Sorry it took so long my kids had half days this week and it was driving me nuts. I will try and do better. I promise to answer more questions about Bella's past and circus family. As always, Dollybigmomma is my beta lover and sweetheart. Give her some props for staying on me until I finished this chapter. Thanks babe.

Chapter 15 - The Circus of the Sane

It took a bit of doing, but we finally got everyone to the hotel. I was sure our convoy made quite the sight. My family had insisted on paying for their own flights and suits so that helped and left me open to rent several rooms at the same Hilton. I cleared it with management to also occupy one corner of the second level parking area for the animals.

I had all of our guests settled in their rooms and took Ms. Renee along with Charlie to Rosalie's room. That was where I had heard they were getting Bella ready for our wedding. I knocked on the door and heard my mother ask, "Who is it?"

"It's me, Mom," I said.

"Go away!" Alice yelled.

"I brought Bella's gift," I shouted back. "I wanted her to have it before the wedding."

I heard the door unlock and my mother poked her head out smiling. "Well, Edward, what is it?" she asked looking to my hands.

I turned to introduce Ms. Renee as Bella's mother, but she was missing. I looked at Charlie confused and he just nodded to the top of the door. I looked just in time to see Renee's foot disappear into the room. "Um, well, I guess she has it now," I said looking to Charlie for help.

Then I suddenly heard Bella cry, "Momma!"

"Baby, don't tell me you were going to get married without me."

"It all just happened so fast, and I love him, Mom."

"Oh, baby, I can tell, and it's so obvious that he loves you, too."

My mother turned and looked into the room confused.

"I brought her mother's side of the family in for the wedding."

"That's wonderful, Edward! Now go on, we have work to do." My mother shooed me off and I heard Ara excitedly squeal in delight at seeing her grandmother. When I turned to leave, I was surprised when Charlie pulled me into a hug.

"Thank you, Son. I know you'll take good care of my girls."

"Always," I promised.

Charlie left to go help Timmy get dressed and I went to Ben's place where we would be getting ready. He sat at his kitchen table with ice on his head.

"You alright?" I asked.

He looked up at me squinting, "Shush, still waiting for the pain pills to kick in."

I chuckled lightly and went to the fridge, getting him some more water. "Do I need to call in Emmett for back up?" I asked.

He waved his hand at me wincing, "Nah, I got this, just give me another ten minutes and we'll be good."

"I'm going to go get ready," I said pointing to the bathroom.

He just waved me off and I quickly went to get dressed. I was excited and terrified at the same time. My hands were shaking so bad I couldn't tie my tie. I must have been taking way too long because Ben knocked lightly on the door and then opened it. "Hey, buddy, need a hand with something?"

"My tie! I can't tie it! It won't tie!" I shouted in panic mode.

"Calm down, Edward, I got it," he said turning me around and I glanced at his tie that was perfectly symmetrical on his neck. I hoped he could do the same for mine.

He tied it quickly with ease and then looked me in the eye, "Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked.

I laughed and shook my head, "I don't think I'll ever be sure, but if I don't do it, I know I'll regret it the rest of my life."

"Good enough; besides, we both know Bella is good for you. Now let's go."

The ride to the hotel was long and short all at the same time. I was scared out of my mind, but I wanted to get this pomp and circumstance out of the way and have Bella be officially mine. I think in a sense, I believed that if she didn't really love me, she would back out. I hoped that she didn't. I was so sick with nerves that I stopped and emptied my stomach in the bushes before entering the building. "What if she doesn't show up," I gasped.

Ben, the Boy Scout and best man he was, handed me a few tissues and a breath mint. "She'll show, Edward. Angie's known Bella for years, even when she was married to Mike; she's never seen her so smitten. She'll show," he encouraged me, pushing me up the stairs.

I stumbled pale-faced into the hall, grateful the food and drink was already laid out. I took a quick gulp of punch and grimaced as it mixed badly with my mint.

"He doesn't look well," Aro said behind me to Ben.

"He's worried she won't show, like all love-struck grooms."

I felt a firm hand land on my shoulder, nearly knocking me to the floor. "Nonsense, boy, she's thrilled to be wed to you. Her entrance will be grand. You'll see," he said with a wink and hurried out of the room, leaving my family and a few friends with the animals. I noticed my mother sitting stiffly by the chimps who were waving hankies, and Garrett was smirking at the zebra, that was until he noticed the lion across the room was real and eyeing the zebra like it was dinner. He scooted down a couple of chairs, moving Kate and himself as close to the center aisle and the exit as possible.

Alice came in grousing and throwing up her hands in the air, followed by Rosalie who sent me a wink. "It's time, Edward," she nodded at me and Ben helped me get to the front where a local JP stood ready to marry us.

I waited for the wedding march to start and was shocked by the circus hymn that started instead. The doors flew open and a row of fire breathers came exploding into the room. Behind them were people walking on their hands, and sitting on their feet were little Ara and Timmy; Timmy with his ring bearing pillow and Ara with a basket of glitter that she tossed into the air like snow. There were several people flipping in after them. Next, Angela rode in on the shoulders of Aro himself. Finally, there was a crowd-like circle of people and Bella flew up from the center of them only to be caught in Charlie's arms and then was shortly followed by her mother. The crowd quickly dispersed, leaving just the wedding party in front of the altar, and everyone in awe. Bella smiled and closed my mouth for me.

When the JP asked who gave this woman, both Charlie and Renee stepped forward, giving an informal hug to both of us as they passed their daughter into my care. The ceremony was short and sweet and ended with a lion's roar, literally. The circus folk laughed loudly, saying he was cheering and the other guests chuckled nervously.

I looked around taking inventory of my family to make sure they were all okay with our unexpected guests. My mother and father looked on amused as our kids got passed around and taught little tricks. Jasper was doing his best to calm Alice down and Rose just seemed lost. I didn't see Emmett anywhere. That was until I heard him scream like a little girl and then flop out from under a covered table, yanking the tablecloth off of it and wearing it like a shroud, his eyes wide and wild. That cheeky chimp, Aunty, was holding up her hands making a pinching motion and chattering at him. Yup, he'd gotten pinched.

"Emmett, get out from under there!" Rose scolded.

"Clowns, Rosie, I can't do it. Not with clowns. OH, MY GOD, WATCH OUT!" he screamed as one of the clowns came up behind Rose. The guy frowned and Emmett screamed again as if he was in pain. "He's frowning, but he's still smiling, Rosie. Oh, god, the insanity!" Rose just shook her head at him as he dove under another covered table, hiding and muttering in terror. The clown guy just backed away slowly, looking thoroughly confused.

The celebration started immediately because of the set-up that I had designed. There was no waiting and the party began with loud cheers. Music fit for the big top rang out as unicycle riders rode around the room, dancing from their perches. My mother and father smiled and Rosalie snickered, seemingly amused by Alice's discontented scowl. She looked like she was about to totally lose it. Jasper soothed his wife as best he could and distracted her with some punch. That seemed to be to her liking. I silently hoped he had spiked it. We did uphold the other traditions, as Bella had her father and daughter dance and then slathered my face in smashed cake. I couldn't be too upset as she cleaned it off with her mouth and then shoved a bit in my pants. "For later," she winked. I decided to tuck a bit between her breasts, leaving her smirking as she thought about the game that would soon come.

When it was time to take her garter off, she was placed up on the zebra and I flushed bright red as I peeled the garter off and then shot it over my shoulder. At a normal wedding, people would have jumped for it. At ours, they flipped for it, literally. The winner ended up being Chester the chimp, who had taken to swinging from the chandelier. He snapped it on over his head and wore it like a bowtie, looking very dapper.

When Bella threw her bouquet, the same fanfare was given and Aunty the chimp caught it after jumping off of a back-flipping contortionist and swinging from the woman now hanging from the chandelier. Aunty chattered excitedly and then swung down, snatching the veil from Bella's head and putting it on herself. She jumped down next to Chester, chattering excitedly and hanging off his arm. He just covered his face with both of his hands and started shaking his head side to side vigorously, not amused at all. I guess Chester was afraid of commitment.

We hugged and kissed our family and friends goodbye and my dad slipped us a hotel key for the honeymoon suite. I was a little surprised, but my parents insisted and so I carried my bride to the elevator and we headed up to our room. We had made love before, but I had to admit that I was really scared of screwing it up now. I was still not an expert on this, only having had sex a handful of times. I wanted to make tonight special, but I was not sure that I could.

Bella let out a yawn. "Honey, can you undo my dress?" she asked and I helped her out of it. She stretched and took a few deep breaths and then flopped on the bed. I hung her dress up and got undressed myself. When I made it back to the bed, my girl, no, my wife, was fast asleep. I let out a sigh of relief and snuggled in next to her, exhausted myself and grateful to just get some rest.

We could have the hot honeymoon sex in the morning.

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