the story that we were telling. I guess he didn't buy it though, because he said that I could just as easily get up early the next morning and go. So again Edward had to come to me.

Saturday morning I was up and out of the house by 7:30, God I hope that they are up already. I packed an overnight bag with the essentials and the shoes that Alice said that I needed, but every other part of my costume was already there. I really couldn't wait to wear my dress and I was even more excited about seeing Edward dressed up.

Just looking at him as he always is leaves me breathless; I hope that I don't pass out when I see him tonight.

I timidly knocked on their door, hoping that I didn't disturb anyone.

Before I could step away from the door, Alice had it open and was ushering me in.

"Bella, I'm so glad that you're here, it's been forever." She said in one breath.

"I missed you too Alice"

"He's already up, so go on up there and drop your stuff off, but bring your shoes back to my room, after you say good morning."

"Here I can give them to you now" I offer, hoping that she will allow more time with Edward that way.

"Ok give them to me, but I do need your help with decorations, so please try to control yourselves, there will be plenty of time for alone time later."

"Pushy this morning aren't we?" I asked

"Well, perfection takes time and I want to be through before the caterers get here with the food." "and I need Edward to hook up the sound system and that always takes a while."

"Ok, Ok, I get the point" I say while heading up the stairs while listening to her complain about people and their priorities. Funny I could say the same thing about her.

Once I reached Edward's room, I noticed that he had his door open so I walked on in to see him kicked back on his bed apparently waiting for me.

"Good morning beautiful" He gave me his trademark sideways smile while holding his arms open for me to rush into.

And rush I did, tripping on air in the process. Fortunately he caught me and to his credit did his best to keep from laughing at me. How in the hell does Alice expect me to be able to walk in those shoes tonight and not break my neck?

I quickly climbed up and onto the bed, I just wanted to stay there all day, curled up happily in his arms.

Instantly he began kissing me, not his sweet regular kisses, but they were passionate and needy. I guess that I wasn't the only one that feeling a little bit frustrated.

Unfortunately I had forgotten to close the door behind myself and as he got up to take care of it Alice appeared.

"Damn" I complained and Edward looked like he was in pain.

"I'm sorry guys" she said sincerely.

"Alice" Edward growled.

"A little while longer" I was begging now.

"Everyone else is already down there working, I promised that I wouldn't return without you both."

"Ok we're coming" I said.

"Not anymore we're not" Edward groaned.

I got up and followed Alice downstairs, I knew that Edward needed a minute or two to compose himself, so we left him up there.

The morning passed quickly and I had to admit the house looked amazing, candles everywhere, cobwebs draped over everything that would hold still. They had even installed stage lighting over the dance floor.

After the caterers arrived and began setting things up, Alice informed everyone that it was time to get ready. How many bathrooms does this house have anyway?

Of course Edward and I showered together in order to save time. That's my story and I'm sticking to it at any rate.

A few minutes later Alice was back to kidnap me in order to get ready. I looked to Edward to save me, instead he gave me a kiss and told me I was on my own and that he would see me in a little while.

I couldn't wait, so I went willingly knowing that in the long run the torture would be worth it.

Rosalie was already dressed and waiting on me to do my hair; Alice was going to do my make-up after she got ready and it would probably take both of them to get my into my dress.

I had to admit that Rose looked gorgeous she was dressed as a 50's style pin-up girl. It was perfect for her and apparently Emmett was going as Hugh Heffner, smoking jacket and all. I loved it and suddenly wished that our idea had been more original.

Alice and Jasper were going as Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter, her vision was more of a very sexy version of Alice though. Yet again perfect choices.

I was really beginning to question our choice now; It's just that neither Edward nor I are really the costume types. So we decided just to go in a ball gown and Tux with beautiful Masquerade masks. Very elegant and classic is what Alice said was the best way to describe us. I'll take it I guess.

My dress is a blood red, almost crimson, satin ball gown that laced in the back, much like a corset.

I was wearing Black Louboutin stilettos that show a peek of red when I walked. I just know that I'm going to fall down the steps in those.

Underneath I was wearing a beautiful black silk underwear set complete with garters; apparently one of Alice's purchases from our trip to Seattle.

Rose had arranged my hair in a beautiful up-do and my make-up was very dramatic, really dark eyes and dark red lipstick.

Once I had added my jewelry, burgundy and clear crystals, Alice pulled me over to the full length mirror. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, for the first time in my entire life, I truly loved what I saw.

I was afraid that I was going to cry and I guess that Alice was too, because she pulled me away and handed me my mask.

"You look beautiful" both she and Rose said at the same time.

"Come on, it's time to meet the guys and get this party started."