Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, but I'm grateful to Stephenie Meyer for her dream. Forgive me for using a bit of text from "New Moon," but it fits the story.
EPOV
Since the New Year began, my life had been total hell. The only bright spot had been the new addition to my life – my beautiful daughter, Victoria. Yes, we were still waiting on the "official" DNA results, but she was my daughter and I wasn't giving her up for anything. I was already fiercely protective.
I missed Bella like I would miss my right arm. I positively ached for her. All I wanted to do was take her in my arms, shower her with kisses, and apologize for whatever I might have done wrong – anything I could do to get her back in my life again. I knew I was mostly dead inside without her. I was only giving Victoria a little bit of what I truly could. But I didn't have anything more to give. The rest of me was carried with Bella.
When I got Bella's text on Wednesday night, I held my cell phone to my chest for hours until I finally fell asleep. I loved having that small connection to her – it was like a lifeline. I'd been crying myself to sleep every fucking night. I know that's a "chick" thing to say – but dammit – I needed her so damn bad I couldn't help myself.
BPOV
As I followed Alice back to Seattle on Thursday morning, I had a lot of time to think. I'd actually been doing a lot of thinking this past week. I was wrong, running from Edward and the situation like I had. I needed to be there to support him. I thought back to a particularly illuminating conversation I'd had with my dad one evening this past week:
"Bells, can we talk for a while?" Charlie started.
"Sure," I'd said.
"I know you're scared. But Edward loves you more than his own life. I know you both will find a way to work this out. He certainly didn't know about this little girl barely any sooner than you did."
I said, "But, Dad, you know things didn't work out for you and Mom."
"Bells," he continued, "your mother and I were different. We were different people – we wanted different things in life. If I wouldn't have been so crazy in love with her, I would've taken a step back and seen that. I was very impatient and wanted to get married right away. Your mother and I were barely together six weeks before I convinced her to marry me and we found out we were pregnant with you right away. Not that you weren't the best thing in the world and the light of my life, but Renee just didn't want to stick around this small town. She was miserable here.
Edward has taken time to find out more about you. You've both taken time to find out what each other likes and dislikes. You've no doubt had some disagreements about things already. You're building a strong foundation. And God knows you've already been a mother to your own mother for years now already!" He snorted at that last bit.
I had to smile in agreement with him. "I can see what you're saying," I had said.
Charlie then said, "I think you'll be a terrific mother. I don't know what kind of a life this little girl has had so far, but I think you and Edward would be really great parents to her. It sounds like she needs some stability in her life."
When Alice had shown us the pictures on her phone she had taken of Victoria modeling the outfits she'd picked out for her, Charlie, Sue and I were thrilled. She truly was adorable.
We were a couple of hours outside Seattle now. I turned on my cell phone and called Carlisle and set some plans in motion. I had called him that night when I left, so he knew I was leaving. He seemed very agreeable to the plan I was suggesting now and would start working on his end right away. I told him I'd be back in to work on Friday. He told me that wouldn't be necessary – Monday would be fine. He totally understood about reconnecting with the one you loved.
Once I got off the phone with Carlisle, I called Alice and filled her in on my plan. She squealed in delight, immediately told me we would skip lunch, and for me to go directly to the hospital. Eager little thing, wasn't she? Truth be told, I was eager to see Edward, too, but I wasn't looking forward to seeing the hurt in his eyes. I wished a thousand times I wouldn't have to see that.
EPOV
If this wasn't the damndest strange day – I'd put in with anyone. I knew I wasn't completely on my game. I just came from Carlisle's office. He told me he'd worked out a deal with my boss to let me off work at noon and Friday as well – to spend more time with Victoria. I told him Victoria was in kindergarten. Did no one understand English any longer? Finally, he'd sighed and said, "Edward, you've been through a lot this past week. Take some time away. Maybe you and Victoria can go do something fun this weekend." I'd agreed – although not much was fun in my life without Bella by my side.
About 11:30, I was paged to the Emergency Room for a patient. Great – I was allowed to leave in a half hour and now I'm getting a patient. Fuck my life! I looked at the chart. Jane Doe – heart problems – not sleeping well – not eating – possible depression. This is not what I need. The woman doesn't know her name and I'm supposed to diagnose something in a half hour? And why the hell did they put her in a private exam room? I grumbled to myself as I stalked over to the door and opened it. The curtain was pulled around the bed so the patient wasn't visible from the door.
"Ma'am?" I started gently. Might as well save being pissed off for when I was alone. I didn't need to take it out on a patient. She let out a small moan. Crap. I stepped closer to the bed and pulled the curtain back.
"Bella? Baby?" Bella was sitting up on the bed, looking at me through her tear-filled eyes. I went to her immediately and hugged her to me as tightly as I could, dropping her chart on the floor. Her arms were around me just as quickly. I said into her hair, "Are you ok, baby?"
"Yes, Edward," she choked out. "I'm so sorry I left you. I just got so scared and didn't know what to do. Everything was happening so fast. Alice came and got me. Edward, I'm so very sorry. I want a future with you and Victoria. I'm begging you, will you please take me back?"
I kneeled down then, beside the exam bed, and looked up at her. I said, "Will you let me attempt to explain what you mean to me?" I waited, studying her face as I spoke to make sure she was really listening.
"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars – points of light and reason. And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."
She was crying now, harder than before. I was crying too – but you probably figured that out already. I barely got out, "Baby, it felt like my heart was gone."
She nodded, "Mine too," then reached for me. I stood back up and encircled her waist with my arms again. Her arms were around my neck. I never wanted to let go.
I said quietly, "Please come back to me." She nodded against my shoulder. I brought her mouth up to mine and kissed her gently. I pulled back a bit and said, "Are you having these symptoms? If so, we need to get you checked out right away."
"Edward," Bella said as she continued to hold onto me, "I only have those symptoms because I'm heart-sick over missing you." I muttered something about "silly girl" but smiled in spite of myself. It felt like forever since I'd smiled. I suddenly remembered I was off for the rest of the day and the next day as well – so I told Bella that information. She smiled slyly. "I know – I had Carlisle work some magic for me."
I gave her a crooked smile and hoped it produced the desired effect. "Do you want to get out of here?"
"Yes," she agreed. "Let's go back to my apartment before Victoria gets out of school."
At Bella's apartment, I was careful with the love of my life. I didn't want to come on too strong – even though the only place I wanted to be was with her, beside her, inside her, on top of her, everywhere. As she led me to our bed, she said, "Edward darling, I've missed you so much. I need to feel you."
I don't know if it was because it had been a while since we'd made love or not, but every inch of skin I touched on my love was incredibly soft and sensitive. I could not get enough of her beautiful lips with my mouth as my hands caressed her body. I sucked and licked my way down from her earlobes to her neck to her beautiful breasts. She was panting and murmuring my name over and over again. I would never get tired of making love to this woman.
As my tongue dipped lower into her belly button, her moans deepened as she knew where I was going. I spread her legs gently as I slid my tongue deep inside her in one push. Her back arched up from the bed and one of her hands immediately flew to my hair. I took my time then, tasting Bella's slick folds. They should bottle this – it was the best stuff on earth. But then again – no – I was never going to share! I slid two fingers inside her as I lapped at her little bundle of nerves with the tip of my tongue. Soon, she was coming and coating my fingers with even more of her delicious wetness. "Oh Edward," she breathed, "I need you inside me now!"
Nope, not going to deny this beautiful woman one thing. I was inside her before a moment passed. She felt so good around me and we both groaned in pleasure at the same time. Being inside Bella was my favorite place to be. I wanted to go slowly, but it felt so damn good, and my damn dick was so hard, and I needed relief so badly, it was over long before I wanted it to be.
Afterward, I held her to my chest. I said gently, "Baby, we can do this. Have faith in us."
Bella replied, "I do. It won't always be easy, but as long as we're together, it will be ok." I held her tighter as I agreed.
As we chatted about everything and nothing, I told her we had moved Victoria into my other bedroom. Bella decided she should move some things to my apartment. We agreed we should pick up Victoria from school together, take her back to my apartment, have Bella make dinner and see how the evening progressed.
We did move some of Bella's things over before Victoria got out of school, so she would have enough for the next couple of days and Monday at work. I was going to miss our times at Bella's apartment, but we now were looking in the same direction – at our future together.
At the appropriate time, Bella and I went to the school. Victoria launched herself into Bella's arms like she was her best friend. "Bella!" she exclaimed. "Where have you been?"
Bella replied around the lump in her throat, "I was out of town for a couple of days, but I'm back now."
"Are you going to come home with my daddy and me?" Victoria asked her, looking earnestly into her eyes.
"Yes – if that's what you'd like."
Victoria sighed dramatically and replied, "Of course! Besides," she leaned in and whispered none-too-quietly, "I think if you're not there, that's why my daddy cries at night." Bella's eyes flew to mine to confirm the truth of that statement. I would never hold anything back from her. The pain of her being gone from my life was written there in my eyes for her to see.
We installed Victoria in the car and drove home. Bella kept her eyes downcast, even though I held her hand. I asked Victoria to go play for a bit, then I led Bella into our room.
"Baby, please don't be sad," I said as I drew her into my arms.
Bella replied, "I hurt you so badly."
"The important thing is that you are here now. And that you want this as much as I do, yes?"
"Yes," she said.
"Well then," I continued as I kissed her, "I won't waste any more time crying. Now I get to hold the love of my life every night. Later, after our daughter goes to bed, I'll show you how grateful I am for that. I love you, baby."
"I love you," she replied as she returned my kisses.
We had a nice, quiet weekend – getting acquainted with each other. Victoria was definitely two enthusiastic thumbs up with Bella staying. Watching Bella step into her mother role warmed my heart so much. She was a natural. I wouldn't say that neither of us were perfect, but we were getting the hang of it.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Seattle General - Chapter 17
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, but I'm grateful to Stephenie Meyer for her dream. Please don't steal my original work.
Alice POV
I still had my eyes closed as I could feel my handsome husband stirring next to me in bed. It was the beginning of another year – a year of promise when we would welcome our first child. We were both incredibly excited about it. Jasper never failed to kiss my belly every morning and say “good morning” to our growing baby – even though I wasn’t showing yet. It was incredibly sweet and brought tears to my eyes every time he did it.
I could feel his hands moving down my arms next and rubbing gently over my stomach. He was always so gentle with me. “Good morning, my love, and happy new year,” he crooned. I opened one eye and looked at him. I leaned over to kiss him. Our kiss deepened just as his cell phone rang. “Damn,” he growled. He looked at his phone. “It’s Edward,” he said.
As Jasper took the call from his best friend, I got out of bed and dressed in some yoga pants and a tank top. I needed to make breakfast before we decided what to do today. Jasper seemed to be doing a lot of listening, only interjecting intermittently with a few “yes” and “uh huh” responses. Then he ended the call with, “Edward, we will find out everything we can and get back with you as soon as possible.”
As I went about making French toast and bacon, Jasper joined me in the kitchen. “Honey,” he started, “we need to help Edward.”
“OK, with what?” I wondered aloud.
Jasper explained, “Here’s the deal. Apparently some woman showed up last night to the ER, claiming she was the mother of Edward’s child. She, her boyfriend, and the little girl were involved in some horrific car crash and she’s not doing well. The little girl is fine. The boyfriend has a broken arm, I think.”
I gasped in shock. Then Jasper came to hold me. “There’s more. Bella was at the hospital when all this went down. Edward brought her with him as he thought if someone was around to take care of any kids involved, that would keep them out of the doctors’ way. She found out about the daughter and she left. Edward can’t get ahold of her. Her phone goes straight to voice mail. He’s still at the hospital and is freaking out about Bella and about the daughter.”
Tears were freely flowing down my cheeks then as Jasper rushed to brush them away. I choked out, “We have to help them, Jazz. They were meant to be together.”
“I know,” he said soothingly as he held me. “That’s why, after breakfast, I’d like you to go to Bella’s apartment and see if she’s there and just not answering the phone or what the deal is. I’m going to go to the hospital and see about Edward. I’m also going to insist on some DNA testing in case this is just some crazy woman trying to get him to pay for her daughter.”
We finished breakfast and went our separate ways. I drove immediately to Bella’s apartment. She had given me an extra key when she first moved in, in case of emergency, since she was a single girl. Nothing appeared to be out of order, although it looked as though she had taken a small suitcase and some clothes. She’d likely run to Charlie’s. I was praying that’s what she did. I dialed his number on my cell phone.
Charlie picked up on the third ring and said roughly, “Hello?”
I said, “Hi Charlie. It’s Alice.”
“Oh, hi Alice,” he said, suddenly wary.
“I’m just calling to check on Bella. She probably doesn’t want to talk to anyone right now. I just want to make sure she’s safe.”
He said, “Yes, she’s here, but she’s asleep. Do you want me to tell her you called?”
I thought about that a moment. “No, that’s all right. I just wanted to make sure she was ok. I hope you have a nice new year, Charlie.”
“You too, Alice. Always a pleasure,” he said as he hung up the phone.
I called Jasper right away and let him know Bella was indeed at Charlie’s. He asked me to come to the hospital then. I said I’d be there right away.
As I was getting ready to walk out the door of Bella’s apartment, something caught my eye on her kitchen counter. I walked over to see it more closely. It was her engagement ring. There was an immediate pang in my heart. Bella must be so hurt. I picked up her ring and put it in my wallet for safekeeping. It would not do for Edward to come to her apartment to pick up something of his and find her ring here. It would absolutely crush him. Whenever I talked to Bella, I’d let her know I had it.
When I arrived at the hospital, I texted Jasper. He called me back and asked me to come to Carlisle’s office. As I stepped in the door, my lovely husband had his arm around a red-eyed Edward. The poor soul looked like he’d had a very restless or sleepless night and had been crying.
I went to him immediately and sat beside him. I took his hand in mine. He just kept mumbling over and over, “She’s gone, she’s gone. My whole life is gone.” I was going to have to get a grip on myself to keep it together or I’d be crying right along with him.
Jasper reported that Victoria, Edward’s supposed daughter, had gone home with Mike Newton, Jessica Stanley’s boyfriend, for the remainder of the night since there was not a place they could stay at the hospital. They should be coming back in soon with the legal paperwork showing that Edward had right-of-survivorship custody. Jasper was going to perform surgery on Jessica to see if he could repair any of the internal damage from the car accident and save her life. Edward wanted to delay the surgery until Victoria got back so she could see her mother again – in case anything happened during surgery.
Presently, a blond-haired man entered the office with a beautiful bronze-haired little girl. Edward brightened marginally at the sight of the girl. “Alice and Jasper,” he said, “this is my daughter, Victoria, and this is Jessica’s boyfriend, Mike Newton.” I greeted them as Victoria came to stand next to Edward. She looked exactly like him, only in diminutive feminine form.
Victoria looked confused and asked, “Where’s Bella?”
Edward looked pained and said, “I don’t know. Let’s take you up to see your mother.” With that, they left the office with Jasper. The blonde-haired man and I were left alone.
“Hello,” I started, “I’m Alice Whitlock. Jasper is my husband.”
The man said, “Hi. I’m Mike Newton. I’m Jessica’s boyfriend. We’ve been living together for about six months. I’m not really the fatherly type. Don’t get me wrong – I like Victoria. But I’m not her father. If Jess makes it through this surgery, I think Victoria needs to have a relationship with her father.”
“I totally agree,” I said. We followed the group to the ICU so Mike could see Jessica. I didn’t go in the room as I wasn’t family. I stayed out in the waiting room and thumbed nervously through some magazines. I really wanted to call Bella, but I wanted to give her some space to figure out what she wanted to do.
Jasper came out soon enough and kissed me. He said as he thrust a foil-wrapped tablet into my hand, “I’m going to prep for surgery. Take Edward home and give him this tablet to make sure he sleeps. You can decide what to do with Victoria. If you want to take her to the mall or something to entertain her, that’s fine. We can’t have her sitting in the hospital all day, worrying about her mother. Mike’s going to go back home as well. I’ll do what I can for Jessica, but things don’t look very good.”
I gave him a comforting hug as Edward came to stand with us. I told Edward we would drop him off at his house, then I’d take Victoria to the mall for some diversion. The drive to Edward’s apartment was quiet after Mike installed her car seat into the back seat of my car. We both took him up to his apartment.
I made Edward take the tablet Jasper had given me earlier, knowing it would at least make him sleep. I also knew it wouldn’t do anything to lessen the ache in his heart. He picked Victoria up and gave her a little hug and told her he’d see her later. He picked me up in a hug as well and said, “Alice, please – convince her to come back home. She’s my life. I need her like I need air to breathe.” I whispered in his ear that I would do what I could and we left Edward’s.
Victoria and I hit the mall after that and had a very good time. She was very easy to get to know. She told me her mother had always told her about her father and that someday she’d meet him and get to know him. I told her I was going to have a baby and she was very excited about that. She decided if she got to spend more time with her daddy, she wanted to spend more time with me as well and the new baby. Her enthusiasm was contagious.
I tried not to go too crazy, but I did buy her a couple of outfits. I couldn’t resist! Victoria was an absolute doll! I snapped some pictures of her modeling her new outfits with the camera on my cell phone.
Victoria and I were eating lunch at McDonald’s at the mall when my cell phone rang. It was Jasper. His voice was full of pain. “I wasn’t able to save her, honey. I tried my damndest. I just got off the phone with Mike and he’s on his way. Would you like to bring Victoria back to the hospital and I’ll try to explain things to her?”
“Yes,” I replied, “we’ll be there in a bit.” Then I ended the call.
Victoria’s eyes were immediately on mine. “Was that the nice doctor?” she asked.
“Yes,” I replied quietly.
“Did something bad happen to my mommy?”
There was no point in lying to her, even if Jasper was going to explain everything once we arrived at the hospital. “Yes,” I said again.
Big tears filled her eyes and she began crying. I came over to her side of the table and scooped her up to sit her in my lap. Her arms went around my neck. She choked out a small, “I’ll miss her.”
I patted her back and said, “I know you will, sweetie.” I let her continue to cry until her tears stopped.
Soon, she looked up at me and said, “Alice, I’m ready to go now.” I looked down at her, gave her a hug, took her hand, and we left the mall to drive back to the hospital.
We found Jasper and Mike soon enough. Mike picked Victoria up and cuddled her as he worked through his own grief. Jasper explained things in simple enough terms to Victoria. When he was finished, she looked at him and said, “So, does this mean I’m going to live with my daddy now?”
Jasper said, looking at Mike, “Well, Mike – what is your feeling on this?”
Mike looked down at Victoria and said, “You know I like you, Victoria. But you should be with your father.”
Victoria said in a small voice, “I know. It will be ok.” Then she reached out and patted Mike’s hand. This beautiful 5-year-old was comforting the adult!
Mike gave his cell phone number to Jasper so that we could coordinate the moving of Victoria’s things to Edward’s apartment later. Mike left to go deal with some final arrangements for Jessica. I stood there with Jasper. “What happens now?” I asked.
“We’ll give Edward a couple more hours to sleep, then we’ll go by and help him reorganize his apartment to accommodate his lovely daughter,” Jasper said, as he smiled down at Victoria.
* * *
It had been a very rushed few days. We helped Edward move Victoria’s things from Mike and Jessica’s apartment to Edward’s. He moved his office out into his living room to make room for her. They didn’t let me lift anything, but they did let me organize things. Sheesh – I’m glad they could find the good sense God gave a goat! She didn’t have a ton of things, but with her bed, a dresser, and a lot of toys, her room was definitely very girly – which brought a different look to a room of Edward’s apartment.
Edward tried not to show how devastated he was that Bella wasn’t around, but I knew him too well. He wanted her to be here, sharing all this with him. I hugged him as often as I could, but I knew it wasn’t the same for him.
Edward decided to keep Victoria enrolled in the same kindergarten she was already enrolled in. It was a little bit out of the way, but she already had friends there. It would be easier to move her to a different school district once she entered first grade.
Watching Edward and Victoria interact truly warmed my heart. They were precious together. He may not know everything about being a father, but he was learning. Victoria wasn’t shy about telling him what she liked for breakfast (cereal or French toast or pancakes) or baths (lots of bubbles!), so they were getting along pretty well. Mike had given us two shoeboxes full of photos of Victoria growing up. I put those safely in Edward’s closet. I knew Bella would scrapbook those later. And that was my next course of action.
* * *
By Wednesday morning, I hadn’t heard a peep from Bella. I decided I’d had enough. I told Jasper where I was going, but I didn’t tell Edward. If I failed at my task, I didn’t want him to know. It was Forks or bust for me.
As I pulled up outside Charlie and Sue’s house, Bella came running out the door, headed straight for me. “Alice!” she exclaimed.
I looked at her before I put my arms around her to hug her. She looked exactly like Edward had – that same red-eyed haunted look – like she’d lost her reason for living. I may be small and pregnant, but I wasn’t above kicking her ass if I needed to. “Bella! What the hell?” I said, not so subtly.
“Oh Alice,” Bella wailed, “I’ve been an absolute fool. I ran out of that hospital room like a total idiot. I totally freaked out.”
“I’ll say,” I agreed.
Bella ushered me into the house where we sat on the couch. She looked at me, uncertain. “So, how is he?”
“How do you think he is?” I snapped.
“I know how I am and I’m miserable,” she confessed.
“Bella,” I said, “you know I love you. But this isn’t about you. This is about being there for Edward and his daughter. You’re his whole life. The man can barely function. He’s beyond miserable.”
Bella began crying, like I suspected she’d been doing a lot of. “I’ve let him down so much. Will he ever let me back in his life?”
I went over to hug her and said, “I think Edward will definitely forgive you, sweetie. You just need to ask.” I opened my wallet then and handed her the engagement ring back. That brought on a fresh round of crying, although she did put it back on her finger quickly, right where it belonged.
I spent the rest of the day and the night with Bella, Charlie and Sue. We had a nice time catching up. It had been a long while since I’d been to Forks, so it was good to see them.
BPOV
Before going to sleep for the night next to Alice, I thought about the last time I spent the night in my old bed with someone else – with Edward. I missed him so much. I pulled out my cell phone and sent a text:
I miss you. – B
Not more than two minutes passed before I received a reply:
I miss you too baby. I love you. Please come back to me. – E
This set off another bout of tears and it was impossible for me to respond. As I set my cell phone on my nightstand and snuggled in next to Alice, I knew what I had to do.
Alice POV
I still had my eyes closed as I could feel my handsome husband stirring next to me in bed. It was the beginning of another year – a year of promise when we would welcome our first child. We were both incredibly excited about it. Jasper never failed to kiss my belly every morning and say “good morning” to our growing baby – even though I wasn’t showing yet. It was incredibly sweet and brought tears to my eyes every time he did it.
I could feel his hands moving down my arms next and rubbing gently over my stomach. He was always so gentle with me. “Good morning, my love, and happy new year,” he crooned. I opened one eye and looked at him. I leaned over to kiss him. Our kiss deepened just as his cell phone rang. “Damn,” he growled. He looked at his phone. “It’s Edward,” he said.
As Jasper took the call from his best friend, I got out of bed and dressed in some yoga pants and a tank top. I needed to make breakfast before we decided what to do today. Jasper seemed to be doing a lot of listening, only interjecting intermittently with a few “yes” and “uh huh” responses. Then he ended the call with, “Edward, we will find out everything we can and get back with you as soon as possible.”
As I went about making French toast and bacon, Jasper joined me in the kitchen. “Honey,” he started, “we need to help Edward.”
“OK, with what?” I wondered aloud.
Jasper explained, “Here’s the deal. Apparently some woman showed up last night to the ER, claiming she was the mother of Edward’s child. She, her boyfriend, and the little girl were involved in some horrific car crash and she’s not doing well. The little girl is fine. The boyfriend has a broken arm, I think.”
I gasped in shock. Then Jasper came to hold me. “There’s more. Bella was at the hospital when all this went down. Edward brought her with him as he thought if someone was around to take care of any kids involved, that would keep them out of the doctors’ way. She found out about the daughter and she left. Edward can’t get ahold of her. Her phone goes straight to voice mail. He’s still at the hospital and is freaking out about Bella and about the daughter.”
Tears were freely flowing down my cheeks then as Jasper rushed to brush them away. I choked out, “We have to help them, Jazz. They were meant to be together.”
“I know,” he said soothingly as he held me. “That’s why, after breakfast, I’d like you to go to Bella’s apartment and see if she’s there and just not answering the phone or what the deal is. I’m going to go to the hospital and see about Edward. I’m also going to insist on some DNA testing in case this is just some crazy woman trying to get him to pay for her daughter.”
We finished breakfast and went our separate ways. I drove immediately to Bella’s apartment. She had given me an extra key when she first moved in, in case of emergency, since she was a single girl. Nothing appeared to be out of order, although it looked as though she had taken a small suitcase and some clothes. She’d likely run to Charlie’s. I was praying that’s what she did. I dialed his number on my cell phone.
Charlie picked up on the third ring and said roughly, “Hello?”
I said, “Hi Charlie. It’s Alice.”
“Oh, hi Alice,” he said, suddenly wary.
“I’m just calling to check on Bella. She probably doesn’t want to talk to anyone right now. I just want to make sure she’s safe.”
He said, “Yes, she’s here, but she’s asleep. Do you want me to tell her you called?”
I thought about that a moment. “No, that’s all right. I just wanted to make sure she was ok. I hope you have a nice new year, Charlie.”
“You too, Alice. Always a pleasure,” he said as he hung up the phone.
I called Jasper right away and let him know Bella was indeed at Charlie’s. He asked me to come to the hospital then. I said I’d be there right away.
As I was getting ready to walk out the door of Bella’s apartment, something caught my eye on her kitchen counter. I walked over to see it more closely. It was her engagement ring. There was an immediate pang in my heart. Bella must be so hurt. I picked up her ring and put it in my wallet for safekeeping. It would not do for Edward to come to her apartment to pick up something of his and find her ring here. It would absolutely crush him. Whenever I talked to Bella, I’d let her know I had it.
When I arrived at the hospital, I texted Jasper. He called me back and asked me to come to Carlisle’s office. As I stepped in the door, my lovely husband had his arm around a red-eyed Edward. The poor soul looked like he’d had a very restless or sleepless night and had been crying.
I went to him immediately and sat beside him. I took his hand in mine. He just kept mumbling over and over, “She’s gone, she’s gone. My whole life is gone.” I was going to have to get a grip on myself to keep it together or I’d be crying right along with him.
Jasper reported that Victoria, Edward’s supposed daughter, had gone home with Mike Newton, Jessica Stanley’s boyfriend, for the remainder of the night since there was not a place they could stay at the hospital. They should be coming back in soon with the legal paperwork showing that Edward had right-of-survivorship custody. Jasper was going to perform surgery on Jessica to see if he could repair any of the internal damage from the car accident and save her life. Edward wanted to delay the surgery until Victoria got back so she could see her mother again – in case anything happened during surgery.
Presently, a blond-haired man entered the office with a beautiful bronze-haired little girl. Edward brightened marginally at the sight of the girl. “Alice and Jasper,” he said, “this is my daughter, Victoria, and this is Jessica’s boyfriend, Mike Newton.” I greeted them as Victoria came to stand next to Edward. She looked exactly like him, only in diminutive feminine form.
Victoria looked confused and asked, “Where’s Bella?”
Edward looked pained and said, “I don’t know. Let’s take you up to see your mother.” With that, they left the office with Jasper. The blonde-haired man and I were left alone.
“Hello,” I started, “I’m Alice Whitlock. Jasper is my husband.”
The man said, “Hi. I’m Mike Newton. I’m Jessica’s boyfriend. We’ve been living together for about six months. I’m not really the fatherly type. Don’t get me wrong – I like Victoria. But I’m not her father. If Jess makes it through this surgery, I think Victoria needs to have a relationship with her father.”
“I totally agree,” I said. We followed the group to the ICU so Mike could see Jessica. I didn’t go in the room as I wasn’t family. I stayed out in the waiting room and thumbed nervously through some magazines. I really wanted to call Bella, but I wanted to give her some space to figure out what she wanted to do.
Jasper came out soon enough and kissed me. He said as he thrust a foil-wrapped tablet into my hand, “I’m going to prep for surgery. Take Edward home and give him this tablet to make sure he sleeps. You can decide what to do with Victoria. If you want to take her to the mall or something to entertain her, that’s fine. We can’t have her sitting in the hospital all day, worrying about her mother. Mike’s going to go back home as well. I’ll do what I can for Jessica, but things don’t look very good.”
I gave him a comforting hug as Edward came to stand with us. I told Edward we would drop him off at his house, then I’d take Victoria to the mall for some diversion. The drive to Edward’s apartment was quiet after Mike installed her car seat into the back seat of my car. We both took him up to his apartment.
I made Edward take the tablet Jasper had given me earlier, knowing it would at least make him sleep. I also knew it wouldn’t do anything to lessen the ache in his heart. He picked Victoria up and gave her a little hug and told her he’d see her later. He picked me up in a hug as well and said, “Alice, please – convince her to come back home. She’s my life. I need her like I need air to breathe.” I whispered in his ear that I would do what I could and we left Edward’s.
Victoria and I hit the mall after that and had a very good time. She was very easy to get to know. She told me her mother had always told her about her father and that someday she’d meet him and get to know him. I told her I was going to have a baby and she was very excited about that. She decided if she got to spend more time with her daddy, she wanted to spend more time with me as well and the new baby. Her enthusiasm was contagious.
I tried not to go too crazy, but I did buy her a couple of outfits. I couldn’t resist! Victoria was an absolute doll! I snapped some pictures of her modeling her new outfits with the camera on my cell phone.
Victoria and I were eating lunch at McDonald’s at the mall when my cell phone rang. It was Jasper. His voice was full of pain. “I wasn’t able to save her, honey. I tried my damndest. I just got off the phone with Mike and he’s on his way. Would you like to bring Victoria back to the hospital and I’ll try to explain things to her?”
“Yes,” I replied, “we’ll be there in a bit.” Then I ended the call.
Victoria’s eyes were immediately on mine. “Was that the nice doctor?” she asked.
“Yes,” I replied quietly.
“Did something bad happen to my mommy?”
There was no point in lying to her, even if Jasper was going to explain everything once we arrived at the hospital. “Yes,” I said again.
Big tears filled her eyes and she began crying. I came over to her side of the table and scooped her up to sit her in my lap. Her arms went around my neck. She choked out a small, “I’ll miss her.”
I patted her back and said, “I know you will, sweetie.” I let her continue to cry until her tears stopped.
Soon, she looked up at me and said, “Alice, I’m ready to go now.” I looked down at her, gave her a hug, took her hand, and we left the mall to drive back to the hospital.
We found Jasper and Mike soon enough. Mike picked Victoria up and cuddled her as he worked through his own grief. Jasper explained things in simple enough terms to Victoria. When he was finished, she looked at him and said, “So, does this mean I’m going to live with my daddy now?”
Jasper said, looking at Mike, “Well, Mike – what is your feeling on this?”
Mike looked down at Victoria and said, “You know I like you, Victoria. But you should be with your father.”
Victoria said in a small voice, “I know. It will be ok.” Then she reached out and patted Mike’s hand. This beautiful 5-year-old was comforting the adult!
Mike gave his cell phone number to Jasper so that we could coordinate the moving of Victoria’s things to Edward’s apartment later. Mike left to go deal with some final arrangements for Jessica. I stood there with Jasper. “What happens now?” I asked.
“We’ll give Edward a couple more hours to sleep, then we’ll go by and help him reorganize his apartment to accommodate his lovely daughter,” Jasper said, as he smiled down at Victoria.
* * *
It had been a very rushed few days. We helped Edward move Victoria’s things from Mike and Jessica’s apartment to Edward’s. He moved his office out into his living room to make room for her. They didn’t let me lift anything, but they did let me organize things. Sheesh – I’m glad they could find the good sense God gave a goat! She didn’t have a ton of things, but with her bed, a dresser, and a lot of toys, her room was definitely very girly – which brought a different look to a room of Edward’s apartment.
Edward tried not to show how devastated he was that Bella wasn’t around, but I knew him too well. He wanted her to be here, sharing all this with him. I hugged him as often as I could, but I knew it wasn’t the same for him.
Edward decided to keep Victoria enrolled in the same kindergarten she was already enrolled in. It was a little bit out of the way, but she already had friends there. It would be easier to move her to a different school district once she entered first grade.
Watching Edward and Victoria interact truly warmed my heart. They were precious together. He may not know everything about being a father, but he was learning. Victoria wasn’t shy about telling him what she liked for breakfast (cereal or French toast or pancakes) or baths (lots of bubbles!), so they were getting along pretty well. Mike had given us two shoeboxes full of photos of Victoria growing up. I put those safely in Edward’s closet. I knew Bella would scrapbook those later. And that was my next course of action.
* * *
By Wednesday morning, I hadn’t heard a peep from Bella. I decided I’d had enough. I told Jasper where I was going, but I didn’t tell Edward. If I failed at my task, I didn’t want him to know. It was Forks or bust for me.
As I pulled up outside Charlie and Sue’s house, Bella came running out the door, headed straight for me. “Alice!” she exclaimed.
I looked at her before I put my arms around her to hug her. She looked exactly like Edward had – that same red-eyed haunted look – like she’d lost her reason for living. I may be small and pregnant, but I wasn’t above kicking her ass if I needed to. “Bella! What the hell?” I said, not so subtly.
“Oh Alice,” Bella wailed, “I’ve been an absolute fool. I ran out of that hospital room like a total idiot. I totally freaked out.”
“I’ll say,” I agreed.
Bella ushered me into the house where we sat on the couch. She looked at me, uncertain. “So, how is he?”
“How do you think he is?” I snapped.
“I know how I am and I’m miserable,” she confessed.
“Bella,” I said, “you know I love you. But this isn’t about you. This is about being there for Edward and his daughter. You’re his whole life. The man can barely function. He’s beyond miserable.”
Bella began crying, like I suspected she’d been doing a lot of. “I’ve let him down so much. Will he ever let me back in his life?”
I went over to hug her and said, “I think Edward will definitely forgive you, sweetie. You just need to ask.” I opened my wallet then and handed her the engagement ring back. That brought on a fresh round of crying, although she did put it back on her finger quickly, right where it belonged.
I spent the rest of the day and the night with Bella, Charlie and Sue. We had a nice time catching up. It had been a long while since I’d been to Forks, so it was good to see them.
BPOV
Before going to sleep for the night next to Alice, I thought about the last time I spent the night in my old bed with someone else – with Edward. I missed him so much. I pulled out my cell phone and sent a text:
I miss you. – B
Not more than two minutes passed before I received a reply:
I miss you too baby. I love you. Please come back to me. – E
This set off another bout of tears and it was impossible for me to respond. As I set my cell phone on my nightstand and snuggled in next to Alice, I knew what I had to do.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Seattle General - Chapter 16
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BPOV
The winds of change were definitely blowing in my life. Within this next year, I’d be out of the job I loved and I’d be Mrs. Bella Masen. One change I would hate and the other I would adore. Edward was everything I’d ever wanted in a life partner. Not too be cheesy and steal “Jerry McGuire” movie lines, but he definitely completed me. I contemplated these changes as I cleaned up my office on Monday morning from my surprise proposal.
Carlisle had brought in the DVD from his camcorder, saying Esme had loved watching the expressions on my face as Edward surprised me. I put it in my bag to take home. I picked up that slightly out of focus picture of Edward and me dancing at that 4th of July party. I hadn’t even known Jasper had taken it. And Edward had been keeping it on his desk this whole time? Guess I’d been a tad distracted when I’d been in his office lately with my hormones on overdrive – or he’d been dazzling me – take your pick.
I loved the routine my life had become – working for Carlisle every weekday, going to lunch with Edward, having a little time after work before Edward came home to work on a hobby or bake him something special, make dinner, have my nights full of Edward, our weekends together or with friends – it was working out perfectly. All that was about to change. Maybe I could look for another position in the hospital so it wouldn’t be a conflict of interest with my fiancée’s position.
The week passed quickly. We decided to stay in for New Year’s Eve. There would be too many crazy drivers out on the road for us to consider going anywhere. We did go out around 5 o’clock for an early dinner and were amazed that people were already starting their celebrations. I was glad Edward cared enough to keep me off the roads when people were getting like that.
Around 10 o’clock, Edward’s cell phone rang. We had fallen asleep on the couch. Yes, we’re big party animals. It was Carlisle, asking him if he could come to the hospital as there had been a multiple vehicle accident on the freeway and there were lots of injuries. I told him to go and be careful.
He was almost to the door when he stopped, turned around and looked at me. “Baby, no. I want you to come with me. Sometimes with these multiple car crashes, there are children involved and they have no one to be with while their parents are being worked on by the doctors. If you wouldn’t mind going with me, I think you would be a comfort to the kids.”
Even though I had been an only child, I had always liked children and wanted some when I got married. I agreed, put my coat on and followed Edward out the door.
He held my hand as we walked from the car into the Emergency Room door. I knew he was about to go into full-on bossy doctor mode. He turned and gave me a kiss. “Remember, baby, I love you. Through these doors, there may be lots of blood, guts, screaming and all kinds of yucky stuff. I wish I could protect you from all that, but I can’t. I’m going to take you to the back of the nurse’s station where you won’t have to be in the thick of things. If no one brings you any little kids in about 15 minutes or so, feel free to leave and go up to your office. I’ll be there as soon as I can. Do you have something for these kids to do in your office?”
I thought quickly, “Um, yes. Carlisle has that TV in his office. I have some crayons I was thinking about throwing out, but haven’t yet. I can find some coloring pages on the internet and print those out. I can also print out some stories to read to them or games to play.”
He pulled me into his arms and said roughly, “I love you so much. I hope I can come kiss you again at midnight.”
With that, we walked into total pandemonium. There were patients in all directions. At that moment, I was glad I wasn’t a doctor – I wouldn’t know who to take care of first. I took Edward’s coat with me as he left me at the back of the nurse’s station as promised with a wink. A nurse gave him a white lab coat which he shrugged into and he was off, assessing patients. I was never so proud of him.
EPOV
I was proud of my Bella. She walked into total chaos here with me and hadn’t fainted. How she got involved with me – a doctor – when she couldn’t stand the sight of blood was beyond me. When I saw the nurses, I told them why she was here and they thought it was a great idea.
It amazed me how fast my reflexes were. Just a few minutes ago, Bella was snuggled up against my chest and my arms were around her on the couch in her apartment and we were dead to the world. And now I was on my game – doing exactly what I’d been trained to do in an emergency situation. I’d still like to be back on that couch, but I knew that wouldn’t help the current situation.
As I removed my gloves from the current patient and delivered orders to the nurse, I grabbed the next chart. Jessica Stanley – internal and external injuries from automobile accident. That was almost laughable – everyone in this place had that exact same initial diagnosis.
I pushed aside the curtain to introduce myself. I was greeted by a woman who may have been attractive if it weren’t for all the blood covering her and a scared little girl, cowering beside the bed. “Hello, I’m –“
“Eddie?” the woman said. What the hell? No one calls me Eddie.
“I’m Dr. Edward Masen,” I said firmly.
She managed a weak smile, “Oh my god, I can’t believe it! After all this time!”
“Um, ma’am, I’m unsure what you are talking about,” I said, confused.
“You don’t remember me? Oh well, of course, you probably wouldn’t. It was just that one time – and six years ago. You’ve probably had lots of women between then and now. I tried to call you recently. And my answering machine’s been on the blink.”
“Mrs. Stanley,” I started.
“It’s just Miss,” she continued. “Anyway, of course I remember you from six years ago. How could I forget? You came to England to visit. I think you had just found out you got this job and were there to celebrate with some old friends. We met in a pub and did a lot of celebrating that night. You were so damn handsome and drunk and I just had to have you. And, well, to make a long story short” – she gestured over to the little girl – “meet your daughter.”
I murmured “What the fuck?” and then figured that was probably a very inappropriate thing to say with a small child present, but this was too much information for me to take in at present.
I had sex with this Jessica? I had a daughter? What. The. Fuck?
I looked over at the little girl, who looked back at me with a small grin on her face. She had beautiful green eyes just like mine and her bronze hair fell around her shoulders in ringlets. Her cute little voice squeaked out a small, “Hi Daddy.”
I was seriously wondering if I could get away with running to the store really quickly and buying a bottle of vodka and downing it. Wait – alcohol is what brought this situation on in the first place. Or maybe this was just a really bad nightmare. I tried to unobviously pinch myself. Yep, still awake. Are you fucking kidding me? No, no, no. Bella and I were supposed to have children – later.
Trying to shake myself out of my trance, I stuttered, “I don’t see – um…your daughter’s name on the chart. Was she injured as well?”
Jessica said, growing tired, “No, Victoria wasn’t hurt. She was in her car seat. Just me and my boyfriend, Mike, were hurt.”
I asked uh – Victoria – yes, that’s her name – to come sit on the bed next to her mother. I had to lift her up. I checked her over quickly and determined she was basically fine. I think I was the one in need of a doctor, most likely a mental health professional – and stat! I remembered nothing about this night with Jessica. Holy hell!
I then asked Victoria if she’d like to stay with a very nice lady while I checked over her mother. She said she would. She had no hesitation with putting her little hand in mine as we walked over to Bella. I introduced Bella to her and they went off to her office. I noticed she had no hesitation in taking Bella’s hand either.
I ordered some x-rays for Jessica and took myself to an unoccupied hallway and leaned against the wall. I distinctly remembered going back to London after learning I’d landed this position at Seattle General. I remembered going to the pub that night with my friends to celebrate. Then my memory got very hazy. Were we talking to some girls? I sort of remembered that – but after that – nothing.
While I waited for the x-rays to be developed, I went back to Jessica’s room. “I don’t mean to be rude, but why can’t I remember a thing about this?” I asked her.
Jessica said, “Eddie, you were very sloshed that night. I’m not surprised you don’t remember. One of your friends had to carry you from my car to his. I wasn’t even sure I was pregnant until about three months later since I’d always had weird periods. And by then, I couldn’t give her up. And when she was born, she was adorable and I couldn’t even imagine adopting her out. I lived with my parents. One of your friends, Peter, and his wife, Charlotte, helped me out when I needed it until I moved here.”
A wave of pain tore through Jessica suddenly and I was at her side, assessing the origin. She continued weakly, “I think it’s a good thing I insisted on right-of-survivorship custody, just in case anything happened. If something happened to me, I’d feel better knowing she was with her father finally.”
“Jessica, why didn’t you call me right away? I’m sure Peter could’ve contacted me.”
She reached down and patted my hand. She said, “I could’ve. But I knew you had your own life to live and didn’t want to be saddled with some floozy you met in a bar.” She looked me in the eye then and said, “Eddie, I know you don’t know this about yourself yet, but I think you’ll make an excellent father. Do you have a girlfriend?”
Out of this surreal situation, something finally made sense! I answered immediately, “I do. Her name is Bella and she’s incredible. We just got engaged.”
Jessica smiled weakly and responded, “Then promise me – if something happens to me – you and Bella take care of our daughter and raise her as if she was both of yours.” I nodded back as a blonde-haired man came into the room and Jessica introduced her boyfriend, Mike Newton.
BPOV
Victoria and I were having a fine time – drawing and playing and watching a little television. She was a delight to be around and very smart! I could hardly believe she was only 5 years old. I was glad I came with Edward tonight, if only to spend time with this beautiful little girl. I would have a difficult time when her parents came to get her.
At length, she looked up at me and asked, “Bella, when is my daddy coming back to get me?”
I looked confused and asked, “What do you mean, sweetie?”
Victoria said, “My daddy left me with you. I was just wondering when he was coming back to get me.”
I was seriously confused now. I said, “Dr. Masen left you with me. Is your daddy with Dr. Masen?”
She looked back at me with those beautiful green eyes of hers and said, “No, Bella. Dr. Masen is my daddy.”
What?!
EPOV
After looking at Jessica’s x-rays, I determined she would need to spend the night in the hospital due to the severity of her injuries. I had the nurses get her to a private room in the Intensive Care Unit – what else could I do for the mother of my child? – and told her I’d go get Victoria for her.
I came to Bella’s office where she was on the loveseat with Victoria asleep beside her. I opened the door quietly and said, “Hi baby. How are you guys doing?”
She got up without disturbing the adorable little girl and motioned for me to follow her into Carlisle’s office. I did and she shut the door behind us. Bella started, “Edward, what the hell is going on? This little girl thinks you are her father.”
I replied, “I just found that out myself.” I ran my hand through my hair with a sigh and continued, “Apparently, when I found out I got this job, I went back to England to celebrate. My friends took me to a pub. We proceeded to get very drunk. I don’t remember a thing about her mother, Jessica, who I’ve just met downstairs and have been assessing her injuries. A friend of mine had to carry me to his car after I was done with Jessica. I am never drinking again!”
Bella said, “Are you kidding me? You have a daughter?” She began crying then and I attempted to gather her up in my arms. She didn’t want any part of that. She crossed the room to get away from me.
“Baby, what can I say? I’m sorry. I didn’t know I had a daughter until a few hours ago. I was never involved with Victoria’s mother. I don’t even fucking remember her. Please, I need you – I need you to help me through this.”
Bella still stood across the room from me, tears running down her face. I went over to her. She did let me hold her this time. She choked out, “I just didn’t imagine anything like this.”
“I didn’t either, love. Trust me.” I held her as she dried her tears. “Jessica would like to meet you.” Bella looked at me with wary eyes. I continued, “I’ve already told her about you and that we’re engaged. She said if something happens to her, she wants us to raise Victoria as our own.”
Bella managed a little smile and said, “She is a very special little girl – and smart as a whip.” I kissed her gently and held out my hand to lead her out of the office.
I gently woke up Victoria. She was happy to see me. We all went to Jessica’s room. Mike was there as well. She needed all the moral support she could get. Her injuries were pretty severe. I didn’t know how long she would be with us.
I settled Victoria next to Jessica on the bed. Bella stayed near the door. Jessica said, “You must be Bella. Eddie speaks very highly of you.” Bella smiled shyly and nodded. She continued, “If something happens to me, promise me you’ll be a good mother to Victoria.” Bella nodded again.
I smiled encouragingly at Bella and then looked down adoringly at Victoria. She was showing Jessica one of the pictures she had drawn while she was with Bella. After a bit, Victoria said, “Where did Bella go?”
My head snapped up and looked at the doorway. She wasn’t there. I hurried out into the hallway. She wasn’t there either. I ran up to her office. It was locked just as we’d left it. I called her cell phone on mine. It went straight to voice mail.
What the hell?
BPOV
The winds of change were definitely blowing in my life. Within this next year, I’d be out of the job I loved and I’d be Mrs. Bella Masen. One change I would hate and the other I would adore. Edward was everything I’d ever wanted in a life partner. Not too be cheesy and steal “Jerry McGuire” movie lines, but he definitely completed me. I contemplated these changes as I cleaned up my office on Monday morning from my surprise proposal.
Carlisle had brought in the DVD from his camcorder, saying Esme had loved watching the expressions on my face as Edward surprised me. I put it in my bag to take home. I picked up that slightly out of focus picture of Edward and me dancing at that 4th of July party. I hadn’t even known Jasper had taken it. And Edward had been keeping it on his desk this whole time? Guess I’d been a tad distracted when I’d been in his office lately with my hormones on overdrive – or he’d been dazzling me – take your pick.
I loved the routine my life had become – working for Carlisle every weekday, going to lunch with Edward, having a little time after work before Edward came home to work on a hobby or bake him something special, make dinner, have my nights full of Edward, our weekends together or with friends – it was working out perfectly. All that was about to change. Maybe I could look for another position in the hospital so it wouldn’t be a conflict of interest with my fiancée’s position.
The week passed quickly. We decided to stay in for New Year’s Eve. There would be too many crazy drivers out on the road for us to consider going anywhere. We did go out around 5 o’clock for an early dinner and were amazed that people were already starting their celebrations. I was glad Edward cared enough to keep me off the roads when people were getting like that.
Around 10 o’clock, Edward’s cell phone rang. We had fallen asleep on the couch. Yes, we’re big party animals. It was Carlisle, asking him if he could come to the hospital as there had been a multiple vehicle accident on the freeway and there were lots of injuries. I told him to go and be careful.
He was almost to the door when he stopped, turned around and looked at me. “Baby, no. I want you to come with me. Sometimes with these multiple car crashes, there are children involved and they have no one to be with while their parents are being worked on by the doctors. If you wouldn’t mind going with me, I think you would be a comfort to the kids.”
Even though I had been an only child, I had always liked children and wanted some when I got married. I agreed, put my coat on and followed Edward out the door.
He held my hand as we walked from the car into the Emergency Room door. I knew he was about to go into full-on bossy doctor mode. He turned and gave me a kiss. “Remember, baby, I love you. Through these doors, there may be lots of blood, guts, screaming and all kinds of yucky stuff. I wish I could protect you from all that, but I can’t. I’m going to take you to the back of the nurse’s station where you won’t have to be in the thick of things. If no one brings you any little kids in about 15 minutes or so, feel free to leave and go up to your office. I’ll be there as soon as I can. Do you have something for these kids to do in your office?”
I thought quickly, “Um, yes. Carlisle has that TV in his office. I have some crayons I was thinking about throwing out, but haven’t yet. I can find some coloring pages on the internet and print those out. I can also print out some stories to read to them or games to play.”
He pulled me into his arms and said roughly, “I love you so much. I hope I can come kiss you again at midnight.”
With that, we walked into total pandemonium. There were patients in all directions. At that moment, I was glad I wasn’t a doctor – I wouldn’t know who to take care of first. I took Edward’s coat with me as he left me at the back of the nurse’s station as promised with a wink. A nurse gave him a white lab coat which he shrugged into and he was off, assessing patients. I was never so proud of him.
EPOV
I was proud of my Bella. She walked into total chaos here with me and hadn’t fainted. How she got involved with me – a doctor – when she couldn’t stand the sight of blood was beyond me. When I saw the nurses, I told them why she was here and they thought it was a great idea.
It amazed me how fast my reflexes were. Just a few minutes ago, Bella was snuggled up against my chest and my arms were around her on the couch in her apartment and we were dead to the world. And now I was on my game – doing exactly what I’d been trained to do in an emergency situation. I’d still like to be back on that couch, but I knew that wouldn’t help the current situation.
As I removed my gloves from the current patient and delivered orders to the nurse, I grabbed the next chart. Jessica Stanley – internal and external injuries from automobile accident. That was almost laughable – everyone in this place had that exact same initial diagnosis.
I pushed aside the curtain to introduce myself. I was greeted by a woman who may have been attractive if it weren’t for all the blood covering her and a scared little girl, cowering beside the bed. “Hello, I’m –“
“Eddie?” the woman said. What the hell? No one calls me Eddie.
“I’m Dr. Edward Masen,” I said firmly.
She managed a weak smile, “Oh my god, I can’t believe it! After all this time!”
“Um, ma’am, I’m unsure what you are talking about,” I said, confused.
“You don’t remember me? Oh well, of course, you probably wouldn’t. It was just that one time – and six years ago. You’ve probably had lots of women between then and now. I tried to call you recently. And my answering machine’s been on the blink.”
“Mrs. Stanley,” I started.
“It’s just Miss,” she continued. “Anyway, of course I remember you from six years ago. How could I forget? You came to England to visit. I think you had just found out you got this job and were there to celebrate with some old friends. We met in a pub and did a lot of celebrating that night. You were so damn handsome and drunk and I just had to have you. And, well, to make a long story short” – she gestured over to the little girl – “meet your daughter.”
I murmured “What the fuck?” and then figured that was probably a very inappropriate thing to say with a small child present, but this was too much information for me to take in at present.
I had sex with this Jessica? I had a daughter? What. The. Fuck?
I looked over at the little girl, who looked back at me with a small grin on her face. She had beautiful green eyes just like mine and her bronze hair fell around her shoulders in ringlets. Her cute little voice squeaked out a small, “Hi Daddy.”
I was seriously wondering if I could get away with running to the store really quickly and buying a bottle of vodka and downing it. Wait – alcohol is what brought this situation on in the first place. Or maybe this was just a really bad nightmare. I tried to unobviously pinch myself. Yep, still awake. Are you fucking kidding me? No, no, no. Bella and I were supposed to have children – later.
Trying to shake myself out of my trance, I stuttered, “I don’t see – um…your daughter’s name on the chart. Was she injured as well?”
Jessica said, growing tired, “No, Victoria wasn’t hurt. She was in her car seat. Just me and my boyfriend, Mike, were hurt.”
I asked uh – Victoria – yes, that’s her name – to come sit on the bed next to her mother. I had to lift her up. I checked her over quickly and determined she was basically fine. I think I was the one in need of a doctor, most likely a mental health professional – and stat! I remembered nothing about this night with Jessica. Holy hell!
I then asked Victoria if she’d like to stay with a very nice lady while I checked over her mother. She said she would. She had no hesitation with putting her little hand in mine as we walked over to Bella. I introduced Bella to her and they went off to her office. I noticed she had no hesitation in taking Bella’s hand either.
I ordered some x-rays for Jessica and took myself to an unoccupied hallway and leaned against the wall. I distinctly remembered going back to London after learning I’d landed this position at Seattle General. I remembered going to the pub that night with my friends to celebrate. Then my memory got very hazy. Were we talking to some girls? I sort of remembered that – but after that – nothing.
While I waited for the x-rays to be developed, I went back to Jessica’s room. “I don’t mean to be rude, but why can’t I remember a thing about this?” I asked her.
Jessica said, “Eddie, you were very sloshed that night. I’m not surprised you don’t remember. One of your friends had to carry you from my car to his. I wasn’t even sure I was pregnant until about three months later since I’d always had weird periods. And by then, I couldn’t give her up. And when she was born, she was adorable and I couldn’t even imagine adopting her out. I lived with my parents. One of your friends, Peter, and his wife, Charlotte, helped me out when I needed it until I moved here.”
A wave of pain tore through Jessica suddenly and I was at her side, assessing the origin. She continued weakly, “I think it’s a good thing I insisted on right-of-survivorship custody, just in case anything happened. If something happened to me, I’d feel better knowing she was with her father finally.”
“Jessica, why didn’t you call me right away? I’m sure Peter could’ve contacted me.”
She reached down and patted my hand. She said, “I could’ve. But I knew you had your own life to live and didn’t want to be saddled with some floozy you met in a bar.” She looked me in the eye then and said, “Eddie, I know you don’t know this about yourself yet, but I think you’ll make an excellent father. Do you have a girlfriend?”
Out of this surreal situation, something finally made sense! I answered immediately, “I do. Her name is Bella and she’s incredible. We just got engaged.”
Jessica smiled weakly and responded, “Then promise me – if something happens to me – you and Bella take care of our daughter and raise her as if she was both of yours.” I nodded back as a blonde-haired man came into the room and Jessica introduced her boyfriend, Mike Newton.
BPOV
Victoria and I were having a fine time – drawing and playing and watching a little television. She was a delight to be around and very smart! I could hardly believe she was only 5 years old. I was glad I came with Edward tonight, if only to spend time with this beautiful little girl. I would have a difficult time when her parents came to get her.
At length, she looked up at me and asked, “Bella, when is my daddy coming back to get me?”
I looked confused and asked, “What do you mean, sweetie?”
Victoria said, “My daddy left me with you. I was just wondering when he was coming back to get me.”
I was seriously confused now. I said, “Dr. Masen left you with me. Is your daddy with Dr. Masen?”
She looked back at me with those beautiful green eyes of hers and said, “No, Bella. Dr. Masen is my daddy.”
What?!
EPOV
After looking at Jessica’s x-rays, I determined she would need to spend the night in the hospital due to the severity of her injuries. I had the nurses get her to a private room in the Intensive Care Unit – what else could I do for the mother of my child? – and told her I’d go get Victoria for her.
I came to Bella’s office where she was on the loveseat with Victoria asleep beside her. I opened the door quietly and said, “Hi baby. How are you guys doing?”
She got up without disturbing the adorable little girl and motioned for me to follow her into Carlisle’s office. I did and she shut the door behind us. Bella started, “Edward, what the hell is going on? This little girl thinks you are her father.”
I replied, “I just found that out myself.” I ran my hand through my hair with a sigh and continued, “Apparently, when I found out I got this job, I went back to England to celebrate. My friends took me to a pub. We proceeded to get very drunk. I don’t remember a thing about her mother, Jessica, who I’ve just met downstairs and have been assessing her injuries. A friend of mine had to carry me to his car after I was done with Jessica. I am never drinking again!”
Bella said, “Are you kidding me? You have a daughter?” She began crying then and I attempted to gather her up in my arms. She didn’t want any part of that. She crossed the room to get away from me.
“Baby, what can I say? I’m sorry. I didn’t know I had a daughter until a few hours ago. I was never involved with Victoria’s mother. I don’t even fucking remember her. Please, I need you – I need you to help me through this.”
Bella still stood across the room from me, tears running down her face. I went over to her. She did let me hold her this time. She choked out, “I just didn’t imagine anything like this.”
“I didn’t either, love. Trust me.” I held her as she dried her tears. “Jessica would like to meet you.” Bella looked at me with wary eyes. I continued, “I’ve already told her about you and that we’re engaged. She said if something happens to her, she wants us to raise Victoria as our own.”
Bella managed a little smile and said, “She is a very special little girl – and smart as a whip.” I kissed her gently and held out my hand to lead her out of the office.
I gently woke up Victoria. She was happy to see me. We all went to Jessica’s room. Mike was there as well. She needed all the moral support she could get. Her injuries were pretty severe. I didn’t know how long she would be with us.
I settled Victoria next to Jessica on the bed. Bella stayed near the door. Jessica said, “You must be Bella. Eddie speaks very highly of you.” Bella smiled shyly and nodded. She continued, “If something happens to me, promise me you’ll be a good mother to Victoria.” Bella nodded again.
I smiled encouragingly at Bella and then looked down adoringly at Victoria. She was showing Jessica one of the pictures she had drawn while she was with Bella. After a bit, Victoria said, “Where did Bella go?”
My head snapped up and looked at the doorway. She wasn’t there. I hurried out into the hallway. She wasn’t there either. I ran up to her office. It was locked just as we’d left it. I called her cell phone on mine. It went straight to voice mail.
What the hell?
Seattle General - Chapter 15
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BPOV
Our dinner at the Space Needle was exquisite! The view was breathtaking. Edward wanted to insist on champagne to celebrate, but Alice and Jasper both exclaimed a quick, “No!” to that. We looked at them questioningly.
Jasper took Alice’s hand in his as Alice said, “We just found out we’re two months pregnant and we’re so excited!” This definitely was a night to celebrate! We waved off the waiter offering champagne and we all got something non-alcoholic to drink. Not that any of us needed anything with alcohol – we were driving and we all needed to get the people we cared about and loved back home safely.
Alice assured us that just because she was pregnant, that would not put a damper on her planning our wedding. She just didn’t want us to wait too long as she didn’t want to be as big as a house in her matron of honor dress. I told her we wouldn’t do that to her, grabbing Edward’s hand, as he brought my hand to his mouth to kiss it. I kept staring down at my ring – watching it glitter in the candlelight and soft lights of the restaurant. I couldn’t believe I was finally engaged to the man of my dreams.
All too soon, dinner was over and we were saying good night to the Whitlock’s. We transferred presents between cars. I gave Alice a little secret squeeze for helping me out with Edward’s surprise gift of his scrapbooks. As soon as Edward had us pointed down the road in the direction of my apartment, he was almost bouncing in his seat. “One present, right, baby?”
I just giggled. “Yes…one! Although, you’ve already gave me the best gift ever, so I think I should just watch you.”
He reached for my hand and said, “Please, baby? I really want you to open a gift from me tonight, too.” I agreed and wondered what it would be like when Edward and I had children. Christmas would definitely be a free-for-all at our home. I would be the only hope for maintaining any sense of order.
We got home, shed our coats, turned on the Christmas music, lit the Christmas tree and assorted candles I had sitting around so it was fairly bright in the room – definitely a romantic feel. Edward brought a box I hadn’t seen before over to the couch where we were sitting, as I already had his gift waiting for him.
I said, “Well, darling Edward, since you wanted to open one gift, I decided to be kind of traditional with this gift,” and handed him his box. He gave me a kiss and then tore into it.
When he opened the shirt box and all the tissue paper inside, he pulled out a pair of silky boxers that looked like something Santa would wear. Hey – I’m a girl who likes her own personal sexy Santa – and who better than Edward to be that? There was a Santa hat included. He was laughing. “Baby, this is great!” Then he wiggled his eyebrows at me and said, “Did you want me to be your Santa and sit on my lap?” And then there it was – that damn crooked grin. And you people think Edward can’t read my mind!
I smiled back at him and said, “I do!” He scooped me up in his arms and gave me another lingering kiss as he settled me onto his lap.
“OK,” he said, “your turn. I’m traditional, too.”
“And, I’m betting you didn’t wrap this,” I looked at him.
“Nope,” he said, rubbing my back. “I had Alice do it. Everything else I got you is in a gift bag, but I wanted this one to be different.”
I opened my shirt box that was about the same size as the one I gave Edward. Once the paper was torn away, there was the unmistakable pink striped box. It was from Victoria’s Secret. “Um, Edward, you said you went traditional.”
“Yes,” he said, looking at me in all seriousness, “jammies!”
“Jammies, my ass,” I groused.
“Mmmm,” he hummed, “I bet your ass will look mighty fine in these jammies! Open the box, baby!”
Might I just say I knew these weren’t going to be “family-friendly jammies” in any way, shape or form. As I removed the lid, I stared in shock as I moved the pink tissue paper away. I held up the entirely sheer deep red halter baby doll with matching v-string. I said, “Are you kidding me, Edward?”
He nuzzled my neck and breathed, “No. Please, baby, go put it on. I want to see how you look in it.” I rolled my eyes, but reluctantly got up from his lap and went into the bedroom to get undressed. I tried to think about how sexy Edward made me feel – which he did, every single day – and hoped that my face didn’t burst into flames to match the color of the baby doll once I was looking at him.
When I opened the bedroom door to come back out into the living room, I saw that Edward had removed his clothes as well and was only in the silky Santa boxers I had given him. He was standing beside the couch, waiting for me. “Oh baby,” he said gently, “you are so gorgeous. Please let me look at you.” I stopped trying in vain to cover myself up so Edward could look at me as I kept my eyes on his. He held out his hand to me. “Come here, love.”
He held me to his chest beside the couch and said, “The future Mrs. Masen will always be this beautiful to me.” Then he reached his hand up to cradle my face as he kissed me. His hand immediately went into my hair as mine went around his waist. I loved holding him close to me. “Come straddle my lap, baby,” he directed me as we situated ourselves on the couch.
“I’m glad you said you’d marry me, love,” he said as he nuzzled my neck again, “as there’s no one I will ever love more than you.” His hands were all over me then and I couldn’t stop my moans of pleasure.
“I love you, Edward,” I gasped out as he hit all the right spots with his talented fingers. Then he added his mouth and tongue and I was in a state of total bliss. My hot center was rotating on his hard cock by now. These v-string panties left nothing to the imagination. “I want you,” I said in between several of his mind-blowing kisses.
“As I want you, love,” he groaned. Edward lifted us both up as he pulled those silky boxers down so they were around his ankles and then he lowered me back onto his very erect cock, as I pushed the useless v-string to the side. “Ohhhh,” he sighed with pleasure as he felt all of himself inside me.
“Darling Dr. Masen,” I whispered in his ear, “I don’t want these panties to come between us. Please get rid of them.” I sucked on his earlobe as I heard the stitching of the fabric give way as he ripped those panties from my body and threw them across the room.
“Isabella, you have such excellent ideas,” he growled into the hollow of my throat, as then his mouth dipped lower and he caught one of my nipples in his mouth and sucked on it. My other nipple was between his fingers, being tugged on. “Baby, ride me,” he whispered out. I could do nothing else as this position was an incredible turn-on for both of us. My orgasm came upon me quickly and I felt Edward tense as he spilled inside me soon afterward.
I didn’t ever want to leave our cozy position on the couch, but I knew Edward’s legs would fall asleep eventually with me sitting on them. I crawled off him, tugged him up, we blew out the candles and then went to bed. Thankfully, he didn’t ask me to wear anything to bed. I think we both liked being naked in bed. I know I loved feeling all of Edward sleeping next to me – and being curled up next to him as we drifted off to sleep was the best thing ever.
EPOV
There’s nothing I like better than Christmas morning! And Christmas morning with Bella – a thousand percent better! I wasn’t going to pester her for sex this morning. She gave me such an amazing time last night and besides, we had presents to open! Now I just had to get my beautiful angel to wake up. Hmm…how to do that? She already had her head nestled on my chest in the crook of my arm.
Maybe I’ll try singing. I tried a couple of lines of “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey. She didn’t stir. I was thinking our engagement song would get some kind of reaction from her. Guess I’d have to try a little harder. I whispered down into her hair, “Mrs. beautiful Bella Masen, your handsome husband would like you to get up so we can open presents on this fine Christmas morning.” We weren’t married yet, but soon!
“I heard you when you were singing, Edward darling. And you think you’re handsome, do you? Maybe I was just enjoying being in bed with you,” Bella said sleepily.
I put out my lip to pout a bit, “You don’t think I’m handsome?”
She reached her hand up and ran it through my chest hair and then up through the wild hair on the top of my head. “Of course I do. You’re handsome, totally adorable and I love you.”
“I love you, baby,” I replied as I started bouncing the bed a little. “So please can we get up and open presents?”
“Yes, dear.” Uh oh, the “yes, dear.” Was I in trouble? Bella smiled at me as she gave me a kiss, so I didn’t think I was. She got up to get dressed in sweats and I did the same. I tried to do something with my hair so I didn’t look like I had been in a fight with a hand mixer in the middle of the night.
Bella had made some one-dish thing for breakfast that just needed to go in the oven for about 45 minutes to cook, so she took care of that while I plugged in the Christmas tree lights and turned on the Christmas music.
I hoped Bella liked what I got her. I watched as she opened everything. I got her a rainbow of different panties from Victoria’s Secret (hey – I’m a guy – they’re gifts for me, too!), some sex shoes I saw on an actress who actually looked a lot like Bella in a magazine that I knew she’d look fabulous in and a gift certificate for the scrapbook store. She was thrilled and was in my lap, kissing me with abandon! She didn’t know about the other gift at Carlisle’s house of the song I wrote for her.
Bella came to sit beside me again and she immediately began chewing on her lip. I knew that meant she was nervous. “Baby,” I said, “what’s wrong?”
“I just hope you like what I got you.”
“If it’s from you, there’s no doubt I’ll love it,” I assured her.
As I opened my gifts, I loved every single one. She felt she had to explain every single one. She got me a stuffed Scooby Doo – since I loved him as a character and now Flippy wouldn’t be lonely if either of us got sick. We are nuts to think the stuffed animals would get lonely! She got me a green sweater – since she liked the color with my eyes. She got me a Seattle Seahawks jersey with “Masen” on the back and the number “17” on it since I’d told her before I liked that number for some reason. Then when I got to the largest gift, she really started chewing on her lip.
“Baby,” I assured her again, “it will be great!” And I kissed her. “Do you want to help me open it?” She shook her head “no” and just kept watching me.
I opened the box and inside were two large leather-bound scrapbooks. I pulled them out and put the box on the floor. I opened up the one on top and was surprised to see photos of my parents together at their wedding and my mother when she was pregnant with me. The photos continued through to photos of me as a baby, then as a toddler, then to my teen years. The other book continued with my teen years into my grown years, along with many photos of my parents along the way. My jaw had dropped to the floor. Bella had found the box of photographs I had brought from England and had preserved them into these beautiful scrapbooks for me – for us.
I was amazed at the time, thought and love she had put into this very special gift for me. She had copied every caption my mother had written on the back of each photo and had placed it under the corresponding photo. It truly was a labor of love. I couldn’t hold back my tears. You already knew I was a sap – we already established that.
Bella squeaked out quietly, “You don’t like it?”
I responded when I could finally get a bit of a grip on myself and took her into my arms, “Oh my god, baby. I love it! This is the most special thing anyone has ever done for me. You don’t know how much I love it and I love you. God, I love you so much!”
Bella joined me in my tears then and said, “I just hoped I could do something special for you.”
“Bella, this is so very special! I just can’t even believe it. One day, I was going to drag out a picture of my growing-up years and show it to you. But you went over and above and took care of me in such a special way. I’ll never be able to thank you enough.”
She looked in my eyes and said, “Just that you love me is enough.”
I took her hands in mine and said, “Baby, I do – more than you will ever know.”
Just then, the timer rang on our breakfast, so we dug into that. After breakfast, we opened the rest of our gifts from other people. Then it was time to get ready to go to the Cullen home. Bella dressed in a nice red dress and I dressed in a black suit with a white button-down shirt and a red tie. We got some food from the refrigerator she had fixed previously to take with us and we were on our way.
Some extended relatives of Carlisle and Esme’s rounded out the group at their house. Bella wanted to assist Esme in the kitchen, but I pulled her out of there, telling her I wanted to give her a little tour before we ate. Esme encouraged her to go, saying she would be fine.
I held Bella’s hand as I showed her the house and we ended up in the family room. I had her sit with me on the piano bench. She said, “Edward, don’t you think we should be getting back?”
I leaned over to her, took her face in my hands, and said, “Please wait just a minute, baby,” and I kissed her on the lips. She blushed. I’m not sure why – maybe she thought someone was going to interrupt us. My fingers left her beautiful face and went to the keys of the baby grand piano, beginning the song I had written specifically for her.
I had practiced this with Esme so many times, I barely needed to look at the keys any longer. I mostly just watched Bella’s face. She stared at me and then down at my fingers as the song played on. When the last note faded away, I asked gently, “So, what did you think?”
She said quietly, “Did you write that for me?”
“Yes.”
Then her tears started flowing as she wrapped her arms around my waist. “Oh Edward, that was beautiful! I didn’t know you could play the piano.”
“Well,” I said as I drew her closer to me, “I used to, but I don’t have room in my current apartment for one. So I’ve been coming over here a lot to practice and write this song for you.”
“I love you, Edward. Thank you for something so beautiful as this song. I think when we buy a house, we should make sure we have enough room for a piano,” she said as she smiled through her tears.
I wiped the remaining tears from her eyes and kissed her again. “Agreed,” I said, “but only if we have a permanent space where you can work on those gorgeous scrapbooks for us.” She smiled at me then.
Esme came looking for us then. “I heard it, Edward. It was wonderful! What did you think, Bella?”
Bella smiled and said, “It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard!” Esme agreed and they went off, arm in arm, to the kitchen and I went to find Carlisle.
The rest of the day went very well. After we had all sat down to dinner, Carlisle announced, “I have some important news!” We all looked at him expectantly.
“The good news is,” Carlisle continued with a smile, “Edward here will be our new Chief of Medicine beginning February first! Of course, that comes with a bit of bad news – you still have to finish out your current commitments in the ER.”
Congratulations were heard all around the table. Bella was very excited! She squeezed my hand and gave me a small kiss. I knew we would celebrate later.
“Thank you, Carlisle. It will definitely be an honor!” I said.
He said, “I know the Medicine department needs some work, but I think you are the best man for the job. I think you’ll turn it around for the better. Congratulations!” Then he looked at Bella, “You know, my dear, this means you won’t be able to work for me any longer and I’m very sad about that. You have definitely made a big improvement in my office. We will start recruiting for your job on Monday. I’d like you to train the next person.” Bella nodded. She knew all about the conflict of interest it would be if she remained in her current position.
We were stuffed by the time we left the Cullen home, but were loaded down with leftovers. Esme wouldn’t have it any other way.
After arriving back at Bella’s apartment, we placed the leftovers in the refrigerator, undressed, then climbed into bed. We made love slowly, just enjoying each other. Afterward, I whispered into Bella’s hair, “Merry Christmas, love.”
She whispered back, “Merry Christmas, darling Edward,” as she snuggled into her favorite sleeping position curled up next to me and we drifted off to sleep.
BPOV
Our dinner at the Space Needle was exquisite! The view was breathtaking. Edward wanted to insist on champagne to celebrate, but Alice and Jasper both exclaimed a quick, “No!” to that. We looked at them questioningly.
Jasper took Alice’s hand in his as Alice said, “We just found out we’re two months pregnant and we’re so excited!” This definitely was a night to celebrate! We waved off the waiter offering champagne and we all got something non-alcoholic to drink. Not that any of us needed anything with alcohol – we were driving and we all needed to get the people we cared about and loved back home safely.
Alice assured us that just because she was pregnant, that would not put a damper on her planning our wedding. She just didn’t want us to wait too long as she didn’t want to be as big as a house in her matron of honor dress. I told her we wouldn’t do that to her, grabbing Edward’s hand, as he brought my hand to his mouth to kiss it. I kept staring down at my ring – watching it glitter in the candlelight and soft lights of the restaurant. I couldn’t believe I was finally engaged to the man of my dreams.
All too soon, dinner was over and we were saying good night to the Whitlock’s. We transferred presents between cars. I gave Alice a little secret squeeze for helping me out with Edward’s surprise gift of his scrapbooks. As soon as Edward had us pointed down the road in the direction of my apartment, he was almost bouncing in his seat. “One present, right, baby?”
I just giggled. “Yes…one! Although, you’ve already gave me the best gift ever, so I think I should just watch you.”
He reached for my hand and said, “Please, baby? I really want you to open a gift from me tonight, too.” I agreed and wondered what it would be like when Edward and I had children. Christmas would definitely be a free-for-all at our home. I would be the only hope for maintaining any sense of order.
We got home, shed our coats, turned on the Christmas music, lit the Christmas tree and assorted candles I had sitting around so it was fairly bright in the room – definitely a romantic feel. Edward brought a box I hadn’t seen before over to the couch where we were sitting, as I already had his gift waiting for him.
I said, “Well, darling Edward, since you wanted to open one gift, I decided to be kind of traditional with this gift,” and handed him his box. He gave me a kiss and then tore into it.
When he opened the shirt box and all the tissue paper inside, he pulled out a pair of silky boxers that looked like something Santa would wear. Hey – I’m a girl who likes her own personal sexy Santa – and who better than Edward to be that? There was a Santa hat included. He was laughing. “Baby, this is great!” Then he wiggled his eyebrows at me and said, “Did you want me to be your Santa and sit on my lap?” And then there it was – that damn crooked grin. And you people think Edward can’t read my mind!
I smiled back at him and said, “I do!” He scooped me up in his arms and gave me another lingering kiss as he settled me onto his lap.
“OK,” he said, “your turn. I’m traditional, too.”
“And, I’m betting you didn’t wrap this,” I looked at him.
“Nope,” he said, rubbing my back. “I had Alice do it. Everything else I got you is in a gift bag, but I wanted this one to be different.”
I opened my shirt box that was about the same size as the one I gave Edward. Once the paper was torn away, there was the unmistakable pink striped box. It was from Victoria’s Secret. “Um, Edward, you said you went traditional.”
“Yes,” he said, looking at me in all seriousness, “jammies!”
“Jammies, my ass,” I groused.
“Mmmm,” he hummed, “I bet your ass will look mighty fine in these jammies! Open the box, baby!”
Might I just say I knew these weren’t going to be “family-friendly jammies” in any way, shape or form. As I removed the lid, I stared in shock as I moved the pink tissue paper away. I held up the entirely sheer deep red halter baby doll with matching v-string. I said, “Are you kidding me, Edward?”
He nuzzled my neck and breathed, “No. Please, baby, go put it on. I want to see how you look in it.” I rolled my eyes, but reluctantly got up from his lap and went into the bedroom to get undressed. I tried to think about how sexy Edward made me feel – which he did, every single day – and hoped that my face didn’t burst into flames to match the color of the baby doll once I was looking at him.
When I opened the bedroom door to come back out into the living room, I saw that Edward had removed his clothes as well and was only in the silky Santa boxers I had given him. He was standing beside the couch, waiting for me. “Oh baby,” he said gently, “you are so gorgeous. Please let me look at you.” I stopped trying in vain to cover myself up so Edward could look at me as I kept my eyes on his. He held out his hand to me. “Come here, love.”
He held me to his chest beside the couch and said, “The future Mrs. Masen will always be this beautiful to me.” Then he reached his hand up to cradle my face as he kissed me. His hand immediately went into my hair as mine went around his waist. I loved holding him close to me. “Come straddle my lap, baby,” he directed me as we situated ourselves on the couch.
“I’m glad you said you’d marry me, love,” he said as he nuzzled my neck again, “as there’s no one I will ever love more than you.” His hands were all over me then and I couldn’t stop my moans of pleasure.
“I love you, Edward,” I gasped out as he hit all the right spots with his talented fingers. Then he added his mouth and tongue and I was in a state of total bliss. My hot center was rotating on his hard cock by now. These v-string panties left nothing to the imagination. “I want you,” I said in between several of his mind-blowing kisses.
“As I want you, love,” he groaned. Edward lifted us both up as he pulled those silky boxers down so they were around his ankles and then he lowered me back onto his very erect cock, as I pushed the useless v-string to the side. “Ohhhh,” he sighed with pleasure as he felt all of himself inside me.
“Darling Dr. Masen,” I whispered in his ear, “I don’t want these panties to come between us. Please get rid of them.” I sucked on his earlobe as I heard the stitching of the fabric give way as he ripped those panties from my body and threw them across the room.
“Isabella, you have such excellent ideas,” he growled into the hollow of my throat, as then his mouth dipped lower and he caught one of my nipples in his mouth and sucked on it. My other nipple was between his fingers, being tugged on. “Baby, ride me,” he whispered out. I could do nothing else as this position was an incredible turn-on for both of us. My orgasm came upon me quickly and I felt Edward tense as he spilled inside me soon afterward.
I didn’t ever want to leave our cozy position on the couch, but I knew Edward’s legs would fall asleep eventually with me sitting on them. I crawled off him, tugged him up, we blew out the candles and then went to bed. Thankfully, he didn’t ask me to wear anything to bed. I think we both liked being naked in bed. I know I loved feeling all of Edward sleeping next to me – and being curled up next to him as we drifted off to sleep was the best thing ever.
EPOV
There’s nothing I like better than Christmas morning! And Christmas morning with Bella – a thousand percent better! I wasn’t going to pester her for sex this morning. She gave me such an amazing time last night and besides, we had presents to open! Now I just had to get my beautiful angel to wake up. Hmm…how to do that? She already had her head nestled on my chest in the crook of my arm.
Maybe I’ll try singing. I tried a couple of lines of “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey. She didn’t stir. I was thinking our engagement song would get some kind of reaction from her. Guess I’d have to try a little harder. I whispered down into her hair, “Mrs. beautiful Bella Masen, your handsome husband would like you to get up so we can open presents on this fine Christmas morning.” We weren’t married yet, but soon!
“I heard you when you were singing, Edward darling. And you think you’re handsome, do you? Maybe I was just enjoying being in bed with you,” Bella said sleepily.
I put out my lip to pout a bit, “You don’t think I’m handsome?”
She reached her hand up and ran it through my chest hair and then up through the wild hair on the top of my head. “Of course I do. You’re handsome, totally adorable and I love you.”
“I love you, baby,” I replied as I started bouncing the bed a little. “So please can we get up and open presents?”
“Yes, dear.” Uh oh, the “yes, dear.” Was I in trouble? Bella smiled at me as she gave me a kiss, so I didn’t think I was. She got up to get dressed in sweats and I did the same. I tried to do something with my hair so I didn’t look like I had been in a fight with a hand mixer in the middle of the night.
Bella had made some one-dish thing for breakfast that just needed to go in the oven for about 45 minutes to cook, so she took care of that while I plugged in the Christmas tree lights and turned on the Christmas music.
I hoped Bella liked what I got her. I watched as she opened everything. I got her a rainbow of different panties from Victoria’s Secret (hey – I’m a guy – they’re gifts for me, too!), some sex shoes I saw on an actress who actually looked a lot like Bella in a magazine that I knew she’d look fabulous in and a gift certificate for the scrapbook store. She was thrilled and was in my lap, kissing me with abandon! She didn’t know about the other gift at Carlisle’s house of the song I wrote for her.
Bella came to sit beside me again and she immediately began chewing on her lip. I knew that meant she was nervous. “Baby,” I said, “what’s wrong?”
“I just hope you like what I got you.”
“If it’s from you, there’s no doubt I’ll love it,” I assured her.
As I opened my gifts, I loved every single one. She felt she had to explain every single one. She got me a stuffed Scooby Doo – since I loved him as a character and now Flippy wouldn’t be lonely if either of us got sick. We are nuts to think the stuffed animals would get lonely! She got me a green sweater – since she liked the color with my eyes. She got me a Seattle Seahawks jersey with “Masen” on the back and the number “17” on it since I’d told her before I liked that number for some reason. Then when I got to the largest gift, she really started chewing on her lip.
“Baby,” I assured her again, “it will be great!” And I kissed her. “Do you want to help me open it?” She shook her head “no” and just kept watching me.
I opened the box and inside were two large leather-bound scrapbooks. I pulled them out and put the box on the floor. I opened up the one on top and was surprised to see photos of my parents together at their wedding and my mother when she was pregnant with me. The photos continued through to photos of me as a baby, then as a toddler, then to my teen years. The other book continued with my teen years into my grown years, along with many photos of my parents along the way. My jaw had dropped to the floor. Bella had found the box of photographs I had brought from England and had preserved them into these beautiful scrapbooks for me – for us.
I was amazed at the time, thought and love she had put into this very special gift for me. She had copied every caption my mother had written on the back of each photo and had placed it under the corresponding photo. It truly was a labor of love. I couldn’t hold back my tears. You already knew I was a sap – we already established that.
Bella squeaked out quietly, “You don’t like it?”
I responded when I could finally get a bit of a grip on myself and took her into my arms, “Oh my god, baby. I love it! This is the most special thing anyone has ever done for me. You don’t know how much I love it and I love you. God, I love you so much!”
Bella joined me in my tears then and said, “I just hoped I could do something special for you.”
“Bella, this is so very special! I just can’t even believe it. One day, I was going to drag out a picture of my growing-up years and show it to you. But you went over and above and took care of me in such a special way. I’ll never be able to thank you enough.”
She looked in my eyes and said, “Just that you love me is enough.”
I took her hands in mine and said, “Baby, I do – more than you will ever know.”
Just then, the timer rang on our breakfast, so we dug into that. After breakfast, we opened the rest of our gifts from other people. Then it was time to get ready to go to the Cullen home. Bella dressed in a nice red dress and I dressed in a black suit with a white button-down shirt and a red tie. We got some food from the refrigerator she had fixed previously to take with us and we were on our way.
Some extended relatives of Carlisle and Esme’s rounded out the group at their house. Bella wanted to assist Esme in the kitchen, but I pulled her out of there, telling her I wanted to give her a little tour before we ate. Esme encouraged her to go, saying she would be fine.
I held Bella’s hand as I showed her the house and we ended up in the family room. I had her sit with me on the piano bench. She said, “Edward, don’t you think we should be getting back?”
I leaned over to her, took her face in my hands, and said, “Please wait just a minute, baby,” and I kissed her on the lips. She blushed. I’m not sure why – maybe she thought someone was going to interrupt us. My fingers left her beautiful face and went to the keys of the baby grand piano, beginning the song I had written specifically for her.
I had practiced this with Esme so many times, I barely needed to look at the keys any longer. I mostly just watched Bella’s face. She stared at me and then down at my fingers as the song played on. When the last note faded away, I asked gently, “So, what did you think?”
She said quietly, “Did you write that for me?”
“Yes.”
Then her tears started flowing as she wrapped her arms around my waist. “Oh Edward, that was beautiful! I didn’t know you could play the piano.”
“Well,” I said as I drew her closer to me, “I used to, but I don’t have room in my current apartment for one. So I’ve been coming over here a lot to practice and write this song for you.”
“I love you, Edward. Thank you for something so beautiful as this song. I think when we buy a house, we should make sure we have enough room for a piano,” she said as she smiled through her tears.
I wiped the remaining tears from her eyes and kissed her again. “Agreed,” I said, “but only if we have a permanent space where you can work on those gorgeous scrapbooks for us.” She smiled at me then.
Esme came looking for us then. “I heard it, Edward. It was wonderful! What did you think, Bella?”
Bella smiled and said, “It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard!” Esme agreed and they went off, arm in arm, to the kitchen and I went to find Carlisle.
The rest of the day went very well. After we had all sat down to dinner, Carlisle announced, “I have some important news!” We all looked at him expectantly.
“The good news is,” Carlisle continued with a smile, “Edward here will be our new Chief of Medicine beginning February first! Of course, that comes with a bit of bad news – you still have to finish out your current commitments in the ER.”
Congratulations were heard all around the table. Bella was very excited! She squeezed my hand and gave me a small kiss. I knew we would celebrate later.
“Thank you, Carlisle. It will definitely be an honor!” I said.
He said, “I know the Medicine department needs some work, but I think you are the best man for the job. I think you’ll turn it around for the better. Congratulations!” Then he looked at Bella, “You know, my dear, this means you won’t be able to work for me any longer and I’m very sad about that. You have definitely made a big improvement in my office. We will start recruiting for your job on Monday. I’d like you to train the next person.” Bella nodded. She knew all about the conflict of interest it would be if she remained in her current position.
We were stuffed by the time we left the Cullen home, but were loaded down with leftovers. Esme wouldn’t have it any other way.
After arriving back at Bella’s apartment, we placed the leftovers in the refrigerator, undressed, then climbed into bed. We made love slowly, just enjoying each other. Afterward, I whispered into Bella’s hair, “Merry Christmas, love.”
She whispered back, “Merry Christmas, darling Edward,” as she snuggled into her favorite sleeping position curled up next to me and we drifted off to sleep.
Seattle General - Chapter 14
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, but I'm grateful to Stephenie Meyer for her dream. Rated M for lusty lemons!!
EPOV
Waking up the next morning, it was still dark outside, but there were these pleasurable nips and kisses on the insides of my thighs. What the hell? “Baby?” I rasped out.
“Hmm?” came Bella’s muffled reply from under the covers.
“We’ll be late for work if you keep doing that,” I said, as my hands gently brushed her hair.
Her reply was still muffled, “We have plenty of time,” as her hand moved up to grasp my already-hard dick and slide her wet, hot mouth down on the length of it.
I groaned with pleasure as I turned to look at the clock. How the hell did she wake up an hour before we needed to get up for work? I wasn’t sure, but I felt Bella’s naked body angled next to mine. Have I mentioned the fact l love that we both sleep naked? I might have – but I’m mentioning it again because I fucking love it.
I took one of my hands from her hair and slid it down her body to her plump ass. I lightly smacked it as she moaned a little. My fingers dipped down to her slit. She was soaking wet already! That’s why she got up early – she was turned on. I was never one to waste Bella’s arousal so I slid two of my long fingers inside her and began circling her sensitive clit with my thumb.
This only increased the sucking and licking she was giving my hard dick and balls. She felt so good doing that. “Baby,” I groaned, “you’re going to make me come.” She only increased her pressure and tempo so that I couldn’t think about anything else except my need to release my load into her beautiful mouth. I think my eyes rolled back in my head and I may have growled deeply as I released.
“Mmmm,” she said as she cleaned me up, “that was very sexy. I liked the growling.” She kissed her way up my body until she was lying in my arms with one of her hands on my chest. I had to gain function of my brain and limbs again before I could return any favors to her.
Finally my brain function returned to semi-normal again so I could speak. “Baby, come up here.”
She responded, “I am up here with you.”
“No, come up here and sit on my chest.”
“Edward,” she protested.
“Please, baby, I want to do this for you.” She reluctantly agreed by positioning herself, settling her ass on my chest. I further instructed, “Put your knees up here by my head.”
She continued to protest. “Baby, please,” I said, holding her hands as I continued to get her settled. Once she was, with her wet slit just inches from my face, I slid my arms around her thighs and held her warm folds open. Then I tilted my head forward, stuck my tongue out and started lapping at her. She let out a glorious moan. “You like that, baby?”
“Oh yessss,” she said.
I said, in between long licks, “Baby, I want you to caress your nipples, just like I normally do.” She was quick to comply with that, tweaking them between her fingers and pinching at them, making them stand at attention. Being totally surrounded by Bella’s scent and watching her play with her nipples was turning me on again. I took her clit between my teeth gently and bit down.
She responded immediately with a hiss and a low, “Oh Edwardddd,” before grinding her wet slit right into my face. This was exactly where I wanted her. I knew she would love this if she just let me try. My tongue was busy lapping up her wetness and darting inside her. I looked up at her face. She had her head thrown back in pre-orgasmic bliss and was still fondling her erect nipples. She was moaning and practically riding my mouth and I was loving it.
Still licking, I asked her, “Who makes you feel this good, baby?”
She panted out, “Only you, darling. Oh my god, I’m going to come!”
“Then come for me, baby! Come now, while I’m licking your hot little slit so I can lick up your juices.” I attacked her clit then and didn’t let up until her moans and cries of pleasure quieted some, her thighs were shaking and she begged me to stop.
“Oh Edward,” she breathed, “I need to feel you on top of me and inside me. Please!” We repositioned ourselves and I slid inside her easily as she was still soaking wet. Bella’s hands were running through my hair and she was murmuring, “Edward, please. Please don’t stop. I love you.”
My hands were all over her as well – I couldn’t get enough. I kept telling her, “Baby, I don’t want to stop. I love you so much. You feel so good.” Finally though, I was spent and shot my orgasm right into my beautiful girl. I held her afterward as our hearts slowed. I said, “Baby, I will never have my fill of you. I will want you every day and night for all of forever.” Then we kissed deeply several times until that damn alarm clock told us we had to get up.
BPOV
I was glad while Edward was sick I was able to get some baking done. I had made some blueberry muffins and froze them. On this early Monday morning, I pulled some out of the freezer and paired them up with scrambled eggs and bacon for our breakfast. We decided to take separate cars because Edward was still working overtime before the holidays. People are more accident-prone around that time. I didn’t mind so much – I was nearly finished with his scrapbooks and wanted to get them finished before the big day.
As I was sitting at work, staring at my email, I was totally lost in my thoughts of Edward and me this morning. I hadn’t want to do that whole “sitting on his face” thing, but – holy fuck – once he got started, he had made me so incredibly wet. He said he thoroughly enjoyed it. I was just going to have to be more open to trying new things with him. At this point, if he suggested making love in his car in the parking lot at lunch, I’d likely be there in the back seat with my panties down around my ankles, waiting for him. Edward turned me on like no one else. Was it getting warm in here?
“Bella?” a voice called to me.
I jumped, a little startled, and replied, “Um, yes?”
Carlisle continued, “Are you ok? You look a little flushed.”
OK – awkward moment here – what the hell am I going to say? “Yes, Carlisle. I’m fine, really. Must be this sweater I’m wearing. I didn’t count on it being quite so hot in the office today.” Good save, Bella – although a pretty lame-ass excuse. This sweater was pretty thin.
He said, “OK, just checking. I was going to head down to the coffee cart and wondered if you wanted anything. I need some coffee before we start on these interviews for the Chief of Medicine position. I wish you could be on the panel, too, as I trust your judgment. But you know why you can’t.”
“Of course. And sure, I’ll take a chai tea.”
“I’ll be right back,” he promised and promptly left the office.
I mentally chided myself. I was going to have to focus and stop thinking about lovemaking with Edward at every opportunity and apply myself to my work.
My office door opened and Edward poked his head in. I flushed again. He said, “Bella, are you feeling ok?”
I grumbled, “I seem to get that question a lot today.” As he came over to me, he asked why.
“Eh,” I said, “I was a little distracted earlier when Carlisle was talking to me and he asked me the same question.”
Edward said, “Were you blushing, baby?” I just nodded. “What about?” he asked.
I said quietly, “I was thinking about this morning.”
He put his arms around me then and said, “I was thinking about this morning, too – I really liked it. And I love you more every day.” He kissed me gently on the lips. I drug him into my supply room and kissed him more forcibly. I needed to have his hands on me. “Baby,” he breathed when I let him up for some air, “what brought this on?”
“I just need you,” I replied, enjoying the feel of his arms around me.
“I need you, too,” he said as he kissed me again, “however, I have to go get ready for an interview. I don’t think they’d like it if I arrived with a huge boner in my scrubs.”
I sighed because I knew he was right. I looked up at his adorable crooked smile and saw he had some of my lipstick on the corner of his mouth. I reached up to wipe it off. He grabbed my wrist gently and said, “Leave it. If it shows the world I’ve been pussy-whipped by the lovely Bella Swan, then I’m proud to have it there!”
He winked at me then and said, “Baby, I gotta go and get ready for my interview. I was just coming by for a good luck smooch. You definitely gave me that!” I smiled up at him and reluctantly let him go.
Carlisle came back a bit later with my tea and I got down to work. Well, I wish I could say I got down to work. I still had Edward very much on my mind. I was going to have to do something about that.
From: Bella Swan
To: Edward Masen
How about if I meet you in your office for lunch today? You can tell me all about your interview.
XO,
Bella
I offered up a little prayer of hope for his interview and did attempt to apply myself to my work as Carlisle left for the interviews. A couple of hours later, I received a reply:
From: Edward Masen
To: Bella Swan
Yes, baby, I’d love to have lunch with you. I should be free right around noon.
Yours,
Edward
Finally, lunchtime approached and I made my way to Edward’s office. I was going to spontaneously combust if he didn’t at least touch me. Maybe I could be a little devious… I knocked on his door and he answered through the door, “Come in.” I entered the room and he smiled at me, “Hi baby! It’s good to see you!”
I shut the door and made sure it was locked. Edward continued, “Are you ok? Bella, what’s wrong?”
I finally spoke, “Edward, I need you.”
He chuckled and responded, “I need you too, baby,” and started toward me with his arms extended to wrap me in a hug.
“I don’t think you understand, Dr. Masen. I need you to fuck me before I dissolve into a puddle of wanton lust for you right here in your office,” I stated as I started unzipping my pants and sliding them down my hips.
Edward’s eyes got wide for a bit, then understanding dawned immediately. He was standing right next to me now and lifted my sweater up, exposing my lacy bra. He twisted my nipples that were already hard and aching for his touch. I moaned appreciatively. “Isabella,” he said, “bend over my desk.” I hurried to comply.
He spanked my ass lightly, then slid my panties down my thighs, and slid two of his long fingers inside me. “Isabella, you are a naughty girl. You’re dripping wet already.”
“Dr. Masen, this is how you make me – very hot for you,” I moaned out.
He groaned back in appreciation as he slid inside me all at once. I could hear him sucking my wetness off his fingers. That was incredibly hot. Then both of his hands were on my hips and he was slamming into me. This was exactly what I’d been wanting all day! “Isabella, reach down and caress your clit for me.” I did it at once. “I want you to come with me.” With a few more pumps into me, Edward groaned that he was going to come. I increased the pressure on my clit and had my orgasm at the exact time he did. That felt soooo good!
“Baby,” Edward started after he pulled out of me and I immediately felt the loss. “Are you ok?”
I assured him I was as I guided him to his chair, sat him down and licked up his dick that was still wet from my juices, cleaning him up effectively. When I was finished and tying his scrubs again, I asked, “Is it wrong for me to be aroused by you all the time?”
He pulled me onto his lap and said, “No, love, and I’m not complaining at all. You arouse me as well. I love you.”
I had my head on his chest, nuzzling his neck, and said, “I love you. I suppose, though, I should let you eat. You’re a hard-working doctor who just got his lunch interrupted.”
“But only in the best possible way, baby.” He took my hand and we made our way to the cafeteria. He assured me the interview went well. All seemed to be looking up in our lives.
EPOV
Planning a surprise engagement to Bella wasn’t the easiest thing in the world. There were lots of factors to plan and get down to precise timing. I had told her we were going to a special dinner with Jasper and Alice at the restaurant at the top of the Space Needle at 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve, so she was prepared for that.
On one of those “overtime” evenings, I stopped by Tiffany’s and picked up her ring. I couldn’t get her to go back there with me, considering she had a panic attack when we went there previously. It was a good thing I had asked her to look at rings then because I knew I wasn’t getting her back in that store. Carrying that little blue box in the blue bag out of the store, I felt like the luckiest guy in the world.
I asked Carlisle if he would call Bella on our way to the restaurant to ask her to stop by the office to pick up a file to bring over to his house on Christmas Day. I was going to do what that Brad Paisley song said that I sang to her a while back – take her right back to the place I first met her to propose to her – which was her office. I reflected on that a bit – Bella dancing around her office, totally unaware I was watching her. She was totally gorgeous then and grew even more beautiful to me daily. It wouldn’t matter if she was 90 years old, I was in love with her as a person – I loved her soul – who she was inside – the fabulous body she had was just a bonus.
Jasper and Alice were definitely on board when I asked for their help as well. Carlisle would only have Bella work a half day on Christmas Eve, so she’d be out of the office by noon. Alice would come in about 1 p.m. and do some decorating. I told her she couldn’t go all-out with candles – we were still in a hospital environment – and some things like that just aren’t tolerated. I didn’t want to set off the sprinkler system! Carlisle said Esme wanted to be involved somehow, so he loaned us her camcorder so she could watch the event the next day. Jasper said he’d be in charge of filming my proposal. Then we’d make our way to the Space Needle for dinner.
Like I said – just planning this proposal in addition to working was stressing me out to the max. I couldn’t imagine planning the wedding, too. I remembered Bella mentioning something about Alice saying she’d like to plan our wedding. I was willing to hand over my credit card right then and there.
Christmas Eve came in all its glory. I tried to act like it was a normal day, although I knew exactly what was going to happen later in the day. I took Bella to lunch in the cafeteria at work. She didn’t want to eat a lot as she was looking forward to dinner later that evening. She had scanned the menu online and was already contemplating what to order.
I walked her out to her car and gave her a lingering kiss on the lips. “Mmm,” she said, “what was that for?”
“Just because I love you,” I stated. “What are you going to do with the rest of your day, lady of leisure?”
She thought for a bit, pulled me closer, and replied, “I think I’ll go home and take a bubble bath and get ready for my special Christmas Eve date with the man I love.”
I gave her a smile and said, “I like that idea. Don’t tempt me too much or I’ll be joining you in that bathtub.” A sparkle came to my eyes then as I said, “We still get to open one present later after dinner, right?”
“Yes,” Bella laughed, “only one!” She knew I loved Christmas and seeing all those gifts under the tree with my name on them. I could barely contain myself. Limiting myself to one was going to be a challenge!
“OK, baby, I’ll finish up here. Then I’ll come home and get ready, too.” I gave her another kiss and installed her in the car. Once I knew she was safely on her way home, I went back inside the building.
Alice was already hard at work – placing red and white roses everywhere, along with Christmas greenery. She also had placed some red tablecloths across the desk and credenza so it looked less like an office and more like a living room. She would then add some red heart garland she had left over from Valentine’s Day that worked perfectly for this event. She added some silver-framed photos of Bella and me from the Whitlock’s wedding, Thanksgiving, and there was even a slightly fuzzy one that I kept on my desk at work that Jasper had taken with his phone of us dancing at that 4th of July party long ago. She found some battery-operated tea lights that actually looked like real candles once they were going, so we decided to leave them as well. The woman truly was a wonder. I would text Jasper when Bella and I were on our way in the building later and he could turn the batteries in the tea lights on. Jasper and Alice would be hiding in Carlisle’s office, taping the proposal, so it would be my job to get Bella into proper position so they could actually see her face. I’m telling you – anything else had to be easier!
There surprisingly wasn’t much going on in the ER today, so I was able to go home early myself and get in the shower. I dressed in a suit and tie. I didn’t want to go the tuxedo route as that would tip Bella off that this was something much more than dinner. I thought about nosing around in my closet to find some childhood pictures of myself to share with Bella later, just so she could see me in my growing-up years, but I didn’t have enough time.
Even though I was with her every single day, she could still knock the breath out of me. After I slid my key in the lock and shut the door behind me, I placed the carefully-wrapped gift I brought for Bella under the tree (thank God for Alice, once again – it was the gift she was going to open later tonight after dinner) and I went in search of her. Finding her staring at her reflection in the mirror was a sight to behold. She was wearing a dark blue dress that flared out at her hips. There was a sweetheart neckline that perfectly accentuated her beautiful breasts and the key necklace I gave her. I was glad the dress didn’t hug every curve she had. I wouldn’t have to spend the entire evening giving the “hairy eyeball” look to every guy in the place. She sighed just then and said, “Do I look all right, Edward?”
I went to hug her and said, “Baby, you look absolutely gorgeous!” I kissed down her neck and she giggled as she pushed me away.
“We’ll never get there if you start that!” she said. I had to agree – dammit all to the fiery pits of hell. There would be more than enough time later. I got her coat out of the hall closet and helped her into it. I followed her out the door and down the stairs, mentally chiding myself, “Eyes off the sex shoes, Masen, and focus!”
Just as we got in the car, Bella’s cell phone rang. It was Carlisle. He was right on time. She didn’t understand why he’d need a file from the office on Christmas Day, but apparently he convinced her enough to finally end the call and inform me we needed to go by the hospital and pick up a file for Carlisle. “I hope this doesn’t mess up our reservation,” she pondered.
I looked at my watch, not really caring about the time, since I knew we had plenty of it, but said, “I think we’ll have just enough time to get there and then get to dinner.” I picked up her hand and held it as I navigated the traffic to the hospital.
We pulled into the parking lot and Bella said, “I’ll just run in and get the file. I’ll be right back.”
I kept her hand in mine and said, “No, baby, I’m not letting you walk through those dark hallways by yourself. I’ll come with you.” So, with that, I came around to her side of the car, opened her door and we went inside the hospital. I texted Jasper to let him know where we were. I told her what I was doing so that he could cover for us if we were a bit late at the Space Needle.
All the lights were off in Bella’s office except the faint glow of those battery-operated tea lights. She looked momentarily confused and said, “Someone’s been in my office,” as she unlocked the door. I tried to look concerned. She flipped on the lights just then. Strains of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was beginning to play. That Jasper was a total master of mood control.
She looked at her office, which had been totally transformed by Alice, and then looked at me, and said, “Edward?”
I turned her around – to afford the best camera angle that she didn’t know about yet, of course – and said, “I love you, baby.” I got down on one knee as Bella gasped. I continued, “Ever since I met you, I knew you were the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I love you more than life itself. Isabella, will you marry me?”
Bella had small tears running from her eyes and she just kept staring down at me. I was starting to get nervous. Wasn’t she supposed to be saying “yes” by this point? Was she trying to make me sweat it out? I was sweating buckets by her not saying anything! I started again, “Um, baby…?”
She replied, “Oh yes, Edward. Yes, yes, yes! I love you!” I picked her up in my arms then and swung her around, kissing her soundly on the lips. When I finally let her up for air, she said, “This is so romantic! I certainly didn’t expect this!”
“I know you aren’t big on surprises, love, but I couldn’t let your proposal go by without a surprise!” I pulled her ring from the pocket of my suit coat and placed it on her finger where I hoped to gaze at it for the rest of our lives.
“Oh, Edward, it’s perfect!” she said.
“You have great taste, baby,” I reminded her as I kissed the ring now nestled on her finger.
She went over to examine all the photos Alice had set up when she heard a noise from Carlisle’s office. “Alice! Jasper!” Bella exclaimed and went to greet them. “What are you doing here?”
Jasper said, “Oh, we’re the film and decorating crew. You call us, we’re available!”
Alice insisted we remove our coats so we could take some nice engagement photos for the scrapbook. She was a great photographer.
Once that was finished, we all made our way to the Space Needle for our celebration dinner. On the way, Bella asked, “So, there was no file to pick up for Carlisle, was there?”
“No, baby,” I answered. “He was in on the whole thing.” She gripped my hand tighter as we drove through the night, both smiling like a newly-engaged couple who were crazy in love.
EPOV
Waking up the next morning, it was still dark outside, but there were these pleasurable nips and kisses on the insides of my thighs. What the hell? “Baby?” I rasped out.
“Hmm?” came Bella’s muffled reply from under the covers.
“We’ll be late for work if you keep doing that,” I said, as my hands gently brushed her hair.
Her reply was still muffled, “We have plenty of time,” as her hand moved up to grasp my already-hard dick and slide her wet, hot mouth down on the length of it.
I groaned with pleasure as I turned to look at the clock. How the hell did she wake up an hour before we needed to get up for work? I wasn’t sure, but I felt Bella’s naked body angled next to mine. Have I mentioned the fact l love that we both sleep naked? I might have – but I’m mentioning it again because I fucking love it.
I took one of my hands from her hair and slid it down her body to her plump ass. I lightly smacked it as she moaned a little. My fingers dipped down to her slit. She was soaking wet already! That’s why she got up early – she was turned on. I was never one to waste Bella’s arousal so I slid two of my long fingers inside her and began circling her sensitive clit with my thumb.
This only increased the sucking and licking she was giving my hard dick and balls. She felt so good doing that. “Baby,” I groaned, “you’re going to make me come.” She only increased her pressure and tempo so that I couldn’t think about anything else except my need to release my load into her beautiful mouth. I think my eyes rolled back in my head and I may have growled deeply as I released.
“Mmmm,” she said as she cleaned me up, “that was very sexy. I liked the growling.” She kissed her way up my body until she was lying in my arms with one of her hands on my chest. I had to gain function of my brain and limbs again before I could return any favors to her.
Finally my brain function returned to semi-normal again so I could speak. “Baby, come up here.”
She responded, “I am up here with you.”
“No, come up here and sit on my chest.”
“Edward,” she protested.
“Please, baby, I want to do this for you.” She reluctantly agreed by positioning herself, settling her ass on my chest. I further instructed, “Put your knees up here by my head.”
She continued to protest. “Baby, please,” I said, holding her hands as I continued to get her settled. Once she was, with her wet slit just inches from my face, I slid my arms around her thighs and held her warm folds open. Then I tilted my head forward, stuck my tongue out and started lapping at her. She let out a glorious moan. “You like that, baby?”
“Oh yessss,” she said.
I said, in between long licks, “Baby, I want you to caress your nipples, just like I normally do.” She was quick to comply with that, tweaking them between her fingers and pinching at them, making them stand at attention. Being totally surrounded by Bella’s scent and watching her play with her nipples was turning me on again. I took her clit between my teeth gently and bit down.
She responded immediately with a hiss and a low, “Oh Edwardddd,” before grinding her wet slit right into my face. This was exactly where I wanted her. I knew she would love this if she just let me try. My tongue was busy lapping up her wetness and darting inside her. I looked up at her face. She had her head thrown back in pre-orgasmic bliss and was still fondling her erect nipples. She was moaning and practically riding my mouth and I was loving it.
Still licking, I asked her, “Who makes you feel this good, baby?”
She panted out, “Only you, darling. Oh my god, I’m going to come!”
“Then come for me, baby! Come now, while I’m licking your hot little slit so I can lick up your juices.” I attacked her clit then and didn’t let up until her moans and cries of pleasure quieted some, her thighs were shaking and she begged me to stop.
“Oh Edward,” she breathed, “I need to feel you on top of me and inside me. Please!” We repositioned ourselves and I slid inside her easily as she was still soaking wet. Bella’s hands were running through my hair and she was murmuring, “Edward, please. Please don’t stop. I love you.”
My hands were all over her as well – I couldn’t get enough. I kept telling her, “Baby, I don’t want to stop. I love you so much. You feel so good.” Finally though, I was spent and shot my orgasm right into my beautiful girl. I held her afterward as our hearts slowed. I said, “Baby, I will never have my fill of you. I will want you every day and night for all of forever.” Then we kissed deeply several times until that damn alarm clock told us we had to get up.
BPOV
I was glad while Edward was sick I was able to get some baking done. I had made some blueberry muffins and froze them. On this early Monday morning, I pulled some out of the freezer and paired them up with scrambled eggs and bacon for our breakfast. We decided to take separate cars because Edward was still working overtime before the holidays. People are more accident-prone around that time. I didn’t mind so much – I was nearly finished with his scrapbooks and wanted to get them finished before the big day.
As I was sitting at work, staring at my email, I was totally lost in my thoughts of Edward and me this morning. I hadn’t want to do that whole “sitting on his face” thing, but – holy fuck – once he got started, he had made me so incredibly wet. He said he thoroughly enjoyed it. I was just going to have to be more open to trying new things with him. At this point, if he suggested making love in his car in the parking lot at lunch, I’d likely be there in the back seat with my panties down around my ankles, waiting for him. Edward turned me on like no one else. Was it getting warm in here?
“Bella?” a voice called to me.
I jumped, a little startled, and replied, “Um, yes?”
Carlisle continued, “Are you ok? You look a little flushed.”
OK – awkward moment here – what the hell am I going to say? “Yes, Carlisle. I’m fine, really. Must be this sweater I’m wearing. I didn’t count on it being quite so hot in the office today.” Good save, Bella – although a pretty lame-ass excuse. This sweater was pretty thin.
He said, “OK, just checking. I was going to head down to the coffee cart and wondered if you wanted anything. I need some coffee before we start on these interviews for the Chief of Medicine position. I wish you could be on the panel, too, as I trust your judgment. But you know why you can’t.”
“Of course. And sure, I’ll take a chai tea.”
“I’ll be right back,” he promised and promptly left the office.
I mentally chided myself. I was going to have to focus and stop thinking about lovemaking with Edward at every opportunity and apply myself to my work.
My office door opened and Edward poked his head in. I flushed again. He said, “Bella, are you feeling ok?”
I grumbled, “I seem to get that question a lot today.” As he came over to me, he asked why.
“Eh,” I said, “I was a little distracted earlier when Carlisle was talking to me and he asked me the same question.”
Edward said, “Were you blushing, baby?” I just nodded. “What about?” he asked.
I said quietly, “I was thinking about this morning.”
He put his arms around me then and said, “I was thinking about this morning, too – I really liked it. And I love you more every day.” He kissed me gently on the lips. I drug him into my supply room and kissed him more forcibly. I needed to have his hands on me. “Baby,” he breathed when I let him up for some air, “what brought this on?”
“I just need you,” I replied, enjoying the feel of his arms around me.
“I need you, too,” he said as he kissed me again, “however, I have to go get ready for an interview. I don’t think they’d like it if I arrived with a huge boner in my scrubs.”
I sighed because I knew he was right. I looked up at his adorable crooked smile and saw he had some of my lipstick on the corner of his mouth. I reached up to wipe it off. He grabbed my wrist gently and said, “Leave it. If it shows the world I’ve been pussy-whipped by the lovely Bella Swan, then I’m proud to have it there!”
He winked at me then and said, “Baby, I gotta go and get ready for my interview. I was just coming by for a good luck smooch. You definitely gave me that!” I smiled up at him and reluctantly let him go.
Carlisle came back a bit later with my tea and I got down to work. Well, I wish I could say I got down to work. I still had Edward very much on my mind. I was going to have to do something about that.
From: Bella Swan
To: Edward Masen
How about if I meet you in your office for lunch today? You can tell me all about your interview.
XO,
Bella
I offered up a little prayer of hope for his interview and did attempt to apply myself to my work as Carlisle left for the interviews. A couple of hours later, I received a reply:
From: Edward Masen
To: Bella Swan
Yes, baby, I’d love to have lunch with you. I should be free right around noon.
Yours,
Edward
Finally, lunchtime approached and I made my way to Edward’s office. I was going to spontaneously combust if he didn’t at least touch me. Maybe I could be a little devious… I knocked on his door and he answered through the door, “Come in.” I entered the room and he smiled at me, “Hi baby! It’s good to see you!”
I shut the door and made sure it was locked. Edward continued, “Are you ok? Bella, what’s wrong?”
I finally spoke, “Edward, I need you.”
He chuckled and responded, “I need you too, baby,” and started toward me with his arms extended to wrap me in a hug.
“I don’t think you understand, Dr. Masen. I need you to fuck me before I dissolve into a puddle of wanton lust for you right here in your office,” I stated as I started unzipping my pants and sliding them down my hips.
Edward’s eyes got wide for a bit, then understanding dawned immediately. He was standing right next to me now and lifted my sweater up, exposing my lacy bra. He twisted my nipples that were already hard and aching for his touch. I moaned appreciatively. “Isabella,” he said, “bend over my desk.” I hurried to comply.
He spanked my ass lightly, then slid my panties down my thighs, and slid two of his long fingers inside me. “Isabella, you are a naughty girl. You’re dripping wet already.”
“Dr. Masen, this is how you make me – very hot for you,” I moaned out.
He groaned back in appreciation as he slid inside me all at once. I could hear him sucking my wetness off his fingers. That was incredibly hot. Then both of his hands were on my hips and he was slamming into me. This was exactly what I’d been wanting all day! “Isabella, reach down and caress your clit for me.” I did it at once. “I want you to come with me.” With a few more pumps into me, Edward groaned that he was going to come. I increased the pressure on my clit and had my orgasm at the exact time he did. That felt soooo good!
“Baby,” Edward started after he pulled out of me and I immediately felt the loss. “Are you ok?”
I assured him I was as I guided him to his chair, sat him down and licked up his dick that was still wet from my juices, cleaning him up effectively. When I was finished and tying his scrubs again, I asked, “Is it wrong for me to be aroused by you all the time?”
He pulled me onto his lap and said, “No, love, and I’m not complaining at all. You arouse me as well. I love you.”
I had my head on his chest, nuzzling his neck, and said, “I love you. I suppose, though, I should let you eat. You’re a hard-working doctor who just got his lunch interrupted.”
“But only in the best possible way, baby.” He took my hand and we made our way to the cafeteria. He assured me the interview went well. All seemed to be looking up in our lives.
EPOV
Planning a surprise engagement to Bella wasn’t the easiest thing in the world. There were lots of factors to plan and get down to precise timing. I had told her we were going to a special dinner with Jasper and Alice at the restaurant at the top of the Space Needle at 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve, so she was prepared for that.
On one of those “overtime” evenings, I stopped by Tiffany’s and picked up her ring. I couldn’t get her to go back there with me, considering she had a panic attack when we went there previously. It was a good thing I had asked her to look at rings then because I knew I wasn’t getting her back in that store. Carrying that little blue box in the blue bag out of the store, I felt like the luckiest guy in the world.
I asked Carlisle if he would call Bella on our way to the restaurant to ask her to stop by the office to pick up a file to bring over to his house on Christmas Day. I was going to do what that Brad Paisley song said that I sang to her a while back – take her right back to the place I first met her to propose to her – which was her office. I reflected on that a bit – Bella dancing around her office, totally unaware I was watching her. She was totally gorgeous then and grew even more beautiful to me daily. It wouldn’t matter if she was 90 years old, I was in love with her as a person – I loved her soul – who she was inside – the fabulous body she had was just a bonus.
Jasper and Alice were definitely on board when I asked for their help as well. Carlisle would only have Bella work a half day on Christmas Eve, so she’d be out of the office by noon. Alice would come in about 1 p.m. and do some decorating. I told her she couldn’t go all-out with candles – we were still in a hospital environment – and some things like that just aren’t tolerated. I didn’t want to set off the sprinkler system! Carlisle said Esme wanted to be involved somehow, so he loaned us her camcorder so she could watch the event the next day. Jasper said he’d be in charge of filming my proposal. Then we’d make our way to the Space Needle for dinner.
Like I said – just planning this proposal in addition to working was stressing me out to the max. I couldn’t imagine planning the wedding, too. I remembered Bella mentioning something about Alice saying she’d like to plan our wedding. I was willing to hand over my credit card right then and there.
Christmas Eve came in all its glory. I tried to act like it was a normal day, although I knew exactly what was going to happen later in the day. I took Bella to lunch in the cafeteria at work. She didn’t want to eat a lot as she was looking forward to dinner later that evening. She had scanned the menu online and was already contemplating what to order.
I walked her out to her car and gave her a lingering kiss on the lips. “Mmm,” she said, “what was that for?”
“Just because I love you,” I stated. “What are you going to do with the rest of your day, lady of leisure?”
She thought for a bit, pulled me closer, and replied, “I think I’ll go home and take a bubble bath and get ready for my special Christmas Eve date with the man I love.”
I gave her a smile and said, “I like that idea. Don’t tempt me too much or I’ll be joining you in that bathtub.” A sparkle came to my eyes then as I said, “We still get to open one present later after dinner, right?”
“Yes,” Bella laughed, “only one!” She knew I loved Christmas and seeing all those gifts under the tree with my name on them. I could barely contain myself. Limiting myself to one was going to be a challenge!
“OK, baby, I’ll finish up here. Then I’ll come home and get ready, too.” I gave her another kiss and installed her in the car. Once I knew she was safely on her way home, I went back inside the building.
Alice was already hard at work – placing red and white roses everywhere, along with Christmas greenery. She also had placed some red tablecloths across the desk and credenza so it looked less like an office and more like a living room. She would then add some red heart garland she had left over from Valentine’s Day that worked perfectly for this event. She added some silver-framed photos of Bella and me from the Whitlock’s wedding, Thanksgiving, and there was even a slightly fuzzy one that I kept on my desk at work that Jasper had taken with his phone of us dancing at that 4th of July party long ago. She found some battery-operated tea lights that actually looked like real candles once they were going, so we decided to leave them as well. The woman truly was a wonder. I would text Jasper when Bella and I were on our way in the building later and he could turn the batteries in the tea lights on. Jasper and Alice would be hiding in Carlisle’s office, taping the proposal, so it would be my job to get Bella into proper position so they could actually see her face. I’m telling you – anything else had to be easier!
There surprisingly wasn’t much going on in the ER today, so I was able to go home early myself and get in the shower. I dressed in a suit and tie. I didn’t want to go the tuxedo route as that would tip Bella off that this was something much more than dinner. I thought about nosing around in my closet to find some childhood pictures of myself to share with Bella later, just so she could see me in my growing-up years, but I didn’t have enough time.
Even though I was with her every single day, she could still knock the breath out of me. After I slid my key in the lock and shut the door behind me, I placed the carefully-wrapped gift I brought for Bella under the tree (thank God for Alice, once again – it was the gift she was going to open later tonight after dinner) and I went in search of her. Finding her staring at her reflection in the mirror was a sight to behold. She was wearing a dark blue dress that flared out at her hips. There was a sweetheart neckline that perfectly accentuated her beautiful breasts and the key necklace I gave her. I was glad the dress didn’t hug every curve she had. I wouldn’t have to spend the entire evening giving the “hairy eyeball” look to every guy in the place. She sighed just then and said, “Do I look all right, Edward?”
I went to hug her and said, “Baby, you look absolutely gorgeous!” I kissed down her neck and she giggled as she pushed me away.
“We’ll never get there if you start that!” she said. I had to agree – dammit all to the fiery pits of hell. There would be more than enough time later. I got her coat out of the hall closet and helped her into it. I followed her out the door and down the stairs, mentally chiding myself, “Eyes off the sex shoes, Masen, and focus!”
Just as we got in the car, Bella’s cell phone rang. It was Carlisle. He was right on time. She didn’t understand why he’d need a file from the office on Christmas Day, but apparently he convinced her enough to finally end the call and inform me we needed to go by the hospital and pick up a file for Carlisle. “I hope this doesn’t mess up our reservation,” she pondered.
I looked at my watch, not really caring about the time, since I knew we had plenty of it, but said, “I think we’ll have just enough time to get there and then get to dinner.” I picked up her hand and held it as I navigated the traffic to the hospital.
We pulled into the parking lot and Bella said, “I’ll just run in and get the file. I’ll be right back.”
I kept her hand in mine and said, “No, baby, I’m not letting you walk through those dark hallways by yourself. I’ll come with you.” So, with that, I came around to her side of the car, opened her door and we went inside the hospital. I texted Jasper to let him know where we were. I told her what I was doing so that he could cover for us if we were a bit late at the Space Needle.
All the lights were off in Bella’s office except the faint glow of those battery-operated tea lights. She looked momentarily confused and said, “Someone’s been in my office,” as she unlocked the door. I tried to look concerned. She flipped on the lights just then. Strains of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was beginning to play. That Jasper was a total master of mood control.
She looked at her office, which had been totally transformed by Alice, and then looked at me, and said, “Edward?”
I turned her around – to afford the best camera angle that she didn’t know about yet, of course – and said, “I love you, baby.” I got down on one knee as Bella gasped. I continued, “Ever since I met you, I knew you were the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I love you more than life itself. Isabella, will you marry me?”
Bella had small tears running from her eyes and she just kept staring down at me. I was starting to get nervous. Wasn’t she supposed to be saying “yes” by this point? Was she trying to make me sweat it out? I was sweating buckets by her not saying anything! I started again, “Um, baby…?”
She replied, “Oh yes, Edward. Yes, yes, yes! I love you!” I picked her up in my arms then and swung her around, kissing her soundly on the lips. When I finally let her up for air, she said, “This is so romantic! I certainly didn’t expect this!”
“I know you aren’t big on surprises, love, but I couldn’t let your proposal go by without a surprise!” I pulled her ring from the pocket of my suit coat and placed it on her finger where I hoped to gaze at it for the rest of our lives.
“Oh, Edward, it’s perfect!” she said.
“You have great taste, baby,” I reminded her as I kissed the ring now nestled on her finger.
She went over to examine all the photos Alice had set up when she heard a noise from Carlisle’s office. “Alice! Jasper!” Bella exclaimed and went to greet them. “What are you doing here?”
Jasper said, “Oh, we’re the film and decorating crew. You call us, we’re available!”
Alice insisted we remove our coats so we could take some nice engagement photos for the scrapbook. She was a great photographer.
Once that was finished, we all made our way to the Space Needle for our celebration dinner. On the way, Bella asked, “So, there was no file to pick up for Carlisle, was there?”
“No, baby,” I answered. “He was in on the whole thing.” She gripped my hand tighter as we drove through the night, both smiling like a newly-engaged couple who were crazy in love.
Seattle General - Chapter 13
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, but I'm grateful to Stephenie Meyer for her dream!
BPOV
I was up the next morning, getting our laundry done and covering up Edward’s almost-completed Christmas gift. All that was sitting out was his get well card. I also set up my little fake Christmas tree. Someday I was going to buy a big one, but I didn’t have the need for that yet – it was just me and now, Edward too. I just had some childhood ornaments I put on it. Once I got done, it sort of looked like a Charlie Brown tree, not much covering up any of the branches. It’s a good thing there were lots of lights.
Soon, I heard Edward moving around. I asked him if he wanted anything for breakfast. He seemed non-committal. I decided to make him some Cream of Wheat. That seemed pretty boring and benign. After breakfast, I settled him back into bed and asked him what I could get him from his apartment that he’d need for the rest of the weekend and for work. He rattled off a small list of things. I gave him more medication so he could rest, leaving Flippy in charge (hey – only the best for him!), leaving his cell phone on the night stand next to him and drove to his apartment.
After collecting the items he requested in a tote bag, I noticed the light was blinking on his answering machine. I played the message. It was from some woman named Jessica who left a number and to call her back immediately. She sounded like it was rather urgent, so I figured I’d call her back.
“Hello?” the woman’s teenybopper-sounding voice said in my ear. The music in the background was so loud, I could barely hear her.
“Um…hello. This is Bella Swan. Edward Masen is my boyfriend. I was returning the call you left on his answering machine.”
I noticed the music was turned down a whole lot as the woman came back to the phone. “Oh. Well, could you have Eddie call me?”
Eddie? I questioned to myself in my head. “Sure,” I responded. “Will he know what this is regarding?”
“Tell him something that happened six years ago.” With that, she hung up on me.
What the fuck was that about? I had no clue. I wrote the number down on a piece of paper along with Jessica’s name. I’d give it to him when he was feeling better.
I came back to the apartment and started to quietly get things ready for lunch – just chicken noodle soup for my sick honey. He heard me in the kitchen and called to me. I went into the bedroom and sat next to him on the bed. “How are you feeling?” I asked as I felt his forehead. His fever had broken, thankfully.
“A little bit better, but I still need you,” he replied as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
I smiled and said, “If you’re a good boy and eat your lunch, maybe I’ll let you rest on the couch while I’m working on some stuff in the living room.”
He said, “Anything to get out of this bed!”
I pouted a bit and said, “Huh! I was under the impression you liked being in my bed.”
“I do, baby, but only when you’re in here with me,” he said as he stroked my cheek.
I went back to the kitchen to put the soup in some bowls and Edward came out soon afterward. He did eat everything I gave him, so I let him lie down on the couch while I worked on a small scrapbook for one of Alice’s Christmas gifts. The television was on low and I wasn’t sure if he was watching it or not. Soon, he said, “Baby, why do you have an envelope up there that says my name on it?”
“Oh, I just made you a get well card. It’s just something goofy.”
“I want to see!” he said with interest. I handed him the envelope and he tore into it greedily. “Oh my god – Scooby Doo! I love him!” Then he read my heartfelt words that hoped he got better soon because I loved him dearly. He looked up at me and said, “Come here, baby.” I went over and kneeled beside the couch where he was. He kissed my cheek softly. “I love you more than Scooby Doo.”
“I know, darling,” I replied with a smile, as my hands combed through his amazingly messy hair. He patted the couch space in front of him and I scooted in next to him. We spent a couple hours watching random TV until Edward fell asleep again. I needed to get up and start thinking about dinner, but I was enjoying being squished on the couch here with Edward.
I decided on grilled chicken, green beans and mashed potatoes. I also broke down and made his favorite white chocolate chip cookies. What can I say? I’m a sucker for his pouty lips when he’s sick. After dinner, I made sure to give him more medication. I didn’t want him getting any ideas now that he was feeling “a little bit better.” I made sure he was still stocked with 7-Up beside the bed. I cleaned up the kitchen and then went to bed myself.
EPOV
Sunday morning, I woke up feeling pretty good. Thank goodness I was over being sick. Augh. My baby took such good care of me while I was sick, though. She truly was the best. I loved waking up next to her with my arm holding her close to me.
My mouth was feeling a little dry, so I got out of bed to go get some water from the kitchen. I looked at the little Christmas tree Bella had decorated. If she felt up to it later, I’d like to take her out and buy her one of those cheesy “first Christmas together” ornaments at the Hallmark store. I might have some ornaments of my own we could add – I wasn’t really sure – I’d have to check.
As I stood, getting my water and ice out of the door of the fridge, a dirty thought came to mind. I took a sip and carried my glass back to the bedroom with me. With the faint light coming in through the window, I fumbled around in the closet, finding one of Bella’s scarves. Then I got her sleep mask out of the drawer of her bedside table. I deposited all these things back on my side of the bed and got back in bed with her, snuggling back up next to her. Bella melted back into me, moaned appreciatively and said, “Feeling better, darling?”
“Yes, baby,” I whispered in her ear. “Thank you for taking such good care of me. Are you ready to wake up now?”
She turned over onto her back and kissed me. “Can’t keep a good man down, hmm?” she questioned, as she gently squeezed my dick affectionately.
I returned her kiss with urgency and said, “Most definitely. Baby, can we play this morning?” She looked at me questioningly and I brought the scarf and sleep mask up so she could see them. I continued, “Do you trust me?”
“Always, Edward,” she affirmed. I kissed her again as I began tying her hands together, then tying her to the bed frame. I didn’t tie her very tightly. It wasn’t anything she couldn’t get out of if she truly needed to.
She was giggling at me as she watched my face. I was in deep concentration with my knot tying skills – or lack thereof. Once I was satisfied, I brought the sleep mask around her head and before covering her eyes, I asked her again, “Do you still trust me, baby?”
Her breath hitched a bit, but she replied, “Of course.” I slipped the mask over her eyes and kissed her deeply. She responded with equal intensity. I was turned on before, but seeing her tied up like this was making me hard as a rock.
I took one of the ice cubes out of the glass and brought it to Bella’s mouth and said, “Open your mouth a little bit and suck, baby.” She let out a little squeal at the coldness, but she did as I asked. I took the ice cube away and went back to kissing her full lips. I then slid the ice cube down and then back up her perfect neck to the hollow of her throat a few times. She shivered. I followed quickly after with my tongue, warming her back up.
Then I held the ice cube above one of Bella’s perfect nipples in my warm fingers until it dripped onto her nipple. She gasped as the cold liquid came in contact. “Still ok, baby?” She nodded her agreement.
I took the ice cube in my long fingers and applied it directly to her nipple, sliding it around until her nipple was perfectly erect. Bella was writhing around on the bed and moaning. I moved the ice cube away and blew on her nipple. She was moaning in pleasure. I followed by covering it with my warm mouth. Then I did the same to her other nipple. She was panting by now.
Since her hot little body had melted that ice cube, I got another one out of the glass and asked her to suck that one as well. I asked her again, “Are you liking this, baby, or do you want to stop?”
“Don’t stop, Edward. Please keep going…please.” I kissed her lips again as I took the ice cube out of her perfect lips and slid it all the way down her body.
“Spread your legs, baby.”
She did, with a bit of hesitation. “But, it will be cold.”
I replied, “I’ll be right here to warm you up, love.”
I spread her pussy lips even further apart with one hand as my other held the ice cube. I slid the ice cube against her incredibly wet pussy as Bella immediately became unglued. I blew on her pussy as I took the ice away, and then covered it with my warm mouth, licking and sucking all the while. I thought my dick was hard as a rock earlier – this was even sexier – watching Bella as she writhed before me with wild abandon – holy hell – I was going to need to be inside her very soon.
My baby was panting and telling me she was going to come and moaning with pleasure and sometimes all three at the same time. I couldn’t get enough. I decided right then and there, when we bought a house, we were definitely buying one of these damn refrigerators with the ice makers and water dispensers in the door if they got her this worked up. I’d buy two or three if I needed to keep a couple in reserve just so I could keep her this fucking aroused.
“Edward!” Bella finally shouted as she orgasmed once again. “I want you to fuck me now!” Mmmm…I took the last bit of ice cube I still had in my fingers and slid in deep inside her with my long fingers. She rocked against my hand and then I sheathed myself deep inside her. The combination of her wet slit – the warm and cold was a unique sensation on my dick.
“Baby,” I asked, “do you want me to untie you?”
“No,” she panted, “I want you to take me just like this! Just fuck me over and over!” I missed her touch as we moved together in our perfect rhythm, but I loved being inside her. Soon, I could feel my own orgasm building and pumping out of me.
Afterwards, I untied her quickly and removed her sleep mask. She was on top of me at once, covering my face with kisses as her hands ran through my hair. “Oh my god, Edward, that was the most erotic thing I have ever experienced! I have never been so turned on in all my life! I love you so much.”
I grinned back at her and said, “I love you too, baby,” and stroked her hair. “I missed you touching me while we made love, though. But I have to say, seeing you that worked up was totally worth it.”
Bella snuggled back in my arms and looked up at me shyly. She said, “Do you think when we buy our house, we could get a fridge like that, for those kind of ice cubes?”
I held her closer and said, “Oh love, I’m way ahead of you! I thought about getting a couple just in case one ever goes on the blink.” I kissed her hair and asked, “How would you feel about going out shopping for a bit? I don’t want to stay out the whole day, but I’d like to get out a little.”
She agreed and was soon in the shower. When she got out, I asked her about the message that was in the tote bag. Bella replied, “There was a message on your answering machine. It seemed urgent, so I called her back. Was that ok or not?”
I went over to kiss her and replied, “Of course, baby. I just wonder who this Jessica is. I have no clue what she’s talking about. I’ll call her when I get out of the shower.” With that, I went to get ready for the day.
I attempted to call the number listed on the paper, but there was no answer. Didn’t people believe in answering machines any longer? If the message was so damn urgent, they could at least have an answering machine.
We stopped by my apartment where I did actually find a small box of Christmas ornaments. Bella was thrilled to have some authentic English ornaments to add to our tree. I was glad I could make her happy – that was my main goal in life. I also insisted we stop by Hallmark where I bought that ornament – “first Christmas together” with the year emblazoned on it. Bella just grinned at me. We did some other shopping as well – for all the important people in our lives. Carlisle and Esme had invited us to spend Christmas day at their home so we would be going there around noon. That would also provide the perfect time for me to provide a gift for the love of my life – some of that “overtime” I’d been working had actually been at Carlisle’s, working with Esme to perfect my piano skills to compose a song for Bella. I’d played piano before, but since I didn’t have room in my current apartment for one, I didn’t really have anywhere to practice. I hadn’t let it slip yet – and I wanted it to be a surprise.
We didn’t stay out too long – my ever-practical love decided my body shouldn’t be taxed too much as I was just sick the day before. I did get my way in the dinner department – fast food! We came home, ate that quickly while watching some television. Then Bella wanted to wrap gifts and she wanted me to help. Was she crazy? I’m of the persuasion that gift bags are the greatest invention in the history of the world. She gave me one of her exasperated little huffs and wrapped the gifts as I looked on. Who could mess with this force of creativity? Every single gift looked picture-perfect once she was done. With my ornaments added to the tree and the wrapped gifts underneath, it definitely didn’t have the “Charlie Brown” look she was complaining about earlier.
BPOV
I was up the next morning, getting our laundry done and covering up Edward’s almost-completed Christmas gift. All that was sitting out was his get well card. I also set up my little fake Christmas tree. Someday I was going to buy a big one, but I didn’t have the need for that yet – it was just me and now, Edward too. I just had some childhood ornaments I put on it. Once I got done, it sort of looked like a Charlie Brown tree, not much covering up any of the branches. It’s a good thing there were lots of lights.
Soon, I heard Edward moving around. I asked him if he wanted anything for breakfast. He seemed non-committal. I decided to make him some Cream of Wheat. That seemed pretty boring and benign. After breakfast, I settled him back into bed and asked him what I could get him from his apartment that he’d need for the rest of the weekend and for work. He rattled off a small list of things. I gave him more medication so he could rest, leaving Flippy in charge (hey – only the best for him!), leaving his cell phone on the night stand next to him and drove to his apartment.
After collecting the items he requested in a tote bag, I noticed the light was blinking on his answering machine. I played the message. It was from some woman named Jessica who left a number and to call her back immediately. She sounded like it was rather urgent, so I figured I’d call her back.
“Hello?” the woman’s teenybopper-sounding voice said in my ear. The music in the background was so loud, I could barely hear her.
“Um…hello. This is Bella Swan. Edward Masen is my boyfriend. I was returning the call you left on his answering machine.”
I noticed the music was turned down a whole lot as the woman came back to the phone. “Oh. Well, could you have Eddie call me?”
Eddie? I questioned to myself in my head. “Sure,” I responded. “Will he know what this is regarding?”
“Tell him something that happened six years ago.” With that, she hung up on me.
What the fuck was that about? I had no clue. I wrote the number down on a piece of paper along with Jessica’s name. I’d give it to him when he was feeling better.
I came back to the apartment and started to quietly get things ready for lunch – just chicken noodle soup for my sick honey. He heard me in the kitchen and called to me. I went into the bedroom and sat next to him on the bed. “How are you feeling?” I asked as I felt his forehead. His fever had broken, thankfully.
“A little bit better, but I still need you,” he replied as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
I smiled and said, “If you’re a good boy and eat your lunch, maybe I’ll let you rest on the couch while I’m working on some stuff in the living room.”
He said, “Anything to get out of this bed!”
I pouted a bit and said, “Huh! I was under the impression you liked being in my bed.”
“I do, baby, but only when you’re in here with me,” he said as he stroked my cheek.
I went back to the kitchen to put the soup in some bowls and Edward came out soon afterward. He did eat everything I gave him, so I let him lie down on the couch while I worked on a small scrapbook for one of Alice’s Christmas gifts. The television was on low and I wasn’t sure if he was watching it or not. Soon, he said, “Baby, why do you have an envelope up there that says my name on it?”
“Oh, I just made you a get well card. It’s just something goofy.”
“I want to see!” he said with interest. I handed him the envelope and he tore into it greedily. “Oh my god – Scooby Doo! I love him!” Then he read my heartfelt words that hoped he got better soon because I loved him dearly. He looked up at me and said, “Come here, baby.” I went over and kneeled beside the couch where he was. He kissed my cheek softly. “I love you more than Scooby Doo.”
“I know, darling,” I replied with a smile, as my hands combed through his amazingly messy hair. He patted the couch space in front of him and I scooted in next to him. We spent a couple hours watching random TV until Edward fell asleep again. I needed to get up and start thinking about dinner, but I was enjoying being squished on the couch here with Edward.
I decided on grilled chicken, green beans and mashed potatoes. I also broke down and made his favorite white chocolate chip cookies. What can I say? I’m a sucker for his pouty lips when he’s sick. After dinner, I made sure to give him more medication. I didn’t want him getting any ideas now that he was feeling “a little bit better.” I made sure he was still stocked with 7-Up beside the bed. I cleaned up the kitchen and then went to bed myself.
EPOV
Sunday morning, I woke up feeling pretty good. Thank goodness I was over being sick. Augh. My baby took such good care of me while I was sick, though. She truly was the best. I loved waking up next to her with my arm holding her close to me.
My mouth was feeling a little dry, so I got out of bed to go get some water from the kitchen. I looked at the little Christmas tree Bella had decorated. If she felt up to it later, I’d like to take her out and buy her one of those cheesy “first Christmas together” ornaments at the Hallmark store. I might have some ornaments of my own we could add – I wasn’t really sure – I’d have to check.
As I stood, getting my water and ice out of the door of the fridge, a dirty thought came to mind. I took a sip and carried my glass back to the bedroom with me. With the faint light coming in through the window, I fumbled around in the closet, finding one of Bella’s scarves. Then I got her sleep mask out of the drawer of her bedside table. I deposited all these things back on my side of the bed and got back in bed with her, snuggling back up next to her. Bella melted back into me, moaned appreciatively and said, “Feeling better, darling?”
“Yes, baby,” I whispered in her ear. “Thank you for taking such good care of me. Are you ready to wake up now?”
She turned over onto her back and kissed me. “Can’t keep a good man down, hmm?” she questioned, as she gently squeezed my dick affectionately.
I returned her kiss with urgency and said, “Most definitely. Baby, can we play this morning?” She looked at me questioningly and I brought the scarf and sleep mask up so she could see them. I continued, “Do you trust me?”
“Always, Edward,” she affirmed. I kissed her again as I began tying her hands together, then tying her to the bed frame. I didn’t tie her very tightly. It wasn’t anything she couldn’t get out of if she truly needed to.
She was giggling at me as she watched my face. I was in deep concentration with my knot tying skills – or lack thereof. Once I was satisfied, I brought the sleep mask around her head and before covering her eyes, I asked her again, “Do you still trust me, baby?”
Her breath hitched a bit, but she replied, “Of course.” I slipped the mask over her eyes and kissed her deeply. She responded with equal intensity. I was turned on before, but seeing her tied up like this was making me hard as a rock.
I took one of the ice cubes out of the glass and brought it to Bella’s mouth and said, “Open your mouth a little bit and suck, baby.” She let out a little squeal at the coldness, but she did as I asked. I took the ice cube away and went back to kissing her full lips. I then slid the ice cube down and then back up her perfect neck to the hollow of her throat a few times. She shivered. I followed quickly after with my tongue, warming her back up.
Then I held the ice cube above one of Bella’s perfect nipples in my warm fingers until it dripped onto her nipple. She gasped as the cold liquid came in contact. “Still ok, baby?” She nodded her agreement.
I took the ice cube in my long fingers and applied it directly to her nipple, sliding it around until her nipple was perfectly erect. Bella was writhing around on the bed and moaning. I moved the ice cube away and blew on her nipple. She was moaning in pleasure. I followed by covering it with my warm mouth. Then I did the same to her other nipple. She was panting by now.
Since her hot little body had melted that ice cube, I got another one out of the glass and asked her to suck that one as well. I asked her again, “Are you liking this, baby, or do you want to stop?”
“Don’t stop, Edward. Please keep going…please.” I kissed her lips again as I took the ice cube out of her perfect lips and slid it all the way down her body.
“Spread your legs, baby.”
She did, with a bit of hesitation. “But, it will be cold.”
I replied, “I’ll be right here to warm you up, love.”
I spread her pussy lips even further apart with one hand as my other held the ice cube. I slid the ice cube against her incredibly wet pussy as Bella immediately became unglued. I blew on her pussy as I took the ice away, and then covered it with my warm mouth, licking and sucking all the while. I thought my dick was hard as a rock earlier – this was even sexier – watching Bella as she writhed before me with wild abandon – holy hell – I was going to need to be inside her very soon.
My baby was panting and telling me she was going to come and moaning with pleasure and sometimes all three at the same time. I couldn’t get enough. I decided right then and there, when we bought a house, we were definitely buying one of these damn refrigerators with the ice makers and water dispensers in the door if they got her this worked up. I’d buy two or three if I needed to keep a couple in reserve just so I could keep her this fucking aroused.
“Edward!” Bella finally shouted as she orgasmed once again. “I want you to fuck me now!” Mmmm…I took the last bit of ice cube I still had in my fingers and slid in deep inside her with my long fingers. She rocked against my hand and then I sheathed myself deep inside her. The combination of her wet slit – the warm and cold was a unique sensation on my dick.
“Baby,” I asked, “do you want me to untie you?”
“No,” she panted, “I want you to take me just like this! Just fuck me over and over!” I missed her touch as we moved together in our perfect rhythm, but I loved being inside her. Soon, I could feel my own orgasm building and pumping out of me.
Afterwards, I untied her quickly and removed her sleep mask. She was on top of me at once, covering my face with kisses as her hands ran through my hair. “Oh my god, Edward, that was the most erotic thing I have ever experienced! I have never been so turned on in all my life! I love you so much.”
I grinned back at her and said, “I love you too, baby,” and stroked her hair. “I missed you touching me while we made love, though. But I have to say, seeing you that worked up was totally worth it.”
Bella snuggled back in my arms and looked up at me shyly. She said, “Do you think when we buy our house, we could get a fridge like that, for those kind of ice cubes?”
I held her closer and said, “Oh love, I’m way ahead of you! I thought about getting a couple just in case one ever goes on the blink.” I kissed her hair and asked, “How would you feel about going out shopping for a bit? I don’t want to stay out the whole day, but I’d like to get out a little.”
She agreed and was soon in the shower. When she got out, I asked her about the message that was in the tote bag. Bella replied, “There was a message on your answering machine. It seemed urgent, so I called her back. Was that ok or not?”
I went over to kiss her and replied, “Of course, baby. I just wonder who this Jessica is. I have no clue what she’s talking about. I’ll call her when I get out of the shower.” With that, I went to get ready for the day.
I attempted to call the number listed on the paper, but there was no answer. Didn’t people believe in answering machines any longer? If the message was so damn urgent, they could at least have an answering machine.
We stopped by my apartment where I did actually find a small box of Christmas ornaments. Bella was thrilled to have some authentic English ornaments to add to our tree. I was glad I could make her happy – that was my main goal in life. I also insisted we stop by Hallmark where I bought that ornament – “first Christmas together” with the year emblazoned on it. Bella just grinned at me. We did some other shopping as well – for all the important people in our lives. Carlisle and Esme had invited us to spend Christmas day at their home so we would be going there around noon. That would also provide the perfect time for me to provide a gift for the love of my life – some of that “overtime” I’d been working had actually been at Carlisle’s, working with Esme to perfect my piano skills to compose a song for Bella. I’d played piano before, but since I didn’t have room in my current apartment for one, I didn’t really have anywhere to practice. I hadn’t let it slip yet – and I wanted it to be a surprise.
We didn’t stay out too long – my ever-practical love decided my body shouldn’t be taxed too much as I was just sick the day before. I did get my way in the dinner department – fast food! We came home, ate that quickly while watching some television. Then Bella wanted to wrap gifts and she wanted me to help. Was she crazy? I’m of the persuasion that gift bags are the greatest invention in the history of the world. She gave me one of her exasperated little huffs and wrapped the gifts as I looked on. Who could mess with this force of creativity? Every single gift looked picture-perfect once she was done. With my ornaments added to the tree and the wrapped gifts underneath, it definitely didn’t have the “Charlie Brown” look she was complaining about earlier.
Seattle General - Chapter 12
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, but I'm grateful to Stephenie Meyer for her dream. Rated M for language and lemons.
EPOV
I woke up pretty early the next morning. My beautiful angel Bella was still asleep next to me, her hair fanned out on the pillow. I thought of yesterday’s events – that wonderful blow job she had given me in the car. I had been a little freaked out that someone was going to catch us, but that sort of added to the erotic thrill once she got going. My baby truly did have a magic mouth.
I thought my heart was going to burst out of my chest whenever she introduced me as her “everything.” That meant the world to me. She was my everything, too, and I wanted everyone to know that shit – and soon! I enjoyed meeting her family, even the extended members. They were very nice, even Jake. We may have sized each other up for a moment or two after that hug he gave her, but I could sense us becoming friends because of this beautiful woman we both knew. Charlie seemed a little cool at first, but that seemed to pass. Once we moved on to dinner and embarrassing the love of my life, I fit right in with everyone else. I did keep her very close to me, holding her hand or kissing her fingers.
Right now, as much as I’d like to pull Bella to the floor with me to take care of this morning wood issue I had that was settling right in between her beautiful ass cheeks, I needed to get up. I went to the bathroom and calmed myself down. Then I hoped I wasn’t too late to catch Charlie alone.
I headed down the stairs and found Charlie drinking his morning coffee at the kitchen table. He greeted me, “Hi Edward. Want some coffee?”
“Sure,” I answered, picking up a nearby cup from the rack and pouring myself a cup. I settled myself into the chair opposite him and continued, “Charlie, thank you so much for inviting me along with Bella for Thanksgiving. I love being able to do things for her that make her happy.”
Charlie looked at me and said, “Yeah, Edward, no problem. I can see that you make her pretty happy, too. It’s been a long time since she’s been truly happy. She and Jake – well, she probably told you – they dated for awhile, but they just basically were friends.”
“Yes. She told me about her relationship with Jake.”
Charlie just grunted in agreement.
I continued on. “Bella and I have been dating since July. I love your daughter, Chief Swan, more than my own life.”
Charlie held up his hand and said, “Hold on, Edward. Don’t go all ‘Chief Swan’ on me. I’m not writing you a speeding ticket. What are you trying to say?”
I think I may have blushed just then – and I much preferred leaving the blushing to Bella. “Well, Charlie, I know Bella is an independent woman and probably wouldn’t appreciate it if I asked you for your permission to marry her. So I’m asking for your blessing on us getting married.” I think that all came out in a big rush and halfway unintelligible – at least it seemed that way to me.
Charlie smiled sneakily at me, “Does she know you’re going to ask her?”
I did exhale then and said, “Yes, definitely. I’ve told her before I’m going to ask her to marry me. I just haven’t told her when yet. And I didn’t want to do it without talking to you first.”
He clapped me on the shoulder over the small table, still smiling, and said, “You definitely have my blessing, kid.” Then he got a far-away look in his eye and muttered to himself, “My baby girl – marrying a doctor – wow.”
Charlie looked back at me and said, “Did you pick out a ring yet?”
I smiled and said, “Yes. I took her to Tiffany’s and had her try some on, even though we didn’t buy one at the time.”
He let out a slow whistle and replied, “Wow – Tiffany’s! Well, Edward, you promise you’ll take care of my baby girl?”
“Of course, Charlie – with everything I have!”
We sat there then, grinning at each other like idiots and we heard footsteps on the stairs. We both quickly picked up different sections of the newspaper that was lying on the table. I was never so glad to see Sue Clearwater in all my life, and I barely knew the woman. I just knew if it was Bella, she’d be able to see right through to the conversation I just had with her father.
All too soon, we had eaten breakfast, packed up the car, wished Charlie a good day at work with Bella giving her dad a big hug and kiss, she and I had given Sue a goodbye hug, and we were on our way back home. A little over four hours and I’d finally be able to ravish this fine woman sitting next to me. There wasn’t much traffic on the two-lane road between Forks and Port Angeles, so I reached over and tweaked one of her nipples. “Edward!” she exclaimed.
“Yes, baby?” I countered back, with what I hoped was one of my devastatingly handsome crooked smiles.
“You cannot just molest me on the road!”
“Hmmm,” I said thoughtfully, “I think we just passed that rest area on that end of Crescent Lake. Let’s see if there’s another one at the other end!”
Bella just laughed and called me a pervert. Hey, it was her idea in the first place!
“So, baby,” I continued, “what do you think about looking for a house? I hate coming home at night to just a dinner cooked by you and not having you there. Plus neither one of our places is big enough for all our stuff. And I know we want to have kids.”
“Really, Edward? Looking for a house during the holidays? Are you serious?” Bella responded.
Well, she did have a point there. Damn. When did she have to get so smart?
I looked over at her and replied back, “OK, but right after?”
She smiled and said, “Yes, darling, right after.” She reached over and held my hand then. I loved her holding my hand. Or maybe she was holding my hand so I couldn’t molest her nipples any more. Hmmm… never could tell. Just in case, I drove a bit faster than the speed limit. I needed to feel her again.
We arrived back at Bella’s apartment and you could say I was moving at superhuman speed because I wanted our shit out of the car and in the house immediately. She was giggling at me and was trying to slow me down. I carried all the bags and I still managed to get the door unlocked and the bags inside. She was slowly coming up the stairs and I went back to get her, hauling her happy ass over my shoulder. She was outright laughing now. Dammit – when I want something, I want it now!
I turned around inside her apartment, shut and locked her front door and carried Bella to her bedroom. I threw her gently on the bed and attacked her mouth with mine. She matched me tongue for tongue. The little minx – she’d been teasing me all along – she’d wanted this just as much as me! Our mouths broke apart as my tongue slid down her throat. Her hands fisted in my hair as my tongue and mouth worked its way back up her neck to her earlobe. “Edward,” she whispered.
I whispered right back, “Yes, baby, I want you.”
She responded, “I want you too – so much.” Our clothes couldn’t be discarded quickly enough.
I looked down at Bella, her gloriously naked soft skin glowing underneath me in the afternoon sunlight filtering in through the window, and whispered, “Baby, you are so beautiful.” She blushed slightly and I moved my mouth down to one of her perfect pink nipples. I loved the feeling as it puckered up inside my wet mouth. I also loved hearing those moans of pleasure that fell from her lovely lips. I gave some attention to her other nipple as well, so they were both well-loved. One of my hands trailed down to her pussy. The moment I touched it, her hips bucked up to meet my fingers. “Mmm, baby, you are soaking wet.”
“Edward, please,” she panted. My fingers dipped into her wet folds, enjoying her wetness. My middle and index fingers slid easily inside her as my thumb rested over her clit. She ground against my hand again.
“Anxious, baby?” I hoped my voice was somewhat seductive. I was so aroused watching her that I didn’t know if I was squeaking that out or if I was dreaming it. She nodded her head and moaned affirmatively. My thumb began circling her clit. One of Bella’s hands was in my hair, the other was grabbing the comforter beside her – twisting it. My mouth went back to sucking her perfect nipples. Her hips were bucking like crazy. I finally placed one of my thighs over hers so she couldn’t move around as much. I wanted her to have the most exquisite orgasm she could. She was panting and moaning and almost begging for release. “Baby, I want you to come for me. You don’t ever have to hold back for me. I want you to show me how much I please you. You like what I’m doing to your wet, hot little pussy?” With an aroused scream that shot straight to my dick, she went over the edge into her orgasm.
She barely gave herself anytime for recovery before rolling me on my back and settling herself on my very erect dick. “I need you inside me now, Edward.” Well, yes ma’am, if you insist, my love. Far be it from me to not do her bidding immediately. I loved having her on top of me, especially with that afternoon sunlight through the window. I would never get tired of seeing this woman I loved this way. And that she loved me back was even more amazing. Yes, I was getting all sappy, per usual, but you already knew that about me, and I didn’t want to shoot my load into her in the first twenty seconds. Being inside Bella felt too damn good – feeling those tight pussy walls clenched around my dick. Finally, I did explode inside her, but not before I caressed her little clit between us so that she came again with me.
We decided to take a nap after that before doing anything else too strenuous.
BPOV
A woman in a long dark cloak was coming towards Edward and me. I couldn’t see her face as it was shrouded in a hood of some type. Why the hell was it so foggy? Probably because we lived in fucking Seattle. I couldn’t see her face. Edward had his arm around me and we quietly watched the woman approach. She appeared to be about the same age as we were. She stopped about twenty feet from us and pulled a scroll from her cloak. She unrolled it slowly and began speaking. Her words seemed strange and out of cadence and I could not make them out.
One of her hands remained at the top of the scroll and her other hand beckoned Edward forward with her finger. It seemed she wanted him to come with her for some reason. She rolled the scroll back up and placed it back inside her cloak. Edward dropped his arm from around me immediately and went to follow the woman without a backward glance in my direction.
I had to keep him here with me. “Edward!” I yelled, “Come back. I love you. Stay with me.” For some reason I could not see, my feet were unable to move forward. “Edward, please!” I said, hysteria rising in my voice. I was crying uncontrollably now, as I could no longer see his tall figure through the mist. “Edward,” I sobbed out, “please don’t leave me…please.”
I then heard a concerned velvet voice through the mist, “Bella…honey, wake up, my love.” My eyes flew open and looked into Edward’s concerned green eyes above me. Oh my god – it was only a dream, but still, I could not stop crying. Edward held me to him as I cried. His strong, sure hands made circles of comfort on my back. He must have covered us up with the blanket at the end of the bed when we had finished our lovemaking earlier and now I was snug and warm against him.
When my tears were spent, he kissed my cheeks and wiped away any remaining tears with the pads of his thumbs. He was so sweet and gentle with me – even when I was freaking out. He asked me softly, “Do you want to talk about it?” I shook my head “no.” He continued, “Baby, I don’t know what your bad dream was about, but I hate to have you wake up screaming out that you think I’m going to leave you. Is this because we haven’t gotten engaged yet?” Again, I shook my head “no.”
Edward pulled away from me a bit so he could look right into my eyes again. He said, “Bella, I’m not ever going to leave you. I love you with everything that I am. Hopefully, with the good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, I’ll be here to annoy the hell out of you for many more years to come.” That got a little smile out of me. He continued, “Besides, baby, I may not like getting in trouble with you, but I like being around for the punishment you dish out.” I did have to laugh at that.
He continued, “So, baby, do you want to cook dinner here or go out to eat with those cranky-ass people who have been shopping all day?” I was up for the challenge, so I agreed with going out. We decided on the Olive Garden. When we got inside, we discovered a waiting list which wasn’t surprising, but we also found Carlisle and Esme waiting for a table. Carlisle changed their reservations to a table for four so we could sit with them.
Dinner was fun, with lots of laughing about silly happenings at work. Carlisle definitely had kept Esme up on all the news from the hospital, so she wasn’t in the dark about any of the people we were talking about. When we got to dessert, Edward decided to skip that. I thought that was a little strange – usually he was all about dessert. Carlisle insisted on paying for everything. Augh – doctors. I couldn’t do a thing with them. We thanked them for a lovely evening. Before we left, Edward said he wanted to stop in the restroom. He’d been in there quite a while and I was getting concerned. I thought about getting one of the wait staff to go check on him when he finally staggered out. He had only had one beer and then water the rest of the evening to drink, so I knew he wasn’t drunk.
“Edward, what’s wrong?” I immediately asked, going to his side and wrapping my arm around his waist.
He answered, “Baby, I don’t feel good. Can we just go home? I just vomited for forever in the bathroom.” He fished his keys out of his jeans pocket and handed them to me. Then his arm settled around my shoulders.
I got him out to the car, where he immediately pushed the passenger seat into the reclining position. I’d never seen Edward sick before and I was very concerned. “Are you going to be ok?” I asked, when I got in and started the car.
His face and skin were flushed as he threw his arm over his eyes. “I hope so. It’s probably just the flu.”
I drove like a mad woman, but still being careful as the person most important to me in the world was next to me in the car and not feeling good. I knew he just needed to get home and into bed. I mentally took stock of my cabinets. Being the girlfriend of a doctor, I was well-stocked for any medication I may need – nothing I’d need a prescription for – but certainly anything over-the-counter. I had some chicken noodle soup. The only thing I didn’t have was 7-Up. As soon as I got Edward into bed, I’d run down to the convenience store near my apartment and pick some up.
I got Edward installed into bed, gave him some cold/flu medication, ran down to the store and was back in a flash. I went into the bathroom and got a cold washcloth for his forehead as I thought that would be comforting to him. I went into the bedroom, sat beside him on the bed, lay the washcloth on his forehead, and stroked his handsome cheek. He had such a little boy quality to him when he was sleeping. I got up and left the bedroom, jostling the bed as little as possible.
There was one good thing about scrapbooking. It was a quiet hobby that I could do while the love of my life was sick and didn’t need to be disturbed. I did take some time out to make him a silly get well card with Scooby Doo on the front. Did he like Scooby Doo? I don’t know but I’d find out when he opened the card. I was just about finished with the scrapbook albums from Edward’s growing up years. I hoped he would like my gift. It certainly was much better than lugging all these beautiful pictures around in a box. Through them, I got to “meet” his parents and see the beautiful people who raised such a lovely son. I wished I could actually meet them someday, but that was not to be.
After working for quite awhile on that project, I grew tired, so I snuggled up on the couch to sleep. I was sleeping quite well for a few hours until I heard Edward’s rough voice call from the bedroom, “Bella? Baby?”
I oriented myself a bit before flying off the couch so I didn’t twist my ankle again or worse. I went into the bedroom and said, “Yes, Edward?”
“Baby, where were you? I like it when you sleep beside me.” I could only see a very faint outline of him sitting up in bed, but he appeared to be pouting a little.
I went over to sit by him on the bed and cupped the side of his face, “Well, I didn’t want to disturb you. How are you feeling?”
“Still like shit.” With that, he flopped back down on the bed again.
“It’s probably time for more meds. I’ll get you more. Plus I’ll get your washcloth cool again. You’re still burning up.”
His hand snaked out to my thigh and said with that damn crooked smile of his, “That’s ‘cause I’m warm for your form, baby.”
I giggled, swatted his hand away, and said, “Edward! Be good!” I got up, got him more medication, and cooled off his washcloth. When I got back to his side of the bed, I said, “Take a drink of this 7-Up, please.”
He leaned up on one arm and took a weak pull through the straw. He said, weakly, “Aww, baby, you got me a bendy straw. You must love me!”
I responded, “I do love you, you big goof.” Men being sick equals big babies. Yep, I knew it. Edward pleaded with me to sleep with him. He didn’t have to plead very much. I didn’t want him wasting his energy on such a silly thing. I would have done it anyway. I just didn’t want him to be uncomfortable. He wanted to snuggle up next to me. This man normally had enough body heat to keep me warm all winter long – but him with a fever was definitely no fun for me. I felt like I was on the equator and couldn’t get a drink of cool water to save myself. I was glad when the medication kicked in again and he rolled away to his side of the bed.
Edward never moved the remainder of the night. I was glad it was the weekend. Hopefully we could just lay low and he could get better by Monday so we could get back to work.
EPOV
I woke up pretty early the next morning. My beautiful angel Bella was still asleep next to me, her hair fanned out on the pillow. I thought of yesterday’s events – that wonderful blow job she had given me in the car. I had been a little freaked out that someone was going to catch us, but that sort of added to the erotic thrill once she got going. My baby truly did have a magic mouth.
I thought my heart was going to burst out of my chest whenever she introduced me as her “everything.” That meant the world to me. She was my everything, too, and I wanted everyone to know that shit – and soon! I enjoyed meeting her family, even the extended members. They were very nice, even Jake. We may have sized each other up for a moment or two after that hug he gave her, but I could sense us becoming friends because of this beautiful woman we both knew. Charlie seemed a little cool at first, but that seemed to pass. Once we moved on to dinner and embarrassing the love of my life, I fit right in with everyone else. I did keep her very close to me, holding her hand or kissing her fingers.
Right now, as much as I’d like to pull Bella to the floor with me to take care of this morning wood issue I had that was settling right in between her beautiful ass cheeks, I needed to get up. I went to the bathroom and calmed myself down. Then I hoped I wasn’t too late to catch Charlie alone.
I headed down the stairs and found Charlie drinking his morning coffee at the kitchen table. He greeted me, “Hi Edward. Want some coffee?”
“Sure,” I answered, picking up a nearby cup from the rack and pouring myself a cup. I settled myself into the chair opposite him and continued, “Charlie, thank you so much for inviting me along with Bella for Thanksgiving. I love being able to do things for her that make her happy.”
Charlie looked at me and said, “Yeah, Edward, no problem. I can see that you make her pretty happy, too. It’s been a long time since she’s been truly happy. She and Jake – well, she probably told you – they dated for awhile, but they just basically were friends.”
“Yes. She told me about her relationship with Jake.”
Charlie just grunted in agreement.
I continued on. “Bella and I have been dating since July. I love your daughter, Chief Swan, more than my own life.”
Charlie held up his hand and said, “Hold on, Edward. Don’t go all ‘Chief Swan’ on me. I’m not writing you a speeding ticket. What are you trying to say?”
I think I may have blushed just then – and I much preferred leaving the blushing to Bella. “Well, Charlie, I know Bella is an independent woman and probably wouldn’t appreciate it if I asked you for your permission to marry her. So I’m asking for your blessing on us getting married.” I think that all came out in a big rush and halfway unintelligible – at least it seemed that way to me.
Charlie smiled sneakily at me, “Does she know you’re going to ask her?”
I did exhale then and said, “Yes, definitely. I’ve told her before I’m going to ask her to marry me. I just haven’t told her when yet. And I didn’t want to do it without talking to you first.”
He clapped me on the shoulder over the small table, still smiling, and said, “You definitely have my blessing, kid.” Then he got a far-away look in his eye and muttered to himself, “My baby girl – marrying a doctor – wow.”
Charlie looked back at me and said, “Did you pick out a ring yet?”
I smiled and said, “Yes. I took her to Tiffany’s and had her try some on, even though we didn’t buy one at the time.”
He let out a slow whistle and replied, “Wow – Tiffany’s! Well, Edward, you promise you’ll take care of my baby girl?”
“Of course, Charlie – with everything I have!”
We sat there then, grinning at each other like idiots and we heard footsteps on the stairs. We both quickly picked up different sections of the newspaper that was lying on the table. I was never so glad to see Sue Clearwater in all my life, and I barely knew the woman. I just knew if it was Bella, she’d be able to see right through to the conversation I just had with her father.
All too soon, we had eaten breakfast, packed up the car, wished Charlie a good day at work with Bella giving her dad a big hug and kiss, she and I had given Sue a goodbye hug, and we were on our way back home. A little over four hours and I’d finally be able to ravish this fine woman sitting next to me. There wasn’t much traffic on the two-lane road between Forks and Port Angeles, so I reached over and tweaked one of her nipples. “Edward!” she exclaimed.
“Yes, baby?” I countered back, with what I hoped was one of my devastatingly handsome crooked smiles.
“You cannot just molest me on the road!”
“Hmmm,” I said thoughtfully, “I think we just passed that rest area on that end of Crescent Lake. Let’s see if there’s another one at the other end!”
Bella just laughed and called me a pervert. Hey, it was her idea in the first place!
“So, baby,” I continued, “what do you think about looking for a house? I hate coming home at night to just a dinner cooked by you and not having you there. Plus neither one of our places is big enough for all our stuff. And I know we want to have kids.”
“Really, Edward? Looking for a house during the holidays? Are you serious?” Bella responded.
Well, she did have a point there. Damn. When did she have to get so smart?
I looked over at her and replied back, “OK, but right after?”
She smiled and said, “Yes, darling, right after.” She reached over and held my hand then. I loved her holding my hand. Or maybe she was holding my hand so I couldn’t molest her nipples any more. Hmmm… never could tell. Just in case, I drove a bit faster than the speed limit. I needed to feel her again.
We arrived back at Bella’s apartment and you could say I was moving at superhuman speed because I wanted our shit out of the car and in the house immediately. She was giggling at me and was trying to slow me down. I carried all the bags and I still managed to get the door unlocked and the bags inside. She was slowly coming up the stairs and I went back to get her, hauling her happy ass over my shoulder. She was outright laughing now. Dammit – when I want something, I want it now!
I turned around inside her apartment, shut and locked her front door and carried Bella to her bedroom. I threw her gently on the bed and attacked her mouth with mine. She matched me tongue for tongue. The little minx – she’d been teasing me all along – she’d wanted this just as much as me! Our mouths broke apart as my tongue slid down her throat. Her hands fisted in my hair as my tongue and mouth worked its way back up her neck to her earlobe. “Edward,” she whispered.
I whispered right back, “Yes, baby, I want you.”
She responded, “I want you too – so much.” Our clothes couldn’t be discarded quickly enough.
I looked down at Bella, her gloriously naked soft skin glowing underneath me in the afternoon sunlight filtering in through the window, and whispered, “Baby, you are so beautiful.” She blushed slightly and I moved my mouth down to one of her perfect pink nipples. I loved the feeling as it puckered up inside my wet mouth. I also loved hearing those moans of pleasure that fell from her lovely lips. I gave some attention to her other nipple as well, so they were both well-loved. One of my hands trailed down to her pussy. The moment I touched it, her hips bucked up to meet my fingers. “Mmm, baby, you are soaking wet.”
“Edward, please,” she panted. My fingers dipped into her wet folds, enjoying her wetness. My middle and index fingers slid easily inside her as my thumb rested over her clit. She ground against my hand again.
“Anxious, baby?” I hoped my voice was somewhat seductive. I was so aroused watching her that I didn’t know if I was squeaking that out or if I was dreaming it. She nodded her head and moaned affirmatively. My thumb began circling her clit. One of Bella’s hands was in my hair, the other was grabbing the comforter beside her – twisting it. My mouth went back to sucking her perfect nipples. Her hips were bucking like crazy. I finally placed one of my thighs over hers so she couldn’t move around as much. I wanted her to have the most exquisite orgasm she could. She was panting and moaning and almost begging for release. “Baby, I want you to come for me. You don’t ever have to hold back for me. I want you to show me how much I please you. You like what I’m doing to your wet, hot little pussy?” With an aroused scream that shot straight to my dick, she went over the edge into her orgasm.
She barely gave herself anytime for recovery before rolling me on my back and settling herself on my very erect dick. “I need you inside me now, Edward.” Well, yes ma’am, if you insist, my love. Far be it from me to not do her bidding immediately. I loved having her on top of me, especially with that afternoon sunlight through the window. I would never get tired of seeing this woman I loved this way. And that she loved me back was even more amazing. Yes, I was getting all sappy, per usual, but you already knew that about me, and I didn’t want to shoot my load into her in the first twenty seconds. Being inside Bella felt too damn good – feeling those tight pussy walls clenched around my dick. Finally, I did explode inside her, but not before I caressed her little clit between us so that she came again with me.
We decided to take a nap after that before doing anything else too strenuous.
BPOV
A woman in a long dark cloak was coming towards Edward and me. I couldn’t see her face as it was shrouded in a hood of some type. Why the hell was it so foggy? Probably because we lived in fucking Seattle. I couldn’t see her face. Edward had his arm around me and we quietly watched the woman approach. She appeared to be about the same age as we were. She stopped about twenty feet from us and pulled a scroll from her cloak. She unrolled it slowly and began speaking. Her words seemed strange and out of cadence and I could not make them out.
One of her hands remained at the top of the scroll and her other hand beckoned Edward forward with her finger. It seemed she wanted him to come with her for some reason. She rolled the scroll back up and placed it back inside her cloak. Edward dropped his arm from around me immediately and went to follow the woman without a backward glance in my direction.
I had to keep him here with me. “Edward!” I yelled, “Come back. I love you. Stay with me.” For some reason I could not see, my feet were unable to move forward. “Edward, please!” I said, hysteria rising in my voice. I was crying uncontrollably now, as I could no longer see his tall figure through the mist. “Edward,” I sobbed out, “please don’t leave me…please.”
I then heard a concerned velvet voice through the mist, “Bella…honey, wake up, my love.” My eyes flew open and looked into Edward’s concerned green eyes above me. Oh my god – it was only a dream, but still, I could not stop crying. Edward held me to him as I cried. His strong, sure hands made circles of comfort on my back. He must have covered us up with the blanket at the end of the bed when we had finished our lovemaking earlier and now I was snug and warm against him.
When my tears were spent, he kissed my cheeks and wiped away any remaining tears with the pads of his thumbs. He was so sweet and gentle with me – even when I was freaking out. He asked me softly, “Do you want to talk about it?” I shook my head “no.” He continued, “Baby, I don’t know what your bad dream was about, but I hate to have you wake up screaming out that you think I’m going to leave you. Is this because we haven’t gotten engaged yet?” Again, I shook my head “no.”
Edward pulled away from me a bit so he could look right into my eyes again. He said, “Bella, I’m not ever going to leave you. I love you with everything that I am. Hopefully, with the good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, I’ll be here to annoy the hell out of you for many more years to come.” That got a little smile out of me. He continued, “Besides, baby, I may not like getting in trouble with you, but I like being around for the punishment you dish out.” I did have to laugh at that.
He continued, “So, baby, do you want to cook dinner here or go out to eat with those cranky-ass people who have been shopping all day?” I was up for the challenge, so I agreed with going out. We decided on the Olive Garden. When we got inside, we discovered a waiting list which wasn’t surprising, but we also found Carlisle and Esme waiting for a table. Carlisle changed their reservations to a table for four so we could sit with them.
Dinner was fun, with lots of laughing about silly happenings at work. Carlisle definitely had kept Esme up on all the news from the hospital, so she wasn’t in the dark about any of the people we were talking about. When we got to dessert, Edward decided to skip that. I thought that was a little strange – usually he was all about dessert. Carlisle insisted on paying for everything. Augh – doctors. I couldn’t do a thing with them. We thanked them for a lovely evening. Before we left, Edward said he wanted to stop in the restroom. He’d been in there quite a while and I was getting concerned. I thought about getting one of the wait staff to go check on him when he finally staggered out. He had only had one beer and then water the rest of the evening to drink, so I knew he wasn’t drunk.
“Edward, what’s wrong?” I immediately asked, going to his side and wrapping my arm around his waist.
He answered, “Baby, I don’t feel good. Can we just go home? I just vomited for forever in the bathroom.” He fished his keys out of his jeans pocket and handed them to me. Then his arm settled around my shoulders.
I got him out to the car, where he immediately pushed the passenger seat into the reclining position. I’d never seen Edward sick before and I was very concerned. “Are you going to be ok?” I asked, when I got in and started the car.
His face and skin were flushed as he threw his arm over his eyes. “I hope so. It’s probably just the flu.”
I drove like a mad woman, but still being careful as the person most important to me in the world was next to me in the car and not feeling good. I knew he just needed to get home and into bed. I mentally took stock of my cabinets. Being the girlfriend of a doctor, I was well-stocked for any medication I may need – nothing I’d need a prescription for – but certainly anything over-the-counter. I had some chicken noodle soup. The only thing I didn’t have was 7-Up. As soon as I got Edward into bed, I’d run down to the convenience store near my apartment and pick some up.
I got Edward installed into bed, gave him some cold/flu medication, ran down to the store and was back in a flash. I went into the bathroom and got a cold washcloth for his forehead as I thought that would be comforting to him. I went into the bedroom, sat beside him on the bed, lay the washcloth on his forehead, and stroked his handsome cheek. He had such a little boy quality to him when he was sleeping. I got up and left the bedroom, jostling the bed as little as possible.
There was one good thing about scrapbooking. It was a quiet hobby that I could do while the love of my life was sick and didn’t need to be disturbed. I did take some time out to make him a silly get well card with Scooby Doo on the front. Did he like Scooby Doo? I don’t know but I’d find out when he opened the card. I was just about finished with the scrapbook albums from Edward’s growing up years. I hoped he would like my gift. It certainly was much better than lugging all these beautiful pictures around in a box. Through them, I got to “meet” his parents and see the beautiful people who raised such a lovely son. I wished I could actually meet them someday, but that was not to be.
After working for quite awhile on that project, I grew tired, so I snuggled up on the couch to sleep. I was sleeping quite well for a few hours until I heard Edward’s rough voice call from the bedroom, “Bella? Baby?”
I oriented myself a bit before flying off the couch so I didn’t twist my ankle again or worse. I went into the bedroom and said, “Yes, Edward?”
“Baby, where were you? I like it when you sleep beside me.” I could only see a very faint outline of him sitting up in bed, but he appeared to be pouting a little.
I went over to sit by him on the bed and cupped the side of his face, “Well, I didn’t want to disturb you. How are you feeling?”
“Still like shit.” With that, he flopped back down on the bed again.
“It’s probably time for more meds. I’ll get you more. Plus I’ll get your washcloth cool again. You’re still burning up.”
His hand snaked out to my thigh and said with that damn crooked smile of his, “That’s ‘cause I’m warm for your form, baby.”
I giggled, swatted his hand away, and said, “Edward! Be good!” I got up, got him more medication, and cooled off his washcloth. When I got back to his side of the bed, I said, “Take a drink of this 7-Up, please.”
He leaned up on one arm and took a weak pull through the straw. He said, weakly, “Aww, baby, you got me a bendy straw. You must love me!”
I responded, “I do love you, you big goof.” Men being sick equals big babies. Yep, I knew it. Edward pleaded with me to sleep with him. He didn’t have to plead very much. I didn’t want him wasting his energy on such a silly thing. I would have done it anyway. I just didn’t want him to be uncomfortable. He wanted to snuggle up next to me. This man normally had enough body heat to keep me warm all winter long – but him with a fever was definitely no fun for me. I felt like I was on the equator and couldn’t get a drink of cool water to save myself. I was glad when the medication kicked in again and he rolled away to his side of the bed.
Edward never moved the remainder of the night. I was glad it was the weekend. Hopefully we could just lay low and he could get better by Monday so we could get back to work.
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