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Chapter 6

Bella

As it was at weddings, I had to dance with many people.

I hated dancing, except when Edward led me, then I forgot everything.

"So you two!", Alice interrupted us. "Time to cut the wedding cake."

"Alice, do you have to?"

I scowled at her and thought only of my poor angel.

"Bella, don't worry, he'll get through this," she grinned unabashedly.

"That's right, don't worry, I can handle it," Edward winked at me.

Together we went to our wedding cake. Since we both did not want the typical bride and groom on the cake, Alice had chosen swans. The cake was of course way too big, but it looked very good.

Rosalie and Alice had tied a sheet around each of us so that the dress and suit, respectively, would not get dirty.

The guests started shouting.

"Feed, feed!"

Edward and I grinned at each other and gave in to the wedding custom with heavy hearts. We had cut the cake together and then each got a piece on a plate.

As requested, we began to feed each other.

Edward was very brave. He had really eaten the cake.

I could only look at him with wide eyes. After the last piece we kissed and licked each other the remains of the cake.

"I love you more than anything," I breathed into his ear.

"I love you too, my angel."

Edward

That was really the worst thing I ever had to do. But for my angel I did everything, even eat a disgusting cake. I would love to throw up right now.

Bella was still looking at me with wide eyes.

She probably couldn't really believe that I had really done that either.

Rose and Alice relieved us of the sheets, and we both took a break on the patio.

"Are you happy, my angel?"

She looked a little glum.

"Yeah, why do you ask?"

"You don't look happy somehow."

"I'm just a little tired, and I don't like the dancing either," she grinned at me.

"You can sleep it off later on the way to our honeymoon."

"Will you tell me now where the journey is going? Please!" she begged me.

"No. This is a surprise."

"That's mean."

She made a sweet pout, and I could just kiss her and hug her very tightly.

Unfortunately, we were interrupted by thoughts that I did not like at all.

He could not be serious.

I detached myself from my angel.

"What's wrong? Why do you stop kissing me?"

"Bella, Jacob is here again. He wants to talk to both of us."

"Say you're kidding."

"No, I'm afraid not. He is at the edge of the forest and asks us to come to him for a moment. He doesn't want our guests to see him again."

"And what does he think?"

"He wants to tell you that himself."

"Is he well-behaved?"

"Bella, you know that I would prefer that the two of you no longer have a friendship. I know that Jacob has helped you a lot, and I will always be grateful to him for that. His friendship is important to you, and I accept it as long as he doesn't get too close to you."

"Thank you!"

Then she kissed me.

"Let's go to him. He's already impatient."

I picked up my angel and she asked, a little shocked, "What are you doing? I can walk myself."

"I just don't want your dress to get dirty, or do you want everyone to see that you were in the garden or forest, respectively?"

"Okay, you win."

I loved it when she had to give in.

"Hello, Bella! Hello, Edward!"

"Jake, what do you want?" my angel asked a little sharply.

"I want to apologize to both of you for my behavior."

Jake was serious, but still I didn't like his thoughts. I had to block them out.

"Why?"

"Bella, please! I don't want to lose you as a friend."

Then turn off your feelings for her, you stupid dog, I thought.

"Can you accept that I am Edward's wife now, and I want to become a vampire?"

"You're not a vampire yet, you're still human."

"You said it! Still, but after our honeymoon and before my birthday, Edward is turning me."

Jacob swallowed and gave me a very angry look.

"How can you do that?"

This time the question was addressed to me.

"She is my life, and she wants to spend hers with me forever and ever. You know I've tried to make it possible for her to have a life without me."

"And during that time, she was happy, with me."

"Jake, I have never loved you the way I love Edward. I'm very grateful for everything you've done for me, but I don't love you the way you love me. Get that through your head."

"I get that, Bella, don't worry. It's all about our friendship now."

"We can try. But don't you dare try to kiss me or tell me you love me again. Charlie gave me his baseball bat."

I had to laugh at this sentence.

My angel was magnificent.

"Don't worry. I don't want to mess with you, and certainly not with your husband. But the subject of transformation is not over for me yet."

"Thank you Jacob, but this topic is none of your business!"

"Breach of contract is my business, but only when it has been broken, and fortunately that is not yet the case. Thank you, and again I apologize for my interruption."

"It's okay, Jake."

"Nicely slowly we should return to our guests before they notice that we are gone."

My family had already caught on that Jacob was here, and they were standing by on the patio in case Jacob couldn't control himself.

Like I couldn't handle him on my own.

At this thought I had to grin again.

"Okay, I'll be off then. Thanks again you two. And congratulations!"

Jacob turned without another word and disappeared into the forest.

"What's so funny?", Bella asked me.

"My family."

"Why? What are they doing?"

"They overheard that Jacob is here, and they're standing on the patio in case he couldn't have controlled himself so they could help me."

"And what's funny about that?"

Cute that she doesn't get it.

"Like I can't handle him on my own."

"Ever think that they would have wanted you to bring me to safety and they would have taken care of Jake?"

"Would be an option too, but I like mine better!"

"Come, my darling, let's go back."

"Can I carry you again?"

"I'm asking for it, after all I don't want my dress to get dirty," she grinned impudently.

Bella

My angel lifted me up and had taken me to the terrace to his family.

"What was Jacob doing here?" asked Esmé.

"He wanted to apologize for the interruption," I answered them.

"Really, he's a few bricks short of a load, that dog," Emmett laughed.

"I think he meant it," I looked at Edward questioningly.

"Sorry, Bella, all his thoughts I did not want to read. Since he still loves you very much, I just focused on you. He was really sincere in his apology. He doesn't want to lose you."

"Well, at the latest when I'm turned, he won't love me anymore," I laughed.

Carlisle extended his arm to me and asked, "May I have the next dance?"

Even though I didn't want to dance, I couldn't say no to my father-in-law.

"Gladly."

Edward looked at me very happily and released me from his embrace.

The wedding celebration was a complete success. No one noticed that Edward and I had just not been present at all.

While I was like this in my thoughts about Jake, Alice interrupted me.

"May I tee off?"

"Alice! Two women don't dance with each other!", said Carlisle.

I looked at Alice really confused.

"Carlisle, I don't care. I really need to talk to Bella."

"It's okay! Then I'll dance with Alice. It's my wedding, after all. I can dance with whoever I want," I laughed, and Alice looked at me with relief. "What's wrong?"

"Now comes the garter removal, and you have to throw your bridal bouquet, too."

"So what? Why are you so nervous?"

"Bella, I have a request!"

"Which one?"

"Can you talk to Edward about throwing the garter to Jasper?"

She looked at me pleadingly and agonized.

"Why would you want to?"

"Then Jasper will have to marry me again, that's the custom," Alice grinned.

"I don't know if I can talk Edward into it, but I can throw the bouquet to you."

"No, then Jasper knows that's what I wanted."

"And not with the garter?"

"He questioned Edward about my thoughts, and he said that I wasn't thinking about getting married again. Thus, it never occurs to him that Edward deliberately threw the garter in his direction."

"Alice, you sneaky little annoying sister-in-law." I couldn't help laughing. "You really want to get married again, am I right?"

"Yes, I would like to. My wedding was ages ago, and I'd like to refresh our vows. But Jasper doesn't like another wedding."

She looked at me very sadly.

Suddenly I felt two hands on my hips.

"Can I have my wife back?"

"Gladly, little bro! Bella has something to talk to you about anyway."

She winked at me and was already gone.

Edward took me in his arms and danced with me.

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

"She wants you to throw my garter to Jasper."

I blushed at the thought and sheepishly put my head against his chest.

"But first I get to remove it from you," he whispered in my ear and kissed my neck.

"This is totally embarrassing," I said sheepishly.

Edward grinned.

"My angel, I'm going to remove it very carefully with my teeth while touching your thigh with my tongue."

Oh man, this thought immediately made me blush even more. My heart began to race.

"Bella, don't worry. Nothing happens that you have to be embarrassed about."

"So you're going to throw it to Jasper?"

"It's a tough call."

"Why? What do you mean?"

"Jasper doesn't want to get married again, and he's very afraid that after planning our wedding, Alice will start thinking about it again. Which, apparently, she is."

"So what are you going to do now?"

"I can't possibly mess with my little sister, so I have to be smart about it, so Jasper doesn't find out right away."

"I'm sure Alice will be eternally grateful to you for that," I grinned.

"Now kiss me."

"At your command, my husband."

This kiss was tender and much too short. As always, we were interrupted.

"Bella, honey! It's time for the garter and the bridal bouquet," said Renée.

I won't survive! I thought.

As always, I blushed.

Edward had his arms around me tightly and whispered in my ear, "I'm going to miss this."

Then he lifted me up and put me on an armchair. The guests all gathered around us.

"Little brother, have a good time," Emmett yelled.

Edward grinned lecherously.

Carefully he lifted my dress and buried his head under it.

"Do you like the view, little brother?"

"Emmett, get a grip!" admonished Esmé.

I thought I would not survive all this. Could you actually get any redder than red?

I felt Edward's cold lips on my thigh and would have loved to moan loudly. Carefully he pulled it to my ankle with his teeth, from there he was then allowed to use his hands.

How I would love to feel his lips on me again! Bella, pull yourself together.

Edward

"So now all the unmarried men have to line up."

Emmett was the first to stand in front of me, and Jasper looked at me pleadingly.

He screamed in his mind: 'Please not to me, please, Edward!'

Oh man, that was really hard. Who should I grant his wish to? Alice or Jasper? I couldn't even use the excuse, I didn't know where he was standing. Why did I have to be able to read minds, too? For the first time, I wished it was the same with everyone as it was with Bella. Damn it, what was I going to do! My gaze lingered on Alice, and then I saw the hope in her eyes that she would soon marry again. I couldn't help it. Hopefully, Jasper would forgive me someday.

I turned around and stood with my back to the others.

Emmett mentally shouted to me: 'To me, to me!', and Jasper: 'Please not to me, please!'

It's funny how different the two were.

I focused only on Jasper and threw the garter in his direction.

'Oh no, why to me? Why are you doing this to me? Can I drop it? Alice would never forgive me for that. Why?'

Somehow I felt really sorry for Jasper now.

When he caught it, Alice could already be heard cheering.

"Hooray, Jasper, you caught it."

'Thank you Edward, you are the best!'

Jasper's expression hurt, but Alice's was worth it all.

Bella stood behind me and said, "One man's meat is another man's poison. Thank you! You have made Alice very happy with this."

"And Jasper unhappy for it. Now it's your turn, my angel."

"Can you tell me who's dying to catch the bouquet?"

"If you want to make Jasper more miserable, Alice," I said with a laugh.

"He would never forgive me for that. Is there another candidate?" she asked me with a smile.

"Rose and Emmett want to get married again, which they will do without a bouquet. Angela would love to trade places with you. She would be happy to catch the bouquet."

"Then I should throw the bouquet to Angela. You have to help me with it."

"Gladly, my angel, let's get it over with so we can go on our honeymoon soon."

Bella

Edward lifted me down from the armchair, kissing me passionately as he did so.

As usual, we were interrupted by Alice.

"Here, Bella! Your bridal bouquet."

"Thank you, Alice."

She gave me a kiss on the cheek and said in my ear, "I have to thank you."

Oh man, was I nervous. I hoped this whole celebration would be over soon so Edward and I could finally be alone. Quickly throw the bridal bouquet, dance a few times, and then we could finally say goodbye for our honeymoon. That was exactly my plan now.

"And now it's the turn of all the unmarried women," I grinned.

Angela was the first to line up in front of me.

Edward was right. The way she smiled, she surely wanted to catch the bouquet.

Alice and Rose had also lined up as alibis.

Jasper looked all sad.

I felt really sorry for him. But I would not have wanted to feel Alice's wrath if Edward had not granted her wish. Jasper would surely forgive us eventually. I hope so!

"Everyone ready?"

Edward held my hand so he could show me exactly where Angela was.

The girls all screamed "Yeeaaaah" at the same time.

Then I started to throw, and I hoped that Angela would catch it. From Edward's smile I could already tell that she had caught it. Then I heard her scream and howl with joy. I turned around and she fell into my arms.

"Thank you, thank you Bella. You make me the happiest person with this."

"I'm glad you're happy. Don't forget to invite us!", I grinned at her.

"Well, that goes without saying. You'll be my maid of honor."

"Thank you, I'll be very happy to do that for you."

We hugged again, and then she took Edward in her arms as well. Angela was beaming more than Edward and me.

Really nice when you could give someone so much joy with such a small gesture.

"Bella, would you dance with me?"

Surprised, I turned to Jasper and said, "Yes, I'd love to."

"Angela, may I ask you for the next dance?" asked Edward.

"Yes, you may."

Angela smiled, and thus the four of us went to the dance floor.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Yes, Jasper. What's on your mind? You don't look happy at all. Are you having trouble with all the people present?"

"You're right. I'm not happy at the moment. But that's not because of the many people. I've got a better handle on that problem than ever, thanks to you. Since you came to live with us, I've learned to deal with it better."

"Then what's your problem?"

"Alice!"

"What did my annoying sister-in-law do again?", I grinned.

"I think she has double-crossed me. That's why I wanted to ask you if she asked you to throw the garter or the bouquet in our direction. I can't imagine it was a coincidence. After all, Edward can read minds, and I asked him not to throw it my way."

"Jasper, do you love Alice?"

"She is also my life. It's like Edward and you. Maybe even stronger, since we've been connected longer. Why do you ask?"

"Then is it so bad if you grant her her greatest wish?"

"Which one do you mean?"

"She wants to marry you again and have a nice romantic honeymoon."

"Did she tell you that?"

"Not so directly. But I know Alice very well in the meantime and I saw her planning our wedding. She wishes to marry you again. Your wedding was only very small and was ages ago. And as far as I know, your honeymoon was not HER dream either. So after our wedding, I can understand her wanting to have such a great one too."

"I haven't even seen it from that point of view."

"Would it be that bad for you?"

"Not really, as I would do anything for the love of my life."

"Then you should marry your wife again and give her the honeymoon she wants."

"Thank you, Bella. You are the best sister-in-law anyone could ask for. I'm so glad you're part of our family."

"Thank you, Jasper. I am also very happy that you all have welcomed me so kindly."

Jasper gave me a kiss on the cheek and already Edward was at our side.