The day had dragged and dragged until it was nearly unbearable to stand in a room full of vampires, who secretly were baying for my blood. I had just approached the sofa when Edward had grabbed me around the waist, pulling me into a large, worn leather chair. It squeaked under the weight of us.

"How are we, Mrs Cullen?" I smiled at the use of my new last name. 'Scared. Tired. Confused. Afraid. Fearful.'

"Mrs Cullen is fine. How is Mr Cullen?"

"I am fine." Emmet shouted from the kitchen. I laughed out loud. The first time I had found something funny. Well at least from a vampire anyway.

"Good to know Emmet! But your not MY Mr Cullen, sos." A hefty laugh was my reply. Edward smiled.

"Getting into the family quickly I see." His silk smooth voice relaxed me a bit. "So what are we going to do now?" I knew what I wanted to do but it was impossible. It would be the shortest marriage in history. 'I don't find the idea of a crushed pelvis inviting either.'

"Well you did promise one thing." I unbuttoned the top of his shirt and kissed his neck. A gasp from Alice alerted me to an audience. I smiled. "Its time." Alice pulled me up and walked me over to the fireplace.

"Are you sure? It will hurt a lot." I didn't know of she was on the same page as me.

"It will only be for a couple of days. Right?" I looked over to Carlise and his eyes widened with understanding.

"Oh, that!" Edward leaped up and visioned in front of me. "Isn't it a bit early. Don't you want to wait? Experience things." 'Of course I wanted to experience things... but I couldn't wait.' I stared into his eyes and saw my reflection. The ribbon still kept my hair in place. 'Jacob...'

"It is now or never! and I'm not going with the latter." I felt his hands tighten around my arms.

"Oh how romantic! Changing on your wedding day, like a fairy tale. The handsome prince battles the evil, atrocious, grotesque, heinous, hideous, prodigious monsters to get to the top of the tower and kiss the beautiful princess." Rosalie looked up and frowned.

"Number one, he is biting, not kissing her, number two he is not a prince, and number three we are not atrocious, grotesque, heinous, hideous, prodigious monsters. OK?"

"What about the evil part?" Rosalie looked at Emmet and smiled.

"I am evil. Wanna see?" A growl erupted in her throat that half scared me. Emmet pretended to shrink and then laughed. A sharp slap silenced him quicker than I had heard the sound itself. He grabbed her and kissed her violently.

"I love a domineering woman."

"That's why you love me." Growls of pleasure came from both vampires.

"OK!" Jasper shouted over the growls. "So where you going to do this?" Everyone looked at Carlise. He looked thoughtful. Clearly he was thinking of where I would do the less damage.

"No. Its to cold and dirty." Edward knew what Carlise was thinking, but I still wanted to know.

"Where?"

"The basement. Its near sound proof and there is a big stone table where you could lye while you...transformed."

"Sounds good." I looked up to Edward and secretly I just wanted to lye down and get it over with. "I'll call Charlie first and make up something. How about a shopping trip? Alice?" She nodded. Charlie didn't know about the wedding or that I now was no longer a Swan. Taking the phone from Alice I keyed in the number and waited for it to ring. For privacy I went to the kitchen, and shut the door. Edward and Alice took this as a barrier for some privacy, but I knew they could still hear.

"Bella?" His voice sounded concerned and wary.

"Hey dad, you OK?"

"I was until I was woken up. I thought you were at the Cullan's. Whats the matter?" His voice became more alert.

"Nothing!" My voice was more like a shout. "I'm just going to be staying with Alice for a couple more days, OK?"

"Sure sure. Do you have enough money?" Everyone knew the Cullan's were rich, but Charlie preferred to take care of his own.

"Yeah I have my purse." My throat closed up and my saliva dried up. My voice sounded strained when I said my goodbye. "Bye Dad. I...I...I love you!" A tear trickled down my pale cheek. My face warmed and I couldn't hold back the tears anymore. I rushed to the sink and ran the tap for minutes. The sound hopefully masked my sobs. No one came in and my face had hopefully reduced in redness. I looked into the swirling water of the sink, and felt the ribbon slip from my hair. It swirled into the sink and my hair created a veil across my face. I brushed it behind my ears and grabbed at the ribbon. It slipped down the plug hole just before I could grab it. The last of my links with humanity had just swirled away. I washed my face and cooled down. When I was finally ready I walked back into the room. More confident. "Lets go." My voice had command in it that I never knew I possessed. Edward opened a door and walked down into the black abyss. "Some of us aren't vampires yet."

"Sorry." A burst of light exploded into the room. I followed Alice down into the basement and stopped, just before the last step.

"Are you OK?" Esme had followed me down and now had a concerned look on her face.

"I'm fine. Just tired. I have just got married." Laughs came from Esme and Carlise. I saw the stone table and grimaced. 'Not a comfortable night then.' I climbed on and lay down. My shoulder blades banged against the rough hard stone. 'Reminds me of Edward. Marble.' Alice took my hand and tied the leather around it. I threw a questioning look at Esme.

"Just a precaution. So you don't hurt anyone. Well you know..." Esme smiled and did the same to my feet and waist. "Ready?"

"Just like a fairy tale." I laughed with the others. "Yes." 'More than I will ever be.'Alice kissed me on the cheek and left with Esme and Carlise. Only Edward was left and he was frowning. "Don't worry. It will all be over in a couple of days." He smiled and looked down at me, brushing some of my loose hair back.

"If you don't want to do this I will be more than happy to release you..." I stopped him in mid sentence, with a stare even I was scared of.

"Just do it." It was a command that I didn't want to repeat. I was confident in him and closed my eyes. I stretched out my neck and waited for the familiar burning. A gentile kiss touched my lips the my neck. A quick nip and the warmth spread through me. I willed myself to sleep and found familiar faces pictured in my mind. The pain dulled at the sight of my mum and dad, then the Cullen family. Jacob entered my mind, and the pain intensified. Near to unbearable. I wanted to scream but my voice was lost in the sea of pain. Then calm as I looked upon the face of my husband. Edward was perfect. Every hair was positioned correct and in place. Then darkness. All feeling was lost and I drifted into the bottomless abyss of my dreams...