Ch 21 But
JPOV
They are letting us get married, they support us. Now we just have to plan everything. Esme and my aunt want to help and I'm glad because I'm not sure where to start. We walk into Carlisle's office and sit on the couch as he goes to his desk.
"Boys, by calling Rev. Weber he will know and then he will most likely tell Angela. How do you want to do this?" he asks as he sits down.
"Can we call and talk to Angela first and tell her ourselves? That way we can have an idea of how her dad will react?" I ask.
"Sure, do you want me to leave while you talk to her?" he asks starting to stand.
"No, you can stay we aren't hiding anything," Ed says to him.
"Alright."
Edward pulls his phone out calling Angela, she answers after a few rings.
"Hey, Ang. It's Edward and Jasper; we aren't bothering you are we?"
"Ok, well, we would like to talk to you about something. It's important. Jasper and I are um, dating, each other."
I wait to the see the look on his face to her reaction. He smiles at me and winks. He speaks then, "Well, we have had feelings for each other for a year or so now, but we didn't confess until a couple nights ago."
He shakes his head laughing; he lowers the phone to tell me, "Apparently we were the last to know."
"Ang, thanks we have been concerned on how people will react around town. We have something else to ask, how do you think your dad would react to us being together?"
His eyebrows shoot up when he looks at me saying to her, "That's great. There is just one more thing, we want to get married Saturday, and do you think he would mind marrying us?"
He looks at me then Carlisle with a thumb up. "No, Ang, we would like to ask him. You can tell Ben, we don't mind." I nod my head agreeing with him. He pulls me by the back of my neck for a quick kiss. "Ok, we'll call the church and talk to him. Thanks for accepting us, bye Ang."
He hangs up looking at his dad saying, "She said he will accept us and will most likely do the wedding because he married her cousin Stephanie and her girlfriend Janice last summer. She said he's open-minded and will probably be honored to do it. Can you call him, dad, you know what to say and ask?"
"Sure, I'll call him now," Carlisle answers as he picks up the phone to call the church.
I turn to Edward and kiss him briefly, I ask, "So, she is ok with this, with you and me?"
"Yup," he says popping the p. "She is excited and wants to make sure she gets invited to our wedding."
"So, who else do you want to call or go see?" I ask pulling him into my side kissing his head.
"Well, Mike, Jessica, Tyler and Lauren, they seemed to be ok with us before, I know James has probably got it around most of the town anyway. I'm not sure if there is anyone else, what about you?"
"Peter and Charlotte would be nice; I think that should be enough people. Those are the people we are the closest with," I tell him.
"Ok," he flips through his contacts and finding one he holds the phone to his ear listening to it ring.
Carlisle is on the phone with Rev. Weber, I hear him say, "Thanks, the boys will be glad that you accept them as a couple. We, well they, wanted to know if you would marry them this Saturday."
He nods saying, "Ok, I will let you know the time once everything is set. Thanks again, Jim. Bye." He hangs up the phone looking over at us, while Ed is on the phone.
Ed is apparently talking to Mike because he says, "But Mike, what we are doing isn't wrong."
"If you feel that way then fine, we won't bother you any longer."
"Ok, we won't talk to Jessica either." I look at him with furrowed brows and Carlisle comes to sit on the table in front of us.
"Yeah, bye," with that he hangs up dropping his chin to his chest.
"Babe, what's wrong, what did he say?" I ask as I pull him to me, I can tell he is starting to cry.
"He doesn't want to be friends with us anymore. He said James already told him and he doesn't want to be around any fags. That quote 'you two fags can go to hell' and he said he better never catch us talking to Jessica either."
"He said something else, what was it?" Carlisle asks. "I know he did because of the way you hung up."
He shakes his head at us burrowing his head into my chest more.
"Babe, what did he say?" He shakes his head again. "Babe, tell me; no secrets remember."
He takes a deep shaky breath and finally says, "If either of you come near me or Jessica what James does to you will be nothing compared to what I'll have done to you."
I look at Carlisle and he shakes his head. He gets up and walks to his desk sitting down grabbing the phone.
"Charlie, its Carlisle. Apparently James does have something planned against the boys. Michael Newton just told Edward, 'If either of you come near me or Jessica what James does to you will be nothing compared to what I'll have done to you.' I believe Michael may be a threat as well."
"Ok, thanks Charlie." He hangs up and walks back over to us.
"Boys, Charlie is going to talk to Michael and see what he knows about James. He is also going to let him know that if something happens to either of you he will be first on Charlie's list of suspects. Everything is going to be ok. Do you want me to sit with you while you call the others?"
I nod pulling out my phone holding Edward against my chest; he has stopped crying, but is still sniffling. I dial Tyler's number and he answers on the second ring, "Hello."
"Hey Tyler, I have some news to tell you."
"No you don't, I was with Mike when James outed you and Edward. Mike apparently thinks like James and is hanging out with him today. I don't think like them, if you two are together than it isn't my business. Are you two happy being with each other?"
"Yeah, we are; more than anyone could know." I say smiling a Carlisle with a nod of my head. He just smiles and relaxes a little.
"Well, that is all that matters. I am not going to stop being friends with you guys because of a relationship. I haven't told Lauren, though she is with me, I stepped away so she didn't hear us talking. Can I tell her or do you want to do that?"
"Yes, please tell her while we are on the phone so I can hear her reaction, please," I say kissing my boys head.
I hear their conversation, "Hey Lauren, come here. This is Jasper and Edward on the phone, they asked me to tell you something."
"Ok, what?" she asks.
"They are dating, each other." To that she squeals loud.
"I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! Give me the phone."
"Jazz, here's Lauren."
"Hey Jasper is Edward with you?"
"Mmmhmm."
"Well, congratulations, it's about time you two wised up."
My eyebrows shoot up and Carlisle laughs loud. Edward lifts up looking at me with a furrowed brow.
I told them and Lauren as well, "We are or were definitely the last to know. Tyler and Lauren are fine with us." Ed smiles finally.
"Lauren there is one thing I didn't get to say to Tyler yet, we are getting married Saturday and wanted to know if you would like to come."
"We will most definitely be there."
"Ok, thanks, bye."
"Bye."
I hang up as I tell them, "That went better than I expected; Tyler was with Mike when James told him, but he doesn't agree with them." I just smile and give my boy a kiss.
EPOV
"Are you going to call Peter now?" I ask after he kissed me. He nods and dials Peter's number.
"Hey, Pete, how's it going?" he asks, I just lay my head on his chest again.
"Good, glad to hear. Tell Char we said hi. I have some news myself, I am dating Edward," he says rubbing my back.
"Really, we seem to be the last to know apparently," he laughs. With my head on his chest I can hear the rumble of his laugh and his heart, I like listening to it.
"We finally manned up and talked Friday night, but there is something else."
"No, we aren't pregnant you twit," he says really laughing and dad laughs big at that.
"Boys, everything seems fine, so I will leave you to talk," with that dad left the room.
"We are getting married this Saturday; we're inviting just close friends and family. We don't have a time set yet, but I'll make sure to let you know."
"Yeah, I'll tell him. Bye Pete."
He hangs up and says, "Guess what?" I just rise up to look at him. "He apparently knew too and he and Char had a bet as to when we would finally admit it to each other."
"What was the bet?" I ask.
"He said after graduation and she said before, if he won she had to wax his car. If she won he had to let her put her new make-up on him to see if she likes how it goes together. He will be looking beautiful in no time," he laughs out.
"OH. MY. GOD. She is going to have fun doing that, I almost feel sorry for him. Almost."
"I'm going to text her and have her take pictures and send them to us." He texts her and then puts his phone away.
"Are you ok? I know talking to Mike upset you, it did me too. If you want I can teach you to fight, I know you don't like to, but you'll be able to defend yourself better," he asks cupping my cheek.
He was right I did need to learn how to defend myself. Getting to work out with him was going to be fun.
"I'm good; I wasn't expecting Mike to act that way since we have all been friends for years. You're right; I think I need to learn to defend myself."
"We can do that tomorrow. Are you ready to go to bed, we've had a long day," he asks kissing my neck.
"Yeah, let's go to bed."
He gets up and pulls me off the couch. We walk to the kitchen to tell everyone good night.
"We told Peter, Char, Tyler and Lauren before we told the gang about getting married. They are going to be pissed," I say stepping into the kitchen.
"No, we aren't pissed, we were told. Esme called and told us all to come over. They told us, Carlisle even told us about Mike. I have never liked him, he always seems snotty," says Rose as I stop and look up in surprise at them being there. Sitting at the table was the whole gang.
"Thank you Esme. We were nervous about telling our other friends about us. We love you guys and would never hurt you," Jazz says holding me from behind.
"We know. Now, we have been helping to get this wedding planned, we just have to set a time. What do you boys suggest?" Alice inquires.
I turn to him saying, "What time?"
"Two would be good."
"Two o'clock, that ok? We can go with another time, if not," I ask linking my fingers with his on my stomach. He rubs his thumbs against my stomach lightly. He is starting to make me hard. I squeeze his hand and trap his thumbs from moving. He just chuckles into my neck.
Esme looks around to everyone at them all nodding. Carlisle nods and saying, "That seems perfect. Can you ladies get everything planned in time?"
"Oh dear, you know me, I can plan a party even with no notice," Esme laughs. We all nod chuckling in agreement.
"What kind of tuxes are you wearing or are you not telling each other so it's a surprise?" Alice asks.
"We aren't wearing tuxes, just dress clothes. We want everyone to be comfortable, so it's informal," Jazz answers.
"WHAT! NO! NO! NO! You have to wear tuxes!" she shouts.
"NO! We are getting married, so we decide; all final decisions are made by us. Nothing and I mean nothing gets done or finalized unless we agree. End of story," I say standing up taller getting pissed.
Jazz pulls me up tight to him talking in my ear, "Shh, babe, calm down. We will make all decisions, if they don't like it oh well. We can always go to the courthouse and get married in jeans and t-shirts."
"But, but…"
"No buts Alice, Ed's right we decide, if no one likes it we can just get married while at the courthouse," Jazz says raising a brow at her and looking at everyone in the room.
"Fine. I can help you pick the clothes though, right? I can't cook very well, but I can help with decorations and you know I'm great with fashion," she finally concedes.
"Yes, that's fine. Now, does anyone have any problems with our decisions?" he asks them.
"No, everything gets finalized by you. Ok, I'm helping with food, Rose and Em are going to work on decorations and Alice is doing clothes. Is there anything else we need to discuss?" Bella says smiling.
"We need to know how many people are coming," comments Sue.
"Tyler, Lauren, Peter and Charlotte are all coming; Rev. Weber is marrying us so, him, Mrs. Weber, Angela and Ben. That makes counting all of us a total of twenty. Is there anyone you want to invite mom and dad or you, Sue?" I ask.
"No, I think it's up to you on who you want here. There isn't anyone I feel needs to be here," Dad says looking over at mom.
"I would have asked Charlie, but you seem to have been inviting him anyway," Sue says looking down.
"What, are you seeing Charlie?" Jazz asks his aunt.
"Yeah, we just started seeing each other a week or so ago. Are you ok with that?" she asks looking up at him.
"It isn't my business. If he makes you happy then you should date. Who am I to judge?" he says shrugging his shoulder making us all laugh.
"Ok, now what kind of cake do you want, there are traditional tiered or we could go with just a square cake and what flavors you want," mom says looking down at her pad of paper.
I look back at him and shrug.
"What is a traditional tiered? What all happens at a wedding anyway?" Jazz asks.
"Ok, the short of it is this, tiered is more than one cake stacked on the other, bride and groom or in your case, groom and groom feed each other the first piece. There is dancing or can be; dinner, bouquet and garter tossing," says Rose looking at what mom is writing down.
"Ok, first off, no bouquets we aren't girls, we decided we each will wear a garter on our arm and toss those. We will toss them together, so everyone will stand at once, mixed guys and girls. Second, we'll go with the tiered," he looks at me and I nod. "That cake, we'll talk about flavor and let you know tomorrow."
"You can't stay the night with each other Friday night, it goes against tradition," Alice says smiling.
"Sorry, but we will be staying the night together, we don't sleep alone, ever, from now on," I say pulling his arms tighter around me.
"But, but..."
"No buts Alice, that one is their choice. I understand their reason, so just leave it alone," dad says looking at her sternly.
No one knows about our dreams other than him, mom and Sue.
"Ok," she agrees looking down.
"What about a bachelor party?" Seth asks.
"Yeah, are you going to do one?" Jake spoke up that time.
"Sure, what can we do?" I ask looking around to see who was going to answer.
"Usually a bachelor party is drinking and strip clubs or bars. But you all are under age, so we will do something here. If all your parents agree, we can have you all here Thursday night and I will allow you a few drinks, nothing hard. Everyone drinking will stay the night here or have a ride home by their parents, no exceptions. I will talk with Charlie and let him know, that way if anyone in town says anything he will know your parents approved and I don't get in trouble," dad says with authority.
"Ok, that sounds reasonable; you kids can get movies or games to play. We were talking about food and suggested burgers, ribs, slaw, potato and macaroni salads, Caesar salad, rolls and sodas and sparkling cider. What do you boys think?" mom says still jotting things down.
Jazz nudges my neck with his chin and I turn to look at him. "I want pulled barbeque not ribs, what about you?"
"That sounds good, burgers are fine too. Anything else?"
"Sweet tea, you know I can't live without it," he laughs lightly.
I kiss his lips then turn back to look at everyone looking anywhere except at us. I just laugh loud.
"Ok, we get it, no kissing in front of everyone. Now, we would rather have pulled barbeque instead of ribs and the burgers are fine. Sweet tea is a must, no exceptions," I turn and look at him. "What kind of cake do you want?"
"You know I love dark chocolate," he kisses me that time.
"Ok, cake we want one dark chocolate and the other white with strawberries in the center. You know what I'm talking about mom." She nods still writing, she is going to have issues if she didn't stop soon.
"Well, it seems we have the most of it all settled. We will pick up this talk tomorrow, you girls are welcome to come over and help me, I mean us, plan the rest," she says looking up at us. I nod with a smile.
"Well, we are going to say goodnight and will see everyone tomorrow," Jazz said pulling me backwards.
"Goodnight," I tell them.
"Goodnight, boys," they all yell laughing.