All rights go to Stephanie Meyers as the author and creator of the twilight saga.
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unfortunately this is mainly a filler chapter.
BPOV
"You know what I think we should do?" Maggie asked.
"What's that?" I asked raking through dresses on the racks in the bridal store we were checking out.
"We should have a wedding month!"
"Okay I'll bite…What's a wedding month?" I asked.
"So we pick a month all four of us like and then one of gets married each week. One month, 4 weeks, 4 weddings. Bridal Month Blowout." Maggie said holding her hands up for a climatic effect.
Chuckling at her antics, I raked through a few more dresses before pausing.
"I don't know Maggie. I can see the appeal. But we would have to run it by the men first and Rose and Victoria." I told her.
Her idea of a wedding month didn't seem like such a bad idea. We could all get our weddings over rather quickly. I know I didn't want to wait a long time until I married Edward. I was ready to become Mrs. Edward Cullen. I'm sure if the four of us pulled together we could easily whip up four weddings back to back in a big city like Chicago.
Oh yeah, the guys dropped that bomb on us last week. The day that James got out of jail they told us they had to return to Chicago sooner than they had planned. We, and when I say, "we" I mean us girls. We are supposed to fly out to Chicago this Friday to meet up with the guys.
"Call Rose and Victoria. Tell them to meet us for lunch." Maggie told me taking over the dress section I had been combing through.
I whipped out my cell phone and saw I had a text message from Edward.
Miss you lots. Can't wait until Friday. -E
I bit my bottom lip to keep my goofy smile at bay before I sent my reply.
Miss you too. Friday can't come fast enough. -B
Hitting send, I scrolled through my past text with Victoria and clicked on her name which gave me a call option. I pressed the green phone and waited.
RING* RING* RING* RING*
Ugh…..pick up the phone Victoria.
RING* RING*
"What's up loser?" Victoria's voice sounded through my phone.
"Is that anyway to answer your phone? What did your mother teach you?" I reprimanded jokingly.
"Ah, she taught me to save my manners for important people. My sarcasm and sharp tongue are my dominant personality traits. My mother did the best she could with what she had to work with." Victoria said nonchalantly.
Rolling my eyes I said, "Well I wanted you to meet Mags and I for lunch. In a hour."
"Lunch? Let me check my calendar… okay I can do lunch but I have to be back by three. There is a wall in my house I haven't stared at yet." Victoria said.
"Oh good then while you take a break from staring at your walls phone Rose and bring her with you to lunch. Meet us at….hold on a second." I told Victoria putting my hand over the speaker.
"Maggie where did you want to do lunch?" I asked turning to look at her.
"Let's do lunch at Quod Lupus." Maggie said.
(Quod Lupus: Latin for 'the wolf.')
I put the phone back up to my ear.
"Hey, Victoria? You still there?" I asked.
"Yep."
"Maggie wants to go to Quod Lupus." I told her while readjusting the purse on my shoulder.
"Quod Lupus? She always wants to eat there… Ugh. Why did you let her choose?" Victoria whined.
"Stop your whining you big baby. You need to be happy we are inviting you to lunch. Apparently the only thing you had going on was watching the paint peel from the inside walls of your home." I huffed.
"Fair enough." Victoria sighed defeated.
"Okay, now call Rose and I will see you in an hour." I told her.
"Fine. Love you."
"Love you too. Bye." I said hanging up my phone and slipping it back inside my purse.
Maggie walked up to me. "Was she ticked about eating at Quod?"
"Yeah, but she will get over it." I sighed.
"Hello, welcome to Quod Lupus." A short blonde women said as Maggie and I made our way inside the restaurant.
"Hi, I'm Bella Swan. I called a little bit ago about a party of 4." I told the blonde hostess at Quod Lupus.
"Oh, of course Miss Swan, and the table you requested is ready. So if you would follow me." She asked.
The hostess lead us to our favorite table that was on the second floor balcony of the restaurant. The balcony was covered from the sun, and over looked a large lake with a sand beach. It was a wonderful view. Most of the time Victoria would score us some alcoholic beverages by flirting with the bartender, and we would find ourselves sitting on the sandy beach talking and laughing before heading out.
We sat down at the table and we're given our menus.
"Will your other guests be arriving soon?" the hostess asked.
"Yes. Rose just text me. They are about five minutes away." Maggie told they hostess. The hostess just nodded and left.
"I know I should probably eat a salad. But I want a big fat burger with lots of fries." Maggie said pouting while staring at the menu.
"Well how about this; If you get a burger and fries, I will too. Another option could be that you order a burger and fries and I'll order the salad and then we could split it all." I told her.
"That's a good idea. But I don't really feel like sharing. My monthly showed up this morning so that's probably why I feel like eating so much." Maggie sighed.
"Well I know salads are a social norm in our circles but I was always a little envious of the men. There were many times when I was out with my parents to dinner, and all I wanted my dad's filet mignon steak and loaded baked potato." I said laughing before continuing my mini rant. "But when it's just us girls I don't think you have to worry about anyone saying anything. Besides I think our men prefer women who like to eat. When I was at the diner with Edward the day we did the scavenger hunt, he had made a comment about hoping I wasn't one of those girls who hardly eat. Of course you know me, I'm more of a snacker anyway. But my point being eat what you want. You work out the a lot at the gym. You won't gain weight."
Maggie smiled at me before returning to her menu.
I heard the clacking of their heels before I heard their voices.
"The fun has arrived." Victoria's voice sounded while she was walking toward our table with Rose right behind her.
The hostess gave them their menus once they were seated and left.
"So what have you guys been doing today?" Rose asked gesturing to Maggie and I.
"Well we went to that new bridal shop that recently opened up at the strip mall." I told Rosalie.
"Oh. Anything worthy of a Cullen bride?" Victoria asked grinning.
"Of course not. It's not like we were at Kleinfeld's. But I was thinking of bridesmaids dresses. Which is sort of why you guys are here right now. We had something we wanted to run by you. First of all… I thought that maybe we could have a rotation system for maids of honor. So each of us gets a turn being the maid of honor. And second…. Well I will let Maggie tell you, it was her idea." I said turning their attention to Maggie.
"Right, I was thinking we could have a bridal month. All of us choosing one month and a couple getting married one weekend each week for that month. So the first weekend hypothetically would be Rose and Emmett. The second weekend would be Victoria and James and so forth. All of our anniversaries would be near each others. So what do you think?"
"I'm down. It sounds like it would be one of those things people would always remember. A month of Cullen weddings." Victoria said nodding in approval.
"It would be really special if all of us had anniversaries the same month. Count me in." Rose said smiling.
"How would we choose who goes first?" Rose asked.
"We could draw names out of a hat or bread bowl." Maggie said pointing to the bread bowl on the table.
"Sounds fair enough. Give me a pen." Victoria said while holding her hand out.
I went through my purse and found a pen but when I looked Rose had already given her one.
Victoria wrote down names on napkins putting them in the bread bowl.
"Okay, Bella close your eyes and draw a name." I saw Victoria mixing them when I closed my eyes.
I put my hand into the bread bowl and fumbled through a few before landing on one. Pulling it out I opened my eyes.
(Bella and Edward)
"I drew my own name." I said with a huge smile holding out the slip of napkin for them to read.
"Okay, cheater, Bella and Edward get married first. Maggie your up next close your eyes and draw." Maggie closed her eyes and put her hand in the bowl pulling one out as soon as she touched one. She opened her eyes and read it out loud.
"Victoria and James." Maggie said holding out the slip.
"Yay! Okay Rose your turn." Victoria said.
Rose closed her eyes and stuck her hand in the bowl. She picked up on slip then dropped it and grabbed the other. Opening her eyes she read the slip, looked at Maggie and smiled.
"It says Rose and Emmett which means you go last Maggie." Rose said laughing.
"Ugh… well being last also means I have more time to prepare for my wedding." Maggie said cheerfully.
"Okay how will we choose which person is maid of honor to which person." Victoria asked.
"Hmmmm… Well we will need to give time for a honey moon. So... lets see… I am first. Victoria is second. Rose is third and Maggie is fourth. Okay, the first and the third and the second and the fourth. So Rose is mine and vice versa. And Maggie is Victoria's and vice versa. It makes the most sense to do it that way. But we will all be bridesmaids for each other." I told them.
"We need to run this by the guys though. Let them give their input but yes, I think we have nailed down quite a lot." Rose said.
"Has anyone thought about wedding themes?"
For the rest of the lunch we laughed and talked about wedding themes and color schemes. As well as our impending trip to Chicago. The windy city.
until next time... hopefully I'll get a chapter written tomorrow.
