Chapter 2- Plans With Alice And

"Bella, love, will you please tell me what you're thinking? It's driving me crazy!" I immediately turned crimson. If he ever found out what I was thinking, or dreaming for that matter… I shuddered at the thought of it.

Lately it seemed like I'd been dreaming the same thing every night. It usually involved Edward and I on a secluded beach and it was getting more R-rated every night. Ugh. It made me wish my wedding would hurry up and get here. I blushed again at the thought.

"Bella, please! You're driving me insane. Please tell me what you're thinking." He gave me a pleading look and I blushed harder. "Bella if you don't tell me what you're thinking, I'll just assume it's something much worse than it really is. Besides, if we're going to get married soon, then you need to start being able to trust me with your thoughts. Please," he asked me once more, turning the full force of his eyes on me. There was no point in trying to resist him when he did that. I sighed in defeat.

"Fine! I was… I was thinking of us, on a secluded beach, alone…" My face turned a shade darker and I buried my face in his chest. To my surprise he chuckled.

"Bella, you don't need to be embarrassed by that. If it'll make you feel better, I think about it too. All the time. And if I could dream it would be about that. You have nothing to be embarrassed of, Bella. Trust me," he said as he tilted my face upward, and pressed his lips to mine.

I immediately lost all ability to think coherently. I opened my lips slightly. I was expecting him to pull away as usual, but I was wrong. He seemed to be just as eager as I was. He threw himself into the kiss with energy. As his cold hard lips pressed firmly against mine I realized that if we didn't stop this soon we wouldn't have to wait for a secluded beach. I came up for air.

"Edward," I gasped, "We need to stop befo-" I was cut off as his lips moved back to mine before going back to my neck.

"Bella please," he moaned against my neck. "I don't want to stop, I want you, now." And he threw himself into the kiss once again. "Please."

"Okay" I gasped, giving up trying to disagree with him. He was the only one I could think about now; no one existed except him and me. So I was startled when his phone buzzed. He just ignored it until it started to ring. He groaned and pulled away. That's when I noticed that the top two buttons on my shirt were unbuttoned. I blushed and fumbled to try to get them buttoned again as he flipped the phone open,

"Alice. What do you want?" he said into the phone. I suppressed a giggle. I had never seen him so disgruntled. I could here on the other end of the line, but I couldn't make out what she was saying.

"Fine," he mumbled into the phone. He handed it to me. I looked at him, confused. "She wants to talk to you. She says it's important." I frowned and took the phone from him.

"Yes, Alice. What do you want? I'm a little… busy."

"I know you're a little busy, and if you get anymore busy we'll have to dye your wedding dress from white to gold." I blushed, and Edward scowled. I was pretty sure I heard Emmet a' roaring with laughter in the back ground. I was mortified.

""What do you want, Alice?" I mumbled into the phone.

"Carlisle wants Edward to come with him and Esme to Alaska to visit the Denali clan and invite them to the wedding, since it is his wedding. So I thought you could come over here and spend the weekend with us. What do you say?"

"It depends; will this involve make-up, hair products, or ridiculous clothes? Oh, or nail polish?" I asked, knowing how my last visits to the Cullen's had turned out.

"Actually, yes, it will, but you're coming anyway. We're going somewhere special, but don't worry, it doesn't require stilettos." I groaned. "Oh please Bella! You won't regret it, I promise." I sighed. I really was a sucker.

"Fine Alice, I'll come. You happy?"

"Oh, Bella! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! You won't regret it!" She squealed into the phone. I thought I could make out Emmet shouting "Yes!" in the background, which worried me a little. I rolled my eyes.

"What time do you want me Alice? And what do I need to bring?" I asked her.

"Oh, you can come over when Edward does. And just bring your toothbrush and all that. You should know by now that you have your own wardrobe over here. Oh, and don't worry about Charlie, I'll take care of it." She laughed. I smiled, Alice could probably get Charlie to do anything.

"Alright, Alice. I'll be over there when Edward comes. That it?" I asked her, praying it was. "I don't think my still-beating heart can take anymore."

"Oh, ha-ha, very funny. Actually, I have the bridesmaids dresses ready. You can look at them when you get here." I felt the smile spread over my face. I looked over at Edward and saw he was smiling as well. He winked at me and I giggled. Wait. I giggled? Since when do I giggle like a school girl?

"Bella? Are you even listening to me?" Alice asked me.

"Sure. Sure." I replied. That instantly wiped the smile off my face. "Alice, I've got to go," I told her, trying not to let my voice break. "I'll be over there in a little while. Bye." I hung up before she could say anything. I turned away from Edward, trying not to let him see the tears that were now spilling over onto my face. I knew it wouldn't work so I wasn't surprised when I felt his marble arms wrap around me.

"Oh Bella, he'll be okay. He'll be back. I promise he will. Why don't you call Seth and check on him," he told me. I nodded, not trusting my voice. He handed me his phone and I dialed the number.

"Hello?" I heard the voice on the other line say.

"Oh! Um, hey Leah, um, is Seth there? It's Bella." I told her. I never understood why Leah didn't like me. Sometimes it even seemed like she hated me. I guess it could be because, to her, I was so much like Sam.

"Oh, Bella. Hello. I guess you're calling to check on Jacob. You want me to tell Seth you called?" she asked. I couldn't help but notice it sounded like she'd been crying.

"Um, I won't be home until Monday, so can you just tell me what you know?" I asked her, wondering what she'd been crying about.

"I guess. We think he's somewhere in Canada. We don't really know where since the only coherent thoughts he's thought are about you," she said bitterly. I was surprised.

"Leah do you have any idea when he's coming home?" I asked her, aware how pleading my voice sounded.

"I only know he told Seth he'd come home and leave august 13th for your wedding if he comes home anytime soon. Why are you so worried? You and your fiancé are the reason he's gone in the first place," she spat. "If it wasn't for you, he would've never left. He spent all his time thinking about you, talking about you, picturing you. Do you have ANY idea how annoying it is? It's like I was in love with you." Her voice was cracking now. "He barely even noticed anyone else. It's like the rest of the pack didn't even exist. It's like the rest of us didn't even matter. Do you have any idea how much that hurt some of us, to see him hurt like that? And me, I love him Bella! And he doesn't even notice me because he's too busy thinking about you. Even after all the hell you caused him, he still loves YOU!" She shouted and hung up.

Bella stared at the phone in shock. "Oh. My. God." I managed to mutter after a few seconds. "I-I never would have thought that she…" I trailed off.

"Well, that was interesting," Edward finally said. "Now why don't we go see Alice before she comes over here and drags you back to the house?" he said with a faint smile as he scooped me up and ran me over to the house.