I walked out onto the back deck looking down at Jasper and Edward sitting on a low tree branch hanging balloons. They jumped down landing with a soft thud in the grass. Edward met my gaze leaping onto the deck, and took me in his arms. He kissed me, and pulled away licking his lips.
"Mmm… what did you hunt?" He asked kissing me again.
"A bear, and some elk."
"Tastes good." He smiled kissing me, and licking his lips once more.
"So, how does it look?" He asked turning me to look at the backyard.
I leaned over the railing to get a better look. Alice was racing around tying up some loose ends. There was a dance floor that looked exactly like the one from my wedding. White lights were everywhere, but hard to see in the sun. I figured they would be for when it got darker. There were pink, purple, and blue balloons all over the place. Matching ribbons swung from one side of the yard to the other making it look like on big tent. Flowers made a boarder around the huge backyard. Towards the middle of the yard was a long table full of food. One side had snacks, and the other had steaming tins of food. A towering cake separated the two as it sat in the middle of the table. The cake matched the colors of the balloons and streamers.
"Looks perfect." I sighed still looking around. I turned back to the yard as I watched jasper hooking up the sound system by the dance floor. "But, how many people are coming?" I asked looking back at Edward. Rosalie, Esme, and Emmett were now standing behind him.
"Just us." Esme shrugged.
"And a few wolves." Emmett chimed in sarcastically.
"And a human or two." Rosalie pointed out talking about Charlie, Sue, Emily, Rachel, and Clair.
"Got it!" Carlisle said walking around the north side of the house holding an armful of bottles.
I watched Edward and Emmett jump over the railing to get whatever he left behind.
"What's he got?" I asked leaning over the railing again.
"Alcohol!" Rosalie chimed licking her lips.
"We can drink, and actually get drunk?" I asked confused.
"Yes dear, we can absolutely drink. Although we don't do it very often. The alcohol is more like a drug in our systems, and can easily get addicted. The venom that runs through us mixes with the alcohol, and makes us feel more drunk than the average human. It's also harder for us to come down from being drunk being that we don't have actual food in our systems to soak it up. But when we do sober up, our hangover is much worse than that of a human." Esme explained eyeing the bottles that the guys were lining up on a separate table with juice and soda on it.
"Oh, wow." was all I could say. I was surprisingly excited to see how it felt. I had a few sips of Champaign at my mother and Phil's wedding. My mother allowed me to during the toasts, and I didn't like the taste of it.
"Yes," Esme said laughing at my reaction, "Since all the humans that will be here know what we are, Carlisle figured we could let loose a little." She shrugged eyeing her husband. It amazes me how in love they are, even after all these years.
"She's underage! She cant drink." Emmett teased eavesdropping on our conversation.
"So are all of you!" I yelled back at him.
"Technically we're not. You, on the other hand are still only 19." Edward slapped him on the back of his head.
"Yeah, and she's a married woman, and mother. I think she's entitled to drink." Edward said as Emmett rubbed the back of his head. Edward looked up winking at me.
"So there!" I yelled down to Emmett, "Besides I'm almost 20. That's close enough!"
He shrugged, "Well lets get her drunk!"
"I'm not drinking that much. I do have a child to take care of." I pointed out.
"We'll see." He said as he was already pouring a drink. He walked up the stairs this time holding it out to me.
Carlisle, Jasper, and Edward followed handing a drink to the others. "Here's to Bella and Edward," Carlisle started as we all raised our glasses, "This past year they've been through more than anyone of us. Here's to our newest Cullen now a year old, and still impressing me," I looked at him smiling. If I could have tears in my eyes they'd be spilling over by now. Leave it to Carlisle. He continued as all eyes were now on me. "She's showed all of us tremendous courage in all that she's done this past year. Sacrificing her own life for an amazing little girl. Happy Anniversary for your wedding, and your immortality, and a happy birthday to the little angel you fearlessly brought into this world." Everyone's glasses made clanking noises as we toasted. Edwards arm wrapped around my waist and kissed my neck.
"Thank you Carlisle." I could only whisper, and my voice still cracked as if I was crying. I stepped away from Edward, and hugged Carlisle. When I pulled away he touched his glass to mine, and I took my first sip.
"Holy crap!" I gasped as I puckered my lips and my whole body trembled at the taste of the alcohol.
"Yup." Emmett laughed finishing his drink in one gulp. "More?" He asked looking at my glass. I flung my head back drinking the rest of what was in my glass. Everyone else followed as we handed our glasses back to the guys, and they went to get us more.
"Nenessemse….Enne…" Emmett shook his head trying to get out what he wanted to say. I was doubled over laughing at him. "Renessem…. Nessie's coming. Damn why couldn't you name her like Ann or something like that?" He asked tilting his head back to drink the last drop of his drink.
"How many have you had?" I asked through hysteria.
He looked at his hand as if he was counting on his fingers. Then shrugged and stumbled away. This was the first time I have ever seen a vampire not look graceful.
"He does that every time he drinks." Edward said in my ear. He stood behind me wrapping his arms around me as we stood in front of our family and friends. I could hear Charlie's cruiser turning into the driveway, and I bounced with anticipation. Edward held me tighter to keep me still. I could feel the vibrations from his laughter. "She's getting out of the car." Edward informed us. All our eyes were on the gate that they would be walking through.
I could hear the three of them talking as they made their way down the walkway.
"Where is everyone?" Renesmee asked. Neither of them answered her, as Jacob's hand came to our side of the gate to unlatch it. It opened, and my perfect brown eyed baby ran into the back yard. She stopped short gasping as she looked at everyone.
"SURPRISE!" We all yelled at the same time. Streamers went flying, people blew horns, whistled, cheered, and clapped.