Bella knew that what Edward had confessed to her had not been easy and she hadn't wanted to leave him alone for the night so she had invited him to stay at her place since it was closer. That night they had made love. That was the only way to describe it. The gentle touches and caresses as well as the whispered, heartfelt words they exchanged only seemed to bring them closer together. Every now and then they would sleep only to wake up again and start all over again from the beginning.
Bella couldn't help but moan and cry out in pleasure at feeling Edward's mouth and hands on her, certain that she had never felt more pleasure than she did in his arms.
For his part, Edward felt that he was whole, complete whenever he was next to Bella, inside of her. As they moved together and she whispered again in his ear that she loved him, he felt so much joy that he was sure that his heart would burst. And, though he was sure that he was falling in love with her, he couldn't say it yet. He hadn't said those words to anyone since his parents had died and he was afraid.
He couldn't exactly explain the fear and he really didn't ruminate on it, his mind on much more pleasurable things, like the way Bella's skin was so soft underneath his fingertips, the way she tasted as he made her come against his mouth, and the way she looked as she moved above him, riding him slowly until he was begging her to increase her pace. He also couldn't remember sleeping as peacefully as he did in her arms.
Bella woke up the next morning because she couldn't move. Something was pinning her down. As she became more coherent as the last remnants of sleep slipped away from her sleep fogged mind, she opened one eye and realized that the reason she couldn't move was because Edward was lying half on her. He his arm was lying across her torso and his leg was slung over hers. The only thing that she could really move was her fingers and toes. She tried to shift away but he was as heavy as an elephant.
She actually giggled a bit at her predicament since she really didn't know how she was going to get him off of her. Even when he tried to wiggle her body out from under his he gripped her more tightly, causing her to shake her head slightly and sigh. Wiggling her fingers again she felt them brush up against his side and he jerked awake with a half gasp, half giggle.
Bella laughed at seeing the sleepy, confused look on his face. He gave her a sleepy smile, closed his eyes and huskily whispered as he settled back next to her, snuggling her close, "No tickling."
"I didn't realize you were ticklish, Edward," she said with a chuckle.
His only response was a sleepy, "Hmmm," as he seemed to be falling asleep again.
Shaking her head a bit, Bella laughed and shoved at him as much as she could with her body. "Edward, I can't move."
He only let out a soft snore in response.
Bella tried getting out from under him again and when she had no success, she purposely started to tickle him this time.
Edward jerked awake again, letting out a laugh as he tried to get away, but now she was anxious to keep him close rather than get away and she continued to try to tickle him, following him as he jumped right out of the bed. When she still went after him, he ran right out of the room, stark naked.
Bella was right behind him, but before she could run completely into the living room, she heard a high pitched scream and bumped into Edward as he turned around abruptly to run back towards her bedroom. The force of it was enough to knock her onto her behind and he asked, "Are you all right!" even as he helped her up and started to drag her hurriedly back to the bedroom.
In the living room she heard Alice. "OH MY GOD! Clothes people! Clothes at ALL times in shared spaces!"
She didn't hear what else was being said as Edward slammed her bedroom door behind them.
"Alice saw my weewee!" Edward said with a bright blush.
Bella just stood there blinking a moment and then she managed to get out, "Your…weewee?"
"My penis!" he clarified.
She had known what he had meant, but she couldn't believe that the handsome, suave, and sophisticated man in front of her had referred to his cock in such a manner and she fell onto the bed laughing.
"What! It's what my mom used to say when I was a kid and would run around the house without clothes. 'Edward! Everyone's going to see your weewee!'" he said, imitating his mother's voice at the end.
Bella started to laugh even more. "You ran around the house naked?"
"I was five!" Edward said as he came to sit next to her, huffing a bit since she was laughing so much. He actually pouted, "You're laughing at me and Alice saw my wee….my penis!"
Sitting up Bella wrapped her arms around him and kissed him gently with a smile. "Sorry, love, but I'm just picturing both Alice's expression as well a little naked Edward running around being chased by his mother."
He smiled at her. "You're right on the money. I used to run around naked all over the house. Would just strip down and she would be chasing me everywhere, even when we had guests. I had this strange aversion to clothes." He kissed her, letting it linger.
"You know, an aversion to clothes doesn't sound that bad," Bella whispered against his lips after they broke the kiss. She had just started kissing him again when there was a loud knock on the door.
"Get decent! I'm going to order lunch!" Alice said through the closed door.
"Lunch?" Edward asked quietly.
Bella looked over her shoulder at the clock. "It is rather late. We must have slept later than we thought. Wonder why we were so tired," she teased.
Edward laughed and started to kiss her again as his hands started to wander, but he stopped when there was another bang on the door.
"I mean it!" Alice said. "Stop what you're doing! I'm hungry!"
Bella smiled and shook her head. "We'll be right out!"
Edward sighed, but gave her a crooked smile.
"Ready to face her?" asked Bella.
"Do I have a choice?" Edward chuckled.
Giving him a quick kiss she moved off his lap. "Nope!"
He shook his head and started to gather his clothes up off the floor. "Uh, I'll have to wear the same thing I wore last night, and it's a bit wrinkled."
Bella chuckled. "It's fine. I can't tell you how many times I've wandered out of here to find Jasper dressed in his clothes from the night before. It's about time Alice got a taste of her own medicine."
"Uh…you've seen Jasper naked?" Edward asked as he pulled on his boxer briefs.
She laughed as she put on her panties. "No. Thank God for that!"
Edward was still getting dressed as he asked, "Uh, I had heard rumors…before you and I started going out…um, that you and Jasper…"
She looked over at him as she continued to get dressed. "That we were dating?"
He frowned a bit and nodded.
Bella smiled at him. "None of them were true."
"Oh," Edward said, feeling relieved.
Shaking her head, Bella went up to him and hugged him, giving him a soft kiss. "People make assumptions." She sighed. "Jasper felt that we should just let the rumors fly. He doesn't want his relationship with Alice to be public knowledge yet due to what people will think about his reputation."
Edward frowned. "He asked you to do that?"
"Not specifically," Bella said with a shrug.
"He shouldn't have asked that of you, Bella," Edward said with a shake of his head.
"I know, but I'm as much to blame for going along with it," Bella replied.
Edward shook his head and frowned. He was about to say something when Bella touched his lips gently and stopped him.
"That's over now, love. Alice isn't going to put up with Jasper's behavior anymore and neither am I," she said with a soft smile.
He nodded and kissed her gently. "All right. I'm glad."
She smiled. "I'm with you, Edward."
Grinning he kissed her again, though he sighed when he felt her pull away.
"We better get out there before Alice comes barging in here again," she said with a chuckled.
They both finished getting dressed and went out to the living room, Edward immediately blushing when he saw Alice who was going through take out menus on the couch.
"Seriously, you two!" Alice said with a huff as she looked up from the menus in her hands. "No more running around naked in the living room. Naked time is for the bedroom."
Bella rolled her eyes as she noticed Alice snickering as she looked back down at the menus. "You weren't supposed to be home for another week, Alice," she said as she plopped onto the couch, snuggling up to Edward as he sat down next to her.
Alice shrugged. "Alistair didn't need my help anymore."
Bella knew it was more than that, but she didn't push the subject since Alice probably wasn't going to open up too much in front of Edward.
"So, what do you guys want to eat?" Alice asked, looking up at them.
They finally agreed on ordering pizza and pasta from a small Italian place. As they waited for the food Alice talked a bit about New York and Bella and Edward told her a bit about their dinner with Rosalie and Emmett, neither of them bringing up the gallery exhibit.
By the time the food came, the three of them were laughing as Alice shared some of her college escapades with Rosalie and Edward talked about some of the crazy things that Emmett had done since Edward had gotten to know him. They all agreed that Rosalie and Emmett made a perfect couple.
After the meal was over and both women had insisted that they would clean up, Edward kissed Bella good bye, saying he had some work to do and promising to call her that evening.
While they were cleaning up the kitchen Bella looked at Alice and asked softly, "You want to talk about it?" She could tell Alice had enjoyed their meal, but even then she hadn't been her usual jovial self.
"Not yet," Alice said with a bit of a smile.
Bella nodded, respecting her wishes.
"I'm seeing him later tonight and, well, we'll see how that goes. I'll probably want to talk about it afterwards," Alice added.
"Okay," Bella said as she stuck the dirty dishes in the dishwasher.
"So, you and Edward are doing well," Alice said with a wink and a grin.
Bella blushed, but smiled. "Very well."
Alice laughed, "Yes, well, that was rather obvious when I saw him run into the living room and saw…"
"His weewee," Bella finished for her.
Alice blinked. "Bella!"
"What?" Bella replied, laughing.
"I don't know about you, but I wouldn't use the word 'wee' to describe what I saw!" Alice replied, making Bella blush and sending both of them into peals of laughter.