Bella POV:
"Why is déjà vu suddenly hitting me?" I asked Alice and Rose as we walked into the bridal shop.
"Maybe.. Because you've been here before?" Rose suggested bluntly.
"No, maybe it's just images of Alice's wedding coming back.." Images I wished to forget.. I thought to myself.
"I'm sooooooooooo excited! Only 2 week's Bella!!" I sighed, only two weeks didn't seem long enough, don't get me wrong- of course I wanted to marry Edward, it just seemed that letting Alice take over with the wedding had been a bad idea…
As now, it wasn't just a small service with close friends and family- which I hoped for, no. Now it was one of the biggest wedding's Fork's had ever seen, it even looked bigger then Alice's wedding was..
It was a peculiarly sunny day in Fork's today, which hardly ever happened. I guess it was now into the summer months, end of June, but still.. It was Forks!?!
"Hello girls!" A oldish lady with bright red hair and burgundy big glasses, greeted us- one of Alice's top fashion associates, god knows why she would want a store in a tiny town like Forks.
"Amanda!" Alice chirped, running over towards her and giving her two air kisses on either side of her cheeks- which reminded me of French people.
"Alice, you look so well! Ahh- Bella! Are you excited?" Amanda started to walk towards me and gave me a tight hug before taking my hand.
"Yeah.. I guess.." I mumbled looking at the floor- deep inside I really didn't care. I wasn't the normal bride- the wedding dress really didn't bother me, as long as it fitted and was presentable, I was game.
"Ahhh.. Nerves!" Amanda winked at me, before walking back towards Alice.
I felt Rosalie give me a nudge and a smirk, "Sure, nerves." Rose had really known me for too long..
"Now Bella, Rosalie, Alice! Please take a seat, while my assistants find your marvellous dress, Bella!" Amanda guided us towards a white long leather sofa in the far corner.
Her three assistants went through a big white door, one coming back very quickly with a tray with 3 glasses of champagne. I took one and so did Rose, but Alice didn't- she just shook her head slyly, obviously hoping we wouldn't notice.
"Alice…." I moaned, pulling up one of my eyebrows at her.
"What? I don't like champagne- not that big of deal." She rolled her eyes too over exaggeratingly.
"You had it at my wedding… hey and yours! Actually come to think of it, I've seen you lots of times drinking it Al!" Rose commented.
"We have other alcoholic drinks, if you do not like champagne, wine?" A male voice said above me.
I looked up to see it was one of the assistants, who had a deep frown on his face which I immediately recognised.. Paul. Edward's ex-chauffeur, wow- I always wondered what happened to him, but never got round to asking Edward.
"Paul?" I questioned, looking up to his unhappy face- he always was so moody.
He sighed, "Hello Miss Swan, see you coped off with the boss, well done." I felt my face immediately blushed as he said that and turned to look back at Alice.
"Well? Come on I know you love red wine!" I winged, wondering why on earth she was being like this?
"OKAY FINE!" She shouted standing up, "I'M PREGNANT! I wanted to wait until after the wedding to tell you lot, but no! Your too dam nosy!" I knew Alice was messing as her lips curled up into a smile at the end of the sentence.
Me and Rose instantly jumped up at the same time and ran over to Alice to give her a hug. But unfortunately Alice was only little and me and Rose maybe used a little too much force, making Alice fall backwards, onto the sofa, luckily.
We all busted into giggling fits, as me and Rose rolled off different directions off Alice's tiny body.
"Con.. Congratulations!" I managed to spurt out after I stopped laughing, Rose and Alice were still under the giggles though.
"Girls! Girls! Look!" Amanda shouted, pointing us to a big white dress that the two other girl assistants had brought out.
Immediately we all stopped laughing, shocked by the dress in front of us.
"Bellaaaaaaa!" I heard Rose and Alice squeal beside me.
My mouth wouldn't form words though, it was too dry and in shock, I couldn't even feel myself breathe. The dress was.. incredible.. amazing it was perfect.
"Would you like to try it on?" Amanda asked, looking very pleased with herself.
I nodded- the only thing I could do, before getting up and following the two assistants into a big white silk changing room.
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"Jesus Christ Bella!" Rosalie shouted as I walked out of the dressing room.
"Bella.. You… you look better then I did on my wedding day! And you only have the dress on!" Alice said in genuine shock.
"Same here!" Rose exclaimed, still with her mouth in a big 'o' in shock.
"Amanda you and me are genius's for creating it!" Alice said, with a massive grin on her lips.
"Ahh Alice I know! I was actually wanting to discuss maybe doing more partnership in designing clothes?" Alice squealed at this - being all so professional; and followed Amanda into her office.
All that was left was me, Rose and a big mirror- I still hadn't seen myself, knowing that I was just ruining the dress by wearing.
"Come on Hun." Rose took my hand, and guided me towards the floor length mirror at the end of the room. I closed my eyes, not wanting to see myself until I was fully ready, Rose squeezed my hand tightly.
"Bella.. You really do look fantastic! Come on I would never lie to you." Rose pleaded with me and I knew it was the truth- she never would, I felt a tinge of guilt knowing that I had, too her..
I took a deep breath, then opened my eyes- seeing whiteness at first, before my eyes could focus properly.
"See." Rose whispered into my ear, rubbing my back.
I did see. I saw a girl. Not Bella Swan- that was for sure. This girl wore the most beautiful pale white extraordinary dress. It came in perfectly tight at the bust, in a revealing but mature way, then by the time it reached my waist, blossomed out into a beautiful white silk budge- like a flower head. The top bit was filled with a million different crystals, all sparkling perfectly in the little sunlight in the room. The white dress made the girl's pale white skin, sparkle almost and shine. It made the girl's figure look amazing and made her chocolate eyes sparkle in delight. (A/N: See on my profile for a picture of what I think the dress look's like :D Well closest I could find to my imagination lol:P)
"Eee! Guess what girls!" Alice squealed from behind me, causing me to exit my trance.
"What??!" Rose played up with Alice, pretending to sound shocked.
"I've just signed a contract with the Amanda Jenny!!" Alice's whole body was shining from head to toe- like there was no greater news in the world, I was more then happy for her.
"Wow! Well Done Ali!" I replied, attempting to give her a hug, but knew it was impossible with this massive thing on me.
"This is turning out to be a gr-ate day!" We all cheered as Alice said that, right here, right now I was truly happy. Really could anything spoil my life?
"Right come on Bell's! We all need to get a dress for the rehearsal meal!" Alice chuffed, spoiling my day, just a little.
Eurgh, shopping with Alice and Rose? It was going to be a long-g day, but I felt at this moment that nothing could kill my vibe- not even a shopping trip. But Nellie needed clothes as well I thought as an idea appeared in my head.
"Shouldn't we wait until the weekend so Nellie can get a dress as well?" I innocently suggested, hoping it would give me some more time to prepare myself.
"Why would Nellie need a dress?" Rose and Alice both said in unison at the same time- it would have been funny, only I didn't understand what they were saying.
"For the rehearsal meal…" I said bluntly, thinking they must be dumb for not getting what I meant.
"Bella, I'm sorry but Nellie can't come to the meal! I've already told you this!" Hmm.. Alice probably had, but recently when she started to talk non-stop about the wedding, I zoned out.
"But why not?" I questioned, confused why my own daughter couldn't come.
"Because the restaurant I booked doesn't accept children, now come on! We need to go!" She protested, trying to push me back into the dressing room.
"But who's going to look after her, if all my friends and family will be at the meal?" I asked, hating the idea of leaving Nellie with a stranger, even after all of these years- Jessica still haunted me.
"Look, we will ring Edward later and he can find someone okay!" It was probably best asking Edward, as he wouldn't react so bad when ringing babysitters and neither ask them a million and one questions about themselves..
Edward POV:
Work, had been slowly killing me today- lately I had to been doing double the amount Carlisle did 'in preparation' for when I over took the company. Yeah I didn't want that day to come too soon..
That's why I was glad when I heard a familiar tune come from my pocket, letting me have a break, and even happier when I saw who the caller was.
"Hey Bella, how did it go?" The thought of Bella in a wedding dress excited me and made me nervous of the grand day, which was only two weeks away.
"Hey, no it went good, really good." Well that sounded good, as Bella usually hated any kind of clothes shopping, "But did you know about Nellie not being able to come to the rehearsal meal?"
"Yeah.. Alice said something about that, why?" I asked, thinking why she would call me to just bring that up.
"Well we are going to need a babysitter, and I just thought it was best if you would arrange that you know.. I'm kind of busy at the moment and ..stuff..." For some reason there was a hint in her tone which told me that this wasn't the reason, but I decided not to question it.
"Sure.. I'll find someone." I instantly ranked my brain for someone who wasn't going to be at the meal, but couldn't think of anyone.
"Okay.." But Bella didn't sound one bit sure, like she just made the biggest mistake of her life- why would she feel like that? "Well we are going to go dress shopping now," she sighed and I instantly felt sorry for her, "wont be back until later."
"That's fine, I'll promise to find someone by the time you come back, love you." Dam- why did I say that?
"Thanks love you too." Bella said and I could of sworn I heard her sigh again, before she shut the phone shut.
Hmmm, who to ask? I thought, maybe I could phone up a babysitter? No, that wouldn't be good enough for Bella, I needed to find someone I knew.
"Edward?" Esme questioned on the phone- geez was it so bad for her son to ring her?
"Hey Mum.. I need your help." I told her, deciding to skip out the pointless short talk.
"Sure darling, what with?" Her voice went back to its usual lovely caring self- I loved my Mum.
"Well, me and Bella need a babysitter for the rehearsal meal, do you know anyone, who isn't going?" I asked, hoping inside so much that she did.
Luckily she knew a couple of people and I wrote their phone numbers down and said bye, realising it was time to pick up Nellie. On the way to the school, I plugged in hands free and rang the first number- Ella, a close friend of Esme, who was going to the wedding but not the meal.
"Hello." A sweet voice picked up the phone, I'd only met her a few times, she seemed very nice and Esme adored her, she would be the perfect person.
"Hey, Ella its Edward." I spoke, while starting the car and starting to drive it out of the garage.
"Edward! How nice! How are you?" She spoke, truly happy to hear from me.
"I'm good thanks and you?" It would be rude to skip the small talk with Ella.
"I'm great, I'm actually in Spain at the moment! But don't worry, I'm coming back the night before your wedding, so I'll be back in time!" Dam! She wouldn't be home in time.
"Ahh crap." I accidentally said, gutted that I couldn't get the perfect person for Bella- I knew she was worried about the babysitter, but I had no idea why.
"What's wrong?" Her sweet voice suddenly changed into worry.
"Nothing, I just needed someone to baby-sit Nellie for the rehearsal meal, but don't worry about it- I still have a few people to call yet." I sighed, pulling up at the school.
"Oh Edward, I'm terribly sorry!" And she sounded it.
"No, no it's fine- look I have to go now, sorry but thank you anyway." I told her, turning the car off.
"Okay, I am sorry Edward, bye for now." I pressed the red button and took the phone out of the hands free device, and typed in the next number, while getting out of the car and walking to the other parents to pick Nellie up.
Brian- a close work colleague of Carlisle's, who was part time retired, I'd known him since I was little- he was like a uncle to me, who was also coming to the wedding. But he didn't pick up, so after a few tries, I decided to leave a voice message- and as I did so, Nellie and Jessica walked up towards me.
"Hey, Brian, it's Edward- I hope all is well. I was just wondering if you were free on the night before the wedding to baby-sit Nellie? Just she isn't allowed to the rehearsal meal, don't worry if not. Give me a buzz, thanks- Edward." I flipped down the phone, to see a smiling Nellie and Jessica.
"Hey Sweetie- good day?" I asked, taking Nellie's hand.
"I can baby-sit Nellie! If you want.. I don't want any money or anything, I would love to help out, I know how frantic a wedding can be!" Jessica spoke in front of me, a little bit too excitedly.
I weighed up my options in my head, well I needed someone I knew and Jessica obviously knew Nellie very well- and what if Brian never phoned back? I promised Bella someone today, it would only be for one night?
"Would you really mind?" I asked curiously, watching her facial expressions, to see if she was bluffing.
"No really, that would be great! Wouldn't it Nellie!" I looked straight down to see Nellie nod her head slightly, though I couldn't see her face. Hmm- well better then no one, Jess would be the best person I could get- at least I knew she would look after Nellie!
"Okay, thank you.. Umm Nellie has school that day so-"
"I can take her straight from school! Here take my number, then you can ring me when your done!" She was getting just as excited as a child of Christmas day, or Alice on.. No just Alice in general.
"Okay, thank you." I smiled, taking the piece of paper from her, "Come on Nel's, we better go." I said turning around and walking back to the car- maybe I'd only bring up the babysitter situation when Bella asked, I thought to myself.
A/N: So I skipped a few months- it would have been a bit dull if not ;) Soo, getting back into drama time :D Does anyone think that Jess is just guna baby sit Nellie then leave it as that? Hmm.. Maybe or maybe not ;) your guna have to read :D but please feel free to review on what you think is going to happen XD I honestly want to know!
And Paul- is kinda back :L I wanted to bring him back, even for just that short of time, duno why just did :D hehe and I hope I was okay describing Bella's dress, I had a utter blank moment trying to do it- so hopefully the pic will help.
Also sorry if anyone thinks the beginning of this is mega cheese? I do :S I'm sorry for all the happy go lucky stuff with Bella's dress :L
Also some good news XD - I might of told you this already but I WANA SAY IT AGAIN :D Most of you probably know Stephaniee (look at fav authors if you don't :O) well anyway me and her have started a collaborations :D (ahh soo excited :D :D" soo PLEASE look out in the new year for that- we have jst finished the first chapter :D and I promise you WONT be disappointed- she's an AMAZING writer and practically famous on ff:L
Also, FTL is coming to an end :'( I actually wana cry! (sad I know) tbh I doubt if a sequel would occur, but maybe if YOU have any ideas then pm J as I really don't wana leave this story, but its all been dragged out long enough :/ :'(
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