All Because of Vegas

Chapter 2

"Hi," I said to Charlie as he walked into the kitchen.

"Hey, Bells," he said, opening the fridge door and taking out a beer. "Something smells good."

I placed the pasta on the plate and tossed some sauce on top. I grabbed some cutlery and placed his meal on the table. We sat down together and took the first few bites in silence.

"So, what've you been up to today?" he asked me.

"Just been down the Cullens'," I told him. "Alice wanted to ask about some wedding plans, Esme helped…"

"Edward there?" he asked, trying to hide the grouch in his voice that appeared every time I mentioned the wedding. Not that I blamed him. I completely agreed.

"Yeah, he and Rosalie were doing stuff to the engine on his car, not that it needs anything…" I replied, knowing my father would disapprove of Edward making his car faster as much as I would.

"You gonna go down there again tomorrow?" he asked.

"Probably," I replied, shrugging. "I was gonna go down La Push with Carlisle when he goes to check on Jacob."

"That's a good idea," Charlie said, pointing at me with his fork. "Just watch Edward's okay with it."

"He'll be fine with it," I assured him. "It's Jakey I'm worried won't want to see me."

Charlie shrugged, "perhaps you should get Dr Cullen to check with him first… or you could ring Jacob."

I shook my head. I was a coward and I knew it. "Perhaps I should just stay at the Cullens' tomorrow," I considered.

Charlie raised an eyebrow at me but didn't argue; he was smart enough to know that things with Jacob needed to be left alone for the moment. I felt the familiar ripping sensation in my heart but tried to smother it with the knowledge that I was finally about to get what I really wanted; immortality with Edward.

I noticed we'd both finished eating so I picked up the plates and ran water for washing them in.

I decided to have a quick shower before Edward came over for the night. I wasn't really aware of the water slipping down my skin, mixing with my shampoo, my focus was on the small engagement ring that rested by the side of the sink. It was amazing to think that such a small thing was supposed to be a token of the great love between Edward and me. It seemed too normal for our relationship, though the age of the jewellery suited my fiancé; it felt that the small ring didn't quite meet the extent of my feelings for Edward.

I considered that was one of the things I felt about marrying Edward. It was just too normal and Edward was too perfect and special for something as regular as marriage. I also decided that was one of the reasons Edward wanted to get married so badly, he wanted to make us a normal couple, to forget that he was supposed to be the awful monster and not prince charming. It was completely irrelevant though; because he was my prince charming and I loved him.

I kept my shower short as I didn't want to keep Edward waiting when he came for the night. I slipped into an old pair of sweat pants and a large shirt, since it was windy this evening, rendering Forks cold. I didn't want to start shivering in Edward's arms. That would really kill the romance.

I tied my wet hair loosely in a ponytail at the back of my head and brushed my teeth, enjoying the mint flavours in my mouth. Now that I knew my human days were numbered I was spending much time savouring activities that had become routine over the last eighteen years. I was surprised Charlie hadn't noticed how everything I did I took much more time over.

Perhaps only I had noticed as I thought of the forthcoming change. And it pulled at that little nag in the back of my head saying that I really should remain human, the same one that said I should stay with Jacob.

I cleared my head, it didn't matter, that small part of me would never change my mind. I was Edward's and that wasn't about to change. I was to remain forever young with him and I looked forward to it.

Alice had told me she could only be as sure as I was about becoming a vampire and ever since that conversation, I'd been perfectly appeased that this was what I wanted. If Alice could see me as a vampire in the future, then I must want it.

It must just be pre-wedding jitters, I told myself. Everyone had them, no matter how in love they are with their partner. There was nothing to worry about. I was going to love being a vampire as long as I was with Edward.

Finished in the bathroom, I walked quietly into my bedroom and moved a few things about. I put a few pieces of clothing in the wash-bin and moved a few study notes that I no longer needed, placing them in the bin. I settled down with one of the Bronte sisters' novels and snuggled into the covers on my bed.

It didn't seem like I was reading for long, but all too soon I could hear Charlie moving around in the bathroom, getting ready for bed. I heard him go into his bedroom and a few minutes later gentle snoring erupted.

I placed the book down and turned the light off, waiting for Edward to arrive now that my father was asleep.

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Meanwhile, I was having a few problems. Somehow I'd ended up on a one-way plane to who knows where, with only Rosalie as company. I didn't quite understand why I was here. I'd left the house for a brief hunting trip with Esme, Alice and Rosalie and plans to be back by the time Charlie went to sleep so I could join Bella, but for some reason I was now on a plane.

I watched Alice and Esme wave goodbye to me from the terminal and let out a low growl. I wondered why my dear sisters and mother were throwing me on a plane when I really should be getting back to Bella's house.

Rosalie gave me a smirk as she reminded me that I was surrounded by humans and growling wasn't usual human behaviour. I scowled at her and told her I'd show her some abnormal human behaviour.

I rested my head against the seat and reminded myself that I couldn't do anything until the plane touched down at the other end, then I could make my escape.

Rosalie turned to my 'sulking figure', as she so kindly put it and asked me if I was willing to listen to her now.

I glared at her but decided that there was nothing better for me to do now but listen to my stupid sister's story.

"We just need you to cooperate with us, Edward," she told me.

"It's not like you've given me much of a choice," I murmured.

She ignored this comment. "Now, Alice, Esme and I have decided to teach your little fiancée a lesson for trying to get married without us," she told me, "and what better way of doing it than by stealing her lovely husband-to-be?"

"You're keeping me captive to teach Bella a lesson?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"That's right, Edward," Rosalie confirmed, "what will Bella do when she turns up at our house tomorrow and finds her fiancé missing?"

I growled once again, "I'm not cooperating, Rose."

"I'll just have to make you then," she sighed. "I had hoped you'd see our side in this."

"All that I see here, is that you are purposely trying to upset Bella," I said coldly.

"There'll be no harm done," Rosalie assured me. "And it'll prepare her for the future. Isn't that what you want, Edward?"

"Not in this sense," I replied, my tone laced with anger.

She shrugged at me, telling me that my arguments were towards a lost cause.

I realised she wasn't going to be stirred; I'd just have to find a way of getting back to Bella before she became too upset.

I changed tack like a ship changing direction, "what are you going to do with me then, while I'm supposedly 'missing'?" I asked her, frostily.

"Well, you're going to hand deliver your wedding invitation to the Denali sisters," Rosalie said, "particularly Tanya."

I winced, having a feeling that this would get used as ammunition against Bella in the coming days. And Bella already felt overshadowed by the, quite frankly, stunning vampire who'd once attempted to gain my affections.

Rosalie laughed at my expression, "I'm sorry, Edward, but it has to be done." She kissed me lightly on the cheek.

I didn't talk to her for the rest of the journey, as I worried about Bella's reaction to the news that I was missing or worse, on the way to Denali.

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