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storyline - Crystal Beachin'/Heart

prompt - enough

Thankfully, the majority of the dares passed around involved couples doing things to each other. Now that Rose was banging Emmett, Alice and Jasper were together, and Edward and Bella were a pair, no one really wanted to upset the balance of things by switching up – even for a game.

However, that didn't stop the bys from daring the girls to flash their boobs, or the girls from daring the boys to streak around the perimeter of the house.

By the time they were done playing their juvenile and over-sexed version of Truth or Dare, they were all more than well acquainted. Indeed.

"I'm taking Alice on a walk down the beach," Jasper said, standing up. "Anyone wanna come?"

Rose jumped up next, forgetting that one of her boobs was still spilling out of her teeny weeny bikini. Em leisurely reached up to fix it.

"Hey Em, I gotta pee; show me the bathroom," she said meaningfully. "The upstairs bathroom. The one you were telling me about."

Emmett frowned, but he climbed out of the hot tub, pausing to help Rose out. "Uh…okay?"

And then Edward and Bella were alone, with nothing but starlight, the tinkling of wind chimes and the far off crash of ocean waves.

"What're you thinking 'bout?" Edward asked, squeezing Bella's hips.

She slid off of his lap so that she could see his face a little better. "How glad I am I met you."

He grinned. "Yeah?"

Bella nodded shyly, biting her lip.

"I'm glad I met you too. It's like we were meant to be," he said.

Her heart soared with such words.

They sat quietly for a moment, drunk and happy beyond reason.

"So, tell me something," Bella began, skimming her hand across the surface of the water. The timer for the bubbles had gone off, and now the water was still. "Why were you so emo the first day we met?"

Edward frowned earnestly, trying to remember.

"You were on the beach… on a towel…" she prompted.

"Oh yeah." He made a face. "I was upset over this girl…"

Bella's heart jumped, and she bristled in jealousy. "Oh, really?"

"Yeah, but… it was nothing. She's nothing. I know that now."

"Hmph." Bella rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"Oh, come on," laughed Edward. "You can't be made…this was before I even met you! You're like, a thousand million times better than Tanya ever was. Knowing what I know now, being with you, man… that chick could never be enough for me. Never."

Bella softened. She'd known that she and Edward shared a delicious, powerful attraction, but hearing all of this from his mouth was super special. It made her want to do things for him, and to him.

"For reals?" she asked.

"For reals, girl."

Bella smiled sexily, and then got back on to Edward's lap, only this time she sat facing him, her knees on either side. Edward reacted to this new position accordingly, pulling Bella closer so that she was on his merry maker.

"I gotta tell you something," Bella breathed, leaning close so that Edward's face was cozily nestled between her breasts.

"Mmm, anything," he moaned, darting his tongue out. "You taste like butter cream…."

"Edible body frosting, baby."

"Mmm, yeah…"

"So listen," Bella prompted.

"Listening."

"Okay." She took a deep breath. "I've never done it before."

Edward nosed her bikini top aside so that one boob was exposed. Bella shivered in the breeze, hoping no one could see them. "I know," he said after a moment.

"What? How?"

"Cuz you said that one night you'd never been kissed properly… so I kinda figured that meant you were also a virgin."

Bella blushed. "Is that okay?"

"So okay."

"You sure?"

"Why?" Edward popped off of her nipple long enough to smirk up at her. "You gonna let me change that for you?"

To his surprise, Bella nodded.

Edward's smile disappeared. "For serious?"

"So serious," Bella cooed, leaning down to make out with Edward. She knew tonight wasn't the night to go all the way – not yet – but she hoped it would be soon.

"We don't have to take our clothes off…to have a good time," Edward sang, helping Bella move on his lap.

She got the hint, and before long they were dry humping passionately underneath the stars.

Because making out beneath the Milky Way is hot, but making your own Milky Way is smokin'.