Chapter – 1
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Dear Diary,
I can't believe how fast the last 14 months have flown by. Between getting my schoolwork done, helping Jake and Embry get their GED's, getting their shop open (with much help from Rose and Emm), weekend trips for all the wedding stuff, keeping an eye on Jess and Maggie, weekly girl's night with Alice and Rosalie and hanging out with Jake every second I can spare, I had barely had time to breath. So sorry I have neglected you so much.
I'll give you a quick rundown of what's been going on. Sam and Em will celebrate their first wedding anniversary next month but no big party since Emily is very pregnant, 6 months and wobbling around. Paul and Rachel decided not to deal with any wedding crap (Paul's words of course) and eloped 3 months ago. Let's just say Billy was not too happy about that. Jared and Kim are still going strong though her parents will not allowed them to marry until she finishes college; good thing is only 16 more months. Quil is still watching over Claire, Seth and Maggie are happily in love (but no wedding plans anytime soon, she refuses to even talk about it until she graduates college) Embry and Nicky are dating, no imprint but I thinks it's only cause she's not totally ready for all that yet, we'll see. She still spends every weekend and school-less days here with us. Jess is still making rounds with all the cute girls within a hundred mile radius as is his wingman Brady. Collin spends most of his time over at the Cullens. Nessie is now about the size of a 5yr old. The rest of the pups are owning up to their responsibility, which is a lot more since the older wolves are running a lot less. Leah decided to stop altogether. She's taking anger-management classes in college and comes out on weekends with Nicky. The Cullens, Carlisle is still at the hospital, Esme continues her interior decorating, Rosalie and Emmett spend most of their time in the shop with Jake and Embry, Alice has Jasper running around with her everywhere while she deals with all of our wedding stuff and Edward and Bella, well they're still in their honeymoon stage so we don't see much of them :p
Well gotta go before Alice comes up here and carries me out. I'm gonna be honest, got no clue when I'm gonna get back to you since my wedding is in 3 days. Wish me luck!
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Lily turned her laptop off and jumped off the chair to grab her suitcase. She nearly had a heart attack when she turned around and found Alice standing an inch away from her, hands on her hips.
"What is taking you so long?" she complained "The suitcase was already packed for you"
"Damn it" Lily whispered "I hate when you do that"
"Usually you hear me coming a mile away" she noted, burying her little brows "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine" Lily complained as Alice placed her hand on her forehead, checking for a temperature.
"Her wedding is in 72 hours" Nicky chuckled as she walked in "What do you think is wrong with her?"
"There's nothing to be nervous about" Alice smiled "Everything will be perfect"
Suddenly Lily felt her back pocket begin to buzz. She looked at her text and smiled.
Already missing u. Hurry back 2 me! I luv u!
"That reminds me" Alice said, yanking the cell out of Lily's hands "This stays with me"
"Why?" Lily complained
"Just in case you get tempted to tell wolf-boy where we are"
"She won't even tell us" Bella laughed "It's a big secret"
"Not really" Nicky smiled "You just have to figure out where it could be possible to throw a wild party on a Wednesday night" she wiggled her brows.
"And why Wednesday?"
"You need a day to recover. I hear hangover are pretty bad" Alice giggled "Friday will be beauty spa day, everything needed to get the bride and her party wedding-ready and then Saturday is the big day"
"By the way" Bella laughed "We're not flying back till Saturday morning"
"What?"
"Gotta make sure you don't see each other before the wedding" Alice sang as she grabbed Lily's suitcase and waltzed out the room "Unlike Edward and Bella, threats don't work on you and Jake!" she yelled from the stairs "Now, get a move on. Our plane is waiting!"
Because there was no way they would fit ten girls in Jess's suv, Alice had a shuttle pick them up and drive them to the LaPush airbase were the Cullens private plane was at. One by one, Rosalie, Alice, Bella, Emily, Kim, Rachel, Leah, Maggie, Nicky and Lily hopped on with suitcase in hand. Esme and Sue had also been invited but both had declined, claiming they were too old. Esme added that she was babysitting Nessie.
While the rest of the girls watched a movie and talked among themselves, Lily laid back and took a nap. It was Nicky's giggly screams that woke her up.
"I knew it, I knew it!" Lily looked at her peeking out the window with a wide smile on her face "It's Vegas, baby!"
Emily, Rachel, Leah and Kim ran to the nearest window and stared in awe at the neon of the casinos lighting the Vegas night. Emily and Leah were the only ones legally old enough to enjoy Vegas, but that would not be a problem for them. When they exited the plane a limousine was waiting for them and once they hoped on, the driver did a loop through the strip as the girls hung out the windows and rooftop. Claiming they would have time to drool later, Alice asked to be taken to the Palms where she had rented us the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa.
The Villa was big enough to hold 250 people, it had its own private night club, sky deck hot tub overlooking the strip, a half dozen living rooms, gourmet kitchen, huge dining room, a bowling alley and 7 bathrooms, yet only three bedrooms with round, rotating king sized beds.
"You guys can split the rooms" Nicky said "I'll sleep wherever I land"
It was decided that Lily would share a room with Maggie, Emily and Kim would share the other and Leah and Rachel would share the third room. Nicky would probably pass out in a couch somewhere like she said but she placed her stuff in Lily and Maggie's room. Alice, Rosalie and Bella didn't sleep so they would either hang out in one of the many living rooms or zoom over to Cali for some mountain lions.
Alice felt she had been robbed of the entire wedding experience from Bella so Lily had promised her she could have her kicks with her. So after she had her fun doing everyone's hair and make-up, she laid out the outfits they had to wear for the night. Apart from Emily who got to wear ballerina flats, a tunic and maternity jeans, they all had low-rise blue jeans and high-heeled boots. Lily had a small white v-neck t-shirt that read Bride in small delicate rhinestones, Nicky had a black one that read Maid of Honor, Maggie's black shirt read Flower Girl, Rosalie, Alice and Emily's were also black and read Bridesmaid and Bella, Leah, Rachel and Kim had pink ones that read Bride's Entourage. She then placed a tiara with a small veil on Lily's head and made them pose for thousands of pictures.
"Take all the pick you want now" Nicky smirked "Cause you won't be able to take any later"
"Why not?" Kim asked a bit naïve
"They're evidence" Maggie answered matter-of –factly "And we all know that what happens in Vegas"
"Stays in Vegas" Lily, Nicky, Alice and Leah chorused.
What bachelorette party would be complete without half-naked men? It was no surprise that their first stop was Chippendales, and all male revue. At first it was kind of awkward to get into it when your sister-in-law is sitting next to you but a few shots of Patron later, they were all into it. As the bride, Lily had the most lap dances and got dragged onstage the most but they all had several turns. Many, many, many shots of Patron later, many singles later, many lap dances later, they headed back to the hotel but not back to their suite. Instead they went Rain, a very exclusive nightclub. Emily continued her virgin margaritas while the rest got soaked while they danced the night away.
When Lily woke up she was laying diagonally across the bed. She had no idea how she got home cause the last thing she remembered was doing a round of shots at Rain's bar. Someone had brought her home and however it was took off her boots and jeans cause she was only wearing her undies, bra and t-shirt. Her head was pounding, her mouth was dry and thank God nausea was absent in the killer hangover. She realized just how buzzed she still was when she tried to get up. It took her a few tries to stumble out of bed and go to the restroom to wash her face and pull her hair back.
It was almost 2pm and the suite was completely quiet. Very carefully so she wouldn't fall and break something (Alice would kill her if she ended up with a cast) she walked out and was shortly blinded by the sunlight (the drapes in her room had been drawn) when she was finally able to focus, she almost burst out in laughter. Nicky was out cold in one of the couches, Leah was in the other while poor Maggie didn't even make it to a couch, she was out could on the carpet. All of them had had their boots and jeans taken off and had their dun-dun-duns for the world to see. Lily tiptoed to the room next to hers and peeked in to see Rachel and Kim out cold under the covers. Kim looked peacefully like she'd gone to bed just fine but Rachel was in her undies with her head dangling from the foot of the bed. Trying not to disturb them, Lily closed the door and tiptoed away. She opened the next door and found Emily sitting up against the headboard, reading a magazine.
"Hey" Lily said a bit surprised to see her up
"Hey" she smiled "I thought you'd be out all day"
"That was some night" she said as she sat on the edge of the bed and laid back "What time did we make it back?"
"Almost six" Emily chuckled "Rosalie, Bella and Alice had to carry you, Nicky and Leah in. Maggie, Kim and Rachel stumbled in on their own"
"Where are Rosalie, Bella and Alice?"
"They went out for breakfast" Emily winked with a smile "They should be back any minute" Just then they heard the front door open "Speak of the devil"
Lily walked out and bent over the rail to see the kitchen. Alice, Bella and Rosalie walked in with several cases of Gatorade and a plastic bag from gift shop. They immediately caught a glimpse of her and looked up to smile.
"She lives" Rosalie laughed.
"How you doing?" Bella smiled
"My head is killing me and I'm dehydrated" Alice shook a bottle of Gatorade in one hand and one of Aspirin on the other. "You're a life saver"
"You look like hell" Alice stated
"Thank you, you're so kind" Lily said sarcastically
"All you will do today is sit in the hot tub to sweat off all the alcohol, drink Gatorade to rehydrate and relax to get rid of those bags and dark circles under your eyes"
"You do look worn out" Rosalie nodded
"We ordered some bland food, grilled cheese, scrambled eggs, fruit salad" Bella said changing the subject
One by one the girls resuscitated. As Alice planned, they spent the day hanging out in the hot tub. Lots of fluids, bits of bland foods and hardcore chillaxing was enough to erase the evidence of a hard but very fun night and if that wasn't enough, Friday certainly did the trick. The day consisted of facials, beauty treatments, manicures, pedicures, haircuts and awesome massages that left them jellied. And after an evening of movies and steamy girl talk, they were all sent to bed early. None of them had agreed to sleep in curlers so they had to get up early to do so. What they didn't know was that while they were sleeping, Alice flew home to oversee things and make sure all things came out perfect.
The girls were woken up early to shower and eat breakfast while placed in curlers before flying home. Unbelievably, Lily was calm and relaxed through the flight and drive home. It wasn't until they arrived to the Cullen house and saw dozens of trucks and an army of workers setting up that the nerves kicked in.
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The bright sunlight hitting his face and Emmett's booming laughter was what woke up Jake. He was face down on the wooden floor of Sam's house. He staggered up and if it wasn't for the loud snoring and the lack of blood, the house looked like a massacre. Bodies lay all over the floor, limbs overlapping each other. Not even Sam made it to his room; he was laying face down in the hallway.
All the guys were going through hell without their girls and needed a distraction. Of course strip bars are considered mandatory in a bachelor party, and the bloodsuckers had no problem getting the minors in. The youngins greatly enjoyed the lap dances while the rest clowned around and downed shots and beers. He had no idea how he got home and he could be almost positive that neither did any of the guys.
"You are so lucky Alice can't see you" Emmett laughed
Jake squinted and recognized the three shadows in the doorway as Emmett, Edward and Jasper.
"Jazz" Edward ordered "Coffee. Very strong. Emm, start waking them up"
"Can't you bloodsuckers come back later?" Jake mumbled as he covered his eyes with the back of his hand. From the moaning and complaining that surrounded him, the sentiment was shared.
"Jacob, my brother" Edward said calmly as he squatted by his head "You are marrying Lily in four hours. What do you think Alice would do to you if she found you like this?"
That was enough to sober them up.
"What time is it?" Sam asked, a little wobbly from sitting up too fast.
"It is nearly two" Jasper answered
"Alice sent us over to make sure you guys start getting ready" Emmett added "She has all the tuxes set up in your tent and she wants you there in two hours"
"Are the girls back?" Jake asked Edward as he helped him up
"They arrived about an hour ago" Edward smiled
"But Alice has them all under lockdown in their tent" Emmett chuckled
Jake couldn't believe that the day finally arrived. In just four hours, Lil would be his forever. Those would be the longest four hours of his life. Or so he thought. The bloodsuckers began giving orders, sending everyone off to shower and drink lots of coffee. Before he knew it they were all in the tent, being stuffed into tuxes as the last touches were being done outside. The guys had been dressed in black suits and sent away. Seth as ring bearer was dressed in a black tux with white shirt and fuchsia vest and tie that matched the ribbon on the white pillow with black and white lace he was carrying. Embry as the best man and Quil, Emmett and Sam as his groomsmen were in matching black pinstriped tuxes with white shirts and vests and black ties. Jake was wearing a white pinstriped tux, matching vest, black shirt and white tie.
They had been rushed into the tent and he was hardly able to see anything. Not like he could focus anyways. He felt like a million butterflies were fluttering around in his stomach. Edward was giving instructions as to how they would walk out of the tent. Noticing Jake wasn't paying much attention, he repeated himself.
"Jake when you hear me begin to play the piano, Rachel will come get you and walk you down to the altar. Seth count to ten and begin to walk out, meet Maggie and walk down the aisle and sit in the first seat. Embry, ten, walk out, meet Nicky, walk down, and stand beside Jake. Quil, ten, meet Alice, walk, stand next to Embry. Emmett will go next and last but not least will go Sam, ten, meet Emily, walk and next to Emmett"
They all nodded in understanding. "Seth?" Jake whispered "If I don't move, push me"
"Jazz" Edward called
Jasper zoomed over and immediately all of Jake's nerves vanished. "Do not worry, Jacob" Jasper smiled "This will be the most perfect and memorable moment of your life"
"I gotta go now" Edward said "Jake, Jazz is helping Bella sit people but if you need him, he'll be here in a second" Jake nodded "Jess, time to walk your sister down the aisle"
Edward walked out with Jasper and Jess right behind. After a few minutes, or maybe hours, who really knew, Rachel appeared, hair in a bun, wearing a long black satin gown, a wide smile on her face as her eyes watered a bit.
"Come on, little brother" she whispered to hide the crack in her voice "Time to walk down the aisle"
The soft melody of piano filled the clearing and with a deep breath, Jake extended his elbow out to Rachel and she quickly engaged hers with his. One more deep breath for the road and they stepped out of the tent.