"The wedding"
BPOV
Finally, here I was. Just minutes away from my wedding.
I remained still while Alice finished with my hair. My mom was with me too, checking my dress and making sure all was fine. I still couldn't believe she had received the news so well. I was nervous, but I realized –with awe- that I was happy too… my hands trembled, but I couldn't avoid feeling joyful: I was marrying the man of my dreams, and I was going to be with him forever. I was dying to see Edward; surely, he'll look really gorgeous on his suit.
"You're ready!" Alice announced, and moved a mirror towards me. I looked at it with shock: the girl on the mirror was simply beautiful. I could see my mom was trying to contain her tears.
"You look beautiful, Bella" René said. I was still too shocked to answer. Suddenly, Rosalie entered.
"We're ready… whenever you want" she said, and leaved again. I stood up, ready to face my personal predicament.
My father took my arm and escorted me to the altar. Alice had arranged everything so we could make the ceremony outside her house. At first, I had been a little reluctant; after all, there were a bunch of hostile vampires out there waiting to attack, but now I saw it, I had to admit it was pretty. She had decorated every single space with flowers; even the white chairs had some. I could feel the soft breeze moving my wedding dress while I walked slowly towards the altar, where the most perfect image waited for me, only for me.
Edward was standing there, wearing a black suit that made his beauty even more obvious –I saw from the corner of my eye Jessica's open mouth-. He was smiling in a way I've never seen before, and my heart beat faster at the mere sight of it. He looked like a god, and it seemed even more incredible to me that he was waiting for me there, ready to join his life to mine forever. I was shocked by my own thoughts… since when the wedding started to look this good to me?
The moment Charlie kissed my cheek and placed my hand over Edward's, I forgot everything: my worries about his health, the fear for Alice's vision, the fact we probably had only one week left; all I could see was him: his perfect face, his golden eyes full of love and happiness, his smile… the soft touch of his hand made me shiver in pleasure.
I barely heard the words said by the minister… before I noticed, he was asking me if I accepted. Edward looked at me, and I could see some apprehension there. How could he doubt? Or maybe he was worried about the problems ahead.
"Yes… yes, I do" I said with shaky voice. I felt the tears come out… I felt ashamed; it surely looked like a soap opera. Edward smiled to me, ignoring the minister's words too.
"I do" he answered immediately with his beautiful velvet voice. The moment he said it, I felt my heart beat even faster… this was real, this perfect man was mine, for all eternity… I couldn't believe I was so lucky. We kissed when the ceremony ended; I wanted to kiss him fiercely, but he simply touched my lips softly… he laughed when I grimaced in anger.
"Not here, love" he said. Of course, he couldn't risk a real kiss in front of all this human audience. I smiled back at him; after all, it hadn't been so hard, and I was happy to be now his wife.
My mom approached to hug me tightly.
"I'm so happy for you, Bella!" she said, crying.
"Thank you, mom" I said, trying to contain my own tears. I gasped when she hugged Edward too… even he seemed surprised.
"Promise to take care of her, right?" she said. Edward smiled to her.
"Of course. Don't worry Ms. Dwyer" Edward answered, politely. Then my dad approached to hug me.
"I'm gonna miss you, Bells. Promise to visit soon, ok?" Charlie said. This time I couldn't hide my tears; would I be able to see him again? To visit him as he asked? He raised his hand to wash away my tears, smiling at me. He then hugged Edward too.
"I really wish you a happy life" he said to him. Edward smiled even more. Soon, his brothers were surrounding him, congratulating him.
"So… now you're a married man, bro!" Emmett said. Edward laughed at the tone of his voice. Jasper laughed too, looking at Emmett with amusement. Meanwhile, Alice and Esme were with me.
"Welcome to the family, Bella" Esme said to me. She couldn't have picked better words.
It seemed like an eternity of congratulations. All my friends approached to hug me and wish me good luck… I remembered I wished Jacob was here, but I stopped my thought: he'll feel terrible, and now he wasn't allowed to even talk to me. I felt a little sad, but I tried to forget that for now. Suddenly, I felt a cold hand in mine.
"Do you want to dance, Ms. Cullen?" Edward murmured softly into my ear. I shivered again.
"I like how that sounds" I answered him. Soon, we were dancing; well, actually, he was dancing and I was just following his lead. I placed my head on his chest, enjoying the moment.
"It was not as bad as you thought, right?" He asked me, laughing softly.
"I have to admit that's true…" I answered honestly. He looked at me with such intensity and love I almost fainted there.
"Thank you" he said. He was thanking me?
"I should be the one doing that… you always save me, and love me despite all my mistakes" I said to him. After all, it was I who was lucky. He laughed again… I loved to see him this happy.
"You've saved me too, more than you can imagine… and you love me more than I deserve; my mistakes are far worse than yours" he answered. I kissed his cheek. "Are you ok?" he asked. I was so distracted it took me a minute to understand what he meant.
"Yeah… I just wish he could be here" I said, looking towards Seth, who had defied Sam's orders to come here. If only Jacob was that open minded…
"I'm sorry. I wish I could do something" he said to me. He was so selfless.
"You can kiss me" I asked. He immediately pressed his lips against mine, this time with more passion. I gasped when he stopped.
"Forget all troubles… let's just have fun" I said, teasing him. He understood and chuckled.
The day passed surprisingly fast for me. In a second, we were cutting the cake. I tasted it softly while watching Edward's face… he winked at me and tasted it too. I saw as Emmett and Jasper made a grimace at that, and laughed. Then, we were starting to say good bye to our guests… traditionally, we were supposed to leave early to our honeymoon, but considering the potential danger, we all had decided to stay together. We told everyone that the flight was for tomorrow and we'll stay here until then. Of course, no one had reasons to suspect anything… no one except Seth.
Now that I thought about it, where was he? I hadn't seen him for hours… I wondered if something was wrong. But my parents were saying good bye to me, so I couldn't focus on that.
"Promise to call me as soon as you arrive, ok?" René asked. I nodded; I could do that.
"If you need anything, if something happens, just call" Charlie said. I realized what he was implying, and looked at him annoyed.
"Dad! I thought you had understood Edward is a good man!" Well, a good vampire, but he didn't need to know that. He simply shrugged.
"Just in case" he said. The moment they left, I searched for Edward –my husband… I shuddered-. He was talking with Alice and Jasper. I panicked; was something happening? Before I could join them, Esme and Carlisle stopped me.
"Bella? Why don't you go to change your clothes?" Carlisle suggested. I raised an eyebrow, asking him. He shook his head.
"Come, dear. I'll help you" Esme said.
I was there again in a second. Edward continued with Alice and Jasper, but this time Emmett and Rosalie had joined them, along with Carlisle. I realized all the guests were gone… there was definitively something wrong here. I approached, grabbing Edward's hand.
"What's wrong? You saw anything, Alice?" I asked her. She nodded.
"More or less" she said. What does that mean? As if reading my thoughts, she continued.
"I saw the coven again… they seemed to be running. But suddenly all disappeared. My guess is that your werewolf friends are involved" she said plainly. I felt scared… what if they attacked too? What if Jacob got hurt or worse…? Edward squeezed my hand gently, trying to reassure me.
"We're going to…" he started, but stopped. They all tensed. I heard a sound near us… when I turned to my right, I saw the pack was there, with Sam at the front. Jacob was beside him, I could easily recognize his brown fur… and I saw Alphonse's huge black figure, closer to Sam and growling at my family. I pressed myself closer to Edward, hoping my presence would stop them. But I realized Edward wasn't looking at them, but at the front.
"Hello, Cullen coven" a soft voice said.
YAY! An encounter!! Now I gathered together two mayor problems!! My evilness is definitively increasing… another cliffie!! I'm cruel, I know, but I had to do it!! And I ruined their wedding! (sort of) lol.
Sorry about the wedding… I'm not very enthusiastic about them, so I can't give a very good description (besides, I can't compare to StephenieM…). Guess I leave it to your own imagination… I'm sure you have better ideas about it than I do.
Now to write next chapter!! (god! 11 chapters and I'm just starting the whole issue… this is going to be loooooong O.O –hope you don't mind-)
