Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a lovely holiday and a fun, safe new year, I know I did. Sorry for taking so long to post this chapter, but we had a busy few weeks with Christmas and the New Year as well as my oldest child getting an ear infection.
Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight and its characters, this is all for fun.
The shit is about to hit the fan people so brace yourselves, this chapter will start it off, plus there might be a tiny lemon in here for you, just for fun. Enjoy!
BPOV
When we got back to my place from the hospital I told Edward to make himself comfortable and went to shower the hospital smell off of me. I showered quickly, scrubbing every inch of me and got out, brushing my hair and putting it up into a ponytail. Once I was dressed in my tank top and yoga pants I went out into the living room. It sounded like Edward was in the kitchen so I went in there to see what he was up to. What I saw had me practically in hysterics. He was covered in flour and egg shells were everywhere. My non-stick griddle was on the stove with burning butter sizzling away.
"What are you doing?" I managed to get out between my fit of laughter. He spun around with my apron on, his front absolutely white from the flour and a piece of egg shell hanging in his hair. "Oh my God, what did you do to yourself?" I asked him as I picked the piece of shell out of his beautifully disheveled bronze hair. I kissed his nose, since that was the only place that didn't have flour to let him know I wasn't upset. I could tell he felt bad and he was just trying to do something nice for me.
"Sorry Bella. I'll clean this all up. I was trying to make you a decent breakfast since you've been stuck eating hospital food, but it doesn't seem that I can make anything even the hospital would serve." His bottom lip jutted out again like it did in the hospital a couple of days ago, this time though I caught it in between my teeth and nibbled on it a little. I could feel a smile forming on his lips as he kissed me back. "Mmm, you taste like mint and Bella. Delicious. Maybe I should just have you for breakfast."
"That sounds like a nice idea for you, but what am I supposed to eat?" I purred into his ear.
"I think we can come up with something." Edward pulled me close, rubbing my back, and then his hands settled on my ass. "God you feel good Bella." He started kneading my ass cheeks and kissing my neck. How on earth can this feel this good?
"You do too." My stomach made its presence known at that moment; Edward loosened his hold on me and laughed.
"I guess I need to feed you." He looked around the kitchen and scratched his head. "Uh…Where do you want to go?"
We decided to go to the diner around the corner. I ordered waffles and he got the corned beef hash. We shared, it was very coupley.
After breakfast Edward and I went back to my place and we cleaned up the mess in the kitchen together. I took a nap on the couch with Edward as my pillow; I have to say that Edward is now my favorite kind of pillow. I didn't have any crazy dreams, erotic or otherwise as I slept, thank goodness. I can't imagine living it down if I had another sex dream about Edward, while he was right there to hear all of it.
"Hey you, nice nap?" His hand was running through my hair, it felt so good I almost moaned, but I managed to keep it in. I did close my eyes though.
"Mmmm." My brain couldn't come up with a better answer while he was doing that. The buzzer rang loud through the apartment, we both groaned at the intrusion. "Ugh, who could that be?"
"I'll get it. I ordered us some Chinese for dinner while you were asleep." I reluctantly got up from my comfortable position so he could get up, then the buzzer rang again, this time longer, like he was holding the button down, annoying delivery guy. Edward buzzed the guy in and went to wait by the door. A couple of minutes later there was a light knock on the door. I heard the locks disengage then the door open, I really needed to put some WD-40 on that door, it's so squeaky.
"What are you doing here?" Edward asked the person on the other side of the door. Okay, so it's obviously not the delivery guy.
"Wow didn't take you long, did it Eddie?" Jasper, just great.
"Fuck off Jas. She doesn't need your shit right now." Edward spat, I could tell from his tone that he was utterly pissed that Jasper was here. Figuring I better go get in between these two before it came to blows I got off the couch and went to the door. All I could see was Edward's back, he was blocking the door, not even letting Jasper see inside. When my hand touched his bicep he flinched not expecting me there, his body tense, fists tight and at his side. He relaxed a little when it registered that it was me touching him and turned his head to look at me. The look in his eyes made my breathe catch in my throat; I hadn't seen him look that mad since that guy at Eclipse tried to attack me. His eyes softened as he took in the look on my face. "I'll take care of this Bella." He whispered, his hand caressing my jaw.
"The hell you will! I came here to check and make sure my friend was alright." Jasper's yelling was starting to attract attention from the neighbors.
"You couldn't have done that while she was at the hospital for two days asshole? Some friend you are."
"Guys! STOP!" I yelled, because they weren't going to hear me otherwise. They both shut up and Edward moved back a bit, giving me enough room to squeeze between them. "Edward, can you go in the kitchen and get everything set up for dinner? I'm going to talk to Jasper for just a minute."
"But he's…" He interrupted, clearly not okay with Jasper being allowed to talk to me, not that I blamed him. I didn't particularly want to talk to him either, but seeing as he just came here to make sure I was okay I thought I'd show him just how okay I was and then he could go.
"No, it's alright. I can take care of myself and you're right on the other side of the door if I need you." My words seemed to relax him and started to back up into the apartment that is before Jasper opened his mouth.
"This is ridiculous. I'm not going to do anything to her for Christ's sake. Of the two of us which one is more likely to hurt her, hmm? Who's the one that has done nothing but parade women around in front of her acting like some playboy douche bag?"
"Jasper, shut up! If you want to talk to me you better not antagonize him. And if I remember correctly, you did hurt me, by getting involved with another woman while we were dating." Jasper opened his mouth as if he was going to say something, but thought better of it and hung his head, suddenly finding the floor or his shoes very interesting.
"Yeah, okay." Edward looked smug, but I let it go, he was almost into the kitchen anyway.
"So what do you want Jasper?" My arms were crossed in front of my chest, making it clear that I wasn't happy about him being here.
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay. Emmett called when you were on the way to the hospital. I wanted to come see you, but I…"
"But what Jas? You're supposed to be my friend, isn't that what you said you wanted? If we were actually friends you would have come to the hospital to make sure I was okay instead of waiting two days and coming here." I was so mad at him. He's the one that keeps spouting off about us being friends and how I need to let him back in, but what does he do when something bad happens to me and I need support? He doesn't even bother to call or come see me.
"I know, and I'm sorry Bella, but when Emmett told me what happened I felt responsible and I just couldn't bring myself to go see you lying in that bed. I'm sorry."
"Whatever Jasper. You can clearly see I'm fine and you don't need to feel responsible for what happened, I was just being stupid because I couldn't sleep. Nothing more."
"Why couldn't you sleep?" He asked, concern etched in his voice and features.
"I…you know what, never mind. It's none of your business." A tall man with a bag of what I could only assume was our dinner, judging by the smell, came up to the door. He looked at the door then to whatever was on the paper he was holding and then to Jasper and I in the doorway. "Hi, let me get you some money." The man nodded and smiled. Edward was almost to the door with the money when I turned around. He folded it in half and handed it to the guy, telling him to keep the change as he took the bag. "I'll be right in." I told him. He kissed my temple then disappeared again into the kitchen.
"So are you guys…?" Jasper trailed off his question. I knew what he was asking, but I didn't think that I needed to give him an answer.
"I have to go Jas."
"Yeah, sure. Well I'm glad you're okay Bella. I guess I'll talk to you later."
"Yep. Bye." I said, already having the door half closed. Once it was finally closed and he was gone I let out a whoosh of air.
"You okay baby?" I hadn't heard him, but suddenly Edward's arms were around me. His breathe was hot on my neck, causing goose bumps to erupt all over my body.
"Yeah. I just wish everyone didn't think all this happened because of him. And I guess I'm just tired of all this tension with him, I wish we could all just moved passed this, you know?" His arms tightened around me and his warm soft lips kissed my neck.
"I know, but what he did was just wrong and I feel very…protective of you, I hate that he hurt you, even if it did bring us together." His lips pressed against my hair and his grasp around me loosened. "Let's go eat, I'm starving."
Dinner was quiet, just the sounds of the forks hitting the plates and our chewing, but we couldn't take our eyes off each other. I was just happy to have him here with me, alone and all mine. I really have no idea why I waited so long. We did the dishes together then sat on the couch, cuddled together while we watched a movie on Pay-Per-View. I couldn't tell you what the movie was about because every inch of my body was acutely aware of the fact that Edward was pressed up against me. I could hear his heart beating through his shirt, steady but faster than normal. It made me smile thinking he was just as affected by our proximity as I was. The arm around me suddenly tightened, making my breathing pick up even more, if that were even possible.
I could feel his body shift under me, and then his mouth was at my ear. "Bella" he whispered.
"Hmm?"
Edward's fingers went to my chin, lifting my head up so I could see him. "I need…" He stopped, looking at me like I was kind of precious gift. The look on his face spoke volumes, I could tell he wanted to ask me something and wasn't sure if he should.
"What do you need Edward?" I probed.
"I..I want to kiss you right now, but I don't know if I should." It's what I wanted too, so I pulled his face towards mine and kissed him like I'd never kissed him before. He didn't respond for a second, but then his brain must have caught up with him and he started kissing me back. I sucked on his bottom lip, still holding onto his face. His hands mimicked mine as he slowly kissed me back. His tongue traced my top lip and my God I've never wanted to taste another person so bad in my entire life, so I immediately opened up to him, slipping my tongue into his mouth. His taste, you ask, well fuck me, it was unbelievable. He tasted like beer, kung pao chicken and him. I sucked in a breath through my nose as we continued to explore each other's mouths and his scent overtook me. He was all around me and I'd never been happier.
Wanting to be closer to him I shifted my body so that I was sitting in his lap. His hands moved to my hips to accommodate my current position. Once I was settled in his lap he moaned, I felt his very prominent erection between my thighs and couldn't help but grind on him, desperately looking for some friction.
"Fuck Bella." He breathed into my mouth.
"Mmmmm Edward." I replied, not wanting to waste time talking when we should be kissing. His hands moved to grab my ass, effectively pulling me forward into him.
"Alice, I think we need to give them some privacy." The sudden appearance of my best friends broke us out of our make out session, but I stayed where I was and Edward's hands were still cupping my ass.
"Hey guys." I said with a big smile on my face.
"What were you guys doing?" Rose asked, with a teasing tone.
"Oh you know, just playing a little tonsil hockey." I felt more than heard Edward laughing under me, but the sharp intake of breath is what made me look at him.
"I shouldn't do that with you on top of me." He whispered. Realizing what he meant I blushed. "I guess I better get going. I'm sure you girls have a lot to talk about." Reluctantly I moved off of his lap while he tried to subtly adjust himself. Rose and Alice both noticed and smirked at each other, but thankfully didn't say anything.
"Thank you for taking care of me today Edward."
"No problem baby. Anytime. I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" With a kiss to my temple he got off the couch and started gathering his things. Once his jacket and shoes were on he gave Rose a hug and said his goodbyes. "Sleep well love."
"I will. Night Edward." I closed the door behind me, holding onto to the blissful feelings I had when he was here before going back into the living room. When I got back in there Rose and Alice were sitting on the couch waiting for me.
"Sooooo…." Rose asked.
"So, what?"
"Did you have a good day?"
"Yes, a very good day. Well, except when Jasper came over to check on me and I had to get in the middle of him and Edward before a fight broke out. That wasn't so much fun." I noticed Alice's eyes widen at the mention of Jasper. "What's with the look Ali?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing. I just can't believe they almost got into a fight. How immature." I would have believed her if she hadn't been looking at the hem of her dress instead of making eye contact with either myself or Rose.
"Ali, what's going on?" I asked her, not willing to let go of whatever was bothering her.
"I." She paused, sucked in some air then blew it out after a minute. "I have something to tell you and I don't know how to say it."
"Ali, when have we ever kept things from each other? Just tell us what's going on and we'll figure it out, like we always do." I told her honestly. I took her hand in mine and gave her a reassuring squeeze.
"Yeah, besides how bad can it possibly be Ali?" Rose added, taking her other hand in hers. We were like sisters and never kept anything from the other.
"Okay. You remember that guy that I saw at the airport and went after?" We both nodded, so she continued. "And you know how I told you that I've been talking to him?" Again we both nodded. "Well his name isn't Jay."
"Okaayyyy?" I responded, not sure why she was acting so weird just because Jay wasn't his real name.
"His name is Jasper."
"What? That's so weird…I didn't think that Jasper was a common name at all. Other than my Jasper I don't think I've ever met another one. But why call him Jay, does he just like it better than Jasper?"
"Bella…hold on. Alice what are you saying exactly?" Rose asked.
"The guy I have been talking to is named Jasper. He lives here; he's a psychiatrist with his own practice and has two best friends named Edward and Emmett." Alice said matter of factly. That's when it hit me, she's been talking to MY Jasper, and she's the woman he's been talking to, the one that was moving here.
"Shit." Rose muttered.
"HOW COULD YOU ALICE?" I screamed with fury and jumped up from my seat. "How long?" I needed to know how long she'd known she was talking to my Jasper so I could figure out what to do about my supposed best friend.
"How long what Bella?"
"How long have you known that your Jasper and my Jasper were one and the same Alice? HOW LONG?" I was shaking I was so mad. I couldn't believe what she was telling me, did Jasper know?
"Since our second conversation when he told me all about his life here in Seattle. I'm sorry, Bella. I'm so sorry." Alice buried her head in her hands and started crying.
"NO, you don't get to cry Alice. You had a relationship with my boyfriend and didn't even bother to tell me about it once you found out. This has been going on for months. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?" There was no sitting still; I was pacing like a crazed person at this point trying to wrap my head around this information.
Rose seemed to be the voice of reason at this point and was trying to calm us both down. It seemed to help Alice, but not me. I was still furious.
"I can't tell you how sorry I am about this Bella, really. I don't know why I didn't tell you, but I love him." She said in a shaky voice.
"YOU LOVE HIM? So that makes it all better in your world?"
"No of course not Bella, but it was clear to everyone that you weren't that into him, every time I talked to you it was all about Edward and I practically had to pry information out of you about how things were going with Jasper."
"Alice! That's not a reason to go after your best friend's boyfriend. I just…" Rose interjected before I had a chance.
"I know, I know and I can't tell you how sorry I am…." I couldn't take any more of her apologies; I could hardly stand to be in the same room with her at this point.
"STOP! Just stop! I don't want to hear anymore. We're done Alice. DONE!" I screamed and ran off into my room, slamming the door so hard the walls shook. I threw myself onto my bed face down and just cried. I vaguely heard the front door close before there was a knock at my door. I didn't bother saying anything knowing Rose would just come in anyway.
"Are you okay Bella? I can't believe she did that." Rose ran her hand up and down my back, occasionally moving some hair that had stuck to my cheek from the tears streaming down my face. Eventually I fell asleep and when I woke the next morning Rose was fast asleep next to me. Being as quiet as I could so I wouldn't wake Rose I got out of bed and went to the restroom. Thirty minutes later I was showered, dressed and already drinking the coffee that I had made. Rose wasn't up yet; it made me wonder how late she was up soothing me to sleep. I wanted to believe this was all some nightmare that Alice hadn't really gone after my boyfriend while I was with him, but I knew it was reality and I needed to deal with it. I already yelled at Alice, it was Jasper's turn today. I decided to call Edward. I needed to get this out and I was sure Rose had heard enough and was trying to work out her feelings on the issue.
"Bella? Are you okay?" Edward answered the phone on the second ring, he sounded groggy, and a lot sexy. I probably woke him up; it was only 7:30 after all.
"I'm sorry did I wake you?" I asked.
"It's fine. What's going on, are you hurt?" His voice was rising, I could tell by the tone he was panicking.
"Physically, no, I'm fine. Emotionally, I guess you could say I am hurt." He sighed on the other end of the line. I wasn't sure if it was relief that I was physically okay or a sigh of frustration because I was being so vague. I wasn't sure what to say to him now that I had him on the phone. I didn't know if Jasper knew that he was getting close to my best friend or if he thought she was just some random girl. Alice knew, obviously, but that didn't mean Jasper did.
"You're freaking me out a little here baby. What's going on? Talk to me."
I let out a breath, trying to psych myself into actually say the words to him. "After you left last night Alice told me that the guy she had been getting close to was…." I trailed off, not sure I could bring myself to say the rest. There was a lump in my throat keeping me from saying anything at that point.
"What Bella? Baby, please." I heard rustling coming from his end, probably sitting up in bed. Edward in bed, now there's something to concentrate on, much better than the current drama I have to focus on.
"The guy that she's been talking to, falling in love with as she put it, is Jasper. She knew Edward. She knew it was him all along and she went after him anyway." There I said it, too bad it didn't make me feel any better.
"Oh Bella. I'm so sorry. D-did Jasper know it was Alice the whole time?" The way he was so calm helped to keep me calm.
"I…I don't know Edward. I'm going over there in a little while to talk to him and find out. It's bad enough that he did this when I thought it was some random skank, but my best friend. She is…was…my best friend. I don't think I'll ever trust her again, or him for that matter. This friendship thing with him isn't going to work out if he knew."
"God Bella." He sighed, was this going to affect his friendship with Jasper now that we're together? "I don't think he knew Bella. That's not like Jasper."
"Yeah well did you think it was like him to cheat on his girlfriend?" I blurted out, the calm leaving me completely thinking about what they did. I just couldn't wrap my head around it.
"No." That was all he said for a while. We just sat on the phone, both of us quiet. A minute later he spoke again. "Do you want me to come with you to talk to him?"
"I think I should talk to him by myself, but thank you for the offer." We talked some more and decided that we'd go out to dinner later and maybe go see a movie. He said we couldn't consider it our official first date though because he wanted to do something really special for that but he knew I just wasn't feeling up to that yet with everything that's happened.
"Soon Bella. We'll have our first date soon. Call me after you talk to Jasper and let me know you're alright."
"I will. Thank you Edward, for being there for me. I…you make me feel safe and happy. I can't tell you how good that feels." The feelings were there already, deep and intense and I wasn't sure what to do with them. We've only been together a couple of days, but we'd been skirting around each other for months, flirting, light touches and a couple of intense and amazing kisses. Not ready to deal with all of that at this moment I got myself ready to see Jasper. I left Rose a note telling her where I'd be since she was still asleep and went to face Jasper.
EPOV
I love her, that's all there is to it. I love Bella. I know, it's too soon, but I'd do anything for that girl, absolutely anything. I knew when I left last night that something bad was going to go down. I could sense it. As much as I wanted to stay and be there for Bella I knew she needed to be with her friends. Alice looked scared and tense as I passed her on my way out the door. I was fairly certain that the girl that Jas had gotten involved with was Bella's best friend, but nothing was positive until this morning when Bella called. She sounded so broken when she called me and I ached to be with her, to hold her and tell her everything was going to be alright.
I took a shower, made myself some breakfast and then paced, waiting for her to call me, to tell me she was okay. I knew Jasper didn't know he was talking to his girlfriend's best friend, when I mentioned the possibility he was floored at the idea. At this point I just wasn't sure that Bella was going to believe him, but I hoped that she gave him a chance to explain, it won't take away the pain of what he did regardless. The phone ringing broke me from my thoughts and I quickly ran to grab it. It was Bella.
"Hi." I breathed into the phone. I was so happy she was calling finally. It had been an excruciating couple of hours.
"Hi." She sighed in return. Bella sounded a bit relieved, not as tense and raging with fury as she was this morning.
"How'd it go?"
"Alright. He said he didn't know it was her, she never mentioned mine or Rose's name in conversation so he had no way of putting the pieces together. Alice told him when she saw him a couple of days ago. He seemed upset about it; I guess they aren't talking right now." She laughed lightly and I wondered if it was because of the two lovebirds not getting along at the moment, serves them right if you ask me.
"Well at least there's that I guess. What are you two going to do now?"
"I honestly don't know. The fact that he didn't know helps, but it still hurts. I still haven't gotten over the fact that he did this with someone, let alone my best friend. This was all on Alice, I don't know if we can be friends with them being together. I'm done with Alice; I just can't be her friend with what she did. I told her as much last night too. God, Edward I feel so betrayed." The sniffles on the other end told me she was crying and it killed me. I hated that her supposed best friend did this too her.
"It's going to be alright Bella. Don't cry baby, please." I begged.
"I'm…s-sorry." She sniffled so more but it sounded like the crying had at least almost stopped. "Why would she do this?"
"I don't know baby. Have you talked to her, other than the yelling I mean? Maybe it would help to find out her motives."
"Or maybe it'll just make me want to ring her neck." She countered.
"Or there's that." I laughed, it wasn't funny, that certainly wasn't something I was expecting to hear come out of her mouth.
We talked to a little while longer before she said she had to go. "I have to get ready for a hot date tonight." She told me.
"Hm, anyone I know?"
"Oh I don't know if you know him. He's insanely hot, funny; sweet, charming and you know the best part?"
"He's rich?" She laughed and so did I. It was a beautiful sound to hear.
"Well yeah, but when he sings it's like the voice of an angel."
"You sing like an angel." I'm sure if I were in front of her I'd see her blushing at the compliment, it's not just talk though, she sings and it's like heaven is shining right down on her.
"I really need to go so I can shower and look pretty for you. See you later Edward."
"See you soon baby." We hung up and noticed her had talked for nearly three hours and that's something for me. I hate talking on the phone, but with Bella everything is just so easy. I got ready for our night out and was out the door in no time at all. I decided to stop by the florist down the street and pick up some flowers for Bella. I didn't know what she liked so I just picked a variety of things that I thought worked well together.
"That'll be thirty two fifty please." I handed the man my credit card which he swiped through then wrapped the flowers in some clear and green cellophane paper. He then tied it together with this pretty red ribbon. "This for a special lady?" He asked. I smiled just thinking about Bella. "She must be awfully special to put that smile on your face."
"She is. There's no-one like her."
"That's how I feel about my Caroline. The sun and the moon rise and set for that woman. Can I give you a piece of advice?" I nodded, curious as to what this old man had to say. I'm sure it was going to wise and I'd do well to follow it. "She makes you happy, don't ever let her go. I have that same smile every time I even hear my wife's name."
"I'll do that, thank you…"
"Walt."
"Walt. Thank you very much. Have a nice evening." I walked out the door and got into my car, making sure to gently place the flowers on the passenger seat so not to ruin them. When I got to Bella's people were looking at me oddly, one glance in the mirror on the elevator door told me why. I was grinning like the Cheshire cat. I knocked at Bella's door and was greeted by Rose.
"Hey Edward, Bella's almost ready." Rose said, she sat on the couch, placed a bowl the size of Emmett's head on her lap and un-paused whatever she was watching on TV.
"How is she Rose?" I took a seat next to her so we could talk while I waited for Bella to appear. I didn't want to stand by the door with my hands in my pockets looking like an idiot.
"She's heartbroken. I've never seen her like this, not even after Jamie. Don't get me wrong that guy did a number on her, but she knew he was an asshole deep down. This thing with Alice." She shook her head before she spoke again. When I looked at her I saw unshed tears in her eyes. I rubbed her back I hoped in a soothing way; not knowing what else to do. I wasn't good with females crying. "It's messed her up pretty bad."
"Looks like it's messed you up too Rose."
"It has, I guess I never imagined Alice being capable of doing something like this, you know. It's like I don't even know her. Who does that to one of their best friends?"
"I don't know. It's a fucked up thing to do to someone you love." Rose cried on my shoulder but eventually calmed herself down. "I know Bella doesn't want to talk to Alice, but have you?"
"Yeah, I talked to her this morning while Bella was at Jasper's. She's a wreck. She says that she knew who he was after the second conversation but never said anything to anyone. She told me that she tried to stay away from him, but just couldn't, says she was drawn to him. I guess I understand that because of Em, but at least Bella and Em only had the one coffee when I came along. Bella's the one that pushed me to Emmett in the first place, I was so reluctant to do anything when it came to showing my interest, but Bella she saw right through it like she always does. I know if Alice had said something in the beginning then Bella would have told her to go for it. I mean we all know she's got it bad for you, has since the first time she laid eyes on you at Eclipse. She just didn't want to get hurt."
"I'll never hurt her." I told her and I meant it.
"Oh I know sweetie. Bella's just so guarded after everything with Jamie, but she's getting better. I just worry that all this stuff with Alice and Jasper is going to put her back at square one." Bella came out of her room at that moment, so I gave Rose a hug and got up to meet my date. She was breathtaking. She had on a pair of dark jeans, knee high black leather boots and a green sweater. Her hair was down, waves flowing down her back. Her make-up was minimal just the way I like it, just enough to accentuate her natural beauty.
"You look….amazing." I took another moment to enjoy the view before taking Bella's hand. "You ready?"
"As I'll ever be." Bella grabbed her purse and coat, saying her goodbyes to Rose and we were out the door. "So where are we going?"
"Just a little place I know. " I smirked at her; the eye roll I got in return didn't escape my notice. The twenty minute drive to the restaurant consisted of Bella telling me how it was unfair that she didn't know where we were going and trying to convince me to tell her. She had some very compelling arguments, such as putting her hand on my knee and slowly moving it upwards. It didn't go further than mid thigh, but damn the girl had me panting with that little touch. "You're evil." I told her as I pulled into the parking spot just in front of Bella Tierra.
"You haven't seen anything yet." And with that she got out of the car before I had a chance to blink. She was going to be the death of me, I swear it.
"Two for Cullen." The hostess looked down, smiled and grabbed two menus and gestured for us to follow her. I had requested a nice quiet table overlooking the sound and that's exactly what we got. It wasn't all that busy much to my surprise, but you wouldn't hear me complaining.
"This place is really nice Edward. I thought we were doing something low key since you insist on this not being our first date."
"I come here a lot actually. The owner is a friend of mine and he has the best ravioli I've ever tasted."
"You're making me blush with all the compliments Edward." The sound of my friend's voice caught me off guard even though I knew he would be informed of our arrival.
"Tony! How are you old man?" I got off my chair to greet him with the usual half man hug pat on the back gesture.
"I'm well, who is this lovely lady?" He had taken Bella's hand in his and started bringing it to his lips. Smooth old man.
"This is Bella Swan. Bella, this is Tony, he owns this place and apparently never leaves. How is Marisa doing?" I made the appropriate introductions and hoped that with the mention of his wife he'd take his lips off my girl's hand.
"It's a pleasure my dear. What may I ask are you doing with the likes of him when you could be out with someone better? Like me for instance." Bella laughed and blushed a bit at his attention, but just as I thought she was just going to play the shy girl she gave it right back to him.
"The pleasure is all mine Tony and believe me if you weren't obviously married I dump Edward's sorry ass for you in a heartbeat."
"Hey now! My ass is not sorry. I have it on good authority that I have a fine ass." I interjected.
"And who may I ask fed you that line of bull?" Tony asked teasingly.
"That would be me, unfortunately." Bella spoke up in my defense. I don't recall her ever mentioning my ass before, but it was good to know she liked what she saw.
"Tsk, tsk my dear. You need to keep this boy on his toes; we can't go inflating his ego any more than it already is otherwise it'll need its own zip code." We all laughed and chatted a bit more before Tony said he needed to crack some skulls in the kitchen. He had sent over an excellent bottle of Cabernet from his own private reserve for Bella and I to enjoy and it didn't disappoint.
Dinner was amazing as usual and Bella and I got to know each other a bit more in between bites. One thing that I absolutely loved about Bella was the fact that there was never a moment between us that was uncomfortable, not even the times when we were silent was it awkward, it was really…refreshing.
We finished dinner and since the weather was nice and the movie theater was about a block away we decided to walk.
"What movie are we seeing?" Bella asked, she was holding my hand as we walked and I had to admit that I loved the feeling of the simple gesture.
"I thought you could choose." Her smile was so bright and wide that it made me smile in return. Bella stopped us in the middle of the sidewalk, wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me. We kept it strictly PG since we were on a busy street then continued walking the short distance to the theater. Once there she chose something we'd both enjoy, a comedy about some guy trying to make it to the birth of his baby, but had some guy with him that was making it difficult to get there at all. The previews I had seen of it looked pretty funny, so I was happy she chose it.
"What would you like Bella?" I asked her as I dragged her to the concession line.
"Popcorn of course and a diet soda." I ordered large popcorn, some Milk Duds, Bella's diet soda and a regular soda for me. I paid and we went to the theater our movie was playing in. Bella chose the row we would sit in and as soon as she sat down she lifted the arm rest between us, I was really happy about that. Any chance I had to be closer to her I was going to take it. I poured the milk duds into the popcorn and mixed it together. "What are you doing?" Bella asked.
"Um, mixing the milk duds with the popcorn." She scrunched her nose like that was the most disgusting thing she had ever heard, it made me laugh. "Try it, you'll like it." She gave me a dubious look like I was insane for even suggesting such a thing. "Trust me." I whispered into her ear. She took a piece of popcorn and a little candy that had now melted a bit from the heat of the popcorn. She held it up to inspect it and to be honest I wasn't sure if she was going to try it at all. "Bella, just try it, if you don't like it I'll go buy you your own popcorn." Throwing caution to the wind she popped it in her mouth and slowly began to chew. Her expression changed from apprehensiveness to one of pure pleasure as she tasted the sweet and salty goodness that was in her mouth.
"Oh my god." A little bit of chocolate was on her fingers and I was never one to be wasteful so I brought her fingers to my mouth and sucked the chocolate off. I was pretty sure I heard Bella moan as I did it and the sound went straight to my dick. "Oh God!" She moaned a little louder that time.
"So?" I asked once her fingers were clean.
"Hmm?" She asked, clearly dazed.
"What did you think?"
"I think that it was very good." I wasn't sure if she was talking about the popcorn or my licking her fingers, but either way her response made me happy…and horny.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it." Again I leaned into her and whispered in her ear. My tongue might have swiped the shell of her ear, only a little though, but it was enough to make her shiver. "Cold?" I asked even though I knew she wasn't. She just shook her head and resumed eating the popcorn/candy mix.
We fed each other during the movie and to be honest I couldn't tell you what the damn thing was about aside from what I had seen on the previews I had saw on TV. Bella and I were far too interested in feeding each other the popcorn and sucking the chocolate off the other's fingers. I was rock hard and in desperate need of some friction, thankfully Bella slid her hand down to my jean covered crotch and began rubbing. I had to try very hard to be quiet. With my lips attached to her mouth and her hand rubbing me I moved my hand to her hot center and began stroking her, I could feel how wet she was even through her jeans. "Jesus Bella." Our lips and hands worked together, not caring where we were or who could see us. We were in the back of the theater and away from prying eyes for the most part. If anyone decided to look behind them they would have just seen us making out.
I felt her hands at the front of my jeans, the button popped open then the zipper slid down and suddenly Bella's small hands were in my boxers latching onto my throbbing erection. "Oh God." I whisper/moaned as I claimed her mouth with mine once again. I tried to slip my hand down the front of her pants, but they were too tight, I needed to undo her pants to be able to fit my hand in there. Once that feat was accomplished my hand was able to find the Promised Land without any trouble. She trembled at my touch, as well as taking a sharp intake of breath.
"Holy Fuck Edward." She continued to stroke me up and down, her thumb making swipes at the head as her hand moved upward. I was about ready to explode but I wanted her to cum too so I sped up my movements and it didn't take long for her to tense up and find her release and I was right behind her.
The credits started rolling as soon as we caught our breathes and the lights were starting to come on so we righted our clothing, laughing as we did.
"That was the best movie I've ever seen." I exclaimed as we left the theater hand in hand.
"Did you even see any of it?" Bella asked, she moved herself closer to me, grasping my bicep with her free hand.
"No, but it was still the best movie I've ever been to."
"Mm, me too." I didn't want the evening to end, but it was getting late and I had to work in the morning so we decided to call it a night and I took Bella home.
BPOV
The night had been absolutely amazing. I hadn't intended on doing those things with Edward in the theater, much less on our very first date, but I couldn't stop myself, he was just so amazing. His lips were so soft and tender against mine and the light touches had me aching for more. I wasn't ready to let him go when he dropped me off at my door, but he had to work really early so I knew I had to.
"I don't want you to go." I whined, his arms were tight around me.
"I know, I don't want to leave either, but I have to. Can I call you tomorrow during one of my breaks?"
"Of course." I answered. I wrapped my arms around his neck, going up on my tip toes and kissed him. He responded immediately, pushing me against the wall next to my front door. My hands found their way to his gorgeous head of hair and pulled a little like I know he likes. The groan that escaped his mouth told me I was right. His left hand moved down my leg, hooking itself behind my knee and pulling my leg up around his hip as he ground his erection into my center.
A throat clearing had me blushing in embarrassment at being caught and I tried to extricate myself from Edward's erection grinding up against me, he wouldn't let me move any further from him though as his arms stayed tight around me.
"Hey B, Edward. Having a good time?" Tay asked, with a smirk planted firmly on her face.
"I am actually. What are you doing out here?" I responded. It was late and was surprised to see her in the hallway this late, especially since it was her night off.
"I was on my way out; Demetri is sick and needs some soup so I'm off to the store."
"Oh, I'm sorry he's sick. I think we might have a can or two of soup in my apartment. I can get it for you if you want." I offered.
"Oh, no that's alright. I need to get him some cold medicine too, but I appreciate it. You two continue on with what you were doing and have a nice night. Bella, we'll talk tomorrow."
I nodded at her, knowing exactly what she wanted to talk about tomorrow, then she left.
"I better go." Edward said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Okay." I might have pouted a little.
One more kiss on the lips and I knew it was time for him to go.
I closed the door to the apartment and made sure everything was locked up and headed off to my room. I was shocked to see Alice lying on my couch. What was she doing here? She must have heard me come in because she sat up rubbing her eyes. Once they were adjusted she looked at me with an unreadable expression on her face.
"Did you have a good time Bella?" She asked me with a hint of annoyance in her tone. I didn't appreciate it. At all! And there was no way she wasn't going to hear about it.
A/N: So there you have it, I hope you enjoyed it. I know you were all expecting more of a fight once the news came out about Alice and Jasper and it kind of did, but Bella needed time. Obviously she's still pissed about the situation and Alice being Alice isn't going to let her think for very long, she needs to hash this out with her friend. What do you think Bella is going to do with Alice there? Is she going to talk to her or will she kick her out? Do you think they'll ever resolve their issue and be friends again? Would you be able to forgive a friend that did that to you?
Tell me your thoughts and review guys. Until next time. Oh and reviewers get a sneak peek at next chapter.