Carlisle
Today was the day I would marry the love of my life. The girls spent 2 hours circling me and making sure nothing was out of place.
"It is literally just you 6, a few friends from work and some of the wolves…" I complained.
"You don't need to look perfect for us; you have to look perfect for Esme." Bella said.
Rosalie had been rather quiet today, and I was starting to get concerned, normally she would have 3 sarcastic remarks just for that one sentence.
"Bella, can you please come help me with this quickly before I forget about it. I need to move it our near the isle." Alice said.
Once they left, I decided to ask Rosalie. "What's wrong?"
"Today is about you and Esme, so do not worry about me." She replied. She knew better than to deny that anything was wrong. I knew her too well for lies.
"Please don't make me guess."
"Let it go." She said flatly.
"Fine, I will guess. Is it Emmett? Are you arguing with Jasper again? Do you not like Esme?" She shook her head after each guess.
"Wait, does shaking your head mean, no you don't like Esme? Or does it mean that's not it?"
"That's not it."
"Rose, just tell me." I lifted her head so she was looking at me.
She gave in with one glance. "I'm just not used to change. After today, I doubt our family will be anything like it was beforehand. And what will happen when your both gone? A whole month with no parental supervision. Jasper and Emmett will ruin the whole house."
"That's not all of it."
She was silent for a second. "What if I need you?" She said quietly.
"I'll just be a call away, sweetheart. And if it's serious, I'll come back immediately. Jasper and Bella know exactly how to handle it too, remember."
"But they're not you."
I kissed her forehead and hugged her. "Jasper looks like me when I was 19…I just had lighter hair."
She laughed at my stupidity.
"Are you happy?" She asked, still in my arms.
I waited a moment before answering. "Extremely."
She pulled away, "Good." She kissed my cheek.
The girls came back in then.
"Emmett!" We heard Esme yell from upstairs.
We heard Jasper break into a laugh afterwards.
"You left her with them?"
"Well, we were sort of here." Bella said.
"I'm going up now. We just have to touch up Esme's hair." Rosalie smiled.
I was sitting with Alice and Bella for a few minutes before the boys walked in. "Rosalie kicked us out and told us to send you two up." Jasper said.
Alice jumped up and kissed my cheek. She kissed Jasper's too before walking out.
Bella came and hugged me. "I love you, dad." She whispered. It was very rare for her to call me her father. She still remembered parts of her human life, and her father had been very important to her in the past.
I kissed the side of her head before she walked out too.
My eyes shifted straight the Emmett. "What did you do?"
"Why do you assume it was me?" he asked.
"That is exactly something that Rosalie would say…" Jasper said.
"Because she scolded you." I answered him.
"I almost spilt something on her dress…" He said quietly.
I smirked. "She would have killed you…"
"That's why I stayed on the other side of the room until Rosalie told us to leave."
I shook my headed laughed lightly.
"Oh, Emmett, don't drink too much tonight unless you want Rose to be super mad with you." Jasper said.
"Why?"
"She isn't allowed to drink a lot in one night or it worsens her depression. Carlisle doesn't let her." He explained.
"For a good reason." I defended myself.
"No, I definitely agree with you." Jasper assured.
Emmett was silent for a moment before Edward snickered. "They won't care." He said.
Emmett glared at him but still didn't say what he was thinking.
"Emmett wants to know if anything caused her depression." Edward said for him.
Rosalie walked in then, and would have heard the question. "My mother and step-father." She answered it.
Emmett stared at her and she knew he wanted an explanation, but wouldn't actually ask. Edward didn't say anything that time.
"When I was a human, my mother married a terrible man who abused me in every way possible. My mother, being the total bitch that she was, never said or had done anything to stop it. She joined in on the verbal side of it after a while. I am grateful in a way for it, though."
"How's that?" Emmett asked, intrigued.
"I'm grateful that it was me who had to go through it, and not Jasper." She explained.
"However, it did still affect Jasper greatly, seeing his sister being beaten, harassed and raped for years on end." I added.
"Dad! She wasn't meant to know that…" Jasper said.
"Sorry…"
Rosalie was staring at Jasper with a sad face. "We will save this conversation for another day…"
She checked the text she had just received.
"Ready?" She smiled at me. I smiled back and followed her out.
I stood at the alter with Emmett and Jasper. They were keeping me occupied until Esme was ready. We had already greeted the Denali's, the wolves and some doctors from work. Three of them were married, and had brought their wives with them. Two weren't married, however, and they had brought two if the nurses who hadn't taking a liking to Esme. I knew when she saw them that her mood would drop.
The music started to play then and the boys returned to their seats. I stood at the alter and waited for my Esme to walk down the aisle.
She appeared with Edward by her side. He was taking on that role. I watched as her eyes flicked to the nurses. She shifted her gaze to me which at first was questioning, but that all washed away within seconds. Her mouth curled into a smile, as did mine. She was stunning; her dress complimented her perfect figure nicely. Her hair was done up very neatly, Rosalie's doing, and a lace veil flowed down. The dress had lace sleeves down to her elbows and flowed out behind her.
Once she finally reached me, Edward kissed her cheek and gave her hand to me. We stood in front of the minister and repeated the words that he read. Her eyes were filled with love, and I assumed mine were too.
"You may now kiss the bride."
I kissed her several times. Emmett whistled and our guests applauded us. We walked back down the aisle.
The reception was too big for only a small amount of guests, but I didn't expect anything less from Alice. We had our first dance as a married couple. I had danced with Rosalie and Bella, and was now sitting down beside my wife.
We were watching Alice and Jasper with their exquisite dance moves. Edward walked over with the Denali's following behind.
I motioned for Esme to stand as I did.
"Esme, this is Carmen, Eleazar, Tanya, Kate and Garrett." I introduced them and could tell that the girls already liked her.
"We have heard so much about you, I'm glad we could finally meet." Carmen said.
"Likewise." Esme smiled.
They started talking, and Emmett was talking with Garrett, so I went and danced with Rosalie again.
She almost fell over when I spun her and we were both laughing. We danced for the rest of the song and returned to our partners when it finished.
"Dad, can I have another drink?" She asked.
"How many have you had?"
"Four I think."
I hesitated before nodding. She and Emmett walked away with Garrett and Kate.
"She has to ask?" Esme questioned.
"Yeah, we'll talk about it later." I said.
She nodded and turned back to Carmen.
"Congratulations on your beautiful wife, I was beginning to think you would never find a mate." Eleazar smiled.
"So was I…"
"Where are you going for your honeymoon?"
"He won't tell you." Esme said.
"I would if you weren't here, my darling." I smirked at her. "It's a surprise for her."
"Well, I am sure it will be lovely." Carmen said. "Eleazar, Tanya is talking to a wolf…"
"He is doing no harm." He said.
"I'm not worried about him, I'm worried about her."
"She's smiling. It's fine." He assured.
"Carmen, Eleazar!" Kate called from where she was standing by a table. The excused themselves and joined her.
Alice and Jasper ran at a human speed up to us. Alice took my arm and pulled me to the dance floor with her, and Jasper did the same with Esme.
The night was filled with dancing and drinking. People had made their toasts and were now dancing again.
Alice drank way too much and Jasper wasn't far behind her. She had almost fallen over several times so I made her sit down for a while. My co-workers had since gone home, so it was just vampires and wolves around, which meant no one had to hide who they were for the rest of the night.
I didn't know where Rosalie and Emmett went until Edward told me they went for a walk and to not disturb them. He drank a bit, but definitely not as much as his siblings. Bella was almost falling over too. Edward had her sitting beside Alice.
"Remind me not to have too many parties with our children, it is chaos." I laughed.
"To be fair, Alice doesn't get to drink much, and Emmett isn't drinking anymore so Rosalie doesn't feel left out."
"I think Bella and Jasper just got a bit too carried away with the night…"
"Yeah, let's go with that…" Esme laughed. I planted a kiss on her lips.
Edward interrupted us. "Sorry, but it's time for you to leave." He smirked.
We said our goodbyes to our guests and our children. Emmett and Rosalie were driving us to Seattle airport.
Edward put our bags into the car and kissed Esme's cheek. "Have fun!"
The girls and Jasper had sobered up a bit and were capable of walking on their own again.
"Edward, can you please make sure Rosalie doesn't have any more drinks. She's already had too many."
"Yeah, sure thing." He replied.
I opened the car door for Esme to get in and I followed behind her.
