Chapter 4
RPOV
After Emmett left I made some coffee and sat out some cookies. I carried it all back into the living room and sat them on the coffee table. Bella and Alice were sitting on the couch and I opted to sit in the floor. "So what's wrong with the dress that you found?" I asked.
"I like it but yet I don't like it," Alice replied. "Does that make sense?"
"Yeah, it makes since. So, what do you like about it and what do you not like?" I asked.
"I like the way it's made but I don't like the details on it. It's just so complicated. I've found many dresses that I like but then I find something wrong with them. It's like I like it until I study it for so long and then it's like I have to find something wrong with it or I'll go crazy and it's making me crazy," Alice said.
I got up and walked into my bedroom and got my laptop. I walked back into the living room, sat back down and started my laptop. I waited for it to connect and then opened up the internet. I logged on to a search engine and typed in wedding dresses. Immediately thousands among thousands of hits were shown. I scanned down the page and decided to go to a website called house of brides. I clicked on the link and waited while the page loaded. I clicked on weddings and under wedding dresses I clicked view all by designer. I scanned through the designers and settled on Eden Bridals. I clicked on the link and waited for it to load. I sat there and looked through the dresses. Alice and Bella continued to talk while I looked; neither of them knew what I was doing. Eventually Alice looked over at me and said, "Rose, what are you doing?"
I pulled up a dress and then sat the laptop on the coffee table. I turned it so the screen was facing Alice and Bella. "I've found your wedding dress," I said matter of factly.
I waited while Alice studied the dress. I could tell she was criticizing it to no end. She finally looked at me and said, "It's perfect."
"See that's what I was thinking, but why not make it a Cullen~Hale original design. I was thinking about what you said about the theme of the wedding being Calla Lilies and how the accent color was going to be green. Well I though long and hard about it and instead of the lining being white like the dress have it green like the bridesmaids' dresses, flower girl, and tuxes," I said.
"I love it!" Alice exclaimed. "We have got to go and pick it out and get it sized and ordered and here and-" I got up and went into my bedroom. I grabbed the garment bag out of my closet and walked back into the living room. "Rose, what is that?" Alice asked when I walked in.
"Well I took the liberty of knowing my best friend and future sister," I said as I hung the garment bag on the door frame leading to my bedroom.
I unzipped the bag and showed Alice what it contained. She jumped off of the couch and ran over to the bad. "Rose! It's absolutely perfect! How did you know?" Alice exclaimed.
"Well I know you and I knew that you would love it. Now go and try it on," I said and Alice took the dress and went into my bedroom.
After Alice was dressed I zipped up the dress and Alice came out to show Bella and me. "Alice, it's beautiful," Bella said.
"It fits perfect," Alice beamed. "Rose, how did you know my size?"
"I asked your mom," I replied.
We spent half an hour admiring Alice in the dress and then she went to take it off. Once she was in my room and the dress was unzipped I sat on the couch next to Bella. "It's a beautiful dress Rose," she said.
"Thank you," I replied.
"How do you do it?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked in reply.
"How do you match the perfect dress with the perfect girl?" she asked. I shrugged my shoulders and she continued by saying, "With me you took me to a store and led me right to the dress that was my dream dress, you did the same thing with Jessica when she married Mike, as with Emily and Sam, and then again with Leah and Jacob, you also did it when my dad married Leah's mom, and now with Alice and Jasper. I'm just curious as to what your secret is. How you do it?" she said.
"In all honesty I love weddings. I've always wanted to be a wedding planner but Alice roped me into the fashion line with her," I replied.
"Well if you ask me I think that wedding planning is your calling," Bella replied.
"Well, thank you," I replied.
"So what are you two talking about?" Alice asked as she walked back into the room.
"We were talking about how great Rose is at the whole wedding planning thing. She's great at matching the bride with the dress and everything else," Bella said.
"She really is great at all of that. And speaking of that, Rose, I want you to be my wedding planner," Alice said.
"Alice, that's wonderful. Of course I'll be your wedding planner," I said and got up and hugged her. This was going to be the seventh wedding that I planned.
"Great!" Alice exclaimed.
"Well since we have this settled I guess that I can show you these," I said and went back into my bedroom. I returned with three garment bags. I hung them from the doorframe yet again and unzipped them. "I would like to show you your bridesmaids and flower girl dresses," I said.
Alice walked over to them and studied them. "They're absolutely perfect," she said and then hugged me.
"I'm glad. Now, Bella this is yours and the flower girl dress should fit Nessie but we need her to try it on just to make sure but you can go ahead and try yours on," I said and handed one of the garment bags to Bella. She went into my bedroom and changed.
"I don't know how you did it but you did," Alice said as we sat on the couch and waited for Bella.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well it's like you knew what dresses I would choose and it's not the first time that you've done it. It's the seventh to be exact. I think that you should be a wedding planner not a fashion designer," Alice said and I was shocked.
"Are you saying that you don't want me to help with the fashion line?" I asked.
"Well, I guess I am. It's like you are meant to be a wedding planner not a fashion designer and I think that you would like it more," Alice said.
"Well, I could still help you with the marketing of the line," I said.
"That would be great," Alice said and we hugged.
"So what do you think?" Bella asked as she walked out of my bedroom.
Alice and I looked up and Alice said, "It's gorgeous!"
"It's perfect," I said.
"I agree," Alice said. She looked at Bella and then looked at me and said, "I want to see you both in the dresses together."
"Alice, I already tried mine on and it fits perfectly," I replied.
"Rose, I need to see the two of you in the dresses at the same time to make sure that they are perfect," Alice said sternly.
"Ok fine," I said and went into my bedroom to put on my dress. I walked back out into the living room and waited for Alice's reaction.
"It's perfect, they're perfect, it's all perfect," Alice said.
"You look stunning," Bella said.
"As do you," I replied and then there was a knock on the door.
"You don't think it's Jasper do you," Alice said with a hint of panic in her voice.
I laughed and said, "No," while walking to the door to answer it. "Right on time," I said and let Esme and Renesmee in.
"You and Bella look absolutely beautiful in those dresses," Esme said.
"Thank you," I said. I turned to Renesmee and said, "And how are you today?"
"Hi Aunt Rose! I'm doing great," Renesmee replied.
"So, do I get to see my beautiful daughter in her wedding gown or do I have to wait until the wedding?" Esme asked as she hugged Alice.
"I'll go put it on," Alice replied excitedly and disappeared into my bedroom.
Esme giggled and said, "She's so excited."
"Yes she is," I replied. "Your dress is hanging up over there. When Alice comes back out you can go in and change," I said.
"What about me?" Renesmee asked.
"Yes, you get to try on your dress too," I replied.
"Good," she replied and sat on the couch.
I went into the bedroom to help Alice with her dress and then we walked back out. "Oh my," Esme said. "You look absolutely gorgeous."
There was another knock on the door and I went and answered it. "Hi Mom," I said knowing it would be her.
"Hello Sunshine," she replied and hugged me. She walked in and looked at the group of women standing in my living room. "Alice, you look beautiful," she said. "My son will certainly be shocked," she said. "And Bella and Rose look beautiful as well."
"Thank you Mrs. Hale," Bella said.
"Thanks Momma," I said. "Your dress is hanging over there. I'll let you, Esme, and Nessie decide who goes next."
"We can all change together," Esme said. They all walked over and picked up their garment bags and went into my bedroom. I went in and helped Nessie into her flower girl dress and then we all walked back into the living room.
"I love them," Alice said. "They're all so perfect. Thank you Rose," she said and hugged me.
"You're welcome," I replied.
"Now we need to take them off and put them back in the garment bags. I'll keep them here until the wedding," I said and we changed back into our clothes.
We all sat around the living room and talked about what Alice wanted for the wedding. "Now have you decided on the flowers?" Esme asked.
"Yes, I want calla lilies for the bouquets and boutonnières and I want the flower girl to toss light green rose petals," Alice said. I had opened a word document on my laptop and began to type what Alice wanted and pictured for her wedding.
"What about the ceremony?" my mom asked. Alice looked at her trying to understand what she meant. "Well, Jasper's side of the family is strictly Catholic and I know that your side is Baptists so I was wondering which ceremony is going to take place."
I couldn't believe my mother had just said that. I gave her a look to tell her to drop it and then Alice said, "Well we have talked about it and I told Jasper that I'm fine with whatever he wants to do."
"Ok," was all that my mother said. I could tell that she was upset even if she didn't show it. I sat there and typed in ceremony research on my computer.
"Well what about the colors?" Esme asked trying to lighten the mood.
"I was thinking light green and white," Alice replied and I typed that into the laptop. We continued on like that until we had everything covered from the type of cake to the reception food to the favors. I had a lot of work ahead of me and was more excited than a kid in a candy store.
After we had finished our coffee and cookies Alice had to go meet Jasper to look at wedding dates, my mom and Esme had to go fix dinner for their husbands, and Bella had to go home and cook dinner for Edward. Everyone except Bella and Renesmee had left. "Well we'd better get going too," Bella said standing and putting on her coat.
"It's was good to see you," I said.
"Yeah, it was nice to see you too," she replied.
"Momma, can I stay with Aunt Rose tonight?" Renesmee asked.
"Nessie you need to ask Rose if it's ok," Bella said.
Renesmee turned to me and said, "Aunt Rose, may I spend the night?"
"It's ok with me if it's ok with your mom," I replied and Renesmee looked at Bella with a pleading look on her face.
"Since ok with Rose then its ok with me," Bella said. She looked at me and said, "If you have any problems with her just call and Edward or I will come and get her."
"Oh I'm sure we won't have any problems," I said.
"Ok then I guess I'll see you in the morning," Bella said.
"Are you and Edward going to the family breakfast at Esme and Carlisle's tomorrow?" I asked.
"Yes we are. I'll see you two then," Bella said as she hugged Renesmee and then turned to the door. "Goodbye," she said and walked out and closed the door behind her.
"Bye," Renesmee and I said in unison. Once the door was shut I turned to Renesmee and said, "So what do you want for supper?"
"How about Chinese?" she said.
"Sounds great to me, just let me grab my purse and we'll be ready to go," I said. I grabbed my purse and we put on our jackets and then walked to my car.
After we ate we went to Movie Town and rented a couple of movies and then went back to my apartment. I popped us a bag of popcorn and put it in a big bowl as Renesmee put the first movie in. We sat on the couch and pushed play and waited for the movie to start. "Aunt Rose?" Renesmee said.
"Yes," I replied.
"How come I call you Aunt Rose if you're not my Aunt?"
"Well, because I'm dating your Uncle Emmett."
"Oh, are you two ever going to get married?"
I looked down at her and said, "Well I sure hope so."
"Good, because I want you to be my real Aunt," she said and then the movie started and we sat in silence while we watched.
When the credits started rolling I looked over at Renesmee and was going to ask if she wanted to watch the other movie and found her to already be asleep. I grabbed the blanket off the back of the couch and laid it over her. I walked into my bedroom and began to prepare for bed.
I woke up the next morning just a few minutes before my alarm clock went off. I got out of bed a put on my robe and went to walk to the adjoining bathroom and saw Renesmee asleep in my bed. She looked so peaceful and angel like. I let her sleep while I took a shower and brushed my teeth. I blow dried my hair and did my makeup before I walked back into the bedroom. Renesmee was still sound asleep. I walked over to her and nudged her a little and said, "Renesmee, Renesmee sweetie you need to get up so that we're not late for breakfast." Instead of getting up she rolled over and pulled the cover over her head. I decided to let her sleep while I got dressed. Just as I was slipping on my stilettos when I heard a commotion in my bedroom. I rushed out of my closet and found Emmett on my bed tickling Renesmee. "Now Emmett leave her alone she needs to shower and get ready to go to your parents' house," I said.
"Ok, ok Nessie go take a shower and get ready," Emmett said.
"Ok Uncle Emmett," Renesmee said and she got out of bed and ran into the bathroom. I heard the shower turn on and then I turned to my vanity and picked out some earrings to wear.
"How come you didn't tell me Nessie was spending the night last night?" Emmett asked as he sat up on my bed.
"Because I didn't know until Bella left," I replied and turned around.
"Oh, well come here," he said. I walked over to him and he wrapped his arms around my waist. I leaned down and kissed him on the lips. He taste like mint and smelled like his cologne. "Mmmmm," he said. "You taste good."
I giggled and said, "Thank you, now behave your self your niece is just in the next room."
"Ok fine," he said and unwrapped his arms from around me and we walked into the living room. It was long before Renesmee walked out of my bedroom. "So are my two favorite girls ready to go?" Emmett asked as he and I stood up from the couch.
"I am," Renesmee replied.
"I am too," I said and we walked to the jeep.
By the time Emmett pulled up to the house Alice, Jasper, Bella, and Edward were already there. We all got out and walked inside. "Hey guys we're here!!" Emmett called into the foyer.
"Come on into the dinning room," I heard someone call from the dinning room. I took it to be Carlisle.
We walked into the dinning room and Esme said, "Good morning Emmett, Rosalie, and Renesmee." She gave each of us hug and then went back into the kitchen.
"Do need help with anything?" I asked.
"No dear just go ahead and sit down," Esme replied.
I took my seat next Alice and Emmett sat down next to me.
Edward, Emmett, Jasper, and Carlisle were in conversation about something that was happening at the hospital and Bella and Renesmee were talking about her new dance recital instructor. I turned to Alice and was just about to ask her something about the wedding when she turned to me and said, "We decided on a date. We're going to announce it over breakfast."
"That's great Alice," I replied. "When is it?"
"Well since you're my wedding planner I'll tell you. We want to get married April 4."
"April 4 of this year?" I asked.
"Yeah, I mean I know its short notice and that it's pushing it but I really hope that you can do it."
I thought to myself. It was January now and she wanted the wedding to be April 4. That only gave me three months to get everything done. I wasn't going to lie to myself. It was going to be hard but I'd do everything I could to make it the wedding of her dreams. "I can do it," I replied and Alice looked super excited when I told her this.
Ok so I got this chapter up a little faster than the last. After the wedding I'll put pics up of the dresses. I have a lot of ideas for this story but if you the reader have an idea or two or three or maybe even more feel free to let me know. Also let me know how you think the wedding should go. Should be inside or out. Traditional or modern. Tell me what you want. Also I would like to tell you the ages of the characters.
Carlisle 45
Esme 45
Monroe 45 (Jasper and Rosalie's Dad)
Cheryl 45 (Jasper and Rosalie's Mom)
Emmett 25
Edward 24
Alice 24
Rosalie 25
Jasper 25
Bella 24
Renesmee 5 (I know that in the last chapter I said that she was two but she needs to be five for the story to work)
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