Glycerine Chapter 16 teaser

Not beta'd lalala. I bet y'all don't even read these notes up here. Sighhh, I'm shooting for a Friday update, but I can't make any promises. I'll do my best! 

Bella jumped when her phone rang. Her brows dipped in confusion when Victoria’s name flashed on the screen. Muting the volume of the television, she grabbed her phone off the table.

“Hey.”

“Bella, is Edward there?” Victoria’s voice sounded off, edgy and panicked.

“No. Not yet. What’s going on?”

Victoria fell silent before pulling in several deep breaths. “Have you seen the pictures?”

Bella shook her head. “No. I―I’m not so sure it’s a good idea. Not after yesterday.”

“Did Edward tell you anything about last night? Where he went after the club?”

“Not in detail," Bella answered, a frown pulling at the corners of her mouth. "I know he never went home last night. He said he was with Carlisle. That’s why he looked like shit this morning. Why?”

“Ah fuck,” Victoria choked, her voice shaking. “Can you come home? Please?”

Bella’s throat tightened and her heart began to race when Victoria's voice broke. She only ever sounded like that when she was on the verge of tears. “Why?”

“I don’t want to talk about this over the phone. Please, Bella. You just gotta trust me.”

“Vic, tell me what this is about. If it’s the pictures from last night―”

“Not last night,” Victoria interrupted. “Just come home. I’ll tell you then.”

Bella gripped her knee and squeezed her eyes shut. “I’m not going anywhere until I know what’s happened. Just tell me. If it’s not last night, then...” Bella’s voice trailed off as realization hit her like a bucket of ice water.

“Bella.”

“This morning. There are pictures from this morning, aren’t there?” 

The deafening silence that followed caused a choked sob to rip from Bella’s throat.

Tears spilled down her cheeks as Victoria's nonverbal conformation cracked and splintered something inside her chest . “He―he wasn’t with Carlisle, was he?”

“No.”

Bella’s nose burned and her chin quivered as she rocked forward. She pressed her forehead against her knees and wrapped an arm around her middle. “Please don’t tell me he was with her. Please.” Her voice was no more than a broken whisper as she begged for an answer she knew Victoria couldn't give.

“I’m sorry.”

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*UPDATE* Animated Teaser by RoseArcadia:

Glycerine Ch15 mini tease

Hey guys!! Thank you SO much for your patience. The chapter is done and with my beta, but I thought I'd drop you a little extra something while we wait. As always, it's not beta'd, subject to editing yada yada yada!

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“C’mere.” He pulled her hands over the top of his thighs and leaned forward. “Listen to me. I told you I’m not perfect. I’m going to fuck up. But I also told you I want to be with you. Just you. You―” Edward blew out a harsh breath and squeezed his eyes shut. There were so many things he wanted to tell her. About himself, about how she made him feel, but it was almost as if there was something physically blocking the words from escaping. His mind and heart were trapped in a steel vault and the door had been welded shut. Set in place to protect him from ever getting hurt again. “Can’t you see that you mean something different to me?”

“Different from who? From what?”

Edward lifted his hands to her jaw and tilted her face until she was looking directly at him. “Everything.”

Bella eyes fell shut and her shoulders slumped. “I just want this to be over. I want her out of our lives.”

Edward nodded and swallowed hard. It was now or never. “I’ll talk to Jason. Let him deal with Aro, see what can be done, okay?”

“You’ll do that? Tell them you want out?”

Glycerine Chapter 15 Teaser

NOT BETA'D!!! NEEDS ALL THE CLEANING...as usual. 

“Why? Why would you go there? What the fuck were you thinking?”

All of the air left Bella’s body in one angry exhale. “Are you kidding me right now? You think I wanted to see that? Are you out of your mind? They called me there to get Esme’s torn costume. I had no fucking clue. None.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” Edward’s voice was low as he tried to calm her. The last thing they needed were people poking around outside of her office. He cupped her jaw and the moment he did, all Bella could see was him with Esme. When he dipped his head and pressed their lips together, her senses were assaulted with the smell and taste of Esme. It was too much. Everything was too much.

“Stop,” Bella choked and pushed him away. “Don’t. Don’t fucking kiss me.”

Edward shook his head and batted her hands away from his chest as he pressed them together again. “You stop, god damn it.”

“You fucking smell like her, Edward. You taste like her. Oh, my God.” She wiped at her lips with the back of her hand, trying to scrub away the smell of Esme’s fruity lip balm.

“Stop fighting me, Ivy.” Edward locked his arms around her. His grip bordered on the edge of pain as he trapped her body between him and the desk. She pushed him once more before going stone still. Were it not for the tremble starting to shake her entire body, he would have thought she was frozen.

“Are you―” Bella gasped. Her voice broke as a shot of rage caused the hairs on the back of her neck to rise. With more force than either of them expected, she slammed her arms into his chest and sent him flying into her door. She dropped her eyes to the front of his pants and when she spoke again, everyone in the building had the potential to hear her. “Are you mother fucking hard?”