Chapter 5
I felt my body starting to wake up slowly; I rolled over and felt a soft cold touch on my face. A smile slowly crept across my face as I opened my eyes and saw Edward.
"Good morning."
"Morning. How was your trip?" I asked as I moved closer to him.
"It was fine, but I would have rather been here with you." I just curled into him more; I didn't have anything special to do today so laying in bed seemed perfectly fine.
After a while I looked up to Edward. "I'll be right back, I need a human minute."
"Take as long as you need." Edward said before he gave me a small kiss on the lips. I got off the bed unwillingly and walked over to my dresser grabbing my bathroom bag. When I got into the bathroom I started the water and waited for it to get hot before I got in.
After I got under the water I started to think. In a week I will be Bella Cullen. One week, that's only seven days away. How did the time slip by so quickly? I remember graduation like it was yesterday, and now my wedding is approaching in days. I started to get a little tense about the whole situation. I would have to walk down the isle in front of a bunch of people. I would have to talk in front of people, and not just any speech, vows…to Edward. I started to tense up a bit so I just stood under the water allowing the heat to relax my muscles a little bit.
When I felt my muscles relax I turned the water off. Once I finished drying off I reached for my clothes, realizing I forgot to grab something before I left my room. Instead of thinking about it I grabbed my bathroom bag and headed for my room. Before I opened the door to my bedroom I took a deep breath. I just had to grab my clothes and I could change in the bathroom.
As I opened the door Edward started to talk. "I almost forgot to tell you… Alice said you have to…"
"Sorry I forgot a change of clothes." I felt my face start to turn beet red so I turned my back to Edward and opened my dresser drawer.
Edward came up behind me and put his lips so close to my ear I could feel them move. "I'll wait downstairs, take your time." And then he kissed my jaw. When he left the room I threw on a pair of jeans and a shirt and walked downstairs.
Edward was in the living room with the tv on. But it didn't look like he was watching it; it looked more like he was staring at the wall next to the tv. He must have heard me coming down the stairs because he turned his head and smiled my favorite crooked smile. I walked over to the couch and sat next to him, laying my head against his soldier for a few minutes before asking what he was saying before he left the room.
"Oh right, Alice has instructed me that she has to talk to you about a few things. Apparently she still has a few things she would like to run by you."
"How much more could there possibly be to do? She has been working on this wedding for the last few weeks day and night. I thought it wasn't going to be anything big…"
"It's not too late to go to Vegas and get married in sweat pants…"
I just looked at him blankly. "How could you say that? You know how important this is to Renee and Charlie, and think about how upset Alice would be if I canceled now."
"I'm not worried about anyone else but you Bella. Are you sure you want this big of a wedding?"
"I'm positive, I'm just surprise Alice hasn't finished planning already."
"She is going to use every possible second she has, you should have known that."
"Ok. Ok. What time am I supposed to meet with her?"
"Well, she will be pulling up outside in less than five minutes."
"But I don't want to go now; can't we just stay here for a little while longer?"
"I am afraid not." Edward said before kissing my jaw from one ear to the other, "But I did make a deal with her."
"Oh really, and what is the deal?" I asked Edward between my jagged breathing.
"Alice gets you for a few hours today and the hours before the wedding." I couldn't catch my breath because of Edward kissing my jaw so he just continued. "She kept telling me she needed more time with you, but I told her if this was happening and you insisted on being changed after the wedding I needed all the time I could get with you as a human."
"I guess a few hours doing wedding things is better than doing wedding things all day everyday this week." Edward didn't answer he just nodded.
"Ok Bella I only have a few hours so lets get started. First I thought I would show you a few minor details so you know something about your wedding. And you have to try the dress on, make sure it fits, incase we need to make alterations…"
Alice grabbed my hand and started pulling me out of the door. "But Alice I told you I wanted to be surprised."
"I know Bella. But you have to know some things about your wedding, everything can't be a surprise." Alice let go of my hand as soon as she made sure I was in the car and was not going try and get away.
As Alice started the car Edward walked out slowly with a sly grin on his face.
When Edward got to the car he gave me a small kiss and said goodbye for the next few hours.
"If you take any longer Edward I'll keep Bella all night."
"No, No Alice we're leaving. A few hours is long enough for me to be talking about the wedding."
"Have fun. Don't overload her with wedding details Alice." I looked over at Alice to see a sarcastic smile across her face and by the time I looked back over to Edward he was gone and we were moving.
"So Bella, I thought we would go over colors while we drive. I thought off white and red with black accents. The off white and red would be the primary colors, and a few things would be black, like Edwards tux and a small black decoration on the red tables everyone will sit at. Oh and I had these amazing wedding toppers made that looks exactly like you and Edward, which leads to the cake. I thought off white icing with red accents and the two of you on the top. The table will have a black cloth so it will make everyone look at the cake…" She looked over at me and waited for a reply.
"Sounds great Alice."
"Ok then lets talk about the wedding favors. I started to think, maybe we should give thank you gifts and for Renee and Charlie we can get a picture taken of you and Edward. Something they can keep after you are changed."
"I never thought about that before Alice, maybe something like that would be nice to give them."
We walked up to Alice's room and into her closet. "Ok, well first try this on."
"But Alice can't I wait for the wedding day? I mean I really don't have to try it on before then."
"We need to make sure it fits perfectly Bella, Please." How could I resist Alice's sad face?
It was a little weird. I mean I always knew what the dress looked like, but on my body it was completely different. I opened the door slowly to show Alice.
After I stepped out of the bathroom I looked up at Alice. She had the biggest smile on her face and she started jumping up and down.
"Tell me you love it. It looks absolutely perfect on you! It was made for your body."
"I love it Alice. Thank you."
"You know I would do anything for you Bella. Shopping and planning a party is just a bonus." I had to laugh at that, just telling Alice there was a possibility to shopping and she would jump right into the project.
"Ok you can change now please, we have a few other things to go over." I turned around and took of the dress in the bathroom; it was hard to believe I'll be wearing it down the isle soon. By the time I finished changing and walked out to the room Alice had huge books laying around the floor.
"Ok Bella, a few more things and we are done." Alice shuffled through a few papers and pulled one out. "This is the tuxedo Carlisle will be wearing, since he will be Edwards's best man." It was a simple black tuxedo with an off white undershirt and red tie. "And this," Alice said as she pulled out a different piece of paper, "This will be Edwards Tuxedo." I looked at it for a minute. It was almost exactly like the one he wore to prom, it had a black tie and an off white undershirt. "Good you like everything so far. Next is my dress, since I am your maid of honor this is what I'll be wearing. And since you already know what your dress looks like I don't need to show you a picture." She said with a smile before showing me the picture of her dress; it was a simple satin or silk dress that had a bow around the waist in the same fabric. It only went to her knees and had thin straps to hold it up. "Good, so that will not be a problem either." Before showing me anything else she placed the pages back in the exact spot she took them out of.
"Ok, now that we are done with the clothes let me show you the cake. It is simple and beautiful. I thought of you and Edward right away." She handed me a picture and I have to admit I was very surprised. It was simple but elegant. Off white icing on the layers of cake and red for an accent color.
"Can I see the topper?"
"Sorry Bella, but that is one surprise I'm keeping for the wedding." I nodded, if Alice wanted to keep a secret there was nothing I could do. She did so much for Edward and I already. She took the paper back and put it in the exact spot she took it out of. "I want to make sure you are alright with the seating. This is what I have so far. Do you want to make any changes? It would have to be now." I looked over the floor plan; Charlie was at the same table as Carlisle and Esme, Renee and Phil, if only he had a date since the others had one, there's nothing I can do now. Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Angela and Ben were at another table. Edward and I were at our own small table set between the two. Every one else was spread out around the other tables. It didn't really matter where or who they were sitting next to so I just nodded at Alice.
"Good." She placed that page back before flipping through another few. "Oh, I should tell you, Billy might be coming. Charlie called and asked me last week if that was ok and I did not have the heart to tell him no." She looked at me with a worried look across her face.
"It's alright Alice, Billy can come, at least someone will keep Charlie company."
"Good I was a little worried you might get upset. But Billy changing his mind back and forth keeps messing up my visions."
"It's fine Alice. What else?"
"The vows, how far along are you?"
"I finished them while you were hunting with Edward and your family."
"Do you need a second opinion on them?" She asked with an excited look on her face.
"No thanks Alice, I think I'll wait and surprise you."
"If you insist." Alice said as she looked at me with a sad face on.
"I do."
"Ok, than I guess that's everything. I still have two hours with you; do you want to come pick up some things with me?"
I looked at her with a worried expression. "You don't have to Bella, I just thought since we have not really spent time with each other…"
"Fine Alice, but only a few places…" Immediately after I said yes she hopped up and drug me to the car. I didn't even notice time went by when we pulled up in front of the store.
"Alice? I thought you said we were picking stuff up for the wedding."
"No, I said do you want to come pick some stuff up with me; I never said it was for the wedding. These will just be for after the wedding."
"Alice I can't believe you tricked me."
"Come on Bella. I'll have you home to see Edward in an hour and a half, but if fuss I'll just stay here longer."
"Fine, let's go." I said to get this over with. After we entered the store I finally realized I had no idea what exactly we were shopping for. "Alice, what exactly do you want to buy today?"
"Well you need some nice clothes for after you are changed, and the honey moon. And you also need…" Alice looked around until she found what she was looking for. "Something like this."
I looked at her in aw "Alice when am I going to wear that? It barely covers anything."
"Exactly, what do you think you were going to wear on you wedding night? You need something special. Especially since it will be one of the last times Edward sees you as a human."
"No." I said as I shook my head. "I can't wear that."
"Yes you can, you look great in it. Now we can go to the bathing suits you will need a new one for the beach and pool. This one will look amazing on you, and this one. Oh this one will be your back up."
"Alice there two pieces. Can't I get a two piece that covers up more."
"Bella and Edward will be on your honeymoon you need to look good, make sure you tease Edward a little."
I just looked at her, what was she talking about? Edward would not be teased by these bathing suits. "Ok let's go to the clothes. We are running out of time."
I didn't even try to argue with Alice. I let her buy the clothes she wanted to put me in and I managed to talk her into a few more 'comfortable' things.
"Ok Bella we can leave now." Alice said to break me out of my daydreams. As we packed the car it finally hit me that this was not a dream anymore. Edward was really going to marry me and I was going to really become a vampire.
I thought about that all the way to Edward's and Alice's and I would have continued to think about it if Edward hadn't opened my car door for me and held his hand out.
Before either of us said anything Edward kissed me from the edge of my jaw line to the other side and over to my lips.
"I'm guessing shopping was a little stressful?"
"You can't even imagine what Alice bought for me; she actually thinks I'm going to wear all of them."
"Well, some of the things you have to like. I can tell you I like some of them."
"I told you he would Bella, you just have to trust me when I'm picking out clothes for you. And Edward…"
"Yes Alice?"
"Stay out of my head, some things are meant to be a surprise."
While we started to walk back to Edward's car Edward looked over his soldier and replied, "Whatever you say Alice."
Edward opened the door for me and I climbed into the Volvo. Shortly after we started moving we ended up in front of my house. Instead of walking right inside I took a minute to look at it. I noticed the dull outside from the wear of the weather over the years and the cracks in the window curtains looking right into the rooms. I noticed the mailbox with the address on it and the front door with the rug on the porch. I realized how big the tree in the front yard has gotten over the years and the aging of roof shingles. The drainage pipes still had water and leaves in them from the last storm and the front lawn was ready to be cut again. Things I never noticed about the house before were popping out at me. Little things I never even thought about.
"Are you ok Bella?" Edward asked with my front door held opened for me.
"Yea, sorry, I'm coming." I said as I ran up the walkway and into the house before Edward closed the door.
I know it's been a while since I updated. But I was very busy this week because I am now picking up more hours at my job. Anyways, this chapter is almost 3,000 words. That's double almost all the other chapters I have posted so far. I am putting more time into the chapters now because I am adding more detail into the story. But before I go any farther I want to know what you think. I will tell you that the wedding is coming closer and I have a few ideas for it, but you won't find out until you tell me what you think. I just want to make sure you, the readers, are enjoying it so far. Thanks---- Mel ----