Chapter Eleven

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As I walked back into the house with Dad, I'm not listening to what he was saying. I was trying my hardest not to show my emotions, as all I really want to do was shout from the rooftops about how happy I was about what had just happened. Once inside I made my excuses, heading straight to my bedroom where I knew that I could be alone with my thoughts, which at the moment were all over the place. There was no way that I could be around any of my family members. I worried that they would sense something was wrong, hell, I felt like it was written all over my face.

Did I look like this after I meet up with Tanya? (No, I couldn't). She never got me feeling like this. Yeah, she's great and I liked her a lot, but the way I feel about Bella was a new emotion for me and pretty intense.

Throwing myself onto the bed, I was reminded of the fact that thinking of Bella has produced yet another raging hard on…my poor aching cock. It had been teased and tormented enough and needed its release. There was only one thing to do: I would have to get rid of this the old fashioned way. As I was grounded I couldn't exactly call Tanya and ask her to come over, or me visit her. Nope, this one was for me and only me to deal with. I wasn't sure that Tanya would be able to help anyway; she wasn't the one at the forefront of my thoughts. No, that spot was occupied by the one and only Bella Swan.

Deciding that a hot shower would help, I climbed under the jets, standing here with my hands outstretched, leaning against the tiles. I looked down at my erection, knowing that I had to take care of this before I could begin to sift through the jumble of thoughts in my head. Bella had done this to me, she had caused this reaction and she should be the one to relieve my tension. I reach down and took my cock in hand, viewing its' response. The combination of my thoughts about Bella and my own touch caused me to slightly whimper. Starting slowly, I ran my hand up and down the length. Supporting myself with my free hand against the wall, I closed my eyes and think of Bella. How she, in front of my entire family, seductively ate, teasing me. I imagined her full lips wrapped around my cock, bringing it the relief that it so badly needed. I remembered us at the car, how she firmly grabbed my ass before taking control of the situation. Her skin felt like silk under my touch, and I shuddered at the memory while longing for more. I felt that familiar tightening in my groin, and I knew that I won't be able to hold out much longer. The thought of her touching me,even through my jeans was enough to bring my orgasm to fruition and I came long and hard. Slumping back against the wall, I slide down the cold tiles ending up sitting on the floor of the shower, unable to move. Then I heard a voice in my bedroom, geez that brought me back to earth with a massive crash.

"Edward, are you okay in there?"

Shit! It's my mom. What was she doing in here? I turned the shower off and wrapped a towel around my waist before stepping out of the bathroom.

"I'm fine, Mom, what's wrong?"

"Oh! Sorry Edward." She turns away from me, probably embarrassed. "I thought that I heard you shout, I knocked but you didn't answer. I wouldn't have come in otherwise."

"Erm, sorry Mom, I, erm, dropped a shampoo bottle on my foot, it kinda hurt."

I hoped that she believed me. Christ, jacking off was embarrassing enough without my mom hearing me do it. She turned back to face me, obviously concern for me outweighing anything else she feels.

"Did you hurt yourself? You should have your dad look at it for you."

"Mom, it's okay. No damage done. Promise."

"Well, if you change your mind… Goodnight son. Thank you for tonight, you were the perfect gentleman towards Bella."

With that, she left. Phew! I think I might just have gotten away with that one. Lying down on my bed, I stared at the ceiling, trying to work out what was happening here. Yeah, I am seeing Tanya, but it was nothing official; no titles, no ties. I won't stand in her way if she wanted to see someone else. We were fuck buddies, or we were from where I stood. Tanya was fun to be around at the start, but lately she had been coming around more. I thought that she was coming to see Rose, but now I just can't be sure. There was just something about our last few meetings that made me think that she wants more - that was something that I cannot not agree to. I was not ready to go public with her, or with anyone to be honest. Then again, I find someone else occupying my thoughts.

I must've dozed off because when I woke up it was dark outside and I could see the stars through my window. I sat up and looked at the clock – it was 1am. Instinctively, I reached for my cell to find that the battery was dead, so I plugged it in to charge. As I stretched and put my shorts on, I was alerted to the fact that I had missed several text messages. Geez, I fell asleep for a few hours and they were non-stop. There was a couple from Jake asking how things went after he saw me yesterday. Boy, would he get a laugh to hear that I was grounded; I would never hear the end of that. Emmett had texted me, too, teasing me about Bella's little 'display' over dessert. Trust him to notice.

There was also a text from Tanya that caused me to feel a slight pang of guilt.

Hey lover. The other night was amazing! Cannot wait for a repeat performance and make it soon. Call me! Tanya x

I replied to her, knowing that there was no way that I can see her until my punishment is over.

'Hey Tan, yeah it was pretty amazing for me too. Sorry, got family issues at the moment so won't be able to meet up this week. Will call you. Edward x'

I instantly felt guilty, like I was betraying her by letting another woman turn me on and touch me. Bella was the one that I want to be with, she occupies my thoughts. Even after everything that she put me through at school, I was drawn like a moth to a flame. I was powerless to resist her, and I don't know if I even want to. Despite all this, even knowing that I could be the one to get hurt badly, I still wanted her Her comments by the car turned me on Friday night brought it all flooding back. I could feel her lips on mine, her hand as she groped my groin. I swear she would be the death of me, but I would die happy.

But where do we go from here? She made all the moves tonight, just like she did the night after the beach. What confused me the most was the fact that she had spent her days lording over me at school, making my life a misery and yet only hours ago we could not get enough of each other. I was pretty sure that had I not been grounded, had my dad not came out to see where I was, that things would've gone a whole lot farther. Maybe I would've been able to go back to her house, subject of course to her dad not being home. Or, I could've taken her back to the summerhouse... No! Scrub that idea since that was where I have been with Tanya; that would have felt wrong and sordid, rather like having an affair and fucking your mistress in the marital bed.

Where were all these thoughts coming from? I was getting a pretty good idea of how I felt about Bella, and I think I know how she feels about me. But before I admit anything, even to myself, I needed to know how she really feels about me. I grabbed my phone and type a text.

'Hey Bella, hope you enjoyed tonight, I certainly did. Hoping for a repeat soon.'

There! That was ambiguous enough for it to be taken either way, and I didn't think for a second that she would even be awake at this time; after all, we have school in the morning. Ugh, school. Being grounded was bad enough, but if that got out I will be a laughing stock. Oh shit! I had told Bella, hmmm… maybe she won't say anything. After all that meant that she would have to admit she had either spent time with, or talked to me outside school. There was no chance of her admitting that.

I climbed into bed,unsure of what the dawn would bring, then to my surprise a text message came through.

'Me too. Shame we got interrupted. Always next time though. Bella x'

I was shocked and typed a response which started a flow of messages between us.

'You think so? Didn't think I was your type.'

'You are so my type, hot and handsome x'

'Hmm, don't let James hear you say that'

'James? Ignore him. It's you I'm interested in.'

'Please, stop messing around Bella. Be serious'

'Oh I am. If you don't believe me, fine'

'I didn't say I don't believe you, it's just difficult.'

'Edward, forget it. See you around… maybe'

I didn't know how to respond, I had obviously fucked this up. I wanted to call her and tell her that I do believe her, that I want her so much but, just couldn't bring myself to do it. I was afraid that this was all part of some elaborate game of hers. I groaned, pulling the duvet over my head and drifted off to sleep.

I arrived at school the next morning and was surprised to see that Bella's car was parked in the space next to mine. She normally parked as close to the school as possible, whereas me, well, I park out of the way. Just hoping to avoid people as much as possible. I was even more surprised when I noticed that she was sitting in the driver's seat. It looked like she was talking to someone on the phone, and she looked annoyed. As I walked away from my car, I looked back and she managed a half smile and waved at me. I smiled back. Maybe we could be friends?

The rest of the day passed without incident, which was new. There was usually someone who had something to say to me, but it was like I was invisible. Hey, I'm not complaining it was nice to be ignored. The rest of the week passed the same way, before I knew it the weekend is in sight, not that I can do anything or go anywhere.I was still grounded. So Friday after school instead of heading over to Jake's house, or sneaking of to see Tanya, I headed straight back home as per my mom's instructions to start on my homework, just like I had all week. One thing that I had missed was the chance to talk to Bella properly. It was like she is ignoring me completely. Not long ago I would've been delighted but now,things were different. I wanted her to notice me, acknowledge that I exist but I get nothing. I had sent her a couple of text messages but not heard back.

When I arrived home I found Mom on the phone, whoever she was talking to seems to have put her in a great mood as she was laughing and joking. I went straight to my bedroom and pulled out my books to start my homework. I was working hard on the math assignment set when I hear a soft knock. I knew instantly it was Mom.

"Come in.

"Hey sweetheart, how was school today?"

"Okay. Nothing special."

Looking at her, she had that expression on her face. The one that tells me she was up to something and I decided to play along and go back to my books.

"Edward, you remember how Bella said that she needs tutoring? Well that was her on the phone. She said that she didn't get a chance to ask you at school, but she would like to be tutored by you."

I close my books as I can't concentrate now and look at my mom; she still has that look on her face and was smiling at me sweetly. I sighed; there is no way I was going to get outta this one. I had hoped that the wanting tutoring was just a way to make conversation with my folks, but no. A thought runs through my head before I can stop it. There was only one thing that I wanted to tutor Bella Swan in, and we are not talking algebra.

"Mom, I am studying hard myself at the moment, I really don't know if I have the time to…"

She breaks me off mid excuse. "Edward, you are doing well at school, poor Bella needs some help. The least you could do is to give the poor girl a chance. You excel academically and you heard how much she wants to get into college and become a lawyer. Please? Do this for me? It would make you poor old Mom so very happy."

Gah! She played the guilt card, the ace up her sleeve. Mom's an expert at this game, the cards are stacked in her favor and she knows all the rules, years of practice wrapping my dad around her little finger. There was no way I could say no.

"Okay, okay. You win! I will help her, but not at the expense of my own studies. They must come first."

The next thing I knew she rushes over to me giving me a hug, then she ruffles my hair like I was a child. She has a big smile on her face. I had finally made my mom happy. She left me alone and I sat thinking. How was I going to manage to be alone with Bella? Just us two, one on one, oh how I wanted to be one on one with her and we are talking more than math lessons here. My thoughts were interrupted by my phone again. This time it was Emmett.

'Yo bro, how goes being grounded? HA HA! Shame there's a party Saturday night. Maybe next time looser ;-)'

'Fuck off Em!'

He then decided to step up the teasing in person as he barges through the door, obviously here to visit Rose.

"Oooh Eddie! Someone's touchy tonight. What's up,you missing-"

He didn't get chance to finish his sentence as I threw my book at him, which of course he catches.

"Screw you Emmett, you don't know shit."

I glared at him daring him to continue, knowing that he won't say anything deliberately and that he's only teasing me, but he was the only other person who knows about me and Tanya. It has to stay that way too.

"Anyway, there is gonna be a kick ass party tomorrow down at the beach. Some of the boys from the team are celebrating… well there is nothing to celebrate, we just want to party. Shame you can't make it, pretty sure that Tanya will be there." He then whispered, "Bet you missed her this week, Rose said she's been a moody bitch." He winked at me and I just continued to glare at him.

My sister walked in the room hands on her hips. "Who's been a moody bitch all week? Hope you don't mean me!"

He spins around, looking guilty as hell. "No one! Well, I was just telling Edward about the party, and that Tanya is coming with us as she's not been herself all week."

"Em! Quit talking shit about my friend. Edward really isn't interested in hearing about Tanya. I'll be downstairs when you two have finished your bitching session." With that, she left.

"Look Em, you know the score, I'm grounded. Unless you can charm my mom into lifting the punishment I will be going nowhere tonight, or tomorrow either. I have another week to sit this out."

"Leave it with me little bro, no woman can resist the Em-meister." With that he laughed and left.

I remained in my room studying, well trying to for the next couple of hours..I kept checking my phone to see if Bella messaged me, she doesn't. I found myself wondering if she would be at the party tomorrow. Not that I would be, Emmett said Tanya would, now if only I could find a way to sneak out, or maybe I could get her to sneak here really late. I did miss her in a strange way, although how much of that was just the sex was debatable.

I stayed in my room, completely lost in my own world until Dad knocks on the open door. I jumped, startled.

"Sorry son didn't mean to scare you. I did call out but you obviously didn't hear me. Can you come downstairs? Your Mom and I want to talk to you."

I nodded at him, then when he left I rolled my eyes. What have I done now?

Making my way to the lounge I found my parents standing and I was motioned to take a seat on the couch which I do. I felt extremely nervous as their faces give nothing away. My dad smiles at me before he speaks.

"Edward, son, I know that you think that we were harsh in our punishment of you last week, and I must admit that in hindsight I feel we were. You have handled your punishment like a man, and I am proud of you. I appreciate that you are too old to be grounded, and that is why we have decided that you are no longer grounded- your punishment has ended. I hope that you have learned your lesson. Respect is important to us, you will respect any guest in our house. Is that understood?"

I looked at them both and I was shocked at what I was hearing. They were letting me off? I managed to speak and say,

"Yes, understood. I am sorry for how I behaved. So you're saying it's ended, immediately? So I can go out tonight if I want?"

My mom smiled at me, and said, "Yes, if you want to go out, then go. Just be home by the normal time please."

I leapt to my feet, kissing her on the cheek and dashed out of the door while grabbing my car keys. As soon I was out of earshot I pull my cell phone out and dialed. The answer came within a couple of rings.

"Hey, it's me. Are you free now? I have to see you."

The answer was instant, and obvious that she wanted to see me too.

"Yes! Come round now there is no one else here."

I hang up. I don't need that invitation twice. I sped out of the drive, towards what I need.

Authors Note:

Ok so first an apology for making you all wait so long for the update. RL has been giving my poor beta the run around, but we are back on track now. (Fingers crossed!) I hope that you are all still with me?

Thanks as always to VixenlittleStella for betaing this for me, and also to Cosmom. Massive hugs and squeezes go to Mamasutra for being my pre-reader and a really really good friend, she has stuck by me and told me to keep writing so I have upto Chapter 23 in the bag and yes there will be lemons – amazing what you can do on 8 cold and flu tablets and half a bottle of wine – Not recommended I can tell you but hell my fingers flew across the keyboard!

I am hoping to be back to weekly posting – smiles at Cosmom sweetly as she will bet taking this on 100% and she has done the next few chapters already but they need another check.

Anyway for those of you who contributed to Fandom for Texas – THANK YOU! Now you know what Bella thinks of Edward really and the rest of you will have to wait until January 2012, so make sure you have me on alert as this will post separately to this story.

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