So many flowers. So many white flowers as Edward led me through the glass black doors. The whole yard was covered in the twinkle lights as people gathered all around. We were greeted by the same people who hugged us from before only this time there was time to talk, laugh.
"Congrats guys," Seth said as he hugged us. His mother, Sue, was eyeing the guests with a wary look. Billy Black was not as tensed as her. "Congratulations Bella." He said with a sincere smile.
"Thank you Billy." I saw as he shook Edward's hand with no signs of disgust or anger but rather happiness. It made me feel better about the truce. They left and the next to congratulate us were Angela and Ben, followed by Angela's parents. When Mike and Jessica came I noticed they were holding hands. I didn't know they were back together; how nice.
Next were the Denali's as I could tell by the pale skin and gold eyes. Tanya, I assumed, was the first to walk up, moving in to hug Edward. Just as I imagined she was utterly beautiful in her gold dress and her strawberry blonde hair was held up in a bun as small pieces hung off her shoulders. "Oh Edward is nice to see you again."
Edward laughed and gently pushed her away, keeping a hand on her shoulder as if to try and restrain her. "Nice to see you too Tanya it has been some time. I would like to introduce you to my wife." I suddenly felt proud as he said wife for the first time. "Tanya, this is Bella."
Tanya looked at me and smiled, shaking my hand. "Welcome to the family." The way she smiled was almost with glee. "We consider ourselves as sort of cousins to the Cullen's." I nodded, smiling back as I stared at the black-haired man and woman who stood behind.
Another blonde hair maiden walked up. "I'm Kate; it is so wonderful to meet someone like you." They must know about me being an Original then. "When we first met your charming daughter and she explained everything it was so much to take in. But again welcome to the family." I liked her.
The dark-haired woman came up and shook my hand. "I am Carmen and this is Eleazar, it is so nice to finally meet you."
"Yes indeed. I have only heard stories from my days in the Volturi about Original vampires but to see one now, stunning." I smiled as the man shook my hand. They all then tensed and turned back as I saw another blonde beauty, most likely the other sister Irina. I saw her eyes were in pain and looked to see her looking at the werewolves. That's right; Laurent went to the Denali's and said he was fond of Irina. "Irina." Tanya called.
The girl walked over and shook her head. "I can't do this, they invited one of them."
"You promised." Kate whispered.
"But they killed Laurent." "Laurent was trying to kill Bella." Edward interrupted.
Irina walked up to us. "That's not true; he was going to change, to be with me forever." With that she stormed away. The once happy family now was frowning. "Please forgive her." Carmen said as they left her way. I did feel bad for her, to lose him like that, but, if the wolves did not step in I would be dead.
Just like a traditional wedding we did everything just as planned. I was almost blinded by the light from cameras as Edward and I cut the cake. I watched him force a piece down as then I had to force it down as well. I could still taste the sweetness of the vanilla but it began to burn inside my stomach, making me feel uncomfortable as Anabell snuck me a small pack of blood to help it go down. I threw my bouquet which landed in Angela's surprised hands and stare at Ben as her face turned red. I laughed and hugged her. Emmett, Jasper, and Ashton kept laughing as Edward went under my dress to grab the garter. With one wink he flung it right to Mike's face. We walked out for our first dance and with his help we began our first dance. "Doing good," he commented with a smile as I started dancing without his help.
"Being a vampire gives me some balance." I smiled back. He leaned in and kissed me. There was a throat-clearing noise that I recognized as my father's as he cut in to dance with me. Since he was not as coordinated as us vampires I did small steps as Edward and Esme whirled around us. Soon I was being passed around from different guests.
"You do look pretty mom," Ashton said as I learned he was a better dancer. "Thank you son and you can clean up nicely." I smiled and kissed his cheek, earning a soft chuckle from him. Anabell and Skylar spun towards us and I found myself dancing with Skylar. "Are you behaving Skylar?"
He smiled and nodded. "Anabell would kill me if I wasn't." I laughed, knowing her temper. "This wedding is great though. Alice really knows has to plan things."
I nodded and looked at him. "You know, Alice would love to plan another one, if she had the opportunity." He stared at me and he began looking as if he was blushing. I laughed. "Just a thought." It was silent though we both were smiling until I was passed to someone else.
I was happy to be right back in Edward's arms. "Newton's getting on my nerves." He commented as we whirled away from him.
"Still not liking him?" He shook his head. "You would think he would control his thoughts around a married woman but no. Though I can't blame him with how gorgeous you look."
"Me gorgeous?"
He nodded. "I'm surprised Alice did not force you to look in a mirror." He stopped spinning and turned us so we were looking at our reflection through the glass window. I gasped as I looked at myself. Was this beauty me? My skin was cream and roses, my fake brown eyes were huge with excitement as I could see them turning colors as they mixed in with the bright red and framed with thick lashes. The white dress shimmered in the light and the train flared out at the bottoms. For once I looked elegant with grace.
Before I could blink Edward turned as if someone called him. "Oh?" His face scrunched and then went into a smile. "I see." He grabbed me and we began twirling. "A surprised wedding gift." Surprised wedding gift? We twirled until we headed out the reception and into the front yard. "Thank you for coming; it was very….kind of you." He spoke into the darkness.
"Kind is my middle name," a rough voice replied.
"Jacob?" I peered into the darkness to see him walking out of the forest. "Jacob."
"Hey Bella." He smiled back.
"Rosalie will be mad if I do not dance with her," Edward whispered and left me alone with my wedding gift. I walked over and hugged him as I felt myself tear up. "Now now, don't cry, you'll look as if you are bleeding." I nodded and sucked the tears in but continued smiling. "Oh Jacob, I'm so happy you came."
He smiled and grabbed my hand with one hand as the other went to my waist and we were spinning with the music. "Sorry I'm late."
"This is the best gift you could have given me."
"That's good cuz I didn't have time to get you a gift." Looking towards the audience I couldn't see Billy behind all the dancers. "Does Billy know you're here?"
"I'm sure Sam has told him. I'll go see him after."
"He'll be glad to have you home." He smiled and with the hand holding my right hand he pulled it to his chest. "I'm not sure how many dances I get so I better make this one count." I then noticed that the slow circle we turned in did not match the tempo of the new song. "I'm glad I came. To see you before anything happens." His smile turned sad.
"Jacob, you forget that I am not turning into a vampire since I already am one. We may actually stay here for a bit longer so Anabell can go through high school. This won't be a goodbye." I hated all the times he would talk about a goodbye when Edward turns me. But now that was not something to worry about. We could stay and I didn't have to lose Jacob. Though…. If he staying is what is hurting him, I didn't want that either.
"I know and I didn't come here to make you guilty."
"No, I am very happy you came." When the blood in my eyes went away I could see him more clearly. He was actually much taller than last time, if that was even possible. I was happy to see the same features in him that helped me think nothing has really changed. His eyes were tight around the edges, careful. He was being very careful tonight, all for me.
I didn't deserve Jacob's friendship.
"When did you decide to come back?"
He shrugged. "Who knows really? I guess I was wandering back this way but it wasn't for awhile I realized I was running. For a moment I didn't think I would make it." He laughed. "It's so weird to walk around on two feet again and in clothes. The crazy part about it is because it feels weird." I chuckled as we did another small turn.
"It was worth it though. Look at you Bella, you're beautiful."
"Alice invested a lot of time with me while Anabell kept saying I had Original Vampire beauty. Plus the dark helps."
"It's not dark for me remember."
"Right." Werewolf. It was so easy to forget what he was as it was for me to forget who I was. We both seemed so human.
"You cut your hair," I noted. "Yeah, easier. Thought I take advantage of my hands."
"It looks good." I lied, noticing the out-of-line cuts.
He laughed. "Sure, I did it myself with kitchen shears." He smiled for a moment until his face turned serious. "Are you happy Bella?"
"Yes."
"That's the main thing right?" I felt him shrug again.
"What about you Jacob, are you happy?"
"I'm fine Bella, really. You don't need to worry about me anymore. You can stop bugging Seth."
I rolled my eyes. "I'm not bugging him because of you. I like Seth."
"He's a good kid. Better company than some. I'll tell you, if I could get rid of the voices in my head I would be perfect."
I laughed. "I can't get mine to shut up either." I thought when Isabelle went into the light this would be over with but now I am being visited by myself, or rather, Isabelle's human daughter who looked like me.
"In your case you are insane but we already knew that." He teased.
"Gee thanks."
"Insanity is probably easier than sharing a pack mind. Crazy people's voices don't send babysitters to watch them." Babysitters? As the breeze blew I could smell other wolves somewhere in the forest. "They are out there?"
"Yup. Sam and a few others. Just in case, you know, I can't keep it together. In case I decide to crash the party." He flashed a quick smile. "But I'm not here to ruin your wedding. I'm here to…." He trailed off.
"To make it perfect."
"That's a tall order."
"Good thing you're so tall." He groaned at my bad joke. "I'm here to be your best friend this one last time." I frowned as he was talking another goodbye. "But enough about me. I bet you just love being the center of attention."
"Yeah, can't get enough attention." He laughed and looked over my head as the music changed again. "Song's over, don't think I can get another one?"
My hand tightened around his. "Of course Jake." We began turning again. "You think, I would be used to saying goodbye."
I felt a lump in my throat as I had to carefully wipe away the red liquid in my eyes. "You shouldn't cry Bella. You will stain your face and even your dress." I took a breath until I felt my eyes dry. "This is what you want right?"
"Right."
"So smile." I did my best which he laughed at. "I'm going to remember you like this. With the contacts you look just like yourself. The brown looks better than your red eyes."
I shrugged. "You get used to them. Besides, they do turn purple." He chuckled. "Are you going to pretend I died?"
I saw his eyes lock as he was struggling to keep himself together. "No, but as the clumsy human who I taught to ride a motorcycle" I smiled, remembering that time. "Though I do have to say even if you are a vampire, you still can be clumsy." I glared and stomped on his foot.
He let out a small yelp before smiling. "That's my girl."
I smiled and closed my eyes opening them as I noticed Jake was no longer in front of me. "Jake, Jacob." I called as I began turning. Where was I? It was dark but not quiet.
"Wake her up."
"Destroy them all."
"They have broken the rules."
So many different voices were screaming at once that it was hard to hear everything. I could not recognize any of the voices and there were no names said but it sounded like an argument.
"Now is the time to fight back."
"Call the King, get his opinion."
"We must follow the rules under all circumstances."
All at once the voices got louder as they all began screaming one thing. "RESURRECTION, RESURRECTION." Resurrection? Resurrect what? And just like that, the voices stopped, instead I heard two scared voices.
"Bella, Bella wake up. What did you do to her?" Edward.
"Don't blame me, she just blanked out." Jacob.
I opened my eyes to see me in Edward's arms as the two looked at me with fear before Edward sighed with relief. "Thank goodness. Was it a vision?"
"I don't know, there were people screaming," I looked at Jake to see him walking away. "Jake, where are you going?"
He looked back with sad eyes. "My time's up. See ya Bells." With that, he was gone. Jacob.
