Perfect Snapshots: Episode Forty: Boob

1/15/2020

Perfect Snapshots: Episode Forty: Boob

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Episode Forty: Boob

It was late by the time the party wound down. People started saying goodbye, hugging, and whispering things in ears about how much they loved and missed each other. Rosalie, Alice’s sister, began to sniffle as she embraced Bella. Her eyes turned a little red, but she held it in.

“I hate that you won’t be at Christmas,” she complained when she pulled away.

“I just can’t spend that much time in Texas. It feels…” She shook her head, then frowned. “I don’t want to put myself through that right now.”

“I understand,” Emmett said, making his eyes wider behind his wife. I stood behind Bella, rubbing her shoulders as they spoke. Rose glanced back, and he shrugged at her. “It’s hard for me to go home, too.”

Bella smiled at them, leaning back into me. “I have better plans now, anyway.”

“Jealous,” he mumbled under his breath before moving down to kiss her cheek. “Have fun in LA. Hey, maybe you can go to the Rose parade?”

I had no idea what that was, but I would look it up to see if it was something that would interest Bella. I knew she loved flowers.

She giggled and shrugged. “I don’t know what we’ve got planned, but I’m not getting up at the crack of dawn on New Year’s. If I’m awake, it better be because we didn’t go to sleep,” she purred as she looked at me, running her fingers under my jaw for just a second.

Oh, that sounded like more fun than flowers any day of the week.

Alice took the laundry basket they brought with them and stuffed it with leftovers. She would eat well for a while. Or at least through the weekend. She stood beside her sister. “I’ll walk out with you. Bella, are you going to stay at the apartment or the hotel?”

“Mm, hotel,” she replied as she took my hand. “Do you want to go see the Brooklyn Bridge first? I’m a little wound up, and I think I need to walk off some of this food.”

“I’d love to,” I smiled eagerly.

Demetri gave her a big hug. He was drunk on eggnog, as was his husband. They were lying sleepily on the couch, laughing at old cartoons from the nineties.

“Wait! Let me redo your lips first!” He mumbled, rushing over to his kit that was still set up because he spent some time doing other girl’s hair and makeup. Bella just rolled her eyes and followed him with a smile. It only took a minute. “Pretty, pretty, pretty,” he said when he was done, booping her on the nose with the tube.

“Go to bed before you pass out on the sofa,” she teased them as we left, her arm wrapped around mine.

It was stupidly cold, and I hated it, but I wouldn’t let her see it if I could help it. I focused my mind on other things as we made our way to the park by the bridge. My thoughts went to her spending time in Los Angeles. She stated that she had better plans, but I wanted it to be more than ‘better.’ I wished for it to be a trip that she would never forget. It would be a memory to share with our grandchildren and, hopefully, our great-grandchildren.

“Where shall we go on our snow trip?” I began lightly, gazing at her with a smile.

Bella bit her lip before shrugging, looking back after a moment. She scrunched up her nose in worry. “I don’t know. I don’t really want to ski. It scares me, to be honest. You can if you want to. I’d love to take pictures of the mountains, though. Maybe we could go hike.” Bella swiftly shook her head. “I don’t know. I mainly want to be with you. Why don’t you just surprise me?” She jested with a giggle.

She wasn’t serious, but I could accomplish that. “I could do that. That could be fun. Yeah. Okay. I can plan the perfect romantic weekend away for us.”

Gasping in a soft breath, she looked at me in shock. “I don’t mean for you to do all the work. I was joking.”

I shook my head in return. It was perfect. I could go all out. “No, it’s not working. It gives me something nice to plan out. It’ll give me something to look forward to when I have to be away from you again.”

I dragged my fingers across her cheek, and she leaned into them with a smile as her eyes sank closed for a moment. When she opened them again, she said, “I’d want to put money towards that.”

Nope, not going to happen. I was going overboard in the biggest way ever, and I wouldn’t look at the cost for even a second. I had all the money that I could ever want, and I would spend it on spoiling her as she deserved.

“No. I got it.”

She instantly began to pout. “That’s not fair.”

Who fucking cared about that? Life was unfair. I was okay with that. I wanted to treat her so that I could make the time as special as possible. For a moment, I searched my brain for a solution that would make us both happy.

“Alright. Then you can pay for the next weekend trip. You plan it out and make it a surprise. Then it’ll be fair.”

“I’m going to hold you to that,” she declared seriously. It made me so excited for our future together.

“Good. I hope you do. What do you think? Again in January or shall we have a quick trip before I go to Sydney in mid-February? Spring seems like such a long time to wait for another little trip.” I wanted her to just stay with me forever, but I knew that wouldn’t happen. Not yet, anyway.

She sighed softly, her head leaning against my shoulder as we continued to walk on the concrete path. “We’ll have to look at your schedule.”

“How about you figure out a date, and I’ll make the time.” Bella was more important, and it was far enough away to rearrange anything with no consequences.

Finally, she pulled back with a grin. “Alright. Let me do some research then, on what I want to do exactly. I want to make it a good trip.”

My girl was a cute little nerd. I loved how excited she got about it. It was another weird thing we had in common.

“Research? Sounds exciting,” I teased lightly. “I want you to know I’m going to take out all the stops. And bring your passport, just in case.”

Her eyes lit up. “Oh, Canada could be fun. You know if you bought yours, we could go to the Falls. You could probably make a video about it.”

I didn’t want to think about work, but I loved that she thought about those sorts of things. “That is something to consider.” We went around a curve, and the Brooklyn Bridge came into sight. A carousel in a building made of glass was lit up in the darkness in front of it. Manhattan glowed just beyond the shimmering black water that was choppy with the wind. It took my breath away. “This view is stunning.”

“I like taking pictures here.”

“I’ve never gotten to do much in New York besides work,” I admitted. “I’m glad I can explore with you. I feel I might have the best guide. I want you to show me all your favorite spots.”

Bella made a face. “I’m not sure how much you’d enjoy that. Some are kind of out there. And so weird. It’s not the normal tourist stuff.”

As if I expected anything less. I embraced her tightly, my arms around her waist as I pulled her towards me. “Good.”

“Sunday then. Why don’t I take you to a couple of places that I really like? We’ll have to rent a car. It’s just easier that way.”

“Sounds great.”

She bit her plush bottom lip for a moment, tilting her head to the side as she peered up at me almost innocently. “What do you want to do tomorrow? You really haven’t said anything. I want your birthday to be perfect.”

“I really, really, really just want to stay in bed with you. Like, for reals, though. All-day,” I said in a tiny voice before lightly pecking the tip of her nose twice. “And be naughty.”

“There is one place we could go then,” she giggled.

“Where?”

She smirked a little. “A toy store.”

“A toy store on Black Friday? Why? Wouldn’t it be very busy?” I blurted out before I had any time to consider it. I had heard horror stories about the day in America and wasn’t interested in getting crushed by a crowd for a cheap toy.

My girlfriend looked at me like I was just… dumb. “Stop and think for a moment,” she spoke slowly.

The only toys that would be helpful in my plans would be the kind used to get her off more. I really hated myself sometimes. “Oh. Right. Adult. An adult toy store. I am a naïve boob. Wait, do you mean it?” I asked, gaping at her in surprise.

Her ‘wow, you’re stupid,’ look remained. “Why wouldn’t I?”

She had a point. She just caught me off guard, and my inexperience was shining through. Vicky would have never stepped foot in a sex shop. Either I went by myself, or I ordered it.

“I don’t know. I just said I was a naïve boob, Bella.”

Her grin grew mischievous. “I guess if you don’t want to, we could always order stuff online and have it shipped, but we wouldn’t get to play with it tomorrow.” She shrugged and pouted a bit. A little shiver ran down my spine that had nothing to do with the cold.

“What would you like to get?”

“Anything you’d like. I don’t have anything right now. And tomorrow we can do whatever you want with it,” Bella promised seductively as she ran her hands up my chest, her large eyes batting at me.

“Whatever, eh?”

“Whatever you want,” she repeated.

A million happy and dirty thoughts came to mind at once. “Ooo… That feels dangerous. I don’t even know where to begin.”

She pressed herself closer to me. “Do you need some ideas?”

Oh, I had plenty of those. I brought my hand up to her cheek so that I could rub my thumb over her temple. “I just don’t want to do something you don’t like.”

Smirking, she turned her eyes towards me. I knew that she was about to tease me. “Alice once printed out this fun, crazy long BDSM list of things that you could put if you were into it or not. Yes, no. Maybe. Done it, hadn’t done it. Everything from kissing to extreme fetishes. I feel like I need to just fill that out and give it to you for some light reading.”

Frankly, I didn’t give a flying fuck if she was joking. I needed it. “Yes, please. That would be very handy. I’ll take any printed manuals I can get.” She instantly giggled.

“Why don’t we do something you’ve never done before? Is there anything you’ve wanted to do? Any position? Any toys? Anything you want me to wear? We can do those pictures we were talking about.”

She was so indulgent, but I wasn’t sure how far she would let me go. “I think I’d like to think about that for a little while before I answer. But I would like to go to the store with you. We should, at the very least, find something to keep you company while we’re not together,” I responded before giving her a kiss.

“I haven’t had anything like that in a while. I don’t even know what I’d want.”

“We could get a few different options and test which one is the best.” Nothing was that expensive. I was sure we could find something that she would enjoy if we got a bunch of different things.

Her cheeks began to glow as her smile grew again. “These rating videos are getting out of control.”

I wanted to giggle, but I stopped myself. “We’ve done the lube. Now the vibrators. Whatever will we do next?” I played along with her a bit too loudly. She enjoyed it, laughing as my arm went over her shoulder.

“Ready to get out of the cold?” She asked, bumping her hip into mine.

“Yes, please.”

When we got to her place, Alice was asleep on her stomach in a pair of Llama pajamas. Bella went to check on her, biting her lip as she smiled to herself. She kept the door open a crack for Patty cat so that she could come and go as she pleased.

The kitty followed us back to her room. Swishing around my legs, she was hoping to get attention. My girl shooed her away before shutting the door. The things that I had brought with me were already organized in my backpack. It only took her a minute to shove stuff into her bag. I noticed that she put my gifts at the very bottom. It made me smile.

“Oh, wait,” she said right before we were about to leave. “I forgot something.” Bella turned and hurried towards the kitchen. Quickly, she packed a bag of her chocolate chip cookies and passed them to me. “For when you can eat again.”

I took one out and put the rest in my pocket. She giggled, taking my offered hand as we went to wait for the car.

As I ate the lovely dessert in the lobby, she smirked at me a little. She leaned up on her toes and kissed my mouth lightly. “Mm, I like it when you taste like chocolate.”

My other arm went around her waist, pulling her to my side. I realized then that this was how Bella was telling me that she loved me. With food, with her touches, and her gentle smiles. She wasn’t ready to say it out loud yet, and that was okay. I would give her time. I would make every moment of ours together as special as possible for her. If she didn’t have enough to rebuild, I could give her everything she needed. I knew that Rome was not built in a day.

I decided that I would tell her at Christmas that I was in love with her, before whatever insane trip that I was planning. And hopefully, she would give me the gift of her words in return, while awake, anyway.

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