As the driver tapped in the code for my journey, I rooted round in the small bag I had by my side to grab some change to chuck at him. I still wasn't sure what I was going to do about Edward and Jasper, they where both good to me in there own ways it was true. But Jasper kind of out edged Edward in the way he cared about how I felt, he didn't just want me to be some sort of slave for him like Edward did after we got married. But on the other hand I'd been with Edward since we were both 18. A four year relationship wasn't something to throw away in a hurry. I knew that things had become strained lately, but I still cared for him greatly, We'd had so many great times together, Like when we'd gone rock climbing on our second date, and all the time's we'd stayed up just talking, about our future, Our kids names, Anything and everything.
I looked around the bus, trying to find an appropriate seat that would accommodate me and my massive dress. Well what was left of it after the driver has ripped of part of my train in the doors. Looking round at the packed bus there wasn't a seat to be the same as in the park, everyone was staring. I cant really say I blame them. Is it really that common to see a woman in a big white ripped wedding dress on a bus, most women get to the church by car, or horse and carriage on occasion, to there weddings, But I guess I'm just not most people.
Ignoring the stares from the onlookers, I thought about my situation. What was I to do? I could toss a coin, make a list?
Surely if you have to toss a coin to decide if your going to get married somethings wrong.
But the list didn't seem like a bad idea at the time.
But when I tried to calculate which one I loved the most, my mind just went back into the same repetitive cycle that it had been for the last three days plus. There was no way I could live my life without Edward. But there was also not a chance of me being able to deal with his overbearing personality and it would mean hurting Jasper, Which I really wasn't able to then I had to think about Jasper, If we told Edward the truth, he would lose his best friend. And who said how I felt about him wasn't just because I had major cold feet about Marrying Edward, and this was just three months of lust.
I knew in my heart that it was so much more than that. I mean, how could it just be 3 months of lust, when I think back to all the amazing times we'd had together.
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It was the 23rd of May, My Birthday, both of them it seemed, tried really hard to make it a special one, Well Edward made more of an effort than usual.
Birthday With Edward:
Of course, I had to spend all of my birthday with him. And to be fair to him he did try his hardest, well without trying to hard. To be honest I wouldn't have been surprised if about 90% of the planning and idea had been done by his sectary Bella.
I always liked Bella, She had these warm chocolaty coloured eyes and would always smile at me when I came in, She always kept me up to date on the office gossip.
As we pulled up to our destination I reached up to my eyes to remove the Tie Edward had tied around my head to stop me from seeing where we we're. Edward caught my arm and stopped me.
"Nu uh you ain't ruining this surprise" He got out of the car and walked around to open my door, practically dragging me from my seat, catching me as I stepped into a puddle in my brand new 5 inch heels. He pulled me away from the car, kicking the door closed behind me, moving his hands up my arms over my shoulders and through my hair to untie the tie, giving me goosebumps the whole way, he began to chuckle.
When he finally removed the blindfold I looked up at the place that he had brought me, I think he may have register the look of horror on my face.
Moms, American Style Diner since 1973
The ppaint was now faded and cracked, unlike it had been when we'd first come here, When every one was ranting and raving about how fab it was. It was also where Edward and I had had our first date.
I turned to him, the look of horror still plastered across my face
"Moms?!" I said gesturing down at the short black cocktail dress he'd insisted I wore and then gesturing at his suit.
"Yeh, I thought it would be a good idea, You know, come back here four years later, a second first date"
Where as many people would think that it was a nice first date and a very romantic idea, as you may have guessed. I did not. I mean, I was dressed for a really posh dinner, not some going out of business diner. No matter how special our fist date was. It was a memory. In the passed. We'd come past this point, we were engaged for god sake. Not still teenagers. Though it did surprise me that he even remembered where we'd had our first date.
He took my hands and lead me up the stairs into the diner
"Come on, It could be fun. Plus It may get a little meat on your bones" he laughed at this, I on the other hand did not.
I know it sounds like I was being overly bitchy and I still am, but for goodness sake, You only turn 22 once.
The evening passed in a blur of fast food and a fat waitress in an American style 50's waitress outfit.
When we finally got home, I thought the ordeal was over and I could go to bed, but I was dragged back into the living room.
"Your not going anywhere without opening your peasants" I opened them to appease him,
He did give a fab D&G hand bag, and a really nice diamond tennis bracelet, but then I came to the biggest package. Opening it with a now general buzz, quite like the one a child gets on Christmas. I ripped it open, out plopped a bra and the smallest pair of pants you'd ever seen. Neither of which left much to the imagination. More of a present for him than for me.
"Why don't you go try them on while I open a bottle of champagne?" he winked at me and walked off into the kitchen.
You can probably guess what happened next so I won't go into detail.
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My second birthday with Jasper on the other hand was completely different,
I got out of bed at 11 the next morning leaving a happily slumbering Edward, dressed and wrote a quick note on a piece of paper,
"Eddie, Am spending the day with Rose and the girls, will probably stay at hers and Emmett's. love you. Bella x"
I packet my bag quietly, and snuck out of the apartment, hailing a cab to take me to Jasper's. I rang him when I got into the cab, he answered the phone with what sounded like a giant grin on his face.
"Heyyyyyyyyyyy Ali"
"Hey Jasper, I'm on my way to yours is that cool?"
"Sure but don't expect to get to cosy we're going out!"
I looked at the phone stunned.
"Jazzy are you sure that's safe? what if some one who knows Edward see's us?"
"Trust me, i have it all planned" He laughed into the phone. "I'll see you soon. Love you"
"Love you too" I laughed hanging up.
When I finally arrived at his place, I knocked the door once, and almost fell through it when Jaz opened the door, quicker than usual grabbing my bag, and putting it behind him, handing me the one he was holding.
"Uh uh, you ain't getting in there till later" he smirked, pushing me out of the door with that Jasper-ish smirk on his face.
He quickly bundled me into a cab, going round to the drivers door, leaning through the window ans whispering in his ear before sliding into the back with me.
He reached into the bag in his hand and pulled out a long blond wig, a baseball cap and a giant pair of sunglasses, as well as a "My husband went to Niagara Fall's and all I got was this lousy T-shirt" shirt.
"Put them on" he said thrusting them into my hands before grabbing a short black wig, Sunglasses and what looked like a false mustache out of the bag. I looked at him thoroughly confused.
"Do you want to get recognised?" He whispered kissing me gently on the nose. I laughed and put on the items he'd handed me finally looking in the mirror to see my appearance and laughing hysterically.
"I really don't think blond is my colour"
"I dunno, I think you look adorable personally" he said while trying to stick a giant black mustache to his face.
"So are you finally going to tell me where we're going?" I asked adjusting his mustache so it didn't slip off and turn into a beard.
"No Ali I'm not," He grinned "We'll be there in around 2 min's anyhow. Just enjoy the ride"
When the cab finally stopped out side our destination I laughed. A zoo.
I should just explain that I absolutely adore animals. I once tried to bring Edward here, but he complained that it was boring and that he was allergic to the animals. He isn't.
Jasper grabbed my hand as soon as we got out of the cab and laughed,
"Good second birthday idea?" he asked turning to me and looking into my eyes.
"Definitely."
We had a fabulous day together, Jasper making sure I saw everything I wanted to see, then buying me a butt load of cuddly toys in the gift shop. When we finally managed to hail a cab it was around 5, Jasper wearing my blond wig, with his mustache stuck on his face like a giant mono-brow.
"So where now then Jazzy?" I asked snuggling up to him as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
"You'll see soon enough Ali" He whispered into my neck before looking up and giving the driver the address of his apartment.
He, Like Edward, decided that it was to fair to let me walk on my own and let me see where I was going. As soon as the car turned left onto his street, he blindfolded me with the bandanna he'd had tied around his neck earlier that day.
"Nuh Uh Princess Ali you ain't getting away with it that easy"
He half dragged half carried me up to his apartment. Refusing to let me remove the blindfold, even when I tripped and almost face-planted the floor.
By the time we made it up to his I was a giggling wreck, He kicked open the door open and pushed me inside, closing it swiftly behind him, then untying my blindfold.
My jaw practically hit the floor when I saw what lay front of me, at least two dozen candles where lit around the room, there where Gerber's and roses everywhere, both two of my favorite flowers, and in the middle of the room there sat a small round table, a white table cloth covering it, it was all so beautiful.
Jasper walked up behind me,wrapping his arms around my waist,
"So what do you think Miss Brandon?" He whispered kissing my neck gently "I wanted to take you out for the best meal of your life, but it was to dangerous, so I thought I'd create our own little restaurant right here, what d'yah think?"
I turned round and went up onto my tip toes, wrapping my arms around his neck to bring him down to my height and kissed him softly on the lips.
"I think it's perfect Jazzy"
He led me over to the table, pulling my chair out for me, and then running into the kitchen to get me a glass of wine,
"To you Ali Baba" He grinned like a small child who'd just been given a very large ice cream, raising his glass in the air "Happy Belated Birthday" He said, handing me a small box, I ripped off the paper as quickly as I possible could, Grinning at the content, a beautiful little silver heart with loads of tiny pink crystals embedded in it,
"It was was the most beautiful thing in the entire shop, It reminded me of you. But it still compares nothing to your beauty"
"Help me put it on?" I whispered moving my hair out of the way as he did the clasp around the back of my neck, kissing the skin where he fastened it.
It was the perfect night.
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The bus pulled into the stop outside , and I still hadn't made up my mind, as soon as I stepped off the bus, my Mother ran straight at me, pulling me into a tight embrace
"Where the hell have you been?" She ask quizzically as she pulled me into the church "Your almost forty five minuets late, every one thought you where going to be a no show" she said as she linked my arm with my Fathers and kissed my cheek, then running into the church and giving the organist a quick thumbs up to start playing.
"You give every one quite a scare there Ali-bear" my farther said as my bridesmaids walked through the doors in front of us "And what happened to your dress?"
"Some one stood on it" I said off handily as I thought, I wasn't ready for this, I still hadn't decided who I was going to pick.
It seemed the decision had been made for me.
As we walked through the doors everyone turned to look at us, Edwards mother giving me a look that would kill a mountain lion. Jasper saw me and looked to the ground, He thought I'd chosen Edward.
I walked slowly towards my fate, still unsure of who to choose. My farther shook Edwards hand, then placed my hand in Edwards, who pulled me up towards the Alter.
"Dearly beloved we are gathered to day to bear wittiness to the holy union of Mary Alice Brandon and Edward Anthony Cullen"
The fat priest grinned at us, assuming that we were yet another perfect young couple that he would wed and who would be together forever. But I still didn't know who to choose.
"If anyone objects to this union today, please speak now or forever hold your peace"
I looked at the floor, praying for some one to say something, Anything that would get me out of this mess. But there was silence.
The priest looked around and smiled,
"Well if there are no objections then we shall begin"
"Wait!" a voice came from some where in the room, everyone turned to look. I looked up at Jasper, but he just looked at me sadly, It hadn't been him, so who had it been?
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Well here's chapter two! Took long enough didn't it!. Once again Review for more chapters,
Would like to dedicate this chapter to my friend Sarah who's been reading my stuff for me and telling me her thoughts, I love you baby =]