DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS FROM TWILIGHT. THEY ALL BELONG TO STEPHENIE MEYER.
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EPOV
The next two weeks passed quickly. I would say too quickly, but that was not the truth. These two weeks could not have passed any faster if I had been in control of time myself.
Charlie had managed to ascertain the required documents to make it possible for Bella and I to marry before she turned eighteen and I could not thank him enough. Every time I saw him, I thanked him. And every time I thanked him, he told me that he couldn't have found a better man for his daughter if he had hand picked him himself. I told myself that he was lying, but I didn't tell him that. I didn't want to offend him, especially since he was giving me the best gift I could have ever wished for.
His daughter.
My Bella.
And soon she really would be. She would be my Bella. Mine forever.
And I would be hers. Forever and always.
Telling the truth, I would always be hers. It didn't matter if we were joined as husband and wife or not, she had my heart. And she would hold it for as long as I lived.
It was the day before the wedding and Alice and Rosalie were working themselves into a frenzy.
Bella and I had shown the two of them the meadow and they had thought it was perfect. "Very us" they had called it. I wasn't too sure what that meant, but I was happy to hear from Bella that they didn't know what had happened here. As Emmett and Jasper had done with me, they had managed to get it out of her what had happened, but she hadn't let onto them where.
It would be perfect.
Everything was being set up right now. For the ceremony and for the reception, which was being held in my parents house.
Both Bella and I had been told to stay out of the way. Which was not something we were opposed to. Both Alice and Rosalie knew that we didn't want anything over the top. Alice couldn't see our reasoning, but with Rosalie there, she was kept under control. It was amusing to see actually. When Alice would make a decision that we thought was too oestentatious or ridiculous Rose would step in and offer her less "out there" ideas, as she called them. And the best thing was, Rosalie and Alice both had heads for things like this, so Alice couldn't really complain with Rose's choices.
Both Bella and I had had final say in all the decisions made, and we had vetoed some of Alice's ideas, as they didn't really work for either of us, but most of them we approved of, much to her delight.
They had stolen Bella away from me on that same day and dragged her to Seattle to locate a wedding dress. I was beginning to get worried when they didn't come home that night, at least until I received a phonecall from Bella saying that apparently they hadn't found a suitable wedding dress yet and were staying in a hotel, to save them the drive back to Forks and then the drive out tomorrow.
I could tell that Bella wasn't best pleased with this idea, and neither was I. I wanted my Bella, and sure, I had had more of Bella than I had planned that day, I still missed her. I missed her in bed with me, and I couldn't wait to hold her in my arms again.
She told me that even though they hadn't found a suitable wedding dress, they had found bridesmaids dresses, complete with matching shoes and accessories, tux's for us guys – the only thing I am not looking forward to about this. I hate formal attire, but I'll gladly do it if it allows me to marry Bella – silk tablecloths, matching crockery sets, an entire silverware collection and matching napkins.
Bella hadn't been allowed to see how much it had all cost, but I knew, knowing my sisters, that the price would have been through the roof. I could hear from Alice's compaints in the background that Bella wasn't being enthusiatic enough for her liking and that she should suck it up because they would be finding the perfect dress before leaving Seattle.
Apparently they had found the perfect dress because they came back the next day, Bella looking a little worse for wear and Alice and Rosalie looking extremely triumphant. They'd stopped off at Bella's house before coming to ours and I knew that they'd hidden the dress and "a few other things" as Alice had said with a sneaky smile on her face that I didn't trust.
"Edward!" Bella was moaning at me now. "Come on, I know you know. Please tell me!"
"For the last time love, yes I do know and no, I'm not telling you." I kissed her forehead lightly and she pouted at me. Not being able to resist that pout, I pressed a swift kiss to her lips and she grinned like an idiot. I couldn't help smiling back at her, she was so endearing.
"Why not!" Here we go again.
"Because, love it's a surprise." I told her, explaining like she was a two year old. She was smarter than anyone else I knew, and yet sometimes, her lack of intelligence astounded me. "And surprises aren't meant to be known."
"You know I hate surprises." She pouted again, stomping her foot.
"Did you just stomp your foot?" I asked her, laughing.
"Yes, and don't change the subject Edward Anthony!" I rolled my eyes. I hated it when she used my middle name. It was something she did when she was mad at me, but not mad enough to use my full name. I knew that she was just frustrated at the fact she was out of the loop on this one. "You know I hate suprises!"
"Oh, well," I shrugged, smirking at her. "I have a feeling you'll like this one."
"Well, how will you know if you don't tell me what it is?" She asked, putting on an innocent face and voice.
"Ah, nice try." My smirk grew into a grin and she scowled at me. "Don't worry, love, you won't have to wait much longer. I promise." I walked up to her and wrapped my arms around her waist. She sighed and rested her head on my chest, obviously resigning herself to the fact that she was not getting anywhere with me. I wondered who her next victim would be.
"Well, I better not." She whispered menacingly, causing me to chuckle. "Or you're going to have one very disappointing wedding night." I frowned down at her and saw she had a wicked grin on her face. Whether or not she was being serious I didn't know. That was the annoying thing about Bella. She was very difficult for me to read.
"That's not a nice thing to say." I pouted at her and she grinned.
"Oh, you know I'm only kidding." She stood on her tiptoes and pressed her lips to mine. "Why would I deprive myself." She mumbled against my lips.
I grinned and pulled her closer to me, as our lips met again. I felt her hands run up my back and fist in my hair. I wasn't unable to hold back the moan that had formed in my throat when she did this. It hurt, but in the good way. It made me realise that I was in fact living this, and not dreaming.
For that was my fear.
My biggest fear was that I would wake up and I would still be in the hospital before we moved after my failed attempt at ending my own life. That none of this would be real and that none of this had happened. I didn't know what I would do if none of this had happened. Although there were some things that I would have had done differently, such as Bella's broken relationships with her mother and Jacob for example, and that whole fiasco with Tanya, that would have been nice to avoid. But even though all that had had happened, I didn't want the end result to change. Not at all.
"Alright, you two. Save it for the honeymoon." I heard Rosalie and Alice giggling from behind me. I broke the kiss with Bella and saw that she was blushing. I kissed both of her cheeks gently and she smiled up at me, pressing her lips to my lower jaw.
"What can we do for you two?" I asked the two of them politely as Bella continued kissing me jaw. I fought back a moan as I felt the tip of her tongue flick against my skin. I could feel her smile against my skin and I told myself that I would have to get her back for this at some point.
After the wedding though. That would make it even better. If I waited. Then she would think that I had forgotten about it. How could I forget this? She was practically molesting me in front of my sisters. Not that I was complaining mind you, but still………awkward much?
"Well, first Bella can stop trying to eat my dear brother." Rosalie raised an eyebrow and Bella stopped kissing my jaw, and I looked down to see her blushing. I kissed her forehead and looked at my sister. "And then the two of you can follow us." She and Alice, turned around and Rosalie beckoned for the two of us to follow them.
I looked at Bella and she stared straight back, nothing but innocence in her eyes. I leaned down and pressed a kiss to the sensitive spot behind her earlobe and she whimpered slightly. "You're going to pay for that, my love." I whispered and she gulped, knowing I was completely serious.
We followed Alice and Rose out through the back door and into the woods. I knew we were going to the meadow, where everyone was working to get everything set up for tomorrow, but I really had no idea why. Bella and I had been told to stay away from the meadow, so that everything would be a surprise when we saw it. We both knew better than to argue with Alice or Rose on their own, so confronting the two of them together was completely out of the question.
We walked out onto the meadow and once again I was completely astounded by its beauty.
The only difference was that this time, there was an archway in the middle, with an alter underneath. There was a long red carpet running down from the alter and either side of this there were chairs set up for the guests. This was where we were to be married. And I could barely contain my smile.
As we walked towards it, I began to see the intricate designs that were woven into the archway. The girls had arranged it so that roses in numerous shades of pink and red were weaving in and out of the archway. They all mixed and merged together, creating a swirl of beautiful colour that would frame the two of us as we stood there.
I couldn't help the smile growing wider and wider as we approached. I noticed that all the chairs were supported on what looked like a wooden panel, so they wouldn't sink into the grass as the guests sat down. It made my heart swell to think of how much effort Rosalie and Alice had put into this wedding, just for Bella and myself. I stood there and gazed over everything, taking everything in.
Bella and I walked up to the alter and she ran her fingers over it. I smirked as I realised that we were standing in the direct centre of the meadow, remembering what else had occurred in this exact spot just two weeks ago.
Bella looked at me, obviously confused by my smirk. I looked at the ground and back up at her again. A moment later the confused expression disappeared from her face, only to be replaced by that gorgeous blush.
I walked over to Rosalie and Alice and did the last thing that they would expect. I hugged the both of them. I could tell that they were wondering what to do for a split second before they hugged me back but I could also tell that the gesture touched them, as they knew my hatred for being touched.
"Thank you," I whispered to them both and they both shook their heads at me.
"Anything for you, Edward." Alice said, as we broke apart.
"The two of you, you've been through so much," Rose placed a hand on my cheek and I felt good in not pulling away. The feeling wasn't too bad for me at the moment, but I figured that was because I was feeling so grateful and giddy at that moment in time, that I would have let anything go. "Especially you, Edward. You deserve this day to be as perfect as we can make it. You deserve your happy ending little brother." She smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile back. Rose may be hard headed and scare the crap out of most of the guys around her, and most of the girls too, she was still my big sister and I loved her. She was one of the kindest, gentlest people you've ever met, once you really got to know her.
I knew that she would always be there for me.
"And that leads us to Bella," Alice said, winking at me. I knew what was coming. We were giving Bella her surprise now. "You want your surprise now?"
"Not really," Bella mumbled walking up to me. "But I guess I don't really have much of a choice."
"Oh," A feminine voice came from behind me and Bella went rigid. "I would have thought you'd miss me more than that."
Bella spun around, nearly yanking my arm out of its socket as she did so. I disentangled my hand from hers as she stood there stunned, staring at the tanned girl I had yet to meet standing in front of us.
Bella stood there in shock for a moment, a mixture of emotions darting across her face. I could make out confusion, amazement, back to confusion, joy, and … well, let's just say my Bella was a little confused. It must have been at least a full minute before she went running towards the girl and jumping on her.
I had never taken my Bella to be a screamer, but it seems that I was proven wrong.
BPOV
Oh. My God!!
What was she doing here?
How did she get here? How did she even know about this? I hadn't spoken to anyone from Phoenix apart from my mother and lets just say, she was definitely not finding out about this until it was too late.
But here she was. She was standing here in front of me. As real as the ring on my finger, though I was still contemplating how much of that was actually a dream.
But ……… she was here!
Siobhan!
My best friend from Phoenix. The only one I really got on with when I first moved to Phoenix with my mother after we left my father here. She had quickly become my best friend and we were inseparable.
She had been devastated at my decision to move, but she knew the reasons why I did. And after all the initial tears and rampages and tantrums, telling me that I couldn't go, that I couldn't leave her, I had her support. She knew that it was something that I had to do. Not so much for me, but for my mother and Phil.
See, now, why couldn't my mother do the same for me?
I'll never understand what goes through that womans brain.
Before I knew what I was doing, I had run and jumped on her, squealing in a perfect Alice moment. I could hear laughter from behind me and I knew that the others were watching me as I ploughed into my best friend. But I didn't care. All that matters was that she was here.
"Oh my god, Bells, I've missed you." She mumbled wrapping her arms around me and squeezing me as hard as I was squeezing her.
"I've missed you too, Shivs." I mumbled back, trying and failing to hold back tears. "So much."
We broke apart and laughed at each other. We were both crying.
I stepped back, taking in my best friend. She was still beautiful of course. With her beautifully thick strawberry blonde hair and amazingly clear green eyes she was the epitome of beautiful. She even rivalled Rosalie. But I would never say that, because I would love to live to see my wedding day.
She had lost the last of the baby weight that she had had, we both had since I'd last seen her and now she was lean and toned. A true Arizonian girl. Her beautiful tan stood out here in dreary Forks, but she seemed to give off her own light. And I could feel it spreading. Her laughter and light were infectious.
I hugged her again, realising for the first time how much I had missed her.
I pulled away and took her hand in mine. I led her towards Edward, Rosalie and Alice, who all stood there grinning.
Alice and Rosalie looked like the had won the lottery at my reaction and I knew it wa because of the two of them that she was here. If not for the two of them, no one in Phoenix would have found out about my wedding until I was married and being forced to move back to Phoenix with my mother.
My mother!
If Siobhan knew then who's to say that Renee didn't as well. I stopped and turned around.
"Shivs." I said, my voice serious. "Does Renee know you're here."
"Nope." She said with a grin on her face. "I told my mom to tell her that I was visiting cousins out of state if she asked for me."
I blew out a sigh of relief. Siobhan's mother and Renee were best friends. They told each other everything. They had become friends when I met Siobhan and we had made the perfect little mother daughter quartet.
Not so perfect anymore.
I smiled at her and pulled her towards Edward. I wanted her to meet him and vice versa. I knew that they would get along.
She stopped me suddenly and pulled me towards her. "Bells, is that him?" She whispered, and I nodded. Her jaw dropped slightly and she looked back at him. If it were anyone else looking at him, I would be insanely jealous and possessive, yeah, I admit it alright. But with Siobhan it was different. I knew for a fact that she would never do anything like that. Especially to me. "He's gorgeous!" She whispered, her eyes going wide. "Well done."
I laughed. "I'm so lucky to have him." I sighed. "He's so perfect."
"No one's perfect." She wiggled a finger at me and I cursed her for being right. Edward still had a lot of walls that needed to be breached, but those would come down eventually. At least I hoped so.
"No, maybe not." I agreed. "But he's as close as it gets." I started pulling her towards him again. "Come on, I want you to meet him." She came willingly and I stopped in front of Edward, pressing my lips to his. "Edward, I want you to meet Siobhan, my best friend from Phoenix. Shivs meet Edward, my fiance."
The two of them greeted each other, both wearing genuine smiles. They seemed to really hit it off as we walked back to the house. I was so glad that I had her here. It made me wonder though.
If my best friend could accept and approve Edward, then how come my mother couldn't?
How come she refused to listen to anything anyone had to say about him? Especially if it was good. She seemed to listen to Jacob well enough, so why couldn't she listen to me and Charlie?
There's something more going on here and I was going to find out what it was.
I knew that it wouldn't do to think about it now. I had to concentrate on my marriage to Edward. With Siobhan here, everything was now perfect.
I just didn't want to thin about what they had in store for me tonight.
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