Ok, I seriously think I spent more time looking up the wedding apperal to put on my page and describe in the story than I did actually writting the chapter. But, nonetheless, it was a fun chapter to write. I love writting weddings, so this was one of the major projects. Another reason why it's so late. Sorry about that, but I promise this chapter will make up for it. (: Reviews were good, thanks to those of you who did, and just thanks in general if you're still keeping up with this story. You get points for that. If you've just added the story to the alerts or faves list, if you could start reviewing and sending me some love, it would be greatly appreciated. Ok, on with the story, monkies, enjoy!
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Chapter 20: A Wedding Day
3 Weeks Later...
I stood, looking at myself in the mirror. Rose and Alice had done an amazing job with me. With this whole wedding. Everything was set. Alice had been a little pissed when we told her that she only had three weeks to get everything together, but if you knew Alice, you knew it was possible. Esme and Rose helped her, but she mostly did it on her own. She had asked Edward and I what colors we wanted, and I told her to pick something. Pick something she had. The colors of everything were pearl pink, light grey, and cream. It was beautiful. She had even found the perfect dress for me. And as I stood in Edward's old bedroom, looking at myself, I knew everything would be gorgeous, too.
We were getting married at the Cullen's house, because Alice said there really was no where else to go on such short notice. It was fine with Edward and I. It's where we had spent most of our time together when we were in high school. It held great memories for us, so who was I to be picky about it?
I hadn't seen Edward all day. The girls insisted that the traditions be followed. They didn't even let me sleep with him last night, and I hadn't gotten much sleeping done. Between not seeing him and the buterflies in my stomach, I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to do anything. Alice pulled me out of my thoughts by coming in and standing behind me. She put her hands on my shoulders and rested her chin on top of one of her hands.
"You look gorgeous," she told me. I did. Alice had managed to find me a beautiful dress on such short notice. It was pearl pink chiffon, with a sweatheart bodice and flowed at the bottom. It had thin straps and had little roses going up one of them. It was perfect and I loved it. She had even found me shoes to match. They were a little lighter in color, but had the same roses up the front of them. Alice and Rose had done my make up and hair. My hair was in a low, messy, side bun and the strays that fell out had been curled. My make up was pearl pink smokey eyeshadow with just a little bit of nude gloss on my lips.
"Thank you. It was all you, you know. I can't thank you enough for everything you've done for me. I mean, the bridesmaid dresses are even fantastic," I told her. The bridesmaid dresses were simple, yet so elegant at the same time. They were short, light grey chiffon with a little bit of ruffle at the bottom. They had an elegant beaded neckline that made everything a little more extravagent. I had no idea how Alice did it, but she did. She even managed to get shoes that matched them. They were light grey, almost white, and had a peep toe. Sky scrapers, of course, but that was Alice and Rose. I hadn't wanted to wear heels, but once Alice got me in them, I couldn't complian. They completed the outfit. And they weren't all that uncomfortable.
I was itching to see Edward, needing Rosalie, Esme and my mother to come up stairs to put the finishing touches on. They did, carrying a small box. My mother pulled out a pair of pearl earrings.
"Something old," she said placing them in my ears. "They were your grandmother's," Esme opened a small jewlery box and grabbed a thin tennis bracelet.
"Something new. I saw it in the window and had to get it for you, dear," she said. My eyes welled up.
"I love it. But it's to much, I'll have to give it back," I told her.
"No, dear, then it wouldn't be new," she told me, rubbing my back. Alice interupted then.
"Something borrowed," she said, putting a pink comb in my bun. It was crystal and beautiful.
"And, something blue," Rose said, taking a pair of lacy blue panties from a bag. I blushed five different colors as the women made me slip them on. It was very awkward. They put my fringed garder high on my thigh and we were all set to go. My mom took my arm as we started walking down the isle. My dad would have walked me, but it was hard for him to manuver in his chair and he wasn't to the point where he could walk with a cane yet. Alice and Jasper walked together and so did Rose and Emmett. I looked out into the backyard and everything was extravagent. There were twinkle lights everywhere and there were simple cream fold out chairs set in rows. Every other one had a pearl pinnk or light grey sash on them. They were so simple, yet they were the prettiest things I'd ever seen. As we started walking down the isle slowly, I looked up to find Edward. He was in a tux, which made me want to get to him faster.
His face was one of awe as he took my appearence in. And by the time his eyes made it to my face he was smiling the biggest smile I'd ever seen on him before. He was truley happy. I finally got to stand beside him, where he greedily took my hand in his. He mouthed an 'I love you' before the preacher started to speak. I smiled in return, letting him know silently that I loved him, too. We turned to the preacher, hands still joined, and he rubbed circles over mine with his thumb.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join Edward Anthony Cullen and Isabella Marie Swan in holy matrimony. May I say now, if anyone with us today has any objection, would you please say it now, or forever hold your peace," we waited a second and it was silent. We had decided to keep my maiden name at the ceremony, because it would soon be changed anyway. And I was more of a Swan than I ever was Newton.
"Alright, since there are no objections, we may start. The couple didn't want the ceremony to be long, so I reckon we will do the vows. They have decided to go with traditional vows. So, Edward, do you take Isabella Marie to be your wedded wife? To love and to cherish through sickness and in health, through richer or for poorer, till death do you part?"
"I do," Edward said, smiling.
"Isabella, do you take Edward Anthony to be your lawful wedded husband? To love and to cherish, through sickness and in health, through richer or for porrer, till death do you part?"
"I do," I answered, looking Edward in the eye. His smile widdened.
"Edward, Bella, do you have tokens to give to your love?" the preacher asked. We each nodded as we got our rings from our maid of honor/best man. "Edward, repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed,"
"With this ring, I thee wed," he told me and slipped the small gold band onto my finger. I smiled and bit my lip, trying to contain my excitement.
"Bella, with this ring, I thee wed," the preacher told me.
"With this ring, I thee wed," I said, slipping Edward's ring on.
"Ladies and gentlemen, may I now introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. Edward Anthony Cullen. Edward, you may kiss your lovely bride," he told him.
"And that I will," Edward said, earning a few laughs. Edward wrapped his arms around my waist and mine went straight to his neck as his lips carresed mine with a kiss. Everyone clapped and cheered. I even heard Alice laughing. When I pulled back, I saw the hunger in Edward's eyes and I knew when we were alone later that night, I would be in for a treat. We turned to look at our families, now joined as one. I looked at my mom, who was, of course, crying her eyes out. She smiled at me, seeing me actually happy for the first time in a while. My dad smiled at me before mouthing a congrats. Esme and Carlisle were joined together by one another's arms, and I hoped we would be like them in ten years. Though I had no doubt that's exactly how we would be. Rose and Alice were jumping up and down in delight, while Emmatt and Jasper just had huge grins on their faces. I looked up at Edward and he looked down at me. We smiled, knowing that our life was just starting and that there would be days better than this one. Like the birth of our child. We made our way back inside the house. Emmett, Jasper, Rose, and Alice were going to start moving chairs in the back yard to be sitting around tables so we could have the reception. Edward and I were the only ones in the house, not being able to see the finished product until it was done.
"So, Mrs. Cullen. How does it feel?" he asked, snaking an arm around my waist. I turned and grabbed his tie, pulling him down to my level.
"Pretty fuckin' good," I said, then kissed him fiercly. He was taken by suprise at first, but then he just went with it.
"Alright, there will be plenty of time to that tonight in your hotel room. By yourselfs. Before you leave to go on your honeymoon for a week. Where you will be alone. Again," Alice said, breaking us up and grabbing our hands. I laughed at her as she dragged us back onto the patio. I gasped when I saw everything. The tables had been set up with the same colored table cloths as the sashes on the chairs. It was perfect. And the centerpices were mostly pearls and crystal. That was Alice's theme when she decided to start decorating. She led us to a table at the front where the wedding party sat and we were seated in the middle of everyone. Alice stood next to us and tapped her glass.
"Excuse me. For those of you who do not know me, I am Alice Hale. I'm Bella's maid of honor and I would like to propose a toast. Dearest, Bella. I love you first of all, and I am so glad that you are happy. You have been truley blessed. I knew you would marry Edward when you started dating freshman year of high school. You've both been through some obstacles and you've both come out stronger than anyone ever though you would. I would like to say that I love you both, and wish you the best in the rest of your lives together," she said finishing and sitting down. I hugged her and whispered a 'thank you' into her ear. I leaned back into my chair as Edward slung his arm across the back of it. He started drawing circles with his middle finger on my shoulderblade, making me melt into his touch. Emmett stood just like Alice had.
"Dude, you've been my brother all of my life, and I'm so glad that this happened. At Alice's wedding, when you told me you'd talked to Bella again, I knew it wouldn't be long before we were here. You seemed ginuinly happy, after you'd been through so much. I've always known Bella was it for you, especially in high school when you spent every waking moment together. You're a role model to all the guys here on how to treat a woman, because you've landed the best fish in the sea. I love both of you, and wish you well," he said, taking a swig of his drink. I saw Edward's chin quiver, which made me want to cry, becuase that was the deepest thing I had ever heard Emmett say. Edward leaned over and placed a kiss behind my ear. We soon ate dinner and then it was time for our first dance.
We had chosen the song, 'All of Me' by Michael Buble. It was a little faster in pace, but still slow enough that we could dance close together. Edward went easy on me, just swaying back and fourth only moving a little bit. I kept my face close to his as we had our dance floor conversation.
"I love you so much. Just thought I'd let you know, Mrs. Cullen," he said. I could hear the smirk in his voice.
"I feel the same about you, Mr. Cullen," I told him. Things soon got dirty while we whispered to each other.
"I can't wait to get you to the hotel and make love to you all night long. Then get you in Paris and make love to you all week. This is going to be a very active honeymoon,"
"Oh, you mean we're going to walking a lot? There are a lot of places I want to see..." I joked.
"Isabella Cullen, are you being smart with me?" I just giggled. "Oh, you'll get it later tonight," he said, kissing me as the song ended. The next dance was the Father/Daughter dance. I had felt horrible knowing I wouldn't be able to dance with my dad and Edward tried to help, but it just tore me apart. I talked to my dad about it and he told me to dance with Carlisle and that we'd have something else. So that was the plan. I was going to dance with Carlisle and Edward was going to dance with my mother. Carlisle grabbed my hand in his as the soft melody of 'Something Stupid' by Frank Sinatra flowed through the speakers.
"I am honored to have you as a daughter, Bella. It's about damn time it were made official. I've only been waiting since you and Edward were thirteen," he laughed. I had to laugh with him. I couldn't imagine what he thought after Edward and I had broken up, but now that we were together, and it was going to stay that way, I figured it didn't much matter.
"Well, it is an honor to finally be called your daughter," I told him.
"You always were. Even when you and Edward split. You always were," he whispered. My eyes filled with tears as he spoke. Today was just an emotional day in general, but the hormones made it ten times worse. The song ended and we went to go cut the cake.
Edward and I had promise each other that we would not, under any circumstances, shove cake in one anothers face. But I had to do it. It was just funny. And he wasn't even expecting it, so it made it that much funnier. I fixed it by kissing him and licking it off, but he was still pouty. So, I gave him another kiss. That seemed to make it all better. Everyone was dancing and having a good time while Edward and I walked around to say hello to everyone. When I sat back down at the table it was just me, Rose, and Alice. Emmett was charming the pants off of my mother and Jasper was dancing with Esme. What filled my heart, though, was the man that I was married to. He was dancing with his four year old cousin, and they both held huge grins. He would pick her up and spin her before setting her back down to move with her some more.
That's the moment I knew I wanted a baby girl.
Alice saw me staring and smiled. All three of us watched him until the song ended.
"He's going to be a great daddy," Alice told me. Rose nodded and looked at me with a smile.
"I know he is," I said, nodding in agreement. He was going to be the best dad there ever was, and I was truely excited to experience everything with him. He was no longer just going to be my hero, but a little baby's hero, too. He looked at me and smiled, knowing exactly what I was thinking. And just by that look, I knew he wanted a little girl, too. As much as he toughed it out and tried to tell me it was a little boy, he wanted a little princess. His cousin laughed as he picked her up and brouht her to our table. She sat on his lap and he leaned over to kiss me.
"Hi, what's your name?" I asked her.
"Emma," she told me confidently.
"Well, Emma, you have a very pretty dress on. You look like a princess," I told her.
"No, you're the princess. You're beatimuss," she said, playing with one of the roses on my strap.
"Well, thank you," I said. She blushed and his her face in Edward's chest. He was looking at me in a different light, but I couldn't tell you why. "What?" I asked, smiling.
"You're going to be the perfect mom," he said. I smiled widely at him.
"Really?" I asked excitedly. He laughed and kissed me to confirm it. "I was just thinking how you're going to be a wonderful dad," I told him.
"Well, we shall be wonderful together, my dear," he said, taking my hand. I was going to say something, but Alice's voice came over the speakers. Whoever gave her a microphone, they were going to regret it later because now she had full and total control.
"I need the bride in the middle of the dancefloor. Then I need all the single or unmarried ladies out here, because it is bouquet throwing time! Let's do this," she said. She would be conducting the event and as everyone made their way to the floor she stated the rules.
"Alright, ladies. There is only one rule. If you're going to play, play dirty. I'm going to count to three and then Bella's going to toss. So are we ready?" she asked. There was a loud cheer from the women on the floor and Alice told the DJ to play a song. He started to play 'Single Ladies' by Beyonce and you just had to laugh. "Ok, ladies. One... Two... Three!" she shouted as I threw the flowers into the air. I heard a bunch of screams and then turned to see who the lucky winner was. Jane stood in the middle of the circle, holding the boquet like it was diseased. I started cracking up and after she figured out that she had, indeed, caught it, she started laughing along with me.
"Ok, now I need the groom out here and can someone bring a chair?" Alice asked, looking around. Edward came out to the floor with Emmett, who had a chair with him. "Bella, take a seat, and I need all of the single or unmarried guys out here now. We're going to throw the garder. Same rules apply, Edward's throwing on three. But first, he has to fish for it." she said with an evil smirk. I sat in the chair and got situated while the guys made their way to the floor. Jasper and Emmett joined just for the fun of it. Edward got down on his knees to get ready to explore under my dress. The DJ started playing Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get it On' and I blushed fifteen different shades of red. That was Edward's signal to go on the hunt.
We kept eye contact the whole time as he started at my foot. He slowly snaked his hands up my ankle, calf, and knee, stopping when he got to my thigh. He fingered the lace of the garder all the way around and I raised an eyebrow, sparking a cheer from the crowd. Edward had one knee on the gorund, while the other sat up, so I stuck my foot on top of it, earning squeals from the girls. I laughed as he slowly pulled the lace down my leg. Once it was off, I placed my foot back onto the floor and bent down to kiss him. I stayed sitting as he turned and Alice counted. He shot it behind his head with perfect pricission and it landed right in Emmett's hands. My mouth dropped open and Edward started laughing as Emmett whooped and hollered. We got a picture of Emmett and Jane with their prizes and then danced for the rest of the night.
By the time we got back to our hotel, we were ready for the rest of our night. We tugged on each other's hand when one of us fell behind, eager to check in and get into our room. We walked up to the front counter and a younger man was standing at the computer. He smiled and asked how he could help us.
"There is a reservation for Cullen," Edward said eagerly. The man started typing and found our name.
"Yes, sir. I have you booked in a honeymoon sweet. Is that correct?" he asked, looking up.
"That is correct. We just got married. She's Isabella Cullen now," he bragged. The man laughed and looked at us with a ginuine smile.
"Well, congratulations, and have a good rest of your night, Mr. and Mrs. Cullen," he told us handing us the key. I waved and we made it into the sweet. Edward barely had the door closed before I was roughly pinned against it and his mouth was greedily on mine. I dropped everything in my hands, snaking them into his perfect hair, before wrapping my legs around his waist. I went at his mouth greedily before he carried us towards the bed. He threw me onto it and I knew we were going to have to slow down some.
"Hey, slow down. We have all night, and I don't want our roughness hurting the baby," I told him. I was leaning back on my elbows while he stood at the end of the bed. He got his tux off in record time and I was truely impressed.
"Slow? You want me to go slow? I can go slow. I'm going to make slow love to you and you're going to feel so good, baby," he told me, slidding one of my heels off. Once again, we never broke eye contact. He slid my other heel off and threw it over his shoulder before slowly crawling on top of me. He slid one of my straps off and placed a kiss on my shoulder. He then slid the other off, doing the same. I closed my eyes and my head feel back from the touch of his lips. He slowly skimmed his nose from my shoulder to my neck, nipping and kissing a little, until he got to my ear. He took my earlobe between his teeth and nibbled softly before whispering, "Sit up so I can get this damned dress off of you."
I did as I was told and st a tourtoruslly slow speed, he unzipped the dress. When he was done he pulled back to look at me before sliding it off. His eyes were dark and smouldering as he slid it down my body. He was still going slow, like he'd promised. He took my form in. My lace panties catching his eye. He went for those next, sliding them down my legs, then crawling back on top of me.
"What do you want from me, Isabella? You have to tell me or I won't know," he whispered in my ear. My eyes rolled into the back of my head as he finally unclasped my strapless bra.
"I want you to make love to me," I groaned, feeling his fingers trail down to my core. He teased before slipping two inside of me and and pumping. My breath hitched as he trailed kisses down my chest. His kisses traveled down until they were with his fingers at the promised land and he started sucking. I knew it wouldn't be long until I was over the edge, so I tried to keep off for as long as I could, just wanting to feel his tounge. He curled his fingers into my sweet spot and all was lost. I gasped before sighing his name and seeing stars. He lapped everythng up and pulled his fingers out.
"You're so gorgeous when you let go for me, baby," he said, bringing his lips to mine again. I could taste myself on his mouth, but I didn't care. I went to bend down to give him pleasure, but he pulled me back up. "Not tonight. Tonight's all about you, baby," he said, knowing that I needed him. And I did need him. Now.
"I need you," I panted and he complied. He went slow, really making love to me, and I was appreciative. I sighed his name over and over again and he grunted mine. When we were done, he took me into his arms and brought the sheet up over us. I could care less that I still had nothing on and I soon drifted off, whispering an 'I love you' to my husband. Tomorrow morning we would board a plane to Paris for our honeymoon. I couldn't wait.
Alright, monkies. There's the wedding. Bella and the bridesmaid dresses are on my profile, along witih other things, so go check them out! Tell me what you think about them in a review. And also, don't forget to review this chapter. I would appreciate it loads. (: Alright, here's the story rec for this chapter.
Secret Life by: MandyLeigh87 Rated- M
Bella meets and instantly hates Edward Cullen, her roommate's brother. But they both have secrets in their life that bring them closer in life and love than they ever imagined. AH E/B.
This story is really good, but if you don't like sad ones watch out, because this one had me going for my tissues. Alright, monkies, don't forget to leave me some lovin' and remember to give me oppinion about the clothing! Always appreciated. (:
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