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The Wedding and Reception

Bella POV

Being that Edward and I had already been together for quite some time and had already been sleeping together, we decided on a short and simple wedding. We opted to just have our immediate families and closest friends in attendance.

Alice and my best friend, Angela, would be my bridesmaids, while Jasper and Emmett would be Edward's groomsman. Rosalie would play the piano, and Carlisle would walk me down the aisle. My parents were both deceased.

I was so nervous and yet so excited that my big day was finally here. In three days after today, I was going to wake up a vampire and live eternally with my gorgeous vampire husband.

Alice had done an incredible job finding me a perfect dress. It was a light champagne color and it was made of silk with crystal beaded lace appliqués. It had thin straps and the bodice was form fitting with a delicately beaded Empire waistband and a tulle skirt with cascading beading and a chapel length train. It fit perfectly; and I looked beautiful in it, or so Alice said.

Alice selected a choker and diamond jewelry to accent the dress. She said Edward had handpicked each piece for me to wear. My shoes were silk champagne heels that matched the dress perfectly. Alice put some of my hair up and left some down, while placing some silk roses in it. When she allowed me to look in the mirror, I was surprised to see myself. I looked like a modern day Grecian goddess.

Edward's tux was brown with a beige vest and tie while his shirt was white. I couldn't wait to see how handsome he looked in it.

Edward POV

I couldn't believe today was the day I would finally get to marry Bella. I was the luckiest man on the earth to be getting to marry the girl of my dreams. In three days from now, I would have her by my side for all eternity. No words could describe how happy I was about that.

Here I was standing at the altar awaiting my beautiful bride to walk down the aisle and join me for eternity.

The music began, and I watched Alice walk down the aisle first, followed by Angela. The music changed; and then I was looking into the deep soulful eyes of my Bella, as she and Carlisle walked toward me.

She was truly a vision. This day would be stored in my memory forever. I would never forget how complete Bella made me feel. Her smile lit up the room for me.

The two of them finally reached me at the altar and Carlisle gave Bella over to me. I took her hand in mine and we turned to face each other. The minister began; and minutes later, it was time for me to make my vow to Bella.

"From this moment, I, Edward, take you, Bella, as my best friend for life. I pledge to honor, encourage, and support you through our walk together when life becomes difficult. I promise to stand by you and uplift you so that through our union we can accomplish more than we could alone. I promise to work at our love and always make you the first and foremost priority in my life. Until the end of time, I will love you," I told her.

Bella smiled as tears of happiness filled her eyes and left her as I gave my vow.

"I, Bella, choose you, Edward, as my everything. I vow to love you through sickness and health, through the good and the bad, whether we are rich or poor. You are everything I need; and at this moment, I know that all of my prayers have been answered and that all of my dreams have come true. This is the moment I have waited for my whole life. I promise to give you my all, and I know that I could not ask more from you. I love you, and I always will," she replied to me.

If I could have cried, I would have; and I didn't care who thought it would be unmanly of me to do so. I loved Bella, and I was not one bit ashamed to admit it.

"Bella and Edward have vowed to love each other, and now they will give and receive rings as an outward sign of their love," the minister told the audience.

I took the ring from Jasper and slid it onto Bella's finger and looked into her eyes, as I said my next words.

"Bella, take and wear this ring as a sign of our marriage vows and our faithful love for each other. With this ring, I thee wed. With my body, I will worship you; and with all my worldly goods, I endow you. This is my solemn vow."

Bella's smile was beaming, when I finished. She took my ring from Alice and slid it on my finger. She looked into my eyes as she said: "Edward, take this ring, as a sign of my love and fidelity. Accept my gift of my heart, mind, body, and soul as a sign of my eternal love."

I smiled at her. No one would ever know how much I loved Bella at that moment, nor would they ever be able to know how much my love would continue to grow with every passing minute. The minister talked for a few more minutes, and then he finally said the words I had been dying to hear.

"Edward, you may now kiss your bride."

I took Bella in my arms and pulled her as close to me as possible and kissed her with as much passion as I could give and still be decent. Both of us got lost in the kiss, as our friends and family applauded us. I knew I had to let her go, but I didn't want to.

If it were up to me, I would skip right over the reception and go straight to the honeymoon. Alice would rip me up and shred me, if I did that though.

Bella looked like she had the same idea as me, but she too knew we couldn't act on it. We would just have to wait a little bit longer, then I would I have my lovely bride all to myself.

After the kiss was over and Bella and I were pronounced husband and wife, we made our way down the aisle and outside into my backyard where the reception was going to be held.

Finally! I thought to myself, as I looked down at my Bella. Ah, she was without a doubt the most exquisitely, beautiful creature on the face of the earth. I was so happy that I could now officially call her mine.

"What are you thinking about, Mr. Cullen," Bella asked me, as she stared adoringly into my eyes.

"Well, Mrs. Cullen, I was thinking about how absurdly thrilled I am to know that you are officially and legally now mine," I told her, smiling back at her.

She blushed and smiled, as her eyes filled with unshed tears. I knew she felt the same way I did. I had made love to Bella many times since we have been together, but tonight I would make love to her for the first time as my wife. I could hardly wait to have her all to myself later on.

I would admit I was a tad nervous knowing that when I finished making love to her, I was immediately going to begin changing her into a vampire. I was also looking forward to it in a way too. After her change, I would be able to really let go and show her how strong my emotions were for her.

We danced together, and then we danced with others. While I was dancing with Tanya, she let me in on how her… um… houseguests were doing.

"Oh, they are working out quite well, Edward. I don't think they will ever be so anxious to try anything like that again. I think that even though it's only been a short time, they have well learned to respect another's personal space," she said.

I laughed at the mental pictures she showed me of the five of them. Mike and Tyler were so tired of fucking, it was unreal. Eric was just tired period. Jessica and Lauren were not taking well to being bossed. It served them all right; they should have known better than to try to hurt my Bella.

Finally, after several more dances, Bella was back in my arms. We had just finished a dance, when Alice announced it was time to cut the cake. I was not looking forward to this part at all.

Bella and I were standing behind the cake when she whispered to me: "Don't worry, honey; I will take it really light on you."

God, how I loved this woman; I thought as we picked up the knife and sliced into the bottom layer of the three tiered cake.

I fed Bella her bite first, making sure I didn't get it all over her. Alice would have shot me. Then, it was Bella's turn; and as promised, she did in fact make it very light on me. As a matter of fact, basically all she did was smear icing all over my lips and around them. My girl was so considerate knowing that the taste of human food was repulsive to me. I played along though and made sure it looked like I had taken a bite of cake.

Instead of licking the icing off myself, I leaned down to kiss Bella; and being the perceptive little minx that she was, she licked the icing off my lips for me. I was thrilled, but now I had a major hard on thinking about where else I wanted to feel her mouth and tongue. The honeymoon couldn't come soon enough.

After the cake part was over with, it was time for the toasts. We both received well wishes from our friends and family. It was now time to throw the bouquet and the garter.

"Okay, all you single ladies, please line up," Alice announced.

There weren't many, but among them was Angela Weber, a good friend of Bella's. She had recently become engaged to her high school sweetheart, Ben Cheney. Bella took aim and landed the bouquet right into her hands.

Angela stood there smiling before looking over at Ben and winking. Now was the fun part of my job, getting the garter off Bella's leg.

I went down on my knees in front of Bella. I lifted the skirt of her dress just enough to get under it. I let my hands caress her leg, and I felt her shiver. I smiled, as I took the edge of the garter in my teeth and pulled it from her mid thigh down to her ankle. I slid it off her foot and stood back up and found my bride smiling wickedly at me.

I knew she was going to make me pay for that later. I didn't care though. I turned to the line of single men and shot the garter right at Ben. He smiled and looked at Angela, who was grinning and blushing.

Now that was all over with, it was time for Bella and me to say our goodbyes and leave to go on our honeymoon.

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