Please note that things written in italics are thoughts of others and they are not said aloud. It is through his mind reading skills that Edwards hears them.
Edward's POV
It was sunny outside and I was trapped inside. It was Sunday. I had nothing much to do. I had gone hunting yesterday night and just got back. Bella was spending the day again at the reservation with the dog. Jealously struck me, but I was helpless to do anything about it. I just hoped yesterday meant something to Bella as well and she would open up more to me. I had shared a very intimate moment with her even if she didn't know about it. When she looked into my eyes when I first fell off the bike I felt she understood me at some deeper level. It was as if she read my very soul. Yes I had a soul. I had admitted it to myself when Bella hugged me in Volttera. Such an angel would have not loved a soulless demon of that I was sure.
I sat on the sofa in the living room thinking of all the lovely memories from yesterday. Alice had not brought it up again. So I was not in any trouble at the moment. I will have to come up with things to distract the little pixie when she brought it up again, other than that I had no worries. Emmett and Jasper were playing a video game and Carlisle was reading a medical journal. Rosalie was out shopping. Jasper had given me a strange look yesterday. Then asked me how I was so clam. I said the first thing that came to my mind. I told him I had started meditating. He looked very confused but left it at that. I was sure he could feel the difference in my emotions after the release. I was in fact feeling very peaceful and happy. The tension in my body that was my constant companion for the past 90 years or so was gone. Well I was calm until Alice screamed from upstairs.
"Esme no. Don't open it. Edward….."
"I'm so sorry Edward she just decided to do laundry, opened your closet and took the bag out and opened it before I could get here. Why didn't you wash it yesterday? Do I have to do your laundry too?"
When I arrived upstairs the little pixie was scolding me while running around the room spraying a very strong air freshener. "You owe me big my brother; may be a nice dress to go with the car from Paris." I nodded my head at her. The air freshener was over powering the smell of … the clothes from yesterday in the plastic bag.
I quickly grabbed the plastic bag out of Esme's hands and just managed to seal it and throw it back into the wardrobe when Emmett and Jasper burst in to find out what all the commotion was about.
Esme looked surprised by my actions. Then a slow smile spread across her lips. She hugged me tightly to her and whispered.
"Oh! My son has finally grown up. I'm so happy for you." She hugged me to her.
Oh god no! This was not happening. She had figured it out. Of course she smelt it. I was an idiot for forgetting to wash it yesterday. It was my fault. I had been day dreaming about Bella the whole day. I was embarrassed beyond words. I hid my face in her hair. I couldn't face her.
"What? How had Edward grown up? He looks the same to me." Emmett asked.
Esme was about to explain when I managed stop her.
"Please mom, don't say anything more."
"Of course Edward; it's just I'm so proud. I've waited so long for this." "You have to tell me how this happened. Did you and Bella…?" I nodded no still buried in her curls.
"Then did you…. I mean by yourself?" I shook my head no for that also. This was getting humiliating. Boys of my era were not even supposed to touch ourselves there other than to wash. My birth father had told me that it was a sin and I could go to hell for it and I believed him. Even though the attitude towards this type of thing changed over the past 100 years I still believed that it was shameful to pleasure yourself. So I have never once given into any of my urges. She was confused now. "You have to tell me how this happened."
Oh no… I did not want to go there, not if I can help it; not with Esme my mom for crying out loud.
"After all these years; Carlisle will be so happy. He had always worried he changed you too soon while you were still a child. We even worried whether you were gay and felt shy admitting it to us. You are not gay right?" WHAT?
"No mom definitely not." I was now horrified. "I have to talk to Carlisle. Put his mind at rest at last. He has blamed himself for so long for your unhappiness."
I groaned in resignation. She's sure to tell Carlisle. At least he won't make fun of me for it. I hoped not. The circumstances were very unusual and very, very humiliating.
"So long for what? To hug Edward? You do it all the time mom." Good. Emmett was still clueless.
I glanced at Jasper hoping he was still as ignorant as Emmett. He winked at me… .he winked? I was doomed he figured it out too! He was about to speak when I faintly nodded no at him. He understood but gave me a big grin. "Now I know why you were so calm and peaceful Edward. Most of the sexual tension you were habouring has gone. Was it good? Hope you do it again soon. I can feel the tension building up again."
Why did my family want to know so much about this? This was really and truly embarrassing. This household was crazy. I know there were no secrets in the family. But I had always respected and tried my best to give them some privacy when it came to this type of thing. Although I knew most of it thanks to my gift. I never talked about any of their sexual exploits openly with them. Not that one could actually talk about the bizarre things they did.
Carlisle walked in at that moment.
He looked at Esme who was beaming, Alice who was giggling and Jasper who was giving me a wicked smile. At least Emmett still looked bewildered and he was the one who teased me the most. That was a relief.
Carlisle looked at Esme for an explanation.
"It has happened. The moment we were waiting for so long. Remember what we talked about when Bella…"
Just then a huge smile of victory spread across Carlisle's face. It was uncanny how he knew exactly what Esme wanted to say. They had always been able to finish each others sentences. I was never so glad about that ability than at this moment. At least she didn't need to complete her sentence and give Emmet more clues. I have never seen him so relieved. He shook my hand and gave me a pat on my shoulder. I groaned. This definitely was not happening.
"Well done Edward. How did it happen?"
I gave him a desperate look.
He nodded in understanding. "You have to tell me how you managed to do it. I thought it was almost impossible to make love to a human girl. But I won't be surprised if you did it, with your control you can do anything."
I looked up at him in surprise. He thought I made love to Bella…oh no. I was about to shake my head and tell him no again when I decided it would be best if I gave him some kind of an explanation before he drew anymore conclusions.
I managed a meek "I'll explain later."
"Ok. Edward." "I'll be looking forward to our discussion. I'm going back down. May be those legends were true." And with that thankfully one family member left.
"Explain what later?" Emmett was confused.
"Oh Edward went on a date with Bella." It was Alice to the rescue again.
Emmett smiled and gave me a big hug. But then he looked puzzled.
"But why was Esme waiting so long for it? And what is there to explain about the date? Carlisle never wanted to know about Edward's dates. In fact Edward went on so many dates with Bella. He was not interested in any of them."
"Edward is doing a psychiatric evaluation on how Bella is coping after facing the Volturi." Alice was getting really good at this covering up thing.
"Oh ok. Now I understand. Well good luck with the evaluation Edward."
Rosalie walked in just then. Not another one.
"What evaluation? Why is everyone standing around in your room Edward? What's going on? And why have you sprayed so much air freshener? I can hardly breathe."
"Oh, I'm just doing an experiment of my own trying to find out how many of you noticed the over powering smell." Alice responded without a pause. She really was good. May be she should go into undercover spying or something. I smiled at her. "A new pair of shoes to go with the dress would be nice Edward." I nodded ok to Alice again.
This would have been a sufficient explanation if not for the fact that Esme and Jasper both burst out laughing. Alice and I couldn't help joining in. Even in my embarrassment I just realized how ridiculous this whole fiasco with the clothes bag was turning out to be.
It was Rosalie's turn to grimace. She turned to Emmett and asked.
"I don't buy this. What is really going on?"
"Oh it's just that Edward has gone on a date with Bella and he's doing some sort of an evaluation and Alice is helping with the air freshener." We all laughed harder. Emmett just unwittingly managed to link the two lies and make a more believable explanation. It was more believable because of my problems with Bella's scent. I read it in Rosalie's mind that she was thinking along the same lines.
"What evaluation? And what has that got to do with the air freshener? Oh! Never mind. I have better things to do than standing here. I have some dresses to show you are you coming Alice?"
That was the only invitation the pixie needed she went out as well. "Don't forget the shoes". I was glad the discussion was almost over. At this rate if I didn't have money to spare I would soon become bankrupt; a car, a dress and now new shoes. What else? But then again I owe her it was her predictions on the stock market that made my investments more profitable. I gave Jasper a pleading look.
"Emmett let's go play the rest of the game." Jasper grabbed Emmett who was just about to raise another confused question and walked out the door. "You owe me Edward." Jasper threw at me in his mind before he left. Now it was just Esme and me. I was still in her arms. I hid my face in her curls again.
"Edward, you should know how proud and happy I am. Don't be shy you can always talk to me or Carlisle about anything that puzzles you. Guess you don't really need our advice since you can read our minds. For a moment there I forgot about it. Well now you can put all the expertise you have gained on the subject from mind reading into practice. I'm still curious as to how this could have happened if you didn't sleep with Bella and you didn't pleasure yourself. I know human boys have wet dreams. But you can't sleep. You can tell me all about it later."
I was horrified. I simply couldn't believe I was having this conversation with my mom. I was glad that at least she was not saying it out loud. She gave me a tight hug and released me.
Before I realized what was happening to my utter mortification she opened my closet and took out the parcel along with all the other laundry.
"It's ok Edward. I think you should get rid of the smell as soon as you can before Rosalie or Emmett get a whiff of it. I'll wash it for you right now. Don't worry."
With that she patted my cheek and walked out. In my shock I wasn't even able to grab the bag back from her. I just stood there dumbstruck. Did she just take my… unmentionables with the obvious scent of my pleasure in them to wash; my mother? I climbed under the covers of the bed again and decided to pretend that this was all a dream.
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