A/N: The anticipated threequel is officially up! Please review, since I made this chapter SUPER long, slaving my poor butt for you guys. So please, thank me in a review. I love you all. I decided, I'm probably going to make this a normal story like the last two, because it's not fair. Although, I may be updating a little less as the chapters get longer. Thanks for all the support!
NEW READER SUMMARY: Bella and Eward are high school sweethearts and Doctors at Seattle's main hospital and are getting married in a week. Lisa and Alexus are college friends and Alexus used to be homosexual. Also Jasper Rosalie are siblings as well as Alice and Edward. Bella and Emmett are not related. Mike is a guy from High school. Any other questions...ask!
Loves, Maaya.
I stood at the end of the hallway, looking around, trying to amuse myself with the plain white walls.
It wasn't working.
Occasionally, someone would walk past, flashing a smile or offering a wave, and then continuing with their job, leaving the area in an eerie silence.
I leaned against the wall, patiently waiting.
"Ding!" the buzzer above the operation theatre chirped, letting the red lights switch off, scaring the daylights out of me, and causing me to yelp and awkwardly hop off the wall. Thank God, the corridor was empty or I might have just died of embarrassment.
Promptly, a group of people walked out of the room, clad in white coats which were similar to mine, but my eyes were for only one of them.
And there she was, in all her glory. Her pink lips pulled up into a smile when her eyes met mine. I grinned back widely, walking towards her.
I hugged her tightly, while kissing her softly. She smiled against my lips while pulling off her white rubber gloves.
Suddenly, she jerked back, her eyes widening and mouth parting in fear.
"OH MY GOSH!" she yelled.
"What?!" I shouted in panic, for reasons still unknown to me.
Bella did not answer; instead, she grabbed my hand and ran. Through a hospital.
Her mahogany hair flew behind her as she navigated us through several wards which consisted of wheelchairs, moving beds and confused hospital staff. Why was she so panicked? Was it our wedding day today? As far as I remembered, we still had a week. I think.
After assuming that Bella was taking us to the carp park, I said, "Can we stop running? I look stupid"
She slowed down infinitesimally and gave me an odd look.
"Do you want to look stupid, or die?" she asked.
Huh?
"Neither…" I replied, unsure of where this was going.
Bella slid her hands into the pocket of my slacks and pulled out the keys to my Volvo.
"Bella" I warned.
"Hey! I can drive too, you know. And I'm nearly a Cullen" She smiled happily.
I couldn't help but smile, she wanted to be with me, officially.
In all my euphoria, I forgot to ask where we were going. All I knew was that Bella and I were supposed to go out for dinner, but our plans were thwarted thanks to the love of my life, running us through a hospital like madmen to the middle of nowhere. After Bella mercilessly spinning my beloved car around the city of Seattle, inconspicuously trying to crash it in my opinion, we reached the posh part of town.
"It would be nice to know where I am going" I said out loud.
"Edward, sometimes your lack of intelligence surprises me" she shook her head, her stethoscope still draped around her neck, making her look strangely professional.
"Hey, don't get me started on the comments you've made in the past" I defended myself.
Bella blushed, probably accepting defeat. I'm sure her mind went back to the time we were in high school when she thought Mike Newton attacking us with eggs, were bombs. [Confessions]
I smiled smugly.
The car came to a jerky halt, with Bella shrugging out of her white coat and flinging the stethoscope aimlessly in my car.
"Bella, please don't harass my car" I pleaded.
She leaned in and gave me a sweet, lingering kiss, "You know I'm more valuable" she smiled and then pushed me out of the car. I looked up to see a shop I knew all too well – Explicitly Yours. Or explicitly Alice's.
That explained everything.
I grabbed Bella's hand, walking quickly through the boutique – straight towards the dressing area. We had walked through here for the past six months, ever since Bella and I had started working at the local hospital. We promised each other that we wouldn't tie the knot until we had settled down financially. Now six moths later, we were here for our second last dress fitting. We were greeted by an oddly chirpy Rosalie, cheery Emmett, bored Jasper…and an annoyed Alice.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Alice shouted in her soprano voice.
Bella and I just stared at her, hoping the anger would wear off soon.
Unfortunately it didn't because Alice marched up to me in her stiletto heels, punching me like Jeff Hardy on TNA.
"It was her fault!" I whined childishly, while pointing to Bella.
Alice stopped immediately to glare at her best friend.
"You did not just say that" Bella gritted out.
I suppressed a smile; sometimes annoying Bella was so much fun.
"You did take your own sweet time coming out of the operation theatre" I reasoned while leaning against the wall, throwing her a smile. I could see everyone's lips twitching, except for Alice's, who looked a little like Hulk. Of course, she'd kill me if she ever heard that. Bella's sharp intake of breath told me, she was retaliating.
"So I was supposed to leave that guy with his guts pouring out?" she snapped.
She had a point.
"Not my problem" I shrugged.
That did the job; the fumes from Bella's ears were nearly visible. Nearly.
"You two need marriage counselling, and you're not even married!" Emmett guffawed.
That earned him a thwack on the head with a metre sick, courtesy of Rosalie.
Before my love could get any angrier, I gave her a passionate kiss, running my fingertips up and down her arms. She eagerly kissed me back, probably forgetting she was supposed to be angry with me.
"I love you" I murmered
"Hmph" Bella grumbled, but her eyes told me I was forgiven.
"OKAY! As you all know, I'm Alice, the maid of honour, this is Emmett, the best man, Jasper is the second best man, and Rosalie is the main bridesmaid" Alice said, for the umpteenth time.
"Who could forget?" Bella muttered beside me.
"Exactly" I mumbled back, knowing that Alice repeated this every time we had a wedding meeting.
Alice either didn't hear us or chose to ignore us and dragged Emmett and I to the male changing room, which was already lined with potential tuxes, ready for us to try. My sister was far too organised.
"What about Jasper?" Emmett called while flinging his clothes around.
"He's sorted" Alice grinned and Jasper's chuckles could be heard.
"So, Jasper, you're here to rub it in our faces?" I asked while analysing the suits, trying to find the best one. So far they all looked the same.
"Yupp!" He smiled widely and began pelting me the different tuxedos.
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Dress fittings should be classified as a sport – you have to master it. Even basketball wasn't this tiring, back in the days of high school. At least Bella and Rosalie have it simple; a single dress pulled up and you're done. We men had to put the shirt, and then the trousers and then the jacket, and to top it off, Alice insisted we wore a tie each time, too! Oh well, at least we're not the ones who get pregnant.
I pictured myself with a huge stomach, patting it affectionately.
And laughed.
"What's so funny?" an all too familiar voice asked me. I looked up and saw the strangest man on the planet – Alexus.
"Nothing" I replied hastily and ran towards the main fittings area, where everybody had converged.
I stood right next to Bella who gave me a sympathetic look, "Alice invited him, I invited Lisa" she whispered.
I sighed hopelessly; even though Alexus was with Lisa, he was still creepy.
"I bet Lisa's only with him for the sex" I said
Emmett and Bella stared at me open mouthed.
"Did you just say that?" Emmett asked incredulously.
"Did I just say that?" I asked myself, receiving a vigorous nod by Bella.
Crap.
"Wow, Ed, you were such a dweeb. I'm proud of you Bella" Emmett patted her on the head.
Bella blushed seven shades of red and then proceeded to slap us both on the arms.
"Stop hitting me, people!" I cried out loud for Alice's punch, Bella's slap and Rosalie's glare were not helping my masculinity.
Abruptly, Alice paraded in with a white creamy dress which flowed to the floor. "How's this?" She asked in our general direction.
She was replied with "nice" and "pretty" but Alexus liked it a little too much.
"Oh it looks gorgeous! Beautiful! The bodice is lovely!" he exclaimed, trying to get a view of the dress from every angle.
Jasper was not a happy man. "Shut up Alexus" he said straightforwardly. Alice shot him a glare, but I was in full support of Jasper.
"I swear he's going to wear something like that on his own wedding, if such a catastrophe ever occurs" Emmett muttered.
"Lisa should try on the grey tux over there" Rosalie mumbled, sending glares to an exuberant Alexus and a blushing Lisa.
Bella and I tried to stifle our laughter; Lisa thought he was admiring the dress for her.
"Fabulous! I'm wearing this to the wedding!" Alice smiled. Jasper threw Alexus a rather Rosalie-style look.
Guess it ran in the family.
"Edward and I are leaving, we have some errands to run" Bella announced loudly and then grabbed my hand.
"Don't forget your last dress fitting! Two days before the wedding!" Alice yelled.
"Sure, see you then!" Bella replied quickly.
As soon as we got into the car, Bella blew a gush of air out of her cheeks.
I laughed, "Eager to exit?"
"Oh God! Did you feel the awkwardness? Jasper was shamelessly glaring at Alexus who was enthralled by a piece of fabric. Rosalie was shooting daggers at Lisa who was swooning over her gay boyfriend and Alice was oblivious to it all. And then there was Emmett, who looked like he was picturing Alexus in a wedding dress." She gushed out.
"Perceptive. You were lying about the errands, right?" I asked hopefully as I pulled the car out of the lot.
"Yes, the shopping can wait until tomorrow" she smiled and reached over to give me a kiss. Everything in the world could wait, but not this.
I drove quickly to our apartment which was in an upbeat but luxurious part of town. We didn't work ten hours a day to live in a shack. Our flat had three en-suite bedrooms; one was our bedroom, one was my piano room and Bella's library and the final one was a guestroom. It overlooked the high street on one side and a peaceful park on the other. We had moved in shortly after graduating from college and getting our jobs at the local hospital two blocks away.
I carried Bella towards our room inside our home which was on the 7th floor, our lips glued together while her hands left burning trails in my hair. I quickly manoeuvred us towards the bed and laid her down, while I hovered above Bella, her floral scent whirling around me. I caress her neck while placing kisses on her body.
"Stop!" Bella panted as she slapped my hand away.
That was a first. I cocked my eyebrow.
Her soft hands placed themselves on my heaving chest reassuringly.
"Why?" I asked, the rejection seeping into my tone.
"After the wedding – I want it to be special" she said breathlessly.
I gave her a chaste kiss and rolled onto the space beside her, intertwining our hands.
"Wow" I said out loud.
"Huh?" She asked as she snuggled closer into my side.
"Bella Swan is abstaining. And to think you were always the desirous one" I chuckled.
"Hey, are you calling me horny?!" she poked my ribs, hard.
"Maybe, but you know I love you" I kissed her forehead and pulled her closer.
"Just as much as I love you" she whispered, laying her head in my chest.
And we drifted off to sleep, forgetting dinner. And changing our clothes.
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