A/N: my gift you all of you faithful readers out there. Thanks for all the reviews, they meant a lot to me!

Dedicated to: à mon vrai ami.

mon coeur vous appartient vraiment.

Quote of the Chapter: "Work the System."

Anyway…

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Chapter Nine:

For the LOVE of Carlisle

Gianna POV:

I was so flippin' excited! Today Alice and Co. was taking me shopping for my wedding! Since they all went to each other's weddings at least once, they knew what they were looking for. My leg was finally healed, but Al made Alice swear that if I got sore, she'd carry me around.

Alice made me try on about one hundred dresses. Since it was my first wedding, she didn't know what looked best on me. Long, short, strapless, long sleeves, we did them all. All of a sudden, her eyes glazed over and soon after she came out of it. She had a vision, probably of my dress. She disappeared for a second, and came back in less then five minutes – with a dress in hand.

"Found it." She said triumphantly. She handed me the dress, and I loved it. It was a wine colored, Satin A-line halter with split front, beaded lace, and a lace up back. I also noticed that it had a Chapel train. I loved it, and Alice ran over to the checkout desk to ask them to hold it for us.

I had already asked Creesia to be my Maid of Honor. She had fun searching for her dress, and she found it relatively fast. Hers was a short satin yoryu dress with ruched empire and braided halter. It was also wine colored, so the color matched my dress. She too, hurried over to the checkout desk and soon that dress was next to mine.

Bella was a different story. Since she allowed me to stay I asked her to be my matron of honor. She accepted and found her dress in five minutes. Hers was a strapless satin ball gown with side ruche and beaded bodice. That too found its way to the 'keepers' rack.

Rose was the hardest to find for, and if you can't figure out why not then you're dumber than you look. After nearly two hours, her choice of a satin strapless Apple colored ball gown, with some detailing on the skirt, and bow around the waist was added to the growing supply of dresses too.

Alice chose a Chambord colored strapless dress, with beads on the bodice and cascade front. She completed the dress with a wrap.

Esme chose a Tissue taffeta halter ballgown with pickup skirt and floral embroidery. In the blink of a human eye, she added that to he pile as well.

Emily picked out a halter crinkle chiffon with ruched bodice and cascade front. Needless to say, we added that too.

Jane took the longest to find, she wanted it to call out to her. After a while, she found one that did. Hers was a blue velvet colored, Satin spaghetti strap trumpet with ruched bust and open crisscross back. After she picked out that, we paid for the purchases and left.

COS

COS (with the boys, Al POV)

For the love of Carlisle, getting married isn't as easy as it looks. Then again, noting is. I'm glad we have Alice, or we'd still be picking out our wedding colors. Speaking of Alice, the girls went shopping today, and I'm rather excited to see the dresses. However I really doubt she'll cave and let me. I was going shopping with the boys, and I finally picked out my tuxedo. (A/N: I refuse to describe it, just looking my profile.)

My groomsmen were so picky, even pickier than I was. The finally settled on getting tuxes to match mine, only their colors would match their corresponding bridesmaid. (A/N: I think you could figure out who is paired with who…)

I chose Chris to be my Best Man, and I asked Edward to be my other best man. Hey, it's my wedding; I can do as I please! Cringesor at least what Alice lets me do…

It was a very productive day!

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A/N: all of the dresses / tuxes are located on my profile. Lookie if you want!

Love me, hate me, just don't kill me!

\amy\