Rating/Warning(s)/Note(s): T, Hitchhiker
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Prompt: Adhere
Alice was a force of nature. Watching her move through the house was like witnessing a miniature tornado, only she left a path of organization in her wake instead of destruction. For two months she would just look at me, her face going blank, then smile. I'd learned to ask her what I decided after the first couple times this happened. From then on she just told me. It certainly made for quicker conversations. But now she was decorating.
We were marrying in the Cullen's backyard this evening, just as the sun sank below the horizon. Lights twinkled over a dance floor, amidst a thousand blooms, Alice dancing below them as she directed Jasper and Emmett in where to attach each line. They were moving slowly, for them, because Charlie was supervising.
Edward was hunting. For all that they were vampires the Cullens insisted we adhere to a few conventions, like not seeing each other before the wedding. What amused me was that the wolf pack was guarding the perimeter, making sure he didn't sneak back. I laughed at them, but Sam and Jacob growled at me when I tried to walk into the woods and pushed me back to the house, disappearing before my father could see them.
"Bells, don't you need to get dressed?" Charlie asked, interrupting his argument with Alice about whether or not my bouquet would get caught in the bowers when I threw it to try to parent me one last time. He'd been fine with the idea of me marrying Edward up to the point where he was told that we would be going on a year-long honeymoon, traveling around the world.
His eyes had bugged out for a moment, no doubt considering the expense, but smiled before shocking me. "What would you say to a double wedding?" He proposed to Sue later that night, and despite her reservations of being married in the 'vampire's lair', she allowed herself to be won over by Charlie. She was already upstairs getting dressed, so I went inside to join her. Alice followed me inside, no doubt in order to get away from Charlie.
"I swear, Bella, if he wasn't your father," she griped in my ear as we climbed the stairs together. "He needs to remember it's his second marriage and your first."
A gasp of laughter erupted from me. "You need to remember I don't care. If he does, humor him."
She shook her head at me. "You only get married once…"
"How many times have Rosalie and Emmett gotten married?" I asked.
"That's different."
Pulling her to a stop on the stairs, I turned her to face me. "Alice, I can have another wedding in another hundred years or so. I can have one every fifty years if I want. My dad only gets this second chance."
She looked at me for a moment and nodded. "Fine, have it your way, Bella."
"I usually do," I said with a laugh, heading up the stairs again. "Now why don't you help me get into the dress I decided on but have never seen?"
Satin flowed around me, shimmering in the lights surrounding the mirror. "Oh, Bella, are you sure you want to share this with us?" Sue asked, her arms warm as they wrapped around me in a hug. "You deserve to be the center of attention."
"Sue, how long have you known me?" I asked, getting a chuckle from her.
"Well, no one will be looking at me anyway," she said, stepping back and looking at herself in the mirror. She looked lovely, her warm skin contrasting with the light ivory of her dress. Pearls encircled her neck, a gift from my father.
"I think they will be. You're beautiful, Sue. It's no surprise my father wants to marry you." She smiled and squeezed me tighter. "Are you really all right with my decision?"
The look on her face told me that she knew which decision I was asking about. "I don't really have a say in it. Jacob gave his permission, it's what you want." She gave a sigh, her hands smoothing the skirt over her hips. "I wouldn't choose to be a wolf either, Bella. I cried when my children changed the first time." Giving another sigh she moved to a chair and sat, looking at me.
"Living with the supernatural isn't easy. Life as you know it will change. You won't be able to go shopping just because you want to, or run to the beach on a nice day. It'll be a year before you see your father again, and anything could happen in that time. Just be sure you're ready."
The concern in her voice was real, and I knew she spoke the truth. "But…"
"But you're in love," she said, waving her hand. "Don't worry, Charlie knows somethings up because he's seen Seth phase. Just don't be surprised when he questions you about your change. He is a cop, after all."
"What will I tell him?" I wondered aloud.
"The truth never hurts," she said.
"It could kill him. Surely you've been told about the Volturi?" Alice said, coming back into the room, carrying our flowers. "You're up ladies. Time to get married!"
Have a great evening!