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Pay attention, it flips from Bella to Edward. For those of you wondering what Antonio said to Bella as they left the shower, he said. "Thank you for the dance, beautiful girl" Nothing bad, but we know Edward can be a little jealous.
***Also the new profile pic on my profile, is exactly as I picture Bella on her wedding day, same hair, same dress, even the jewelery.
~~~Bella~~~
My ears were still ringing from the bell like shriek that came from Alice's mouth. Tomorrow Edward and I will be getting married. I let out a scream of my own.
"I know right" Alice shouted excitedly. "What the hell are you two bitches screaming about?" Rosalie asked, walking back into the bedroom. I realized that once Rose is away from her children she has a mouth just like her husband.
The four of us, Alice, Rosalie, Irina, and myself, were sleeping over my parent's house. Mr and Mrs Whitlock, Jasper's parents, were staying at Alice's house to tend to the twins and Esme had Rose's girls for the night. All the groomsmen, plus Butch, were staying at Rose and Emmett's. I made Edward take Butch with him, I didn't want to risk getting dog hair on my dress.
"We're just so excited" Alice shouted from her sleeping bag. Since my parents moved to a smaller house once Alice and I moved out, they only had one other guest room that was reserved for me tonight. I quickly dismissed that idea, having all the girls and I share the bedroom. I doubt I would be able to sleep anyway. So far we've been eating junk food and goofing around.
"So Bella, what did Edward have to say after he saw the DVD?" Rose asked slyly. Wicked wicked woman.
"What DVD?" Alice asked. I instantly blushed. "You want to tell her or should I?" Rose asked. Irina started to clap her hands. "Oh this sounds good" She squealed.
"Okay-" I huffed. "During our rehearsal dinner- when Edward wanted to talk to me...privately?" I looked to Alice to make sure she was following, of course she was. "Go on" She smiled. "So we had sex on Rose's desk" Alice and Irina gasped. "And we didn't know at the time-"
"That there's a video camera in there" Alice laughed, interrupting me. "Yeah" I squeaked. The rest of them in a roar of laughter.
"You and Edward have a porno" Alice sang loudly. "SHHHH" I threw a pillow at her to get her to calm herself. It didn't work. "What if mom and dad heard you" I said nervously.
"What did Edward do?" Rose asked again. I took a deep breath to suppress the huge grin on my face. "He uhhh loves it" I laughed. "We've um" I cleared my throat. "watched it a few times this week" They all started to laugh at me again. I laughed with them a little too boisterously, my eyes started to tear and I began to cough, becoming queasy. I shot out of bed and high tailed it into the bathroom where I threw up into the toilet. It was green, I guess eating a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream, wasn't the smartest idea. I brushed my teeth and went to once again join the girls.
"What the hell was that about?" Alice asked as I walked back in. I shrugged. "My stomach was bothering me, I ate too much junk-" I stopped talking when I sat on the bed and a loud farting noise caught my attention and the girls once again started to laugh. I pulled the comforter back to reveal the deflated whoopi-cushion. "Ha Ha very funny" I said as I threw it at Irina. She had a reputation of doing that a lot when we were little.
"I didn't do it" She shouted as she threw it back. "Yeah right" I giggled.
"Okay, Okay. We should really try and get some sleep. Or Mrs Cullen is going to look like shit" I rolled my eyes. "Thanks Alice" I grumbled.
Everyone quieted down, as I tossed and turned for what felt like hours, I usually slept on my stomach, if Edward wasn't in bed with me, but tonight I couldn't. My breasts were killing me, I couldn't put any weight on them. That usually happens sometimes when my period is close, but I did in fact start the new pack of birth control, so my body was all out of whack. I looked at the alarm clock, it was a quarter after two. Shit.
I had a big day tomorrow, not sleeping was not an option. "Alice" I whispered. "Alice" I asked again. I got out of bed and knelt down to her sleeping bag, nudging her arm. "What" She mumbled into the pillow. "I can't sleep" She sat up in the sleeping bag and looked around to find everyone else sleeping.
She didn't say another word. She just got out of her sleeping bag and walked over to the bed, where she lay down and patted the spot next to her. My sister knew me so well. I crawled in next to her, her hugging me close to her. "Hey, you want to get back at Irina for that whoopi-cushion bit" She whispered in my ear. I giggled.
"What do you have in mind?" I asked. She crawled over me and walked out of the room. She came back a minute later with my dad's shaving cream. "Oh no" I giggled. I watched as Alice filled Irina's hand with shaving cream and tickled her nose. Nothing. Alice tickled her nose again. This time Irina went to scratch her nose, making the shaving cream go all over her face. "What the fuck" She exclaimed, while Alice and I giggled.
"Shut the hell up, I'm trying to sleep here" Rosalie complained.
"That's so not cool" Irina said as she went to the bathroom to wash it off. When Irina came back in, she ignored both Alice and I, going back to sleep. We both chuckled some more. Alice once again held me close.
"Go to sleep" She demanded. Surprisingly, I did. I fell fast asleep in Alice's arms, just like we used to. When I was younger and had a bad dream, I would always crawl into bed with her.
~~~Edward~~~
So far, this night was boring, I missed Bella terribly. Who came up with that stupid tradition that I couldn't see my bride the night before the wedding? Whoever they were, they were assholes.
"I fold" I said as I laid my cards onto the table. Right now, I was wearing one of my sister's bras. Emmett came up with this genius idea that we play poker, the loser of each hand had to wear an article of woman's clothing.
"You know what you have to do" Emmett who was wearing one of his wife's thongs over his jeans, said loudly. "I'm not playing anymore, this is stupid" I grumbled. "Rose is going to kill you" Jasper laughed. Emmett shrugged and turned to Jared. "You still want to play" He shook his head no.
"So what do we do now?" Emmett asked. We all looked at one another indifferently. "Hey I know" Emmett shouted. "I have the Yankee game on the DVR, we could watch it" I nodded in agreement. Jasper shrugged.
"Cardinals lose" Jared mumbled. "Thanks asshat" Emmett said before he pushed Jared.
"So Edward, my sister tells me that your bride is young, never figured you one to rob cradles" Jared laughed. Fucker. "She's twenty three and much more mature than Edward over here" Jasper defended.
"I bet the sex is great" Jared laughed. "Young things like that, they're usually full of energy, trust me, I've had my share" I ignored his comment, but smiled to myself. Since last week, I tossed the crooked smirk that gets Bella every time, now all I have to do is whisper "Mi amore" in her ear and the panties drop. Who am I kidding? I am just barely keeping up with her. She is still insatiable and I can't figure out why.
"Yeah, I heard Carlisle and Marcus discussing that" Emmett chuckled. "What's that supposed to mean?" Jared asked. "Just that one of the last girls you brought home was what? Nineteen, I think I heard your father say. What are you now thirty-two?"
I started to laugh as did the rest of them. "First of all she was twenty" Jared exclaimed.
"Ahh so the Cullen men like 'em young" Jasper chuckled. "Second, I just turned thirty one asshole"
"Come on Butch, lets go out" I shouted to him, as I took off the bra and flung it at Emmett, before I excused myself to sit on the back porch, and let the dog out. The past two months, I had been cutting back on the cigarettes. As of late, I haven't smoked at all. However, I bought a pack tonight, before I got here. I sat in one of the Adirondack chairs and lit one, as Butch sniffed around for a place to shit.
Smoking my cigarette was short lived because Jasper came out, flanked by my father. I rapidly put it out and tried to act casual.
"I know you smoke Edward" My father chuckled. "I can only lead the horse to water. You're a grown man, you do as you wish" He sighed and took a seat in the chair next to me.
"What are you doing here so late?" I asked. "Just came by to see how you were doing, I knew you guys would be up to something" I chuckled. "I'm fine dad, just a little anxious" He nodded.
"Why is Emmett wearing a thong? You know what, don't answer that, I don't want to know" Jasper and I started to laugh.
"He misses Rose so he made us each wear a pair of her underwear" Jasper laughed.
"Hey, I said I didn't want to know, but I liked my idea better. I thought my dear son-in-law developed a penchant for wearing woman's clothing" My father laughed. "I'm going to grab a beer, you guys want?" Jasper asked. My father said yes, while I declined.
"So what's got you so anxious?" My father asked. "I just can't wait till tomorrow. I doubt I'll be able to sleep tonight" He pursed his lips and looked at me. "The real reason why I came over is because your mother insisted you get a good rest" He paused, putting his hand in his pocket.
"Here" He gave me a pill. "What's this?" I asked.
"It's one of your mother's Ambien....Just take it Edward" I put the pill in my pocket. Good thinking on my mother's part. "Thanks" I said and looked at my watch, it was already past midnight.
"Speaking of, I think I'll take this now and turn in" He turned to me and enveloped me into a tight hug.
"I think I'll stick around for a while, provided Emmett doesn't ask me to wear my daughter's underwear, your mother is driving me crazy. I think she's more excited than you are" He laughed and I smiled, I doubt my mother is even close to how excited I am.
"Come on Butch" I called, he came running back to me.
"Goodnight, I love you son" He said. "I love you too, night" I went back inside to grab a bottle of water, bypassing Jasper by the fridge. When I walked passed the living room, I heard Jared and Emmett speaking. From what I heard, Jared was talking about his recent investments and how much money he was going to gain, Emmett looked bored to tears. Somethings never change. The man only cares about his wallet. I only hoped that the girls were having a better time.
After taking the sleeping pill, I fell asleep instantly. I awoke feeling well rested. I stood up to stretch and stumbled. I looked down and saw that I was wearing a pair of high heels. I was also shirtless, wearing the black bra that I threw at Emmett last night. Those fuckers. Last night, I fell asleep wearing a T-shirt and boxers, I must have really been out of it, not to notice being man handled. Literally.
I looked down to see if any other article of clothing was missing, luckily, there wasn't, but I was also wearing thigh high panty hose. I took off the heels, bra, and panty hose, just leaving the boxers on.
Butch was sheepishly wagging his tail in the corner, I bet he needs to go out. Since Rose and Em have a fenced backyard, I can just let him loose. I can't wait till Bella and I have our own house, where we can just let Butch out the back door, but that's not the only reason. It would be a great milestone in starting our life together, before kids come into the picture. I couldn't wait for that, but it wouldn't be fair to Bella, to pressure her. She's twenty three and is going to be going back to school, kid's can wait.
I ran down stairs, Butch running ahead of me. I saw Jasper, Emmett, and Jared sitting at the kitchen table, eating cereal. They each took turns laughing at me. I ignored them and just let Butch out. Then they all started to chant the word "Pussy". I wasn't in the mood for their childish antics, so I politely asked them to let Butch back in and excused myself to take a shower.
Turning on the shower, I felt my face, I definitely needed to shave. I looked in the mirror and did a double take. I had the word "Pussy" written on my forehead and "Bella's bitch" written around my neck. Those goons better have used magic markers or I would be arrested on my wedding day, beating the shit out of them all.
~~~Bella~~~
Alice and the rest of them came up with the brilliant idea of letting me sleep late. I Jumped out of bed, my legs tangled in the sheets, making me tumble out of bed. The alarm clock said eleven ten. What the hell were they thinking? That gives me less than three hours to get ready. I was still on the floor when Alice came back in.
"Oh good your up, I was just about to wake you" She laughed and looked at me closely. "Bella, you look like shit" I quickly got off the floor.
"Thanks Ali, tell me how you really feel" I grumbled. "You just look paler than usual, you feeling okay?" She asked as she put her hand to my forehead, I shrugged her off. "I'm fine just nervous" I whispered and then I gasped. "I'm getting married today" I screamed.
Alice laughed. "I know silly, now get your ass in the shower" I didn't answer her, grabbing my bag of toiletries and underwear, running into the bathroom. I took a lengthy shower, using the hot water to relax my tense muscles. I needed desperately to relax.
Alice came into the bathroom while I was showering. "I'm leaving your undergarments in here and a bathrobe. Just put those on when you're done"
"Okay" I shouted back to her, I only heard half of what she said, something about putting on the bathrobe.
After I dried off, I inspected the undergarments that lay on the shelf, they weren't the simple slip and strapless bra that I had brought in here. It was basically lingerie. A naughty looking white one piece. I put it on.
It was really tight everywhere, especially around my breasts. I inspected myself in the mirror, I looked and felt bloated, even my fingers felt tight. Ughhh, no one told you to eat the bag of salt & vinegar potato chips last night. I should have listened to Rose when she told me that this might happen, as I was munching on the salty goodness.
Looking at myself made me feel disgusting. But I shrugged it off. This thing pushed my breasts up so far, it gave the allure that I had more than I did. Even though, the thing hurt like hell, my breasts felt like they were in a vice. In the words of Alice, sometimes beauty means pain.
When I left the bathroom Alice was in the guest room. "What happened to my other bra and slip?" I asked. "Its a body shaper, I picked it up yesterday for you" She shrugged. "Trust me, the dress will look better with that on" She said as she grabbed her make-up bag and left the room. I took advantage of the alone time to send Edward a text.
Missing you terribly- B
I had barely put the phone down before it buzzed, indicating a new message.
Oh baby, me too, can't wait till later. How are you feeling?- E
I quickly answered him back.
Can't wait either, just a little nervous, all those people – B
He knew what I meant, there were easily going to be close to two hundred and fifty people there. One of my biggest fears was that I would trip over my train and fall head long down the aisle.
It's just me and you baby, don't forget that. I love you- E
"Bella!" My mother shouted.
I love you too, just me and you – B
"Coming" I shouted back and went into the kitchen, where my mother nearly force fed me an English muffin.
Rosalie took the opportunity that I was sitting still to place curlers in my hair, at the kitchen table. The English muffin was delicious, I asked my mom to make me another one and she did. A few minutes later, Alice and Irina came into the kitchen, they both had their hair done and make-up on.
"You guys look great" I said. "Its your turn....time for make-up" Alice trilled. I shoved the last bite of muffin into my mouth and ran into the bathroom. I knew from previous experience that Alice was a perfectionist and my make-up was going to take a while.
I sat patiently while Alice worked on my face. A little while later, Rose came in, she had already done her hair and make-up, she looked beautiful, as usual. So while Alice worked on my face Rosalie started to take the curlers out.
"You just put those in, not an hour ago" I told her. "Would you hold still, I almost poked your eye out" Alice shouted. "Sorry" I mumbled.
"They were just in for body, now how did you want it again" Rose asked. I looked up to Alice for permission to speak. "Go ahead" She backed away from me. "I want it parted to the side" I pointed to the right side of my head.
"And I want my bangs to sweep down to the left. With these clips combing my hair back, almost like half up, half down but I want big curls to come over my right shoulder. So one of the combs should be in the back to make my hair trail down the right side" Rosalie laughed.
"Anything else?" I shook my head no. "I think I know what you mean" I gave Rose the diamond encrusted clips that my mother gave me the night before, they were my late Grandma Swan's, they were to be my something old. Alice bought me a blue garter belt, for my something blue. Rosalie let me borrow a pair of diamond solitaire earrings, for my something borrowed, and Esme gave me this beautiful diamond necklace that belonged to Edward's grandmother, it wasn't exactly new, but it was new to me. Plus the dress was new, so there we go.
I closed my eyes and tried to maybe doze off, but its tough when you're being poked and prodded all over. I sat there impatiently, my ass was starting to go numb. "I'm finished here I'm going to go get dressed" Alice said.
"Finally" I said relieved. "I'm almost done too" Rose said. There was a knock at the door.
"Come in" Rose said. It was my mother and Esme. They both squealed and gushed, telling me how beautiful I looked. I smiled. I hope I looked decent, these too never let me get a glimpse at a mirror.
"I'm done here too, I'm going to get dressed, Bella you do the same" Rose said as she left. "She's right honey, the photographer will be here soon" My mom said as she exited the bathroom.
I stood up and looked into the bathroom mirror. I did look beautiful. Rose did my hair exactly the way I wanted it. My make-up was flawless. The jewelery accented my hair and face well, I was suddenly excited to get into my dress. I was about to go into the guest bedroom to get it, but Alice beat me to it, as she stormed back into the bathroom in her gown.
"Oh Alice you look beautiful" I said, I suddenly felt very emotional and had to take a deep breath, to calm myself.
"So do you. Now lose the robe" Sometimes I swore she was a drill sergeant in her last life or something. I love her to death, but she's so bossy. I took off the robe and stepped into my dress, as Alice started to work on the many clasps in the back. The back closed like a corset. I felt myself being pulled back.
"Easy Alice, your going to make me fall" She sighed. "Then suck it in, I can't close it"
"What!" I screamed. "Bella just stick in your stomach, I'll get this closed" I sucked in my stomach as far as it would go, damn bloat. The dress that fit like a glove mere weeks ago, was now really tight, I thought briefly about downing a gallon of water, to get rid of some of the water weight, but then I would be in dire need of a restroom all the time.
"Okay, I managed to get most of them closed, the last two won't budge, did you go up a cup size or something" She asked. I shook my head no, not that I knew off. "Rose!" Alice screamed.
Rose came running into the bathroom like someone was getting murdered. "What's the matter?" She asked worried. Before I knew it the bathroom was a little crowded as Irina, Esme, and my mother followed Rose into the bathroom. "I can't get the last two clasps closed" Alice told everyone. Humiliating.
"I'll pull it together and Rose you close the clasps" Huh good idea. "On the count of three, you suck it in too Bella. One. Two. Three" They tugged and pulled, as I screamed out in agony. "Stop" I screamed.
"Bella honey, what's the matter? What hurts?" My mother asked. At this point I had tears in my eyes, figures something like this would happen. "My breasts" I sobbed. "They're killing me, just leave the clasps open, I don't care" I cried.
"Alice, go get my sewing kit and some of that white ribbon we used to decorate for the shower" My mother said. "Everyone else out; Esme you can stay" She yelled at everyone. I huffed and took a seat on the side of the bathtub, carefully wiping at my eyes, hoping my make-up wasn't done in vain.
"Bells, talk to us, what is going on?" My mother asked. There was a knock on the door, Alice had arrived with the supplies my mother requested. "Alice can stay" I said through another sob. Alice carefully closed the door behind her and came to sit next to me.
"Bella answer the question" My mother damn near demanded in that motherly tone. I took a deep breath. "I'm just bloated and miserable, that's all" I nearly whispered.
"I know you're a very private person and I try my best not to pry into your business, but I have to ask. Bella are you pregnant?" I starred at her wide eyed. "Mom, I'm on the pill" I chuckled at her ridiculousness. "There's no way"
"Of course not" Esme chuckled. "I bet its just PMS" I nodded. "Turn around so I can fix your dress, I'm going to interlace the ribbon and sew it on, no one will know the difference" My mother said. I turned around while she got to work. Everyone was very quiet, until Alice gasped. "What?" I asked.
"Did I mess up my make-up or something" She shook her head no. "Did you and Edward use... you know extra protection, while you were on the antibiotics, because you know they render the pill ineffective" She ranted. I shook my head no. I'm such a dumb-ass that was a fact about birth control that I did know.
"Besides your engorged breasts and mood swings... and don't deny that you haven't had them, these past few weeks, I've seen a few first hand. Are there any other symptoms?" Alice asked. I turned to face her, feeling that my mother had ceased her recent activity, I saw that Esme had her hand covering her mouth, shocked. All three of them waiting for an answer.
"Describe symptoms?" I asked wary. "Umm lets see when I was pregnant with the twins, I had the breast pain like you and the mood swings. Early on I was totally horny, like all the time. Jazz was a pig in shit" She giggled.
Shitfuckmotherfuckerasshole. My mind was a blank mess, all I could do was mentally curse myself.
"That sounds about right" I said as I started to cry again. "Oh my God, what if I am pregnant" I sobbed. "Edward is going to be so mad" I felt three pairs of arms hug me.
"Edward will most certainly not be mad, honey he loves you so much" Esme said teary eyed. "My baby is going to have a baby" My mother cried. "I'm going to be an aunt" Alice squealed. I backed away from all of them, composing myself.
"Lets not get ahead of ourselves. We don't know anything for sure, I mean I may not even be pregnant" I sighed.
"I knew you were pregnant last week at your party" My mother said excitedly. "What do you mean?" I asked. She waved her hand. "Bells, a mother just knows these things, I have no doubt in my mind that you are pregnant" She gestured for me to turn back around, to finish the work on my dress. My mother could always be wrong, I mean she always tries to pull an Alice, predicting winners of sporting events and such, needless to say she was always wrong. Alice all of a sudden screamed for Rose and left the bathroom.
Ten minutes later, my mother finished her work and the photographer had come, taking pictures of all of us in front of the fireplace, a picture of my mother putting the veil on my head and various other pictures that involved my immediate family and bridal party.
I had a smile on my face in all of the pictures, but I felt so torn inside. If I am pregnant, it's not the end of the world, but what if Edward is disappointed. We have spoken briefly about the subject of children. Saying that we'd wait till we were married a few years, before we had any. In fact he insisted we wait a few years. Rosalie said that she had to step out for a minute, I didn't even care to ask where she was going, but I pulled my mother, Esme, and Alice over to the side, begging them not to mention the pregnancy scare to Edward. I didn't want him to be upset at his own wedding. They all promised not to say a word, I felt a little better. Once Rosalie came back, we waited for the limo to arrive, while I tried hard not to think about anything but my wedding.
"Come on Bella, it's time to go" Alice shouted. I followed her and the rest of the bridal party and my parents out to the stretch limo.
The ride to the church felt like it took literally five minutes. As soon as we pulled up, I had a huge case of butterflies in my stomach. Everyone trailed out first, Alice the last to exit before me, I grabbed her arm. "Alice, I'm going to be sick" She sat back down, closing the door behind her. Rapidly, she grabbed one of the ice buckets that were there and dumped the ice out the window, as I vomited into it.
Once she had wiped my face and reapplied some more make-up, she giggled. "Tell me your not pregnant again and I'll smack you" I chuckled. "Give me a break, its my wedding day. I am allowed to be nervous" She shook her head. "Alice, if I am pregnant. It would be way too early for me to have morning sickness, like I said, its just nerves". She kept shaking her head no.
"Since when Bella? Hmmm. You're one of the strongest people I know, great under horrible circumstances, always calm, I mean nervous or not, since when do you puke?" She chuckled, I guess my dear sister didn't know me as well as I thought she did.
Drunk or not, the night Edward told me he loved me, nervous and excited, I threw up. I have always had a weak stomach, when nerves were involved. It always baffled me, when I worked in the O.R, I saw some really gross things, never phased me. Emotional or stressful situations that didn't involve work, I would always get through it and then puke my brains out.
"Now take this" She handed me a piece of gum. "Get the nasty taste out your mouth and spit it out. We have a wedding to get to" she laughed. I listened to her and vigorously chewed the gum, before I spit it out.
"Ready?" She asked. I smiled and nodded. We exited the limo, earning a few stares from my mother and Esme who were waiting for us.
We all walked into the church corridor and waited as we were instructed to, I finally met Edward's cousin Jared. He kind of resembled Edward, except he had dark brown hair and eyes. He smiled at me, I felt as though he was appraising me, but shrugged it off, Edward said he was a cocky bastard.
Irina looked a little too cozy standing with him. They easily struck up a conversation, in fact everyone did, except for me. I was still nervous as hell. It's my wedding day and I might be pregnant, just my luck. I heard the organ begin to play. My mother, Carlisle, and Esme walked through the double doors and disappeared. Next, Rosalie and Jasper walked through, followed by Irina and Jared.
"Why so quiet kiddo?" My father asked. "Just nervous" I sighed. He turned to face me, placing his hand under my chin, as Emily and Samantha walked through.
"If you're having second thoughts, we can leave right now, the hell with all them" He chuckled. "No second thoughts, I've never been more sure of anything in my whole life, just nervous, I know the church is packed" I chuckled, he patted my hand. "As long as you know, you'll always be my baby girl" He sighed and kissed my forehead. I nodded, trying my hardest to suppress the tears that were threatening to escape.
Alice then walked in, after a few seconds the music changed, from the organ music to the string quartet and piano, playing Pachobel's canon .
"I think that's our cue" My father said. "Just don't let me fall" I whispered. "Never" he promised as we entered the doorway.
I gasped as I took in the huge crowd that was standing before me, I glanced around to see all the pews were decorated with horizon blue and white ribbons, adorned with white orchids. The aisle floor was dressed with white and red rose petals, the high cathedral ceiling, the beautiful stained glass windows that looked especially beautiful with the afternoon sun seeping through. But all that faded away, as I began to walk down the aisle to my love, who had the biggest smile on his face, as he starred at me adoringly. He also looked drop dead gorgeous in his tuxedo. My father slightly pulled my arm back, I guess I started to walk a little faster than I was supposed to. I suddenly couldn't wait to stand up there with him, the love of my life, my personal sun, my life.
I breathed a sigh of relief once my father lifted my veil and kissed me on my cheek. "I love you" My father said before placing my hand in Edward's. Finally, I was home. I squeezed his hand and we turned to face each other. I couldn't help the few tears that escaped. He gently wiped them away, as he would forever, after this day.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you all for coming together on this beautiful afternoon, to celebrate the marriage of Isabella Marie Swan and Edward Anthony Cullen. They come together from different backgrounds and experiences. In the sacrament of marriage, they do not leave these behind, but form a new family, which will extend the circle of love" Which was followed by a prayer, as we all recited the "Our Father".
"Mrs Alice Whitlock, the maid of honor, will now privilege us with a reading" The priest stopped talking and Alice daintily walked up to the podium.
"The Supremacy of Love" She read.
"If I speak in the languages of humans and angels but have no love, I have become a reverberating gong or a clashing cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can understand all secrets and every form of knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains but have no love, I am nothing.
Even if I give away everything that I have and sacrifice myself, but have no love, I gain nothing.
Love is always patient, love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride.
Nor is she conceited, and she is never rude; she never thinks just of herself or ever gets annoyed.
She never is resentful; is never glad with sin, but always glad to side with truth, whenever the truth should win. She bears up under everything, believes the best in all, there is no limit to her hope, and she will never fall. Love never fails. Now if there are prophecies, they will be done away with. If there are languages, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will be done away with. For what we know is incomplete and what we prophesy is incomplete. But when what is complete comes, then what is incomplete will be done away with. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became a woman, I gave up my childish ways. Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face. Now what I know is incomplete, but then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love"
If Alice was nervous, she never showed it, she said all those words as beautifully as she did the other day. She personally chose this scripture, stating that it was beautiful and reminded her of me. I was still holding on tightly to Edward's hand, as he rubbed the back of mine with his thumb.
"Isabella and Edward, pledge to each other, before us and the Lord. To be a family and their confidence in the future brings them here today to enter marriage. They commit themselves to working at this relationship so that it will always grow, enriching their lives and love from this day forward so long as they both shall live"
I tried to concentrate on everything the priest said, but I kept glancing at Edward, to make sure that this was all real.
"This young couple has decided to recite their own vows, Edward you may begin" Edward turned to face me, smiling brightly.
"Bella" He sighed. "I still remember the very first time I lost myself in your eyes. You looked onto me, as I looked onto you. And what I saw there-" He stopped to wipe a tear away from his eye, seeing Edward get emotional, got me started.
"And what I saw there, it terrified me. I, until that point, had never seen two eyes say so much. The gaze you laid upon me, gave me a sensation of how delicate and fragile your heart was. Yet, the darkened outline and depth of the gaze showed me the power and determination of your soul. At that moment I knew, I knew my future had just starred me in the eyes. From that moment you have delivered me from my despair and completed all my wrongs. And for this I pray, I pray that you accept my unconditional love and never ending devotion. You are my best friend and the love of my life. I think I can speak for everyone, when I say that I was crazy about you from the moment we met"
That earned a chuckle from our families and myself.
"Today I choose you to be my partner and commit myself to you for the rest of my life. Take this ring as a sign of my faith and my commitment to our love and share this joy with me today"
He smiled as he placed the ring on my finger, while I wiped a tear away from his cheek with my free hand.
"I do" I said my voice sounded all raspy.
The priest then gestured for me to begin, as tears began to flood my eyes. I looked at Edward and started, my mouth suddenly dry.
"I Bella, choose you Edward as my best friend and my love for life. I promise you my deepest love, my fullest devotion, my tenderest care, through the pressures of the present and uncertainties of the future. I promise to be faithful to you. I promise to love you, to commit to you, and support you. You have shown me what love feels like and for that I thank you. You are everything I need and at this moment I know all my prayers have been answered, all of my dreams have come true. I thank God for all of your love and constant friendship. I know that our love is heaven sent and I promise to be there for you, forever and always. From this day forward, you shall not walk alone. My heart will be your shelter and my arms will be your home. As I have given you my hand to hold, I give you my life to keep. Edward, my love, take this ring as a sign of my faith and my commitment to our love, and share this joy with me today"
I damn near speed talked, only stopping at the end of sentences to take a shaky breath. I had memorized my vows and being nervous, I just wanted to get through them fast, I was glad that I didn't stutter.
My shaking hands then placed the ring on his finger as he proudly exclaimed. "I do"
We both chuckled, I wanted so badly to kiss him, but it wasn't time yet. We were then instructed to light the unity candle and then the prayer of the faithful was said.
"Isabella and Edward have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and his company, and they have pledged their vows to each other, in accordance to God and the state of New York. I proudly pronounce that they are husband and wife. Edward, you may now kiss your bride"
I squealed in excitement before Edward's lips crashed against mine. He kissed me with so much more passion than ever before, it was palpable, I felt it in my soul. The kiss lasted longer than the appropriate amount of time. Our parent's actually pulled us apart as the processional music started and we walked back down the aisle, to receive everyone. People started to exit the pews before we were successfully down the aisle. People and faces became a blur, as I held onto Edward's hand tightly, afraid that I would wake up to find all this a dream.
Okay there you have it, they are now married. Lol. The reception is next, I didn't want to crowd this chapter too much, and trust me hilarity will ensue, especially with these peculiar cast of characters. Review people!!! let me know what you all thought about it. And you know how I do, more reviews the faster the chapter is posted.