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Chapter Ten:

The End of Shopping

Just as I was turning off the water, there was a soft knock on the bathroom door.

"Who is it?"

"Alice."

I wrapped a towel around myself and opened the door for her. She came in holding what looked like a down comforter.

"Here, put this on and follow me," she said as she handed it to me. It turned out to be a soft white robe. I wrapped the towel around my hair, pulled on my bra and underwear, and wrapped the robe around myself, it smelled just like Alice.

We walked to her room, where I saw Rosalie waiting for us. "We have decided that you need a girl's day out. You, Alice, and I are going to blow off school today. So here, put this on. Then we will do your hair and makeup," Rosalie then tossed me a light green dress with baby blue patterns on it.

I went into Alice's bathroom and pulled the dress on. It always amazed me, that the clothes they found for me, always made me look so beautiful. The door opened as I was examining myself in the mirror.

Rosalie walked in with her trusty hot rollers and a blow dryer. Alice started looking through the makeup on the counter. And then they got down to business.

Forty-five minutes later, I walked out of Alice's bathroom. I didn't recognize myself. I knew that Edward would like the dress. It was very fitting to my mid thigh, where it flared out, to end at my knees. The shoes they picked out were a basic black. Thankfully the heels weren't too high.

Once I was set, Alice grabbed my hand and walked me downstairs. Edward and Emmett were sitting on a couch in the living room. They were playing some video game. At our approach they both looked towards the stairs. Emmett gave me a low whistle. Edward elbowed him in the ribs and was at my side in a flash.

"You look gorgeous," I blushed and tripped on the last stair. Edward caught and steadied me. He was looking deep in my eyes, which made me go a deeper shade of red. I could hear Emmett chuckling in the background. I gave him the most menacing look I could. This only made him laugh harder. I decided that it was in my best interest to let it be.

"So what will you be doing today?" Edward asked "It is obvious that you are not dressed to go to school."

"We are going to get your tuxedos," Alice answered

"So what am I supposed to do while you are gone, all day? You know I will go crazy within the first hour." Edward asked me, I blushed again and he gave me a swift kiss.

"Well, you have Emmett and Jasper. Have some brother bonding time, while we have some sister bonding time," I said quickly. He always told me that he never wanted to be away from me. But something about him saying it like that, in front of everyone, made me realize how much he really did mean it.

"Come on Rosalie, we have a little more time to get to Seattle today, but we still have things to do," Alice called as she pulled me towards the door.

"I love you," I called to Edward

"I love you, too," he replied

Once we were on the road I asked Alice, "So, are the tuxedos all that is on our agenda for today?"

"No, but you will just have to have some patients. That is all that is on your agenda for the day."

"I really, really hate surprises. You all know that, Alice."

"But I think you will like this surprise," she said as she peeked at me through the rear view mirror. "At least I think I saw you with a smile on your face."

"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked her skeptically. I hadn't missed the subtle vision chide. But what did she mean by; she thought I had a smile. I let it go. It really was not worth the headache I knew I would get.

The first thing that Alice did when we got to Seattle was get me something to eat. We stopped at Chipotle and I got some soft shell tacos and a bottle of water. I ate as we walked around for a little while. Then we came to a men's formal wear shop. Alice pulled me inside with a huge grin, I was almost frightened.

When we got into the store I was blown away. I never knew that there could be so many types of tuxedos. Alice didn't stop until we got to the counter at the back of the store.

"I called ahead," she told the woman at the counter. "Cullen is the name."

"Yes ma'am," The woman said "We have everything all set up for you. Please, right this way." She started to walk away from the counter. Alice followed pulling me behind. I had just noticed that Rosalie was not with us.

"Here you go ma'am, let me know what you think," she said pulling a curtain to the side and ushering us into a small room.

We walked in and my jaw dropped. There were four mannequins in the room. They all had a different build, to match the guys, and on each one was a perfectly corresponding tuxedo.

There was going to be no way to thank Alice enough. She was making sure that my dream wedding came true, and so far, it was completely perfect.

Alice looked the tuxedos over and wrote some things down on a piece of paper. Then she went to the woman and told her that they would be perfect with the tiny modifications she had written down. The woman nodded and took the paper. She looked it over and told Alice that it wouldn't take long to make the adjustments. We would be able to pick them up by 6:00 on Friday evening. Alice said that she would be back then, and we left.

"Alice?" I asked when we got outside. "Where is Rosalie?"

"She had some things she needed to get. She will meet us at the car in a couple of hours."

"Okay," I said. What else could there be, though. I wanted this simple, and they knew that. What were they sneaking in now? My worry increased, maybe Alice was covering for Rosalie, and maybe she still didn't want to be near me.

"So, as you can see, everything is falling into place. We will have everything by Friday. All we need from you is a date. If we are doing this in the meadow, then we can have the wedding as soon as Sunday."

"That soon?!" I asked, not being able to hide my slight fear.

"Well, actually, we would be able to do it Saturday afternoon. But I thought you would like just one day as a true adult woman. You know, being out of high school finally, and all that," Alice giggled, and it calmed me some.

"Won't I have to discuss this with Edward first?" I asked, trying to side step the mine field.

"Like I said before, knowing my brother, he will want it to be on Friday; as soon as the clothes are at the house." She laughed again, I smiled at that. I knew he wanted this, but I was finally realizing just how badly he wants it. Alice wouldn't say something like that if it wasn't true.

"Sunday sounds good..." I hesitated, and Alice arched one perfect brow.

"What is it Bella?"

I took a deep breath and said what I had been thinking about for as long as I knew Edward was a vampire. "He talks to you all the time. Has he said anything," I couldn't find the right words to articulate this properly. So I just let the question come out. "Is he going to change me after words?"

"Yes," she answered simply.

"Are you sure?"

"Bella, I am going to tell you something. But this has to stay between the two of us. He told me in the strictest confidence."

"I promise."

"You know that he would do anything for you and even though he never wanted to change you. A small part of him has always wanted this. At this point he would do it tomorrow. But he wants you to at least have a human wedding. That is one thing that he has always wanted for you.

"It pained him, to think of any other man being your groom. But, you know how masochistic he can be. He is saddened by the fact that you will never be able to even experience motherhood. He has even pictured you as a mother. We all know that you would make a great mother," she trailed off there, so I jumped in.

"Alice, he has never said any of this before."

"He's afraid, that if he brings it up, you will finally realize what you are giving up, then you will leave him."

"One thing that he has told me, over and over again is that I am unlike any other human girl my age. He really should realize that that carries into every aspect of my being. I don't want kids. Like I said before, I have never pictured myself getting married, well, until now," I smiled widely and continued. "And I definitely never thought of having kids. That desire has never been there. When will he realize that he is stuck with me, for all eternity?"

Alice laughed. "I knew this was a conversation that you two needed to have. Maybe you should talk to him when we get home."

"But, you said that he told you in confidence. I don't want to get you in trouble."

"Bella, you know, your selflessness is really impeccable, but this is too important. Besides, I think he will be relieved once he hears what you have to say."

"I will think about it then. But, I really don't want to spoil his good mood, I like him this way."

"Good, as long as you will think about it. Did everything go as planed?" Alice said as she looked up. I was caught off guard by her question. Then I followed her gaze and noticed that she was talking to Rosalie. I was so lost in our conversation that I didn't even realize we were headed back to the car.

"Yes," Rosalie said with a grin. "Everything will be delivered tomorrow."

"Good, then we can go home. Bella, you need some food first. Let's go in here," Alice grabbed my hand and pulled me into the nearest restaurant. It was Hard Rock Café; I got a burger with onion rings and a Pepsi, since they didn't have coke.

When I was done we left to head home, and it truly was my home now, even though it had always felt that way. I was glad to be going home. I really missed Edward. I was so glad that all the wedding shopping was done. Now I just had to sit back and wait for the big day; only four more days until I become Mrs. Isabella Marie Cullen.