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Sorry for the delay, I haven't been feeling that great, but I'm back now and back on schedule.
Chapter 7: I Do
"Do you and grandpa get married now?" Chelsea asks batting her eyelashes playfully.
"I suppose we do." I laugh.
"Was it a romantic proposal?" Jane asks.
"You want everything to be mushy." Alec says rolling his eyes.
"It's a girl thing, and when you propose it better be romantic if you want her to be happy." I chuckle. I look towards Jane and say, "It was pretty nice…"
Bella~22
"How did it go?" Edward asks as he walks up the stairs on Charlie's porch.
"It went great." I smiled, talking about the job interview I went on today. "I got hired." I squealed excitedly.
"That's great." Edward said as he wrapped me in a huge hug.
"It's just a teacher's assistant position in the library, but since I am fresh out of school, it's great."
"It is." He smiled. "I'm proud of you. You will be running that library in no time."
As soon as the school year starts, I will be the library assistant at the elementary school in Forks. With my love of writing and reading, working in a library is perfect for me.
"I have a surprise for you." Edward says.
I say alright and follow Edward as he pulls me by the hand down the stairs and leads me to his car. Edward drives through town and pulls on to a dirt road and parks. We walk across a large field of wild flowers and he stops in front a small cottage nestled into the edge of the woods.
"Surprise." He says with a huge smile.
"What's this?" I ask confused.
"I bought it. It's my new house." He smiles.
"That's great, Edward." I say, happy for him.
After we came home from college I moved back in with Charlie and Edward moved back in with Carlisle and Esme. I knew he didn't want to be staying with them long, but he needed to stay in Forks, where he is doing his residency at the hospital.
"Actually." Edward says nervously. "I would like you to live here to. I would like it to be our house."
"Really?" I say.
"Yeah, but not as Bella." He says.
I cock my head and give him a look of confusion.
Edward suddenly drops to one knee and pulls out a ring box and says, "I want you to live here as my wife. Isabella Marie Swan, with you marry me?"
I gasp and stare with a wide open mouth as the tears start streaming down my face.
"Yes." I whisper.
Edward slipped the ring on my finger as I bawled like a baby. The ring was beautiful, just a small diamond, exactly what I would have picked out for myself.
After I got myself under control Edward showed me the cottage, it was actually much bigger on the inside than it looked from the outside. It was three bedrooms, a huge kitchen and living room, and beautiful.
"What do you think?" Edward asked.
"It's perfect." I smiled.
~0~
"We are thinking a short engagement." I say to Charlie as we eat dinner.
"What's the rush?" He asks.
I shrug and say, "No rush, we just don't see the point of a long engagement."
"Well, call me old school, but what happened to living in sin?" He says.
I choke on my potatoes. Once I am able to breath again I say, "Aren't you suppose to say not to live in sin?"
"I don't see what's wrong with it." He says.
"I can't tell if you're being serious or not." I say.
"Most people can't." He winks with a smirk. "I call it a gift."
Yeah, I still can't tell if he's being serious or not.
~0~
"I can't believe you are getting married." Alice says excitedly. "I am so happy for you guys."
"Thank you." I smile.
"You're not pregnant are you?" Rose grins.
"No." I say as I throw a French fry at her across the table.
Rose ducks and laughs. Today I asked the girls to go with me dress shopping, they are going to be my maids of honor.
After we are done eating at the dinner, we head to Port Angeles to check out the bridal shops. We quickly find a sleek teal dress and all agree that it would be the perfect dress for them.
Picking out a wedding dress is not as easy.
"This is ridicules." I say after, what seems, to be the two thousandth dress I have tried on.
"What's wrong with that one?" Alice asks. "I like it."
"It makes my ass look huge." I say. I turn around to show off the huge bow that hangs off the ass of the dress.
Rose starts laughing uncontrollably. "That's horrible."
"I told you." I sigh. "Alright, I will try on one more and then I am getting married in sweat pants."
"That will make for great wedding photos." Alice grumbles.
I slip into the very last dress I am going to try on. It's the last dress because I am sick of trying on dresses; we have been doing it for hours.
The sales woman zips the dress and ushers me towards the mirror and I look up to have my breath taken away. I look stunning. The dress is sleeveless, the top form fitting and covered in tiny diamonds, the bottom fans out into a princess style dress. I suddenly have images of me in this dress standing next to Edward while he wears a sharp tuxedo as he smiles radiantly at me.
This is the dress.
I turn towards Alice and Rosalie. Rose whispers, "Wow." Alice, for the first time in her life, is speechless.
Definitely the dress.
~0~
Over the next few weeks we make plans, wedding plans and honeymoon plans. The flowers are ordered, the food is planned, the invitations are sent out. Everything is planned and ready before we even know it.
"I can't believe we are getting married tomorrow." I say to Edward over the phone.
"I know." He says. "You aren't getting cold feet are you?"
"My feet are surprisingly warm." I smile.
In the morning I will become Mrs. Edward Cullen, I still can't believe it. We agreed that keeping with tradition, we would not see each other before the wedding, hence the phone call.
"I'm glad." He says. "I can not wait until tomorrow."
"Me neither." I answer.
"I have to go, Emmett and Jasper are yelling at me to get off the phone." Edward chuckles.
"Alright, I will see you tomorrow." I say. "I will be the one in white."
"And I will be the happiest man you have ever seen." He whispers. "I love you, Bella."
"I love you, too." I say.
~0~
"Are you nervous?" Rose asks as we get dressed and ready for the wedding.
"I am beyond nervous, but I am more excited than anything." I say as Alice does some curl up-do to my hair.
"Is my baby back here?" Renee says as she pokes her head in the door.
"Hi, mom." I smile.
"Oh, my goodness, look at you." She says starting to cry. "You look so grown up, and beautiful."
"Thank you." I say.
"I have something for you." Renee says as she hands me a hair clip for my hair.
"This is perfect." I say. The clip would work nicely in my hair and the jewel would match perfectly with the teal of Alice and Rosalie's dresses.
Alice took the hair clip and slid it into my hair easily. She smiled at me through the mirror and her and Rose slipped out of the room, giving Renee and I a moment alone.
"I have wanted to say something to you for a very long time." Renee said nervously. "I think this might be my last chance to really say it. I want to apologize for shipping you off to live with your father when Phil and I got married. I didn't really want to do it, and I regretted it, and I know it was selfish of me at the time."
"You have absolutely nothing to apologize for." I said. "I was mad at first, hell I was beyond pissed, and I don't think I made any secret of that. But to tell you the truth, I owe you the biggest thank you for doing it. It made you happy, you got to spend time with your new husband, me and Charlie became closer than I ever would have dreamed we could have been, and I met Edward.
"If I would have stayed with you, we wouldn't be here today. So, yeah, I owe you. You will never know how glad I am for what you did. It was the right choice for everyone."
"I am so glad." She cried harder.
"I thought this was supposed to be a happy occasion?" Charlie said as he walked into the room. "So why is everyone in here leaking liquids?"
"Oh, Charlie, look at our baby, she looks so grown up." Renee says, wrapping her arms around Charlie.
"She sure does." Charlie says with a smile. He turns towards Renee and says, "They are getting ready to start."
"Oh, I better take my seat." She says. "Good luck, honey, I love you."
"Thank you, mom." I smile. "I love you too."
I take a deep breath as I pick up my bouquet and turn back towards Charlie.
"Before we leave I just want to tell you, I am so proud of you." He says.
I smile as I try to keep the tears at bay.
"I remember when you were just a baby, and I used to say you would never get married because no man would ever be good enough for you." He says quietly. "But I was wrong. If I could pick a man that was good enough for you, and would be a great husband, and would protect you, and was perfect for you, and I actually liked, the man I would pick would be Edward."
I was losing my battle with the tears.
Charlie moved closer to me and wiped away the stray tears that had escaped. "I am so glad that you came to live with me. I wouldn't trade the last five years for anything. You might have been away to college for most of those years, but we became so close, and I will cherish the time we have spent together forever."
"Me too, dad." I whisper.
As Charlie turns away from me I notice him discreetly wipe at his cheeks.
"Are you crying?" I ask incredulously. I didn't even know Charlie could cry.
"I told you, I have my moments. I do have emotions, you know." He smiles. "Are you ready?"
"I am." I say.
I take Charlie's arm as we leave the cottage and make our way into the field of wild flowers where we are getting married.
As we came around the edge of the cottage the field looks amazing, rows and rows of chairs covered in white lace and filled with family and friends, elegant flower vases lining the aisle, a gorgeous archway that we are getting married under. And then there he was, and everything and everyone else melted away.
Edward stood, looking magnificent in his tuxedo. He looked up slowly and once our eyes met the biggest grin I have ever seen spread across his face. Once our eyes met, they never strayed, our eyes stayed locked the entire ceremony.
During the ceremony I heard the minister, and repeated when I was supposed to, everything else around us was a blur, all I saw was Edward.
Once the minister announced us as Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, the tears started all over again. We did it, we were now married, and I couldn't be happier.
After the ceremony was over we moved further into the field were we had the reception. Huge tents were set up, a large food buffet, and a dance floor that Charlie surprised us with. Charlie and the other guys at the station build the dance floor and the archway in the police garage while they had nothing to do.
The reception went great, dancing, toasts, the food was a hit. Jasper and Emmett got a little tipsy, but we all expected that. While drunk, Emmett said that him and Rose would get married once Rose manned up and proposed to him, which pissed her off. We think that was his not so subtle way of saying Rose was in control in their relationship, which we already knew.
Once the reception started to wind down Edward and I changed our clothes and started to say goodbye before we left.
"You come and visit me often." Renee cried as she clung to me.
"We will, mom." I said.
"We want pictures, lots and lots of pictures." Alice said while Rose nodded in agreement.
"I have seen movies about honeymoons; I don't want to see pictures." Emmett laughed.
"I don't want to see that either." Jasper agreed.
"Everything is set up, paid for, and ready for you once you get there." Carlisle said. Esme and Carlisle's wedding present was a fully paid honeymoon for Edward and I.
"Have a great time." Esme says, crying a little bit.
"Alright Esme, they have to leave, so you have to let Edward go." Carlisle says as he tried to pry Esme's hands away from Edward's arm.
"I know, I just can't believe our baby boy is married. It seems like just yesterday he had diaper rash on his little tushy." Esme has also had a little too much to drink.
"Come see me when you get home." Charlie says. "I want to hear all about your trip." Charlie waves his hand and says, "Well, the PG stuff."
"You got it, dad." I laugh. I wrap my arms around him in a bone crushing hug and whisper, "Thank you for everything, dad."
"Anything for you kiddo." He whispers back.
Once Edward and I have said our goodbyes to everyone we take off for the airport and make it in time for our flight. First class all the way to Rome, thank you Carlisle and Esme.
On the flight we both fell asleep, wrapped around each other, completely exhausted from the day.
Once we land there was a car waiting for us that took us right to our private villa that Carlisle and Esme rented for us. It was beautiful, all white and glass, and a private pool. I was looking forward to the private pool.
Once we entered the villa I became slightly nervous. After our bags were placed in the room I excused myself to the bathroom to change into something more comfortable, which consisted of sweats.
Once I came out of the bathroom Edward was sitting on the bed. He looked up and said, "Look what I found!"
He was grinning ear to ear while holding up a game of chess.
"Oh, chess! I haven't played that in years." I said excitedly as I jumped on the bed.
The honeymoon consisted of chess and swimming in the pool and was very memorable.
Present
Jane and Alec were both looking at me with their eyebrows cocked.
"Your honeymoon consisted of chess and swimming?" Jane asked skeptically.
"For your ears, yes it did." I smiled.
"Grandma, your wedding dress is so pretty." Chelsea said as she looked through the wedding album. "Can I wear it when I get married?"
"It is being saved and waiting for you." I said.
Chelsea gave me a huge smile.
After I got all the kids to bed I went to bed myself. As soon as I got in to bed the phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"There's my baby." Edward sighed through the phone.
"Hey." I smiled.
"What was the story tonight?" He asked.
"Our wedding." I answer.
"One of my favorites." He says. "You didn't share the honeymoon story did you? I don't think our grandchildren should be told we never even left the room."
I laughed and said, "I told them that on our honeymoon we swam and played chess."
"Swam and played chess?" He laughed. "How boring would that be? Do you remember our honeymoon?"
"It was only the best night of my life." I smiled.
Bella ~ 22
Once we entered the villa I became slightly nervous. After our bags were placed in the room I excused myself to the bathroom to change into something more honeymoon appropriate. I paced the bathroom for a few minutes, feeling extremely nervous.
Edward and I have had sex before of course; we did live together for three years. But this felt different, this felt bigger, we are now a married couple.
I took a deep breath and changed into the skimpy black lace ensemble I brought just for this moment. I walked out of the bathroom and Edward was sitting on the bed leaning against the headboard looking stunned as he stared at me.
"Damn, Mrs. Cullen, get over here." Edward said.
I smiled and sauntered over to the bed and climbed onto it crawling up from the bottom towards Edward. I think he may have growled a little bit.
"You are so beautiful." Edward said as he laid me down on the bed. "I am the luckiest man in the world."
Edward kissed me deeply before moving his lips and tongue to my collar bone and shoulder. I ran my hands up his chest and over his shoulders and pushed his shirt down his arms until it was off of his body.
Instead of removing my outfit in one piece Edward ripped it right down the front and off of me.
"I liked that one." I protest.
"Me to." Edward smiled. "But I like it better off of you and on the floor." He said as he threw it over his shoulder.
He went back to attacking my neck with his mouth and gradually worked his way down, making his way down to my breast where he sucked one nipple into his mouth before moving over and showing the same attention to the other nipple.
I arched off the bed pressing my breasts further into his touch as I ran my nails down his back.
Edward's hand trailed down my stomach and along my thigh. "Damn you're wet." He mumbled as he came into contact with my core.
"Yeah, and you are wearing way too many clothes." I said.
Edward stood from the bed and removed his pants and shoes quickly before climbing back on to the bed. Edward hovered over top of me as he lined himself up with my entrance, "You're so beautiful." He whispered as he pushed into me slowly.
I wrapped my legs around Edward's waist and met him thrust for thrust as he picked up pace with his hips. We were both moaning and groaning, and saying I love you's and how lucky we both were.
This felt so much better than every other time we had been together. There seemed to be more love now, more everything. This was bigger, better. Knowing we were it for each other, and that we were finally and forever linked to each other made it so much better.
"Cum with me, love." Edward said as his thumb found my clit. Seconds later we were both taken over by our orgasms.
Edward laid down on his side, pulling him with me. "Did I tell you how beautiful you are?"
"I think you may have mentioned it a few times." I chuckled.
Edward kissed my forehead as he moved the hair that had fallen over my face. "I plan on telling you every single day for the rest of our lives."
Present
"I don't remember any chess, but I do remember we never even made it out of that room." Edward chuckled. "And the only time we made it into that pool we were naked."
"That's not a story I am going to share with anyone." I said. "That's just for us."
"You're beautiful." Edward said.
I smile contently. Edward has made good on his promise, he has told me every single day, that I am beautiful.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! You got real time Edward and a lemon, double bonus. Lemons are not my specialty, so I apologize if it wasn't up to par.
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