I woke up.
Today's my wedding day!
I saw Alice sitting in the rocking chair, in the corner. When she saw me wake up, she stood up and came over.
"Good morning Bella." She said cheerfully.
"Alice…I'm getting married today!"
"Yes you are! That's why I'm here and not Edward." I smiled when I heard his name. I got out of bed.
"Can I just have a little human time?" I asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah sure." Alice answered. I skipped to the bathroom. I took a hot shower, washed my hair and then dried it.
When I got back to my bed room it had been turned into a beauty parlor. I gasped.
"Alice, I think that's going over the top just a bit!"
"Just sit down Bella." Alice ordered. That's when I noticed Rosalie; she was standing in the corner looking bored with this. I sat down and Alice started to curl my hair.
"Rosalie, please can you do Bella's make-up." Alice said. Rosalie didn't answered she just started doing my make-up; pale blue eye shadow, pale pink lipstick and also she painted my nails a light shade of pink.
When they were done it was eleven o'clock. The service started at one o'clock. Two more hours to wait, two more hours until I could walk into that church, to more hours until I would be Mrs. Bella Cullen, two more hours until I could say that I was the wife of Mr. Edward Cullen. Mrs. Bella Cullen, wife of Mr. Edward Cullen. I liked it!
At last I was allowed to try on the dress. It was beautiful.
"Give us a twirl." Alice said. I spun around and gasped as I caught my reflection in the mirror.
I didn't look like me. I actually look beautiful. What would Edward think?
"You look stunning!" Rosalie exclaimed.
"Urmm…thanks." I wasn't used to getting compliments from Rosalie, or from anyone now I come to think of it. I turned and hugged Alice and then Rosalie. "Thank you so, so, so much. I love you both."
"It's twelve o'clock, Bella. We should go now." Rosalie said. I nodded.
"Come on then." I said unenthusiastically.
"What's wrong?" Alice asked.
"I don't want to get married." I looked at their startled faces. "I mean, I do love Edward, it's just I don't really ever want to get married, but I'll do it if it pleases him. Just like him, he's changing me because he knows it will make me happy. I know perfectly well he doesn't want to change me, or let anyone else for that matter, but we'll both do these things because we want to make each other happy. You see?"
"Urmm…yeah." Alice said. They were both a bit confused.
"Let's go then." Alice led me out of the house and into the waiting Rolls Royce! I'd told Edward and Alice that I was fine going to the wedding in my Mercedes, but Edward wasn't having it.
"You are not going to your own wedding in that car. It's your everyday car, the one that you use to go to the shops. It's the car you use to go to work, the one you use to go to my house. You need a special car for your special day." I was talking to Edward in my room; we were making the final plans for the wedding.
"Edward I don't see what's wrong with it. You got it for me, it beautiful and classy, and well, it's perfect."
"Come on Bella, you know perfectly well that it's not perfect, it's a bullet proof car that can be blown up and you won't get hurt. That's not the kind of car you want to take you to your wedding."
"Yes it is. I wouldn't care if I drove my truck to the wedding, you know perfectly well I don't care, I don't even see why you do. It's me who's traveling in the car, not you."
"Please, Bella for me." I didn't want him to take advantage of my weakness.
"Fine, if I have to."
"Thank-you, Bella." He murmured softly, his velvet voice making my heart melt. Then he pressed his lips hard against my lips.
I stared out of the window, as we sped down the motor way, for an immeasurable amount of time.
"Bella?" I looked at her, "Are you sure you want to do this? I mean, Edward will understand if you don't." I looked at her face and studied it hard, I was puzzled, I didn't understand. Was Alice telling me to leave her brother at the altar? Leave him to live his life alone, like he did before? Live his life, sad and alone, with nothing to live for?
"Alice, what are you talking about? I love Edward. I may not want to marry him, but I will, he doesn't want to change me but, he promised he would. I love him, I don't really care so much about the marriage thing anymore. I just want to be with him for the rest of eternity, I want him to be mine, I want him to be my other half, I love him, and I'll do anything to be with him."
"Okay, Bella, calm down, breathe." Alice commanded, softly. I realized I wasn't breathing. I tried to take one breath, but it was like my lungs had been ripped out, I could not.
"Rosalie? Rosalie?" Alice's voice was high and panicked. "I think we should call Edward, Bella's not breathing." At the sound of his name, I snapped out of it.
"Oh." Alice jumped, she was never caught of guard, and I look at her confused. "Bella, you have got to stop doing that, it's really scary." Alice scolded. I guess she was just worried about me, and didn't look into the future.
"Sorry." I went back to staring out of the window, unable to comprehend why I stopped breathing; it was different things every time.
"We're almost there Bella. Are you sure you want to do this?" Alice interrupted my thoughts.
"Of course I'm sure, I never been surer of anything in my life, I love him, and I want him to be mine for the rest of eternity. Don't you see that? Why not? Why do you keep asking me if I'm sure I thought I made that clear, Alice. I love him. I want to be with him. I want to be near him for ever."
"I was only checking, Bella. You know, some people think they want to get married, but when they actually get around to doing it, they decide they don't."
"You two, stop arguing, we're here." Rosalie said happily.
We got out of the car. The church, I gasped. It was so beautiful. I couldn't move my feet.
"Come on." Alice dragged me up the steps in front of the building, and into the church. It was so breathtakingly beautiful.
"It so beautiful, Alice." She led me through a door at the side into a small room. It was beautiful, too, but it didn't compare to the outside, the building itself.
"I'll be right back, Bella." I nodded at her, unable to speak.
There was a sudden knock on the door as soon as Alice left. Rosalie glided gracefully to the door and opened it.
"Hello Rosalie." It was Charlie, he looked past Rosalie and saw me, when he did, and he gasped. "Bella…you look…you look absolutely stunning." I blushed, probably not the best thing to do with Rosalie in the same room, even though she had the hunger thing under control, Edward had insisted that they all went hunting while I slept that night, just to minimalise the risk.
Charlie walked over to me.
"Hi Cha…dad."
"Bella, are you sure you want to do this? I mean, you can still back out if you want."
"Da-a-ad" I moaned, "why would I back out? Why would I not marry Edward? Why would I not marry the man I love, the love of my life? He's the light in my eyes; he's the sun in my sky. I love him, he loves me. If that's not enough for you then, I don't know why you're here."
"Bells, I was only asking if you were sure. I think you over-reacted just a little bit."
"Sorry dad." I mumbled.
"Did you just make all that up on the spot?"
"Well, that's what I was going to say for my vows, but I changed them."
"Oh, okay."
"Bella, it's time." Rosalie said. "Are you sure you want to do this?" I nodded, I didn't want to go off on another pointless speech about how ready I was and that I wanted to be with Edward.
"Where's Alice?" I asked anxiously.
"She's just outside the room." Charlie answered. She had obviously shown him the way to the room.
"Oh, okay." Charlie opened the door, and I stepped out. I could hear the music coming from the organ start to play as we edged closed to the grand doors, here comes the bride mixed with my lullaby, I smiled.
When we got to the doors, after an immeasurable amount of time, everyone stood up, I was so self conscious, this was so much worse than my birthday party, and hundreds of people to witness me fall over, and make a fool of my self. Everyone was staring at me as we walked down the isle arm in arm. ME! It was me.
I looked straight in front of me, I instantly regretted it. Edward was standing at the front, looking like an angel. I almost lost my balance but Charlie steadied me.
I smiled at Edward, and he grinned back. We were almost there now. I studied Edwards face, there was something different. Love. Pure love. Nothing else. Just love. For me!
I said good bye to Charlie, he left to sit down on the benches. Now I was truly alone, left to walk up the stairs alone. I lifted my foot, and stepped on to the first step, I didn't fall. I was so glad I'd chosen flat shoes. I made it up the five steps, and grinned even more widely at the angel standing in front of me.
"Hey." I said to him.
"Hi." He replied. Then the priest started talking, but I wasn't listening, I only had eyes for one man, one angel, one vampire. I stared at his perfect face, memorizing every little detail; I wanted to remember this moment forever, even though I knew I might not.
My thoughts were interrupted when Edward said,
"…until death do us part." The priest turned on me.
"Repeat after me: I Bella, take thee Edward."
"I Bella, take thee Edward." I could feel the hyperventilating coming, I needed to control myself.
"To be my lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and in health until death, do us part."
"To be my lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and in health until death, do us part." I stood still, scared to move, if I moved I was sure I would break down, I took a few deep breaths to compose myself.
"The rings please." The priest commanded. Jasper stepped forward and handed each of us a ring. "The couple have prepared vows, Edward?"
"Bella," Edward began, "in all my life, it feels like a century," he grinned at me, knowing I knew how true this was, "I've never met anyone who needed so much…help!" the audience, if that's what you call them, I think congregation would be better, laughed and I scowled at him. "I mean that you get into so much trouble, first with the car accident, then falling down the stairs and out the window, almost killing yourself. Oh, and there's the fainting in biology,' I laughed, remembering that day, when he'd asked me to bunk off, and I hadn't. "But, I love you even though you get all kinds of cuts and bruises. You probably have more scars than anyone in the world!" the audience laughed, "but, nothing can change the way I feel about you, I love you. I have always loved you. I will always love you for the rest of eternity." He winked at me, only the Cullens and I knew how true that was.
"Bella? Your vows?" the priest said warmly.
"urmm…well…I don't know what to say, I did have it prepared, but it seems to have been forgotten…" the audience laughed, "so I'll have to make it all up again on the spot, here goes.
"Before I met you, the days were just blank, empty pages in a book, but now the pages are full, of color and many words. My days have meaning and purpose. You're the light in my sky, the happiness in my smile, the twinkle in my eye. You're the reason my heart beats; you're the reason I live. I love you, Edward, so much more than anything else" I stopped and looked into his eyes, and whispered, "I love you."
"Now, the rings, Edward first." Edward lifted my hand and slid the ring onto the third finger of my left hand, for conceivably the rest of perpetuity.
"Bella?" the priest prompted.
"Oh." I lifted Edward's hand and reached to slide the ring into place. NO! I dropped it, I had dropped the ring, I was shaking so hard, how could I mess up this perfect day? Edward bent down in one fluid motion, and picked up the ring and placed it onto my waiting, shaking hand. I tried again, and this time it slid onto his finger perfectly.
"You may kiss the bride." The priest finally said.
Edward leaned closer to me and wrapped his arms around me.
"I love you so, so much."
"Shh…just kiss me." I whispered. I swear I heard Emmett chuckle, but before I could think about that, Edward's lips were on mine. The kiss was different from any of the others. It was more passionate. Less controlled, but still, he was holding back slightly.
When Edward finally released me, I gasped for air, and everyone clapped.
We walked down the isle, followed closely by, Alice and Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett, with Charlie, Renee, Phil, Carlisle and Esme not far behind.
Once we were out of the hall, Edward turned to me and grinned.
"We should go now. We don't want to be late." Charlie walked up behind Edward.
"I guess you're going now." I nodded. "Well, byes then, have a good time.
"Thanks" I mumbled.
"Bye Bella, have fun!" Alice grinned at me. I smiled back.
Renee, Phil, Esme, Carlisle, Jasper and Rosalie all said their goodbyes.
"Bella, don't fall over too much, Edward can't always be there to save you." Emmett chuckled as he hugged me goodbye.
Edward led me out of the church, and to the waiting car outside.
He drove us to the airport; once we were there he took me to a café and told me to sit down, while he bought me a drink.
He handed me the drink.
"Drink it Bella, you're thirsty." I wasn't thirsty but I drank it anyway, just to please him.
When I was finished, I started to feel tired.
"Edward you didn't!" he just smiled at me. "Why?"
"To surprise you."
"Oh, yeah, great surprise." I said sarcastically, although the words all merged together.
My eyelids closed.