Chapter 7: Something Old, Something Borrowed
Renesmee looked at me, slightly bewildered. I couldn't let the look stay on her face for very long. "I have something to add to it." I said. "I'll be back in a minute."
I left and ran to the house. I knew exactly what I was looking for. I reached the house and ran into the closet and found the hiding place where I kept some of the remnants from my human life. I found what I needed in a black velvet-covered box and ran back to the main house and into Alice's room where my daughter and wife were still standing. They both stared at the box I held down at my left side. I reached out my right hand and escorted my lovely daughter to a row of chairs. Bella sat down at her other side.
"You have your something new, the dress, and your something blue, the garter. I want to give you the something old." I opened up the box and presented its contents to my daughter. She looked at the necklace, seeming to memorize it. "This necklace was my mothers; my father gave it to her. She wore it on her wedding day and I want you to do the same." I had memorized every line of the silver necklace. While the necklace was over 100 years old, it was kept in pristine condition. It was still bright silver, almost new looking. The metal had been delicately crafted into twisted of flowers which resembled baby's breath. The center of the eleven flowers each held a 2 carot diamond. My mother loved gold, but silver had always seemed more beautiful to her.
"It is beautiful." Renesmee said. She was nearly speechless. She reached to pull her hair around to one side so I could place the necklace around her neck. It hung just barely past where her collar bones met. It looked even lovelier on her.
"You look lovely. There is still one thing missing. You need something borrowed." Bella stated. My wife revealed the box she had been hiding in her hands. She opened it and inside was a pair of silver and diamond earrings. There were four round diamonds on each earring connected by silver. At the end were four marquise diamonds shaped like a simple flower with silver in the center of them. They were simple, just what their owner loved. It was one of the few pieces of jewelry Bella had ever bought for herself. She had even requested the jeweler to make them in silver instead of platinum and as clip-ons to match her current collection of jewelry Alice and I had gotten for her.
"Mom, your earrings!" Renesmee was so excited. She knew how much her mother loved these earrings. Bella placed the earrings on her ears. Bella had never bothered to pierce her ears as a human, she hated needles and Nessie didn't to prevent her aunt from having an excuse to shop for earrings.
"Now, you are ready. Everything is in place and you look beautiful." Bella said. I was starring into the mirror which reflected myself and the two women I loved the most.