(2) Wild Horses (E. Cullen)

Chapter Three

Bambi lets out a breath as she lowers the book in her hand. She's a little bored. It happens. Especially this time of night. When she and Edward are curled up in bed. Edward reading from some classic literature book at her side, Bambi left to entertain herself. Usually, she reads. Or watches a movie she hasn't before. But she's bored tonight. She glances at Edward and then sets her book down. She straddles his waist and wiggles her eyebrows a little, he smiles and closes his book.

"Okay, you have my full attention" He teases as he sets his book aside. She hums a little as she draws her fingers over his collarbone.

"How set are you on your whole....no sex before marriage thing?" She asks him, he gives her a look. "I'm just saying....we've been together for a while now...and you're gorgeous" Edward smirks a little. "And I am a warm-blooded American...."

"Pretty set" He answers. "Look...Bam" He starts and gives her a small smile. She pouts at him.

"I know..." She interrupts him. "You're old fashioned...." He hums in agreement, but she just smirks down at him. He then raises an eyebrow at her. "But...It's not like we're dumb kids" She reminds him. "This isn't some... flash-in-the-pan relationship" He threads his fingers with hers, bringing her knuckles to his lips.

"I know" He assures her.

"So what does it matter?" She asks him. "Why do we have to keep on waiting?" She nudges his nose, his fingers threading through her hair before he kisses her. "You don't know how hard it is to be so close to you and...." She lets out a breath. "All the time...I...I just want...." He watches her.

"What?" He asks her softly, she lets out a breath. "What do you want?"

"Jump your bones" She mumbles, he smirks a little. "It's this stupid wolf stuff, isn't it?" She asks, he hums and nods.

"I've noticed it" He brushes her hair back from her face. "Other than your temper....you urm... you do appear to be a bit more...." He pauses, trying to word it right. "Primal" He settles on. She leans back and stares down at him as he smirks.

"Primal?" She asks, he gives a half-shoulder shrug. "Like an actual animal?" She hums a little. "Just what every girl wants to hear from her boyfriend" His fingers draw up her back, tracing her spine, she closes her eyes and sighs into the touch. Her skin is soft and warm beneath his fingers.

"It is just as hard for me to stick to my guns on this, Bambi, believe me," He assures her.

"I'm not a human, Eddie, you can't hurt me, if that's what you are worried about" He sits up with her, his arm around her waist to pull her closer to him. Her arms slide around his neck. He nudges her nose with his before he kisses her, she sighs softly against his lips, threading her fingers through his hair at the back of his head. He pulls back and licks his lips.

"I will consider it," He tells her, she raises an eyebrow back at him. "If you go and see the pack" She groans and rolls off of him, flopping onto the bed at his side.

"What is it with everyone?" She grumbles.

"We know how much they mean to you" He turns onto his side, propping himself up on his elbow, his other hand brushing her hair from her face. "And we can see what being away from them does to you" She closes her eyes. "I hate seeing you so upset about them"

"And that's not going to change simply because I see their ugly mugs" She comments and shoots him a look. He gives her a look back. Knowing that it just might make her feel better. To see her friends. To see her pack. "I'll consider it" She offers, repeating his words back at him. He smiles and kisses her head before he picks up his book again. She pulls a face and turns, settling into the covers to sleep instead.

.........

Edward's Volvo pulls to a stop short of the treaty line. Bambi worries her lip and shakes her head, she turns to Edward in the driver's seat. She has no idea how he managed to talk her into doing this. To see the people she once called her friends. Her family. But everything has changed now. She doesn't feel that way anymore. Edward is her family. Charlie is her family. That's all that matters to her now.

"I can't do this" She whispers. Edward takes her hand and presses his lips to the back of her hand.

"Yes, you can" He assures her. "You can do anything you put your mind to...." She sighs a little. "Caleb and Jacob are your friends" He nods to the car that pulls up on the other side of the treaty. Jacob and Caleb climb from it. Caleb and Jacob wave at her, Bambi's lip twitches, she wants to smile because she really has missed them. Them two. They were her friends before. They haven't really done anything against her imprint with Edward. They've been pretty supportive actually. But she knows they report to Sam, who is against her bond with Edward. "They miss you" Edward comments softly.

"Not jealous, are you?" She asks him.

"No" He answers. "I was....before you phased, before you and Jacob changed...He thought of you as..." He shrugs and shakes his head. "He liked you, now he just misses his best friend" She looks at Jacob. "I think the pack bond pulls at him more, he misses his 'sister'" She smiles a little and nods. "So please...spend the afternoon with them. Just go and...relax" She brushes her knuckles over her cheek before she kisses Edward's cheek and then climbs out of the car to meet her friends. Not her pack. Just her friends.