NPOV

Getting Ready

"Nessie, honey, wake up! It's your big day!" My eyes fluttered open to the sight of Alice's excited face bobbing around in front of me. I groaned, my eyes quickly adapting to the bright sunlight that was streaming in through the window of my father's old bedroom. I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and stood up, wiggling my toes around in the soft gold carpet.

Then something dawned on me. "OH MY GOD! I'M GETTING MARRIED!" I screamed, leaping on top of my aunt who giggled loudly and lifted my feet off the ground without any effort. Alice patted me on the head and carried me into the big white bathroom, where the other three female vampires in the Cullen family joined us.

"Excited?" Rosalie asked casually as she pulled various items out of the cupboards.

I just stared at her grinning stupidly. My mother laughed lightly. "I take that as a yes."

…

"Can I look now?" I groaned for the umpteenth time. Grandma shook her head with a teasing smile. I counted to ten in my head. "Now?"

"Nope," Rose answered.

I counted to twenty. "NOW?"

Mum laughed. "I definitely wasn't this impatient on my wedding day."

"Bella, if I recall correctly, you didn't want to look at yourself at all when you got married," Alice replied.

I stared at her in shock. "WHAT?"

Mum shrugged, rolling her eyes. "I just wanted to stare at your father all day…" she trailed off, her eyes glazing over. I raised my eyebrows and shook my head.

"Don't move, I'm doing your hair!" Rosalie complained.

"Sorry," I squeaked.

"And don't talk, I'm about to do your lipstick," Alice ordered.

"Sorry," I said, trying my hardest not to move my mouth. It wasn't that successful, but I think everyone understood what I was saying.

Leah and Claire suddenly burst through the door in their matching cobalt dresses. "What do you think?" Leah held up one hand, posing in a way I assumed was meant to look like some sort of model.

"You guys look amazing!" I squealed, ecstatic at the result of the pretty dresses. I'd already seen both girls wearing theirs, but seeing the pair standing there on the actual day seemed to make them look even more fantastic. "You two need to put yours on!" I said to my aunts.

…

I re-entered Dad's old bedroom to find Mum sitting on the corner of the gigantic, gold bed holding onto a small photo album full of photos of my short life. She had one arm wrapped around herself, her fingers spreading over the soft silky fabric of her dress.

She turned around when I entered, her vampire hearing picking up my almost soundless footsteps, and gave me one short, sad smile. I could easily guess what was on her mind. I skipped over to sit on the bed next to her and gave her a big hug.

"Love you, Mum."

"I love you, too, Renesmee. More than you'll ever know," she mumbled into my hair. She sat up straight and said, "Now, go put your dress on. Alice made me put mine on!"

I giggled, jumped back up excitedly and said, "You know you wanted to wear it," before running to the wardrobe and yanking the door open. I pulled the dress off the hanger and with my mother's help, had it on in less than two minutes. I turned around to find Mum staring at me sadly.

"Aw, Mum," I whispered, hugging her again. "I'll always be your little girl."

She breathed out loudly and pecked me on the cheek before saying, "I'm so proud of you, honey."

I smiled, my heart bubbling with happiness. "I know," I said cheekily.

Mum rolled her eyes and said, "I'm going to get Anth and Marie ready… you go finish doing… whatever Rose and Alice are going to do to you."

I laughed and rejoined my aunties in the bathroom, clutching onto my veil. Then I stopped in my tracks. Claire was playing with Alice's hair, which had yet to be done, and Rose and Leah were having a civilised conversation. Rosalie was standing behind Leah's chair, holding various items that would be used to style Leah's hair, and the pair were actually happily discussing different styles that could be done.

I grinned, before gasping extremely loudly and clapping my hand over my mouth. All four girls looked at me, puzzled. "Leah is having a civilised conversation with Rosalie!" I stage-whispered. "It's a miracle."

Leah rolled her eyes. "Shut it, Ness."

I chuckled and picked up Claire. She giggled and wrapped her arms around me. "You look pretty," she mumbled.

"Well, you look gorgeous!" I replied. "And you haven't even had your hair and makeup done!"

She giggled again and I put her down on a chair so that Alice could start with her makeup. I watched, smiling as Alice put on a touch of blue eyeshadow and some lipstick – just enough to match everyone else. Claire didn't really need much.

"Don't I get any of that?" she asked sadly when Alice told her she was done, pointing to the blush.

"Okay," Alice said, picking it up. "You can have a little bit, but not too much because you already look beautiful."

"Yay!" Claire replied, giggling as the brush tickled her cheeks.

"Hair time!" I announced as Leah got off the chair after Rosalie was finished doing her hair. Leah then sat in front of Alice and Claire moved to the chair in front of Rose. The pair were finished in about ten minutes, and I then asked Rosalie to put my veil on. She did so and I smiled excitedly before walking into Alice's bedroom, where there was a full-length mirror. I moved in front of it and froze.

"Oh my God. I look like a bride," I muttered to myself. "I'm getting married today. To Jacob. Oh my God."

I jumped up and down and ran into Grandma's bedroom where her and Bella were dressing the twins. They both looked at me and gasped.

"Nessie!" Grandma exclaimed. "You look amazing!"

"You are so beautiful," Mum told me. I hugged them both and stepped over to Anthony and Marie. They were holding hands, as per usual. Ever since the day Jake and I had seen them reach out and take hold of each other's hands, they barely ever let go. You physically had to prise their fingers off each other to remove them from each other's grip.

"Hey, gorgeous…es," I cooed to my beautiful babies. "Mummy and Daddy are getting married today. And then we're all going to have the same last name!" I said happily, lifting Anthony up and giving him a hug. I then did the same to Marie and kissed them both on the forehead, giggling when I left lipstick marks on their faces.

"Nessie!" Mum rolled her eyes.

"Oops." I turned to Grandma who was staring at me; her eyes squinted as if she was deep in thought. "Grandmaaaahhh!" I exclaimed in a sing-song voice.

She raised her eyebrows and stared at me, laughing under her breath. "Yes?"

"Why are you staring at me as though you're deep in thought?"

"You're missing something."

"Huh?"

"You're missing something."

"Huh?"

"Shut up, Nessie," Mum cut in.

I laughed and patted her on the head, skipping out of the room singing, "I'm walking on sunshine woah oh!"

"Jewellery!" I heard Grandma call out from behind me. "You haven't put it on yet!"

"Oh! Thanks! I'm skipping on sunshine," I giggled, rejoining Alice in the bathroom.

"What is wrong with you?" Rosalie muttered, staring at me with one eyebrow raised.

"Nothinggggg. I'm just happpppeeee," I replied.

Alice laughed. "Your jewellery is in here." She handed me a couple of little boxes, which I took from her and set down on the bench as she resumed putting on her own makeup. I opened up the box with my necklace as gasped as I saw all the sparkling diamonds. "How much did you spend on this?" I asked incredulously.

Alice shrugged. "I can't remember."

I nodded, smiling. "Yay!" I squealed, putting it on and reminding myself to tell Alice off later. I was too happy to do it now. I put in the earrings and sighed happily, but only half content. I was still waiting for the rest to happen.

"It's time to go, girls!" I heard Mum call through the house. With my heart racing even faster than normal, I skipped downstairs with the rest of the girls (and my son), and got into the stretch limos we had hired for today, ready to drive off to my wedding.

SORRY SORRY SORRY! I know I took forever… I'M SORRY. But I still love all of you and I'm sorry that I still haven't done the wedding, I'm having trouble writing all of this as I have absolutely no clue how to do it, so excuse me if everything's wrong, it's my fanfic!! :D

Thanks for sticking with it, even through the month-and-a-half gap there… I've finished my school production (WAAAAAH!) and I should have more time, but as I said on my profile, I put that word in italics because that's what it means: SHOULD, not will… and knowing me and how well I keep my promises, I'm leaving it as a should.

So PLEEEASE review, because even though it's been so long, I would love to hear your feedback on the chapter!!!