*Ducks around potential flying objects* I'm back :) I am so sorry it took this long for an update. I have been so busy, and it didn't help that I was completely blocked when it came to this story.

Thanks to my awesome beta, coldplaywhore for making this chapter readable. I'll save my nonsense for later, now, onto the show.

I don't own Twilight, but I do own a new hand knitted hat that my best friend made me!

BPOV

"Baby?" I heard Edward's soft whisper along with the gentle raps as he knocked on the door. I carefully got out of bed, looking over at Alice to make sure she was still sleeping. I tiptoed my way to the door and opened it swiftly, coming face to face with Edward.

Clad in only his boxers. Fuck yes.

I closed the door quietly, careful to only hear the soft click. I turned to face Edward as he grabbed my wrist, pulling me to him and kissing me forcefully. I gripped his forearms as he backed up and lead us down the hallway towards the bathroom. Once we were inside, Edward pushed me up against the bathroom door and snaked his arms around my waist. I put my arms around Edward's neck as his tongue made it's way into my mouth and his hands roamed down to my ass.

"Mmmm, Edward," I mumbled against his lips. Edward kissed his way down to my neck, causing me to moan.

"Shhh, Bella," Edward said. "Alice might wake up," he continued between kisses.

"I can be quick," I said as my hands wandered down to the waistband of his boxers.

"Fuck, Bella. I will never get tired of hearing you say things like that to me." Edward's grip on my ass tightened and he moved his hands upwards slightly, signaling me to wrap my legs around his waist. I complied with his silent request and suddenly Edward's hard cock was pressed against my heat. "I love you, Mrs. Cullen."

The amount of pleasure I felt in that moment increased tenfold as I heard my soon-to-be name fall from Edward's lips. "God, I love you, too," I said as I began peppering his neck with small, open-mouthed kisses.

Edward began moving against me, hitting me in just the right spot, and pressing me further into the bathroom door. The only light in the room was the small nightlight that was glowing beside us in the darkness. Edward stopped for a moment and I sighed at the loss of pressure on my sweet spot. His hand found the waistband of my pajama shorts and his fingers made their way into them, and he let out a growl as he found that I wasn't wearing any panties. I stared at him lovingly, wondering how I had gotten so lucky to have found him. Someone who would hold off his own pleasure to give me something.

I let out a small whimper as Edward's index finger came in contact with my now swollen clit. He began rubbing small circles around it when suddenly there was a loud knock on the door.

"Bella Swan, you better not have Edward in there with you," said Alice's annoyed, high-pitched voice a moment later. Edward and I both groaned, since we were now both all worked up and would have no release until tomorrow night.

"We'll pick this up later," I whispered into Edward's ear, nipping at his earlobe slightly.

"You bet your sexy ass we will," Edward replied, chuckling slightly as he set me back down on my feet. He kissed my forehead and we composed ourselves and I opened the door, standing in front of Edward, hoping to hide his evident arousal from the tiny intruder.

"You two are impossible," Alice muttered as she grabbed my wrist and pulled me back towards the bedroom. I stood on my toes as Edward leaned down to kiss me one more time before Alice dragged me away.

"I'll see you in the morning," I called out to Edward quietly once I was pried away from him.

"I'll be waiting at the altar," he replied with a smirk. I watched him, our gazes never breaking apart until Alice closed the door in my face.

"I'll be the one in the monkey suit," he said jokingly as the door was slammed in my face.

"I can't believe you, Bella. You can't go one night without jumping Edward's bones?" Alice whispered harshly to me once as I continued staring at the door like a lovesick fool. Oh hell, who am I kidding? I am a lovesick fool.

"Well, would you?" I asked quickly. Alice stared at me disbelievingly with her eyebrows raised. "Never mind. Don't answer that. I'm sorry that I have a sexy as hell fiancé who I can't keep my hands off of," I whispered, turning on my heel Alice just giggled at me as I sauntered back over to my bed. My cold, empty bed.

I slept surprisingly well the rest of the night, considering it was the night before my wedding. The next morning, I opened my eyes and nearly had a heart attack at what greeted me. A small pair of brown eyes were staring back at me like I was some sort of lab rat. "Good morning bride! Are you ready?" she asked, nearly making me jump out of my skin.

"Alice, I am ready for you to stop staring at me. Other than that I am ready to have a relaxed morning," I told her as I sat up slowly and stretched my arms and legs. "I will not be poked, prodded or shoved around today."

Alice let out a small laugh, but it sounded downright evil. "You say that like you have a choice in the matter, Bella." With that, she bounced out of the room, warning me that I had exactly seven minutes to get my ass out of bed and into the shower. The wedding was at seven, just in time for sunset, and I had a sinking feeling that I would be at the mercy of my friends and relatives all day.

I looked down at my wrist and saw the small blue bracelet that Edward had given to me the night before.

"My mother wanted you to have it. It belonged to my Great-Grandma Cullen. She would be proud to see you wearing it," He'd told me. I couldn't believe that Esme had wanted me to have it, and not Rosalie who she had known for years. "I was informed that this could count as your 'something blue,''' I laughed at the complete obviousness of Alice's insistence of the blue shoes that she'd coerced me into wearing. I nodded and kissed him fervently, stunned and absolutely grateful that his mother truly saw me as her own daughter.

I pondered this for a few more minutes until Alice came barging back into the room. "Bella Swan, shower! Now." I stuck my tongue out at her like some ten year old and finally got out of the bed and headed into the bathroom.

I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be the day of my wedding, but I was sure that was because I knew that Edward and I would last forever. The bond that he and I shared was solidified even more by what happened the night before with Jacob. Edward had stood by me even when my crazed, cheating ex-boyfriend crashed our rehearsal dinner, and it made me fall in love with him all over again. I couldn't have asked for anyone better to spend the rest of my life with; I was truly lucky.

When I was done with my shower, I slipped on the complimentary robe, headed out into the hallway and into Esme and Carlisle's room where Alice had told me to meet her. When I walked in, Alice, Rose, my mother and Esme were all beaming with excitement as they chatted about how they thought the day would go. Which uncle would snore during the ceremony and of course, Alice insisted that everything would go off without a hitch. The sky was clear, so obviously rain would be out of the question, which was some sort of miracle for Washington State. I knew that rain could be an issue when I booked the Dragonfly for the wedding, but the place was so beautiful that I couldn't resist. I knew it was the right place for Edward and me to get married.

"Oh, Bella you look radiant!" my mother said cheerfully as she saw me walk into the room.

"Mother, don't you think that's a little cliché?" I said with a laugh as I sat down on the bed beside her, my best friends and my future mother-in-law. I touched the bracelet as I thought of her, and saw brief glimpses of the life Edward and I would have together. I smiled to myself as Rose's voice broke me from my daydreams.

"She can be cliché today, Bella. You're getting married, the whole thing is a bit cliché, don't you think?" Rose asked as I mock punched her in the shoulder and we all laughed.

"Okay, Bella. It's time to start getting you pretty," Alice said as our laughter died down. I groaned and wondered what they would be subjecting my body to for the next eight hours.

"Fine. Bring on the torture."

For the first three hours, every limb of my body was being pulled at some point or another. Once Alice and Rosalie had finally finished my hair, they all made me eat quickly, for fear of me passing out or something. I was way too nervous to even be hungry, really, but I reluctantly obliged since no one would let me out of their sight until they saw me eat. I eventually forced down a small salad as Alice stared at me like she was going to try and knock me down with telekinesis.

By the time the force feeding debacle was finally over with, it was time for Alice to pin my hair up and fix my makeup. Once that was done, I could barely feel my face, but I had to admit that I did look good. I barely recognized myself as I looked in the mirror. My hair was pinned back behind my ears while the rest of it drifted down my back in long curls. I felt like I had just stepped out of some classic movie from the forties.

I unzipped my hoodie and peeled my shorts off before Alice and my mother slid me into my dress. They pinned it together in the back just as my father appeared in the doorway. He smiled at the sight of me, his only daughter, about to walk down the aisle. I could hardly believe it myself, but as long as it was Edward standing at the other end of that aisle, I could care less about the rest. He would be all I focused on as I walked arm in arm with my father through the patch of grass, down to the small wedding arch. The man standing in front of it was my life.

"You look beautiful, Bells," Charlie told me after a few moments of silence. He and my mother had been staring at each other, no doubt remembering together their own wedding day. I hoped that in twenty-five years, Edward and I would be able to look at each other that way and be able to remember our wedding so fondly. I had faith that we would be.

My heart swelled at his words, and for a moment I was speechless. I had to hold back the tears as my father looked at me with such… admiration and love. He looked so proud of me, and I wasn't exactly sure why pride was the emotion that stood out so prominently in his expression, but it brought forth so much emotion in me that I could barely contain it.

"Thanks, Dad," I finally said softly.

"I'm proud of you, you know," my dad said. My brow furrowed at his statement and I gave him a questioning look, imploring him to continue.

"Why's that?" I finally asked, since my father wasn't the most attentive man and couldn't guess what I was thinking just by looking at me, unlike Renee who could read me like a book.

"For… for never letting what Jacob did to you bring you down completely. For building yourself a life, and allowing Edward to be apart of it. That took some courage to do, kiddo. That's why I'm proud of you," he finished as a singe tear fell down my cheek, as I was unable to contain it that time. I made one long stride towards him, nearly tripping over my dress in the process, and gave my father the biggest hug I'd ever given him. I had no idea that he felt that way.

"I love you, Dad," I mumbled against his chest.

"Love you, too, Bella."

It was only a few minutes later that my mother was bidding us goodbye as she headed to her seat outside and Charlie and I were standing by the door, ready to make our way down the aisle. We watched intently as Alice and Rosalie walked across the grass gracefully. My heart started pounding against my chest as a sense of nervousness suddenly came over me. I was afraid, not of what I was about to do, but about something stupid, of course. I was afraid of falling on my ass in front of everyone I knew. Leave it up to me to be nervous about falling down as I walked down the aisle on my wedding day. I took a deep breath and leaned over to whisper in Charlie's ear.

"Do me a favor?" I said softly. He nodded slightly and I continued. "Don't let me fall."

"Ditto."

I smiled at my father's use of the word 'ditto' and turned my head to face forward as a instrumental rendition of 'Someone to Watch Over Me' started playing outside. Edward had made the suggestion that I walk down the aisle to the first song we had danced to after we had gotten engaged. I agreed that it was the perfect idea, since I never really saw myself walking down the aisle to the Wedding March, anyway.

We stepped outside and a smile took over my face completely the moment I saw him. Edward was standing in front of the wedding arch, looking at me with what I could only call love. He looked as if he was seeing me for the first time, and I imagined that if I could see my own reflection, it would look similar. My eyes were trained on his and he gave a small smile and I saw him mouth 'I love you' slowly, which made me blush the same color as the flowers I was clutching nervously. People always joked that walking down the aisle was like being led off to the slaughter, but I knew it would never feel like that for Edward and I. We were meant to be together and I was ready to start the next chapter of my life with him at my side, ready to take my hand and walk through it with me.

EPOV

I looked up as soon as people began to stand up from their seats. The sight of Bella walking towards me knocked the breath out of me. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever laid eyes on, and I couldn't believe that in just a few minutes, she would be my wife. I didn't think that it would ever seem real until it became true and our vows were said. I knew, we both knew, that we were committed to each other forever, but to be able to call her my wife, my ring on her finger for the whole world to see, made our dedication to each other that much more real.

It felt like an eternity until Bella was standing at my side, I barely noticed Charlie's presence as he took his daughter's hand and placed it in mine, where it fit perfectly. I smiled as I looked into her glimmering brown eyes, and I saw the love reflecting back at me through them. I was sure that my own eyes would be showing the same amount of love that I was seeing shine through Bella's.

"Hi," I mouthed to her as she smiled and we faced Mr. Weber. She mouthed 'hi' back to be, but we never broke eye contact. Anyone who saw us from behind would think we were looking straight at Mr. Weber, but in truth we were both staring into each other's eyes. The only thing that made me tear my eyes away from Bella was Mr. Weber clearing his throat as he said something. I smiled at him in a silent apology before he told me to repeat after him and handed me Bella's wedding band. I turned to face her and I saw tears glistening in her eyes.

"I Edward, choose you Bella as my best friend, my lover for life. To live with you and laugh with you; to stand by your side and sleep in your arms; to be the best I can be for you and to bring out the best in you always. I promise to laugh with you in good times and to kiss your tears away in bad times, to comfort you with my body and mirror your devotion with mine. I promise to lend you strength for all of your dreams. You have shown me what love feels like and you are the only one I will ever share it with." I took the ring from Mr. Weber and took Bella's left hand in both of mine and placed the ring on her finger. "Your arms are my shelter and your heart is my home."

I watched her smiling at me when the ring was finally on her finger, where it would stay forever. She took my hands and repeated the words I'd just said to her. "I Bella, choose you Edward as my best friend, my lover for life. To live with you and laugh with you; to stand by your side and sleep in your arms; to be the best I can be for you and to bring out the best in you always. I promise to laugh with you in good times and to kiss your tears away in bad times, to comfort you with my body and mirror your devotion with mine. I promise to lend you strength for all of your dreams. You have shown me what love feels like and you are the only one I will ever share it with." As she placed the ring at the tip of my finger, my smile mirrored hers, the edges of my mouth aching, but I didn't care. "Your arms are my shelter and your heart is my home." She said as she slid the ring onto my finger.

As I looked into her eyes, I saw laughter, love and comfort, but most of all, I saw home. Without permission from Mr. Weber I grabbed the back of her head as soon as she released my left hand from hers, and I kissed her with all the most passion and love and adoration I could muster. This beautiful woman was mine and I was hers. Forever.

I pulled back from Bella and her face was plastered with a mixture of shock and bliss. I think somewhere in the background I heard Mr. Weber announce us as husband and wife, but honestly I wasn't really paying him any attention. I was focusing all my attention on my new wife. I grabbed her and we turned to walk up the aisle as all of our family and friends clapped their hands around us.

Once we were alone inside, I got in front of Bella and made a beeline for the stairs. I knew that we'd only have a few minutes alone together before we needed to take pictures, so I wanted to make sure we didn't have any interruptions. I opened the nearest door, leading both of us inside and closing it behind us quickly. I turned towards Bella, her face almost glowing with what I recognized as the same happiness I was feeling.

"I love you, Mrs. Cullen," I said hurriedly before leaning in and kissing her again. I wrapped my arms around her and Bella did the same, kissing me back forcefully. I felt my cock growing hard and I couldn't wait to get the gown off her, as gorgeous as she looked in it, I knew what was underneath was better.

"I love you, too, Mr. Cullen," Bella breathed as soon as we broke apart. I leaned down again, pressing my forehead to hers. "I'm so happy. Only you could make me this happy."

My lips were on hers the moment she spoke those words. All I wanted out of life was to make her happy, and to know that I truly did make her the happiest she had ever been, the feeling it gave me was amazing. My lips traveled along her jaw, down her neck and across her chest, just wishing and aching for more. I knew that we would have to be back outside for pictures soon, and I would rather have stopped before anyone had the chance to interrupt us. Especially if that someone was Alice, again.

"You make me happy, too, Bella. We should go back out there so we can take pictures. The sooner we're done with that, the earlier we can celebrate with our family and then once that is over with, we can celebrate the way I want to," I told her honestly as my hand snaked across her ass over the material of her dress. I squeezed her ass tightly as Bella let out a low moan and kissed me quickly once again.

Bella and I eventually made it back downstairs, and this time I was truly able to appreciate my surroundings. There was a good amount of sun in the sky today, so the sunset was absolutely beautiful. The photographer was setting up when we got outside, and the DJ was setting up his equipment, with a tent of course, since we were in Washington after all.

We took pictures with the wedding party, with just Bella and I with our parents, a lot of just Bella and me alone, and some of the two of us by ourselves. Once we were finished, the photographer began reviewing some of the pictures he took, because he was going to put some of them on display at the reception.

Our family and friends congratulated us, wished us luck and hugged and kissed us. Both Bella and I were glad when that part was over, not that we didn't appreciate every single wish of happiness and love; it was all just so overwhelming. Plus, some of the older women in Bella's family took a liking to hugging more of me than I would have liked.

Her aunt Gladis groped my ass as I was hugging her after she gave us her best wishes, and her great aunt Mildred tried to slip me some tongue along with her congratulatory kiss. I gave Bella an evil look a couple of times when I caught her giggling as she saw what was going on.

We mingled for a bit before sitting down for dinner, which Bella and I barely touched because we were both too excited. When it was time for the toasts, everyone sat quietly as both Alice and Emmett made their speeches. Alice was first, and it was more than I had expected from her, to be honest. Her speech made her love for Bella obvious, and it made me love her even more for all the compassion she had for Bella, and for me apparently.

"As most of you know, I am Bella's best friend, I've been her best friend ever since I can remember, and with that title comes a certain kind of love. It's not quite sisterly, and not quite friendly, it's like a perfect middle. We look out for each other and we always speak our minds. Right now the thing that is on my mind is the love that you two show each other. Edward, I never thought that I would see such a smile as the one I see on Bella's face everyday, the very smile I can clearly see right this very moment. You're the best thing that could have ever happened to her, and I knew from the moment I first saw the two of you together, that you could be the one to bring her all of the happiness and love that is glowing from her tonight. I want to thank you for that. To Bella and Edward, I wish you two the joyous, exciting future that you both deserve. I love you guys."

Bella and I both stood to hug Alice, a few stray tears slipping down Bella's cheeks. I thanked Alice and let her know that her speech meant more to me than she could have imagined, because knowing that she thanked me for making Bella happy, made me almost as ecstatic as knowing that I was the one who made Bella happy. When it was Emmett's turn to make his speech, Bella and I looked at each other and smiled, because we really did not know what to expect from him.

Emmett, to say the least, surprised us by quoting Morrie Schwartz, an author and the subject of the book 'Tuesdays with Morrie.'

"As Morrie Schwartz said, 'The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in," he began, shocking us all. I knew that my brother wasn't stupid by any means, but it meant so much to me that he put this much thought into his speech. "When I found that quote online, as my wife, Rosalie, suggested, I knew immediately that it was the perfect quote to describe my little brother and his new wife. See, it was easy to see when these two crazy kids first got together, that my brother had a bit of a hard time learning how to love Bells over there," he continued, gesturing to Bella with his head. "It was also easy to see that she had a bit of a rough time learning how to let Edward love her. But they did it, and ever since they've realized what they are to each other, they have overcome everything that life has thrown at them, and I know that they will continue to shock the hell out of us all and keep conquering every challenge that they face. To Edward and Bella, may you be happy, so I can finally eat cake," Emmett finished, raising his glass as everyone began laughing, including Bella and I. We stood once again, Bella being lifted off the ground as she hugged Emmett, crying once again.

"Thanks, bro," I said as I gave Emmett a hug and he patted me on the back.

"No need to thank me, just feed me, little bro," he said. Bella and I finally got to have our first dance as husband and wife, before we cut the cake, unfortunately for Emmett.

We danced to 'Come Away With Me' by Norah Jones, having picked it out one day as it came on the iPod while we were in the car. I hummed the melody of the song in Bella's ear as we swayed contentedly together, almost forgetting that we were in the presence of everyone we knew. In fact, that was how it was for most of the night. If I hadn't had Bella's face memorized by then, I definitely would have by the end of our wedding. I hardly took my eyes off of her, even when we were dancing and mingling with other people.

We cut our cake and laughed as Emmett made sure he was the first one, besides the two of us, to get a piece of it. I managed to get a dab of icing on Bella's nose before she gave me the look that said 'go any further and I may just withhold the sex tonight.' There was no way I was risking it, even though I was 99% sure it would never happen, anyway, so I quit while I was ahead and we had cake and spent the rest of the night with our family and friends.

Once the reception was finally over, much to my delight, Bella and I bid our guests goodnight and slipped into the single bedroom on the third floor. It was complete with an ensuite bathroom, so we had no reason to leave the third floor for the night. I was eager to get Bella's wedding dress off of her as soon as we were alone, but thanks to my unknowing self, I was unable to get her out of it without becoming frustrated, so I let her into the bathroom so she could do it herself, because apparently it was better that way.

When Bella finally emerged from the bathroom, I understood why she had wanted to be alone. She was wearing a completely see through lace nightgown that came to just above her knees, with a nearly see through top that was teasing me with an partial view of her breasts.

"Wow," was all I could manage to say at the moment, as a smile and a slight blush crept across Bella's face. "I love you."

"I love you, too, Edward," she told me as she closed the distance between us, slowly, and stood on her toes to kiss me. I wrapped my arms around her and lifted her up off the floor. "Forever."

We undressed each other slowly, kissing every inch of exposed skin as we went. I unclipped Bella's hair before slipping inside of her, kissing her passionately, hovering above her as I rocked us back and forth on the bed. We didn't need to speak. The only sounds in the room were ones of pleasure, our soft moans and occasional whispers of love. I kissed her neck, her breasts, her arms, her wrists, and she did the same to me. It was the slowest that we had ever made love, and definitely the most memorable. We both came together in silence, our kisses muffling our sounds of pure bliss.

I pulled Bella back into my chest. "Goodnight, Mrs. Cullen. I love you."

"Goodnight, Mr. Cullen. I love you, too."

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