Chapter 2

Before I knew it, I was up in Alice's room filled with different shades of eye shadow, blush, and lipstick. There were more hairpins on the counter than I ever thought could exist in this world. Before I even said anything, I was already seated in the chair facing the mirror. As I looked at myself, I knew Alice would make me look gorgeous, but I was wondering how much work was needed to be done one me in order to make perfect in her eyes. She stood there thinking and saying things like, "this may take a little while" and "where to begin". I was beginning to get worried that I was never going to be able to leave this seat. As I was getting more lost in thought again, Esme and Rosalie came in.

Being the mother that she is, Esme sees the worried look on my face and says, "Don't worry Bella. We won't keep you here too long and I will make sure she doesn't go over too overboard. I promise."

With that, Alice began to work her magic. 3 hours and 5 tries and 20 hairpins later, I was actually up to Edward's standards. I couldn't believe my own reflection. I would not have recognized myself. I began to cry because I knew that this was really going to happen and I was so happy.

"OH NO BELLA! DON'T CRY! YOUR MAKE-UP WILL RUN AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN!" Alice was now running around trying to find a tissue to keep me from ruining her beautiful work. Esme and Rosalie couldn't help but laugh at this tiny pixie running around all flustered over the littlest thing.

After they had me try on the dress with the make-up and hair, I was finally allowed to put back on my regular clothes and I was given the ok to leave. As I was changing, I heard a soft laugh and I knew Edward was in the room, which was a very bad thing at this very moment. I turned around and I was immediately every shade of red you could ever think of. "How long have you been sitting there?" I quickly turned around trying to find where my shirt was. I was in jeans and my bra but it was still embarrassing.

"Only a few moments. I didn't see anything, much." He got up from the chair he was lounging in and came up behind to give me a hug. "Why are you so embarrassed, love?"

I couldn't tell him that I was uncomfortable with him seeing me half naked, because that would only make this more embarrassing and he would have way too much fun with that. "You just startled me. That's all." I said it with as much confidence as I could muster, but of course, he knew better.

He turned me around and once again I was starring into those topaz eyes that could make me say anything. He leaned down and I knew I was going to lose this battle very quickly. Be began kissing my shoulder and worked his way up my neck.

In between kisses he was able to ask in his velvet voice, "So what was making you embarrassed?"

My breathing was so rapid and uncontrollable at this point that it was kinda embarrassing, but I didn't care one little bit. I was going to enjoy this before he pulled away with some excuse about his self-control. "Um...I honestly can't remember." As I said this, I could feel him smiling.

His lips finally reached mine and they weren't very careful as they usually were, and that was fine with me. His hands were wrapped around my waist and I was moving mine up around his neck. I expected him to pull away, but he didn't. He pulled me closer to him and that definitely took me by surprise. Soon his tongue was tracing along my bottom lip. My head was seriously spinning and it was only spinning more as this continued, not that I was complaining. We had to break apart after a few moments to catch our breath.

"I should get you home. We don't want Charlie to worry about you. He needs as much time with you as he can get before the wedding." I was reluctant to break from this but I nodded in agreement. I found my shirt and we walked hand in hand downstairs and out to his Volvo.

As we drove home, I got to thinking that maybe Charlie was having a hard time coping with this. I have not been able to talk to him much since Edward and I announced we were engaged. Ever since we told him, Charlie has been either moping around the house saying things like "she's too young" or "I'm losing my little girl" or he has been with Billy trying to get his mind off things. Edward and I have been busy with wedding details, like picking out tablecloth colors and types of napkins. I would have preferred to do a small and simple wedding but I wanted to do everything right and I wanted Alice to have her fun. Alice and I always disagreed on these little things. She would ask for my opinion, but she hated my opinion so she just went with her own. What was the point in asking me if she wasn't even going to go with what I said?

When we did finally get home, I noticed something was wrong. Charlie's cruiser wasn't in the driveway. Edward noticed it too and even he looked a little worried. I quickly got out of the car and when I went to unlock the door, I found the door was already open. We walked through the door and headed into the living room. His nose was wrinkled and I only knew one thing that would make his nose do that...werewolves. I was wondering who it was. Sam? Seth? Or maybe...no it couldn't be. He is still 'missing'. We turned the corner and I took a sharp intake of breath. My eyes grew wide with fright while Edward was already growling next to me. Something about this didn't feel right.

"Bella, come have a seat."

Sorry to leave you with a cliffhanger. I wonder who is there??