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Chapter 8
2 years later
Edward and I were hanging out at his house before we had to go to Esme and Carlisle's. We were sitting on his couch, my legs draped over his lap.
"At the banquet tonight are they announcing your completion of the volunteer program thing and you becoming an official doctor? I asked. He chuckled at me since I didn't know the official name.
"Yes they are. That will be at the beginning along with the awards they give out." Edward replied. I noticed that he had become nervous while we were talking.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be" He said quickly, smiling nervously. I brushed it off and he smiled reassuringly. I smiled back and switched the way I was laying so my head was in his lap. He began playing with my hair and I sighed closing my eyes. I must have fallen asleep because when I woke up Edward wasn't on the couch. I sat up and didn't see him. "Edward?" I called.
"Coming." I heard his reply from his room. He walked into the living room.
"Should we get going?" I asked.
"I have one more thing to do." Edward said as he walked over to me. I looked at him curiously. He just stood in front of me and took a hold of my left hand. He began lacing and unlacing our fingers together
"Do you know why the wedding ring is worn on the left hand on the third finger?" Edward asked looking straight into my eyes. I shook my head slowly.
"That is the only finger with a vein that leads straight to the heart. Bella, I love you so much. With everything that I am. I could never let you go. You are the most amazing, wonderful, beautiful, extraordinary, selfless, and caring person I have ever met. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife and giving me your heart?" Edward asked.
"Yes." I replied smiling. Then added, "It already is yours." Before throwing myself into his arms. I tightly wrapped my arms around his neck. I pulled away and he placed a ring on my finger. I smiled and kissed him passionately. He held me close and whispered in my ear, "I love you."
"I love you too." We shared another kiss. I broke away from him and he kissed my cheek.
"Should we wait to tell everyone until tomorrow?" I asked, "Or tonight?"
"It is up to you love." He replied. I laughed.
"That doesn't help me." He chuckled.
"We'll just tell them tomorrow. Then Alice and Rose, and most likely my mom won't bombard you with wedding details. We can enjoy and relax tonight with our family then deal with all the excitement and giddiness later."
"I like that plan." I replied. He smiled.
"Ok, now let's go before Alice calls and yells at us for being late." I said grabbing his hand and we walked out to his Volvo.
"Bella come here! You two got here later than you were supposed to, we are going to be leaving and you still need to get ready." Alice yelled from the other room just as Edward and I walked inside. I laughed.
"Alice we aren't leaving for another hour and a half." I said back. I heard her heels clicking on the ground and then she was standing in front of me with her hands on her hips.
"Bella this is serious. We aren't just going out for the night. This is a hospital banquet. We can't just lolly gag. So chop chop. Get moving up those stairs now." She said.
"Go on love, then after the banquet we can go back to my place, have some hot chocolate and watch a movie or something." Edward said giving me a slight push.
"Edward, you are supposed to help me." I told him. He chuckled. Alice squealed.
"Yay! Come on Bella." She grabbed my hand and ran upstairs.
"I'll do your hair and makeup first then you can get changed." She told me.
"Ok." I said and smiled. I noticed that I had left the ring on my finger. Rather than leaving it on and risk a bunch of questions and bombardment I took it off as sneakily as I could while Alice was in the midst of curling my hair and talking. We continued talking while she finished my hair and makeup.
"Ok go get changed and then you can look in the mirror. I have the dress hanging on the back of the door." Alice said and walked out shutting the door behind her. I grabbed the dress and took it out of the bag. It was beautiful. It was a purple floor length dress with tank top straps and deep v neckline. Walking back into Alice's room she handed me shoes.
"Bella, that dress looks amazing on you." I blushed.
"Thanks Ali." She smiled. Alice was wearing a long spaghetti strap turquoise dress. It was gorgeous.
"Alice you look beautiful. Jasper won't be able to keep his eyes off you." I said. She twirled around laughing.
"You think?" I nodded. We walked downstairs.
"You girls ready?" Esme asked us from downstairs. Rosalie and Emmett were here.
"Yes mom, we are coming." Alice said as we walked down the stairs. Rose was wearing a strapless red gown. She had black earrings and a black bracelet and black stiletto heels.
"Don't you girls look lovely." Esme said as we got to the bottom of the stairs. I blushed and Alice just smiled. I caught sight of Edward talking to Carlisle. I walked over to him and tapped his shoulder. He turned around and a huge smile spread across his face. I blushed.
"You look exquisite my love." Edward said staring intently into my eyes.
"Thank you. You don't look to bad yourself." I whispered back smiling. We were just staring at each other. I don't even know how much time passed. I guessed not a lot because Alice snapped between our faces.
"Come on you two. We are going to be late." She said laughing. Edward took my hand and we walked out to his car.
"After you." He said holding the car door open for me.
"Thank you." I said sitting in the car. He shut my door and walked around to the driver side. Edward started the car and we waited, in a comfortable silence, for everyone else. One by one each car sped away, Edward and I the last ones.
"Do you have somewhere that I could put my ring?" I asked.
"You don't want to wear it?" Edward asked not taking his eyes off the road.
"It's not that I don't want to, what if people see it?" He laughed.
"It is hardly a crime Bella. Yes we decided to tell everyone tomorrow but that doesn't mean you can't wear it." He replied looking at me. I thought about it. It really wasn't a big deal if people saw it or not. I decided to wear it. I slipped it back on my finger. Edward grabbed my hand and laced our fingers together. The banquet was being held at a hotel up in Port Angeles. Less than an hour later we were getting out of the car and walking up to the doors. When we walked inside there were quite a few people already.
"Come on Bella, let's go find a table." Alice said hooking her arm through mine and Rosalie's. The three of us quickly found our table and we claimed our seats. Esme and Carlisle walked over a few minutes after us.
"Where are the guys?" Rose asked.
"They found the bar." Esme said laughing. The three of us joined in shaking our heads while laughing.
"So Bella when are and Edward going to get married?" Alice asked innocently. I was caught off guard by the question that I spit out my water. Luckily there was no one in front of me. I looked at Alice to see if she was serious. Yup, she was.
"Uh…uh well we haven't really talked about it much." I answered. It wasn't a complete lie, just not the whole truth. Hopefully it was convincing enough.
"I see." She replied dropping the subject. Everyone else looked at me curiously. At that moment Edward, Jasper and Emmett walked back.
"Oh hey guys. So how about those drinks." I said nervously. Edward gave me an odd look. I just smiled. Did Alice know? Was she mad I didn't say anything? I looked to Esme and she was smiling brightly. She knew for sure. I gave her a 'help me' look and she slightly nodded.
"Carlisle, honey when are they going to be giving out the awards?" She asked.
"In about 15 minutes I believe." He replied.
"Oh that's right. Our little Eddie is getting his recognition." Emmett said clapping Edward on the back. We all laughed and Edward cringed at the nickname.
"Emmett, don't call me that." Edward replied trying not to laugh.
"I'm going to get some fresh air." I said practically jumping up from the table and going outside. I leaned against the railing and took a few deep breaths.
"Bella, are you alright?" I heard Edward's panicked voice as he came outside.
"Yeah. It's just…it is hard to keep this from Alice and everyone else. Your mom knows and I am pretty sure your dad knows as well. Alice most likely saw the ring which she probably clued Jasper in on and I highly doubt Rose would miss it which means Emmett knows also. We should just tell them ourselves. It shouldn't be this hard and I have no idea why I am freaking out this badly." I said laughing at the end. Edward laughed and stood close by me.
"Then let's tell them. We know they aren't going to be mad. So we will just get it over with." Edward said. I smiled and nodded.
"Agreed." Hand in hand we walked back inside.
"Everyone, we have something to tell you." I said when we were back at the table. Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper all had their eyes transfixed on us.
"Bella and I are engaged." I was attacked with hugs and the squeals of Alice and Rose.
"We knew, but it is so much more exciting to hear it from you." Alice said excitement still evident in her voice. I laughed.
"So Bella, how long did you two plan on keeping this from us?" Rose asked raising her eyebrows.
"Just until tomorrow. Then tonight could be free of any immediate wedding plans." I explained. Rose laughed.
"Well that's fair. But I'm so glad you didn't wait!" She said.
"Aww little Eddie and Belly are finally getting married. Congrats you two." Emmett said engulfing Edward and I in a bear hug.
"Congrats. You two are now apart of the official married couples club." Jasper said giving us a hug.
"There's a club?" Edward asked confused. "How did we not know about this?"
"Because you two weren't married. It was a secret from the non married people." Jasper said. We all laughed. I had walked over to Esme.
"Welcome to the family, officially." Esme said giving me a hug.
"Thanks Esme." She smiled warmly at me.
"Congratulations Bella." Carlisle said giving me a hug also.
"Thank you." I replied smiling. I walked back over to Edward, he smiled and we sat down. After all the awards were given out people began eating and dancing.
"I am stuffed." Jasper said.
"That was some good food." Emmett said patting his stomach.
"Come on Bella, let's go dance!" Alice exclaimed puling me and Rose out of our chairs before I could protest. "Evacuate the Dancefloor" by Cascada had just began blasting through the speakers, which was shocking because this was an event for the hospital, not a dance club.
"Bella just dance!" Alice said over the music. I began dancing along with Alice and Rose. A slow song came on and just before I could escape the dance floor Edward grabbed my arm and twirled me around pulling me back to him.
"May I have this dance Miss Swan?" I smiled.
"You may Mr. Masen." He chuckled and we danced around the room…
Wedding Day
"Ahhh Bella! I can't believe today you are getting married! You will officially be Mrs. Masen." Alice exclaimed as she put my veil in.
"I know. It doesn't feel real. It's all like a dream." I replied. She smiled at me through the mirror.
"You ready Bella?" Rose asked smiling.
"I think so."
"Your dad is waiting for you. I walked into the hallway, we were getting married at the Cullen's house, and my dad was there all dressed in a tux. I hadn't seen him dressed in one for a while.
"Hey Bells. You look beautiful." He said giving me a hug.
"Thanks dad."
"Ok, let's go get you married!" Alice said enthusiastically. I laughed and we lined up.
"Hey Belly." Emmett said giving me a hug.
"Hey Em."
"Go get 'em Bella." Jasper said giving me a hug. Alice and Jasper walked out, then Emmett and Rosalie.
"Let's go Bells." Charlie said. I linked my arm through his and we walked down the aisle as the wedding march began. Edward and I locked eyes. I began blushing and he smiled widely. Charlie placed my hand in Edward's and kissed my cheek before sitting down. The ceremony began and before I knew it, Edward and I were pronounced husband and wife.
"You may kiss the bride." Edward leaned forward and wrapped his arms around me before kissing me. We walked down the aisle as everyone began to applause. We walked back down the aisle. Once outside pictures were being taken and many people were walking up giving us a 'congrats'. When the crowd had died down Edward and I went off to the side while our families talked amongst each other.
"Now you are officially Mrs. Masen." Edward said pulling me close. I smiled.
"I like the sound of that."
"Me too."
"Bella, Edward! Get your newlywed booties over here." Alice yelled. Edward and I laughed and walked over to the hyper pixie.
"What Alice?" Edward asked.
"The DJ is going to be announcing all of us soon, so that means we need to line up and be ready. Once that is done you two have the rest of the time to yourselves, well apart from the dancing, the toasts, cutting the cake," She began listing everything off. Edward put his hand up.
"We get it Alice." He said. Not five minutes later, Edward and I were announced and we were sitting down eating.
"It is time for the first dance." The DJ announced. Edward took my hand and we walked out to the dance floor. "You Had Me from Hello" by Kenney Chesney played through the speakers. I smiled and rested my head of his shoulder. This song was perfect. I heard him whispering the lyrics in my ear. The rest of the reception passed in a blur. Before I knew it we were getting ready to leave for our honeymoon.
"Have fun Bella. I'm going to miss you!" Alice exclaimed giving me a hug.
"Bye Ali." I replied. "I'll miss you too." We smiled.
"Bye Bells. Have fun." Jasper said.
"Bye Jasper." I gave him a hug.
"Bellsy!" Emmett exclaimed picking me up. "Have a great time."
"Bye Em." I laughed.
"Bye Rose. I'll see you soon." I said giving her a hug.
"Bye Bella. Have fun!" She said.
"Ready love?" Edward asked grabbing my hand. I nodded and followed him to his Volvo. He smiled at me before grasping my hand.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too. "I leaned in and kissed him. Then Edward sped off. I was so thankful that we met up again. I never believed it would happen but it did. And I couldn't be happier.
The End
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