"The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again"
Achilles – Troy (2004)

The next day I woke up early since I heard people downstairs. I got up, and went downstairs still in my pajamas to find everyone there. Rose, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Edward, his parents, Aphrodite, Persephone, Hades and my parents. They were talking about the wedding, and though I wasn't in the conversation a couple minutes later I was told to help Alice get ready. She smiled at me, I took her hand and we went upstairs with Rose behind us. We helped Alice with her hair and make-up, and into her dress. It was a beautiful dress, and it hid her pregnant belly. Once she was ready, Rose and I went to get ready. Rose said everyone should be in white. I commented how strange it was and told her that in humans weddings no one could wear white besides the bride. We put our dresses and shoes, and went back to Alice. We helped her put her veil, and then I smiled at her and extended her a garter.

"What?" she asked taking.

"It's a tradition. Well, human tradition" I said. "It's for fortune, luck. And it's blue. Something blue, something borrowed and something new, the bride must wear. Well, the garter is new, blue and you have to give me back, it's borrowed"

"Thanks!" she said chuckling. I helped her put it on, and then there was a knock on the door. Aphrodite walked in with a couple of white magnolias, and gave them to Alice.

"Beautiful" Aphrodite said kissing Alice's cheeks.

We all went downstairs and Aphrodite, Rose and I walked to the garden. Apparently mom had used part of the party's decoration, so the garden was still full of flowers, and flowers made a path for the bride to where the groom was standing. I went to him, kissed Jasper's cheek, and smiled at him. He smiled nervously and I wanted to laugh. I went to my mom's side, and Edward came to my side. He wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me close to him.

"You're beautiful" he said.

I blushed and kissed him softly, and we turned to see Alice coming. The ceremony was short, typical, but beautiful. In the end, Jasper put a gold crown with leafy design, and Alice put a similar, but less feminine crown on his head. Jasper kissed the back of her hands, her cheeks and finally her lips. We cheered and applauded, while mom and Aphrodite threw white rose petals on them. And like that Alice was officially my sister.

Days passed. Things began to get tenser. Rose was going insane with wedding planning. Emmett was going insane because Rose was going insane. Alice and Jasper seemed to be good, anxious for the baby's arrival, but just that. They weren't lovey like newlyweds. They had their romantic moments, but it was more like they were still in the process of falling in love. I hoped they would, or the marriage would be a disaster. Hestia started to be nicer with me, though sometimes she still had her bitchy moments. I found out how to avoid them. She was in a bad mood when Edward disappeared from her life, so I made him visit her with more frequency. Poseidon didn't even look at me, but I didn't expect anything more. Persephone came frequently to visit, and spent 'siblings time'. We invited Jasper, but he didn't want to. So, Alice joined. And it turned into girls' time. Alice moved to Jasper's house after the wedding, so she gave her house to me. Though I moved there, I still had stuff at my parents' place, and they were happy with it. Apparently still not ready to let me go. One day I was going to Edward's place. When I got there, I went to the backyard and gave Midnight a couple of apples, and gave him some attention. I knew that with Edward spending so much time with me the Pegasus would be lonely and in need of attention. I smiled at him, and went to the house, entering by the back door. I was about to call for Edward to let him know I was there, when I heard him yelling. I frowned and ran to the living room to find him and Poseidon in a disagreement. Hestia stood there with a fearful expression and just she noticed my presence.

"I don't care!" Edward yelled.

"Edward, I cannot have all my children linked with Zeus' family! Alice is enough!" Poseidon said.

"I don't care what you want, I will not stay away from Bella!"

I felt the blood draining from my face with Edward's words. His father had other reason for him to stay away.

"You had your fun, now you should put an end to it" Poseidon said.

"Poseidon" Hestia said, trying to make them stop, realize I was there.

"A marriage with a roman goddess would turn you into one of the most powerful gods here. You would have not only Greeks, but Romans allies too!" Poseidon said.

Venus.

"I don't want her" Edward said.

"You wanted her. You had her. And now you changed your mind" Poseidon said tiredly. "Once your fun with Zeus' daughter is over you will change your mind too"

"I won't!" Edward screamed. "I love Bella"

"As you loved Venus." Poseidon retorted, "As you loved Diana. As you loved Eris, Iris, Nike, and Selene. And every time you got tired of them. Son, I don't have the time to wait for it anymore" Poseidon said.

"Hello, Bella" Hestia said.

Both men turned and looked at me with wide eyes. Poseidon sighed, patted Edward's shoulder, looked in his eyes and left. Hestia smiled at me, kissed Edward's cheek and left too. Edward sighed, came to me, and took my hand in his.

"How long have you been there?" he asked quietly.

"Enough time" I mumbled.

"Bella, I don't care what he wants. I won't do it" he said cupping my face gently. "I love you, and I always will"

"Have you?" I asked quietly.

"What?" he asked.

"Loved. All them?"

He stayed silent, and it was my answer. I looked in his eyes and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Why don't you? Why don't you love me?"

"I do, Bella. I love you" he said and kissed me softly.

"Why don't you love me like them?" I asked.

"I love you more"

"It's not what I meant. Why don't you act on this love, like you acted with them. Why don't you turn this… physical?" I asked frustrated.

I know, I was being a whining brat, but… All foreplay lately had me on edge, and I don't know how I didn't snap before.

"I will" he said kissing my cheeks and jaw.

"After marriage" I said pulling back.

"Yes"

"It's not fair! I'm fucking frustrated, physically and emotionally… I want you so badly, Edward! And you torture me. So, if you love me more than them, why don't you have sex with me!"

"Because I love you more. Because I respect you more. Because I want you to have everything… You deserve more" he said.

"I don't want to marry you" I said and he stared at me with a hurtful expression. I shook my head. "I didn't mean that. I meant I don't want to marry soon. I want to have a long relationship before marrying"

"If that's what you want" he said smiling.

"But I don't want to go insane without sex for years!" I exclaimed.

"Bella, you can't have both" he said.

"Oh, yeah?" I glared at him and he smiled, clearly amused. "Well, then if you don't do anything about my needs I'll have to take care of them myself"

"What?" he asked frowning.

"I'm sure I can entertain myself" I said mischievously.

His eyes darkened with lust and he groaned. I smirked and he pulled me closer.

"Bella, why do you have to make this hard on me?" he asked while kissing my neck.

"It's hard?" I asked laughing.

"You have no idea, love. But we can't" he said.

After almost an hour of disagreement, I gave up. Edward could be determined when he wanted and he wouldn't change his mind. I tried to talk to him about what his dad said, but he didn't want to talk about it, he said it wasn't worth the stress, his father was wrong. The next couple weeks flew by. Between helping Rose with the wedding, spending time with Alice, Edward and my parents, I barely had time for myself. One night Edward asked if I wanted to go out. So I got short black floral dress, black flats, feathery earrings and got my purse. There was some kind of festival going on, and people were in the streets, drinking, dancing, and celebrating… nothing special. Edward took my hand as we walked around, and enjoyed the festival. Eventually we wandered away from the full streets, and went to the beach. We sat in the sand, and I leaned against him.

"Bella?" he asked quietly.

"Yeah?"

"You really don't want to marry anytime soon?"

I looked at him with wide eyes. Where was this conversation going?

"Why?" I asked carefully.

"Can you answer me?" he asked amused.

"It's not that I don't want to. It's more like… I don't see why" I shrugged. "When I thought I was human and would die someday, I already thought I would marry later in life. So, now that I know I have eternity, why rush?"

He stayed silent and I didn't know if what I said had made him mad, hurt or something else. I took his hand, and kissed his cheek, he smiled weakly at me.

"Hey, if we married, what would change?" I asked and smiled. "I won't love you more, I can't, I love you too much already. We would live together, just that. If you want, you can spend nights at my place…"

"You would be mine, officially. Mine, and only mine, forever" he said leaning in, and I leaned back so I was lying on the sand with him leaned over me. "People wouldn't stupidly question our relationship anymore. Your father wouldn't fear I'm playing with you. My father would leave us alone. I would be able to make love to you. I would eagerly wait for you to carry my child. But above all, it would be my way to show you how much I love you, because I can't put it in words"

I stared in his eyes, and pulled him to me by his shirt. He leaned in and kissed me, softly at first but then passionately. When we broke apart I smiled at him breathlessly.

"Was that a proposal? Because it was very, very good" I said.

"And if it was?" he smiled.

"I might say yes" I whispered.

"So it was a proposal" he grinned.

"I'll think about it…" I joked and he pouted, making me giggle. "Yes. Yes!"

He grinned at me and crashed his lips with mine. We stayed lying on the beach, between kisses and small talk, for what felt like an eternity. Eventually we heard the sounds of the festival silence and we decided it was late. Edward would take me home before going to his, even though I told him he could go and I would be fine. When I opened my door, I found a paper under the door. I took it and gasped at the note.

'Alice is in labor. We didn't find you. Come by. Rose'

I grinned at Edward, giving him the note, while locking the house again. He smiled and I took his hand as I ran to Jasper's place. When we got there, I entered without knocking, and found my parents, and the new parents in the living room. Alice smiled at us, and I grinned watching her rock the baby gently in her arms. I went to her, and knelt before her, looking at the small baby, in awe at his perfection. By the blue blanket, I guessed it was a boy. He had Alice's black hair, and it was so little hair… He opened his eyes, his hand reaching up, and Alice took his little hand in her fingers. He had Jasper's blue eyes, and so, dad's.

"He looks just like Ares when he born" mom commented. "Only the hair changed"

"Oh, can I hold him?" I asked excitedly.

Alice nodded, and carefully put him in my arms. I smiled down at him, and made silly, funny noises while playing with his little hand. He let out a cute squeal, followed by a yawn, and soon he was asleep. I continued rocking him gently, and eventually sat down on Edward's lap. He wrapped his arms around me, and rested his head on my shoulder, watching the baby with me. Alice excused herself, and went to bed, she seemed exhausted, what was understandable. Jasper kissed her forehead and lips, and I could see so much love and devotion for her in his eyes, it made my heart swell.

"What's his name?" I asked quietly.

"Hector" Jasper said.

"Like the Trojan prince?" I asked smiling.

"Yes" he said smiling.

"Oh, it's a nice name" I said looking down at the baby, "A brave, smart, loyal warrior"

"Yes, Emmett said that if we had another one, we could call him Paris" Jasper chuckled.

"Or Achilles" Edward chuckled.

"Well, we should get going. Let you rest" mom said getting up with dad.

"Do I have to go too?" I asked pouting. "I don't want to let him go"

"No, you can stay" Jasper said and walked our parents to the door. "So, how was your night?" he asked and grinned, "Surely not as exciting as mine"

I smiled at Edward and we chuckled.

"No, not as much. But it's almost a tie, Jasper" I said.

"Enjoyed the festival?"

"Yes" we said.

"We were going to go, but Alice got into labor…" he yawned and sighed. "You know what? I'm going to bed. You know where his room is, so when you finally decide to let him go, put him there, please"

"I might not ever let him go" I threatened playfully. "I'll kidnap him"

"Goodnight" he laughed.

"Goodnight" we said.

Edward and I stayed silent for some time, until he finally said it.

"I know I just asked you in marriage, and it might be creepy, but… I want one, with you" he said kissing my cheek.

"Me too" I smiled.

AN: Sorry for taking so long to update, I was too busy :/

I hope you enjoyed this. I did a little skip on time, to show how things were progressing for Bella.

By the quote in the beginning and the name of Alice's baby, you can guess how much I love the movie Troy. Brad Pitt is lovely, but Eric Bana wins, sorry. I prefer brunette guys, I guess :P

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xoxo Luuh