Chapter 10- All yours
Disclaimer: Do I own Twilight. No. There I said it!
As you can see I have decided to continue this story so thanks to the awesome people who reviewed, alerted etc. Drum roll… (Just kidding)
I took in a sharp intake of breath in the shock of what I had just heard. Did I hear him clearly? Did he just ask me to marry him? My mind was battling between two visions which were conjured up into my mind. One very different to the other and which would irrevocably affect my future. The first was of me walking down an aisle, ignoring the pews of people, my eyes only focused on the look of triumph on Edward's face. I was wearing a stunningly beautiful white wedding dress which allowed me to look like I belonged next to Edward. Not that, that mattered. His love was the only thing that did. In that vision we were both happy and complete, only having eyes for each other, However in the other vision, I was walking down the same aisle, my face redder than a traffic light and my expression terrified. Everyone's eyes were critical and Renee wasn't even present. Edward's face was one of regret and I tripped over the train of my dress giving him a chance to escape. I shook that vision out of my mind, knowing that I was only thinking of the worst case scenario. Alice wouldn't let anything go wrong, I was sure about Edward's feelings for me and Renee would just have to deal with it. Plus I was going to be the main topic of gossip for the next decade with my pregnancy so a wedding wouldn't make much difference compared to the embarrassment I would face at having people find out that news. Hmmm maybe if I discussed the positives and negatives of being Edward's wife then I would be able to make the life altering decision. If I said yes then the baby's future and my changing would be secured. Score one for saying yes. If I said yes then I would be Edward's and nobody could take him from me. If some witless girl like Lauren or Jessica asked him out then I could flash my ring at them and show them that he was officially mine. If I said yes then we could live together for real. All of those things sounded great but I needed to think of the negatives so that I could be sure of my choice. Hmmm at the moment I was coming up empty with the only negative thing being people's reactions about our youth. But which mattered more? What people thought or our happiness? I sure as hell knew the answer to that one! Edward had been waiting patiently the entire time of my pondering and had even had time to pull out a little black box from his pocket which contained an oval shaped engagement ring. I gasped at its beauty and then got ready to give my answer.
"Ever since you saved me from that out of control van. Heck ever I looked into the depths of your topaz eyes in the cafeteria on my first day at Forks High School I have known that someday I wanted to belong to you. Officially, irrevocably and unconditionally, I have wanted to belong to you and now that I can and there is no way I am passing up such an opportunity. Yes, my answer is totally and truly yes" I replied, passionately, my words nothing but the truth. I didn't even realise the tears of joy which had been sliding down my cheeks as I spoke the binding words. The look on Edward's face was happier than I had ever seen it. Triumph, joy and incredulity were written clearly across his face although I didn't get the last emotion. He then took the ring out of the box swiftly and slid it slowly and dramatically onto the third finger of my left hand, kissing each fingertip and then the ring which was now my property. His kisses then moved to my neck and turned into a full blown kiss on my mouth. I could read his every emotion as the kiss grew deeper and liked what I saw there.
"Yay you guys are getting married" Alice squealed, suddenly appearing before us.
"Alice when I told Emmett he couldn't eavesdrop, I meant you too" Edward sighed.
"I just couldn't contain my excitement. This is going to be so much fun. When is it going to be? Who are you inviting? Where is it going to be?" She trilled without a stop.
"Alice, Alice. Slow down. Breathe. He only just asked me for crying out loud" I laughed at her exuberance.
"Well you guys have to let me plan it. It would be the best wedding in forever if you did" She giggled.
"Alice, the wedding will have to be intimate and small because Bella is probably going to be very fragile. If the baby can break a rib then who knows what it could break next. We need to be prepared" Edward reminded her.
"Well then it will need to be soon. Just give me the word and I will start planning right away" Alice exclaimed. If I approved then Alice would surely go overboard which would cause me extreme embarrassment which was the thing in life I tried to avoid. But embarrassment was inevitable and I should face it head on. If Alice didn't plan it then would it go as flawlessly as it did in my first vision of my future wedding? (Note: She is not literally having visions. It's just her subconscious showing her what she thinks her wedding will be like and are not like Alice's visions which are really of the future) I didn't believe so and knowing Edward, he would love a traditional wedding which I could guess Alice was planning already. Plus would I like to remember my wedding as a romantic walk down an aisle to my true love with all my loved ones watching or as an impulse decision in Vegas? Even an idiot could know the answer to that one.
"What do you think Edward" I sighed.
"The wedding can be whatever you want it to be. It's our special day, not hers" He murmured to me nonchalantly but I knew how badly he wanted a traditional wedding. If it wasn't planned by Alice than we would probably have it in Vegas. But to him my happiness overruled his for some insane reason.
"We want our wedding to be a day to remember so we might as well let Alice plan it" I succumbed without even a fragment of doubt.
"Yayness! You won't regret this Bella. I'm going to see if I can buy a computer from Huilen or Nahuel so I can research on the plane about wedding trends" She clapped her hands together in elation before literally zooming back into the house.
"You should hear her thoughts. I can hardly understand them" Edward shook his head in disbelief.
"She will definitely make our wedding day a day to remember" I laughed.
"She sure will" He agreed laughing with me.
"Who are we going to invite?" I wondered.
"Do you think we should tell Charlie?" He frowned. My grin faded as I realised what all this would mean. I either could never see Charlie again or give an abrupt goodbye like I had when I was leaving Forks when James was hunting me.
"He would never allow it. Remember, he hates your guts. I swear, the second he sees you he is going to get his gun and aim for your head and what about your gaol sentence?" I gulped.
"He can't imprison me. What he did was against the law and I could easily escape again. This time without Tanya's help" He muttered in disgust.
"Yeah I had a feeling what he was doing wasn't legal" I frowned again.
"Well it could be a secret wedding" He suggested.
"There are no secrets in Forks and Alice would never allow it" I dismissed the idea quickly.
"Well you could invite just your mother and enlighten her on Charlie's injustice. As well as inviting my family of course" He amended.
"Renee would sooner boil live puppies than watch me get married at eighteen not mention being pregnant" I grimaced.
"Who knows maybe she will think differently when she sees us?"
"Maybe but is it a risk worth taking?" I questioned.
"It would be your last chance to see her before you give birth and get transformed into my kind. Afterwards there is no turning back" He reminded me somberly.
"Okay your idea is worth taking into consideration but before we decide anything can we please get Carlisle to fix my ribs because the pain is really getting on my nerves"
"Anything for you my finance" He smiled and then kissed my forehead.
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"There the pain shouldn't bother you for a while now. Just take it easy and you should be fine" Carlisle assured me.
"Thanks" I sighed in relief. During the somewhat painful fixing of my ribs, we had announced our engagement to everyone inside, although I was disgruntled when I discovered that Alice had told everybody before me in her excitement but they all acted as if it was news to them to appease me. It actually did appease me but I think it was just a product of Jasper's calming waves which he sent in my direction. His attempt was not wasted and I was grateful. I deserved at least a fragment of peace after all the bull crap I had been dealing with. But I couldn't deny that I was content about the look of exult on Alice's face. Not to mention Edward and Esme's. The others were pleased but Rosalie had her reservations although I knew that after all that we had been through, she was finally closer to a friend than an enemy. The excited thrill that was clearly identifiable in the atmosphere, gave me inspiration which would hopefully increase the quantifiable ecstasy which was already there to begin with.
"Hey Alice" I called, attempting to gain her undivided attention. It was clear that I succeeded when she turned to face me, her expression confused. And so it should be. Snap decisions could hardly be seen in her uncanny visions because nothing was set in stone. I was for once, forever grateful for this fact. Surprising Alice was a hard task to complete and I wondered how she lived life without surprise. Then again, knowing what was going to happen when it did had come in handy and if she didn't have that gift then I would be under a gravestone instead of telling Alice the news that she would be ecstatic about. I decided to be humorous with my asking.
"If you start telling everyone everything before I do then I won't be able to have you as my maid of honour. I don't want all my wedding secrets to be spilt before the day" I grinned.
"Serious" She checked. Then after apparently searching the future she squealed. "Thanks so much Bella. This is going to be another thing you won't regret"
"Just don't go overboard" I murmured.
"You can count on me" She laughed.
"Good thinking" Edward whispered into my ear causing my body to tingle and desire to sweep through me. Then as I realised my thoughts, I blushed while ineffectively trying to hide my face with a curtain of my dark hair. Edward laughed quietly and I knew that he now knew my weakness. Damn. Now he could probably give me expensive things and I would be distracted and accept the gifts without a thought. Until later that is when my thoughts were coherent. That reminded me….
"Oh and Rosalie, I was wondering if you would like to be one of my bridesmaids?" I asked her shyly.
"I don't know why you'd ask me while I've been treating you so badly. But now that I see that you're making a choice that I would have made and Edward's complete devotion to you, and you to him. I now know how wrong I was to judge you when the real problem was my envy. When I saw what Tanya did to Edward and you, I saw a side of me that was concealed and building up inside me and knew I never wanted to be like that. Not even close. I hope we can be friends, even better, I hope we can be sisters and I gratefully accept your offer" She smiled and I knew it was genuine.
"Thanks Rosalie" I murmured, then she gave me a gentle hug and walked gracefully upstairs with Emmett in her wake.
"Where did that come from?" I wondered aloud.
"Judging by her thoughts I believe that she had a massive revelation. We've all had one of those but hers came late it seems" Edward mused.
"At least it came" I reminded him blissfully. And my blissfulness remained with me for longer than I thought. But after days of welcomed blissfulness it was only expected that it would be followed by agonising days of sorrow. There wasn't even enough time for the wedding; it would have be postponed due to my condition which was of such that even Alice didn't even complain. Those days were the worst by far and they had just begun.
Wow another cliffy! Don't worry the dark days mentioned will be in this story (in the next chapter in fact) and if people want me to describe the wedding then I will when the time comes (Well I have to be realistic about this one. No one could get married in Bella's condition. In Breaking Dawn she could hardly move let alone stay conscious for a whole ceremony) I have in fact had a revelation myself that I shouldn't ask for reviews unless I deserve them so if you think I deserve one for my (hopefully) great writing in this chapter then go ahead.
Oh and this chapter name was based on the song "All yours" by Metric (It features in the credits of Eclipse and I was listening to it as I wrote)