A/N: Warning… lemon ahead

I'd like to thank my wonderful beta ginginlee. She helped this flow so much better than it did originally.

Chapter 31- Say Goodbye

Before we knew it, the weeks had passed in a blur, and we had reached the night before our wedding. Edward was standing at the door, waiting to say goodbye, before the boys dragged him off for a supernatural version of a bachelor party. I ran down the stairs to him and threw my arms around him, kissing him with everything I had.

I glared at Emmett and said, "No strippers, right, Em?"

He laughed evilly, Edward rolled his eyes and whispered in my ear, "He's just trying to make you nervous, love, we are just going hunting and dragging the wolves along with us."

I pouted at him and said, "Do you have to go, love?"

Edward smiled at me and said, "I don't want to, love, but I don't think I'm being given a choice in the matter."

As if that were a cue, Emmett and Jasper grabbed Edward and yanked him out the door, while Alice and Rose grabbed Nessie and I and dragged us upstairs and away from the boys.

Once they got me upstairs and into Edward's room, they looked at us both mischievously and Rose said, "All right girls, we are going out dancing tonight without the boys at a little club, and after that we are going hunting and then we'll get Ness to bed. After that it's Bella Barbie time!"

I just flopped back on the bed and groaned. This night was going to be worse than I'd thought. I shot murderous glances at both of my sisters as they came at me, outfit in hand. I glared at them both as they put me in a revealing get-up that I would normally have never been caught dead in. Then, once they decided that they were done with me, they moved onto Nessie, giving her a more covered version of what I had one.

The club was worse than I expected it to be. I was hit on constantly and had to tell both guys and girls that I was not interested repeatedly. One creep would not take no for an answer and attempted to slip a roofie in my untouched drink. I growled at him and bared my teeth that were coated with venom. He backed away from me, terrified, and almost ran out of the club. After that, I went and found Alice, Rose and Nessie and demanded that we leave. Alice and Rose protested but after Nessie showed them what happened they sobered up and decided that leaving would be the best plan after all.

Once we left the club and loaded the car, I growled at them and said forcefully, "Girls, I know you meant no harm, but what if it that had been Nessie's drink?"

They looked at me with wide eyes and it sunk in.

Alice finally stammered out, "Bella, I- I didn't see anything bad happening, I'm sorry, hon. I never would have-"

I stopped her and said, "Alice, hon, it's ok, I know, just no more clubbing with my half human daughter and none of our boys around to protect her."

Alice and Rose both nodded animatedly at me and I felt Ness scowl at me.

I turned to my daughter and said, "Yes, dear one, I know you're an almost married woman but you are still my daughter and I will protect you as much as I can."

Ness continued to scowl at me, but after a minute, hugged me tightly.

When we got back to the house, we all changed into more casual, rougher wear clothes so that we could go hunting. Ness didn't have to hunt, she could survive on human food, but she hated the stuff and so she chose to hunt whenever possible. As we wandered, occasionally killing things that crossed our paths I suddenly heard Alice squeak near me.

I quickly located her and she rapidly fired out, "Bella, we are gonna run into the guys hunting, Edward and Jacob aren't going to be able to keep their hands off you two looking as fierce as you do now. This is gonna be fun."

With that, Alice carefully and artfully slashed my clothing keeping me covered while still drawing eyes to all the right places and then went after Nessie. I rolled my eyes and was about to say something to her when I was distracted by the scent of a mountain lion nearby and I veered to go after it. After a few moments, I had it in my sight and pounced lightly on it, snapping its neck and draining it dry. As I finished up, I heard a growl behind me and before I had a chance to see who it was, Edward was on top of me, kissing me hungrily. I felt his lips suck on mine and his tongue darting out, tasting the blood that was still on my mouth. Then I felt his tongue push against my mouth begging entrance. I opened my mouth to him and allowed the last draw of blood that remained in my mouth to dance across my tongue and his. I felt him growl fiercely at this and my eyes opened wide when I felt him suck on my tongue and mouth savoring every taste. Edward broke the kiss and I saw his eyes were heavy with both blood lust and desire for me. I smiled mischievously at him and I pushed into him. Edward gasped in air and then growled at me, attacking my mouth again with more force than I had ever felt from him before. I grabbed the hem of his shirt and broke our kiss to force it over his head. Edward's eyes burned with need into mine as I ran my hands over his chest and then his back, pulling him against me.

Once we had calmed back down Edward grinned at me mischievously and said, "Love, our siblings are about to descend, they've decided we've had time enough. We have about thirty seconds until our daughter, her fiancé and our family sees us like this. Get dressed quickly love."

I grinned at him and threw my clothes on in a flash, having practiced it many times when we had to be ready at a moments' notice while I was the Volturi. Then I turned and helped Edward finish getting dressed. Emmett came noisily into the clearing saying something that sounded horribly like 'I hope we're not interrupting something,' and then they all strode into view with devilish smiles on their faces. I saw as every one of their faces fell as they realized that Edward's mind reading skills had gotten the better of them again.

Edward smiled at them and said, "Well, boys, I believe we have some hunting to do since someone took my kill."

Then he turned and kissed me passionately before grabbing his brothers and Jacob, and moving off into the night.

The girls had decided that we had enough and Nessie was falling asleep on her feet, so we returned to the house. The sun was just starting to peak over the hilltops, and Alice and Rose got that Bella Barbie gleam in their eye and I was overwhelmed that it was my wedding day.

I hate to say it, but we only have two chapters left! I would like to say thank you to all my wonderful readers, who have been really encouraging, as I've put this online. I am working fast and furiously on the other side of the story. I hope to get it done before the end of the summer.

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