The stage was definitely set. That's about all I really need to say. I mean, a girl can only describe perfection so much before she starts to doubt the reality of what was happening. To be here, in this situation was altogether too much for me.
I'd like to say that I knew what was happening, but that would be a lie. I was completely, totally and utterly surprised. I should've picked up on the signs I suppose. But I'm not an observant person. I'm getting ahead of myself—I'll start from the beginning.
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A noise in my room woke me from my lovely slumber. I grumbled under my breath as I felt warm arms envelope me. Smacking one of those arms drowsily proved to do nothing.
"Jake noft tonifght mmk?" I mumbled into my pillow trying to roll away from him.
His soft laughter and warm breath tickled my ear. The arms around me tightened and I let out a squeak as his lips found my ear. Struggling to push him away from me proved only to make him more amused. I could feel Jacob's quaking laughter as he pulled me still closer. It was late and I wanted to be sleeping.
"Allie," he pleaded his mouth dipping down to kiss my neck, "Please come with me, there's something I want to show you."
I arched my back trying to move away from him but his arms held me like a vise. I rolled over so that I was facing him. Rubbing my eyes sleepily I gazed into his.
"Now?" I whined.
He laughed and kissed me. "Now."
I didn't like how he was manipulating me. I shut my eyes and snuggled back into my pillow and blankets. "No."
"You don't have a choice," he chuckled.
I cracked one eye. He was wearing a (pardon the pun) wolfish grin and his eyes sparkled dangerously. He wouldn't dare—
Swiftly his hands encircled my waist and wrenched me from my bed. I yelped in surprise. Jacob threw me over his shoulder like in a movie and gave me a smart smack on my butt.
"Put. Me. Down." I threatened acidly.
Jacob laughed his head thrown back. Then before I could retort he leapt deftly out my window and down onto the ground. I hadn't so much as stirred on his shoulder.
Pulling me off his shoulder Jacob swung me around so that my arms now encircled his neck and my legs clamped around his torso in a piggy back style. Once again before I could move he took off running.
I yelled a slew of profanity into his ear along with threats about what would happen to him once he put me down but I could practically feel him smiling at my words. The jerk.
I smelled the salt air before I actually saw the ocean. When it came into view Jacob came to a halt and pulled me off his back and set me onto the sand. I wrapped my arms around my body—my sweatpants, t-shirt ensemble didn't exactly keep me warm in the cool February air—as a breeze blew across the water.
"You better have a good reason for doing this," I snarled at him.
He cocked his head at me and smiled. "Oh, I do."
It was then that I noticed what was going on beyond him. There on the water was a boat sitting tethered on the water. The entire surface of the little boat was covered with lit candles that flickered in their votives and lanterns casting a glow of light. Jacob snatched the rope that was tethering the boat out in the ocean and hauled it in until it scraped the pebbly bottom.
Once there he picked me up and set me inside the boat. I gasped again at the meticulous care he had taken. A fluffy red robe was set on one of the benches that bordered the perimeter of the boat. I swiftly put the robe on and sighed a sigh of relief.
The boat rocked precariously as Jacob got in and cast us off. The motor of the boat sounded loudly in the night's silence. Once we were out a little ways on the water Jacob cut engine and stepped over to where I was seated on one of the many cushioned lined benches. Lanterns filled with candles hung from above us on the canopy that covered half of the boat.
Jacob pulled me into his lap and I snuggled against his chest.
"This is pretty nice," I told him with a slight edge, "but I don't understand why we couldn't have done this some other time—like when I wasn't supposed to be sleeping."
He laughed at me and placed a kiss on my forehead. "This isn't all." He pointed to the sky.
It was then that I finally looked up at the sky. The midnight sky wasn't cloudy at all; instead it was crystal clear, the stars twinkling down at us. It was beautiful I couldn't deny that—all those stars! As I stared at it I noticed objects streaking across the sky leaving little trails of glowing orange light. A meteor shower!
The effect was stunning. Every few moments a bright light would shoot across the already starlight sky.
I gasped delightedly and reached up to lay a long, deep kiss on Jacob's lips.
"Oh Jake! This is perfect!" I told him wrapping my arms around his waist. He smiled and his eyes twinkled.
"I can think of something else that'll make it perfect," he said mysteriously, "look in your pocket."
Frowning with confusion I stuck on hand into the pocked on my robe. My eyes widened as I felt something in it. Gingerly, I pulled the object out of the pocket and held it in my hands. It was a little black, velvet box.
Slowly, my hands shaking I opened the box.
Inside was a beautiful gold ring. There was a single diamond in the setting and on either side of the small diamond was turquoise. The band itself had intricate swirls of decoration made of the gold. It was gorgeous—and I knew what it meant.
Tears started to fill my eyes as Jacob looked down at me.
"Allie, I'm totally, completely in love with you. I know we're young but I want to wake up every morning and see your face. I want to know that I'm the only one who'll ever be able to hold you—to kiss you. It's selfish but I want the world to know that you belong to me—to only me. I love you so much. I love you more than stars in that sky," he pointed up to the heavens, before shifting me out of his lap to kneel on one knee before me, "Alison Dosch, will you marry me?"
The tears were flooding down my face but I leapt at Jacob successfully knocking him over in my zealous hug. I kissed every part of his face whispering, "Yes, yes, yes,"
Jacob with the biggest smile on his face stood up and swung me into his arms circling around and around.
"Yes?" he asked his brilliant smile lighting up his face with pure joy.
"YES!" I screamed, "Yes, I'll marry you Jacob Black! Yes!"
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"Are you ready?" Kim asked me beaming.
I turned away from the mirror and looked at her—I couldn't stop smiling. "Of course!"
I took one last glance at myself in the mirror. Sure enough there in front of me stood a bride. My heart stuttered as I thought the word. Bride. My dress was simple and yet beautiful. It was A-Line with a single band going across my waist with a little bit of beading to make it interesting. The bodice was rouched and the tiny straps that held my dress up criss-crossed in the back. When I moved my dress flowed around me. I'd never felt more gorgeous than I did right now.
My hair had been pulled up into a pony-tail and was curled slightly, my simple veil rested lightly on my head. I pulled it down so that it covered my face and grasped the bouquet of lilies and lilacs that Kim held out to me.
Leah and Kim were my bridesmaids and they were dressed in austere dresses in a lilac color. There hair was pulled out of their faces but was otherwise unadorned.
Leah smiled at me.
"It's time," she said and led me outside the house.
We were holding the wedding in the backyard of Mrs. Costa's house. It was late June and graduation had come and gone. The backyard had been set up with a few chairs decorated with white and lavender ribbon. Our altar was a pergola that Mrs. Costa had bought and placed in her yard—hanging from its rafters were more swaths of the same colors that the chairs were decorated with.
I stepped up to walk down the aisle where Mrs. Costa stood ready to walk me to the altar. Leah and Embry walked down the aisle first, followed by Kim and Quil. Then it was my turn. I made my way down the aisle staring straight ahead.
Jacob stood at the end of the walk way waiting for me and I felt like there couldn't be anything better in the world than reaching him. Mrs. Costa felt my excitement and pulled on my arm warning me to slow down.
I hardly noticed anything else but the way that Jacob's eyes stayed on me the entire time I walked as though he couldn't do anything but watch me. Both of us had wide, silly grins on our faces.
The rest of the ceremony passed in a blur—I hardly recognized the words that were spoken. All that mattered was that I was there with Jacob.
"I do," I said happily.
Jacob's grin somehow grew even wider. "I do."
And then the minister announced that it was time to kiss the bride. Jacob pulled my veil up off my face, wrapped his arms around me and bent me backwards into a kiss so passionate that I actually felt my knees go weak with the force of it.
"It's now my pleasure to introduce to you, Mr. and Mrs. Black!" The minister intoned and our guests roared with applause. I turned to Jacob beaming happily at him as we ran down the aisle away from our guests.
"I didn't think I could ever be this happy!" I told him as he picked me up and swung me in a circle before setting me down.
"I did," he told me bending down to kiss me once more, "the moment I saw you walk down that aisle, I knew. I knew that I loved you more than life itself and that I'd never stop loving you! And that," he kissed my nose, "that's how I knew I could feel this happy."
Laughing at his announcement I leaned up to wrap my arms around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss. Just before our lips touched I whispered to him.
"I'll never stop loving you, Mr. Black."
I felt his smile as he kissed me and replied.
"Our love, Mrs. Allie Black," he said sending a thrilling shiver down my spine, "our love, it's neverending." And then he pressed his lips to mine.
THE END
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Well, there you go. I hope you've enjoyed reading this as much as I've enjoyed writing it. :) I almost feel sad that it's over. However, I was considering adding an epilogue describing their life in a few years if anyone is interested. Feel free to let me know. :)
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