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Chapter Twenty

Love and Marriage

It was hard to believe this day was actually happening. I was standing in front of my bedroom's mirror, by my daughter's side, both of looking at our reflections. I was dressed in a long, deep red dress, the fabric hugging my body beautifully, may I add, my long hair made in curls was down my back, the necklace with the Cullen crust was hanging from my neck, symbolizing my loyalty in our coven.

Emmelie, by my side was a sight for sore eyes, my daughter had grown to be such a beautiful young woman, and I could only imagine how much her beauty was to increase when she'd be a vampire, for a moment, a slight shiver ran down my spine at the idea of my child changed and what that would mean with her different DNA and all but I remembered my promise to myself of being there for my child no matter what and I smiled as I looked at my little version.

She was wearing a strapless, red dress with matching red high heels and her hair was curly and half of it was behind her ears and the rest was down her back. She was one of the bride's maids; Alex was with her like my brother was with Alice, who was the second bride's maid.

Today was Rennesme's wedding and it was hard for me to believe that the little girl I once fed for the first time with her bottle of blood was now a grown woman who was getting married. I may wasn't in best terms with Jacob but ever since he imprinted on her, we had decided to be careful with each other, for everyone's sake. Now I was the maid of honor for my lovely niece and that was something I was so proud of. Seth was going to be the best man as he was worthy to be close to our family and I could already smell the rest of Jacob's pack, for a moment my teeth clenched at the idea of that Leah but I decided to let nothing ruin my niece's day.

'You're so beautiful, mummy,' Emmelie told me with a smile, in all her seventeen years, my daughter always called me mummy, starting from that day when she was barely a year old. I smiled at my girl and framed her light painted face; I kissed the spot of her nose and then caressed it lightly to take away the small red spot of lipstick.

'Not as beautiful as you are, Emmie,' I said honestly and my daughter smiled, in less than three years she was to be a vampire and the fear of depriving her of a normal life was eating me inside out but what other choices did I have? The Volturi wouldn't let us go away with the contract destroyed and at least I was feeling relieved that my daughter had accepted the whole changing thing very well, I smiled at her and she sighed, seeing my worry, she knew me too well.

Emmelie

She was doing it again, my mom's face always changed from happy and proud to worried and scared every time she looked at me. I knew what she was thinking, I knew she was afraid of what would happen to me in a couple of years, give or take. When I was a child I knew my family was different, I could see them not ageing, I could see them going hunting and never eating the food I ate, I knew the feeling of their skin, cold and hard yet loving and careful. I knew we had to lie about some things like who we were and why I was supposed to be introduced as an adoptive child of the family but I knew the security of my family's secrets was so all worth it. Later on, my parents told me I was different as well, the most different of all probably, but I wasn't afraid of what was going to happen to me because my parents and the rest of the family would be there by my side.

I knew my mother had been wanting a child for decades, I knew my dad wasn't happy because my mom couldn't be complete and I knew how happy they were when they finally found a way to have me, I knew they had to make a deal with the most dangerous of their and soon to be my kind to have me. But if I wanted to be honest with myself, I was totally fine with my predetermined destiny. Either way, I wouldn't want to be a human among vampires, I didn't want to age and die when the rest of my family would be left behind. My grandfather didn't see vampires as monsters, but as an involved species, he was almost sure that children like me were the next ring into the cycle of the evolution's chain and that I would be even more improved. Aunt Bella and grandma Esme had explained me a lot of things mummy was trying not to answer and a few of those things were why my mom was so afraid of turning me.

I knew something awful had happened to her, right before she was changed, something that none of my relatives accepted to tell me, I didn't want to guess but I was sure she had been abused almost to death and that my grandfather had saved her from certain death, she had actually confessed that some people had beaten her but as I became older I realized just in how many ways an eighteen year old could be abused.... I also knew, and that was from my own dad that mummy had saved him. My mother had been feeling incomplete for way too long and I knew she was happy when I was finally born and into her hands, that considered, I didn't want to see her frowned.

'Mummy, things are going to be great, don't worry.' I told her and she smiled uneasy, I knew she got my double meaning in the words I spoke and after a moment more of looking deep in my eyes, my blue orbs being inherited by her even now her eyes were honey like, she hugged me tightly, her hard and cold skin around me was familiar from the day I was born. The door of my parents' bedroom opened and my dad entered the room, smiling, his smile turned into a grin when he saw his wife and daughter hugged.

'The most beautiful women in the world are both mine, such a lucky man I am.' Dad said and laughed his booming laugh that I loved, mom unwrapped her arms from around me and I ran to my dad's hug, he kissed my forehead and twirled my around, I laughed when he set me down and I straightened my dress.

'The most beautiful little girl,' he said as he looked at me up and down, I grinned and thanked him as he moved close to mummy; they exchanged a quick but passionate kiss and then looked at me. I smiled as I looked at them by each other's side, I was so glad to see them like this, happy and beautiful, my mom in her beautiful dress and daddy-bear in his tuxedo. I wish I would look like them in a few years by His side.

'Emmie-bee, mummy and I have a gift for you.' Dad said, pulling me out of my thoughts, I beamed as I always loved gifts and my parents always bought me the best presents. Dad took out of his pocket a small box and gave it to mom, she grinned at me and opened the box in front of me, I gasped as I looked at the beautiful jewel, it was the Cullen crust in a beautiful small chain, it was a smaller version of my mother's necklace, only this was less obvious, more subbed and delicate, more like me. I grinned and hugged both my parents and I felt my mother's slender arm and my dad's massive, muscular arm wrapping around me, keeping me safe.

'Thank you so much, it's so beautiful.' I said when I was out of their hug and my mom helped me with the necklace around my neck.

'Nessie has one around her wrist, like aunt Bella has one around her own hand, you deserve one like your mummy and the rest, you're part of the family, baby-bee.' My dad said as my mom moved close to him again and together observed the jewel around my neck with pride and happiness in their eyes.

'Thank you, I love it.' I said and they smiled and nodded their heads. The door opened and my aunt Alice entered the room, she grinned when she saw the necklace around my neck and she smiled at my parents.

'I told you she would love it,' aunt Alice said and my parents grinned.

'Of course she would love it, she's Rose's baby girl, she loves new stuffs.' My favorite uncle's voice was heard and I turned around and saw my mother's "twin" brother.

I hugged my uncle as he smiled and hugged me back. 'I think it's time for us to go downstairs, the Denalis are already in their seats, Esme is on the piano, Edward is driving me crazy with his anxiety, the wolves and the rest from the reservation are already there and even Bella's father and the rest of the covens have taken their seats, we have to go downstairs.' My uncle said as my aunt wrapped her arms around him, my parents nodded and my dad started for the door, mom was left behind for a moment I knew she wanted to be alone with me so I decided to stay behind as well.

The rest left the room and I waited, soon after, I felt my mom's hand on my shoulder. I turned around and looked at her, she smiled her warm smile that lit her honey eyes and spoke.

'We're very proud of you, Emmelie, you know that right?' she asked but didn't wait for an answer, 'Your daddy and I and the rest love you so much, and I want you to know that you shouldn't be worried about you and Alex. I have seen love in my life and I can see it here again and if you're worried about your dad, I can handle him, you know.' My mother said and I knew my uncles would have informed my mom about my worry and thoughts, Alex and I had grown close, closer than most people expected, we were like siblings at first, when we were younger, when we hadn't noticed the couples around us, but our unique nature and the same way of growing up pulled us together and now I was in love with my supposed "cousin", of course mom knew and of course dad had suspected something and if I took seriously the words he had spoken when I was nine "I will sterilize every male that will be close to you, little Angel." I was afraid of what my dad could do. I smiled uneasily and nodded my head at my mom who grinned.

Rosalie

I could see her fear, I could see her worry, I knew she was feeling the same way I had felt when Emmett and I wanted to announce the news of our relationship to our, then, small family. I could remember the fear of being mocked and laughed at by Edward and how Carlisle and Esme would react to a relationship of Emmett and I back in the thirties. Of course, like now with Emmelie, our fears had been proven stupid as our family had accepted with no problem or objection, like we all were going to do now with Emmelie and Alex.

We moved down the stairs and took our positions, I waited smiling as I saw everyone, Esme started playing the march and soon Edward was moving down the aisle with Rennesme by his arm, her wedding gown was a simple, classic cloth in the color of the ice and her hair was in a knot with a long veil that didn't cover her smiling face but reached behind to the end of her gown. I glanced at Bella for a minute and the longing and the sadness and the pain of the mother who gives away her only baby girl almost hurt me, knowing that one day, sooner or later, my own face will be like this when the positions would be reversed.

During the whole ceremony I was lost at the sight of my niece, she looked truly happy and I was feeling the same for her but it was still hard for me to believe that the little girl I once had cherished while her mother was adjusting in the vampiric lifestyle was now that grown woman ready to spend the rest of eternity with Jacob Black, her soul mate, she was no more Rennesme Carlie Swan Cullen, she now was Rennesme Black and next to her parents, I was the one who couldn't easily accept it.

The ceremony ended almost in a flash, Jacob took Nessie in his arms and raised her from the ground as they kissed and I totally needed to look away. I regretted it in an instant when I saw my own daughter looking at Alexander Denali adoringly, just as he looked back at her, that was not my concern nor my problem, I knew my daughter loved that young man and I knew he loved her equally, I knew a long time ago, maybe from the moment I saw him as a baby in Carmen's hands.

The thing that made me gulp down the venom gathered in my mouth was the way Emmett stared at our oblivious daughter looking at Alex. In my husband's eyes I could see the healthy emotions every father felt while looking at his baby girl looking at any man the way Emmelie looked at Alex right now, anger, fear, worry, overprotection, need even jealousy were gathered in my husband's eyes and I knew he needed my touch and my words to calm him down. I could still remember all those emotions gathered in Edward's eyes when Jacob had first imprinted on Rennesme, years ago and I knew I had to be with my husband as not to ruin anything for our daughter.

Since every guest in the party knew about our nature we didn't bother with pretences, there was plenty of food for Emmelie, Alex and Jacob's pack along with their relatives and we were glad it was no need for us to pretend as to eat or drink. The first dance was funny with the massive Jacob dancing with the graceful and petite Rennesme and soon after almost all the couples moved to the dance floor. I wrapped my arms around my husband who was looking at our daughter over the dance floor who was dancing closely with Alex. Jasper from close by probably sensed my fear and Emmett's fury and moved in a flash along with Alice who probably saw what was wrong to Emmelie and Alex, switching partners for the rest of the song.

'Don't I deserve some attention?' I said teasingly in an attempt to tear my husband's eyes away from Alex Denali. Emmett looked back at me almost panicked and I grinned at him as I rose on my toes and gave him a kiss.

'Of course you deserve all the attention of the world; I was carried away for a moment.' He told me and I smiled and nodded my head, already knowing this.

'I know, you know,' I said and Emmett looked at me question in his eyes.

'What do I know?' he asked and I grinned.

'She loves him,' I said simply and he frowned as we kept dancing, I knew he was afraid of our baby girl getting hurt but he also knew she would be happy by Alex's side.

'I don't like it,' he said simply and I smiled.

'You don't like not being Emmelie's only A male in her life or you don't like Alex because you think he's going to hurt your daughter? Be honest.' I started my words and ended them with my command which made him frown even more.

'The kid's OK.' He said in a small sigh and a shrug and I smiled as he gave to both of us the answers.

'You're the A male in my life, if that's still matters…' I said with a grin trying to lighten the mood and Emmett grinned back and gave me a kiss.

'That's always matters, Rose, and for your own good, keep it that way.' He said huskily as he bowed his head towards me, our foreheads touching.

'I love it when you're all threatening and acquisitive…' I told him and my own voice was deeper and huskier. He smiled and gave me another kiss, as my daughter with Jasper moved slightly closer and we could hear her heart thudding somewhere on our right both our minds went back to our child.

'She loves him and he loves her,' I said clearer and Emmett this time nodded and looked down, not at me but somewhere between us.

'I know,' he only said and my hand moved under his jaw and lifted his face so he could look at me.

'And she's happy, don't ruin it for her, if something goes wrong later on, we'll be here for her, she is no like me, she's grown up differently.' I said and we both looked seriously in each other's eyes. I knew Emmett would be afraid of his daughter having the same destiny with her fiancé like I had with Royce, of course Emmett would be afraid of something like that.

He was the one who patched me up, healed my wounds, made me a better person and if he had the chance he would be the one to kill Royce and his friends. I knew Emmett wouldn't hesitate now with Emmelie's partner, but Alex wasn't like that. Carmen and Eleazar had raised the little boy to be a great man, smart, kind and respectful, he had nothing to do with that piece of filth that destroyed my human life, all those years ago.

'I know, I won't ruin it for her, I promise you.' Emmett told me after our silent moments ended, I smiled truly and kissed his jaw and then his lips, he responded with passion, our kiss shielding all the years of a marriage full of love, need, lust, passion and care for each other. For the moments of our kiss, my world contained only Emmett, like every time his lips touched mine, for all those years now.

After we all danced, switched partners and danced again the party kept up with various traditions Nessie had read about and wanted to try, I watched as the men of the family played a game with the groom and the pride and clapped as Jacob who was blindfolded had to figure which was his bride by touching her leg, he had to find Nessie between Leah, Esme and Alice. I laughed as he touched Esme's leg and Emmett with Jasper howled like the wolves would do earning a good smack from Seth and Edward. As I looked around me I spotted Bella looking at Nessie, her eyes still gathering the same emotions they carried during the ceremony, wondering for how long I would be playing Esme in the family I decided to go and check on her.

'Are you alright, sister?' I asked as I sat next to her, her blue dress toning her pale skin beautifully, she nodded her head but didn't take her eyes away from her daughter's face.

I sighed and tried again, 'You don't look alright.' I said and Bella then turned and looked at me, she smiled and the smile seemed honest but the sadness painting it seemed as real and true.

'I feel like it was yesterday when I took her from your hands and placed her in mine, when Carlisle was measuring her every day, how she didn't like it and how you whispered to her "That's her", meaning me being her mom.' Bella said, mostly to herself, I looked at my niece and smiled, remembering those moments like it was yesterday indeed. I smiled at the memories of the little girl saying my name for the first time, of me blowing her a kiss before I could leave with Emmett to find witnesses for her survival…

'And then, I'm wondering what I would do if I hadn't listened to you, if I had got rid of her, if I hadn't taken the risks.' Bella said and this time addressed me more than herself. I didn't have an answer to give to my little sister, I didn't know either what we all would have done without Nessie. 'And then, I can't stop from thinking, I wouldn't be the same without my child and I need to ask you Rosalie, how you made it? Wanting a baby for so long? How you didn't give in the temptation of trying and having Emmett fathering a child of a human like the legends said?' Bella asked me and I looked at her, I gulped down the venom that had gathered in my mouth as I remembered my darkest vampiric days.

'When desperation was getting the best of me, I was considering the legends,' I started as I looked down at my lap, not wanting to see anyone, 'when every dawn brought me empty and helpless, when every time I made love with Emmett I knew nothing was going to come out of it, apart our pleasure, I knew my womb would never carry his child, I knew I was the one who couldn't have the baby and of course those times the crazy thoughts of dooming a human as to have her child with Emmett indeed crossed my mind.' I said quietly and I could feel my sister's eyes on me, needing me to elaborate, I glanced at my daughter across the room and then looked back down.

'But there were many difficulties when I was thinking it over, for starters I couldn't imagine my husband being with another woman. Then, Carlisle would never accept the use of a human being in that way, we didn't have the technology to save the woman back in the time I was considering this nonsense but mostly, I couldn't imagine myself mothering a child that wouldn't be mine and that child would one day learn what I and the rest have done to his true mother, he or she would hate us and that would kill me for sure, plus, dooming in such a fate an innocent human was like being exactly like Royce and his friends, killing someone for my own wants and pleasure, and I couldn't become the same with the man who doomed me, Bella.' I said at my last words I looked at my sister, her eyes full of sympathy for me. Bella pulled me in her arms and hugged me tightly like I did after the moment of shock.

'But with you, it was different, you were going to have the baby that you would never again be able to have and I'm so happy you made it through, or else we wouldn't be hugging and whipping in your daughter's wedding, having those stupid dogs staring…' I kept on and both of us laughed as we unwrapped our arms from around each other.

'Thanks for everything, Rosalie.' Bella told me and I smiled and nodded, grateful for the lack of tears that would have destroyed my make-up. We composed ourselves as our husbands moved closer and smiled at us.

'Nessie is going to throw the bouquet,' Edward said and both Bella and I smiled and stood up, taking our husbands by the hand and moving close to the dance floor where all the unmarried women were gathered, apart the Amazons who still sat at their table.

Emmelie was there as well, laughing with Tanya, even Leah was standing there, not talking or smiling but waiting. Nessie laughed a last time before she turned around and threw her bouquet of flowers, she, Bella, Alice and I had fought over so many times to decide on. The bouquet flew towards the extended arms of the women and soon everyone started clapping as Emmelie beamed with the flowers in her hands, I immediately looked at Emmett as our daughter winked somewhere close to the table the Denalis were sat, our daughter then looked at us and her smile was gone for a moment, Emmett smiled at her truly and I sighed with relief, winking at my baby girl with my turn, she beamed again and laughed as Tanya and Nessie started teasing her.

I smiled as I watched the entire family laughing and having a great time for the remainder of the party, I waved and commanded for them to be careful as Jacob and Nessie left for the Isle Esme, a traditional to the family place for the couples' honeymoons and I hugged my child and husband as we returned in our cottage, content and happy for yet another union in the family.

Emmelie came in my and Emmett's bedroom before she could go to bed, she kissed her dad first, like always, wishing a good night and then hugged and kissed me, wishing me the same, her face still beaming from all the fun she had at the party. When the door of the room closed and we heard our baby girl going to her bed, Emmett's arms were wrapped around me, his lips on the mark Carlisle had left me when he saved me.

'You were very good,' I said smiling, knowing he got what I meant.

'You were right,' he said, his breath whispering shivers on my skin. 'She's happy,' Emmett added and I smiled and nodded my head as I moved out of his hug and laid down in front of him on our bed, my legs still touching on the floor as Emmett was now between them. He grinned and moved atop me, gathering my legs from the back of my knees with his hands and pressing them closer to my chest, or bodies being pressed against each other from the waist and downward, I moaned as Emmett kissed my neck and jaw as my hands traveled in his hair and back.

'I love you, Em,' I said and Emmett looked at me with a grin on his face, his features carefree again.

'I love you too, Angel, always.' He told and kissed me before our love game could start.

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