Dreams Do Come True Ch 21: Beginning of Forever, a twilight fanfic

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Chapter Twenty-One:
The Beginning of Forever

"So?" I asked stealthily. "When is Alice coming to play dress up?"

"She was planning on kidnapping you sometime soon. She has some last minute things to give and show you. But don't worry; they aren't anything like the ones from Thursday night. This reminds me. I still haven't seen those," He arched a perfect brow and smiled mischievously.

"And with any luck, you never will." I said as I tried to distract him with a kiss on his chest.

"You know, I can always find out from Alice."

"Then you wonder why I call you a cheater."

"No, I don't wonder why. I wonder how you can notice so easily. You have always surprised me though. You are so perceptive, Bella, you notice things that some vampires never grasp. And the way our abilities don't work on you. Even Jasper can't use his on you all the time. It really is no wonder why everyone wants you."

"But I am yours. Now and forever," I said.

"And I greatly appreciate that. But I still want to know what Alice bought for you."

"I'll make a deal with you."

"What kind of deal?"

I started to kiss his cheek and neck. He always was better at the distracting thing than I was. But this might work. After about five minutes he pulled back from me. I smiled sweetly. He chuckled as he pulled me back to his chest.

"And you call me a cheater. To bad for you I have such a good memory. So, like I was saying, what is this deal?"

I let out an exasperated breath. "Fine, I will show them to you tonight. But you have to realize, that I do not promise to wear any of them. And you can not ask Alice, Rosalie, or Esme about the outfits. Or I will burn them all."

"Even Esme knows?" He looked at me with disbelief clear on his face. "How can they be that bad if Esme has seen them?"

"Your mother would surprise you. Just remember, she is a woman first. Then a mother and vampire; at least that is what I learned about her on Thursday."

Just then there was a soft knock on the door.

"Come in Alice." Edward said with a smile.

"I must say. I really like when Bella is around. She actually distracts you enough for me to keep some visions to myself for once. Thank you Bella; and just so you know, dear brother. You both will be getting a surprise later."

"What did you see Alice?"

"Didn't I just say that it's a surprise? Man, Edward, you really do need to concentrate when Bella is around, don't you."

Edward scowled as we both laughed.

"So how is this going to work exactly? I have been to one wedding in my life. And that was when Renee married Phil. So what do I need to do? And how long is this going to take?"

"Well, you just have to get dressed. Then you sit back and let us take care of everything else. Rosalie went to make some last minute touch ups to the meadow. So Esme and I will be getting you ready today. Edward, I trust you to stay out of our heads for a couple of hours. I realize that that is a lot to ask of you. But you wouldn't want to spoil the day, would you?"

"No. But how long will this take? When are we leaving? And won't I see her anyway, when I drive her to the meadow?"

"We are leaving at about eleven thirty, eleven forty-five. And, nice try, I will be driving Bella to the meadow in her car. You will be in the Volvo with Jazz. Carlisle and Esme are taking Emmett in the Mercedes. Oh and here you two go."

She handed us each a piece of paper. I unfolded mine and read it. It was the most beautiful wedding vows I had ever heard. "Alice, these are beautiful. How did you know I wanted to write my own vows?"

"Bella, think of who you are asking; I had a vision yesterday. I then wrote them down for you. Now, do you think you can memorize them by noon?"

"Yes and thank you."

"You're welcome. I am sorry Edward, but I have to take her now. Emmett and Jasper are waiting for you in Rosalie and Emmett's room."

"Well, Miss Swan, are you ready for this?"

"Yes, Mr. Cullen, I believe I am."

I smiled as he gave me our last un-married kiss. Then I let Alice drag me from the room. Since that was the only way I would currently be able to leave Edward's arms.

Esme was sitting on the bed, cross legged, waiting for us, when we got into Alice and Jasper's room. She smiled as we entered and got up to give me a hug. A few happy tears fell from my eyes and Esme laughed softly as she wiped them away.

"Just a little longer my dear; we are so happy for the both of you. And believe me when I say we are just as anxious as you are."

Alice then came and gave me a big hug. "Well, my friends, my sister, are you ready?"

"Yes, more than you can possibly know."

She giggled as she ran to the closet and pulled out the four dresses. She laid their three on the bed and brought me mine. Go take a shower and put this on. We will take care of the rest."

I nodded and went into the bathroom. I took a quick shower making sure to wash my hair quickly. I had a little time. But not so much that I could just lounge in the shower. I got out and dried off completely. I pulled the dress on and gasped. I had almost forgotten how beautiful the dress was. I knew that Edward would love it. And I couldn't wait to see his face when I started to walk through the meadow in it. I went back into the room and sat on the chair they had placed in the center of the room for me.

Esme then took Rosalie's traditional role of hair duty. She blow dried it and put hot rollers on just the bottom. Then she pulled the front back in some beautiful silver butterfly clips. Then she strategically placed real flowers around the crown of my head.

Alice, mean while. Put on my makeup. She put on some eye liner, eye shadow and mascara. She then looked through a couple of lipsticks. She finally chose a very light ruby one. When she was done they both stepped back to admire their work; Esme then picked up a camera that was on the bed. She took a couple of pictures then told me to sit back down. Alice gave me some silver high heals that laced up my calf and a garter that I was to pull all the way up to my mid thigh.

The door then opened and we all looked to see Rosalie come in.

"Is everything taken care of?" Esme asked her.

"Of course, Bella, you look beautiful."

"Thank you Rosalie." I said turning a deep shade of red.

Alice laughed as she said. "And that is why I didn't use any blush. No man made color could compare to Bella's natural blush." I turned even redder and they all laughed lightly.

"We will be back in a couple of minutes." Esme said as she kissed my cheek and ran from the room with her dress. Alice and Rosalie grabbed their dresses too and went into the bathroom. While they were gone I repeated the vows to myself over and over again. I needed to memorize them. They came back about five minutes later; dresses on, hair and makeup done. They looked gorgeous, of course.

"You both look so beautiful."

"Thank you." they said in unison.

Esme then returned, looking amazing in her wine colored dress.

"Esme, you look breathtaking."

"Thank you my dear." She said with a smile as she sat back on the bed between Alice and Rosalie. "Now, we have something for you before we get going." She turned around and grabbed a box off of the bed. She opened it up and handed me the most beautiful bouquet of flowers I had ever seen.

"We took our time and came up with the perfect bouquet for you." Alice said as she came up to me. They then took turns telling me what the different flowers meant.

"To start, we have lavender Roses. They represent enchantment."

"The Daisies represent loyalty in love."

"The white Stephamotis represents happiness in marriage and a desire to travel."

"The blue Iris represents faith and hope."

"The yellow Iris is for passion."

"The violet Gloxina represents love at first sight."

"And the Freesia has many meanings. The traditional is innocence and thoughtfulness. It also represents your smell to Edward. We picked the pink Freesia for your blush."

By now I must have looked insane. I am sure my grin could be described as big and dopey. My face was red and I was sure that they could feel the heat across the hall.

They really had put a lot of thought into this though. Even the simple act of picking out the bouquet was done with the utmost seriousness.

"Thank you all so much. I will never be able to repay you for everything you have done for me."

"Well, I wouldn't say that." Alice chided. "You never know what is going to happen in the future." We all laughed as Alice started for the door.

"Okay, Edward and Jasper are gone. We better not make them wait too long. Who knows what Edward will do if he is left alone for too long." We all laughed again.

"It's already eleven thirty?" I asked her.

"No. But there is a surprise at the meadow." Rosalie said with a wicked gleam in her eyes.

"What have you done now?"

"We didn't do anything." Alice said indicating Rosalie and herself. What in the world had Esme done now?

"Esme?" I asked questioningly, not able to keep the worry from my voice.

"You will find out when we get there. And stop worrying. It is nothing bad."

"So let's go!" Alice said excitedly as she jumped up and down at the door.

We walked down the stairs and into the living room. There we met up wit Carlisle and Emmett.

"Wow, Bella, you look beautiful." Emmett said, making me blush again.

"You really do, Bella." Carlisle agreed.

"Okay everyone; stop gawking at the bride before Edward finds out." Alice said laughing. "Let's go. Before Edward comes back to see what is taking us so long."

We then got into our respective cars and drove to the meadow. We were there in five minutes. I used the time to make sure that I had remembered my vows. I would not want to look like an idiot in front of my family. As I got out of the car I tripped on my long vale. Just then two stone arms wrapped around me. A soft female voice I had never heard before then filled my ears.

"I heard that you were clumsy, but that was more than I could have guessed."

I turned around to find out who the owner of the voice was. When I turned I was met with four of the most beautiful vampires I had ever seen. I don't know how Rosalie could stand to be in even the same state as them. I could do nothing but stand there stupidly and stare at them. Suddenly Alice's wind chime laugh broke my rude gawking.

"Bella, this is Tanya, Irina, Kate, and Carmen. You will meet Eleazar in a moment.

"You're the Denali Coven." I said stupidly. My brain still had not completely come back to life.

Tanya started to laugh as she stepped forward to shake my hand. "It is very nice to finally meet you Miss Bella Swan." She said in a beautifully enchanting voice.

"Same here," I said. "I have heard so much about you. I am so glad you are here. But, how did you find out about the wedding?"

"Well, we have been keeping close tabs on our dear Edward for some time now. Then Esme sent us an invitation to his wedding. How could we possibly pass up the opportunity to meet the one person that could do what we could not?"

"And what was that?" I asked skeptically. How could I do anything that they could not?

"Why, make him fall in love, of course. But we can talk about all of that later. Don't we have a wedding to get started?"

"Yes, we do." Carlisle said backing up from Kate and Irina.

Alice was suddenly by my side. "We are going to run you to just outside the meadow. Then Rosalie and I will walk down with Emmett and Jasper. I was talking with Carmen earlier. She said that, if you want, Eleazar can walk you down the aisle. But it is okay if you don't want him too. We know that you do not know him."

"Are you sure? I don't want to make him. But I really don't want to walk down the aisle by myself."

"Bella, we would never let you walk alone."

"Okay, so what did you have in mind?"

"Do you want Eleazar to walk you down or not?"

"If you already had a plan then we can just do that. I just hope that Eleazar doesn't take it personal."

"No, that is quite alright." Carmen said as she came up to us "We will go take out seats now. You are a very beautiful bride Miss Bella. I look forward to talking to you later."

I mumbled embarrassed thanks and they all laughed as I turned red. Then they all turned and ran into the forest. Alice then held her arms open for me. I held on to her tightly as she ran us to the meadow. When she stopped we all made sure that our hair and dresses were still perfect.

Emmett and Jasper then shot into the trees and to their wives sides. I could hear the wedding march start to play on a piano. It made me think momentarily about my dream. If I never heard that music again it would be too soon. Suddenly the music stopped and I squeaked in surprise as Jasper and Emmett shot back into the trees.

Jasper let out a wave of calm as Emmett took one of my arms in his. Jasper then took the other arm and they both smiled down at me.

"I know you didn't think that we were going to let our sister walk alone?" Emmett asked.

I smiled up at the both of them. Tears were freely coming down my cheeks. Emmett wiped them away with a soft chuckle. "It's time to go." He said as music broke the silence again. It was my lullaby. As we broke out of the line of trees I saw Carlisle standing right in front of me. But Edward was not there. I looked towards the source of the music. There he was. Staring at me as he sat at the piano, playing the music he had composed for me. Could this be any more perfect?"

I suddenly felt like I was in a dream again. One of the ones you have as a small child, the kind that causes you deja vu for the rest of your life. That is, until your dream finally does come true. This was my dream come true. A dream I had never known I was dreaming. But now it was my life. And life could not get any better than this.

Emmett and Jasper stopped walking and each gave me a kiss on the cheek. I smiled as they took their places, as did Edward. He grabbed my hands in his and gave me a quick wink as Carlisle started the ceremony.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today; in the sight of God, and these witnesses, to join in holy matrimony, Edward Anthony Masen Cullen and Isabella Marie Swan. If there be any here that believe that these two should not be joined, let them speak now, or forever hold their peace."

He then paused for a moment. Edward let go of my hands and turned quickly towards Emmett to glare. Emmett just snickered and shrugged his shoulders. I looked questioningly at Edward. He shook his head and looked back to Carlisle. After another second I did too. Then Carlisle continued.

"Now, these two have written some vows that they would like to share with each other. Edward, if you would please start."

Edward took my hands in his again and looked deep into my eyes. "My dearest Bella, Loving someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved deeply gives you courage. You are my first love. You are my real love. I love you, not only, for whom you are. But for whom I am when I am with you. For what you have done with my life. I love you for making me happy ... good ... and whole. This is what you do for me just by being yourself. No one else could do that, only you."

"When we are apart; we feel the lack of the other half of ourselves; incomplete, like a book in two volumes of which one has been lost. Our love is a friendship set to music. With an endless love, we will share our thoughts, dreams, and ourselves. As I become your husband this day. Remember that my love for you is eternal."

I could feel the tears streaming down my face. Edward smiled down at me as he wiped them away. Carlisle then spoke again.

"Bella, it is your turn, dear."

I took a calming breath as I heard quiet chuckles. I then looked deep into Edward's liquid topaz eyes. I then recited the vows that Alice had written so perfectly for me.

"My dearest Edward; loving you has given me strength. The love I have received from you has given me unbelievable courage. You are my first love, my real love. Someone who is treasured, as I treasure you can be separated by distance and time ... Yet, upon returning, the love resumes as if they were never apart; because, in out hearts, we have always been together."

"Edward, my angel, as I become your wife on this day; I want you to know that you are my 'Soul Mate' for all eternity. You are my world, my life, my everything. My love is eternally yours."

"Now, with the giving and receiving of the rings we bind these two together forever. Edward, would you please place the ring on Bella's finger and repeat after me?"

Edward turned and was handed a ring by Jasper. He slipped it on my finger with a triumphant smile. I looked down at the ring. This was way too much. It was beautiful, of course, but it was way too much. It had more tiny diamonds than I could count. And the one in the middle was huge. I wish he could tone down the spending. But I should really know better by now. But I could not deny that it was beautiful, and I loved it.

I looked back up at him and tried to glare. But he smiled his gorgeous crooked smile and my heart melted. I would find a way to get him back for this. I was suddenly hit with the realization that I had nothing to do with the picking of his ring. I was going to have to trust that Alice had me in mind as well as Edward when she got it. I'm pretty sure she would. I hoped.

"Cheater," I mouthed to Edward. He smiled larger as Carlisle started to speak again.

"I, Edward Anthony Masen Cullen,"

"Do solemnly swear."

"To love, honor, and cherish."

"Isabella Marie Swan."

"Isabella Marie Cullen, I mean Swan." Everyone started to laugh.

"Until the end of eternity,"

Carlisle then turned to me. "Bella, if you would please place the ring on Edward's finger and repeat after me," he said

I turned to Alice and she handed me a simple band, that I am sure was platinum, with five diamonds set into it. It was simple and gorgeous. I knew I could count on her. I always did say not to bet against Alice. I was happy to be right. I then placed the ring on Edward and smiled up at him.

"I, Isabella Marie Swan,"

"Do solemnly swear."

"To love, honor, and cherish."

"Edward Anthony Masen Cullen."

"Until the end of eternity,"

"Now, with the power vested in me. I pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."

Everyone cheered loudly as Edward leaned down to give me our first kiss as a married couple. I smiled hugely as he pulled back and picked me up. We stared into each other's eyes for a moment. Then he said sweetly. "Now the fun begins."

AN: I would like to thank prpurpledragon for the beautiful vows you wrote for me. I am forever grateful to you. I would also like to thank esthermarie again for the beta work. I love you both. I truly do not know what I would do without the two of you.