Hey guys! This is the moment that uve all been waiting for... (drumroll please)... the wedding!!! It will be packed with cheese, this is going to be sort of a stress releiver for Bella, with all the stuff about the Volturi and her change.

MAJOR FLUFF WARNING

READ THIS NOTE!!! I have two songs in here for during the reception. I did write down the lyrics so if you don't want to read them you don't have to, but I HIGHLY suggest that you do. Listen to them on YouTube, they are great songs. The first one is Everytime We Touch (slow version) by Cascada, and the second one is Lion by Rebecca St. James. (AND I GIVE THEM FULL CREDIT FOR THESE SONGS!) If you don't listen to the first one, you HAVE to listen to the second one because its almost creepy how much it relates to the series. It even uses the lion metaphor.

So, without further ado, ill let u read...

Chapter 9: Perfect

To my relief, I didn't think about the Volturi. I didn't think about how they would be coming in a little more than two weeks and I didn't think about what they wanted. I didn't even think about how I woke up again this morning sweating and out of breathe, probably from that strange dream that I couldn't remember. I didn't think about any of that stuff.

I thought about Edward. About how we would be together for eternity and how my demands would be fulfilled and how I would be changed. But I must say that I was very, very nervous.

"Bella, what are you thinking?" Alice asked impatiently as she added the finishing touches to my hair in her large bathroom. "Ugh! Now I know what Edward feels like!"

I hadn't been able to see myself in the mirror yet and I was really starting to get fidgety. My heels were rapidly tapping on the floor. Alice had insisted that I wore stilhettoes and I had to admitt, they were beautiful. They were an elegant topaz color that matched my earrings and necklace. But I wasn't entirely sure how long I would last in them.

Alice was wearing that topaz spaghetti strap number that we had bought shopping a few days earlier. Was it really a few days ago? It felt like a lifetime.

To answer her question, I just sighed.

"Yeah, I'll have to agree with Alice," Rosalie murmured with the same impatient tone that Alice had used. "It's killing me not knowing what's going on in your head."

Rosalie wore a long, glorious dress identical to Alice's in color. It was backless and really did her perfect figure justice.

"Are you guys done yet?" I asked.

"Almost, just one last thing," Alice answered, smoothing out the wrinkles in my dress. She stood in front of me and looked over her handy work. "Finished!" she squealed, delighted.

She took my hand and led me to the majestic, floor-length mirror, while I concentrated on trying not to fall. I lifted my eyes from my feet slowly, taking in the beautiful heels that Alice had forced me into, the beautiful dress, my necklace, my hair flowing around my shoulders and cascading down my back in loose curls, and my face. Was this me?

I thought at that moment how different I was from when I came to Forks and now. I had found Edward, and I was getting married to him. I couldn't believe that I was really looking at myself in this mirror. I looked like a Cullen.

Alice had definately not gone overboard... my face looked completely natural. She had kept the make-up light. My skin was glowing with sort of a warm golden hue. I had a little bit of mascera on and a little bit of eyeliner which helped bring out my dark eyes. I didn't have any lipstick or gloss on... like I said, the look was totally natural.

I turned around and gave Alice a huge hug, and surprised myself that I did it without falling. I started to cry.

"And that is why I got water-proof," she said with a smile in her voice, hugging me back gently. "Bella, I wish I could tell you for sure that everything will be alright, but Jacob is here and I can't-"

"Alice," I said cutting her off. "It will be perfect." She didn't argue.

A soft knock came at the door, and Esme came in looking breathtaking in her topaz colored halter dress. "Five minutes, ladies," she said with a warm smile. "Its time to take our places."

"Thank you, Esme," Rosalie replied, and she gave me a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek before striding out the door.

"Bella," Esme said, walking over to me and placing a bouquet of glorious red roses in my hands. "Charlie is waiting for you."

I took a deep breathe, and walked carefully into the hallway, still trying to get used to walking in my heels. Esme noticed my caution and helped me down the stairs to where Charlie was waiting. He stared at me in a way that made me feel extremely self-consious and with, did I just imagine it, tears in his eyes. He took my hand when we got to him and Esme went outside into the mansion's massive backyard.

"You look beautiful, Bells," he said, his voice hoarse.

"Thank-you, Dad," I whispered, hugging him. I didn't think about how this would be my last day with him. I thought about Edward.

He cleared his throat. "I think it's time to start," he said awkwardly, locking our arms and turning toward the door. "I'm so proud of you, Isabella." I kissed him on the cheek.

Music began to play and that pushed my tears over the edge. It was my lulluby. We walked through the door to a beautiful sight.

It was dark out, twilight, and the yard was illuminated my hundreds of candles. There was only a few people, just as Alice said, but I didn't stop to look at them. I looked at Edward. He looked utterly stunning. His flawless face was lit up by a huge grin staring at me in a way that made me a million times more self-consious than I was before. He wore a striking black on black tuxedo that contrasted perfectly with his skin. As I got to him and my lulluby came to an end, Charlie put my hand in Edward's and took his seat after kissing me on the cheek.

As soon as I took my place at the altar and looked into his deep topaz eyes, I got lost in them. I wasn't aware of anything but him. I wasn't even aware of Carlisle preaching about the responsibilities of marriage...

After a while, I faintly heard Edward say "I do," and it wan't until I felt a small squeeze on my hand that I realized that it must have been my turn. "I do," I sighed.

"Edward and Bella have prepared their own vows," Carlisle announced. I appreciated the use of my prefered name. "Bella?"

I had not had time to write my vows and until now, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to say. That was then. But now, I was hit with sudden inspiration.

"Edward. I have spent a long time trying to come up with words that would accurately describe the way that I love you. But the thing is, I can't. It's impossible. Such words don't exist. All I know is that I love you, and I can't wait to spent forever with you by my side." The tears were threatening to spill over.

"Edward?" Carlisle said softly, as if trying not to disrupt this moment.

"Bella. I never believed that you should love me. I never believed that I was good enough for you. I convinced myself that you could find someone so much better. And it led me to the biggest mistake of my life." His eyes burned into mine with an intensity that I had never seen before. "But I want you to know now, that as long as you love me, and as long as you want me, I will always be here to love you back."

It took all of the self control that I had not to throw my arms around him and kiss him right then. I loved him so much. I couldn't believe that I had found him. My tears finally began to fall and I didn't even try to wipe them away.

We exchanged our rings, and finally, Carlisle announced, "I now pronounce you husband and wife." He paused for dramatical effect and Edward glared at him. "Okay, okay, you may kiss the bride!"

Edward put his hand around my waist and pulled me toward him, with his other hand resting on my neck. Our lips met. We were married. My life had just begun.

Our lips moved together for a few seconds, and then, reluctantly it seemed, he pulled away. My new husband had the biggest, widest smile I had ever seen on his face, or on anyone's face for that matter. I'm sure that my smile was pretty big too.

At the reception, everyone could not stop congratulating us. Finally, Alice shooed them away, and I finally got to sit down on the couch and rest my feet. Edward sat next to me, and kissed my cheek. I sighed. He took my hand and began to rub circles on my palm.

My eyes wandered around the small crowd in the Cullen's large living room. All of the sudden, I was surrounded by three unfamiliar female vampires, one with striking strawberry-blonde hair. It was Tanya and her sisters, Kate and Irina.

"Hello, I'm Tanya," she said in a light cheerful voice, taking my hand and shaking it. She must have not been used to interaction with humans, because she held my hand a little tighter than I was comfortable with. "You must be Isabella."

"Bella," Edward corrected. The three sisters looked at him and giggled.

"We couldn't wait to meet the girl who got Edward Cullen to fall in love," another said. She had brunette hair, about the color of mine, except her's was more shiny and smoothe. "My name is Kate," she finally said, shaking my hand as well, almost as hard as Tanya had.

"And I'm Irina," the last one said softly. She had jet black hair that shimmered gloriously in the light. She offered me her hand also, except her grip was extremely gentle.

"It's nice to meet you," I said awkwardly, but politely.

"You do smell wonderful, just like Edward said," Kate said enthusiastically. She reminded me a little bit of Alice.

I blushed. Edward pulled me onto his lap and wrapped his arms around my waist, which made me blush even harder. They giggled some more in unison.

"I can see that he didn't exaggerate the blushing either," Tanya laughed.

"Your attention, everyone," Alice called. She didn't have a microphone and she certainly didn't need one. Her high pitched voice cut easily through the crowd. "It is time for Edward and Bella to share their first dance as husband and wife." Everyone turned their attention to us as Edward helped me to the center of the room. You could say that I was a bit nervous at this particular moment.

Edward must have seen it in my eyes. "Don't worry," he whispered in my ear. "I won't let go of you once, I promise." I laughed. That was exactly what he had said when he took me to prom in my junior year.

Alice allowed me to pick out the song that we would dance to. I was glad. I had found two perfect songs that explained exactly how I felt about Edward, as if they were written for us and for us alone. I chose the slower one to go first.

A piano began to play and we started to dance.

I still hear your voice when you sleep next to me,

I still feel your touch in my dreams.

Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why,

Without you it's hard to survive.

(Chorus):

Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling,

And everytime we kiss, I swear I could fly.

Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last,

Need you by my side

And everytime we touch, I feel the static,

And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.

Can't you hear my heart beat so, I can't let you go,

Want you in my life.

I felt totally at ease here with Edward. So much, that I began to sing along softly, so that only Edward could hear... and maybe, of course, a few vampires.

Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky,

They wipe away tears that I cry.

The good and the bad times, we've been through them all,

You make me rise when I fall.

(Chorus):

Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling,

And everytime we kiss, I swear I could fly.

Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last,

Need you by my side.

Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static,

And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.

Can't you hear my heart beat so, I can't let you go,

Want you in my life.

(Chorus repeat, softer):

Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling,

And everytime we kiss, I swear I could fly.

Can't you feel my hear beat fast, I want this to last,

Need you by my side.

Cause everytime we touch, I feel the static,

And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.

Can't you hear my heart beat so, I can't let you go,

Want you in my life...

At the last note of the song, Edward dipped me so low that my hair was touching the ground and kissed me passionately. I didn't care who was there and who was watching, but I never wanted him to stop. I squeezed his neck and held on as tight as I could, kissing him back.

Of course, he had to be the one to break the kiss eventually. He did, and led me back to the couch and sat me on his lap. After a few munites, he froze, listening.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Jacob is outside with his friend," he said with no emotion in his voice whatsoever.

I looked at him, asking permission with my eyes.

"Go ahead. Just try not to touch him too much, I can smell him from here anyway," he joked, smiling.

I got up and walked out the front door.

Jacob was walking toward the dirt road that led out of the clearing. He was accompanied by a girl, who I guessed was Abbey.

"Jacob!" I called, coming after him. He turned back around and met me, holding the girl's hand.

"Hey, Bella," he grinned. "This is Abbey." He gestured toward her with his free hand.

I smiiled at her, but I didn't offer to shake her hand. Jacob's smell would rub off on me and I didn't want Edward to have to smell him the rest of the day.

"Hi, I'm Bella," I said politely.

"Hello," she said back, obviously shy. She was a pretty girl. She wasn't devestatingly beautiful like Rosalie, of course, but she was pretty. She had the said black hair and russet skin that Jacob had. I guessed that she had some relation to the Quillette tribe as well.

"Thank-you both for coming," I said.

"It was our pleasure," Jacob said.

"I wanted to say good-bye," I explained softly, speaking only to Jacob.

He sighed, his smile vanishing. "Just remember the treaty, Bella," he warned reluctantly. "I won't be able to stop the pack from intervening."

"Not even as the Beta?" I joked half-heartedly.

"No," he said, his smile not returning.

"Well, Jake, I have to get back." I turned to Abbey. "It was nice to meet you."

"You, too," she replied sweetly.

"Bye, Jake," I whispered, and I walked back to the mansion.

I walked inside to see that Edward was still sitting on the couch, and he hadn't moved at all. I crossed the room and settled down on his lap once again. "I told, him good-bye," I explained.

"I know," he whispered, and kissed me softly on the lips. We were interrupted by Alice, speaking over the crowd once again.

"Ladies and gentleman, it's time for the last dance of the night." She looked noticably less enthusiastic, now that the reception was coming to an end. "Bella would like to dedicate this song to Edward... her lion." I glared at her. That was definately not part of the script.

Edward led me to the center of the living room once again.

"Edward, listen to these lyrics. They're beautiful," I whispered. "And I think they sum up our relationship pretty well."

This song wasn't a 'slow song', but it wasn't fast either. The music began, and we danced.

Mysterious, that's what I call you.

I'm curious about you.

I'm scared and I'm not sure that you are safe,

But your eyes seem to say that you are good.

I sang along to this song as well. I wanted Edward to know that I really meant it.

(Chorus):

This is not a dream that I'm living,

This is just a world of your own.

You took me from all that I knew,

Shown me how it feels to hope.

With you with me, facing tomorrow,

Together I can learn to fly,

Feels like I'm living in a lion's mouth,

But the lion is an angel

I kissed him quickly on the lips and continued singing along.

Wise eyes. You see the core of me.

Your gentleness melts me.

And now I know that words cannot describe

The power that I feel when I'm with you.

(Chorus):

This is not a dream that I'm living,

This is just a world of your own.

You took me from all that I knew,

Shown me how it feels to hope.

With you with me, facing tomorrow,

Together I can learn to fly,

Feels like I'm living in a lion's mouth,

But the lion is...

(Bridge):

Peace and power,

Love forever,

Who am I to stand before you?

I am speechless,

But in my weakness,

You are here and

All is well...

(Chorus):

You took me from all that I knew,

Shown me how it feels to hope.

With you with me, facing tomorrow,

Together I can learn to fly.

Feels like I'm living in a lion's mouth,

But the lion is...

(Chorus repeat):

This is not a dream that I'm living,

This is just a world of your own.

You took me from all that I knew,

Shown me how it feels to hope.

With you with me, facing tomorrow,

Together I can learn to fly.

Feels like I'm living in a lion's mouth,

But the lion is an angel...

Is an angel...

The song ended, and Edward's eyes were so beautiful. They were like deep pools of liquid topaz and I was hypnotized. He kissed me more passionately than he ever had before and I hoped that he understood how I felt about him after hearing that song. The only difference was, I wasn't scared of him. Not at all.

I was standing in my husbands bathroom across the hall from his bedroom. I had just said my good-byes to Charlie and Renee. The worst case scenario was that I would never see them again. The best was that, maybe I could see them in a few years.

All of the guests had left. All of the Cullens had left too, to give me and Edward some privacy. We were about to 'try', and it was my request that we would try before I was changed. I had never done this before, and I was nervous. I had never been so nervous in my entire life...

As you can probably tell, this was an extremely long chapter. And I'm going to make it longer by restating the obvious... THE SONGS DO NOT BELONG TO ME!!!

And another thing, I'm not going to be too discriptive in the next chapter. I'm not going to totally skip over it, but if your looking for lemon, look somewhere else. You won't find it here. I've never written like that, and I don't really want to try.

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