A/N -I sincerely apologize to the fans of my story who have waited this long for another chapter. I was caught up in school and I have lost members of my family and friends that have left me overwhelmed and unwilling to write. Be that as it may, I will finish this story because for the first time in about a year I feel up to it. When I finish I will revise this story. I was re-reading my story and have found that it is not as precise as I had wanted it to be. My writing skills have changed immensely and I am truly disappointed at my lack of plot at the time… That being said here is the next chapter! Oh don't forget to review ;)

Disclaimer: I am definitely not Stephenie Meyer, and I do not own the characters though I wish I did…

Previously;

He looks so beautiful. I tried to increase the pace of my walking, but Charlie held me back. I looked into Edward's eyes

and was fixed in a trance and I could not look away even if I wanted to. His golden eyes bore into mine and it felt as though I could see his soul, I

think he was thinking the same thing.

"You look gorgeous, my Bella." He whispered to me and I almost melted in his arms. Charlie took my hand and placed it into Edwards and the

Ceremony started.

Chapter 17

Of

Life Without Meaning

Bella POV

With the love of my life holding my hands to his, there was no other place I would wish to be. We stared intently at each other, blinded by our love. Edward began his vows after the priest had welcomed everyone…

"I love you, my Bella, with everything that I have. I want to give the world to you and spend the rest of my life with you." he winked at me and I giggled.

"I have been enchanted by you since the very first time I laid my eyes on you in school. I promise to cherish you like the perfect woman you are, and I will forever question how I ended up getting so lucky. I have never met anyone so selfless, so beautiful down to the very core of his or her soul. I do not know what I did in my past life to ever come close to being able to deserve you, but I am utterly grateful that I can walk in public with you on my arm and say, "This is my gorgeous wife." My love for you is undeniable, unbreakable, and impenetrable. Never doubt my undying affection for you. You are my everything. Shakespeare had said in Romeo and Juliet "Come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy, that one short minute gives me in her sight." This perfectly describes my need to be with you always and everywhere, because I love you with a passion so deep that my heart aches when you are not beside me." I had not realized I had been crying until it was my turn to say my vows.

"My Edward, you are my soul mate. We are no longer separate beings, for our lives are intertwined together with steel cables that will never weaken or break but grow stronger throughout time. I need you as I need the air to breath. Without you, I am nothing. Just a half of a human being. You are my other half and I am jovial about spending eternity with the love of my life. The way our relationship progressed can only be described as love at first sight and I cannot fathom living one single minute without you. "She will die if you love her not, and she will die ere she might make her love known." This quote sums up how without you I am no one. You bring out the best in me. I will be forever in a trance making me believe that this is just a dream and I will awake back into reality. I will love you forever and always." I gave Edward a quick peck on the cheek, and heard a chorus of "awe."

"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride!" With that, Edward took me into a loving embrace and kissed me passionately. We broke away at the sound of our family clearing their throats.

"Congratulations!" My mother ran up to Edward and I as my father patiently waited next to Renee, as a line began to form. Next were Carlisle and Esme, who if she could she looked as though she would be crying like my mother right now, the rest of the Cullens, our friends, and beautiful people I had never met before.

"Bella, these are the Denali's." There were four women and one man that greeted me warmly.

"I'm Tanya, but we will get acquainted later on in the evening." The strawberry blonde walked away with the rest of her family in tow.

Edward kissed me gently before whispering in my ear "let's go show off my exquisite wife, shall we?"

I nodded and murmured back "only if we can showcase my handsome husband." He grinned at my comment and took me into the backyard where I was assaulted by flashes of numerous cameras.

"Mr. and Mrs. Cullen will now begin their first dance." My eyes widened slightly at the sound of dancing, but I knew that as long as I had Edward everything would be fine.

My lullaby that Edward had composed began to play and I was on the verge of tears. It was not just my song anymore, for it was our song. We began swaying and twirling to the symphony of our love. Our dance ended much sooner than I would have liked when Charlie tapped Edward on the shoulder.

The father daughter dance. Fantastic. It's not that I would not like to dance with my father but the fact that we both have left feet could be detrimental to society. We played it safe and ended up only swaying around because I did not want to be in a hospital the eve of my wedding night. As soon as "You are my Sunshine."(A/n that is the best song to be a father daughter dance.) ended Edward came right back to me for a second dance.

"I am the happiest man alive. I behold my wife, the loveliest creature that ever walked this earth, and I can not help but feel unworthy of your love." Edward's eyes were as soft as butter, and he said those words with such fervor that I could not help but believe him.

"Then that makes me the most blissful woman alive, because you are the best husband a girl could even imagine." Just as he was about to kiss me again Emmett broke in and said "Save it for the honeymoon you two! You're making us all sick just watching you two lovebirds." I blushed a deep scarlet color at Emmett's comment. He asked me to dance.

"Well, Mrs. Cullen it seems like I have a limited amount of time to make you blush so I guess I only have this time to make up for the rest of eternity." He grinned deviously, and began discussing various occurrences and my honeymoon that would usually have me blushing like a schoolgirl and then he would burst out laughing.

My cheeks felt like they were permanently inflamed by the time our dance was over. I was passed off and danced with literally everyone. I found my way back to Edward after what seemed like forever. We did not need to speak to communicate. We simply stared into each other's eyes until Alice grabbed both of our hands and dragged us over to the table that held our monstrosity of a cake.

"It is time to cut the cake!" She was practically bouncing in anticipation. She gave us the cake knife and as we both cut the first slices of cake, what seemed like a million flashes blinded my eyes. We tenderly fed each other a portion of the cake while Emmett was chanting "Shove it in his face!"

Out of nowhere Emmett pulled a microphone from behind his back. "It is now time for the best part of this shindig. The best man's speech!" Oh no. We all told him that there would not be any speeches, but leave it to Emmett to defy the orders of others.

"I am the best man here." I groaned as I could see where this disaster was headed. "I just wanted to shed some light on the fact that this is a shotgun wedding and Bella is pregnant." gasps escaped everyone and I was glaring daggers at him. " Just kidding. I really had you going there though didn't I? obviously these kids love each other and for the first time in my life I am proud to call Edward my brother." laughter and giggles escaped the mouths of our guests. "Bella was already my sister before they got married, now it is just official. I love you guys, and before anyone tries to attacks and takes my microphone away, Congratulations, love doves!"

I cannot wait till I am a newborn because I am so getting him back for that. As the reception began to wind down Alice appeared out of thin air and told Edward and I that we had to leave in twenty minutes in order to arrive for our flight.

Esme, Renee, Alice, and Rosalie took me upstairs to get out of my stunning wedding dress, and into my midnight blue going away dress.

"I cannot believe my baby is all grown up and married." She was close to tears when I hugged her.

"I love you mom." I said after saying my goodbyes to the rest of the family. "Where is Charlie?" I asked Alice.

"Outside of the door waiting for you to come out." She smiled as we all departed the room into a slight sea of people.

"I'm gonna miss you, Bells. The food is never the same without you." We hugged awkwardly and I kissed him on the cheek.

"Goodbye dad." Edward walked over to us and shook Charlie's hand. Everyone was lined up outside waiting for Edward and I to leave. We approached the door, and ran out because vast amounts of rice were being thrown. I knew Emmett was probably the suspect. I tripped getting into the car and I heard behind me "smooth, Bella!" Everyone waved at us and the car sped away into the night.

Yay! It is about time that I finally finished Chapter 17. It has been taunting me for months that I had left something unfinished. Don't worry I WILL post again for the next chapter and it will be the honeymoon…I wonder where it will be? Guess right and I'll post the next chapter earlier. I need motivation. Review! I seriously need some positive comments right now.