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Category Two Hurricane (Sustained winds 96-110 mph, 83-95 kt, or 154-177 km/hr).
Category Three Hurricane (Sustained winds 111-130 mph, 96-113 kt, or 178-209 km/hr).
Squalls: "Arms" of the storm. Bands of severe thunderstorms.
"Landfall" counts when the eye of the storm moves over land. (half of the storm has past)
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BPOV
"So, you never got to comment on how you felt about Edward's "allergy"."
Rosalie and I were walking through the grocery store picking up things we would need for the hurricane. From what the Storm Tracker showed, the hurricane would hit the coast as a CAT 2, possibly a CAT 3, on Thursday afternoon. That only gave us two days to prepare. Stores were packed, lines at gas stations poured out onto the street and needed police to direct traffic, and people were freaking the fuck out. I don't know why these idiots get this way. It's not the apocalypse, we live in South Florida assholes, hurricanes are a given. I blame the media. If I weren't due to go grocery shopping, I wouldn't be dumb enough to venture out into this cluster fuck. But, here we are, on a Wednesday afternoon, getting rammed by shopping carts and watching fights break out over bottled water.
I tossed a bag of marshmallows in to the cart and turned to Rose.
"I don't know, I mean it's not like we can't do stuff, we just have to clean up quicker than others. I can deal with postponed cuddling. I really don't think it's that big of a deal." I grab a box of graham crackers and put them in the cart as Rose tossed in a few King Size Hershey bars.
"Yeah, I get what you're saying. I've never been big on cuddling anyways. Emmett emits body heat like a freaking polar bear."
Our conversation paused as we continued to pile snacks in to our cart. Popcorn, Toblerone bars, a jar of nutella (or three), fritos, Chex Mix, Oreos, Ramen noodles.
"Those are gross," Rose comments on the noodles.
"Well Rose, in the event that the power goes off and shit goes bad in the refrigerator, we need something other than sweets!"
"How do you plan to boil the water for the noodles, smart stuff?"
"Uh…" I hadn't thought of that. "The grill! In a pot, on the grill! Ah-HA!"
"In gale force winds?" She arched her perfectly groomed eyebrow and smirked at me.
"Fuck off."
We finished off our shopping with soda, fresh fruit and vegetables, and (per Emmett's request) beef jerky. The line for check out had 500 people in it, ok so maybe it's more like 50, but still! 50 is a lot of fucking people.
Finally, after 4 hours in the freaking store and an hour in line for gas, Rosalie and I lugged our rations up to my apartment. While Rose put all of the groceries away, I cleaned the apartment and sanitized the tub then filled it with water, and pulled all my potted plants off of the balcony. Emmett came over with his and Rose's overnight bags and pizza for dinner. We all plugged in our cell phones, charged our laptops, and checked the batteries in flashlights.
Thursday morning arrived with full sun and a calm breeze. The ambiance held an eerie calm, the calm before the storm. The air smelled of sweet hot grass, warm soil, and briny water. No birds sang, no squirrels scurried, and even the high pitch buzz of the cicadas' wings was silent. Dark, furious clouds could be seen low on the horizon, the waves lapped gently at the shore almost in a request for forgiveness for the beating it will soon receive. There were no noises coming from the streets below; cars had been parked, shutters had been put up, supplies had been collected. There was nothing left to do but wait.
Emmett was digging around in the refrigerator when I walked into the kitchen. He pulled out eggs, bacon, cheese, and milk. I propped myself against the wall and folded my arms across my chest to watch this showdown go down. Emmett is not known for his culinary skills. He opened and closed 5 of the cabinets before he found a frying pan. He pulled out two and put them on the stove. Next he unwrapped the bacon and threw the whole one pound block in to the pan and turned the burner on high. I pushed myself off the wall in a hurry and yanked the pan off the stove top. Emmett stared at me with wide eyes.
"You are not going to burn this apartment down before the hurricane blows it over. Go sit and watch the news, I'll cook breakfast." He pouted comically and sulked in to the living room.
I separated the bacon, put a few pieces in the pan and returned it to the burner on medium low heat. Next I shredded the cheese and set it to the side, then mixed eggs with some milk and poured it in the other pan. When the eggs are almost finished, I added the shredded cheese. I put the eggs in the warming drawer and finished cooking the bacon. I toasted damn near half a loaf of bread and then set the table. When everything was finished, Rose helped me carry everything out to the table.
"Emmett, I think you should apologize to Edward for the way you acted last week," Rosalie said as she served herself some eggs.
Emmett just grumbled and continued to shove bacon and eggs in his mouth at an alarming rate.
"We're not going to take it from you, Em, slow down!" I laughed.
We finished our breakfast and then Rose and I cleaned up as Emmett went to shower. Rose showered next, then me. We all dressed in light comfy clothes, Rose and I with our hair in pony tails, because if the power went out then we'd have no air conditioning. Rose and I both had t shirts and cloth lounge shorts on, I adorn my outfit with knee high socks because my feet tend to get cold. Emmett had let his inner ten year old take over and had on a Batman t shirt with black basketball shorts on.
Edward, Alice, and Jasper came over around 10 am. Rosalie and I exchanged looks when Alice walked in.
"Alice, you look nice. Got some fancy plans for later?" Rosalie joked.
"I tried to tell her!" Jasper and Edward said in stereo.
Alice was wearing a white eyelet lace sundress with strappy espadrille shoes. She looked at her outfit and then to mine and Rose's, then lifted her chin in defiance.
"Edward said this was party! One should always dress for the occasion."
"We are," Rose motioned with a finger between me and her. "HURRICANE party. We're going to be stuck inside for God knows how long playing stupid games, huddled around a battery operated radio, and sweating balls- should the power go out. You're going to be awfully uncomfortable, missy."
Alice's face pulled in to a cute pout. I grabbed her hand and pulled her to my bedroom.
"C'mon, I've got something you can wear."
After Alice was dressed similar to Rose and me, we all got settled around the TV to watch the news. Edward pulled me down on to his lap, with my back to his front, and showered my neck in soft kisses. I snuggled back in to him, pulling his arms tighter around me.
"I missed you last night," he whispered in my ear.
I turned my head to kiss his pouty lips. It was meant to be quick, but Edward sucked my lower lip between his and bit down gently, running his tongue along the captured flesh. He tickled my sides lightly causing me to giggle.
"Alright you two," Emmett chided with a scowl on his face. His eyes slid to Edward, "Hey man, we need to talk."
"Emmett…" I warned.
Edward squeezed my hip. "It's alright, baby."
He slid me off of his lap and he followed Emmett out the front door in to the hallway. The three of us girls looked at each other for a beat before jumping up and running on tiptoes to the door. Rose, being the tallest, had her eye jammed into the peep hole, I stood below her with my ear smashed to the door, Alice was on her hands and knees between my legs with her hands cupped against the door and her ear buried between them.
"Do you see 'em, Rose?" I whispered.
"Shhh! Yes, but I can't hear them if you talk!" She whisper/yelled back.
I held my breath and listened carefully. Sure enough, I could hear the muffled voices of our boys.
"…just didn't think about what I was saying. I was trying to process everything, and shit just came out. Thank you for putting me in my place. My sister cares about you a lot, and I can see that you care about her, too. But, don't think I'm not gunna give you a hard time. You're still the dude tryin' to bang my sister."
"Thanks, Emmett. I appreciate that. I do care about your sister. She means more to me than she even knows. I know that your family is going through a rough situation, and I know Bella knows this already but, if you need anything man, I'm here for you, too."
"They're doing that man handshake/hug thing," Rose whispered to us.
I heard a chime come through the door and tilted my head to the side. I looked at Alice look in confusion, shrugged, then looked up to Rose.
"Emmett got a text, looks like…. He's looking at the door…" her whisper paused before she suddenly gasped, "Ohshitheretheycome!"
All three of us tried to move away from the door at once and ended up tripping over each other, winding up in a pile of tangled limbs on the floor three feet from the door. Emmett came through the door first, with Edward close behind peeking over his shoulder at us. We looked at them in shock, they looked at us in confused amusement. A loud guffaw sounded from behind us and all heads turned to Jasper who was doubled over in laughter clutching his cell phone. Rose seemed to put two and two together first.
"You sent them a text, you little shit!" She tried to untangle herself but didn't get very far before Emmett scooped her up and held on to her.
"Calm down sweetheart," he laughed, "It's your fault for trying to listen in!"
With one less set of legs to unravel, Alice and I were able to stand up. Edward looped his arm around my waist and pulled me in close.
"You're killin' me with those socks, baby," he purred in my ear.
I looked up at him with a shy smile and he hugged me closer. Alice's shriek got our attention. She was looking at Jasper's phone in horror. She looked up at us and flipped the phone around. Rose and I crowded around the phone. There on the tiny screen was a picture of Alice, me, and Rose stacked on top of one another, our asses on display, faces pressed up against the door. Jasper's hand passed through our circle and pressed a button and then a video of our scramble and tumble played across the screen.
"This shit is going on YouTube," Jasper laughed.
The three of us turn a predatory glare towards him. His laughter died off and his face paled. Jasper let out a nervous chuckle before we pounced on him.
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A few hours later we were knee deep in the squalls of the storm. The electricity had flickered a few times, but thankfully we still had power. The news broadcasted that the estimated time for the hurricane's landfall would be around 10pm. A glance over to the clock told me that we had an hour to go before getting a reprieve. The most severe storms always surrounded the eye, holding storm cells that could produce tornados.
"We need to do something to keep my mind off of this," Alice said with a look of panic on her face.
"What would you like to do?" I asked.
She puckered her lips to the side in contemplation. Her eyes lit up and she clapped her little hands together, "Truth or dare!"
"I'm in," Rose said.
"Me, too," I chimed with a look to each of the guys.
They groan and nod in acquiescence. I jumped up to get a bowl while Rosalie grabbed some paper and pens from the kitchen drawer.
"Ok, rules are: Everyone writes five truths, and 5 dares. Read your paper aloud. You get one pass," Alice rattled off quickly.
We all wrote our truths and dares, tore the paper in strips, folded them up, and put them in the bowl.
"I'll go first," Alice chirped and reached in the bowl. "Lick the bellybutton of the person to you left."
Alice slid her eyes to her left. Emmett grinned at her, waggled his eyebrows, and lifted up his shirt.
"He showered this morning, I promise," Rosalie assured her.
Alice pinched her eyes closed and leaned forward. Faster than my eyes could catch, her little tongue flicked out and in to his bellybutton. I pushed a can of Coke in to her hand and she chugged then whole damn thing.
"Ew… ewewewewewew!" Alice waved her arms around wildly. The only person laughing was Emmett, the rest of us were cringing.
"NEXT!" Jasper announced, reaching in to the bowl. "What do you normally sleep in?" His face flushed as he mumbled, "Nothing."
Alice was beaming. Rosalie and I's eyebrows rose in intrigue. Edward and Emmett looked at anything BUT Jasper.
Edward pulled from the bowl next. A saucy grin bloomed across his face, "Lick the person to your right," he announced proudly. "Shall we take this to a more private location?"
My face burst in to flames. Rose cocked an eyebrow, clearly impressed. Alice was trying to contain her giggles behind her hand. Jasper, too, was trying to suppress a grin. Emmett… Emmett looked to be ready to explode. His face was redder than mine, his chest was heaving for air, and tremors were rocking through his body.
"You better use your pass, dude," Jasper implored, eyeing Emmett warily.
"Emmett, calm down, your eyes are as big as Lady Gaga's in the 'Bad Romance' video," I begged. "He was just kidding, I think. Anyway, we'll do the dare here."
Emmett relaxed minutely and eyeballed Edward.
"I was just kidding. There will be no inappropriate licking…whilst others are present."
Emmett's eyes went wide.
"Edward. Stop talking!" I spoke frantically. I was seriously concerned about Brother Bear's blood pressure. Rosalie, wisely, put her hand over Emmett's eyes.
Edward was smirking, the little shit. He pulled me closer to him by my waist and ran his nose down the column of my neck; the feeling causing my eyes fell closed. He followed the path upwards with his warm tongue from the base of my neck up to the spot just below my ear, where he sucked softly. I bit my lip to keep from moaning while my hand fisted his shirt in a tight hold. He pulled away and I locked eyes with him, my heart thundering in my chest. Smoldering jade met melted chocolate. Alice daintily cleared her throat, interrupting our moment.
I shook my head to clear the lust haze and reached into the bowl. "Blow up a condom and act like you're giving it a blow job."
"Oh, for fuck's sake!" Emmett bellowed.
"I don't have any condoms," I said with a shrug.
"You don't?" Alice cast a curious glance between me and her brother.
"I'm on the pill, and I don't know… it's been a while," I mumble.
Emmett did an exuberant fist pump and then stood up and started to applaud.
"What the fuck?" Rosalie is totally rocking the 'bitch-face'.
"You know what Emmett, either shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down or I'm haulin' Edward's sexy ass into the bedroom to remedy my previous statement and all you fuckers can listen!" Now I'm rockin' the 'bitch-face' and Emmett looks properly contrite. "You need to shut the beast down, Emmett. Now who's got a condom?"
I look around the room and see 3 amused faces, and one filled with desire.
"I'm still waiting for you to haul me off to the other room," Edward says with a crooked grin, motioning over his shoulder with his thumb.
I roll my eyes, but smile nonetheless. "I guess I'll just take this as my pass."
Rose clears her throat and reaches in to the bowl. "Have you ever had sex outdoors? Yes." She answers easily.
Emmett looks smug as he takes his turn. "Trade clothes with the person to your right for two turns." He eyes Alice's skimpy shorts and top in terror.
"Drop trou, Em!" Rosalie whoops.
Emmett strips down to his boxer briefs and hands them to Alice, who giggles and trots off to the bathroom to change. She returns and hands her clothes to Emmett. He pulls up the tiny shorts that barely cover his ass (good thing he's still wearing his underwear!).
"I can't get my arms in the shirt," He grumbles.
Jasper's has since doubled over in laughter, Alice can only just control her giggles, and Rosalie has fallen off the couch and is holding her sides, gasping for air, between chuckles. I've buried my face in Edwards shoulder trying to muffle my hysterics while he shakes with silent amusement.
Emmett pouts for the next few turns until he can change again. I have to get Alice new clothes to wear because Em has stretched these out so much. We played for about an hour until the storm outside sidetracked us.
Palm trees are bending and my sliding glass doors are bending from the force and suction of the wind. Lighting flashed through the sky and the rumble of thunder rolled through, carrying so much strength that everything in the apartment shakes, glasses cling together, and pictures vibrate against the wall. We take to watching the news again to see that the hurricane is now making landfall and our area is under tornado watch.
"Should we have put shutters up or something?" Alice asked. Poor thing had never been through a hurricane and was clearly scared.
"The windows in this building are all Hurricane Proof glass," I assured her. She nodded and turned back to the TV.
A crack of lightening ripped through the atmosphere and then we were shrouded in darkness. I heard Alice whimper. Rosalie and I started lighting candles and Emmett handed out flashlights. I turned the radio on and tuned in to the station, which was now broadcasting the news. Tornados and waterspouts had been spotted in the local area, reports of damage were pouring in to the studio. Roofs ripped off, flooding from the storm surge, fallen trees, and downed power lines.
"You know," Alice mused, "with all the candle light, and your apartment in black, white, and red… It's really sexy! I feel like we should be making use of the mood."
"Uh, I like you Alice, but not enough to turn my apartment in to an orgy," I laughed, and everyone else followed.
"I don't mean like, 'Hey, Jazzy-baby, let's get naked rtfn', I'm just sayin'…" Alice giggled.
"R.T.F.N.?" Emmet asked.
"It stands for 'Right the fuck now'," Rosalie supplied.
"Well, I need something to eat rtfn!" Emmett states and stomped off to the kitchen to… eat the whole damn thing, probably.
"The power will probably come back on soon. We're on the same circuit as the hospital, so they'll most likely work on getting that up first thing in the morning, if not during the eye," I mused.
"I'm bored!" Rosalie cried, dramatically flinging back on the couch and draping her arm over her eyes.
"Well there isn't anything to do, really. Just sit and wait, right?" Edward asked.
"Not actually," I began with a sly smile.
"What can we do then?"
"Well, when the eye wall passes, we'll have like an hour or so of clear skies and no storms before the second half passes."
Rose perked up. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
I nod enthusiastically and Rose, in a very un-Rosalie-like move, fist pumps. Emmett chuckled from the kitchen
"Um, either of you want to clue the rest of us in?" Jasper asked.
"SKINNY DIPPING!" Rose and I shout.
Alice squealed and claps as excited smiles develop on Jasper and Edward's faces.
"We won't get caught?" Edward inquired hesitantly.
"Nah it's late, and even if anyone came down to survey the damage they'd go out front, not to the pool in the courtyard," Emmett sayed around a mouthful of food.
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"Alright," Rosalie whispered to us, "We only have like 30 minutes before the rain starts back up. Don't get too loud or else people will come out here. And no sex!"
It was very nearly pitch black in the courtyard, the only light coming from our flashlights. We spread out a little bit and the rustling of falling clothes and muffled laughs filled the air. Emmett's heavy steps could be heard running towards the pool, and with an excited "Whoop!" he cannon balled in to the pool. Edward and I quickly stripped, dropping our clothes on the edge of the pool with our towels, and jumped in the water. Subsequent splashes were made as everyone else took the plunge, Rose being careful not to get her hair wet.
"I feel like such a rebel!" Alice squealed from half a pool length down.
"So what now?" Jasper asked.
"We could play Marco Polo," Alice suggested.
"Uh, that might be a little weird since we have two sets of siblings here," Jasper mused.
"We might not have thought this through," I said. "Every other time we've done this it's just been girls."
"The water is so fucking cold! I won't last long enough for a game anyways!" Rosalie griped. "Just swim, bitches."
"I'm watching you, Cullen," Emmett spoke lowly as Rosalie pulled him to the opposite end of the pool.
Edward smirked and pulled me closer to him, my back to his front. I felt his hardness slide between my legs and I gasped. He placed lingering kisses up and down my neck, and over my shoulder. I let my head tilt to the side and fall back on to his shoulder, reaching back to grab a fistful of his hair. His arm tightened around my waist as his other hand drifted up to cup my breast.
"For so long I've wanted to get you naked," he whispered, "and when I finally get you out of your clothes, there are four other people around."
I tippeded my hips back against his, grinding against him. He let out a hiss and thrust forward in retaliation, his cock sliding through my wet and swollen folds. If I were to angle my hips just a bit more, he could enter me. But, I knew that neither one of us wanted it to happen this way, with our friends and family in the same damn pool.
"Soon, love," he echoed my thoughts.
"EMMETT! DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!" Rose bellowed, wrenching Edward and I from our bubble.
Emmett was holding Rose over his head, counting down, bobbing up and down in the water.
"Here we go, Rosie baby! 3…2…1…" Emmett throttled Rosalie through the air.
We all watched her fall with grace- and flailing limbs- into the water, helpless to stop her plummet under the waters' surface. Rosalie popped up out of the water, gasping and sputtering. She pushed her hair out of her eyes and zeroed her focus in on Emmett. His boisterous laugh came to an abrupt halt upon catching sight of her murderous glare.
"Get him, Rose!" I hollered, egging her on.
"What the fuck, B?" Emmett yelled as he started to retreat towards the steps of the pool. Rosalie approaching slowly.
"Too much cock blocking," I said with a shrug.
Edward, Alice, and Jasper roared with laughter and I chuckled along with them. Our amusement grew as we watched Rose lunge for Emmett when he stumbled backwards up the steps to get out of the pool. She followed him up the steps and chased him. Emmett squealed "like a little bitch", as Jasper said, and ran around the pool cupping his package. He looked like he was running on his fucking tip-toes, he was running so fast! Rose, having no shame, was a bitch on a mission and wasted no energy on trying to cover herself. Just as Rosalie was reaching out to grab Em, the lights flickered and then remained on to illuminate the courtyard and pool. Rosalie dove in to the water while Emmett just stood there like a tool- cupping himself, his mouth forming a perfect 'o'. We all froze for a solid ten seconds before we made a mad dash for our towels and clothing. We fell over ourselves trying to rush to the doors leading to the elevators, passing laughing maintenance workers on the way.
Back in my apartment we were still laughing. We had all gotten dried off and ready for bed. The rain had picked up and was back to "hurricane force". Thankfully the power had stayed on, so we were able to watch the news again. We decided to all stay in my apartment, mainly because Alice didn't want to stay in Edward's apartment alone since Edward decided he was staying overnight, not that I minded. It made sense to just all stay together in case something happened. Around 1am we decided to try to get some sleep. We pulled out the hid-a-bed from the couch and blew up an air mattress for Rosalie and Emmett, and Alice and Jasper.
After getting them settled, Edward and I snuggled in to my bed. It didn't take long for the two of us to be a tangle of arms and legs, for the room to be filled him soft sighs and moans, for hands to explore and roam.
"Please! Just wait until I'm gone!" Emmett wailed from the living room.
I giggled as Edward tucked me in closer into his side. His hand settled on my ass and gaves it a cheeky squeeze.
"Goodnight baby," he mumbled, kissing my temple.
"G'night," I yawned.
Edward's rhythmic breathing, and the cadence of his heart lulled me in to a contented sleep.
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A/N
Let the record state that I LOATHE this chapter. In fact, if it weren't for KylaPricky and Kymclark, this chapter would not be here at all. I was thisclose to 86-ing the whole story.
That being said, unless you guys are liking what I'm writing, I may cut this in half and move things along. I have a lot of fun fluff planned, trips to Disney and Forks (to meet the folks), radio stunts, confrontation with Tanya, and sex (I swear), but if you guys would rather I just get on with it… Let me know.