Chapter 3: Meeting an a Greeting

Beta'd by Sunshine My Love

After relatively little fuss about the shower, we were both dressed and snuggled up on the bed, watching a movie, and eating turkey sandwiches for lunch. It didn't surprise me when Isabella fell asleep half way through the film due to the emotional morning she'd had. This left me to think about what she had told me during the session.

Sex seemed to be something she had no problem with and she was definitely pleased with her handy work. No pun intended. I, however, felt like a pervert. I mean, I know she was asking for this. It's how she'd been raised, but was it really considered an act of two consensual adults when she thinks like a child?

I sighed.

I needed my own shrink to work this shit out. Instead, I decided to invite Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rose over for dinner later. Little Bell would have to meet them, eventually, and some company would be nice for the both of us. I also decided that tomorrow I would have Isabella waxed and Rose would be the one to do that. I feel a bit mean about causing her pain that is essentially unnecessary, but I realised it would be easier to have her waxed every few weeks than have her shave everyday. It would also probably be kinder to her skin.

I let her sleep for an hour before I got up to call Em and Alice. I tried not to disturb Bell as I did, but when I came back she was awake.

"Daddy. Where'd you go?"

"I went to call my brother and sister. I've invited them over for dinner. I also called my housekeeper, Mrs Cope. She'll be the one who normally makes our food for us. You'll meet her too," I replied, but she no longer seemed interested in where I had been. She was more focused on the credits that were now rolling.

"Daddy. I missed watching the doggies while I was sleeping."

"That's okay, angel. It's on DVD, so you can watch it again."

I picked out an orange cotton dress, a little white sweater, and some white ballet flats, for Bell to change into. I then put the DVD back on at the point where she had fallen asleep.

"Everyone will be here in about an hour, so I'm going to go get a shower. Don't forget to get changed."

"Mhmm," was her only response.

I took a quick shower and went to check on Bell. She was still snuggled on the bed watching her DVD.

"Isabella! Why are you not dressed?"

She jumped when she heard my voice, but quickly put her head down, knowing she was in trouble.

"I was watching the doggies, daddy."

"I told you to get changed. Now, I'm going down to the kitchen, when I come back I expect you dressed or the DVD goes off. Am I clear?"

She nodded her head in understanding. I headed to the kitchen leaving her to change.

"Ah! There you are, my boy! Oh, look at you. I bet you haven't eaten a decent meal in days," Mrs. Cope chided grabbing me into a hug.

"Hi, Shelly. I'm glad you're back and you're right. I haven't had a decent meal, but I didn't set the kitchen on fire this time," I said, grinning like a five year who was given a packet of sweets. I had known this woman my whole life and she still managed to make me feel like a child.

"How's Mr. Cope?"

"He's doing just fine, dear, but if George catches you calling him Mr. Cope again he'll have you by the ear! Now how are things with that sweet girl of yours?"

"Well, she's upstairs getting changed I hope. I'm not sure. Things are…difficult."

"Edward. If there is one person who can do this it's you. What that poor girl must have been through." I think she muttered that last part more to herself than to me, but I appreciated her understanding.

I stay to chat for a while longer and then went to fetch little Bell. Thankfully this time she was dressed.

"Hey there, angel. Come on. I want you to meet Mrs. Cope before everyone arrives."

"I not want too." She huffed, crossed her arms over her chest and pouted all at once. It looked adorable.

"Why not?"

"I don't want her to know what I don't like then she won't cook it and I won't have to be sick I don't like being sick." She rambled. Food made her sick?

"Baby what are you talking about? Why were you sick?"

"When I had to eat the food."

God, this was like pulling teeth.

"What food?"

"Leah's food at uncle Aro's."

Okay, I think I was starting to get it.

"Her food made you sick?"

"Only the food I didn't like when I had to eat it all."

Oh she had to eat food she didn't like the taste of making her sick.

"Baby, you don't have to eat food you really don't like here. I promise Mrs. Cope won't cook anything we tell her you don't like. Okay?" I said, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Really?"

"Really."

"So she won't cook fish?"

"No," I laughed, "she won't cook fish."

"Okay."

I took hold of her hand, as she still seemed nervous, and led her down into the kitchen. Although I didn't spend much time in there cooking myself, the kitchen was one of my favorite parts of the house.

 
 "Mrs. Cope, this is Isabella."

"Ah, Isabella! It's lovely to meet you, dear. Please call me Shelly."

Little Bell didn't seem to know how to respond, but was saved when my lug of a brother walked in with Rose.

"Hey, people! What's up? Where's little B?" He almost shouted looking round the room.

"Oh. There you are! I'm Emmett," he announced, lifting her feet from the ground with a twirl, and engulfing Isabella in a bear like hug.

"Emmett, put the poor girl down. You're frightening her," Rose chided before I had the chance.

Emmett let go with a sheepish look and started to apologise when Rose interrupted.

"B. Don't let this monstrosity of a man I call my husband scare you. He's just excited to meet you. I'm Rosalie."

Little Bell just smiled shyly in response; at least she smiled though, right? She could have run in the opposite direction after Emmett's over friendly greeting, but she didn't. For now a smile was good.

I went over to greet Rose, pulling her into a hug and giving her a kiss on the cheek. I did the same with Em minus the kiss.

"Why don't we head into the den before dinner? We can wait for Ali and Jazz in there," I suggested.

I served everyone a drink and sat down next to Bella hoping it would help relax her.

"Here you all are! I was beginning to think all that delicious smelling food was just for me," Jasper said walking into the room holding Alice's hand. Alice bounced where she stood, looking ready to explode--which she did.

"You must be Isabella!" Alice squealed. Yes, squealed. She bounced her way over to where little Bell and I sat. "I'm Alice and this is Jasper. You and I are going to be great friends. I just know it!"

"Mmm. That would be nice. I don't have any friends to play with anymore."

Everyone went quiet and I was about to say something when Alice jumped in.

"Well then it's a good thing I'm here, were going to have so much fun."

I was speechless. These two got on and Little Bell was doing okay.

"Why don't you show Alice your room, baby. I'm sure she'd love to see it," I said, giving Alice a pointed look hoping she would understand I wanted Bell out of the room so I could speak with Emmett.

"Yay! Come on, Alice. Come see."

Little Bell almost tripped in her excitement to get up, but quickly steadied herself by grabbing onto Alice's hand pulling towards the stairs. We all laughed at how alike those too seemed to be when they're excited about something.

"She seems to really have taken to you, Eddie."

"Don't call me that, Emmett! But, yeah. You're right. She seems comfortable with me. We had our first session today and it went better than I expected."

"Did she tell you anything useful?" Em asked. He could be such a big kid, but when he was in cop mode he took his work seriously.

"Yeah. Find out what you can about a James. I don't think she knows his last name. She didn't tell me much about him, but the bastard hurt her so I want to know more about him."

"Sure, man. I'm on it."

"What did he do to her?" Rose asked in her usual nonchalant tone, but under the surface she was angry. I could see it in her eyes.

"She was very reluctant to talk about him. It took a lot of coaxing for her to tell me what she did about him. Said he often grabbed hold of her arm too tight, hurting her, and I don't think that's all he did in regards to physical harm. She shut down before I could ask more, but that's not the only way he hurt her. With the Volturi's she's been taught that in order to be taken care of, she needs to take care of her "daddy's" needs. Sexually."

"What!" Rose was visually pissed now.

"I knew that's roughly how she would have been raised. The whole point is for her to be whatever her "daddy" desires her to be. Most often, a sex slave of sorts, but that's not my point. He told her one day she would be his slut and that he would touch her and make her his. That's why she said he was always grabbing her. To show her he was in control. That she would be his property."

"Like hell he will! Em, you've got to get this cunt before I do."

"I'm going to get them all, babe," he replied, leaning down to give her a chaste kiss.

"What about her behavior? How did she respond to the session?" Jasper asked.

"Evasive. She changes the subject when she's uncomfortable. She did the same thing when I took her to get checked out by mom and dad. It took some pushing before she would talk about James. I had to reassure her to stop her from getting too upset. Overall she did well. There wasn't the freak out I expected."

Jasper just nodded his head at my answer to his question.

"I took notes, like I usually do, if you want to take a look."

Normally, I wouldn't be able to discuss a session, or show anyone else my notes due to patient confidentiality, but seeing as she wasn't a normal patient I could use the help.

Mrs Cope called us for dinner ending our conversation. We all headed into the dinning room and Alice and Bella joined us. While we enjoyed Mrs Cope's delicious chicken parmesan, conversation was simple and everyone tried to include Bella. Even though she didn't participate much, when she did it was enough, and I was proud that she was trying.

I did notice though that she seemed to have a hard time looking or engaging with the guys, but not with the girls.

Once everyone had finished and everything was loaded into the dishwasher, Alice suggested we play a game of Pictionary. I smirked at everyone's surprise when Bella won and outright laughed at them when she won again in the second round.

"You have amazing skills, baby," I said pulling her onto my lap making her giggle. I smiled at seeing her happy even for just tonight. She stayed on my lap snuggling into my chest.

When we finished we tidied up the game and fell back into an easy conversation until it got late and everyone became tired.

"Well, I think it's time we headed off," Jasper said standing from his chair.

"Aww! Jazzy can't we stay longer? Edward might need help cleaning up or we could play another game or…"

"Alice! Are you trying to avoid your bed time?" Jasper asked in quiet but stern voice. Alice and Jasper did participate in some mild BDSM but they mostly live a DD lifestyle. It helps Jasper cope with Alice having the energy of a hopped up toddler.

"No. I just wanted to stay longer with-"

"You will get plenty more chances to spend time with Isabella," Jasper interrupted again, his face softening when he realised Alice wasn't trying to avoid the punishment he had given her for not getting enough sleep the week before. "But right now she looks tired like the rest of us, so say good night."

After Alice and Jasper left, Rose and Emmett were also heading out the door when he stopped and turned to me.

"Oh. Hey, man. One more thing. Mom wanted me to remind you about Sunday lunch. Said your ass had better be there with little B."

"I'm not sure that's a good idea. I mean, it's already Friday, and I'm not sure she's ready to see them again so soon and well she…"

"Edward, stop freaking out. Mom said you'd do this. She thinks it would be good to meet B in a less professional setting and I agree. I'll see you Sunday. Call me with any updates."

And with that he was gone. I guess we're going to my parents for lunch on Sunday.

We head straight up to bed once everyone's gone. We were both tired, so the mess could wait till tomorrow.

"Daddy," Bella murmured through her pacifier.

"Yeah, baby?"

"Did I get Ali in trouble?"

"No, angel. Why would you think that?"

"Cos she wanted to miss her bedtime to stay with me."

"She's just excited to meet you, so she wanted to stay longer. You didn't get her into any trouble."

"Is Jasper her daddy like you're my daddy?"

"No, but he takes care of her like I take care of you. Now go to sleep. "

It only seemed like two minutes since I'd fallen asleep when I felt little Bell shuffling around and whimpering. She was still asleep, laid on her side with her back to me, but she was very restless. I gently stroked her cheek and cuddled into her and after a few minutes her body relaxed. When I looked at the clock I saw that it was nearly 9:30 so I got up to make breakfast.

I thought I'd make pancakes with fresh fruit, so I mixed everything together and then poured the mix into the pancake griddle. I was just about to place it on the heat when I heard Bella scream. Dropping the mix on the floor, I took off up the stairs. When I got to our bedroom she was still laid in bed but moving restlessly and whimpering. I realised she was still asleep and probably having a nightmare.

"Bella, Baby."

" No…don't…friend," she mumbled.

"Baby. Wake up."

It wasn't working so I knelt by the bed in front of her face and gently shook her shoulder causing her to wake up with another scream.

"Ahh! No! Don't take me away. No! Please!"

"Shh Bella… Shhh I'm not taking you anywhere."

"Daddy?" She asked disorientated with tears streaming down her face.

"Yeah, baby. It's me. You're okay."

I climbed up onto the bed pulling her to my chest.

"It was just a nightmare," I murmured.

I cuddled her while she cried softly, her tears soaking my t-shirt, I realised that I enjoyed holding her like this. Comforting her, hoping my touch would sooth her.

"Can you tell me what your nightmare was about?" She sniffed and nodded.

"He took my friend away and then he came to take me away too."

"Who did?"

"I don't know. The man. He wanted to take me away from you," she cried.

"Well he can't have you. Nobody can because you're mine until the day you decide to leave. How about I run you a bath while I make us some breakfast?"

"Okay."

Once Bella had finished in the bath and we were both done with breakfast, I explained to her that Rose was going to come over soon to give her a bikini wax. When she asked what a bikini wax was, I cringed.

"Well it's so you don't have to shave your kitty anymore." I didn't really want to tell her it was going to hurt until Rose had arrived and everything was set up.

"At all?"

"Nope."

"Yay! Can I watch TV until she comes?"

"Yes but when Rose gets here the TV goes off."

Half an hour later I let Rose in the door and went to help her with all her stuff.

"Hey, sis. Everything okay?" I asked kissing her on the cheek.

"Yeah everything's good. How're things with B? Where is she?"

"They're okay. I had to wake her up from a nightmare this morning, but it didn't take long for her to calm down. She's watching something on TV now. I'll shout her once you've got everything ready."

"Okay. What did she say when you told her what I would be doing here?"

"She asked what a bikini wax was. I haven't really explained it to her other than she won't need to shave."

Rose chuckled.

"Well then this will be interesting. Don't you think you should tell her? Give her some warning?"

"I'm going to, I was just waiting until you got here. She seemed excited when she realised she wouldn't have to shave. Didn't wanna burst her bubble," I shrugged, but Rose wasn't buying my bullshit.

"I've waxed every one of your submissives, and not once have you been unsure of what you were asking of them."

"She's not my submissive, Rosalie!" I snapped. "She doesn't understand what I'm about to have you do to her."

"I know she's not your submissive, but you still play the role of a Dom. Instead of telling her what to do as her Dom during play time, you tell her as her "daddy". You could have explained what a bikini wax is and then she would have understood, but you haven't because it wouldn't have mattered."

"What are you talking about?"

"Edward you're a dominant. It's what you do; It's part of who you are. You would have still had her waxed even if you told her it was going to hurt, even if she begged you not to. Your need to take care of her would have outweighed the discomfort you're about to put her through. You just don't like seeing her upset or in pain which is why you haven't told her yet."

"It's just so hard. When it involves a submissive or any partner it's consensual, with Bella it's not because she doesn't understand. Like when I took her to see mom and dad if it had been her choice she never would have gone. I had to force her."

"Edward, that's my point. She needs someone to make her do these things. She needs you to make those decisions and do those things for her. You have to stop doubting yourself. Yes you'll have to do some things differently with her, compared to if she were one of your subs, but if you start doubting your decisions she won't ever be able to fend for herself. Someday the relationship you have with her could be consensual, but you have to help her first.

"Forcing her to have a bikini wax is not helping her. It's just going to cause her pain."

"It is helping because it shows her you'll stay strong for her. Look, I know I'm biased, but waxing really is so much easier. You said she seemed excited not to have to shave, so maybe once she's over the pain she'll find it better. Plus it won't hurt as much after the first few times. Especially the first."

"You're right. Thanks. I'll go get her."

Just because Rose was right, didn't make it any easier to do, but I would do it. I would step up and do it for her.

"Oh, Rose. I put one of the bondage chairs from the playroom into the master bathroom. You can set up in there, " I said poking my head back though the door.

(A/N: DD=Domestic Discipline - see Terminology page for a definition.)