Well here is the wedding and honeymoon. This chapter is highly edited for content at FFN, unedited versions available at TWCS and FicPad. Also because of Mother's day, Jess2002 was unable to go over this chapter, so hopefully all is well within it. Thanks to all of the ladies who keep us readable.
Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate it.
Chapter: Thirty-Eight – Edward yells I do
EPOV
I watch as Cullen and Cassie walk toward me. I smile and kneel down, giving Cassie a big hug. I really missed her last night.
"You look so beautiful, my sweet princess."
"Mommy looks like a princess, too," she replies.
I give her a kiss on the cheek and send her over to Rose and Alice. I grin when Cullen comes to stands right next to me.
"Cassie's right, Dad, Mom looks amazing."
The door opens again and I move to the center to watch Bella as she walks toward me. My eyes stay locked on hers the whole time. When she reaches me, Charlie takes the roses from her hands and puts her hand in mine.
"Take care of her," he says quietly in my ear. I give him a nod and look at Peter, who raises brow at me. Charlie turns and gives each my mother and grandmother one of the roses that Bella carried down the aisle, before turning back to us.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have gathered here today, to join these two people. Who gives this woman to marry this man?"
"We do," Peter and Charlie say together.
"Bella, Edward, please step forward."
I take Bella's hand and help her with her dress, as we go up the steps to the stage-like platform.
"Marriage is about a lot of things; one of the main things being love. When I look at you both, I can see clearly the love you have for your family and friends, but more so for each other. You both may have only just met and fallen in love, but it is astounding. To be one of the ones to witness your love from the start, I can truly say you both have a magical kind of love, one that is mostly seen in fairy tales.
"You are able to give and take, lead and follow, trust and obey. You have helped each other through tough times and not only come out on top, but grown from your experiences. Keep talking, loving, and guiding each other and you will have a love that will be written in the stars."
My grandfather takes a deep breath and bows his head.
"Let us say a prayer."
As I close my eyes, I place a kiss on Bella's hand, which is still clasped in mine.
"Heavenly Father, we are about to bind these two people together in holy matrimony. We ask that you keep guiding them as you have been. Keep shining the light, so they know which way to go. We ask this in the name of your son, Jesus Christ. Amen."
There's an echo of people saying Amen.
"Now, for the vows."
"Do you, Remy Isabella Eclipse take Edward Anthony Platt Masen to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do," Bella says as she looks at me.
"I, Albatross, take you, Stark, to be my wedded husband. To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish, to honor and obey, until death us do part. With this ring, I pledge to you my eternal faithfulness." Bella carefully slides my wedding band on my finger.
I smirk at her giving her a wink as my grandfather speaks again.
"Do you, Edward Anthony Platt Masen, take Remy Isabella Eclipse, to be your lawfully wedded wife?
"Yes, I do," I yell and I can hear the chuckle from some of the guests.
"I, Stark, take you, Albatross, to be my wedded wife. To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish, to honor and obey, until death us do part. With this ring, I pledge to you my eternal faithfulness."
I put on her wedding ring, and kiss her hand when I am done.
"Is there any person here who knows for any reason why these two people should not be joined together, speak now or forever hold you peace."
A throat clears, and Bella and I turn to see Sasha standing there just looking at me.
"Look, I'm in love with you, Edward, please see that. I have known you all my life and what I feel for you is not just some crush," she says before looking at Kate. "We're meant to be together. I know you love me. I've seen the looks you give me, when she's not looking. We can do this together, Edward, at least I know your name and don't call you something stupid! You don't have to be afraid of her."
The whole time Sasha is speaking, my mouth hangs open.
"Sasha, I really think you need help. I love Bella, she is where my heart belongs; it found its home with her. As for her nickname for me, I kind of like it," I say looking at Bella, who looks pissed. "Now, if you can sit back down, so I can get to the end of this and kiss my wife, I'd appreciate that."
I turn back around and face my grandfather, who's still shaking his head at Sasha.
"Well, since there are no plausible objections. By the power vested in me by the great state of Iowa, I now pronounce you husband and wife. What God and family have brought together, let no man—or woman—put asunder. You may now kiss your bride."
I give him a smirk, pull Bella to me, and kiss her hard and full. I dip her back and kiss her more as everyone around us is clapping and cheering.
"Love you, wife," I say as I stand her back upright.
"Love you, too, hubby."
I shake my head, letting her go in time for the kids to jump into our arms. Alice hands a beautiful bouquet of flowers to Bella and Bella thanks her quietly.
My mom and grandmother spend a lot of time taking pictures, before we head to the reception. The Top of the Five is nicely decorated for our reception. Everything is wonderful and there is no drama at all. Mainly, because Sasha was sent home, which was more for her safety, than for the stunt she pulled.
"Can the women gather for the throwing of the flowers?" the DJ calls out, and I smirk, seeing that all the women run to the corner of the room. The flowers are thrown and I raise my brow, when they land on Kate's lap. Bella just shrugs and Kate blushes.
"Oh, looks like we have a few years if she's next. She's still a kid and not even seeing anyone."
Bella narrows her eyes at Kate, as if she knows something I don't.
"Bella, is there something I should know?"
"Yeah, it's time for you to throw the garter."
"I don't have one, love," I say with a chuckle.
"I do and you're going to have to remove it first," she says wiggling her eyebrows at me.
She puts her foot on a chair and slowly lifts her dress up her leg. I lick my lips as I see the creamy skin of her inner thigh. I drop to my knees and pull the dress over my head and slowly remove the garter with my teeth. I make sure to kiss and lick my way down her leg, all the while hearing the cat calls from around the room.
I remove the garter from her foot and stand up. I move to where the men are and throw it at them, and again it lands on someone who was not taking part in the catching—Garrett.
"That was strange, right?" I say to Bella, who just shrugs her shoulders at me.
I spend some time dancing with Cullen and my girls, before it's time for Bella and me to leave for our honeymoon.
"Why can't we go?" Cassie asks and I chuckle lightly.
"It's only for six nights, princess. We'll be back before you know it, and we're taking you and Cullen on a special vacation this summer."
"But this vacation sounds fun. I want a honeymoon, too," she says.
"Cassie, Daddy and I will bring you back something very special from the secret place I'm taking Daddy, okay?"
I smile at how smart she is, but still see Cassie pouting.
"I swear we'll be back soon, and we love you," I say looking at Bella, who's holding back tears. I know she's one step away from giving Cassie what she wants.
"And Grandma's looking forward to spending time with you."
My mom quickly steps forward taking Cassie and Cullen's hands.
I quickly guide Bella to our waiting car and help her inside, and then get in myself.
"They'll be fine, Bella," I say as we drive off and she looks back to where they're waving at us. "It's only six nights."
She sighs and nods at me. She directs me to the airport, where we board a private plane. She wanted to go to another one of her hideouts, so I have no idea where we are going. We board the plane and take our seats.
"The pilot has the flight plan, and is ready to take off in five minutes, Ma'am," Chaos says, and I look at Bella with a raised brow.
"What?"
"Nothing, love, nothing," I say sitting in my seat and pulling her down beside me.
Chapter: Thirty-Eight – Bella's island hideaway
BPOV
We arrive at the harbor off the Florida coastline, and I get us on to the boat taking us to the small Island I own.
"Wow, Albatross, this beautiful."
I bob my head at him, while walking toward the house.
"It will only take you two hours to walk all the way around the island; it's very small," I say wiggling my eyebrows.
"Chaos, let us in," I say and the front door opens with a beep.
"Tomorrow, I would like to take you to the waterfall in the center of the Island."
Stark nods at me, before quickly picking me up and carrying me over the threshold.
"That sounds good, love, but it may be well into tomorrow before you can move."
Stark swings me around, so my legs go around his waist just as he pushes me against the wall.
"Because I plan to have you right here," he growls out as he starts to work on removing our clothing.
As soon as I feel his lips on my skin, I start to moan. I grip the hair on the back of his head and pull his mouth closer. Wearing only a small, lightweight sundress has advantages. The top is pulled down, the bottom is hiked up. I'm unsure if it's been minutes or hours, but I feel complete. The last thing I think before sleeping is how much my husband loves me.
~TTOO~
My eyes slowly open and it takes a few seconds to see that I'm laying on one of the beds inside the beach house. I look to my side not finding Stark. I look over my shoulder at the doorway and see Stark grinning at me holding a tray.
I raise my eyebrow at him, as he makes his way over to me.
I smile when he sits and we start eating the breakfast he made. We cuddle close together after our bellies are full and I drift back off to sleep.
It's well into the afternoon, before I take Stark on the trail to where the waterfall is. This is really the best time to go. To get to the waterfall, you have to go up a hill in the middle of a meadow. In the afternoon, the sun hits the meadow perfectly, making it look even more beautiful as the light reflects off the wild flowers.
I hold his hand as he looks around in awe. I guide him to the center and point down. "Wow, that's what – ten feet?"
"Eleven," I counter. "The best way in, is to jump from here; it's safe."
Stark looks at me in shock, then down to the water. He shakes his head.
"It's not that bad, I promise. Want me to go first?"
"Jump on, Albatross," he says turning his back to me, "we'll go together."
I grin at him and jump on. He turns his head smirking at me and kisses my lips.
"Ready?" I nod as he leaps off and we fall into the water below.
"Wow!" he says as we come to the surface. "It's warm—the water is warm."
"I know" I smirk at him.
"I take it you know the reason why it's warm, but aren't going to tell me."
"I can't. I took a pledge not to tell a soul, and the Island is allowing us to stay, so it's best not to upset it," I joke.
Stark shakes his head, and pulls me to him and starts kissing me. He pulls back and I look at him to say I need more than that.
"Ever made love in a waterfall?"
I give him a bitch brow. He knows who I've been with and we've not been to a waterfall before now.
"Me neither, want to?" he laughs giving me his playful face.
I wrap my legs around him and he pulls me over to the rocks, where there is a small stream of water pouring over us.
~TTOO~
"Albatross, how do we get back up?" Stark asks when it starts to get dark.
"We climb," I say holding back my laugh.
"What—that's like—twelve feet, Bella, and we have no rope."
"It's eleven," I say with an eye roll.
"Still ... no rope; I'm not good at rock climbing with gear, never mind doing it freestyle."
I pout at him and he looks two steps from a full-blown panic attack, which just makes me laugh. I give in, not wanting him to freak out completely.
"Fine – next time we'll climb, but we'll take the path tonight," I say walking over to the foliage-hidden path. "It's not overly wide and we'll need to go single file, but it goes all the way up."
"You could've told me that, before my almost melt down, and me telling you about my inability to climb rocks."
I chuckle making my way up the path.
Within a few seconds, Stark is catching up to me, and we tease each other and play the whole way back to the house.
~TTOO~
The days and nights go by fast, and I was both sad and happy about leaving our little island. We have decided that in the summer, we'll bring the kids and spend a week or longer here.
As soon as we arrived home, the kids jump into our arms and tell us what we had missed while we were gone. Jasper and my dad were next and they told us how the Volturi guards had all settled, and had already been finding the new serum much better.
Tomorrow is my dad's first day working for and with Stark, in his company.
"You sure tomorrow's going to be okay?" I ask, kissing Stark's neck as I sit in his lap in the command room.
"It'll be fine, love, and he'll do great. Your father has years of experience at handling weapons. Much more than the people I have doing the job right now. He'll be a huge asset to the business."
I nod at him and moan as he sucks on my neck.
"Do you want me to come in after I drop the kids at school?"
I can feel his smile.
"Yeah, maybe this time I'll be able to finish what I started yesterday."
I chuckle as I remember him having me spread over his desk and Spike walked in stopping us. This was lucky, because just as I had fixed myself, my father and Hawk walked in.
"You need a lock on your office door that no one has a key for."
"I'm way ahead of you, love, put it on today and Chaos is linked as well."
I grin feeling his hand move up my leg.
"Sir, I think Ma'am needs to see Bones immediately," Chaos says.
I frown and look away from Stark.
"What's the problem, Chaos?"
"I have detected an unknown parasite inside of you. You gained this on the island and it acted like a common virus. However, over the last twenty-four hours it has multiplied."
A/N: Yeah I know another little cliffhanger, but you'll get your answers tomorrow. What do you think is going on?
