25
MARRYING ARO
He helped me dress and then he drove us back to the castle, Marcus and Vicente met us as we walked in; Aro sent me back to our room with Vicente after one last kiss.
"I'll be with you soon Cara," he said.
Edward and Alice were happy to see me.
"So," Alice said, "You go gallivanting off to the beach at some outlandish place and stay the whole day lying on the rocks naked?"
"It was a beautiful day and Aro and I needed to spend some time together, we settled some issues and picked out our baby's name, at least partially," I said.
"So what names have you chosen?" Edward asked.
"If it's a girl her first name will be Carlotta, named after Aro's mother and if it's a boy, he will be Aro. There will be middle names as well though," I said.
"As in, what names?" Alice asked.
"As in Renesmae after Renee and Esme, and Rose after my grandmother; if it's a boy, it will have Edward's name after Aro's," I said, "And then maybe Carlos."
"So let me get this straight, the little girl's name will be Carlotta Renesmae Rose De Volturi Del Conti and the boy will be named Aro Edward Carlos De Volturi Del Conti," Edward said, "Why Carlos?"
"Carlos is Italian for Charles and it starts off Carl as in Carlisle," I said.
"So you really thought this out, didn't you," Alice said smiling.
"Yes," I said, "And tomorrow they will be conceived."
"They?" Edward said.
"Yes they," I said, "I have a strong impression it will be a they."
"Strangely enough I have that same impression too," Alice said.
"What impression?" Aro asked as he came in.
"Oh just that you'll conceive two babies instead of one," Alice said.
"We'll wait and see before we stress about that," Aro said.
"I saw two babies just now, they both had Aro's dark hair and they were naked so you could tell one was Carlotta and one was Aro," I informed them.
"We'll still wait and see," Aro said.
The night passed well, Sarah had improved tremendously in her love making and Aro was satisfied he could make it happen on the next night; Edward and I enjoyed our love making too even though he still shared me with Aro. Sarah told us she had some very warm feelings in her body all day which were very pleasant, Aro and I laughed.
In the morning Alice pulled me out of bed and rushed me into the shower, Emmett and Rosalie had arrived while Aro and I were at the beach so Rosalie came to help as well; Alice replaced my baby pack and put a slip on me while Rosalie brushed my hair. Aro and Edward left and Renee and Esme came bustling in.
"We're not actually here to get you ready because we understand you will be assisted by professionals but Renee and I looked at your new home and Renee came up with some ideas which we will incorporate into the plans; also I looked at yours and Edward's list and I think we can start working on it after the wedding, we'll leave you alone to get ready now and see you at the church," Esme finished speaking to me and then grabbed Renee's arm before she could object, continued her conversation with Renee and they left as suddenly as they had come. Alice and Rosalie massaged me with the lavender scent Aro liked, and then left me with my slip and nothing else as the professionals came in.
The dressers started speaking in Italian to each other, not realizing I understood perfectly what they were saying about me and I smiled. One of the dressers was a man and one a woman, my breasts were not covered up because of the way the dress would fit on me and the man asked the woman to please cover me up; she placed a cape over me, I thanked her in Italian and she looked at me strangely.
"Do you speak Italian," she asked in that language.
"Yes," I answered.
She then conversed with me constantly until I was ready with my gown on and my hair, makeup and nails done. Last of all a veil was attached to my hair and I was finished. Alice came in then; she was also ready and smiled at how I looked.
"You look beautiful Bella, did you see yourself?"
"No," I answered stiffly as the baby kicked.
She brought me to a mirror and I couldn't believe who I saw, the girl I looked at was glowing and happy.
"What did Aro do to you yesterday to make you glow so?" she wondered.
"It was just a pleasant day with just him, I, the gulls and the surf; I was naked of course and we made love," I summarized.
"What happened in the tower?" she asked, "I guess I missed that."
"I saw him at his worst as he fed on a human, he told me he often feeds up there alone and then wants to make love to me; we did make love and he was very passionate with me," I said.
Rosalie came in and said it was time to go; she did a double take when she saw me.
"You do seem more and more beautiful," she said, "Today you have a glow about you."
"I noticed too Rose," Alice said.
"Well we'd better go now, the rest of the entourage is waiting impatiently," Rosalie said.
We all walked down to the waiting cars, me with much difficulty because of the incessant kicking of the baby and the boning in the bodice of my gown; I had an even greater difficulty getting into the limousine even with Carlisle's assistance and everyone was long gone.
"Edward and Alice told me you saw twins in your vision yesterday?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes I did, a boy and a girl, I'm convinced it will happen," I said.
"You surely know how to complicate matters," he said smiling.
"You should know me by now," I said laughing.
"I guess the next two months are going to be very interesting," he said.
When we arrived at the church many hands were there to assist me, helping me out of the limo, fixing my gown, checking my makeup etc.; then I looked to where I had to walk and all I saw was many steps, I looked at Carlisle.
"How am I going to do this?" I asked.
"One step at a time," he said.
He told the others to wait at the top until he and I arrived before starting up the aisle, I would need time to catch my breath. Emmett and Jasper were willing to carry me up the steps but too many people were watching and too many reporters. Jasper calmed me down and he and Carlisle walked me up the steps while Emmett held my train and took the weight off me which helped tremendously; we finally reached the top and I took a few deep breaths, Carlisle told me to rest and we would take our time the rest of the way.
The wedding party assembled themselves after fixing me again and set off up the aisle, the music played and an usher was poised to give me my cue. I could see Aro and Edward far up in front, Aro was dressed in an off white tuxedo, he looked very dashing with his long black hair and my beautiful Edward was there looking very handsome; I smiled and Carlisle saw me smile.
"There are two men who you love waiting for you, are you ready to walk to them?" he asked smiling.
"Yes I am very much," I said and I kissed him on his cheek.
The music changed, the usher waved me on.
"Well let's go," Carlisle said.
We walked up the aisle slowly, being watched on all sides; the baby started kicking which caused me to falter but Carlisle had a firm grip on me and somehow we made it to the altar where Carlisle handed me over to Aro. The vows were read and the I do's, rings were exchanged and Aro kissed me as the bells started pealing loudly. I walked back down the aisle on Aro's arm with Edward holding me firmly on the other side, smiling at people I didn't know; I had a brief glimpse of Renee and she was teary.
When we walked out of the church, the bells continued to peal and people cheered as camera's flashed and the news media talked and hovered around; the three of us climbed into a limo with me in the center and thankfully we were soon on our way to the castle.
I'd hoped my ordeal was over but no such luck, we went into a room in the castle where the reception was being held and we had to stand in line while the guests filed past us stopping to introduce themselves; this proved to be the greatest ordeal and I finally told Aro I had to sit down. He snapped his fingers and a chair was brought for me but the baby kicking up a storm, the weight of the pregnancy, the heavy gown I wore, climbing the steps and the stress of the day proved to be too much for me. The guests continued to file by, it was never ending and I knew I needed to leave; all I heard was a buzzing in my head, then Edward spoke to me and he sounded far away, Aro said something and Carlisle came over but I didn't remember anything else.
When I came to, I was lying on a couch in another room and Alice was with me.
"Some vampire you turned out to be," she teased.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You tell me?" she said, "One minute you were standing up and the next you were laid out on the floor,"
"I guess everything was too much for me," I said.
"How do you feel now?" she asked, "Can you stand."
I found that I could and I wasn't dizzy anymore.
"Do you think you could go back to the reception," she asked dubiously.
"I'm sure I can handle it, how do I look?" I asked.
She smoothed out my dress and tidied up my hair and makeup and we went back into the room, Aro saw me and came to get me.
"Are you sure you feel well Cara?" he asked.
"Yes I'm fine now, it was just too hard with the baby kicking, all those steps and all the guests filing by, but I'm fine now I promise," I said.
He brought me to my seat at the table between he and Edward, Edward kissed me.
"Are you sure you're alright now, love," he asked.
"Yes I'm sure, I'll be fine,' I said.
When the guests realized I was back they came over to the table to ask how I felt, they told me what a beautiful bride I was and how young I looked, what was my age? they asked about the baby and how fortunate I was to marry Aro, what a wonderful man he was, what a responsibility I had for such young shoulders to bear. Most of this was spoken to me in Italian and so they were impressed that I spoke Italian so well; Senor Salazar was there and he spoke to me in Spanish, reporters who heard me speak more than one language were impressed and put it in their report. All of this seemed to go on for hours but it didn't seem to end because Aro and I had some interviews with the news media; Aro did most of the talking but I did have many questions directed at myself, finally the reception was over and Aro and I escaped to our room.
Aro helped me remove my dress and I was so relieved to get rid of the boning around my breasts which now bore some soreness, he laid me on our bed and he was ecstatic as he looked at my body; it was as if he looked at me for the first time and he moved his hands carefully and gently over it, stimulating my senses.
"Isabella your mine and you have my name, finally," he said. "What do I like best?" he asked himself, "These I like," his hands moved over my breasts stimulating my nipples to stand up and I couldn't breath, but then his fingers traced down my abdomen, skipping the 'baby' and touching between my legs, I gasped.
"This is very soft and inviting," he continued.
But then he stopped and brought his hands up to my head, holding it between both his hands and he looked into my eyes.
"I think Cara; I like best what's inside here even though your thoughts are not privy to me, I like what you tell me you think, I like what makes you who you are, how you reason and make decisions, plan, your stubbornness and the fact you comply even though it hurts; I love that you persevere in learning to increase your knowledge, that you accept the best and the worst in me, that you try so hard to please me even though it causes strain on your body. I love that you paraded yourself in front of millions of people, allowing me to show off the 'baby' you will soon have, that you honor my name and give yourself to me so completely even though you love another who has no faults."
He then kissed me forcefully, owning me, wanting me as I wanted him and we made love, when we were done I wanted more but he arose from the bed.
"I know you are happy at this point to have the wedding and reception behind you but this evening is a ball in your honor and you will be there by my side, the dressers will come in two hours to prepare you and Alice will be here to help so for the next two hours you will rest; tonight Sarah and I will conceive this child and then you will be in seclusion until the baby is born, hopefully this will occur during the summer and afterwards you will be able to move into your new home with Edward and your children; your suffering will be behind you and you can enjoy your new life," he concluded.
He kissed me and then left before I could say a word.
I rested as much as I could over the next two hours and then Alice brought the dressers and once again I was dressed, this time for a ball and my hair was redone. The gown I wore was much more comfortable than the wedding dress; it was completely made of chiffon again showing off my pregnancy, although my breasts were spared the torture from before. All the Cullen's were at the ball as was Renee, she was happy I felt better and told me so but I danced with the Cullen men and Aro so we didn't have much time to talk; at length Carlisle made me sit on the chaise lounge provided for me and many people who I'd never met came up to me, offering their congratulations etc. By the end of the night I was exhausted and ready to slip into bed.
Edward came to bed and made love to me while Aro stimulated Sarah, she was nervous and so Aro made love to me until she calmed down. He was not calmed down after me so when he resumed with her it was as if it was me and he thrust himself inside of her before she could pull away or complain; she did gasp but soon relaxed with the pleasure of it, her night was to be sleepless because he continuously had intercourse with her, every time he thrust into her he stimulated the computer chip and it was as if he came into me.
When the night was finally over, Sarah was exultant that she had finally had sex with a man and actually enjoyed it, the rest of us were glad the night was over but Aro felt sure the pregnancy was conceived.
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One week later, we knew for sure because both Sarah and I started vomiting, the only thing Sarah craved was blood and her body soon showed a bump which over the next few weeks became much larger and the pregnancy began to strain her body; large stretch marks, with bruising on her abdomen and thighs and a few cracked ribs, she became bed ridden and constantly in pain. Mentally she tolerated the pregnancy much better than she had the sex even though the baby inside made it more and more difficult for her, she was weak and someone had to help turn her in bed; the baby's movements were actually more painful than pleasant.
I went through exactly what she went through because of the computer chips, my body wasn't bruised or my ribs broken but I experienced the pain of both; my 'baby' was just as large as hers and I too was bed ridden, the weight of mine equaling hers, the pressure she felt, I also felt, the anguish she experienced, so did I; both of us longed for relief.
Aro was anguished by our pain but Carlisle said that although the baby seemed much larger than expected, the pregnancy was going according to plan. The two of us had plenty of help from Alice and Rosalie and it seemed that Aro was having a much harder time than we were; Sarah and I were in hospital beds at the castle side by side, and even with our pain we were both extremely content to be pregnant and often joked and laughed together; it seemed to help us tolerate much more.
Edward had gone back to finish school but he called me often, he wanted to be with me bur I told him Aro was worried enough for both of them and that was all I could deal with at the moment. Aro continued to make love to me even though we had to find a way to do it differently because of the size of the 'baby', I didn't usually feel in the mood but I dare not refuse him and once he started I found myself wanting more.
"Cara I know this is difficult for you but I must have you."
"Do whatever you must, Aro," was all I said.
I had learned months ago that it did no good to complain and I could achieve more by complying usually with my benefit. By the end of May, Edward was back after finishing school and he needed me too so I just let them have their way, it was much easier than fighting and as it turned out, much more pleasant.
Sarah laughed at me, I'm glad their focusing their attention on you, I've had my fill of sex even though it was pleasant for the one night, now that I've experienced that and this pregnancy, I'm much more ready to die," she said.
"You don't have to die," I said in response.
"I don't want to continue my existence as you do, I'll be content to leave this world as soon as possible," she said.
"Do you want to see the baby before you die?" I asked.
"Not really, it's more your child than mine, I was just the vehicle in which your pregnancy was achieved and for me, a means to an end; I probably have two more months at the most and I'm content," she said.
I couldn't understand her need not to exist, I was so happy I had changed and had two men to love forever; the next time they both came to make love to me, I accepted with gratitude because I knew they loved me.