An Eclipse in time

Chapter 7, 8 and 9

Chapter 7:Bella and Elijah's wedding

Bella and Sage were sewing Bella's wedding dress and used the quiet time to talk. They were alone in Sage and Finn's house, while their men were hunting their dinner.

"Are you sure you want to become a vampire now? You could wait a while..." Bella told Sage.

"Why would I want to wait?" Sage asked Bella.

"Don't you want children?" The brunette asked her friend.

"I've talked about it with Finn before the wedding... When I was a child I got really sick and the doctor said I would never be able to have children. Changing me now or later wouldn't change anything for us." The red-haired woman replied.

"I'm sorry..." Bella said softly.

"I've made my peace with it a long time ago. We will always be able to adopt later, I've discussed it with Finn and once we're in control of everything we will work on helping abused children and women..." Sage told her newest friend.

"That's very noble." Bella declared, not surprised.

"You don't seem surprised..." Sage noted.

"I'm not... Even though I never got to meet you, Damon told me everything I needed to know. You helped women in the whole world. If I was raised to believe men and women were equals and had the same rights it was mainly because of all the work you did to gain us those rights!" Bella told her.

"Well, it's nice to know I'll do something right!" Sage smiled.

After a moment of silence, Bella spoke up:

"Sage... How was it... you know... your first time with Finn..." Bella started to ask shyly with a soft blush creeping on her face.

"You mean making love?" Sage asked the girl she now considered her sister.

"Yes." Bella whispered.

"It was wonderful! I mean... It hurts a little the very first time... But then the pleasure takes the pain away. You will be a little sore the next day but trust me, it will be worth it!" Sage explained.

"I'm nervous... I'm so afraid that Elijah will be disappointed..." Bella whispered, afraid of being overheard.

"He loves you so much he could never be disappointed, even if you turned out to have hairy feet!" Sage chuckled in a soft tone as she hugged the younger woman.

"What if I'm not good at it?" Bella whispered again.

"Honey, as long as you are with the man you love and who loves you, you can't be bad at IT." Sage comforted Bella softly.

"Did you and Finn... you know... did some things before you got married?" The younger woman asked her friend.

"Well, if you're asking if we made love before then the answer is no. However we didn't just kiss. We touched each others over our clothes... Sometimes I'd let him touch me under my dress and I would touch him too..." Sage answered.

"When we work on the house together, before we go home... We took a routine... He takes his shirt off so I can clean him off and he helps me clean off too. It's just my upper chest and my neck for me and his back and chest..." Bella confessed.

"And... Do you want to do more?" Sage already knew the answer from Bella's blush.

"Yes... I love how the touch of his hands on my skin feels. When he pushes my hair to the side to clean of my neck... He's so careful and gentle... It makes me all fuzzy..."