The wedding guests arrive in their black and white attire. The wedding as cut and clean, black and white; the only things that were colors were the flower bouquets. The bridesmaids wore white and the guests wore black and white. The theme was old Hollywood and I think the wedding planner did a fantastic job grasping that theme. I was alone, in my dress my hands pressed up against the brick that surrounded the glass window looking down at all the guests taking their seats and talking to friends with smiles on their faces. I picked out my bridesmaids who were talking to their friends and other members of the Volturi. My family had just arrived and they spotted me in the window. They smiled at me and gave me a slight wave as I returned the gesture. I waved them up and they walked toward the castle. I left the window and sat down in front of the mirror. I added my flower to my hair and there were no flaws in my makeup. There was a knock at the door and Madison, Deanna, and Amy came in.
"You look stunning." Deanna said giving me a hug and held my forearms to get a good look at me.
"Thank you." I smiled and there was something dangling in Madison's hand dangling in the air. "What is that?"
"Oh, it's yours; I found it in your room while I was cleaning. I figured you might want it." She said handing it to me.
On the outside it was engraved, Lamb. It was older looking and a little tarnished, but it felt newer. "I don't remember this." I admitted.
"Well, if you don't want it, I'll be more than willing to take it off your hands. If you open it, it plays a wonderful lullaby." Madison said.
"Well, here take it, I didn't miss it, let alone need it. I don't even remember it." I laughed and placed it around her neck. "Of course, you'll get more use out of it." As I finished putting it around her neck there was a knock on the door and Amy went to get it.
The person appeared from the doorway and into the room where I was. "Jacob…" I whispered, not believing my eyes. "What are you doing here, you said you couldn't come."
"Amy over here came banging on my door at 6 in the morning yesterday." Jacob said. "Told me to pack a bag and to get my butt in the car."
I laughed and thanked both of them. "Can you guys give us a moment alone?" I asked my sisters and Mother.
"Of course." Deanna smiled and they left to go downstairs.
"I can't believe you are here." I said, "I had prepared myself for a Jacob-less wedding."
"Well believe it." He said as he looked out to the overcast sky, perfect weather for a wedding for vampires.
"Jacob, would you do me the extreme honor of walking me down the aisle?" I asked.
He smiled, "I thought you'd never ask."
I gave him a huge smile and he hooked my arm through his and handed me my flowers for the other hand. After going down the staircase and to the hallway that led right to the reception we found Jane and Arvea waiting with Demitri and Doc on their arms. Jane was my maid of honor because she was Alec's sister, but of course she did nothing helpful except terrorize me. If I had it my way Arvea would be my maid of honor.
Jake and I waited for them to walk down, once each couple walked down the two French doors were shut for dramatic affect to hide me from being seen and from where I stood I saw Alec up there waiting when I watched the girls walk down.
I nodded to Santiago and Felix to open the doors and they did as told and Jacob gave me a slight of pull from my place that I seemed frozen in. We made it to the end and Jacob gave me away and sat down next to Jeremy. Alec and I said our vows and I-do's and kissed to make it official. I looked out to the crowd as they applauded and there were all the Cullens including Edward. Madison, Jeremy and Jacob embraced me as I walked down the aisle with Alec.
"Good morning." He smiled. We hadn't seen each other for the past 48 hours. The first 24 hours we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off doing errands either for work or the wedding; and of course we weren't allowed to see each other for the last 24 hours.
I grinned at him. "Good morning husband."
"I like the sound of that." Alec smiled and kissed me again as a flash went off. I pulled away and there was the same photographer that photographed the engagement party.
After the photographer snapped a few pictures we went over to the reception which was in the West Wing Garden where the sculpture of me would be revealed.
The smell of exotic flowers mixed in with the wonderful spring fresh air. Alec and I were sitting at the Sweetheart table when Alec asked, "How did I get so lucky?" as he pressed her nose to my cheek and whispered it in my ear.
"Oh I think you know…" I smiled as I placed my hand of the back of his head as he kept his nose there. He looked to me with worried eyes as if there was something I found out and I looked to him confused. "What did I say?" I asked.
"Oh, you were kidding…" Alec said with a worried laugh,
"Is there something you need to tell me Alec?"
"No, nothing but that I love you." He smiled kissing my cheek and looking back toward the guests that were sitting at their tables looking at us or talking with friends.
"Hey guys, it was a gorgeous ceremony, but we've got a flight to catch." Carmen said with Eleazar by her side. Behind them was Edward Cullen.
"Oh, so sorry to see you go, but have a good flight." I said as I got up to hug them goodbye. Alec wished them a good flight and thanks for coming and they walked off. "Are you headed out too?" I asked Edward as he was next to greet us.
"Yeah actually, I've got a place to be in a few hours." Edward said looking at his watch.
"Oh so sorry to hear that, have to good flight." Alec said a little rushed.
"Hey, no wait, don't go, I didn't get to dance with you yet." I smiled. I wanted to dance with all of my friends.
"You want to dance—with me?" Edward laughed as if he didn't think that was logical.
"Of course, I want to dance with all my friends and all my family today." I said took his hand and told the DJ to change the music to a somewhat slow/fast paced dance song. The DJ chose Look After You by the Fray.
Edward put his hands on me and we started to dance around the floor as others joined as well, "You're a very good dancer Mr. Cullen." I smiled.
"Yes well, I've had practice, which I can see you haven't had since the last time we danced." Edward smiled a crooked grin.
"I'm sorry, the last time we danced?" I asked.
He nodded, "It was Jr. Prom at Forks High School, you had a cast on your foot and you danced on my feet, surely you remember that." Edward said with a little hope in his voice that I did. I tried so hard to remember but it came up blank.
"No, sorry. I don't remember anything about my human life; only what your parents have told me is what I know of it."
"What about a few months ago, you were getting your memories back, I- we were engaged, but you never came back to me…" Edward asked he winced at the pain of the memories.
"What are you talking about, I was never engaged to you, I was never involved with you that way, and I thought we were just friends…" I said in a hushed voice trying not to cause a scene as the song ended.
"Can I cut in?" Jacob asked tapping Edward's shoulder.
I looked to Edward then back to Jacob. "Don't leave; I need to speak with you."
"Yes, it looks like I need to remind my parents of the minor detail they forgot to tell you." Edward said giving me a slight bowing motion to me before he left.
"What was that about?" Jacob said showing his sparkling white toothed grin.
"Jacob, is there history with Edward and I?"
Jacob looked to me as if he couldn't believe I was asking that. "How could you not have history with Cullen, how could you forget?"
"Jacob." I said talking so low that only Jake could hear. "Jake, I don't remember anything about the Cullens."
"Nothing?" Jacob asked astonished. "I knew you had memory loss after the transformation, but not this bad."
"Jacob… I think Alec did something to me." I whispered in his ear.
"And you're telling me this now, after you are already married to the guy." Jacob asked. "Wait, do you remember that big decision you had to make in the late summer early fall of that year?"
I thought about it and I didn't. "No… should I?"
"Oh my god…" Jacob whispered, "You chose Edward…"
"JACOB TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE THINKING!"
"Bella, I need to speak with a few people, things are coming together, you need to act like nothing just happened, go dance with family, go be your charming self with Alec; you hear me? Nothing happen at all." Jacob said. "You will have all the answers soon."
I nodded and Jacob left me and made his way off the dance floor.
Jacob's POV:
She had to have chosen Edward last year. I was pretty convincing when she asked me and you could tell in her eyes that she loved Edward more than Alec, if that was true then Edward would know if she had or not. I looked to the back where I saw the Cullens table and there was Edward in the middle of a conversation with Carlisle and Esme.
"Edward, excuse me, I need to talk to you now, like as soon as possible in private." I said rushed.
"Is everything alright Jacob?" Carlisle asked.
I looked around looking for Volturi members and wiped the worried drop of sweat coming from my nose. "No, I need to speak with you." I said looking to Edward.
"I'm don't have the time for petty games Jacob."
"It's about Bella and her memories, Alec did something if you confirm my hunches."
"Let's go." Edward said quickly changing his mind.
"We are coming too." Esme said as the rest of the clan stood.
Not a good idea. I thought to Edward. There are Volturi everywhere; it's too risky to talk here.
Edward told them to stay and enjoy the party and we left though the back of the garden as they all gathered around the covered sculpture for the revealing of Bella.
"Look did Bella ever tell you who she chose that fall?" I asked.
"She said she chose me, and we were to be married, but then she never returned to me. We received an engagement announcement for this a few weeks later." Edward said broken.
"Okay, good, 1st suspicion clarified, I need you to tell me every detail of that moment when she told you she chose you and when you proposed." I said.
Edward went through the whole thing, from him having her in his arms to the locket that played music…. The locket…
"How- how did you get her to remember your relationship the first time?" I asked as things were coming together in my head.
"Well, we talked about it a lot, but she got the core memory when we kissed." Edward said. "Look, you're thoughts are going a million miles an hour, I don't understand…"
"We need that locket!" I said and I remembered that Madison had it when we arrived ready to give it to Bella because she left it at the house.
"She's probably burned it…" Edward said.
"No she didn't. Madison has it…" I told him. He peered over the hedges to look to see her. "Edward, does a member have the ability to erase memories?"
"Yes, Chelsea has the ability to cut relationships…" Edward said a matter of fact but then caught where I was going. "Chelsea did this…"
"Not just Chelsea, Jane. Bella said she and Chelsea were friends; it was Jane that had to have put Chelsea up to it.
"We've got to find Madison and that locket." Edward and I both said and we went back into the party searching for that locket.
Jane's POV:
Things were getting sketchy, that dog and Cullen were putting together the pieces, and Isabella knew something was up. The head Cullens made sure she was suspicious of that during their stay. "Chelsea." I hissed and pulled her away from the ogling of the statue of that bitch.
"What Jane!" She asked irritated.
"They are putting it together." I hissed again. "We need to get out of here."
"No, I'm not going anywhere, I'm innocent you and Victoria put me up to it." Chelsea said pulling her arm out of my hand. I gasped at her and she walked away.
"What is going on?" Alec asked coming up and pulling me to the dance floor.
"They know, all of them involved, we are busted Alec, this is it." I admitted as he spun me in a circle.
"Not if I have anything to do with it." He said. "Excuse me…" and with that he was gone, but the faint sound of the locket that could destroy all of us was already being played. I was a wanted woman, dead or ashes.