"It's the fifteenth already?" I squeaked. All heads turned to me like I was crazy as they nodded.
"What's wrong, Des, not sure about marrying lover boy?" Em asked as he ruffled Alec's hair, who swatted him away.
"I just wasn't aware of the date," I smiled, a fake yet very convincing smile. Everyone smiled back and turned away. After their gaze was no longer set on me, my smile slipped, and I sat wide-eyed staring at nothing. I'm getting married tomorrow... Tomorrow will be the happiest day of my life! A huge grin spread across my face, and excitement entered my stomach in the form of hundreds of tiny little butterflies.
Alice returned a couple hours later with all the items(including the bridesmaid dresses that I had picked out and ordered the other day). She had cleared out the whole freezer and fridge, much to Jacob's frustration, and set the ice sculpture in the freezer and the cake in the fridge. The dress and shoes and accessories had been covered up and taken up to her massive closet.
The clock struck six then, and all of the sudden I was being whisked away by Rose, Alice, Renesmee, and Jane, while Bella and Esme followed closely behind, looking sorry for me. I saw Alec being taken the other way by Em, Jazz, Edward, Jake, and Carlisle following behind like Bella and Esme were.
"What are you guys doing?!" I shrieked as they took off into the woods, and Rose, with experienced fingers as if she does this often, fastened a blind fold over my eyes.
"The bride can't see the groom twenty-four hours before the wedding!" Alice trilled.
My whole body had the urge to attack, and I felt like a stupid newborn! Another reason to hate my time spent in that hell hole...
Snarls rippled out of my chest and I couldn't stop them. I knew how to fight, and my body was in control. I flipped backwards, slipping out of their arms, and crouched down. My fingers, bent like claws, ripped the blind fold off, and lunged for the first thing I saw. It was Bella.
She screamed as I knocked her to the ground, my arms locking around her neck. My teeth were millimeters from her throat when I was knocked off my someone else. I lay on the damp ground, and tried to regain myself, I fought for my humanity, but I couldn't find it. Everything had been replaced with this vicious monster that was attacking my own family.
My vision was tinted red as I jumped up and coiled in preparation for my next attacker. It was Edward. I growled at him, and was about to attack, when Jasper showed up. I know I can't take on two.. What am I even talking about?! Both of them are my family, they care about me, I need to stop this! I couldn't reason with myself though... The instincts were in total control.
"Des, calm down. I know it scared you, and I know you have been trained for this, but you need to calm down. They weren't trying to hurt you," Jasper said soothingly. My breaths were still short and ragged, but I was beginning to calm down as an overwhelming sense of lethargy overcame me.
"I'm so sorry," I whispered, collapsing on the ground again and crying though tears would never shed. Jasper came behind me, wrapping his arms around me in a brotherly way, and whispered that it was okay, they all understood.
"I tried not to, I really did, I just couldn't control it," I sobbed.
"I'm so sorry for nearly shredding your head off Bella," I said sadly. She cracked a small smile, gave me a comforting hug, and said she forgave me.
"And sorry for almost attacking you, Edward," I said. He gave me a hug also, and said he understood that I wasn't in control.
"Maybe a bachelorette party isn't such a good idea," Renesmee said with wide frightened eyes. I had scared my best friend.
"Nessie.." I got up, and took a step towards her. She looked petrified, and jumped backwards. Hurt washed through me.
"I would never hurt you.." I whispered, so close to breaking down again. She smiled a smile so cheezy and so fake it could be sold on a hamburger at McDonalds.
"I didn't mean to Renesmee. I really didn't," I said sadly. Her smile dropped, and she came towards me.
"I know you didn't. It was just frightening, seeing you like that. You looked possessed and dangerous. It was the most terrible thing I have ever seen; seeing such an innocent face with such a deadly expression, and such a lethal glint in such sweet eyes. I know you won't hurt me, and I didn't mean to jump back like that. I'm sorry," She said, come closer and hugging me tightly. I hugged her back just as fiercely, burying my head in her fine, bronze hair.
"I think this is just a minor set back. Come on, Des, we already have everything set up for your party, which was suppose to be a surprise," Alice said, looking accusingly at Renesmee who just giggled. Alice, the crazy girl she is, tried to put the blind fold on me again. Everyone shouted "No!" the same instant the blue piece of cloth came in contact with my face. Sometimes I wonder about Alice..
They took me to a small, quaint cottage a couple miles from the house. It is Edward, Bella, and Renesmee's house, which I have been to only once before. Bella said they had another one years ago in a small rainy town named Forks that was even more magical than this tiny piece of a fairytale. Edward said sometime they would take me to Forks so I could learn more about the Cullen's crazy past.
Inside was balloons and party streamers gallore. We had some laughs and played some stupid games, drinking cups of blood from a mountain lion that Bella had gotten.
"Wait, since I'm at my bachalorette party, does that mean Alec is at a bachalor party?" I asked, my eyes wide. I had heard about how crazy those parties can get.
"Yes, but don't worry, they are just hunting and having some bonding time, no strip clubs," Bella giggled with a distant look in her eyes, as if she was remembering something. The night dragged on, each tick of the clock thudding in my ears. We all went back early. Esme left us, setting the place up I guess, and Rose went straight to her room, only to return seconds with tons of hair products and makeup.
Alice's closet is huge. There is also tons of mirrors, and a place to sit down. Yeah, its that big.
Alice took the beautiful dress out of the bag. She tore my muddy clothes off, saying she would be desposing of them soon anyways. And then, humiliating me, she threw me some hooker-like lingerie, saying that she knew that nothing new was going to happen between me and Alec on our honeymoon but she wanted me to wear it. I stuffed it into the bag that lie on the floor which she had already packed for me. I can only imagine the bright shade of red my face would have been if I was human as Nessie and Jane let out quiet snickers.
Alice expertly slipped the dress over my head, and laced it up in the back. She turned me around to face the mirror. I gasped. The mixture of diamonds and rubies was just gorgeous. I loved it. And again, I was shocked at the beauty of the dress itself.
Alice sat me in a delicate white chair in front of a vanity mirror, laying out her utensils in front of me. Everyone else began getting ready also, except for Rose who was going to do my hair.
I didn't pay attention to what they were doing at first. I watched Renesmee and Jane slip into stunning, long, crimson dresses that had spaghetti straps, a design above and beneath the bodice, and each had a pretty little sash. My two maids of honor.
Bella, Rose, and Alice were going to be bridesmaids. I had chosen identical ivory dresses, though Alice had said it was too close to white and it would seem tacky. I didn't think so. (LINKS ON PROFILE) Bella began putting on the form-fitting strapless dress with an old-fashioned looking design beneath the bodice, and I was sure I had made the right choice.
I looked in the mirror, and noticed Alice had put a light blush over my cheekbones, a thin line of eyeliner on to enhance my already dark eyes, light crimson eyeshadow, and a layer of lipgloss. Rose had done my hair so that half was up, which is where my tiara would sit, and the rest was down and curly, except my bangs which were straightened. She used a ton of hairspray to make sure it stayed. I looked stunning, but now more than ever I wish I had not gotten those little-girlish pink highlights.
Rose was done with my hair, and she began putting on her own ivory dress and doing her own hair. Alice told me to stay still, and went to put on her dress. They were all doing their hair the same, three fourths of it up and slightly curled. Rose, the expert, had her and Bella's hair done within ten minutes.
Alice and Jane's hair are too short to do it as Nessie, Rose, and Bella are. So they have just curled it, and it is very cute. Alice returned, and slid my tiara (which she had gotten a veil added to) and clasped my long necklace into place, and fastened my earrings on.
Alice began doing her own makeup, which Nes, Jane, and Rose were doing. Bella was already done, and took me and sat me down, putting my shoes on.
I stood, and looked at myself in the full length mirror, smiling. I look gorgeous, as do they all.
The whole process had taken two hours. Esme came in once to tell us that people were arriving. Well, vampires. She had nearly started crying, saying we all looked so beautiful, though she looked just as stunning in her midnight-blue dress with a darker blue sash at the waist that came down a little below her knees.
Rose would be in charge of the music, but shes a bridesmaid. And Edward would have done it, but he's Bella's escort. Carlisle would have, but he's the priest. So next in line is Esme. She had some musical experience, and she hasn't stopped practicing the few pieces she will be playing since we put her in charge.
Emmett is Alec's best man. I don't know how, but a friendship sprung up between them. I can't wait to see Alec, he must look so good in his tux.
"Des, look," Nessie said, lifting the Egyptian cotton curtains back from Alice's window. I crossed the room, and peered out, and gasped. The back room has been transformed into a winter wonderland. Rows of beautiful, oak benches face the north, which means they are facing away from the house. Crimson pillows are on each for a comfortable sit, and drapes of the same shade are tied into bows are attached to each row. A long, scarlet, satin piece of fabric runs from the back door up to the alter, which is a dark brown, glossy oak, and there is some kind of platform with two levels which is where Alec, Emmett, Edward, Jasper, Alice, Dustin, Jane, Rose, Jake, Nessie Bella and I will stand. Twinkling lights are twined in with the surrounding wilderness, and since dusk is falling, it looks beautiful.
"It's gorgeous," I said in awe.
"Oh! It looks so much like my wedding.. If only you could have been there. Actually, you know what, I want to show you some of the things that happened before you joined our family, Destiny," Bella said. I glanced up at her in confusion. She got a look of concentration, and then I was no longer in Alice's room. I was in a school, a biology room it looked like, and it seemed as if I had a veil on, clouding my vision, and it was like I was wearing earmuffs, things were so hard to hear.
I was sitting, and next to me was Edward. He glared at me, his eyes coal black, and fear washed through me. I didn't tell my body to, but my head moved down, and wavy brunette hair fell in between us. Wavy brunette? What? I looked down at the shiny black table, only to see a human version of Bella staring back at me.
And then, the face disappeared, and I was in a ballet studio. Blood was surrounding me (or Bella or whatever) as I lay crumpled on the floor. A harsh pain flashed through my body as a blond haired vampire holding a video-camera smashed down on my leg. And then Edward was there, flying into him. I couldn't watch the fight though, because the scene changed again.
I am standing in a wet, green forest. Edward is there, his topaz eyes hard and cold.
"You..don't..want..me?" A voice that sounded nothing like my own came from "my" mouth.
"No," Edward said, not a trace of sorrow or remorse on his face. Ouch, harsh. A numbness washed through "my" body. It felt as if my world was collapsing around me. That one didn't linger long though, and suddenly I was in a large oval meadow with dead, brown grass.
A dark-skinned vampire with bright red, hungry eyes stood a little in front of me. He was saying he was going to kill me. And Edward was there.. But in "my" mind, I knew it wasn't really him, it was something my sub-conscience had conjured up. And the wolf pack came then, running off the vampire. The big russet one, Jacob, had stared deep into "my" eyes, and though Bella couldn't tell, I could see the pure, deep love there.
The rest were just small snippets of things, but the swirling memories stopped on one night. I'm guessing its Edward's old room of their house in Washington, but it has a huge bed.
"Isabella Marie Swan, I promise to love you forever, every single day of forever. Will you marry me?" Edward asked as he was down on one knee.
I don't think it was suppose to happen, but for the briefest moment "my" lips were in contact with fiery hot ones, as strong arms pushed me close by my waist. It took me a second to realize I was making out with Jacob, and by then I was out of there. Eugh, I feel dirty now!
There was the wedding, and it really does look like the gorgeous wedding about to take place. And I saw little pieces of when Nessie was still in the womb. Gosh, that hurt! And the anger when Jake imprinted on her....wow. Aww, Renesmee was so cute as a baby! Of course I've seen pictures, but shes even more adorable in person!
And the small squal with the Volturi, and the joy once the evil clan of Italians left Forks peacefully. Small drabbles afterwards, nothing much but happiness.
The last scene, the one where Bella first saw me and thought I was absolutely beautiful, disinagrated and I was back in Alice's room.
"Woah.." I said.
"I have been practicing that kind of thing for a while," She shrugged.
"Des, come on, its almost time." Alice said, leading me down the stairs.
"Okay, I will go with Jasper, then Rose and Em, then Bella and Edward, and then Nessie and Jake, then Jane and Dustin. Six seconds after they leave, you come. Carlisle will escort you, taking his place at the alter when you get up there." She explained things to me, handing me a bouquet of roses.
Sierra, Embry's daughter, who I had spent some time with and we had taken an immediate liking to, was going to be the flower girl. And Holden, Leah's son, was to be the ring barer. They both looked adorable, her in a short sweet pink and white dress and him in a dark blue suit.
Sierra headed out, throwing pink rose petals every few steps. Alice and Jasper headed out, looking like graceful runway models. Then Rose and Emmett strutted out, and Nessie and Jake came next. Dustin and Jane, both of which looked ecstatic to be walking arm in arm, step by step made their way to the alter.
"Well, Des, here we go," Carlisle said. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Esme started playing the wedding march. Carlisle threw the big doors open, and I began to walk towards my destiny.
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