Here we go =)


October

"Bella?" I heard Rose call from across the room, sounding slightly panicked. I didn't blame her at all...it was wedding day. There were twenty minutes until she walked down the aisle, and she was freaking out.

I hurried across the room to where Alice was putting the finishing touches on Rose's hair. It had been curled, and now Alice was working on pinning up certain pieces of it.

"Bella, what am I doing?" Rose asked me, her hands fluttering in her lap. She looked beautiful, even more so than usual. I tried not sigh. She'd been like this for the past three days.

"You're marrying my brother, who you love, and making the best decision of your life. Stop worrying!" I assured her. Fortunately, Alice had finished with my hair and makeup before taking over on Rose's.

"Yeah. Yeah, you're right. You're right." Rose said, taking a deep breath. Alice looked at me and rolled her eyes dramatically as she put another piece of Rose's golden hair in place.

"Go finish with Adele." Alice said, shooing me off. I smiled and nodded, walking back to where Adele was coloring.

"I'm almost finished, okay, Baby?" I asked, kissing her cheek. I knew she was tired of being treated like a doll. She sighed and nodded, only pouting a little.

"Okay Mommy." She said, picking out a different crayon out of the box.

It was October now. Edward and I had known each other for almost a year, Adele was now three, I was twenty, and Edward was twenty-three. To tell the truth, nothing really big had happened since Adele had moved in. Well...actually, there was one little thing.

"Bella, come on. Let me in, please?" there was a dull thud, and I could almost see Edward, his hands on the door frame of the bathroom door, his forehead pressed against it, and his eyes closed in frustration.

"Just a minute!" I said, my voice a little shaky. I was sitting on the edge of the bath tub, watching my watch tick away the seconds. Just thirty more...

"Can you please tell me what's going on?" Edward said from the other side of the door. I felt incredibly guilty for keeping this from him, but...I was scared. I didn't know how to tell him.

I glanced down at my watch again. It was time. I stood up and looked down at the pregnancy test on the counter.

Negative.

I could breathe again. I felt like crying, I was so relieved. I just wasn't ready for another child yet. Someday...probably. I know that Edward wanted another kid in the future. But not now.

So, I'd had a pregnancy scare, but I shouldn't have worried. I glanced down at my flat (sort of) stomach. Nope, no baby in there. But, that was the only really exciting thing that had happened lately, until today.

My big brother is getting married. Wow.

I got back to work on Adele's hair, carefully pinning up certain pieces of it, copying the style that Rose's was in. While I did that, I was also tucking tiny white flowers in where ever I could make them stay.

There was a knock, then the door opened. In walked Edward, his hand over his eyes.

"Everyone decent?" he asked, stopping just inside the doorway. Alice and I both laughed. Adele yelled,

"Daddy!" And hopped down from her chair and ran to him.

"You can look, everyone has clothes on." I said. At least I had finished with Adele's hair. Edward chuckled and uncovered his eyes, then bent down to pick up Adele.

"Hey, Princess. You look beautiful." He said to her, and planted a kiss on her forehead. Adele giggled.

"Thank you, Daddy! Down now." She pointed to the floor. Edward laughed again and put her back on her feet. She skipped back towards me, and settled back into her chair, coloring the picture of Jasmine, out of Aladdin. Edward looked even more dashing than usual in a tux. The shirt was dark green and matched his eyes perfectly. He walked over to me and kissed me chastely on the lips. I heard Alice whistle and pulled away to glare at her. Edward just laughed.

"You're gorgeous." He told me, holding me at arms length and looking me over. I blushed a faint pink and he chuckled.

"You don't look so bad yourself." I said to him, flirting a little. This time last year, I would never have done this. It was a little strange, looking back, to see how much I'd changed. Edward flashed me his crooked smile.

"Emmett's freaking out. How's Rose?" he asked, a little more serious now. He glanced over at my sister in law, fidgeting nervously while Alice put the finishing touches on her hair.

"Same." I answered simply. Edward smiled, amused. Then, there was another knock on the door of the Bride's room, and the preacher came in.

"Hello." He said, smiling to everyone in the room. He walked over to Rose, who was twisting a tissue in her hands.

"Well, Rosalie. It's almost time. Are you sure about this?" he asked her. I was a little surprised. Why was he doing this? The Preacher dug in his pocket, and then pulled out a set of keys.

"See these? These are the keys to my car." I was even more confused. "If you don't want to do this, you can take these, right now, and get out of here. The tank is full. Do you want to take them?" he held out the keys to her. She glanced from the keys to his face, then back down again. Finally, she looked him in the eyes.

"No. I'm marrying Emmett, even if it kills me." she said, her voice confident. I smiled. I was proud of her. The Preacher smiled widely, and stuck the keys back in his pocket.

"Good. I figured you would say that. By the way, you have seven minutes." He nodded his head to all of us, then left.

I turned to look at Edward, a confused look on my face.

"He did the same with Emmett, just before I came to check on you guys. I think it's just one of those things..." he glanced down at his watch. "I'd better get going. I love you, and I'll see you in just a few minutes." He pecked me on the cheek, then left.

A few minutes later, we were gathered just outside the doors into the sanctuary. Rose, Mr. Hale, Alice, Jasper, Edward, Adele, and me. Rose had her bouquet, a mix of red roses and white daisies. Alice's and mine were the daisies, along with pink roses. Adele had her little basket filled with rose petals of all colors; red, yellow, peach, white, pink. Emmett was already standing in his place, next to the preacher.

It really was a fairly small wedding. The church itself was actually rather large, but that was okay. Rose and Emmett had invited just over one hundred people (to Mrs. Hale's dismay.) Excluding the five reporters and photographers that Rose had decided to invite.

"I would rather have a few there by invite than have a bunch of idiots crash the wedding." She'd explained.

"It's time." One of us said, and Alice and Jasper stepped forward. They'd be walking down together, and parting to stand on their respective marks. She smiled up at him, and they walked through the doors together. I watched them for a moment, then bent down to go over Adele's instructions with once again.

"I know, Mommy!" she said, obviously tired of me fussing over her. I straightened again, and looked up into Edward's eyes.

"Are you ready, Love?" he asked, wrapping his arm around my waist. I nodded. I'd been a little nervous about walking down the aisle alone, with so many people watching if I tripped (like I was sure I would,) but I knew that Edward wouldn't let me fall. We stepped into the door way. Edward lowered his head and whispered,

"This could be us someday, if you want it to be." Then, we were walking down the aisle together. I focused on my brother, waiting anxiously. He looked so handsome, so grown up. I was so proud of him. I stole a few peeks up at Edward too.

I went over his words in my head. He wanted us to get married. To tell the truth...I wanted it too. I knew I would be even more panicked than Rose was, but I wanted it, as long as it was Edward waiting for me.

We walked up the four steps together, passing Emmett at the bottom, then we had to part and stand in our places. Alice greeted me with a smile as I took my place next to her. I turned my gaze back to the doors. Adele would be coming next. Sure enough, there she was. She looked so small, and even more angelic that usual. She started scattering the rose petals as she walked down, doing her job perfectly....until she got to the last four rows.

My poor baby had been cursed with my clumsiness. She tripped over...something, and fell onto her hands and knees. There were several gasps from various places in the room. She started to cry, her rose petals spilled, and I started towards her, as did Emmett, but Edward moved faster. He was down the steps before Emmett could take more than three steps, and said something to him. Something like, "I've got her," then continued towards her. He knelt down in front of her and scooped the petals back into her basket, then set her back on her feet, brushing her off. Several people, "awwed," and cameras flashed. I wasn't surprised. Edward was fairly well known in the entertainment world; he was a composer, one of the best. He'd written songs for movie soundtracks. He asked her something, then picked her up and carried her the rest of the way. She happily threw the remaining rose petals to her right and left.

Edward set her back down after they'd gone up the steps, and she walked daintily to her spot next to Alice, while Edward returned to his. There was no ring bearer; Emmett "didn't want to trust Rose's ring to a little kid."

Rose and Mr. Hale appeared in the doors, and started down the aisle as the traditional song played. From where I was, it looked like there were faint wet spots on his cheeks. Rose leaned over and whispered something in her father's ear.

Rose's POV

"Daddy, don't cry. I'll always be your little girl." I whispered in my dad's ear.

Bella's POV

Before too long, the ceremony was over, and my brother was a married man. Next up...the pictures. The ones specifically for Emmett and Rose, that is. Not the magazine photos, of course. First came the pictures of Rose, Alice, me, and Adele. Then, Emmett, Edward, and Jasper. After that, there were pictures of Emmett and Rose together. One was taken on the playground of the church, with them both sitting on the swings. Another one saw Emmett with Rose in his arms, Bridal style of course. Rose was laughing, and Emmett was smiling down at her. My favorite was one of them sharing a simple kiss in front of a tree trunk, with their initials carved in it.

There were a few with Adele and Rose. One of them had Rose sitting next to Adele, touching noses and giggling.

Then, there were a couple of Alice and Jasper together.

Finally, there were pictures of Edward and me. I didn't like it very much, but then, I never liked having my picture taken very much. I was getting tired of having my picture taken, and Edward could tell.

"Just one more, okay?" he coaxed, kissing my nose. I held back a sigh and nodded. The photographer led us into the courtyard, and had me sit on the edge of the fountain, but said that Edward was fine the way he was with a smile. I raised an eye brow, but said nothing. The photographer got into his place....

And Edward got on one knee, and held open a blue velvet box that he had pulled from his pocket.

I faintly heard the snap of the photographer's camera, but it seemed like the rest of the world had faded away. It was just me and Edward.

"Bells, I love you, and I swear to never hurt you. You're my whole like, and I can't live without you. Will you marry me?" He said, giving me my favorite of his smiles.

I didn't even have to think about it. I started nodding, unable to speak. Edward's smile got wider than I had ever seen it.

"Yes?" he asked.

"Yeah." I answered, finding my voice again. He laughed in a relieved way, and slid the ring on to my finger.

What a glorious day.


Alrighty. This isn't the epilogue. Nope, that's still to come!! This was orignally going to be IN the epilogue, but...I decided it was too long, ya know? So I just gave it a chapter to it's self.

What did you guys think? That thing the preacher did? That's actually something that the pastor at my church does. Haha. He says that he would rather the bride or groom back out of the wedding at the last minute than them put themselves through a divorce later.

Ugh. divorces are awful. Not that I've ever been through one, but, it always effects so many people, even if they aren't directly involved...

Anyways! I have the links to Rose, Alice, Adele, and Bella's dresses on my profile (or will in a few minutes) and I'm lookin for Bella's ring. So, go check them out!!

And, of course, review! Until next time...