I have finally caught on to the whole 'disclaimer' thing. I will just make mine short: I am not Stephenie Meyer (however much I may wish I was), and therefore I do not own anything twilight (however much I may wish I did).
Chapter 9.
Even with vampire speeds, it took Edward and I nine hours to complete Alice's task.
"I want white water lilies, and light blue ones if you can find them." She had instructed us.
"Alice, water lilies don't come in blue." Edward argued.
"If they are in blue water they do, the roots absorb the blue water and make the petals blue." She corrected.
Alice wanted white and blue flowers, and we got white and blue flowers. Edward had been against the idea, saying that her desires were absurd.
"She has done so much for us though." I pointed out, and, as usual, I got what I wanted from Edward. In this occasion it also happened to be what Alice 'needed' too.
"We're back." I chanted into the house. Alice came running up to us as soon as we stepped foot on the porch. She ushered us through the house and out towards the tent. We each had a full aquarium filled with water lilies. I carried the blue and Edward carried the white.
As soon as I saw the tent my jaw dropped. It wasn't a plain party tent anymore, not at all. The poles were now columns, and there were walls on the tent. It was now on a raised platform and had a small porch on the outside, holding the large opening which lead into the tent. The walls surrounding the tent were of very light gray stone, with windows and opening placed every so often. It looked like the walls of a courtyard.
I had to do everything within my power to keep the lilies in my hands.
"This was why you blocked your mind out." Edward muttered under his breath, his eyes wide and unblinking. Alice nodded eagerly and walked across the porch and into the tent. We followed, only to stop again once inside. If possible, the inside was more beautiful than the outside.
Along every seam of the tent and every corner there was soft lighting. It lined the whole tent. At the end across from the entry way there was a rock formation, a fountain of sorts, with a waterfall that pooled into a pond at its base. It extended halfway around the tent. Similar to the courtyard wall rock, there were grey, flat stones enclosing the pond.
In the middle of the tent there was a stand. The stand looked like something to hold up a piece of artwork. On the top, flat part there was a ring of water. It framed the large, round, flat surface.
"Alice." I breathed. I had a mix of emotions. I was grateful, grateful that Renesmee had a great aunt to plan out such amazing parties. I was ashamed, ashamed at how much work she must have put into this. Lastly, I was embarrassed, embarrassed that I had thought that I had gotten the most difficult job today.
Alice seemed confused by my silence. "Do you…do you like it?" She asked tentatively. She seemed afraid I would say no. How could anybody not like this? It was beautiful!
I laughed nervously. "Yes!" I exclaimed, placing the flower aquarium on the ground and rushing over to capture Alice. I dashed over to Alice and squeezed her in an embrace. "It is a dream, Alice. I couldn't picture anything more beautiful." I laughed to myself because I could picture something more beautiful, and he was standing awkwardly in the corner. I untangled myself from hugging Alice and glanced at Edward. He was still standing just inside the entryway, holding his lilies. I giggled.
"Alice," Edward said. She spun around and looked at Edward, raising her eyebrows. "What should we do with all these flowers?" Alice chuckled and glided over to Edward's side.
"Well, I would like to use half of each of your stashes. Put all but the two smallest of each in the pond. Place the small ones on the cake stand." She directed.
That's what the stand was, a cake stand. It was a very fancy cake stand. The intricate carving on the base and stand matched all the columns and walls outside.
"Sounds easy enough." Edward said nonchalantly, setting his tub of lilies on the ground.
Twenty minutes later, Edward and I had placed the water lilies where Alice had dictated. I watered the leftover lilies in the tub. "It would be a shame for all these lilies to go to waste." I murmured, lightly stroking a petal on a white water lily.
"Oh, they won't." Alice stated, prancing towards me. She was holding, what looked like, a thick set of green ropes. She took two, handed one to me and one to Edward. There were little clips on it. I tilted my head to the side.
"What do I do?" I asked.
Alice demonstrated. She took a white lily and clipped it in at the base of the flower, a little ways down the stem. Next she took a blue flower and repeated the steps with a blue then a white. "You attach them, alternating blue and white." She explained.
"Alright, then what do we do?" I questioned.
"Finish these and I'll be back." She answered skipping towards the doorway.
"It won't take long." Edward said, "What do we do with them afterwards?"
"You must be delicate, work slowly." She called, exiting the tent.
Of course, Alice was right. At first, I ripped many flowers. After about five I began to get the hang of it. The strands were as long as the tent, maybe even longer, and there were ten of them. It took Edward and I about forty five minutes to complete this task.
"Alice." Edward called.
"Are you done?" She asked, bounding into the tent. We both nodded.
"Right on time," She said, "I will show you where to hang them up now."
Edward sighed exasperatedly, "Alice, what exactly are you going to do?" He asked.
"Oh. I'm going to help you." She said innocently.
We carried four of the strands outside.
"Edward," Alice said turning to face him. "Can you toss me onto the tent?" She asked.
"Excuse me?" He said, his face twisting into confusion.
"I can't jump by myself because I may get the lily strand caught on the tent."
"Oh…sure." He scooped her up and lightly tossed her onto the tent. She was holding onto one of the ends of a strand and as she flew through the air it followed her. She climbed to the top and reached into her pocket, pulling out a roll of masking tape. She ripped one piece off and taped the end of the flower rope down. She then lithely scrambled to the next side of the tent.
"May I have the next one." She requested. I nodded and placidly threw her the end to another one. We repeated this on all four sides before Alice leaped down.
"I might need Emmett for this one…" Alice mumbled trailing off, "Actually Edward if you balance Bella on your shoulders it would work." Alice turned to me. "Bella, would you mind standing on Edward's shoulders to finish the outside?"
"No. That would be fine. I trust him not to do anything stupid." I said, flashing a quick smile in his direction.
Next thing I know, I'm standing on Edward's shoulders with Alice directing us.
"Attach that side to the strand on your right, and then attach it to the other strand so that it drops down but holds them together." She ordered.
Once I had linked all of the strands together, there was a crown of lilies on the tent.
"Beautiful." Alice remarked, and then flounced off towards the house. I fell down off Edward's shoulders into his waiting arms. He kissed me on the forehead.
"Great job." He said smiling down to me.
"We make a good team." I replied, reaching my arm up to bring his head down. Our lips met and tingles ran down my spine. Edward laughed against my lips just as a gust of wind blew towards us.
Unfortunately my dress was facing the way the wind came and I ended up in a Marilyn Munro like pose, attempting to keep my skirt down. Edward began a fit of laughter while watching me struggle to keep my dress down. I swatted him.
"Put me down." I ordered. Edward shook his head and held me tighter.
"Edward Masen Cullen! Set me down this instant!" I shrieked, trying to keep myself from laughing. Edward shook his head again and began spinning me around. He stopped so that my dress was now facing away from the gust of wind, and my hair was now swirling around my head. I began laughing and forced myself to sit up, wrapping my legs above Edward's waist and locking my arms around his neck.
"You are terrible." I murmured, smiling. He closed the gap between our faces and kissed me passionately, our tongues moving in synchronization.
As Edward walked into the house, with me still attached to him, Emmett began eyeing him. He was sitting by the window, facing the tent, which would have given him a perfect view of the previous scene. Rosalie was sitting next to him, a guilty smile plastered on her face.
"Nice, Bella. Way to go, Edward." Emmett commented, as I swung off Edward's hip. Rosalie fought with her giggles but allowed a small one to escape through her lips. I glared at Emmett.
"Don't worry, Bella. That has happened to all of us." Rosalie said, excusing herself from the table. I smiled cordially to Rose and then continued to glare at Emmett.
He raised his hands in a way that said 'I'm innocent.' and strolled over to follow Rose upstairs. I smiled and shook my head.
"Alice," Edward chanted. Moments later Alice danced into the dining room.
"We finished, Alice." I told her, smiling proudly.
She laughed, "Oh, no you didn't." She said sneakily, skipping out the door and heading towards the party spot. We followed, confused. Well, I was confused. Edward merely sighed and hunched his shoulders. I stepped through the entry way and Alice was right in front of me.
"Whoa." I said stepping back, her face was just inches from mine. She laughed and began instructing us on our next task. "These will act as streamers," She explained, referring to the lily strands. "One end will attach to one side of the tent, and the other end to the other side. Simple enough?" Alice asked.
Edward nodded drearily. "Alice?" I asked, she turned her head towards me. "Emmett and Rosalie are going to help. I'm going to get them." I said.
Alice smiled evily and nodded. "Okay." Was all she said, and with that I was already crossing the yard.
"Alice…" I heard Edward say.
I walked nimbly up the stairs and down the hall to Emmett and Rosalie's room. I opened the door, "Em, Rose. We need your-" I cut myself off as I quickly took in the sight before me. I turned away, "Er…nevermind." I mumbled quickly, shutting the door behind me. I shuddered while walking down the hallway, trying to shake out the image from my mind. The image of Emmett and Rosalie intertwined on their bed.
I stalked into the tent. "Alice…" I said, a low growl resonating in my chest. She laughed nervously,
"Yes, Bella."
"Do you have ANY idea what I just walked in on?!" I shrieked.
She laughed again, "Yes, yes I do."
I made an aggravated noise and pushed the thought from my mind.
"It couldn't have been that bad…" Alice said.
I stretched my shield out past Edward and replayed the scene before me, beginning from my walking up the stairs. Once I finished I snapped my shield back into place. Edward shuddered.
"Trust me, it was." He said.
"But we really need their help." I cried, my voice raising up an octave.
"Well, then go get them!" Alice exclaimed.
"Funny, Alice." I sneered, "It's bad enough walking in on them once." I sighed.
"Well, we will just have to make sure they are clothed." Edward said, leading me back towards the house.
This time, as I went up the stairs, I stamped loudly, exaggerating the point that I was coming upstairs. Edward followed after me, stifling low chuckles.
"Are we all clear?" I whispered to Edward, even though there was no point in doing so. Everyone in the house would hear what I had said. He nodded, smiling and I knocked cautiously on the door.
"Yes?" Emmett asked innocently.
"Um, can you guys put some clothes on? We need you to come help us." I mumbled.
Suddenly the door opened and their stood a fully clothed Rosalie and a half clothed Emmett. He was missing a shirt.
"Can you please put a shirt on." Edward pleaded.
"What, does my half nakedness bother you, Edward?" Emmett asked flexing his muscles. Rosalie laughed.
"No, but you just look kind of stupid wandering around in public without a shirt on." Rose explained, shutting the door in his face.
As we walked down the stairs, Rosalie called over her shoulder, "Come outside when you find a shirt."
Emmett arrived and we quickly briefed him on the task at hand. Obviously, our directions weren't simple enough.
"Hey, Emmett." Alice said, greeting him before he walked into the tent.
"Alice." Emmett said back. "What do I get to do?" He asked with fake excitement.
"Basically, you are going to pick Rose up and she is going to attach a side of this," Alice pointed to a lily strand, "to a side of the tent. Then she is going to attach the other side to the other side of the tent. So that it kind of looks like streamers." Alice explained.
"Okay." Emmett nodded, "So what do I do again?"
"You pick Rose up." Alice explained, her peppiness going down by Emmett not understanding her simple directions.
"Got it." Emmett said, "And what does she do?"
"She attaches the lily strands." Alice muttered.
"Right…so why does she need me to pick her up?" Emmett asked.
"It doesn't matter! Just do it!" Alice snapped, stomping out of the tent.
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