Chapter 2
Alice's Rehearsal Dinner
My beautiful angel glides gracefully into the beautiful white tent, arm locked in at my side. Alice had finally decided that instead of a building she would do a tent outside since we couldn't decide on a color for the walls. Seeing as how it couldn't be sunny for obvious reasons, and they didn't want it to rain for their wedding, they decided to do it after the sun set, twilight.
Alice had decorated the white tent beautifully; it looked as impossibly beautiful as the Cullens. How could such beauty be possible? The golden lights seemed to hit the exact places to give that sophisticated glare off the walls. Pastel flowers flowed out of vases that looked like they dated back to the 1800's. (I wouldn't be surprised if they DID come from the 1800's though.) There was one really huge white table at the front, stretching across the length of the tent. Just two chairs in the middle of it, for bride and groom. The rest of the table would be used to display all of the foreign food, from France, Germany, Portuguese, and other countries I wouldn't even bother to pronounce. There was another rectangle table in front of that one, though not as large as the first table. There were only six chairs lined up on this one, all the chairs on one side, so they would face the groom and bride. This table was for the family, plus me.
Then there were about sixty small round tables scattered about the remaining area, little lanterns centered in the middle of each. Three chairs on just one side, facing the groom and bride table, just the same as the family table. The support beam in the middle had vines growing up them with balloons.
Alice greeted everybody by name as they entered the tent. Everybody took seats and a light murmur of chatter began. Alice stood up and chimed her spoon on her wine glass as all the talking quit, and all eyes were on Alice. She had a much practiced wonderful speech, as I was sure from her other weddings she had had in the last century or two.
"Hello, everyone, and good evening," she began in her silky honey tone. "Thank you all for coming to mine and my fiancé's rehearsal wedding. As you all should know, the Wedding will be held at the beginning of next month. As I and my future husband come together in total matrimony, we have invited you all to come and celebrate our love." She continued, her voice growing lighter and more playful. "Now, I and Jasper," she said smiling, as Jasper stood and smiled out toward their audience. "Will share the first dance of the evening!" They gracefully walked to the center of the room, the lights dimmed, and a spotlight shone on Alice and Jasper as they sat still staring at each other's eyes smiling, in position, waiting for the music to pick up as it slowly started.
The instant the music began they started out with a waltz turning to graceful spins.
Esme and Carlisle was the next couple on the floor, followed by Rosalie and Emmett, Edward and me. All the other couples and families slowly joined, and I just couldn't take my eyes off the angel guiding my clumsy feet gracefully across the floor……