Disclaimer: All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer
Give Me A Little Trust
Chapter Eleven: Cats and Dogs
Edward's POV
Lauren stuck to her word and had moved out by the end of the week, allowing me to move back in. A lot of my belongings were already there so I didn't have to take back much but it still was a bit of a hassle doing so. Alice said she was going to help; therefore Jasper ended up helping, and because they were Rose and Emmett pitched in. At first it was just going to be me and Bella moving my stuff back so I was surprised and happy they wanted to help.
The six of us rearranged the existing furniture so that the house had a different layout. The only rooms that didn't change were the Kitchen and bathrooms due to obvious reasons. Alice made the call that I should change the colour of some of the rooms so she and Jasper went out to buy paint while the rest of us worked away.
Emmett and Rose were downstairs moving the living room furniture into what was going to be the new living room area while Bella and I were upstairs, putting my clothing back in the walk in wardrobe and about to change the sheets on the bed.
"So are you happy to be moving back?" Bella asked, handing me a handful of my shirts to hang up.
"Yeah on some level I am but living here alone is going to be tough. This place is big and coming back from work to an empty house will be pretty hard to begin with."
"Understandable. Will this place not bring back memories though, of your marriage?"
"Probably but I could never sell this place. It's been home for too long for me to ever let it go."
"So you see yourself always living here?" She asked curiosity in her voice.
"Maybe not always but for most of my life yes." I answered honestly.
Still I saw myself having a family here, watching them grow and spending my retirement in this house. It was a silly dream I guess but in due time I wanted it to be reality. I figured it would be happening sooner than I expected when trying for a baby with Lauren but that fell through rather disastrously.
"Does that mean you and this house are kind of a package deal?" I chuckled but agreed.
"I guess it does. Is that going to be a problem?"
"Why would it?" I walked out the walk-in-wardrobe to see her stripping the bed.
"Because I'm hoping that sooner or later we'll be able to take our relationship further than just friends with lingering feelings of more." My voice startled her and she turned round quickly. Bella sent me a mock glare then approached.
"I don't see that as being a problem if you don't. To be honest, I don't think we'll be talking about houses together anytime soon."
"And why not?" I placed my hands on her hips, bringing her towards me, occasionally letting my eyes drift to her lips.
"Why would we need to discuss houses together?"
"So when we move in together we have made a proper agreement where to live." She wrapped her arms round my neck and snuggled into my neck, giving me a quick kiss on my neck.
"So you think we'll move in together?" Bella asked.
"I know we'll move in together."She laughed and caressed my cheeks softly.
"I think that's wishful thinking Edward."
"I don't. I know it's a fact."
I pushed some of her hair away from her face and slowly began to lean in for our first official kiss. She knew it was coming and gave me a small smile before closing the gap between us. Her lips brushed mine and I felt like I was in heaven. Eventually my tongue gained entrance to her mouth and she moaned in what I can only guess was delight, spurring on my emotions for her.
We moved backwards of our own accord and before I knew it she was straddling my waist, kissing the hell out of me. I loved every second of it. She was lapping at my neck as my hands ran all over her body, feeling her, memorising her, and listening to her moans of pleasure.
"Edward do you- whoa, down boy." Emmett said, breaking us apart. "Well I never knew you had the dominance in you Bella." He added after taking in our positions, causing her to blush bright red.
"What did you need Emmett?" I asked, like being interrupted like this was an everyday occurrence.
"Rose and I wanted to know if you had any objections if we swapped the rug in your study for the one in your living room, Alice just called and thinks the colours would be better that way."
"No not at all. Do whatever you want." He nodded and shut the door after him. "Now where were we?" I asked Bella, switching our positions so she was now below me with my body between her legs.
"I love that crooked grin of yours." She whispered before kissing me again. It was like we couldn't get enough of each other.
Eventually it was clear where we were both going to take this with our grinding against each other, pleasurable moans and pleas for more and adventurous hands devouring each other's bodies over our clothes so we decided to call it a day while we were ahead and didn't rush into anything.
Even with that decided though I still couldn't keep my lips and hands off of her. We got to work putting the remainder of my clothes away with me every so often kissing her neck or running my hands over her ribs and hips. Bella just rolled her eyes and pushed my hands away, convinced I was trying to distract her but really that's not what I was meaning to do, she was just distracting me.
From spending so much time restraining myself and finally being able to kiss her I never wanted to stop. It seemed ridiculous to stop and do other mundane things when we could be doing much better things together. With all my thoughts running over the fun activities Bella and I could have, on that very bed we were changing the sheets of, it was clear that my body was out of control with lust and need.
Once my bedroom was put back together we both headed back downstairs and took in the scene in the new living room location. Emmett and Rose had done a very good job and I was surprised it looked so good. It kind of felt like a brand new house with the same exterior.
"Thanks, this looks…wow." I said, as Rose and Emmett stood beaming.
"I know. We did a bloody good job." Emmett practically sang. Rose elbowed Emmett but still seemed proud by their job well done.
"So, you two have fun upstairs?" Rose asked, smiling slyly. Bella blushed and excused herself as I stood there just glaring at the smirk that seemed to have engraved itself on Rose and Emmett's faces.
"Thanks for that." I muttered.
"Anytime." She sang like Emmett had. I left the room and heard the two of them laughing happily at our expense.
"I'm home!" The front door flew open and in danced Alice, holding several pots of paint and brushes. Jasper came in after her, bewitched by her movements. "I'm going to go paint my masterpiece." She called dramatically before disappearing into the dining room.
I let her be and just shot Jasper a curious look who smiled nervously then cleared his throat and departed to the other room.
"I've never seen him so hung up." Bella said, causing me to turn to her.
"I thought you left on me." She shook her head and put her arms round my neck.
"Nope. I just…had to get away for a minute." She gave me a quick peck then pulled back, with my arms still wrapped round her. "Do you like Jasper?"
"He's a good guy." I answered.
"Yes he is. Would you have a problem if he went out with your sister?"
"If he made her happy then no but the second he hurt her I'd get all protective brother on him." She giggled and shook her head.
"I'd love to see that."
"What's so funny? You don't think I could take him?" Bella laughed again.
"Nope sorry Edward but I think Jasper would win." Now I was offended.
"No, sorry you're wrong." She rolled her eyes at me and kissed my eager lips.
"That's okay, I don't mind if you can't beat him. That way I could play nurse." The second she whispered those words to me my want for her shot through the roof.
"We could arranger that." I suggested, getting her to blush and smirk at me which was just sexy as hell.
"Would you like that?" I nodded quickly. "Well unfortunately I don't think it could happen since you said you could beat Jasper. I'd only play nurse with you if you lost to Jasper."
"Then Jasper could kick my ass any day." She smiled evilly at me.
"So that means I'm right and you're wrong." I chuckled, just seeing how she flipped that.
"Yeah that's right. I'm wrong. Now, when do I get my nurse?" My hands were exploring her waist and my lips were about to make contact with her neck when Alice popped round the corner.
"I need the both of you now so you can swap bodily fluids later. In here, now." Then she left again.
Bella and I both untangled from each other and went to the dining room to help. We did not want an angry pixie on our hands so decided it was just best to do what she wanted. Alice handed us both rollers and told us to paint over the white walls of the dining room cream. Before long she had the six of us at it.
We all started off being serious about it but before long some of us were 'accidentally' walking into each other with the rollers and paint brushes. Alice was not amused until Jasper joined in the act and painted a heart on her black t-shirt. Rose and I looked at him like he had a death wish but Alice just smiled at him, before attacking him with her lips.
They fell to the floor with a thump and Alice had her hands all over poor Jasper who seemed frozen in place. Emmett started whooping, only to be slapped by Rose which shut him up. Bella blushed furiously and just kept painting, while holding my hand so I couldn't go over and remove my sister from continuing her wanton behaviour.
"Leave them, it's cute." She whispered.
"No it's not, she's my sister." I whined quietly.
"Jasper's a saint, hell he hasn't even touched her yet. It's fine." I whimpered like a puppy and Bella just laughed then painted a bone on my blue shirt.
"What's that meant to symbolise?" I asked, looking down at it.
"You're acting like a dog so I've given you a bone." She shrugged and continued painting. "It was either that or I paint a collar on your neck." Yep, definitely preferred the bone.
I picked up my brush and turned Bella to face me before painting a cat on her top. She grinned at me then rolled her eyes. We were then interrupted by Emmett's booming laughter.
"Look everyone, its boner and pussy!" This time both Bella and I blushed before turning back to the wall to paint. "Ow! Hey, come on at least they didn't do it the other way around, then Bella would be Edward's bitch." Rose must have hit him, rightly so.
The painting continued until the room was finished. I was surprised we could finish it so fast but then again there were six of us. Throughout that time I had never felt more at home in that house, with so many people around. Soon they would all leave and it would be just me but I wanted the noise of people and the comfort that I wasn't alone.
It seemed like I was always going to be alone. The start of a relationship with Bella was great but I was waiting for the day she wakes up and realises she's wasting her time with a guy who can't give her a baby and bails on me. It'll happen eventually but until it does it's a waiting game for me. Yet I can't help but pray she's better than that and will look past my short comings and still love me.