A/N: Okay, here is the 3rd chapter to my story. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: It's not mine. None of the characters belong to me (although I wish Edward did). They all belong to Stephanie Meyer.
Chapter 3
Wedding day! I'd been freaking out since the day before. It's not that I didn't want to marry Edward. Honestly, I just didn't want to be married...yet. He knew that. I was sure he did. It was one of the many reasons he had for asking me if I was ready to go through with this whole wedding thing or not.
I hadn't seen Edward all day. I wanted to do this the right way and Alice, being the person that takes things too seriously, made sure I didn't see Edward all day. It was frustrating. I'd really wanted to see him. All day, Alice took me around with her to finish up some last minute errands before taking me to do my hair, nails and get into my dress.
The whole process took all day. I was surprised. I had woken up early that morning too. Alice had knocked on my window at exactly six o'clock that morning.
"Bella!" she hissed through the glass. "Bella, wake up! We have things to do."
I groaned loudly. "Just because you don't sleep, Alice, doesn't mean I don't need it." I grumbled irriated at the fact that I had to wake up early during my summer vacation. Somehow Alice had managed to open my window without breaking it. I covered my face with the sheets and rolled around so that I made myself look like a cocoon.
"Come on, Bella. There's lots of stuff to do today." said Alice as she shook me.
"Can't it wait until the sun comes up?" I asked groggily.
"Come on, Bella. It's you're wedding day. There's lots to do." said Alice.
I tried to ignore her shaking me. I tried to pretend that I was rocking in a rocking chair and it was nice and peaceful. I thought I'd fall back asleep soon. I was wrong. Alice shook me more vigorously each time. I felt like I was in the middle of an earthquake. I decided I'd get up before I was thrown off the bed.
"FINE! I'll get up! Just stop shaking me! I feel like I've gone on a roller coaster a million times and I'm about to hurl." I complained as I sat up in bed.
"Good, I'll be at your door in a few minutes. If you're not down there, I'll come up here and you'll see what's going to happen." she threatened. She leaped out my window and I stood up and got ready. I didn't want to know what Alice was going to do to me if I didn't get up. I knew it wasn't going to be good. By the time I was ready I heard the doorbell downstairs. I knew it was Alice. I ran down the stairs to answer it. Charlie had beat me to it.
"Hey Alice, what are you doing here so early?" I recognized this voice as Charlie's.
"I'm here to see Bella and get some last minute things done." replied Alice. I ran down the stairs at that moment. I didn't want Alice to be mad at me for not showing up in time. I knew that Alice liked to do things by a certain schedule of hers. If I messed it up, she'd be ranting on about it the whole time in the car.
"Hey Alice. Let's go. We don't want to waste any time." I said. Alice nodded.
"See you Bells." said Charlie.
"I'll be back later with the limo Dad." I replied as I was dragged out the door by Alice.
We got into the car and Alice started to drive. "So, what's on the agenda for today?" I asked curiously.
"Well, we're getting our nails done and then we're going to get your hair done. Then we're going to get your make-up done and eat lunch afterward. Then, we're going back to my house where you're going to get dressed and Edward is going to pick Charlie up. Then we're going to get to the church and have yourself a wedding and wedding reception." replied Alice.
"How many people did you invite, Alice?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, hey look a puppy. Aw! It's so cute!" exclaimed Alice.
"I knew it! You pretty much invited the whole town didn't you?!" I asked angrily.
"Well, I wanted it to be a special day for you." said Alice timidly. I felt like there was something she was hiding from me. I didn't really care to ask her what it was. I was a little angry at her. I had said I wanted only family and friends there.
"So, where are we going to get our nails done?" I asked Alice.
"A really good place in Port Angeles." she replied. It was a vague answer, but I didn't ask any more. I didn't particularly care what I looked like for my wedding. What I cared about was saying goodbye to my family and friends. I cared about making Edward happy. I cared about saying goodbye to my old life and possibly never seeing it again and I cared about starting my new life with the person I loved, Edward.
We had been in the car for a total of five minutes when I started to doze off. Sleep was taking over my body. My eyes fluttered a few times. I tried to fight it but sleep was getting the better of my will. I shut my eyes and fell asleep...
HONK! I moved around wildly in my seat.
"What the hell was that for?!" I asked Alice angrily.
She giggled. "We're here."
"You couldn't do it the normal way?!" I exclaimed as I got out of the car.
"Hey, I tried that. You wouldn't wake up, so I honked the horn. Guess what, it worked." said Alice almost tauntingly. I glared at her and slammed the door to her yellow porche. I swore that I went deaf in my left ear.
The place was huge! In my mind I'd pictured it to be a quaint little place where no one really goes. This place was nothing like I'd imagined.
"This place looks expensive." I muttered softly.
"Don't worry, I got this covered." replied Alice.
I looked behind the counter to see what types of things this place did. It was a spa, it did hair, nails and make-up. I was amazed at how many of those you could combine in one place.
First was nails. I'd never gotten my nails done before. I didn't have to. I was always the one chewing on them with no nail polish on. I'd never experienced getting them done. It wasn't on my list of things to do. Never was really.
Alice nodded when a lady asked if one of us was ready. "Go, Bella." She gave me a small push and I sat down with the lady.
"So, you're getting married today, huh?" asked the lady. I looked at her name tag. Her name was Jenni.
"Yeah." was all I could say. I put my hands on the table and she began to file my nails.
"I remember when I got married. It was the happiest day of my life." said Jenni. "It blessed me with two wonderful kids." She pointed to the pictures behind her.
"How old are they?" I asked, trying to go along with her conversation so I didn't appear to be rude. In truth, I could care less about what she had to say.
She talked to me the whole time she did my nails. It was a little annoying. I just wanted to calm down somehow and think. Nevertheless, I pretended like everything she said was interesting. When she finished, she pointed me over to the pedicures.
"Thank you, they look great." I said gratefully. I was happy to get away from her.
I made my way to the pedicures where the lady there did my toes. Her name was Sharon. I was grateful that she didn't talk to me much. I just wanted to calm down. Alice sat next to me and had her toes done too.
"Isn't this relaxing?" she asked.
"Yeah. It really is." I replied.
After my pedicure, I went to get my hair done. This lady's name was Cheyenne. She was an idea person. She could picture everything in her head and bring it to life. She gave me big curls that hung loosely from my head. It took about an hour and a half to do my hair because at first the curls wouldn't stay. Cheyenne used a lot of hairspray in my hair. In the end, my hair was great.
"Aw, would you look at that. You look absolutely divine." said Cheyenne.
"It's all thanks to you." I replied gracously. She blushed and pointed me over to the make-up.
I sighed, this was the place I was dreading to go. I really didn't want any make-up on my face. Why wasn't lip gloss enough? Instead of a gross sticky foundation, Crystal (the make-up artist) used mineral make-up. She started with a mineral foundation and used all natural make-up on my face. The finishing touch was long lasting lipstick. It only added a little color to my lips and it didn't make me look trampy. I waited for Alice to get her make-up done and we left. We finished everything by lunch. I could tell Alice was pleased. Her schedule was going as planned and at the right times.
Alice took me to an Olive Garden close-by the little beauty place we had just left. I ordered some lasagna and a Coke and she watched me eat. While there, I could feel eyes watching me and Alice. They were probably wondering why were looking the way that we were and why Alice was wasn't eating. I ignored their stares and ate my food. I hadn't eaten anything that morning so I was starving by this time.
"Didn't they do a great job?" asked Alice admiring her nails.
"Yeah, they did actually." I admitted. "How much was the total cost?"
"Not that much, it was only two hundred dollars." replied Alice nonchalantly.
"Oh, that's not so-" I nearly spit out my food. Instead I choked on it. I drank some Coke to wash it down and I gave Alice an incredulous look. "TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS?!" I exclaimed in a strained whisper.
"Well what did you expect, Bella?" asked Alice. "They used mineral make-up and they used other natural stuff. Of course it'd be expensive, Bella. It's your wedding day. You deserve it."
I couldn't believe it. Alice had spent so much money on me just for my wedding. She was crazy! First she had bought me a dress, then all the decorations and flowers. Now she used two hundred dollars on make-up. What else had she spent a lot of money on? It made me wonder.
"Now, don't make a big deal out of this, Bella. It's your wedding. You deserve the best. Surely you didn't expect me to just let you do your hair, nails, and make-up at a normal salon. You should know me better than that." said Alice nonchalantly.
The truth was that I was really bothered by it. Alice was like my sister. Of course I'd let her do things for me if she wanted...and if they were in reason, but this was going over that line of reason. It was absolutely ridiculous.
"Oh, and you leave tomorrow at seven A.M." added Alice.
"For what?" I asked curiously. Oh no! What did she do?
"For your honeymoon on a cruise, silly." replied Alice. "And before you say anything you have to go."
I grimaced. I wasn't really into ships. They say they're safe, but look at what happened to the Titanic. They said that that ship was safe too. Then they went crashing into an iceburg and pretty much everyone died. I don't want to be one of those people. Course, if that ever happened to me I'd probably never ride on a ship again.
"Just kidding. I didn't think you'd want to go since you're such a spazz about things." said Alice. I shook my head and laughed. She was right, I was a spazz.
After lunch we went back to the Cullen household. Esme was there to greet us. Surprisingly, Rosalie was there too. I didn't think she'd even want to talk to me. When she found out about my decision to become a vampire, she got mad at me again. I remembered her story clearly. I remembered her fiance and what he did to her. I remembered everything about her story. I even remembered that Rosalie was supposed to be meant for Edward. I could never forget that. I knew she had Emmett, but I couldn't forget it. I hated Rosalie being mad at me. I supposed that we were starting to get along all right, but then after I decided my fate she hated me again. She'd given me a look that said 'Didn't you listen to my story? Didn't you learn anything from it?' I knew what she wanted. She wanted to be human. She thought I was throwing my life away. She was wrong. I wasn't like her. I knew what I was doing. She didn't have a choice in becoming what she was now, but I did. I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be with him. Why couldn't she understand that?
"Don't worry, she's on her best behavior. We made her promise." muttered Alice. I supposed she saw the look on my face when I saw her. The thing was, I didn't even know I had a look on my face.
"Good luck, Bella." said Rosalie. It seemed that she actually meant it.
"Thanks, Rosalie." I replied.
Alice dragged me up the stairs and into her room. I stood in the middle of the room looking around. I'd never really been in Alice's room before. Alice went rummaging through her closet and threw my wedding dress at me and a corset.
"A corset?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, don't worry Bella. I'll help you put it on." she replied as I looked at it.
"It looks vintage."
"That's because it is." replied Alice. My eyes became bigger. It was a real corset. And I was afraid of vintage things. With my luck it would probably end up torn or I'd probably spill something on it. I was such a klutz.
I quickly took my top off while Alice was turned around and I wrapped the corset around me. She turned back around and tied it tightly. By the time she was done, the whole top part of my body was immobile and straight.
"Why did we decide to wear a corset again?" I asked.
"It goes with your whole look. Parts of your dress are vintage too you know." she replied.
I shrugged and quickly put my dress on (to the best of my ability and with Alice's help of course). I then helped Alice into her dress and we fixed my hair a little and finally slipped my shoes (or as I like to call them, 'deathtraps') on. By the time we were finished the limo had gotten there. I knew Alice was pleased because everything was going according to plan. We ran down the stairs to find that no one was home.
It was strange seeing the Cullen household so empty during the day. I'd only ever seen it empty once and it had been at night. The house seemed so happy and vibrant yet empty all at the same time. It was strange...
I didn't have too much time to dwell on the matter. Alice was rushing me out the door and into the limo. By this time my nerves had gotten the better of me. I felt like I wanted to throw up. Alice noticed this and tried to calm me down. She kept talking, but I zoned out and I thought of everything I was going to leave behind and listed them off in my head. There was Charlie, and mom and Phil. I was leaving all of my friends behind. My whole life was going to change so fast after this wedding. Change was a good thing. In this case, it had its good points and its bad ones. Charlie would be alone and not have to see me for a long time. Mom and Phil would live life as normal as they had when I was with Charlie. I wouldn't ever get a chance to see my friends. I figured it'd be alright though because all friends split up eventually whether it be by time or...something else. There was something else I knew I was forgetting. I just couldn't think of it at the time.
Finally we'd gotten to the church. I took a deep breath before getting out of the limo. I was greeted by all my friends and family. There were so many people there. It was unbelieveable. It was amazing. I never realized how many people I knew until Alice bunched them up together in one place.
Alice quickly took me to the dressing room to get the final touches on my dress put on. She put the veil on my head and smiled at me with tears in her eyes.
"You look so beautiful." she said. I returned her watery smile with one of my own.
"So do you." was the stupid reply that came out of my mouth.
"Okay, are you ready?" she asked. I nodded. "Then let's go out there and have us a wedding." Again I nodded, not knowing what to say. I had to admit that Alice seemed a little nervous. I couldn't imagine why.
We scurried out of the dressing room and got into our places in line.
"You look beautiful, honey." said Charlie as he kissed my forehead.
"You clean up pretty nice yourself, dad." I replied. Charlie had already given me the 'pre-wedding speech', as he liked to call it, a week before my wedding day. I was grateful that I didn't have to hear it again.
The big oak doors leading into the gathering area opened and everyone walked down the aisle except for me and my dad. Then I heard the chime of 'Here Comes the Bride' and knew it was my turn to walk down the aisle with my father. While walking down the aisle I looked straight ahead to avoid any eye contact with anyone. I heard friends and family whisper encouraging words to me. They would say stuff like "You're so beautiful,". I ignored all the comments made to me and concentrated on making my way to Edward and getting through the ceremony without puking my guts out.
Finally we got to the alter where Edward was standing, stunning as ever. He flashed my favorite crooked smile in my direction. It made me smile back. That's when I knew everything would be fine.
The ceremony started. Everyone was seated. The priest started to speak.
"We are gathered here today to join together Edward Cullen and Isabella Swan in holy matrimony." he started. It was a bit strange to hear these words. I'd only ever heard them in movies and my mother's wedding. Never did I think that I ever hear them at my own wedding. The priest continued. "If there is anyone here that does not believe that these two should be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace."
I looked out into the crowd and looked at everyone's faces. I hoped no one would say "I object". That would've been embarrassing. Someone did get up. I quickly turned my head and saw who it was.
Jacob? It couldn't have been. But he looked straight at me with solomn eyes and walked out of the church. His father, Billy, wasn't far behind him. He gave me an apologetic look before going after his son. I didn't know what expression was on my face. No wonder Alice was acting so weird.
A/N: Okay...yeah now I have a cliffie. I know some people hate cliffies but yeah...here's one. It took me a long time for me to finish this. I've been busy lately so it's going to take me a while to update because of all the stuff that's going on. Bear with me. Thanks for reading. Review if you can please.
