Flash-forward!
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Alice and Rosalie were delighted to know I was marrying Edward. Of course Rose was sceptical at first, but that's just her. However, Alice declared that she "knew it would happen. Didn't I tell you, Rose? They were clearly meant to be!" I rolled my eyes at that.
Mary Alice Brandon is no fortune-teller or psychic.
My parents were astonished. Due to the small age difference, financial balance, commitment of the relationship and Edward's charm, however, they were easy to sway.
Edward's parents were beyond happiness, in fact if there was a picture next to ecstatic when ceremonies involved in a big dictionary, the very beautiful Mrs. Esme Cullen would surely be pictured there, smiling broadly.
When it came to the day, everything was set up perfectly thanks to Esme, Tanya and Alice. And by the end of the 14th of April, I was Mrs. Isabella Marie Cullen. Wow.
It's been nine years since I fell in love with the green-eyed Adonis. Since then, we've bought a big family home just outside the city of London, perfect for raising our children, Colin, Leah and Christine. They're beautiful like their father, although Edward loves to say they're purely me. Yeah, right.
I'm also now a qualified French, Italian and German teacher at Oxford University. Proud wouldn't be the accurate word for the children at school when they tell their teachers where I work. Bless.
And - thank God - we still have that chemistry, me and Edward. He can brush past me in a certain way and I'll still fall in love - and lust, obviously. Have you seen that man? - all over again. The sex is as great as ever, too.
All in all, I don't regret leaving Seattle and meeting Edward Masen Cullen in London that exciting Thursday night. As agreed, Thursday is the best day of the week.