And Chapter 6 is here. Just a little warning, Edward will be talking about his sister's death so if that is a sensitive topic for you just skip over it. Oh and there are some lemons; )
I just stared at Edward. He was still gazing up at the stars. He looked like he was reliving a memory. A memory of his sister, a very painful memory. I didn't know what to say or what to do. After a few minutes of silence I cracked. I couldn't take him not talking any more.
"What happened Edward? Why did she keep that from you?" I asked in a soft voice hoping I'm not pushing him.
"She was my best friend. We shared everything and I ... I.. just...it's just..." his voice broke and he pulled his legs up towards his chest and leaned onto them. He let out a sigh that almost sounded like a sob. This must be so hard for him to talk about. My heart broke for him.
" She was my big sister. I adored her. She was only two years older than me. She was the person I would tell all my secrets to. I love Rose, but me and Lizzie ...we just had a unique bond. When she finished school she moved away. She didn't want anything to do with being a witch. It broke my heart when she left. We all just thought she was rebelling and that she would come back, but she never did." he whispered. I just waited patiently until he was ready to continue with his story.
"I went to visit her as much as I could and after about a month I started noticing it was getting harder for me to read her thoughts. I confronted her a few months later when I couldn't hear her anymore. She told me that she loves me but that she needed her privacy. She said it was because she was seeing this guy named Frank and she wanted to keep that part of her life private. I believed her and didn't mention it again. " he said while pulling on his hair. I could see tears rolling down his cheeks. It broke my heart looking at him. I wish I knew how to fix it.
"Turns out Frank was her doctor. She was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. They couldn't save her. There was nothing they could do, but take her pain away. She died last year. One day I went to visit her since none of us had seen her in a while. She kept telling us she was too busy and that she will see us soon. I knocked on her door, but she didn't open it. I called her, but she didn't answer. I heard the faint sound of her phone ringing through the door. I started to get worried so I looked for her spare key and let myself in." he said in such a low voice that I had to lean in to hear him. The tears were getting more now.
"I looked around her apartment trying to find her. I finally found her on the bathroom floor. I ran to her and tried to lift her off the floor. She was so weak. She told me to just hold her and to call an ambulance. I called an ambulance and told them how I found her. They wanted to know what or if there was anything that would have caused her to have fainted. I asked her and without blinking she told me to tell them she had leukemia. My whole world stopped. I kept holding her till the ambulance came, but they were too late. She had already died in my arms. I kept begging her to hold on and not leave me." he whispered through his tears.
I slowly moved closer to him and put my arm around him and rested my head on his shoulder. I let him cry and get it out of his system. I wish I could take away his pain. I know how hard it is to lose a person you love. I lost both my parents in one night and therefore I know there is no quick easy fix for the pain. We sat there in silence for a while just holding each other. Edward kissed me on the head.
"Are you ok? I'm sorry she did that to you. Nobody deserves to go through that." I whispered to him.
"Yeah, I'm ok. Thank you for being here with me and sorry for dropping all of this on you," he whispered and kissed my head again.
"I'm sorry I blocked you out Edward. I didn't mean too. I was so angry at you when I overheard you tell another girl you loved her. I just felt a wall go up, I had no idea what it was." I admitted to him.
"I shouldn't have taken that phone call Bella but with what happened to Lizzie we are all a bit over protective of each other so we try to never miss a phone call." he said.
"It's in the past now. Let's just forget about it. But I do want to know how much of my thoughts you heard." I said while I could feel the blood rush to my face. I'm not really sure I want to know how much he heard. He chuckled at me and gave me that crooked sexy smirk of his. Oh, this was gonna be bad.
"Well, I'll be honest with you Bella, I heard quite a bit but before we talk about your naughty thoughts lets talk about your mark," he said in a serious tone. Oh, crap I never thought for a second that he would have known about that! Calm down Bella and think! I could feel my breathing become uneven.
"Bella relax! Your secret is safe with me. I would never tell anyone. I just want to help you with figuring it out." he said while wrapping his arms around me. I started to relax. The way he held me and spoke to me made me realise I could trust him.
"I don't really know anything about it Edward. When my parents found out they completely freaked out. They told me to never tell anyone about it and to hide it. They never spoke about magic or being witches. Not until I stumbled onto some books and asked them about it. They died three years ago and I found a few books and journals in between their things. There was only one book that mentioned something about 'The legend of the scorpion' and then there was a brief description or what I assume to be one. It was written in some weird language. I never understood their journals either. There was a lot of symbols and drawings in it." I said while leaning my head on his shoulder. It still hurts to think about my parents deaths. I wish I could forget that night, but I know it will haunt me forever.
"Ok, that is a start at least. The professors never talk about it either. They just keep saying it's a myth. There are a few books that mentioned it though, but they are all in the forbidden section of the library. " he said.
"How do you know about the books?" I asked while looking up at him.
"An old wise professor told me about it. He briefly told me about the legend itself. He told me if I ever wanted to know all the darkness and truths of magic and the unknown I need to go into the forbidden section of the library." he said.
"What did he tell you about the legend? How do you get into the forbidden section of the library." I asked him. I wonder what secret lies hidden in that library.
"Well, the library is patrolled by the Liberian and she's crazy and won't let you anywhere near it. There is also a magical spell put on it. A magical alarm will notify the professors that someone has entered the forbidden section. I'm still trying to find a way around the spell. The only things he told me about the legend was that it will be a woman who bares the mark and with it will come great power and that the birth of the mark signals a start of a war brewing." he told me in spellbound tone.
"Yeah, I kinda figured the whole great power thing out. I mean I can control objects with my mind like and I can bring my mark to life which is pretty awesome. But I don't know any of the spells and charms and other magical things though. What does he mean by a war brewing?" I asked Edward. He was looking at me with wide eyes.
"You can control objects with your mind?" he asked amazedly.
"Umm yeah, I'm still practising but I'm getting good and it's getting easier to do. It comes in handy with zippers on the back of dresses." I tried lighting the mood.
"Bella that is amazing. I never knew that there was anyone that could do that. I think that is just an extra ability like my mind reading. I don't think that has anything to do with your mark." he said while staring at me with a goofy grin.
"He said that the war is the same that led to the creation of the portal a thousand years. He said that what was in the Unknown was trying to break through the portal to create chaos on the normal side," he said in a serious tone.
"Edward what the hell is on the other side? What is hiding in the Unknown?" I asked curiously.
"A lot of dark creatures Bella. The creation of the defence course is to find warriors. They witches are silently trying to create an army. They are in fear of what is to come. There is already huge uproar in the Unknown. That's why you need to keep your mark a secret Bella. They will try and use you as a weapon and try to control you. We are already sending warriors into the Unknown to hunt and kill some of these creatures." he said in his serious voice.
"Have you ever gone into to the Unknown?" I asked curiously and half afraid that he has and was putting his life in danger.
"Bella with my title comes responsibilities. Going into the Unknown and protecting the portal is my duty. The last time we went to the Unknown one of the other guys nearly got killed. It's an evil dark place to be Bella." he said seriously.
"What happened to him?" I couldn't help but ask. I could see him debating whether or not to tell me. He looked down at his hands and then back up at me.
"Bella I think we'll have to talk about that another day. It's one in the morning already," he said looking disappointed. I looked down at my own watch in shock. Damn where did the time go.
I started to get up when I was suddenly pulled back down onto Edward's lap. He pulled me close to him so that my back was flush against his chest. He ran his nose up my neck till he reached my ear.
"I said we will have to talk about things another day. I never said I'm ready to let you go," he purred into my ear. He started peppering open-mouthed kisses down my throat while his arms wrapped around my waist. I leaned my head to the side to give him better access to my neck. He started trailing kisses onto my shoulder while one hand moved up my waist to my breast. He gently squeezed it and I let out an embarrassing moan. I could feel him getting hard and I let out another moan and leaned my head back on his shoulder. His other hand moved to my neglected breast and he skillfully brushed his thumbs across my nipples and turned them into rock hard peaks. I moved one of my hands into his hair and pulled while I rubbed my ass against his cock.
He growled into my ear and he moved us so that I was on my back with him hovering over me. He attacked my lips with his. This kiss was hungry, passionate and full of promises of what's to come. He took both my hands into one of his and pinned it above my head. He carefully lowered his body onto mine so that I felt all of him, but he kept most of his weight off me. When we needed to breathe he moved his lips down my neck to my collarbone. He let go of my hands and moved his lips down the valley between my breast. I was a panting, withering mess. Those lips of his are sinful.
He moved his free hand to one breast and gave it a rough squeeze. My back arched and I moaned his name. When I looked back into his eyes he had a mischievous smirk in place. He moved his head down slowly while staring into my eyes the entire time. My breathing was out of control and my heart was beating like crazy. He wrapped his lips around my dress covered nipple and sucked hard while squeezing my other breast at the same time. My back arch into him and I moan or rather screamed his name. I've never been this glad about, not wearing a bra. I grabbed his hair pulling him back to my lips.
I kissed him with everything I got. I poured all my sexual frustration he caused into the kiss. I nibbled on his lower lip and he moaned my name. His hand moved up my thigh and I spread my legs so he can settle between them. Everywhere he touched me felt like he was setting my skin on fire. Our kisses became more urgent and frantic. I was so lost in everything Edward. I had my hand buried in his hair and the other one clawing at his back. The more I moaned and pulled on his hair the harder he pushed his jean cover cock against my soaking wet panties. The friction was so good, but I wanted more. I needed more. I was so horny and the only thing separating us is our pesky clothes. Edward started slowly moving his hand higher up my thigh. I needed him to touch me so fucking badly. I needed to feel his fingers on me and in me. Just as his fingers brushed against my soaked panties he stopped. He pulled his hand away and looked up towards the door that lead to the rooftop.
"Fuck. Bella someone is on their way up here," he said in a harsh frustrated tone. Crap I need to hide. I don't want to be seen like this and I don't want this thing between Edward and I to become publically known just yet. Edward got up and looked around panicked. I placed my hand on his cheek and brought his lips to mine for one last time.
"I'm going to go Edward. Don't take it the wrong way but I need this thing between us to stay private." I said and walked towards the edge of the roof. Before he could say or do anything I jumped. Relax, I didn't commit suicide! I learned how to control my body to stop it and kinda levitate it before I reach the ground when jumping of high things so that I landed without breaking bone or dying. I really loved this part of my gift. When I made it to the ground I looked back up and Edward was leaning over the edge to see if I was ok. I blew him a kiss and made my way back to my dorm room.
I quietly made my way into my room so that I don't wake the torpedo up. I grabbed my PJ's and toiletry bag and headed for the bathroom. I quickly changed and brushed my teeth. I gave myself a quick look over in the mirror. My lips were red and swollen from our kisses and there was a faint red mark at the base of my neck where he sucked on. I loved it. It was a little reminder that it did happen and I didn't imagine the whole thing. I headed to bed and remembered to set my alarm so that I could meet up with Em at Billy's. It was nearly two in the morning and I was so tired. Sleep came easily and I had no nightmares to my relief. My alarm started wailing at 6. Urgh why did I have to meet up with Emmett so bloody early in the morning! I jumped out of bed and showered and dressed so that I'd be out of there before Tanya woke up.
I made it to Billy's in record time. I was fifteen minutes early so decided to put in our order. I placed our order, with a very angry looking girl. She had absolutely no personality and clearly didn't know what a smile was. She was tall, lean with jet black hair that went down to the middle of her waist. She was pretty, she'd be more attractive if she lost the attitude. I thanked her for the coffee just as Em walked in. We grabbed the table near the window again.
"So Em what is you wanted to tell me?" I asked while sipping on my liquid heaven.
"Right well, you know Jasper is my roommate and all. When I met him on Sunday he seemed cool and relaxed but last night he was seriously pissed at me. He started telling me shit like 'If you hurt her you will have to deal with me' and 'She deserves the best and you better treat her right'!" he said while doing some crazy hand gestures. Ha! I knew he remembered her! Queue the happy dance!
"I'm assuming he was talking about Alice right?" I asked just to make sure before I start doing the happy dance in my head.
"Well, see that's the thing. When I asked him who and what the hell he was talking about he just froze up and stormed out the door. He wasn't there when I left this morning." he said while munching on his muffin.
"I think he was talking about her. He had to be talking about her! I mean the way he looked at the two of you in defence yesterday just points to the fact that he bloody well does remember her." I tried reasoning. It had to be her. If he was talking about someone else poor Alice would be devastated.
"I'm right there with you B. I thought he was gonna deck me yesterday." he said while nodding his agreement too.
"Ok, so what do we do now? You said you had an idea for a plan?" I asked curiously. I hope he has a good plan. Alice deserves to be happy and hopefully we can help her with that.
"Yeah, right I have an idea. After the affinity ceremony on Monday, there is a big celebratory party being held in the night club, Eclipse on campus. All student's tend to come to the party cause apparently it is epic. So I was thinking maybe that will be the perfect opportunity for them to 'meet again'" He said with a big goofy grin. This might work.
"Ok, so I will make sure Alice is there and you will make sure Jasper is there. So what are we going for? 'The make him jealous till he goes after her' or 'the make her look so hot and get her to seduce him' plan?" I asked. Either one have the possibility of working...if we are right about him talking about Alice.
"Let's go with the make him jealous. That way we don't need to involve Alice in the scheming," he reasoned. Yeah, he was right. If we go the other way I'd need to get Alice to seduce him and I think getting her to agree to that would be difficult. Before we got to talk anymore a very tired looking Alice stumbled to our table.
"Hey Alice. You ok?" I asked standing up to hug her. This has become customary between the two of us. She really did look very tired.
"Yeah, I'm ok. Just couldn't sleep last night," she said through a yawn. I got up and told her to stay put and I'll go get her a coffee and a muffin. I felt Edward before I saw him. I didn't know what to do. How do I greet him? Do I even talk to him? We really need to sort out how we are going to keep things a secret. He came and stood behind me in the line for coffee. The poor grumpy chic is being run off her feet as the place started filling in.
He moved closer to me but not close enough to draw attention. Without looking at me, he spoke.
"Good morning. How was your night?" he asked and I just knew he was smirking.
"I got cock blocked so I was left to finish the job myself." I teased him. He choked on air and had to cough to hide his shock. Score one for Bella! I couldn't help but smirk at him.
"Well, I'm sorry you had to finish that on you own, love. Feel free to describe it to me in great detail though," he whispered and pinched my butt.
"Be careful what you wish for Cullen I just might," I said with a wink.
"I am sorry we got interrupted though Bella." he said apologetically.
"Don't worry about it. Who was coming up to the roof at that time of the night anyway?" I asked while moving forward in the line.
"Jasper." he said and that was the end of our conversation as Rosalie decided to join him.
Oh, I wonder what Jasper was doing on the roof... ; )