(Bella's POV)

I don't think I've ever tried on so many dresses in my entire life! We got to the store and immediately Alice started piling dresses into my arms. And Rosalie helped!

I came out of the dressing room wearing the last of the wedding dresses Rosalie and Alice had picked out. It was simple, no elaborate beading and only a few small lace accents. But overall it was just a plain floor-length halter dress.

Alice looked me over. "It's perfect!"

I was confused. I figured this was all just for reference. Alice of all people would never let me wear something off the rack!

"You like it?" I asked. I wasn't complaining. It was just my style, not too fancy, and it was floor-length meaning I could wear flats...

Alice, after having a vision of me wearing flats, told me, "You are not wearing flats! We're buying this dress and then we're going shopping for heels!"

"What about your dresses? And what happened to ordering dresses?" I asked.

"We're getting ours specially made. Alice is anyways. She's short. And the designer stores are coming up soon. That's the only time Alice would ever pick something off the rack," Rosalie explained.

"Oh."

Alice paid for the dress and then dragged me back out to the car with Rosalie not far behind.

And guess where Alice dragged us. To New York City!! We drove for at least a day and a half before we got there. Luckily it was the middle of winter. That meant cloud coverage.

While we were in New York, we found heels for me, tuxedos and suits for the guys (Alice knew they wouldn't be able to do it themselves), and dresses for Rosalie and Esme.

Rosalie's dress was strapless, floor-length, and looked amazing on her. But then again, everything looked amazing on Rosalie. The dress was anything but simple. It was apple red, with ruching around the waist. (A/N: Pics on my profile).

Esme's dress was a simpler, magenta halter, faux wrap dress. And I knew she would look stunning in it.

After we bought everything, I asked Alice, "Can we go home now?" I missed Jasper and knew he and everyone else were back from their hunting trip.

"Nope." Alice answered.

"Why?" I whined.

Rosalie laughed. "Because you still need a party dress, silly."

I rolled my eyes and sighed over dramatically. "Ok. Fine." I let them drag me to another designer store.

The dress they picked out was simple, like my wedding dress. It was knee-length, which meant shopping for yet another pair of heels, and a halter dress with an empire waist and an A-line construction on the skirt. And it was pool blue, which everyone always said looked good on me.

Finally, after hours of shopping, we were on our way home. I really missed Jasper. I didn't like being away from him for more than a few days. And he had been gone for almost a week.

After another day and a half of driving, we arrived home. I raced out of the car, eager to see my fiance again. He was waiting for me in the front hall, arms open.

I ran to him and threw my arms around his neck. "I missed you."

I felt him smile against my neck before he kissed it, hugging me close to him. "I missed you too. What did you and Alice do while we were gone?"

"We went dress shopping... well, I should say wedding shopping. Alice picked out your tux. And Emmett's, Max's, and Carlisle's too. And then there was the dreaded shoe shopping!"

He laughed. "Yeah. I know how Alice gets about shoes."

I pulled back to look at him. "I'm glad I'm back."

He kissed me. "And I'm glad you're back too."

At that moment, Alice and Rosalie walked in with everything. "Geez Bella! You could've helped a little," Alice said in mock anger.

I laughed. "Sorry. But I missed Jazzy."

Alice laughed. "Okay. Good enough reason. I'm gonna go and say hi to Max." She danced up the steps to find Max, carrying most of the stuff we bought.

"And I'm gonna make sure Emmett doesn't burn down the house," Rosalie said before exiting the room with her stuff.

Once they left, Jasper asked, "So, do I get to see the dress?"

"Not 'til the wedding!" Alice called from upstairs.

I laughed. "You'd better listen to Alice."

"I don't wanna," he whined.

I laughed. "Fine. I'll show you the dress."

"No you won't!" Alice screamed. "Because I'm holding it hostage in my room!" I could hear Max laughing his ass off. And then he exclaimed, "Ow! What the fuck was that for?" I'm guessing Alice hit him.

"Sorry Jazz. Guess you're just gonna have to wait until the wedding," I told my soon-to-be husband.

He rolled his eyes. "Ok. Fine."

I decided to change the subject. "So, how was the hunting trip?"

"Good. Emmett got a little high off of bear blood. But-"

I interrupted. "It's possible to get high off of blood?"

"For Emmett, anything is possible."

He had a point.

After catching each other up on everything we'd done that week, Jasper and I walked upstairs to our room hand and hand.

We were sitting on our leather couch, my head on his shoulder and his arm around my waist, in silence. I could hear someone playing drums upstairs.

"Alice got a drumset?" I asked.

"Yeah. Max bought it for her. I guess he's teaching her now."

"Cool."

He turned to look at me. "I barely ever hear you play guitar anymore."

I sighed. "Yeah. I should get back into it..."

"Why don't you play now?"

I smiled at him. "Only if you play with me."

"Deal." He got off the couch and got the guitars, setting the cases down on the ground.

I opened one case and took out the acoustic guitar inside. Jasper sat down next to me on the couch with his guitar already on his lap.

"So, what do you want to play?" Jasper asked.

I thought about it. "Something easy," was my answer.

He smiled. "Okay. Do exactly what I do."

He taught me a series of power chords and had me play them repeatedly.

Once I had them down perfect, he asked, "Can you keep that up if I play something else?"

"I think so."

"Then go for it."

I played the chord progression for about four measures before Jasper came in with a solo.

I recognized the song after that. It was "Ball And Chain" by Social Distortion.

He smiled at me as we both started singing, "Well it's been ten years and a thousand tears. And look at the mess I'm in. A broken nose and a broken heart. An empty bottle of gin. Well I sit and I pray, in my broken down Chevrolet. Well I'm singing to myself, there's got to be another way."

Jasper let me take the chorus. "Take away. Take away. Take away this ball and chain. Well I'm lonely, and I'm tired. And I can't take anymore pain. Take away. Take away. Take away..."

Jasper sang the last line with me as I stopped playing. "Take away this ball and chain."

I picked up the chords again for a few measures before Jasper sang the next verse.

We only stopped when both of us forgot the next line halfway through the song.

"Dammit! We almost had it!" Jasper said with a laugh.

"That was fun." I couldn't stop smiling.

"It was nice to hear you play again."

I set my guitar down and kissed him. "I think I'll be playing a lot more now."

He put his own guitar away and pulled me onto his lap. "Glad to hear it. So, ready for the wedding?"

"Yep. Speaking of which, we haven't picked a date yet."

"Start of Spring Break?" He asked.

I smiled. "Sounds perfect." Then I said a little more loudly, "Hear that Alice?"

"Got it!" She called back.

I laughed. It was hard to believe. In about a month, I would be married to the love of my life.


A/N: Sorry for the shortness, but I updated so you guys wouldn't shoot me! XD yeah, pics are on my profile for all the dresses and tuxedos. Sam got a lot of the pics for me, so thanks Sam! Review!! and now here's a story, see that whole "Ball and Chain" thing that I put in this chapter, that actually happened! See, I was playing guitar in piano class in school ('cause my teacher's cool like that and let's us) and I started playing "Ball and Chain" and then this one guy, he starts making those little guitar noises for the solo (cuz he didn't have a guitar at the time) and then we both started singing and then we got halfway before we forgot the rest of the song. XD So that's where that idea came from. And the song was "Ball and Chain" by Social Distortion. And this A/N is turning out to be longer than the chapter... so I'm gonna shut up. lol

Disclaimer: You know the drill. I say I own nothing. You don't sue me. XD