I have entered the One Shot Soundtrack Volume II contest taking place from February 26 – March 13, you can find the stories at http:/www(dot)fanfiction(dot)net/~ossoundtrack. Everyone should check this out, because the first contest had some amazing one shots and this one will too no doubt.
BPOV
I told him, all of it and he didn't run away from me. In fact it went a lot better than I thought it would. I expected the jaw twitching, a sure sign that he was pissed, not at me of course, but I had no doubt in my mind that if he ever saw Jamie he would beat the living shit out of him. What I didn't expect though was the full acceptance of everything, without question. His response is what led to the feelings currently coursing through my very being. I was irrevocably in love with this man that much was clear.
As soon as the front door was closed Rose rounded on me, wasting no time with small talk, not that I would expect anything less from my best friend.
"What happened tonight? Did you tell him about…you know?"
"Yeah, I told him everything and the crazy thing; he didn't run away screaming Rose." I said, still somewhat in shock that he hadn't done just that.
"Well no shit Bella Bean. Why would he leave? This thing with Jamie, it was fucked up, but it's been five fucking years, it's not like it happened six months ago. Hell if it had just happened I would take serious issue with you jumping into something with Edward and wouldn't mind telling you about it either. B, he's head over heels, that much is painfully obvious. Why you two waited as long as you did to get together I'll never know."
"Thanks Rose. How was your date with Emmett?"
"Good, great. He asked me to move in with him over dessert."
"OH MY GOD! Why was that not the first thing you said when you walked in the door you bitch!" I yelled excitedly for my friend.
"Because Bella, you obviously needed to talk about what happened with Edward and I wanted to hear all about it. Speaking of which, when are you two going to talk to Jasper?"
"Saturday. I'm really nervous about it too. I'm not sure how he's going to take it." The thought of telling Jasper about Edward and I was turning my stomach into knots. I know it's the right thing to do obviously, but it doesn't make it any less stressful.
"It'll be fine, just try not to stress over it." Rose hugged me, knowing that I needed to comfort at that moment. "I need to talk to you about moving though, are you okay to talk about that right now or do you want to give it a few days?"
"No, I can handle it, everything is good. We can talk now, I'm fine." I didn't want my drama to ruin Rose's good mood.
"Okay, um. Emmett wants me to move in as soon as possible and I was thinking that maybe next weekend would be good? I don't have that much stuff that I need to pack since most of my stuff is in storage, but with work I was thinking it would take me a week to pack up the things I brought here. What do you think?"
"I think that sounds great Rose. I'm so happy for you guys."
"I'm happy for you too Bella. Edward is so good for you." Rose stated happily. "I'm pretty tired so I'm going to go to bed. Night Bella."
"Night Rose. Thanks for the talk."
"Anytime." She replied.
I had a lot to think about, with my new feelings for Edward, my stress over what to say to Jasper, getting back to the club to work and the new songs in the works, not to mention Alice and her backstabbery, so needless to say sleep didn't come easy for me. The only thing that made me really happy was the fact that Edward took my news so well, I just hoped that come tomorrow, after some time to think about things he doesn't change his mind.
I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing shrilly and when I opened my eyes I noticed it was almost noon, geez, I guess I was tired. I quickly grabbed the phone to answer it in time and was pleasantly surprised to hear the warm chocolaty voice of my boyfriend on the other line and it sounded like he was in a good mood. "Hey Beautiful. What are you up to right now?"
"Just woke up actually."
"Having a lazy day today are we?" He asked teasingly.
"I guess. I didn't get to sleep until almost four this morning."
"Why is that? Something on your mind? You want to talk about it?"
"I was just thinking about you and Jasper." I told him, not realizing what I had actually said and how my voice sounded when I said it. My voice was still groggy from sleep, but one would think I was trying to sound sexy if they hadn't known I just woke up, which Edward did.
"So not going there baby. I will not have a threesome with Jasper, but if you want to add a girl into the mix I might be willing…"
"EW Edward!" I screeched, he's such a guy, I swear. "I was not thinking about you both like that, besides there is no way I am EVER sharing you with anyone, even Jasper." His laughter on the other end of the phone assured me that he was teasing. "Ok, you can stop laughing anytime now ya perv." He managed to calm down and asked me what I was thinking if I wasn't thinking about a threesome, like it was a given that I'd be thinking of that as opposed to something less…sexual. "I was thinking about how he was going to take what we had to say. I keep thinking he's going to be pissed."
"Well, he's not going to be happy, that much I can guarantee, but I seriously doubt he's going to be pissed, I mean it's not like he's totally innocent and you've already forgiven him for what he did. Don't worry so much about it."
"I guess."
"What about me were you thinking? Good things I hope."
"Um…I was sort of nervous about how you'd feel about me today after everything we talked about." This was it, was he going to tell me that he's changed his mind? He didn't talk like that's what was going to happen; I was probably worrying for no reason, as usual.
"Hm, well my feelings have changed slightly after our little talk." Gulp! Uh oh, this doesn't sound good at all.
"Wh-what do you…mean…changed?" I stuttered. Do I really want to hear this?
"I mean that after hearing about what happened to you last night I feel more protective of you and…I..I'm falling for you Bella. I know it's too early to say those three words, but I can feel them."
I was dumbfounded, he was falling for me? Wow. I was so shocked that I was silent trying like mad to process this information. I was ecstatic of course because I was feeling the same way.
"You do?" He asked. I had no idea what he was asking me.
"I do what?"
"You feel the same way? That's what you said. I mean I almost didn't hear you but I thought that's.."
"YES! Yes, I was thinking it, but I didn't realize I said it out loud, but yes I do feel the same way."
"I wish I was there right now so I could kiss you until we are both panting." That did sound good.
"I wish you were here too. Will I see you tonight at Eclipse?" I asked, hoping we could get to the kissing tonight, because I really wanted to get to the kissing.
"I hope so. I'm on call for one of my colleagues tonight, but hopefully there won't be anything pressing to keep me away from you. I really want to see you Bella." There was a lot of noise in the background then I heard him being called over what I could only assume was the loud speaker at the hospital. "Bella, I'm being paged. I'll talk to you later okay baby?"
"Okay. Have a good rest of the day."
"I will now." He hung up the phone after that. I just stared at it, wondering if that really happened or if it was just a dream. I pinched myself just to make sure and "OW!" that hurt. Guess I'm not dreaming, he really did say he felt it, you know the big L word. The rest of by day flew by; I was on cloud nine the entire day. Karaoke was easy, Edward didn't make it though, some emergency surgery needed to be performed on one of his colleague's patients. I played the part of the understanding girlfriend to a freaking t, but inside I was upset because he wouldn't be there tonight. He did promise to take me out on a proper date tomorrow night though, so at least I had that to look forward to. The rest of the night went smoothly and as always Angela helped me clean up. Emmett and Rose stayed behind to make sure I got to my car without incident. Apparently Edward had called Emmett to look after me after closing since he couldn't be there.
Friday night was now here, after a long day of cleaning the apartment, I was trying to keep myself busy to make the day fly by like it did the day before but it didn't work. I just hopped out of the shower and am now in the process of brushing the tangles out of my hair. I have no idea what we're doing tonight, Edward just told me to dress comfortably and to be ready to go by seven. It's six now so I have an hour until he gets here. I have no idea what to wear, these are the times that I wished Alice were here, but I can't dwell on that situation right now. If I think about her then I'll just wind up getting pissed and that is not how I want to spend my evening with Edward.
After drying my hair and using a flat iron I apply some light make-up, just the basics, mascara and some lip gloss. Pleased with how I look I venture to my closet to find something to wear. I'm in the middle of tossing half of it out on the bed when Rose walks in.
"What on earth are you doing Bella?"
"Shit. You scared the crap out of me." I yelp at her. My hand is over my chest, hoping it'll calm down my rapidly beating heart. "I'm trying to find something to wear on my date with Edward. He's going to be here in…shit 15 minutes and I can't find anything."
"Where's he taking you?" Rose asks as she digs through the clothes strewn about my room.
"I don't know. He said to dress 'comfortably', whatever that means."
"Ugh! I hate that, it gives you absolutely nothing to work with. Okay, so comfortable, what would you normally wear that comfortable Bella?"
"Sweats, and a tank top."
"Well you can't wear that out on a date with Edward. How about your 7 jeans and ooh, this top is super cute. Perfect." The top she was currently holding out to me is one that Alice bought me when she was here for her previous visit. I can't wear that, I scrunch my nose at it, Rose huffs and puts it down and grabs another. It's purple with ¾ in sleeves and a scoop neck, it's perfect.
"Thank you!" One my clothes are on I dig through my shoes to find something cute but comfortable. I decide on a pair of zebra print ballet flats, they're my favorite and so comfortable, but extremely cute.
"You look great B." Rose comments when I come out. I give her a quick hug and as I do there's a knock on the door. When I open it I am struck dumb by the sight in front of me. Edward in dark wash jeans and a green button down shirt, sleeves rolled to his forearms. Have I ever told you all about his forearms? I swear I could write a song about them, it would have to have a line about my hands all over them and possibly licking, oh yeah, there'd have to be a line about licking. He looks edible, no really, I want to say screw the date, let's stay in so I can have my way with him. That sounds like a good date to me.
"You are breathtaking Bella. I think I'm going to have to kill any man that dares to look at you tonight. Maybe I should just keep you locked up here for the night." See, we're on the same wavelength here. Staying in is sounding better and better. Maybe he'll let me lick his forearms, you know just for research for my song. "Are you ready?" He asks, but before I can answer he offers me some gorgeous purple and pink gerbera daisies.
"They're beautiful. Thank you Edward. Let me just go put these in some water and we can go." He follows me back in, saying hello to Rose as I get a vase and fill it with water. With the flowers in water now we head out. "So where are we going?"
"It's a surprise. Now come on, or we're going to be late beautiful girl." I let him grab my hand and basically drag me out to his car all while laughing like a teenager, we were already having fun and we hadn't even left my building yet. "Your chariot awaits love." Swoon. Could he be any more perfect?
"Why thank you kind sir." Edward kissed my hand and helped me into his car, then ran over to his side and we were off.
We pulled into a spot in front of a line of shops, I was so confused. We were going shopping? I hate shopping. "Um?"
"Just wait love. I promise you'll love it." And the man couldn't have been more right; he led me to this music store about a block away from where we were parked. "Told you. Go, play. I want to see what you can really do." He didn't need to tell me twice, I took off for the piano sitting in the corner. It was a beautiful baby grand, the very same kind I could picture in my home someday.
"Do you play dear?" An elderly woman came up behind me, startling me because I didn't hear her approach at all.
"Yes." I answered simply, my eyes never leaving the beautiful instrument in front of me.
"Play something dear. This piano doesn't get played nearly enough." I nodded and tested the keys, just to make sure it was in tune. It was. I played a few songs, some mine, some not. I noticed Edward standing off to the side watching me intently and felt the need to play the song that I had been working on about him. It started slowly with me humming along, the words flowing through my head, but not coming out of my mouth. "That's lovely dear." The lady, whose nametag read Norma, commented once I was done playing. A quick glance at Edward made my heart just about stop. He was still in the same spot looking at me like I was something to be cherished, that I could give him something special and it felt good. His eyes were red rimmed and I thought I caught him wiping something from his eye. "I don't believe I've ever heard that song, what's it called?"
"It doesn't have a name yet, I'm not quite done with it. Thank you so much for letting me play. It's made my night."
"Please, play as long as you'd like. I have some stocking to do over there. Call me if you need anything…"
"Bella. Nice to meet you." I shook her hand as I said the words.
"Nice to meet you too, Bella." She walked away and I went back to playing. A few minutes later I felt Edward's hand on my shoulder.
"You ready, love? We have dinner reservations." I just nodded and got up. We both said our goodbyes to Norma and promised to come back sometime soon.
"I'm sorry I played for so long. I just couldn't seem to walk away from that piano. It was so beautiful, wasn't it?" I asked. We were walking hand in hand down the street to our next destination which just happened to be a seafood restaurant a few blocks away. I could smell the ocean on the other side of the buildings, the salty ocean air mixed with the smells of the food being prepared in the restaurant made my stomach growl, rather loudly.
Edward chuckled at the noises coming from my stomach; it was a little embarrassing, until I heard his growl too. "Hungry?"
"I guess we both are. I didn't realize how much until the restaurant smells hit me."
"Well this place is the best seafood restaurant in the city. You do like seafood, don't you?" He asked, looking almost tense.
"Who doesn't?" I replied, the tension in his posture melted away and the look on his face was happy again. I loved that face.
The hostess escorted us to our table after Edward gave his name and as we walked I took notice of what everyone else was eating. It all looked so good and my stomach rumbled again. Edward's hold on my hand tightened as we continued to walk to our table.
"Thank you." Edward said when we finally arrived at our table. It was next to wall made entirely of windows overlooking the ocean. There was a candle on the clothed covered table for two. Being the gentleman that he is he pulled my chair out for me so I could sit down before sitting in his own chair. The hostess handed us the menu and wine list and left us. "I saw you checking out everyone's food, anything look good to you?"
"Everything looked good. I don't know how I'm going to decide." I looked over the menu and found something that sounded absolutely amazing, but we'd have to share and I wondered if Edward would be alright with that. "This looks good."
"What?" He asked, his eyes scanning the menu as he waited for my response.
"The Ultimate under the sharable seafood."
"That does look good. Why don't we just get that then?"
"You sure? I don't want to pressure you into it if you had your mind set on something else."
"No, that's perfect. I was deciding between the Dungeness Crab and the Mussels and now I can have both."
"Good evening, welcome to Elliott's. I'm Ryan and I'll be your server tonight. What can I start you off with this evening?"
"We'll have a bottle of the La Crema Chardonnay and I believe we are going to share the Ultimate. Bella?" Edward was so hot ordered for both of us; I was unable to speak, so I nodded my agreement instead.
The waiter took down out order and came back with the wine only moments later. It was really good. Edward has excellent taste that much is clear. "You okay Bella? You've been quiet ever since the waiter came over."
"Mmm Hmm. I'm good, just taking everything in." I leaned a little closer to him so I could be heard by him and only him when I whispered the next part. "You're really hot when you take charge. It took everything in me not to lunge across this table and attack you when you ordered our dinner." I straightened back out and sat comfortably in my seat. Edward's cocky smirk came out and I wanted to lick him. So not helping with the hormones coursing through me right now.
"Well Bella, that's very….interesting." He said seductively, then that damn smirk came back out to play.
"Here's your dinner sir, miss. Is there anything else I can get for you two?" Edward shook his head, but never took his eyes off of me. "Very well. Enjoy."
"Ladies first."
We dug in and my god it was good. I moaned a little and Edward's eyes darkened. I had a feeling that we weren't going to be waiting much longer to have sex if we kept going on like this and oddly I was okay with that.
"Bella, tell me…you're an amazing singer so I have to ask, do you want to make it big someday?" Edward asked when we were about half way through our dinner.
"What I would love more than anything is to write songs for other people. I don't know if you've noticed but I don't do well on stage."
Edward shook his head. "What are you talking about? You're amazing up there on that stage and your voice; it's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard."
"Edward, I normally drink half a bottle of Jack before I get on that small stage. I can't imagine what I would do if I had to sing in front of hundreds of people. No. No, writing songs for someone else is much better, plus I can lead a normal life instead of being in the spotlight." He nodded his head as if he agreed with my logic, but the next words out of his mouth almost made me choke on my delicious crab.
"You should sing, not just write songs for people. I understand the stage fright thing Bella, I do, but you can overcome that and you're far too talented to just write songs for other people. You should be out there on stage playing your guitar with a band behind you singing to everyone who will listen and let me tell you baby, people are going to want to listen. You're amazing."
"I think you've had enough to drink Dr. Cullen. I'm cutting you off." I moved to take his glass of wine away, but he grabbed my wrist before I could get to it.
"I'm not drunk Bella. I'm being honest with you."
"I think you're just biased, not that I don't appreciate it, but seriously Edward?" There was no way I would even be able to do what he was suggesting. My nerves were shot with the small crowd at Requiems. All conversation of me singing professionally ceased at that point but I was positive that he would bring it up again at a later date. Edward talked about his work and all the crazy patients he had to deal with. He had one guy come into the ER when he first started out with a beer bottle shoved up his ass, seems he was in a fraternity at U-Dub and it was a dare. Stupid, stupid people. I was practically in tears from laughing so hard by the time our waiter took our plates away, some of those stories were just downright hilarious, some people do the dumbest things.
We ordered dessert, just a slice of flourless chocolate cake and some coffees and continued talking. I swear we learned more about each other during dinner then we ever had before. Our waiter came by with the check a while later and let us know that we were the last people here and they needed to close up. I hadn't even noticed that everyone else had left. I guess that's what happens when you're so enthralled with another person, the rest of the world just melts away and all that's left is the two of you.
Edward pulled out his wallet and handed his credit card to the waiter and soon we were making our way out into the cold night air, his arm wrapped protectively around my waist, holding me close to his side. I couldn't help but take in the way I fit so perfectly into his side, like we're two puzzle pieces, finally being fitted together.
"What are you smiling about?" He whispered into my ear as we walked down the street.
"Just how perfectly we seem to fit together." I replied. There was no use in hiding it from him, he's nothing but open with me and I'm feeling more and more relaxed with him.
"We do, don't we?" Edward kissed my temple and hugged me tighter to him. We got to his car and he reluctantly let go of me so I could slip into the passenger seat. With a quick kiss on my lips he closed the door once I was situated in the car and walked over to his side. He slid in and started the car. As he drove us back to my apartment he held my hand, I felt the tingles from his touch all the way up my arm and settle into my chest, making my heart beat faster.
EPOV
The evening was perfect. Never have I felt this comfortable with another person, let alone a woman. We talked for hours at the restaurant, not even realizing that the other diners had left and all that remained was us. I paid quickly and escorted us to my car. My heart swelled when Bella told me that she was thinking about how perfect we fit together. I was feeling the same way at that moment and couldn't be happier that she was feeling the just as I was. We hadn't talked about our impending talk with Jasper the next day, which I was thankful for. I wanted tonight to be about us and getting to know more about one another. She told me so much about herself, her family and childhood during our long talk that I could just picture her as a young kid, running around her father's house, her hair in pigtails. She told me that her favorite toy was her Peaches N Cream Barbie Doll but she sadly lost it when her mother left her father, taking Bella with her. I vowed then and there to myself that I would find her another one of those dolls to replace the one she lost, no matter the cost.
Once we were parked in front of her apartment I got out so I could help her out of the car. She took my hand and whispered her thanks when she on the sidewalk. Being the gentleman that I am I saw her to her front door, I had no intentions of going any further with her tonight seeing as this was in fact our first date. Bella turned to me, her back to the door and looked at me underneath her lashes. God she's beautiful.
"You're not so bad yourself." She whispered. I looked at her in confusion and she giggled. "You said I was beautiful."
"I said that out loud? Jesus, what have you done to me woman?"
"Probably the same thing you do to me." I raised my eyebrow at her, hoping she'd tell me exactly what it is that I do to her. "You're going to make me say it, aren't you?" I nodded, smirk firmly in place. "You make all coherent thoughts leave my head when you're around, make it impossible for me to keep my filter intact when you look into my eyes just like you're doing now. You make my knees go weak, my pulse rate skyrocket and my mouth go dry. I want nothing more than to wrap myself around you and never let go." Her words sent shock waves through me; she described to a t every single thing I was feeling whenever I was around her. Of course I had had months to get used to it since I have been feeling these things since I first laid eyes on her. "I...is that how you feel Edward?" She was timid and looked like she thought she had said too much.
"Fuck Bella." My voice was husky to my own ears and at that moment I didn't feel much like talking, so I did the only thing I could think of to tell her how much her words affected me.
"Edwar…" I cut her off, bringing my mouth to hers in a fierce kiss, she squeaked in surprise which made me smile against her mouth. Once the surprise wore off she returned my affections with the same intensity, her arms wrapped around my neck holding me to her, meanwhile her hands tugged at my hair, have I mentioned how much I love it when she does that. She broke away from me, breathing heavily and looking into my eyes. "Let's get inside." I just nodded my approval of her plan. She opened the door and called for Rose, there was no-one here but us, thank god for that. Before I could even utter a word Bella had me pinned to the door, her mouth on mine and her hands inside my shirt. The skin on skin contact, even though it was only her fingertips, was electric; my entire body was like a live wire. Holy fuck did I want this woman in every sense of the word.
"Bella…oh holy fuck baby."
Bella pulled away from me and I whined like a toddler who got his favorite toy taken away. I missed her lips already. My grip on her hips got tighter; I didn't want to lose our connection. "Where do you think you're going?"
"I was thinking that we could take this somewhere more…private." Bella backed away from me slowly, our eyes never losing contact. Her hand stretched out to me and I took her offering. She led me to her bedroom and I did an internal fist pump. She closed the door behind us and locked it. It doesn't look like Rose was going to interrupt us this time. "Lay with me Edward." She was already sitting on the bed, but started backing up to the headboard. I groaned just thinking about where this could go. "You coming?" She asked me, sex dripping from her voice. She didn't need to ask me twice, except I guess she did actually ask me twice. I didn't want to waste anymore time standing here looking like an idiot so I bolted for the other side of the bed, removing my shoes before sliding up next to her.
Laying on my side next her was amazing, but I needed more of her and she seemed to need me too since she scooted towards me, her hand moving underneath my shirt again, my skin felt like it was on fire. My hand snaked around her slim waist so I could bring her closer to me. With our faces so close I could feel her breath wash over me and I just couldn't take it anymore, I needed to kiss her, right fucking now! My lips were tentative at first, taking this slow, but Bella was having none of that, her tongue caressed my bottom lip and I happily opened up for her. I let her lead the kiss and I wasn't disappointed. Her mouth devoured mine as her nimble hands explored the skin under my shirt, I was lost in her. I had yet to touch her, not wanting to push her past her comfort zone.
"Touch me Edward. Please, I need to feel you."
"Are you sure Bella?"
"God Yes!" She moaned. My hand moved from her hip and slowly went under her shirt, I could feel her stomach clench as I touched her. Our kisses got more heated and soon we were pulling each other's shirts off. I needed more of her though, deciding to just go with what felt right I started kissing down her neck to her collarbone and sucking lightly on the skin there. She moaned and her hand tightened in my hair. My right hand moved to her back and up to the clasp of her bra. I deftly unhooked the clasp with one hand and Bella gasped into my mouth. She backed away from me and I was about to pout until she took her bra completely off. I lay there staring at her stunned, I wasn't sure what to do, I wanted to look in her eyes to make sure this is what she wanted, but I couldn't take my eyes off the newly exposed flesh. I felt her hand take mine and was again shocked when I saw our hands move over her left breast. With her hand on top of mine we massaged her together. Her nipple puckered underneath my palm and pants grew impossibly tighter. "Edward…you feel so good." Her moan snapped me out of my stupor and I made my other hand join the party, we couldn't have her other breast getting jealous, now could we?
Now that I was fully into things Bella slipped her hand off of mine and I thought she's go straight back to my hair, but she surprised me again by moving down towards my pants. Sooner than I thought possible my pants were around my knees, it seemed as though that's as far as her hands could get them lowered. I kicked them off the rest of the way.
"I want to touch you Edward. Can I?" I stilled for a second to look at her. Was she really asking if it was alright for her to touch me? Was she crazy?
"You never have to ask Bella. I'm yours."
Her breasts were calling to me, begging to be kissed and there was no way I would deny them. She groaned and pushed her chest out to me once my mouth found her nipple. I sucked and nibbled on her, then swirled my tongue around it. My other hand was still on the other breast, massaging and pinching her nipple then everything changed the minute I felt her hand slip inside my boxer briefs.
I moaned and pushed my hips into her hand once she had her hand wrapped around me. Her thumb slipped over the head of my aching cock, spreading the moisture that had already built at the tip for better movement. I quickly removed her pants; the need to make her feel good was overwhelming me. Once her pants were gone I could smell the musky sweet scent of her arousal, I wanted to take my time with her, but I was on the edge already with what she was doing to me so I instead opted to just go for it.
I slipped my hand into her panties, my middle finger sliding down between her lips. She bucked against my hand when I touched her clit and I smiled. Both of us were panting, give the other light pecks as our hands brought the other pleasure. I teased her slit a little before plunging one finger inside her wet hot center. She moaned as I curled my finger inside of her, letting me know that I had hit that secret spot. I pulled my finger back out but plunged a second one inside of her. My thumb, coated in her juices, started making tight circles on her clit as my hand pumped inside of her. Her movements on me had slowed and I was thankful for the reprieve so I could concentrate on bringing her to orgasm. I could feel her muscles start to contract around my fingers and I knew she was close. Her hand sped up on my cock and soon we were both screaming the other's name as we reached our climax at the same time.
"HOLY!." Bella whispered after our breathing had slowed down. We were now lying comfortably under her covers, me on my back, and her on her stomach. Her head was on my chest, arm wrapped around me and our legs intertwined. I had never felt as complete as I did right now.
"Yeah." I whispered back at her.
"Can you stay tonight?" She asked. I told her I would and we quickly fell asleep holding onto each other. It was the best night's sleep I'd ever had.
When I woke the next morning Bella was still lying on top of me snoring lightly. It was absolutely adorable. "Stop staring at me." Bella mumbled on my chest. My face broke out in a huge smile.
"I like watching you sleep. You're beautiful." I said, nuzzling her. I felt like I could wake up like this every day and die a happy man.
"That sounds creepy." Bella rolled off of me, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "It's D-day." She groaned. I laughed at her term, I knew she was nervous about our talk with Jasper today and to be honest I was a little too, but I know it's going to work out just fine.
"You're being silly. Things will be fine Bella. Trust me." Rolling onto my side I pulled her back to me. When she gazed up at me I kissed her, wanting nothing more than to stay here in bed with her for the rest of the day. "Better?"
"Much. Thank you. We need to get ready to meet Jas."
We were both showered and in the kitchen drinking our coffee and each eating a bagel, Bella was pacing nervously as she ate, only stopping to take sips of her coffee. She was making me anxious. "Bella, stop. Relax baby. I told you earlier that everything was going to be fine. Why are you worrying so much?"
Thankfully she stopped pacing and took a seat on the bar stool. I could tell she was working through her thoughts so I waited. "I'm worried that he's going to hate me for all the shit I gave him over Alice when what I did was no better."
I had the tread carefully with this because if I said the wrong thing she'd no doubt freak and I couldn't have that. "Bella, look at me." She raised her head, eyes looking directly into mine before I uttered another word. "No matter what happens today with Jasper I want you to know that there is nothing about us that I regret. Even if I lose one of my best friends today, which I really don't think is going to happen, I couldn't be happier about how things have turned out. You're everything to me."
"Edward." I was now standing in front of her, her arms wrapped around my waist, but she got up off her bar stool and kissed me with so much passion I nearly dragged her off to her room, but we had to leave soon.
"You ready to go baby?"
"I guess." She groaned, but got up to retrieve her purse and coat so we could go.
Half an hour later we were standing in front of Jasper's door. I had just knocked and Bella was fidgeting beside me. I grabbed her hand in hopes that it would calm her.
"Bella, Edward. Come on in." We walked in and Jasper told us to take a seat while he got us some waters.
"It's going to be fine baby. Relax." I rubbed her thigh as we waited for Jasper to return. He finally did, setting our glasses on the coffee table.
"So what's going on?" He asked after a couple of minutes of silence. I looked at Bella and it was now or never so I started talking.
"Bella and I wanted to talk to you." Jasper raised an eyebrow at me, silently saying "no shit." I guess it was obvious since that's what we said the reason for the visit was when we talked to him earlier in the week. I looked nervously at Bella, wondering if she wanted to say it or if I should just do it. She took a deep breath and let it out.
"While we were together Edward and I shared a couple of less than innocent kisses. I have been feeling things for him for a while now, but didn't think we'd be good for each other so I fought it until we broke up. I also sang songs to him at Karaoke nights, I know it's a horrible thing for me to have done while we were dating, but it seems like I just couldn't stay away from him. I'm sorry Jasper, I didn't do it to hurt you, like I said, I was fighting my true feelings for a long time." She blurted out.
"I see." Was his only response. I could tell he was taking in what was just said, trying to figure out what to do with the information. "Well I can't say I'm surprised. I mean I know how you felt about her from the moment you saw her Edward, not that you ever told me until after we broke up, but a person would have to be blind not to see it. The songs you two sang at karaoke, I didn't want to think that you were singing to Edward Bella, but I always had a feeling, the words just never lined up with our relationship. I think I always knew you two were more right for each other than we were."
Bella's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head, I was a little shocked myself. I expected him to at least be a little mad at us.
"Looks like we both weren't honest with each other Bella. You forgave me for my part so I forgive you and Edward. I hope that you two are happy together, I really do. I can see the changes in both of you, you're happier, how can I be upset seeing my two friends in love?"
"Thank you Jasper. For what it's worth I hope you and Alice are happy too. I may not be talking to her right now, but…" Bella cut herself off, sniffling. Not talking to her best friend was obviously still hurting her. I wondered how much longer this was going to go on. If I had to guess I would say not too much longer.
"You should talk to her Bella. She misses you." Jasper said quietly.
"Yeah well she should have thought of that before she lied to me for months."
"Bella.." My words were cut off by Bella saying we needed to go. Jasper saw us to the door, we did the man half hug, pat on the back thing and said we'd talk later.
"That went better than I thought it would. Thank you for coming with me Edward, I wouldn't have been able to get through it without you. You're my rock." Bella told me as we stepped outside. I stopped her, turning her to face me before kissing her and hugging her to me tightly. The worst was over and we could all move on, I was looking forward to spending more time with Bella free from guilt and distractions. "We better get back to my place. I need to get ready for my set tonight."
A/N: There you have it. Everything is out in the open now and everyone can move on. Next chapter is going to skip forward a bit, I feel like we're moving a little slowly here.
As always thank you to those of you who review and if you leave something this chapter, you'll get a look at what's to come in chapter 16.
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