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BPOV:

"Alice, wait up!" I called after my best friend as Rose and I made our way after her down 85th Street in Manhattan.

"You know," Rose grumbled. "For a girl with such tiny legs she sure walks fast." I nodded in agreement as we finally caught with her. Alice surprised us as she turned around sharply.

"You guys," she began with her hands on her hips, "this is my final dress fitting so stop ruining it for me."

"We're sorry," we said in unison with fake pouts forming on our lips.

"You guys are crazy," Alice replied. We linked our arms together, not only to slow Alice down, but it was just what best friends did. Especially when they were as happy as we were.

We were headed downtown to get Alice's final dress fitting done with. Her and Jasper were to be married in just a few weeks and this had pretty much been our lives for the past couple of months. We ran to dress fittings, saw what felt like hundreds of churches and sorted through an endless amount of flowers. I didn't mind at all though and I knew Rose didn't either. This was our role as her best friends and bridesmaids.

Before we knew it we were at the designer's shop. Alice's tiny frame needed a dress especially made for her and she couldn't have been happier about that. It gave her the perfect chance to spend more money on this wedding.

"Don't take ten years like last time!" Rose joked as Alice entered the dressing room. In true Alice fashion she poked her head back out and stuck her tongue out at Rose, eliciting a chuckle from the both of us.

We sat down on one of the padded benches in the large room. In the center stood a large, rounded, white platform in the center of the room. Alice's dressmaker was some big name designer that I really didn't know but Alice swore she had to use.

"Hmm," Rose sighed quietly.

"What's wrong?" I inquired.

"Nothing's wrong. I was just wondering when it'll be me in the dressing room," she responded with a wistful look in her eyes.

"My, my," I cooed. "I never thought I'd see the day when Rosalie Lillian hale wanted to settle down."

"Shut up," she giggled as she punched my arm. "I don't know. It's just lately with all of this wedding talk it's started to sound good."

"Anyone particular you have in mind?" I asked, clearly knowing the answer.

"Well I don't know if you know him," she joked. "But he's somewhere near 6 feet, big as a house, but cuddly as a teddy bear."

"Yum, he sounds dreamy but nowhere near as good as my man. He's kind of tall too, cuter than a new baby and incredibly talented with his hands," I finished with a smirk.

"Isabella Marie," Rose began shocked.

"Yep," I interrupted. "He plays the piano amazingly." She just looked at me, open-mouthed, until it sunk in and we both started laughing.

"Stop drooling over guys out there," Alice called out. "I'm coming out now!"

Rose and I both gasped as Alice emerged from the dressing room. She was truly a vision in white. Her body was lined in a strapless white lace dress that was snug around her small frame. The gown flowed to the floor and extended out in a moderate sized train. A tiara adorned her cropped black hair with a veil that flowed down to her back extending from it. We had seen parts of the dress separate but never the whole thing together.

"You look amazing," I stated feeling my eyes prickle with tears of happiness.

"Do not start, Bella!" Alice demanded. "Save that for the actual wedding."

"I'm sorry," I sniffled. "You just look gorgeous."

"Really? Do you think Jasper will like it?" she asked nervously.

"If he doesn't there's something wrong with his brain," Rose answered.

"Ahh, good!" Alice squealed. "Because I love it and feel like a princess in it and was wearing it whatever anyone said."

We conferred some more about the dress until I heard my cell phone ring.

Go ahead and say it,

Even though you know it makes me uncomfortable

Go ahead and say it,

If you must make me blush

I ran across the room and began digging through the black hole that was my purse. I knew it was Edward calling by the ring tone. He thought it was perfect for me.

Normally I wouldn't talk to anyone when it was just my girls and I but I had to answer for him. Not only because just hearing his voice could change the entire course of my day but especially today because I hadn't actually seen him in five days.

Although we lived in the same city it was as if we were on different planets. I lived in Manhattan still, working for a publishing company. Edward worked in a children's hospital nearly ninety minutes away from me in Brooklyn. Lately he had been working much more than normal and couldn't make the trek up to see me. I told him I didn't mind going down there to see him but he protested every time saying that it wouldn't be right for him to ask me to make the trip. Sometimes he was just too gentlemanly for anyone's good.

"Hello," I finally said once I found my phone.

"Hey, love," his smooth velvet voice answered. "How are you?"

"Much better now," I responded, grinning largely.

"Much better now," Alice and Rose echoed mockingly. I looked in my bag and grabbed the first thing I saw and threw it at them.

"Ow!" Rose cried as a lip-gloss container hit her head. I stepped outside into a brisk autumn day to allow myself some privacy.

"I'm good," he said but was exposed by a loud yawn he couldn't stifle. I frowned.

"Edward, when was the last time you slept for more than two hours?" I asked him.

"When was the last time I was at your apartment?" he answered my question with a question.

"Edward," I whined. "You really need to sleep. I really don't think the kids want a doctor working on them who hasn't slept in days."

"Love, you know that it's a lost cause trying to sleep without you by my side," he reasoned.

"I know," I said sympathetically. "It's just as hard for me but it's a good thing you're coming up tonight."

"Well I have to talk to you about tonight," he began but I cut him off.

"You can't come." My lips slipped into an automatic frown.

"I'm so sorry, Bella. It's just I have this patient that's supposed to receive a kidney tonight and the doctor that was supposed to do it suddenly couldn't." I sighed loudly, blinking away the tears that had formed in my eyes. "Please don't be upset," he pleaded.

"I'm not upset," I lied. "I just haven't seen you in days and it..sucks."

He laughed lightly at my choice of words. "Yes, it does suck."

"I guess you'll just have to make it up to me than," I joked.

"I will and I'll do whatever you want me to do to make this up to you," he responded.

"I'll have to keep that in mind," I smiled.

"Bella! We need you up here," Alice called out the door.

"I have to go. Queen Alice has summoned me," I told him, making him laugh.

"Alright, beautiful. Have fun with Alice. I love you," he said.

"I love you too."

"Oh, and Bella?"

"Yes, Edward?" I asked, already knowing what he would say.

"Be safe, please."

"Of course," I replied. He said that at the end of every conversation we had.

I closed my phone and quickly made my way back to my friends.

"Do you need my fashion expertise?" I asked when I reached them.

Alice twisted her face in mock disgust, "Oh, not at all. You have to try on your dress now."

I made a conscious effort to not roll my eyes or sigh as Alice ushered me into the dressing room. This was her day after all.

Soon Rose and I were dressed in ankle length, peach colored, strapless bridesmaids dresses. They had a black satin bow that tied right under the bust framing out bodies perfectly.

"I knew I was right about the color," Alice said smugly as we approached her.

"Yes, all-knowing Alice. I have to actually agree that this is the first cute bridesmaid dress that I've ever seen," Rose said. This made Alice squeal and clap her hands together.

"Alright," I called out after about twenty minutes of finishing touches on my dress, "Can I please take this off now before I ruin it somehow."

"Bella, there is no way you could ruin you dress. This room has nothing you could use against that dress," Alice reasoned.

"Um, have you met Bella?" Rose asked Alice. "If anyone could ruin her dress with nothing its Bella."

"Thanks Rose," I said sarcastically. "Unfortunately she's right. I'd hate to damage this dress so close to the wedding."

"Alright, alright," Alice conceded. "Go take it off you whiner."

I scurried off to the dressing room and quickly, but carefully, took off the dress and got dressed in my clothes.

"Okay, let's go," Alice directed.

"Home?" I asked hopefully.

"No silly. We have to go make a final check on the flowers," Alice responded. Rose and I gave each other a knowing look as we followed Alice outside and into more wedding preparations.

"Ugh!" Alice sighed as she flopped down on the couch of out apartment. "Wedding planning is so tiring."

"We know," Rose and I answered dryly.

"What are tonight's plans?" I asked.

"Isn't Edward coming down tonight?" Rose asked.

"He couldn't make it," I replied quietly.

"I'm sorry, honey," Alice called from her spot on the couch.

"No, it's okay. We'll just have a girls night tonight," I suggested. Rose and Alice just looked at each other. "What?" I asked. "What did I miss?"

"Well," Rose began. "Alice and I kind of made plans to go out with Emmett and Jasper tonight. They're coming down and we thought Edward would be here."

"But we can change them if you want us to hang here with you," Alice threw in quickly.

I smiled at my best friends. It was amazing how they were willing to sacrifice an evening with the boyfriend and fiancée that they didn't get to see that often either to make me happy.

"No, guys. It's fine. I'll just," I paused to think. "I'll just watch a movie or something. It'll be fine."

"Are you sure?" Rose asked. "We could all do something."

I shook my head. "I refuse to be the fifth wheel."

"No one thinks of you like that, Bella," Alice said sternly.

"I know, Alice," I said while I grabbed both of their hands and pushed them toward there rooms. "Now go get ready for your men." They entered their rooms giggling.

Within the hour they were on their way to meet there partners and I was alone.

"Well this is stupid," I muttered to myself.

I had watched a movie, had dinner, taken a hot bath with a book and made a bowl of ice cream for myself all before 9 pm.

What else can you do? I thought to myself. An idea finally struck me. I moved to my closet and removed one of my overnight bags and began stuffing clothes in it. I changed back into clothes and wrote a quick note to Alice and Rose.

I made my way down to the nearest subway station and looked up the subway and time for the next car to Brooklyn.

After about and hour and thirty minutes I was finally at Edward's apartment. I used the key that he had given me and let myself in.

"Edward?" I called out softly but got no response.

I entered his apartment and took the time alone to look around. I'd only seen it in a couple times because of his insistence on taking the trip to see me. It wasn't the stereotypical bachelor pad you'd think he had. It was decorated in warm colors and even had a few nice trinkets placed around. The only things that screamed masculinity were the fifty-inch plasma television and the leather couch.

I made my way around the apartment toward the bedrooms. Jasper's room wasn't too messy but it could definitely use a cleaning up. Emmett's bedroom looked as if the third world war had been fought in there. Edward's room was much more up to my standards. All of his CDs were aligned neatly on his wall with an intricate stereo system underneath them. Some of his clothing was strewn places but other than that it was fine.

I quickly grabbed one of his shirts and traded my own for his. It smelled heavenly; just like him and I loved it.

I slipped beneath his sheets and laid down. The combination of his shirt, bed and room made the ache in my chest dull a bit.

It would only be perfect if he were here, I thought to myself as I drifted off to sleep.

a/n: Yay! Sequel! I have so many ideas for this thing you have no clue! Maybe I'll have a little less writer's block this time around!

Edward's ring tone is the Aly & AJ song Blush. I think it suits Bella perfectly. Go listen to the whole thing.

So I don't exactly love the title. I sat around for an hour trying to think of a title. It's the title of an Adele song that I love. I think it might change though. I actually have a little challenge for you. I need you guys to come up with titles for the story that you'd be willing to let me use. If I find one I like then I'll mention you and...you'll get bragging rights? Well if I use your title then we'll discuss what you get. kay? Please and thank you!

Oh, and I'm going to try and challenge myself to make each chapter much longer so I have no clue when updates will be. Just bear with me and it should be on a more steady pattern soon.

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