BPOV
The very next morning, I placed a call to Alice to inform her of the previous night's events.
"He WHAT!?" She screeched, making me recoil from the phone. Edward chuckled beside me.
"I said he gave me a ring," I repeated to her, glowing at the memory of it.
"That... Is... So... Well, it's about time!"
"Hey," He growled.
"It is," she laughed. "But I'm so happy, for the both of you! Is it pretty? What color is the diamond? Is it big? I need to see!"
I turned over to face Edward, shooting him a pleading glance. He hissed.
"Oh come on, you know she's dying to come over."
"Bella..."
"I know, she gets a little... excited. But she means well."
"Fine," he sighed, running a hand through his hair. I replaced it with my own, causing him to finally smile a little.
"Come on over," I said into the phone, before quickly pulling it away from my ear to save from hearing damage as Alice squealed.
"I'll be there in five minutes!"
I hung up the phone and turned to Edward, crossing my arms. He pouted.
"Come on," I laughed, walking over and wrapping my arms around him. "Now that you've made a move, she'll be going way easier on the both of us. It won't be so bad."
He grunted in response.
"Can you please play nice, just this once? For me..."
He groaned and leaned his head forward, pressing it up against mine.
"That's not fair, you know I can't refuse you anything."
"I know," I grinned.
"Holy crow! How much did this thing cost?!"
"I really don't want to know," I blushed, as Alice continued to inspect the ring on my hand. Edward stood in the corner of the room, grinning smugly.
"Well, it has to be at least - "
"I don't want to know!"
"Right," Alice giggled, allowing me to retract my hand. "I forget how squeamish you are about price tags."
I rolled my eyes.
Like that's something abnormal to be squeamish about.
"Well," she sighed, turning to Edward, "you did good. I knew you had it in you, but I'm surprised anyways."
"Thanks, I guess."
She nodded and turned back to stare at the ring some more.
"So have you picked out a date yet?"
"No..." I said cautiously, waiting for her to flip out and start going all demanding again.
Instead, she just shrugged her shoulders.
"It'll come to you soon enough."
I waited for a minute. She didn't say anything else on the matter.
I looked back at Edward, eyes widened in surprise. He just chuckled.
"So... that's it? No overbearing, controlling Alice?"
"Bella!" She laughed, nudging my shoulder.
"Sorry," I smiled, blushing again. "But come on... you have to admit, you've been a little, um, strong ever since hearing the news."
She sighed dramatically and threw her hands up in the air.
"Didn't I apologize for that last night?"
"But - "
"Really, Bella. I am sorry. I just... Well, you know how I get with planning things. And this isn't just anything, this is a wedding! I just couldn't control myself, you know? This is such a huge deal!"
"That's true..."
"And you've always told me how much you hate having to do things like this. Remember?"
"Yeah..."
"So you sort of let me take over whenever it was our duty to plan a party, or anything like that. I guess I sort of just assumed..."
Her eyes welled up then, and she lifted her hands up and wiped them.
"But don't worry, I get the hint. This is something you and Edward need to do together." She shrugged. "And hey, there's still when Jasper and I get married, right?"
I looked back at Edward, my eyes pleading. He nodded.
"Alice, we want you to plan our wedding."
"Bella, you don't have to - "
"But I want you to! I always wanted you to, really, you know that."
"R-really?" She whimpered, her eyes tearing up again.
"Yeah, of course! Like you said, I hate having to take care of things like this. It's too big of a responsibility for me to handle. But it's always been something you've wanted to do!"
"Are you sure? You really want me to?"
I nodded eagerly. Her eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"What about Edward?" she asked, turning to look at him.
"As long as you don't bug us too much, sure, why not? It's a load off our backs."
"OH, BELLA!!!" Alice screeched, tackling me to the floor with the force of the hug she attempted to give me.
I could swear I heard Edward laughing at me.
"This is going to be so great, you won't regret it I swear!!"
"I trust you, Alice," I choked.
She pulled back and flinched.
"Sorry, did I hurt you again?"
"S'okay," I shrugged, propping myself up on my elbows and stretching out my now sore muscles.
Edward was by my side in an instant, helping me back on to my feet and looking me over for injuries.
"Are you alright?" He asked with worry, making me laugh.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just haven't had a major Alice hug in quite awhile, it takes some getting used to."
"Sorry..." Her eyes lit up then, and she made a mad dash for the front door. "Oh, I need to tell Jasper! This is so wonderful, I can start right away, i'll fill you in on everything before
making it final, see you soon!"
She was out the door so fast, I had to do a double take.
"Um... Bye, Alice," I laughed, giving a slight wave to the front door she'd just flown through.
"May God help us all," Edward grumbled, tousling up his hair in frustration.
"Red roses? Sounds fine," I sighed into the phone, as Alice probed me with questions about flowers. "No, red is fine. Do they even make green roses? I never heard of them. Well if they do, fine, order some. Otherwise red is fine."
Edward laughed beside me. I lightly smacked him on the back of the head. He flinched and began to rub the spot, in mock pain.
"Really, Alice. Any kind of rose is just fine."
"But what about Edward, what does he think?"
"Oh, he doesn't matter."
He rolled his eyes and nudged me.
"Alright, what would you like Edward? Roses, tulips, what?"
"Uh... right, I don't matter," he grinned. "Go with whatever you'd like. I'm not much of a flower guy."
"That's what I thought. Go with the roses, Alice."
"Okay. I'll get some roses then. I guess that's all! I'll call you again later, after picking out some music for you to choose from."
"Alright, talk to you soon then," I laughed. "Bye."
Edward snatched the phone away from me then, and held it up over his head.
"Hey!"
"That's it, I'm hiding this thing," he smirked, placing a hand against me as I tried to grab it back.
"But she'll be calling again soon!"
"Yeah, exactly. Why do you think I want to hide it?"
"Edward..."
I jumped up, reaching out in a last attempt to get it back. He simply pulled his hand away and chided me, before shoving the phone into the front of his pants. I raised a brow in amusement.
"There," he grinned, proud of himself.
"Don't think I won't do it."
"Oh?"
I tackled him to the ground. He shrieked in surprise, making me let out a mad scientist laugh.
"Bella!"
"Ha ha!! Victory is mine!"
I began to undo the buckle on his belt. His eyes widened in surprise.
"BELLA! What are you doing?!"
I continued to laugh. He tried to pry my hands away, but I didn't let up. I began to tug his jeans down once the belt was undone.
"You knew I'd do it," I laughed. "You brought this upon yourself!"
"You're so lucky I remembered to wear underwear today!" He joked, placing his hands over his eyes in defeat. "God, I can't believe you've overpowered me."
"You know you love it."
"Right. I kind of do. Not as much as you, though," he chuckled, waggling his eyebrows suggestively.
My face immediately went ten shades of red, but I wasn't about to let him win this one.
"Success!" I shouted as the phone finally fell out on to the floor.
I snatched it up and held it up in the air proudly, and began to do a victory dance.
Which was immediately over once I heard a throat clear behind me, and noticed Edward's face was bright red, eyes wide, mouth hanging open in disbelief as his pants hung around his ankles.
"Did I interrupt something?"
Oh God, please say that isn't who I think it is...
I slowly turned around - and winced.
"Hi mom..."
Dun dun dunnnn! How will things turn out for our overly embarassed couple? Find out in the next chapter. :DD
