"Hurry up, Bella!" Alice yelled from behind the closed door. "The music is starting! What's taking you so long? Can I help you with anything?" She was very impatient when it came to getting married. I bet Rosalie was faster than this.

"Yes, can you help me zip my dress?" She was there in a flash, her cold hands touching my skin only once. It zipped perfectly and she pinned my veil in place. Last night, Edward and I said goodbye. I was going insane. Almost twenty four hours without seeing his beautiful face, his golden eyes, his bronze ruffed hair….I had to stop thinking about him, it was driving me even crazier!

"You look beautiful!" She squealed from behind me. "We have to go now, though; your turn is almost up!" We rushed to the waiting room behind the altar. Charlie was there and pacing, never a good sign. When he saw us, he ran to me.

"Bells, I never thought I would say this but, I hope you two are really perfect for each other and live happy and long lives together." He didn't know how right he was with that. Charlie was being really nice about this whole thing; he hadn't blown up at Edward, or criticized us for being too young.

"Thank you, Dad, but don't make me cry, Rosalie spent a long time on my make-up." I looked at Alice and she mouthed 'waterproof' as a sign of it being OK to cry when necessary. Together me and my father paced while dainty little Alice stood perfectly still.

Alice went first, giving me a big smile before she walked out of sight. When my turn finally came, all I could think of was: Don't trip...don't fall! Charlie linked his arm into mine and we walked. The roses left by the little flower girl, also known as Jane, were as crimson as blood itself. It was beautiful. The church had been covered top to bottom with crimson and white roses, crimson and white ribbon, and other crimson and white things that I hadn't even heard of. Alice was very pleased with herself on the decorations and color coordination.

I looked at him last. He was staring at me, the black tuxedo contrasting with his pale skin, and smiling. I swear that if he could, he would be crying at this moment. We locked eyes and tears started to well up. One even crossed the border from my eyes to my cheek. This was it. No turning back. I was ready and willing to become a Cullen.

When Charlie and I had reached the end of the aisle, he kissed me on the forehead and handed me off to my husband-to-be. Edward kissed my hand and led me to my spot.

I DIDN'T TRIP! I thought to myself.

The pastor started out by saying the official words to begin a wedding, "We are gathered her to day to bring this man and this woman together in holy matrimony." The rest of the service went by very fast. From rings to 'I do's', and before you knew it, Edward and I were told to kiss. It was a small kiss. Nothing fancy, and definitely not enough to get me off of my withdrawal. It just made me want more. We ran down the aisle with everyone throwing rose petals over us; Alice had outdone herself.

"I have to have a talk with Alice when all of this is over." I told Edward when we were in the limousine headed to the reception.

"She knows." He smiled at me. "But could you please drop the subject now? We are on our way to our reception, and then we will be on our way to our honeymoon. This is special and I want you to remember it." He slid over to me on the seat.

"You are so lucky this dress isn't huge." He leaned over me and my heart started to beat. I could sense my withdrawal coming to an end.

"Yes, I am, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do this." He kissed me; the first kiss since yesterday evening. I didn't want it to end. I pulled myself closer to him and kissed him back. In what seemed like a matter of seconds, he pulled away. I pulled myself closer.

"We're here." He whispered in my ear. This depressed me.

"I never want to go through that again. Twice was enough!" I said as he opened my door. Edward chuckled.

As we entered the ballroom to the Seattle Tower, Alice came over and kissed me on the cheek and hugged her brother.

"I know, Bella, I outdid myself. I'm sorry." She looked down, ashamed, but at the same time, not ashamed.

"I know. You probably had fun doing it." I smiled at her and she beamed.

"Thanks for understanding!" I got a big hug and she bounced over to Jasper, who was standing in a corner. Clearly not into parties.

"Congratulations." Carlisle and Esme were walking towards us now.

"Thank you." Edward and I said together. We all smiled. He wrapped his arm around my waist. My blush was enough for him to smile and kiss my cheek.

We all sat down and waited for the other guests to arrive. Soon, my mother, father, and stepfather arrived, gave us their congratulations, and were seated. Mike and Jessica, Angela and Ben, and Lauren and Travis were last to arrive.

"This place is hard to find." Mike mad a poor excuse.

"Not really, it's pretty tall. You can see it miles away." I countered. He shrugged.

"Bella! Oh my goodness!" Jessica squealed. "I can't believe you're married! And not just married, but to the most gorgeous guy alive!" Even though she and Mike have been engaged for a while, she still thought Edward was hot.

"And the best part is; he's all mine!" I squealed with her. I saw Edward chuckled from behind her, supposedly talking to Emmett. We talked for a bid more, until I saw Billy.

"Is Jake here?" I asked him, looking for my extremely tall best friend. When I didn't see him, I looked back at Billy.

"No, actually, he is on vacation." Billy shocked me.

"Vacation? But he RSVP'd. How could he go on vacation now?" I was deeply confused. Who had sent the return letter back saying that he'd come?

Reading the question on my face, Billy answered. "Seth and the rest of them went with. I sent the note. I wouldn't miss this for the world." He smiled. I was still in shock. Edward came up, obviously listening and dragged me away from Billy telling him, and me, that it was time to cut the cake.

"He's not on vacation." Edward told me. How could he think that would calm me down? I showed my bogus smile to the on looking crowed as we cut the cake, giving the first bite to Edward; all the while trying to suppress my laughter. He'd have to cough it up sometime.

When it came time for the father-daughter dance, Charlie and I swayed to the slow music, blushing the whole time. As if on cue, Edward came and twirled me away on the dance floor.

"You are going to teach me how to dance, right?" I asked him. He smiled.

"Isabella Marie Cullen, I will teach you whatever you want me to." I felt the blood rush to my cheeks when I heard my name. He smiled. "I like the sound of that." He told me.

"Me too. I was wondering, before we cut the cake, you said that Jake wasn't on vacation. What is he doing?" I wasn't sure if I wanted to know, but I wanted to see him one last time before I became a vampire.

He sighed. "He ran away when he got the invitation. Seth and the rest of the pack are off to find him. He is going very fast, dog the whole time, and they can't get a lead on where he is. He's doing a very good job of keeping everything silent." I was in an even deeper shock. I was very happy Edward was doing all the dancing because I surely would have stopped dead at his words.

"Ran away? You mean, never coming back? Gone for good?" I literally shouted the words and was hushed my him.

"No, he plans on coming back, after we're gone." He sounded and looked happy, but it quickly died at my reaction. I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Why does this have to be so hard?" The impossible question remained unanswered. "I said, why does this have to be so hard!" I wanted an answer. Nothing. I sighed and we danced.

"I'm surprised you have never gotten dizzy. When we went running for the first time, you got dizzy, but I was running in a straight line. Dancing involves a lot of fast turning, and you haven't complained yet." He looked directly into my eyes, not even bothering to look in the direction he was going in.

"If I don't think about it, it doesn't happen. Now that you've mentioned it, I'll have to try extra hard not to puke." He laughed, not his big booming laugh, but a loud chuckle. It didn't sound right, coming out of him.

"Well, I surly hope so, this is a rented tux." My chin dropped, how come I had to get a dress, well actually Alice bought the dress, and he could just go and rent a tux? That's not fair. "Joking." He said, his lips twitching at the sides.

"That wasn't funny." I stated, my mood turned sour. I was so gullible. I saw his eyes turn cold. "Who and what?" I already had a hint of who it was, but my thoughts were wrong.

"The Volturi. They have come to take Jane back, but they want to talk to you." Why would they want to talk to me? Of all people…but then I remembered what they had said a couple of months ago. Either I was to be changed, or killed. But why now? On my wedding day?

"Fine. Can you please dance me off the dance floor? Where's Jane? I want a reason for going over there, make it seem unplanned." He twirled us off and lead me to Jane.

"It's about time; they've been waiting for a while." Was Edward blocking them out?

"Oh, sorry. Come on, let's go." I said sarcastically...I wasn't in the mood. Edward carried me as he and Jane zoomed down the stairs and outside where the sun was shining brightly. I was beginning to dislike Seattle. When we reached the spot, Edward hid in the shadows. I could just guess that they didn't want him there when they talked to me. That made my stomach flip. Alone. With three, and their guard, vicious vampires. I shuddered.

"Stop being a baby, they can't touch you, remember? You're still human." How was that supposed to comfort me? I decided that Jane had been a vampire for too long and she probably didn't even remember anything about it, let alone being able to comfort one.

I took a deep breath. "Hello," I said in the calmest voice I could manage at the moment.

"Hello," I heard Demitri's strong, thick voice float from in the shadows behind the building. "This is a little too bright for me." He stated. I could just imagine him in the sunlight. I shuddered.

"Yes, it's even too bright for me. Now, can you please tell me why you want to speak to me? I kind of have to get back to my guests." I was taping my foot on the pavement below me. Impatience was the only way I knew I would get out of this alive. That, and Edward hiding somewhere behind me.

"Don't speak to him that way." I heard Felix from behind me. That's when I notice something, we were surrounded.

" Fine." I said to him, he slid back into the shadows. "Now, Demitri, what would you like to talk to me about?" I ditched the impatience and went right to my sweetest most understanding sounding voice ever.

"I was wondering if you were one of us yet, and apparently not. I –" I cut him off.

"Yes, we have a date set, though. And it is soon." I assured him.

"Ah, well then. I guess we can just take Jane and go, but I have one more thing to say. The next time we see you, and you are still human, will be the last time you see anyone." In a flash, they were all gone. Within the same second that they had left, Edward was by my side.

"Why do they have to scare me like that? I have enough on my plate as it is." He hugged me and I let the tears come freely. "I'm ruining you tux." I stated.

"Yes, thank goodness it's not rented."

OK, this is my very first fan fic and, I don't think it's very good...but who cares...I've been writing about E and B ever since I read Twilight, and I own all three book, have had them signed and LIVE in Washington...so yeah, I find myself pretty lucky...BUT PLEASE REVIEW SO I HAVE SOME REASON TO KEEP WRITING!!! thnx

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