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One Night in Vegas

Chapter: Twenty- Five

Bella's Point of View

Edward hardly spoke the rest of the car ride home. He seemed pensive. Like he was trying to convince himself that the words I spoke were true; that alone broke my heart. I sunk down into my seat and and shifted myself so that I was facing the window. If Edward happened to look over at me it would appear that I was peering out the window, but I wasn't. I was too distracted with thoughts of my own. He didn't trust me. That's what it came down to. I closed my eyes tightly as tears began to form behind them; my throat now burning with raw emotion. I didn't know what to do, or how to make this better. I felt helpless.

I opened my eyes just as Edward pulled up into the driveway and I forced myself not to look at him, not that that was really needed. As soon as the car was off he got out of the car without a word and I watched him stride toward the house without a backward glance. A strangled sob escaped me as I watched him disappear inside the house, and I wasn't sure I wanted to follow. None of this would be happening right now if I hadn't lost my cool over at Alice's. Shopping definitely sounded better than being ignored by my husband, and I would have never had run into Jacob.

I sniffled as I wiped the tears from my face, but it seem the more I wiped them away the faster they fell. There was no way I was going to go into the house like this. I removed my seat belt and pulled my knees up to my chest, not caring that I was putting my shoes on the clean seats. I wrapped my arms around my legs and buried my face into my knees. I sat there a few minutes in silence as I tried to get myself together. A few minutes must have been a little longer than I had thought because Edward had sent someone to get me. I jumped in the seat as Alice opened the driver's side door and climbed in. I put my feet back on the floor as she gave me a sympathetic smile and closed the door.

I didn't question her when she pulled the keys out of her pocket and place them in the ignition and started the car. Edward must have given them to her if she had them. Alice glanced at me a moment before backing out of the driveway cautiously. No one said a word as she drove down the street; where we were headed I wasn't sure, and I wasn't sure I cared at this point. So, I embraced the silence and laid my head back against the seat and closed my eyes. I was almost asleep when Alice had reached over and nudged my shoulder. "Come on," She said softly. "We don't have much time."

I opened my eyes wearily and looked at her; confused. Much time for what? I was just about to question her when she got out of the car and shut the door. I took a moment to look outside at my surroundings and frowned. The mall? I looked over at Alice who was standing at the driver's side of the car with her back to me, waiting, and I figured I couldn't really argue. I didn't want to piss anymore people off today, especially since Alice and I had just made up. Taking a deep breath I grabbed my purse and jumped out of the car and made my way to my best friend's side. She instantly took my hand and lead me forward. "So, this is what we are going to do," She began. "I'm going to drop you off at the beauty salon here. You are going to get your hair trimmed and styled and you are going to get your nails and toes done. While you are there getting that done I'm going to do some shopping for you at Victoria's Secret. Once I'm done there I'll come back and pick you up and we'll have to JC Penny's and pick up something fabulous to go home in."

"What?" I croaked as I stumbled over my feet. My husband was currently ignoring me and she wanted me to go shopping and get my hair done. Was she out of her mind. Alice squeeze my hand before letting it go to open the door for me. Reluctantly I walked in before her and took a deep breath.

"This isn't for pleasure Bella. It's business," She stated point blank. "Edward's a bit upset and as his wife it's your job to cheer him up." She took my hand and pulled me forward again; walking faster this time. I couldn't help but frown. Yeah, Edward was upset. He was upset with me, so how this was going to work I wasn't too sure. "We are going to get you all dolled up and sexy then we are going to go back to your place and you are going to go right up stairs and seduce your husband."

Alice was smirking and I couldn't help but snort. "And if he doesn't want to be seduced?" It was Alice turn to snort and she pulled me of the side near a pretzel shop. I bit my lip as she stared me in the eyes and instantly got her message without her having to speak the words. "Yeah, never mind, "I muttered as I turned my back to her and began walking forward even though I hadn't had the faintest clue to where I was going. "I'm too damn irresistible for him to turn me down." It came out sarcastic as it was meant to, but Alice seemed to let that fly by as she made her way back to my side.

"Exactly."

I choose not to speak the rest of the way to the salon. I was a bit eerie about all of this, but who was I to complain; especially if this worked. I didn't want Edward to be upset with me. It killed me knowing that he believe, for whatever reason, that he had to compete against Jacob for my affection. I was with him and wanted to be no where else and I had to prove that to him. Hell, we were even having a baby together, something I never wanted to do with Jake.

I placed my hand on my stomach at the thought of our growing child and felt myself smile. In that moment I felt hope. Hope that this would all work out, even if that meant we had to move. If it would make Edward happy and feel more secure then I'd do it. I dropped my hand back to my side as Alice lead a stylist over to me. He took about six foot and were thin framed glasses that fit his face perfectly. "You have beautiful hair, though, it's a bit plain right now," He told me as he reached out to run his fingers through it. "But don't worry. By the time I'm done with you it's going to scream I have sex appeal."

Alice grabbed my arm as I turned; ready to run out of there. I had sex appeal thank you very much and my hair was not plain. "Think about Edward," She whispered and I came to a completely stop. Right, this was for Edward, not me. I turned back to face the stylist who was now staring at me with a brow raised. I could do this for Edward. I sighed as I bit my lip and nodded.

"Alright, let's do this."

Alice squealed in joy and pulled me into a tight hug. "I'll be back to get you in two hours," She stated simply. "Take good care of my girl Danny."

"Oh, Alice, you know I will."

I watched as Alice all but dance out of the salon and sighed again before turning back to face Danny. "Right this way doll," He said ushering me forward. This was going to be tedious. All I could do was prey that Edward appreciated all of this.

I stared at my reflection in the mirror in disbelief. My hair was pin needle straight and layer in three ways with honey colored highlights stripped through it. Danny had been right. I looked amazing. "Oh, wow," I managed after a few seconds of shocked silence. I honestly couldn't think of anything else to say. Alice, who had joined us only moments ago, was just as shocked.

"You've out done yourself Danny," She said as she placed her bags down on the floor next to me. I watched as Danny's lips curled up into an appreciative grin in the mirror and then shrug. I would definitely be coming to him more often. "Let me see your nails," She demanded as she spun me in the chair and I obediently held my hands out toward her. She had must have given them specific orders before she headed off because they had all worked without letting me get a sigh in. I had gotten a french manicure with white tips with matching toe nails. "Perfect," Alice breathed out.

I merely smiled and nodded in agreement. "I'm aim to please," Danny said as he moved to remove the cape from around my neck. Before I got up to my feet he brushed strands of stray hair off my shoulder and turned to Alice. "I trust you got something magnificent for her to wear? Something that will knock her man's socks off." He said with a knowing grin.

Alice smirked; obviously pleased that he acknowledged her sense of fashion. "Of course," She stated simply. She reached down and grabbed her belongings. "This way Bells. We need to get you dressed and apply a little make up. Thanks Danny." I began following her only to stop when I realized she was heading out the door.

"Alice, I need to pay for all this." She turned to face me from outside the salon doors and waved me forward.

"I've already taken care of everything. Now, come on." I nodded and shot a quick glance back at Danny and waved goodbye before following Alice toward the nearest bathroom. We went in once she made sure we were the only two in there and locked the door. I frowned at that.

"Alice, how much do I owe you for the hair cut and stuff? I know that couldn't be cheap. And the clothes?" I said nodding at the bags. I had noticed that she had decided to go to JC Penny's without me, but that didn't really bother me. Not a big shopper, nor am I really fashionable. I get most of my clothing from WalMart and K-Mart; something Alice finds despicable.

"Don't worry about it. It's a gift. Now, I need you to change quickly in to this," She said handing me the Victoria's Secret bag. "That why I can do your make up quickly and we can head out of here." I looked down at the back in my hands and nodded, not really caring for the make up part of this deal, but for once I decided not to complain. I walked into the closet stall without a word and locked it behind me. I hung the bag on the hanger behind the door and began stripping my clothes off. "Hand me your clothing Bella. I'll take care of them."

"Alright," I said kicking my pants and shirt under the stall. I saw Alice's hands as she leaned down and picked up the garments and then listened to her shoes as she crossed the room. I frowned at the familiar sound of the trash can lid slamming shut. "Alice, please tell me you didn't," I said; feeling awkward about standing in a public bathroom in nothing but my bra and panties.

She merely giggled. "Fine, I didn't, but you know that's a lie. You aren't going to need them. I bought you a few new outfits to update your wardrobe." I groaned and bit my tongue to keep from arguing with her and opened the bag and pulled out a sheer baby blue baby doll. I gasped and reached down into the bag hoping to find something more, but only found a matching pair of thong panties. Did Alice honestly expect me to walk out of the mall in this?! "Stop gawking," Alice demanded as if she could see my reaction through the door, but then again she has known me long enough to know how I'd react. "Get dressed quickly."

"Alice!"

"Bella, trust me," She said simply. "And I want those under garments of yours too." I sighed and quickly dressed, if you could call it that and stepped out after shoving my bra and panties into the bag. I liked that set and I would be damned if Alice threw those away too. I felt myself blush as Alice looked me over. Now I understood why she locked the door. "Edward's going to eat you up." She squealed happily as she grabbed my hand and lead me over to one of the chairs that had been placed again the wall near the entrance.

I sighed and did as I was told; watching Alice go threw on of the JC Penny bags and pull out a smaller bag filled with make up. "Now, close your eyes and I'll be quick. I'm just going to put on some eye liner, eyes shadow, and a bit of lip gloss. Nothing extreme just enough to enhance your natural beauty." I snorted and closed my eyes; crossing my arms over my chest. "Don't get act that way. I might be tempted to accidentally poke you in the eye." She said sternly. I kept any remarks to myself and allowed her to work in silence and when she finally finished, which seemed years later, she had me open my eyes only to meet her bright grin. "Perfect. One second."

I sighed and once again watched Alice turn to the bags labeled JC Penny only this time it wasn't make up she pulled out, but a black hooded pea coat that was hardly long enough to cover my knees. She motioned for me to stand, so I did so without question and slipped my arms into the sleeves as she held it out. As I shrugged it up my shoulder, Alice turned me so that I faced her and pulled the jacket over my front and began to button it, leaving the top button undone. "Now for shoes," She said looking down at my feet with a frown. I had put my shocks and snickers back on before coming out of the stall and obviously Alice wasn't please. "Those will be in the trash before we leave." She said as she moved to pull a shoe box out of the same bag the coat came out of. "Sit back down please and kick off those snickers."

"I'm not throwing out my snickers, Alice," I said as I sat back down and began removing them along with my socks. I shoved my socks into my snickers and placed them off to the side and looked up at Alice; my eyes about popped out of my head when I saw the black opened toed four inches fuck me shoes in her hands. "You honestly cannot expect me to wear those," I said my voice trembling with fear. "I'll end up killing myself and probably a few innocent people standing near me."

Alice merely rolled her eyes and slipped the shoes on my feet. "You'll be fine," She said as she took up straight and held her hand out to me. "I'll help you until you get the hang of it." I groaned and reluctantly took her hand; allowing her to pull me up to my feet. She took advantage of my current state and pitched my shoes into the trash can before turning to pick up my purse and handed it to me. I merely glared at her in disgust.

"I liked those shoes." I muttered under my breath and my best friend nearly shrugged. "Got you new snickers too." I groaned again; not even wanting to know how much she had actually spent today. All this was way more than any gift I could ever afford. Alice grabbed the rest of the bags and took my hand and lead me forward, though, this time I knew where we were headed.

The car ride was silent just as it was before, but as soon as my house came into view my heart began pounding wildly; it was deafening. "Alright," Alice said as she pulled into the drive way and placed the car in park before turning it off. "When we left Edward had went to his study. Let's hope he is still there. I'm going to take you to the door so that you don't kill yourself before then, but once you go inside I want you to perch yourself on his desk and slowly unbutton the jacket. Let your creativity run from there." She said with a smile.

I nodded and took a deep breath. I was suddenly feeling extremely nervous. What if this didn't turn out well? What if he was pissed that I didn't come straight in after him and that I left? I didn't have any more time to dwell on that because Alice was soon at my door and pulling me out. I was carefully watching each step I took as we made our way into the house, and once the door was closed behind us Jasper and Esme came running from the living room.

"Oh, thank god!" Jasper sighed, but his relief was instantly washed away with irritation. "Where the hell did you go and why weren't you answering your cell phone?"He asked; crossing his arms over his chest. "Do you know how much you have angered Edward? The man is livid!"

"Oh?" Alice asked innocently.

"Yeah, babe, you stole his car and kidnapped his wife." Jasper with a exasperated sigh.

"Stole his car?" I shrieked. "Please tell me you're joking?"

Jasper groaned and pinched the bring of his nose in irritation. Nope. No joking here. My groan matched his and I had the urge to run right back out of the house. "With great reason," I heard Esme say. I turned to look over at my mother-in- law and notice the huge grin on her face. "I'm going to assume that there is something revealing and sexy under that coat."

"Better believe it," Alice giggled.

I felt my cheek flush and Esme's hands found my back; urging me forward. "He is in the study still. This way." I walked as she pushed me forward; not wanting to fall over for refusing to move. I heard Alice giggle behind us. "Keep in mind he isn't angry with you," Esme whispered. "He is just a little upset with the run in with your ex-husband which is understandable considering how Jacob made him feel in high school. Erase his insecurities."

I turned my head and looked back at Esme and she merely smiled. "Good luck," Alice whispered; reaching forward to knock on the door of Edward's study. I took a deep breath and didn't wait for him to answer. I grabbed a hold of the door knob and pushed it open and slid inside; closing the door behind me.

I bit my lip as Edward glanced up from his lap top; his face completely unreadable and his lips pressed into a thin line, but as he took my appearance in that slowly changed. Determined to not let his lack of expression discourage me I took a deep breath and took a step forward; preying to god I wouldn't trip over these damned heels. As I walked toward him, slowly I might add, I trailed my hands over my chest and began to unbutton the coat. I had reached the last button when I got to the edge of his desk and I couldn't help but be over joyed that I had kept his attention. I bit my lip and closed my eyes as I shrugged the jacket off my shoulders and dropped it to the floor. Edward's sharp intake of breath encouraged me to open my eyes and look at him once more.

I smiled as I watched his eyes slowly taken in the sight of me. From what I could see he seemed to like the baby doll Alice had picked out, and in was in that moment I was glad my friend had such great taste in clothing. "Bella." My name left his lips in a breathless groan. He sat back in his chair and took a deep breath. I took advantage of that and crawled onto his lap. It was my turn to gasp when I felt his already hardening length press against my core as I positioned myself on top of him.

"Edward," I said softly; I'm sure I sounded just as breathless as he had a moment ago. I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his as his eyes met mine. The kiss was brief, but meaningful. "This is for you. I'm only for you." I murmured softly, placing my lips on his neck and leaving a trail of open mouth kissing going up to his ear. Edward groaned as I nipped at his earlobe. "Forever."

One of Edward's hands found the back of my head and his grabbed a fistful of my hair and pulled my mouth down to his roughly. I moaned as his tongue instantly forced it's way into my mouth and I struggled to fight for dominance. I ground myself against him causing us both to moan and Edward tore his mouth away from mine; panting. Releasing my hair he leaned forward and pushed the items on his desk off and I gasped, eyes wide, as his expensive laptop hit the floor. I didn't have any longer to be shocked because then Edward lifted me and placed me on the edge of his desk.

I watched him as he jumped to his feet and positioned himself in between my legs. He was breathing heavily (though, so was I) as he place his hands on my sides; they slowly trailed downward as he now ground himself into me. A hiss of pleasure passed my lips. "Edward..."

He merely moaned in reply as I rolled my hips against his. "Stop." He demanded; grabbing a hold of my hips and holding me still. I bit my lip as I looked up into his eyes. He was taking deep breaths as if he was trying to control himself. Slowly his hands left my hips, but I refrained from moving, especially when his fingers looped under the lace of the thong.

"Edward please." I begged as I laid back against the table. He slowly pulled the garment down my hips and once it was down passed my knees I found myself trying to rub my legs together to gain some sort of friction. My body was on fire from his simple touches and he wasn't moving fast enough for me. I knew in my heart and mind that this was for Edward, but I couldn't help that my body was more demanding. "Take me.," I begged. "Mark me as yours."

"I fully intend on it," He said; his voice deep and husky. He then grabbed me by my legs and pulled me toward him and I moaned as I felt his length press against my thigh. I hadn't even realize he released himself, but I wasn't complaining. I rolled my hips against him and he hiss out in pleasure before grabbing a hold of my hips once more. A whimper of disapproval escaped my throat and I pushed myself up on my elbows to glance up at him. "Bella, love," He said sternly. "You are driving me crazy. If you keep that up I'm going to cum before we get started."

"I'm sorry," I muttered softly as I bit my lower lip. I took a deep breath as Edward positioned himself at my wet awaiting entrance, but didn't move to bury himself in me. I struggled to keep still once more. I was on the urge of begging. "Edward, please, you're driving me crazy."

To my irritation he merely chuckled and leaned down to press his lips against mine. "..Sexy." He said against my lips. I wrapped my arms around his neck; groaning as he finally thrust himself into my eager awaiting entrance. His name left my lips in the form of a strangled moan and I lifted my legs to wrap around his waist. I dug my nails into his back as he continued to thrust into me recklessly. Normally when we made love he was so gently, like I was a piece of glass he was afraid to break, but now he was rough and relentless and the sensation was overwhelming.

"God, yes!" I cried out, moving my hips wildly with his. His mouth found my neck and his warm breath sent tingles down my spine as he moaned. His tongue flickered out slowly against the vein in my neck before covering it with his mouth. I moaned softly as he sucked upon the skin at first, but when his teeth sunk into my skin it sent my senses hay wire. "F-fuck!" I cried out arching my back as I came. Edward groaned as my walls clamped around him and it wasn't a moment later that he too came.

"Fuck," He repeated collapsing on top of me.

"In a few minutes," I giggled in a teasing manner; still trying to catch my breath. "But this time I want to be on top."

Edward chuckled softly and pressed his lips to my throat. "And to think I was pissed Alice stole my car." He whispered softly. "She should steal it more often."

I rolled my eyes and pushed him off me. He looked down at me with a brow raised in question. "Chair. Now." I demanded and a smirk quickly found his lips.

"Yes ma'am."

Yeah, I know I said to a few of you that I'd have this up yesterday, but I was a bit down so I took a personal day to mope. I wanted to thank you all who reviewed last chapter and wished me well. It made me happy and definitely cheered me up. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. As always please review and tell me what you think.

Anna