Title: Season of Love

Penname: vbfb1

Rating: M

Summary: Edward has been moping around since just before Christmas when he caught his long-time girlfriend with their next door neighbour. Emmett his best mate and now roommate has decided he needs cheering up and the only way he thinks that is going to happen is with women and sun.

So they are spending the summer in Hawaii.

Disclaimer: All recognised characters belong to SM the rest belongs to me.

Thanks to my pre-reader LadyTazz and my Beta Storypainter1 for the wonderful job on this.

EPOV

I was so excited to be going home for Christmas. Tanya was coming with me and I had plans to ask her to marry me. We had been together for two years and it seemed like the right time to take the next step in our relationship.

Unable to concentrate on my last class of the day, I skipped out early eager to get home to see my girl and finish packing.

I stealthily entered our apartment knowing that she wouldn't be expecting me home so early and hoping to surprise her. As I moved around looking for her, I thought I heard a noise coming from the bedroom, so I headed in that direction.

Throwing open our bedroom door, I was about to yell surprise when I realised that the surprise was on me. There in our bed was Tanya riding James, our next door neighbour.

"You fucking bitch," I screamed, unable to contain my rage.

Tanya turned and looked at me the shock plain on her face. I was expecting her to start apologising and begging me to not leave. However, I was completely fucking floored when she turned around and just kept fucking the douche.

With their moans as a back drop, I quickly gathered up the few remaining things I had to pack and then closed my suitcase. I was going to leave quietly but then had a change of heart.

"I'm going home for Christmas; anything of yours left in my apartment when I get back will be destroyed and disposed of." And, with that, I turned and walked out.

"Merry fucking Christmas," I mumbled as I closed my apartment door behind me.

oXXOOXXOOXXo

"So, dude. It's been almost six months, and I, for one, am getting sick of your moping," Emmett declared. "So, I have come up with a solution." He slapped an envelope down on the table in front of me.

"What's this," I asked.

"Tickets to Hawaii for you, me and Jasper."

"Why on earth would we need tickets to Hawaii?" I asked a little perplexed.

"For summer vacation. What better way to get you back in the saddle than sun, the beach and hot women in tiny bikinis? After all, they don't call summer the season of love for nothing."

I had to admit that, in this case, Emmett's logic wasn't far off the mark.

Two weeks later, we boarded our American Airlines plane for six weeks in paradise.

For someone who is usually all over the map, Emmett seemed to have every single detail sorted. We were picked up at the airport by a town car and driven about twenty minutes away to the three bedroom beach house he had rented.

I swear he had thought of everything; there was even a cleaning lady that came in every second day. We each had our own room, so we would have plenty of privacy for any activities we might partake in.

Lastly, and by far the best thing, Emmett had actually procured a personal chef to come in twice a day for breakfast and dinner, making sure we stayed suitably well fed.

We spent our first afternoon just lazing around on the private beach that came with our accommodations. Unfortunately for Emmett, that meant no babes in bikinis. I, on the other hand, didn't really care. I knew Emmett's whole purpose for this trip was to get me back into the dating game; I just wasn't interested. I had basically been with Tanya on and off since high school. I figured it was probably time to figure out who I was outside of being in a relationship with her. Emmett probably wasn't going to let up, but I had no plans of having a truck load of casual sex. I was not that guy. For me, sex was only enjoyable when there were emotions involved and I wasn't talking about lust.

The sun was getting low in the sky and I was starting to feel a little hungry when I heard the doorbell. Emmett and Jasper were still playing around in the water, so I figured that meant I was getting the door.

As I made my way up the beach, the doorbell rang two more times. When I figured I was close enough that the person would hear me I yelled, "Coming!"

Pulling the door open, I swear my heart stopped beating at the sight of the gorgeous brunette standing before me.

She held her hand out in offer to me and said, "Hi. I'm Bella Swan, your personal chef."

BPOV

"Hmph," I groaned as the pillow hit my head.

"Get up, lazy bones."

"Geez, Rose, I'm awake. You didn't have to throw a pillow at my head."

"Awake's fine, but you need to get your ass out of bed," she said. "JJ's having his breakfast and I need to leave for work."

"Fine," I grumbled as I hopped out of bed. "I'm up, okay."

"Good," she said as she popped her head around the corner to make sure I was actually out of bed.

"I'm just going to have a quick shower," I yelled at her retreating form.

"No worries," she yelled back.

As I hopped in the shower, I went through my usual morning routine.

"Hey, Jake," I whispered even though I knew that he wasn't really there. I often felt as though he was around and found comfort in communicating with him.

I can't believe it has been almost three years. I miss you so much.

JJ is doing great. He looks more and more like you with every day that passes.

I start my new job today. Personal Chef. Can you believe it? You always said I was the best cook on the island.

As I stood there washing my hair, I could have sworn I could feel Jake's loving arms embracing me.

In four days' time, it would be the third anniversary of his death and I still missed him so much.

After finishing up in the bathroom, I headed out to the kitchen. JJ was still eating his breakfast, though on closer inspection it actually looked like he was just playing with it.

"How's my little man this morning?" I asked sitting in the chair next to him.

"I good, mommy."

"You finished with your cereal?" I enquired.

"Yep," he said, nodding his head vigorously.

"Okay, well, why don't you go and watch some 'toons while I clean up?"

He jumped out of his chair and quickly raced into the living room. My little techno wiz had the TV turned on in no time as I set about with my first chore of the day.

My day continued as normal – one mundane chore after the next. With every minute that passed, I could feel my nerves start to grow. The job that Rose had managed to get me as Personal Chef for a tourist cottage would be the first job I'd had since Jake's accident.

When Rose got home at four-thirty she took over JJ's care, and I went to get ready for my first night cooking for a bunch of tourists.

oXXOOXXOOXXo

Pulling up in front of the cottage, my mouth dropped open as I took in the large before me. Referring to it simply as a cottage seemed wholly inaccurate. Beach side mansion would have been more appropriate.

As I walked up to the front door, I had the sudden urge to get back in my car and drive away as fast as I could. This was a huge step for me; I felt nervous and overwhelmed. I knew I was qualified to do the work, so I took a deep breath and rang the doorbell.

After ringing the bell three times, I was just about to head back to my car when I finally heard someone yell that they were 'coming.'

About fucking time.

When the door finally opened, I wished that I had gotten back in my car.

Holy crap, are real people allowed to look that good.

When I finally got my wits about me, I introduced myself. "Hi. I'm Bella Swan, your personal chef."

"Hi, I'm Edward," he replied as he shook my out stretched hand.

I don't think I had ever enjoyed a handshake as much as I did that one. His hand was big, firm and so warm that I could feel the heat all the way up my arm.

"Nice to meet you." I stood there waiting for him to invite me in, but after a few moments of us staring at one another I finally asked. "Can I come in?"

"Oh crap, sorry, yeah of course."

Stepping into the house I discovered that the inside was even more beautiful than the outside.

"Is it just you staying here?" I asked.

"No, I'm here with my two best mates."

"Cool, I will be cooking for three, then."

"Yep."

Once again there was a moment of staring and awkward silence before I finally asked him to show me where the kitchen was. Apologising for his lack of manners, he lead me into what had to be the most amazing kitchen I had ever seen.

After making sure I was alright, the gorgeous Edward disappeared.

I began preparations on tonight's dinner, lasagne. I figured it was something that most people ate and I wasn't sure about food preferences yet. I also pulled out three surveys for them to fill out regarding tastes, so I could be better prepared for the next day, and eventually start planning the week's meals.

Once the lasagne was in the oven, I started going through the cupboards checking what was in each so I knew where everything was. I was happy to discover that the home was very well set up and that I shouldn't need to bring any of my own dishes.

I was bent over with my head stuck in one of the cupboards, when somebody coughed behind me, scaring the crap out of me.

"Fuck!" I screamed as I banged the back of my head on the top of the frame.

As I stood up I suddenly felt a little dizzy. I felt somebody grab me from behind. Though I didn't know exactly who it was I suspected it might have been Edward as the hands had a similar heat as his had had before.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah my head hurts like a frickin' bitch, but I'll be fine." Putting my hand on the back of my head I realised there was already a small lump forming.

"Here take a seat and I will see if I can find you some ice to put on your head."

"I'm fine really." I protested even though the ice would probably help.

"Please," he begged, "I insist, if it wasn't for me, your head wouldn't even be sore."

Figuring there was no pointing arguing with him any further, I just nodded my head slightly as I took a seat on the bar stool he had led me to.

It was only a few minutes and he was back with a dish towel full of ice. As he placed it on the back of my head, I looked up to see his face was only inches away from mine.

"You have really beautiful eyes."

Holy fuck I said that out loud.

EPOV

After finally managing to stop ogling her for more than two seconds, I showed the beautiful Bella into the kitchen.

Once I was sure she was going to be okay, I quickly disappeared to find Emmett and Jasper.

"Who was it?" Emmett yelled when I neared the water's edge.

"The personal chef," I yelled back.

This seemed to be enough to entice them out of the water. As they dried off Emmett asked me what he was like.

"She seems nice," I replied.

"It's a girl," Emmett questioned, sounding far too excited for my liking.

"Yes it's a woman, her name is Bella."

Before I could ask what difference it made whether it was a woman or not, both him and Jasper had thrown on shirts and were heading inside.

As we came into the kitchen, we were greeted with a sight that made my cock stand up and pay attention. Bella was bent over with her head buried in a cupboard, her tight round ass in the air. Realising, once again, that it was bad manners not to let Bella know we were there, I coughed. I almost instantly regretted it as Bella smacked her head on the cupboard.

Feeling guilty that she was in pain because of me, I moved towards her to make sure she was all right. Thankfully, I was close by because she looked like she was going to pass out, so I put my hands on her waist to steady her. Once again, I felt that same warmth spread up my arms that I felt when I shook her hand.

After asking her if she was all right and then feeling a little stupid when she told me her head hurt, I managed to get her to take a seat on one of the bar stools. I went and grabbed a dish cloth before dumping some ice in it and wrapping it up.

Bella winced when I placed it on her head where she had been rubbing it. I was so close to her I could smell her wonderful strawberry scent which was doing strange things to my body.

She looked up at me and I felt like I was lost in her beautiful brown orbs. Our faces were so close they were almost touching. The urge to kiss her was strong but I knew it wouldn't be welcome.

"You have really beautiful eyes." Her hand immediately flew over her mouth as it dawned on her what she'd said.

I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face.

"Why, thank you," I said with a chuckle. "I was just thinking the exact same thing about you."

Her cheeks were suddenly aflame with the most beautiful shade of red as she looked away an expression of embarrassment or maybe shame all over her face.

Not wanting to embarrass her any further, I changed the subject and asked her what she was cooking us for dinner.

"Lasagne," she replied. "Speaking of which, I need to get back to what I was doing."

She quickly hopped off the stool.

"Hey before you do. This is Emmett and Jasper." Up until that moment I had actually forgotten they were standing there.

"Nice to meet you," she said as yet another blush coloured her cheeks. "Umm before I forget," she grabbed some paper work and handed it to each of us. "These are food surveys; they will help me to know what meals to cook. If you could get them back to me ASAP that would be great."

With that we turned around and left her alone to do whatever she needed to in the kitchen.

As soon as we were out of earshot Emmett started. "Way to get back on the horse man, she's smokin."

"I have no idea what you are talking about."

"Yeah right, man," Jasper added. We both saw you making googly eyes at one another."

Knowing that I couldn't really argue with them, because, well, they had seen it, I just shrugged my shoulders.

Maybe summer wasn't going to be so bad after all.

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