Edward & Bella's Wedding Day - July 14th 2012

"It's been perfect Edward. Thank you."

"Hey Bee, why are you thanking me? All I did was basically turn up." I smiled at the memory of Alice squealing at Bella when she asked her to help her plan our wedding.

Bella chuckled. "Well... maybe. But thank you for making it perfect and just being you."

I smiled at my beautiful new bride as we sat hand in hand at my most favourite place in the whole world, our park. Where it all began all those years ago.

After the small ceremony at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, we asked our photographer, Quil if we could have some shots at our park, just us. He was all too pleased to go outside with the natural light and he gave us some great suggestions. We had a series of photographs taken with Bella and I leaning in on opposite sides of a large tree in the park. We had some on our bench including a stunning one taken of the back of us. Bella had her head resting on my shoulder, my arm draped across the back of our bench and around her shoulder. The sun was at an angle that gave the photo an orange glow.

The last set of pictures were going to be the ones I knew we'd look back on in years to come, when we were both old and grey and they would remind us on the journey we'd been on to get to this point. We were sat side by side on the edge of our sandbox, our shoes off and bare toes in the sand. We laughed, smiled and kissed as the camera clicked away from in front of us. It's here that we asked Quil if he could give us fifteen minutes alone before we rejoined the party in the hotel.

Bella giggled as my toes tickled hers in the cool sand. I took the chance to look at her again. She was perfect in her ivory wedding dress. The strapless dress fitted her to perfection with a simple bow tied to her waist at the left in the same colour she had chosen for our bridesmaids. Our bridesmaids obviously being my sister and sister in law along with our niece, Poppy, Rose and Emmett's youngest. She was such a cutie in her oversized princess dress. It reminded me of Alice's wedding when Benjamin was in his baby suit. Of course, Benjamin was in a suit today but now he was almost three years old, he didn't have that cute baby charm anymore but he was one handsome little boy.

A small train completed Bella's look which at this moment of time was hinched up so it wouldn't get sand on it. Lucky for us, Quil was a pro and had even given us both a blanket to sit on by the side at the edge the sandbox.

I smiled down at the bow detail at her waist, tugging at it slightly. Bella's eyes were drawn to where my fingers lingered at the soft silver material that graced her waist.

"I still can't believe it, Bee."

I slowly slid my hand from the side of her waist around to rest on her stomach.

"I can't believe we're going to be parents." My eyes fixated to her stomach knowing that our child was growing inside of her. My baby Bee.

Bella moved her hand to cover mine as she squeezed my fingers lightly. "I know." She said in a hushed tone. "I'm so excited to tell everyone... soon."

We had found out that Bella had fallen pregnant just two months before our wedding and had decided to keep it to ourselves until after our honeymoon.

I chuckled. "Can you imagine people's faces? Mom especially. She loves being Nana Esme to Benjamin, Poppy and Carter."

Carter was the newest addition to the Cullen Family, or Hale family actually. When Alice first told me I was going to be an uncle again for the third time, I was beyond happy. Alice and Jasper had continued to try and conceive for over the last year and when they told us the news I cried like a baby. Alice still had insisted that she was okay to help with the wedding even though her due date was only three weeks prior to our date. Lucky for us, Carter was born on time with no complications so both mother and baby were able to join us on our special day.

I caught Bella chewing on her lip as she looked down at our joined hands, the fingers of her other hand playing with the bee charm on her bracelet.

"Bee? What's a matter? You feeling okay?" The doctor in me immediately sprang into action as I checked for any signs of discomfort as I rested the back of my hand on her forehead. Bella lightly knocked away my hand away with a groan.

"You're going to be like this all the way through, aren't you?"

I grinned at her, knowing that if she was in any sort of pain, she would have told me.

"Yep. Better get used to it."

Bella groaned again whispering, "Silly Edward" as she started to stand. Mirroring her actions, I did the same, holding onto her hand.

"Over protective daddy, that's all I need."

The word 'daddy' leapt at my heart as it did every time I heard it as I continued to grin at Bella like an idiot before getting serious for a moment.

I gently cupped her face with both my hands. "Bella. I love you and I love our baby Bee. It's my job to protect you... both of you." I nuzzled her cheek with my nose. "...okay?"

Bella sighed. "Edward. I love you... so much." I brushed her lips with my own back and forth softly before pressing a little harder to her mouth and then releasing her. Taking her left hand in mind, I brought her hand up and kissed her newly placed wedding band.

"Always and forever."

That's it :') Loved & Lost is complete on it's first birthday and Edward & Bella get their HEA :) I will be writing some outtakes from this story. The first one is written and is being donated to Fandom4Cancer. It's Bee's POV of the day she had to leave :( More details and how to donate can be found here: http:/fandomfightscancer(dot)blogspot(dot)com

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