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Chapter 11

"What are you plans for the wedding?" Alice asked as Esme settled on the chair opposite from Lily. Alice and Esme clearly wanted a conversation when all Lily wanted to do was sit and worry endlessly about Carlisle and the rest of his family out hunting a vampire because of her.

"Simple wedding, the local church," Lily summarised anxiously turning her gaze towards the window.

"They'll be fine," Esme comforted, "Whoever he is. He is vastly outnumbered,"

"Carlisle wasted time by bringing you back though, he could have easily phoned one of us," Alice seemed stressed which wasn't relaxing Lily.

"Carlisle did what he thought was best," Esme reassured.

Lily didn't relax until several hours later when all of the Cullen's returned. The red eyed vampire had escaped.

"How did it happen?" Lily asked as Carlisle walked her back to his car.

"He slipped past us. Some vampires are quicker, some are gifted at being elusive," Carlisle explained trying to keep Lily calm.

"Right. What should I tell Jack? I've been gone for some time," Lily didn't want Jack to suspect something if Carlisle dropped her home.

"Esme and Alice have been helping you think of some wedding ideas," Carlisle replied with a smile. "That sounds believable."

"I guess it does," Lily took one last longing gaze at Carlisle as the car pulled away to take her back to Jack.

The next week

"There's really no need for you to take me shopping," Lily insisted as Carlisle pulled the car up to the supermarket.

"I don't like the thought of you being alone and unprotected," Carlisle summarised; he held the door open for her.

"It's only grocery shopping and only a few minutes away from home,"

"Quit complaining," Carlisle laughed.

"You know when you were away I did some tests,"

"What kind of tests?"

"Simple ones. How quickly I can run and things like that,"

"Right..." Lily sensed that Carlisle was frowning.

"I'm quicker than an average human. Stronger too," Lily explained as they entered the large building, music filtered through to them. "There was a sensation when Jack cut himself. I didn't do anything but there was defiantly something inside me that was different."

"You need to stop doing this," Carlisle advised, placing his cold hand over hers. "You're not a vampire."

"Part of me is," she insisted. "An increasingly dominant part. Particularly when I spend time with you guys,"

"Lily," Carlisle warned.

"What do you think would happen if you bit me?" Lily asked as she began selecting various pieces of fruit and vegetables. She tried to ask it as though it were a simple question. To onlookers this conversation could have been about something simple such as what to eat for dinner rather than a discussion of the supernatural and immortality.

"I'm not going to Lily. You are perfectly healthy," Carlisle gazed across at her. Lily felt her temperature increase simply under his gaze.

"Yeah completely health," she laughed, "I just have a vampire following me around constantly and I don't mean you," she laughed as Carlisle chuckled slightly.

"It's still a no. Besides because of your heritage there may already be some venom in your bloodstream. Therefore if I bit you there might be a conflict of venom," Carlisle theories.

"That's bad right?"

"It could make the transformation worse. Possibly even more painful. If that's possible," Carlisle sounded intense and Lily decided to let the subject drop for a while. Particularly since a local woman, Ruby, decided that it was time to come over and talk to the two of them.

"Lily, Carlisle," Ruby had a harsh appearance; Lily had likened her to a hawk in previous encounters.

"Ruby," Lily smiled.

"I got my invite," Ruby announced referring to Lily and Jack's impeding wedding.

"Fabulous," Lily inwardly cringed; Jack had invited all the local residents.

"I have to say I was surprised you accepted his proposal," Ruby spoke plainly; she was an elderly woman who now had little time for small talk.

"I can't think why," Lily snapped.

"Some of us were under the impression that your affections were directed elsewhere," Ruby made a clear effort of moving her faze towards Carlisle.

"I can't imagine what gave you that idea," Lily responded sharply. "Jack and I are quite together. Neither of us are unsure about this wedding."

"That's quite really easy to say," Ruby replied before shuffling away. Carlisle was quite and Lily didn't mention what Ruby had said and how accurate her theories were.

A week before the wedding.

"He's early." Alice groaned as she stepped back to take in Lily's appearance, she was wearing her wedding dress. Alice hurried away to the door, Lily heard two steps returning. "She's trying her dress on." Alice explained, the door opened and Carlisle followed her in. Lily took a deep breath and managed a smile.

"According to Alice, this is the final fit." Lily explained, trying to remain calm.

"It looks great."

"Have you bought the sample of flowers?"

"They're in the car," Carlisle answered.

Alice moaned a little. "I told you to bring them up."

"I forgot them," Carlisle answered, his gaze drifting back to Lily.

"I'll fetch them," Alice answered, as she moved towards the door, she paused. Alice's mind was absorbed with a vision of the future, she appeared to turn as though the vision had made her change her mind, but Lily watched as Alice left them alone.

"Does it look ok?" Lily asked anxiously stepped towards the mirror.

"You look amazing," Carlisle approached her, standing behind her, still partly in his suit from work. For a brief moment Lily toyed with the idea that they looked like a married couple. "You're making the right decision," He insisted.

"I'm making the only available decision," Lily answered turning away and walking across the room as Alice returned. As Alice began chatting to Carlisle about the flowers Lily could help but feel that for a moment when Alice had been gone that there had been a connection. Did Carlisle feel something too? Or was her imagination simply in overdrive.

The end is getting nearer. Dun dun duurrrr.

What do you think will happen next?