Title: Beaches

Summary: Edward and Bella met on the beach when they were both four. Edward taught her how to ride a bike and Bella taught him how to tie a tie. Through their hectic lives they always counted on seeing each other every summer. But when they get older, how come they have such a difficult time expressing their feelings for one another? All human.

Disclaimer: I (unfortunately) do not own Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, or Breaking Dawn. They are all owned by the very talented and loved Stephenie Meyer.

Chapter 14: Wedding (Part 2)

Still twenty-five years old… EPOV

"Just one dance, Belly. I placed a finger under her chin and lifted her head up so she was looking at me. "Please?" I begged.

She looked into my eyes before nodding slightly. "Okay."

I stood up quickly, before she could change her mind, grabbed her hand, and drug her behind me to the dance floor. I placed my right arm securely around her waist and held her hand with my left. She was scaring down at our feet as we started swaying to the music. I dropping her hand and moving her head up so that she was looking at me. She blushed as she accidently stepped on my foot. I pulled her closer, wrapped both arms around her and lifted her up onto my feet. I moaned internally at how close she was to me.

Bella's breathing increased before she kissed my neck and laid her head on my shoulder. God I needed this woman. She was like my drug or something. I couldn't let her get married. I had to claim her for myself. She's always been mine and she still is now. I was going to tell her. Tonight after the wedding. I was going to explain to her that she couldn't marry Jacob and that I wanted her, Ren, and I to be a family.

When the song ended, she leaned away slightly before our eyes locked together. She glanced down at my lips for a second before back up at me. I leaned in slightly, waiting for her to make the move and kiss me. She leaned in too, but suddenly pulled away and jumped off my feet once she was about a millimeter from our lips touching. She bit her lip. "I'm… I'm sorry… I…" She stuttered before leaning down and taking her shoes off and half jogging away from me. I sighed.

Emmett walked up behind me and placed a hand on my shoulder. Renesmee was holding his other hand, looking up at me with a concerned expression. "I tried to explain to her the importance of drinking at weddings." Emmett remarked. I rolled my eyes before punching his arm and walked back to our table and sitting down. Bella was nowhere in sight. I knew that she would be back though. She was going after Emmett and me for the wedding toasts later.

Four hours later… EPOV

I allowed Charlie and Renee to take Renesmee with them for the weekend. I still couldn't find Bella anywhere to ask her if it was okay, but I was her father, so it was okay… I thought. Carlisle and Esme had left to, after apologizing to me about Ren. I really just wanted to forget about everyone keeping her from me.

I danced with Alice after they had left and asked her if she saw Bella. She said that she and Jessica had been sitting at a table together near the back of the room. I was going to go seek her out of the crowd when the D.J. announced that it was time for the best man, or in our case, men, and the bridesmaid to give their toasts. I sighed before I glided toward the stage, Emmett already up there, prattling about something insignificant. He stood back a little when he was done and I took the microphone in my hand. I searched for Bella, trying to see if she was heading this way.

"I've known Jasper since second grade when he offered to share his crayons with me because Emmett here," I turned around and pushed him playfully. "Decided to snack on mine," Everyone laughed. "Alice, I've known since about fourth grade through our best friend Bella. But I hadn't officially met her until about seven years ago. We were friends immediately although she can be slightly annoying." Alice stuck her tongue out at me before smiling. "I wish you two all the luck in the world, not that you'll need it. You guys are perfect for one another. Oh, and Alice, if you want a picture of Jasper mooning Emmett because they were both drunk, I've got it." Everyone chuckled as Em and I exited the stage.

I wondered where Bella was. I didn't see her as we went to hug Alice and Jasper before going to sit back down. "Okay, where's the maid of honor?" The D.J. asked into the microphone just as we sat down.

That's when I noticed Bella. She swayed toward the stairs of the stage and tripped her way up them. She looked a little more clumsy than usual… "Right here!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. "Maid of honor in the house!"

Oh shit. I whirled around in my chair to find Emmett with a huge grin on his face. I socked him in the shoulder. "Ow!" He focused on me. "What was that for?"

"You're the one that put the whole getting drunk thing in her head! I don't think she's ever been drunk in her life. Now look at her!" I yelled at him. Once again, he let his gaze settle on the stage as he grinned.

I sighed as I watched Bella steal the microphone from the D.J. "Yeah, so I'm not sure what to say…" She slurred slightly when she talked. "Uh, my bestest friend Allie over there just got married to Jasper. They are just so darling together, don't cha think? And the best part of it is, is that I was a part of getting their relationship started. The summer that Edward and I had sex every day, well sometimes more than once I day," Oh my god… The crowd fidgeted in their seats. "We introduced them and they were immediately drawn to one another…"

Bella sighed. She was so wasted. I debated going up there to get her, but I decided I would let her rant a little bit more first. Maybe it would make her more worn out when I went to drag her home. "I want that. I want someone to love me unconditionally. I want someone to want me and to be my lover and bestest friend… I just want to be with my soul mate. Is that too much for me to ask?" Whoa. I totally didn't see this part of her little speech coming. She sniffled. Was she crying? "And the sad part, is that I already know who I'm supposed to be with forever. However, I can't have him. I would be selfish because we aren't good for each other… And I would be hurting my fiancé, Jacob, very much by telling him that I didn't want to marry him," The crowd fidgeted in their seats again.

I stood up, grabbing Emmett's arm because he was going to help me whether he wanted to or not. We walked to the stage and up the stairs while Bella continued to rant. When she saw us, she beamed. "Hi Eddie! Hi Emmy!"

I clasped the microphone and yanked it out of her hands, giving it back to the D.J. He, along with the crowd, looked the thankful. I held one of Bella's arms while Emmett held the other one. We guided her down the stairs where Alice and Jasper met up with us. Bella threw herself at Alice, giving her a bear hug. "I love you, Allie! I'm happy you're married now. Jazzie is perfect for ya!"

Alice hugged her back as she glared at me. She handed Emmett Bella's purse and cell phone. "Take her to Jasper's. I don't have my key for the apartment on me and I don't think she'd be able to tell you where hers is." She instructed. "Emmett do you still have Jasper's spare key?"

Emmett, a smirk visible on his face, whipped the key out of his pocket. "Good," Alice said. "Go there and take care of her for me, okay?"

Jasper laughed. "I don't think Bella's ever been drunk before." His arm was glued around Alice's waist. Not that I could blame him.

"Jazzie, you better be nice to my bestest friend! And you guys better use birth control tonight!" I clasped my hand over her mouth so that she would stop screaming things like that out loud. Jasper and Emmett were laughing hysterically while Alice and I didn't find it very amusing.

Bella was having a slight problem walking. She wasn't the most graceful person to begin with, but whatever it was she drank didn't help anything either. As Emmett, Bella, and I got outside the hotel, I bent down to lift Bella up into my arms so we could get her to the car quicker. We needed to get her to Jasper's. Hopefully she would be tired enough to sleep… But I knew she would probably be in the bathroom, puking her guts out for most of the night. I sighed. Why did she do this?

We got to the car and I attempted to lay her in the backseat, but she wouldn't let go of my shirt. So, I set her down and crawled into the back with her while Emmett drove. "You know, Eddie," Bella said before running her fingertips down my white collared shirt. She tugged up on it, trying to un-tuck it. I grabbed both of her wrists. "You look much better when your clothes are off. Can I take them off for you?" She looked up at me, her brown eyes wide.

Emmett started laughing from the front seat. I smacked him in the back of the head. "This is your entire fault, you know!" I yelled at him. He just chuckled harder.

We got to Jasper's apartment about twenty minutes later. I got out of the car and pulled Bella out with me before I bent down to pick her up again. She giggled as I walked to his door. Emmett unlocked it with the spare key and I carried Bella into Jasper's guest bedroom and set her on her feet. "I'll be right back, okay? Just stay put." I ordered. I scurried into the kitchen and got her a tall glass of water. Maybe that would mix with some of the crap she drank and dilute it a little or something. I rounded the corner into the room and immediately turned around and placed the glass on the night stand.

"Bella," I said in a stern voice.

"Yes, Eddie?" She said in a seductive voice. I took a deep breath. God, why was she doing this to me?

"Put your dress back on." She was clad in only her bra and underwear. She also took her hair down and it hung in curls around her pretty face.

"Why would I do that?" She sounded genuinely confused.

"Because I said to. Now do it." I said quickly, still faced toward the wall. I prayed Emmett wouldn't come in. She, nor I, would ever live this down if he did.

"But how will you make love to me if I'm still in my dress?" Oh my god… I really did not want to deal with this right now. Sure, I did want to sleep with Bella, but this was taking advantage of her. She technically wasn't herself right at this moment and she would be very upset in the morning, I was sure.

Before I could come up with a way to persuade her to put her dress back on, she was standing behind me, pressing her body up against my back. She wrapped her arms around me, resting her hands on my chest. I took a deep breath to calm down. "Bella, what are you doing?" I whispered. I didn't want her to move, but I knew that I had to get her to. She was engaged to someone else. I know I planned on tell her how I felt about her, but I wasn't going to do it when she was drunk.

Her fingers moved down to where my collared shirt was tucked into my pants. She yanked it up. "Undressing you, silly!" She squealed. I turned around quickly, wrapping her wrists. She pouted as she looked up at me. "What are you doing, Eddie?"

"Bella, I'm not going to sleep with you. You're engaged, remember?" I held her left hand up so she could see the ring glisten. "Besides, you're drunk."

I did my best not to look down at her. I was determined to keep my eyes on her face and nowhere else. "But I love you, not Jacob," She said then tried to wiggled her wrists free. I let go of them, afraid that I was hurting her. She immediately placed them back on my shirt and started fiddling with the buttons. I attempted to stop her, I seriously did. Or at least, I thought really hard about stopping her, but I just… couldn't. Her fingertips were so distracting…

I was finally able to control myself for a few seconds after she'd thrown my shirt somewhere else in the room. I grabbed her wrists again. "Bella, stop."

She didn't protest this time, she just nodded then looked up at me. She looked a little green. "Edward… I think…" I grabbed her hand and started pulling her behind me into the guest bathroom on the other side of the bedroom. We both knelt down and I lifted up the toilet seat and held her hair up as she puked her guts into the toilet. When she was finished, she fell back against my chest. "I still don't feel very good." She moaned.

I sighed. This was going to be a very long and epic night. I sat down on the bathroom floor and laid her head in my lap. She laid there for a few seconds before I realized that she was crying. I stroked her hair, about to ask her what was wrong, but she started talking first. "Why am I such a horrible person? I kept our daughter from you for over six years!" She sobbed. "And because I did that, I just… I can't forgive myself. I wanted you to be happy though, so that counts a something, doesn't it? And," She choked on a sob. "And why don't you love me?" She turned her head to look up at me.

I sighed. "You have no idea how much I love you, Bella."

She buried her head back into my lap. "Why is everything so messed up?" She continued to cry. "Why isn't anything in my life right?"

Before I could say anything to comfort her, Emmett rounded the corner into the bathroom. I watched as his eyes got huge as he saw how Bella basically had nothing on and I was shirtless. He took in her expression and must have put together what was going on with us being in the bathroom. He laughed once. "You're a naughty boy, Edward."

I rolled my eyes. "I was out of the room for two seconds and when I come back, she sprawled out on Jasper's guest bed like this," I gesture to how little she's wearing. "I had nothing to do with it."

"Uh-huh. Sure you didn't," Bella apparently wasn't really paying attention to our conversation. She moaned before sitting up again and leaning her head over the toilet. I knelt behind her and lifted her hair. "Okay, I'm out." Emmett said once he saw her throwing up.

When she was done, I flushed the toilet and she rested her head back in my lap. She was still crying softly and was prattling about something that I couldn't understand because her mouth was right up against my pants. I just continued to stroke her hair and tell her that everything would be okay even though I didn't have a clue as to what she was saying.

EPOV

My eye lids fluttered open because of the bright light shining in my face. I blinked a few times before I realized that I was leaning up against the wall in Jasper's guest bathroom. Bella was laying her head in my lap, half naked, and was fast asleep. I looked at my watch. It was two in the morning. Great… I yawned as I very carefully slid an arm underneath Bella's shoulders and one under her knees. I stood up and walked over to the bed and laid her down very carefully. I didn't want to wake her up. I pulled the covers up over her before I walked back to the bathroom to turn the light off.

I was almost out of the room to go sleep on the couch when I heard Bella mumble, "Eddie… Don't leave. Come lay with me."

I smiled a little before I decided that I really didn't feel like sleeping on the couch anyway. I went back the bed and dove under the covers after kicking my shoes off. Bella immediately scooted closer to me and laid her head on my bare chest. I wrapped an arm around her before I closed my eyes and was out once again.

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A/N: I apologize for this chapter being short. It was originally going to be a very long chapter, but I decided to break it in half.