I don't own it.
Two more chapters! (Maybe three, possibly four if I do a rewrite of the battle scene)
As for the question about… the lemon… I don't do that. I don't like to write like that. I may lead to it, but I won't do details.
I could see in his eyes the truth of what he felt. I could also see my face, and it did not display what I felt. It showed an expression caught somewhere between shock and horror. Then, when I started to breathe again, his face fell.
I knelt down in front of him, mirroring his position. I took his face in my hands.
"Do you mean it?" I asked, barely audible.
"How could I not?" He asked, I could tell it hurt him to hear the words come out of my mouth. I took the ring from the tips of his fingers.
I looked at it closely, handed it back to him, and then looked in his eyes.
"But where will we live?" I asked, smiling widely. His breath rushed out of him as he grabbed me tightly to him.
"I don't care, as long as we're together!" He whispered; his lips at my ear. I giggled; then removed myself from him. I held out my left hand, and he slipped the diamond ring on my third finger; it fit perfectly.
"Yes, I will marry you, Edward Cullen; I will be Mrs. Isabella Cullen." I said as he kissed each fingertip, then the ring, then my forehead, and finally my lips.
"Thank you." He said simply as he kissed me and pushed me onto my back. His hands drifted for the hem of my shirt, and I instantly knew his intentions.
"Edward." I said against his lips, not wanting to do this. "Edward!" I finally got his attention. "Yes love?" He asked, fire burning in his golden eyes.
"No. I don't want this. Not now."
He sat up, confused.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I want it to be special. As a married couple. Not on the cold, damp ground, out of euphoria from the engagement. I'm sorry." I breathed, hoping I hadn't hurt him again.
"Bella," he whispered, touching my face, "If that's what you want, then I agree. We'll wait." He looked into my eyes, and I lost my train of thought.
He lay down next to me again, and I leaned back against him, resting my head on his stomach like a pillow. And we talked and talked. I know not how much time passed, maybe hours, and maybe days. All too soon, it began to rain. I glared at the sky, hoping the nursery rhyme would take affect and the rain would go away and come again another day.
It didn't. It began to pour and thus, we left. We had almost returned to the house when Edward stopped and shouted, "Oh for the love of all that is Holy!" I stopped a few yards ahead of him, caught on the unawares. I turned and walked back to him, catching his hand.
"What's wrong, Edward?" I asked, slightly panicked. Had he been hurt?
"Alice." He said through his teeth. "She's waiting." I smiled. It was to be expected.
"Come on, I laughed." We returned to the house, finding Alice outside waiting, practically bouncing up and down on the stairs in an ecstatic dance.
"I want to plan it, I want to plan it, I want to plan it, I. WANT. TO. PLAN IT!" She screamed excitedly.
Edward stepped in front of me. "No, Alice. The wedding plans are being made by Bella. I'll not have you intimidating her into it, either, understand?" he warned.
"Edward, I was going to let her plan it anyway." She said around his arm. He turned, shocked.
"What?"
Next thing I knew, I was on my back, Alice on top of my kissing my cheek and screaming in joy.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"But," I interrupted her shrieking cries, "I have absolute veto, it has to be a small wedding, and it has to happen in three weeks." She stopped dead in her tracks.
"What?" She asked, the look in her eye scaring me slightly. Edward appeared at her side then, pulling her off of me. Jasper and Emmett showed up then, followed the rest of the Cullens and my brothers and father, as well as Zafrina, Kachiri, and Senna, who were readying to leave.
They all looked puzzled, and then Esme saw the ring. She rushed forward, gathering me in a hug. Senna, the more exuberant of the Amazonians (A/N, no clue if this is true, but for this, it is) rushed forward as well. Alice jumped around exuberantly again. Then she stopped and held me at arms length.
"I can not plan a wedding in three weeks. It takes time and preparation, and…" she trailed off and I interrupted.
"How so? I need a dress, Edward and I will get the rings. We can have the ceremony at the house, Carlisle can officiate. Three bridesmaid dresses and a tux and you're set to go!" I smiled triumphantly. Looks of amazement and shock spread over the rest of the group as they realized Edward and I were finally engaged.
Emmett reached over to punch Edward's shoulder. "Way to go, Eddie-boy! Finally gonna get the girl?" He yelled boisterously. Edward only grimaced, then smiled. The rest of the men followed suit.
Alice glared as she realized she was defeated. She crossed her arms and sulked, "Fine." She pouted. Jasper reached over and wrapped his arms around her.
"Ally, honey, it's their wedding." He tried to console his wife. She still pouted, but in a lesser manner.
"Zafrina, Senna, Kachiri, you must stay for the wedding!" I exclaimed, suddenly remembering my dear friends.
They nodded, smiling.
"It's all set then," I turned around in Edward's arms and touched his lips, "I guess you should rent a tux!" I said smiling.
He responded by simply smiling, even as his lips touched to mine.
I know, pretty short, only 963 words, but I needed to set up the wedding. What did you think? Did I do a good job with the engagement, or was it too cutesy? Leave it in the reviews, please!
Pics of the dresses and the rings are on the website.