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From now, we kind of alternate between Edward and Bella until we have only EPOV, close to the very end. He decided to open up at the end, and Bella shied away. I bet everyone loves EPOV.
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BPOV
"We're so fucking lost!" Edward whined.
"Edward, quit it!" I hissed, eyeing the kids that looked more freaked out by the minute. With every agonized wail from Edward, they turned whiter.
It was summer, which meant holiday and free time. Our parents wanted us back home, mostly to see their grandchildren. I was getting bored of just sitting around the big house Esme and Carlisle had, and decided to take my anti-socializing family out. Having lived so close to the Olympic National Park, I knew a lot about it and I had even indulged Charlie in one or two hiking trips.
"Dad's right," Abby said on a small voice.
"We're on the right trail, guys," I insisted checking the map in my hands.
"I'm hungwy," Danny mumbled, tugging at my hand.
I wanted to lose my shit. No one had faith we'd get out before nightfall.
"The bears are hungry too," Edward grumbled. "They'd have a feast."
"Edward Cullen!" I yelled making him stop in his tracks. "Just shut up already. I'm already on edge."
"You're on edge? So you finally admit!" he shouted. "We're lost!"
To make everything perfect, Abby started crying and Danny seeing us upset started crying too. Sighing heavily through my nose and restraining the urge to kill my paranoiac husband, I knelt next to my youngest. Edward tried to calm Abby down.
I put my hands on his shoulders and looked him in the eye. "Danny, baby, Nana promised you that chocolate pudding. And in turn, I promise you'd eat it for dinner," I said sternly.
"The twees are cweepy," he said scared.
"Are you afraid of the green tree trunks?" I asked amused. "Here, touch it. It won't hurt you." I took his little hand and together, we touched the mushy green tree trunk.
"Can we get moving?" Edward asked on a strained voice.
We continued down the trail I was sure took us out of the rainforest. About an hour later, I was starting to think Edward might be right. We should have been out by now. And to make our adventure better, it started raining.
"Bella?" Edward whispered, grabbing my hand to stop me. "I think it's high time we start panicking."
"That won't do much good," I retorted.
"Dammit! Why did I agree with your stupid idea?"
"Because it is something fun to do."
"FUN?" he thundered. "Do you call this fun? We're fucking lost, soon to be wet and probably eaten by some animal."
"Would you stop with the being eating crap?" I snapped.
"Mommy, I have to potty," Danny said on a small voice.
Edward took his hand and walked a few feet away, turning him toward a tree trunk. "Pee."
"I can't go."
"Come on, kid. We have to find a way out."
"Don't watch."
Edward groaned, turning around. Our eyes met and I was sure the worry was reflected in my eyes too. How big was this forest? We hadn't adventured that far, right?
Just then, an owl hooted making Danny turn…and pee on Edward's leg and shoe.
"For Christ's sake, Danny! It's just an owl!" he protested. We were all wound up.
Once Edward had wiped his leg, we started walking on another path that on my map showed it reached the highway.
When it started getting dark outside, I checked my phone again. Still no signal. Daniel was sleeping in Edward's arms and Abby was clinging to my hand as we tried to find our way out. We had the last sandwiches some time ago, but I was starting to get tired and hungry.
We were in what looked like a clearing, the moon shining on the dark blue sky, illuminating our path when there was movement from behind the trees. I heard Edward gulping audibly as he moved closer to us – to protect us or to protect himself – I wasn't sure.
"Mommy, look!" Abby exclaimed, pointing to a house shaped building.
Edward sprinted there making me laugh. He glanced behind. "Come on! Hurry up!"
The building was probably for tourists like us, who got lost. It provided two beds and a few supplies.
We stripped our wet clothes and wrapped in the warm, thick blankets. Then I opened the mini fridge and looked through it. There wasn't much, only stuff that wouldn't rot.
Biscuits with peanut butter and jelly. Best meal ever. Edward found some juice and after sniffing it and tasting it, he filled four glasses.
I started feeling better. We were safe. But I was still mad at myself for allowing us to get lost.
After moving around the single roomed house and even climbing on furniture, Edward got a signal. He was with one foot on the chair and with one kneeling on the bed. Awkward angle.
"Hi, Mom!" he greeted Esme. "Yeah, we're fine…No, we decided to stay the night…A tent? No…We found a small house…" He sighed loudly. "Okay, fine! We're lost, okay?"
"They'll send someone to find us?" Abby asked me, staying near the window and looking outside.
"I'm sure, sweetie." I stroked her hair, hoping I was right.
"We'll be here…not like we could go somewhere," I heard Edward muttering in the phone. "Look Mom I can't stay like this…I'm starting to lose feeling in my leg…Okay. Goodnight."
He collapsed on the bed as soon as he hung up. "She's going to call the rangers."
"Great. Time for bed, kids!" I announced to them.
With surprisingly little protests, they were both snuggled in one bed, a few minutes later.
Leaving only one small candle lit by the window, I took Abby's previous seat, staring outside. Edward came behind me and put his hands on my shoulders, leaning down.
"I'm sorry for screaming earlier. I was so worried," he whispered in my ear.
"I was worried too, but I didn't lose my shit like you."
"Because you're a woman and you're supposed to keep your head in such situations," he mumbled, hugging me from behind and nuzzling my ear.
I laughed in my hand trying not to wake the kids. I tugged on Edward's arm until he leaned over me and pressed him mouth to mine.
"We'll be okay," he whispered.
"I know." I kissed him deeper having missed him. It's been a long while since the last time we'd been alone. Not like we were alone at the moment.
Before I knew what happened, Edward was sitting on the chair and I was straddling his hips. His hands were in my hair as his mouth moved along my neck. I could feel Toto stirring to life, and I squirmed knowing we couldn't do that.
"Edward, what are you doing?" I hissed in his ear when one of his hands went under my blanket and squeezed my clothed breast.
"Getting warm. Survival one-oh-one."
I narrowed my eyes at him then glanced at the kids. They were with their backs at us, sleeping soundly. It would be so easy to cave to Edward's insistences.
"I think it's highly inappropriate to do this with our kids in the same room and mere feet away," I said quietly in his ear, but it didn't have the desired effect. His fingers pinched my nipple and I moaned against his neck.
"We'll have to be extra quiet. Please. It's been weeks, love," he pleaded me.
"I know, but this happens when you have kids."
"It doesn't mean that if you have kids, your sex life disappears. We can be quiet," he insisted.
One last time I tried to talk sense into him, but he shifted, moving the blankets so we were engulfed in them and our mid sections were touching. He was hard and leaking. His boxers were gone. Damn him.
After pushing my panties off, Edward's large hands went to my ass and lifted me so I could position myself right above him. One hand guided Toto toward Dorothy and there was no turning back. Once he was fully inside me, I pressed my forehead against his and we slowly started to move. The stupid chair started squeaking making my giggle.
"Fuck," Edward groaned, getting up keeping us joined and depositing me on the windowsill with my back against the window. I felt the blanket sliding from my back resulting in my bare skin pressing against the cold glass. But I was too far gone to care.
"You're right. It's been too long," I mumbled, hugging him tightly, to keep him as close as possible. His hips kept moving faster and faster, his ass muscles flexing against my palms as I squeezed them which seemed to drive him crazy. I was sure that anything would set us off in that moment.
"How is this fucking possible, Bella? You're so tight!" he groaned in my hair. "Fuck. Fuck. Bella."
He couldn't have come! My eyes widened when I realized that was what happened. His dick grew harder inside me then jerked and I was filled with warm liquid.
Edward moaned as his body sagged against me. I kept my arms around him being too surprised to say or do anything.
"I'm so fucking sorry," he mumbled against my neck. I felt Toto leaving me and whimpered. I wasn't even close to coming. His skilled fingers dived inside my pussy with his thumb tormenting my clit. My eyes rolled back in my head and a few minutes later, I was clawing at his back and biting my bottom lip to keep from shouting. He had four fingers inside me moving them mercilessly. When I clamped on them, Edward took that as a cue to slam our mouths together. That was a smart move because I yelled in his mouth, bucking against his hand as he kept playing with my clit. When I couldn't take it anymore, I moved a lifeless hand between us and pushed his hand away, breathing heavily.
"You more than made up," I mumbled, sagging against the window.
After we were sure we could walk, we cleaned up as best as we could then slipped in our underwear and in the bed.
I woke up to knocking and realized someone was at the door. It was difficult to extract myself from Edward's iron grip. His arms were around my waist, our feet tangled and something hard poking my ass. Just like the good old days.
The knocking intensified. If I didn't answer, they'd think we weren't here.
"I'm coming!" I shouted to alert whoever was there that it may be a minute until I reached the door.
How Edward reacted to my shouting was more than amusing. His grip tightened on my hip and he started grinding against my ass, moaning.
I squirmed and finally left the small bed. I threw the door open, idly wondering if bears knew how to knock. I was so screwed if that was true.
"Bella!"
I jumped back, tightening the blanket around me. I couldn't believe the persons that were in front of me.
My eyes kept jumping from my father to Jacob Black. Where was the ranger?
"Dad!" I gasped, squeezing the blanket above my breasts. "Um…hi."
"We've got a call that someone may be lost and found refuge in this little cottage," Jacob answered professionally. His hand went to his shoulder and grabbed a small Walkie-talkie. He was the ranger?
As he told someone we were found, I walked backwards, allowing Charlie inside. I glanced worried over my shoulder to see what Edward was doing, and saw him turned on his chest, face in the mattress, snoring loudly. Maybe the nice dream was over and Toto had gone to sleep. Hopefully.
"Can you wait outside a little?" I mumbled. "Our clothes were wet from the rain…"
Dad nodded and left, closing the door with a little thud behind him. I could hear him talking with Jacob.
"Wake up!" I hissed, shaking Edward's shoulder. "UP!"
"Kids, wake up!"
No one seemed to hear me. I decided to have a little fun with them, especially since Edward seemed scared of the prospect of stumbling over a bear.
"There's a bear at the door!" I cried out.
It worked like magic. He shot up, eyes wide and terrified watching me. Abby and Danny were awake as well, looking just as scared. Maybe it hadn't been a good idea.
"I'm sorry guys, but I had to wake you up. Help came and…we have to get dressed," I explained.
"We're saved?" Edward asked in disbelief. Then he sprung up and started getting dressed.
I glanced at Abby who had both hands over her mouth, giggling madly at her silly daddy. I got dressed too as best as I could without flashing anyone then we both worked on the kids and were done in under half an hour with packing our things.
"I'm going to kiss the ranger!" Edward exclaimed.
"You might reconsider that bit," I mumbled. Before I could say more, he had opened the door.
Edward looked around, his face turning white. His eyes kept jumping from Charlie to Jacob.
"Black?" he gasped.
"Cullen! So nice to see you!" Jacob said with fake excitement.
I thought they were friends. What was wrong? Had they fought again and I didn't know?
"Hello, Charlie," Edward greeted Dad, shaking his hand. "Thanks for finding us."
"The adventures of the Cullen family," Dad joked. "Try to steer clear from the forest. There are more bears than usual this season."
"Talk to your daughter. It was her genius idea!" Edward protested, pointing to me.
"Is that so, Bella?" I felt scolded.
"Fine!" I shouted. "From now on, we're staying inside and watching Discovery Channel," I decided. "I thought it would be fun to hike for a little while…"
"You just need a map," Jacob interrupted us.
"We had one!" I took my map out and both, Dad and Jacob, burst in laughter. What the hell?
"That's out of date by at least five years," Jacob wheezed.
Edward groaned, knuckling his forehead. "Can you leave the holiday planning for me? We always had fun and never got lost when I planned it."
I sighed and picked Danny up, marching ahead of them.
"Yo, Bella! We're headed the other way!" Jacob shouted from behind me making me want to die from embarrassment.
"It's okay, Mommy," Danny whispered.
I rolled my eyes and allowed them to go the right way then followed. In under an hour we were out, right where our car was parked. Esme's car, but still.
I just muttered my thanks to Dad and Jacob then slid in the backseat to make sure Danny would be safe since the car didn't provide a child safety seat like our car.
To my surprise, they followed us back to Esme's and after parking the cars, we went inside. She hugged us, telling us how worried she had been and that she had a feeling something had gone wrong when night fell and we weren't back.
After a much needed shower, we had breakfast and explained what had happened. Jacob had too much fun for my liking.
"Yeah, so Bella kept saying we were on the right path and I was wondering how fast we could run if a bear crossed our path," Edward chuckled.
"You can't run if you meet a bear, Cullen!" Jacob shouted. "You have to pretend you're dead and pray the bear would leave."
"How did you end up a ranger, anyway?" Edward asked, scowling.
"Well, that's a good story."
I wasn't in the mood to hear stories so I decided to check on the kids, who were in Edward's old room. Abby was on the bed, coloring in her book while Danny crawled around the room, pushing two of his toy cars along.
"Did you have fun yesterday?" I asked Abby, sitting next to her.
"Until we got lost, yes."
Typical Edward answer. Why did she have to be so much like him?
"But we're safe now. And we weren't in any danger, were we?"
"Mom, we were just lucky not to meet with the bear."
I rolled my eyes, dropping the subject. "Fine. Next year, we'd let your dad choose. And probably end up cooped in the house," I muttered annoyed.
I stayed with them until Edward joined us some time later looking pissed. What now? Was anything going right this holiday?
First, we missed our plane because Abby decided she couldn't part from Cody for a week, then the car we rented broke halfway to Port Angeles resulting in Edward saying tons for colorful words into the phone loud enough for the kids to hear, then everything seemed to calm down until yesterday when we went hiking.
"Your dad is so freaking funny!" he muttered, plopping on the bed.
"What did he do?" I asked patiently knowing anything could irk him when he was in a mood.
"He said he could see one white hair! Do I have white hair? Then he said I should expect more than one cuz I'm nearing thirty. It took all my self control not to hit him."
"Edward," I groaned. "You can be such a baby!"
"If I were a baby, I wouldn't have white hair!" he retorted, marching to the adjoined bathroom and searching his hair in the mirror.
"Dad, it's normal for old people to have white hair," Abby said, not raising her head from her coloring book.
I watched horrified as Edward turned to look at her with huge eyes, looking panicked.
"Do I look old?"
Fuck! Was he getting a complex? That would be so…Edward.
This was yet another idea that started with: what if they got lost and Edward panicked? :)
He's having midlife crisis...poor thing. Reviews will make him feel better. :D
PS: Before anyone asks, Edward hasn't talked to Jacob in years so it's normal for them to be a little cool toward each other. I think.
