“Jake talks about you nonstop. And for the record, I was new and had no idea he was taken,” Ali said, truly apologetic. I hugged her and laughed.

          “You’re making my best friend happy, I could never be mad at you for that. Both of you are always welcome in our home. And Jake, I’d like you to be the godparent of Madi and Owen.” That totally took him by surprise. He smiled widely and pulled me into his signature crushing hug. Finally he let me go with a promise that they would visit the Monday after we get back from England for our honeymoon. Tanya was next in line.

          “Edward darling, how wonderful to see you!” she said, not even glancing at me. I can forgive Jake, but I don’t think that Tanya will be as lucky unless she pulled some strings and stopped dressing like a skank. I rolled my eyes at her attire: a short black cocktail dress that couldn’t have been lower cut. Edward tried to dodge her hug awkwardly and reached over to shake her ex’s hand.

          “Doug, it’s great to see you sir,” Edward said politely while pulling Lucy and Peter into a hug after bending down to their level while I did the same. After more polite chat, Edward and I went to find Madi and Owen.

          “Mommy, you look really pretty in that white dress!” Owen called loudly. All the guests turned to stare at my title and I blushed.

          “Thank you very much Owen. Someday you’ll marry someone that looks twice as pretty and she’ll wear a white dress like this one. Actually, your bride and Madi can both wear this one if they want to,” I smiled, picturing these little kids getting married. 

          “Bella, no one is going to look anywhere near as beautiful as you do even on their wedding day,” Edward whispered in my ear so the twins wouldn’t hear. I blushed, of course. I loved that we were having our wedding in front of the rose wall. We didn’t, however, want people in our space inside the rose wall. “Let’s go to the rose wall,” he said softly. Edward held the roses up so that I could slip under without damaging my dress. Edward sat on the swing normally, but I lay horizontally with my head on his legs and his hands playing with the hair that was down. The different colors from the roses made my dress look even more beautiful than when it was just white.

          “My feet are killing me in these shoes,” I moaned as I managed to pull them off.  How Alice got me into heels is beyond me.

          “I can’t believe you wore heels. Weren’t you going to wear just white flats?” Even Edward noticed.

          “Talk to Alice and Rose. They are really good at persuasion,” I muttered, a little envious.

          “And you’re not?” Edward murmured as he leaned down to kiss me. It felt even better to kiss him, if it were possible. I didn’t have to worry about loosing him anymore. He’s mine and I’m his, forever. Everything else will just have to work out, won’t it?