Chapter 30

'ROSALIE!' Alice screamed. It was quite a sight to see. Standing in her bridesmaids dress ( a floor length green gown), her petite frame back after giving birth with a baby strapped to her Alice was trying to last minute organise Rosalie and Emmet's wedding. Rosalie, since her last fitting, had lost weight which meant Alice had to do last minute stitching so she still fit into her dress comfortably. I was doing my best to help as Jasper continuously offered to take Atticus but Alice insisted she do it herself. Jasper and I stood coyly against the dressing room wall and stood back saying nothing. Although Atticus was only small, I could tell he did not dare cry as he did not want to set his mother off.

"I cannot believe you lost weight, silly girl!' she muttered under her breath stitching the back of Rosalie's beautiful gown. Rosalie was too nervous to fight back and just stood staring directly into the mirror. I rolled my eyes and Jasper attempted once more to offer help.

'I CAN DO IT!' Alice snapped smacking his hand away. He raised his hands in defeat and resumed his place against the wall. I heard my phone buzz and, thankful for the excuse to leave, answered it. Caller ID showed it was Emmet calling.

'Bella!' he said frantically.

'Emmet, what's wrong?' I asked fearing the worst.

'My best man has backed out last minute, his flight got delayed and he is still in Africa!' he said his words jumbling together as he spoke. Emmet had asked a friend that he and Carlisle toured with whilst in Africa to be his best man as Jasper was walking Rosalie down the aisle and Edward was his brother. I carefully suggested he ask Edward to step up but he broke down.

'Edwards been paged to the hospital, apparently there was an emergency!' he said. I began to feel my heart rate quicken. One, I didn't want Alice freaking out about this whole situation and two I was upset that Edward was miss his only brothers wedding.

'Okay Emmet, calm down, I'll figure something out!' I said hanging up the phone and poking my head in the change-room.

'Jasper, can I borrow you?' I asked.

'Is everything okay?' Alice asked her face turning white. I shook my head.

'Nope, everything is fine!' I said, my terrible lying showing through.

'Okay, if there isn't anything wrong can you two take Atticus and change his nappy. He has a little suit hanging up in his room, dress him in that after you feed him a bottle,' she ordered as she carefully took Atticus out of the baby holder and passed him to Jasper. He nodded and closed the door quietly behind him. We walked over to the nursery and Jasper lowered Atticus onto the change table.

'Okay, so we do have a problem, a huge problem!' I said pulling a face as Jasper removed the baby's nappy revealing a stinky present.

'What?' He asked, pulling faces at Atticus.

'Emmet hasn't got any groomsmen!' I said frantically as I passed him a baby wipe. He looked at me, fear in his eyes.

'Alice cannot know!' He said pointing at me, baby wipe still in his hand.

'Okay, Jasper, I know that now stop waving the lemon scented ass wipe in my face!' I ordered moving his hand away. He apologised ad turned back to baby Atticus.

'What are we going to do?' he asked now replacing the nappy and pulling Atticus up into a hug. I shrugged as I followed him to the kitchen where he grabbed one of Alice's pre-pumped bottles. He put it in the microwave and turned around to face me. He cuddled a now drowsy look Atticus close to his body.

'Carlisle?' he asked. I nodded and flipped out my phone. I dialled his number and waited for him to answer.

'Hello, Dr Cullen speaking,' he answered in an official tone.

'Hi Carlisle, Its Bella. Do you think you would-' but he cut me off with a loud clearance of his throat.

'I can't,' He said before I finished.

'Why?' I asked feeling sadness building up in my throat.

'I'm his father Bella, I can't stand up there,' he said, already having me convinced. I thanked him and hung up the phone. Jasper looked at me hopefully and I shook my head.

'Where is Alice's seating arrangement list?' I asked now in full panic. We had 2 hours to find a willing best man and hopefully a groomsman.

'Why?' He asked feeding Atticus his bottle.

'All the men on the list, they will be in suits and ready to go,' I said shrugging. He pointed to a pile in Alice's work corner and I huffed in disgust. It was a big tall pile, nice and messy. I moved toward it carefully and began shuffling through. I found the arrangement and removed it carefully. I studied the list looking for any-body Emmet mentioned ever having drinks with, seeing a game with or any relation what so ever. I saw nothing! It was actually a very small amount of people attending the wedding. I rubbed my temples in anger. Jasper came and handed me the phone. I looked at him in surprise.

'It's Emmet,' he said with a smile. I accepted and answered with an apology.

'Em, I am so sorry, I can't seem to find anyone!' I said feeling my sadness building up.

'I think I found someone,' He said. I could hear the smile in his face.

'Who?' I asked.

'Well I haven't asked yet but i thought I'd check a few things off with you first. Does this sound like a good best man: Has always been there for me, especially when Rosalie was in hospital. Helps me get laughter from the group. Has Alice's approval and most of all is just a fantastic friend. I cannot believe i didn't think of this person before,' He answered. I was confused. It sounded like he described Jasper, accept Jasper wasn't available.

'Emmet, you've lost me completely!' I said, laughing slightly.

'Bella, I asked Rosalie and she thinks that this would be a good idea too,' He said, proud of himself.

'Emmet, your keeping me mad! Who is it?' I asked

'Bella, would you be my Best Man? Well Best Woman,' he added on the end. I let out a loud laugh. I saw Alice and Rosalie standing at the door, Alice nodding furiously and Rosalie smiling.

'You mean a lot to both of us Bella,' she said sweetly.

'Okay, I suppose I had better come to you then,' I laughed. He agreed and told me where his suite was. I ran through the hotel halls and banged on the door of his room. He opened it and stood there with a big smile.

'Who said it needed to be a man any way!' he said pulling me into a huge bear hug! I let out a squeal of delight as he swung me around the room. I finally put me down and I saw Esme and Carlisle standing in the corner. I went to greet them, hugging them tightly as if they were my own parents.

'Well, we best get this show on the road!' Emmet said, his grin huge and irrevocable. We all walked down into the foyer and hopped into the beautiful old Chevrolet waiting for us. The ride to the church was short but fun. Emmet insisted on loud music and flowing champagne.

'I don't think Alice will be to please if we rock up to the wedding off our faces,' I said, yelling over the loud music. Esme nodded while Carlisle and Emmet both jokingly downed their glasses. We hopped out of the car and as we did the photographer lined us up and snapped photos of us. We smiled in most and pulled faces in others. We walked into the church and made our way to the celebrant who shook all of our hands. Guests began arriving and Emmet's face started to go from happy smile, to nervous smile. I leaned forward and patted him on the back.

'You are perfect for each other,' I said smiling. He turned and smiled back.

'Sometimes, I think she is just too perfect for me. What did I do to deserve someone as magnificent as her,' he said, his eyes serious.

'You're pretty magnificent yourself Em!' I responded, he was about to retaliate when we heard the music announcing the brides arrival. He took a deep breath in and loudly exhaled. The bridal waltz began and Alice, carrying Atticus, walked in, a big smile on her face. She slowly walked down the aisle as people cooed at the baby. She smiled politely and waved his hand. She got to the front and quickly handed Atticus over to Carlisle who gladly accepted his grandson with open arms. The big doors opened and the blinding light prevented us from seeing Rosalie in full. She began walking, arm in arm with her twin brother. It was obvious today of their close connection as both of them had tears strolling down their faces. They made their way down the aisle to the celebrant who asked if Jasper gave permission for Rosalie to marry Emmet. He nodded and smiled, then took his seat next to Carlisle. Rosalie took Emmet's hand and stared him in the eyes. You could practically see the love floating between them. The celebrant began and i noticed a little creek as the doors opened. I turned to see Edward sneak into the church. He looked tired. His hair was extremely messy and he, instead of a suit, donned scrubs. I winked at him and he smiled back. I turned back to focus on the ceremony.

'The loving pair have already prepared their vowels and we will hear them now, Emmet,' The celebrant indicated. Emmet reached into his chest pocket and pulled out the same crumpled piece of paper he had revealed to me 12 months earlier. I smiled. He unfolded it, his hands shaking. He took one look at the piece of paper, screwed it up and threw it away. I, along with most the church goers, gasped in shock. Rosalie looked although her heart broke in two, but Emmets face remained un-changed. He re-took Rosalie's hands and looked at her although they were the only two people in the room.

'Rose, the day I asked you to marry me I wrote those vowels, yet now they seem so out-dated. The truth is, I could never truly say how much I love you. I could give you the whole world and it still wouldn't express my great and undying love for you. Words on paper mean nothing when I look deep into your blue eyes. Your soul and mine, the moment we first met, combined each other to make a whole. As i told a wise friend once, I would only be half the man I am today without you, maybe less. Rose you are my life, my love. Nothing will stop me from loving you, ever,' he leaned in and kissed her gently.

'Rosalie, you may now express your love and commitment to Emmet,'

She little out a delicate little laugh.

'I was scared that I hadn't written my vowels down. I thought i knew them by heart but now stand here listening to you, looking at you, feeling you and the only words that can come close to telling you how i feel are I LOVE YOU! Em, the day you told me that you had feelings for me everything fell into place. Someone could have told me that tomorrow i would be homeless, moneyless and that i was going die in 24 hours and my life would have been perfect because this one magical being said he loved me. My soul mate found me. I would have died happy, glorious in fact,' she raised her hand to his cheek.

'Emmet, you are my saving grace. My life is complete now that I have you,' she finished. I heard Esme crying in the background and I smiled. Emmet and Rosalie, like Carlisle and Esme were perfect together....That magical dance had done is magic once more and united two people who could not have been more suited.

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Wow...This is the worst chapter i have ever done and I apologise....I wrote it three times even publishing one version and then deleting it... What does everyone think anyway??? I thought it was rather important Bella was Emmet's best man, I have actually been asked to be the 'best man' at a friends wedding and i thought it was the greatest honour. Any way

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