Chapter 34

EPOV

Bella was completely exhausted from both the physical as well as the mental effort she needed to expel in order to control herself. The ride home had been interesting to say the least. I had originally wanted to get back earlier in the day and use the playroom. Ever since yesterday when she resorted to self-help rather than tell me ‘yellow,’ I thought Bella needed to understand that I was here to help her. So, I had made a slight change to the scene I had planned to include the C-grip.

However, this afternoon it became very clear there was no way we were going to have enough time to play, eat, and get to New Moon, so I needed an alternative. Not that I minded in the least, we had a great day together with my family. Getting to use the playroom was not imperative; it would have just been an added bonus.

My brother’s however think that it is their duty to enlighten me on the ways of a woman. Which if I am being completely honest, I’m glad they do because I had no clue that women had an inclination to linger. Driving back with the pizza, I had made a simple comment about wanting to be on the road by five and Emmett laughed.

“Then dude you better tell her four,” Jasper nodded his head in agreement while Emmett continued, “then maybe you will be gone by five-thirty.” I didn’t understand what the problem was. There wasn’t a whole lot of things to get together so it couldn’t take that much time. I listened while they talked to each other.

“Yeah it takes at least a half an hour of them telling each other that they are leaving. Then another half hour of making plans.” Jasper commented while Emmett pursed his lips nodding.

“Plans?” I needed clarification.

“Plans dude. You know, ‘oh we’ll get together for lunch, don’t forget about shopping, we are suppose to do this, we’re suppose to do that.” Emmett’s tone of voice turned mocking.

“Then the hugging starts and while they hug each other three times they go back over all the plans and sometimes add new ones. Just when you think that is all there is and you can leave it’s another round of hugs and ‘drive safes…’” Emmett interrupted Jasper’s speech.

“Oh yeah and the ‘don’t forget to call me so I know you got home safe,” again in that mocking tone.

“You guys are shitting me, right?” Emmett looked at me with raised eyebrows I caught Jasper’s eyes in the rearview mirror. They were both dead serious.

That shit wasn’t going to be happening; I would make sure that Bella knew without a doubt that when I said five that’s what I meant. Taking Bella upstairs so I could tell her in no uncertain terms how it was going to work and that meant forbidding her from talking to anyone except to say good-bye. Then as extra insurance I prepared her for the ride home with the C-Grip letting her know she didn’t have that much time before the cycles would start.

The first one was just an introduction. The second one ran through each combination of the various settings so she could experience each one. The next two were auto programmed which I had linked to my phone so I could watch the progress. It really was an extraordinary device and I had expected Bella to yellow more than she did.

But I should know by now that what I expect from Bella is not always what I get. She never disappoints me, always digging deep inside herself and whether that is sheer will or tenacity, I have no idea.

There was one point I thought about stopping the exercise when Bella appeared to be laughing about something. I didn’t ask because I didn’t want her to automatically answer and fail in her task. I did however continue to talk to her. My voice seemed to soothe her, unlike my touch that caused her to exert more effort.

I knew the last four minutes were going to be the hardest. I don’t know how the hell she curled into a ball around the seatbelt, but she did. While she screamed out the word ‘yellow’ I worked at getting her mind to focus on something else. Looking at my phone she had a little over two minutes to go and I told her that. Once she got her breathing under control and her body relaxed she was able to sit back.

Bella’s eyes flickered open and they were glassy and distant; she had been in a sub-space lost in the sea of sensations. She was absolutely exquisite and I couldn’t help but touch her, running the back of my hand over her face. Her head leaned into my touch lightly brushing her lips against my fingers. She looked at me with so much love in her eyes, I hated to look away.

We only had a few minutes before we were home and Bella was sound asleep. Picking her up her head sagged against my shoulder and she said something about a - brown cunt? I tried not to laugh because I didn’t want to disturb her, but she comes up with the strangest things when she’s sleeping.

I laid her down on the couch and as I covered her with the small blanket she stirred slightly. Brushing the hair away from her face a small smile played on her lips.

“Baby I’m going to go get Seth and pick up some food. You sleep and I’ll be back soon.” Bella didn’t answer and didn’t even move when I kissed her cheek. She really was beat and I wondered if maybe we should just skip the club and opt for a quiet night with a good movie.

Jacob answered the door, “Edward?” he was looking over my shoulder probably for Bella.

“Hello Jacob, I came for Seth.” He narrowed his eyes so I figured I had better tell him where Bella was. “She’s at home sleeping so I thought I would pick him up for her while I was out getting dinner.”

That seemed to answer his unspoken question and he told me to come in. Seth seemed glad to see me and he came over with his tail wagging. “Hey buddy, did you miss us?”

“Jake, who was …” Leah was coming down the stairs stopping halfway when she saw it was me. “Hi Edward,” I couldn’t tell if the smile on her face was genuine or not.

I answered her greeting taking in the splatters of mint green paint on her shirt. Jake advised her that Bella was back at my house sleeping. That information seemed to cause her expression to change.

“Jake are you going to Hun Sung’s or should I?” She asked handing me Seth’s leash.

“I just ordered from there myself.”I told them then a thought occurred to me. Leah had seemed very curious about my house yesterday, maybe she would like to see more of it. Besides if Bella was going to be staying there, I wanted them to know that they are welcomed to come over.

“I’m going to pick up my order now and if you would like I can get yours too. Then you could come over to my house and we can all eat together?”

Leah seemed to like that idea, but she said they couldn’t stay long because she had some work to do. That suited me fine because if we were going out, we would need time to get ready. Jacob had refused to let me pay instead insisting upon riding along with me while Leah would keep Seth.

We talked about nothing of consequence, sports, the weather, and what we did over the weekend. That information seemed to catch his attention.

“Bella was in a snowball fight?” He seemed shocked and as I thought about it, I realized he was right.

“No, actually she stood away from it, and then ambushed me.” I chuckled at the memory of her smashing snow on my head.

“Yeah that sounds more like Bella. She doesn’t like to play in the snow.” Jacob snickered.

I knew it was irrational, but the fact that some other male knew my girl better than I did irritated me. Regardless of the fact that he was like her brother and they had known each other their whole lives. I wanted to know all those little things that made Bella who she is and I didn’t want to hear it from someone else.

Leah was waiting for us in the driveway with Seth when we arrived back with the food. Once the door was open Seth made a bee-line for Bella, who was still sleeping on the couch. His nose touched her cheek and Bella stirred. He nudged her one more time and her hand absentmindedly came out to pat his head.

“Ten more minutes Seth, mommy’s tired.” Then she rolled to her back, mumbling out my name and something about BFF. I grinned but stopped abruptly at Jacob’s comment.

“Oh this is the best part, the talking!”

“Shhh…she’s tired, and don’t make fun of her.” Leah admonished her husband, I was actually glad for that.

Clearing my throat I showed them into the kitchen getting each one a drink before going in to wake Bella. I didn’t want them standing there while she was incoherent, because for one I’m a greedy bastard and I don’t want to share her sleep talk with anyone and for two I didn’t want to take a chance on Bella saying something that would make them uncomfortable or embarrass her.

When I got back to Bella she was half awake thanks to Seth’s persistence, I sat on the edge of the couch looking down at her.

“Hey,” my fingers ran along the line of her jaw.

“Hi. Do I smell food?”

“You do. Are you hungry?” I smiled at her.

“Starving!” she admitted while she sat up. “It’s weird because I ate lunch.”

“Yeah well, that was four hours ago and your body worked really hard on the way home.” Her lip went between her teeth while her face flushed pink. I chuckled at her response, “What are you thinking?”

“I’m thinking about my reward. I get a reward.” Bella’s whole face lit up and her eyes sparkled.

“That you do; what would you like?” I asked tucking a lock of hair behind her ear.

“You.”

I looked into her eyes. “You have me love.”

“Nooo…I want you.” Bella flung herself at me straddling my lap with a force so hard she knocked me backwards on the couch.

I laughed while my hands gripped her bottom, “well, at least you are easy to please.”

Bella wiggled her hips so her core was grinding on my dick making me grunt. “Isabella.”

“Oops.” The look on her face was not one of oops. It was a look of merriment and had we been alone she would have been over my knee with my hand on her ass. Then again, maybe that was her intention all along. But as it was, there were people in the kitchen waiting for us who would not approve of walking in on that little scene.

“We will discuss your ‘oops’ later, right now there are people and food in the kitchen, both of which are waiting for you.”

“Who?” She moved to get off me, and then followed as I walked towards the kitchen.

“Let’s go see.”

Seth followed us and I could tell that Bella was indeed pleasantly surprised at seeing her family there. While we ate there was quiet conversation, Bella talked about our weekend, explaining in detail the meals we ate, the color schemes of the rooms and describing in depth the beauty of the lake. How the snow surrounded the perimeter while the mountain reflected off the water like glass.

Bella found beauty in the most remarkable places and I couldn’t be sure if it was just her or all women. I tried to think of conversations with my mother and sisters. Were they like that? I couldn’t remember a time that either of them had me so drawn in to their conversation that I couldn’t look away.

I was so wrapped up in watching Bella, the way her hands moved sometimes while she talked or the look of wonder that came on her face while she contemplated something. How her eyes sparkled when she was amused or narrowed with indecision. Bella completely fascinated me and I could have sat there all night just watching her.

I was so wrapped up in my own thoughts that I didn’t hear the question Bella asked me. “I’m sorry babe, can you repeat that?”

“I was just wondering if Alice would send me copies of the pictures she took.”

“I don’t see why not. Just ask her she probably already has them downloaded.” I shrugged; if I knew my sister she would have been downloading them the minute we got back to the cabin. Bella returned back to the conversation she was having.

“I’ll ask her Leah and send it to you. I was thinking maybe you could crop it and make it black and white.” I had no idea what she was talking about.

“Where was your camera?” Leah asked a seemingly innocent question.

“I didn’t take it. You know taking pictures isn’t my thing.” Bella answered taking a drink from her glass.

“No of course not,” Leah smirked. “Bella normal people take pictures.”

Bella’s whole face turned blank, “I guess I’m just not normal then Leah.”

Bella’s eyes met mine with an ancient sadness in them I didn’t recognize. I could see the tears forming in her eyes and I wondered what the fuck just happened. She was imploring me to do something but I didn’t know what. The only thing I could think of was to let her remove herself, so I inclined my head telling to go use the bathroom.

My eyes shifted to the source of Bella’s distress wondering what she said that caused the reaction I just witnessed. Jacob practically attacked his wife.

“Why the fuck do you do that?” his voice was low as he spoke through clinched teeth.

“I didn’t do anything,” Leah tried to insinuate innocence.

“Well you sure said something,” I knew she didn’t appreciate my comment by the glare I got but I didn’t give a shit. Leah has a way of just saying whatever comes to her mind without any thought of how people are going to react. I was expecting a retort but it was Jacob who addressed the situation.

“Leah,” he sighed, “you know how sensitive Bella is when you insinuate that she’s abnormal.” Leah looked back to me, and I could see the remorse. But I wondered why she says hurtful things to begin with.

“I didn’t mean it like that, I just meant that…doesn’t everyone take their camera when they go away?”

I thought about that and the answer was, “no, not everyone.”

Bella came back out of the bathroom, her mood had improved. As she walked by me her hand ran across my shoulder. “Are you still planning for us to go out tonight?” My eyes caught hers and I debated for a few seconds. I had wanted Bella to see the caning demonstration and because of our other plans we wouldn’t get to the club for several weeks. But I didn’t want to go if she was too tired.

“Yes, as long as you feel up to it.”

A smile spread across her face. “I’m fine…”

Leah interrupted her sentence, “Bells I didn’t mean anything by…”

“Don’t worry about it Leah, I overreacted.” Bella sat back down to finish her meal, I wondered if it was an overreaction or if she was just placating her sister to keep the drama to a minim. The conversation dragged and then Leah just couldn’t help herself.

“You know Bella, you should get a simpler camera if you can’t work that one.” Bella sighed pushing her plate back.

“Leah, I know how to work the camera. We were there for one night and working all day Saturday. I promise when we go to the beach I’ll take the damn camera. Are you happy now?”

“You’re going to the beach? When?” Leah scrunched her eyes together.

Bella shrugged looking to me

“It’s not definite at the moment but I believe the first week of June, when we come home from Forks.”

“Oh that reminds me Bella we are leaving Wednesday instead of Friday but I didn’t think that would be a problem because you’re coming out with Edward.” With Leah’s statement all the tension in the room left.

Bella got up to start cleaning the table off, but I stopped her. “Baby I’ll do that, why don’t you show Leah your room and start getting ready?”

She tilted her head slightly, “Leah would you like to see my room?”

“You have your own room?” she asked moving to stand.

Bella leaned over to kiss my cheek then whispered in my ear, “the BFF is in the drawer in the bathroom.” I must have looked dazed because she giggled telling Leah to follow her. I watched as the two women left wondering what the hell she was talking about.

When my eyes went to the man across the table from me, he was scrutinizing our exchange. I didn’t think he heard Bella and even if he did I figured if I didn’t understand what she meant he sure as hell didn’t either.

“Jacob, do you want another beer?” I asked him while I moved to finish what Bella had started.

“Sure.” He was still watching me while I rinsed off the plates to put them in the dishwasher, making me wonder what was on his mind.

“You do the dishes?”

Is that what his problem is?

“Yes sometimes. Sometimes Bella does them, sometimes we do them together.” I said looking over my shoulder at him. Jacob was still analyzing what I was doing.

“Huh,” he huffed, “just like a regular couple.”

What did he think we were?

“As opposed to what?” I asked leaning against the counter and taking a drink from the bottle of beer.

“I don’t know Edward. I’ve been trying to come to terms with what your relationship with Bella is.” He leaned back in the chair folding his arms across his chest. “That is part of Leah’s problem too. Well she has another problem but that’s between them and they will work it out.” He grew quiet and I wanted him to just say what he was thinking.

“So what is your problem Jacob?” He picked up the bottle taking a drink without ever breaking eye contact

“I don’t have a problem. You love her…,” it was a statement of fact, “…I can see that. It’s just, I suppose when you first started being together…I can’t get out of my mind where you met or the lifestyle you are involved in. I assumed that would involve Bella being treated like a maid and doing all the work while you sat around holding a whip.”

I couldn’t stop the laugh that came out of me and I was going to comment but he continued.

“I’m going to guess that there are aspects to your life together that I would not approve of…”

“Jacob, if you are referring to our intimate relationship that is truly none of your business just as yours is none of mine. I don’t need or want your approval, I didn’t invite you here for that or for Leah to see that there are not sex swings hanging in every room,” Jacob grimaced and made like he was going to say something but I pressed on.

“I invited you here because I thought maybe Leah… and you, would like to spend time with Bella. I know you are all close and I’m afraid I monopolize her. I can’t help that, and I’m not going to apologize for it either. As for our relationship it is just like anybody else’s. With hopes, fears, and uncertainties like any other two people who love each other.”

“I can see that, and Bella is a big girl she can do what she wants. I told you I don’t have a problem as long as she is happy and safe…” At the word ‘safe’ I was reminded of something.

“Jacob do you know a man named Caius? Caius Salvador?” His brow furrowed as he thought pursing his lips while he shook his head.

“No, who is he?”

I took another drink before I explained what little I could, telling Jacob some of what occurred here at my home as well as the panic attack Bella had yesterday. Finally giving him the reason why Bella was going to change the code on her house and stay here for a few weeks. I still didn’t think that Caius was any danger, and after Jacob denied knowing him I figured there was no way that Caius knew Bella either.

“What does he do for a living?” Jacob inquired.

“His main business is antiques. Bella doesn’t have any antiques does she?”

“Have you seen the furniture in her TV room?” he scoffed.
I chuckled because yes, the furniture from her mother was old but I didn’t think that was anything Caius would be interested in.

Jacob shook his head, “no, there are none, the only thing she has is a bracelet from her grandmother with little blue stones in it. I don’t even think it’s real, just cut glass.” He thought for a minute then looked to me, “is this guy dangerous?”

I denied it and he warned me to keep an extra eye on Bella, reminding me how stubborn she can be. He didn’t have to tell me, I knew that from firsthand experience. The one thing I had going for me was my Dom card, and yes, I would play it whenever I thought it was necessary. Seth came running out into the kitchen and once I let him out back Jacob and I went into the living room just as the two women were coming down the stairs.

Bella looked stunning in the silver dress. Her hair was twisted around her face with the bulk of it all gathered over her right shoulder and secured with an oval bronze barrette. The front of the dress curved down to reveal the blue pearl on her collar while the fabric hugged every sensuous curve she had.

When she turned around the back of the dress was completely opened with a bronze chain attached to each side that draped across her shoulder blades. The dress puckered by her tail bone caused the thin material to hug her ass. It was short, ending mid-thigh, and she looked sexy as hell.

Jacob choked on the last sip of beer in the bottle, coughing while he took in Bella’s appearance.
“What the fuck are you wearing?”

“It’s a dress.” Bella stated the obvious.

“That IS NOT a dress! Jesus mighty girl, Leah got pregnant in more clothes then that!”

“Ewww…Jake!” Bella made a face of disgust and her voice rose an octave when she said his name.

“I like it,” Leah announced.

“Well you aren’t wearing that, not unless it’s around the house while you vacuum!”

I laughed at Jacob.

“I’ll let you borrow my whip.” Bella’s jaw dropped open while Jacob answered me, “I just might take you up on that,” while Leah simultaneously said, “don’t give him any ideas.”

I laughed at the exchange while Bella rolled her eyes then shook her head in disbelief. They said their good- byes with one last warning from Jacob that if I was going to let Bella dress like that I’d better keep a damn good eye on her. He didn’t have to remind me; the way she looked I didn’t think I would be able to keep my eyes off her.

It was close to eight-thirty and I had a lot to get done before we could leave. I needed to dress, get Bella back into full- sub mode, and prepare her body for the evening.

“Isabella where is the C-grip?” I needed to reprogram it, because she would be wearing it tonight.

“The BFF?” The look on her face was comical making me laugh. Bella must have gotten concerned because she asked, “can we call it BFF?”

“Why?” I asked with a chuckle and a snort. But she didn’t answer me right away. Instead she stood there with an innocent grin and I just didn’t have the time to pull the information out of her so I asked more sternly than I expected to, “Isabella why?”

“Because I thi…”

“Who?” I figured I might as well get started at her getting back to where she would need to be.

“Your girl is sorry Sir; she was out of the habit. Please forgive her?” I nodded motioning with my hand for her to continue. Bella took a deep breath.

“Sir, this one thinks that C-Grip is a disgusting name and she hates the word cunt and would like to call it BFF because she believes if it was not used to torture her it would be her Best Fucking Friend.”

Bella said it so fast, in one long breath, that the only words that actually registered in my brain were disgusting, cunt, torture, and best fucking friend. But it didn’t really matter, she can call the toy whatever she wanted.

“Isabella go get the C…the BFF…,” I smirked at the thought of her silly names, “…and bring it to me in my room immediately.”

“Yes Master.”

I showered and shaved as quickly as possible, going into my room with a towel wrapped around my waist. Bella was standing by the dresser with BFF held out in front of her with her chin down. I didn’t say anything to her; I wanted to give her a few minutes to get her head straight.

Once my shirt was on I snapped my fingers and then gave the signal for her to come to me. Bella held BFF out in front of her and I took it motioning for her kneel. Once she was on the floor I handed her my boxers.

“Dress me Isabella.”

I don’t normally enjoy having someone dress me, but I needed her to get back in the right frame of mind quickly, so I was hoping to kill two birds with one stone. As I lifted each foot, I used her shoulders to balance myself. Once she pulled the thin layer of cotton over my knees, I motioned for her to stop.

“Is my cock hard Isabella?” I could see her tongue peek out between her lips.

“Yes Master.”

“And do you think it is polite to cover up a hard cock?”

“No Master.”

“No? Then what do you intend to do about it?” Bella moved forward but I pulled back stopping her. “Uh Uh…did you ask permission for the privilege of doing that?” It took two seconds for her to get her thoughts together.

“Master, may this girl please give you pleasure with her mouth?”

This was not the frame of mind I wanted her in tonight. Submissive? Yes she was that. I wanted something deeper; I wanted the attitude that matched the dress. I wanted my slut - and she was going to have to be enticed into making an appearance.

“Isabella, I don’t have time for my girl to give me pleasure. I want my slut to suck my cock. Now ask again.” I could see the determination in her eyes.

“Master may your slut please suck your cock?”

That’s my girl; now let’s see what you got.

“Open up.” As she complied I slid myself into her warm wet mouth. “You have five minutes to show me all those skills you taught my sister.”

I could feel the back of her throat relax and I didn’t give any resistance to the expertise of her mouth. I felt rather juvenile blowing my load in less than five minutes, but I really didn’t have the time to enjoy it as long as I wanted to.

Bella’s face was flushed while she finished dressing me right down to tying my shoes. I reprogrammed BFF for the night then had Bella sit on the chair with her legs draped over the arms so she was open for me. I sat on the edge of the hassock running two fingers through her folds.

Holy Fuck she was wet.

“I’m assuming by how wet she is that my slut enjoyed sucking me off?” Bella remained quiet while my fingers curled deep inside her. She let out a deep primal moan lifting her hips to get more friction.

“I can give you your reward now Isabella, or I can give it to you later. If you choose now it is all you will get. If you choose later you shall receive more than one. The choice is yours. Choose now.” I knew it was a hard decision to make when she was so close. But earlier she had refrained holding off her orgasm, I knew she could do it now, if she wanted to.

“Ahhh… Later…I…your girl chooses later.” She almost let out a sigh of relief as she finished talking. I just couldn’t let her off that easy. My fingers stayed where they were.

“I thought my girl was gone for the evening? I thought I had something else?” Bella’s muscles were clinching around my fingers and I figured she’d better hurry up or she wasn’t going to make it.

“Ohhh…Master…ahhh…your slut…Master your slut chooses more than one later.” I was going to stop but Bella blurted out, “because your slut is greedy and wants more than one!” The last part came out of her mouth in a rush.

Withdrawing my fingers I placed them on her lips wiping the moisture off on them and then held one finger up in a warning. “Don’t lick that off.”

Bella remained still her breathing beginning to return to normal as I slid BFF back inside her clamping the arm down over her clit. My hands moved down her thighs to wrap around her knees lifting them so she could sit up before bringing her to her feet and giving the signal for her to look at me.

“Isabella I want that flavor to remain on your lips until such a time that I lick it off. Do you understand?”

“Yes Sir.”

It was hard while looking in her eyes to not just remove the tangy dampness, but I wanted that for later. Instead I placed a kiss on Bella’s forehead then ushered her downstairs so we could leave.

It was a clear evening and traffic was light so we arrived in plenty of time. Before we got out of the car I gave her the eyes down signal and started giving instructions she would need for the rest of the night.

“Isabella you are to keep your eyes down at all times unless I tell you otherwise. You are not to speak to anyone without my expressed permission. The C…the BFF,” I was really going to have to get the full story on that, “…has been silenced so you will not hear the beep it will just begin with no warning to you.”

I on the other hand would still be alerted by my phone so I knew to watch Bella for any signs that the sensations were getting the better of her. I also wanted to watch how she would react to the stimulation in a semi-public atmosphere.

I held her door open while Bella stepped out of the car; my fingers ran across her breasts. I knew she didn’t have a bra on because there was no way she could wear one with that dress. But there was something on her breasts that kept her nipples from pointing out. I wasn’t sure if I liked that or not, and I stood there quietly contemplating having her remove it. I thought maybe before making that decision I would find out what it is and why Bella was wearing it.

“Isabella what is this?”

“It’s a Nu-bra Sir,” her eyes remained down while she talked.

Ok, it’s new, but how is it staying on her and why is she wearing it? With her eyes down I couldn’t get any kind of reaction from her.

“Isabella…why are you wearing it?”

“Sir?” She was as confused as I was and she hadn’t told me what I needed to know. “I…”

“Who?”

Bella sighed and I needed to put an end to that. “Isabella stop making that noise and tell me what I want to know, now.”

“Your girl can not wear a regular bra and so she is wearing a Nu-bra.”

I wasn’t getting anywhere with that line of questioning so I made my decision. “I don’t care when you got the bra. I would like you to remove it.” Bella stood still for a second and then she started to giggle. “Something is funny?” I couldn’t figure out what she was laughing at.

“Master the bra is not N-E-W, new. The name is Nu – N-U like nude, it is for lift, support, and modesty. So your girl is not walking around with loose boobs and pointy nipples.”

Yeah, we had a breakdown of communication on several levels. The confusion over the new/nu was slightly humorous, but the rest was out of the question. I suppose I still had not made myself clear as to what I was expecting, so I enlightened her.

“Isabella, remove that nu-bra, now. I want you with loose boobs and pointy nipples. Had I thought of it, you would be wearing the bands and your nipples would constantly be at full attention. As it is I shall have to take it upon myself to see that they are. Because when my slut walks into a room, I want everyone to see her charms, knowing that they all belong to me. Modesty holds no place here tonight, now do as I say.”

She hesitated for a fraction of a second and I presumed that Bella was warring with herself. I was going to say something about wasting time, when her arms started moving. Reaching down the front of the dress she tugged and pulled finally taking her hand back out holding a flimsy piece of material that reminded me of poster board. Taking it from her to put in the car I realized from the tackiness how the bra stayed in place. Bella had taped it to herself; I added that to the list of strange things women did.

Bella followed as she had been directed to. A few people said hello as I made my way through the downstairs, others just nodded in polite recognition. As we made our way through heading into the VIP room I spotted Aro and Jane sitting together at a table but continued on my route. When I opened the door I heard my name being called from behind me, turning I saw who it was.

“Stefan.”

“Edward, may I speak to you about the invoice I was sent?” he wasn’t rude but it I didn’t know what I could help him with.

“You have to talk to Aro about that. I have nothing to do with it.” He should know that.

“That’s not true Edward, your name is on the bottom so I know that you had something to do with it.”

All I do is run them off, my name appears because I am logged in to the programs to access the information, and I told him that.

“You know the economy is bad and I’m laid off from work, so my funds are a little short at the moment. If I could just have some time or if I could make payments I would appreciate it.” I understood, I truly did, but it wasn’t my place to make those kinds of arrangements.

“I don’t know if anything can be worked out and that is something you will have to speak to Aro about and make arrangements with him. In the mean time, if your funds are low perhaps you shouldn’t come here and spend so much.”

I don’t think he liked that statement very much. In my mind that was a simple truth; if you don’t have the money to pay for something then you don’t do it. But like I said he didn’t like the truth, Stefan’s eyes narrowed as he squared his shoulders.

“You know Edward coming to New Moon is the only outlet I have right now. I’m struggling just the same as half the people in here are. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth or a trust fund coming out my ass, and I certainly wasn’t lucky enough to have a million dollar babe at my disposal,” he motioned with his chin in Bella’s direction.

“Excuse me?” Why the hell is he bringing Bella into this and what does he mean by million dollar babe?

“You heard me, money begets money, and I suppose had I been here that Thursday night she wouldn’t have taken a second look at me, because I would be beneath her.”

What the fuck is he talking about?

“I’m not exactly sure what you are insinuating or why you would stoop so low as to bring my submissive into your little rant. But don’t you ever think for one minute that I would allow you to say anything of a derogatory nature about Isabella.” I was going to continue but Aro had joined our exchange.

“Is there a problem here?”

“No.” Stefan answered while I disagreed.

“Yes, there is a problem. Stefan would like to speak with you alone to see what can be done about his bill. While you are there perhaps he can explain where he gets his information about my finances, or my submissive’s.” While I spoke I never took my eyes off Stefan’s.

Aro eyed me and then took in Bella; I hadn’t even glanced at her until now. She was standing quietly behind me with her chin straight and her eyes down. Aro escorted Stefan back to his office; I didn’t want to go along as the whole thing was between them. I was just irritated that he had the nerve to bring up Bella, and what did he mean million dollar babe?

Does she have a million dollars? I knew Bella had gotten insurance money from her mother’s death but was it that much? It didn’t matter to me; it was her money not mine and Stefan was correct, I had been born with a trust fund coming out my ass.

After the little exchange with Stefan all I wanted to do was be alone with Bella so I could talk to her and make sure she wasn’t in any way distressed by the exchange. The problem was there wasn’t anywhere to go but back to the office and Aro was already occupying that space. The DJ started a new song and as the lyrics ran through my head I thought of a place where we could talk and be alone in a crowded room.

“Come Isabella.” As we got onto the dance floor my phone vibrated telling me that BFF was going to begin a cycle. Pulling her into my arms, her hand rested on my shirt over my heart while the other one clasped my hand. My other hand skimmed the expanse of her bare back and she shivered, making me wonder if it was in response to my touch or to BFF.

Tilting her chin so she would look at me, we started to sway with the music. Bella’s eyes were wide and a smile played on her lips while I sang the words.

well expect me to be
calling you to see
if you're ok when i'm not around
asking if you love me
i love the way you make it sound
calling you to see
do i try too hard to make you smile
to make a smile

well i will keep calling you to see
if you're sleepin are you dreamin and
if you're dreamin are you dreamin of me
i cant believe
you actually picked...me


“Are you alright? Did Stefan upset you?” I asked while we moved around in a slow circle.

“No Sir, your girl is fine.” Bella’s voice was kind of breathy and I knew what that was from.

“I don’t know why he would involve you, or me for that matter, into his financial obligations to Aro. And he had no right to insinuate anything about you.”

She didn’t answer, her lips parted and I could see her tongue start to moisten her lips but she stopped herself. It was then that I remembered what was on her lips and I was waiting for the right moment to remove it. Bella’s eyes were getting glassy and her breathing grew heavy as the song changed. Looking down into her eyes I smiled.

“This is your song Isabella.” A slow smile formed across her face as her body molded to mine. I swayed us to the sultry beat while singing the words against her lips.

Looking at you, I can tell, you’ve had hard times in your life
Now its time for me, to make everything right
I wanna shower you, with lovely thangs, help you smile again,
I wanna get to know you, make it right, so you can breathe again

You’re my diamond in the rough girl
And I’m here to make it better
You’re my diamond in the rough girl
And we gone shine in love together
My hand slid down to the small of her back so the material of her dress covered my fingers while pulling her closer to my body. Our hips moved in unity and I could see the flush starting to form on Bella’s face while I continued crooning.

I see the scars from the broken heart; life’s got you down
And the bags under your eyes have the smiles inside, that’s tearing you apart
Girl you looking at change, I’m a man that preys and I’m strong in faith
God musta had a plan, placed you in my hand, let me lead the way.

You’re my diamond in the rough girl
And I’m here to make it better
“Master,” Bella’s pleading voice was matching her eyes and she swallowed hard letting a small sigh of pleasure escape her mouth.
“Shhhh….……And we gonna shine in love together
“Master, please…yel-…”
“Shhhh….let it go Isabella,” I told her before singing the next line.
And I’m here to make it better
“Yell….ahhhh…,” Bella was still trying to fight it, and I didn’t want her to fight, I wanted her to let it go and orgasm. My hand moved down under the back of her dress to cup her bare bottom while I sang the next line against her lips.
And we gonna shine in lover together
While the song ran through the refrain once again I held Bella as close to me as I could. Her eyes were imploring me to help her as her breathing became deeper, “Isabella, keep your eyes on me and just let go, give into it, enjoy your release.” Her eyes quickly scanned the room but I called her attention back to me.
“Look at me Isabella, don’t take your eyes off mine.” Once I had her full attention I could tell she was close, and slightly scared about having an orgasm in public.
“It’s alright baby, I’ve got you and nothing is going to happen, just try to be as quiet as you can. Now, cum Isabella.” She trembled against my body and a soft moan left her throat which I captured with my mouth against hers. Our tongues moved against each other’s and Bella’s soft whimpers of pleasure vibrated against my mouth.
As I pulled back, a satisfied grin marked her face while I muttered the last of the words to the song against her lips.
You’re a princess cut, uranium your flawless girl your don’t have to …
Brilliant baby, shine better than all I know…

When the song was done, my lips caught hers again and I licked the last of her flavor off them, while my hand moved back up to a more conventional position on her back. As our lips parted Bella’s breathing had practically returned to normal. I knew there were many eyes on us and to them it would have looked like a make out session on the dance floor. But my girl had just had her first of many public orgasms and she did spectacular.

I signaled for her to keep her eyes down before we moved off from the dance area. I didn’t want to make Bella self-conscious about all the people scrutinizing us. I myself had not realized that we were so interesting until many head’s turned in my direction while I walked by.

Jessica had a scowl on her face, Maria pretended to be oblivious but I saw her glance at me through the corner of her eyes. Lauren, dressed in her normal cat suit, stood openly gaping with her hands on her hips. There were other curious eyes that followed our movements and as I met their gaze they would quickly turn away.

Upstairs was just as full and the demonstration was just beginning. I positioned Bella in front of me with one hand on her hip and the other around her waist. I spoke quietly next to her ear explaining what she was going to be viewing.

“Isabella this is a punishment scene. They will be role playing out the punishment. Look,” I held her chin in my hand while she took in the stage. Cameron was securing his submissive to the pole, so her back was facing him. After the normal discussion and placating to the audience he picked up the bamboo cane. With the first strike, Bella jumped. The second strike she gasped with the jump and the third she let out a hushed strangled cry as she tensed up.

At first I had thought that BFF was working on her again, but I realized that wasn’t the case when the next strike hit and she spun around to look at me. Stark terror filled her eyes and she jumped again at the sound of the cane hitting flesh. From the deer caught in the headlight look I was getting, I figured it was safe to assume that caning just became a hard limit.

Chapter 33

“Oh God,” I gasped rather loudly, but I couldn’t help it. Edward’s fingers were curled up deep inside me and his tongue was doing that luscious swirly thing on my happy spot.

“Shhhh…they’ll hear you,” he warned before attacking my clit once again with his mouth.

“I don’t care…I don’t fucking care…,” I panted out while Edward chuckled at my neediness. He had given me permission to release at will, and right then the pressure was building fast. The first twinges of my orgasm were taking hold. It felt so damn good I could have cared less who heard me.

“Ohhh…pleeeeassee…” My hands went to his head in an attempt to keep him right where was he was, but it was unnecessary because Edward had no intentions of stopping.

The warmth started spreading through my body, and my muscles which were unable to take it any longer seized, I shuddered arching my back while the built up pressure escaped my throat. “Ahhh…shhhhiiittt…aauuhhh!”

My body felt like a mass of quivering nerves as it road out the pleasure that left me breathless. Edward’s fingers remained inside me as he kissed the inside of my thigh. I thought he was going to remove them and join me but he didn’t. Instead he laid his cheek on my stomach and continued moving his fingers to apply pressure on that spot deep inside me.

“Again Isabella.” At his words I literally felt my eyes roll to the back of my head and I moaned loudly to the greatest feeling I’ve ever known. My body felt like it was floating on a sea of clouds as the warm radiating tingles overtook me. I didn’t know where I was, time, place, and reason all took a back seat to the bliss that was cursing through me.

I became aware of Edward’s hand skimming lightly over my jaw line and I think I heard something that sounded like ‘beautiful’, but at that exact moment I couldn’t tell. My eyes flickered open to look into the darkened sea of emerald green.

“You’re so beautiful when you cum. I missed watching it,” his fingers combed through my hair.

“I missed feeling it,” I admitted.

“I’ll bet you did,” he chuckled.

His lips were on mine and as they parted I could taste the heady tang of my essence on his mouth and it fueled my desire for more. I wanted to taste, feel and savor… more.

“I have more,” his words sounded against my lips while he moved to kneel between my open thighs. I felt his hands slide under my knees and instead of him thrusting into me Edward pulled my body, effectively impaling me on him. The feeling of fullness was so intense and sudden that I cried out in surprise.


With our bodies joined, I looked up into his face and his eyes were dark and heavy and then he started to slowly move inside me. Each stroke against my walls was like a reprieve from the built up desire I had felt from the past four days. His fingers were wonderful, his mouth heavenly, but Edward’s cock inside me was priceless, and I vowed to never be without it again.

I closed my eyes savoring each stroke aware that with each breath a tiny sigh of delight escaped my mouth. Edward’s hands put more pressure on my knees pressing them futher into the bed, causing him to go deeper inside of me as he picked up his pace. My sighs were turning into wanton moans and I found myself gasping.

“Oh…hmmm…oohhh...ahhhmmm...”

He let go of my knees, grabbing behind my bottom and lifted me up so I was straddled on top of him. His strong arms held me to his chest while my legs wrapped around his hips. My arms used the back of his neck as a way to give me leverage and when our mouths met we swallowed each other’s groans. My hips moved in an attempt to gain more friction as his thrusts became even stronger.

The pressure in my stomach was growing and building to an unbearable point. Our mouths were glued together and his arms tightened around my body. I couldn’t take it anymore, letting go I felt my muscles seize around him, shuddering a sigh against his lips and came crying out… “Masss…terrr!!”

It didn’t take much longer for Edward to reach his own release, with a grunt he pushed deep inside me, tightening his hold and groaning out my name.

We stayed like that for a few minutes with my head resting on his shoulder and his face buried in my neck. Both of our breathing was labored as we enjoyed the after tingles. All too soon Edward kissed under my chin and shifted to lay us on the bed. As we moved he withdrew from my body and I whimpered at the loss making him chuckle.

“Ah my pet, sorry to disappoint you,” he said through heavy breaths.

“Not disappointed. In fact, I feel rather satisfied.”

“Well that’s good to know,” the grin on his face making me smile.

Edward handed me a bottle of water and after taking a much needed drink I handed it back to him which he immediately downed.

“Thirsty?” I asked.

He nodded, “Yes, you’re going to wear me out.”

“Is that possible?” I laughed.

“I don’t know we’ll have to find out won’t we?”

I was going to answer him but Emmett’s voice echoed through the wall, “Find out another night, because I’m fucking tired!”

I could feel and hear the air being sucked into my lungs as my eyes widened in shock and watched Edward silently laughing. “I told you, you were too loud.”

“I wasn’t that loud,” I could feel my face heat up.

“You were both fucking loud, now go to sleep!” Emmet’s voice once again resonated through the wall.

Oh. My. God!

I didn’t know if I should be mortified or proud; either way, I couldn’t stop the giggle that came out. Edward pulled his side of the blankets down and I scooted to climb under my side. He was still chuckling when I laid my head on his shoulder. His fingers making small circles on my arms and I sighed in contentment and then a thought occurred to me.

“What am I going to say to them in the morning?” I whispered next to his chin.

“Don’t worry love. Do you know how many times I had to listen to them?” Edward spoke in a normal tone, I’m assuming so that everyone could hear. Then he spoke in a hush, “besides would you have rather waited another day?”

I moved my head so I could see his face – the best I could in the darkened room – and looked into his eyes. “No, I didn’t want to wait one more minute!”

With that confession he grinned placing a quick kiss on my lips.

“Let’s get some sleep, we have a busy day ahead of us.” At his words I tucked my head back under his chin, letting his warmth and strength lull me to sleep with a sense of security.

It was too bright; someone must have turned on the light. “Turn it off,” I whined and heard the laugh.

“Turn what off?”

“The light, turn it off.”

That only made him laugh more. As my eyes flickered open I realized it wasn’t the light, it was the sun shining in the large window behind us.

“Ohhh…,” I groaned out my annoyance. “You need to get blinds with a remote.”

Edward laughed once again, rolling to look down at me. “Sorry.”

His lips on me made the brightness easier to accept. His hands moved up to cup my breasts and my body came to full alert as the warmth of desire rushed through me. His lips moved down my throat, over my chest, suckling one of my nipples into his mouth as he entered me. It was unhurried, and as I neared my release he told me to cum and muzzled my cry with his mouth; which I in turn did the same for him.

I was slightly leery about seeing everyone but the call of fresh coffee was greater than any embarrassment I held. Besides, I figured we are adults who loved each other and if the noises bothered them, they should have made their own.

Jasper and Alice were already downstairs sitting on the couch together drinking coffee. The fire in the hearth was blazing taking the chill out of the air. After a pleasant good morning Alice informed me that it was her and I on breakfast detail since Rose still was experiencing morning sickness and the smells made her queasy. It didn’t matter to me and after a few minutes we got started with the cooking.

I was dipping bread in the egg mixture when I heard Edward and Emmett come down the stairs together. I cringed a little bit, thinking that if anyone was going to say anything about last night it would be Emmett. But my fears went unfounded when they both sat down in the main room with Jasper.

I stopped what I was doing to make Edward a cup of coffee and then took it to him. He met my eyes and smiled, “thank you love,” and then he motioned for me to go back to what I was doing. As I turned to leave Emmett commented innocently, “yeah, wait until she’s pregnant and see if you get coffee then.”

“I’ll take what I get Emmett, and if that means getting my own coffee so be it” Edward answered. By the time I got back to the stove to turn the bread, I could feel the tears forming. I could never give Edward children. I knew we were nowhere near even thinking about that, yet for the first time in three years I felt the regret.

Up to that point the pain was just a distant impossibility because there was no one in my life. But now, if having children is important to Edward he can’t do it with me. I hated James at that moment more than I ever hated him and for the first time I wished him dead.

“Bella, I’m thinking a dozen eggs.” Alice had rejoined me in the kitchen after setting up the table.

“Excuse me what?”

“Are you alright?” She cocked her head to the side.

“I’m fine.” I plastered a smile on my face. Half-hearted but still a smile. Then figuring out what she was talking about I added, “I’m sure a dozen is plenty with everything else.”

Alice scrutinized my expression and she narrowed her eyes but let it go. I was glad for that, after my panic attack yesterday the last thing I wanted was to get all emotional again.

Emmett came out for some coffee and tried to snatch a sausage link from the skillet. Alice slapped his hand and he whimpered making me feel sorry for him. “Hold on Emmett.”

While he waited I made him a French Roll, which consisted of a piece of French toast with a line of syrup down the middle and wrapped around two sausage links.

He eyed it as I handed it to him, but took a bite anyway. “Wooo…That is fuck-awesome!”

I smirked, “I know. It’s even better with eggs on it and a dab of ketchup.”

“Ketchup?” I just nodded but Edward spoke up from his place on the couch.

“Isabella has a bit of an oral fixation.”

I gaped at him, what the hell is he talking about? Emmett eyed me and I waited sure that the comment would come, but all I got was a ‘thank you’ and he walked back over to sit down.

When I put the last of the French toast on the griddle and turned the sausages, Alice leaned into me and whispered, “by the way, I liked you being loud, it fueled Jaz on.”

I couldn’t help the laugh that came out of me; it felt like a relief to have someone say something. “I’m glad I could be of service Alice.” She raised her eyes and got a huge grin on her face.

It must have been good.

We were almost done eating when Rose came down; she got herself a piece of dry toast and a cup of mint tea before quietly sitting next to Emmett. I felt bad for her, but she said the nausea was getting better and hopefully after a few more weeks it would be gone.

I was the last one that still needed to shower, and the men said that since we cooked they would clean up, so that gave me time to get ready. I half expected Edward to be in the bedroom when I came out of the bathroom, but he wasn’t.

As we all climbed into Jasper’s Escalade, Rose and Emmett sat in front of us and I noticed for the first time that she was rather subdued. Her normal mannerisms and witty conversation was absent, she remained steadfast and quiet not once even turning her head to look out the window. It was then that I noticed the gold hooped choker adorning her neck that had been absent yesterday.

Rose was in full sub-mode. Edward had told me that she would slip into the role when she felt the need. I wondered if the trauma of her confession to us yesterday was the cause. I sort of felt bad about that, thinking that had it not been for my own breakdown perhaps Rose would have been alright. But then again maybe it had nothing to do with it.

Because it was only mid-May the higher elevations on the mountain were closed. Jasper said that the park wouldn’t be fully open until July. We walked the Bench Lake trail and although it was mostly flat the ground was wet and muddy. The trail took us over wooden bridges that ran along waterfalls and over small streams. Jasper told me that the snow was just beginning to melt and that as the season went on the streams would turn into rivers and the waterfalls would be much wider.

“We’ll come back next month and you can see the difference,” Edward told me, standing on the bridge in front of the waterfall while Alice took our picture.

The trail led us through the woods to a large lake that was melted in the middle with snow all along the perimeter. Snow Lake Alice called it and Emmett said that the snow would remain until August and return again by the end of September.

Of course our grown men turned into little boys at the sight of the snow and the three of them pelted each other with as much of the frozen slush as they could. We stayed out of their way as much as possible but occasionally a ball would wiz by us. Alice was snapping pictures at a furious rate when a ball hit her square in the backside. The expression on her face made me laugh and before I could defend myself she grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at my chest.

Rose took over the picture taking while the five of us squealed and laughed. I tried to stay tucked behind the tree and away from as much of the lobbing snow as I could. Edward set his eyes on me moving towards me like a predator after its prey.

I tried to move but he caught me, hoisting me over his shoulder while I kicked my legs yelping in protest, “Edward!”

“Ahhh….there it is, I was wondering when you were going to say my name,” he laughed wickedly swatting my bottom.

I gasped, “that’s cheating!” I informed him, swatting his ass with my hand.

“Oooo…my girl is getting feisty, just the way I like her,” he spoke as he carried me over towards the lake. When we got to the edge he took hold of my knees making me fall further down his back. I screeched reaching my hands out to grab some snow. Edward laughed hard before pulling me back up. My thighs wrapped around his hips and he used both hands to hold my bottom. There was merriment in his eyes and I couldn’t resist kissing him, before squishing the snow in my hands on top of his head.

His reaction seemed to be in slow motion: surprise played across his features, his eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open making me laugh harder. Edward started shaking his head to rid it of the snow and I tried to get away as it was flung in my direction.

“Stop…” the word lost its meaning in my giggle, and I turned my head while Edward laughed. I felt his lips place a soft kiss under my jaw line and then his teeth softly bit at the same spot. I gazed at him through my lashes; he had that grin on his face and I couldn’t help but kiss him.

His nose and lips were chilled but his moist tongue was warm and a sigh of pleasure escaped my throat. I’m sure we would have continued had it not been for Emmett’s interruption.

“Oh…puh-lease! I heard enough of that shit last night.” I pulled away from Edward’s lips putting my head on his shoulder as the blush heated up my face.

“I knew he was going to say something.” I spoke softly against Edward’s chest.

“I’m surprised it took so long…,” he answered quietly by my ear. “…doesn’t matter, it was worth it.” I grinned nodding my head in agreement.

Edward set me down, and I stood on my toes to swish the rest of the snow out of his hair. Because everyone was wet we decided to just head back to the car rather than continue on the trail. Jasper turned the heater on and when we got back to the cabin everyone quickly changed into dry clothes.

Edward told me that he was going to go with the men to get pizza for lunch; so while I was up in the room I started gathering our clothes together. Picking up the book he had given me yesterday I joined the women down stairs. Alice was at the table loading the pictures she had taken into the computer; I stood behind her for a few minutes watching the images as they appeared on the screen.

She had some good shots of everyone but there was a candid one of Edward and me. He was holding me with my head to the side and his teeth tugging on my jaw. There was a raw sexiness to it but yet we both had innocent expressions and I thought it would look great finished in black and white.

Rose was sitting on one end of the couch so I took the book and occupied the other end. Half way through the first chapter Rose interrupted my reading. “I have a book that she helps celebrate on, you’re welcome to borrow it if you would like.” When I looked up, she had a sad expression.

“You alright Rose?”

She nodded rubbing her stomach it was quiet for a minute before she spoke

“I just worry. If the world is so fucked up now…,” she looked in my eyes, “…what happens when my baby is older?” I sighed trying to think about what to say, but I had no words of wisdom for her.

“You give your children love and help them to grow to be happy, healthy, and productive adults. That’s the best you can do Rose.” Alice’s voice came from across the room. “You can’t know the future, you can only learn from the past.”

Alice was right about that but it didn’t seem to alleviate her concern. “Look what happened to me and to Bella, what is to keep that from happening to my child?” Tears formed in her eyes. I reached out to draw her into a hug.

Alice scooted in the spot behind Rose wrapping her arms around us. “There are things you can’t stop, but now you know what to look for and you’ll recognize it.” Alice looked to me, “Bella you’ll see the signs and never let your daughter be with a man like that.” I stiffened at her words, blinking back the tears.

“I’ll never have children.” Both women looked at me. “The last time…James caused damage; I won’t be able to…”

“Yes you will.” The conviction in Alice’s voice caused me to look in her eyes, “I can see her, little round face, dark curly hair, green eyes and her middle name is Alice.” I huffed in disbelieving amusement. “Don’t laugh you’ll see, I’m always right.”

“Now come on, both of you,” Alice tugged on our hands, “I don’t want to go home feeling all sad.”

“What do you want to do?” Rose wondered.

“Well, let’s look at the Inn I found.”

We moved over to the table, there was still half a bottle of wine, so while Alice and I indulged Rose looked at the web site. It looked very nice and each room was actually a mini suite with a kitchenette and sitting area. The Inn also allowed pets for an extra fee, but the best part was that each suite had a glass enclosed balcony that overlooked the ocean.

We had just started to see what kind of activities would be available when the pizza arrived.

“Hey, are you girls looking at porn?” I had to look twice to make sure I heard Jasper correctly. I had come to expect that kind of comment from Emmett, so to say I was shocked was an understatement.

“Yeah baby, we’re looking at the giant woodies!” I snickered at Alice’s reply because we were looking at the giant red woods.

Edward came in carrying three boxes of pizza and I waited for him to put them down before meeting his eyes. When he finally looked to me, his hand moved telling me to go to him.

“I would like to speak with you upstairs. Please go wait for me”

“Yes Sir,” I whispered the words hoping no one heard me and quickly made my way up to his room.

I didn’t know what he wanted; I couldn’t think of anything that I had done wrong today other than call him by his given name. But he seemed to laugh that off, at least at the time he did. He didn’t tell me to undress and I wasn’t sure where or how to wait for him, so I just picked a spot on the floor and got into position. My mind was racing through all sorts of scenarios that would warrant his immediate attention.

Edward came in the door and I could feel my heart rate increase. He didn’t say anything at first; he just left me there waiting while he did stuff around the room. The knock at the door startled me but not as much as when he told the person to come in. I had to concentrate very hard on keeping my breathing even while I remained steadfast.

“You want the padded ones?” Edward asked.

“I’d prefer them, yes.” Emmett? What is Edward giving him? I could hear Edward jiggle his keys, and then his brother thanked him and left, closing the door behind him.

“Isabella, I had made plans for us today without really considering the time constraints that I was placing on myself. I had wanted to be home by three o’clock. Since it is already two that is not going to be happening,” Edward sighed.

“I guess I will just have to play this by ear.” The last comment wasn’t directed towards me; at least I didn’t think it was.

“I see that you’ve already begun to pack. Thank you. I’m thinking that my plans will not be too interrupted if we can leave by five o’clock. That means everything cleaned up, packed, and all the girly hugs and whatever else women do, done and out of the way and we are driving at five. Do I make myself clear?”

“Yes Master.” Is that all he wanted to tell me? What time we were leaving?

“Good, then let’s go eat and see that you stick to that time schedule.”

Edward helped me up and I looked in his eyes trying to see if I was missing something, but there didn’t seem to be anything. I followed him down the stairs where everyone had started eating and were looking at the web sites. While Edward and I ate we looked over more of the information and then they started talking about specific dates. Everyone settled on the first week of June which would be after our trip to Forks and before the twenty-fifth anniversary party at New Moon.

With that decided we set about preparing to leave, the downstairs was done and the garbage was all loaded in Emmet’s jeep – he was going to drop it off somewhere. There were a few personal items I needed to get together, and while I worked on that Edward packed up his bag of toys.

“Isabella I need you to go use the bathroom.” He wasn’t asking me if I had to, he was stating that I was to go. I turned to look at him, but he didn’t say anything just raised his one eyebrow waiting for my response.

“As you wish Sir.” It didn’t really matter to me, I was going to need to go sometime before we left anyway. When I came back into the room he had something pink that looked like a horseshoe draped over his fingers while he was texting on his phone.

“Close the door Isabella,” he ordered without looking up from what he was doing. The pink thing vibrated in his hands and he finally looked up from the phone.

“Remove your pants.” I looked at the clock it was only four-twenty but I knew we didn’t have enough time for this kind of stuff.

“Now!” Edward’s stern rebuke made me start to move doing what he asked. Kicking off my shoes and sliding my jeans down my legs before finally stepping out of them.

“Lay on the bed, thighs spread wide and pull your knees up to your chest.” I must have hesitated a bit too long for his liking because he narrowed his eyes in irritation. “Isabella, are you having trouble hearing me?”

“Noo…No Sir.” I shook my head moving to get in the position he had requested. I watched him while he played with the buttons on the phone again and I heard a faint beep.

Was that the pink thing?

Edward walked over to the closet and took out a wooden folding chair, opening it to sit in between my very exposed center. I could feel the heat rush through me as he took in my form. “I had wanted to get home and spend time in the playroom working on your control, but since that isn’t a possibility any longer this will have to do.”

He laid his phone on the bed next to me and pulled the chair closer as he sat down. Leaning over, his flat tongue made a swipe through my folds, swirling once over my clit. “Mmmm…you taste so good my pet. If I had the time I would tie you in this position and tease you until you begged.” His dark eyes bore into mine, “and you would beg…wouldn’t you?”

“Yes Master.” I had no doubt about that, if there was one thing Edward was good at - it was making me beg.

“Uh,” he huffed, and then his finger ran through my folds. “So wet, so exposed, so fucking perfect,” he sighed deeply as two of his fingers moved inside of me, making me whimper. “Quiet… I do not want to hear one sound from you. Not even a sigh”

I could feel my teeth biting into my lip and my neck was getting stiff from trying to watch what he was doing. So I laid back, closed my eyes and relaxed, giving him complete access to my body. I heard a small snap and then his slippery fingers were back on me. Two seconds later I felt something firm sliding inside me. Edward pulled it back slightly then slipped it back in so it grazed along my inner wall.

“I bought this for you Isabella. It’s an interesting little device that can be used for pure pleasure, or in this case as a training tool.” I could feel his hands and then there was a snap and a firm pressure against my clit. The pink horseshoe was gripped around my girly parts.

“It will turn on and off at pre-set intervals, each time it runs through a set it beeps and that is your signal that a new set will begin shortly” Edward took my hands off my knees tugging them so I would know to sit up. He gave me the signal to drop my eyes and I complied.

“I need you to get dressed and call Leah to inform her that we are running late and ask her what would be a convenient time to get Seth, so I can plan the rest of the evening. After that phone call you are not to make one sound. The only thing you are allowed to say is good-bye to the others and the word yellow.” I wasn’t sure if I heard him correctly and I wanted to ask what he meant by that but he didn’t give me time because he went on to explain.

“We will discuss how that will work in the car. Right now, I believe you have about fifteen minutes before that little C-Grip starts doing its job. I would suggest that you are in the car by then so you can get accustomed to it in private. But that is entirely up to you. There is thirty minutes until five o’clock, and if you wish to dally around until then, that is your choice.”

Edward made the signal for me to look at him. When I did, his face was that expressionless mask that my Master wears with the tone of voice that goes along with it. “However don’t you make one sound, not a gasp, a whimper or a throat clearing….nothing. Do you understand me?”

“Yes Master.”

He nodded.

“After you have said your good-byes and are ready to go. You will come and present yourself as you normally would and we will leave. Now do as you were told, and I will be downstairs.”

He stood, putting the chair back in the closet and then picked up the bags I had packed and left. I quickly called Leah while getting redressed. I didn’t know what was going to happen in fifteen minutes and I wasn’t exactly sure I wanted to be around anyone when I found out.

Leah said that they would be home all evening and that it was no problem to just stop in and get him whenever we wanted. I quickly told her some of what we did and hung up with the excuse that we had to leave and I would be losing the signal. Moving down the stairs everyone was carrying stuff outside and Jasper was making sure the fire was completely out.

We all said good-bye, I hugged Rose and Alice and they said something about going out for lunch, but I didn’t answer verbally. Instead nodding in agreement and I figured I had better get out of there before they asked me anything else.

Edward was over talking to Emmett, approaching I felt slightly self-conscious about presenting myself in front of people. It was actually a relief that I had to keep my eyes down, that way I wasn’t aware of anyone watching, (if they were watching at all). It felt like Edward let me stand there for a long time before finally acknowledging my presence. I was starting to worry about the time restraints and I had to remind myself that Edward knew and wouldn’t purposely allow me to be embarrassed. But still, it was a fight against my own temperament to not grow antsy.

Finally he spoke to me, “Are you ready Isabella?” I didn’t answer instead meeting his eyes and gave a single nod. “Let’s go.”

Everyone else was ready to leave also and we all seemed to walk out of the cabin at the same time. Edward held the car door open for me and as I went to get in the pink thing started vibrating both inside and outside of me making me gasp out of sheer surprise.

Edward’s eyes narrowed, piercing me with his annoyance at the sound I just made. Sitting in my seat the vibrations stopped just as abruptly as they began. Edward started the car asking me what Leah had said. I told him and then the ride became quiet the only noise that could be heard was the soft purr of the engine and the tires moving along the road.

My body flinched drawing in a quick breath through my nose as the vibrations started again. Edward was more than annoyed. “Perhaps I did not make myself clear when I told you to not make a sound. So I will remind you once again. Do not make any noise. Do not show a reaction.”

I concentrated on my breathing forcing myself to relax and let the vibrations come and go. Once I realized that they seemed to come at regular intervals I had come to expect them, and I found that I actually was anticipating the little bit of pleasure I got from them. I should have known that wasn’t going to last.

The faint beep sounded so softly from inside me that I barely heard it, and at the same time Edward’s phone vibrated in the console. I thought maybe he had a call or a message but when he didn’t move to respond to it I realized his phone was linked with the toy.

I didn’t have much time to think about that because the vibration started immediately. I had grown accustomed to the rhythm of two minutes off and then ten seconds of movement. But this time it didn’t shut off, it continued to vibrate to the point where my muscles tightened around it, and then it stopped. I wanted to sigh out in relief but I held my composure breathing normally.

“Much better Isabella.” The car had been so quiet that Edward’s voice startled me. Glancing at him I smiled and the vibrations began again. This time coming in quick jolts before stopping, my eyes shifted around the car as my mind prepared for more, but there was none. Just as I started to relax the toy came to life again the whole thing vibrating. My clit, perineum, and g-spot were all being stimulated at the same time.

I couldn’t keep my muscles from locking down around the device, it felt so fucking good and I was afraid I was going to cum. I wanted to whimper when it stopped but instead I bit my lip and slowly relaxed into the seat.

“Well that was interesting.” I didn’t know if Edward knew what was happening, or if he was just commenting on my reactions. I didn’t really have time to think about it, because of the vibration that was going on against my inner wall that didn’t seem to be stopping. I realized that the more I tightened around the toy the more intense the sensation was, so this time I forced myself to relax and just let it happen. The vibration switched to my clit and I bit down on the inside of my lip because relaxing just wasn’t helping this time. After a few more samples of various combinations, the beep and Edward’s phone alerted us to the fact that set was done.

“Isabella I want you to slightly recline your seat.” After I did that he continued giving me instructions, “put your head back and close your eyes, take some deep cleansing breaths.” I could feel my body calm as I cleared my mind, not even acknowledging the feel of his hand running down the length of my jaw.

“You are doing very well and now you understand how the C-Grip works.” I wondered why it was called that but I couldn’t dwell on the name too long because Edward continued.

“You have just felt every combination that there is. From here on out it will be a matter of the intensity as well as the duration of the stimulation.” I heard what he said, but gave no reply while I relaxed and waited.

“For the next hour you are going to use every ounce of determination you have to remain steadfast and quiet. Your breathing may increase but I do not want to hear a sound escape your lips. The only word you may utter is ‘yellow.’ That means the intensity is building and you are in danger of losing your composure, and you need my assistance.” Edward stopped talking and I could hear clicking and then he said the words that set my resolve.

“The plans for my evening depend on you Isabella. If you can control yourself through both of these sets, my plans will be able to continue as scheduled and you shall be rewarded. If, however, you cannot control yourself and you vocalize or orgasm then I will be very disappointed, and my plans will need to be adjusted in order to accommodate further lessons for you.”

I didn’t think it would be that hard, the vibrations only lasted maybe thirty seconds and there was always a break in between. Edward said both sets, so I assumed that meant two. I had just gone through two and it wasn’t horrible, in fact I kind of liked it. I figured the worst thing that was going to happen was I would get all worked up, but even that would be worth it to get a reward.

I had just finished that thought when the C-Grip started pulsating, varying between one area and the entire thing and then the pulsations would move along the length. I concentrated on my breathing forcing my body to relax, but it wasn’t working as well as I had hoped.

The other thing that was not in my favor was that it never stopped. It was like the fucking energizer bunny - it kept going and going. I knew my breathing was growing deeper and I could feel my heart beating faster in my chest. I started counting in my head when the stimulation changed to an increasing vibration on my inner wall.

The higher I counted the stronger the vibration became and somewhere in the recesses of my mind I thought – count backwards, maybe it will decrease – but it didn’t seem to work that way. I was almost to the point of saying ‘yellow’ when the vibrations moved to another area. I let out a long negative-energy breath before drawing in a deep cleansing one.

I didn’t know how long it had been. Edward said there were two sets and we had an hour, which means each one is thirty minutes or less. Surely it must have been thirty minutes, or at least getting close? My hands clinched at my sides as the whole C-Grip vibrated so softly it felt like whispers of air touching me. That sensation was actually the most difficult to overcome.

It felt so good and I was practically begging it with my mind to please give me more, but it didn’t for the longest time; and then the intensity built until I practically screamed out, “Yellow!”

“Shhhhh…listen to my voice Isabella. Think about something else…States. Name all fifty states.” I heard what he said and my eyes flickered open. Edward was watching the road and my mind went to geography, and I started think Alabama, Alaska, Arizona…that was working and I found that I could disassociate myself from what was happening to my body.

I made it through the first set with a silent shudder, I have never been so glad in all my life to hear a beep. I figured I had at least five minutes to get myself together and calm down. Edward handed me a bottle of water and as I took a drink his hand brushed the side of my face sweeping the hair off it. I didn’t realize until that moment that I was sweating. I handed the bottle back to him realizing why I was so warm.

Sitting up I went to remove the hoodie I had on and the C-grip came on full force. I couldn’t move I was afraid that any shift in my body would cause the pressure points to change and I would lose it. I was counting again and I got up to two hundred and eighty-eighty before there was any change.

Sitting back as soon as I could and concentrating on relaxing I thought it was going alright. I only yellowed once and between my counting and the states I found it was easier to control myself. I also found that I did better when Edward didn’t touch me. His touch just added a new height to the pleasure that was cursing through me and I was working so hard at not giving into.

I did however find his voice to be comforting and although I never answered him I was glad that he continued talking throughout the ride. Sometimes it was just words of encouragement other times he made full statements. Edward had said something about going to Victoria. But I only half heard it, because I was lost somewhere else. Almost like a Twilight Zone, reality seemed to be in a different dimension.

I peeked my eyes open, realizing we were almost to Seattle, I did little cart wheels in my head. That was until the fucking torture device wrapped around my cunt-

oh my god C-grip - Cunt-Grip. That’s why it’s call that!
I hate that word it’s so disgusting! Some stupid man probably thought up this device and then gave it a disgusting name thinking it was fucking funny! Asshole!

I think I was starting to grow delirious.
Get a grip Bella, and not a fucking C-Grip either. The first thing we are going to do is give this sucker a new name. Pink something pink?
Pinky C… nooo Bella that’s a pink cunt and that’s vile, but I guess it’s better than a brown one. I wonder if there is such a thing?

Yeah I was losing it.

All I knew was that if I was allowed to cum, this thing would be my BFF – That’s it! BFF…that’s its new name.

My little mental rant had distracted me, but my body was declaring a mutiny. I began to realize that my thighs were shaking with the effort of fighting off my orgasm. Impossibly BFF picked up speed and my body shook as the pressure in my stomach became too much to bear and I clamped my mouth shut but it was just too much. I took a deep breath and somewhere in the recesses of my mind I thought, “Yellow!”

I shouted the word through heavy breaths and my knees came up to my chest as I curled in on myself in an attempt to hold it together. I heard Edward’s voice but he wasn’t making any sense. All I could think about was how good it felt and how tired I was of fighting it. I just wanted to cum, it didn’t matter what happened; I couldn’t take it anymore.

Edward’s words were breaking through the haze, “Isabella count down with me twenty-five, twenty-four…come on baby, keep counting…twenty, nineteen…that’s it, clear your mind. Fifteen, fourteen…relax Isabella.”

As I listened to his words I found that I could once again focus on something other then what BFF was doing to me. My eyes flickered open and Edward glanced at me, his hand touched my cheek and I turned my head slightly to kiss it.

“Are you still counting Isabella?” I nodded in a drunken like haze. His eyes flickered back to the road but he finished counting, “six, five, four, three, two, one.” As he said the word BFF came to an abrupt stop and my body shook uncontrollably from sheer exhaustion - I was spent.

“You did fantastic baby.” I heard him say the words, but that was the last thing I remembered until I felt him lift me out of the car. I knew he laid me down and I could feel him take off my shoes. Edward said something about getting Seth and sleep. But I didn’t understand him because I drifted off into an exhausted sleep full of confidence in my submission to my Master.

Chapter 32

EPOV

It was turning out to be a perfect night. After Jasper’s outburst and the reaction from the girls I stood there putting two and two together and coming up with, floor. Looking at Isabella and demanding an answer she got all flustered and between the blush on her face and those ridiculous braids, she was just too fucking cute, so I couldn’t get upset. Besides, what the hell did I care? My sister was a grown woman, what she did with her husband was none of my business. In fact I found it rather hilarious that the three of them used a banana as a teaching aide. The only thing I could have done without was the mental picture that Emmett painted, that was more than I needed.

When we went upstairs to change into our suits Bella couldn’t seem to wait to see what was on her nipples. She had rubbed them all through dinner, and I had to admit I was enjoying her discomfort. I knew the bands didn’t cause pain they just constricted making the nipples extremely sensitive, and the more she tried to soothe them the worse they would get.

At first I let it go thinking Bella would figure it out, but when the movements of her arms became more noticeable I finally had to put a stop to it. Once we were alone I removed her tops and wondered why the t-shirt was damp.

“Rose told me to use ice on them.”

“Did I tell you it was alright to use ice?” I narrowed my eyes at her pointedly.

“No Sir.”

I let out a sigh motioning for her to kneel and then pointing my third and forth fingers down to show her another signal, “eyes on the floor.”

While she waited I went about getting myself ready thinking what to do about this new development. I hadn’t specifically told her not to soothe herself, but it should have been implied. I figured I’d better make that point known right now.

“Isabella did the ice alleviate some of the discomfort you were feeling?” I asked as I sat down on the edge of the bed to face her.

“Yes Sir.” Bella’s eyes remained steadfast to the floor.

“Hmm…I don’t believe that we’ve had this discussion before or that the situation has arisen until now. That is my fault for assuming you would know without being told. So let me make it perfectly clear to you; your pleasure, pain, or minor discomfort is mine and only mine. It does not belong to you, Rose or Santa Claus. What that means is simply this: you are not to use anything other than your sheer will or determination to allay any uneasiness that I am causing to your body.” Using the hand signal for her to look at me - she knew the signals well - I didn’t need to wait for her eyes to meet mine.

“Isabella, what is your recourse if the intensity becomes unmanageable?” I could see her thinking and I waited.

“To say yellow?” She answered with a question like she was unsure.

“Are you asking me?” My voice came out more forceful then I had wanted it too.

“No Sir. I am to say yellow.”

“And you didn’t because…?” This is what I needed to know, if the bands were so bad that she resorted to self-aid, what stopped her from using the safe word?

“It wasn’t that bad. I just wanted the itching to st…” I gave her a quick stern answer before she even finished her sentence. “And I wanted the itching to continue.” Bella’s eyes dropped to the floor making me cup her chin so would look at me again.

“Whose desire takes precedence?”

“Yours Sir.” I nodded motioning for her to come closer and relax.

Bella needed to know that I wasn’t upset with her. There were no tears in her eyes and that was a good thing. This discussion we were having wasn’t chastisement. It was her Master giving her instruction on what he deems to be an unacceptable practice.

Once her head was on my thigh my hand ran over her bare shoulder down her arm and across her breasts, grazing her very taut nipples. As I did Bella’s breath spiked but she remained still, they were sensitive. I wanted to know from her just how sensitive.

“Isabella on a scale of one-to-ten how intolerable was your discomfort?” I rolled one of her nipples between my thumb and finger.

“Mmm…six.”

Six? That to me was very tolerable, she was either being impatient or petulant, neither of which are acceptable. I believe my Miss Bella was going to need more time with the bands on and I might as well see how uncomfortable I can make her.

“I want you to go and use the bathroom. Make sure you do, it’s the last time you will go until bedtime. When you return you will strip and be in your waiting position.” I helped her up, handing her the t-shirt so she could leave the room.

I didn’t have her mat so I placed a pillow on the floor, hoping she would understand what it was for. Then I quickly moved downstairs to get the bag I left in the car. No one was down there; I figured they all needed some form of seclusion, just like we did. But I also figured we wouldn’t have too much more time before they would be knocking on the door for us to rejoin them.

Bella knew exactly what the pillow was for and as I entered the room I could hear her breath hitch.

“Very nice Isabella.” I wanted to reassure her that it was me and at the sound of my voice I could see her relax. I made a quick assessment of her posture along with taking in the appearance of the rest of her body, before standing in front of her.

“You know, I find I rather like those bands and the way they cause your nipples to stand at attention. Look at them.” Bella’s head moved slightly so she could see her breasts. The gentle slope and the round firmness enhanced by sharp nipples staring at me begging to played with. Yes, I liked the effects of the bands very much.

“I believe that I will show you how to apply the bands and they will become part of your Friday night preparations.” I squatted down giving the sign for her to look at me before running the back of my fingers over her breasts then down into her slick wetness.

“It would appear that you enjoy that idea as much as I do.” Her eyes held no answer for me; I wanted to hear it from her lips. “Does that idea appeal to you?” She drew in a deep breath and her soft wet tongue peeked out to moisten her lips before she spoke.

“Yes Master” The desire in her eyes was tangible, the physical energy coming off her body was radiating and it took every ounce of strength I had to not throw her on the floor and bury my dick inside her.

I was very glad that I had changed into board shorts because little eddie wasn’t so little. Yes I had taken to calling my dick little eddie, and had he been confined inside of jeans he would have been in more pain than he already was.

Needing to refocus I drew in a deep breath, the scent of her arousal hung in the air – that was not helping my resolve – and stood, offering my hands to help Bella to her feet. “Come, we don’t have much time and I want to get you properly prepared.”

Sitting on the bed with Bella standing between my legs I lifted her knee to place her left foot flat on the mattress. The muscles in her stomach contracted and a warm pink flush covered her torso. I know that there are Dominants that consider blushing to be an unfavorable trait in their submissive; in their minds nothing they do should cause any shame, personally I found it to be sexy as hell.

My fingers ran through her slick warm folds and I wanted so badly to taste her. Not in a teasing manner, no I wanted to submerge my tongue inside her until she withered with pleasure. Bella’s breast was right in front of my face and I circled her nipple with my tongue before sucking it into my mouth.

Her breathing hitched as her hands came up to grip my shoulders in attempt to steady herself while my fingers slipped inside her. “Ahhh…”

Oh fuck…I missed those noises.

My mouth pulled away from her while my hand remained fixed where it was. Bella’s eyes were closed and my thumb started circling her clit. “Mmmm…oh…”

With my other hand I picked up the container on the bed snapping open the top. Slipping my fingers out of her I placed a few drops on my thumb, and then went back to massaging her clit. Bella sucked in a quick gasp at the sensation of cold that hit her sensitive nub. Putting a few more drops on my thumb I rubbed it in making sure her clit was coated with the gel.

I was banking on the last of the ink being gone tonight. I knew she couldn’t submerge her whole body in the hot tub, but I figured she would sit on the edge with her feet in it. Hopefully the water would get rid of the last remnants, hell I didn’t fucking care if the chlorine in the water bleached the shit away. My girl was going to be worked up and if her foot wasn’t clear, I just might have to go back on my word and give her a pity release.

Using my two fingers I spread open her labia and blew on her clit. Bella gripped my shoulders tighter sucking in a moan, “ahhhh…oooohhhh,” that went straight to my dick.

“Mmmm…I liked that sound Isabella, do it again,” yes, I could be an evil bastard.

One more blow caused Bella to twitch as she whined out, “Gooooddddd…,” then sucked in a whimpering, “oohhhhh.”

I would have continued with my fun except for the knock and Emmett’s announcement. “We’re going out, you guys coming?”

I met Bella’s glassy stare and answered my brother, “Yes, we’re coming.”

Lifting her leg to stand her upright I watched as Bella came to terms with the gel. It was cold to start with turning into a warm tingle before dissipating in about an hour’s time. My hands held her hips and I couldn’t resist teasing her nipples once more. She was already breathing heavy and by the time the gel did its deed she was going be very needy.

“Get ready.” I told her with a pat on her bottom then added, “I will be reapplying more later.” The wide eyed look of total disbelief was priceless and I had to narrow my eyes biting down on the inside of my lip to not laugh.

“Be quick Isabella.” As soon as Bella turned I stood with my back to her gathering up the things on the bed with a huge smirk on my face. Oh yeah, I was going to enjoy watching her squirm.

Alice was in the kitchen making something on the stove when we went outside. Emmett and Jasper had already removed the cover and were sitting in the water. Bella sat next to Rose with her feet submerged. She had on her bathing suit bottoms but because she wasn’t going in she wore a turtle neck under a hoodie for the top.

Music started playing from the speakers and the soft outside lights came on right before Alice came out carrying three large coffee mugs.

“Hot Tottie for you,” she handed one to Bella. “Hot Tottie for me.”

“Only the Hot for you Rose because you’ve already got the Tottie in you,” she giggled at her own joke handing the cup to Rose, before taking off her shirt and climbing in the water. Bella took a sip of the hot liquid shifting her butt around. When she caught my glare instead of looking away she held my stare, pulling her bottom lip between her teeth before licking it with her tongue. My dick throbbed at the sight.

Oh shit, who’s fucking idea was it to use the gel?

Emmett handing me a beer and Alice’s tugging on Bella’s shirt broke us free of our visual foreplay. “Aren’t you coming in the water?”

“Ummm...,” Bella started to explain but Emmett seemed to suddenly remember.

“Oh yeah, come on Little Bella show us what you got!” Bella blushed shaking her head at the double meaning behind my brother’s words.

“What do you got Bella?” Jasper asked like he wondered why he was out of the loop. Emmett eyed him for a second then glanced to Alice shaking his head in disgust.

“If you wouldn’t have been upstairs yelling you would know what she got.” Jasper was baffled for a second but Alice came to his rescue with one of her award winning excuses.

“He dropped something, and it surprised him.” Bella and Rose put their heads together and snickered while Alice nudged Bella’s leg with her elbow. I couldn’t help the blank stare I was giving my sister and I thought for sure Emmett was going to say something but he kept quiet for once turning his attention back to Bella.

“Come on Bella, show us what you got.” Alice’s attempt to have the attention taken off her worked. Bella looked to me as if she was unsure what to do, and I motioned with my hand for her to continue.

“Ummm…alright.” As she stood on the seat, I figured I’d better help her so she didn’t fall in. Getting out, I held her hips while she lifted up the back of her shirt.

“Wow! Edward move your hand!” Rose demanded leaning over to see Bella’s back.

“Damn! Did Alex do it?” I told Jasper he did. Alice stood up pulling the back of Bella’s suit down, which she grabbed tugging it back up.

“What are you doing?”

“I can’t see the whole thing, and I want to see it,” my sister whined.

“Alice, I’m not showing you my ass!” Bella spit out pulling her shirt back down.

“I’ve seen your ass before Bella.” Alice reminded her while Emmett commented, “Well, I’ve never seen your ass, but I have seen lots of asses and they all look the same, and I really wanted to see the rest of that tattoo. I mean really, why do you get a tattoo on your ass if you aren’t going to show it to anyone?”

Bella looked dumbfounded and I smacked my brother on the shoulder while getting back in the water.

“Hey! I might let little Bella slug me but that’s my limit for one day,” he joked.

“What do you mean, ‘Bella slug you?’” Bella wanted to know.

I was going to answer but Emmett beat me to it pointing to the red spot between his pecks as he told Bella, “you bruised me girl.”

Bella’s whole face dropped and she looked mortified. “Oh my god…I hit you?”

I moved to get up and go to her but Emmett pulled on my arm keeping me where I was; which totally pissed me off.

“Fuck yeah you hit me,” he said it like he was proud of her.

“Oh,…I’m so sorr…” Bella didn’t get to finish her apology because Emmett continued.

“Screw that shit girl. It’s my own fucking fault, I shouldn’t have touched you.” His words didn’t seem to make her feel any better. Rose handed her back the mug of warm alcohol and by the time Bella had taken a sip I was sitting in front of her with her legs draped over my shoulders.

“Do you know what you need?” Emmett questioned Bella.

“Drugs?” her quick answer made me stiffen, but her next comment was more enlightening, “because I’ve been there and done that route. I’m not doing it again.”

“No. Not drugs. You need to learn self defense. You have one hell of a punch; you just need to know where to hit so you make them count.” Bella must have looked doubtful because he narrowed his eyes and went on, “I know what I’m talking about. I teach the girls at school, hell I taught Rosie and Alice. All women should know how to deck someone.”

Emmett glanced at Alice who had moved to sit next to her husband then to his own wife. “Rosie and Alice could use a refresher, just in case Jaz here wants to drop something and she doesn’t feel like it.”

We all snickered except for Jasper who almost choked on his beer and our sister whose glare looked like she was trying to shoot him with fire darts.

Once the attention was taken away from Bella I could feel her relax behind me. Kissing the inside of her thigh I moved back to my seat. The conversation turned to what everyone wanted to do the next day. It was decided that after breakfast we would walk one of the lower trails on the mountain. Because it was only mid-May the higher elevations would be closed due to the weather.

Bella’s constant shifting had ceased and I had to admit I was a little disappointed; I had rather enjoyed watching her fidget. She was still using her arms to brush against her breasts, but even that seemed to have changed and I thought maybe she was getting cold. Rose answered my question by announcing that she was done and was going inside. Bella’s eyes met mine and I inclined my head in the direction of the house, telling her to go along. Alice followed suite announcing that she was going to make another batch of drinks to warm them up.

After closing the tub and cleaning up the small mess that was around the area we joined the women. The girls were all in the kitchen area making some kind of snack, Bella looked up to get my attention I signaled for her to continue and she smiled before going back to whatever she was doing. Alice announced we had ten minutes to change and be back down here for food and a rousing game of Chicken Scratch or as Emmett calls it Chicken Shit.

We didn’t have much time to play around, once our door was closed and we were alone I wanted to remove the bands. I told her to hold still while I used the device to elongate her nipples so the bands would slide off. I watched her expression as she braced herself for the pain, looking pleasantly surprised when it didn’t come.

“It shouldn’t hurt that much, they are not like a clamp.” I informed her rubbing my thumbs over her hard nipples. Bella nodded in agreement letting out a contented sigh, which had me seriously considering the idea of skipping the games and just staying right where we were. Alice’s voice outside the door made that an impossibility.

“Let’s go, I’m setting up the game!”

A wry smile came over Bella’s face. “She’s your sister.”

“Yes she is,” I chuckled as I agreed with her.

Bella put on a pair of dark blue pajama’s that consisted of a pair of pants and a thin strapped halter shirt, that clung to her like a second skin. I was going to tell her to put something over it because it was cold and her nipples were standing at full attention. But I didn’t need to, because she grabbed ahold of a white fleece jacket slipping it on; while she watched me put the bottle of gel in my pocket. I figured we would be downstairs for a few hours and I wanted her to be feeling the effects when we came back up.

Jasper was stoking the fire and Alice was in the kitchen stirring a wooden spoon in a pot over the stove. Bella sundered over towards her and I stood there watching her. I must have been lost in the image of her hips swaying because I didn’t even hear Rose and Emmett come down the stairs.

“You going to stand here all fucking night, or move so we can get through?” Rose snickered at Emmett’s comment.

“Fuck you,” I laughed while we moved further into the main room.

Pairing up we sat around the dining table, Alice had baked nachos and some kind of spinach cheese dip that despite how gross it looked tasted pretty damn good. Bella and I were partners; she knew the game but had never played with a dice before, it didn’t take her long to catch on.

The music was playing in the background and either Emmett or Alice complained about the selection. Personally it didn’t matter to me, I had an eclectic taste when it came to music, and it appeared Bella did too. Because it didn’t matter if it was country or rap she sang along to almost every song. It was great to see her so relaxed and as I thought about it, I was very relaxed myself.

“Oh, you guys must all like this song!” Alice blurted out when Eminem’s, Love the way you Lie came on.

Bella played her double six then looked to my sister, but Rose was the one who asked, “why would we like this song?”

Alice looked up from the dominos in front of her. “It’s all about S&M.”

Bella laughed, Rose just stared at her, and I had to admit I was dumbfounded. “Alice,” Jasper interrupted, “this song is not about S&M.”

Alice started singing the refrain. “‘That’s alright, because I like the way it hurts…She likes it,’” she then turned to look at Bella, “you like when it hurts, right?”

“Alice!” I interjected because poor Bella was sitting there speechless with her mouth gaping open. She must have gotten her wits together because she set my sister straight real quick.

“First off, what I like or don’t is none of your business. Second, this song has nothing to do with S&M. This song is about a guy who beats the shit out of his woman and threatens to kill her if she leaves him. Now you might find that erotic, I think it’s kind of sick.”

“Noooo,” Alice retorted, “he says he wants to tie her to the bed.”

“Alice,” Bella was laughing, “listen to the words.”

“I can’t understand the words. That’s why I don’t listen to rap, but Emmett keeps putting it on!”

“Listen girl, here’s the part with the bed,” Emmett interjected. It was Bella who sang the words:

Don’t you hear my sincerity
In my voice when I talk
Told you this is my fault
Look me in the eyeball
Next time I’m pissed
I’ll aim my fist
At the drywall
Next time
There will be no next time
I apologize
Even though I know it’s lies
I’m tired of the games
I just want her back
I know I’m a liar
If she ever tries to fucking leave again
I’m going to tie her to the bed
And set the house on fire.

Alice’s mouth dropped open and Rose shook her head saying, “he doesn’t tie her to the bed to fuck her.”

“But the chorus is so pretty.”

Bella snickered, “I’ll explain the chorus to you later.”

It was my turn to play and I didn’t have anything to lay out, so I had to roll the dice and pick up. Jasper asked Bella if she listens to a lot of rap and while she looked at her domino’s she told him that she used it in her class as an aid.

“You play rap in class?” Emmett was befuddled, “damn where were you when I was in college?”

“High School.” Emmett gave me a smug grin for that comment.

“I’m serious I had Bluee for Psych…”

Bella interrupted him, “Professor Bluee is a genius.”

“Genius my ass! The first day of class he walked in and says, ‘My cat is God,’ and then proceeded to spend the whole hour telling us why. By the end of class the shithead next to me actually believed him.”

We all laughed but Bella went on.

“He was using the power of persuasion; he wanted to see who would agree with him and then watch to see if they truly did or if they were just being a kiss ass.”

We then talked about Dartmouth and some of the stupid things we did there. Bella said she never attended any parties or went bar hopping, and because of her scholarship she lived in the dorms and worked on campus. She had heard of some of the places we frequented but she had never been to any of them. I thought about that and how if we would have met in college, she probably would not have appealed to me on any level nor I to her.

We were interested in two entirely different kinds of fucking back then. I wanted a quick fuck and she wanted to be left the fuck alone. Perhaps that’s why fate didn’t step in and bring us together then. Through my mental musing we had lost another game and Emmett announced that at a penny a point we owed him ten dollars.

Everyone decided that because it was so clear out that we would make a campfire outside. So while the girls gathered up hotdogs, marshmallows, and blankets we went out to start the fire. It might have been clear but it was fucking cold and I was beginning to wonder why we just didn’t sit around the hearth inside the house. That was, until Bella came padding down the path carrying two mugs of steaming alcohol and blankets.

“What do you have there baby?” I asked taking one of the cups from her.

“Something to keep you warm.” I slinked my arm around her kissing her the top of her head.

“You’re all I need to keep me warm,” she giggled taking a sip of her drink.

“Was that corny?”

Bella’s eyes sparkled from the glow of the fire and she nodded, “ah-uh.”

I tilted her chin up to look at me bringing my lips to hers, they were sweet and warm.

“But true.” I spoke the words against her lips before kissing her once again.

Bella and I sat the same as the others with her on my lap nestled between my legs. A blanket wrapped around my back and another one covering the top of her. Alice was the constellation expert and she and Jasper pointed out as many as they could find. Looking up into the sky the moon was reflecting off the snow on the top of the mountain, it was calm, peaceful and perfect.

My arms tighten around Bella and she snuggled in closer to my chest. Alice was trying to point out Virgo in the sky; personally I just didn’t see it.

“Follow Sipca, that’s the biggest star that’s like her butt. Then it looks like she’s lying down with her legs spread.” Alice’s finger was moving while she talked.

“If her legs are spread, how is she a fucking virgin?” Emmett asked making us all chuckle.

“Because,” Alice giggled, “she’s waiting for her true love.”

“If she waits with her legs spread, someone’s going to jump on it,” he added with a chuckle.

“I don’t know Emmett she’s been up there waiting for a long time, no one’s jumped on it yet.” Jasper’s comment earned him a slap on the chest from his wife.

“Maybe she got a stinky snatch….You know maybe the Pisces got her,” he added with a laugh.

“Ewww…that’s nasty!” Alice said in between laughing.

Bella giggled and lifted her head to take a drink and when she leaned back my hand snaked up over the bare skin of her stomach to trace the underside of her breast making her hum. The sound of her contentment reminded me of the gel in my pocket.

Putting the half empty mug on the ground I took the bottle out and moved my other hand from her breast down under the waist band of her pants, making her gasp.

“Shhh…sit still.” I whispered in her ear. Smiling as she shifted to spread her thighs for me. I kissed her cheek as my fingers skimmed along the outside of her sex. I was going to engage her in conversation in order to help her stay relaxed but Alice did my dirty work for me.

“Bella is it later yet?”

“What do you mean?” her voice was a little breathy but not too noticeable.

“I want to know what the chorus means.”

My fingers slipped into her wetness slowly circling her clit.

“Ummm…I can only…,” she cleared her throat, “…I can only tell you what I think it means.”

“Go ahead Isabella, tell her.” I spoke the words by her ear; she turned her head slightly to give me a sideward’s glance.

“I think what she is saying is…,” Rose’s voice breaking in the discussion caused Bella to relax against me while my fingers continued on their mission, “…that she knows he is lying to her but she doesn’t care because she loves him. So she is willing to burn for him and feel the pain.”

Both women looked over at Bella waiting for her to answer, “Yeah…that’s what I think too. Except I think that the burning she is talking about is the desire for things to be the way were, before the abuse. And when she says she likes the way it hurts she is talking about the pain of the memory of better days.”

“Bella, can I ask you something without you thinking I’m a total ass?” While Emmett talked my fingers ran down to skim across her entrance.

“Gee Emmett, who the hell would ever think that?” I teased.

“Yeah no one I know,” Jasper added.

“Shut up asswipes. I’m serious here, I want to know.”

“What do you want to know Emmett?”

Bella was doing really good with this little exercise in restraint. I figured it was time to increase the stakes. While Emmett talked I put a few drops of gel on my fingers and began to work it over Bella’s clit.

“I just wonder. I find it so hard to understand why… why does she stay?”

Bella shuddered silently as my gel covered fingers found their target and her bottom wiggled against my rock hard dick forming a low groan in my throat. But she didn’t miss a beat in her sarcastic reply.

“Et Tu Brute.” Emmett actually looked wounded from her retort.

“I’m serious; I’m not trying to be a dick. Help me understand.” He was serious, that much was plain.

Bella sucked in a silent whimper and I knew that had this been a conversation about anything else she would have just blown off the question. She shifted pulling her thighs together in an attempt to alleviate some of what she was feeling. My hand moved down silently telling her to keep her thighs where they were.

“Behave, and I shall reward you,” I whispered in her ear placing a kiss on her temple before she began to answer my brother.

“Well…,” I smiled to myself at the pitch in her voice, but she caught it clearing her throatonce again before continuing.

“Hope, Emmett. Hope that it will get better. Hope that he means what he says. Hope that this time is the last time. Hope; that’s what keeps her there and she will stay there until the hope is gone. But we are women and nurturers and we want to make it better. Better for him, better for the children and in turn that would make it better for her.”

Bella drew in a long deep breath shuddering on the exhale; to anyone else it would have appeared as if she was simply cold.

“What makes him so mad? I mean is there any rhyme or reason?” Alice was serious with her question too and Bella leaned forward ever so slightly to answer her seriously.

“If there was a set a rules and he said ‘if you never do these things, I won’t lose my temper,’ believe me - you would never do them. But there are no rules; you never know what is going to set him off. The day could be the worst day you’ve ever had in your life. The car breaks down, the washing machine hose blows, the house is a mess, the kids are yelling, you burnt dinner and you are a nervous wreck because he is due home any minute.” Using my other hand I rubbed her arm while she continued.

“All that worry and when he walks in the door, he helps pick up, plays with the kids, orders pizza and makes love to you. And the next morning you don’t put enough sugar in his coffee, and he blows.”

It became very quiet.

“Over sugar?” Alice’s question breaks the silence, and Bella relaxes back against me.

“It could be, or maybe the cleaners couldn’t get a stain out of his shirt, or the neighbor’s dog is barking. The point is, you just never know what will be the breaking point. You just know it’s coming.”

She wiggled her bottom once again against my dick then turned her head to smirk at me.

“And all that time they are just hoping?” Jasper is trying to grasp what Bella was saying, “…I had an aunt and I never understood why she stayed, but I guess it sort of makes sense.”

“There are lots of reasons Jasper and each woman is an individual but what they all have in common is the hope. Every women I’ve ever talked to all said the same thing, ‘I just hoped,’ it’s the common denominator.”

I wrapped both my arms around her, securing her to my body, “I love you.”

I couldn’t see it, but I felt the smile against my cheek and her hand moved up to palm the side of my face, “I love you. You make me feel…”

“Feel what?” I moved my head back so I could see her face, her eyes opened to gaze into mine.

“Alive.” Her eyes filled with unshed tears and I kissed them away.

“Are we putting on another log?” Jaspers voice broke us out of our little bubble.

Everyone decided on one more and while we watched it burn they talked about the twenty-fifth anniversary party at the club. The party was giving Alice extra work and she explained some of the designs she was working on. Emmett was talking about our place on the waiting list for Seahawk season tickets. Apparently we had moved up from fifty-seven to fifty-four. It didn’t look like we would be getting seats this year.

“You need to wait for tickets?” Bella interrupted.

“Hell yeah, we been on a waiting list for two years.” Emmett told her the basics, but Jasper explained it in length.

“There are only so many season tickets and the people who have them, keep them year after year. So anyone new needs to wait until someone who has them doesn’t renew them.”

Emmett wasn’t quit as eloquent in his explanation, “that means we need people to die.”

Bella giggled, but Rose was repulsed, “you want people to die just so you can see a football game?”

“Not anybody we know babe,” my brother made that very clear.

“Alright I’m going in, you guys can put out the fire.” Rose got up gathering their cups and taking the blanket from around Emmett. I handed Bella the blanket that was over my back and the two cups. I kissed her cheek telling her to use the bathroom and be ready, waiting on the bed for me.

As the girls walked away Jasper and I moved the chairs back, while Emmett started smothering the fire with dirt. It didn’t take long before it was out. When we got into the house, the first floor was empty; the second floor was a mixture of doors closing and footsteps.

Jasper had tended the hearth all day and he stoked it one last time before closing the glass doors. I checked the locks on the house. I was very sure that no one would try to break in but it was always better to be safe than sorry. Emmett turned out the lights and we went up to our rooms.

Bella was in her waiting position on the bed as I had requested. The simple beauty of her form against the stark blackness of the night sky in the window was breathtaking. Her soft porcelain skin looked flawless in the calmness of the room and I had an overwhelming need to touch her.

Moving towards the bed I used the back of my fingers to run down the length of her arm, her breath caught but she stayed motionless. When I reached her hands I used one finger to run over the swell of her bottom and down the middle of her foot. Bella’s toes wiggled, she knew it was clean.

Removing my shirt I knelt behind her and my hands cupped her breasts. “I was very proud of you outside, keeping yourself in control the way you did.” I spoke low and leisurely next to ear while my right hand moved down over her stomach to touch her sex.

“I believe I promised you a reward.” At my words a small moan escaped her throat and my fingers slid into the slick wetness that was pooling between her thighs.

“What would you like my pet?” Bella’s head tilted sideward’s giving me better access to her neck as I placed soft kisses down the expanse. My fingers began to circle her clit and she relaxed her back against my chest sighing out a moan. “Ohhhhh….,”

“Tell me Isabella.” My fingers began to move with more purpose and my arm tightened around her side while rolling a nipple between my fingers.

“Ohh…Master please…ohhh please may your girl cum…please?” The last word was said as she inhaled a breath. I had told Bella that she was not to speak in the third person but we were alone and I understood that it was her mind-frame at the moment.

I watched Bella in the reflection of the glass; the slackness of her jaw, the intensity of her brow. Her breathing was heavy and laden with soft sighs of delight; she was exquisite and very close.

“If my girl can cum by the time I count to thirty, then she has my permission.” Applying more pressure to her clit I started counting, “One…,”

By the time I was at ten I could feel her stomach muscles tightening against my wrist. At eighteen her head rested back against my shoulder, at twenty-two her breathing had turned to pants, and at twenty-seven her thighs started to tremble.

“… twenty-eight…twenty-nine…thirty... Cum Isabella.” And she did, arching her back and letting out a shuddering groan pushing her sex against my fingers as they continued their circular motion.

I kept up with the movements against her sex until she started coming down from the high of the orgasm, then laid her on the bed. As I stood to remove the rest of my clothing my eyes met her hazy gaze.

“Thank you Master,” her words were soft and subdued.

“You’re welcome, but we’re not done yet,” I told her as I looked down at her form laying in the center of the bed with her knees parted.

“We’re not done?” she asked with a hopeful expression.

I moved to situate myself between her legs, using my shoulders to part her thighs. “No my pet, we’ve only just began. We have some days to make up for.”

And I buried my mouth in the place it most wanted to be.