A/N: What's this? A new chapter of Singing Softly, have I died and this is all just some dream? No, I can assure you it isn't a dream, I actually overcame my long strenuous bout of writers block. I'm telling you between this, a month full of kid's commitments, and a temperamental 2 year old I really thought I would go insane. No, really, I was concerned for my own sanity at one point, but the month of June is almost over and July should be calm. Okay, enough chatter, I know you've all been waiting for this so here ya go.
Oh and I don't own Twilight or any of it's characters, although the thought of owning Edward takes me to my happy place, I really just like playing with Stephenie's phenomenal cast, so thank you for letting me do it.
BPOV
The days leading up to Sunday Brunch with the Cullen's were stressful to say the very least. I was nervous as hell to meet my boyfriend's parents even though he assures me time and time again that I have nothing to worry about. "They'll love you, don't worry." This has been his mantra for the last couple of days, but it's not calming my ever growing nerves. Rose and Tanya dragged me out shopping so I could find a respectable outfit for brunch with my fuckhot boyfriend's rich parents (Tay's words, not mine). Imagine my surprise when I see Alice in the first shop we go into waiting for us.
"What is she doing here?" I hissed at Rose and Tanya.
"I invited her, get over it B. Once upon a time she was your best friend, you two need to kiss and make up already. You weren't exactly blameless in this whole mess you know." This is what I expect from Rose, to not sugarcoating anything, but really? She knows how much what Alice did hurt me and unfortunately for her what I usually find endearing just pissed me off.
"And maybe you need to keep your mouth shut Rose. IF I decide to forgive her, and that's a big IF, then I will do so in my own time, you can't force it. I am still hurt by what she did. She knew she was dating my Jasper for months and…"
"I KNOW! Geez, I was just hoping you two could make up already. This splitting my time between you two, doing things with one and not the other is really hard B. I just want my girls back to normal. Is that such a horrible thing?"
"No, it's not Rose. I want that too." Alice was suddenly next to Rose with her arms open inviting her in for a hug; Rose immediately went to her, my lips set in a firm line as they hugged each other. I had no idea this rift between Alice and I was causing Rose so much heartache, but I thought she was on my side with this and understood my reluctance to be friends with Alice again. I felt instantly bad, but not bad enough to make up with Alice, what she did was reprehensible. You just don't do that to a friend. "Bella, I know I hurt you with what I did and I realize you may never forgive me, but" Alice was nervously ringing her hands together, her eyes watering but locked on me. "but, I'm never going to stop being your friend, no matter how much you may hate me and push me away."
"Alice, come on don't cry." My heart went out to her as she embraced Rose, both of them now sobbing uncontrollably. "I'm working on it Ali. Yes, you did hurt me going behind my back like that, you should have told me about your feelings for him, you knew I was having feelings for Edward, that should have helped push you to tell me about you and Jas, but instead you went behind my back. Give me a little more time, okay?" Alice nodded her head, her sobs slowing as she calmed down.
"Good, now that we have all the emotional shit out of the way let's find B here something to wear to brunch with millionaires, shall we?" Tanya grabbed my wrist and dragged me to a rack of dresses that caught her eye.
It took all day, but I did eventually find a nice dress, suitable enough for dining with Dr. and Mrs. Cullen. I tried my hardest to not let Alice's betrayal seep its way into my thoughts the whole time and Rose told me later that she appreciated my effort, so I knew I did good. I may not be ready to forgive her yet but at least I know I can be calm and cool around her if I so happen to be in her presence.
I was just hanging up my new dress when my cell phone rang, which was of course all the way in the kitchen so I had to run to get it.
"Hello." I said breathlessly.
"Should I be concerned that my girlfriend just answered the phone and she's out of breath?" Such a smartass.
"You should be very concerned Dr. Cullen."
"And what exactly were you doing to get you so breathless Bella?"
"Oh you know, my other boyfriend came over and I was having my wicked way with him until you so rudely interrupted." I said jokingly. I knew this was iffy as far as Edward was concerned because the man is possessive, not that I mind of course, I actually find it kind of adorable…okay maybe a lot adorable.
"Bellllla." He growled. Dear God I love it when he growls, it's so fucking sexy.
"Hmm?" I responded like there was absolutely nothing wrong.
"There better not be another guy over there unless it's Jacob or Paul, otherwise I'm coming right over, ripping his arms off and beating him with them." I giggled, because really, it's too funny not to.
"Like I would want anyone but you Edward."
"Now that's more like it. So beautiful, what did you do today? I've missed you." He's so damn sweet.
"I went shopping with Tay, Rose and Alice. Found a dress for brunch with your parents." I told him. He was quiet for a few minutes, probably wondering if he had actually heard me say I went shopping with Alice.
"Soooo…how did that go?" I knew he was asking about the Alice situation and not if I found a dress.
"Fine I guess. I was pissed when I saw her when we got to the mall. Seems Rose set me up so Alice and I would be buddy, buddy again. I tried to be pleasant to her the whole time, but…."
"But, what baby?" He pressed since my thoughts had trailed off. To be honest I don't really know what the "but" was about.
"I don't know. She was nice, apologized again for what happened, but I just feel like every time I see her or hear her name everything she did just comes flooding back, but all I get from her or anyone else is that she's sorry and no-one seems to get my point that if she had just told me then she could have had him without all this drama." I took a breath, listening to Edward's steady breaths on the other end of the phone. "I guess I'm just tired of going through it all again and again. I would love to just say I'm over it and move on, ya know?"
"So why don't you? I know you miss your friend Bella. And before you try to tell me that it's not true I know it is. You talk in your sleep, remember?" I groaned hiding my face in my hands, he was right, as I've come to learn he usually is, I do miss Alice, but for whatever reason I just can't seem to move past this. "Baby, please, you need to get over this, not for Rose or anyone else, but for you. You're miserable and as much as I try to keep you distracted with my powers of seduction there's only so much I can do." He deadpanned, causing me to break out in laughter. He was right about one thing though, he definitely had super powers of seduction. "Bella, your hysterics are wounding my ego a little bit here. Do I need to come over and show you just how much I can distract you with my sexiness? 'Cause I will missy."
"You're too damn cute for your own good, you know that?"
"Nah, I just like to hear your laugh, it makes me all warm inside."
"Such a sap."
"You love it, admit it."
"You're right, I do. So what time are you picking me up for brunch?" I asked. Sunday was only a couple of days away and we had yet to talk about it.
"I was thinking about that actually and…" He trailed off, seemingly thinking about something. Before I could freak myself out he continued. "I was hoping to take you out Saturday night, since you don't have to sing at Requiems, what do you think?"
"I think that sounds perfect Edward." We hadn't spent any real alone time together in a few days and I had to admit that I needed him, badly. You would think that someone with my past wouldn't feel like such a sex fiend, but come on have you seen Edward? The man is sex on legs, no joke, how could I possibly not want to be with him all the time?
"Yeah?" If I didn't know any better he sounded surprised, but I knew that couldn't be the case, he was the most confident self-assured man I've ever met.
"Of course. Like I'd say no to spending time with you."
"Glad to hear it. Crap, baby I gotta go, they're calling me in. I'll talk to you tonight, alright?" I could hear his name being called through the line so I knew he needed to go right away.
"Okay, Love you."
"Love you too Bella, so much." We hung up at the same time after that and I was left with my thoughts. A song was lingering in my mind and since I had nothing else to do I decided to sit down and write it out. That took me the rest of the afternoon, but the song was sounding really good so far. It still needed more work, but it was getting late and my stomach was grumbling. I went to my drawer that held the take-out menus, because there was no way I was cooking anything after working all day. I was deciding between Chinese and Pizza when my buzzer rang, I wasn't expecting anyone so I chose to ignore it; maybe they had the wrong apartment.
"Saucy, cheesey goodness, or kung pao…" Bzzzzzz. "Damn-it!" I stomped angrily over to my intercom to see who was bothering me. "Hello?"
"Bella? Can you let me in?" What the hell?
"Uh….sure." I answered then pushed the button to let my visitor in. I wondered what he could possibly want. A quick knock on my door echoed throughout my quiet apartment. I opened the door, wanting to get whatever this was over with so I could go back to ordering my dinner. "Hey?" It came out more like a question because I had no idea what he was doing here.
"Bella, can I come in? I need to talk to you." I nodded and moved to the side to let him in. He went directly to my sofa and sat down; running his hands through is hair.
"What's going on Jasper?"
"It's…its Alice. She broke up with me." All I could do was stare at him with my mouth wide open, in shock of what he had just said.
"I was just about to order some Chinese, do you want something? Maybe a beer too?" Jasper just nodded, with his head still in his hands. He looked so broken and my heart ached for him. I didn't know why Alice had broken things off with him, but I knew with the way they felt about each other that they'd get back together.
After ordering the food I returned to my living room with two bottles of beer. I handed Jasper his and drank half of mine in one gulp as I waited for him to say something, but he just sat there, pulling at his hair and I could swear I heard him sniffling. I rubbed his back with soothing circles while I waited him out; I was waiting a long time. The food came before he said anything.
"Thank you. Have a good night." I told the delivery man then brought the food into the living room and dug in.
"Thanks Bella." Jasper dug into the food, grunting his approval while I just watched him and continued eating my dinner. When we were done I had had enough of the silence, we had been sitting here for half an hour and all I've gotten out of him is that Alice broke up with him and I was getting tired.
"Jasper, tell me what happened."
Jasper took a resigned breath and sat up straight. "She came over after you all came back from shopping today, she was so upset. When I asked her what happened she said that she couldn't do this anymore. She told me she missed you and that no man has ever come between her and her friends before and it was wrong of her to let me come between you two in the first place." He shook his head as he tried to reign in his emotions.
"Oh Jas. I'm so sorry."
"What am I going to do Bella?"
"I don't know. Did she say anything else?"
"She said that if she had any chance at all of saving her friendship with you than the only thing she could do was end our relationship." Ugh Alice! Why do you have to play that martyr?
"Jasper, I'm sorry. I'll talk to her okay? All this will get resolved, and you'll have your Alice back, don't worry."
"Thank you Bella. I guess I should go, I'm so sorry for ruining your night, I'm sure you had more important things to do than console me."
"Don't be silly, you're my friend Jasper and that's what friends are for." Jasper was almost at the door with me close behind him, he stopped with his hand on the door knob and turned around to face me. Before I could ask what he needed he enveloped me in his arms.
"Thank you Bella." I told him I'd call Alice and talk to him later and then he was gone. It was almost 1 am and I just realized I never got to talk to Edward and started to worry, he usually called when he said he was going to, I suppose it's possible with Jasper here that I missed his call.
"Where's my damn phone?" After searching my entire apartment I found it in the cushions of the sofa and the battery was dead. "Well shit." I plugged the phone into the charger and cleaned up. I guess I would have to call Edward tomorrow, I'm sure at this point he's asleep anyway.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, what the hell? I wondered if Jasper forgot something. I didn't see anything lying out that was obvious so I went to answer the intercom.
"Did you forget something?" I asked, amused at his forgetfulness.
"Yeah, I forgot to get a kiss from my beautiful girlfriend today and I spent all day thinking about it." This man makes me swoon. Seriously, what was wrong with me, I'm like some love sick puppy.
"Well I'm happy that you remembered to come get it, even if it is 1 am. Come on up." It seemed like forever until Edward finally knocked on my door, but in reality I'm sure it was only a minute.
I threw the door open just as Edward's hand was in the air ready to knock. There were no words spoken as he rushed into my apartment, slamming the door with his foot and pushing me with his body into the wall as he devoured my mouth with his. It was damn hot. He had me pinned between his hard body and the cold wall, his leg in between mine just holding me where he wanted me. I could feel his cock hardening in between us and I could help the moan that escaped me. Edward's hand started to roam on my overheated body as I was held there, unable to move.
When his lips moved to my jaw and up to my ear I was panting like I had run a damn marathon. "Edward, oh God." I moaned.
"I've missed you baby. Did you miss me?" He whispered into my ear, his hot breath on my ear causing me to shiver.
"Yessss!" I hissed as his tongue licked my neck. "Bedroom."
Edward wrapped my legs around his waist and I held onto him like my life depended on it. He swiftly removed my tank top as we made our way into my room and once he tossed me on my bed his lips traveled down my torso stopping to lick and suck various places as I squirmed underneath him. He was driving me insane and let me tell you I loved every second of it. My hips lifted, seemingly on their own when the pressure of Edwards hands were felt and he took advantage by pulling down my yoga pants and underwear at the same time leaving me bare and needy for him.
"Mmm, Bella, you're so wet for me baby."
"Only for you Edward, only you do this to me." His lips and hands moved in tandem, caressing my leg from my ankle to my thigh the repeated the action on the other leg. "Holy shit!" I whimpered, I wasn't sure how much more teasing I could take; I needed him to be in me, NOW. "Edwarrrrrd, stop teasing me baby. I need to feel you." I felt his lips turn up into his signature smirk. I don't know how I'd missed it, but as he crawled up my body all I felt was skin, he had somehow removed his clothing without me noticing, this is what Edward does to me, he puts my mind in a lust filled fog.
"I love it when you say dirty things to me baby. Can you tell me what you want me to do to you?" He whispered in my ear, the heat of his breath doing delicious things to my body. My only coherent thought was "in me, now" but I knew that's not what he wanted to hear. I tried as hard as I could to come up with something wickedly dirty that would turn him on so much that he'd just have to take me right then.
Inspiration struck and I came up with the dirtiest thing I could think of. "Edward" I moaned, just to get things started. His fingers were playing at my entrance, teasing and tickling me. "First I want your fingers to fuck me until I'm screaming your name in ecstasy." Edward groaned, I could feel his cock harden on my thigh so I knew my words were having the effect that I intended. "Then before I've had a chance to come down from my high I want you to plunge that hard as steel cock inside my throbbing pussy." I made sure to nudge said cock to make my point. The growl that came from my man was so fucking sexy I almost came right there.
"FUCK Bella. That was….." He didn't need to finish that sentence, I knew what my words did to him, I could feel it for Christ's sake. His long beautiful fingers entered my pussy and fucked me just like I said I wanted to, all the while his mouth was on mine, his tongue doing the same thing to my mouth that his fingers were doing to my pussy.
I moaned into his mouth and I could feel my climax building as he continuously hit my g-spot. "Is this what you wanted Bella?" Edward didn't let me respond to his question but I like to think my body answered for me as I fell over the precipice.
Before I could regulate my breathing Edward plunged into me, moving slowly, making my orgasm continue. "Holy shit Bella, I can feel you pulsing around my cock. It feels so goooood. Ahhhhh." His movements sped up a bit causing my breath to catch in my throat. He felt so good moving inside me, I could already feel my second orgasm building.
"OH, Edward. Mmmmm baby."
"You like that Bella? You like feeling my hard cock slipping in and out of you?" I rocked my hips to meet his in response to his words.
"Fuck yes Edward. FUCK!" I screamed out.
Our bodies were now slick with sweat as we glided against each other. His sparse chest hair rubbing against my bare nipples just increased the intensity of the feelings he was causing in my body. When his tongue licked my collarbone I came undone, writhing underneath him. "Yes! Edward, oh yes…right there…don't…fucking…stoooooooop."
"Uuuuggghhh, Fuck Bella. I'm gonna cum….oh…oooh…ooooooohhhh." Edward collapsed on top of me as we both tried to calm our breathing. I kissed his temple and scratched his back as he lay atop me. I loved it when he did this, feeling his weight on me after a round of lovemaking, it made me feel safe and secure.
"Stay with me tonight?" I asked him, it was late and I didn't want him leaving after what we just did. I could tell he was tired too.
"I'd like to see anyone try and get me to leave you Bella." He rolled off of me onto his side, pulling me with him and cradling my head into his chest. I placed a gently kiss where I could feel his heart beating then drifted off to sleep.
"Can't read my, can't read my, no you can't read my poker face." UGH! Its way too fucking early for Gaga. I slapped the alarm but the damn sound just kept playing.
"Bella, why are you hitting me baby?" Edward asked with a groggy chuckle. I opened one eye and noticed my hand on his forehead. My face broke out in a smile at the sight of him. God he's beautiful.
"Sorry. I was wondering why my alarm clock suddenly felt silky and soft." Since my hand was near his hair I took the opportunity to run my fingers through it, it was one of my favorite things to do. Edward's eyes closed and I swear he started purring, truth be told it was one of his favorite thing too.
"Mmm, that feels so good baby." Hearing his moans was making me wet, but I knew he had to go soon, so there'd be no lovin for me this morning, the thought made me a little sad. "What's with the pouty lip?" He asked. My hand stopped and I pulled it free from his hair, which right now looked exactly like sex hair. God help me.
A sigh slipped from my lips as I thought about what to tell him. Oh hell, I might as well be truthful. "I was thinking that the sounds you were making were making me horny." I felt more than heard the growl vibrate in his chest.
"And that makes you upset becauuuuse?" His hands caressed my bare back as he waited for me to respond.
"Because you have to leave soon." I whined at him, my bottom lip protruding out again, he surprised me by leaning forward and biting it lightly and pulling back.
"I think I have some time, I am my own boss after all." I lit up like a Christmas tree at this. Would he really stay here with me for a little longer? "Yeah, I definitely have some time to fuck you before I go." He flipped me onto my back and true to his word he fucked me senseless before kissing my forehead and leaving me for the day.
Sooner than I would have liked Sunday was here. Edward and I had a nice romantic dinner the night before then came home to watch a movie by the fire in my living room. He held me in his arms, caressing my arm as we watched The Bourne Identity. Soon after it was over we cleaned up our drinks and popcorn mess and went to be where we made love well into the early morning. I fell into a blissful sleep, completely sated in the arms of the man I love.
Presently I was in the bathroom, with my robe on putting the finishing touches on my hair and make-up while Edward was in my room getting dressed, damn travesty if you ask me, that man should never wear clothes again. Rose had helped me when we went shopping to come up with a style that was easy for me to do and sexy, but not too sexy to meet your boyfriend's parents. Tanya, with a little help from the make-up artist at MAC, helped me get my make-up just right. When the last swipe of mascara was applied I took a good look at the girl in the mirror and I have to say that girl looked good, like me only more put together. Normally I like to opt for the natural look, but I was going to a mansion for crying out loud, what better time to go the extra mile. "Wow, Bella, you look…..breathtaking. I may just have to keep you to myself today." I could feel the heat rising on my cheeks at Edward's compliment, and yeah the thought of cancelling on his parents to spend all day in bed didn't sound like a bad idea at all, but I knew we couldn't do that.
"Don't tempt me Edward. I didn't spend a good hour getting myself to look like this just so you could ravish me." He got that sexy smirk on his face that I adore and I smiled at him. He knew damn well that I'd rather stay here with him.
"Everything is going to be fine baby. I've told you how many times that my parents are going to love you? Don't you trust me?" The smirk turned into an adorable pout and it made me want to kiss him until we were both breathless. "Get dressed; we need to leave in twenty minutes." He kissed my temple and went out in the living room to wait for me.
Fifteen minutes later my new dress was on along with the shoes we had purchased to go with it, I walked out into the living room to let Edward know I was ready. He was sitting on the sofa watching a baseball game, but he must have sensed me because he turned his head to look at me when I entered the room. The smile that lit up his face made my breath hitch, he really is beautiful. "Bella." He whispered, smoothly getting off the couch to make his way to me. I was able to take in the sight of him, to really look at him and the man could be on the cover of GQ. He was wearing a pair of black slacks that hugged him in all the right places and believe me I looked at all those places, I may have been drooling as I ogled him. He had on a green button up shirt with two buttons at the top opened, revealing his light spatter of hair on his chest. The sleeves were rolled up to just below his elbows showing off his magnificent forearms. His hair was in his usual I've-just-thoroughly-fucked-my-girlfriend mess that made my girly bits tingle in anticipation. Down girl. We are not getting any sexy time right now, you need to be patient. Great, now I'm talking to my vagina, that's a sign of going insane, right? "If I thought you looked breathtaking before in just that robe, you in that dress…" He shook his head, pulled me in his arms and started kissing my lips with a fierceness that nearly had me ripping his clothes off right there. Our kisses slowed and he put a little distance between us, his hand grabbed mine and without another word spoken we were out the door and in his car.
Edward hooked up his iPod in the car and soft soothing songs filled the car, it was relaxing, which I'm fairly certain was his intention. Sparks by Coldplay came on and I started singing along with Chris Martin, this is one of my favorite songs. I noticed Edward looking at me more than once with a huge smile on his face as I sang the song. "What?" I asked him, no longer able to not know what he was thinking.
"You really have a beautiful voice Bella." My trademark blush made another appearance; I thanked him for the compliment and went back to singing the song. We talked a little more about inconsequential things as we drove, trying to keep things light and before I knew it we were pulling up to a house that I could only describe as stunning.
"Oh my…Edward!" I was in awe of this place. It was huge, nothing like what I had been used to growing up in a small town. Despite its obvious beauty I didn't feel intimidated at all, it felt welcoming and we were only in the driveway. The house looked like something you'd see celebrities owning in the Hamptons, with wood siding, white window frames everywhere that I'm sure let in light to every square inch of this house. The driveway was paved in cobblestone, reminiscent of the streets in Tuscany, not that I've been to Tuscany, but you know, I've seen pictures. Edward's mother either had a green thumb or a fantastic landscaper, because the trees, bushes and flowers that surrounded just the front of the house was a sight to behold. You could tell that someone took pride in caring for these plants and this was just the front of the house, I couldn't wait to see the backyard. "You grew up here?"
"For a little while, yes. Come on, I can see my mom in the front window waiting to pounce." I swallowed the lump in my throat, this was it, I was finally meeting Edward's parents. Dear God, I know I don't talk to you much but I promise that if you make today go well I'll be indebted to you. Amen. Edward was at my door, holding out his hand to help me out, I took a deep breath and took it and got out of the car. He held onto my hand as we walked the short distance to the front door. It swung open and a petite woman came running out squealing "My Baby" straight for us. Edward didn't let go of my hand as the woman hugged him as tight as she could. "Hi mom."
"Edward! You look good son." She pulled back from him and turned her gaze to me. She looked happy and she was beautiful, like anyone who gave birth to the hotness that is Edward could be anything but beautiful. I could see where Edward got his unique hair color; his mother's was exactly the same shade. It fell in soft waves around her face. Her delicate features made her look like she could be Edward's sister, not his mother. "And you must be Bella. It's nice to finally meet the woman who has stolen my son's heart." I held out my hand to shake hers but she swatted it away like it was insulting and enveloped me in a hug.
"It's lovely to meet you Mrs. Cullen."
"Oh, please dear call me Esme. Mrs. Cullen makes me feel ancient. Now let's get inside, Carlisle is getting drinks ready." Mr. Cullen, or Carlisle as he insisted I call him, was in the living room already when we entered. He gave me an equally exuberant hug as his wife did and all the fears and anxiety I had been feeling since Edward told me about this brunch melted away. These people were so welcoming and genuinely happy that I was here with their son, I felt silly for being so nervous. "So Bella, Edward tells us you're a musician. What instrument do you play?" We were seated on the sofa, drinks in hand and chatting.
"Well, I actually play the guitar and the piano as well as sing." I didn't like talking about myself that much, but I knew it was necessary in this instance.
"Oh, have you heard Edward on the piano, he's quite good. We thought for sure he was going to be a music major growing up, but he surprised us by following in his father's footsteps and going into medicine. Edward tells us that you run the karaoke night at a bar as well as play at your friends club on the weekend, which sounds very exciting."
"Yes, it is, although I do have a case of stage fright whenever I perform my own stuff, being in the spotlight really isn't my thing. I also teach piano and guitar a couple times a week."
Edward smiled at me and squeezed my hand helping me to stay grounded. "You'd never know she has stage fright by listening to her, she's amazing. I keep telling her she should seek out an agent and try her hand at singing professionally, but she won't hear of it."
Carlisle spoke up next and floored me with his comment. "Bella, I've heard you sing at the karaoke night and you really do have a lovely voice. I know some people in the music industry and could forward something on to them if you decide you want to try and do this professionally. If you're as good at playing instruments and songwriting as Edwards says then I'm sure you'll have no trouble getting a record deal. My son is very picky when it comes to music."
"Thank you Carlisle." We sat down to brunch soon after our talks of my music. Esme was excited when I invited them to come see me sing at Requiems the following weekend. I had something special planned for Edward that night, but I didn't mind if his parents were there for it. They'd know how much their son meant to me and that couldn't be bad. Esme laid out quite the spread, eggs, bacon, sausage, French toast, tomato bisque, vegetable frittata, not to mention a fresh roast beef. I felt like I was at one of those restaurants that have the all you can eat buffets. You'd think the woman was feeding an army. "Esme always makes too much food; we usually end up feeding the workers around the house as well as us when she does this." Carlisle explained when my eyes popped open at the sight of all the food in front of us.
EPOV
My mom had really gone all out for brunch today. When Bella's eyes bulged out of her head when she saw the spread on the table it was comical, I couldn't help but laugh at her expression. I was just glad that the leftovers never went to waste. My parents may be wealthy, but aside from their house and cars you'd never know it. They were constantly giving to charities and to the people they love, and that included the people that helped run the house. My father wasn't kidding when he said he had connections in the music business, in fact I think he downplayed it a bit, not to overwhelm Bella. Carlisle has treated some really famous people and their loved ones on numerous occasions, he's world renowned, the best of the best in his field, so people come from all around the world seeking his help. I had thought about calling him for help many times, but thought better of it. All it would take is one phone call and my dad could have someone down at Requiems to hear Bella play and the rest as they say would be history.
Do I worry about her going off on some world tour and that would be the end of us, of course I do, especially this early in our relationship, but I want what's best for Bella, if that happens to be a music career that takes her away from me then so be it. Her happiness would be my happiness, but she doesn't want to do it and I'm not going to push.
My mother and father both beg Bella to play the piano for them, the one in the great room, my piano, she agrees and starts playing a beautiful melody. She begins to sing and the rest of the world fades away, like it usually does whenever I watch her. I recognize the tune as she starts singing and although it's nothing like the original, it's Bella and she owns that damn song. Katy Perry has nothing on her. My parents are both just sitting there watching her play, tears are running down my mother's face and my father honestly just looks awestruck. When Bella plays the last chords of the song my mother is practically sobbing only she has a smile on her face.
"Oh Bella, that was absolutely beautiful. Did you write that?" My mother asks, ever clueless about recent music. Bella smiles at me and I give her a wink and smile right back.
"No, that was by Katy Perry, it's one of my favorite songs to play."
"I've never heard that song before Bella, but I am most certain that you played it better then Miss Perry." The two women hugged while my father just kept looking at Bella like she was the second coming. When he opened his mouth I immediately wanted him to shut it right back up, I tried silently to tell him not to go down this path, but apparently he wasn't getting the message.
"Bella, I believe that you really have a gift and I think you should let me make a phone call, you should be singing in front of a packed stadium. That was incredible." Bella blushed.
"Thank you Carlisle, really, but…I can't. If you'll excuse me, I need to use the restroom." I heard the door to the bathroom close before I said anything.
"Dad, what the hell?"
"Edward, don't speak to your father that way."
"What?" He asked, completely clueless.
"She has severe stage fright; just the thought of going up on stage in front of that many people practically causes a nervous breakdown. Please, please don't say anything else about calling in your contacts unless she asks for it. Okay?"
His face fell and I instantly felt bad. He was just trying to help Bella, I knew that, but the look on her face, it was a look of pure terror. I'm not quite sure what causes that reaction in her and I hope to hell that she gets over it because she's amazing when she's performing. "I'm sorry dad; it's just that I don't like to see her hurt."
"You love her, don't you Edward?" My mother asked.
"Very much." I answered immediately.
"Does she know?"
"Yes, I know and I love him too." I felt Bella's arms wrap around me from behind. For the second time today my mother squealed, I'd never seen her do this and frankly it scared me a little.
The rest of the visit was filled with my mother pulling out embarrassing photos of me from my childhood and my father telling stories about my growing up. It wasn't my favorite part of the day.
"…so Edward asked if he could have a baby sister someday too. We told him maybe, and then he asked if mommy was going to have seven babies just like Penelope." Laughter ensued at this. Penelope was my cat and when she had a litter of kittens I asked my parents for a sister. I was only four at the time, obviously too young to comprehend that people don't have litters of children, unless you're octomom, but that shit just isn't right. My parents were actively trying to have another baby at the time, but my mother had a string of miscarriages over the next couple of years. They finally gave up trying, saying I was meant to be an only child. I still wish I had a brother or sister. Looking into my future now, I see Bella and I married with a handful of kids.
On the way home the atmosphere was a lot different from the last time we were in the car. Bella was a lot more carefree and happy. Music from my iPod is blasting from the speakers as Bella dances in her seat giving me quite a show of her breasts bouncing up and down. To be honest it's really distracting me from the road. "Belllaa." I groan, she stops suddenly looking at me no doubt wondering what my problem is. "You need to stop bouncing like that, it's very…distracting." She giggles, fucking giggles at me then her eyes move down to my crotch and the giggles turn into full out laughter, I don't think it's funny. I'll show her just how funny it is. I grab her hand and place it on my now aching cock. "You think this is funny baby? You're sitting there bouncing up and down and singing and those beautiful tits of yours are jiggling around, do you see what you do to me?" Her laughter has stopped and she is now flushed, I can tell she's just as worked up as I am at this point. She gives my dick a little squeeze as I search frantically for the next available rest stop, thankfully I see one only 2 miles away. I sincerely hope we can make it that long.
"God, Edward. You are so fucking hot." Bella's seat belt is now unbuckled and my dirty little sex kitten is leaning over the console and nibbling on my neck and ear. Her hand, still on my cock, begins fumbling with the buttons on my jeans and her warm hand is now inside my boxers stroking me and I almost run us off the damn road. The need for release is driving me to go faster, I see the off ramp maybe a hundred feet away then I hear the sirens and see the flashing lights behind me. Bella stiffens and quickly gets back in her seat and I pull over to the side of the freeway.
"Shit." My once painfully hard dick is now flaccid, but my fucking balls ache from the excitement and now let down of not getting a release. Bella's in her seat lightly giggling and yeah I guess this is somewhat funny, but now is really not the time. "Baby, please. This isn't funny."
The officer knocks on the window, so I roll it down to talk to him. "License and registration." He says gruffly. I give him the requested information and just wait silently for him to say something. "Do you know how fast you were going Mr. Cullen?"
"Uh…" I really have no idea, sir, I was just trying to get to the rest stop so I could fuck my girlfriend. Somehow, I don't think that would have gone over to well. I see him staring at my open fly and his lips are in a tight line as he figures out exactly what was happening in this car.
"Well I'll tell you how fast you were going Mr. Cullen; you were going 105 miles an hour in a 65 mile an hour zone. I could have you arrested. Now do you mind tell me what had you in such a hurry?" He glances over at Bella then my open fly before he looks back at me; he knows exactly what had me going so fast.
"Officer, I'm sorry it was all my fault. You see, it's that time of the month for me and I'm afraid that it just started and I was unprepared, if you get my drift, so my loving boyfriend here was trying to make it to the restrooms at the rest stop so I could take care of things." Bella bats her eyelashes at the officer and when I look at him his expression matches mine, except I think his mouth is hanging open because he really didn't need to hear that, where as I am just in shock at what just came out of Bella's mouth. This is something I really never needed to hear about, fake or not.
"Uh-huh. Well then I am going to let you go with a warning for now, but please try to keep it at the speed limit next time son, otherwise I won't be so lenient."
"Yes sir, thank you." He hands me back my license and registration before he turns to leave. I am left speechless, but I put my license back in my wallet and fix the button fly on my jeans.
"You should pull off to the rest stop, just in case he thinks I was lying Edward. I'll rush into the bathroom just to make it look good."
"I don't think he really thought you had female issues Bella. He kept glancing down at my open fly. He knew exactly what was going on." She blushes, although I'm not sure why. Surely having to explain…well you know has to be more embarrassing then getting caught with her hand down my pants.
We make a show of getting off at the rest stop anyway; Bella says she needs to use the restroom, when she comes back ten minutes later we are on our way back home. There is no more bouncing, but the singing has resumed, only softer. Her beautiful voice calms me and I start singing along with her. Once we're home I have forgotten all about being pulled over, we're both happy.
The rest of my week is insane; I only get to talk to Bella on the phone since my schedule is so crazy right now. I have surgeries and consultations and meetings with my father to deal with. It's Saturday before I actually see her again at her place, but instead of spending time together she's working on a song and refuses to step away from it until it's perfect. Apparently it's for tonight's set and since my parents are going to be there she wants it to be just right.
"Bella, I miss you, can you please put the song down for a few minutes?" I sound like a fucking girl, but at this point I couldn't care less, I need to be inside of her, right the fuck now.
"I'm almost done Edward. I'm sorry." Her guitar strums from her room and now I've given up all hope of getting laid until after her set tonight.
Forty minutes later Bella strolls out of her room with a huge smile on her face. "All done?"
"Yep, it's perfect. I've been working on it for so long; I just can't wait for you to hear it." She takes a seat on my lap so I wrap my arms around her.
"Oh yeah? Is it for me?"
"Yes, actually it is for you." Bella leans into me and presses her lips to mine; it's not urgent, but soft and sweet. I absolutely love her light kisses, I love all of her kisses, but the light ones give me chills. Soft kisses turn into passionate kisses and we make-out like teenagers until it's time to go to the club. My jeans are painfully uncomfortable when it's time to go, so I think of other things, like Emmett doing jumping jacks in his tightie whities, yeah that image is unfortunately burned into my brain no matter how much I try to repress it. The memory worked it's voodoo magic on my erection and we were ready to go.
Bella gives me a kiss before going backstage when we get to the club. With her gone to get ready I head on over to the table that Tanya always reserves for us, right up in front. My parents are already there, so is Jasper and Rosalie; apparently Emmett has some work commitment tonight and isn't going to be able to make it.
"Hey everyone." I greet everyone already there.
"Hey man." Jasper says.
"Edward, how's it going?" Rosalie asks when I sit down.
"Pretty good. Work is busy, but today has been all about relaxing, which is nice. Where's Alice." Rose shakes her head and her eyes dart to Jasper who looks upset, I guess there must be trouble in paradise. Thankfully my mother saves the day by changing the subject.
"Edward, how are you dear? Where is Bella?"
"She's backstage getting ready. You're going to have to just make do with my company for now until her set is over."
My father gives me a hug and we all make small talk as we wait for Bella to come on.
"Good evening, welcome to Requiem's. We have a great show for you tonight. Our regular singer, Bella is back this week, I know you've all missed her, but she's got some new songs to sing for you tonight, so let's give it up for Bella." Tanya's introduction is rewarded with loud clapping, whistling and screaming Bella's name. She comes out and takes a seat at the piano bench, adjusting the mic, and then she speaks.
"Hey everyone. I'm so happy to be back and I have a few new songs that I want to sing for you tonight. I hope you like them." Soft notes start from the piano, I recognize it as a song she had been working on a few weeks ago, not the one she was perfecting tonight, that one I was waiting for because she said it was for me.
Been up all night
Staring at you
Wondering what's on your mind
I've been this way
With so many before
But this feels like the first time
You want the sunrise
To go back to bed
I want to make you laugh
Mess up my bed with me
Kick off the covers
I'm waiting
Every word you say I think
I should write down
I don't want to forget
Come daylight
Happy to lay here
Just happy to be here
I'm happy to know you
Play me a song
Your newest one
Please leave your taste on my tongue
Paperweight on my back
Cover me like a blanket
Mess up my bed with me
Kick off the covers
I'm waiting
Every word you say I think
I should write down
I don't to forget
Come daylight
And no need to worry
That's wastin time
And no need to wonder
What's been on my mind
It's you
It's you
It's you
Every word you say I think
I should write down
Don't want to forget
Come daylight
And I give up
I let you win
You win 'cause I'm not counting
You made it back
To sleep again
Wonder what you're dreaming
The crowd erupted with applause, everyone at my table was on their feet, the song was beautiful and so Bella. Now, I'll never admit to this to anyone but myself, but there was a tear running down my cheek at her words, I knew without a doubt they were for me and if at all possible my heart grew with love for this woman even more than it already had.
A/N: So there you have it. This song was not what she had been working so hard on, that'll be next chapter, but I do adore this song. It's Paperweight by Joshua Radin, if you haven't heard it go find it, truly an amazing and beautiful song. The Katy Perry song she sang at Carlisle and Esme's was "Not Like the Movies" just in case you were curious. I am so happy that my long bout of writers block went away. Currently I'm working on the next chapter for SS and also working on finishing up Chapter 17 of Infatuation. Thank you to everyone for being so patient with me, I love each and every one of you for your continued support. Please leave me some love and review.