Elizabeth POV
When everything had finally calmed down after the news Carlisle had brought home, I got out of the tub and changed into my pajamas. I was still really exhausted and was ready to fall asleep. Just as my head hit the pillow, Daddy decided to come home.
"Not so fast Elizabeth, we need to talk about this." He said as he came into my room, with Momma on his heels.
"Edward, now let's be calm about this. She's been through a lot today and I think that she's learned her lesson." Momma said. I looked at the two of them and saw that they were having a silent conversation. Momma was concentrating very hard and Daddy looked like he was trying not to smile. Was that a good thing?
"Well. Remind me not to get on your bad side." He finally said
"Ugh, why does everyone keep saying that?" I said, which made Momma chuckle a little too.
"Look, while I definitely do not approve of how you acted earlier today, I do see your point now. You are all grown up now and you can decide who you do and do not date. That being said, your tone and lack of respect for Emmett and I was uncalled for." Daddy said sternly.
"I'm sorry." I said sheepishly
" I accept you apology and I think that you owe Emmett one as well." I nodded.
"Now as for your punishment, I think that now you see the error of your ways am I correct?
"Yes, Daddy." I said quietly. Here it comes, he was about to throw down the hammer.
"If your mother agrees to it, I won't ground you." Really!!! Oh my God that's so awesome! I looked over to Momma who nodded her head.
"Yes!" I cheered to myself
"However." What? No, no however. This was going so well!
"I do believe that some form of punishment is in order." Crap.
"Alice is going to need some help with the wedding. Instead of you being grounded, you are now at her beck and call. You are her assistant from here on out until the wedding. Anything that she needs you to do, you'll do it. Anywhere that she needs you to go you will go. Understood?"
Oh God I'd rather be grounded!! There was still a month and a half until the wedding. I had to follow Alice around and actually PARTICIPATE in planning it. This was a fate worse than death!
"Don't be so dramatic Elizabeth. It's not the end of the world" Daddy said as he and Momma left the room.
I sank back down on my pillows and wallowed in my misfortune. I was going to help Alice. With wedding plans. For a month and a half. I was suddenly exhausted just thinking about it. I closed my eyes and willed myself to fall asleep. Maybe this was all a dream. A very, very bad dream.
The last thing I heard was Jake and Emmett's booming laugh and someone shouting the word tongue before I finally drifted off to sleep.
It had been a month since Daddy had chosen my fate. And I hadn't had a day to myself since. i was either organizing her 7 binders full of wedding stuff ( Yes, I said seven) or I was running around to all the different vendors making sure the last minute details were set. I was in charge of the food aspect of the wedding, since neither Alice nor Ness really enjoyed it, they gave that job to me. I had to meet with the caterers and the bakery. I made sure to get plenty of food. Jake had informed us that most of the pack from La Push was going to be there, and if they all ate the way he did, we were going to need A LOT of food.
I had just left the bakers when my phone started going off.
"Elizabeth where are you?" It was Alice, and she sounded rather panicked.
"Just leaving the bakery. Everything is confirmed for the cake. Pierre said there shouldn't be any problem. They're even going to deliver it for us." I told her.
"That's good and al, but where are you? Have you forgotten what today is?" Today, today....
"Umm It's Friday?" I asked. I really had no idea what she was talking about.
"Elizabeth how could you forget the dress fitting?" Oh that's what today was. The fitting for mine and Alice's dresses. Great.
"Alright Alice, I'm on my way home now. Be there in fifteen minutes ok?" I told her as I hung up the phone.
I pulled into the driveway exactly 15 minutes later like I told her and ran into the house. If there was anything I learned in the last month it was that you did not keep Alice and Ness waiting when the wedding was involved.
My eyes widened when I looked around me. The entire living room was covered with dresses of every color you can imagine.
"Alice what's going on? I thought we were just getting the final fit?" I asked, my mouth stuck in the shape of an "O".
"We are silly. It's just that Ness still hasn't decided on the color of the fabric, so I had the designer drop two of every color so we could model them for her and see what she likes best. Then we'll get all the measurements taken once she decides."
There must have been a hundred dresses in here. It would take all day.
I started to make my way over to the pile when Alice yelled out. "Alright she's here now." And the room that was already packed was filled to capacity with every member of the family.
"What are they all doing here?" I cried. Witnessing my humiliation, that's what they were doing.
" I need everyone's opinion, Lizard. I want them to help." Ness told me. I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Do I have to??" I whined to Daddy in my head.
He just gave me a look that said don't-push-your-luck. I knew that was his version of a yes.
I tried on every color of dress that there was. I personally really liked the purple, and the green. I got laughed at when I tried on the chocolate colored dress. Emmett said I looked like a turd, which earned him a slap on the back of the head from Momma. I glared at him. He was so going to pay for that later.
After hours of trying on dress after dress, and listening to all of their comments on which color matched my skin tone best, or which one made my eyes pop the best, the Monster finally decided on Red. I liked it well enough. It was one of my favorite ones, and it seemed to get the most compliments from the peanut gallery so that was always a good thing. Alice looked great in whatever she put on, so most of the modeling I was assuming was for my purpose.
It was also a good thing because it would go well with most of the decorations we had already decided on, and I would only have to call Pierre back and let him know to add a few red accents to the cake.
Just two more weeks and then I would be a free woman again. Two more weeks. Two more weeks. It was my new mantra.
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(A/N): Sorry it's so short. Not much happening in that chapter, just a filler until the next one. The Bachelorette Party!!! WHOOO. Reviews are always welcome and appreciated.
Anything that you recognize from Twilight is owned by Stephenie Meyer. I just own Elizabeth and her super cool power. Which, I was told, would totally kick ass in a water fight.
