A/N: A tiny time jump and some lemony goodness.

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7/01/2023

Cherry Pies and Backwards Baseball Hats

Chapter SIX

EPOV

Mine and Bella's dating had become somewhat of a routine. We did a lot of kissing, too.

It's been seven weeks since we started dating and two months since we met. I know it's ridiculous, but I wanted to do something special for her. I wasn't much of a romantic, but since we've been dating, that's all I think about. I've even googled different ways to be romantic with your newest love interest.

I bought her the biggest bouquet of mixed wildflowers because I had learned that she didn't care too much for roses. They matched her personality perfectly.

Tonight, I waned her to dress up so I could take her out to dinner at Macayo's in Scottsdale. I was glad to learn that Mexican food is her favorite. It's mine, as well.

After dinner, I want to take her for a drive and head to a place in North Scottsdale so we can star gaze from the back of my truck. I had never been, but my buddy Mike, from work, had been a few times with his wife.

I still had my cast on and it was an eye sore, but there wasn't much I could do for another week.

Bella was due to arrive by seven, and she had no clue what was happening. I had given her a key to my house the week before, so since then, she's been letting herself in whenever she came over.

By six, I was ready and anxious for her to arrive. I knew I'd have to wait for her to shower and get dressed, but I'm pretty sure it'll be worth the wait. She thinks we're just having dinner at my house then chilling to some Hulu. I was pretty sure she will be surprised especially with the bracelet I got for her. I hope she likes it enough to wear every day.

I was whipped and we hadn't even had sex, yet. My uncle seemed to think I was in love, but I wasn't so sure. We've only known each other a short while, but don't get me wrong, I have very strong feelings for her. She had become the most important person in my life next to my mother.

We never have a dull moment when we're together, and when we're apart, we don't go without texting each other sporadically throughout the day. She was something to look forward to as soon as I opened my eyes every morning.

I stood at my back patio door and looked out over my dull backyard. I really hadn't had time to do anything with it and my front yard was desert landscaping. Mowing a yard was something I didn't need or want to do.

"Mason?"

I turned to see Bella standing next to the table where the flowers sat. I walked to her as fast as I could because I needed to get my mouth on hers. "Hi, baby." She wrapped her arms around me and planted a kiss on the corner of my mouth.

"Hi," she said curiously. "What's all this?"

"We have special plans and the flowers are for you." I kissed her forehead.

"Special plans, huh? What's the occasion?"

I smiled, being the big sap that I am when it came to her. "It's been two months since we met, and I thought it was worth a little celebration."

"That's sweet." She kissed my chin. "I like your stubble."

"Oh, yeah?" I leaned over to rub my face against hers causing her to squeal. "You like it now?"

"Stop!" She barely said through her laughter.

She wiggled loose from me and took off running with me hot on her heels. "You can run, but you can't hide!"

She was laughing so hard that it caused her to snort. I was laughing just as hard, and as soon as she broke through the door of my bedroom, I snatched her up around the waist and tossed her on my bed. I climbed up over her and started tickling her.

"I'm gonna pee!" She laughed through her screams.

"Go ahead. I can change the sheets; no big deal."

When I saw tears stream over her cheek from her laughter, I let up on the tickling and decided to kiss her instead. I had one knee between her legs, straddling her thigh. I wasn't sitting on her, by any means. I'd probably break her with my weight if I did.

As our kiss deepened, she reached up to wrap her arms around my neck to pull me down on top of her. I was already hard as a rock as I settled between her legs to get comfortable. I held my body up with the elbow of my broken hand while the other eased down her side then back up only to cup her breast. I could feel her nipple through the fabric of her scrub top.

She normally doesn't work on Friday's, but she went in to cover the other N.P that was sick. I completely understood why she needed to do it, and didn't say a word about it.

I massaged her perfect tit and felt her body stiffen. I knew it turned her on when I played with her nipples. I wanted her so damn bad that I could barely stand it. That's when my hips decided to have a mind of their own and pressed forward. The heat from her pussy seeped through like molten lava, and I wanted nothing more than to pull her pants down and devour her.

And then I heard it. Those three little words that mean a fuck ton of strong emotion. They made my heart lurch and my body freeze. I had to squeeze my eyes shut to feel those words, literally, was over me. Those words made me feel something I hadn't ever felt before. Even when I was with my high school girlfriend for three years.

This felt different. This made me never want to let her go; to keep her as mine until the day I die. I don't care if we never have sex. That's just an added bonus. She's all I want for the rest of my life.

She placed her hand on my cheek. "Mason?"

When I didn't respond, she grasped my face with both of her hands. "Edward? I'm sorry; I shouldn't have said it. Not right now, anyways."

My first name rolled off her lips as if she'd been saying it her whole life, and I looked at her directly in the eyes. I could see it; she meant those words.

I rolled off of her and got up off the bed. The distance would help me think better.

"Edward? Did I do something wrong?" She looked hurt, and that's not exactly what I was aiming for.

She moved to get off the bed, but I held my hand up. "I need a minute."

"I'm sorry," she says in a whisper then sniffed. "I take it back. Just don't shut me out because I fucked up. I don't think I can handle you pushing me away and hating me for my bullshit."

That got my undivided attention. "I could never hate you." My head was finally coming out of the fog as her words hit me.

"Just...can we forget I said it and go about the plans you have for us? I was stupid and I'm sorry."

I could literally punch myself for making her feel that way. Her words tore at me. "You're not stupid, and stop apologizing." I sat down next to her and took her hand. "I've only ever told one other girl that I loved her and I truly did love her. We were together for three years and she was my first at a lot of things. She broke my heart when she told me we needed to venture out and date other people; to get more adventure in our lives so we can experience life with other people."

I thought back to when Irina never shed a tear as she broke me. "I found out a month later that she had been sleeping with a good friend of mine for a little over six months before she decided to dump me. I never noticed when Luke stopped coming around so much and when I started working for my uncle, I was putting in a lot of hours while I was going to school. I barely saw her. I wanted to ask her to marry me after I finished school. I wanted to make sure that I could take care of her while she went to school, so she didn't have to worry about working, but she wanted the ring sooner than what I planned."

I shook my head as the memories came flooding back of the day we argued about me proposing. "We fought real bad one day, and she went to her best friend Angela's to vent. Luke was there because he's good friends with Ang's brother, Sam. I don't know all the sordid details, and I don't want to know, but that was the first time they fucked. She'd never been with anyone else besides me and I guess he rocked her world better than I did because she kept going back, but then she finally admitted that she fell in love with him when I confronted her about it."

"I'm sorry that happened to you." She laid her head on my shoulder. "I could try to kick her ass if you want me to. I don't know how good I could kick her ass because I couldn't fight a flea if I needed to."

I laughed at her. "No." Then I moved so I could face her and placed my cast free hand on her cheek and rubbed my thumb over her smooth skin. "I guess what I'm really trying to say is, you don't need to regret what you said unless you didn't mean it. My uncle Al told me he could see it in my eyes and how much straighter I walked around. He even said that I smile more, and my jokes are even funny."

"And they weren't before?" Bella looked at me in wonder.

I shrugged my shoulders. "I guess not." I dropped my hand from her face and took her hand, again. "I can see it now. I can feel it squeezing at my heart every time you look at me." I smiled as I pictured her winking at me every time we catch each others eye. "I'm not just here anymore. I'm happy; happier than I've ever been and it's because of you. I love you, too, Bella, and I can't picture my future without you in it."

Big crocodile tears rolled down her cheeks. "Are you proposing to me right now because I'd have to say no."

I laughed at her then realized what she said. "Why would you say no?"

"I want hearts and flowers with you. I want you to get down on one knee, and I want you to get permission from my dad to ask me. Is that so bad?" She wiped her tears on the sleeve of her scrubs.

I shook my head. "Then no, this is definitely not a proposal. I'd like to try the merchandise out first before I make that decision." I waggled my eyebrows at her, garnering a punch to my stomach. "Oh, fuck." I choked out. "I'm sorry. I'm just playing. Honest."

"You're a jackass." Then she kissed me only to say, "But, I love you," against my lips.

I stood up. "Now that we've got that out of the way, go shower. Wear a nice dress; nothing too fancy. It's not that type of place."

She followed suit and stood up, giving me a perfect opportunity to swat her ass. "That's for punching me in the gut."

"Jackass," she says before she hugged me. Then rose up on her tip toes to kiss me. "Give me 30 minutes. I'm not that high maintenance."

While Bella ran home to shower, I cleaned up myself. I dressed in a nice pair of jeans and a polo shirt. As much as I hated the damn things, I wanted to look nice for my girl.

The sound of the front door opening then closing echoed through my house letting me know that Bella was back. I went in search for her and found her in the kitchen getting a glass of filtered water from the fridge, but the moment my eyes landed on her, all I wanted to do was bury myself deep inside of her.

She was wearing a simple, black wrap around dress that dipped down showing a hint of cleavage. My mouth watered profusely from the sight of her.

With her sexy as fuck dress, she also wore a pair of high heels that made her legs look a mile long. "God, you're beautiful."

Her head snapped up at the sound of my voice and smiled. "You clean up exceptionally well, yourself, but do you really have to wear the hat to dinner? As much as I love that damn thing on you, it has to stay home."

Of course I had my hat on. It was a part of me wherever I went. "How 'bout I take it off at the restaurant?"

"You'll have hat hair," she halfheartedly complained.

"It stays until we get where we're going." I walked over and gripped her waist to pull her against me. "And as soon as we leave, it goes back on."

"You and that damned backwards ball-cap," she muttered, but I knew it drove her insanely crazy horny.

"It's a hat, Bella; don't hate."

She laughed. "First of all, I definitely Do. Not. Hate that hat, and secondly, you're lucky I love you."

"And I love you," I replied proudly.

I thought it would take some time to get used to saying those words, but they slide right out like we'd been saying them all along.

"You really do pay attention when I talk," she says as we pull into the Macayo's parking lot.

I glanced over at her. "Of course I do."

When I finally got parked, I had to stop her from getting out. "I have something for you." I reached into the glove box and pulled out her gift. "This is for giving me a chance."

She covered her mouth with her fingers as I handed her the long bracelet box. "You got me a present for our two month anniversary?" I saw tears glisten in her eyes. "I've never gotten a present from a boy before."

"Babe, I'm far from being a boy; I'm a man." Then I nudged her thigh. "Open it."

Her eyes grew wide when she saw the sparkle of diamonds in the two intertwined hearts that were on the bracelet. I won't lie; I spent more than I initially wanted to, but the one I bought kept catching my eye so I couldn't resist getting it for her. She's worth every penny and then some.

"You bought me diamonds," she cried as she tried to take it from the box. "It's beautiful; thank you."

She came across the seat quicker than I expected and straddled my lap. Lucky for me, there was enough space for her to fit perfectly between me and the steering wheel.

Her arms were around my neck as she peppered my face with kisses before finally settling on my lips. "I love you, so, so much."

"When?" I asked her when she finally broke our kiss.

"When what?" She looked confused.

"When did you know you loved me?" I pulled my head back so I could see her face better.

She did the same and looked into my eyes. "When you paid attention to Winchester and he didn't attack you. He doesn't like just anyone. Not even my dad. Every time he comes over, Win likes to latch onto his leg and bite him. He loves my little brother, though."

"He's a cool cat even when he tries to get between us sometimes."

"Oh," she chirped. "I forgot to tell you. My dad called while I was at work and they're having a birthday BBQ for my step-mom this weekend, and I want you to go with me."

I smiled up at her. "I'd like nothing better than meeting my girlfriends family for the first time." I leaned forward and kissed her neck.

"Good." I felt her voice vibrate through her neck with my lips. "Cause you'll be meeting everyone. My mom and her boyfriend, and then some. We can kill two birds with one stone."

"Kill sounds about right," I muttered.

"Mason," she whined. "Don't be like that. My parents will love you."

Then I looked at her with a confused impression. "Your mom and her boyfriend are going to be at your step-mom's birthday barbecue?"

"Well, yeah," she said like it wasn't odd to imagine. "Phil and my dad get along really great, and so does my mom and Leah."

I shrugged. "Okay, then. It'll be a meet the family weekend because now you can meet my mom on Sunday." I saw people stare as they walked by my truck. "Let's go eat then we'll talk more about it."

Once inside the restaurant, it took nearly ten minutes for us to get seated. Thankfully, we were able to keep conversation flowing as we talked about our families. She told me about her little brother and how much she loves him. She loves to spend time, one on one with him every other weekend. I haven't met him yet because Bella wasn't sure how he would react to a new man in her life. Anything she told me about herself, I craved to hear her tell me. Over the last seven weeks, I feel like I've grown to know her very well, and we always have something to talk about.

After dinner, I made my way to the star gazing look-out point in North Scottsdale. There were a few other cars already there, but I made sure to park far enough away so we couldn't overhear anyone nearby.

I dropped the tailgate and helped Bella up where I started to roll out two sleeping bags. As soon as I laid down, I pulled Bella with me. Her head was on my chest and one leg draped over mine. "It's so beautiful out here." She started rubbing small patterns on my chest with the tip of her finger.

"This is where I wanted to tell you I love you for the first time, but you had to go and ruin it."

She popped her head up and looked at me. "Hey now!" She playfully smacked my chest.

I wrapped my arm around her and gave her a slight squeeze. "Just kidding."

She put her head back on my chest. "Were you seriously going to tell me tonight that you love me?"

"Yeah, but when you said it first, that's when it hit me that I wasn't going to be saying it just to say it; I really and truly mean it. So, hearing them first from you, I think, means more to me than me saying it to you first. Does that even make sense?"

She nodded. "Yeah, it does." Then she kissed me.

We stayed for about an hour and saw a falling star. It was too cliché, but when she told me to make a wish, I told her it had already came true. That earned me another ten minutes with her lips on mine.

When we pulled into my driveway, we were quiet for a minute before she finally spoke. "Will you spend the night with me?"

My heart and stomach did some kind of happy dance inside my chest cavity. Then I got nervous for some reason. "Of course," I replied. "You never have to ask."

"I'd ask to stay here, but I hate leaving Win alone all night." She was trying to explain her reasoning to me, but I wasn't comprehending it. I was focused on me sleeping at her house.

I took her hand. "Come inside with me long enough to get a bag ready and then we'll walk over to your house."

It wasn't long before we walked through the door at Bella's. She put her small clutch purse on the table in the entryway then kicked off her shoes. I followed suit and kicked off my slip-ons.

There was a little awkwardness in the atmosphere until I heard Bella call for Winchester. I trailed behind her until the cat came running at us. Only he came to me and not her. "What the hell, Win?" She walked over to me and scratched behind her cats ears. "You're a traitor."

He gave her a pitiful meow. "He said he loves you, but he loves me, too."

"Ha Ha Ha, very funny." She took my hand and led me into her bedroom. "I'm gonna get changed and ready for bed. You can go ahead and get comfortable. Turn on the TV is you want. The remote is on the night stand."

She started to walk away from me, but I nabbed her hand before she could get away. I pulled her back so I could kiss her. Then I asked against her lips. "You sure about this?"

When she stepped away from me, her dress fell to the floor, leaving herself in a pair of very thin panties. "Does this answer you question?" Then she turned and strutted into her bathroom without giving me an eye full of her tits.

The moment she was out of sight, I looked down at Winchester. "Is this really happening, bro?" He gave me a pitiful meow. "I know, I know. I'll be careful." I walked over to the side of the bed that I normally laid on when we watched TV in her room. "Yes, I brought condoms."

I set Winchester down on the bed before whipping my shirt off and tossing it on to the chair in the corner of the room before I pulled the strip of condoms out of my pocket. I looked down at the condoms and smiled. "This is really happening."

"I hope so," I heard from behind me. I turned to see Bella standing in the doorway of the bathroom with her arm propped against it. My jaw literally hit the floor the moment my eyes landed on the most beautiful, sexy, extravagant creature in front of me. "You like what you see."

My eyes were wide as they scanned her entire body. All she had on was a garter and stockings that came up past her knees. It was navy blue in color, and in that very moment, it became my favorite color of all time, and I hadn't popped wood so fast in my entire life. Even when I was a pubescent teenager.

She walked a little further into the room and I met her halfway. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. "You are by far the sexiest woman I have ever seen." I took her hand and placed it over my erection. "Feel this." It was the first time her hand has ever been on me between my legs. "This is what you do to me. It's hard for me to work sometimes because I can't get you out of my mind." I circle her and continue looking at her up and down. "You definitely bump my imagination into the pits because there's no way I can ever compare you to what I imagined. There's no justice between the two." I reached up and caressed her arm with my fingertips until I gripped her hand and led her to the bed. "You're a dream come true to me."

I hadn't taken my eyes off of her body until we reached the bed. When I looked upon her face, tears streaked over her beautiful cheeks and over her lips. I reached up and wiped them away. "Don't cry." I pressed my lips to hers. "There's no reason to cry. You're so beautiful to me inside and out." I reached over and pulled the comforter back on the bed before I reached down and pushed my shorts off. I knew she was trying not to look down. "Look at me."

"I am," she said shakily.

I took her hand and placed it over me, again. "Look at this. Look at what you do to me."

She tightened her small hand around me a little then looked down. She drew in a deep, shaky breath. "Sweet Jesus." She closed her eyes and took in a even deeper breath.

I removed her hand from me and led her into the bed and under the covers. I propped myself up on my elbow so I could see her better. We stared at each other as I used my fingertips and traced the tip of one nipple then the other. I admired how smooth they were against my rough hand. "I trust you," she finally says. "I love you, Edward, and I've never wanted anyone more than you to share my cherry pie with."

We smiled at each other. I knew she was nervous because so was I. I hadn't been with a virgin since I was a virgin, myself. "I'm a lucky man." I eased forward and pressed my lips to hers. We kissed until I decided to move things along and begin to kiss down her body. She was completely open to me, no panties to pull off or any other clothing.

I adjusted myself by easing my way over her and between her legs. She gladly opened them wide and bent at the knees. I looked down and nearly lost my shit when I saw her beautiful pink pussy ready to welcome me in.

Bella watched me as I reached out to touch her. I noticed she was shaking, so I laid back down next to her. "I promise that I'm not going anywhere. I love you more than anything in this entire world." She nodded at me. "I want to make you feel good and give you an orgasm before we take things further."

She nodded at me before pulling her hands away from her stomach. That's when I decided that she needed to be good and worked up before I made my way down her body, so I planted my mouth on hers. I knew this worked her up well enough to allow me to work my magic on other parts of her body.

The moment my mouth made contact with her breasts, her body jolted from the pleasure. That urged me to go even further down her body until my face was completely between her legs. I pushed them open more and went for her clit first, and the sound that came out of her mouth, was not one I had heard before. She liked the way it felt when my mouth touched her.

I licked and sucked, and licked some more before shoving my tongue inside of her. Her hands were on my head pushing my face further against her. It didn't take long before she was screaming with her release.

I didn't bother wiping my face off as I kissed my way back up her body. Before I settled between her legs, again, I reached over to the bedside table and snagged a condom. I raised up and leaned back on my knees. Bella watched, still out of breath, as I rolled the condom on. She smiled with a little head nod giving me the go ahead.

I crawled up over her and gave her a reassuring smile. "There's still time to back out."

I could see tears in her eyes, and I hoped they were from the fantastic orgasm I just gave her. "No, I'm ready. I've made you wait long enough."

"Don't do this for me. Do it because it's something you want. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to enjoy just about every second of it, but you're my first priority, right now. You being comfortable and okay with this to continue is all I care about."

"I'm ready; I promise." She wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled my face to her. "Make love to me, Edward."

I followed her lead, and lowered my head to kiss her as I reached down with my good hand to grasp myself. I lined the head of my dick with her entrance and held that position until I could get comfortable between her legs. As I leaned on my elbow of my bad hand, and not breaking contact from our kiss, I placed my good hand on her hip and eased myself forward.

Bella whimpered and moaned from pain beneath me as I kissed her harder when I surged forward, pressing completely inside of her. I felt something snap the moment I passed her virginity barrier, causing Bella to try and close her legs around me. I swallowed her cries as I slowly began to move in and out of her. I vowed to keep my mouth on her until she was ready to pull away for air. I needed to take her pain away from her as I sped up my movements. I know that a woman losing her virginity is completely different than how a man feels it.

I pulled my face away from her long enough to speak. "I love you, baby. I want you to be my forever." I reached down and hooked my hand underneath the bend behind her knee and pulled it up further over my hip, giving me more leverage to pump into her a little faster.

Bella's head was thrown back against the pillow with her eyes closed as I looked down and watched as her breasts bounced with every thrust into her. It was definitely a sight that I was bound to never forget.

Needing to be deeper within her, I used my knees to spread her legs open wider. That definitely gave me room to take it home as I felt my orgasm begin to build. The further I tried to get deeper, she grasped my biceps as tight as she could, and her fingernails dug into my skin. "I'm gonna cum, baby."

I sped up just a tad more causing her to moan like a porn hub professional. I held on to her hip like she was trying to get away. "Edward, please." Her fingernails drew blood the deeper and faster I went.

I wasn't sure if she would, but I wanted to try and get her to cum one more time for me. I didn't want to lose the rhythm I had going; it felt too damn good to let it go, but I needed to slow down, and I did when I reached down, and found purchase on her clit with my middle finger. She reacted just the way I wanted her to, and I wasn't sure if she could open wider for me, but she did. She wanted more of what I was giving her. "Oh, my God! What are you doing to me?"

My cock swelled even harder, needing to find the release that we both craved. As soon as her body began to stiffen, and her pussy became even tighter around me, I sped up, again and took it all to home plate. "Fuck!" Every move I made, every thrust I gave her, finally sent my orgasm ripping through my entire body. I roared from the pleasure that invaded my entire soul.

I collapsed on top of her with my face buried in the crook of her neck. "Fuck." I was completely out of breath. "I'm way out of practice."

"If that's any indication of what's to come, then I would say you don't need any more practice." She was running her fingers through my hair. We were both sweaty and panting for breath. "Um... I can feel you slipping out, and I'm sure there's going to be a mess."

I raised my head to look at her. "And here I thought you would be the one to sleep in the wet spot. I guess I was wrong." The look she gave me had me jump up and away from the impact of her hand against my flesh. "I'm going to shower."

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