Chapter 35
At four, I was in the hotel room that Edward and I shared the first time we came to Vegas getting ready for my wedding. My brothers came in and their mouths all dropped. Adam said, "Bella, you're beautiful. We all came to check on you because we all want to give you away, if you don't mind."
"I love you all and of course, you can give me away." The photographer went nuts taking pictures with my three brothers, Rose and myself. Finally, a Bellagio hostess came and escorted all of us downstairs to the garden. Rose went down the aisle where Emmett and Edward stood waiting for us. Adam then went right down the aisle. He stayed literally two steps in front of me to block Edward from seeing me. Brian and Christian each took an arm and escorted me down the aisle to Edward. Finally, Adam was at the head of the aisle and stepped to the side and I was halfway down the aisle by that point. Edward took one small step back and smiled at me. Within thirty minutes, Edward slipped a second ring on my finger. Then too soon I heard, "Edward, you may kiss your bride."
Edward effortlessly lifted me off the ground, spun me in a circle, kissed me very passionately and finally said, "I love you."
As he slowly lowered my feet back to the ground, I said, "I love you too, Edward," and everyone heard me and cheered. Rose, Billy and Sarah then escorted us to a private dining room for dinner and dancing. During one of our dances when we were as alone as we could be, I asked, "What was that quick step for at the altar as I got close?"
Edward smiled down at me saying, "You noticed."
"Yes, I did."
"You look like a goddess and I can't believe I got to marry a goddess. That dress shouldn't be legal because I want to slip those straps off of your shoulders and just watch it fall off of you." Then he stopped as I felt a pink glow spread all over me way too much during our dance. He must have noticed it too.
I just whispered, "Just remember to be very nice with the cake, then maybe tonight I'll let you slip the straps off in our suite."
"Oh I will. You can count on it," Edward added giving me his infamous crooked grin that I loved.
Three hours later, we left our friends and family. Edward carried me back to our suite. As we entered, the fountains went off to one of our favorite songs. I was kicking my feet in excitement and looked at Edward and smiled. I watched the show in Edward's arms. We swayed to the music until it came to an end. Edward then dropped kisses onto my neck. He made his way to my ears. I reached my hands up and gently cupped his face. I kissed him and gently pulled back. "Edward, I love you. I couldn't have planned a more perfect wedding if I had six months to a year; thank you for today, but mostly thank you for the fountain show, by being my husband and having the patience to wait for me."
Edward simply carried me to our bedroom. He finally allowed me to stand back on the floor with my own two feet. I helped him slip off his tux jacket, tie, cumber bun and unbuttoned his shirt. As my hands explored his bare chest, my straps slipped off my shoulder and the dress gently fell to the floor. Then he gasped again; that was the end the bra and panties. I was then standing naked before him and decided that was unacceptable. I went to work on his shirt and pants so that we were on an equal footing. We spent the night learning each other's bodies inch by inch with more I love u's than anyone could count.
After very little sleep that night, Edward took me to the airport where we got on his private jet and I slept until we landed and refueled in Miami. Then I just sat cuddled up with Edward as we flew over the Caribbean. I smiled at him once and he asked, "What?"
"This beats the first time I was in a plane with you and I couldn't cuddle with you due to pain."
Edward captured my face and leaned in saying, "Yes it does." He proceeded to cuddle and kiss me as we flew over the Caribbean. Four hours later, we landed in St Thomas where a car and driver took us to our bungaloo at the edge of their resort.
Edward kept his promise while on the island. During the day I wore my bikinis for him and we enjoyed every kind of water activity we could find. One day, we even went for a horseback ride on the beach. It ended with us at a waterfall making love in it. Our mornings normally started with a modeling show of my new bikini and some mornings we were a little later leaving our suite than others, but I didn't care. I was simply enjoying getting to know all the different aspects of my husband. On our last night, we had dinner out on the beach under the stars. Edward raised his glass to me and said, "I love you, my wife."
"Edward, I'm happy to say I love you so much and thank you for being the storm that hit the ranch that day."
"You're welcome. I'm so glad that you didn't send me packing in the Denver Hospital that next morning." Edward simply leaned in and kissed.