Happy Wedding Day! I hope this last chapter brings you as much joy as it brought me.

Thank you to Team CG: Brie, kitchmill, Jenn, Kelly and Kim. You ladies are the best.

Your last Celeb-u-counter comes from romance4me2. She's had quite a few, but I will share just two of them with you this time.

"So, all of my interaction with celebrities took place several years ago at the BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament.

First up is my childhood heart throb, Kurt Russell. I have been a fan since he started acting. I am dating myself, but I watched The Travels of Jamie McPheeters and fell in love. My plan was to follow Kurt around the golf course. I had an opportunity to walk with him between holes and he autographed my visor, which is now encased in plastic. I told him I was a lifelong fan and he laughed and said, "I'm sorry!" I loved how self-deprecating he was! Goldie's son Oliver Hudson was playing in a foursome behind Kurt and whenever possible, Kurt would wait and see how Oliver did on the hole. While I was walking with him, he stopped and watched and when Oliver made his putt, Kurt did a fist pump and said, "Yeah!" He's very handsome, down to earth, and cares about others. *sigh* Oh, my sister-in-law took pictures of Kurt and me together, but then told me later that her camera was broken. Urgh!

Kevin Costner was the most followed celeb at the tournament. I watched him make a pro-worthy putt on one hole and the crowd roared. He came over to shake hands with the gallery. I shook his hand and he made eye contact with me. Yowza! I meant to tell him, "Great putt," but honestly I don't know if I did or not. His eyes are absolutely mesmerizing. His charisma is palpable. He doesn't have to say a word. The man has Presence with a capital P! *swoon* Same camera issue happened here, sadly."

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Chapter Thirty-Five

The very second our eyes met everyone and everything else floated away. I no longer heard the music or the sound of the waves crashing into the shore behind Edward. I wanted to run the rest of the way toward him, but Dad held tight to my arm and kept moving at a snail's pace. I think I growled aloud, making him chuckle quietly beside me, but I can't be sure. I was still in my Eddie induced haze.

And like always, Edward could read me and laughed at my eagerness. I wanted to be mad at him for it, but I couldn't because it was funny. I'd kept him waiting and now it was my turn.

There I was, trying to rush up the short aisle after he waited so patiently and for so long. I have no idea why it took so much time for me to let him know I was on the same page as he was. I sighed and allowed Charlie to continue setting our pace. Thankfully the aisle was diminutive though.

He stood there, waiting for me, barefoot. Linen pants the color of Florida beach sand covered his legs, and the crisp white button-down shirt was untucked, a single orchid pinned to it. The casual look suited Edward to a T.

His hair was wild and untamable—just how I liked it. Soft whiskers covered his chin and cheeks from not shaving since the day before. His mossy eyes were bright and his lips curled in a confident way, saying 'I got the girl,' and he had.

He stood by the officiant that Makie had found us, ready to say his vows almost as much I was ready to hear them.

When he was finally within arm's reach, I relaxed. I was home. The officiant spoke and my father placed a kiss on my cheek, whispering, "You'll always be my baby girl," before he placed my hand in Edward's.

I grabbed on for dear life, not wanting to let go ever again, and he held on just as tightly. Our eyes never left each other as I set my bouquet on the table that had been set up for the officiant between two tall orchid-covered trees.

Now that I was safety standing next to Eddie, I could take in all of the decor that had been set up on the little beach where we were saying our I dos.

It was simple yet elegant and provided for the perfect setting for getting married as the sun slowly sank into the Pacific Ocean. The pink, purple, orange, and yellow sky provided an ideal backdrop against the beach as the ceremony started.

The ceremony itself was a mix of traditional Hawaiian customs as well as the untraditional ideals that had grown on the mainland.

The first uncommon thing we did was write our own vows. I was nervous to share such intimate information with our family listening, but I chose to speak from my heart.

"Eddie, you appeared in my life at the most inopportune time and turned my life upside down. But like everything you do, you pursued me with the same attack you do with the characters you play, and I was helpless to do anything but fall under the same spell as all of your fans, my mother included." Our audience chuckled at my words.

"I began to question everything about myself and little 'what ifs' began to create cracks in the road I'd paved for my future. They weren't enough to derail the path I was on, but they were enough to change the course I was traveling. I allowed myself to see the happiness and love you would bring to my life. I allowed myself to see the possibilities that came with your unconditional love and finally realized that without you, my life would be spent on a cold and meaningless road to loniness. For a songwriter that's a death sentence, and so I opened my mind and my heart. I allowed myself to fall head over feet—literally and figuratively—in love with you, and it was the best choice I ever made." More laughter came with my acknowledgement of my clumsiness.

"And so, I promise to love you with my whole being through every turn our roller coaster of a life may take. I promise to support you through every step you take with your career, and I promise to try and work harder on my thank yous when you give me gifts just because. I promise to not only fight with you, but for you because we're stronger together than we could ever be apart.

"I love you, Edward Anthony Cullen, and I thank you for choosing me to be your wife and coffee girl."

My eyes weren't dry by the time I finished, but I'd managed to keep the tears from falling. Edward looked at me like I'd hung the moon and it made me shiver. He kissed both my hands before he recited his own vows.

"Bella, my coffee girl, I was lost the moment your big, coffee colored eyes met mine, but it was the second I tasted you café au lait that I knew I was in love. It was instantaneous, like lightning, and I knew I would do anything to make you mine. And boy did you make me work for it." His teasing made us all giggle and my watery smile grew.

"But it was worth it. I pulled out all the stops and wooed you like a princess deserves to be. You're like a siren of the sea, your voice takes my breath away every single time you lose yourself in the music you love. You're absolutely amazing, and I thank God everyday for leading me to the coffeehouse where you worked that dark and grueling morning because it led me straight to you." My damp eyes never left his glorious face, but my smile continued to shine brightly like the sun at noon.

"You've seen me at my best and loved me still when I disregarded you wishes. You've loved me through long separations caused by the career I have and the meddling paparazzi who follow you around. Your love continues to guide me in becoming the best man I can be, and so I make you the following promises.

"I promise to love you every moment of our lives. I promise to support your dreams and do everything in my power to see them come true. I promise to never act with you and to be open and honest in everything, even if it ends with me sleeping on the couch because I was wrong. You are the most important person in my life, and I promise to make sure you know that every day for eternity.

"I love you, Isabella Marie Swan, soon-to-be Cullen. Thank you for choosing me to be your husband and your Eddie."

I smiled as he whispered those last two words. He would always be my Eddie…and I would always be his coffee girl.

The ceremony continued on with a traditional Hawaiian ring blessing. It was a rite where a koa wooden bowl—the koa wood being a Hawaiian symbol of integrity and strength—was filled with water. A ti leaf, which represented prosperity, health and blessings to the people of Hawaii, was dipped into the bowl of water and then shaken over the rings three times. As the leaf was shaken, the officiant chanted a Hawaiian prayer of blessing on our marriage.

It was beautiful to watch before we took the rings and slid them onto each other's left ring finger, reciting the words, "With this ring I thee wed," to each other.

The ceremony was slowly coming to an end. We had one more Hawaiian tradition we wanted to complete: the lava rock and ti leaf commemoration.

According to Hawaii customs, the lava rock represented the lifelong commitment we had just made to one another. The rock was then wrapped in a ti leaf and left at the site where we were married as an offering, a blessing, and a prayer to the Hawaiian Gods and Goddesses. While our rings were a constant reminder of the commitment we had made and would travel the world with us, the lava rock tied us to the place we became one.

It was a beautiful sentiment and I would cherish it forever.

The final prayer was said and we were announced as husband and wife. Nothing and no one could have knocked the smiles from our faces; I may have even been bouncing on my feet until Edward was told he could now kiss his bride.

And kiss he did.

I saw stars.

I saw heaven.

I saw our future.

The kiss signified the beginning of more.

Our families and friends clapped and cheered for us, but all I could focus on was my husband.

My husband.

It sounded like magic to my ears, and I poured myself into the kiss. I was Eddie's wife, his other half. The woman who would bear his children and love him all the days of our lives.

We didn't release each other until we had to breathe, and even then his lips didn't leave mine as sweet little pecks continued against my lips as he whispered words of forever to me.

"My wife." Peck. "My love." Peck. "My coffee girl." Peck. "My everything." Peck. "Forever."

He was my world and I was his. What a difference a year, a day, a moment could make in one's life.

We were both forever changed after that initial meeting over coffee. Our wedding day was proof of that, and while we were congratulated by the other people we cared about most in the world, we still knew the future was unwritten, a blank slate waiting on us to fill with memories, words, and music.

When we finally allowed the outside world back in, we took pictures that would hang in our house. We shared our first meal as husband and wife. We ate cake. We danced.

But most of all, we smiled.

When we parted ways with our family and friends for our first night as husband and wife, I wasn't nervous. I was excited. I'd kept my promise to myself and had only ever shared myself with the man that was meant to me mine forever.

In our candlelit bedroom, we danced once more. Lonestar's 'Amazed'played in the background, reminding me of our first date. He sang along to certain phrases.

I can feel how much you love me

I placed my head on his chest, the rumble of his voice sending a wave of warmth radiating through me.

I'm so in love with you

I lifted my head, speaking of my matching love with my eyes and my smile. Oh yes, I was just as in love as he was.

Forever and ever

Forever was a wonderful place to start.

The taste of your kiss

His lips met mine just briefly, too briefly if you ask me, but he wasn't finished.

You touch every place in my heart

Eddie placed my hand directly over his heart. It was beating as wildly as my own. The dance we were sharing was an erotic foreplay of the more we desired.

With you by my side

There was no place else I wanted to be. I would follow him to the ends of the earth. To the moon and back, never leaving his side unless he asked, but I knew that would never happen.

Forever and ever

It was inevitable. Our love was what movies were made of. What fairy tales were written about. What songs were created for.

I couldn't ask for more. His love inspired all the music in my heart. It made the words in my head a reality.

As the melody faded out, I said, "I love you, Eddie. Thank you for taking a chance on the coffee girl and showing her a whole new world."

He smirked at my rip off of Disney's Aladdin, but then continued with a slightly altered line of his own.

"It's was a thrilling chase you gave me, and now we're left in a wondrous place that was created just for you me, that's for sure." I giggled at him and his sweet words.

He captured my lips again as he slid the small zipper of my gown down and it slipped from my body and pooled at my feet, leaving me standing before him in nothing but my little blue panties. He groaned and swept me up in his arms.

"Forever and ever starts now, coffee girl."

And it did.


Thank you so much for reading and reviewing. Just re-reading this before I posted made my eyes water. I hope you all loved their wedding as much as I did.

Only the epi left for Friday and the posting of the outtake I wrote for the Christmas Wishes Compilation, which will post on Monday. See you all then, but first, a huge thank you to everyone who shared their celebrity encounters with me. I'm sorry if I didn't get yours posted, but I did love reading them all! xx Dee