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Chapter 7: A Change of Plans

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BPOV

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"Bella, where is my black tie?"

How the fuck would I know?

"How the fuck would…? oh…"

I can't help the giggle that escapes when I remember exactly where it is. I walk into the bedroom as Edward walks out of the closet. He looks at me strangely. "Why did you just giggle like that?"

I bite my bottom lip as I walk over to the bed. I move the pillows out of the way and find his black tie draped over the bottom of the headboard. I pick it up and move the pillows back. I turn to him and shake it in front of me. He walks over to me with a wicked smile on my face.

"I almost forgot."

I cock an eyebrow and move the tie behind my back, keeping it out of his reach. "You almost forgot?"

He rolls his eyes. "That it was still there. I didn't forget how it got there. I'll never, ever, forget that, baby."

I narrow my eyes at him. "I don't think I believe you."

He scoffs. "Really? You want me to give you detail by detail about how I came home to find you wearing nothing but this fucking tie? Or maybe how once I got you in that bed and that tie off of you, I tied you to the headboard like you fucking begged me to? Or how about when I fucked the hell out of you? If you'd like we can have a replay…"

I close my eyes, trying to keep myself in check. "We don't have time. We have to get to the courthouse."

He smirks. "Then give me the tie, little girl, and we won't be late."

I open my eyes only to narrow them at him. He grabs my hips and pulls me against him, pressing his erection against my stomach. He drags his nose up my neck, pressing his lips under my ear. I don't even notice where his hands are until I feel the tie being jerked out of my hands. I come back to my senses and push him away from me. He laughs, but I don't think it's fucking funny.

I storm past him and back into the bathroom where I slam the door. Damn him and his ability to render me fucking senseless with the feel of his amazing body pressed against mine, those delicious lips on my skin, or his—damn him!

I soft knock echoed through the bathroom. "Baby? Are you okay? I didn't mean to make you angry."

I roll my eyes. "I'm fine," I say a little abruptly.

I don't hear him move away from the door and he doesn't respond. I finish the little make up I was applying when he interrupted me. I take a look at myself in the mirror on the back of the door before I open it to find him standing with his hands on either side of the doorframe. His shirt, which had been buttoned and tucked in, is unbuttoned and untucked. He looks slightly dangerous.

"Edward?"

He grabs my hand and jerks me against him, crashing me into him. His lips are on mine in seconds. He grabs the hem of my dress and jerks it up around my waist. Before I can ask him what the hell is going on, he picks me up and presses me against the wall beside the bathroom. He pulls out of the kiss long enough to tell me. "Unbutton my pants, little girl. I'm about to fuck you against this wall."

"We're going to be late, Edward, we can't," I tell him quickly.

He moves me so that he's cradling me between him and wall with his arm underneath me. His fingers are in my pussy, fucking me fast and hard. "They'll just have to fucking wait, won't they?" My only response is a guttural moan. "Pants, Bella. Unbutton them. Now."

I get as much as my sense back as I can in order to unfasten his pants. He sets me on my feet long enough to get me out of my panties before he picks me up again and all but slams me into the wall. He thrusts into me, quick and rough. I can't help the shout of his name that leaves my mouth. I would never get tired of feeling him like this—or at all for that matter.

He stays sheathed inside of me, kissing me hard on the lips. I clench my muscles around him and whimper. He lets out this low growl that causes my whimper to turn into a moan. He pulls away from me far enough to stop the kiss, but still close enough for his lips to ghost over mine as he tells me, "Hold on, little girl. This is about to be quick and rough."

My hands dove into his hair. "Yes!" I whisper.

His grip on the back of my thighs tightens. He starts off slow, building a rhythm before speeding up until it's fast and hard and oh, so amazing just like he said it would be. I try kissing him, but the feel of him moving that way inside of me makes it impossible to do anything but feel. He presses his chest harder into mine, moving his lips to my ear.

"Let go, Bella. I can't last much—fuck—longer." His hands tighten again as he whispers 'please' over and over again against my ear.

Then I feel it: the tingle. It starts at my toes and the top of my head, traveling towards the middle of my body slowly until it finally meets right as Edward thrusts into me. My hands pull his hair hard as my orgasm hits me. I feel his hands tighten again as he thrusts once more inside of me, finding his own release with a loud groan.

Suddenly, Edward's legs give out and I find myself on top of my laughing fiancé on the floor. He smiles up at me. "Sorry. I just couldn't hold us up any longer."

I can't help but start laughing with him. After a moment, I lean up onto my arms and hover over him. He grabs my face and pulls me down to him to kiss me softly. "I love you," I whisper against his lips.

"I love you."

He sits up, pushing me back into his lap. He holds me to him and stands up. "We need to get on the road."

Quickly, we get cleaned up and finish getting ready. We hop in the Mustang, Edward driving to Forks like he's trying to get to a fire. We aren't running that late, but we are running late. The trip to Forks is filled with meaningless conversation. About twenty minutes outside of Forks, my cell phone starts ringing. "Sound panicked so he thinks we're running late for some reason other than sex."

I laugh out loud and shake my head. "Hey, Dad. Sorry we're running late. Traffic was horrendous coming out of Seattle."

He chuckles softly. "Where are you?"

"About twenty minutes outside of Forks. We'll be there as soon as possible!"

"Be careful and don't let him speed."

"We will and I won't."

I end the call and look at Edward. "Dad says not to speed."

He chuckles and shakes his head. "He acts like I have control over how fast this car wants to go."

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EPOV

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As soon as we're parked, we haul ass into the courthouse. Charlie, Sue, Leah, and Seth are in the lobby waiting on us. Bella grimaces as she apologizes again quickly.

Sue smiles at us. "It's okay, Bella, but we need to hurry."

"Hey, Edward," said Seth as he came over to where I was standing.

"Hey, Seth," I say as I extend my hand. We shake quickly before following an angry Leah and excited Bella into the room. Charlie and Sue are pretty much in their own little world as the four of us follow behind them. The Justice of the Peace gets us in position with Charlie and Sue facing each other, holding hands, and Bella, Leah, Seth, and I standing in a semi circle in front of them.

Seth watches intently as the ceremony starts. His eyes are on Charlie—as if he's making sure he's sincere with everything he says. Leah has her arms crossed and a mean scowl on her face. She looks as if she's forced to be here. My beautiful Bella has tears in her eyes as she watches Sue and Charlie exchange their vows.

I wrap my arm around her shoulders, pulling her against me. Her arms encircle my waist quickly as she hugs up to me. I can't wait for us to be in Charlie and Sue's position. I remember telling James and Peter about wanting to propose to Bella. Peter had been all for it. James was a little cautious, but he told me that he was behind whatever I decided to do. The table next to us had been full of jocks that knew me through Emmett. They told me I was crazy to want to get married.

Looking down at the girl in my arms, I think they're the ones that are crazy. I don't know what makes me want to be married to her so badly, but I can't wait to call her my wife or for her to introduce me as her husband. I can't wait for her to use my last name as hers.

I kiss the top of her head before resting mine against hers. Her arms wrap tighter around me as the service continues. Once Charlie and Sue say 'I do', we applaud—well, everyone but Leah does. The tears in her eyes aren't of happiness, they're ones of anger. I'm not sure what she has to be so angry about—her mother is in love with a good man. Watching the two of them that night at the house, made me realize the potential Charlie had as a husband that he never got the chance to exude.

After they share their first kiss as husband and wife, Bella and I have to sign the marriage license as witnesses. Right as I grab the pen, Seth stops me. "Could I?"

Who am I to tell him 'no'? I smile at him as I hand over the pen. "Sure thing, man."

He smiles at Charlie, who looks like he could cry. I'm not sure what's happened between Seth and Charlie to make Seth okay with this. He'd told me at the party that he had no problem with Charlie dating his mom, but he didn't want Charlie to come in and try to take his father's place. I told him I didn't think that Charlie is that kind of man, but he didn't seem too reassured at the time.

"Mr. and Mrs. Swan, all you need to do is take this down to the notary and you're all set. Congratulations!"

In the lobby, after the notary signed the license, I offer, "How about we all go to the diner for a celebration meal?"

Sue frowns. "We can't. Our plane leaves in five hours and we need to get to Seattle."

I chuckle. "That's right. The honeymoon."

Leah makes a disgusted noise and stomps out of the courthouse. Seth smiles apologetically. "It's nice seeing you two again."

He quickly makes his way after his sister. Sue and Charlie sigh, watching the two of them argue at the bottom of the courthouse steps. Bella hugs Charlie and Sue. "Congratulations, you two. Have fun on your honeymoon. Call me when you get to Colorado."

"We will, Bella," Sue reassures her. We wave goodbye to them as they leave.

Bella turns to me and smiles brightly. "That was so beautiful."

I brush the tear that falls from her eye away with my thumb. "Are you going to cry like this when we get married?"

She giggles and nods. "Of course. God, I'm going to be such a mess."

Two people run by us, laughing loudly. The woman is holding her veil so it doesn't fly off and the man is holding on to her so she doesn't fall. I can't help but smile as I watch them run out of the courthouse, their witnesses trailing behind them, shaking their heads and smiling.

Bella's hand on my cheek pulls my attention back down to her. "Let's get married."

I frown, confused. "What? I thought we were…"

Her smile lights up the room. "Now."

I can't help but gawk at her for a second. "Now? Right now?"

She nods excitedly. "Yes! It's not like we're waiting because we making sure it's the right decision. We can still have that small little wedding that we envisioned. No one has to know."

"It can be for just us."

She nods. "Exactly. I don't know about you, but I want so badly to be your wife."

I can't help but chuckle. "I'm pretty sure I want to be your husband more."

She laughs, shaking her head. "Who fucking cares how much we want it? We want it and that's what matters."

"Bella, are you sure you want to do this? I don't want to ruin the wedding experience with us already being married."

She laughs again. "It doesn't matter to me. We're going to still be married once the wedding is over anyways."

I look up at the secretary behind the front desk. She is already looking at us, waiting for us to approach. I grab Bella's hand and before we can make it to her desk she stops us. "I'm sorry, but you can't do it right now. In order to get married you'll need a marriage certificate. You have to fill out this form and provide the needed information before we can make it legal. After you send it off, the license comes in the mail a few days later. Then you can call the Justice of the Peace and set up a time to get hitched. Still then, you aren't legally married. You'll need to send it to this address in Port Angeles to get it filed and signed and then you'll be legally married, but by that time, you've already consummated the marriage and are back from your honeymoon."

So much for the speedy wedding…

Bella sighs dejectedly. "Shit."

The secretary laughs. "Sorry. You two seem pretty adamant about getting hitched. There's no rush though, right? You'll still be in love and ready for it when you planned on having it."

Bella nods and looks up at me. I shrug. "She's right." She sighs again and turns back to the lady. "Thank you."

The secretary smiles apologetically at us. "You're welcome, dear. I'll see you two again soon."

Bella and I walk out to the car in silence. I open her door for her and then walk around to the driver's side. Once I get in, she scoots over to the middle of the seat and buckles up, curling up to me as we set off back to Seattle.

The ride is silent the majority of the way home. My mind is too busy imagining what it'd be like to be married to her. Nothing would really change; I'd just wear a ring and she'd change her last name to Cullen. Everything I own is already hers, we'd just be making it legally so. However, if I married her right now, I wouldn't be able to wear a ring and she wouldn't be able to change her name, simply because if we did it behind everyone's backs, they'd get angry with us. There's no doubt about that. Our parents would get upset, Alice would be homicidal, and our friends would feel left out. I didn't want to do that to any of them, but… me marrying Bella isn't about them; it's about us.

About thirty minutes outside of Seattle, Bella looks up at me. "What are you thinking about?" she asks in a whisper.

I give the side of her thigh a squeeze. "Us."

She giggles softly. "Me, too."

"What were you thinking about us?"

"How upset it would've made everyone if we had gotten married back there."

I nod. "Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, but the selfish part of me thinks this isn't about them. This is about us, you know. It's our wedding. We're the ones getting married."

She nods. "But the ceremony is for them. All I need is to fill out the paperwork and I'd be happy."

"Seriously? You don't want a wedding? You don't want to walk down an aisle and get married in front of everyone we know?"

She shakes her head. "Do you?"

I shake mine. "Not really."

"You're not sure?"

I shrug. "I guess that image of you in the white dress is sort of ingrained. I see it a lot."

She tightens her grip around my arm, laying her head back against my shoulder and sighing softly. "We can wait."

"You say that like you don't want to."

She shakes her head. "I don't want to. I want to get married right now, but that's not possible."

"Then let's get married in a couple of days. If you want to do it so badly, then let's fucking do it." She looks up at me as if I grew a second head. I smile down at her. "Seriously. Baby, I just want to be married to you. I don't care if we do it now or next summer. We can go back to the courthouse, get the paperwork, fill it out, and send it off. While we're waiting to get it all back, we can get everything ready. Neither of us wants a big thing, so how hard would it be to find a dress, set a date, gather our friends, and get married?"

She laughs. "Apparently pretty hard since it takes people months to plan a wedding."

I shake my head. "Not if we do it our way. We don't need fancy things. Someone to marry us and our friends and family—that is all we need."

She sits up straight and smiles brightly. "Seriously?"

I nod excitedly. "Yes!"

She bounces up and down, clapping happily before throwing her arms around my neck. The second we walk in the house, she pulls out her cell phone and finds Alice's number. Before she can call her, I stop her. I take the phone and toss it on the couch and shake my head. "Not yet. We'll call them all in the morning." I pull her against me and kiss her softly. "Right now, I want to make love to you."

She melts against me, pressing her lips to my neck. "I can handle that deal."

I chuckle, picking her up and carrying her upstairs bridal style.

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We spend the rest of the day in bed, getting up only for food and the occasional trip to the bathroom. We make plans and discuss where to get the things we'd need. Since I want Bella in a simple white dress, she wants me in a pair of black slacks and white dress shirt. (She told me that she didn't want it tucked in, the first few buttons undone, and the sleeves rolled up like I normally have them.) Since the weather is nice and warm this time of year, she wants both of us to be barefoot. Once we pick out a good location and make all the final decisions, we curl up and go to bed early.

Only to be woken up by my phone ringing on the floor. Bella groans against my neck. "That's your mom."

I wrap my arms around her a little tighter, burrowing further under the covers. "I'll call her back."

The ringing stops but starts back again seconds later. Bella pushes me away from her. "Answer it, it could be important."

I groan louder than she did as I roll away from her warm body and the protection of the blankets. I get up quickly, grabbing my phone from my pants' pocket before getting back in bed.

"Hello?"

"How could you?! You'd think after all the support we gave you and Bella that we would've been there to see you get married! Even if you decided to do it at the damn courthouse!"

I frown, shaking my head. "What? What the hell are you talking about, Mom? Bella and I didn't get married."

"Jennifer Gooding called me this morning and told me she overheard the two of you in the courthouse lobby yesterday."

"Who?! Ugh, that's so not important. Mom, Bella and I aren't married. Okay? We were there for Charlie and Sue's wedding, remember? We thought about it, but we found out that it's not that simple. We planned on calling all of you this morning to tell you that we're moving our wedding plans up to as soon as possible."

I am met with silence on her side of the phone. "Really?" she finally asks.

"I'm not sure which part you're referring to, but yes to all of it."

Again, there is silence for a moment. "What have you planned?"

"Later, Mom. It's too damn early and I was woken up rather rudely."

"Of course," she says quickly. "Just call me as soon as you can."

"We will. Bye."

I don't wait for her farewell before I end the call and set the phone on the nightstand. I roll over to find Bella sleeping soundly. My girl is still recovering from yesterday it seems. Making love all afternoon and then waking me up in the middle of the night wore her out it seems. I curl up to her, tucking my head under her chin and draping my arm over her waist. Her body shakes gently, signaling her giggle. She wraps her arms around my shoulders, holding me against her as one of her hands plays in the hair on the back of my head.

"Comfortable?" she whispers.

"Very."

She giggles again. "I take it she took the news well?"

I sigh. I don't want to talk; I want to sleep. I nod. "Talk later."

She pulls the blanket tighter around us, wrapping us up in a cocoon of blankets and sheets, as her soft little snores lull me back to sleep.

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A loud banging on the door wakes us up again. Bella whimpers pathetically and pulls the blanket over our heads. I chuckle. "I'll get it."

She shakes her head. "No, you're staying with me."

A muffled voice yells, "OPEN UP THIS DAMN DOOR!"

We both groan. "Alice."

Bella throws the blankets and sheets off of us, revealing all her naked glory to me. "Fucking Alice…" I mumble.

Bella smiles sweetly. "You're insatiable."

I chuckle at her. "For you? Always."

"Cover your ears." I look at her confused, but do as she says. "HOLD YOUR FUCKING HORSES!"

We get up and find clothes to pull on before walking downstairs. Bella goes for the door while I go for the coffee machine. It's almost eleven am. Alice must have left Forks as soon as Mom got off the phone with me.

"Good morning, Alice, Jasper," I hear Bella say to them.

There is silence and I can't help but take a peek out of the kitchen door. Alice is standing on the front step with her arms crossed over her chest, actually having the audacity to look angry. Jasper looks like he was forced to come here—he probably was—giving Bella an apologetic look from behind Alice.

I grimace. "What?"

Alice, Jasper, and Bella look at me. Alice's eyes narrow. "There is no way we can get a wedding planned in a few days."

"First of all, we didn't say a few days. I'm pretty sure Bella would like her father to be there, and he and Sue won't be back for a week and a half. Secondly, we don't want a big wedding. Something small will work just fine."

Alice stomps into the house. Bella and Jasper look at one another, rolling their eyes exasperatedly. "You're going to take this away from her? This is every girl's dream!"

Bella scoffs. "Hold on a second." Alice turns to her as Bella shuts the door. "He's not taking anything away from me. As a matter of fact, we've planned it all out and are in agreement with everything. We aren't compromising or sacrificing a thing. We both want small and simple."

Alice frowns. "What? But we've talked about this like a million times, Bella! Don't you remember? We both wanted princess weddings."

She shakes her head. "I remember, but I just… don't want that now. Edward and I don't need that. We just want to be married. I don't need a fancy dress or a big church."

Alice sighs and shakes her head. "What do you want?"

Bella smiles at me, walking over to me and taking my hand. "I want to be married." She looks back at Alice, who looks like she could cry.

Alice looks defeated as she says, "Okay," and sighs sadly. "Tell me what you need me to do."

Bella's smile widens. "Really?"

Alice gives Bella a tight smile and walks up to us. "Let's go talk upstairs. Please?"

Bella nods, giving me a look that says all I need to know. This is the talk she's been waiting almost three months for. She kisses me quickly on the cheek and walks upstairs with Alice. I look at Jasper, who's still standing by the door.

"Come on in the kitchen, little brother. You want some coffee?"

Jasper grins crookedly and shakes his head. "No, thank you." He takes a seat at the table while I walk over to the coffee pot. "Can I ask you something?"

I look over my shoulder and nod. "Sure. What's up?"

"Your tattoos. Do they hurt?"

I go back to making me a cup of coffee and shrug. "When I got them, they did; some more than others. Why? Do you want to get one?"

I hear movement behind me and look to see Jasper walking towards me, looking over his shoulder like he's about to tell me some kind of secret.

"I want to marry your sister. I honestly do." He sighs. "I haven't told anyone this, but the thought of marriage scares me. My parents… I don't know how Bella can feel so strongly about marriage. Maybe it's because it's you or something, but if I could spend the rest of my life with Alice without getting married, I'd be a happy man. I don't want to tell her that because I know she won't listen to what I say and, well, she would take it the wrong way. Marriage makes me think of prison, like I'll be trapped. There's so much responsibility once you're married."

I chuckle. "Jasper, marriage isn't that different than living with a person for the rest of your life. What you want with Alice is the same thing as marriage only you aren't legally bound to her."

When I said 'bound', he grimaced. I frown. "What happened with your parents? I thought they were still married."

He shakes his head. "No. They got a divorce during senior year. Dad moved out. I'd always hear my father on the phone telling anyone that would listen how he felt trapped while he was married. He felt like he couldn't do anything. He said Mom would take and take, and left him with nothing. He didn't know who he was anymore." He shakes his head. "What if I start feeling like that? I can't hurt Alice. If I just… didn't get married to her, maybe I wouldn't feel that way."

He looks so confused and scared. I take a sip of my coffee, waking up my brain to help me deal with this situation. I clear my throat. "Okay, let's look at this for a second. What would be the perfect life for you? Don't lie to me because I'm Alice's older brother. Tell me as a friend."

Jasper sighs. "I want us to go to college, Alice and I. I want us to graduate and move some place where the both of us can find really good jobs. I want to spend the rest of my life with her, have kids, buy a house, get a dog…"

I nod. "Married people do that all the time. Just because it didn't work out with your parents doesn't mean it can't work for you. Look at my parents—Mom and Dad have been married for almost thirty years. They love one another just as much, if not more, as the day they were married. The reason your father felt trapped was because he didn't love your mother anymore. If you're certain that you're going to love Alice for the rest of your life, then what does it matter? This would be a small little thing you could do to make her happy."

"Is this why you're marrying Bella?"

I scoff. "It's probably the other way around. I thought about this yesterday and to be honest, I'm not sure why I want to marry that girl so badly. She's everything I need and I want to be connected to her in every way. I almost asked her to marry me the first week we were together."

Jasper frowns. "Seriously?"

I shrug. "Yeah. I just knew she was the one." I take another sip of my coffee. "Have you always felt this way about marriage?"

He sighs. "No. Alice makes me watch those chick flicks with her all the time. I always put myself in the guy's position when he proposes to the girl. I'd had a couple of ideas of how I wanted to ask her."

"But you did want to ask her?" He nods. "Jasper, not everyone is like your parents. There are tons of couples that enjoy marriage. You just need to remember why Alice is so special to you and forget about your parents issues, because they aren't yours. You can learn from what they did wrong to make sure your and Alice's marriage won't end up like theirs."

He nods. "You're right."

I shrug. "Most of the time, I am. As long as Bella isn't the one I'm arguing with. Do you know how annoying it is to always be proven wrong about something?"

Jasper laughs. "She's a smart girl."

I scoff. "Too smart sometimes." I take another sip. "Why did you want to know about my tattoos?"

"Oh, yeah, that." He walks back over to the table and takes a seat. I join him, sitting across from him facing the door. "I wanted to get Alice's name on me."

I chuckle. "Yeah, you shouldn't fear getting married if you plan on doing something stupid like that."

He frowns. "Doesn't Bella have your initials tattooed on her tree?"

I shake my head. "Bella's different."

He chuckles. "Right. So you're saying you'd never get her name tattooed on you?"

I frown a little harder. "Bella and I are different."

He rolls his eyes. "Yeah, okay."

Truth be told, I have it planned for her birthday this year. It is going to be hard to pull it off. There isn't a day she doesn't see me naked. She'll get suspicious if I try and hide it until it's healed. I'm still working out the kinks and the design.

I sigh. "Fine. Yes, I'd do it. I plan to, actually. But, don't you fucking say a thing, understand? It's going to be a surprise," I tell him in a low voice. I don't want her to hear me talking about it.

He chuckles and nods. "Maybe I could join you? I know what I want and where I want it."

I nod. "I have a guy I normally go to."

"Is this the same guy you took Bella to?"

I narrow my eyes at the memory. "No."

He laughs. "I won't ever forget Bella telling us about what happened."

I narrow my eyes at him. "Let's not talk about that, shall we?" He laughs again and I roll my eyes. "Why did I give you my words of wisdom again?"

"Because deep, deep down you really care."

I scoff. "Very deep."

Laughter from upstairs stills the both of us completely. It had been too long since the both of them laughed with each other like that. Hopefully, whatever they talked about went well.

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BPOV

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Alice and I walk upstairs hand in hand. We walk into the bedroom and I shut the door. She looks at the bed like it's full of mud and then goes and sits on the couch. I laugh at her. "The bed isn't contaminated, you know."

She wrinkles her nose. "But my brother sleeps there naked."

I roll my eyes. "Your brother slept naked in my bed at your house."

She scrunches up her nose again. "Thank God I was only in it once…"

I can't help but laugh softly at her. I take a seat beside her on the couch. She turns to me and lets out a long sigh. "I'm sorry for being such a bitch lately. It's just… I'm jealous, you know? I just can't understand how Jasper and I could be together longer than Em and Rose and Edward and you and still not be engaged. Part of me wonders if he even loves me anymore. I'm so scared that he's going to break up with me. I try not to let him in on it, but he's just so attuned to my emotions that he knows something's wrong even if I'm not telling him."

I take her hands into mine. "I doubt it has anything to do with how much he loves you."

She shakes her head, tears filling her beautiful green eyes. "I don't know. He feels distant sometimes."

I hug her close to me, letting her cry on my shoulder. "Alice, he loves you. I know he does."

She cries for a moment before asking me, "Then why hasn't he asked me to marry him?"

"Alice, being engaged doesn't mean anything. It's not like he loves you less because he hasn't asked you. Have you talked to him about it?"

She shakes her head. "I don't want to nag him anymore. He told me he'd do it on his terms, but I'm scared that will never happen."

"No, Alice, I'm sure it'll happen. He loves you so much, I know he does. The world wouldn't be right if you guys weren't together. You shouldn't even entertain these ideas. Jasper loves you. End of story."

Alice pulls away from me and wipes her tears from her cheek. She nods. "You're right. I'm just letting my jealousy control me and I shouldn't." She gives me a small smile. "Maybe if I help you and Edward plan your wedding, I'll feel better."

I smile brightly. "Really? You really want to help? I'll understand if you don't. I don't want you to get upset."

She shakes her head quickly. "No, I need this. I need to stop moping around about something that will eventually happen."

I nod in agreement. "You're right. You being mopey isn't normal, not for you, anyway. I need my Happy Little Alice back!"

She giggles. "Yeah. Happy Little Alice will be back soon."

The look on her face caught my eye. She looks happy, but there is something slightly off about it. I push that thought away and focus on making her smile. "Good, because this Bitch Alice was getting on my nerves."

She laughs loudly, which causes me to join her. Once we calm down, Alice sits up straight and smiles at me brightly. "So let's get on with these wedding plans. Show me what you two want to do."

* * *

Alice and Jasper end up spending the rest of the day with us, discussing wedding plans and generally hanging out. We go out for dinner before they head home. Once Edward and I are back at the house, we curl up on the couch and turn on the television. He looks at me and smiles.

"What?"

He shakes his head. "Nothing."

I smile back, scratching the stubble on his cheek. He presses his face into my hand, kissing my wrist. "I love you."

I lean forward and kiss him languidly before telling him, "I love you."


Who wants to go to a wedding?! Good, because you're going to one whether you like it or not! I'll be sure to hand out Kleenx boxes when it comes time for them to get hitched. Remember to share with your neighbor. :D

You might wonder how that's a surprise...they were already going to get married. Well, they didn't plan on getting married this soon. They were going to wait until next summer. So, I hope them getting married sooner was a surprise worth waiting for. :D :D :D

*claps happily* We have so much to get ready for!! We need a dress and flowers and rings and... Jebus God... what have I gotten myself into?!

You guys think things are okay with Alice now? Anyone have any suspicions as to what's up with that chick? All these weird looks and odd behavior...hmmm.................................

Alright, that's all I have to say. I'll let you go until next time. Leave 'em if you got 'em.