Chapter 21

Wedding part 2

Ugh how I hated my pixie like sister right now, she wants to do the traditional. So that meant Edward, my dad and the other men were away having a bachelor party, while my hen's party was just about to begin and how I hated the idea of it, when all I wanted to do was curl up with Edward.

Right now we were all sitting in the living room watching the notebook. I was sitting on my beautiful snow leopard rug (that Jasper had made for me from the leopard I killed when my life really began again) with my eyes glued to the screen. Alice had wanted to start with the presents but as it was my party and I had to suffer through it, I wanted to start with a movie. We played all the normal hen's night type of party games until I decided it was time for gifts.

From Esme a beautiful silver framed photograph of my parents. She told me that even though I was one of her daughters, I should never forget the ones that came before. I knew that it was not likely that I was ever going to forget them, with the vampire mind being what it was but still it was nice to hold something that showed me that I was loved by them.

From Rosalie a gilded brush and mirror set. She said that even though I was not a pretty as her, she thought that maybe, just maybe with a little help maybe one day I would.

I laughed at that. If you talked to Edward I was already the most beautiful person in the house, but then maybe that was the way of all mated vampires and those who are dating vampires, they always saw their mate as the most beautiful.

Now for Alice this was the one that I was worried about. Her idea of a gift would probably have had me blushing if I had been human. I opened her gift like it was a bomb and like I thought her gift was lingerie. Very lingerie - ish lingerie, of the kind they had in French films. Apparently if I had been human she told me, she might have got me the type of lingerie that Edward could have eaten off me and even though I couldn't blush, I came close to it, as close as a vampire could come anyway.

Soon the next day came and I was up in Alice's room getting ready for my big day. Then there was a cough from the doorway and there stood my dad Charlie, looking so dashing in his midnight blue suit and blushing at my look as my eyes moved up and down.

"I was not sure what to get you as I know you don't like expensive gift so I got you this" he said and Charlie put his hand in his pockets and produced a white box, and gave it to me.

I opened it and inside was a hair comb, with dark blue sapphires that were clustered around into intricate floral shapes. Oh my god, it was beautiful, Alice took it and placed it in my hair.

"It was your Grandma swan's, I know she would have wanted you to have it" Charlie added. I wanted to hug him so much but I knew Alice would not let it, as it would ruin all her work on me and the dress.

Besides everything was in place now, the contacts, the make up, everything. Charlie and I now waited at the top of the stairs that would lead into the ball room, which had been the living room until Alice and Esme had got to it. I was sure that by the time we come back here one day, it would be a living room again.

As we heard the music start up, we started our dance down the staircase(how much easier it was now that I had control). As we got to the end the music changed and Pachelbel's cannon was heard(An: check the song out, its beautiful ). I could smell the snap dragons and other flowers all over the place and as I looked up the isle and there Edward was. His eyes were buttery, burning gold and as I got to him and he took my hand from Charlie, I felt like I was home for the first time in a long time. I was home.

I barely heard Emmett say the traditional vows until it was time to say I do. Then Emmett declared us husband and wife and then he said now you may kiss the bride.

As the kiss began we had pretty much forgotten everyone else and in our thoughts our words of I love you were filled with deep joy, that now we were as we were always meant to be.

As there was not too many of us and as far as Charlie knew this was our second wedding, we did not have much of a reception party, but still the main tradition of the wedding cake was still observed. After that we had the dancing which I was so glad that I was not clumsy anymore, I could not say the same for Charlie.

Soon Edward and I changed and got into his car and drove away heading for our honeymoon. Edward and I soon took to the water in a boat, that soon got us to an island.

"What is this place?" I asked.

I had heard about isle Esme and how Carlisle gave it to Esme as a gift but this was not it. Isle Esme was down near Rio and we were no where near that. I knew that I was not quite ready for a plane ride yet.

"This is Tsuru island. Translated it means Swan or Crane island. I brought it as my gift to you as it seems to be named after you. It seemed appropriate, now we have our own island to disappear on if we want too" he said taking our bags from the boat.

All though we had already made love, tonight would be our first as man and wife. I remembered a time when we were first going out to our meadow,

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb..."

"What a stupid lamb"

"What a sick, masochistic lion"

Edward had thought at the time that he was the lion and I the lamb but now I think differently. For if I wasn't for my questions and quick working brain I would not have worked out what they were and I would have missed out on the best man in the world. I am the lion I thought to him and he thought back then I am the happy lamb that was caught by the lion because even if I die I die with the one I love.

Then I decided that I would show him that if he thought our nights before were good, it was time to show that lamb or lion which ever he was right now, how strong this little lamb could be as she turn into her own lion.

An: so now they are married and to those who think that this is the end its not. There is someone who has been out of the picture for a while now who is going to show up pretty soon.