Chapter 8

Esme and Alice headed directly to Esme's office, to start making wedding plans no doubt. I debated whether or not I should join them. This was my only daughter, this would be her only wedding.

"Come on Ness, let's go plan a wedding." I finally decided, grabbing her hand and pulling her into the house. I wasn't sure how she was going to feel about the wedding. I knew she was happy about being Jacob's wife but the rest was all still a mystery. Nessie was more susceptible to Alice's enthusiasm over…everything.

When we got to the office Esme and Alice were buzzing around each other pulling magazines from shelves, fabric from drawers. They already had a board set up with "Jacob and Renesmee" posted in big white letters on the top. There were a few vines and flowers hanging on one side and what looked like white lace weaving through them. Leave it to Alice to already have been planning a wedding before the engagement even began.

"I was thinking maybe spring time," Alice said. "Or maybe over winter break."

"Hm, definitely earth tones. Greens. Browns. Dark red." Esme replied as she pinned something else to the board.

They looked like they were having a conversation, but nothing they said made sense. I followed them with my eyes just standing and staring waiting for a break to make my presence known.

"Are you just going to stand there," Alice exclaimed, "or are you going to help?"

"Help!" I said, firm in my decision. "But, I'm not sure what you are doing."

"I like this color!" Renesmee added in, pulling a pale green remnant of fabric out of one of the many drawers.

Alice took the fabric, closed her eyes and concentrated for a moment, a smile blooming on her face. "You're right! It's perfect!"

"When is the wedding exactly, Alice?" I asked. I probably should have asked Jacob and Nessie but what was the point, Alice would have the day pinned down better than either of them at this time.

"I'm actually not certain. Things are still a bit hazy. It all keeps changing." She said, her smile fading. "It's not for at least 4 months. Which is hardly enough time. So stop talking and start grabbing." She barked.

If there was one thing I learned over the years it was don't get in Alice's way when she's planning. You'll regret it like the world regretted calling the Titanic the "Unsinkable Ship."

Time flew by as we debated between white, off white, and some other colors I'd never heard of. Honestly, they all looked the same to me. Alice still wasn't sure and it seemed like her visions all depended on her opinion and until she was sure we were in the dark. She held up one color to Nessie's cheek, it practically matched her skin tone, until she blushed. Alice smirked. Then she held up another. Back and forth, back and forth, until finally she yelled out, "Jacob! Come here please."

I heard him fly up the stairs three and four at a time. Yay, finally someone who won't make me feel so un-girly, I thought.

I watched as he entered the room. The color drained from his face, he even took a step back and shook his head.

"Wow." Jacob stammered, "I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone."

"Do dadodoo Do dadodoo." I sang out the familiar tune and wiggled my fingers wildly in the air.

Alice just stared at him, "Don't make me use you as a pincushion," she threatened and mocked throwing a few of the pins in her hand his way. "Just come over here." She pointed to the floor in the space next to her.

Jacob hopped over the pile of fabric in front of him and sidestepped around the board to his left, and gingerly placed his right foot in the very small empty piece of floor next to Alice.

"Here good?" He said smartly.

"Yes, now stay!" She patted Jacob on the arm, "Good doggie!"

Jacob growled, Alice smiled, and Nessie laughed.

"Which one?" Alice asked.

"They look the same to me." Jacob responded..

"Yeah, that's what I said," I replied, "And that's the same look I got." I pointed to Alice and Esme, both with looks of disappointment and disillusion on their faces. As if the whole world should know the difference between off white, eggshell, and ecru.

"Look again." Alice said, pinching Nessie's cheeks before holding up the cards.

"Ooo, I like this one better." Jacob said pointing to the color on the left.

"Traitor." I spat out at him.

"What?" He said, eyeing me, "it just looks so beautiful against her blush."

With that, Nessie blushed even deeper, Jacob smiled even wider, and I went to find Edward.

That was enough for me.

Downstairs Emmett and Rosalie were watching the latest horror movie. Another failed attempt at scary, another failed attempt at vampires. Where people got the notion that we were hurt by garlic was beyond me. I'm still waiting for the day a movie comes out that even slightly resembles the true nature of our kind. I was repulsed by Hollywood's versions of vampires, Rosalie and Emmett were amused.

Jasper sat at the computer typing so fast I couldn't even see his fingers moving. His face was blank, hiding something, but what I couldn't even imagine, and wasn't sure I wanted to know. Things had been quiet, peaceful, happy for so long I didn't want to know if there was something planning on changing that.

"Bella, come here." Jasper said.

Guess I thought too soon.

"Yeah, what's up Jazz?" I asked. Not really sure if I wanted to know. But up on the screen there wasn't anything to be afraid of - travel websites. Exotic beaches, wild jungles, icy glaciers, luxurious cruises, any climate you could ever want and itineraries laid out for each.

"I'm going to need you to go up to Seattle and get some new papers. Jacob and Ness are going to need them for their honeymoon."

"Oh, I can do that." I tried to contain my relief that it wasn't bad news even though I knew he could feel it in the air. "I'll call J in the morning." Before school, I added to myself.