Sorry about the wait! I was on holidays for the week and had no internet access. Anyway without further delay, here is chapter 11. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 11- Standing on the edge of forever

The morning of the wedding, Bella was woken up at seven o' clock by the sudden urge to vomit. As she wretched into the toilet she counted herself lucky that for her, morning sickness was actually only morning sickness and Bella was sure the nauseous feeling would have faded by the time the ceremony started at three that afternoon. Alice was going to come and collect her at half eight so Bella put on a pair of sweat pants a t-shirt and a loose jumper before going downstairs to have breakfast with Charlie for the last time. As she saw him sitting in his usual spot at the table reading the newspaper, Bella couldn't help but feel a little bit sad. Today would probably be the last time she would see her father because after the baby is born, she would make the transition from mortal to immortal and it would be way too dangerous to have Charlie around. During the last week Bella had been working extra hard to keep her pregnancy from him.

"Good morning dad." She greeted him smilingly as she went to get a bowl from the press.

"Morning Bells. How did you sleep?" Charlie was acting as if it was just a regular morning. He still hadn't really come to terms with the fact that his daughter was getting married.

Bella put cereal in her bowl and poured the milk in. "Pretty well, all things considered. It took me a while to get to sleep." Charlie muttered something about the wedding as she sat down at the table. Bella could tell that he was still a bit put out about the whole thing. He felt a bit betrayed that Renée had immersed herself in wedding planning with Alice.

Bella decided to interrupt his sulking. "Your suit is upstairs. It's already pressed so all you have to do is put it on. You need to pick up the minister and bring him to the Cullens no later than quarter past two."

Charlie rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I know Bells. Between you and Alice that's the seventh time I've been given those instructions since yesterday. I'm not likely to forget." Okay maybe she had been repeating herself a lot but Bella wanted to make sure that everything would go according to plan.

"I'm sorry dad but it's my wedding day. I want it to be perfect." She tried to ignore the fact that Charlie clenched his jaw at the word "wedding".

He took another sip of his coffee. "I'm also picking up Billy and Jacob and taking them over to the Cullens'."

Bella flinched. Jacob had not been very happy about her marrying Carlisle, and he made it known but since he was her best friend he'd agreed to come anyway.

"Are you absolutely sure about this, Bells?" Charlie asked and Bella looked at him in confusion. "About getting married, it's not too late to call the whole thing off." That's probably what Charlie had been praying for. He had repeatedly told her that even since she told him she was marrying Carlisle. If she said she was sure all those times, she was hardly going to change her mind on the day of the actual wedding.

Bella rolled her eyes. "Yes dad, for the thousandth time, I'm positive." After that Charlie just went back to reading the paper in silence. Bella couldn't help what Carlisle and Jasper and Emmett had gotten up to last night. I'm going to kill someone if there was strippers. She thought to herself. Then again Carlisle definitely wasn't the stripper type, but she wasn't sure about Emmett. Although, she took comfort in the fact that Rosalie would probably beat Emmett if he came within ten metres of a stripper.

Just then the baby kicked hard. "Ooh!" Bella said before she could stop herself. It took all the strength she had not to instinctively put her hands on her stomach.

Charlie looked up from the newspaper with a look of confusion on his face. "What's wrong?" He wondered probably wishing that Bella had just realised that she actually doesn't want to marry Carlisle.

She used the first lie that came to her. "Oh, I just got a sharp pain in my knee." Charlie didn't press the matter any further and took another sip of his coffee. Bella sat there in silence eating her cereal and when she was finished she washed her bowl before going upstairs to get the one bag of clothes and toiletries that was left in the house. Everything else she had already moved into the Cullens'.

There was an eager knock on the door and Bella made sure to take her time going down the stairs. She did not want to end up in the hospital on her wedding day. Before she opened the door Bella knew who it was.

Alice sprung into her arms. "Bella! Happy wedding day!" She exclaimed gleefully. "Are you ready to go?"

Bella chuckled at how excited she was. "Yes Alice, I'm ready." Alice clapped her hands together like a seal. "I'll see you later dad! Don't forget-"

Charlie cut her off. "To pick up the minister and have him back to the Cullens' for no later than quarter past two." He said boredly. "I got it Bells."

"Bye Charlie!" Alice called and quickly took the bag from Bella's hand before dancing back out to her yellow Porsche that occupied the curb.

Bella closed the door behind her and nearly choked when she saw Alice's car propery; it was decorated in white ribbons. "Aw Alice did you really have to be so ostentatious about this?" Then again, when didn't Alice go overboard with things?

Alice rolled her eyes. "Bella you usually decorate the car that brings you to the wedding venue and just because it's only half eight and the wedding venue happens to be our house does not mean we are going to cut corners. Now smile it's your wedding day." she told her and they both got into the car.