Chapter 12 - Wedding Bells
POV: Emmett


Today was D-day. After waiting this long, I was ready to make Rosalie my wife. Not just by doing the human wedding, but also the blood bond. We had talked about when we wanted to do it, and decided that after the wedding on the honeymoon would do. At the moment I was a little tipsy. Not very much, considering that vampires have a different reaction to alcohol than humans. Where it wouldn't take them as much and they would start to feel the effects, vampires took way more. Yes we could get drunk. But it would take about four times as much for us as it does them.

The guys kept their words and didn't drink as much as they did while we were on 'vacation'. I could still tell that they were feeling something though. I was standing in front of the mirror trying to fix my tie when Rosalie's father, Richard, came walking in. I looked at him though the mirror then spoke.

"Hi Mr. Hale."

"Emmett you're about to be my son-in-law. You can call me Richard you know." He stated walking up beside me. Looking me in the eyes the entire time and waiting for an answer.

"Sorry, Richard."

"It's okay." He must have been watching me try to fix this damn tie, because he spoke up as my hands fumbled with the silk fabric. "Turn around and let me help you. You look like you're about to loose it."

"It kind of feels like it. I mean…" Mike, one of the photographers, came over and started taking pictures of Richard and I. I just tried to ignore them and go about with what I was doing. Letting them get pictures of whatever they wanted. "…how did you do it when you got married to Lillian? Weren't you nervous?"

As Richard worked fixing the tie, he spoke and told me about when he got married. "Yes I was nervous. I mean I was a little older than you two are now, but that never matters. Everyone at some point during their wedding gets nervous. You're always thinking something. Like 'what if she doesn't show up?' or 'does she really want to do this? To be with me and start a family?'. I was thinking of all the things that would go wrong. But the only thing that got me through it was remembering who I was tying myself to by doing that.

Lillian and I had been through so much in the time that we had known each other. She really was my soul mate. I had known that since the first day that I saw her. There was just something that only I knew was telling me, 'that's the one you'll spend the rest of your life with.' I was so happy to see her walk down that aisle on her fathers arm that day."

A smile came to his face and his eyes and hands stilled. Like he was off in another world. Or trying to remember a happy memory from long ago.

"The first time they opened those doors and she walked out in that dress, I knew that everything would be okay. I had blocked everyone else out of my mind so I couldn't hear them talking. It was just Lillian and I at that moment. Her eyes shined so brightly with the blue and golden flecks around the edges. Her smile when we saw each other was the same as the first time I had kissed her. So bright and vibrant. She could light the whole room with just her smile."

There was silence for a few seconds, then his eyes blinked and focused on me. A smile coming back to his face, as he finished up with the purple silk tie.

"There. All done. The only thing I can really tell you is to do what I did. Block everyone else out so it's just you and Rosalie. Trust me. When you see her that is what's going to happen anyways."

"You think so?"
"I know so."


POV: Rosalie

I had tried to sneak and see Emmett before the wedding. But Alice stopped me. I didn't have that much longer before the ceremony began, so I guess I could hold out a little bit longer. I was getting a little nervous and everyone could tell.

"Rose you need to cool down a bit. For real."

"Alice I can't. I've tried. I don't know what to do." I said falling back on one of the chairs in the large room.

"I got this Alice. Go get the girls ready. It's about time to start."

"Zacky are you sure?"

"Yes now go." He stated with a shove into the hallway and closing the door behind him. Walking back over he looked at me. "How much did you drink while you were getting ready?"

"Not much why?"

"'Cause you need more. How do you think we do most of our shows?"
"I don't know."
"We get drunk on stage."
"Do you really think that me drinking more is going to help with this?"

"Yes. The more alcohol in your system means the less you worry about how you act or what's really going on around you."

"Well the rest of mine is at the house. I don't have any in my purse."

"I've got this." Pulling his phone from his jean pocket he called someone on the phone. "Hey. You got any more booze on you?…Yeah I need it…Not for me. Rose….Just bring the damn bottle over here."

"Who was that?"

"Johnny. Him and Syn always have some on them."

Ten minutes later I had downed one of the small bottles of vodka that Johnny had. Alice was lining us up to get ready to walk down the aisle. First was Arin and Kimberley, then Johnny and Lacy. After them it was Zacky and Gena, Alice and Jasper then Bella and Edward. The last ones were Matt and Val along with Syn and Michelle.

I didn't want the guys to be uncomfortable so I let Emmett help me decide what they would wear. A white long sleeve dress shirt that they tucked into a pair of dark blue jeans. A black waistcoat to make it somewhat formal, paired with a medium purple silk tie, black with silver pyramid belt and pair of black shoes with white bottoms from Shaun White's shoe line. The boutonnieres they wore consisted of a single purple rose with black leaves behind it. A small silver rose was connected and it was all held together with a piece of black and purple mesh ribbon.

Unlike the girls bouquets of purple silk flowers, black feathers and black leaves, mine consisted of black, white and purple silk roses. The black roses had a small rhinestone glued to the middle of them. I had found a thing online that you put a charm on your bouquet with the person's picture inside that had pasted away. So I did. One with my mom and sister, the other with a picture of Rev and me from a while back.

The double doors shut after Syn and Michelle walked out. Daddy pulled me in front of them so I was on his left side and took my arm in his. Giving my hand a squeeze he spoke.

"You ready sweet pea?"
"Not really."
"You can do this. Remember it runs in your blood." I couldn't help to laugh at that. "What's so funny?"

"Brian told me that too when I went to one of their shows and played with them. "

"I still can't believe that you have them in your wedding."

"They're family daddy. Plus I wanted them to be. All of them. You know how much I love spending time with them. Even when I was little."

"Yeah I remember. You were always over there at your aunts house when they were playing in the garage. How you listened to that music is still beyond me."

"I love it. Like you said, it runs in my blood."

"I guess so."

"Alright let's get this over with."

I heard the wedding march start then moments later I was standing in front of Emmett, with my dad saying 'I do' then moving my hand. How did that happen? I don't remember walking down the aisle or anything. My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to come out of my chest. Handing my bouquet off to Michelle, I then walked up the few steps and waited while holding both Emmett's hands.

Everything was such a blur. One moment we were standing there listening to the pastor, the next they were playing I do by 98 Degrees. Then it was time for vows. We had decided to do our own instead of the traditional ones.

"Before Emmett and Rosalie say their vows they would like you to also make a vow." Pastor Allen looked out to everyone. "So I ask that you all raise your right hand and repeat after me;

I vow to Em and Rose to have a great time and enjoy their special day,
will eat all their food and drink all their booze.
I will introduce myself to people I don't know,
I will bust-a-move on the dance floor and I will have fun and celebrate!"

I had to laugh as everyone including Syn and Matt vowed to have fun. Then it was Emmett's turn for his.

"Rose,
I feel like everything in my life has led me to you.
My choices, my heartbreaks, my regrets. Everything.
And when we're together, my past seems worth it.
Because if I had done one thing differently, I might never have met you.
So with that being said I vow to be the shoulder you need to cry on when you need it.
I vow to lend an ear to listen. Even if it's something so stupid I know wont work.
I vow to be there to make you laugh when you're down.
To kill all the spiders since I know how much you hate them. Plus to take care of and let the dog out.
Even though most of the time you know I'll forget.
But most of all I vow to take you as my wife and to be there in the good times and the bad."

Of course he would put something in there about the spiders. Oh how I hate those things. Then it was my turn.

"Em,
I take you to be my best friend, my faithful partner, and my one true love.
I promise to encourage you and inspire you and to love you truly through good times and bad.
I will forever be there to laugh with you, to lift you up when you are down and to love you unconditionally through all of our adventures in life together.
I promise to comfort you in times of sorrow, including rough Jaguar, Braves and Laker seasons.
I promise to always listen to what you have to say, even when we don't see eye to eye, and to remember love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'you're wrong'.
I promise to cuss loudly at our video game sessions. And I hereby promise to resist the urge to beat your ass when you are difficult to get out of bed.
But most of all I take you as you are, with the weird, musical, romantic and sensitive sides to be my husband."

With a laugh from everyone, a smile played at both our faces. Pastor Allen laughed with everyone else, then started.

"Alright, Alright. Rings?" I took mine from Michelle as Emmett took his from Syn. Pastor Allen looked to Emmett first. "Emmett. Do you take Rosalie to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death or zombies do you part?"

"I do." He laughed out as he slid the ring on my left ring finger. The middle was clear square diamonds that went all the way around the band. The top and bottom also had clear diamonds going all the way around. But they were small round ones. It went well with my engagement ring.

Pastor Allen turned to me next. "Rosalie. Do you take Emmett to be your husband, to have and to hold from this day forward for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death or zombies do you part?"

"I do." With that I slid the simple white gold band with small black diamonds going around the middle on his left ring finger.

"By the state of Washington, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Kiss the bride already." He said shutting his bible.

With a tug from Emmett, I was against his chest and kissing him. With my eyes closed, I felt him dip me back then a smack of hands. A smile coming to the surface as I kissed him back. A few moments later I was being pulled back upright, then the lip lock was over.

"Ladies and gentlemen Mr. and Mrs. McCarty."

As I took my bouquet back from Michelle This Instant started playing through the speakers. I jerked my head to look at Emmett.

"Did you really have them play this?"

"Yeah. Thought we'd have a little fun going back down the aisle."

With a shrug I answered. "Alright."

Needless to say, we had fun dancing down back down the aisle. I think the others did too.

After everyone, except the wedding part was on their way to the club that Emmett had rented we went back out to have pictures taken. Forty-five minutes later Syn and everyone headed over to the club, while Lisa and April stayed back to take some of just Emmett and I. Thirty minutes later we were finally able to head over where everyone else was.

Right when we walked in the music was playing, but this dress had to go. I pulled Emmett to a stop in front of everyone.

"What's the matter?"
"This dress has to go."
"Babe you can't get naked in front of everyone."
"Dummy, the bottom comes off. Help me."

Bending over and pulling at the bottom two layers of the dress, they started to give way. Falling to a pool at my feet Em helped me step out of the pool of fabric. With a toss it was in the corner of on the floor.

"Rose you're not suppose to strip in front of everyone. You do that on the honeymoon." Matt yelled out.

"Better?"
"Much. Let's go." I looked up at Matt. "And you shut up. You try walking around in heels and all that fabric hanging off you. You'd be doing the same thing bud."

"I'm joking babe. Cool it a bit. Here. Drink this." He said pushing a mason jar with black liquid to me and one to Emmett.

"What is this?"

"Greatful Dead. Now drink."

The rest of the reception went well. Everyone had fun dancing, and I didn't make my guys sing any songs for me. I wanted them to have fun. We pretty much got drunk while we were there. Well everyone except for Alice, Emmett and the other vampires that were there. They just got tipsy.

Just like the ceremony, we wanted people to have fun. So we ended up getting a whole bunch of different foods and sweets. Everything from meatballs, sandwiches, and chicken tenders to cupcakes, cotton candy and different bars to make your own sweets.

One of which was an ice cream bar. In pint mason jars we had put two large scoops of vanilla ice cream. Then there were bowls of different things to put inside. Such as chocolate chips and syrup, to pieces of fruit, gummy bears and candy pieces. Another one was a smores bar where people could make their own smores. The last one was with apple slices. Adding either chocolate syrup, caramel, marshmallows, and or chocolate chips. Even though there was a few pans that already had them made up with everything on them.

There was chocolate cupcakes with white roses on top. Along with the somewhat regular wedding cake. Instead of having the three or four tier wedding cake we had the top which is what Emmett and I would keep for our anniversary. The rest of it was cubes of cake wrapped in white fondant with a black blow going around it.

When all the toasts, bouquet toss and garter toss, to which Emmett put around a football, cutting the cake and stuffing some into Emmett's face was over, it was time to leave. We didn't get to eat that much so I had Alice pile some food into bowls, and send the purple and black polka dot cake home with us. She had put those, along with the bottom of my dress into the Lambo before we headed out.

While everyone went outside with their push pops full of confetti, Emmett and I waited a few minutes.

"Well Mrs. McCarty," he started while pulling me to him, "you ready to go?"
"Yeah. We don't have to leave out tonight do we?"
"No we're leaving in the morning."

"Good. I just want to go home, strip, soak in the bathtub and eat. I'm freaking starving."
"Same here babe. Let's go."

With that we walked out. Pretty much running to the Lambo and getting plastered with confetti. Once we were at the car, Emmett opened the door, only to be hit by a bunch of balloons in black and purple that flew out. After Em jumped in behind the driver seat, we were off and headed to the house. There was a tub to soak in and huge bed calling to my aching body.

"So Mr. McCarty," I started while setting my left hand on top of his right one that was shifting gears, "what should we do when we get home?"

"I'm eating and getting in the tub. You want to join me?"

"Well I guess I could."

A smirk came to his face, showing the slightest bit of the dimples that was underneath. Gunning the car forward, we headed to the house weaving in and out of traffic. Once at the house, the car got parked and I was jumping out running to the door. I didn't get very far before Emmett picked me up bridal style and carried me across the threshold. Racing to the bed and throwing me down, I looked up at him.

"What happened to eating?"
"Oh I'm going to eat. But it's not going to be food just yet."
"Well go get the food out of the car first. I want some later."

Like lightening he was out the door, then pushing me back onto the bed.