The Learning Curve: Chapter 23
Edward Cullen's Bed
"Under?" Edward repeated with surprise. I watched his Adam's apple bob as he swallowed.
"I mean, only if you want to," I said, blushing. Maybe I'd read him all wrong.
"It's what you want that I'm worried about. This is further than you've gone before."
I bristled. "I can handle it," I snapped, and to prove my point, I pulled his head down and kissed him like he'd shown me in our first lesson. I was sick of him trying to protect me as if I was some blushing maiden who'd been locked in a tower her whole life.
When I let Edward pull away, he blinked dazedly at me. "Under it is."
I licked my lips and tried to control my eagerness. The light brush of his fingers down my stomach tickled, and I couldn't decide whether I wanted to squirm away from him or toward him. He reached the button of my jeans, eyes intent on his task. Too slowly, he pulled the button free and then lowered my zipper. I held my breath. Just the heat of his hand so near was foreign and exciting.
Edward's breath hitched when he saw my lacy, plum-colored panties. His eyes flashed to mine. "Isabella Swan, you are full of surprises."
I all but beamed with pride. I'd surprised a sex god. Life was good.
He fingered the lacy top of my underwear, looking down at my midriff as if making a tough decision. Then he brought his lips sweetly to mine in a caress so distracting that I barely noticed his hand dipping into my underwear.
Two of his fingers slipped down into the crevice, sliding over my clit. I gasped into his mouth and clutched his shoulder. My legs were already shaking. It felt so good it almost hurt.
I couldn't keep up the kiss when Edward was touching me this way. He pressed his forehead to mine, watching my expression. I wanted to close my eyes against the startling intimacy, but I couldn't look away from his dark, beautiful eyes.
His fingers moved gently, circling my entrance one second and gently rubbing my clit the next. He was completely unhurried, and I lay paralyzed from a pleasure that was at once too much and not enough.
"You're so soft, do you know that?" Edward said in a low voice. "So soft and warm."
I was completely enraptured, and when the tip of his index finger just barely entered me, I was a goner.
"Edward," I whimpered.
"I know, sweetheart," he all but cooed. He brought his thumb to my clit and circled it in tandem with the slight thrusting of his finger. He continued this for about a minute as I tried to control my body's overwhelming reaction, but I couldn't hold out for long.
With Edward Cullen filling my senses, I plunged into my first orgasm.
A/N: I was feeling merciful. But I'll probably make you wait until I get off work tomorrow for 24.
Repeating for any who missed it the first time: all fics other than this and Bonne Foi are on hold until December. You won't get an update before then.