Chapter 29:
I could see the sun beginning to rise out the window in our room. Edward had been holding me in his arms for hours. I was staring into his gorgeous topaz eyes, lost in their beauty.
"Do you like the bed?" he whispered in my ear.
"S'okay," I replied not wanting to lose the connection I was feeling.
"Bella, you need to hunt today, your eye's are black. And with all the people you will be around tomorrow, even you will have trouble."
"S'okay," I said again.
"Does that mean you will go," he asked running his fingers throw my hair.
"Will you come with me?"
"Everyone will. We are going to go on a family hunt. I don't know that we have ever done that before."
"S'okay," I cooed again.
"Bella, I am being serious. At midnight my crazy sister is going to pull you away from me, we aren't supposed to see each other until the wedding. So we are going to leave at eight to hunt."
"I already caught my prey," I said giggling.
"You did?"
"Yup, a rare creature. Very fast. There aren't many of them in existence."
"Bella what are you talking about?" Edward said confused.
"He's very strong. A good hunter and handsome. He's referred to by some as an Edward."
"Bella sometimes you are soooo absurd." He said laughing.
I took a shower, got dressed and went to see what Alice was up to. Luckily she seemed calm.
"Good morning Bella, everything is going according to plan." She informed me. She had a clipboard and was checking things off it as she walked along. "I assume Edward told you that at midnight we are separating you two?"
"He did mention that horrible notion."
"Good, don't even think about fighting me on it."
"I would never…" I started to say sarcastically.
"Watch it Bella, I am on a short fuse" Alice warned.
"Well for what it's worth I appreciate all your hard work," I said hoping her fuse would grow.
"Thank you Bella," Alice said smiling. "Now get inside for your dress fitting before I have to carry you in."
Without delay I ran in the house and found Rose standing there with my dress in her hand. She motioned for me to follow to her room and I did.
"I don't know why she is making you try this on, she knows it fits perfectly but…" Rose said apologetically.
"I don't mind," I said honestly. "I mean I know I won't look as good as you but hey, as long as Edward is watching me I don't care."
"Bella you are so weird some times. You are beautiful, and on your wedding day all eyes will be on you. No one will even notice me."
"Nice try, Rose," I replied and she started to laugh with me. Rose and I didn't really laugh much together. It was nice.
I stepped into the dress and she zipped it up. I had looked in one of her many floor length mirrors and gasped. It was perfect. Everything from the look to the fit. Rosalie was next to me fussing a bit with it, adjusting things I didn't even notice when suddenly her face turned to a scowl and she ran full speed at her door, she slammed it so hard it must have broken.
"Edward get away from here! You know you can't see the bride in her dress until she walks down the aisle!"
I could hear Edward protesting on the other side but Rosalie would not budge. When he finally gave up she walked back to me and announced the dress was perfect it and I should take it off carefully.
"Rose you know he is going to see me in the dress in your thoughts…"
"Right now all he will get is me singing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" over and over in different languages. If he keeps poking around I will send him some images of last night, and trust me, you and Edward were not the only ones breaking in a bed around here."
"Rose!" I yelled embarrassed. I handed her my dress and she placed it on a padded hanger and hung it in her closet.
"You are free, go enjoy your last day as a single woman." She said smiling.
"Thanks, and good luck with Alice."
I walked out of her room and downstairs. Esme was in the kitchen baking.
"What are you doing Esme?"
"Trying to make a cake for tomorrow. I really have no clue what I am doing but I am having fun doing it."
"I thought Alice ordered the cakes?"
"She did, but after her tirade last night I am not sure if the baker she hired will bring them, so this is backup."
"Do you want some help?" I asked sheepishly.
"I would love some… Do you know how to bake?" she asked flipping between two pages in a book.
"No, but I am good at making a mess, and so I can help you there."
"Perfect!" she yelled.
For the next two hours Esme and I tried to make a cake. We had gone through over 72 eggs. The kitchen was a disaster and we had succeeded in nothing more than a pitiful looking cupcake.
Esme was undeterred. "Don't worry Bella, I will get this. I learned how to cook for you years ago."
"That's true," I mumbled pulling cake batter out of my hair. My cell phone rang and I fished it from my pocket and coated it with flour from my hands.
"Hello. Hi Billy… Oh… Okay, so when? Great I will see you then, bye!" I wiped my phone off and put it away. "Billy said that I should be there around 12:30, they have already started telling my mother."
"How do you think it will go?" she asked.
"I am not worried. Renee would believe that Billy was an alien if he told her. Vampires and werewolves are nothing compared to the junk in the magazines she reads."
"What about long dead daughters returning to life?" Esme said nervously.
"In a strange way, I think Renee always knew. I could be wrong, but she is interesting like that. And of course if it all goes wrong I have my other mother to console me." I said looking at Esme.
"You always will, Bella, you always will." Esme said touching my hand gently.
A/N: The wedding will be her soon enough… But first Renee finds out Bella is alive. That's my little teaser for the next chapter. And please, please review. Even just send a quick hello, let me know you're out there.
