The wedding had been beautiful. Of course, like I knew she would, Alice went a little overboard on…everything. Flowers and ribbons were everywhere, but I had to admit. I loved every single second of it. Before the actual ceremony though, I was a mess. Jasper hung around me twenty-four seven, trying to calm me down, but it didn't seem to work, which only made him frustrated. Alice tried to keep me distracted while she dealt with everything. I hadn't seen Edward all day. Alice had insisted that he not see me 24 hours before the wedding. It was probably for the best though. I didn't want him to see me like that. I was sweating as if I had just run for miles, my hands shook and my feet dragged.
"Bella?" Alice asked, peering into her bathroom where I was crying. I looked up at her and she frowned. "Bella why are you crying? This is your wedding day. You should be happy."
"I know. I am." I defended myself. "I just… I just feel overwhelmed I guess."
She nodded in understanding while fixing my hair one last time. Really I had been thinking about Jacob. He was off somewhere, being a wolf. "Bella cheer up. Today Edward is officially yours." she assured me. I still felt immeasurably guilty about Jacob. I had hurt him so badly. But I pushed that all aside at the mention of Edward. My one and true love. Alice was right. Today he was mine.
"Okay. I'm ready." I announced, standing up in my long white gown. Leading me out to the back of the house, she called everyone over.
"Alright. Everybody is ready? Edward is out there?" Alice asked. Esme nodded before she walked out to take her seat next to her husband. I peeked out the back French glass doors. We decided to hold our wedding in the Cullen's back garden at Twilight. I could see Edward standing at the end of the isle talking hurriedly to Emmett, who was going to marry us. He looked nervous for a vampire and I smiled.
"Okay Bella." Alice snapped, pulling me back into the house, away from the eyes of our guests. "Rose will walk down and Jasper and I will follow her. Then when you hear the music change, you come out with Charlie okay?"
"Okay Alice. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this right?" I repeated frantically. I was shaking.
"Of course you can." she replied hurriedly. I heard the music start up and Rosalie started down the isle. I felt someone come up behind me and gasped nervously as Charlie took my arm. My eyes widened at Alice. I was freaking out. She elbowed Jasper and I immediately felt the calm wash over me. Alice pinched my cheeks unnecessarily to make me blush before she turned and followed Rosalie with Jasper. I sighed and waited for the music to change. I leaned anxiously from foot to foot.
"Bella?" I turned to look at Charlie who was biting his lip.
"Yeah dad?"
"I love you Bella." he choked on my name. I looked away, begging myself not to break into sobs. I heard Charlie let out a cry. "I know I haven't been the most supportive, but I know that Edward loves you and he will take care of you. Just promise me to be happy okay?"
I looked back up at my old dad. I sighed and kissed him on the cheek. I heard the music change but I didn't budge. "I love you too dad. I promise."
Charlie pulled me forward then and I didn't bother holding back the tears. I noticed that I was walking down the isle to my lullaby. Gripping my father's arm tightly, I prayed that I wouldn't trip and fall. I looked away from my feet to glance around the garden. Roses were everywhere. Renee was sitting in the front row sobbing into a tissue, holding onto Esme's hand. I smiled at her and she let out a loud cry. She struggled to smile back, weddings always got to her. Esme was sobbing quiet, tearless cries as well. Carlisle had his arm around her while she held hands with Renee. Phil grinned at me. I looked away and saw Jessica Stanley sitting with Angela, and Mike. Both girls were crying and Mike looked like he was holding back a grimace. In fact, most of the guests were crying. It looked more like a funeral then a wedding. In one way, it kinda was. I mentally slapped myself for thinking like that. Thankful, once again that Edward couldn't hear my thoughts, I relaxed and smiled. Tears were silently sliding down my face and at my thought, my head snapped up to look at my husband to be.
Edward stood tall and proud at the alter, waiting for me to join him. I briefly considered grabbing his hand and making a run for it to Vegas. I knew he wouldn't object, in fact, he'd been trying to lead me there all week. But I pushed that thought aside when I heard Alice hiss at me. All except the vampires in the crowd didn't even notice it. I watched Edward's face, knowing that he would see her vision. His grin got bigger and he held his hand out for me. I knew that he was offering to grab me and make a run for it, but to everybody else, it looked as if he were accepting me from Charlie. Charlie stopped me in front of Edward, pulling back my veil and kissing my forehead. Then he passed me over to the love of my existence.
The ceremony went nice and smooth. I stumbled a little with my vows, Edward had insisted that we write them ourselves, but everything went fine. While Emmett did his part, speaking of our undying love (he kept slipping in little hints for all the vampires out there), I played with Alice. In fact I hardly heard a word that Emmett said. I was too preoccupied with making quick, last second decisions like pants-ing Edward right in front of everyone, or tearing off my dress and streaking across the garden, for Alice to see in her mind. Each time, Alice either got worried, or she giggled a little, confusing everyone. However Edward saw them too and his smile just got bigger and bigger. It was funniest when I decided to jump Edward right there and damn his precious virtue to hell. He chuckled and I unwillingly blushed scarlet.
In the end, we walked back down the isle married. Everybody was all smiles, except of course, Tanya. Alice had invited the Denali clan out of respect, not fully expecting them to come. But Tanya and her family showed up, much to my dislike. The entire time, Tanya was making it painfully clear that she still had feelings for Edward. And by the occasional pained look on his face, I could tell she was thinking some pretty specific things. I became instantly worried that when it came to the 'if anybody has an objection to why these two should not be joined…' part, she would speak up but thankfully, Emmett had skipped that bit.
The reception was sweet and romantic. Everyone danced in the moonlight, the sky was unusually clear and you could see the stars. Alice had done a beautiful job with the food, decorations and the music selection was perfect, although I suspected Edward to have dealt with that. It wasn't until I had danced my father-daughter dance with Charlie when the drama began.
"Really Edward! Why do you deny it?" I heard Tanya shout. Everybody stopped and stared at the two of them standing a few feet from each other. I figured that the rest of their conversation was being saved for later, or it was still going on in his head, because Edward turned away from her and met me on the dance floor. Taking my hand and spinning me theatrically, I questioned him.
"What was that all about?"
"Oh nothing. Tanya just isn't very good with rejection. I can handle it." he purred into my ear, holding me close as we swayed. I relaxed in his arms, Tanya would just have to wait. Edward was mine now. I smiled at the thought.
Tanya did wait. After the rest of our guests had left, I sat on the bottom staircase next to Edward. He was humming the wedding march to me while I took everything in. I didn't have much time though because Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice, Irina, Tanya, Kate, Carmen, and Eleazar glided into the room.
"Welcome to the family Bella." Esme spoke softly. "Not that you weren't already part of it." I smiled warmly at her. The rest of the family agreed.
"Bella this is Tanya and her family." Carlisle added. "Irina, Carmen, Kate and Eleazar." he pointed them out to me. They were each beautiful. Tanya maybe the most, which bothered me.
"It's very nice to meet you." I noted, giving them each a smile. Tanya was the only one that didn't reply.
"That was a very beautiful wedding Bella. Congratulations." Carmen added. After small talk, Edward excused himself to fetch our bags. We'd be leaving for our honeymoon the next morning and we were staying in Seattle for our wedding night. I walked into the kitchen to eat some more cake, while listening to Alice jabber about how great everything had gone when I heard the crash from upstairs. I jumped and Alice ran back the way we had come. I ran after her annoyingly slow, into the living room. Rosalie was standing at the stairs giving me a pitiful look.
"I'm sorry Bella. But your life is never simple is it?" she asked with a sad smile.
"What happened?" I squeaked. She didn't answer me but Edward was instantly by my side. Wrapping his arms around me and nuzzling his face into my hair, I asked him what was wrong. Again, nobody answered me. I huffed in frustration but I got my answer soon enough. Edward looked down at me right when Tanya stalked into the room, followed by Alice.
"Tanya! You can not just kiss Bella's husband!" I froze at Alice's words. Kiss? Husband? I gritted my teeth and vampire or not, I was going to try my hardest at kicking her ass. Alice and Edward both broke into laughter as they watched me in their heads. I glared at Edward and his face cleared in apology. I was irritated. Amazingly so. Tanya leaned against the wall like she hadn't done anything wrong. I shifted my glare to her, daring her to touch Edward again. I knew I could do nothing about it, but that didn't matter.
"Excuse me?" I shrieked. Edward looked down at me in surprise. Alice moved to stand beside me. Rosalie giggled from where she stood but grudgingly came to my side. She might not like me yet, but she was my sister.
"Oh don't worry. Edward's still just as much a prude as always." Tanya said lightly. I knew if I were a vampire, I would have been suppressing a growl. I was surprised when I heard a deep growl issue into the air. I looked around in shock, but realized it was coming from the three vampires around me.
"Tanya. Maybe you should leave." Rosalie defended us. "Don't try to make this about you."
Tanya rolled her eyes and calmly called her family. They all appeared with confused faces. Emmett, Jasper, Esme, and Carlisle joined us.
"What's going on?"
"Eddie and his new bride are just a little pissy."
Edward's arm tightened around me as he heard her thoughts. She smirked and rolled her eyes again. I tried not to imagine what she was thinking. I shivered in fear. I realized that I did not want a jealous vampire mad at me. I chose to be the bigger person and walk away. While I'm still human, that is. I grabbed Edward's hand and pulled him away. He understood and grabbed our bags before leading me to the door. He called goodbye to his family, eager to get me out of there, but I stopped him at the door. Grabbing a hug from my family, and saying a polite goodbye to the Denali clan, I stepped outside, taking Edward's hand again.
"Okay Edward." I said slow and clear, which was unnecessary, I was sure she could hear me. "Let's go have sex! "
I heard the Cullens' laughter from outside and Edward chuckled down at me. I grinned up at him and straightened up tall. He smirked and helped me into the car like a gentleman.
"Why thank you Mr. Cullen." I smiled.
"Your very welcome Mrs. Cullen. And might I add, your very cute when your mad."
I smiled and leaned my head out of the window, waving to the house, knowing they could see me. Emmett and Alice stepped onto the porch, waving.
"Bye Bella! Bye Edward!" Alice sang.
"Sex him up Bella!" Emmett boomed. I giggled at his openness. Edward scowled disapprovingly. I saw something flash in the yard. Looking to Edward, I raised a brow.
"Tanya's mad." he explained. My smile only got bigger. So what if she was an extremely beautiful, pissed off vampire? I had a few of those myself.