A
Second Marriage
Bella's point of view.
I
smiled as Charlie came out of the room he had been getting dressed
in. He looked amazing. I couldn't believe my father was getting
married today.
"Dad..." I smiled.
"You look fantastic. Except..." I paused, then straightened
his tie and vest. "There. NOw you're set."
He chuckled.
"What would I do without you, Bells?"
I smiled and
hugged him tight. "I love you, Dad."
"I love you
too, Bells." He squeezed me and then stepped back. "Bells,
I can't believe you're in a dress."
"Alice," I
chuckled. "She said she couldn't live with herself if she let me
to go your wedding in jeans. Oh well."
"Well, you look great."
I smiled. "Thanks, Dad. I better go back to the house and make sure Alice isn't torchering Sue." I laughed lightly. "Bye!"
With that, I left the house and drove back to the Cullen's large mansion. I found Alice helping Sue into her gorgeous, but simple wedding dress.
"Sue.."
I breathed, "You look amazing!"
Alice glanced at the
clock. "CRAP ! Only fifteen minutes !"
She continued to
blabber about I-Don't-Know-What as she zipped the ress and placed the
glorious diamond necklace around Sue's neck. The necklace had been
her mothers, and her grand mothers before that. It was tradition to
wear it on their wedding day.
"Sue, I have something for you.." I reached into my purse and pulled out a little box. I handed it to her and smiled.
"Bella, you shouldn't have gotten me anything."
"Sue,
you're marrying my father. I don't have to worry about him poisoning
himself with his own cooking, or never having clean clothes or
something." I laughed lightly. "Besides, you've made my dad
happier than I've seen him in.. well, forever."
Sue smiled
and laughed. She then opened the small box. "My gosh.." She
gasped. "It's... Bella, it's gorgeous!"
Alice peeked
over her shoulder and smiled. " YOU picked this out? I'm
impressed." She giggled as Sue held up the hair barette.
It was small, and simple. Not exactly oval shaped, it had a wavey-like edge on one side. The barrette was diamond-encrusted, with small blue rhinestones bordering the edge. It matched Sue's dress amazingly. Alice reached and picked it up, then clipped it into Sue's hair. Sue's hair was long, and therefore Alice had pushed it all to one side and curled it. It fit in very nicely. Sue studied herself in the mirror, then set it down and walked to me. She hugged me gently, then whispered "Thank you.."
Alice smiled. "And now... Something old."
She pulled a pair of gorgeous silver ballet-style shoes. They were simple, plain silver with a small row of rhinestones around the toe. Wow, Alice didn't make someone wear heels for once. I giggled lightly to myself. Alice set the shoes down and Sue slipped them onto her feet. Alice smiled even wider. "Esme wore them, as did her mother. Esme said she'd love for you to wear them on you're wedding day." Alice winked at me, much to say, Esme's mother didn't wear them, Esme however, did... During the third, and most recent wedding. I smiled back at her.
"Something blue..." She sang, as she secured the barrette a little more.
"Something borrowed" Alice pulled out a small silver bracelet and set it around Sue's wrist. It matched everything perfectly.
"SOmething new..." Alice chanted as she began to lace the corset-back of Sue's dress.
"There.
You're all set." Alice grinned and Sue studied herself in the
large mirror that lined Alice's bathroom wall.
"You two
really didn't have to do all this for me." She said, slowly.
"Sue, Charlie's practically family. That makes you family now, too. We do anything we can to help family." Alice and I hugged Sue tightly, as tears streamed down Sue's eyes.
We led her down stairs and out the door, into Rosalie's awaiting BMW. We then drove off into the dull afternoon, to the courtyard where the wedding ceremony would take place.
