Chapter 1
Waking Up
BPOV
This morning of all mornings, I did not want to get up. When I briefly opened my eyes it just looked hot and muggy. This would mean a bad day, although I would get to spend the day with Edward, my Edward. I had gotten used to the humidity in my year and a half here but when you add heat to it, it is just a bad equation. I couldn't stay in bed all day. Although I gave Alice full reign over the wedding, she still wanted me there to help with every little detail. So I turned over, and there he was, my own Greek God.
"Good morning, Love." He smiled that crooked smile I loved. "I wasn't sure if you were ever going to wake up."
I sat up confused and surprised. "Edward, what time is it? Charlie?! This wouldn't be good if Charlie found you here." Oh no. I hadn't thought about that. Charlie still didn't know that Edward often, well always, slept over.
"Calm down Bella, Charlie left for work at 6 like normal." As he spoke he rubbed circles in my back to calm me down. "And to answer your question, it is Noon. If you wouldn't have gotten up soon I think I would have woken you up myself." I was surprised that Alice hadn't rushed over here to get me out of bed. It seemed that every day I was with Alice making some type of wedding plans. "Oh and Alice called five minutes before you woke up, and wanted me to tell you that she needs you there as soon as possible because you have a meeting at 3:30 with the caterer."
"How come Alice can't just do this her self?" I did tell her to do it her way didn't I? "She is making this a bigger deal than it needs to be. Or is this something I'm going to have to get used to, being a Cullen and everything." The scary part was that it wasn't just Alice going crazy with wedding plans. It didn't take long for Esme and Rosalie to get involved too. I was surprised that Rosalie cared, but as the wedding grew closer, so did she and I. The other day she told me she was sorry how she acted in the beginning, and that she was excited to have a sister. To add to that one day I walked into the Cullen house and they had quickly gotten off of the phone. They were talking to Renee. They had my mother involved in the planning to. All I knew was that I was in for a very over the top Cullen style wedding. As long as Edward was happy I was happy.
"Bella, one, it might be hard for my sister to go to a catering meeting when she hasn't eaten your food in more then a century." Uh oh, I was in for a lecture. "Two, you told Alice that she could plan everything. I tried to warn you before you said that." Now he was getting to the part where he would say I was going to have to get used to dealing with the lavish Cullen lifestyle. "Three, yes you are going to have to deal with this. You chose this for yourself. Forever, remember."
"But…" I tried to get my protest out but then Edward was kissing me. He did not fight fair. I decided that if he was going to distract me I was going to go full into this with as much passion as I could find. All of a sudden though, he was lying on top of me on my bed. Holding me down like this was not like him. I liked it. All of a sudden there was so much passion, I thought I was going to explode. I could feel his tongue tracing my lips, suddenly he parted my lips and his tounge was in my mouth. Bella behave. I told myself as I tried to maintain control. Then he started leaving a line of kisses along my jaw, then went to my neck.
"I… love… you… Isabella." After each word he left another kiss. Did he know that he was making me melt in his arms? Two more weeks… How much longer can I deal with this before wanting more?
"I love you too, more then anything. Two more weeks, then we will be officially together forever." I had to have him stop before I got carried away. "Hey, um didn't you say that I had to be some place with Alice to do something about the wedding?" This was the first and only time that I was going to use wedding planning to get out of this. If I had my choice Edward and I would never leave the bedroom.
"Ahh, Bella of all the times." Was he beginning to want what I wanted? "You really don't realize that your body is as tempting as your blood to me. I may be a century old vampire but I am still a man."
"Edward Cullen. Are you telling me that after all my begging and pleading you were going to give into my body?" This was coming from me, and how many times have I asked for this. Suddenly I felt like the moral one.
"Well, Bella you are very tempting. But I guess we should wait, it is the moral thing to do." Now there is my overly moral vampire that I have become so used to. I swear that he could make me do anything, but he made the idea of waiting seem good so now I wanted to, also.
"Okay well I have a catering meeting to get ready for. So give me a human minute."
"Bella." I heard Edward sigh. "Will you hurry please, we wasted a bit of precious time and I don't want to make Alice mad."
"Ten minutes is all I need."
I grabbed my shower bag and towel then headed towards the bathroom. The minute I was in the bathroom I set the shower, undressed and got in. When I got out I realized I forgot clothes. Thank god I put them in there the night before. I had a feeling that it was going to be warm so I threw a pair of capri pants and a t-shirt in there last night. So I got dressed and decided that I would just throw my hair up in a ponytail. Who knew how humid it really was out there. The humidity made my hair look like a frizz ball. Maybe Alice could fix it before we left. Oh well. I was dressed and ready to go I just had to put all of my stuff back into my room. I looked at the clock and I realized I took longer then I thought. Fifteen minutes, I hope Alice wouldn't be to mad if we were a little late. I was my fault not Edwards.
On my way back into my room I turned my arm right into Edward. I guess that he was coming to the bathroom to see if I was ready to go. I knew running into him like that would leave a mark. A nice bruise I could feel starting to form on my arm.
"Wow," He started to laugh while he talked. "You look amazing, and let's get you some ice for your arm before we leave, so that you won't bruise."
"Okay, sounds like a good idea to me." He scooped me up and before I knew it he was handing me ice for my arm.
"Ready to go Bella?" I think Edward was afraid to deal with Alice if we were late.
"I guess so." I grabbed my bag, which had made its new home on the back of my chair in the kitchen. I also grabbed a pop tart, remembering the fact that I hadn't eaten yet. We made our way towards the door, and I looked outside and I didn't see Edward's Volvo. "Are we taking my truck today?" I was confused. Every day this summer we had taken the Volvo everywhere.
"Yup, I thought I would let you drive today." He gave me a quick kiss on the top of the head. "I was going to have Rosalie take a look at your truck, maybe she can fix the stalling that keeps happening."
I looked at my watch and I realized that we were really late. Once we got in the truck and I had it started, I pushed my truck to its maximum fifty miles per hour. I was trying to get to Edwards as quick as possible. I didn't want to deal with the wrath of Alice if we were late for the catering appointment. Suddenly I heard Edward say something.
"Slow down Bell's your going to miss the turn off if you keep going at this speed." He was right, even going my normal speed it was likely for me to miss his driveway. We reached his house finally. In record time, for my driving that is.
There on the front porch was Alice, before I could even get out of the truck she was standing next to me and said "Okay Bella, hurry up and don't trip. I have two things to ask you about in the house. Then we are going to Seattle to talk to the caterer. No questions?" She looked at me with a look that said you better not say anything. "Okay let's go." I should have known. Nothing is ever simple with Alice.
"Seattle," Was all I could get out before she was pulling me up the stairs and all I could do was look at Edward as he laughed.