Chapter Thirty-One
Manny is fidgeting while I get his little suit on and he is not liking that he has to wear it. Rosalie is coming to do my now that Bella has helped me into my dress. Alice is making sure everyone is here and seated. My little boy looks just like his daddy in this suit and his curly hair is pulled back into a ponytail. Reneesme is dressed up in a little baby blue sundress and she is smiling while Bella pins her hair up. Alice comes in with Rosalie and I smile at them. Manny climbs into my lap to let me finish putting his tie on. Alice brings me my high heels and I let her put them on me. A soft knock is heard from the door just before Sam pops his head in with his hand over his eyes. I giggle as I look at my silly cousin through the mirror while he walks over with a big smile.
"Almost ready, the pack is getting anxious down there," Sam says. The Cullens have cleared out the living room for the ceremony and they did really well in decorating the space.
"Almost done, just need to put in one last pin and then her veil," Rosalie says. Manny runs over to Sam and the two share a moment to talk about his little suit. I look at myself in the mirror and stare into my two eye colours. I look at the one amber and the one green eye and take a deep breathe. It is speculated that if I go through the change then I would loose my green eye. But, I was never sure what would happen if I decide to remain a wolf and never consume the flesh of something else. My mind is brought back to the present when I hear Billy come in and call my name softly. Our eyes meet through the mirror just as Rosalie places the veil over my face and pins it down with small bobby pins.
"Pretty," Manny says. I stand up and smile when I turn to my father and my cousin. Matthew walks in and he has a small box in his hands, one that we have not seen our touched in years. Matthew is to walk me down the aisle since Billy and Sam thought it be appropriate for my brother to do it in the stead of our real father. I smile at my twin as we walk closer to each other and we both touch the box.
"You know what this is and you know as to why I have this here on this special day. This was left for you by mama and it was meant for you to wear it on your wedding day. Since today is that day, I have the honour to give this to you for mama and to be able to see you wear it while walking at my side down that aisle. I love you and I am so glad to see you getting married to someone that loves you with his whole being. Now, I present to you the necklace mama had made specifically for you," Matthew says with a small crack in his voice. He opens the box and I look in to see an aquamarine pendant laced with pearls around the neckline. Mama knew I loeved this stone since she had a ring like this and she was buried with it. I smile as Matthew puts the box down and moves to place the necklace around my neck. The pendant was made into a shape of a rose, my favourite flower. Matthew kisses my forehead and he gives me a small hug.
"Alright, we have to get this lovely bride downstairs to get her married finally," Billy teases. Matthew lets me go and I go to hug the man that gave me a family that loved me flaws and all. Billy kisses the palm of my hand like he did each morning during my elementary school years. I walk first to the stairs with Matthew at my side and everyone smiles as they all go downstairs to get to their seats. Manny hands my bouquet of white roses and he holds the pillow holding the rings. He walks down with Sam to help my special boy start the whole procession. I can hear the awes of Manny smiling and walking down the aisle to his papa and my heart begins to beat wildly. Matthew squeezes my hand a little and he gives me a reassuring smile. The two of us walk down the stairs and hear the gasps of awe at my dress and then we arrive on the landing to turn to face where the man that is to become my husband soon stands before a preacher we were able to get last minute. I look up nervously and see Jasper standing with his hair slicked back and a big smile on his gorgeous face. My knees become weak and I take a hitched breathe while my lips turn up in a big smile. Slowly, I walk down the aisle with my eyes transfixed on Jasper in his well fitted tuxedo. Jasper was in a three piece charcoal pin strip Austin suit with a regular black collared shirt, a matching pin stripe vest and a silver stripe tie and silver handkerchief in the breast pocket. Matthew released me a bit and held out that hand to Jasper to take and Jasper's cool hand touched my skin, making it burn a little with sudden need. Matthew kisses my cheek before going to sit with Alice in the front row. Jasper smiles at me while he helps me stand in front of him before the preacher. The ceremony begins with the preacher welcoming everyone to this union of Jasper in I before god as man and wife in mind, body, name and soul. It is all a blur until he says for Jasper to go first to read the vows that Jasper has chosen for us to say.
"I, Jasper Cullen, take you, Marinna Uley-Black, to be my lawfully wedded wife, my constant friend, my faithful partner and my love from this day forward. In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful partner in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow. I take you with all your faults and your strengths as I offer myself to you with my faults and strengths. I will help you when you need help, and I will turn to you when I need help. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life. I promise you this from my heart, for all the days of my life. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live," Jasper says happily.
"I, Marinna Uley-Black, take you, Jasper Cullen, to be my lawfully wedded husband, my constant friend, my faithful partner and my love from this day forward. In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful partner in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow. I take you with all your faults and your strengths as I offer myself to you with my faults and strengths. I will help you when you need help, and I will turn to you when I need help. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life. I promise you this from my heart, for all the days of my life. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live," I say with a cracked voice and tears stinging my eyes. Jasper turns to our little boy and takes the rings from him. The ring I picked out for Jasper was a silver banded ring with the Cullen family crest on the sides with an opal shaped blue aquamarine stone in the centre. I hold out my left hand to Jasper nervously and he massages my knuckles with his thumb.
"With this ring, I make you my wife in name and in my heart forever," Jasper says softly. He slips the ring on my finger and it was created to fit my engagement ring perfectly and my tears begin to fall down my face. I look at him as I take his ring and then his hand shakily.
"With this ring, I make you my husband in name and in my heart forever," I shakily say. Jasper smiles as I slide his ring on his finger and squeeze his hand a little. The preacher announces us man and wife and finally allows us to kiss. Jasper lifts my veil slowly and he captures my face in his cool hands. I smile and we move closer to each other to share our kissed as Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Cullen. Everyone applauds and stands up with large smiles on their faces. Jasper and I turn to face everyone and I pick up Manny before walking back down the aisle with my husband and our son as a happy family at last.