When we reached the bottom of the spiral staircase, Esme went ahead to stand with the others. We had decided to have the ceremony outside surrounded by the natural beauty of the forest. The setting sun was shimmering off the river, the aroma of the flowers in Esme's garden filled the air, and there standing in the shadows of a large tree next to Carlisle was the most beautiful sight of them all, Jasper. I could see him through the glass wall that made up the back of the house. He looked dashing in his suit, his honey colored hair wild as usual. Next to him stood Carlisle who was going to perform the ceremony, having gotten a permit to officiate it. Edward, Emmett and Esme stood together on one side waiting patiently for it to begin. Rosalie looked at me and smiled as she started out the door, heading towards where the five of them stood. When she reached Carlisle and Jasper she stepped to the side and turned to face me signaling for me to make my entrance. As I slowly walked out the door my eyes met Jasper's and I watched as his entire face lit up. He just stared at me, his eyes never leaving mine, the entire time. When I reached his side he took my hands and gazed at me lovingly, and I knew that the look in his eyes was matched in mine. Carlisle began to speak, but the words were nothing more then a humming bird in my ear because all I could think about was the man standing in front of me. When we finally reached the I do part of the ceremony Rosalie had to poke me to get me to speak, and I murmured those two simple words and listened as Jasper murmured them back. After a few more words Carlisle said, "I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride." Jasper gently cupped my face and leaned down to brush his lips gently against mine, lingering for a moment before slowly pulling away, aware of the audience around us. We turned towards our new family who were coming towards us with arms stretched out to embrace us. First I hugged Esme who congratulated the both of us, kissing us each swiftly on the cheek. Carlisle shook Jaspers hand and also kissed my cheek gently before going to stand next to Esme, followed by Emmett and Rosalie stepping forward to offer their congratulations. Last but not least Edward stepped forward and hugged me tightly, "Congratulations little sister," he whispered in my ear, pulling back slightly to look down at me.

I smiled up at him. "Thank you big brother." I thought. He nodded his head slightly, acknowledging the fact that he had heard the words that I hadn't spoken. He then turned to Jasper, shook his hand, and stepped back to join the others. I saw him give a sly smile to Esme and then I felt myself drift into a vision. I felt Jasper grasp my arm as he turned me towards him waiting for me to tell him what I had seen. I watched the movie play in my head and I knew then, why the others were smiling at us.

"Oh!" I gasped, coming out of my trance. I looked at them and smiled. "You didn't have to do that."

"We know we didn't have to but we wanted to." Esme said smiling sweetly at me. I looked as Carlisle disappeared and then reappeared carrying multiple bags and camping gear. Emmett and Edward started loading themselves up with the bags as Jasper looked on confused.

"What is going on? Or am I not allowed to know." Jasper asked me, brushing my ear with his lips.

"We're going to go hunting for a few days, so you and Alice can have the house to yourselves." Edward said winking at me.

"Yeah! All we ask is that you try not to do to much damage to the place. We still have a bit of time before we head to Alaska so we don't want to come back to a pile of rubble." Emmett smirked. Jasper's eyes lit up mischievously as the meaning of Emmett's words sunk in. I knew that if I was human I would be bright red right now. I started to say something when Esme said that it was time for them to go. Rosalie appeared from inside the house having changed out of her bridesmaid dress. She grabbed a back pack and threw it on, then came over to me to give me a hug.

"Its really a wonderfully powerful experience, especially since it will be with your soul mate. Try not to be nervous. You'll be fine." Rosalie whispered to me reassuringly. I looked at her startled.

"How did you know?" I whispered back to her curiously.

"I don't need a special ability to see how nervous and worried you are." She said. "You will be fine, I promise." She turned and walked to Emmett's side and then they all waved at us as the took off into the forest leaving Jasper and I to ourselves. Jasper turned towards me and lifted me into his arms.

"Shall we my little wife." He said smiling down at me. I nodded, smiling at the prospect of our future together. Nothing would ever come between us now, our happiness was meant to last forever and no one would ever take that away from us. It would all be smooth sailing from here on because we finally had our happily ever after.

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( Volterra Italy )

"You owe me Aro. After what I did for you and the rest of the Volturi, this is the least you can do for me." The dark haired vampire said looking up at the vampire elder in front of her. Aro looked down at her his blood red eyes glistening, as he touch her reading her mind, seeing what she had gone through.

"Interesting." Aro exclaimed. "Of course you are right, Gillian. We do owe you for your help with that horrible newborn incident. Tell me what you would like us to do and it will be done."

"I want you to help me kill that little freak and when she is gone, I'll help myself to her boyfriend.