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Six hours until the wedding and no one had seen or heard from Bella or any of the boys as of yet,
"So you girls decide to come home early and Bella and the others decided they'd come home late?" Carlisle inquired
"You don't think….?" Esme trailed off not wanting to put the thought into the universe. She'd let someone else say it out loud and then be held responsible for calling down such shit karma on them.
"That they got arrested and decided not to call us?" Carlisle questioned knowingly
"Doubt it" Eleazar noted
"I just want to know why they left their phones?" Charlotte mumbled eyeing the 5 devices on the coffee table
"I can't believe you're not worried" Alice glared at Rosalie
A look to which the blonde rolled her eyes at. She'd be the first vampire to go grey and then bald if she were to stress about everything Bella got into like Alice wanted her to.
"You forget, I can feel her. She's been getting closer...simply taking her time. I'll start worry at hour 3" she replied.
Of course what she really meant is she was going to start yanking on the bond so the brunette would get the fucking idea to speed the fuck up.
"How messed up do you think they're coming back?" Victoria questioned
"What do you mean, they're vampires?" Carmen questioned
"Right" Victoria nodded as they sent Rosalie a pointed look
Depending on how long ago they had stopped drinking liquor would greatly alter how long it would take them to sober up. They may just not have enough time to sober them up for the wedding and Rosalie absolutely refused to marry a drunk Bella. Especially since she didn't know what a drunk Bella entailed. She imagined it couldn't be good though, especially when it would be just a drunk Bella.
Catching the hint and thinking along the same lines the blonde immediately brought the ever present need for her mate when she wasn't around to the forefront of her mind. It was easy to let the need for her mate consume her briefly before beating it back so it wouldn't completely overtake her in a tsunami of depression. Which would ensure Rosalie becoming a needy and weeping mess until Bella showed up. A concept not unique to her as all mated vampires experienced it, to some capacity. As well as the physical discomfort of their separation growing as time apart increased. It was the manipulation of the bond that seemed to be unique to only she and Bella.
In something less than an hour the sound of cursing, bicycle bells being rung, and crunching of foliage met the vampire's ears inside. Accompanied by someone blasting the 'Pina Colada' song as they sang along.
"Oh this is going to be good" Kate grinned as she quickly headed outside
"Oh my God" Anna mumbled as Bella and the others emerged from the trees.
Rosalie had so many questions yet she didn't want to know the answer to any of them. She could only watch, completely mystified, as they swerved in and out haphazardly on chopper styled adult tricycles with off-roading wheels.
"Why are none of you actually dressed right?" Alice mumbled
"Oh Peter where are your shoes….why do you only have one sock?" Charlotte sighed. She had never come across a vampire incapable of retaining both of their socks quite like Peter before. It was like some kind of morbid gift.
"Those are assless chaps aren't they?" Victoria smirked eyeing the leather fringe pants on Emmett
Rosalie didn't even bat an eye at Bella's lack of pants. She knew the brunette would come back missing clothes. Everyday she left the house there was a chance Bella wouldn't come back fully clothed. No, what the blonde was more concerned about was the pink lawn flamingo that Bella seemed to be guarding carefully.
"Someone want to explain to me what's going on?" Carlisle inquired
"I believe they are high" Eleazar noted
"We can take drugs too?" Kate declared in an outrage
"No, but you do have two empaths that can imitate the emotional effects of drugs" Eleazar replied as he eyed her suspiciously
"Oh right and then Bella can do that honing thing so they're probably stuck in a loop right now, huh?" Kate muttered feeling a little dumb.
Bella's own ability had long ago discovered a better and more efficient way for Jasper's power to work subtly removing the blanket effect unless needed. The downside being that if the two were using their powers together the emotions they were weaving into people could end up trapping everyone involved with the two empaths on either end of the infinite loop until one of them broke said loop.
"So uh, how are we going to break it?" Anna questioned grimacing as Emmett and Edward collided while still cycling in the front yard.
Something the effectively confirmed Victoria's suspicion on just what type of pants the large vampire had on in the process.
"Kate could always shock Jasper" Irina offered
"Why Jasper?" Alice huffed
"Because it doesn't work on Bella" Rosalie shrugged
"Are you going to attack me if I do this?" Kate inquired wary of Alice at the moment. Mates were not something to mess with if one wished to continue existing.
"Yes, just hurry up" the pixie of a vampire huffed
"Howdy" Jasper drawled with a wave as Kate neared him
"Sorry" Kate offered as she grabbed his shoulder
Jasper's pained yelp was not in the least bit amusing. The grabbing of his butt and the instant wet spot on the front of his 'Juicy' shorts though….hilarious.
"Did you just….?" Kate trailed off
"Oh no bitch, how dare you tingle my butthole?" Jasper hissed in outrage as he quickly headed for the house still a sassy sway to his walk as his mind slowly began to clear.
"So….I guess you guys had fun?" Anna smirked offering Edward a helping hand to stand
"We won things" Peter nodded ominously
"Really….where are they?" Charlotte smiled as she helped Peter off of the tricycle
"Mail" Bella hummed draping herself lazily against Rosalie's side who could only roll her eyes in response. Really no one would blame her for flipping and bitching Bella out but she honestly didn't feel the need to. The wedding was still hours away, a vampire could get a lot done in an hour. As long as Bella showed up sober and on time, Rosalie was perfectly fine.
"This is ridiculous" Alice huffed angrily
"They need to detox, we have no idea how long they've been under the influence of Bella and Jasper's powers" Charlotte sighed
"Plan E it is" Alice declared
"What happened to the other ones?" Victoria mumbled
"They're trashed. They wheeled out of the forest and ran right over them"
"...Forget I asked"
"Good. Tanya, Irina, and Kate I need you go hunting for these guys. Char, put them in the basement and don't let them come out until they start making sense. Victoria, Anna, Esme, Rose and I are going to move all of this to the cottage by the lake. The rest of you know your jobs" Alice rattled off
"Is that why you had them build that cottage?" Anna questioned
"Yes, they can't be trusted." Alice glared pointedly at the still recovering group, "Rosalie! I don't care if sex has mellowed you out, you need to be bitchier right now"
"Well...damn" Kate chuckled
"Why aren't you gone yet?" Rosalie glared at the older blonde
"Some things are just suggestions" Kate huffed as she, Tanya, and Irina took off in search of something to feed the still recovering group
"I want to be that fucked up" Irina huffed as they ran
"Tell me about it, although Peter looked like he had trouble holding his head up" Tanya mused
A sober Bella climbed into the passenger seat of the white Jeep that had been purchased just for this day,
"So...nervous?" Emmett smirked as they pulled off with Jasper and Edward in the back seat
"No...yes" Bella huffed
"You'll do just fine, there's nothing to worry about" Edward encouraged
"What if the dock collapses while we're standing on it. We're pretty damn heavy and it might not be built to hold that weight"
"Okay it just might. Now that you've put that into the universe but it won't. Use your knowy thingie"
"Oh right...but I want to be surprised"
"Well you sure as hell will be surprised when the dock collapses"
"Emmett, not helping" Jasper chuckled to which the giant vampire shrugged with a grin
"You're overthinking it Bella. Getting here high of our asses was the hard part. Now you just stand where Alice's points you to and repeat when told to" Jasper explained
"Is that your universal rule when it come to the pixie?" Bella smirked
"Yes and it keeps my sex life alive and well"
"Didn't think you were into that kind of kinky stuff"
"I'm into a lot of things"
"Oh I know"
"Hey, you're not supposed to use it"
"You forget, I'm a girl. I get girl time gossip from time to time and Alice is not shy"
"...Son of a bitch"
"Oh yeah. Also Edward, Anna really does have a gambling problem"
"God I know" the mind reader groaned
A command to go mingle was all they got from the cottage before they were turning and heading down the path to the dock looking over Portage lake that they'd built. Rows of seats lined either side of the extended dock which is where guest mingled as they waited for the wedding to begin.
Off to the far left was an elevated tent that would hold the reception courtesy of Bella's on ingenuity after several trips around to check out reception halls.
It wasn't a large wedding by human standards with the only people present being the Cullen's, Denali's, the Whitlock's, and the Volturi. It was quite large though by vampire standards because while mated vampires getting married was often a common thing in their world; it was also not that big of a deal in the vampire world. It was simply because most vampire's came from times when marriage was held in high regards and it's values were so heavily ingrained within them that it was near impossible not to marry their mate when they came across them. Except that's where it stopped a married mated couple was no different than a mated couple that never married, it held no stock past the human values of things. So with that knowledge and Rosalie's very private ways, they'd kept the wedding small and personable.
Marcus smiled as he took his seat, he'd been looking forward to this wedding since he'd gotten the invitation. It was so very soothing to see Bella and Rosalie around one another, it was the only instance in which he wished he was an empath to experience their love from an emotional level as well.
He watched as Bella made her way to the altar to stand next to Aro who would be marrying them today. He'd never come across a being so comfortable in their own skin even with all of the awkwardness. Her strides were languid, controlled, and precise. No movements were wasted and above all it was primal. She was constantly flirting along the lines of leisure and attack. Most vampires were very obvious as they moved from the leisure to attack, everything shifted and it wasn't seamless. Bella was not one of those vampires though, he could tell she could slip into attack seamlessly. So seamlessly that her opponent very well may not notice she'd done it therefore making her absolutely lethal.
He watched as Alice, Emmett, Victoria, Jasper, and Anna made their way down the aisle to the altar as well. It was no surprise to him to see Emmett was Bella's best man...the two of them had a beautiful bond as well.
Edward at the piano playing signalled everyone to stand as Rosalie and Carlisle emerged from the small cottage. He expected she would make a beautiful bride, Rosalie's beauty was only challenged by the girl she was marrying. Yet even with these expectations, he didn't quite suspect her to look so ethereal. Her blonde hair seemed to frame her face like a golden halo and her dress clung to her curves but flowed beautifully. He looked to Bella to see her reaction and smiled, she only had eyes for Rosalie and as the blondes neared, she stood a little taller and a little straighter.
He wondered if she realized that everything she did for the blonde was different. He wondered if she knew that she stood a little straighter. He knew it wasn't because the blonde demanded it but because she simply commanded so much of the brunette's attention. He watched in fascination as the mating blonde seemed to strum excitedly between the two. The beautiful and peaceful smile on Rosalie's face and the awestruck one on Bella's betrayed nothing of how much was truly going on within them. Yet still he couldn't help but wonder if they could do what he'd been curious about all his life. Had they learned to communicate to some extent over the bond?
It had always been a burning question for him. Every mated pair had a bond and they could always feel the painful tug of the bond when their mate wasn't near. They could also feeling the lessening of that tug as their mates grew closer. If a mate was in distress, either physical or emotional, it could always be felt across the bond. Which had raised the question if the bond could be manipulated to some extent for mates to communicate with one another. He was sure if any mated couple could achieve this, it was them.
Bella was simply repeating words, she had no idea what the fuck she was saying. She just knew if she just kept saying what Aro was prompting her to say then she could kiss Rosalie soon enough. Except she'd missed that part a bit too,
"Wait, now?" she questioned as she glanced over to Aro
"Yes. Now" he chuckled with a nod amid all the chuckles. He'd suspected she hadn't been paying much attention but this just confirmed it.
Confirmation now properly understood, the brunette wasted no time closing the gap to capture Rosalie's lips. Initially the plan had been for a sweet little kiss but the moment their lips met they'd been reminded of just how much they'd missed each other despite the fun they'd had the past night apart.
They pulled apart at the sound of the wolf whistles, Rosalie rolling her eyes as she hooked her arm in Bella's offered one and headed for the cottage at the end of the aisle. The others following mostly because Alice didn't trust them to keep their clothes on once left alone to wait for the reception to start.
Pictures taken followed by a Rosalie wardrobe change pre-luded the beginning of the wedding reception. A reception held not far from where the ceremony had taken place due to the tented dance floor Bella had decided to build rather than pick out one of the hotels nearby. Therefore making the transition from ceremony to reception much smoother and authentic. It also guaranteed that none of the occupants would have to be weighted down by the need to act human.
Such freedom in a vampire reception also changed the order of events but ensured there was no lull while people ate. It also saved the vampires from needing to smell said food because none was present.
Rosalie and Bella's grand entrance was….legendary. That's the only word Emmett could use to describe as Rosalie danced her way in with Bella behind her to "Tell Me Something Good". He wasn't sure the blonde would've signed off on the song but he was happy she had. He'd never seen the blonde so free in front of so many people. He had wondered what she would look like dancing in like that. It took a level of care-free and feel good he wasn't sure the blonde possessed but he was wrong. Also he hadn't expected Alec and Jane to be such good DJ's….how the fuck Bella knew that…..nevermind.
"Presenting to you Mrs. & Mrs. Swan for their first dance" Alec announced as he recognized the opening chords to a song he'd heard Bella working on rather recently ("All of Me" by John Legend").
"You wrote this?" Rosalie mumbled softly into Bella's neck where she'd rested her head, the urge to cry near overwhelming. Really this wedding shit was fucking with her reputation, she was ready to start bitching herself out for all of this emotions and shit she was feeling.
"Nothing was good enough" Bella replied simply.
She knew so many songs but she'd leafed through them all, searching for the right one to fit just exactly how she felt about Rosalie. Everything paled, none of it came could ever grasp it and well, neither could this song. Except this was was the closest she'd ever come to it, except this was only part 1 but that was a surprise.
"Thank you" the blonde mumbled as she pulled back to look Bella in the eyes
"Always" Bella replied kissing the blonde softly as she continued to whisk them across the dance floor.
The song and dance ended to a roar of applauses all occupants impressed whether or not they'd known of the brunette's particular skill.
The welcome speech was left for Esme and Carlisle to do. The lack of food meant the toasts followed directly behind.
Rosalie barely heard the toasts going up, her focus was more on the brunette next to her. She'd hidden it well from the others, being unbothered that she'd have no one at the wedding from her past but she'd known better. She could feel the sadness from hearing the others throw up funny stories of how she'd cursed mating in the past and her complete aversion to being touched while they had no such stories for Bella as the only two people who would were absent and completely unaware.
"I'm ok" Bella assured her, the volume of her words so low she could barely hear it
She kissed the brunette, "You don't have to be"
The brunette nodded but didn't reply. She didn't have to, she got it. Life sucked and even when you had everything, you sometimes couldn't share it with the people you loved.
Esme smiled as she looked on. She knew her mate enough to know he was on Cloud 9 as he danced with Rosalie for the father and daughter dance. Rosalie wasn't much for surprises, giving or receiving. He'd been over the moon when she'd told him, because Rosalie hadn't asked, that he'd be giving her away. It was no secret that they hadn't had the best relationship because Rosalie blamed him for her status as a vampire. She'd really and truly been prepared to die that night and short of giving her a chance to kill the men who had violated her so terribly, she saw no reason as to why he'd turn her.
The clear tension was always palpable and constantly put a strain on their relationship. Carlisle had always feared that while he saw her as his daughter, his eldest, she didn't see him the same way. So he'd been elated to find out that she wanted him to give her away but when the music had started and she'd stuck her hand out for him to take…..the grin had only left his face in favor of a peaceful one.
Bella was truly a wonder because as she watched her mate and eldest daughter hold each other she knew none of it would've been possible without the brunette. Without the brunette Rosalie would've never become this at peace with being a vampire and forgiven Carlisle for changing her.
"You going to dance with me Mom E?" Bella smiled as she offered her hand to the woman
"Of course" Esme smiled as she took Bella's offered hand, the song "When Love Takes You In" began to play.
Despite their own relationship starting off strongly and never wavering, she was sure Bella would've opted not to have a dance. She saw Bella as her child, her baby girl, the baby of the family but she hadn't raised the girl and compared to the woman that had, her time with the girl was miniscule.
"Still my Momma" Bella whispered softly in her ear and she could only smile
"My baby" Esme smiled as she reached up to caress Bella's cheek softly.
It took no prompt for Alec or Jane for the guest to take to the dance floor once the song trailed off.
"I don't think someone that old should be dancing like that" Anna mumbled as she and Edward looked on in horror at Aro dancing with his mate, Suplica
"He's actually doing the sprinkler" Victoria mumbled in awe
"I'm impressed" Jasper mumbled
"How?"
"At least he's in the right era….relative. What is Felix doing?" a glance over showed the large Volturi guard flailing as he head banged to the song
"We don't talk about it. We're pretty sure he has no rhythm" Chelsea replied as she and Demitri twirled past them
"Well that explain things" Victoria conceded
"Several things" Alice nodded
The songs ranged from time period and genre and it was a wonder Jane and Alec managed to mix them so well and have them blend so seamlessly but it was done and done magnificently well. Bella was quick to catch on to the older and more formal dance styles like the Jive and Lindy Hop. The latter of which had been a sight to see.
The young brunette had been wise in her decision to build the dance floor and tent large, wide, and pretty damn high despite knowing it would be a tent made for three times as many people in average. The Lindy Hop was a dance that was naturally filled with a lot of kick, flips, and acrobatics. The Jive wasn't much better and the tent would've surely fell down on them from someone snapping a support with a kick if not for the space when one had that man vampires actively dancing.
"Before we see the lovely couple off our Bridegroom would like to say a few words" Jane announced. Bridegroom had been the self appointed title Bella had given herself because she didn't actually consider herself to be the bride.
"I just wanted to thank everybody for coming to celebrate with Rosalie and I. Never been married before but I think it's pretty cool. Rings also pretty damn cool too" Bella grinned flashing a platinum wedding band with channel set baguette cut diamonds circling the entire ring, " When we were planning this wedding I wrote a song...well I wrote three songs for Rose. You heard the first and well the last is uh….let's just say not for public consumption. The second one is and….if it's okay with my wife. Awesome. I'd like to play it for you guys" Bella prompted earning a few chuckles and a soft nod from Rosalie.
The blonde was curious and took her seat, wanting to leave the dancing to the other couples as Emmett handed the brunette, her wife, her guitar. She watched as Bella took her time, easily tuning the guitar before her fingers were strumming as the pre-recorded track began to play in the background (song is "You and I"). She got a sense of Deja Vu as she could remember a time not so long ago when Bella had done something very similar.
I…..Yeah
You fix your make up, just so
Guess you don't know, that you're beautiful
Try on every dress that you own
You were fine in my eyes a half hour ago
And if your mirror won't make it any clearer I'll
Be the one to let you know
Rosalie watched the brunette's head bob as the music built up and she wondered what she'd ever done to get someone like Bella. So happy to put her feelings into songs without prompt just because she knew how much Rosalie enjoyed listening to them.
Out of all of the girls
You're my one and only girl
Ain't nobody in the world tonight
All of the stars, you make them shine like they were ours
Ain't nobody in the world but you and I
You and I
Ain't nobody in the world but you
Gold met silvery blues pulling a smile across both of their lips. Marcus looked on in wonder, Bella had shutdown his ability to see their bond when the song began. Despite such public displays, he knew they were very private and he respected it immensely. Except he didn't need use of his power to see the love flowing between the two.
You stop the room when we walk in
Spotlight's on, everybody's staring
Tell all of these boys they're wasting their time
Stop standing in line, 'cause you're all mine
And this evening I won't let the feeling die
I never wanna leave your side
Out of all of the girls
You're my one and only girl
Ain't nobody in the world tonight
All of the stars you make them shine like they were ours
Ain't nobody in the world but you and I
You and I
Ain't nobody in the world
You keep wondering if you're what I'm wanting
You don't even have to try
Rosalie's smile was wry, she'd never said those words to the brunette explicitly but her own insecurities reared their heads from time to time and she did wonder. She wondered that despite them being mates if Bella deserved one so messed up. She wondered if Bella wanted...needed more than she could ever hope to try.
Silvery blues bore into gold and implored the blonde to listen because she knew the blonde's thoughts. Not because of some power she'd learned or her own natural one's but because she knew Rosalie like no one else. Her passion and favorite hobbies were all things Rosalie, so she studied the blonde and fell more in love with everything so she knew she had those thoughts. It wasn't anything on either of their parts but natrual insecurities even the cockiest mother fucker in the world dealt with because it was just a part of life.
Oh, you don't have to try
Don't try
Don't try
You don't have to try
Out of all of the girls
You're my one and only girl
Ain't nobody in the world tonight
All of the stars, they don't shine brighter than you are
Ain't nobody in the world but you and I
You and I
You and I
Nobody in the world tonight
Ain't nobody in the world but you and I
Bella was quick to pack her guitar away as she stood to roaring applauses with a shy grin and cocked an eyebrow in question. She was ready to get the hell out of dodge. The affirmative nod from the blonde had the young vampire grinning.
"So uh, you guys enjoy the rest of the night. Cause uh, I has gots to go. Bye now" Bella grinned as she leapt the stage.
It was all very movie like as the eager brunette caught the keys to the white custom Jeep Emmett tossed her before she was scooping Rosalie up and out of her seat and escaping out of the tent and into the night air. The sound of Rosalie's laughter the only parting sound as the Jeep quickly left the premises.
"It's a good thing you got those pictures before they took off huh?" Tanya smirked. She was the family visual arts expert so it had been up to her to conduct both the daytime and nighttime photoshoots.
"Of course. Bella can't be trusted" Alice huffed
"Never mind that, let's get Caius drunk and see where the night takes us" Victoria grinned
"Is that what happened to all of you?" Carlisle questioned
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