I started pinning flowers on the walls. Emmett and Jasper were setting up chairs, Esme and Carlisle were working on the alter and Rosalie was selecting the muziki for later today. I decided to listen to Liz's beautiful voice.
"Alice, I think I know why my lips are soft, though I can't yet explain why my eyes are purple."
"Explain,"Alice commanded. Suddenly I knew everyone was listening in.
"Well, it just occured to me, couldn't being human be an ability? Couldn't that be why I'm different?"
"It could, but it doesn't make sense. Being a vampire is a step up from being human."
"I see your point,"she countered," and here's another idea, what if my lips are soft because they have to be. What if my lips have to be soft to absorb the power?"
"That one makes zaidi sense,"she gave in,"did everyone hear that?"
Everybody replied yes. But afterwards all was quiet. Those upstairs and down. The decorations were in place and the carpet rolled down. I looked out the window, the sky was lighting and the sun was peeking over the mti tops and mountains. Everyone headed upstairs to collect their outfits for the wedding. I followed behind.
Edward, wewe better stay out if wewe know what's good for you.
I followed to the doorway and waited outside for Alice to hand me my gloves and tux. Then I went back to my room to dress myself. I came out fully dressed and listened to the girls talking in Alice's room. Carlisle would be the priest for out ceremony. I walked down the stairs, listening to the Volturi driving back. Not long after they were being seated. I took my place at the alter and watched as everyone prepared for their roles. Rosalie was the only female member downstairs, and she sat at the kinanda starting her first piece. It was the signal that the wedding was starting and that made me smile. It was also the signal to the girls upstairs. My smile widened while I anxiously waited for my bride to come. This was the happiest siku in my life. I listened for the change in muziki as Alice decended the stairs and made her way up the aisle. How many times I had watched them make their way to the alter and now it was my turn.
Finally the muziki changed and Liz's light footsteps decended the stairs. I watched as the most beautiful girl in the world decended the stairs. If I were playing, I would have sped up the music. I was impatient for her arrival, but mostly excited. I would finally be able to call her my wife. My better half. Her dress was beautiful and it made her stand out. She finally stopped and turned to face me. My smile never left my lips.
When it came, she replied in a clear and radiant voice,"I do."
And I replied when it was my turn,"I do,"so proud of the young woman standing before me, and so in upendo with her.
"I now pronounce wewe husband and wife, wewe may kiss the bride."
I wrapped my arms around her and she placed hers around my neck. When our lips met, I felt a slight shock, but it was a good one. Her lips warmed mine, though the heat was increasing and the pleasure great, I broke the kiss and led her back down the aisle and throught the door, where the mchele was thrown. We headed to the front yard, where the reception was to take place and started the music. Everyone followed us out and the dancing started. We danced with different people through out the reception and met back with each other. It was too soon when Alice interupted to remind us of our flight. She grabbed Liz kwa the wrist and led her back inside. I followed but went further in to change. Then, after grabbing my already packed suitcase, I waited for her at the bottom of the stairs. She came down wearing a dark purple dress with Alice carrying her suitcase and we headed through the door where the rest of the mchele was thrown. I unlocked the shina of my volvo, which Emmett had driven up, and Alice put both suitcases in the trunk, while Liz and I got in. After seatbelts were on and the shina was shut, we sped off into the distance.
"So where are we going?"
"You'll see, I don't want to spoil the surprise, so my thoughts will be guarded."
"Ok, so I guess I'll just have to wait,"she paused," I know wewe don't want to go to the Volturi."
I kept myself calm before speaking up.
"And wewe are right on that assumption,"I replied.
"Then why didn't wewe persuade me to stay and decline their invitation?"
"Because I feel it was your decision, I myself would have declined, but it was your choice, not mine,"I stated honestly.
"I know wewe don't, but I'm curious, I know we'll be hunting animals, I don't want to go human, but that wewe chose to go with me, rather than force me not to go, that wewe understand my opinion, rather than object it, shows me how much wewe upendo me. I am greatful for that, that wewe are willing to put aside your hatred for the Volturi and allow my feelings to take priority, is the best wedding present I could have, besides wewe of course. Thank wewe for this."
"I will always follow you, and I will do what needs to be done, because I can't live without wewe and because I upendo you."
I slowed down, now that we had reached the airport. I parked the car and then grabbed our suitcases out of the trunk. I locked the doors and then headed inside with the upendo of my afterlife walking beside me.
"Why are they all staring, it's weird,"she broke the silence.
"They're staring because you're absolutely gorgeous,"I replied smiling.
"If I could blush, I would be."
My smile grew, but I didn't laugh, I heard the thoughts of a traitor nearby.
What happens if Edward sees her, Liz thought.
"What happens if I see who."
I followed her line of vision towards the heartbreaker and her dog companion. I ignored them, hoping they didn't notice us walking near them.
"I hate that. I don't eavesdrop on your conversations."
"Sorry, I'm just used to it. Besides, I'm zaidi tuned to your thoughts because I upendo you,"I alisema passing Bella, but she saw me, I felt it.
"You upendo her,"she alisema her voice cracking,"what about me? Did that upendo just deminish?"
"Bella,"I acted surprised,"what are wewe doing here?"
"We're going to her mom's,"Jacob cut in,"what about wewe bloodsucker?"
"Of course the dog would be with you."
"Hello Bella, I see wewe haven't changed much,"Liz broke in.
"That's because wewe can't be bitten to become a werewolf,"she replied snidely.
"So wewe remember me then,"Liz stated, just as mean,"would wewe know what we did today?"
"You probably died a few days zamani and I have nothing to say to a bloodsucker,"so she was using his terms now,"except how the rest of the family is doing."
"Bella,"Jacob warned,"don't talk to them, he broke your moyo and he obviously doesn't want to talk to you, see his new slutpire?"
"Slut, did wewe really just call me a slut,"Liz asked, outraged,"I don't know wewe and wewe don't know me, so I suggest wewe stop the freaking name calling and mind your own business. And Bella, we're all doing fine without you, and kwa we're I mean MY family. The one wewe decided to no longer involve yourself with. My husband and I don't need this, we're on our way to our honeymoon, something wewe really missed out on."
I looked at her surprised, she really had a lot of anger towards Bella. But I had to speak up, to let Bella know that I wanted nothing to do with her.
"Bella, can I talk to wewe alone, please?"
"Jacob, please go stand over there."
"No, Bella, I won't let wewe get hurt any further."
"Jacob, please,"she pleaded.
"Fine!"
Liz looked at me,"I'll let wewe talk,"and then followed Jacob. I waited for them to be a salama distance away before turning back to Bella.
"I'm sorry to disapoint you, but I can't talk to wewe anymore."
"Why Edward, why can't wewe just listen?"
"Go ahead, I'll listen, but keep in mind, I have a flight to catch."
"Okay, I know I hurt you, just as bad as wewe hurt me, if not worse, but I need wewe Edward. I want to marry you, never age with you, to hunt with you, I want it so badly. I want to be your... your wife, something I never thought I'd want, but I truly do. I upendo wewe Edward. Take me back."
"I can't. That woman was telling the truth. We just got married today, we're on our way to our honeymoon. I still upendo wewe Bella, something that will never stop, but I upendo Liz more, zaidi than I could upendo anyone else."
"No, Edward, I don't believe you, I know wewe still want me, just as I want you. wewe need me and I need you. We complete each other, something that bimbo over there wouldn't understand."
"Bella, I understand how wewe feel, that's how I felt the siku wewe chose the werewolf over me on our wedding day. wewe chose him and I had to live with that. But wewe hurting me so badly opened my moyo and I fell in upendo with Liz. I will always upendo my wife. wewe married Jacob, wewe married him, but I married someone who is closer to me than wewe ever were."
"How could you, how could wewe be closer to some other girl than wewe were to me. We were meant to be together, meant to never be apart."
"Yet here we stand, both married, both in love. Your husband is talking to my wife."
"But Edward, divorces are easy, we can get married."
"I will never divorce Liz, I married for the right reason. I will never leave Liz."
"Why won't you? I know I chose wrong now, please Edward, I need you, I know who I can't live without."
"I'm sorry Bella, Ineed wewe to understand. wewe chose Jacob, no one forced you, and I got over it. I fell in love, my moyo was mended kwa that beautiful woman over there with Jacob. She taught me to upendo again. She taught me about how even when everyone you've ever loved has been lost, wewe can still recover. She Lost her parents to drugs, she was beat up kwa the dealers who tried to get the money her parents owed from her. How even though she was all alone, she found someone to love. She loves me, really loves me and I her. I can't do this anymore Bella, I can't deal with wewe anymore."
"No Edward, I don't accept that. I know wewe upendo me, I remember how often wewe told me wewe loved me. How can this be any different? I think she's just a replacement for me, look at her."
"Bella, do I have to repeat myself? I may have loved you, but I upendo her zaidi than I have ever loved anyone else and nothing wewe can say will change my mind. wewe chose Jacob and now wewe have to live with that decision. Now, my wife and I must get to our plane, so we don't miss it. Goodbye Bella, I don't expect to see wewe anytime soon."
"Edward, please! wewe can't expect me to believe that. That wewe got over me, since I've never gotten over you. I will see wewe again. I will make wewe upendo me."
"Come Liz, we have a plane to catch."
Liz returned to my side and I lifted both suitcases and walked away from Bella, never glancing back. I listened as Jacob and Bella argued. Then went to our departure point. After giving them our tickets, we boarded the plane, taking the first class seats we paid for.
"Alice, I think I know why my lips are soft, though I can't yet explain why my eyes are purple."
"Explain,"Alice commanded. Suddenly I knew everyone was listening in.
"Well, it just occured to me, couldn't being human be an ability? Couldn't that be why I'm different?"
"It could, but it doesn't make sense. Being a vampire is a step up from being human."
"I see your point,"she countered," and here's another idea, what if my lips are soft because they have to be. What if my lips have to be soft to absorb the power?"
"That one makes zaidi sense,"she gave in,"did everyone hear that?"
Everybody replied yes. But afterwards all was quiet. Those upstairs and down. The decorations were in place and the carpet rolled down. I looked out the window, the sky was lighting and the sun was peeking over the mti tops and mountains. Everyone headed upstairs to collect their outfits for the wedding. I followed behind.
Edward, wewe better stay out if wewe know what's good for you.
I followed to the doorway and waited outside for Alice to hand me my gloves and tux. Then I went back to my room to dress myself. I came out fully dressed and listened to the girls talking in Alice's room. Carlisle would be the priest for out ceremony. I walked down the stairs, listening to the Volturi driving back. Not long after they were being seated. I took my place at the alter and watched as everyone prepared for their roles. Rosalie was the only female member downstairs, and she sat at the kinanda starting her first piece. It was the signal that the wedding was starting and that made me smile. It was also the signal to the girls upstairs. My smile widened while I anxiously waited for my bride to come. This was the happiest siku in my life. I listened for the change in muziki as Alice decended the stairs and made her way up the aisle. How many times I had watched them make their way to the alter and now it was my turn.
Finally the muziki changed and Liz's light footsteps decended the stairs. I watched as the most beautiful girl in the world decended the stairs. If I were playing, I would have sped up the music. I was impatient for her arrival, but mostly excited. I would finally be able to call her my wife. My better half. Her dress was beautiful and it made her stand out. She finally stopped and turned to face me. My smile never left my lips.
When it came, she replied in a clear and radiant voice,"I do."
And I replied when it was my turn,"I do,"so proud of the young woman standing before me, and so in upendo with her.
"I now pronounce wewe husband and wife, wewe may kiss the bride."
I wrapped my arms around her and she placed hers around my neck. When our lips met, I felt a slight shock, but it was a good one. Her lips warmed mine, though the heat was increasing and the pleasure great, I broke the kiss and led her back down the aisle and throught the door, where the mchele was thrown. We headed to the front yard, where the reception was to take place and started the music. Everyone followed us out and the dancing started. We danced with different people through out the reception and met back with each other. It was too soon when Alice interupted to remind us of our flight. She grabbed Liz kwa the wrist and led her back inside. I followed but went further in to change. Then, after grabbing my already packed suitcase, I waited for her at the bottom of the stairs. She came down wearing a dark purple dress with Alice carrying her suitcase and we headed through the door where the rest of the mchele was thrown. I unlocked the shina of my volvo, which Emmett had driven up, and Alice put both suitcases in the trunk, while Liz and I got in. After seatbelts were on and the shina was shut, we sped off into the distance.
"So where are we going?"
"You'll see, I don't want to spoil the surprise, so my thoughts will be guarded."
"Ok, so I guess I'll just have to wait,"she paused," I know wewe don't want to go to the Volturi."
I kept myself calm before speaking up.
"And wewe are right on that assumption,"I replied.
"Then why didn't wewe persuade me to stay and decline their invitation?"
"Because I feel it was your decision, I myself would have declined, but it was your choice, not mine,"I stated honestly.
"I know wewe don't, but I'm curious, I know we'll be hunting animals, I don't want to go human, but that wewe chose to go with me, rather than force me not to go, that wewe understand my opinion, rather than object it, shows me how much wewe upendo me. I am greatful for that, that wewe are willing to put aside your hatred for the Volturi and allow my feelings to take priority, is the best wedding present I could have, besides wewe of course. Thank wewe for this."
"I will always follow you, and I will do what needs to be done, because I can't live without wewe and because I upendo you."
I slowed down, now that we had reached the airport. I parked the car and then grabbed our suitcases out of the trunk. I locked the doors and then headed inside with the upendo of my afterlife walking beside me.
"Why are they all staring, it's weird,"she broke the silence.
"They're staring because you're absolutely gorgeous,"I replied smiling.
"If I could blush, I would be."
My smile grew, but I didn't laugh, I heard the thoughts of a traitor nearby.
What happens if Edward sees her, Liz thought.
"What happens if I see who."
I followed her line of vision towards the heartbreaker and her dog companion. I ignored them, hoping they didn't notice us walking near them.
"I hate that. I don't eavesdrop on your conversations."
"Sorry, I'm just used to it. Besides, I'm zaidi tuned to your thoughts because I upendo you,"I alisema passing Bella, but she saw me, I felt it.
"You upendo her,"she alisema her voice cracking,"what about me? Did that upendo just deminish?"
"Bella,"I acted surprised,"what are wewe doing here?"
"We're going to her mom's,"Jacob cut in,"what about wewe bloodsucker?"
"Of course the dog would be with you."
"Hello Bella, I see wewe haven't changed much,"Liz broke in.
"That's because wewe can't be bitten to become a werewolf,"she replied snidely.
"So wewe remember me then,"Liz stated, just as mean,"would wewe know what we did today?"
"You probably died a few days zamani and I have nothing to say to a bloodsucker,"so she was using his terms now,"except how the rest of the family is doing."
"Bella,"Jacob warned,"don't talk to them, he broke your moyo and he obviously doesn't want to talk to you, see his new slutpire?"
"Slut, did wewe really just call me a slut,"Liz asked, outraged,"I don't know wewe and wewe don't know me, so I suggest wewe stop the freaking name calling and mind your own business. And Bella, we're all doing fine without you, and kwa we're I mean MY family. The one wewe decided to no longer involve yourself with. My husband and I don't need this, we're on our way to our honeymoon, something wewe really missed out on."
I looked at her surprised, she really had a lot of anger towards Bella. But I had to speak up, to let Bella know that I wanted nothing to do with her.
"Bella, can I talk to wewe alone, please?"
"Jacob, please go stand over there."
"No, Bella, I won't let wewe get hurt any further."
"Jacob, please,"she pleaded.
"Fine!"
Liz looked at me,"I'll let wewe talk,"and then followed Jacob. I waited for them to be a salama distance away before turning back to Bella.
"I'm sorry to disapoint you, but I can't talk to wewe anymore."
"Why Edward, why can't wewe just listen?"
"Go ahead, I'll listen, but keep in mind, I have a flight to catch."
"Okay, I know I hurt you, just as bad as wewe hurt me, if not worse, but I need wewe Edward. I want to marry you, never age with you, to hunt with you, I want it so badly. I want to be your... your wife, something I never thought I'd want, but I truly do. I upendo wewe Edward. Take me back."
"I can't. That woman was telling the truth. We just got married today, we're on our way to our honeymoon. I still upendo wewe Bella, something that will never stop, but I upendo Liz more, zaidi than I could upendo anyone else."
"No, Edward, I don't believe you, I know wewe still want me, just as I want you. wewe need me and I need you. We complete each other, something that bimbo over there wouldn't understand."
"Bella, I understand how wewe feel, that's how I felt the siku wewe chose the werewolf over me on our wedding day. wewe chose him and I had to live with that. But wewe hurting me so badly opened my moyo and I fell in upendo with Liz. I will always upendo my wife. wewe married Jacob, wewe married him, but I married someone who is closer to me than wewe ever were."
"How could you, how could wewe be closer to some other girl than wewe were to me. We were meant to be together, meant to never be apart."
"Yet here we stand, both married, both in love. Your husband is talking to my wife."
"But Edward, divorces are easy, we can get married."
"I will never divorce Liz, I married for the right reason. I will never leave Liz."
"Why won't you? I know I chose wrong now, please Edward, I need you, I know who I can't live without."
"I'm sorry Bella, Ineed wewe to understand. wewe chose Jacob, no one forced you, and I got over it. I fell in love, my moyo was mended kwa that beautiful woman over there with Jacob. She taught me to upendo again. She taught me about how even when everyone you've ever loved has been lost, wewe can still recover. She Lost her parents to drugs, she was beat up kwa the dealers who tried to get the money her parents owed from her. How even though she was all alone, she found someone to love. She loves me, really loves me and I her. I can't do this anymore Bella, I can't deal with wewe anymore."
"No Edward, I don't accept that. I know wewe upendo me, I remember how often wewe told me wewe loved me. How can this be any different? I think she's just a replacement for me, look at her."
"Bella, do I have to repeat myself? I may have loved you, but I upendo her zaidi than I have ever loved anyone else and nothing wewe can say will change my mind. wewe chose Jacob and now wewe have to live with that decision. Now, my wife and I must get to our plane, so we don't miss it. Goodbye Bella, I don't expect to see wewe anytime soon."
"Edward, please! wewe can't expect me to believe that. That wewe got over me, since I've never gotten over you. I will see wewe again. I will make wewe upendo me."
"Come Liz, we have a plane to catch."
Liz returned to my side and I lifted both suitcases and walked away from Bella, never glancing back. I listened as Jacob and Bella argued. Then went to our departure point. After giving them our tickets, we boarded the plane, taking the first class seats we paid for.
