Good evening everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates. My little girl has not been feeling well and she required my full attention. I am happy to say that she is back to being a healthy active four and half year old again!
So, tonight I bring you the reception. Tomorrow I will bring you the wedding night, and the following night is the New Years Eve celebration/HUGE wedding reception. I need to get everything in before leaving to go out of town. I split tonights update and tomorrows update up because it would have been too big. So, I hope you enjoy.
This is not beta'd.
Stephanie Meyers owns all of Twilight.
EPOV
As soon as the door to dad's office closed I had Bella pinned to it. I cupped her face with my hands and kissed my beautiful bride how I wanted to kiss her when we were pronounced husband and wife. I slide my tongue over her bottom lip and pushed it inside of her mouth. Twirling her tongue with mine. The only sounds were the low moans coming from both of us mixed with the crushing of the material of her dress.
When neither of us could no longer breath, I pulled back, resting my forehead against her's and looked her in her big, beautiful brown eyes. "Tu, mia moglie, sono semplicemente mozzafiato." [You, my wife, are simply breathtaking.]
"Tu, mio marito, sono così bello." [You, my husband, are so handsome.]
I traced the chain around her neck, running my finger down to the locket that it held. "I see that you like your present."
"It is the most precious thing you have ever given me Edward."
"I'm glad you love it." I tell her. I reach into my jacket and reach for into my holster. "I love my present too." I say, pulling out the amazing glock that she had special ordered and engraved for me. I run my finger along the Italian wording 'Per mantenere al sicuro, e per portare a casa da me.' [To keep you safe, and to bring you home to me.] "How did you know what kind to get me?" I ask her.
"Emmett helped me. I told him what I wanted to get you. He told me that you have had your eye on this gun for a while, but hadn't gotten it yet. He helped me special order it with the inscription."
"You are too much Mrs. Cullen." I tell her, pulling her to me for another kiss.
As we break our kiss, I put my gun back in my holster. We make our way over to the couch and sit down. I place my hand on her stomach. "How are you feeling?" I ask her.
"Good so far. He let me keep my food down this morning, but got a little angry at lunch time. So, I took a pill and everything seems to be fine. Though, I have to say, I hope people make a fast exit to the restaurant, I am starving!" She says.
"You think we're having a boy?" I ask her, trying to hide the smile on my face.
"It's just a feeling I have. When I dream about our family, I see us holding a little boy with your hair and eyes." She tells me, while rubbing her stomach.
"Well, I happen to think that you are carrying a little Cullenza principessa [princess]!" He tells me.
"You want a little girl?" She questions me with a stunned look on my face.
"I want a healthy, happy little Cullenza. I will take whatever we are blessed with. But, I would be lying if I didn't say that the thought of a little ballerina that looks like you running around, wrapping me around her little finger, doesn't bring a smile to my face." I tell her, while rubbing her stomach. She tucks herself into my side, laying her head over my heart. We just sit in silence, basking in the wonder that is the first few quiet moments of our marriage.
Our peaceful little bubble is broken by a soft knock at the door. "Come in." I say.
Mom peeks her head around the door. Everyone has finally gone. The photographer is still here to get a few photos before we head to Bella Italia." She says.
We follow her back out to the living room area. The chairs have been put away, but our little archway is still standing. The photographer arranges us in a few photos of just the two of us under the archway, as well as by the family Christmas tree. We are joined by the family for a few group shots.
Finally after about an hour we are heading to Bella Italia where we have closed the place down for the night. Mom and Alice tell me they have transformed it into a quaint little reception for the forty family members we have invited.
As we entered the restaurant we were told to wait a few moments. We stood outside of the closed doors to the main eating area of the restaurant. "What's going on?" Bella asked me, giving me a quizzical look.
"There are a lot of Family members in there Bella. We are going to be introduced." I tell her.
At that precise moment, the door were flung open and there we stood. Edwards great uncle Carlo stood to the side with a microphone in his hand. "Signore e signori della famiglia Cullenza. Sono così onorata di presentarvi il, principe e principessa della famiglia Cullenza Edward e Isabella Cullenza. Il futuro della nostra famiglia!" [Ladies and gentlemen of the Cullenza family. I am so honored to introduce to you the prince and princess of the Cullenza family, Edward and Isabella Cullenza. The future of our Family!]
As Bella and I walked in with our arms linked at our elbows, everyone stood and applauded us. I take Bella's hand in mine and kissed it before leading her to the center of the room where there was a circular dance floor set up so that all of the table could see the dancing. Suddenly the opening cords and lyrics to Christina Perri's 1000's Years began to play as pull Bella into my arms.
Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave?
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
But watching you stand alone?
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
One step closer
With our hands clasped together, resting over my heart we sway to the music. It wasn't anything choreographed, or planned out to showcase us to the entire room. This was us, taking in the meaning of the lyrics. It was only us in this moment. Our first dance as husband and wife.
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
As the next set of lyrics sang out from the speakers, I begin to softly singing them to Bella. The meaning so strong to both of us. After being without her for five months and dealing with the Volturi, I know that nothing and no one will ever separate us again.
Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this
"Non saremo mai pezzi di nuovo il mio amore." [We will never be apart again my love.]
One step closer
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
One step closer
One step closer
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
As our song ended, I tilted her chin up and gave her a soft kiss on her lips to the cheers of our family and friends. Alice leads us to our sweethearts table that was placed in front of everyone. As we sat down, waiting for us on the table was delicious looking bruschetta, along with a small antipasti tray. I was giving a glass of champagne, while Bella was poured a glass of sparkling cider.
While we ate, it seemed like each family member would clink their glass and then cheer "Bacio! Bacio!" [Kiss! Kiss!] Soon we were brought a plate of shrimp scampi. I watched as Bella picked the shrimp from her plate and placed them on mine. "What are you doing?" I asked her.
"The doctor said that I should stay away from shrimp." She replis, digging into her pasta and scampi butter.
"Would you like me to have the bring you out something else?" I asked her, with a look of concern.
"It's fine Edward. The pasta is more than enough." She replied, letting out moan of pleasure as the pasta and butter passed her lips.
"If you don't stop that, I am going to have to take you back to the offices and consummate our marriage!" I said in a low growl.
I could her blush, as I shook my head and laughed. After the pasta course, a few family members who had flown in from Italy for the wedding came up to give us their well wishes. Each man handing me very thick envelops, which I graciously accepted, tucking them into my jacket. After about ten envelops, I called over Jasper who took the envelops and said he would put them in the safe in the back offices.
The next course was a beautiful braciole with red gravy served with roasted potatos and broccoli rabe. After we finished eating and a few more people came up to us offering us well wishes and again more thick envelops a four tiered cake was rolled into the middle of the room onto the dance floor. I grabbed Bella's hand and we made our way to the cake. It was beautiful. It was alternating layers of pure white and sage green fondant. The green layers were decorated with sugar white poinsettias while the white layers were decorated with sugar sage green roses. On the top tier sat a man who looked like me dressed in a black suit, much like the one I am wearing. He was sitting with his legs out in front of him, one are wrapped around the woman while the other was stretched out, propping him up. On his lap sat a ballerina who looked like my Bella, dressed in a white tutu. The top bodice looked exactly like the top part of her wedding dress, down to the lace straps on my shoulders.
Bella looked over at Alice with tears in her eyes. "I found a website!" She shouted through her own tears. I picked up the knife that was laying next to the cake. Her hand joined mine as we cut the cake, while the photographer captured the moment. We pulled out a piece and put it on the plate that was sitting next to the knife. It was my favorite, chocolate. I picked up a fork and sliced a bit off and fed it to Bella, and she, in return did the same thing. We were again applauded as we kissed each other.
We made our way back to our table. I heard a glass click and looked over to see dad standing up. "It is a very rare thing to be able to witness your only son meet the love of his life at age twelve and get the honor to watch them both grow from childhood innocence, to teenage best friends that last through adulthood, to finally realize that they are anima compagni, soul mates. It is also a rare thing to be able to share a bond with a lost little girl and grow to love her and consider her my own daughter. Isabella is just as much my child as Edward is and I can't tell you how happy I am that their hearts have finally found their way to each other. I never knew that their could be another pair besides my beautiful wife Esme and I, who would be worthy of the term anima compagni. But I was wrong, because Edward and Isabella are everything that anima compagni defines. Isabella move, and Edward moves. What one feels, the other feels. They each know when the other walks into a room because they can feel their other half. It has been that way since they were ten years old, and it will be that way when they are one hundred years old. So, let us please raise our glasses to my beautiful son and daughter, Edward and Isabella!" Dad says, lifting his glass.
"TO EDWARD AND ISABELLA!" Everyone cheers. Bella and l lift our glasses and drink.
I stand up next. "Let me first begin by saying thank you to everyone who has come to share in this special day. As my father has pointed out, it has been in the making since I was twelve years old and Bella was ten. I knew that day on the playground that Bella was something special. My little twelve year old heart skipped a beat when she looked up at me with those big brown eyes." He says, running his finger down my cheek. She grabs my hand and bring it to her lips. "We shared a lot of firsts with each other. We both went through our first heart breaks together, we shared our first dance together, and unknown to many, we shared our first kiss together. Bella told me that she didn't want her first kiss to be with someone who would most likely not be in her life forever. I asked her how she knew that we would be always be in each other lives. She laughed and punched me in my arm and said 'Because you're Edward and I'm Bella. We are like milk and cookies, you can't have one without the other.'" Everyone laughed while she blushes, shaking her head. "She was right. Much like there can't be cookies without milk, there can never be a me with out her." I turn to Bella. "You, my love, were the puzzle piece that always seemed to be missing, even though you were always right there next to me. I just needed to open my eyes. You have always been the one constant in my life. The one piece that fit perfectly into my soul, my heart, and my life. You give me reason to live, to be a better man. You have filled all of the holes in my life that I never realized I had. Our hearts are one. They always have been, and they always will be. Forever."
Bella stand and wraps her arms around me and we kiss softly. "Forever." She whispers to me.
This was so much fun to write. I am warning you ladies tomorrow, it is full of lemony goodness! Beware! Leave me some love if you enjoyed tonights update.