Third chapter

"What kind of flowers, Bella?" Esme asked my angel. Bella was sitting in my lap, in the living room and Rosalie and Alice and Esme were there, writing down what my beautiful Bella and I wanted for our wedding.

I wondered which flowers I did want. White Roses, maybe, or white and yellow orchids? Bella seemed to be having trouble. I decided to help her out. "What do you say I pick the flowers, and you pick where?" She sighed, relieved. She nodded. Then, her face lit up and she smiled. "Edward, I know where we can get married." Her heart sped up at the word 'married' and I smiled, and gave her a kiss. "The clearing," She seemed to notice my confusion as to why she would want to have everyone in our meadow, and she quickly cleared it up. "Not our meadow, but that clearing we were in earlier today. With all the trees around it, it will look perfect in the summer! And the waterfall is there, too!!" She was right. It would be picturesque. There was only one problem. There was absolutely no way anyway could get there without being a vampire, or being carried by a vampire.

"Bella, how are the people going to get there?" She seemed a little disappointed, and then she smiled and said, with a laugh, "Emmet." I laughed. Emmet would be more than willing to make a path for the humans.

"That is the perfect spot, my Bella. I love it!" She was happy that I was happy. I kissed her again, and she smiled at me. We had decided to invite Jessica and Angela from school, knowing that their dates would be Mike and Eric. I was just as jealous, even though I knew he was dating Jessica. We're also inviting the Denali clan. And, of course, all of my family was in the wedding, so we couldn't invite them, per say. Alice was the maid of honor, and Rosalie and Esme were bridesmaids. Carlisle was going to be the priest, Emmet was the best man, and Jasper was ring bearer.

DAY OF WEDDING

Edward!! Stay out of my head! You can't see her until the ceremony! –Alice, of course.

It'll only be 5 more minutes!! Go wait outside. In five minutes I was getting married. Wow. Most guys would be nervous, wouldn't they? I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to wait that long. I walked down the aisle to where I had to wait for her. I had put thousands of red and white rose petals down the aisle, and on every inch in the clearing, and there were red and white roses with the stems attached to each chair. We had set up cameras all around, so that when Bella's human memories faded she could watch the video of our first wedding.

five minutes later

She was absolutely gorgeous! Breath-taking, amazing, beautiful, exquisite. Her dress was floor length, draping around her ankles. It had thin strips of white silk with pearls on her shoulders, and there was a thin line of sequins swirling on the bodice and the dress just flowed around her. It was smooth and appeared to be satin. I had to remind myself not to stare with my mouth open. I finally took in her expression, and was happy to see that she was staring at me too. I was wearing a black tuxedo, with a topaz tie. Charlie came up to her and took her arm in his, they started down the aisle. Bella had tears in her eyes the whole way, and Charlie looked too happy for words. As the ceremony went on, I wanted nothing more than to wipe away the tears that were on my angel's cheeks.
"I do"
"I do"
"You may now the kiss the bride" I stepped forward and took her in my arms, holding her close. I leaned my head down and kissed her lightly. I pulled back, breaking the kiss, and she leaned forward to capture my lips once more. I heard my family chuckling at her response. She must have heard it too, for she turned bright pink and pulled away. I smiled at her and the blush faded.

After dancing, dinner and when it's just the Cullens

We were all in the living room again, the whole family. Bella was snuggled into my chest, sitting in my lap. I had my arms wrapped around her waist. She was still in her wedding dress, and I didn't mind in the slightest. I also couldn't stop smiling. We were just hanging out. I was taking her to Greece for our honeymoon. Of course, we wouldn't go until Bella had become a vampire. I looked down at her. And she must have sensed my gaze because she looked up and kissed me softly. Emmet cleared his throat.

"Guys? Save it for the honeymoon." Bella blushed, but gave me one more quick kiss before snuggling into my embrace again. She yawned, and I realized that excitement, dancing and eating so much had tired her more quickly then normal. I put my mouth right next to her ear, and loved the sound of her quickening heartbeat.

"Bella, sweetheart, you need to sleep." She only nodded, and buried her head further into my cold chest. I ran my fingers through her hair, and thought about how absolutely wonderful today was. I noticed everyone was looking at Bella with amusement coursing through their minds. I looked down and realized that she was drooling. I chuckled, but quickly wiped her mouth. Then she started to speak.

"Mrs. Bella Cullen. Forever. … NO Emmett, I will not play tag with you." I looked at Emmet. He looked at me sheepishly.

Sorry, Edward. She was bored, you were hunting, and really, aren't big brothers supposed to play games with their baby sisters? I smiled at his words, happy that he thought of Bella as his baby sister.

"No...no...Edward...no mustard...no mustard..."Everyone looked first at Bella, then at me, confused, and amused. I only shook my head in confusion and looked back at Bella.

"Kill Mike...need Emmet..." We all chuckled.

"Love you Edward..." A happy smile lit her face, even in sleep, and responded immmediatly.

" I love you, too, my Bella." I spoke without hesitation, ignoring the fact that she probably couldn't notice if I answered her or not.

She fell into a deeper slumber then and it would be hours before she spoke again. I went up to my room and laid her gently on the bed, looking at her peaceful body for a moment before I lay beside her and kissed her temple. Emmet walked in the door, scoffing at me.

"If you like lying with her now, just wait till she's naked." I gaped at him.

"Emmett …" I growled," Don't say such things." He laughed. Emmett nodded and walked out the door. I returned my attention to Bella. She was beautiful, serene. As was my habit, I started to hum her lullaby.

Many Decades Later

"Edward! Let's go hunting!"

"You don't need to shout, love, I'm right here."

"Come on, I smell my favourite."

"Race?"

"Eat my vampire dust!"