Finding Heaven

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~Chapter 27 –People~

BPOV

Having my legs wrapped around his waist, only allowed me to think of one thing….

"Bella, you know I love you, but this is going to have to wait; I still have that surprise for you back at camp." Edward said as I was trying to get his pants undone without letting him put me down.

"Ugh! I'd rather just stay here and make love for the rest of the day," I complained.

"We have forever to do that my love, but what's waiting for you has an expiration date."

"Ok," I said confused and slightly disappointed as I dismounted him. He just asked me to marry him, and all I wanted to do was bust down a few trees as we made hard passionate love.

"Wait, you didn't even look at the ring yet," he said as I started walking back towards our family.

"Oops, sorry," I said with a guilty smile. I hardly even remembered that he had a ring box in his hand when he got down on his knee to propose, we were both just swept away in the moment. He opened the box, and there nestled in a bed of black velvet, was the most beautiful diamond ring I ever saw before. I didn't know how many carats it was, because I never really paid much attention to that sort of thing before, but the circular cut diamond covered my finger from the knuckle, to where my finger bends. When I was little, I always used to play with costume jewelry, but not even the cheep plastic stuff could compare to the size of the diamond. The huge rock was surrounded by smaller diamonds, but they were hardly noticeable next to the goliath stone in the middle.

I had no idea where he got the money for a ring like that, but I wasn't about to question him on it either. After distrusting him enough for us all to pack up and almost take off on him, I decided that I'd never lose my faith in him again.

"It's so beautiful, thank you." We held each other for a little while longer before finally forcing ourselves apart so we could head back.

"I just have one question, what's hunting rings?" I asked, remembering that Emmett had mentioned something about that.

"Emmett just misunderstood me, I said that I was going to hunt for a ring," he said with a smirk, then lifted my hand to kiss the finger that the ring was on.

"Of course," I said incredulously. Emmett was in no way stupid, but he always seemed to be involved whenever there was a misunderstanding.

We walked hand in hand, and when we got within hearing range of the others, I froze in place.

"What's wrong?" he asked concerned.

"Babe, the panther you got me before was really sweet, but there is no way I'm going to kill a human," I said as the sound and scent of humans filled the air. I knew it was a big occasion and all, but human blood was one bottle of champagne that I wasn't willing to pop.

His amused smile took my breath away. "I've sworn off the good stuff for life. It just does crazy things to me, and you know that I'm far too selfish than to sit by and watch you draining humans without partaking in the delicacy myself," he said lightly.

"Ok, well who's out there then?" I asked.

"You can't tell by the scent?"

I didn't really notice the scent beyond the fact that it was human, so I took a deep breath, then immediately took off running into the campsite.

"Mom!" I hugged her as gently as possible, but it was difficult after the emotional day that I had. I barely had time to process her hugging me back, when I noticed someone else who I never expected to ever see again. "Dad?"

"He forced me to tell him everything," Renee said with a smile.

I raised my eyebrows at him, "are you Ok?" I asked cautiously.

"It was a bit of a shock at first, but I've had time to let it all soak in, and then there was the four hour car trip with your, uh…vampire significant other, so I'm as good as I can be. All I care about is that you're alright, come here kiddo," he said with open arms, so I hugged him carefully. "I missed you, sweetheart."

"I missed you too, daddy."

"Grandma, come see," Carlie said excitedly as she grabbed Renee's hand and pulled her towards the tent. Phil followed them silently.

"Ah, they're beautiful Bells. I just can't believe you're a mamma," Charlie said softly.

"Yeah, everything in my life is pretty unbelievable now."

"Hey-ya, Bella!" I turned to see Seth walking towards me with his mother and sister.

"Hey!" I said surprised, then looked at Edward questionably.

"Well, I figured Jake could use a few of his wolfy friends to hang out with for a little while. Besides, they're just extended family, or at least will be soon, right Charlie?"

Charlie looked at Edward shockingly. "How did you know that?"

"Oh, did he forget to mention he can read minds," Emmett asked him, which slightly startled Charlie as he took in Emmett's enormous size. "Don't worry about it Papa Swan, you'll get used to controlling your thoughts around him. Or, if you're like me, you just won't give a flying fuck what he thinks about what you think."

"Emmett!" Esme scolded him.

"What? It's not like the man's never met me before," Emmett said. Charlie knew the Cullens from when they lived in Forks, but it had been a few years and it was the first time that he saw them knowing that they were vampires.

"So, what did Edward mean by 'extended family'?" I asked Charlie.

"Well…" Sue came and wrapped her arm around Charlie's waist. "I asked Sue to marry me, and she said yes."

"Oh my god, I'm so happy for you," I said while giving Sue a hug.

"My turn…sis," Seth said, and then hugged me tightly. "I never really expected to have a vampire for a sister, but it's pretty cool if you think about it."

"It is cool," I agreed.

"Wow Bella, a wolf brother and sister, and in about six and a half years, you'll have a wolf son-in-law too," Emmett teased me, but that crossed the line. I started chasing him, and he ran from me with his hand cupping his penis. I could have caught him, but despite his distasteful joke, I was far too happy then to let him get me all worked up. Everyone in the entire world that I cared about, were all sitting in the tiny piece of the huge rainforest. The twins were happily getting to know their human grandparents, all the Cullens were alive and well, and Jacob felt a little less alone because he had Seth and Leah. But above all else, Edward was still with us and he was never going to leave. Nothing could come between us again, and we were unquestionably going to be together forever.

Edward had an ulterior motive for bringing the four humans and two wolves to the rain forest; he wanted them to all be there for our wedding. Alice didn't know anything ahead of time about the wedding, and she was slightly perturbed because she realized that her lack of visions had something to do with the wolves. Between the three wolves, the hybrid twins, and the other hybrids nearby, Alice's visions were basically nonexistent. But no amount of irritation or anxiety would get in her way of planning a wedding.

"Alice, we're in the middle of the Amazon. What kind of wedding do you really think you can plan out here?" I asked her.

"If anyone can do it, it's Alice," Rose said mockingly.

We set up a couple more tents for our new guests who required sleep, and that evening we had a huge bonfire where the twins tasted their first roasted hotdogs.

"What's the matter kiddo, don't you like it? I thought all kids liked hotdogs," Charlie asked EJ, who was chewing his first bite with the look of disgust on his face.

"They pretty much have had a liquid only diet," Edward told Charlie with a grin.

"Oh?...Oh," Charlie said uncomfortably as he understood what Edward meant by liquid diet. "And, that's enough to sustain them? I mean, they are half human, right; don't they need human food too?"

"They can live on either," Edward said casually.

"Renee said you are all non human drinkers, so what kind of animals do you find out here in the jungle?" Charlie asked as he smacked a bird sized mosquito on his arm. He was trying to be indifferent about the situation, but it was obvious that he was uncomfortable and just trying to be supportive.

"Panthers," I said automatically.

"No way, I like the pythons. Their blood has a unique twang to it," Emmett said enthusiastically.

"Uh…neat," Charlie said in a mix of interest and unease.

Later that night, Charlie took me aside to speak to me in private.

"Bells, I didn't want to say anything around the others, but when Edward picked us up at the airport, he seemed very familiar to me. Of course, I thought that was a crazy because where would I have ever met him before? But seeing you with him made me think of something….is Edward the one who kidnapped you in Italy?" Charlie asked concerned.

"Yes," I said bluntly. "But as you know, he called you so I could go home."

"But he came back after you, and now…"

"Dad, he just came to check on me because he was worried, but he planned on going back to Volterra until we found out I was pregnant."

"So…you got pregnant when you were imprisoned by him in Italy?"

"He never forced me to do anything; I just fell in love with him and I would have been happy even if I never left that place. This was my choice, I wanted to be with him, and I wanted to have this life."

"Ok, but why did he kidnap you in the first place?"

"Oh, well, he wanted to kill me, but then he didn't because he worried about having to live forever without ever tasting my blood again…or something like that," I said casually.

"He told you that?" Charlie asked surprised.

"Yeah, he tells me everything," I said proudly.

"And why would you still want to be with him after knowing something like that?" He asked disturbed.

"Edward is a lot of things, and yes he's killed people before, but that was just his nature. No one hates lions for killing their prey. But he's changed for the better because I asked him to, and he loves me."

It was hard for Charlie to do nothing, and in fact be friendly with a confessed murderer, but he quickly realized that the supernatural have their own rules which were far beyond his comprehension. Charlie was comforted by the fact that Edward clearly had no desire to kill any of them, so he tried to think of him simply as his soon to be son-in-law and father of his grandkids. Edward was an amazing father who obviously loved the twins immeasurably, so Charlie forced himself to only see the positive aspects of him and the person, who he was becoming.

….

My parents and their significant others were only going to be in South America with us for two weeks, so we didn't want to waste any time. The next day, Rose, Alice, Esme, Renee, Sue, EJ, and I, all went on a much appreciated shopping trip to Rio. Rose planned it to be a girls day and expected Carlie and Leah to come as well, but they wanted to hang back with the guys, so EJ decided to hang with us. EJ was a very curious little boy, and he had never been to Rio, so he was willing to brave the multitude of stores just to see the city. I always hated shopping before, but it was nice spending the day with my mom and all the others, and getting out of the jungle for a while was good too.

"When are we going to be there?" EJ asked impatiently.

"Honey, I told you it was a very long car trip," I told him.

"It would be faster if you, Alice, and Rose just ran with us on your backs," EJ said with his arms crossed.

After the four hour car ride, we finally made it into Rio. Edward gave me a very strange plastic card and he said that it would work wherever I wanted to buy something. Again, I had no idea where the money on the card came from, but I tried not to think about it.

"Ooo, I like this one," Alice said excitedly as she pulled a very elaborate gown off the rack.

"We're getting married in the jungle, think simple," I said to Alice.

"Simple is boring…how about this one?"

"I can't get married in a princess dress out in the jungle, it's just not practical."

"Ok, fine. We'll just have to save this for the next time you get married."

"Next time?" I asked confused.

"Yeah. Trust me; you're going to want to get married again after several decades. Every time we graduate from high school, Rose and Emmet always celebrate by getting married again."

"Oh, how nice," Renee said adoringly. For a woman who was brutally tortured by a vampire, she was surprisingly calm and very friendly with the Cullens, especially with Esme. Renee, Sue and Esme were looking through the store together, Rose was holding EJ's hand, and Alice was torturing me by holding every unreasonable dress up to me.

"Momma, I'm hungry," EJ said after a while.

"Yeah, I could eat as well," Renee said.

We all went to lunch in a little restaurant, but like the hotdog, EJ looked at his child's chicken platter with disgust. "Here," I put my plate of rare steak in front of him. I only ordered the food so he could have a few things to try.

EJ took a bite, and only looked mildly grossed out, but he was hungry so he ate it. Vampires could go a week comfortably without any blood, but the kids had to eat or drink everyday because they were growing so fast.

After everyone was finished, we made a life altering mistake when we went in a little boutique. We were all combing the racks and Alice had at least a dozen things she wanted me to try, when I looked at Rose, and she didn't have EJ with her.

"Rose, where's EJ?" I asked worried.

"He said he was going to shop with the grannies," she said referring to Esme, Renee, and Sue.

I walked over to them, but none of them had seen him since we went in the store.

"EJ!" I called to him, but he didn't answer.

I started to panic, so I followed his scent which led out back. When I got to the back alley behind the store, I saw him there, casually talking to a little girl. "EJ, what are you doing out here?" I asked him.

"This is my friend Alex, isn't she pretty?" EJ asked all doe-eyed.

The girl looked to be around ten years old or so, and she was smiling politely at EJ like he was just some little kid who was bothering her. EJ was the size of a five or six year old, so at ten, Alex wasn't very interested in playing with him but she was being nice.

"It's nice to meet you Alex, where's your parents?" I asked her.

"Oh, they're inside looking at wedding dresses for my older sister, but I was bored so I came out here."

"Oh, well I hope they know where you are so that they don't worry."

"Yeah, they know."

"Ok, good. EJ, say goodbye, we need to be going."

"No, I want to stay here with Alex," he said her name with a certain worship quality.

"It's getting late and we still have a very long car ride home," I told him.

"Okay," he said sadly, "bye Alex, don't forget me because someday I'll come back to marry you."

"Um, I live in the US, we're just here for my sister's wedding," she said hoping it would detour EJ's hopes for their future.

"That's Ok, I'll find you," EJ said confidently, then leaned into her and kissed her on the cheek, which she quickly wiped away.

I grabbed his hand and practically had to drag him out of the store. "EJ, you can't just disappear on me like that. Do you have any idea how worried I was about you?"

"Sorry momma, but don't you think that's she's pretty?"

"Yes EJ, she was very cute, but you are far too young to be thinking about girls like that."

"You'll see; I'm going to marry her someday."

We all collected our day's shopping finds, and headed back to the jungle. Alice was frustrated by my lack of decision on a dress, so she just bought one herself and refused to let me see it, saying she didn't want to hear my complaints. Not only did she buy new outfits for everyone, but Alice also insisted on buying decorations for the wedding as well.

We waited until the end of my parents' stay, before we had the wedding. Edward said he was going to take me on a honeymoon, so we didn't want to leave while my parents were still visiting. We also didn't want to involve a minister from the city, because there really wasn't any way to explain what we were doing in the middle of the jungle, so Zafrina asked one of the indigenous tribe leaders to come perform the ceremony.

That particular tribe wasn't like Jacob and the Quileute, they didn't live to the modern western standard, and they saw the man eating sisters as godlike so would often sacrifice members of the tribe to them. Zafrina and her sisters weren't vegetarians like us, but had a lot of respect for the tribe and said that they only went along with the sacrifices because it would offend them not to, otherwise, they never harmed any of the people there.

Edward and I were obviously not traditional, so we spent all morning tangled together out in the cover of the trees so Alice could decorate. We would have helped her with putting everything up, but she insisted that it be a surprise, and we weren't complaining.

"I think we should be getting back," Edward said as he pulled himself out of me.

I huffed, but didn't complain further. I wanted to be married to him, but I wanted him to stay inside of me even more.

We got dressed and started walking back, when we were met by Alice who was holding a blindfold.

"You have to be kidding," I said jokingly.

"Nope, turn around," she said and jumped on my back so she could tie it over my eyes. She didn't care about Edward seeing the decorations because he'd have to see them anyway as he waited for me to join him. She led me to one of the tents so I could get dressed and her and Rose could mess with my hair. As I looked at my dress for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised. It was a modest but still sexy dress that flowed like a river but caressed my curves as I moved. I had a small mirror in the tent, which wasn't big enough to see myself efficiently, but I didn't really care how I looked.

The sound of tribal music started playing softly, so Alice smiled at me. "It's time."

As I ducked out of the tent, I saw Carlie standing there with a huge grin on her face. She was wearing a softly flowing dress which was close to the same design as mine, but hers was a light pink color. She had a wreath of flowers in her hair that all looked to be the native flowers of the forest, which was absolutely beautiful.

"You look pretty mamma," she said with a smile.

"Thank you, you look pretty too." I told her after kissing her lightly.

"Now I have to redo your lipstick," Alice said quickly.

"You look beautiful," Charlie said as he came into the secluded area that we were in. Charlie was wearing a white button down shirt, with a black tie and pants. I recognized his outfit of being the same one he wore for all dressier events, and I wondered why Alice let him get away with that. I knew she bought him an outfit, but perhaps it wasn't his type of thing.

"Thanks dad," I said as we hugged each other.

Alice took Carlie's hand and walked towards the wedding location, leaving Charlie and me alone.

"I would ask you if you're sure about this, but I think that's obvious," Charlie said as he took my hand and pulled it through his arm.

"I'm definitely and eternally sure," I said with conviction.

Charlie led me through the trees, and then the tribal music changed. It wasn't exactly the wedding march, but it had a romantic tone to it, which was absolutely perfect. When we walked into the clearing, I was completely stunned. Alice had brought in tons of wild flowers, and along with our human and wolf family, the Amazon sisters were there, Joham and his children, and the whole indigenous tribe. The tribe had about two hundred members, and they were all gathered around, some in the trees and others sitting with the rest of the guests.

I never expected to have such a large wedding, but it was very intimate in a way, and full of love and camaraderie. I locked eyes with Edward at the end of the makeshift aisle, and I couldn't help but smile as he beamed at me. He wasn't wearing a suit because that just wouldn't make sense in the jungle, but he was wearing a white linen shirt with a Nehru collar, and matching beige linen pants. He was absolutely stunningly gorgeous. EJ had a similar outfit as Edward's, and he and Carlie were standing beside their father as I walked towards them.

As Edward took my hand from Charlie, the tribal holy man started chanting and singing in their native language. I didn't understand any of it, but even if he were speaking English, I still wouldn't have been listening. All I could think about was the surreal fact that I was actually marrying Edward. Even with everything that happened between us, the very human act of becoming his wife was the most wonderfully unbelievable thing that had ever happened to me. The supernatural had become my norm, so being a vampire and having hybrid children felt very realistic, where marrying Edward was a complete fantasy.

For a moment, my mind brought me back to the first day we ever spent together, when he was just an Italian tour guide, and I was just an American site-seeier. I fell in love with him that day, and not even realizing that he was a monster could detour me. But as we held hands and I looked deep in his liquid topaz eyes, there was no trace of the demon he was for so long; we were nothing more than two people in love.


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