Chapter 1

Obviously I'm not Stephenie Meyer. All things in the Twilight Universe still belong to her and I'm stuck here, smacking my head, wondering, "Why didn't I think of that?" Ha, ha, but in all seriousness no infringement is intended on my part.

Married to the Enemy

Before and After

After September 14, 2010, 10:02pm

I can't believe this is what my life has come to. It's my honeymoon. This is suppose to be the best night of my life and here I am waiting in bed for my groom to get out of the shower. I can't stop crying.

I've been betrayed by my own tribe. They were my family. How could they do this to me? How could they marry me off to one of them?

This is all Jacob's fault. If he hadn't blabbed to his new girlfriend, Nessie, about the clandestine world of supernatural monsters I wouldn't be living this nightmare. I'd be starting my first year at U-Dub working my way to becoming a teacher so that I could help mold the minds of the next generation of Quileute children. But no, at the tender age of eighteen I'm ripped away from my family to serve a life sentence married to this monst… No. I can afford to think of him that way. For my own sanity and not to mention my own heart's sake I have to at least try to form a bond with this… Dare I call him a man? No, no, no. I just can't stop crying.

"Bella?" I have my face buried in my pillow now. Ice cold hands gently rub my back.

"I'm sorry, Edward." I call him by his name, because despite everything. I don't hate him. I mean… I did. I hated him and his whole family, but sense I've been forced to live with him for the past three months Edward's been nothing but nice to me. I wish I could say the same for the rest of his family.

"It's okay, Bella. I know you're sad. I know you miss your family."

"No I don't. I hate them. I never want to see them again. They betrayed me. Leah's older than me. She should have been the one here, not me." Edward's hands stopped, his body stiffened. "The only reason they chose me over her or any of the other girls was because they're all full blooded Quileute. I'm just a mutt. It doesn't matter that I have Uley blood coursing through my veins. I'm still half Charles Swan.

"You're not a mutt, Bella," he's telling me softly, continuing the light massage of my back muscles.

I rolled over abruptly to stare at him, tears continuing to stream down my face. Edward's taking my face in his hands, wiping the tears away with his thumbs.

"Then what would you call me, Edward?"

"You're as your name implies. You're beautiful, Bella," He's murmuring huskily.

My eyes, flashing up to his face to find his eyes hooded, filled with lust. I'm trembling because his hands are sliding down my body to grasp the tops of my arms. He's lifting me, pulling me into his arms, hiking my right leg over his lap, forcing me to straddle him. I'm feeling his manhood poking me through his boxer briefs, through my pajama shorts where I've never been touched. His lips are descending on mine, kissing me in a way he's never done before. His hands sliding down to my buttocks, kneading slowly. Tears blurring my vision because I'm afraid of these feelings he's stirring in me.

"I promise to be gentle, Sweet Girl," Edward's whispering in my ear.

My whole body's shaking. I'm feeling the electricity emitted from the touch of his fingers and the soft exploration of his lips. I'm sobbing harder now. "I don't want to do this," I'm whispering, not necessarily to him. I'm only partially lying, starting to pant through my sobs.

"We have to. You know their warning, Bella."

"Yes, I know."

They promised to kill, a member of my tribe every day we refused to consummate our union, starting with the children.

Before September 13, 2010

"Did the ceremony meet with your approval, Sweet Girl?"

We were dancing our first dance as husband and wife at our reception. I smiled up at my beautiful, vampire, husband. How I wished that we had the chance to fall in love before this day. Three months didn't seem like enough time for this forced arrangement, especially when I started out hating him.

He didn't deserve to be hated by me. Edward turned out to be kind, thoughtful, protective, and caring to a fault. He will make the perfect husband. It's too bad he had to get stuck with me. I smiled, at the goofy smile on his face. From the look on his face now and the look of his utter joy as my father walked me down the isle to meet him, it looked as if he had every intention of falling for me.

"It was beautiful, Edward. I didn't expect it to be so elegant, being that it's practically a shot gun wedding."

He laughed. "You're not pregnant yet."

I blushed at the implications of what our activities might entail later that evening.

"Why Mrs. Cullen, I do believe I've made my lovely bride blush." I hid my face against his tuxedo jacket. He rubbed my back soothingly, chuckling softly.

"Don't start, Edward. I can't think about that yet."

"Are you nervous?"

"You have no idea."

"Don't be. I don't expect anything the first night. We'll be away on our honeymoon for a month. We have time to take things slowly. As long as we consummate our marriage before we get back everything should be fine.

I look up at him with such a feeling of relief and gratitude. He seemed to understand what I was going through and he was willing to be patient for me. I was starting to understand why fate made him a vampire. If he were human he would be the perfect man and no one was perfect.

It was then that Carlisle interrupted us. "Hey kids, um…" he sighed.

"What, Carlisle?" I asked, because Edward looked angry.

"The Volturi are leaving. They would like to have a word with you both beforehand."

"Edward?"

"I'm sorry, Bella. You don't deserve to be treated like this."

"Like what, Edward?" I felt the hair stand up on the back of my neck.

Edward wrapped his arms around me, hugging me close to him. "You're going to be okay. I promise, no matter what, everything will be fine."

"Their waiting in my office," Carlisle informed us, then walked towards Esme who was talking to Edward's cousins from Denali, Alaska.

Edward held me close to his side as we approached Carlisle's office.

"Bella, Sweetheart, let me do the talking?" I thought it was kind of him to ask nicely rather than be all demanding. He was in his protective mode, but he was still considerate of my feelings.

"Okay," I agreed without hesitation.

When we walked into the office Aro was sitting at Carlisle's desk. Three vampires were standing behind him, two male body guard types and tiny blonde girl.

"You wanted to see us, Aro?"

"Yes, about your honeymoon. Carlisle was gracious enough to give me the coordinates. Carlisle has informed me that you've already made arrangements to arrive at your destination after midnight the following evening, that you'll be traveling all night and all day tomorrow after you leave here tonight."

"None of this is necessary. All you have to do is touch my hand and you will know my intentions. No one can lie to you, Aro."

"No one, with the exception of Bella."

"Bella has given her word. Please don't force this."

"Edward, what's going on?"

Edward sighed heavily. His chest rumbled a little as if he was holding back tears. His voice sounded rough when he finally spoke. "Aro wants us to consummate our marriage the night we start our honeymoon." I stiffened in Edwards arms.

"My wife deserves to be wooed. I don't want her to feel like I'm forcing myself on her."

"Wooed indeed," Aro scoffed. "I've given you three months to woo this girl, more than enough time. Maybe if you'd spent your time seducing her instead there wouldn't be a problem now.

"That is crude, even for you, Aro. Bella is a sweet innocent girl. Our honeymoon should be something she can look back on and smile, not have nightmares about for years to come."

"I assure you, you'll have complete privacy. We will meet you there, at sunup, on the 15th,. If you've managed to do as I've instructed I will leave you in peace for the rest of your honeymoon. If you do not there will be consequences."

"What consequences?" I asked before I could stop myself. I looked to Edward apologetically.

"Well, My Dear, if you and your husband are unable to consummate your union before I arrive on the 15th, I'm afraid I'll have no alternative but to execute one member of your tribe. And I will execute one member everyday that you are unable to comply with my request, starting with the children."

"You're a…" I started to scream at him, but Edward stopped me, clamping his hand over my mouth.

"Don't," Edward told me softly, kissing my temple. Tears spilled down my face.

"Unless of course you'd like to save me the trouble and go upstairs to do the deed now," Aro sneered at us.

I broke down in sobs ruining Edwards tux.

"Aro, how could you suggest something so humiliating. Think of all the sensitive ears here today. Bella would never forgive me."

"I was merely giving you the option. Then you would have your entire honeymoon to yourselves. And speaking of that, I expect the both of you to report to me in Volterria after your honeymoon. I expect you to keep trying to conceive as much as possible."

"I was hoping that an announcement of the impending birth would be sufficient."

"It would have been if I could read Bella's mind, but seeing as how I can't."

"Aro, please. I want Bella's and my marriage to be a happy one. Please don't put these strains on us."

"These are the consequences of breaking our laws. If you Cullen's would have taken care of the wolves when they found out about your existence that impudent child wouldn't have opened his big trap to his girlfriend. You wouldn't now be forced to marry outside of your species. Of course I would have been happy with foregoing all this and gone straight to the conception, but of course you're too virtuous for that."

"I can see that there's no swaying your decision, Aro. I had hoped that my family's long standing friendship with you would mean more to you. You know I'm a man of my word."

"Edward, it is because of our mutual friendship that I'm allowing you to keep your child. Of course, I do require regular visitations."

"Of course, we have that all worked out. As long as Bella's and my family is left unharmed, we have a deal."

"Good. Let us not argue over this, you will do as you're told. Both of you will."

"Come on Bella. Let's get you cleaned up, Sweet Girl," he murmured against my temple.

"Farewell, Edward, Bella," Aro said, guffawing at our abrupt retreat.

"Good day, Aro," Edward said, defeated, as he pulled me from the room.

Okay, that is so messed up, right? Poor Bella torn from her way of life and forced into marriage and motherhood at such a young age. What do you think is going on in Edwards head? Hmm, something tells me he's not too heartbroken over the situation.