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BPOV
"Are you kidding me Alice? We have to do all of this today?" I asked, after Alice handed me a huge list of things we had to do that day.
"No I am not kidding you. Since your wedding is in less then a month, we need to get all of this done today." Alice crossed her arms, and drank a sip of coffee.
I looked down at the list again and read it over. First we had to go to the florist to pick out the flowers. Then we had to drive to First Beach, to figure out where on the beach we wanted it. After that, we had to go over to Edward and Alice's mothers house, to pick out the cake, since she knows how to do them. Finally we had to go to the restaurant that we were getting the food at, and pick out what food we needed for the dinner. Edward was coming with Alice and I to help pick it out, because no way in hell was I going to be able to decide by myself.
"Good morning, sunshine." I said, as Edward walked into the kitchen, still in his pajamas. Well, pajama pants, and no shirt.
"What's on the agenda for today?" He asked, grabbing a cup of coffee. I handed him the list of stuff, and his eyes just got wider after every thing on the list. He set the list down, and looked confused at me.
"Don't look at me," I put my hands up like I was in trouble. "Alice is the one that made this all happen today." I pointed to Alice, leaning against the counter sipping her coffee.
"Whatever. Just get dressed and be back down here in," She looked at the clock. "Twenty minutes." She said, and downed the rest of her coffee, and put the cup in the sink. Edward and I ran up the steps, and got dressed. I put on skinny jeans, and a loose tank top. I matched that with some flats, and let my hair fall down my back. Edward wore khaki shorts and a striped polo shirt. We went back downstairs, with a few minutes to spare. Alice was all ready by the front door, with her purse and keys in her right hand. I grabbed my purse, and we headed out.
Edward grabbed my hand, and we walked to the car with our hands interlocked. We got in Alice's Porsche, and drove to the flower shop. We got out in front of a huge building, with flowers every where. We got inside and looked around.
"Hello. Can I help you with anything?" The woman said. She must work here.
"Not yet. Just looking." Alice answered for us.
"Any particular occasion?" She asked.
"Actually, yes. A wedding." Alice smiled at the sales person.
"Do you have any types of flowers in mind?"
"Well, I think we were hoping to look, and fall in love with any kind we find." I butted in.
"Okay." She said, and walked away from us. We started looking through isles and isles of flowers. I stopped in front of these purple lilies. They were the prettiest flower I have ever seen. Edward and Alice noticed me hesitating, and came to check them out.
"Those are the ones." Edward said, and touched the flower lightly. Alice agreed, as did I and we went up to the counter to tell the lady.
"We found some." Alice said, and walked back over to the flowers, as the lady and Edward and I followed.
"Good choice." She smiled. "Let's go back to the desk and discuss the details." She said, and walked back to the counter with us following.
"How many will you need?" She asked, taking out a slip of paper to write down the information.
"Well, since they are going to be our center pieces also, maybe fifteen dozen." Alice said, as my mouth flew to the floor. She scribbled that down on her piece of paper and looked back up at Alice.
"When will you need them delivered?"
"August 13th, in the morning. Around ten." Alice said, as the lady wrote that down.
"Where to?"
Alice scribbled down the address of the beach, and handed her the little slip of paper.
"Got it. You can pay when you get the flowers." She said, and put the slips of paper in a big envelope. We walked out the door and to the car.
"Off to stop two." Alice said, and sped off toward First Beach. First Beach is a beach in La push, which is about fifteen minutes from Forks. It's a beautiful beach, when it's not raining. We arrived fifteen minutes later, and we got out of the car. We started walking down the beach, to find the perfect spot. Most of the beach looked the same, but some of the beach was more crowded and some of it was less. We finally found a spot that wasn't very crowded. We walked back down the beach and to the car.
"On to stop three." Alice said, as she drove to her and Edward's parents house. We got there in a few minutes, and parked. We got out, and before we had a chance to knock on the door, the door was ripped open and Esme gave me a huge hug.
"Bella! Alice! Edward!" She squealed and gave each of us a tight hug.
"Hi, Mom." Edward smiled, when she finished hugging us.
"Come on in! We have a cake to make." She winked at us, and practically ran inside. Carlisle had to work today, so Esme was home all alone. We all went into the dining room, which had dozens of slices of cakes and dozens of cubes of icing. Esme took the head of the table, and Alice took the seat to the right of her. Edward sat down on her left and I sat down next to him.
"First we will try the cakes and icings, and then we can figure out what you want it took look like." Esme said, and pushed a plate of what looked like vanilla cake and chocolate icing. She did this for the next twelve cakes, and icings, but the one Edward and I both loved the most was vanilla cake with chocolate icing and strawberries on top of that.
"Great choice." She scribbled that down on a piece of paper. "Now onto structure. What do you want it took look like?"
Edward and I talked about this a lot, and figure we wanted a cake that popped. Not a boring white one. The colors on the cake was going to be the same colors as our flowers. We decided three tears, that were square, and weren't straight. We told Esme all of this, and she asked what the color of the flower was.
"Here. I have a sample of the flower in my purse." Alice said, and dug through her purse. She handed Esme one of the flower heads.
"You know what color would go great with this? Like a lime green color." Esme suggested.
"That would be perfect." Edward smiled at his mother. Esme started to sketch the cake down on the piece of paper, and when she finished she looked up to us.
"Is this good?" She handed the paper to us, and showed our perfect cake. It was exactly like we described it, and had purple and green flowers all over it.
"I love it, Esme." I smiled at the paper, as Edward gave it back.
"Yeah, it's our perfect cake." Edward smiled at Esme.
"I'm glad you like it." Esme smiled back.
"Well we have an appointment at the restaurant down the street in about ten minutes, so we better head out." Alice spoke for what seemed like the first time here.
"Okay. I'll see you guys hopefully soon." Everyone stood up from their chairs and over to the front door.
"Thank you so much, again, for making our cake." I gave her a tight hug, and walked out the front door with Alice and Edward. We drove over to a small restaurant at the end of town, which has the best food. It started raining as we got out, so we ran inside.
"Hello. How many?" The host asked.
"We have an appointment with the manager." Alice said politely.
"Oh yes, right this way." The host led us to an empty table, with no one surrounding it. Alice sat next to me, and I sat in between her and Edward. A man came up to us, which I was guessing was the manager. We stood up upon his arrival, and shook his outstretched hand. We all took seats, and he got right to the punch.
"I hear you need catering for a wedding." He started. "We have the best catering business in Forks, so I'm very glad you picked us for your wedding." He said.
"We only choose the best." Alice smiled at him. Edward and I held hands on top of the table.
"Okay, let's get to eating. I'll have you chose what might sound good off our menu, and I'll bring them out, and show you what they will look like on the plate." He explained, and handed each of us a menu. My eyes immediately went to the grilled chicken. I chose that, and it looked like Edward found the steak.
"The grilled chicken, please." I put the menu down.
"The steak, please." Edward said. The guy took our menus, and went through a swinging door to what I guessed was the kitchen.
"We could have both those things at the reception, and the people can chose between the two." Alice suggested.
"That would probably work best." I smiled. The manager came back with two plates. One with steak and one with grilled chicken. He put the grilled chicken in front of me and steak in front of Edward. I took a bite of the grilled chicken and it was delicious. I heard Edward moan because the steak was so good. I tried a little piece of his, and loved it, while he tried mine and loved it.
"We will take both of these for the reception." I told him.
"And could you serve a small salad before?" Alice asked.
"Of course." He smiled at all of us. "And for desert?"
"Well, I've always wanted a chocolate fountain at my wedding." I admitted.
"We could do that. And have bananas, strawberries, marsh mellows, and so on to dip in it." He said.
"Perfect." I smiled at him.
"Why don't we go up to the counter, and talk about all the details." He motioned toward the front of the store. We all walked up to the counter, while he got on the front computer to type in the details.
"Where will we be catering?" He looked up at Alice.
"First Beach in La Push. You will see tons of tables and chairs on the beach, and that's where it will be at." Alice explained.
"How many people will we be serving for?" He typed that in the computer and looked back up.
"Around seventy five or a hundred." I didn't even know there was going to be that many people.
"What time will the reception start?"
"Well, the ceremony will be at three so maybe four or so."
"When will it end?" He typed it in.
"Well whenever dinner and desert is over, your staff can leave."
"Okay. That's all I needed to know." He handed her a receipt, while Edward swiped his credit card in the slot. I looked over Alice's shoulder at the receipt, and I was about to puke the amount was spent.
"Thank you." We all said, as we walked out the door and to the car.
"Yes. Finally, were done." I sighed, and fell asleep on Edward's shoulder in the back seat.