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Prelude	By : belladonnacullen Category: Twilight Series > Het > Bella/Edward Views: 5838 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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OK, its confession time.
Confession number one: I know exactly what happened last night in front of the fire. I know, I know, I promised Edward about privacy. But there are three reasons that I feel completely fine about it. First of all, they were in the family room. What goes on in there should be considered fair game. Second of all, I've put quite a bit of myself into this whole plan. I'm invested in the outcome. At this point, if things go wrong, I'm going to have to act quickly to fix it all. There are only a couple days left before the wedding. Thirdly, how else would I know about that song? Quiet Night, Quiet Stars, is perfect for Edward and Bella. It was a stroke of genius on Edward's part. It's like the song was written for them. He's smoother than I would have given him credit for. Maybe he didn't need so much help after all. No, who am I kidding? Anyway, now they can dance to it for their first dance at the reception. See, there's a method to my madness.
And to answer your next question: no. I have no idea what went on after Edward carried Bella up to the bedroom. I'm very proud of myself for that. I'm dying to take a little peak. And before you get all, "Eww, he's your brother," on me, let me explain. Bella is my best friend, but she's way too shy to share all the details. And well, while Edward is my brother, he's been totally celibate for his entire century-long life. Wouldn't you be just a little curious? Especially in this family where our overly acute sense of hearing, sight and smell leaves nothing to the imagination?
Confession number two: I lied to Chief Swan so that Bella could stay with Edward. Not only that, but I got my parents to lie too. Please don't judge them too harshly for lying to Charlie. I told them that Edward and Bella needed this time. They trust me, and they want Edward to be happy. I won't go as far as saying Edward is their favorite, but he was their first. You know how it is with first children, the whole wonder and newness of being parents. To see Edward unhappy for so long has been really hard for them. They felt like maybe it was something they did. Parents always feel that way, vampire and mortal alike I guess.
While we were at Charlie's house I picked up a change of clothes for Bella, and drove her car back to our house. Sure it would make sense for me to drive her back tomorrow. But we're staying away as long as possible, to give them every last minute. She'll be lucid enough to drive, even without any sleep. But she'll be just disoriented enough to forget about the fitting. OK, OK, you got me. Bella won't get any sleep. I really don't know anything else. Would I lie?
Confession number three: I didn't fill up Bella's tank with gas, even though it's nearly empty. She has to get used to people looking at her. She's marrying into the Cullen family after all. So she has to drive to town to get gas, it's not the end of the world.
Anyway, after stopping at Bella's house, and then dropping off her stuff back at our place, Carlisle and Esme came out hunting with me. It was a pretty nice thing to do, considering they just came back from hunting themselves. Of course, they had a few questions of their own that only I could answer.
Confession number four: I don't tell my parents everything, especially when it comes to situations like this. The council hates Carlisle, even if they don't show it. They are more afraid of him than anything. He's the only one that can bring them down. If I tell him anything more than the bare minimum to put their mind at ease, the Volturi will be here quicker than Edward can round a baseball diamond. Quicker than Emmett could kill a bear. Quicker than Jasper can turn me on. You get what I'm saying.
Luckily I could tell them honestly that Emmett, Jasper and Rose are alive, and they're coming back as we speak. They guessed that they were working for the Volturi with only minimal hinting on my part. They know it had something to do with Edward and Bella and their happiness. That's as far as I would go, except to give them the details of their return flight. I didn't have to say much else, because Jasper called right after that.
The sound of Jasper's voice after two weeks was enough to turn me into a jabbering limbic core, just some raw nerve endings with a voice. We said everything and nothing. It went something like this,
"Jasper!"
"Alice."
"Jasper!"
"Alice."
"Are you alright?"
"You know I am."
"I mean..."
"I'll be better when I'm with you."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. It was you that got me through it. I could never have done it without you."
"You would never have to."
"And then I'd be less of a man."
"Jasper."
"I'll be home soon."
"I know."
"I should probably talk to Carlisle and Esme."
"I don't want to let you go."
"You'll have me soon enough."
I'm so proud of my honey, my soldier boy, my terminator. I know, I know, I have pet names, and they're not pretty. (I'll spare you the others.) He stayed true to me and he held himself back from drinking human blood. Really, I never had any doubt about him and that evil slut, Sakhmet. I could have told you he wouldn't give in to her, whether or not I could see the future. And if I ever get my hands on her she better watch out. But there was always a chance that he wouldn't hold out when tempted with human blood. That's the way the future works sometimes, there's more than one possibility.
I can't wait to have Jasper back in my arms. I want to see him and kiss his wounds, kiss of few hundred other spots on his body. We'll have one night for that. Yes, you heard me right, one night. Why? I'll get to that in just a minute.
Confession number five: These next two days before the wedding are not going to be easy ones for the Cullen clan. Nothing like the Volturi, but more like the trauma of in- laws meeting in-laws. I try my best, but sometimes there's no way around things. The best solution I could figure out was to give Bella and Edward this time together.
Up until now it's been pretty simple for the two of them. Emmett's been away, so there's been no teasing. Rosalie's been away, so Bella feels more at ease. And I'm their faithful cheerleader. "Rah, rah guys, you can do this!"
But here's what's going to happen over the next two days leading up to the wedding. The first night that Renee and Phil are here there's a family dinner. I know about the weather, so I insisted on making reservations for after sunset. But Charlie doesn't want to wait until eight, so he makes them for six o'clock instead. We're going to be late, and half the family is going to be missing. There's really no good excuse for that one. " My brothers and sister will be back in time," I assure everyone. But it's suspicious. Then, of course, we're not going to eat much. None of these things endears us to Bella's family.
Charlie is going to make a point of inviting Billy Back. I can't figure out why Billy even comes. I can't figure out anything about the wolves. That really bugs me. (Of course, Billy's not a real wolf. It skipped a generation in his case. So I know he's going to be there, but his motivation is still baffling.) Billy's presence has at least half the people at the table thinking about Jacob. It's pretty uncomfortable, especially for Edward and Bella.
After dinner we'll all go back to Chief Swan's house where Charlie and Phil open some beers and throw around a baseball. Edward and Carlisle don't drink anything, and politely decline baseball. If you've ever seen a vampire with a baseball, you know why.
When Edward, Carlisle, Esme and I pile up into the car, we're not Phil's favorite people. Renee is surprised at how awkward it was, since Bella is so head over heels for Edward and the rest of our family. Charlie is resigned to never getting Edward. Edward is pretty morose on the way home. He can hear all of these thoughts. And there's something else.
I can't read minds, but I think I've pieced it together. After we leave and Renee and Bella are having their sleep over, Renee is going to tell Bella that Phil wants to have a baby. Renee is really considering it. Bella would be a big sister. Renee and Phil must be thinking about it constantly. I'm pretty sure that there's something about this baby talk that will really upset Edward. This puts him in a bit of a mood before he visits Bella the night before the wedding.
So, can you imagine if he hadn't spent the night with Bella? I don't have to imagine; I've seen it. Edward would spend the next day by himself, I'd have to send Jasper and Emmett to get him to the wedding on time, and there would definitely not be any consummation of Bella and Edward's status as man and wife. Everything I do has a purpose. Trust me. Really, everyone should.
Confession number six: The bachelor party is a cover. The story is that Emmett and Jasper are taking Edward out to hunt. But we all know Edward doesn't need any hunting, he's been drinking deer like it was going out of vampire style. They need to get him alone to let him read their minds. He needs to do this before the wedding. It gets ugly if he finds out about the Volturi any later than that. It puts some serious kinks in the wedding ceremony, and don't even think about a honeymoon.
The bachelor party is also the reason that Jasper and I have to wait to be together. I'm cool about waiting. Weddings make people do things in bed they wouldn't think of otherwise. Plus, it makes it all lovely dovey too, like icing on a Jasper cupcake.
Confession number seven: This isn't the end. The day after the wedding it's off to work again. And this time there will be no reason for me to send Jasper out alone. I'm never letting him do anything like that without me again.
Back to work? Right. Well you didn't think Jane was going to give up that easy did you? She was almost annihilated. She hates us now more than ever. I've got the wedding announcement ready. Hey, it worked last time with the invitation, kind of. OK, it didn't work at all. But it could have, there was always that possibility. And there's the possibility that it might work again. I don't even want to think about the alternative.
I love Edward. And I love Bella too. I've been pushing for this from the very beginning. No way I'm going to let anything come between them now.
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