A/N: Thanks to all of you that are still hanging in there with me on this story, all of your feedback and reviews are so appreciated. Seriously you guys rock.
This chapter is also going to be from Edward's POV, I know that I usually alternate them, but I guess that he's not through talking yet.
Oh in case you were wondering, nope still don't own any of this.
Chapter 31
EPOV
I was awakened by the sound of thunder, with the acoustics in my room sometimes it sounds like the thunder is inside bouncing off all of the glass.
I knew that we had to go to Seattle but on days like this all that I want to do is stay in bed with Bella in my arms.
Speaking of Bella and bed, I groaned as I tried to relieve a little pressure from my morning erection; it had been a few days since Bella and I had made love and I was beginning to feel it.
It didn't help that Bella is a very active sleeper; currently she is moaning and her hands are everywhere; obviously she is having a very good dream and is managing to kill me in the process.
Part of me is tempted to wake her and try to make those dreams a reality, the other part is kicking myself in the ass, reminding myself that she has a long day ahead of her and that she needs her rest.
She only has an hour and a half before she has to wake up to get ready for the trip to Seattle and I should let her sleep, the other part of me and I knew which part it was, was also reminding me that she only had an hour and half to sleep anyway and the she could make it up on the ride.
Guess which side won, yes it's official my name is Edward Cullen and I'm a dick.
"Bella" I whisper in her ear, "Bella wake up baby" I said, this time a little more loudly.
"No" she whined, "so close, please don't stop".
Not wanting to waste any time, I removed my sleep pants and wife beater before attempting to remove pajamas.
"Come on baby, wake up please, I need you" I begged her.
Still no response, so desperate times and all that being what they are, I reached down between her beautiful thighs and gently inserted first one finger then a second.
"Ungh Edward, yes please more" She begged, but still she hadn't opened her eyes.
She began pistoning her hips to encourage my hands to move faster, " Oh God, Edward, so close, please baby." Then her eyes sprang open.
I used my thumb to rub feather light circles on her swollen bundle of nerves;
Immediately I felt her inner walls clamp down on my fingers and with a shudder she fell over the edge.
"Oh God Edward, what did I do?" He comes the blush.
"Baby, I'm sorry, I probably shouldn't have done that but you were killing me with your dream."
Then a smile lit up her face, "Well good morning to you too." she giggled.
She reached down between us and began stroking my throbbing dick.
"Well it's not very fair that you were left out, now is it?"
"Baby as good as your hand feels, that's not what I want right now."
I spread her legs before kneeling above her, begging her permission with my eyes, she simply nodded.
With one strong thrust of my hips and a kiss, I was finally where I belonged, buried deep inside of Bella.
I wrapped her legs around my waist, I knew that there was not going to be anything slow or sweet about this; This was raw, burning need.
"Yes, so fucking good, so fucking tight, so hot" I whimpered while plowing into her at an angle so that I could hit that spot so deep inside of her.
"Edward, I'm going to….." I cut her off with a searing kiss, "go ahead baby, let go, I'm right behind you."
She leaned up and bit me on my shoulder, the mild pain from the bite went straight to my cock and instantly triggered the most intense orgasm ever.
Where the hell did she learn that trick?
We laid there for a while, listening to the storm, being lulled back into sleep when the alarm began blaring.
"Do we have to?" I couldn't agree more but unfortunately life must go on.
"I'm sorry love" I sat up pulling her with me; I just wanted to lay like this all day, not even bothering to dress, a day like today practically demanded it.
A half an hour later we were showered, dressed and downstairs feeding Bella.
She has had a pretty good morning, no sickness.
Hmmm, I wonder if I have figured out the secret to morning sickness, it definitely merits further investigation.
A few minutes later we were joined by Alice and mom. Emmett, Jasper, Rose and even Jacob would be meeting us in Seattle. We were going for tux fittings and everyone needed to be there.
Bella had tried to argue that Jacob really didn't need a tux, and suggested that maybe Emmett had a suit that he could borrow.
Alice shot that down explaining that Jacob was a good bit taller than Emmett and it wouldn't fit properly. Besides that she knew that there would be prom at his school and he would just need one then anyway.
Soon we were on the road and true to form Bella slept the whole way; of course I kind of owed her this nap considering the way that I woke her earlier.
Mom and Alice had chosen to ride with us, mom hated driving in this kind of weather and she refused to ride with Alice driving.
I could hear them in the back seat talking softly about plans for the big wedding, and dresses and all sorts of things that I didn't even begin to comprehend.
The meeting with the planner Aro was short and sweet, he said that he was thrilled to make the arrangements for the New York wedding and that it would be no problem including reservations for all of us at Delmonico's.
He asked a few questions regarding the big affair that we planned on having after the babies were born, truthfully Bella and I had no idea. He told us that once we picked the date he would be on it. We promised to let him know as soon as we did.
30 minutes later we were met by the others and the women whisked Bella away. I made them promise to take care of her and to go easy on her. If she needed to stop or to eat there would be no arguments.
I was joined by the guys as they tried to drag me to the suit shop; I really just wanted to stay and peek into the bridal store and see what Bella would choose. The thought of her in a wedding gown caused a lump to form in my throat.
It didn't take us long to pick out the tuxes, we were going with classic Armani. The suits themselves were black and I would be wearing a black silk tie, the others would be going to be going with charcoal gray.
Mom had given me dad's measurements and we were able to order his and I had decided to choose our bands together so until she was free from dress shopping, I really had nothing to do but wait. I tried to make my way back to the dress shop but the guys stopped me.
"You are not to be anywhere around there, Girls orders." Emmett said.
I still needed to buy Bella a wedding gift, so the guys and I changed directions and headed to Tiffany's.
I was really at a loss on this, Bella was not really the typical if all else fails give her jewelry kind of girl.
My gift needed to be sentimental; I searched and I searched, nothing was screaming her name though.
I did see some beautiful wedding bands though and decided that Bella and I would come back after she had a chance to have lunch.
I also saw Jacob looking into a case that had some very pretty necklaces on display.
"How much is that?" I heard him ask the clerk. He was pointing to a silver necklace with a heart shaped pendant the heart was silver with a purple inlay.
I was positive that he wouldn't have the funds, there is nothing cheap about Tiffany's.
Once he had walked away disappointed, I pulled the clerk to the side and asked that she put it aside and that Bella and I would be back later that day to purchase it along with our wedding bands.
He's been such a source of support with regards to Bella and Charlie, it's the very least that I could do.
Finally I received a text from Alice saying that they were through and were heading to the food court, Bella was exhausted and needed food.
It took all of the control that I had not to run to meet her, just the couple of hours that we had been apart felt like an eternity.
It was rare that we ever left each other's side, I knew that this was something that sooner or later we would have to work on, but right now, there were more important things than giving each other space.
When I saw her sitting at a table in the food court I felt like I could finally breathe again.
I walked up to her and took her in my arms, God I missed her just those hours apart felt like eternity.
"Did you find a dress?" I asked, trying to control my emotions.
"Yes, I did, it's beautiful." She said, a smile lighting up her face.
"Wait until you see it Edward, it's gorgeous and I want you to know that she picked it, not me." Alice said proudly.
"Yeah, but it's something that Alice would have chosen anyway." Rose added.
"Bella's learning to shop, I'm so proud of her." Alice said while pretending to wipe a tear from her eye.
"I got shoes too, don't forget." Bella announced, obviously she had enjoyed herself.
"Monolo's at that, I'm impressed." Rose bragged.
"Yeah, but mom picked those out." Alice added.
They had officially lost me at shoes, but as long as she was happy, I was thrilled.
After a quick lunch of soup and sandwiches everyone started talking about things that they wanted to do while we were still there; I announced that Bella and I were going to pick out wedding bands and asked if anyone cared to join us.
I really hoped that no one had wanted to, to me this was sort of a private thing, I really wanted it to be just us.
Fortunately everyone had other plans.
Jacob had said that he had to find something for Nessie while he was there, Alice just approached him and said "come on, Rose and I will help you find something perfect for her.
With a promise to meet each other in an hour, Bella and I left the group hand in hand.
I couldn't believe that I was actually on my way to pick out wedding rings, how was it possible that it had only been three months?Three months since this amazing woman had walked into my life for a music lesson; now I'm about to be a husband and father to two.
Surreal is the only word that comes close to describing the feeling.
We were able to pick out rings pretty quickly, the only hitch was that I had found a gorgeous band another caret of diamonds in a channel setting. It was amazing and I wanted Bella to have it, but she refused.
"Edward this is outrageous, my engagement ring is enough diamond, I don't need anymore." "Plus it really doesn't match my ring." She said.
Now I'm beginning to worry about Alice's influence on her.
We settled on simple platinum bands with our wedding date and initials inscribed on the inside.
I made sure that the same clerk that had been helping Jacob received the sale and after showing us matching earrings to go with the necklace, which after explaining to Bella, Jacob's predicament , we gladly purchased, we were on our way to meet the family.
"Why did you do that?" She asked me.
"Why did I do what?" I was confused.
"I guess all of it, but why have you and your family just adopted Jacob so easily?" "You include him in everything and cover all of the financial burden, you know that you don't have to do that, don't you?"
"Bella, it's no burden, he's the closest thing that you have to a brother and that makes him our family also."
"All that I want is for you to be happy and Jacob being included makes you happy, to me that's priceless."
I saw the tears in her eyes and wanted to make them stop, I took her in my arms and kissed her and then I said "besides he gives Emmett a run for his money, that alone is worth it all." I smiled.
"Are you ready to go home or is there anything else that you need to do?"
"Well since Renee and Phil are coming for Christmas I need to get them something, but I have no idea what."
"Well love, what is she interested in?" I asked.
"Who knows, that tends to change from week to week, what she was interested in last week has probably passed and will definitely be different from what she will be interested in by Christmas."
"I can see the problem then."
"How about jewelry, we can always go back to Tiffany, I'm sure that they would love to see us coming again." I offered.
"No, she would lose a good piece of jewelry, I promise you."
"Does she have a laptop?" I tried again.
"She's technologically challenged."
"Well she could learn and it could be a gift for both of them." I offered.
With that, it was decided, we would take a quick run to The Apple Store before we left and then we could finally head home.
After that day time seemed to move in fast forward, Bella had been spending a lot of time sequestered with Alice, I tried to find out what that was all about, but neither one of them were saying anything.
She even spent a couple of hours with Carlisle at the hospital, I was beginning to worry that something might be wrong, but mom seemed to be in on whatever was going on and she seemed to be fine about it.I was pretty sure that Bella was up to something and my guess was that it had to do with Christmas, finally I decided to let it go and not pry anymore, because little did Isabella know, I was up to something of my own and I was employing Jacob's help to accomplish it.
Bella and I had been getting very little time to ourselves but with Christmas in two days and our wedding coming up in a little less than a month, it was to be expected.
I had yet to find Bella the perfect wedding gift and I was becoming more and more frustrated, maybe when Renee arrives tomorrow she would be able to give me some help.
A/N: Ok so it was just a little filler chapter with just a sprinkling of citrus, but next chapter is Christmas and at least part of it will be Renee's POV including a showdown with Charlie. I'm looking forward to it.