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Chapter Six, Electrifying.
Edwards POV
As the announcer called my name and I ran onto the field high five'ing my team as I passed, the crowd were screaming. I thought about how it used to be such an ego boost, but now I just didn't care about it, I was just eager to be far enough onto the field so that I could see Bella. I only had eyes for her, the stadium could have been empty but for her. I saw that she was on her feet cheering for me and I couldn't help the cheesy grin on my face as the team and I made our way over to the bench.
I couldn't stop myself from gazing back in her direction again a few minutes later. I knew exactly where to look, but as I did, I saw that her seat was empty, as was my fathers. My mother sat alone, her face full of stress and she, seeing the burning anguish on my face pointed towards the parking lot.
The game, my team, the crowd, meant nothing to me any more, my heart imploded at the idea that something had happened. I set off running as fast as my legs could carry me, then I pushed them harder, desperately trying not to speculate on what had happened, but as hard as I tried nightmarish thoughts ran through my mind. At the top of the steps I saw my father in the back of an ambulance, I hurdled the railing on the steps and headed for the grass slope, I was soon hurtling into the back of the ambulance.
"What the hell happened?" I yelled.
"Calm down Edward, she is fine." My father said.
Then I heard shots fired from just outside the ambulance, instinctively I pulled Bella into my arms and shielded her from the parking lot that was visible through the open doors.
People were running and screaming, but I was more focused on how Bella fell limp against my chest, then more shots were fired. I just stood there waiting... for I don't know what. After several minutes I heard movement outside.
"Both of you stay here." My father said, then he left the ambulance.
"Are you okay? I asked Bella.
"I'll be fine." She said groggily, she was holding her throat.
"What happened? I asked.
"Zucker was behind us, tried to strangle me." She said.
"That was Zucker? Well I hope they have shot the son of a bitch." I almost growled. The thought of him with his hands on her made me feel physically sick, how could I have allowed this to happen? I should never have asked her to come here, this was all my fault and she had been hurt again. "I was worried sick when I saw you were gone." I said squeezing her tight against myself. "I've never been so scared." I said wondering if she was just placating me about being okay. I crouched down a little and looked into her eyes.
"Are you sure you're alright?" I asked.
"Just more bruises, by the feel of it, but yes I'll be fine." She tried to reassure me. I kissed her forehead, then seeing the half dried tears on her face, I did something I had always dreamed of doing. I wiped her tears away with my lips; to care so much for someone to do that... It made me feel a little better when I did it. Then I stood up straight and pulled her back into my arms and held her tight against my chest, feeling a little better again knowing she was safe in my arms.
I could hear then, hundreds of people running down to the lot from the football field. My father came back and climbed back into the ambulance.
"Well?" I asked.
"Zucker is dead." He informed us.
I sighed as Bella did, feeling her relief as well as my own, he would never get near her again, that was a great gift to me, then Bella began to cry, the stress of it all finally breaking through.
"He can't hurt you again." Dad said to her, rubbing her back.
We needed to get moving so we walked to the back of the ambulance, and I let her go whilst I jumped down, then I reached up for her, but instead of helping her down, I pulled her to me, stretched my hand over her ass to hold her in place and wrapped her legs around my waist. I squeezed her as tightly against myself as I could without hurting her already broken body, she didn't object she hugged me back just as tightly.
Alice, Em, Jazz and Rosalie came running towards us, the rest of the team not far behind.
"Is she..?"
"Scared and shook up with more bruises, but otherwise she's okay." I assured them.
Dad explained to us all exactly what had happened, it was a little distracting with Bella sniffling into my neck, I was trying to hug her to make her feel safe. At the same time hearing what Zucker had done... I had the urge to kill, I was slightly appeased knowing that he was actually dead.
Teachers and police ushered us back towards the school to get back to starting the game, as I walked I rubbed Bella's back trying to comfort her. Hating the idea of letting her go to get back to playing football.
"Hey Hale." A voice called out of the crowd and I felt Bella cringe into me, I recognised the Quillayute accent and knew that this must be Black, I felt a sudden thrill, the idea of eliminating both of Bella's Nemesis's in one evening was a very enjoyable one. I hugged her tightly trying to reassure her that I would not let him near her. Everyone turned towards the voice, though judging by most of the people I could see, even members of the team, we all knew who it would be, Emm and Jazz were practically growling.
"So this is where you thought you'd hide your sister is it? Speaking of whom, had she joined the church yet?" Black asked, pissing me off instantly.
"Why don't you drop dead Black, and while your doing that, stay the hell away from my sister." Jasper shouted at him.
"Why where is she?" He yelled back, the edge to his voice indicated more than casual interest.
"She found herself a real man and got over you." Rosalie snarled into his face. Never thought I'd see the day when I'd get a compliment like that from Rosalie Hale, but it made me grin.
"Yeah, right... like who'd have her?" He jeered at Rosalie. That made me heat up with anger and I stepped forward from the crowd almost in his face.
"That would be me, if you must know." I said and I watched with satisfaction as his jaw dropped at the sight of me with Bella wrapped around me.
"C-Cullen!" He choked out, one up on the tribe again I thought with more deep gratification.
"That's right Black and if I find you have been anywhere near my girl again, I will rip your mother fucking head off, got that?" I said, then I carried on walking, leaving him standing there with his mouth still hanging open. I was glad that he now knew that I was fully aware of what he had done to Bella, that should be a good incentive for him to stay the hell away from her.
As I walked away I lifted Bella up slightly, another excuse to get my hand on her amazing ass and I turned my head so that I could kiss her neck. She even lifted her head slightly to give me better access, that made me grin as I kissed her.
"I've just got rid of one psychopath, I didn't really want any trouble with another one," Bella whispered into my ear.
"He asked for it." I told her, as my mother came running frantically towards us.
"Is she okay?" She asked panicked.
"She'll be fine," my father assured her.
"But I heard shots." Mom said, the worry still clear in her voice.
"Nowhere near any of us." Dad assured her, though that wasn't exactly true, it was probably a good thing she didn't know just how close we were.
As we were all nearing the field, Bella pulled my face to look at me, as she stared into my eyes I was reminded of the feeling of loss when I had seen her seat empty and the fear I had felt. I leaned forward and rested my forehead against hers.
"I never want to feel that way again." I told her.
"What way?" She asked.
"Like I had lost you." I admitted.
"Edward..." She started to say, but then she paused, she looked like she was trying to find the right thing to say, maybe I pushed her too far and she was worried about me being so possessive of her.
"Yes?" I asked, staring deep into her milk chocolate eyes, preparing myself for the worst.
"You can't get rid of me that easily," she said, the instant relief was breathtaking, but what did she mean by can't? I thought that was a strange thing to add.
"Can't?" I questioned.
"No you can't." She assured me, I felt my breathing increase and my heart started to race.
"And why can't I?" I asked.
She moved her face so that she could whisper in my ear.
"Because I love you." She said.
I bit back my gasp at her words, but it felt like my heart inflated to twice its normal size. I pulled back away from her so that I could see into her eyes.
"You do?" I asked and I could feel the joy her words brought on.
"Yes, I do." She said.
"Good," I said back and I kissed along her jaw to her ear and whispered, "because I love you." In her ear, then I kissed back along her jaw and then pressed my lips to hers, those sweet, soft lips that I could just spend forever kissing.
"Edward you'll have plenty of time for that after the game, C mon!" Emmett yelled at me.
I leaned my forehead back to Bella's and sighed, "One day." I said and today would be that day, if it's the last thing I did, I would get her alone and I would kiss her properly, I smiled and lowered her down to the floor.
"Now go kick some major butt for me." She said.
I kissed the top of her head and ran back to the bench, though how I was supposed to concentrate now after all that had happened I wasn't sure, but of all the things in my head, louder than everything I could hear her say 'because I love you.' Those were positively the most beautiful words ever spoken. There had been no hesitation in me saying it back to her, because I already knew that I loved her.
Last night after Jasper had all but dragged me away from her, I'd returned home with my father and sat in my room almost in a dream like state, thinking of how it felt to have my arms around her. My mother came to see how Bella was, before she left again, she said.
"You really do love her don't you?"
I thought about that question for a long second before answering it. "Yes... I really do." I admitted to her.
She hugged me, "I'm happy for you, it's about time you had someone to make you happy." she said and kissed my cheek.
"Thanks Mom." I 'd said as she left me to think some more.
~F~
I walked out to the coin toss, I stood across the line from someone who had always considered me as his enemy, well now the feeling was completely mutual. Neither of us attempted to shake hands when we were instructed to by the ref. Port Angeles were kicking off, but thanks to Jasper on special teams, I was back on the field holding the ball for the extra point in less than two minutes into the game, already seven points up. That was one hell of a good start, Emmett gave me a meaningful look before he ran onto the field with his normal ridiculous cheesy grin on his face, seconds later the team was all hyped up when Emm flattened Black in his first sack of the game. The first of many I hoped.
It wasn't long before I was back on the field, and in just three downs Jazz added six more points. Every time I came back to the bench I looked up to be sure that Bella was still in her seat, I'd promised her I would concentrate on the game, but still I had to check. I wasn't the only one though, Jazz checked just as often as I did and I also noticed that Alice and Rosalie kept their eyes on her.
By half time we had twenty eight points on the board and thanks mainly to Emmett, Port Angeles only had nine.
Knowing what we had planned for the half time show, I ran to Bella the second the half time whistle blew. I pulled her out of her seat to me and kissed her on the lips. It made me smile hearing all the gasps and whispering from all around us as I pulled her into my arms, not something I had done before, but I enjoyed the idea of everyone seeing that she was mine.
"So, what do you think?" I asked her, knowing she had no interest in football.
"I think you're awesome actually." She said and I felt my heart swell again, she thinks I'm awesome, how cool is that?
"Good." I said, quite unable to hold back the grin spreading across my face. "Wait till you see this, gotta go, love you." I whispered before kissing her again and running to the locker room.
I'd done something like this before, but not on this scale, this was mostly Emm's idea, but the rest of the team thought it was the best idea yet.
Emm and half the defence went out onto the field to take the concrete block that they had had made specially for the event, out to the middle of the field. They had a blown up picture of the Port Angeles team stuck to the side of it and they stood it between a metal frame. The idea was for me to kick it and break it in half causing it to rip the picture in two. Emmett had selected one of the music tracks that they often played as I walked onto the field. I heard 'Ace of spades' by Moterhead. Start. I had my black belt on and I started to walk out.
"Hey." Emmett called, "get that shirt off! Most of the girls out there only come to the game on the off chance that you will pull your shirt off at the end of the game, so give them a little extra." He said smirking.
"No!" I said indignantly, there was only one person I would do that for.
"Do it for Bella then." He said grinning knowingly, but then I was assaulted by the rest of the team. I was lucky I got away with my pants intact, they pulled my shirt and pads off me. I would have fought back, but then I'd be down several members of my team, so now I had to face the crowd shirtless, like I didn't have enough problems fighting certain girls off. I walked out onto the field to the cries and screams of what sounded like all the women in Forks.
The music stopped when I reached the concrete and so did the screams. I bowed to the crowd then turned back, I had practised this with different moves all week. I took a deep breath and side kicked the block, I watched with satisfaction as it split in two and ripped the picture apart. The crowd started screaming and shouting my name, I turned and bowed again. I grinned hugely when I saw Bella's face, she had her mouth hanging open, she snapped it shut and shook her head in disbelief. Then the team rushed me, hoisted me into the air and carried me back towards the locker room. When I was back on my feet and walking down the hallway, I saw Alice and Rose.
"Alice." I called, they both turned and Alice skipped to me, with Rose trailing behind. "Any chance you'd go and fetch Bella?"
"Sure, um... don't you think the naked bod was a bit much?" Alice asked.
"That was the guys fault, they ripped the shirt from my back. I informed her.
"I'm sure Bella appreciated seeing the goods on offer." Rosalie said with a smirk, turning and walking out the doors to the field.
I went back to the locker room for my shirt, then went back out to wait, I wasn't kept waiting long, Bella stood in the doorway, where Alice had just pushed her threw the doors. She stood there smiling at me then bit her lower lip nervously, she always looked so damn sexy when she did that.
"Hi." I said suddenly realising that I was nervous too, could this finally be it, was I actually going to get to kiss those lips without being interrupted?
"Hi," she said, walking slowly towards me. "So..."
"I have sometime before the second half starts and I just wanted to spend most of that time with you." I said.
I couldn't stop myself, I pulled her into my arms the very instant that she was close enough to me. As she came closer I pulled her lips to mine and the very instance that our lips met. Like some sort of magnet, or maybe an alarm system activated and Jasper came up behind me, followed by the team.
"Give it a rest you two, man don't you ever stop?"
I lowered Bella to the floor and shook my head. "If I ever get the chance to start, I will let you know."
Then the place was crawling with cheerleaders too and the hallway was very crowded. I happen to notice Jessica Stanley heading my way and saw an opportunity too good to miss. I pulled Bella into my arms again and held her against my chest, she came willingly.
"Oh Edward you were amazing out there." I heard Jessica say but that's all I heard.
Bella pulled on the top of my shirt, pulling me towards her, I leaned down to see what she wanted. I completely forgot about Jessica and everyone else when Bella pressed her lips to mine, it was short but very sweet and told everyone in the hallway at that moment that I was hers. We were both grinning hugely when we separated and I suddenly realised that we were not alone as my hearing came back along with my awareness that there was more than just us two in the universe.
"I'll see you later." She said loud enough for Jessica to hear.
"I'll be waiting." I said back just as loudly.
She walked up to Alice and Rose, linked arms with them both and walked out of the doors. I turned still smiling to the rest of the team only to have Jessica walk up to me anyway.
"I heard that Bella's not going to be your date for the dance..." She said, oh no not this again... " well I just want you to know that I am still available and I would be more than happy to be your date, I know how to be a good girlfriend." She said, I just stared at her, unbelievable, did she really think that I was that shallow? Had I not told her repeatedly that I wasn't interested in her?Maybe if I use a flame thrower on her I would get my point across better? Though she probably wouldn't get that either.
"Jessica... Bella is my girlfriend and if I don't go to the dance with her, then I won't go to the dance at all." I explained.
"I'd be willing to give you anything you desired, you know." She said winking in what I can only assume was supposed to be a suggestive way, it wasn't, it was downright disturbing.
"Jessica." I said, placing my hand on her shoulder, trying to get more distance between us as I pushed her to arms length. "If you were the only girl in the world and I was the only boy..." I said looking straight into her depth less eyes.
"Yes?" She asked excitedly.
"I'd kill myself." I said and walked away, the rest of the team were wetting themselves laughing. It was extremely brutal and I regretted it instantly but she had pushed me into it, I had run out of ways to say no, nicely.
The guys were still falling over each other laughing as they followed me back into the locker room.
"Did you see her face?" Channey asked, "man I wish I could have filmed that. Having a new woman has made you brutal Cullen." He said laughing.
Once everyone had calmed down it was time for a quick pep talk, to work us all up into a killing frenzy. I might have mentioned quietly to Emmett, how Rosalie might feel about the guy who took revenge on her little sisters attacker. Well he was really ready to get back out there and kill someone, it's a good thing that it was time to be back out to the field for the second half.
Not a great amount was different to the first half of the game, Jasper ran in three more touchdowns. Emmett broke his personal best with nineteen sacks,m the last of which broke Blacks collar bone, we all waved him off as the paramedics strapped him to a gurney and wheeled him off. Port Angeles had only achieved one other field goal to their score, we basically annihilated them.
As the final whistle blew I looked around for Bella as the crowd stormed the field, she was running towards me. I ran to meet her and I picked her up and spun around with her in my arms, I kissed her briefly before being pushed by the crowd back towards the school. I notice Emmett reaping his reward with Rosalie wrapped around him and quite clearly playing tonsil hockey, so unfair I thought. I felt like interrupting them just to get my own back, but Em really had earned his reward.
"Your Mom and Dad are heading home, they said they would see us all later, but not too late, well done... um, oh yes and no alcohol." Bella said as Alice and Jasper came to join us.
"Okay, I think I heard the whole of that message, the last part was unclear, but it can't have been anything important otherwise they would have come and told me themselves." I said grinning at her. "Did you catch what your sister said Jazz?"
"Not the last part." Jazz said laughing.
"You're not going to get drunk are you Jasper?" Alice asked him.
"Would it bother you if I did?" He asked her.
"Well I don't know, I barely know you, I am not sure what I would do if you were to drunk to realise where you were and you climb in to my bed tonight instead of your own." Alice said trying desperately to fight back a smile.
"Would that bother you if I did?" He asked her, man she's such a flirt, I've never seen her like this before.
"That would depend on how drunk you are, you maybe too drunk to take advantage of me." she said, I had to laugh at that, Alice was going to seduce him before the day was through.
"Then I wont get too drunk and I will have to spend the rest of the night getting to know you so you wont be worried about hardly knowing me when I climb into your bed." He whispered, putting his arm around her shoulder and leading her into the gym. Wow Jasper was better at this than I ever gave him credit for.
Throughout the entire evening Bella stayed next to me I had my arm around her shoulders and she had her arm wrapped around my waist. All evening people came over to talk about the game, I didn't get a minute alone with Bella. Jasper and Rosalie headed home to get overnight things, Emm and Alice went with them. I took Bella home with me, we hadn't really had chance to talk apart from casual conversation all night and the journey home was a quiet one.
"You can use the shower in my bathroom, I will use the one downstairs." I said to her once we got into my bedroom. I only had half an hour left before midnight, I had promised myself I would kiss her properly tonight. So it was now or never I told myself as I got out of the shower, I wrapped a towel around my waist and went back to my room. Bella was just coming out of my bathroom as I walked into my room. She was wearing old sweat pants and a very thin tank top. I watched as she slowly lifted her face and took in my semi naked body, she was biting into her lip again, she did that when she was nervous. It made my cock throb, but then as she took me in, I took her in and her thin top was almost see through, her breasts look like soft pillows, but her nipples were sticking out and I was struck by an unbelievable need. Bella noticed me staring and looked down to see what it was that I was staring so intently at, she turned away from me embarrassed, crossing her arms over her chest.
She looked up at me sheepishly, the sight of her body through that tight thin top had me licking my lips and my dick was throbbing. In that second I didn't think, I just walked up to her and finally pulled her too me, the feel of her hands on my skin was amazingly electrifying. I leaned down to her and pulled her face to mine, our lips met and I couldn't hold back the moan of longing, She made a similar sound that turned me on immensely. I gently trailed my hand over her breast making her gasp, as she did her lips parted and very slowly I slid my tongue into her mouth.