The morning of my birthday, I had decide to sleep in late. It wasn't often that I got to sleep half the morning but today I stayed in bed until ten-thirty. When I woke, the sun was shining through the window and making the room incredibly bright. My eyes watered a little but I rubbed them clear. My bed was cool and empty. I pouted at Sam's side but I heard him clattering around in the kitchen.

Jumping up, I quickly made my bed before strolling into the bathroom and looking at myself in the mirror above the sink. I laughed at my reflection. Hair everywhere and panda eyes from my make-up that I didn't take off last night.

Running the cold tap, I cupped my hands beneath it and then splashed it over my face. Once my face was clear, I reached for the towel on the rack and patted my skin dry. After brushing my teeth, I jumped into the shower and washed my hair quickly.

Jake was going to be coming over at twelve and the two of us were going to head to Port Angeles to catch a movie. It would be the first time we've hung out just the two of us in such a long time and I am so excited for it.

After finishing in the shower, I wrapped a towel around my body and headed back into the bedroom. Looking through my closet and pulling out a nice fitted black dress that was casual, yet somehow smart at the same time. It was really pretty.

I laid it out on the bed as I dried my hair and applied my makeup, going for smokey eyes and red lips. But, hey, it's my birthday…I can dress up if I want to. I also decided that it was my right to be allowed to wear heels and since I could wear them around the boys, I would. Sliding my feet into my Kurt Geiger black and silver platform heels.

Checking myself out in the mirror and decided that I was presentable, I headed downstairs and into the kitchen. Sam was running around, wearing only jeans that hung low on his hips, allowing me to check out that addictive V on his hips and the eight-pack that constantly made me drool.

"Morning sexy." I grinned.

His head shot up and he took in the sight of me, his mouth dropping slightly. "Fuck me." he muttered.

I giggled, "Not right now, babe. Jake will be here in a little while."

He pulled a face at me and then smiled. "You look wonderful." he walked over to me and leaned in to peck me on the lips, obviously being careful of my lipstick. "Happy birthday, baby."

"Thank you, what's for breakfast." I asked, beaming.

He took my hand and pulled me towards the table, where there were two plates made up with pancakes, sausage, bacon and scrabbled eggs. There were wine glasses of orange juice and a small vase holding a single rose in the middle of the table.

"Oh, wow. This looks fantastic." I gushed as I sat down.

He sat opposite me. "I'm glad." he said as we dug in.

The food was great. Simple, but great. At first we enjoyed it in silence. Chewing while we looked at each other with sly smiles. When half of our meal was done, I started talking again.

"This is yummy." I stated.

Sam nodded slightly, "I have to admit it is." he raised an eyebrow before biting into some crispy bacon. "What are you going to see with Jake?" he asked.

"Avatar 3D." I informed, " Its supposed to be really good. It'll be nice to hang with him for a while. What will you be doing while I'm gone?" I asked.

He became a little shifty, "Nothing really, just a few things around the house. I'll probably take the bike out and then see the boys."

"Well have fun." I said, smirking in amusement.

"The pack will be over sometime tonight for dinner." Sam stated, "I'll cook something nice."

"Sounds good."

We finished our breakfast and Sam got up. "Stay there a second." he said as he left the room. I waited for a little while before he came back in a present and a card in his hands. "Time for your present, baby."

He handed the stuff to me and sat back down. The box in my hand was wrapped in a lovely light blue paper with a gold paisley pattern on it and had a lovely blue bow on it. I grinned in excitement, my heart going a mile a minute.

"What is it?" I asked.

Sam rolled his eyes at me, "Open it and see."

I gently pulled the bow free of the box and carefully unwrapped it. Once the wrapping paper was off another blue box was revealed. Only this one had 'Tiffany & Co.' written on it. I nibbled my bottom lip as I opened it. Gasping when I saw what was inside.

A beautiful open heart pendant covered in diamonds and set in platinum. I gaped at it, completely amazed.

"Its so gorgeous." I murmured.

Sam beamed and stood up, coming around to take the pendent and fasten it around my neck. It was shown perfectly against my skin, the low cut of my dress letting it be seen. I leant up and kissed him gently.

"Thank you." I whispered.

"Its not done yet, baby. Open your card."

I did, it was a pretty average card, 'happy birthday' written on it in colourful font. I opened it up and a few pieced of paper fell out. Confused, I picked them up and read the page. There were four of them all together and they were gift certificates to Habitude spa in Seattle for a full day refuge.

I looked up at him, "I…wow." was all I could say. First the necklace, which would have cost a lot and now these, which I knew weren't cheap either.

"I thought that maybe you could go with the girls for a relaxing day. There is one for you, Leah, Kim and Sue." he said smoothly.

"Oh, that is wonderful. Thank you, babe. You spoil me."

"You deserve it. I'm sure you will have a lot of fun." Sam licked his lips, "Love you."

"I love you." I added, smiling at him.

The doorbell went and Sam raised an eyebrow, "You get it, I'll clean up."

I pecked him again on the lips before jumping up and heading to the door. I pulled it open and beamed at Jake. He looked gorgeous, and hell he was looking smart too. With black slacks and red shirt that had the first few buttons undone. His hair was cut and gelled up. It was so much shorter then usual but it looked amazing. In his arms was a white hamper basket.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" he yelled, stepping in and pecking me on the lips. I would have to apply more lipstick later.

"Thank you. Look at you, darling. Where had all your hair gone?" I asked, chuckling.

He ran his hands through his chopped locks, "Edward cut it for me." he sighed happily.

I giggled, "Oh yeah, lets go into the kitchen. Sam's in there."

"Get you that frosting, did he?" Jake pointed to my necklace.

I nibbled my bottom lip to keep my smile down, "Yep." I said, as we got into the kitchen.

"Hey, Jake. Jeez, what's happened to all that hair." Sam asked, his face in shock.

"Edward cut it." I grinned.

Sam raised his eyebrows, "Ahhh, didn't he just." he murmured and chuckled like I did.

"Shut up, you two." Jake rolled his eyes and place the hamper on the table. "That's your present. From me…and Edward."

Sam and I smirked at each other. "From Edward too? How nice of him. Combined gifts already."

"Shut up." he repeated, "And open it already."

I giggled and undid the clasps on the hamper, lifting the lid. "Bloody hell." I muttered as I looked inside. It was full to the brim with baking accessories. Trays, moulds, cutters, tins, piping bags, cooking utensils and a lovely looking book on baking. "Awww, that's amazing. Thanks, Jake…tell Edward thanks for me too."

He lifted a shoulder, "You'll probably see him sometime. And its cool, I'm glad you like it."

"You two look like your going on a date." Sam huffed. "How come you both dressed smart?"

"Intuition, I guess." Jake said.

"I wanted to dress up on my birthday." I tilted my head.

"And I wanted to dress up for Bella's birthday too."

"Alright, alright." Sam raised his hands in defeat.

Putting his arm around me, Jake laughed. "We better be off. We've got a long drive in which we will be gossiping, of course."

I chuckled as Sam came over and kissed me. "Have fun, baby."

"I will, see you later."

Jake and I headed out and jumped into the Ferrari. I reapplied my lipstick in the rear-view mirror and then started up the engine before heading off.

"Eighteen, huh. Feel any different?" Jake asked.

"Of course not, but I don't feel as young…if you get what I mean."

"Erm…not really." he muttered.

Chuckling, I pressed my lips together trying to think of a way to explain it. "I mean, with everything in my life. Now, I'm eighteen, I feel more like an adult and more equipped to handle it."

"Like…things with the pack and Sam."

"Yeah, the idea that Sam and I will get married at some point, for some reason, isn't so scary now that I feel like I'm not a child. I'm not in school and I'm earning my own money. I feel like I'm preparing myself for later life."

Jacob laughed at me, "I get it."

"So…" I changed the subject to what I really wanted to hear. "What's been happening with you and Edward?"

He let out the biggest dreamy sigh I have ever heard in my life. "He's so amazing." he gushed, "Everything about him makes me warm inside."

"Ewww." I giggled.

He glared at me, "Not like that." then he licked his lips, "God, I never imagined imprinting would be so crazy. I mean, I saw it in the others but I didn't understand it. every time I think about him I cant help but smile."

"So are you together now?" I asked.

He shrugged, "Sort of, its not official but we don't worry about it so much. It's a lot harder to stay away then I thought."

"Tell me about it." I muttered. "Is he a good kisser?" I asked, grinned cheekily.

Jake's eyes rolled up in his head, "YES…so good."

"Alright, alright, don't mess your pants."

He giggled in quite a girly way. "Sorry." he gave another dreamy sigh, "I love him."

I smiled gently at him, "Aww, my Jake all grown up. You've got your soulmate. Although you did have to go one up and get yourself a vamp, didn't you. Just to be different."

He chuckled, "Of course, couldn't be a clone now could I. We've got wolves with humans and wolves with wolves…"

"The only thing that was missing was the hardship of love between a werewolf and a vamp. You should write a book, It'll sell to millions of teen girls."

"Har har." Jake pouted, "Our relationship is complicated. I don't know how long it'll take for him to love me…if he ever will."

"You are stupid, Jake. The guy isn't far off, okay. He'll get there"

Jacob sat back in his chair and sighed. "I hope so. Its going to be difficult…being together, I mean. but I'm looking forward to trying."

We reached Port Angeles and parked up in the parking lot of the cinema. Jumping out, Jake took my hand in his and we walked towards the building. I didn't miss all the looks we got as we passed.

"You know, I was sure that Sam was going to propose to you today." He said as we bought the tickets and headed to get popcorn.

I frowned, "Why?"

"Well, cause you're eighteen now and it's a special day anyways so why not add to it."

"I told him not to propose on my birthday, so I guess he took that advice. Besides, we cant be getting engaged now, Leah is planning her wedding and the baby is going to be here. It'll be too much."

He blinked at me, "No it wouldn't, we don't prioritise people in this pack, everyone is there for anyone at any time. If you both need a wedding planned, then we plan two weddings. Besides, Leah said that she's not having a big wedding…she's got the church booked for two months time and then we'll probably have a campfire reception on the beach."

"Got it all sorted, aye." I giggled, nudging his hip with mine as I handed over ten bucks for popcorn.

He licked his lips, "No…its just I don't want you thinking that you have to always put others before yourself. You do that to much."

We strolled to the screen and chose our seats right at the back. I licked my lips. "When the time comes the time comes. I dunno when he's going to propose."

"But you want him to…right?"

I shrugged, "I don't mind. I'm happy as I am now and I've got no immediate need to walk down the aisle."

"Okay okay." he giggled.

We were early, so there wasn't that many people in but I loved watching as they arrived and picked out a seat. The film started soon enough and we settled down to watch it, Jacob's arm around my shoulders the whole time.

Three and a bit hours later we walked out of the theatre gushing about the film. It had been really good. A great mix of romance and action to keep the most difficult person interested. Jacob clasped my hand and swung them between us as we walked back to the car.

"That was a great film. I'll have to get Edward to watch it." he smiled.

I cocked my head, "Has your dad met him yet?" I asked.

He nodded, "Yeah, loads, Edward comes over all the time."

"He doesn't mind?"

"Nope, he said that he's happy that I imprinted and it doesn't matter who it was on. Besides, Edward is the perfect gentleman and is so polite that dad wouldn't be able to find reason to hate him."

I giggled, "Bless him, you've got a real good'un there."

"Don't I just." he looked down at me and kissed my cheek.

"As long as you still love me its fine." I tease, nudging his hip with mine.

Jacob stopped us in the middle of the road and cupped my face with his hands. "I'll never stop loving you Bella. You are my best friend." he murmured, making me smile. He leaned in and pecked me on he lips. A car beeped its horn at us and we looked up, laughed and moved out of the road.

"That must have been an interesting show for them." I said as we jumped into my car.

"Let them stare." Jake chuckled as I started the car and drove off. "You spoken to your mom recently?" he asked.

I sighed, "Not much, our conversations tend to be, 'how are you' and 'that's good' and that's it."

"She'll come around. When she realises that Sam is here to stay and your relationship isn't just a quick romance." he shrugged.

"It's been months. Months." I shook my head, "How can she not realise?"

"She is just protective of you, is all."

I rolled my eyes, "That's what Sam says."

"Is everything still cool with you and Sam?" Jacob asked.

I laughed, "Yep, except we wants us to mate in our wolf forms."

There was a few seconds of silence before Jake snorted, "Kinky." he muttered.

I groaned, "Not you as well, you are suppose to be one my side and express your disgust." I huffed.

"Why there is nothing wrong with it…we are animals after all." he smiled.

"I'll tell Edward that shall I?"

"NO!" he yelped, "Its not the same."

Giggling, I shook my head, "I don't think that we should do it."

"Look, I know you're not disgusted with the idea, otherwise you wouldn't be talking to me about it. Being in our wolf form is a very spiritual thing, being able to share that, completely, with your soulmate should be a great thing."

"Stop being so wise." I grunted.

I pulled up on the driveway and frowned, there was no light on behind the window and the curtains were drawn. I got out of the car, Jake on my tail. He walked in front of me and opened to door by snatching the key from my hand.

"Hey." I whined, and then cocked my head when I looked inside to find everything off. "Is Sam not back yet?" I asked.

Jake shrugged, "I don't hear anything." he said nonchalantly.

I sighed, not bothering to even try and listen since Jake said he didn't hear anything. I moved towards the closed living room door and pushed it open. The room was pitch black, frowning I smacked the light switch and jumped was there was a sudden collective scream of "SURPRISE!"

My mouth fell open as I took in all the people in my living room. Sam and the pack and imprints were grinning at me, all with sly looks on their faces, which told me that they had planned this quite a while ago. I looked on and saw the entire Cullen clan, smiling and waving. Dad, Sue and Billy. And to my utter surprise Landon and the guys. A huge pile of presents and next to it my mom and Phil.

I could feel the tears rising in my eyes as I smiled. "You guys!" I gasped and they all chuckled. "Mommy!" I cried and ran over to her. She opened her arms up and gripped me tighter than she ever had before. Rocking me slightly in her arms.

"Hey, baby, happy birthday." she whispered in my ear. I closed my eyes and took in her honeysuckle scent. Up until this moment I thought I was angry with her for not accepting Sam easily, but I realise now that I just missed her and it was easier to believe that I didn't want to see her than to admit I did.

"I missed you." I murmured.

"I missed you too, honey." she sniffed and pushed my back to arms length. "As beautiful as ever."

I smiled and then moved over to give Phil a hug. His large arms folding around me. "Hey sweetheart." he squeezed me tight.

"Hi."

Moving on I was bombarded by the twins, Archer picked me up and spun me around, making me laugh. While Colton waited for his turn and hugged me tight. I pretty much made the rounds. Being hugged and kissed by everyone. I could tell that Landon and the boys were a bit freaked out to be here, around the beautiful Cullen's, the huge pack and close family, but I was glad someone took the initiative to invite them.

The living room had been decorated with balloons and a banner that read 'Happy Eighteenth Birthday'. There was a table set up with food and a large birthday cake on it. It was a pretty cake, a two tier one with different coloured polka dots on it. And a number eighteen candle in the top. I eyed the pile of presents with interest.

"Yes they are yours." Sam beamed as he hugged me from behind, wrapping his arms around my and nipping the skin in the crook of my neck.

"I think you should open them." Kyle grinned as he sipped the plastic cup of something or other in his hand.

I nodded and grinned, "I think I should too."

"Lets see what Sam got you first!" Kim yelled.

I blinked, "Oh, here." I fingered the necklace and giggled as the girls all ooo'd and ahhhh'd. I remembered something and turned to Edward, stepping forward to wrap my arms around him. "Thanks for the present."

His squeezed me softly, "You're welcome, Bells."

My eyes widened and I smiled. It was the first time he had called me Bells and it felt as though he was trying to get more into our family, which I was desperate for, of course.

I leaned back and looked into his topaz eyes, his perfectly carved lips curved and he lifted a shoulder before looking over at Jacob, who, without hesitation popped over and wrapped his arm around the vampires waist, leaning in to kiss his on the cheek.

"Hey." he whispered.

Edward's eyes flicked down over Jacobs form and then up into his eyes, "Hi." he leaned up on his tiptoes and pecked Jake on the lips, mindless of the other people around.

I saw Landon and the boys send each other wide-eyed looks but I knew that it was surprise and nothing hostile. Jacob winked at me. "Come on already, get on with the gifts!"

I bounced up and down as I clapped my hands together, "Yes, puhlease."

"Okay, sit your booty down." Sam chuckled, gently tapping me on the backside.

I plonked down on the couch as Landon jumped up. "Us first…the boys and I got you a joint present." he grinned and handed me a large box that was wrapped up.

I shook it gently, "What is it?" I giggled as he rolled his eyes at me.

"Open it already." Colton nudged my shoulder.

"Okay, okay."

Everyone watched me as I tore the wrapping paper off of the box and revealed a brown Louis Vuitton box. I gasped and looked up at the guys who had incredibly smug looks on their faces.

"You did not!" I muttered.

Archer shrugged, "Dunno, open it and find out."

I yanked the box open to find a gorgeous glossy black monogram vernis shoulder bag. I opened and closed my mouth as I tried to figure out what to say. I know that the boys don't have that much money and must have really worked hard for this.

"Oh my god." I squealed holding the bag up in front of my face. "This is amazing." I put it back down gently and jumped up and into Colton's arms since he was the nearest and then went around to hug them all. "Thank you guys so much!" I cooed.

"No, probs, babe." Luke grinned.

"Ours now!" Kim bounced up and down. I squeaked when she handed me a my presents. "There not as amazing…" she sent a playful glare in the direction of the boys. "But I think you will enjoy." what she had handed me turned out to be The Hangover on DVD and some make-up. I thanked both her and Jared.

Sue's arm came around my shoulders, "Now then, your father and I bought you this present." she shook a wrapped box that I immediately knew it was a shoe box inside. I gasped and reached for it but she held it out of reaching distance. "But I'm not really sure you need it. What do you think, babe?" she asked dad, keeping up her teasing.

Dad grinned, "Oh, I dunno. It's a hard one."

I stomped my foot and pouted, "Sammy…tell them to give me my present!" I huffed and laughter filled the air.

"Here you are." Sue handed me the box and I tore the red wrapping paper off. I squealed loudly when I laid my eyes on some Jimmy Choo metallic silver snakeskin platform heels.

"Oh my god, Jimmy Choo's!" I grinned and jumped at them, "Thank you so much." I hugged them both tight and kissed them on the cheek.

Hand's framed my waist and yanked my down onto someone's lap. I was pulled up against a wide, hard chest and smiled and Sam pressed a gently kiss to my neck.

I went through more and more presents. Leah and Rylan got me lots of relaxing bath stuff and a gorgeous picture of me and Sam. It was taken on the beach at one of the campfires. it's a close up of our faces, mine is tilting up as his is bending slightly, our lips were pressed together, our eyes closed. The orange glow of the campfire lighting our faces and the dark sky behind our heads. It was lovely. As soon as I was finished looking at it, Sam stole it from me and stared at it most of the time.

Seth bought me a massive bouquet of flowers and Owl City's new album, while Collin and Brady thought it as funny to buy me some Victoria Secret underwear, which, I had to explain to my mother, wasn't a come-on. Paul brought me a book of William Shakespeare's love poems and sonnets, with the brief comment of 'You'll have to pick something for me to read at your wedding'. Quil got me lots of chocolates and a lovely glass vase that I put my flowers in and finally Embry handed me a card, with fifty bucks worth of sephora vouchers inside.

Alice and Jasper had brought me a pile of new, lovely clothes. Which was Alice's doing of cause. Emmett and Rose got me some stuff for the cars and Esme and Carlisle gave me a beautiful Van Gogh 'almond blossom' painting. And to say I was shocked when Esme leaned in and whispered 'it's the original' is a complete understatement. It was definitely going up on the living room wall.

"I think its safe to say you've been incredibly spoilt." Sam murmured in my ear.

I giggled, "Yeah, but I deserve it." I joked, leaning into him as he nibbled my ear lobe.

Mom beamed, "Right, our turn. Phil will you go and get it?" she clapped her hands together.

"Sure thing." Phil grinned and headed out into the back yard.

I frowned and look around, "What's going on?" I asked.

Everyone shrugged. "He's just getting the present we got you." Mom said.

"Why is it outside?" I asked.

"Wait and see." was the answer a got.

A minute later Phil strolls into the room with an armful of gorgeous black, white and tan puppy. My mouth dropped. It was a Bernese mountain dog, my favourite breed. I had always wanted one, but mom didn't want the responsibility.

I looked at her, "Are you serious?" I asked.

She nodded, her lips spread into a huge smile. "Yep, Sam agreed so we got you the puppy you always wanted."

I jumped up and went to take the puppy from Phil. "Careful, he's heavy."

"I can handle it." I said as I took the dog from him, it settled in my arms and lifted its head up to lick the underside of my chin. It could sense the animal in me and was submitting. "God, he's gorgeous." I muttered, looking into those huge brown eyes.

"Hey, I don't want him to replace me!" Sam huffed.

I turned to him and grinned, "Nothing could replace you, baby." I said as I walked back over to him. I looked down at my new puppy. "Look, baby, this is your daddy." I cooed.

The pup, sensing Sam as alpha whimpered in my hold. I placed it down in Sam's lap and watched as it jumped up and pressed its front paws against Sam's chest, while licking his throat and jaw.

"It likes you two." Mom said.

I nodded, "Of course." I joked. "Thanks, you two. He's lovely." I said and hugged them both.

"You're welcome, sweetie. I'm just glad to see you again." Mom whispered in my ear. "You need to think of a name for him." she said louder.

Sam look up and nodded, his hand buried in the long fur of our puppy. "Yeah, baby. Think of a good one."

I wracked my brain for something cool and original, "Erm, how about Loup?"

"Loup?" Sam rolled it around on his tongue and looked down at the puppy. "How about it? You wanna be called Loup?" the dog barked in his face in some kind of agreement. "Sorted."

"I want cake." Jacob sighed wistfully and Edward turned to him with a raised eyebrows and gently tapped him on the shoulder.

"That's rude." The copper-haired guy tsked.

Jacob smiled, "Sorry sweetheart." he teased and ducked Edward's second hit.

Dad went over to the table and lit the candles on my cake. Everyone burst into song with happy birthday and I blew out the candles on my cake. It was cut and past around the place, everyone munched and chatted.

I sat with Sam, Loup at our feet as we had our slice of cake. "We have to go to the shop to get some stuff for Loup later." I said.

Sam swallowed his mouthful, "Okay, baby. How about later we have a nice relaxing bath."

I moaned at the thought, "That sounds so lovely." I sighed and leaned in to press my lips against his. "I cant wait."

After everyone had ate their way through the buffet and talked themselves half to death, people started to trickle out of the door. Collin and Brady were first, with the excuse of homework. Not that that fooled me, I knew they were just going to make out.

Then Landon and the boys had to leave, so I walked to the door with them. "Thanks for my bag, boys." I said as they all kissed me on the cheek.

"You're welcome." Archer smiled. "Have a good night, darlin"

They all left, saying goodbye to me. I padded back into the living room and on Sam's lap again.

It was pretty late when everyone was gone. Mom and Phil had a late flight and had to get to the airport, while the others just had some things to do.

"I don't think we're going to be able to get to the shop for dog stuff tonight." Sam said as he looked into the fridge for something for dinner.

"Yeah, its okay. We got some meat and water, I'll get him some stuff tomorrow."

"How about I'll make the three of us some steak." Sam asked.

"Yes please." I grinned and looked down at Loup from the breakfast stall. "You want steak?" I asked. He barked again.

Sam pulled the steak from the fridge and set it on the side, nudging the fridge door closed with his hip. "I swear he understands." he murmured, eyeing the dog nervously.

I beamed at my man, "I love you, I really do." I said from out of the blue.

He couldn't help himself, he walked around the island and wrapped his hand around the back of my neck, pulling me in for a deep kiss. I moaned softly as his tongue caressed mine. He pulled back and licked his lips.

"You're delicious." he whispered

I raised an eyebrow, "Oh, I know." I teased and giggled as he winked at me.

He made a lovely dinner. Steak and vegetables for us and plain steak for our little Loup, who wolfed his down. We sat together and ate our dinner slowly. A glass of red wine each.

"Thank you for today, Sam." I said as I popped a bit of steak into my mouth.

"You don't have to thank me, baby. It's your birthday after all."

I shrugged, "You didn't have to do anything."

"Bells, you are my woman, you are never going to have a boring birthday or Christmas. I'm going to do whatever I can to make the rest of your life amazing."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Hearing those words really warmed my heart. "You are amazing." I replied and he flashed be a blinding smiled.

Once we were finished with dinner, I offered to wash up while Sam ran upstairs to run us a hot bath. I could hear him faffing around up there as Loup sat by my feet, his tongue flicking out to lick my ankle every now and then. I really loved that dog, he was so cute.

After I had finished the washing up, I jogged up the stairs and into the bathroom. I gasped as I came to see the lights dimmed and the glow of multiple candles around the bathroom. Sam was already in the bath, which was filled with hot water, the top covering in bubbles. I chuckled and stepped further into the room, shutting the door so that Loup couldn't come inside.

"How's this?" Sam asked.

I reached down to take my shoes off, "Perfect" I replied.

"Take off the dress." he huffed.

"Okay, give me a minute." I laughed, reaching to take the zipper and pull it down. He watched as my dress fell to the floor. Since the dress had been tight, I had only worn panties beneath it and no bra. And the relief was evident on Sam's face as his eyes burned my body.

"So beautiful." he murmured.

I pulled down my panties and padded buck naked over to the bath. Sam leaned right back against the tub and I stepped in and leant back against him. Sighing in pleasure as the warm water and the comforting hold engulfed me.

His naked skin against mine gave me that homely feel that normal people get when they smell something in particular or eat something they used to as a kid. I get it when my skin touches Sam. It reminds me of everything that is home!

He ran his hand through my hair and kissed my neck. "Your mother seemed a lot better this time." he murmured, running his fingertips along my thigh.

"Yeah, I felt that. I'm glad too, I was missing her." I admitted.

"I know." he said, "I know you remember. You cant hide much from me."

"Good." I licked my lips and closed my eyes, "I like that."

"So do I. It'll come in handy over the years."

"Even when we're seventy and are watching our children with their children from our rocking chairs on the porch." I giggled.

I felt him smile against my skin. "Especially then."

His hands stroked up my stomach, making me tense as his fingertips tickled my skin. "We have our first child now." I said. "Loup."

Laughter reached my ear, "Oh yeah, he's going to be a handful."

"I think that he'll be perfect. He is gorgeous. Takes after you obviously." I murmured.

"Are you saying I look like a dog?" he asked, confusing evident in his deep voice.

I chuckled, "Of course not." I said incredibly sarcastically.

His hand came up and his fingers pinched one of my nipples in rebuke. "Shut it." he chuckled.

I shifted and turned over, wrapping my arms around his neck. I looked at him, and leaned in to kiss the end of his nose. "I think we should read one of those love poems later."

"In bed." he added, "You can read one to me."

"I will."

Leaning in I kissed him. Letting the kiss deepen into a hearty make-out session was easy. His tongue stroked the inside of my mouth and I sucked on it gently, before curling my own tongue around it. His hand came up to cup on of my breasts, his thumb stroking over my nipple so that it perked beneath his touch.

I rubbing my hips against his, feeling his arousal poke my stomach. We kissed and groped and rutted until pressure brought us both to climax. Once we came down from the high, he kissed alone my jaw and sucked my ear lobe.

"Lets get out." he murmured.

We both stepped out of the bath and I wrapped a towel around my body and he tied one around his waist. We went around and blew all the candles out and pulled the plug from the bath before heading into the bedroom.

Loup was settled and the foot of the bed, already asleep and snoring slightly. I dried off my body before folding my towel and leaving it on the back of the vanity chair, before sliding under the cool covers.

"I'm going to get him a blanket." Sam informed before heading out into the corridor and to the cupboard in the bathroom. He came back without his towel and with a blanket that he threw down over the dog. He slid in next to me in the bed and pulled me right up against his body before handing me the book of love poems. "Read." he smiled down and me, and kissed my forehead.

"Okay, let me find one." I started my search as he just stared at me, carding his hands through my hair and along my spine.

"Stunning" he whispered to himself, leaning in to kiss my shoulder.

"I've found one." I said.

He 'hmmm'd' "Shoot." he added, so I did.

When forty winters shall besiege thy brow

And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,

Thy youth's proud livery, so gaz'd on now,

Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held:

Then being ask'd, where all thy beauty lies,

Where all the treasure of thy lusty days,

To say, within thine own deep-sunken eyes,

Were an all-eating shame and thriftless praise.

How much more praise deserv'd thy beauty's use,

If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine

Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,'

Proving his beauty by succession thine!

This were to be new made when thou art old,

And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.

Sam removed the book from my hand and let it slide off of the bed and onto the floor with a thump. Silently he pulled me into his lap and cupped my face, pulling me in and kissing me. He kissed me so good, I pretty much forgot my own name.

Then he laid me down and made me forget the names of every other person I knew.

A/N - So the wait was not as long as last time but still longer then i wanted, cause while i was on a role, my laptop broke and then i had to try and sum up the words to write again. but here it is, another chap done. REVIEW for me please. :) xxxxx