Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight blablabla or any of its characters blablabla. BUT. I do own... chan chaaan... (to be continued)

The ringing of the telephone awoke Charlie early in the morning, and Bella pretended to have been awoken by it too. They both hurried into the kitchen, but Charlie got the phone first.

'Good morning?'

Bella stared through the window. A day that she would have judged horrible a day later now seemed perfect and beautiful.

'Oh, hi.'

She bit her lip and looked down at her sleeping shirt and pant. She had to buy one as soon as possible if she was to live with Edward for the rest of eternity.

'She knows what she's doing.'

Bella wasn't paying attention to the conversation her father was having. She had had an idea – shopping with Alice seemed the best choice for the day.

'That won't do. She's going to do it even if we threatened her with the most horrible thing possible.'

She could buy something proper for the night that day, and she definitely needed to start searching for wedding dresses. An involuntary giggle from her made her father glance, scared, from the corner of his eyes.

'No, I didn't ask her. I'll talk to her later.'

Wait. What was she still doing in the kitchen?

'Okay. I'm glad.'

She turned around to leave.

'Don't worry. She'll do fine with him. I promise.'

Wait. The floor was cold.

Wait. So WHAT? Bella thought wildly, nevertheless staying where she was. Why on earth would the floor being cold stop her from going wherever she wanted to go?

'Fine. I'll tell her. Goobye.'

Okay. She couldn't move because the floor was cold. What should she do?

'Bella?'

The vampire wheeled around to face her human father.

'We have to talk, sweetie,' Charlie said, sitting down at the table and gesturing her daughter to do the same thing. Bella sat down hesitatingly.

'Bells, you know marriage is a big step in someone's life.'

Bella nodded, pretending what he said was of real importance.

'And you don't have to do things so quickly. Spend some time thinking about what you're gonna do with your life after you get married, how you're life will be when that happens, and –'

'If you're trying to stop me from becoming Edward's wife, I won't,' Bella interrupted seriously.

'No, dear,' Charlie answered quickly, blushing, 'If you think you'll be happy with Edward, then I approve of it. Just... don't rush, okay? Your mother just called. I had called her last night and she wasn't, well – very glad to hear about it. She's alright now, she'll come to Forks in some days... She wants to talk to you.'

Charlie stopped talking and gazed at the table, ashamed. Bella glared at him.

'If she thinks she can stop me from doing it, she won't. Nobody will. And now if you don't mind, I want to take a shower and go to Port Angeles with Alice.'

Without waiting for a response, Bella stood up and went straight to the bathroom. It was clear that Renee was coming to make her realize what she was about to do, but this morning, she felt more confident that ever, as if absolutely nothing could go wrong.

She washed her hair at top speed and got dressed, anxious. She wanted to see Edward again. And when she opened the front door with the intention of jumping into her truck, there he was, perfection in the form of a vampire, leaning against a silver Volvo.

'Good morning, my lady,' Edward greeted mockingly with an accent of the previous century. Bella surrounded his neck with her arms and pressed her lips against his, but contrary to the kiss of the night before, this was much shorter, yet full of love and sweetness.

'So where is it that you want to go today?'

Bella hummed.

'How about shopping with Alice and Jasper?'

Edward's smile disappeared to be replaced with an expression of utter disbelief.

'Again? We went on Friday! I'll bet they're both exhausted of that place. Besides, since when do you like shopping so much?'

'Since this morning.'

Edward opened the Volvo's door for her.

'Where's your daily dose of Debussy?' Bella asked him when he had entered the car and played the CD Edward had specially made for Bella's eighteenth birthday.

'Oh, please,' Edward snorted, 'your lullaby is a thousand times better than Debussy and Mozart together.'

'Show off,' Bella muttered, but Edward's disappointed eyes suddenly met hers.

'Not because I created it. Because it reminds me of you.'

Bella's stomach was filled with butterflies, and she couldn't avoid squeezing Edward's hand tighter. He left her hand on her leg and surrounded her with his arm, while Bella's lullaby sounded like a melody played by the angels.

Alice and Jasper were already on the front door when they stopped in front of the big, white house. Of course she had seen herself in the shopping with Edward, Bella and her boyfriend, so she wasted no time and climbed into the Volvo, closely followed by Jasper.

'Hi, Bella,' she said happily. It was evident she was still as cheerful as she had been last night, perhaps even more. Jasper smiled at her.

Mrs. Isabella Marie Cullen. Edward, you are so lucky to have her.

Bummer. The mall again. What's so interesting about it that girls always want to be inside them carrying a thousand bags?

Edward smiled at Jasper and Alice's thoughts. Indeed, his happiness regarding having Bella as a wife was indescribable. And indeed, the mall was very boring, except when he got the chance to see Bella in clothes Alice had chosen for her.

The journey to Los Angeles wasn't quiet. Alice and Bella only talked about trendy clothes – which wasn't really Bella-ish – and Jasper and Edward just listened, bored, until finally they parked the car and both boys were free of them.

'Bella, Alice,' Edward called them as they started walking towards the mall, giggling, 'Jasper and I will meet you in an hour in Starbucks, is that fine for you?'

'No,' Alice shook her head seriously, 'It's not enough time.'

The girls burst out laughing and continued their way to Victoria's Secret.

Females.

Jasper sighed and gestured his brother to the music store.

After only half an hour, Bella regretted having come to the mall, especially with Alice. She had spent the time in the small cabin, flooded with all type of skirts, pants, and shirts, while Alice made her change from each garment quickly and model a few times for her before handing her more clothes.

'Alice, calm down!' Bella exclaimed when Alice rushed out of the cabin to look for another skirt to combine the shirt. Alice sighed in exasperation and ignored her.

'Just try this on, it's not that hard,' she replied, 'Besides, it's better if you cooperate.'

An evil grin spread across her face as she gazed at Bella's reflection in the mirror. The bride-to-be swallowed.

'Oh, Bells,' Alice said with love in her voice, and shrugged, 'you're just so pretty in everything I get you in. No wonder Edward loves you so much.'

If Bella still had had blood running through her veins, she would have blushed. Alice's commentaries were not always comfortable for her, no matter how nice they were.

'I wish I could choose something myself,' Bella laughed, and Alice smiled sweetly.

'It's your turn then!' she exclaimed as she ran out of the cabin to lead Bella to the next shop.

'Alice! Pay!' Bella shrieked seeing Alice's excitement had made her forget about the paying-the-clothes part. The vampire giggled and hurried back, wallet in hand.

When the hour had finished, Bella happily led a disappointed Alice to Starbucks. Alice still wanted to buy Bella more clothes, with the new excuse that they were 'wedding presents.'

'Please, Alice, we don't have anything arranged yet,' Bella sighed. It was also uncomfortable to talk about her wedding, since she still felt it unreal, something that could only happen in her dreams.

'What are you talking about?' Alice asked in disbelief, 'Edward has already chosen the place for the wedding and the one for the party.'

'What?!'

Surprise, surprise. Someone was pretty excited about the coming event.

Alice chuckled.

'Yes, it's true,' she smiled, apparently in a good mood again, 'He's already done everything, and I assure you it will be lovely. All you have to worry about is your wedding dress.'

Bella swallowed.

'Do you have anything special in mind?' Alice asked while searching for something in her purse, 'Like, the model, the cloth, anything?'

She swallowed again.

'N-no.'

Alice stopped where she was.

'What did you just say?' she exclaimed, 'Every woman dreams of her wedding since they have memory. And you don't even know how your dress will be? You, Bella Swan, are weird.'

'Well thanks for letting me know,' Bella replied offended. Alice shook her head with her eyes wide, muttering things like 'what will we do' and 'unbelievable.'

For that time they had already arrived to Starbucks, and Bella, glad she had an excuse to drop the subject of her wedding, rushed in. But – oh, heavens, no.

Edward and Jasper were sitting down at a table in a far corner, smiling... at a woman who was there with them. A vampire.

As soon as Edward saw her come in, he smiled adoringly, and the woman raised her gaze. Bella found herself staring at huge, golden eyes, framed by perfect black curls that combined perfectly with the palest skin she had ever seen and red lips. The woman narrowed her eyes when she saw Bella, and a small, evil grin appeared in her lips, even more menacing than Alice's.

She was the vampire from Alice's vision. She didn't need Alice to tell her so.

'Bella?' Alice called in a scared hush from behind her, 'Are you – are you alright?' She sounded worried too. Really worried.

Edward stood up and approached his fiancée to hug her. A soft kiss on her cheek made Bella lose concentration and close her eyes, anxious.

'How did it go?' he whispered in her ear, and Bella surrounded him with her arms as she hummed softly. She couldn't think. Edward's face was only an inch away, and all she could feel was his sweet breath and his lips barely touching hers. And a new feeling suddenly took power over her. She wanted more. She pressed her lips passionately against his, and Edward kissed back, if so even more passionately. His hands immediately lowered to her waist and pressed to have her closer to him – even closer than the night before. Bella's breathing got harder until the point she stopped breathing at all, and suddenly both lips were open and furiously kissed each other. Bella wanted to jump on him, to surround his own waist with her legs, in the same way her mother used to carry her when she was very young – but at the same time in such a different way.

'Um, guys?'

The two vampires broke up suddenly and stared in alarm at Alice. She gestured with her head at the rest of the people in the room, staring.

Isn't she hot.

There wasn't such a lack of respect in my days...!

I might get some good tips out of that.

Geez, get a room!

Edward chuckled and kissed Bella's head before holding her hand and walking towards Jasper and the woman. As she got nearer, Bella felt a twinge of pain in her chest – the vampire was astonishing, of a beauty she had never seen before.

'Bella, I'd like to introduce you to Sophie,' Edward said gently while pushing the girl towards the stranger, 'She is an old friend of Irina.'

The evil grin that had been on Sophie's face not long ago had vanished, and had been replaced by a beautiful, sweet smile. She raised her hand to hold Bella's, and the latter felt another wave of anger and pain when she saw how Sophie's movements were full of a grace that not even Alice had.

'Glad to meet you, Bella,' she said with a cold, yet marvelous, voice, 'Since I met Edward an hour ago all he has done is talk about you.'

'Hmm,' Bella replied with a small smile. Although Jasper was there beside her, she couldn't avoid feeling unhappy and furious. Edward softly hit her ribs with his elbow.

'Nice to meet you too, Sophie,' she said with false cheer and a terribly false grin of happiness. Alice stepped beside Bella and quickly shook hands with Sophie. Bella was glad at least Alice wasn't faking – her smile was cold and dry, and the tone in which she said 'Nice to meet you,' revealed her total disgust towards her.

When the five of them were sitting down at the table again, Edward, Jasper and Sophie started talking about baseball, while Alice and Bella listened with a smug expression.

'I bet you're a great player, Edward,' Sophie praised him with a smile, 'Those big muscles show I'm speaking the truth.'

Bella choked with her own words when she heard this, and Alice, alarmed started patting her back, but not before glaring furiously at Sophie.

'Excuse me,' Bella squealed and turned around in her own chair to cough.

What a...! How dared she? Flirt with Edward? But the worst part was that Edward didn't seem angry, or uncomfortable with her words, but had just smiled his beautiful, crooked smile. They just met and she's already acting like... that! Bella thought wildly as she turned around again, breathing deeply. Edward's eyes gazed at her, filled with worry.

'Are you alright?' he asked, leaning over the table.

'Yes, I'm... fine,' Bella whispered with a nervous smile. Edward smiled back, relieved, and turned to Sophie to ask something.

'Edward,' Alice suddenly interrupted, seeing he was about to concentrate on the awful vampire again, 'Did you know your fiancée,' she emphasized on the word as she glanced at Sophie, 'still doesn't know what her wedding dress will be like?'

Die, Alice, die! Bella thought as she covered her face with her hands. Couldn't she have picked any other subject?!

Sophie's eyes narrowed, but Edward laughed quietly.

'I'm surprised I'm not surprised,' he said, 'I guess I was expecting something like that. It's so... Bella-ish.'

'I feel sorry for you, Bella,' Jasper said sadly, 'since now you'll have Alice following you like a dog now, until you let her pick your dress.'

'Oh, please, Jazz,' Alice snapped, 'It's her wedding, and though you might think of it as unbelievable I will let her chose her wedding dress.'

'I bet it will come from your wallet anyway.'

A new fight begun between the two vampires, but Bella slightly separated her fingers and peeped to watch Sophie's expression. She was gazing at the window, a hard expression in her face, clearly biting her tongue, as if trying to figure out something. Edward was gazing at Sophie, but with a calculating look. Bella stuck her fingers together again and sighed. This was a nightmare.

'You never mentioned you were getting married,' Bella heard her say, and uncovered her face. It took her by surprise that she was actually in a cheerful surprise at the news, squeezing Edward's hand over the table. Edward hummed quietly as a sign that he hadn't heard her, and she repeated the fake.

'Yes, we're getting married in two weeks,' he smiled at Bella warmly, and she couldn't help but smile back as warmly as he had.

'Well, that's wonderful news!' Sophie exclaimed, 'Congratulations!'

And to Bella's horror, she hugged Edward tightly. The boy did nothing but smile at his good luck. Alice sighed angrily and muttered under her breath.

'So, Sophie,' she said coldly, 'how long are you staying here?'

'Well, I was going to stay only a few days, but I just can't miss this cutie's wedding!' she answered happily, still holding Edward's hand. He didn't seem bothered by it.

This cutie?! Enough. Bella stood up and excused herself before she marched to the ladies'. Alice didn't follow her. It was better to keep an eye on the so-called Sophie.

'Oh, I know of a great hotel in Port Angeles, it's called –'

'Oh, no, thank you Alice,' Sophie interrupted patting her shoulder (Alice's eyes opened in shock and disgust), 'but Edward and Jasper were kind enough to offer me their house.'

Great! Just what we needed, Alice thought.

'Oh, how nice of them.'

Thank you, Eddy.

Edward glared at her. He couldn't understand what was wrong with Alice. He saw Sophie as a very nice girl, and her thoughts were kind and honest, or at least that was what he inferred after years of mind-reading. All he had heard from her were things such as 'What a nice couple they make,' or 'These Cullen family is so sweet!'. A little naïve, he thought, but nice all the same. But all he heard from Alice was 'Freaking bi---!' and 'He's getting married and you just... urgh!' From Bella... well, he couldn't be quite sure. She just seemed nervous.

'Yes, they were especially nice,' Sophie smiled and winked at Edward, 'And I'm so excited about this wedding. I've never been to one in my three hundred and thirty five years of existence!'

Ohoh, an oldie. Bells' gonna love this.

'But of course, I prefer to say I'm eighteen,' she added, and laughed. Her laugh tinkled across the room, drawing the attention of several men around her. Edward frowned. Men these days just thought about... that.

'So, three hundred and fifty...' Alice pretended to be gathering the information and emphasized the last word.

'Thirty five,' Sophie interrupted. The sudden coldness in her voice made Alice smile of pleasure in her insides.

'Yeah, well, what's the difference,' Alice chuckled, 'The point is you must have had such a bad social life. No weddings at all. In only fourty years, I've been to three.'

It wasn't worth mentioning that the three weddings belonged to the same couple.

'Actually, my sister was going to get married,' Sophie explained sadly, 'but the fiancée died. It was a terrible loss for the family.'

'Sophie, I'm so sorry,' Edward muttered, and Jasper lowered his head to express his agreement with his brother.

'Oh, don't worry,' Sophie smiled tragically, 'Now my sister has a new purpose in life, and she won't stop until she has that done. I'm so happy she's so persistent with her hopes and dreams.'

Jasper sat up and went to sit next to Sophie before rubbing her back to calm her down and release the pain. Alice glared furiously at him and bit her lip to stop all kind of things from coming out from her mouth. Edward stared in surprise. Was that actually Alice?!

At that moment, Bella entered Starbucks again.

'Edward,' she muttered, crouching beside his chair, 'I think I want to go home.'

She looked terrible with her pained expression and her brown eyes flat. The boy kissed her head softly and whispered, 'As you wish, my lady.'

Bella smiled and stretched her arms. Knowing what she wanted, Edward lifted her up and cradled her in his chest as if she were an adoring baby – which for him, she was. The most adoring baby of them all. (A/n: I also thought on 'Of the mall'. But I typed wrongly and, 'look! Of them all! That's sweeeet.' Hahaha, I'm just another stupid idiot with stupid commentaries which distract you from the story. HA.)

'Sophie,' Edward called turning towards her as Bella surrounded him with her arms, 'I guess we'll see you later.'

'Oh, alright,' she replied, and stood up, 'I'll be on your house in around two or three hours.'

'We'll be expecting you,' Jasper said while he helped Alice stand up, 'Ciao.'

And with that, the four of them left. In the way, Alice whispered all the news to Bella, who became more disappointed and sad as the words came flying out of Alice's mouth. So it seemed she was encountering one of those big, big problems. Never mind. She would risk everything for his precious Edward. Everything.

At Starbucks, the black-haired vampire sat gazing at the wall.

'Shall I take your order, miss?' a young waiter came to her, illusioned.

'No, thank you,' Sophie replied seductively, 'I have more important things to think about rather than tea and cookies.'

Alright. She had a hot, mind-reading vampire between her hands. And rich. Perfect.

But. She also had two idiotic females trying to protect him from her. Perfect as well. The game was much more interesting in this way.

'One little Sophie, climbing up Edward... Bella came along and Sophie fell...' the vampire sang childishly, 'But then she called her sister, and Bella died... No more Bella guarding my Edward.'

A soft chuckle escaped from between her white teeth.

'The game has officially started.'

Disclaimer (part 2): SOPHIE!

A/n: Sorry if it was a bit too long. And sorry for the stupid song Sophie sings, but that day I had the "Ten little monkeys jumping on a bed" stuck in my head and HAD to do something to take it out. And now, I would appreciate if you could review, because seriously, I won't upload chapter 7 until I get at least 10 reviews :) Hey, it's not that much.