Sorry guys….MAJOR writer's block! Don't hate me! T.T
Chapter 15:
Kim stepped back, trying to grab hold of something. She took a closer look at Edward. He looked so…different. With his slicked back hair, his bright smile and slightly less awkward movement, could this really be the person she was marrying?
A thousand thoughts raced through her head. She was beginning to feel dizzy.
"Kim!"
She felt her eyes close. When they opened five seconds later, she found herself in Edward's arms, with him looking down on her with a worried expression on his face.
"Are you okay?"
The answer was there for her. His appearance might have changed, but his personality hadn't changed a bit.
"Yes, I'm okay."
She wanted to stay there for another minute, in the comfort of Edward's new hands, but she realized people were waiting so she pulled herself up.
The ceremony went by surprisingly smoothly. Edward knew every line of his speech perfectly, as did Kim.
"Will you, Edward Boggs, take Kim Boggs to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
Kim turned her head to look at her parents sitting in the front row. Edward Boggs?
She saw her father's mouth move. Although she couldn't hear him perfectly, she knew he said "Edward is part of our family." She felt her eyes moisten.
"I do," Edward said as soon as she turned her head around.
It took him a few tries to get the ring on her finger, but soon enough he stopped dropping it and slid it on.
Kim put on his ring for him when came her turn. It was a beautiful ring, a ring her first boyfriend had given her that she wanted Edward to have. So he could have every bit of her love.
"You may now kiss the bride."
This was it. Kim felt her knees buckle a little. Edward gently placed his trembling hands on her face and leaned forward. Time seemed to stop as he placed his lips on hers.
The room filled with applause when their lips parted. The sound of their clapping would stay in Kim's memory forever. They were accepting this. They were all accepting this.
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"Now, I have a surprise for you two!" Jonathon said, making sure he had everyone's attention.
"Really, Jonathon, you've done enough already!" Kim said with a smile.
"In honor of our new bride and groom, I've rented them a beach house for their honeymoon!"
A limo suddenly appeared outside the small chapel. Before Edward or Kim could say anything, Jonathon pushed them both in the backseat and closed the door.
Through the dark window, Edward and Kim could see everyone waving as the car began to take off.
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As soon as the wedding guests were out of view, Kim reached over and hugged Edward. She felt him slowly put his hands around her, feeling her back for the first time ever. She liked the feeling.
She suddenly felt his hands caressing her face. He felt her hair, eyelids, nose, cheeks, lips…and then he suddenly pulled away.
"I'm…I'm sorry…"
"Don't be! I don't mind…in fact, I rather liked it…"
She leaned over and placed her head on his neck.
They stayed that way until they arrived at their destination.
They were dropped off on a seemingly endless mass of sparkling sand and calm blue waves. Edward was in awe.
From his previous home in the attic in the mansion on the hill, he could sometimes get a glimpse of the ocean, when the tide was high and it was a really sunny day. But he never imagined it to be this beautiful.
He closed his eyes and let the sounds of crashing waves and seagulls wrap him in a blanket of beauty and comfort. He bent down and grabbed a handful of sand, and felt it slip through his new fingers.
Kim watched him. She felt as if her heart could melt or fly away. She felt truly happy for him.
He walked over to the water, dipping his hand in and feeling the cool flow of liquid. Before Kim could warn him, a giant wave toppled over him, leaving him completely soaked.
Kim let out a laugh and quickly joined Edward, soaking her dress entirely. They just sat there for a few minutes, letting the water brush around them.
Kim looked behind her. There was a wooden, fairly small beach house, with a sign that said "Reserved for the Happy Couple". Edward saw it too.
"Come on," she said, pulling him up. A warm, excited, fuzzy feeling was bubbling up inside her.
They climbed up the little wooden stairs and opened the creaky door.
Inside was a neat room complete with candlelight, a window, and a bed draped with red sheets.
Kim jumped on the bed, pulling Edward down with her. There was a moment when they looked into each others' eyes, smiling, as if the world around them no longer existed.
"Thank you…for everything…" Edward said, brushing away a loose strand of hair from her face, as he wanted to do so many times before.
He suddenly rolled on top of her, kissing her forehead.
"I love you."
The words fluttered out ever so softly, humming along as they reached Kim's ears.
No words could express her utmost joy. So she used her actions instead. She placed Edward's hand in hers and kissed it, sending shivers down his spine. Every little jolt of his body matched her fast heartbeat as her lips touched the smooth flesh of his hands.
He got off the bed and reached for the buttons of Kim's dress. Nervously, he began unbuttoning them, one by one, not sure of what he was supposed to do after he was done.
He stopped for a moment, and thought about what happened a few days earlier, in the laboratory:
He was sitting on a chair, being extremely cautious not to move his arms in fear they might fall off or start bleeding at the very least. Jonathon was sitting by his side, reading him a book about marriage.
"Now Edward, on the first night you have to be very gentle…she's a lady, after all..."
Dr. Stein suddenly intruded in on the conversation, with a big smirk.
"Gentle? What are you talking about? Bang her brains out! Show her that you're the man!"
"Don't listen to him, Ed-"
"Because you know I'm right!"
The rest was inaudible bickering.
Edward shook his head, getting any strange thoughts out. Well, the flashback certainly didn't help.
He noticed that while he stopped and daydreamed, Kim had started unbuttoning his shirt for him. She placed her arms underneath the fabric and pulled him close to her. The burning sensation of his skin on her wet shivering body caused her to let out a little sigh.
He followed her lead and finished unbuttoning the top of her dress, also putting his hands under it and feeling every inch of her. He had a feeling that a part of the artist that the hands once belonged to had now transferred to him. He felt a little bolder, as if a fire inside him was fueling his every move.
He shrugged off the rest of Kim's white dress, as he wanted to do that fateful night she kissed him goodbye and did not return until a year ago. He blushed as he saw her completely nude, a pale angel that would always haunt his thoughts.
Kim helped him take off his trousers and pulled him playfully into the bed.
They rolled around a few times, and then they stopped. Edward was on top of Kim, and he planted a kiss on her lips, his hands exploring every part of her body.
The only light left in the room was a candle on a nightstand next to the bed. Kim quickly turned it off, leaving them in complete darkness. She didn't want the light distracting her from Edward.
Edward would surely treasure this one moment for the rest of his existence. She was his, after all this time. There were no boundaries at this day and time, nothing keeping her away from him.
They were no longer "Edward", or "Kim", but one being. Together, they formed a person who only knew love and art and nothing else. Everything in the past stayed in the past and at that moment did not dare to creep up into memory.
They were one. At last, they were one.
YES! FINALLY FINISHED THIS CHAPTER!