Honeymoon
BPOV
Wow! I'm married and to none other than Jacob Black, who woulda thunk it? Not me, that's for sure. I still can't believe how fast Sue Clearwater and the other women from the tribe put our wedding together. Two weeks, that's all it took, from the day I finally agreed to the day Charlie walked me down the aisle. Now we are on our way to Port Angeles for our honeymoon.
"Bella honey, I know it's not going to be much of a honeymoon but at least we will be completely alone," Jake said as he lifted my hand to kiss it sweetly.
"Aww, Jake, you know it doesn't matter to me, we could be at your house watching TV as long as we were together."
"Yeah, but everyone else is there and I want to be alone with my new wife, even if it is for only two days." Jake gave me one of the biggest smiles I have ever seen and that's when it hit me: we were married and he was expecting us to have…sex. I turned and looked out the window so he couldn't see the lack of enthusiasm that was written all over my face.
We finally pulled up to the little bed and breakfast where my new life as a married woman would begin.
"Oh wow! Jake it's beautiful. Absolutely perfect." I said as I looked around. The three story house was nestled up against the forrest with beautiful gardens surrounding it.
"I'm glad you approve. It's also where Sam and Emily spent thier honeymoon as well." He said as he pulled to a stop and jumped out of the car, came around and took my hand as we went inside to the check-in desk which was situated in a lobby with a large stone fireplace. Also, a couple of couches and some big, comfy chairs setting around for the guests to enjoy.
"Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Black" he said with a huge grin. I knew he had been waiting almost five years to say those exact words. I had finally agreed after all these years and I was happy too, for the most part anyway.
'Yes sir, I see we have you and your lovely wife booked in our honeymoon suite."
"Yes ma'm, we were just married earlier today." Again, huge grin.
"Well then, congratulations to you both and I hope you enjoy your stay with us. If you need anything please let us know."
"Thank you," and with that we turned and went upstairs to our suite… our honeymoon suite. When we reached the door Jake actually picked me up and carried me over the threshold!
"Jake, put me down" I said as I punched his chest "someone might see you."
"Hey, just part of the new husband job desription" he said as he kissed me. He put me down and I looked around the suite. It was really quite beautiful and…gulp…romantic, perfect for a honeymoon. There was a big four poster bed and a couple of chairs set in front of a window with a magnificent view of the gardens below. A small balcony off to the side gaveanother view from a different angle.
After looking around Iwent into the bathroom and found a huge garden tub big enough for two. That got me thinking that maybe a nice, hot bubble bath would help us, well me, relax a little. I went back into the bedroom to get my stuff for the bathroom only to discover I had left that bag in the car.
"Um Jake, I was thinking Of having a nice, relaxing bubble bath, but I left bathroom bag in the car. Could you go get it while I run a bath for us?"
"Yeah sure, be back in a few."
When he left I went back into the bathroom and started running our bath. As I sat in the tub waiting for Jake I decided then and there that I'd give this marriage everything that I could, he deserved nothing less. I love Jake, I really do but I hope it was enough for not only him, but for me as well. I knew, as well as Jake did, that I'd never love him as I'd loved…Edward.
As the water was cooling down and with the bubbles almose gone, I finallyheard Jake come in and knock on the door.
"Uh, Bells you still in there?"
"Yeah, why don't you come on in and I'll heat the water some more." Did that sound natural or would he just laugh at me and my flimsy excuse at being seductive?
"Well, uh, actually I…uh.. need to talk to you."
"Okay, just give me a minute. Is everything okay?"
"yeah, yeah." This didn't sound like the Jake I know, I wonder what's up. I got out of the tub and as I was drying off I looked up into the mirror and cringed at the scars that ran from my left collarbone, across my chest and down my torso. Memories of a long ago day at the beach that had turned into a nightmare flashed through my mind. Quickly, I turned away and grabbed one of the big, fluffy bathrobes and went out to the bedroom to find Jake sitting in one of the chairs looking out of the window. As I sat opposite him, he lifted his eyes to mine and they looked…haunted.
JPOV
I finally married Bella and we are on our honeymoon. I wanted this to be perfect. I have waited so long to make her mine, not only in name but also in body, and boy was I nervous. Even though Bella would've been fine staying in La Push, I felt we needed this time to ourselves, alone. There was always someone else around so we've never really been truly alone together, until now. I could only get a couple of days off work so I wanted to really concentrate on us.
After we were in our suite, Bella decided that a bubble bath would help us to relax, oh boy. She had forgotten to grab her bag with her bathroom stuff in it and asked if I could go get it. On my way, I stopped by the front desk and asked if I could get a bottle of chapagne brought to our room, I wanted this to be special for both of us.
When I came back inside, I noticed the owners daughter carrying the champagne and glasses I had asked for. I went to stop her so I could take it up myself and that's when my entire life changed.
"Hey, wait up. I'll take that, I'm headed back up anyway no need for both of us to go." I went to reach for the bottle at the same time she went to hand it to me and when our fingers brushed, I gasped. I was so startled by the electric current that went up my arm that I looked up and our eyes met. In that instant it felt like all the strings holding me to my life had been cut and I was…home. We stood there on the stairs and just stared at each other, knowing that our lives had just changed forever. I had imprinted.
After the shock wore off, we went and sat in the great room to talk. We talked for a while and I tried explaing things to this new, wonderful creature who had entered my life. A we were talking her mom came over to us
"Paige, did you take that bottle of champagne…? I jumped up as she was aking.
"Oh, no. Bella. What am I going to do?"
"If she's anything like you say, then surely she will understand. Just be gentle."
I took off to our suite and found that Bella was stillin the tub. I knocked on the door and knew that what I was about to tell her would rip her apart.
"Uh, Bells you in there?" Of course she was in there, where else would she be?
"Yeah, why don't you come on in and I'll heat the water some more."
"Well, uh, actually can you come on out here, I uh need to talk to you."
"Okay, just give me a minute. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, yeah" I said as my mind screamed NO and YES all at the same time. I went over to the chairs by the window and sat down. Oh, god, how am I going to do this?
Bella came out of the bathroom dressed only in a bathrobe, walked over to me and sat in the chair opposite where I was. I lifted my face to look at her and just sat there, staring at this woman whom I had pledged my life to just hours before.
"Um, Bella, I don't really know how to say this…"
"What is it, what happened? Charlie, is he…"
"No, no, Charlie is fine, just fine. It's me, you see…" why, oh why did this have to happen today "…I…um…well…I sorta…" deep breath, here goes nothin, now or never"… imprinted."
"What? When? Why?Oh, god, WHO?" She had tears in her eyes and they were going to spill over anytime.
"Oh, Bells. I never meant for this to happen, but you know that I can't control it." This was sooooo hard.
"I know you can't, just please, I need to know." Her tears were an endless river flowing down her cheeks and her shoulders were slumped over in defeat. What had I done?
BPOV
"I wanted to surprise you and get a bottle of champagne for us, so I asked the owners and when I came back in with your bag I saw their daughter carrying the bottle up the stairs. I stopped her so I could bring it up myself and as she went to hand it to me, our fingers touched and it shocked us both. So, we both looked up and our eyes met and that was it. That's all it took." Jake said this as he hung his head between us.
"So, I guess the honeymoon's over." I said slowly and let out a deep breath.
"Oh Bella, I'm sooo sorry, you know I never wanted this to happen. But, now that it has I feel… alive, truly alive for the first time."
"I know Jake. Now, could you please excuse me, I really need to be alone for a while." Jake left and I walked over to the phone and called the one person I knew who would understand.
"So, how's the happy couple? Leah asked when she answered my call.
"He imprinted" was all I could say.
"Oh no Bella, I'm so sorry. What can I do? Just name it, whatever it is."
"Please, just come get me." I told her where we were and lay down and cried.
About an hour later, I went downstairs to wait for Leah and found Jake talking with a young girl. I wanted to cry, but I walked over to them instead.
"Leah is coming to get me."
"Bells, I'm sooo sorry…"
"Jake don't. We both knew this could happen one day." Then, as if it wasn't awkward enough…
"Hi, I'm Paige. You must be Bella." Said this cute girl and held her hand out to me.
"Oh, uh, sorry, Paige, this is my…wife Bella. Bella Bla…"
"Swan, it's Bella Swan." Just then Leah walked in and I left without another word.
