Mrs. Meyer, may I borrow your Twilight characters? Pretty please?

Bella is still telling the story. They have a bachelorette party - woohoo!

Chapter 3 - Girls' Night Out

Before I could compose my thoughts enough to respond, the rest of the family came trooping through the door. Edward caught me up in his arms and kissed me sweetly on the forehead. "I've missed you. Did you and Alice get everything done today?"

Alice giggled, "Nearly." and then pulled Esme and Rosalie out of the room. Edward stared after her for a moment and then looked at me, obviously puzzled.

"What is she up to now? Do I really want to know why she's singing 'Hungry Eyes' in her head?"

I sighed. "Probably not. If I had to guess, I'd say they've gone off to plan my bridal shower and bachelorette party."

He laughed at that. "You're right, I probably don't want to know." Then his brow wrinkled in thought, "Though I think I will talk to her about this bachelorette party idea and lay down a few ground rules. Just for your safety. She tends to forget about things like 'underage' and 'illegal in most states' once she gets on a roll."

"I would appreciate that."

Edward and I spent the rest of the evening in his room listening to music and snuggling on the couch. The closer the wedding got, the more our roles regarding physical boundaries were reversing. He was showing less and less restraint and I was showing more. I finally sat up, scooted a little away from him, and announced that it was probably time for me to go home. A low growl escaped him, "You know you used to push me much further than this without a second thought."

"I know that, and I'm sorry if I'm being difficult. I just think that waiting until our wedding night will be easier if we don't tempt ourselves too much right now. Especially since we're so close to the official day." I blushed, and he smiled.

"I suppose so. Well, tempting little human, let's get you home before your father comes looking for you."

The next few days passed in a blur of secrecy and activity. Alice hid the shower and party plans from me, the three of us hid the dancing lessons from the rest of the family, and she and Jasper hid their thoughts from Edward. The whole thing was both tiring and exhilarating at the same time. Meanwhile, we were nearing the one-week mark until the wedding. I was cleaning my bathroom on Friday afternoon when Alice appeared in the door and said, "Get some things together; you're spending the weekend with us. I've already cleared everything with Charlie."

"But my mom is flying in tomorrow to spend the week with me before the wedding!"

"I know, don't worry about it. Everything is taken care of and you'll see her tomorrow afternoon." She looked far too cheerful about something.

"What are you up to?" I asked suspiciously.

"Now why would I be 'up to' anything? I told you a week ago that I was planning a bridal shower and bachelorette part for you!"

"And those things require kidnapping me when my mom is coming for a visit?"

"Yes. Now get up and get your stuff together because we have to get moving. The limo is picking us up in an hour and we still have to get you dressed."

"Limo?" I just stood there blinking at her.

"Yes, limo. Get moving or I'm going to do it for you!"

An hour later she, Rosalie and I were lounging in the back of the stretch Cadillac and cruising down the highway outside of town. "OK, Alice, now will you please tell me where we're going and what we're doing?"

She bounced in her seat and even Rosalie cracked a smile. "We're going to Seattle to a Muse concert!" she squealed, clapping her hands.

"Really? Oh Alice, that's great! I was so worried we were leaving the country or something…" I trailed off, too relieved and excited to finish my laundry list of concerns.

Her expression darkened for a brief moment, "Yes, well, Edward squashed that idea. His little 'ground rules' didn't leave me with too many viable options, but since you had bought us tickets to see them for graduation and we – er – didn't get to go…" she looked at the floor and fiddled with the hem of her skirt. "Anyway, I thought this would make that up to you and be a fun girls' night out!"

She was right. I had a great time, and some female bonding was exactly what I needed as a distraction from all the wedding stress. I don't remember the last time I laughed so much! Rosalie was completely in her element, adored by every male we passed and getting all three of us backstage by flirting for less than two minutes with one of the security guys. I blushed furiously while the whole band autographed my jeans.

The ride home flew by in fits of giggles on all three of our parts. They regaled me with decades worth of "most embarrassing moments" stories about the Cullen men and even a couple on each other. Rosalie was the most relaxed, friendly, and sisterly that she had ever been around me. I yawned hugely as we pulled into the driveway and Alice smiled. It was a little after three in the morning. "The guys won't be back from hunting until tomorrow evening, so you have Edward's room to yourself tonight."

"Where did they go?"

"To some reserve in northern California with a mountain lion problem. Kind of their present to Edward; not quite a bachelor party per se, but close enough." I nodded sleepily and she walked up the stairs with me, giving me a quick hug at the door to Edward's room. "Sleep well. I'll get you up in plenty of time to set up for the shower tomorrow."

"OK." I yawned again. "Alice?"

"Yes?"

"Thanks for tonight. I really had fun."

She patted my head, "That's what sisters are for."