Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. But I do own my obsession for it ;)
A/N: I feel like I should be clutching my… laptop? And saying "You like me! You really like me!" Your reviews are 'the music to my heart'. No, that's an *Nsync song, and why am I quoting *Nsync songs in 2010? Because PachasPickMeUp keeps posting Edward de Eclipse, and doing the 'Bye Bye Bye' dance for me on Twitter.
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"Hello?" I asked, dreading what I would hear on the other end of the line.
"B-b-bella?"
I sighed, and shook my head. "I can't really talk right now, is this important?"
"I-I-I need your h-help." The voice sounded so small, wounded.
"You always need my help. What do you need this time?" I spoke softly as to not alert the others in the other room.
"Um…"
"Just tell me. I'll help you, but you have to tell me what you need first."
"I can't make the rent again."
Fucking A… that's 5 months in a row.
"Why not? Did you use the money for what I think you used it for? Again?"
"B-b-bella, I t-t-tried. I re-really did this t-t-time!"
"I know," I sighed, "Have you been going to your group meetings?"
"Yes, I-I only missed t-two this month."
"How much do you need? Is it just rent or do you need more for your utilities, too?"
"Everything." I could barely hear the reply.
"Are you still working?"
"N-no, uh… I g-got fired. Um… a f-f-few months ba-back."
"Why didn't you tell me? I could have helped find you something!"
"I d-didn't want y-you to be ups-set with m-me."
"I'm not upset. We'll fix this, ok? I just… I'll send you a money order for the rent, but I'm paying for the utilities directly, ok? Just stay… ugh! I need you to stay clean, alright? Please?"
"Th-thank you, Bella! I'll fix i-it, I p-promise!"
"Baby? The pizza's here. Who are you talking to?" Edward brushed my hair over my shoulder and placed a soft kiss on my neck. His touch was like a soothing balm on my frazzled nerves.
"I'll be right out, just give me a minute?" He gave me a questioning smile, but nodded and walked back out to the living room.
"I have to go. I'll take care of your bills, and I'll call you to meet me somewhere to give you the money order for rent, ok? Stay away from James! I mean it!"
"O-o-ok, I w-will."
I hung up the phone and walked in to the living room with a bright, fake smile on my face.
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"What are we doing this week, bitches?" Emmett asked us all.
We were sitting at a table on the patio at Blue Martini. It was our last gig before our vacation. The second week of August was vacation week for The Morning Show; Alice and Jasper were able to get most of the week off from their jobs, too, since they had a months' notice. Edward just had to work Saturday and Sunday and then he had the rest of the week off also.
This past month has been great. Edward and I were getting to know each other better, as individuals and as a couple and spent nearly every available moment with each other. Our schedules were difficult to sync at times, since I worked so early in the morning and he sometimes had to work evenings or the overnight shift at the hospital. It was because of this unsynchronization that we hadn't been able to explore much past kissing in terms of the physical realm. For some reason, every time things between us were getting heated, Edward would pull away. But the kisses were damn good, so I wasn't really complaining!
So here we are, at the Blue Martini, planning things to do.
"Let's go to Disney World! I've never been," Alice suggested.
"We get tickets for Disney in December, for their Christmas display. We broadcast there for a week, we were kind of hoping you'd all like to come up for a few days with us then," Rosalie said, Em and I nodding our heads in agreement.
"Well, so no Disney this week… what else is there to do?" Jasper asked.
"Wet 'n Wild," I said, smiling from ear to ear.
"That sounds like something you and Edward should keep private, B," Alice said cheekily.
Oh, Alice, there's plenty of wet but not enough wild goin' on…
"Alice…" Edward warned.
"Oh get over it Edward, if I know you- and I do, there's plenty of wet and not nearly enough wild going on between you two."
I gaped at Alice. How did she do that?
"It's written all over your face," Alice giggled.
"Am I saying this shit out loud?" I was beyond confused.
Everyone but Edward laughed.
"Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up, clowns."
"Anyway, what is Wet 'N Wild." Edward clearly didn't want to stay on the current subject of our non-sex life either.
"It's a water park in Orlando. THE water park," Emmett thundered. He only has two levels, loud and louder- I swear.
"Emmett, use you're inside voice," I laughed.
"Why? We're OUT-side!"
"Are we going to Wet 'n Wild or not?" Rose was done fucking around.
"I'm in," Edward said, hugging me closer.
"Us, too" Jasper spoke for he and Alice.
"I know Emmett's down. Rose?" I looked to her pleadingly.
"Sure, why not."
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Saturday afternoon I pulled up to the run down duplex. I walked up to the door and knocked, waiting for the door to open. When it finally did I nearly vomited. Looking past the figure in front of me I saw that every surface was covered in grime and filth. The stench that rolled out of the open door in waves held a weight that would have knocked me over had I not been holding my breath.
"Th-thank you for c-coming; won't y-y-you come in?" My eyes snapped back to the grubby individual in front of me. I sighed, how could I have let it get this bad?
"When was the last time you showered?" I asked, trying to speak in soothing tones so not to upset them.
"M-my water got tu-turned off-f-f. Uhm, b-but since y-you paid it, it'll b-be turned-d-d back on this aftern-noon."
I suppressed another sigh, instead I held out a few plastic bags.
"Here, I figured if you weren't able to pay your bills then you wouldn't have money for food either."
The bags were taken from my hands with a mumbled 'thank you'. I followed behind in to the house. I walked briskly to the kitchen and opened the cabinets under the sink and pulled out the cleaning supplies. I turned the tap on the faucet and it sputtered and gurgled until, finally, a steady stream flowed.
"Why don't you go get a shower while I clean up? Do you have shampoo and soap and stuff? Clean towels?"
"I d-do." Was the soft reply I got before they shuffled off to the shower.
I spent the next two hours scrubbing every surface in the house and laundering every article of clothing, bed sheets, and curtains. I prepared a number of meals with the food I had bought and separated them in to single servings. I place a hot plate of food in front of the hunched over form at the table.
"Here you go. The rest of these, I want you to eat, ok? I don't want you to barter with freaking James or anyone else. Alright?"
"Ok, Thank-k-k you." A choked sob escaped their chapped lips. I softened my tone.
"Hey, don't be ashamed. We'll fix this, ok? I'm here for you. You'll get better; but I need you to try to help yourself, too. I can only do so much."
"Who was th-that boy y-you were t-t-talking to the o-other d-d-day?" Avoidance, much?
"My boyfriend, his name is Edward."
"H-heee sounds n-nice. D-d-does he t-treat you well?"
"Yes. It's still kind of new, but I really care about him. I'm friends with his sister and her boyfriend. So, with Emmett and Rose and then Alice, Jasper, and Edward we make quite the motley crew. We spend a lot of time together. We're all going to Wet 'N Wild on Monday."
"Oh, that s-sounds fun. Uhm… h-how is… E-emmett?"
"He's well. I think he's thinking about proposing to Rose." I smiled at the prospect of Rose being my sister.
"O-o-oh! M-m-maybe I c-can go see h-him soon?" It was a question, not a statement.
"We'll work on it, ok?"
I got a nod and a small smile.
"Well, I need to get going. Do you have everything you need?"
"Yes."
"Listen, I put $300 in a baggie and taped it to the top of the cabinet under the sink. Don't let anyone see it. I only want you to use it for food. I'll take care of your bills until we can find you another job."
"Y-y-you don't have t-t-to do that, B-bella. T-thank you."
"I told you I would always be here for you, and I mean that. I have to go now, but I'll stop by next week or something, ok?" I got up and headed towards the door. Just as I was turning the knob I heard my name being called softly.
"B-bella?"
"Yes?"
"I… I love you."
Tears sprung to my eyes as I looked at the broken person I had been keeping a secret for years.
"I love you, too."
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"Mmmmm, Bella."
"Edward," I tried to sound stern, but it came out breathy, "I need to finish packing up. They'll be here soon.
His lips continued to work on my neck, kissing, sucking, nipping…
"It's not fair for you to stand here in just board shorts and this tiny bikini top looking like sin."
I moaned loudly when he reached the particularly sensitive spot just below my ear. I finally just gave in and spun around to face him. His lips were on mine in an instant, our kisses full of lust, teeth, lips, and tongue. My fingers were woven into his hair and I tugged him closer. He groaned at the action and pressed me firmly back against the counter. Oh! I could feel Edward stiff member pressed against my stomach. When I pushed my hips forward Edward growled, his big hands gripped my hips with certainty and lifted me up to set me on the counter. The only thing I could hear over our ragged breathing was the blood pounding in my ears. Just as I wrapped my arms around Edward's neck, he wrapped his around my waist and pulled me flush against his body. I suddenly felt his erection right there. We both moaned at the contact, each of us swallowing the sound of the other. I rolled my hips against him and he let out a hiss and pressed back.
"Fuuuuck, Bella."
Yes, and please.
"Ohhh Edward."
His lips released mine and embarked on a sensual path down my neck, across my collar bone. Edward left a hot and wet trail of kisses down my chest. His hands left my hips and found purchase on either side of my rib cage. He brushed his thumbs along the underside of my breast and I gasped in pleasure. He looked up at me with his lips at the edge of my bikini top, making sure this was ok. He must have seen the answer he was looking for in my eyes because his fingers brushed over my pert nipples. My head fell back and I whimpered.
Just as Edward's fingers were pulled the cups of my top over there was a pounding at the door.
"Open up fuckers! It's time to soak up some sun!"
"FUCK OFF!" I yelled in the direction of the door. Edward chuckled against my chest.
"You stopped, why'd you stop?" Yeah, I was totally whining.
"Bella!" It was Alice this time, "I have a copy of your key and I will use it!"
Edward stood upright, looking all kinds of frustrated, "That's why." He kissed me softly on the lips once more, "I'll go get it."
As he stalked off to answer the door, I hopped off the counter and slipped my gray tank top over my swimsuit.
Emmett came in to the kitchen first, with a shit eating grin on his dumb face. Yeah you know you're a cockblocker.
"Baby B! Let's get this show on the rooooooooad!"
"Could you at least act like an adult? I mean, I've got neighbors!" Yep… still pouting.
The rest of the crew filed in and started grabbing the snacks and bags I had packed. We were going to stay over 2 nights and go to Islands of Adventure on Tuesday and Universal Studios on Wednesday. Everyone filed out, except for Edward. He leaned in for a scorching kiss and then whispered in my ear.
"Later…"
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We were all piled in to Emmett's Tahoe on our way to Orlando when 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz came through the speakers. All three of us girls squealed like fan girls, "I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG!" coming out in unison.
The boys groaned but Edward looked at me in amusement as the girls and I sang our hearts out. I sang directly to him.
Well you've done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
Nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon its again my turn to win some or learn some
I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours
Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love
I blushed but tried to play it off by acting like I was hugging everyone else in the car during the next line.
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing, were just one big family
It's our God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love love
Edward started to sing along with me, but he was murmuring the lyrics directly into my ear causing me to shiver.
So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours
Do you want to, come on, scootch over closer dear
And I will nibble your ear
Edward nipped at the lobe of my ear. Oh sweet jeebus, why are we in a car full of people?
I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and I laughed
I guess what I'll be saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue
I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours
Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find that the sky is yours
so please don't please don't please don't.
There's no need to complicate
'cause our time is short
This oh this oh this is our fate I'm yours
Oh I'm yours
Edward was looking intently in to my eyes while singing the last verse. Something smoldering beneath the surface as he sang 'I'm yours, I'm yours'.
We were looking at each other with goofy grins on our faces. Mine got bigger and turned in to rolling laughter when 'Tearin' Up My Heart' by *Nsync came on. Alice was jumping all over the place, singing at the top of her lungs as Emmett was trying to drive and grab the iPod from her hand at the same time.
We got to the water park at around 10:30am. We piled out of the car, paid our fees, and rented a locker. It was there that we stood, trying to make a game plan for the day.
"Well kids, what's first?" I asked.
"Let's do the group rides first," Alice interjected.
She unfolded a map and we all crowded around in a circle. I was a bit distracted because Edward's hand was rubbing circles on my lower back beneath my tank top.
We decided to go on the Bubba Tub, which was a long slide with three drops on it, and everyone piles in to this raft and… well, down you go!
We went to our respective lockers and took off the clothes that were over our suits. We put our personal items in the lockers and the boys held the keys around their wrists.
"Rosalie, what are you wearing?" I asked in horror.
"A swimsuit, Bella," she said slowly, as if talking to a child, "it's what you wear when you swim."
"But it's completely backless. When your boobs pop out on the crazy rides, I will laugh at you."
Everyone chuckled. Except Rose, she looked miffed, but just rolled her eyes.
We were standing in line at the top of the tower for the Bubba Tub when I felt warm hands on my hips. I leaned back onto Edward chest and his arms slipped around to encase me in. He placed soft kisses on my shoulder and up the column of my neck. A soft smile rested on my lips, my eyes closed, feeling the warmth of the sun heat my skin from the outside as the feelings that were growing for Edward warmed me from the inside.
"Aw, aren't they cuuuuuute?" Alice dawdled.
"Yeah sure, but if he gets any more handsy with my baby sister I am going to throw him down this slide with no raft," Emmett said lowly.
"Em, his hands are in a perfectly respectable place. Put your brother face away," Rose snapped.
Just to spite him, I grabbed Edward's hands and placed them right on my boobs.
"How do you like them apples, Em? Shoulda kept your mouth shut," I glared.
"I don't know how Emmett likes it," Edward whispered in my ear, flexing his fingers lightly, "But I sure do."
A shiver ripped through my body and I felt Edward smile against my neck.
"ALRIGHT! Alright, you've made your point. Hands in their previous position," Emmett sulked.
Edward palmed my breasts for a second, and hummed.
"4 pounds? Are you sure they aren't 5?"
Everyone burst in to laughter. Emmett lunged, but I managed to kick him in the shin before he got too close.
When we got to the bottom of the slide everyone was staring at Emmett.
"Man, that was crazy. You know, it doesn't look that scary from down here but when you're coming down-" he saw us all looking. "What?"
"Are you ok dude?" Jasper asked, placing a concerned arm on Emmett's shoulder.
"Yeah, why?"
"Because we were not expecting you to scream like a little bitch!" Did that just come out of Jasper's mouth?
"HO-LEE SHIIIIT!" Rose guffawed
I high fived Jasper.
Alice was giggling.
Edward was shaking in silent laughter.
"Whatever, Dude, I did not scream!"
"Oh yes you did! We all heard you! Hell, the people on the ride over there heard you!" Rose could barely get that sentence out between fits of laughter. I really was quite impressed.
We spent the next few hours going on the rides and splashing in the wave pool. We raced each other down the Mach 5, and went down The Surge, which was so much fun, before going our separate ways in couples. Edward and I decide to take a few laps in the Lazy River.
Edward managed to grab an inner tube for us to share. I put it over my head and rested my folded arms on the side; Edward mirrored my position on the outside of the tube. He was steering us through the crowds, somehow managing to do so backwards while never taking his eyes off of me.
"This place is fun, and I'm having a blast with our family but- I really just want to have you all alone," he admitted sheepishly.
Our family.
I hopped up and over the tube a little bit so I could kiss him.
"I know the feeling. Is it normal to want to be with you 24/7?"
"I don't know if it's normal, but I'm right there with you." He placed a lingering kiss on my lips.
The inner tube had to go. Like, now.
I set it adrift and let the current push me into Edward's arms. I wrapped my arms and legs around him and he held me close. The Lazy River had a little alcove where you could just sit against some jets or under a waterfall. Edward moved us over to a secluded corner and sat me on his lap so that I was straddling him. His hands were on the tops of my thighs, his thumbs rubbing slow circles that dipped inward towards my now slightly throbbing center. Edward looked around us and over my shoulder before his gaze returned to mine. He pulled me closer to his chest, and then returned his hands to my thighs. He had a mischievous look in his eye, and licked his lips.
"How quiet can you be?"
Huh?
"What? Like, ever? Or for a specific event?"
His eyes dropped down to where his hands beneath the bubbling water, he looked up at me from beneath his lashed with a crooked grin.
"A specific event." His voice was deep and husky.
My eyes widened and my breath hitched when I felt his finger brush over the fabric of my bikini bottoms.
"H-here?" I squeaked, "In the pool? With all these people?"
"They put a fuck ton of chlorine in here to kill germs, and no one can see what's going on beneath the bubbles. But if it makes you uncomfortable-"
I cut him off with a kiss. Our mouths opened instantly, his tongue massaging mine, breathing each other's exhaled breath. Just the thought of what we was about to do made my body surge with heat. I felt my nipples perk against the cool, wet fabric of my top.
Edward broke our kiss and fixed his eyes on mine; sweeping our surroundings every few second to make sure we weren't detected. He pressed two fingers against my hot center.
"I've wanted to touch you for so long."
I whimpered in response and my hips rolled slightly, seeking more pressure from him fingers. Edward slipped the same two fingers under the fabric and came in direct contact with my bare lips. He let out a shuddering breath, his eyes bore into mine, and his pupils were so dilated that you could only just see them rimmed in forest green.
The tips of his finger slid between my slick folds and swirled around my engorged bundle of nerves. My breathing was embarrassingly loud; my heart was beating as though I had run a marathon.
"Oh my god…" I moaned
"Shhhh"
I pressed my hand against thick erection that was currently straining against his board shorts. It was his turn to be shushed. I stroked his member through the fabric as he pushed his finger into my entrance.
"Fuuuuck you're so wet"
His finger pumped slowly in and out of me. I matched his rhythm with my ministrations on him. A second finger joined his first, my pace quickening as his did. Blood was rushing to my center, I could feel the tell tale coil tightening in my tummy.
"Oh Edward, I'm so close… don't stop, don't stop…."
I felt Edward's cock get harder at my soft pleas. I ran my finger along his fleshy tip and he twitched in my hand, his muscles contracting slightly.
"God, B, that feels so good." His breath was as ragged as mine. His thumb pressed firmly on my clit and his fingers curled inside me pressing against that spot, and then in a rough whisper he mumbled the words that set me over the edge.
"Ungh… I wish I could taste you."
My muscles clenched and spasmed around his flingers.
"Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh oh ohhhh," I bit my lip from getting any louder and screwed my eyes shut as wave after wave of pleasure washed through me.
My hand was working furiously against his dick, my grip tightening so much that I worried I would hurt him. A strangled grunt made me open my eyes again only to see his face twisted in tortured bliss. His whole body went stiff before, after a few more pumps of mine on him, his body relaxed completely. He removed his fingers from me and pulled me flush against him for a fierce kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back passionately.
"You're amazing," he looked at me reverently.
I blushed bright red, my lust goggles now gone. We had just done that… in a pool full of people! I looked around to make sure no one notice our "extra curricular activities".
"Don't worry, Beautiful, no one saw us."
I looked back at Edward with a shy smile. His smiled in return and kissed gently. He shifted in his spot a bit before wrapping his arms around me once again and moving us away from the bench. He spun us in a circle, I'm guessing to rinse away the product of our activity; I pressed my face in to the crook of his neck and giggled as he chuckled along with me.
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We met up with the others for lunch and Alice shot me a knowing look, probably because of the goofy grin on my and Edward's face. After lunch we went on more rides, my favorite being the Disco H2O, where we were all piled in a raft and swirled around in a huge enclosed tube with disco lights and booming 80's music. Jasper made us all go on The Black Hole 4 times in a row, which is a spiraling enclosed tube that is pitch black on the inside.
Emmett kept trying to talk anyone who would listen in to doing the vertical drop slide, Dur Stuka and The Bomb Bay. No one was really listening. There was no fuckin' way I was going down that slide. Rose finally took pity on my brother and said she'd go down the Dur Stuka if he went down Bomb Bay. Bomb Bay was an identical slide to Dur Stuka, except in the Bomb Bay, you're encapsulated in a "bomb" with a trap door floor that lets out at random!
Fucking lunatics. Who thinks this stuff up?
Emmett was all kinds of excited and pulled Rose to the line for the ride, while the rest of us went up to the sundeck area where the two slides ended. Emmett let out a loud whistle when it was their turn. We could just barely make out their figures climbing in to the slides. The lifeguards must have known they were together because they released the trap door from Emmett's slide at the same time that Rose launched herself over the edge.
"Emmett's screaming like a little bitch again," Alice snickered.
"And I'm getting that shit on tape!" We looked over at Jasper, and sure enough, he had his camera out set on 'record', cheesing like a fool.
When Rosalie got to the bottom and stood up there was a collective gasp across the deck. Both of her boobs had fallen out of her swim suit because of the water pressure from the slide. I didn't laugh. She looked so embarrassed. Alice and I ran to Rose to help shield her while she adjusted herself. Just as she was tucking the last bit in there was another massive gasp and then the deck erupted into laughter. When we looked around, no one was looking at Rose, but at the slide next to her.
Emmett's swim trunks were lodged clear up his ass, exposing fleshy cheeks. He was jumping around like a buffoon and grabbing at his board shorts. Once he finally got them dislodged he let out a relieved sigh.
"Oh man, I have just seriously been violated."
"AAAAAND CUT!" Jasper held up his camera in victory, applause broke out in appreciation for Emmett's performance.
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"Why are we sharing a room again?" Emmett pouted as we all trucked to the suite Alice had gotten for us.
"It just makes sense, Em, and it's cheaper. It's only for two nights," Rosalie rolled her eyes.
Emmett tried to lift the top to the pizza box he was carrying and I slapped his hand away.
"For the love of Pizza Hut, we're only a few doors away!"
We filed in to the suite and got situated. We granted Emmett permission to start eating while everyone took turns showering and getting ready for bed. We sat around the TV and ate together as we laughed over the day's events.
Rose and Em were on one bed, me and Edward on the other, and Alice and Jasper on the pull out couch. Rosalie and I were facing each other from our own beds.
"Thanks for not laughing at me," she said, referencing my earlier comment and her unfortunate exposure.
"No problem," I winked at her, "But I will be telling you 'I told you so' until the Second Coming."
A/N:
What the what? An update 2 days after the last one? I can't keep this pace up; my two year old is starting to mutiny and it ain't pretty, people. It will probably be more like 4 or 5 days between updates.
So, these crazy kids have a week off from work. What would you like to see them do? Disney is off limits… got something special planned for that ;o) Let me know if there is something you'd like to see. I've already gotten a request for a lap dance from Bella to Edward so…. Yeah.
Come play with me on Twitter PinkHoodie85
REC's:
Relative Wind by Mac214
The Longest Summer by Lexicullen17
The Insurgence of Lady Swan by SimplyNikki (It's only 2 chapters, but it's a great set up)
First Time by Esquimel
