Chapter 4-Visit

Thursday morning came by too fast. August thirteenth, my dreaded wedding day.

"Good morning, beautiful." Edward whispered in my ear. I smiled. Today, this man would become my husband. "I have a little surprise for you, Bella."

I sat up too quickly and my head spun. Edward put his hands on my shoulders to steady me. "A surprise?" I asked, turning to face him. It really wasn't fair, the effect that he help over me. His liquid golden eyes boring into mine, he smiled his famous crooked smile. I looked at what he was wearing and realized that he was still wearing the tan sweater and jeans that he wore last night when he came over.

He caught me looking him over and smiled. "I didn't want to leave my bride to be, even for a second." I couldn't help but smile and I threw my arms around him. "But, sadly, I will have to leave you now." He pouted and so did I. "Alice will be here in an hour to pick you up. I suggest you take a shower, or else she might help you with that too." He chuckled lightly. "And Charlie wants to talk with you for a few minutes. I'll see you later, love."

"But…" I started to protest, but he caught me up in a wave of kisses.

"I love you." He whispered in my ear before he escaped out the window.

I pouted for a minute before gathering my things for a shower. Using the hot, steaming water to relax my body, I spent way too much time worrying about the day to come. I got out of the shower and trudged back to my room with a towel wrapped around me. Laying on my bed was a dress that I had never seen before. There was a note on top of the light green dress.

Bella,

Wear this. I'll see you in 30 minutes. J

Alice.

Of course. I pulled on the summer dress grudgingly and brushed through my hair. I didn't bother doing anything special, I knew Alice had plans to make me her Barbie as soon as she got the chance, and today, my stomach was too jumbled to care.

I put on the white sandals that Alice left me and walked downstairs. I moved slowly, afraid that any sudden movements would throw my stomach into unpleasant convulsions.

"Hey dad." I said when I reached the kitchen. He placed bacon and eggs down on the table and walked over to me and pulled me into a big hug. "What's all this for?" I asked, pointing to the food, when he pulled away.

"You think I was going to let my little girl eat cereal for breakfast on her wedding day?" He sounded outraged at the thought. "Now, sit down." I sat at my normal seat and saw Charlie set down two more plates of food.

"How hungry do you think I am?" I asked, laughing.

Just then there was a knock on the door. Who could Charlie have invited to breakfast? I wondered.

"I'll get that." He said, smiling. He walked out of the room and I heard the door open. Then I heard him shush whoever was at the door. Now I was really curious. A second later, he returned, followed by Renee and Phil on crutches. His thigh bone was still broken, poor guy.

I jumped up and embraced my mom in a huge hug. She laughed and kissed me on the top of the head. I moved on to hug Phil, and he hugged back, though he seemed a little uncomfortable hugging me in front of Charlie.

"Oh dad!" I exclaimed, hugging him next.

"Your mom called last night and said that she had arrived already. I thought it would be nice to surprise you. I know you'll be busy all day, but you can make time for breakfast, can't you?"

"Of course!" I said, hugging all three of them again. "But you're right," I said, glumly. "Alice will be here in twenty minutes to get me."

Just then, my cell phone buzzed from the kitchen counter. I jumped to pick it up.

"Bella."

"Hey, Alice. You'll never guess who's here! Renee and Phil."

"I know, silly." She laughed. "That's why I'm calling. I'll come get you in an hour. Enjoy breakfast. See you soon." I could hear the smile in her voice. What was going on? I wondered. It was then that I remembered that Edward said he had a surprise for me. Wonderful.

"Bye Alice. See you in an hour." I turned around and three pairs of eyes were watching me. "She says that she won't be here for another hour. We have time to eat." I answered their unasked questions, smiling.

Breakfast was actually pretty good, considering Charlie's lack of cooking skills. We all talked and laughed, and Phil even started to relax.

With fifteen minutes to go before Alice came to get me, the phone rang. Charlie and Renee were in a heated debate about something completely unimportant, so I got up to get the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello Bella. It's Billy."

"Oh, hi Billy. Charlie's in the other room, I'll go get him."

But he responded before I could even set the phone down. "No, Bella. I want to talk to you. First, I wanted to wish you a congratulations on your wedding today, I hope you don't mind, but I would like to come by and see you."

"Oh, Billy. That would be wonderful! Of course! You know where it is, right?"

"Yes."

"Do you need a ride? I can get Charlie to come and get you if you'd like."

"That would be great. I would also like to talk with Carlisle about our agreement."

"Oh, right." I had completely forgotten about that. With all the wedding plans and everything, I never had a chance to talk to Edward about that. "Well, he will be there tonight." And completely surprised that I didn't tell him, I said in my head.

"Great. I will see you tonight then, Bella. Congratulations again."

"Thanks Billy." I muttered as the line went dead. I stood in the kitchen for a few minutes, unable to move. How was I going to tell Edward and Carlisle about the change in the treaty before Billy did? I knew that I should tell them, but I had no idea when I would be able to.

"Bella?" Charlie called from the living room. "Who was that?"

"That was Billy. He needs a ride to the wedding, Jake wasn't able to make it back." I was still keeping up the façade that Jake was visiting a friend in California.

"What a shame. You two were such good friends and he couldn't even be here for your wedding. Well, tell him that I'll be there to get him."

"He already hung up, but I volunteered you anyway. I knew you wouldn't mind." I was already walking back into the living room to join them.

He laughed, "Of course you did, Bells." And we all laughed.

There was a knock on the door, followed by a slow creak. "Hello?" Alice's high voice rang through the hall into the room. She stepped lightly into the living room and gave me a hug. "Oh, Bella, that dress looks fabulous on you."

"Yes, thank you Alice." I smirked. She knew that I wasn't at all excited about the idea of being her personal Barbie. "Alice, this is my mom," I pointed to my mom. "And this is Phil, her husband."

"Nice to finally meet you." She smile and did a little curtsy. "I've heard so many wonderful things about you two." She didn't offer to shake their hands, and I knew why. Her frozen grip would more than likely startle them.

"It's nice to meet you too, Alice. You're Edward's sister?" My mom was looking at her painstaking beauty with jealousy. Phil was just looking at her. Gross, I thought.

"Yes. Adoptive sister. You will meet his other sister and two brothers tonight." She was still smiling. "I'm terribly sorry, but I need to take Bella away now. She will see you all again tonight. Nice to meet you." She smiled at Renee, then Phil. "Goodbye Charlie." She pecked him quickly on the cheek and skipped out the door.

I followed, but did not miss the questions in my moms and Phil's eyes. They were sure to talk about Alice and the rest of the Cullen's as soon as I closed the door.

She was driving her yellow Porche today, and I asked her why she was allowed to drive it. Last I knew, Edward said she couldn't drive her little bribe in Forks.

"He said I could for today. It's a very special day, Bella, and he is very convincible." She laughed like bells.

The inside of the car was coated in black leather with yellow stitching. The only way I knew that she started the car was because the booming stereo nearly blasted my ears. She turned the volume down and looked at me apologetically.

"Uh…Alice?" I asked as she sped, always too fast, through the cars.

"Yeah?"

"Before you turn me into a Barbie, I was wondering if I could talk to everyone."

"Well, because of your mother visiting, we're kind of a little short for time, but I'm sure we can manage." She looked at me, smiling still. What does she have planned for me today? I wondered. No doubt she had already seen what I wanted to tell everyone else, but she didn't say anything.

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