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Story: Love That Binds

Author: Twilight51545888

Full Summary: Sequel to 'The Betrothal.' This starts just a few minutes before 'The Betrothal' ends. During their wedding, Bella's Mother comes in and tries to apologize to Bella for the way that she had been treating her. Kind hearted Bella forgives her Mother, and she is soon taught the ropes of the corporate business that she inherited from her late Father. As her siblings try and move on with their lives, Bella is stuck when reminded that the only way to stay married to her one true love is to have a child within a year and a half. What will she do when they discover that Edward might not want to have children? What will she do when he instead wants to focus on his schooling, and become a doctor?
Soon Bella is thrown into a world of confusion and hate as her own Mother plots a corporate take over of the Swan Corporation behind Bella's back. And before the young woman knows it, everything that she has worked for might end up being for nothing. Who can she trust?
OOC Edward and Bella

Ages:

Bella: 18
Edward: 21
Alice: 20
Jasper: 20
Jacob: 25
Emmett: 25
Rosalie: 23

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters from Twilight, nor do I own the rights to any of the songs I may use later on


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As Edward and I walked out of the room together, we looked around the dance floor and couldn't see Renee or Billy anywhere. BUt I decided that I might as well just enjoy my wedding, and now was the perfect time to start doing that. I kenw it the moment that I walked out there. I smiled to myself.

"And now ladies and gentlemen," the DJ announced as well once again entered the room, and the song he was playing came to an end, "I would like to invite the single ladies to the middle of the dance floor as the bride throws her bouquet!"

All of the girls scrambled about trying to get a 'good' spot on the dance floor. The men respectively took their seats in the dining area, as to not get in the way of the bride-to-be-hopefuls. As I went up onto the platform of the room close to the DJ booth, someone had gotten me a chair as Alice handed me my bouquet. The white roses looked lovely, but I kew I had to give them up.

"You girls ready?" I called bhind me, the microphone amplifying my call. The girls behind me hallored and I laughed at their antics. Edward helped me to stand up on the chair and balanced me as I stood there. I of course had to do the pretend throws before I actually threw it over my head. I heard everyone screaming 'I got it!' and laughed when I turned around. Alice had caught it. She looked up red faced as everyone clapped. SHe smiled brightly as Edward helped me step down and then sit on the chair.

He removed my garter traditionally, getting many hoots and hollars from his adoring fans. The men, as you could have guessed, didn't really want to get up in a group and actually try to get it, I'm guessing because they didn't really want to be married.

Edward then flung it off in one direction, not really paying attention. Then we both started laughing when we noticed that Jasper, unintentionally, had caught it. Emmett, who was sitting next to him, just laughed his head off as he patted his brother's back. Jasper was red faced as well. Edward called over to him, 'Ow Oww!' earning laughter from everyone that was watching. He picked the thing up in both hands, and then looked up at me. I smiled sweetly, and mouthed, 'No pressure!' He just started garing at me.

The DJ then called the next song. It was a more upbeat song than some of the other ones, and we all danced in the middle of the room to the loud music. The Cha Cha slide had to be the funniest to try in my wedding dress, and Edward couldn't help but laugh when I had to pick it up to do some of the things in the song. But after I got the hangs of it, I was able to move with everyone else and get it down. We did a whole lot of other dances, just having a good time through out the whole thing. Everyone just had to get close to the bride and groom, and we just laughed when someone would mention that to us.

Before the night was over, I had danced with Carlisle, Emmett, and Jasper. Also some others that were invited, like Mike Newton, and of course Jacob. He was very happy for me, and we teased about there being 'no hard feelings' baout Edward and I getting getting married instead of Jacob and I. I noticed though, that dancing with Jacob made me miss my Ftaher, and I spoke to him a little about that. He reminded me, though, that this was one of the things that my Father had wanted. My happiness.

"Bella!" Edward came over during another slow song. I had sat down because i had been dancing to the past fifteen songs, not taking a break. I had danced to other ones, but I had taken breaks after those ones. Edward danced with his Mother, and of course other people as well, but he danced with her several times, I noticed. They were really close. I guess he wanted to talk to her about soemthing. The music to this song started, and I knew then and there what Edward wanted.

"Yes, love?" I said as he approached. He extended his hand to me, bowing slightly.

"May I have this dance?" I smiled at his gentlemanly ways, and just rolled my eyes, and sighed.

"I sappose..." I trailed off, taking his hand and standing up. I recognized the song once we were out on the dance floor dancing with everyone else.

If I should stay, I'll only be in your way
So I'll go, but I know I'll
think of you every step of the way

And I will Always love you
I will always love you
You, my darling you, hmm

Hearing Whitney houston sing her heart out into this song made me just want to love Edward even more. I don' think that that was possible in this moment, but I wanted to. I looked up at him, and then rested my head on his chest, hearing him chuckle slightly. This was one of those songs that even though it was a cover, you still loved it like the original, or even better than the original.

Bittersweet memories
That is all I'm taking with me
So goodbye. Please, don't cry
We both know
I'm not what you, you need

"I love you," I sighed into his chest, actually not expecting him to hear me. He meerely lifted my chin with his finger, making me look into his beautiful green eyes.

"I love you, too," he whispered. I actually read it off of his lips more than anything else. I looked into his eyes as we spun around the dance floor, surprisingly elegant. We of course had had dance classes when we were younger, because of parents had insisted that we know how to dance correctly. We were perfect at it, to be honest, and we moved together perfectly. What a perfect day.

And I will always love you
I will always love you

This was my favorite part of the song. Just how powerful it was really got to me, and before she even started singing it, my eyes started to fill with tears, becasue I knew that she was saying this to a loved one that was very close. Very dear, to her.

And I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I, I will always love you

You, darling, I love you
Oh, I'll always, I'll always love you

Looking into Edward's eyes in that moment, I knew that we could conquer anything. And as the song ended, I looked around and saw all of the happy guests claping. They clapped at the end of every song, but this one was one that hit home for everyone, and I knew that they all got the message that it sent out.

When another song started, I saw this as our only time to escape. I gathered the wedding part, with the help of Edward and his parents, as we all headed to a room that was next to the 'Princess Room'. All of us filed in, and our photographers were in there with us. We took very traditional pictures. The bride and groom, of course, then the Maid of Honor and Best Man. Followed by all of the men taking pictures, and then all of us women took some together. Almost every time, we were told where to sit and how to hold our poses, which gets annoying, but when you see the end result, it's worth it.

The next were just the Bride's Maids and then just the Groom's Men. We then all took a picture together, and I have to say... That was one one of the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen. The girl's blue dresses went perfectly with their skin tones. Then Emmett and I took a picture together, followed by Edward and Rosalie. Then the four of us together.

All in all it was a really cool shoot. One of my most favorite shoots I have ever done, and I thinik that this will be the most rememberable out of all of them. The whole time we were just laughing (and obviously smiling) and the photographer just made sure that we had a good time. It was truely all about us for a day.

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"Congratulations!" It was almost sung in chorus as everyone wished Edward and I congratulations on being married. We were now leaving the wedding building itself, after leaving the cooking staff a fine tip, and on our way to our limo. We were going to go to Edward's (well, the Cullen's) private island for our honeymoon. But more about that later.

We walked down the outside steps, which were lined with friends and family. Outside of those lines were cameras, flashing brightly at us and having red lights on. There were even reporters talking about the 'Famous Wedding' of the Cullen and Swan. She was saying something about the business, and I wasn't about to hear anything about that at the moment. I just wanted to be with my Edward for the rest of the time that I could. I didn't want any distractions while we were together.

We weren't even alone yet, though.

As we got to the bottom of the steps, Alice hurrily straightened out my dress to make sure that it was perfect as cameras' lights flooded over to us. There were flashes everywhere, and they momentarily stopped as Alice fixed my hair over my bare shoulders just right. They then continued as my older sister stepped out of the shot. Apparently they just wanted Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen. Wait, was my last name going to be Cullen now, or Swan-Cullen? I would have to ask Edward about that later.

To be quite honest I was excited and scared. I mean, who wouldn't want to be on an island with Edward all on our own? And then there was also the thought that we were in fact alone. If anything happened to either of us, the nearest help would be miles and miles away. Hmm...

As I stood there, I was just waiting for my sister to give me some sort of direction, or some sign to tell me that it was time to get into the limo. You could tell that the people in the wedding were all clapping and having a good time behind us, and the camera flashes weren't annoying them in the slightest. We were all used to it by now, i guess.

Finally, Alice locked eyes with me, and then pointed from me to the door of the limo she was currently residing next to. I did one last over the shoulder pose, getting a lot more photos than I thought it was going to, and then walked, hand-in-hand-with Edward toward the limo. There were a few more steps for us to walk down before we were bombarded with reporters. Apparently, we were going to be the top story of every magazine, and some newspapers as well.

We were momentarily stopped by E! News, and I actually had respect for them, so we did a short interview. We decided as a could, before this started, that we would just do like, two interviews. And this worked out, because they just wanted pictures, and recorded our answers to the five questions they asked. That was all the more we really had time for, sadly, and then we started on down toward the limo again.

We tried not to get bombarded, but that was innevitable, and eventually we made it to our two personal body guards (Jasper and Emmett themselves) and they made sure that we weren't followed into the limo, and also made sure that everyone kept their hands to themselves.

We had told them ahead of time that we didn't really want to go alone to the airport, and on top of that, we wanted to be able to say goodbye to everyone before hand. We were actually going to drive in the limo to a hotel, to be honest.

Edward and I waved out the window of the limo as it started to slowly pull away. I knew that I wouldn't be able to see everyone... my whole united family... together like this for a while. Because my Fatehr didn't really want to have a funeral, we weren't able to have everyone together like this. And even then, not everyone that is here would have been there.

I laughed with Edward as we finally lettled down in our seats, me being extremely careful of my dress. I wanted to be able to just relax, but at the moment, that seemed impossible. I didn't want to get the thing wrinkly, because I didn't want to face the wrath of Alice when she sees it here in a few minutes.

I looked out the window behind us. Our family was following us in two other limos (Carlisle and Esme in one, and then Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice and Jacob in another) and though I couldn't see them, I just knew that they were having a good time. They always do, so what's to doubt? When I finally looked back to Edward, he was sitting as perfectly still as he could next to me, and then put his arm around my shoulders. He kissed a bare shoulder, pulling me closer.

"How are you?" he asked, knowing that I would catch onto what he was really asking.

"I'm fine, and at this point... I don't care about what Renee and Billy plan on doing... I don't want to think about them right now," I looked up to him and blushed. "I just want to be alone with you," I answered honestly, trying to his my smile from him. We soon pulled up to the very luxurious hotel, and Edward helped me out of the limo.

I saw the others coming out of their limos, being helped by the drivers themselves, and then I saw a flash of blue coming right at me. Alice almost tompled me over with the hug that she gave, and we all laughed at her.

"Let's head up to the hotel," Carlisle sugjested, the attention goingt o him, "and then maybe Alice can kill Bella some more when we get there." We all laughed at that (well, Alice pouted) and we just started walking into the hotel together. As a family. When we got up to the front desk, the recsptionist gave us a double take before straightening up and seeing my attire.

"Congratulations," she said, obviously nervous. She was like what, twenty? Ha! "Um, do you have a reservation?" Her voice squeaked at the end, and it was all I could do to keep from laughing at the fact.

"Yes, my name is Carlisle Cullen," my Father-in-law answered, obviously amused that the girl didn't even think to look at the rooms. She knew our names. I mean, come on! "My daughter Alice was actually in the room before hand, and we are just wanting to get into it again. We were told that she returned the room key to you guys at the front desk for safe keeping." Wow, Alcie is really weird at times.

"Oh, yes," she replied, trying to just keep her cool around us. I think that if a manager was here, they would be able to get this done faster.

She handed us our room keys, two to be exact, and then we all filled into three elevators. Edward and I had to be in one on our own because of my dress. I think that the 'perentals' really just wanted us to have some real time alone, so they were giving that to us bit by bit.

When we got to the room all together, we walked in and immediately Alcie wanted to 'get to work' on me. The men mostly just stayed in the main room of our suite, while us woman walked into a bedroom and bathroom that were attatched to one another. When we were in there, I noticed that Alice really had set everything up. She had our clothes laid out for us and everything, just to make it easier. Once I was finally out of my dress, and Rose and Alice were out of their Bride's Maids dresses, we all changed into pretty casual clothes.

I was wearing a navy blue tank top with impossibly tight dark blue jeans to match. I looked at my butt in the mirror, and loved how they looked in these things. I guess that's what they ment by Apple Bottom Jeans... Hmm... Rose went for a red tank top, and Alice a brown one. It really brought out her eyes, which serprised me like none other.

They all had loose fitting clothes, esentially, and they made sure that what I was wearing was tight. Just to piss them off I grabbed a light jacket and left it open over my top. Esme just went plain and simple with a white shirt that hand really nice embroidery on it, but only on the bottom and top parts. It hugged her curves, making her look years younger. Well, she already looked younger than she really is.

Alice and Rose were carful taking off all of the make up I had worn at my wedding, and kept having to tell me to hold still. After we all had our make up off, we applied very light eye liner and then some mascara, just to bring out our eyes a little. I mean, we were celebrities. We always had to look good no matter what.

When we walked out the door, our men were there, and turned around to see us walk in. I had to contain my laugh when I saw that they had their ties undone like in the movies. I thought it looked really cute, to be honest. We could hear the chorused gasp that filled the air as we walked in like nothing unusual had happen. We were just looking really hot at the moment. That's all.

I grinned at my own thoughts.

Carlisle was apparently able to keep his cool more than any of the other guys, and it was at this moment that I realized that they had champagne glasses out for us to take on a tray. We all took one and then walked over in a circle in the middle of the large room. He decided to make a toast to us, and I held onto Edward's hand while he spoke.

"Edward and Bella are together forever in the binds of marriage. I wish you two the best, and as Emmett so..." he searched for the right words, "gratiously mentioned at the toast earlier... I hope you enjoy the blessings that marriage really can bring to you." We laughed, remembering my brother-in-law's words. I tried to contain myself, though. "I wish you two the best. To Edward and Bella," Carlisle lifted his glass on this last word, "Cullen."

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To be honest, I have been getting more and more hits for 'The Betrothal'. When I had fifteen chapters, I could just barely pass 10,000 hits, but then I updated the last chapter, CHapter Sixteen, and I am clearing 40,000 hits at this point. I am soo excited about being able to actually say that one of my stories got that well. Ever. At all. I love you guys...

I would also like to add something right now. I was going to update this a lot quicker, and then sadly my computer had a virus in it. I am having to use another computer, and I don't think I have the strength to hide me going here and typing and typing, just to update a lot more. I will not probably be able to actually get out the other stories that I had been working on, but I will in fact be trying to get another computer, and soon. I personally like the luxury of haveing a computer right there in case I get inspiration in the middle of the night.

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