Shit.

I was late, once again, for meeting up with Alice and Bella. Alice was gonna kill me, again. Bella probably wouldn't give a damn.

As I neared the coffee shop, I rechecked my appearance in the window of New Look. Face – fine. Clothes – great. Body – constantly ideal. Hair – hmm. It was a little messy.

Oh well. I couldn't afford to stop now. It was already ten to twelve and I was supposed to be there at eleven thirty. I had lost the keys to the car and spent at least ten minutes rushing round the house panicking that I didn't have enough money to buy a new set at the moment.

Of course, they were in my hand all along. I guess I should be used to that by now.

Then I couldn't find a parking space in the midget of a place they call the car park, so I had to park it miles away which meant I had to walk back to the tea rooms, without a clue how to get there because I had to come from the opposite direction from which I normally come.

Phew. Better late than never, I keep telling Alice.

The sound of the 'ping!' the door made when I opened it alerted Alice and Bella to my presence and they beckoned me over. Alice started on me the moment I sat down, all smiles.

'I can't believe you're late AGAIN Rosalie; how do manage it? Just give yourself at least five hours, I keep telling you and then it won't be a problem!'

I ignored Alice. 'How are you, Bella?' I set my bag down on the floor and smile at her.

'Yeah I'm fine, thanks. Actually, I'm more than fine.' She breaks out into a huge beam and I start to get a little suspicious.

So does Alice. 'What do you mean?' She gasps suddenly. 'You've won the lottery! Oh my gosh, you've won the LOTTERY!'

'Alice! No, I haven't won the lottery. Believe me. I wouldn't be telling if I had; I'd just be spending it all.' I am prepared to start feeling a little shocked at her but then realised, if Alice was around, SHE wouldn't be going anywhere near any of my precious money.

'What is it, then?' I ask.

Bella takes a deep breath and lifts up her left hand, the back of it facing her two best friends. I stare at it for a moment, a little confused, then I locate something on her fourth finger. A very expensive something.

That's not –

That can't be –

Oh. My. Gosh.

Alice screamed. I just sat there in shock.

'You're getting MARRIED?' Bella nodded.

'Wow. Married…' I couldn't get my head around it. 'But…but Edward never told us.'

'I guess he wanted it to be a complete surprise, for everybody,' she was grinning her head off.

'Wow,' I said again. 'Wow! Oh my gosh! WOW! congratulations!' There you go, it was just starting to hit.

Bella laughed, slightly hysterically.

Alice just wanted to know the details. 'When? Where? How?' With as little questioning as she could manage, it appeared.

'Well…it was in Paris. Where he took me for Valentines Day, remember?' We both nodded, already hooked. 'I thought it seemed a bit extreme, you know, taking me to PARIS, just for Valentines Day, but I wasn't going to complain,' she laughed. It was at dinner, in the middle of the restaurant, unfortunately –'we rolled our eyes. 'So everyone could see us, but you know, I wasn't really worrying about THAT just then. He just slid onto one knee and took out a tiffany's box, containing this.' She flashed her ring at us again.

'Let me see that properly,' I said grabbing her hand. Alice and I stroked it and gazed at it for about half and hour. It had a silver band with a single diamond, which was square cut and it twinkled and shone from every angle. It was simple, but so beautiful and elegant that I couldn't take my eyes away.

Bella was just laughing. 'I understand though,' she said. 'I did exactly that all the way back on the Euro star; Edward got a bit annoyed in the end.'

'I want one,' I complained.

'Me too,' Alice sighed. We both looked at her for a moment. Then I decided to state the obvious.

'You have one,' I stated, in case she had forgotten. 'You also have a wedding ring to match. Bella doesn't have one of the those yet.'

Alice studied her own for a moment. 'Mine is gorgeous,' she admitted. 'But that one…' she gestured in the general direction of Bella's left hand, with a look of wonder on her face. And I understood what she meant. My facial expression resumed hers.

Bella patted my hand. 'It's ok Rose, your time will come. You just haven't met the right guy yet,'

I sighed, helplessly. 'I know. Although he better get a move on because I am feeling severely left out without an engagement ring to parade round.'

We talked for another half hour or so, until Alice ruined it with the bringing up of the subject of work. It was alright for her, though, she was up there in the middle of it all with her new designer range at no. 1 in the shops. Even Bella had nothing to dread; she had just launched her new (and 4th) book, 'chasing the dream' and was about to start on her 5th. I, however, was stuck in a stupid, boring office job for the rest of my life and if someone won't throw me a lifeline I think it will be forever.

Because I have absolutely no motivation to go and look for one myself.

Then Bella brought up something very exciting.

'Ok, so I was thinking about bridesmaids and all and of course you two will be them!' Alice AND me screamed that time. 'Then I thought, what about maid of honour? And I just couldn't decide between you both and so I decided…that hey! It's MY wedding. I can have what I want! So you are BOTH being maids of honour! If you want,' she added anxiously. We screamed again.

'When do we start?' Alice asked eagerly. Trust her.

'Well, I will have to get back to you because I need to talk to Edward etc etc bla bla bla boring boring,' she grinned.

We said our good byes and left shortly after that. I skipped down the road, sure that Alice and Bella were probably doing the same. I was SO excited!