EEEEEP! Okay, so who saw the new moon trailer Sunday night!? I know I did, and I know I loved it! (even though the werewolf Jacob looked extremely animated.) As most of you should know, twilight won five popcorn buckets at the mTV movie awards, including the best kiss. Woot woot!
They have also released more movie stills on an Italian website, (which include Taylor Lautner shirtless in the pouring rain) so PM me if you are interested. It looks like he has a tattoo on his right arm. 0_0. Oh well, its still hot. And if any of you watched Kristen drop her popcorn bucket, I thought it was hilarious. Lol. (:
So on to my reviews, thank you thank you thank you! You guys are amazing, and are my drive for this story! I love you all, and thank you so much for reviewing. It means a lot to me to know that you all loved how I did the proposal. Honestly, I didn't think you all would like it that much, so you must have an idea of how happy I am right now! So again, thank you thank you thank you to all that reviewed and enjoyed that chapter! (:
Okay, so sorry guys, this is a filler chapter with preparations for the wedding. I have a story timeline planned out for the wedding and the days that follow, so if you would like to know when to squeal with excitement that they are finally married, let me know. (:
*this chapter is dedicated to anjalit2624, for being the first reviewer of chapter twenty eight, and for being so excited about the proposal she actually talked to herself. Lol. Thank you so much for reviewing, and this chapter goes out to you.*
Hope you guys enjoy, and remember, this is just a filler chapter…
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"Bella!" Alice squealed, excited about something in the wedding plans. "You have to get this!" she said while excitedly pointing her finger at a catalogue.
I looked over at the picture she was pointing at and sighed. "Alice, I am not getting a Japanese live cook. We - as in the united states - aren't exactly on good terms with them right now. But why is that even in there?" I exclaimed, looking at Alice with a bewildered expression. It's been about a month since Edward proposed, and we've been planning from the day we got home from the ball. Alice has really gotten into the planning, more so then even I have.
"That's besides the point, Bella. He will entertain all of the guests we have invited." she said happily, circling the picture in bright red ink.
I rolled my eyes at her. "Yes, let's keep the humans entertained. Remind me again why we even invited humans?" I asked sourly as I looked back down at the sketches of bride maid's dresses I had picked up from a little bridal store in town, while still watching Alice out of the corner of my eye.
Alice rolled her eyes in return and gave me a sharp look. "We've been over this. Since Esme is very social, it wouldn't be right to not invite all of her friends and their families. We've met them all at least once, and it will give some of the immature kids something to gossip about. Don't you want a big wedding?" she asked rhetorically while flipping through a few pages.
I lifted my head fully to look at her, and answered her question she didn't want me to answer. "Not really, but as long as I'm getting married, I'm happy. Did you send out the invitations yet?" Alice had insisted that she had to do the invitations for some unknown reason.
She looked at me for a minute, then broke into a huge smile. "Well of course. Since the wedding is in August and they need a few months to prepare themselves and respond, I sent them out a week ago. I've already gotten fifty replies." she stated proudly.
"Alice! You do realize that the wedding is in nine months, right? Why would they need that much time to buy a dress and send a response letter? Does it take them a day to write one word?" I asked sarcastically, slightly annoyed with her.
"Bella, Bella, Bella. I might have a few tricks up my sleeve. As for the humans? They get paranoid about these type of things and try to loose weight and such." she dismissed the issue quickly, and her eyes flashed back to her fifth catalogue.
I rolled my eyes, even though she couldn't see. "Hypocrite. Your most likely more paranoid then all of the humans attending combined. Just last week you were going to change your hair color to convince me to buy the blue bride's maid dresses, saying that the hair would 'look better'. I don't want two blondes, and I definitely don't want blue dresses!" I muttered angrily before looking down and flipping a page.
I heard Edward's laugh from his hiding place upstairs, along with Emmett's. "Bella bean! Jasper just confirmed that what you just said about Alice is true!" Emmett screamed over Jasper's screams at him for repeating that.
Alice's chair scraped the floor as she quickly sat up from her dining room chair. "JASPER! THAT BETTER NOT BE TRUE!" she screamed loudly, forgetting about my blue dress and blonde hair teasing.
There was a loud 'whack' from upstairs, then Emmett's voice came again. "Oh, it is. Jasper is sharing your feelings with us, and your still more paranoid then angry right now!" he screamed back down to Alice for Jasper.
The front door slammed open, and Rose's voice rang throughout the house. "God damn it Emmett! When will you learn to stop? A pissed off Alice will make Jasper upset, who's thoughts will make Edward upset. When Edward is upset, Bella is automatically upset, which means I'm even more upset at you for making them all upset! It's a domino reaction Emmett! Knock it off!" she screamed angrily from the doorway.
"ROSALIE LILLIAN HALE! LANGUAGE!" Esme screamed from her new garden she was making outside, which was based off of the garden Edward asked me to marry him a month ago in. I had to stifle a giggle with my hand at Esme screaming about language again, but Rosalie didn't notice. She set the bags she was carrying down and stomped up the stairs.
"Rosie! Don't do th- OW!" Emmett screamed as Rosalie did who knows what to him.
Alice was snickering quietly as she walked back to her seat that was pushed back five feet, and dragged it over. I looked at her questioningly as she continued to laugh to herself while sitting back down. "That was better then I saw it would be, that's all I'm saying. Now, where were we? Oh yes, we were discussing food." she said calmly as she began flipping through pages again.
I continued to stare at her, flabbergasted. "You knew that was going to happen with Emmett?" I asked incredulously. When she nodded her head yes without looking up, my jaw dropped. Alice laughed quietly to herself again as I slowly regained my composure.
"What do you think of noodles with different flavors of sauces for the main course, and then we could have some sort of finger food for the appetizer? This is what the pasta with sauces look like." she said as she handed me her catalogue and pointed out a brightly colored picture with sauces varying from light yellow colors to deep reds.
I sighed and shook my head. "I think that that looks disgusting, but that it is too early to be picking out the useless food." I said, looking at the picture one last time before handing the catalogue back to Alice's waiting hand.
She frowned slightly and got a blank look on her face. After a minute of curiously looking at her she frowned again. "Damn shield." she mumbled quietly to herself.
"Alice." Esme warned from outside, which made me smile. Esme was so much like a mother, you would actually think she is our mother.
"Sorry Esme." she called, and then looked at me. "I can't see your final decision." she pouted, while I smirked at her. That was because I hadn't even decided yet, but playing with Alice was always fun.
"Well then, let's just have it be a surprise." I said, bothering her a bit. "At least your not the one who actually has to eat the disgusting human food for everyone. Can't our wine for our bridal party be animal blood?" I complained. We had decided that the family (excluding Carlisle and Esme who are supposed to be our parents) would make up the wedding party. I had decided Rose would be my maid of honor, and Edward properly chose Emmett, leaving Alice and Jasper to be the bridesmaid and the groomsman.
"Good idea Bella. But you know, I've always wanted to try alcohol as a vampire. To see how it affects the system we have." Emmett said, coming down the stairs while rubbing his arm in pain. Rosalie was stomping down the stairs behind him, scowling at the back of his head. Edward and Jasper were trailing behind them, both laughing at something.
When Rose and Emmett stopped and sat down with us, Edward bent over to the ground, shaking with laughter. "Emmett…..you've…..already…..tried…it…this……past….year…last….month." Edward gasped out between series of violent laughing.
My head flashed to Emmett's grinning face, along with Alice's and Rose's. "You what? How come I didn't see this?" Alice complained, and started mumbling something about her vision slipping.
I was still shocked that Emmett actually tried alcohol, knowing something horrible could happen to him as a side effect.
"Last month at the ball when you and Bella went to go sit somewhere else during the main course, and when Rose went somewhere with Carlisle and Esme, Emmett was curious about the drinks." Jasper told Alice, picking up where Edward was unable to continue. "Well, Emmett drank someone's -I think it was Bella's - wine. Surprisingly, he liked it."
Alice's jaw dropped open, and Rose - who was surprisingly calm - got up out of the dining room chair she was sitting on. "Really Jasper? And why didn't any of you care to tell at least one of us?" she asked in a cold, frightening tone. Jasper audibly gulped and retreated a step back every time Rose took a step closer to him.
"Yes Jasper, care to explain?" Alice stepped forward, out of hair chair, while glaring furiously at him. I looked away turning my chair in Edward's direction as Alice hissed something at Jasper. Edward cringed, afraid he upset me, but I smiled reassuringly and got up from my chair.
"Bella" he warned, visibly terrified of me. In all actuality, I would never bring myself to hurt Edward in anyway, and it was upsetting that he thinks I will. I watched him through narrowed eyes as he backed away slowly, watching me warily.
I followed, scowling at him. "Edward, I'm not going to hurt or yell at you. Relax. I'm just curious about something." I told him calmly, not being able to stay angry with him for long. I felt a small smile on my lips as a went and wrapped my arms around his waist, leaning into his chest.
He exhaled in relief and smiled down at me in return. "Thank you, what I do to deserve you?" he asked sweetly, and then continued. "What is it that you are curious about?" he asked in a voice like velvet, or silk.
"How did Emmett react to the alcohol, and how many drinks did he have?" I questioned him, getting straight to the point.
Edward sighed. "Maybe four glasses. From what I recall, Esme and Carlisle came back just as he was setting down Alice's glass. The alcohol made him more loud then usual, but that's all that was obvious. It seemed like he was stronger when he slapped my arm from taking his glass away, but I'm not sure." he answered, chuckling a bit.
I laughed also but sighed when Alice started yelling again. "Of course I was concentrating on you three! Do you think I'm stupid enough to trust you unsupervised, let alone Emmett?" Alice was saying to Jasper in a very loud, menacing voice. Jasper didn't say anything back to her, unless he breathed it out, but Emmett shouted "I resent that!" unnecessarily loudly.
I unwrapped myself from Edward and grabbed his hand, dragging him back into the dining room to watch the shoe.
Everyone was in random positions, yelling at each other while making hand gestures or leaning forward. Rose and Alice were yelling at each other as Emmett yelled at Rose ; apparently it is every man for himself. I saw Carlisle and Esme watching from the doorway that led into the kitchen with shocked expressions. Rose started to yell that Emmett could have hurt himself while Alice and Jasper were yelling about Alice's visions, or lack there of.
When Rose finally said something about the alcohol Emmett had consumed, Esme silenced them with an enraged scream. "You WHAT?!" she shouted, looking directly at Emmett. Rose had a satisfied smirk on her face. "EMMETT! NEVER AGAIN!" she shouted and then turned on her heel, storming up the stairs. I couldn't believe that Esme exploded like that. Never once out of all my years had I heard Esme raise her voice to that octave - well, other then when we broke something of hers while fighting.- and it was frightening.
Carlisle looked at Emmett in disappointment and shook his head. "Emmett." was all he said before he turned to follow a furious Esme.
Rose turned away from Emmett and calmly started to flip through my dress sketches, smiling to herself. Alice joined her as Jasper took Emmett's arm and dragged him out the door, and into the woods. I cautiously let go of Edward's hand and walked over to Alice, who was smiling and circling some china in one of her catalogues she had not been through yet. "Alice, did you happen to see that coming?" I asked, amused, as I sat down next to them. I heard Edward start to walk away, and watched his back as he went up the stairs, out of my line of vision.
Alice slowly looked up at me with a devious smile. "I saw the gist of it and had Rose play along. I didn't see you getting in the fight, sorry I didn't tell you. I just hope Jazzy can forgive me…" she said, trailing off in the end, staring off into face with a blank expression. A bright smile lit up her face, and she answered her own question. "Yes, we will. He's planning how to make it up to me right now." she said happily before looking back down at her catalogue.
I looked at her for a minute, and just laughed. That was so Alice. "It's alright, I probably would have leaked the news anyway. It was funny though, and I'll admit, I only came back into the room for some entertainment." I said, still laughing slightly. "Alice, what is Jasper planning to do?"
She and Rose both looked up at me, Alice with a exciting look on her face, while Rose had a curious expression, and twisted her upper body in her seat to face Bella. "Well," she started, turning to Rose and wrinkling her nose, "I know, but wish I don't, what Emmett is planning for you," she said, which made Rose giggle and look back down at my examples, "As for Jasper, I'm not sure, he's making quick decisions, but I know that when I tell him he will find it humorous and won't be mad." she finished, smiling happily as she looked over at me.
"Well, I most definitely don't want any details on Emmett's little plan, but I'm sure Jasper will think of something perfect. " I told her, which seemed to satisfy her since she looked back down at the different types of fish in her catalogue.
I sat back down with them and grabbed one of the veil catalogues Alice demanded we got, and started to look through it. I honestly couldn't see the difference between most of them, other then they had lace when others didn't. Alice has these wedding rules that I have to follow, and I really don't need my bridesmaid being mad at me for my wedding.
"Bella, I really like this dress, and if we are going with the favorite color theme, these dresses would be perfect." Rose said as she handed me a picture of a girl wearing a halter dress held be two thin straps that is a royal blue. The dress fell to the ground, and the top near the bust line was tighter, allowing the dress to flow freely. It really was a beautiful design, and I loved the color.
Alice looked over Rose's shoulder for a second, then squealed, disabling me from saying anything yet. "Rose! That's perfect! I can already imagine us in those, but we need to decide on hair, and if we are to wear makeup that would match the dress, or go with a more natural look." she rambled on, acting as if I had already chosen the dress for them to wear. I frowned at them while they both nodded excitedly and listed off ideas with what to do. I'll admit, I most likely will choose those dresses since they were beautiful, but I would need to pick out a wedding dress before I decide on those. With the wedding dress I could then choose the style I wanted the wedding party to be wearing.
I sighed, and looked over at Alice, who was quickly writing what Rosalie was saying. "I'm going out into town for a little bit, you two. I'll be back later." I said as I got up, and walked out of the dining room, not waiting for them to answer me. Walking straight to the door, I grabbed a white sweater off of the coat rack, and slammed the door on my way out while easily slipping on the sweater.
I ran to the edge of the woods leading into town, not looking at anything surrounding me, just picturing what I wanted my wedding dress to look like. It had to be white, that much was obvious. I also wanted one of the poofy dresses, sort of like my blue ball gown.
Once I cut through the trees I discreetly went to the sidewalk lining the side of the road, and began my small hike into the main part of town. I got a few stares as I walked, not really minding them. I've been the talk of the town since last month, but I couldn't blame the humans. Edward and Alice had it all planned out, and apparently everyone attending knew what was going on.
As I started to get into the middle of the town, the sidewalks became wider and more crowded then before. People were walking in every direction, some brushing against my skirt slightly, others completely avoiding touching anyone. Somehow, I found this busy rush relaxing, and it was easy to clear my mind when surrounded by humans. I continued to walk through the crowd to a park bench near the fountain in the middle of the shopping center. As I sat on the cool metal seat, I could watch everyone around me go on with their lives, the way their lives were supposed to be. Mother were tending to crying children, elderly couples were strolling together, and pregnant mothers were admiring the gift god gave them.
Yes, I was happy with my life, but if I could, I would change it. I know Rosalie feels the same way, and yearns to have children of her own, but with our state, she can't. I would love to be a mother, but not in the same way Rosalie wants to be one. She has told me stories about Vera's child, and how she had one day envisioned her and Royce having children running around their front yards.
"Excuse me, miss?" a girl interrupted me, who I immediately recognized as one of the girls Alice and I heard talking about us at the ball. I looked to her side and saw the other girl, who was looking at me shyly. "We received you invitation and would let you know we will definitely be there." she told me, while the other girl nodded.
I smiled at them, and nodded. "Thank you, I will let my sister who is planning the event know. I think I remember you two from the balls, but I didn't catch your names?" I said politely, turning it into a question. Both of them nodded, seeming slightly more relaxed.
"Oh, yes, we were there. My name is Erin, and this is Joy." the girl who was talking before said, pointing to the girl next to her who smiled warmly at me.
I smiled back and looked at them. "It's very nice to officially meet you. I'm Isabella, but you can just call me Bella." I told them. I've been so used to being called that name, I've come to like it more then my full name. Also, when people call me Isabella, it seems like they're yelling at me, like my mother used to when I did something wrong.
They both smiled and nodded simultaneously, which made me smile in return. "Oh, how many people are you bringing to the wedding? Alice said she needs exact numbers." I just remembered, smiling apologetically for not remembering sooner.
Joy spoke up for the first time in a timid, quiet voice. "My family will be bringing four."
Erin smiled at her warmly, then turned back to me. "My family will be bring ten. We have a larger family then most." she said, laughing slightly at the end.
I smiled, and nodded at her. "Oh, I know. So do I."
They looked down at the bench and I quickly invited them to sit, which they did. "Don't you have two sisters, two brothers, and then your two parents?" Erin asked, surprising me that she remembered that. I nodded my head yes, and she asked her next question. "Isn't your father the head of the hospital?" I nodded to that as well.
Joy looked at me and smiled. "My father works at the hospital also and says that your father is a great man." she said quietly, still smiling slightly.
I laughed, and nodded. "Yes, he gets that a lot. My mother wanted to live in a small town, and since my father found this job opening, it seemed like the perfect place. We don't talk much about work at home, so I'm sorry I can't say the same thing." I said, telling her the family lie we're supposed to tell. Part of it was true, though. Carlisle never talks about the hospital when he's around us.
"What are your sisters like?" Erin asked, leaning slightly towards me. She looked genuinely curious, and I was touched that these girls went against their instincts that I was dangerous and were talking to me now.
I laughed a little bit at her question, and sighed. "Well, Rosalie -the blonde one- is very demanding when she wants something, and is very straightforward. She can be sarcastic, but is very, very friendly deep down. Alice is my younger sister, who is very hyper. She has a thing for shopping - way worse then I do- and always is able to tell you when something exciting is going to happen before it actually does." I summed up for them, leaving out the details that they were vampires, decades old, that were in love with their 'brothers'.
Erin nodded, thinking to herself, as Joy smiled at me. "They seem like quite a bunch. Erin has always wanted a sister, since she lives with seven boys." Joy explained her eagerness to hear about them. I nodded, and sighed.
"Well, as lovely as it was talking to you, I should probably get back to my family. I told them I would only be a little while, and I don't want Edward getting worried." I told them as I got up, assuming they knew Edward was my fiancé.
"Oh, okay." Erin said, sounding slightly sad. "Well, it was nice meeting you. You really are as nice as people say you are." she said, earning her a confused look from me. Humans talk about my personality now?
Joy was giggling quietly at Erin's statement, while waving and smiling at me. I returned the gesture, and was on my way back to the house faster then when I came. As soon as I got into the trees I broke out into a sprint, arriving at the house minutes later.
Inside I heard angry screaming between everyone, including Carlisle and Esme, about some type of dog. What on earth is wrong?
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Again, this was a filler chapter, so if you didn't like this, I'm sorry. It was also a shortie, so I'm sorry for that as well. (:
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(which will be a while if everything goes as planned.)
So yes, please review, tell me what you liked, what you didn't, and if you have any suggestions for future chapters with things you would like to see in the future.
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