On Saturday, Bella woke up to find herself alone in bed and she frowned as she got up and made her way to the bathroom. When she entered the bathroom, she noticed a sticky note on the mirror and she pulled it off to read it.

TODAYS THE DAY!

I've gone to get stuff set up and then I'll go to Sam's to get ready.

The girls will be here 10 to help you get ready.

See you in the forest 3 (remember not to trip )

Can't wait till I get to call you Mrs. Meraz

Love you

Bella smiled and stuck the note back on the mirror.

"I'm getting married today!" She squealed and then proceeded to do a happy dance only to wind up tripping on the rug and almost falling

After her near fall, she realized she only had about fifteen minutes before the girls would be there so she needed to hop in the shower.

Twenty minutes later and she was just stepping out of the shower as the doorbell rang; she threw on her bathrobe and made her way down stairs.


"Hey, guys come on in." Bella said when she opened the door to see Emily, Angela and Kim

"I figured you probably hadn't eaten yet and you wouldn't want anything really heavy, so I brought some muffins." Emily said as she showed Bella the basket of muffins

"Thanks a bunch Emily." Bella smiled

"Alright we've got four and a half hours till we have to be at the clearing…. Let's get started!" Angela said as she began piling stuff on the kitchen table

Bella nibbled on a muffin while the girls got everything set up.

"So I'll do your hair while Emily does Kim's and then we'll switch ok?" Angela said

"Ok."

"Are you nervous?" Kim asked as she took her seat next to Bella

"There's a few butterflies but I think that's mostly from excitement." Bella shrugged

Just as Angela was about to start on Bella's hair, there was a knock at the door.

Bella wasn't expecting anyone else so she frowned and made her way to the door; she was surprised to find that it was Sue.

"Morning Bella, Charlie mentioned that your Mom wouldn't be able to make it today and so I thought you girls might need an extra set of hands to get ready." Sue said

Bella's eyes watered up at this and she pulled Sue into a hug,

"Thank you so much Sue."

Sue gave her a gentle squeeze and wiped her tears away, "You're very welcome sweetie; now I hope you've gotten waterproof mascara for today because there will be plenty more tears before this day is out."

Bella laughed and led Sue into the kitchen. Sue quickly set about getting the make-up organized and then she helped both Emily and Angela with doing Kim and Bella's hair; she offered advice here and there on what might look better but left it up to the girls to decide. After Kim and Bella's hair was done, Sue offered to do Angela's so that Bella could just sit and relax. While she worked on Angela's hair, Sue told stories about what her wedding day had been like and how nervous she'd been that day.

"I got so nervous I nearly called the whole thing off."

"Really?" Bella asked

"Mmhmm, but then my mother grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me and said 'Stop this nonsense! A few butterflies is no reason to call off a wedding. Every girl gets nervous on her wedding day; it's perfectly normal. Now you stop fretting and just remember how much you and Harry love each other and you'll be just fine.' "

Sue continued to tell stories about her marriage to Harry over the years and she offered advice to Bella on how to work through the difficult times.

"Now every marriage has a few bumps here and there, but you just have to stick with it and work things out. I think as long as you love each other and keep putting in the effort that's needed to make a marriage work ….. I think you'll be alright. And you have to remember that men thinking differently than we do and they really are clueless about a lot of things; he'll say or do something to make you mad and chances are he won't even realize what he's done, so you have to remember to communicate. If he does something to upset you or hurt your feelings then you have to let him know; a marriage without good communication is absolutely doomed."

Bella was so grateful to Sue for what she was doing and she tried not to think about how much it hurt her that her mother wasn't the one here giving the advice; then again, she probably didn't want any 'advice' her mother might think to give her anyway.

A few hours later, Claire arrived with her mother and Quil in tow.

"I'm so excited!" Claire squealed as she skipped into the kitchen to have her hair done

The little girl continued to bounce in her seat, ignoring Sue's pleas to be still so that she wouldn't be burned by the curling iron.

Claire's mother snapped pictures of her daughter once she was in her dress and the tiara was placed atop her head.

"Look Mommy! I'm a pwincess!" She squealed, twirling around the room

"Prettiest princess ever." Her mother replied with a smile

After a few more pictures her mother left to head to the clearing.


Time seemed to fly by and before she knew it, she was being helped into her wedding dress. She looked at herself in the full length mirror that hung on the back of her and Paul's door and she almost couldn't believe how beautiful she looked.

"Paul's a lucky man." Sue said as she moved to stand in front of Bella, dabbing gently at her eyes, so as not to mess up the makeup

"Thank you so much for being here today Sue, it really means a lot to me."

"It was no problem Bella; I'm more than happy to be here."

"Bella your Dad's here!" Angela hollered from downstairs

Bella sucked in a deep breath and opened the door.

Charlie stood at the bottom of the stairs waiting for Bella to come down. He was staring at his shoes when he felt a nudge to his side and looked up to see Angela, Kim and Emily pointing to the stairs; he turned and gasped as he caught sight of his baby girl.

Now normally it took a lot to make Charlie cry, but seeing his baby girl coming down those stairs in her wedding dress well, that was enough to bring him to tears.

"You look beautiful Bells." He said as he pulled her into his arms once she reached the bottom of the stairs

"Thank you Daddy; you look pretty handsome yourself." She said, stepping back and looking at him in his tux

"Can't believe my little girls all grown-up." He smiled sadly

"No matter how grown-up I get, I'll always be your little girl." She smiled in reply, trying to keep herself from crying

Sue and the other girls looked on at the scene fondly and they really hated to interrupt but they had to get going.

"Belly you so pretty!" Claire gasped from her place in Quil's arms

"Thank you Claire." Bella smiled, as she kissed her on the cheek

"Lookin good Bells." Quil grinned

"We better get going." Angela said as she looked at the clock

They all filed out of the house, Sue walking a bit faster so that she could get there and get seated before everything really started.

Charlie guided Bella along the designated path that Paul had marked for them, knowing Bella wouldn't remember the way on her own.

"Have you seen Paul today?" Bella asked her father as they walked

"Yep, I helped him and the other guys set stuff up this morning."

"Would you happen to know what he's wearing?" She asked

"I do, but he told me not to tell you." Charlie grinned as Bella huffed

As they reached the edge of the path that would lead them to the clearing, Bella spotted Sam, Jacob and Jared waiting there.

"You look beautiful." Jacob said as he quickly hugged Bella before going to stand with Angela

"You ready?" Charlie asked as they stood behind the bridesmaids and groomsmen

"About as ready as I'm going to be." She sighed; trying to calm the nerves that had decided now was a good time to go haywire


A/N: Review and let me know what you think.