Carlisle's Idea
The next morning I decided to write my mother an e-mail to see if she was still as mad at me as she was the last time we spoke.
I had called her on the phone to tell her about our engagement. She was silent for a full minute before she started yelling. "What is wrong with you? Haven't I taught you anything? I got married straight out of high school and look what that got me!"
"Yeah, it got you a kid," I said above her ranting.
She stopped then. "Bella, that's not what I meant. I meant that things ended badly with Charlie and me.
"That won't happen with us," I said instantly.
"You don't know that, Bella. You're young. When you're older, you'll realize you never really loved Edward. You're not using your head. You're being foolish."
"You don't know anything about or relationship, Mom."
"I know that you're too young, that you're making a huge mistake and you'll regret it and—"
"Edward and I are getting married, Mom," I said icily. "I hope you come," And then I hung up.
I thought of our last conversation as I typed out an apology. She must have gotten the invitations we sent out by now, yet she still hadn't replied. I had no idea if she was coming or not.
"She'll come," Edward said confidently. He was sprawled out on my bed, smiling my favorite crooked smile.
I finished the e-mail and crawled into his open arms. "Would you mind going to my house today? Alice wants you to decide what food should be served since you're the only one who really knows…."
"How about a herd of deer?" I joked.
He scowled. "I'll pretend you were merely referring to venison.
I giggled, snuggling against his hard body. He held me for a while, as we lay there in silence. I couldn't wait for the rest of our lives to be just like this.
After too short a period of time he sat us up. "Let's go plan a wedding."
I was more excited than I thought I would be.
When we showed up at the Cullen's' huge, white house, Rosalie was outside, seemingly waiting for us. "Carlisle wasn't to talk to all of us," She said as we approached. "He said it's important." She smiled slightly at me before turning back towards the house.
Edward took my hand and we followed her inside. We found them all waiting around Edward's piano. Alice's face was lit up. Edward's eyes flitted to Carlisle's. His eyes widened and a slow smile spread across his face.
"Perhaps I should just cut to the chase before Edward and Alice burst," He said, smiling. "I just want to let you all know that this might not work. I've had no one to test it on obviously. Also, it will be tough to get the supplies we'll need out of the hospital. We'll need about…" He did a quick calculation in his head. "Thirty-five quarts of blood-give or take a few. And a defibrillator." He smiled around at us all.
"Just tell them!" Alice exclaimed.
Carlisle's smile grew wider. "I think I can make us human."