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1/6/2020

Episode One-hundred-sixteen: Love

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Episode One-hundred-sixteen: Love

“When did you arrange all this?” Edward asked with a big smile. They still had me pressed between them. I felt so warm and safe. There was nowhere else that I wanted to be. “How long have you two been trying to keep it a secret?”

“Oh, god,” I laughed awkwardly, pushing my face into his chest. “Only since yesterday. I’m not that great of an actress, trust me. It’s been so hard to keep it in.”

“Yesterday?!” He gasped in surprise. Looking away for a moment, he thought before glancing back. Biting his lip, he quickly looked down at me. “When you went to the trailer? That’s what you were doing?”

“Mm-hmm,” I hummed as my hands smoothed over his firm shoulders. His grip tightened around us.

“Oh!” Edward laughed almost hysterically, looking away as his cheeks got hot pink. He brought his palm to his forehead. “I had no idea. I really thought you were sick, mate,” he told our boyfriend worriedly, touching his cheek.

“Just of that place,” Jasper replied with his own happy laugh, resting his chin on my shoulder. His hands slid over Edward’s waist to mine before pulling me flush against his hips. “For some reason, it’s much harder to tell her no.”

Looking behind me at him, I smirked. “I make excellent arguments,” I teased a little, playing with Edward’s t-shirt as I did. I batted my eyelashes at both of them. “Why be miserable when you can be here with us having all the fun? It just doesn’t make sense.”

Jasper chuckled as he kissed my neck. His mustache tickled my skin pleasantly. “Exactly, dove. I’m ready to have some fun,” he spoke against my throat as his nose dragged upwards to my ear.

Our boyfriend looked baffled for a moment. “How… How did she finally convince you? I’ve been trying for almost a fucking year.”

He looked away for a moment out onto the pool, the rain lightly plopping against the bright blue surface of the water. Sighing, he licked his lips. “She reminded me that sometimes there is more honor in walking away than hanging around. It’s not always sticking with something, especially a lost cause. I wasn’t proving anything to anyone. You kept offering to help, but I was worried about what kind of man it would make me. How it would make you feel about me.”

“Taking someone’s help doesn’t make you-” Edward began, but Jasper cut him off with a kiss on the lips. It was powerful enough to shut him up. I took the chance to peck his neck lightly since they squished me between them, anyway. He had one hand on my ass while the other rested in our boyfriend’s blond curls. “Oh, god. You’re such a good kisser,” he gasped desperately against his mouth before he went back for another. Then another.

Chuckling, Jasper blushed furiously at his words and plain desire. “So I’ve been told.” He pressed his cheek against mine as his hand slid over my stomach. He patted it gently. “You should be thanking her.”

Edward ran his fingers over my other cheek as he gazed lovingly into my eyes. “You do not understand how grateful I am to you, my darling. My beautiful girl,” he whispered just before he kissed me, his fingers going underneath my chin. As my eyes fluttered shut, my head fell back against Jasper’s shoulder. He began to kiss mine. Their heat and scent overwhelmed me. It was so good.

“I just want everyone to be happy,” I whimpered, discovering it hard to find my voice. I could barely breathe, my heart was beating so fast in my chest.

“We know,” Jasper promised in a soft purr against my skin. It made goosebumps rise, my hair standing up on my arms and on the back of my neck. “Are you, my dove?” I nodded my head vigorously, making them both chuckle. My cheeks hurt from grinning so much.

“I am hungry, though,” I admitted with a small laugh as he continued to tease my shoulder. “I was too nervous to eat, and I’ve only had coffee and macaroons.”

He tipped my head to the side so that he could peck at my mouth. “Me too, actually,” Jasper smiled, his eyes on Edward’s. “I think it’s time for a little wine. Don’t you?”

Once we sat at the dining table with full glasses and the cheese, Edward began to talk. “Tell me everything. When did you get here?”

“Around one,” I replied for Jasper since he had a mouth full of brie and ham.

“I’m so jealous. I wish I could have been here.” He took his hand and kissed it before pressing it into his cheek. “It’s probably a good thing you didn’t just show up to the set. I would have lost my mind.”

Jasper curled his fingers around it, brushing some of his red hair away from his forehead. “Love, we just took a shower and a nap. You missed nothing.”

Nibbling on a cracker for a moment, Edward thought to himself. Something dawned on him. He brought his phone out to search for information. Then he looked up at us, his mouth hanging open. “You were here when I called!”

We both laughed. I nodded, resting my chin on my knuckles as I smiled at him impishly. Jasper popped a walnut into his mouth, taking a sip of his wine to hide his naughty grin. He loved listening to conversations like that.

“How did I not know?” He pouted to himself, eating a piece of Edam and chewing it slowly.

I giggled at his annoyance at himself. There weren’t any hints, I thought. “You can blame it on your traumatic brain injury from yesterday.”

Edward groaned, putting both of his hands on his temples. “Oh, god. You know, my face still hurts!”

Jasper looked between us in confusion. “What?”

I hadn’t realized that I didn’t tell him about it. He would have thought it was hilarious. “Sarah smacked the ever-living shite out of me yesterday for a scene!” Edward complained loudly, his accent coming out thick. I burst into laughter, covering my mouth with my hand as my head tilted back. “And our loving girlfriend thought it was amusing. Obviously.”

“Because it was!” I snorted at his sham indignation. “Even with knowing it was coming. And the fact that you didn’t flinch somehow. It will be so funny in the movie. Then when she hugged your head like that after,” I continued to giggle as I remembered, pressing my palm on my heart as I did. “I didn’t know she had it in her like that.”

Jasper began to laugh, too, making our man look mildly offended. “Hey! What are you snickering at? She hit me way harder than you ever have. It hurt!”

Snorting, I ducked my head. “That’s because those were love taps,” I murmured under my breath. Jasper quickly nodded in agreement, pointing at me. “I imagine if he wanted to rattle your brain, he could.” He playfully tilted his head to the side, scrunching up his nose a bit before winking at me. “I have a feeling that he let you win your wrestling matches more often than he should have.”

Opening and closing his mouth a couple of times, he looked off towards the pool. His cheeks were crimson. “I didn’t always let him win. Sometimes, yes, but mainly because I liked it when he got on top,” Jasper mumbled the last three words.

Edward took a long sip of his wine before he wagged his finger at him. “You better not let me win anymore,” he commented, taking another bite of white cheese. “I want you to be on top sometimes, too. Hopefully, tonight.”

Jasper choked on his mozzarella, bread crumbles shooting out of the corners of his mouth before he slapped his hand over it. “Are you sure?” In response, he just smirked. Our boyfriend finished his glass of red wine in one big go before Edward poured him another. When I put my hand on his knee, he jumped then chuckled at himself. “I guess I’m glad that I got a nap this afternoon.”

“Me too,” Edward laughed blithely. “But I’d understand if you were too tired.”

“For you? Never.” Quickly, he brought him into a kiss as he leaned over the table. “I just may crash hard tomorrow,” he warned.

Nodding in sweet compassion, he pecked his chin and cheeks. “That’s okay. You can sleep in tomorrow with Bella,” he encouraged in a warm voice. “Then maybe, you’ll be up to going to the set on the last day of shooting…” Edward trailed off hopefully, his grin winsome and innocent. He wanted it so badly.

I got excited. “Oh! You can meet Sarah. You’ll love her,” I promised Jasper right away.

“And we can take him to the poke truck,” he added.

“Oh, my god. You’re gonna turn into a poke bowl!” I chided Edward then giggled. “Seriously. Don’t give yourself mercury poisoning from all that tuna and salmon you’re eating.”

He pouted out his bottom lip a bit. “But it’s the last time that I can get it easily! At least for a while. If I want it, I’ll have to go out of my way, and you know that I’ll never have time. Actually, we should do them at home. Whenever we finally do our sushi episodes,” he continued to think to himself. He was getting ideas. Something popped up in his brain, his entire face lighting up. “You’ll be here for the channel launch! I wonder if we can get some videos made before-”

Jasper reached over and touched his hand. “No. We can’t. I will take at least a week off from the hard stuff, and then I’ll help Bella with hers until I’m ready to focus on my own. Remember, we’re not you and nor do we want to be. Slow down and take a breath, hm?” He patted it gently.

Nodding, Edward’s nose faintly flushed. He swallowed and gave him an embarrassed smile. “You’re right. I’m sorry. You know how I like to bury myself in my work when I’m anxious.”

“Yes, I do. But your tendency towards that is making our lovely girlfriend uneasy as well, and she’s too nice to tell you to stop. But I’m not, darling.” He smiled at him brightly. “So, knock that shit off and let us go at our own pace. I’m here now. You got what you wanted, finally. Besides, I think you forget that not all nervous energy is bad. You don’t have to direct it towards work. You’ve got enough to do, and adding even more to your plate will never impress your mother.”

“Woo!” I looked at Jasper in shock. My mouth was hanging open. “You just said that out loud. We think those things, we don’t say them out loud.”

“I did, and I’ll do it again,” he smirked. Edward just laughed and shook his head as he looked down at the food. He popped a dried cherry into his mouth. “He knows that I’m right. It’s not the first time that I’ve said it to him, and it won’t be the last. He may be the love of my life, but I won’t sugarcoat a damn thing. I want the best for him, and sometimes that’s pointing out shit.”

“I’m the love of your life?” Edward answered in a tiny voice, ignoring everything else he had just said. Nothing else mattered. Biting his lip, it looked as if he was trying not to tear up. “Really?”

Leaning over, he kissed him solidly on the lips. When he pulled back, Jasper gazed into his eyes and spoke earnestly. “Yes, you daft cunt.” He bumped his forehead to his.

Chuckling, he looked at me with a smile before kissing him again. “Wow. I am so incredibly lucky. I can’t believe that I’m in love with two people and they both love me back. That’s… that’s crazy. Are you sure?” He questioned with another disbelieving laugh. He took my hand and Jasper’s. We both nodded, grinning too. Edward drew in a deep breath as he beamed. “I’m trying really hard not to cry again. I’m sorry.”

“It would be okay if you did,” I promised. “As long as they’re happy tears.”

“The happiest.”

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