I woke up to see Edward in my rocking chair reading a book. He looked up and smiled at me as I rubbed my eyes. I still couldn't believe that I wasn't dreaming. It was a beautiful Saturday morning even without the sun shining down on Forks. Everyday was beautiful as long as Edward was in my life.

"Charlie's coming up. He has something to ask you. I'll be back after he leaves" I couldn't suppress a pout as I watched my fiancée disappear right before my eyes. I didn't even get a chance to kiss or hug him. I heard Charlie knock and called for him to come in. He poked his head in and looked over at me.

"Bells, did I wake you?" He looked a little unsure of himself and made me wonder what he was going to ask. I shook my head and gestured for him to come in.

"I wondered if you could ask Edward to stop by later. I want to talk to him about some stuff."

"Okay, dad, but be nice!" I waved a finger at him playfully. He chuckled at me and left the room. I listened intently to make sure that Charlie had left for the station already. I turned towards my rocking chair and put my hands on my hips.

"Do you have any idea what he has in store for you?" My darling Edward finally appeared once again in front of me and grinned wickedly as he sensed my anxiety about his and Charlie's conversation later. He stood up and walked over to me and planted a cool kiss on my forehead.

"Nothing to worry about, Bella. He's just making sure he'll give me the father-of-the-bride talk. It's nothing bad." I sighed in relief knowing that Charlie wasn't planning on making Edward change his mind.

"Well, I better get dressed. Alice needs me for the wedding preparations." Edward nodded and waited for me patiently as I showered and changed my clothes.

We arrived at the Cullen's home to find Alice waiting for me on the porch. It was obvious how excited she was judging from the fact that she was ready to jump out of her skin any minute. I saw Jasper sitting down on one of the wicker chairs as he looked intently at Alice, probably trying to shoot waves of calm her way. I looked at Edward as we drove in and saw that he was once again grinning at something Alice was thinking.

"Please tell me what she has planned. I'm starting to feel scared just looking at her." Edward chuckled lightly and rubbed my hand to relax me.

"I'm sorry, darling, but I can't understand Alice's thoughts because she's thinking of all your plans simultaneously." I groaned as we got out of the car while Alice bounced up and down to greet me. She kissed my cheek lightly and pulled me into a hug.

"Thank you so much for letting me plan the wedding! Come now, we have so much to do!" I looked at Edward one last time because I knew I wouldn't be able to see him for a few more hours. Alice pulled me inside while we left Edward and Jasper to talk.

"First of all we have to decide on the guest list," Alice led me to the kitchen and pulled out a thick pad of paper from a drawer beside the door.

"Alice, I told you I just want close friends and family to be there," I grumbled.

"I know, Bella, but we have to know exactly who will be coming or else I won't be able to decide on how to decorate the yard." We had decided on having the wedding here at the Cullen's. Alice was opposed to the idea because since I was human and still had my friends, she wanted to have each and every one of them even the ones from Phoenix to attend.

"So, I think I've got our schedule all figured out. You get off easily today because we have to plan everything. First, there's the matter of the dress. We have to fly out to New York to talk to your designer. I've called Vera Wang's office…"

"Hold up!" I exclaimed. "Who's Vera Wang?" Alice looked at me like I had swallowed a cow or something.

"You poor thing, you don't know who she is? Tsk, tsk." Alice didn't even answer my question but continued to scribble stuff down on her notepad. "Anyway, she's not available so I called Amsale. They have a store in Seattle but I want nothing but the best for you so we're going to the Flagship office in New York."

"No, Alice! I don't want to travel across the country for a dress that I'm only gonna wear once!"

"But Bella, this is your first official wedding! Don't you trust me enough to make the happiest day of your life to be perfect?" Alice was laying out the guilt trip on me again. I thought hard about the day when I would finally say no to her.

"Fine, but I don't want to stay overnight." I finally conceded because I knew that I wasn't going to win any more arguments with Alice. I barely had her agree to make the guest list as short as possible. Alice smiled smugly and scribbled down some numbers and letters I couldn't determine.

"So have you and Edward decided on your entourage?"

"What entourage?" Alice just rolled her eyes and wrote furiously on the notepad again. "You know, Bella. The bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls, ring bearers, ushers."

"We won't need ushers Alice. I'll talk to Edward later about that." She nodded and put a check on what she wrote earlier. So, she was making a checklist. We talked about caterers, flowers, theme and motifs. Every time I had an idea Alice would counter it with a much better yet more ostentatious idea. I finally surrendered when we got to place settings because I was getting exhausted with all the debates we were having. I didn't realize it was already lunch. Alice had kept me away from Edward long enough. I needed to see him to take my mind off all these plans.