Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight.

Thanks to MeteorOnAMoonlessNight for being my beta and Sara aka Nikki Black and Sukiethree for pre-reading!

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"I don't want to get married."

Edward stared at me like a deer in headlights. "Y-you don't want to get married?"

I sighed heavily. "That came out wrong. I want to get married, but all of this is just... too much. Cakes, and menus, and invitations. I'm just really overwhelmed. I don't even know half the people on our guest list!"

"Don't ever scare me like that again, Isabella. Come on. Let's go. I'll have Alec bring the car around." He walked off quickly.

"Wait, where are we going?" I called out, running behind him.

"To get married. Come on."

"Wait, what?"

It was his turn to sigh. "You don't want the whole huge wedding fiasco, and I get that. It's just not you. It's another reason why I love you. You don't care about this shit." He gestured to the table covered in wedding paraphernalia.

"But my dress, and Katie will be so disappointed—"

"You'll both still wear your dresses." He smirked. "But we're going to change the invitations, it'll be for reception only. Today, today will be for just me and you."

"Really?"

"Yes, really. Now come on!"

It was the fifth of June when we eloped at the justice of the peace.

We were sitting in the back of his car when he grabbed my hand, examining my rings carefully. "I can't believe you're my wife. Honestly, I never thought that I'd find you, the person who completes the other half of me."

"I can't believe I'm your wife, either. You have no clue how much I love you, do you? You complete my other half too, Edward." I leaned in and kissed him softly on the lips before pulling back and realizing what else had happened today. "Oh, my God, I can't believe I'm someone's mom!"

He pulled me closer to him, sensing my impending freakout. "Sweetheart, you've been her mom for much longer than today. She loves you so much."

I took a deep breath, giving him a shaky smile. "You're right. I love her, too."

"Bella?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you ever think about having kids?"

I leaned my head against his chest. "Sometimes, yeah. I do."

"Me, too. I'm ready whenever you are."

"Eventually. But I think we need to practice for a while first."

He tilted my face up to his. "I like the sound of that, Mrs. Cullen. I definitely think we should practice."

Thanks to Tanya, we were able to spend our wedding night wrapped up in each other at The Plaza in Manhattan. Only Edward Cullen could get a room there on such short notice.

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"Sweetheart, come on, you need to wake up," he whispered in my ear. I groaned and snuggled in closer to him.

"Just five more minutes."

He slipped his hand over my hip and between my legs, running his fingers slowly over my mound. "Well, if you're sure. I was hoping to have a little more time with you before we had to check out. But sleep if that's what you'd rather do." He started to pull his hand away as I grabbed at his wrist.

"No, your idea is much better." I moaned as he slid a finger inside of me, slowly pumping it in and out.

"I was hoping you'd see it my way," he breathed against my ear, adding a second finger while his thumb circled my clit slowly. "Have I ever told you how beautiful you are when you're falling apart in my arms?"

"Oh God, Edward, please, please don't stop," I begged as I felt my orgasm quickly approaching.

"Never. I'll never stop loving you," he whispered as I came hard around his fingers.

I rolled into my back, pulling him on top of me, and moaned loudly as he entered me.

"Fuck, I don't know how you feel better each time I'm in you." He grunted as he pulled out and slid back into me over and over.

I wrapped my legs around him, pressing down on him and encouraging him to go deeper. I needed him to let go.

"I can't—oh, God, when you do that Bella—"

"Come for me," I whispered in his ear. "Please, I love watching you come for me."

That was all it took as he groaned loudly, spilling deep inside me.

He collapsed on top of me, breathing heavily. "You're going to kill me, Mrs. Cullen."

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Later, after checking out of the hotel, we headed back home. "Edward, what are we going to tell Katie?"

"I think we'll just tell her the truth. She'll still be happy that she gets to wear her dress and that you're her Mommy."

Thankfully, he had been right.

"I still get to wear my pink dress? And I can call you Mommy?"

I glanced over at Edward with tears in my eyes, and he smiled and nodded at me. "Yeah, you'll still get to wear your dress when we have our big party, and of course you can call me Mommy."

"And I can tell everyone at school that you're my Mommy?"

"You can tell anyone you want to that I'm your Mommy."

"Okay! Can I go play now, Daddy?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"Now we just have to tell our parents and Alice." I sighed.

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"You told them." I glared at Edward.

"What?" He laughed, but he still looked guilty.

"You told Alice, your parents, and my father already! They took it way too well!"

"Fine, you're right. I did. But I just didn't want them to be upset. Especially with your dad not being able to walk you down the aisle. I didn't want you to have to deal with any added stress."

I couldn't stay mad at him, not when he'd done it for my benefit. "Please, just tell me next time?"

"Of course. The next time we elope, I'll tell you that I already told our families."

I slapped him playfully on the chest. "You know what I mean!"

He grabbed my hand and pulled me against him. "I do. I know what you mean, and I promise I'll always fill you in on everything. Speaking of which…"

"What did you do?"

"Just a moment." He left quickly and came back, placing a small box in the palm of my hand.

I opened it slowly and gasped. Sitting in the box was a gold charm in the shape of Italy. "We're going to Italy?"

"Milan to be exact, but yes. You, me, and Katie, along with Tanya, are going to Italy."

I threw my arms around his neck, hugging him tightly. "Thank you."

"You're welcome, sweetheart. I told you, I want to travel the world with you and Katie."

"Not for that. Well, for that, but what I mean is, thank you for this extraordinary life. Being with you, loving you and Katie, is more than I could ever have dreamed. All of this, the traveling, the fancy clothes, they mean nothing without you by my side."

When I looked at him, he had tears in his eyes. "I love you. I was just a shell of myself before you came into my office that night," he whispered before pressing his lips to mine.

I knew exactly what he meant. Before I met him, I was just existing. I wasn't living up to the potential that I now knew I had inside me. It wasn't the new clothes or hair, or the fancy house, it was the fact that someone, Edward, saw what I was capable of and helped me to see it as well.

I'd love him for the rest of my life.

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A/N: I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for going on this journey with me! I hope you've enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!