YAY! Only half and hour now until it's the second... and Breaking Dawn comes out! Going shopping first thing in the morning to get the book (if it's released over here in Australia by then)... Gosh, I hope it is! So as a "Breaking Dawn being released" present... here's the wedding scene!

Chapter 21 - The Ceremony

"Alice will be Alice," I whispered to myself as I looked around the marquee. The royal blue seats that held our family and friends were split into two halves, with a golden carpet running down the middle aisle. Candles lit the darkening area, providing a strange yet beautiful glow beneath the extra lights. White freesias sat around an arch at the end of the aisle, yet all of the beauty of the area faded in comparison to the man that was waiting for me.

He stood there, looking as exceptional as always in his black tuxedo. He was so beautiful; I felt a flicker of the old fear, that he was just a dream – not possibly real – and just out of my grasp if I were to reach for him.

I continued walking forward with Charlie, and it seemed to take ages, but I was finally next to him. Charlie kissed my cheek before he went to sit in the front row, next to Renee, Phil, Esme and Carlisle.

"You are absurdly beautiful," he whispered.

"You took my line," I replied in a low voice that only he would hear. "Just when I convince myself that you're actually real, you show up looking like this and I'm afraid I'm dreaming again."

He smiled my favorite crooked smile as the minister spoke.

"We are gathered here today in the face of this company, to join together Edward Anthony and Isabella Marie in matrimony; which is an honorable and solemn estate and therefore is not to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly, but reverently and soberly. Into this estate these two persons present come now to be joined. If any one can show just cause why they may not be lawfully joined together, let them speak now or forever hold their peace. "

I looked around, my breath hitching slightly as I scanned our family and friends. Satisfied as no one moved, I smiled as I turned back to the minister.

"We are gathered here today, not to witness the beginning of what will be, but rather what already is," he said. "We do not create this marriage, because we cannot. We can and do, however, celebrate with Edward and Bella the wondrous and joyful occurrence that has already taken place in their lives. Edward and Bella have found that special someone to love and trust with heart, mind, and soul. They have found someone to support them and comfort them in times of trial. They also know they have good reason to be happy together and we rejoice with them in their union.

Turning to my Adonis, the minister asked him "Edward, do you take Bella for your lawful wedded wife, to live in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish her from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live?"

Edward looked up from my face to the minister. "I do," he said, before turning back to me.

The minister turned his attention to me "Bella, do you take Edward for your lawful wedded husband, to live in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?"

I didn't even bother moving my eyes from Edward's, although I don't know that I could have had I tried. "I do."

"Now, Edward and Bella, will you please join hands and, to each other, express your vows of love and devotion."

Edward went first, staring deeply into my eyes as he spoke. "I, Edward, take you Bella, to be my lover, my friend, and my beloved partner in life. During times of plenty and times of want, times of sickness and times of health, I will be by your side. When we are blessed with sorrow as with joy, we will face and share those experiences together. I vow to respect and cherish you. I will care for you and protect you. I will comfort and encourage you. I will be to you faithful and always true for all eternity to come."

I smiled at his words, and took a deep breath before I spoke. "I, Bella, take you Edward, to be my husband, best friend, partner and lover. I will honor and respect our bond and love you more each day. I will trust you, laugh with you and share your sorrows with you. Always by your side in good times and bad, regardless of challenges we may meet. I give you my heart, my love, my hand in all our days together."

The minister turned and nodded to Emmett. Emmett handed my wedding ring to Edward and Edwards to me as the minister continued.

"The marriage ring seals the vows of marriage and represents a promise for eternal and everlasting love. It is a physical manifestation of the promises joining both the bride and groom together. The wedding ring is placed on the fourth finger of the left hand because it was traditionally believed that this finger was a direct connection to the heart - the perfect place for a symbol representing eternal love and commitment."

Edward held out my ring in the palm of his hand and the minister placed his hand over it. "May this ring be blessed so he who gives it and she who wears it may abide in peace, and continue in love until life's end."

"With this ring I thee wed," Edward said, placing the ring on my finger. "Wear it as a symbol of our love and commitment." He kissed the ring before he let go of my hand.

The minister placed the same blessing on Edward's ring. "May this ring be blessed so that she who gives it and he who wears it may abide in peace, and continue in love until life's end."

"With this ring I thee wed. Wear it as a symbol of our love and commitment."

"May this couple be prepared to continue to give, be able to forgive and experience more and more joy with each passing day, with each passing year. Edward and Bella are now beginning their married life together, we hope that they may have loving assistance from their family, the constant support of friends, and a long life with good health and everlasting love.

"In so much as Edward and Bella have consented to live forever together in wedlock, and have witnessed the same before this company, having given and pledged their troth, each to the other, and having declared same by the giving and receiving of a ring, I pronounce that they are husband and wife.

"You may now seal the promises you have made with each other with a kiss."

"Don't mind if I do," Edward said, and he grabbed my face in his hands and pressed his cold lips to mine, dazzling me in front of all our family and friends.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the loving couple Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cullen."

Yes, I know Stephenie Meyer's wedding will be much more cooler than mine... but if I was anywhere near as talented as Stephenie is, then I would have my own Edward Cullen, and I wouldn't still be killing myself with school and work. Anyway, happy reading of Breaking Dawn!