Taylor: Alrighty, it's just me writing this one! Of course, my loverly counter-author wrote the last one by herself… so hah! Hopefully we'll be able to finish these before the book comes out… wouldn't that be nice! As it is, we might not be able to finish it because we were gone for a few days and missed quite a few quotes. Now… on with the story!
Chapter 2
Bella: Oh, Mike, how will I go on?
After days of nervous waiting, the day had finally arrived. The sky was covered in a lovely white blanket of clouds, a light breeze ruffled the leaves on the trees, and – amazingly – it wasn't raining.
I gazed out across the backyard of the Cullen's house at the seated guests, all waiting for me. At the end of the yard, on a beautiful white pavilion, stood Edward. He was resplendent in his black tuxedo, his golden eyes glowing with joy and his bronze hair ruffling slightly in the wind. I took a deep breath and started down the aisle. It was time to get married.
Emmett stood slightly behind Edward, and Jasper and Carlisle stood next to Edward. Slowly, so as not to trip, I continued my journey to stand next to Edward and become his wife.
When I reached the pavilion, I turned to look at all the guests. Tears streamed down my mother's face as she beamed at me and clutched my Charlie's and Phil's hands. Charlie smiled reassuringly. Behind them, I saw my friends from school, Angela, Ben, Mike, Jessica, and Lauren. Wait, Lauren? I did a double take. What was she doing here? Why had Alice invited her? But more importantly, why had she come? I was under the impression that she hated me.
Before I could ponder it further, Emmett started to speak. Edward gently took my hands and looked into my eyes. I was slowly melting, barely hearing what Emmett was saying. Edward, Edward, Edward. All I could see was Edward.
Suddenly, something flew from the woods and stuck in Edward's head. I dropped his hands like hot potatoes and jumped back, yelping. It was a flaming arrow!
"What the hell?!" I screeched as Edward pawed at his hair, which had caught on fire. From the woods, Jacob ran out, clutching a bow and a lighter.
"Jake!" I screamed, horrified by Edward's flaming head. "What have you done?!" Jacob cackled in reply and turned into a pterodactyl, which then flew away. Edward was still batting at his head, trying to put out the fire.
"Somebody, help!" I screamed. "Carlisle, Esme, do something!" I spun in a circle, trying to find somebody to help Edward. It took me a minute to find them, and when I did I couldn't believe my eyes.
Esme and Carlisle danced in a circle, holding hands with Sam Uley, Leah, Billy Black, Quil, and Embry as they sang Kumbaya!
"What are you doing?!" I screeched at them. Esme giggled – which I couldn't believe in and of itself – and continued to dance and sing.
"Come join us, Bella!" Carlisle called happily. I was appalled.
"Can't you see your son's head is on fire?" I screamed. At this rate, I was going to lose my voice. Carlisle and Esme didn't seem concerned, though, so I changed gears and started searching for somebody else. As soon as I did, the sun broke through the clouds, illuminating every vampire in the vicinity.
"Uh oh," I groaned. There were humans all over the place! It was by one of these humans that I found Alice – by my mother, to be exact.
"Isn't it awesome?" Alice said proudly, holding out a sparkling arm for Renee to ogle.
"How do you do it?" Renee questioned her, completely dazed.
Alice leaned in closer to whisper in Renee's ear. "It's magic," she announced quietly and yet still grandly.
"Ohhhhhh…" Renee nodded, a look of understanding covering her face.
I moaned loudly. Why hadn't Alice seen any of this? And, more importantly, why hadn't she done anything about any of this?
Turning around quickly, I looked for the three remaining, possibly sane Cullens – Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie. The first one that I saw was Emmett. He was on his knees, crawling across the lawn and… eating grass?
"What the hell…?" I muttered to myself, turning around once again. Looking for Rosalie or Jasper, I found the two of them… making out? Rosalie sat in Jasper's lap and Jasper sat on a table as they… made out.
"Ew, ew, ew!" I cried. Apparently, nobody would be able to help me. I guess I would just have to put out Edward's head by myself.
"Hold on, Edward!" I shouted to him as I ran – wearing a wedding dress, for the record, which is very hard to do – to find something to extinguish the still burning flames. Finally, I found a bottle of champagne. I ran back to Edward and then faced a new problem – getting the bottle open.
"No!" I screamed, trying to wedge the cork out. Before I had the chance to open the bottle, Edward keeled over sideways, literally dropping dead. I just stared at him in shock. Suddenly, a very suave and sexy looking Mike Newton sauntered up to me. I turned to him in my despair.
"Oh, Mike, how will I go on?" I wailed.
"Come and run away with me, Bella," Mike announced in a very deep voice. "We can ride my camel away into the sunset." For some reason, I didn't know why I should refuse him.
"Okay," I shrugged, as Mike and I walked towards his handsome camel.
Feeling extremely confused and fairly lost, I sat up. I shook my head slightly to clear it and looking around for Edward.
"Well, that was a weird dream…"
A/N: Up next… Day 3 Quote! Here's a sneak preview…
Tanya: Oh, Edward, I've missed you so.
What can it mean? What will become of our dear Edward? Tune in next… um… chapter to find out!
