Chapter 7:Bella and Elijah's wedding
Bella and Sage were sewing Bella's wedding dress and used the quiet time to talk. They were alone in Sage and Finn's house, while their men were hunting their dinner.
"Are you sure you want to become a vampire now? You could wait a while…" Bella told Sage.
"Why would I want to wait?" Sage asked Bella.
"Don't you want children?" The brunette asked her friend.
"I've talked about it with Finn before the wedding… When I was a child I got really sick and the doctor said I would never be able to have children. Changing me now or later wouldn't change anything for us." The red-haired woman replied.
"I'm sorry…" Bella said softly.
"I've made my peace with it a long time ago. We will always be able to adopt later, I've discussed it with Finn and once we're in control of everything we will work on helping abused children and women…" Sage told her newest friend.
"That's very noble." Bella declared, not surprised.
"You don't seem surprised…" Sage noted.
"I'm not… Even though I never got to meet you, Damon told me everything I needed to know. You helped women in the whole world. If I was raised to believe men and women were equals and had the same rights it was mainly because of all the work you did to gain us those rights!" Bella told her.
"Well, it's nice to know I'll do something right!" Sage smiled.
After a moment of silence, Bella spoke up:
"Sage… How was it… you know… your first time with Finn…" Bella started to ask shyly with a soft blush creeping on her face.
"You mean making love?" Sage asked the girl she now considered her sister.
"Yes." Bella whispered.
"It was wonderful! I mean… It hurts a little the very first time… But then the pleasure takes the pain away. You will be a little sore the next day but trust me, it will be worth it!" Sage explained.
"I'm nervous… I'm so afraid that Elijah will be disappointed…" Bella whispered, afraid of being overheard.
"He loves you so much he could never be disappointed, even if you turned out to have hairy feet!" Sage chuckled in a soft tone as she hugged the younger woman.
"What if I'm not good at it?" Bella whispered again.
"Honey, as long as you are with the man you love and who loves you, you can't be bad at IT." Sage comforted Bella softly.
"Did you and Finn… you know… did some things before you got married?" The younger woman asked her friend.
"Well, if you're asking if we made love before then the answer is no. However we didn't just kiss. We touched each others over our clothes… Sometimes I'd let him touch me under my dress and I would touch him too…" Sage answered.
"When we work on the house together, before we go home… We took a routine… He takes his shirt off so I can clean him off and he helps me clean off too. It's just my upper chest and my neck for me and his back and chest…" Bella confessed.
"And… Do you want to do more?" Sage already knew the answer from Bella's blush.
"Yes… I love how the touch of his hands on my skin feels. When he pushes my hair to the side to clean of my neck… He's so careful and gentle… It makes me all fuzzy…"
"What have you done together so far beside those cleaning sessions?" Sage asked the girl she considered her little sister.
"Not much… We've kissed… a lot! We've made out a lot too. When we kiss I usually hold him close to me put putting my arms around his neck. He puts his arms around my waist, I love how it feels too when his hands are against my waist, pulling me closer to him…" Bella explained with dreamy eyes.
"Maybe you should try to take things a little further next time." Sage suggested before they tried to find ways Bella could try to go further with Elijah.
When noon came by, the two women prepared lunch so that when Finn and Elijah finally came back from hunting they could eat all together in Sage and Finn's house.
They had killed a deer and a wild pig. After preparing it, they exchanged some of the meat against materials or future credit at some of the shops in town. They kept the skins for later use.
Later that day, Bella went to talk with Esther. She had just thought of something that could be a problem later and she needed to discuss it with the woman. She found her in the hut she used to do magic, she was with Rebecca.
"Bella, I thought you were spending the day with Sage?" Rebekah exclaimed when she saw Bella coming.
"I know but I realised that we have one more problem we need to sort…" Bella answered.
"I'll leave you two alone then…" Rebekah started, getting ready to leave them.
"I don't mind if you stay Rebekah." Bella announced with a smile as Esther burned some sage around the room to keep their conversation private.
"What is it we need to talk about then Bella?" Esther asked her.
"A werewolf bite is poisonous and fatal to a vampire. In the future, the only possible cure was Niklaus' blood because he was both vampire and werewolf… Now that he chose to become a shape-shifter, we need to find another cure or the fight against the wolves will be very unfair!" Bella explained.
"Well, you said aconite was a wolves bane right? Why don't we make it also a cure for their bites?" Rebekah suggested.
"That's a good idea, I don't think anyone in the future even tried to make a bitten vampire drink that plant…" Bella mentioned.
"We'll work on it then…" Esther decided.
"I noticed you planted a lot of aconite around the village…" Bella said.
"Yes, I talked about it with the families and told them it was poison to the wolves. They all agreed to plant as much of it as they could around so we could be safer." Esther nodded.
"It was a good idea." Bella nodded before she retired and went back to her future house to install some things and take care of her garden, chickens and the horse with Elijah.
When the couple was done for the day, as usual, Bella carried a bucket full of water inside the house so they could get cleaned off. This time, Bella had warmed the water a bit, for comfort. Elijah was a little surprised by the little change in their routine but didn't say anything, it was nicer than cold water.
Like usual, they first cleaned their faces quickly on their own. Then Bella did something she never did until they had both washed, she initiated a kiss. Elijah was a man who loved her and he didn't complain when she pushed herself closer to him and when she deepened the kiss. When he felt her hands grip his ass, Elijah pulled away for a second and the little light he saw in her eyes told him everything he needed to know. He pulled her closer to him and kissed her with more passion than he ever did. He mimicked her and put his hands on her ass. Bella moaned into his kiss and Elijah loved that sound, he wanted to hear it more often. He pulled her left hand over his hip and pushed her dress slightly higher so he could have access to more skin to touch.
"I love you Elijah." Bella moaned against his lips.
"I love you more my Bella." Elijah replied as he left her lips to press his lips against her throat, kissing her with more passion and with every bit of lust he saved up since he first saw her.
Bella could feel Elijah's groin pushing against her stomach and it turned her on even more. Before she knew it they were continuing their present activity on the floor, on some blankets that waited to be put away in the bedroom.
It lasted a while and they were both enjoying it greatly.
"Bella love, we need to stop now if you don't want to go all the way…" Elijah warned her after a while as he tried to keep himself from kissing her some more.
"You're right… A few more minutes and reason will leave my head." Bella chuckled.
They were both tangled in each other and snuggling. They stayed this way for a moment, taking time to cool off before they got up, fixed themselves up a bit and went back to Esther and Mickeal's home just in time for dinner.
The next few days went by pretty fast and there was now only one day left before her wedding. Bella wanted to walk herself down the alley, not liking the fact that she had to be 'given away' like some merchandise but she understood that it was the way things were done and she didn't want to hurt the Mickealson's reputation by showing herself as too independent. She needed to find someone to give her away. Her father would give her away the next time, when they would renew their vow in the future. Right now the emergency was to decide who would be giving her away in her present. She would have liked to ask her new best friend Niklaus to do it but she guessed it wouldn't have been proper either.
"Mickeal, can I speak with you for a moment please?" Bella asked the man as they were alone in the barn.
"Of course Isabella. What can I do for you?" He asked her back with a smile.
"As you know my father can't walk me down the alley and give me away for the simple reason that he isn't born yet…" Bella started.
"Yes, that can prevent a man from giving his daughter away." Mickeal replied with a chuckle.
"I was wondering, I mean you don't have to if you don't want to, but would you like to be the one to give me away?" Bella asked him.
"I would be honoured Isabella but I thought you would ask Niklaus. The two of you are such strong friends..." Mickeal replied.
"I thought about it but it wouldn't be proper, I wouldn't want to hurt your family's reputation." Bella shook her head.
"We would have handled it…" Mickeal replied.
"I don't want to risk it. Anyway, Elijah and I will renew our vows later, when I get back in the future. There my father will give me away and I'm sure Niklaus will be able to give me away another time… We'll have forever for this!" Bella explained.
"Then it would be my honor Bella." The leader of the family agreed with a smile.
It had been decided Bella and Elijah would stay apart for the last day and for this reason Elijah was spending his last night as a single man in their house. His brothers decided he shouldn't be alone so Klaus and Kol were spending the night with him. They were having fun together while Bella was spending the night with Rebekah, talking about girl things.
She was glad they were in this time and not in the future, at least she knew that Elijah's brothers weren't taking him to a strip club tonight.
When morning came, Bella was really nervous and didn't know what to do to calm down. Henrik and Mickeal quickly left to spend the morning with Elijah and get ready, away from the women and bella's nervousness.
Soon, Sage joined the girls while Finn joined his brother.
Esther came to Bella's rescue and gave her a potion that would calm her nerves slightly.
"I don't think I've ever been this nervous before in my life!" Bella exclaimed.
"Not even before you came here?" Rebekah asked her.
"No, I wasn't really nervous, I was too busy being shocked over everything that was going on." Bella replied.
"That's understandable." Sage nodded.
"I was never that kind of girl…" Bella started in a whisper.
"What kind of girl?" Esther asked her.
"The kind of girl to get married when she's just 18. The kind of girl who is married before she even finishes High school…" Bella finished in a higher voice.
"Are you having second thoughts?" Esther asked, a little afraid Bella would end up breaking Elijah's heart today.
"NO! Of course not!" Bella replied forcefully, reassuring her mother in law.
"Then what did you mean?" Esther asked the girl she quickly grew to love like a daughter.
"I'm afraid of what my parents will say… What will I tell them when I get back? They won't be able to handle the truth… At least not my mother, I'm afraid that they'll be disappointed in me…" Bella explained in a small voice.
"I'm sure they'll be happy for you." Rebekah reassured her.
"My grandmother will be, my father might after a while if the news doesn't give him a heart attack but my mother… She despises people who get married too young because her own marriage didn't work out… She will be mad. She will refuse to talk to me…" Bella replied sadly.
"Then she will be the one missing out! If your mother is stupid enough not to be happy for you then so be it Bella! Your happiness is what matters. Do you believe Elijah will make you happy?" Sage asked Bella.
"Of course he will!" Bella shouted.
"Then what everyone else thinks isn't important." Esther concluded, smiling at Sage.
They spent the rest of the morning bonding and talking. Esther told then the tale of her first time meeting Mickeal, their first kiss, their wedding… Sage then told them of the first time she met Finn and how she knew he was the one for her.
After lunch, they helped Bella getting ready. Esther had been surprised that Bella had insisted in making her own dress instead of using her old one.
"As a gift my dear Isabella, I've put a special preservation spell on this dress. You'll find it in perfect state when you come back to your time." Esther told Bella who jumped up to hug her immediately, really liking that gift.
Esther added:
" I know you've been sad about not being able to take pictures and have real souvenirs of this day… It's not much but it's all I can do I'm afraid…"
"I love it Esther, thank you so much!" Bella had tears in her eyes.
"It's my turn now!" Rebekah exclaimed as she showed Bella the drawings she had done.
It was a perfect picture of the Mickealson family, including Sage and Bella.
"I also put a preservation spell on it, so you'll be able to keep it forever!" Rebekah added.
"Thank you Rebekah, I love it!" Bella replied, still crying.
"I'm sorry I can't give you a gift similar to the one you gave me Bella. Trust me next time you two get married I will! But now, I wanted this gift to be something very special, to show you just how important you are to me. I feel for you like I would a little sister or even maybe a daughter. I love you Bella and I would love it if you'd accept this necklace…" Sage declared as she presented to the bride a medallion.
It was a circle with cravings that showed that it represented the sun. In its centre was a Lapis lazuli shaped as a moon. When she turned it around, Sage and Bella's names where written in runic viking language along with the sign for family.
"I love it so much Sage… This is great… Really great!" Bella exclaimed happily as she let her tears fall free while she hugged the three women.
After a while, Bella had calmed down and they were helping her putting on her dress along with the Necklace Sage had made for her. Bella's hair were going to be let free, with a crown of flowers Henrik had picked for her the same morning. Her hair was slightly curly and she looked beautiful, especially since the sun was shining and made the bits of red in them stand out.
"I wish we could take a picture… The first time in my life I actually think I look good in a dress…" Bella whispered.
"Niklaus said he'll make you a book with drawings of the night." Esther informed her with a smile to try and console her.
"Yeah, I know, he told me…" Bella replied as they checked of everything was ready.
"Maybe in the future I'll be able to use magic to transfer our souvenirs of this event on paper." the youngest blond suggested.
A moment later, Mickeal and Finn came over to escort everyone to the ceremony site in the back yard. Once everyone was seated, Bella saw her husband to be standing next to the man who would be officiating the ceremony.
"Are you ready Isabella?" Mickeal asked her before he opened the door.
"I think so… Please hold my arm as tight as you can, I don't want to trip and fall down now!" Bella pleaded in a panicky voice.
Mickeal nodded and smiled. Bella's clumsiness was just a legend to them, they had a hard time believing her. Since she arrived, she barely ever tripped. Esther made a jock out of it saying it was because she was supposed to be here and the reason she tripped in the past was because she was out of place. Bella actually found that explanation interesting and thought it might be closer to the truth that everyone else thought.
"Don't worry, you're safe Bella." Mickeal promised before he started escorting her down, to her future husband and true love.
Bella walked with Mickeal until she reached Elijah. They couldn't keep their eyes off each other during the whole time the ceremony took place. When they were finally declared man and wife, it's naturally that they kissed. The kiss was so passionate that Niklaus had to clear his throat to stop them from going too far in front of everyone. Everyone chuckled when they noticed Bella's blush. However Elijah had a big proud smile on his face and just brought Bella closer to his side.
Just like Bella had wished, the ceremony had been kept relatively small with only the family's closest friends and the important town's people. Of course, important town's people meant that Ayana and Tatia were present and Bella did her best to ignore their stare. While Ayana's was cold, calculating and plotting, Tatia's stare was one of loathing and jealousy. The saying "if eyes could kill" came to Bella's mind when watching the young Petrova. She hoped that, once in the future, she'd be able to separate Tatia and Elena, she'd hate acting badly towards Elena becase of Tatia's actions in the past.
"Are you okay love?" Elijah asked Bella as they took their seat around the feast table.
"I'm fine Elijah, Tatia's stare just put me off for a minute there. Don't worry, I won't put any worry into it. Today is our day and she's not going to ruin it with her jealousy." Bella answered her husband happily.
"That's the spirit my love!" He replied before he gave her a kiss full of love and adoration.
Elijah and Bella danced and ate and had fun with their friends and family before they were left alone in front of their new house to spend their first night as a married couple.
"I can't believe we're married…" Bella said softly.
"Are you having regrets already?" Elijah asked her with a chuckled as he came to stand behind her, slipping his arms around her waist and his chin on her shoulder.
"You know I'm not." She replied before she turned around and kissed him.
"I'm so happy Isabella… You'll never know how much…" Elijah told his wife as he hugged her close to him.
"I'm pretty sure I can tell, I'm happy too…" She replied before she let him kiss her as he took her in his arms like tradition wanted and carried her inside the house and directly in their bedroom.
Elijah knew that if he stopped, Bella would get nervous and be uncomfortable so he didn't give her time to think, which was an advice his older brother Finn had given him.
As soon as they were in the room, he softly put her down and kissed her while he took off his shirt. When he was done he helped her out of her dress all the while kissing the flesh he was crossing in his path, needing to touch her one way or another.
Bella couldn't form a coherent thought as Elijah seemed to be all over her. Her hands appeared to have taken a mind of their own and they started undoing Elijah's pants while he was pushing her dress down her shoulders, pver her breast, her waist... She didn't know she could be so bold but she liked it.
It took them only a few moments before they were both bare and in a tight embrace.
Flesh against flesh…
Bella was in heaven and didn't want to get down. Elijah had now laid her on THEIR bed and she was moaning his name over and over again as his fingers found her opening and started to play with it.
"I love you Elijah… Don't stop…" Bella pleaded with him after a while when he added another finger in her clit.
"I'm not stopping… You smell so good my love… My sweet Bella..." Elijah managed to say as he was fighting his instincts to just enter her and make her his as fast as he could.
He wanted her to enjoy it.
When she came for the first time around his fingers, Elijah felt proud of what he did and he finally entered her. Elijah did it slowly and gave her time to adjust to his size and presence. He moved his lips to her breasts when she began to forget the pain and enjoy his presence inside her. If his pace was at first slow and careful, soon her moans were begging him to go faster and harder and he just didn't have it in him to resist her (he didn't want to either). Soon, Bella moved her hips to meet him midway at each trust.
Bella couldn't form complete sentences anymore. All she could find in her to say was "Yes…please more…faster…harder…" and her husband obeyed every single one of her pleas. Before she knew it he was pounding in her and she was crying out his name. They came together and she loved the feel of his warm cum spreading inside her.
"That was…wow…" Bella managed to say after a few minutes of cuddling and trying to catch their breath.
"Exactly what I was going to say…" He replied before he softly kissed her.
"You should get some rest my lovely Bella, tomorrow is another day…" he added.
"You're right… You've exhausted me…" She replied with a small, tired, chuckle.
"Goodnight Bella, have sweet dreams." He whispered in her ear.
"Good night Elijah… You'll be here when I wake up tomorrow right?" She asked him.
"I'm not going anywhere my love." He promised her as she closed her eyes on his beautiful face.
"I didn't dream this right?" She asked before she totally fell asleep.
"No my love, you didn't." He whispered in her ear before he let sleep take him too as he held his love in his arms, knowing he better make the best of those few moments now before she was sent back to the future.
Now he wondered how he would be able to live without her for over a thousand years. For love and with the promise of seeing her again he could do it of course but it would be an agony, he knew it now. He would have to keep reminders of her to be able to get through it.
The next morning when she woke up, it took Bella a few minutes to remember were she was and what happened the previous night. Blushing at the memory, she smiled and looked to her side to see her husband peacefully sleeping. He was sleeping on his side, turned toward her with one arm around her waist. She changed position slightly so she was now facing him and as she did so, his arm automatically moved and brought her closer to him. Bella looked down a moment to see that the sheets were not covering much of him. She blushed again before remembering that he was all hers now, and for the rest of forever.
After a few moments of watching him, Bella decided to wake him up softly.
Slowly, she moved him on his back and straddled him before she caressed his chest with her hands while she kissed his face, neck and chest softly. It wasn't long before he opened his eyes and looked at her.
"Good morning my beautiful wife." He greeted her with a smile when he realised what she was doing.
"Good morning Elijah… How did you sleep?" She asked him as she bent to kiss his lips.
"Perfectly…" He answered her before he added "What about you?"
"Never better…" She replied before she went back to kissing him again.
The proof that Elijah was wide awake was pushing at Bella's centre and she was getting wet. Before she could do anything, Elijah had flipped them over so he was on top of her.
"I don't mind waking up like this every morning…" Elijah informed her before he adding "A man could easily get use to this…"
Their lovemaking that morning was slow and passionate. They took their time, knowing nobody was expecting to see them until dinner were they were invited at his parent's house along with Sage and Finn. When they finally left the bedroom, it was well past noon.
"I'll go and prepare us some lunch." Bella declared but when she saw that Elijah was reluctant to let her out of his arms she added "We do have all night…"
He chuckled and kissed her on the lips, then on the neck, before he kissed her again on the lips.
"Fine… I'll go gather the eggs from the chickens and feed the horse and cows…" he agreed as he opened his arms to let her go in the kitchen where she started to cook the bread she had started the previous day.
After that, Elijah brought back eggs and milk so she prepared an omelette along with some pie.
The rest of the day went by pretty fast and the couple was still on a little cloud when they got ready to join their family for dinner.
"Mother, Bella and Elijah are finally here!" Henrik yelled when they arrived.
They hadn't realised that they were over half an hour late.
"I'm sorry Esther we didn't realised how late we were…" Bella apologized when her mother in law came out to greet them.
"Don't worry Bella dear, we were expecting you to be late…" Esther replied as Mickeal greeted his son along with Kol, Finn and Klaus.
Soon, the newly wed were pulled on different part of the house. Elijah was with his father, Finn and Klaus while Bella was with Esther and Sage. They were both sharing how happy they were and how perfect the previous night was.
The dinner was full of joy and Bella was happy because she was finally part of the big family she had always wanted.
On the other side of the village, in her little house, the witch Ayana was crying out in rage. She couldn't find how Esther changed the future she had planned perfectly… What had changed? How was it possible? Fortunately, nothing was set in stones yet so there was still hope for her to change things back to the way she wanted them to be. Luckily, Esther hadn't changed the use of Tatia's blood.
Ayana smirked.
The Petrova blood was poisoned and she was sure that whatever happened now, as long as a doppelganger existed, things would go her way…
REWRITTEN May 2020
Lorelei Candice Black