Chapter 37 – Jasper POV

I stood at the front, next to Carlisle who had his hand on my shoulder. Angela's dad was stood in his preacher outfit, a leather bible clutched in his hand. There were flowers everywhere and the room looked truly beautiful. Upstairs, I could feel Bella's joy and nervousness. I scanned my eyes over the people. Renee and Esme were both sat together, Renee sobbing onto Phil's soldier. Alice, Rose and Carla were all upstairs with Bella, and the wolves were sat right at the back, probably wanting a quick escape because they were paranoid. The kids from school were there, the ones Bella never liked, Jess and Lauren, sat eyeing up the wolves that were ignoring them. Angela was had in hand with Ben Cheney and I considered that as I waited for my Bella. They'd been together a while, and from both I could sense a strong feeling of contentment and utter happiness. Maybe they'd be the next down the aisle.

Well apart from Edward and Leah that is. Or maybe Carla and Embry. Ugh, it's like a fairy-tale – everyone finding their happy ever after! Emmett and Edward were sat near the front, so they could make their best man speeches when the ceremony was done. I don't know what happened. Somewhere along the way, I stopped hating Edward and started wanting my brother back. Everyone deserves a second chance. I got one and what I did was far worse – I slaughtered thousands, both humans and newborn vampires. I was no saint, yet here I was getting my every hope, my every dream fulfilled. So I guessed it was time to forgive my brother. And my sweet Bella, always so forgiving, had decided to forgive him and Alice too.

The Denali Clan were here, Tanya shooting evils at Edward. She'd always wanted him and now that was obviously not possible. He had his hands round Leah's slim hips, never taking his eyes off hers. She looked beautiful now – now the perpetual frown was gone from her face, and the anger and bitterness had gone. She no longer resented being a werewolf and of course now she was free from the pain of losing Sam. She was wearing a dress too – a good change from her normal tatty rags.

Soft music started playing from the corner – the wedding march – Renee now sat at the piano. First down the stairs came the bridesmaids – Alice, Rose and Carla, all looking gorgeous in blue satin cocktail dress, a blue bouquet in their hands. Embry looked awestruck.

And then, finally the music sped up and I forget everything else, as Bella appeared at the head of the stairs. Her dress was simple, white, floating satin, clinging to her soft hips in the most endearing, kinda…..sexy way actually. Her hair was done up in a beautiful, smooth updo, Rose's tiara balanced at the front. Her full lips curved up when she saw me. She was all I could see. The chairs vanished. The people vanished. The flowers vanished. Leah and her pretty dress, the bridesmaids and theirs. I could barely even hear the music. What mattered, was the girl descending the stairs, her father's hand clasped tightly in hers. What mattered was her brown eyes. What mattered was the engagement ring on her finger. What mattered was that she, Isabella Swan, God's greatest triumph, was mine forever.

Bella POV

My dress felt soft against my skin as I descended the stairs, tightly clasping Charlie's hand in mine. The decorations were amazing, massive sprays of white and blue flowers everywhere, ribbons, fairy lights and metallic balloons scattered about.

I was wearing everything – something new was the dress, something blue was Mom's necklace, something old and borrowed was Rose's tiara. I also had on a garter that Alice had leant me (embarrassing!) and insisted I wear it because it was traditional and this wedding was meant to be traditional. Apart from the bride and groom of course.

Jasper's eyes met mine and I was falling upwards, upwards into a big wave of happiness. It was a heady thing, marrying the only man I could ever love. His golden eyes were so full of adoration I wanted to cry. Like my mom already seemed to be doing by the look of her shaking shoulders as she played out the weeding march. Finally we reached the bottom of the stairs and the playing sped up as I approached the love of my forever. And we were there.

"Who gives this woman to be the wife of this man?" Asked Mr Weber in his gravelly voice, smiling kindly at me through his glasses. Dad's eyes filled up with tears, and I patted his hand.

"It's okay Dad." He smiled sadly and gently placed my hand in Jasper's.

"I do." He said gruffly, and then went to stand beside Carlisle who patted him companionably on the back.

And then the vows began, Jasper repeating after Mr Weber, his velvety voice full of pride as it resonated around the room. He slid the plain silver wedding band onto my finger with such tenderness that tears came to my eye. He brought my hand to his lips and kissed it gently. Renee broke into a fresh wave of sobbing, Esme comforting her. But it was hard to focus on the audience, with Jasper, my destiny, stood before me.

And then it was my turn.

"I, Isabella Marie Swan, take you, Jasper Whitlock Cullen to be my husband." I said, my voice shaking, as I stared into his large, happy eyes.

"I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health." Lots more people in the audience were crying now, and I was getting pretty choked up.

"I will love you and honour you all the days of my life. I, Isabella Marie Swan, take you, Jasper Whitlock Cullen for my lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health." The tears of utter joy started pouring like a waterfall from my eyes and Jasper gently brushed them away, much to the joy of our audience. I swallowed and said the last, slightly modified line of the vow.

"And forever more, as long as we both shall live." I said, my heart beating so damn fast. I slid the ring onto his finger with shaking hands and his fingers closed around mine.

"I now pronounce you man and wife." Concluded Mr Weber before turning to Jasper. "You may now kiss the bride."

Jasper stepped forwards and took my face so gently in his cold hands, his golden eyes beautiful pools, seemingly reflecting all my joy and happiness. My knight in shining armour. Then he bent his head so slowly and his cold lips touched mine. The kiss tasted of pure exhalation and it ended far too soon.

After that, the rest was a blur. Talking to people, hugging people, receiving their congratulations. All the photos. Dancing with everyone. Cutting the cake, eating it, watching Jasper stuffing bits on peoples plates without them noticing. Photographs and confetti. All mixed in with joy, happiness, exhalation. The mood was ecstatic, electric. The bouquet fell in Leah's hands and the normally bitter girl grinned and Edward kissed her deeply.

And you know what?

I was so goddamn happy for them. They'd found their other half.

Angela and Ben danced quietly in a corner, their bodies pressed close. I wondered how their story would progress. Carla sat on Embry's lap, as he softly combed his fingers through his hair. Carlise and Esme greeted people hand in hand, Renee sobbed on Phil's shoulder. And Charlie was immersed deep in conversation with Sue Clearwater…. Hmm.

So many types of love, all around. The world is so full of love.

I had trouble keeping my lips away from Jasper and luckily he seemed to be having the same problem too, never staying too far from me.

And the time came for us to leave. We climbed into Jasper's new car, with another shower of confetti and hugs and kisses from our family and friends.

And then we were off.

Off to spend a blissful couple of weeks on a sunny island, alone. To kiss, to cuddle, to love.

And then, when we returned, I would become like him so that my final wish would be granted – forever.

OKAY SO GUYS, JUST ONE MORE LEFT - THE EPILOGUE :)

i'll be pretty sad to see it end but I don't want to continue it because this feels like the natural end (well after the epilogue anyway)
I'll tie up loose ends in the epilogue then that'll be that.
I've got another story waiting in the wings but it's about Edward and Bella so I don't know whether or not to go ahead with it or not?
So I'd just like to say THANKYOU to everyone who read my chapters and an even bigger THANKYOU to those who reviewed them
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