Chapter 70 - Fireworks & Dream Homes

Disclaimer- Stephenie still owns the usual suspects.
I own my original characters and original story.


**For those of you who haven't read the most recent 'Love Rescue Me', just letting you know that I'm not going to rehash all the gory details here, so you really should give it a read. It's #51 (actually chapters 68-69 'On the Road to Sin City'), and contains all the antics from Emmett's bachelor party. In a word, it's INSANE.


*We begin this chapter where we left off in V&V…Enjoy!

****V&V****

As soon as I heard Christopher's voice from the sitting room, I trudged out there expecting to find Edward with him. "Hello sweetness!" Chris sang as he ran over to hug me, his words coming out in a rush. "It's so good to see you. Too much drama tonight! I think I've aged ten years. Is Alice sleeping?"

"No, she and Rose went to help my Dad. Evidently Emmett and Jasper have been a handful."

Chris put his hand over his heart and let out a breath. "Oh thank God for that" He began to say something else, but was cut off by the screams we heard emanating from Jennie and Marlene's bedroom.

Chapter 71 - Ultimatums & Quality Time

I had something important on my mind, and it was time to have a long overdue conversation with my best friend. During all the dark days before meeting Edward, she had been the one person who could successfully talk me down from the ledge.

As I'd told her before, she was my person. If anyone could soothe my anxiety over having sex with Edward, it was my soon to be sister, Rosalie.

"Are you sure you won't reconsider?" Edward asked as he put on his jacket.

Today, Edward and Emmett were having lunch with Clint, as in Clint Eastwood. They had originally asked me and Rosalie to attend, but knowing that they were going to try to get Clint on board with an attempt to prank my father, I came to the conclusion that the less I knew about it, the better.

Besides, I wasn't in the mood to meet Clint. I had enough on my plate without putting myself through that. Rose didn't want to go without me, so she declined the offer as well.

Chapter 72 - Wedding Dances & Viral Video

From where we waited in the hall, I could hear soft music and the voice of the deejay as he spoke to the wedding guests.

'Ladies and Gentlemen, at this time, would everyone please stand to welcome the members of the wedding party.'

Harriet, God bless her, had taken it upon herself to swap places with me, so that I could enter the ballroom arm in arm with my fiancé. She'd even sent word to the deejay so that he would announce our names correctly.

I hesitated, not wanting to hurt Charlie's feelings, to which my father merely laughed and told me to walk with Edward.

Once inside, we were greeted by a sea of friendly faces. I smiled back, even though I didn't know half of the people in attendance. Edward flashed his Hollywood smile, and I swear I saw a couple of women swoon.

I giggled at their reaction. He did the same thing to me, although I liked to think I'd become good at hiding it in public.

Yeah right.

Chapter 73 - Dinner Cruises & Love Letters

Edward and I shared identical alarmed looks as we bolted back into my building. We both fished our cell phones out at the same time. "Damn it." Edward muttered. "It's dead."

I looked at my screen. "Seven missed calls." I'd silenced the ringer while we were at Mass that morning, and forgotten to turn it back on. "Two from Rose, two from Alice, one from Charlie, one from Emmett, one from Esme." I sighed.

Once upstairs, we went straight to Emmett and Rose's apartment.

Chapter 74 - Vcards & Vows

Every young girl dreams of her wedding. If someone of the feminine persuasion tries to tell you otherwise, you can be sure that they are lying.

I had dreamt of soft music, and a handsome man waiting to take me away to a brand new life. For years, I'd convinced myself that the old dream of my childhood was unattainable.

It turned out that the reality was so much better than the dream.

I leaned on my father more than I actually needed to as we exited the small waiting room and stood in the vestibule. Edward's mother had already been seated; we had only to wait for the music to change; that would be our queue to begin the procession down the short aisle to the altar.

Chapter 75 - Tropical Sands & Blue Lagoons

I was beginning to think that I should have gone to Mass alone.

Who am I kidding? There was no way I was going to be parted from Edward

It was the day after our wedding, and we were seated in St. James Cathedral listening to the Archbishop's homily. Actually I was pretending to listen. More often than not, I was shooting glances from the corner of my eye at my gorgeous husband; the same husband who kept sliding the hand that rested between us closer to me until his fingertips were brushing against the side of my leg.

I didn't stop him. I probably should have, but I just didn't.

Chapter 76 - Workouts & Sex Drinks

"Hello Alice," I said as I lay back in my beach chair, watching my husband swim in the ocean. "Is everything okay?"

"Everything's fine. Why wouldn't it be?"

"Your message sounded kind of urgent. Are you sure you're not hiding something?"

I was interrupted by my sister-in-law's giggles. "No, just wanted to make sure you'd call," she paused. "So, um, how'd that windsurfing lesson go?" I heard Rosalie's unmistakable laughter in the background.

Chapter 77 - Fairtytale Cottages & Happy Tears

After Mass on Sunday, Lou drove us to Wolvercote Cemetery. Our visit to Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey a couple of days before had made me wonder where Professor Tolkien's grave was located. After about five minutes research on the internet, we had our answer.

Edward was quiet as we paid our respects and I placed the flowers I'd chosen on the grave of Tolkien and his wife. "He didn't last long after her death did he?" he asked in a somber tone.

I shook my head. "Less than two years. From what I've read, he was lost without her." I sighed heavily. "They loved each other very much, and were married for over fifty years."