Bella

We were finally leaving the hospital after another day. I was both excited and apprehensive at the same time. Even getting Evie into a baby grow had been difficult. I'd played with dolls when I was younger, but with a doll the arms and legs can be bent, obviously with a baby this is impossible.

We'd asked everyone to give us a day's grace before they invaded our house and i was thankful that Edward and I would have some time alone with our beautiful daughter.

She slept all the way home in her new teal car seat (a present from Carlisle and Esme) which didn't bode well for the night. At home we carefully put her down in the cot and neither of us really wanted to leave her. However it gave Edward and I the chance to catch up on some sleep.

'Edward?' I questioned whether he was asleep.

'What about a birth certificate?' I continued.

'I already did it, Evie Hebe Cullen officially exists.'

I smiled at the pride in his voice and snuggled into his chest and within seconds we were both fast asleep.

The next day was even more tiring as we learnt what Evie did and didn't like. Luckily I had decided to breast feed so we didn't have the hassle of bottles to worry about and often Evie slept between the hectic, disorganised times that frequently occurred.

A week later we had established a good routine until we received a cryptic note from Alice:

Salvete, Bella, Edward et Evie,

Apud deus cum nos convenio (Little Hangington). Debetis bonas robas geretis. Convenio apud crepusculum (sex hora )hodie.

Semper gratus,

Alice

Xxx

It took us a good few hours to work out that the language was in fact Latin and as Edward only knew the Latin names for the anatomy through his medical training we had to work it out using the internet and an ancient Latin dictionary.

Finally we had a rough translation with enough information to do what Alice asked.

Hello, Bella, Edward and Evie,

Meet us before God at Little Hangington. You must wear smart clothes. Meet at twilight (six o'clock) today.

Always grateful,

Alice

Xxx

It was totally unlike Alice, she always wanted to make a big deal of things and shout them out to the whole world. Edward was just as puzzled as I by her message. We debated it all day until it was time to leave.

We had dressed Evie in her dress from Rosalie again as it was her smartest piece of clothing and I was wearing a red dress which had a black sash around my waist. Edward wore his suit trousers and a shirt with a tie and carried his jacket as we weren't really sure of the dress code.

As we drove up to the village we could see Carlisle and Esme waiting on the village green with Emmett and Rose, we got out to the join them.

'Do any of you know why Alice is doing this in this way?' I asked and Esme replied quickly.

'I don't know, she has always wanted a huge wedding with twenty bridesmaids and all the fuss that she can get. Hopefully we can see her soon; perhaps we should head over to the Church.'

Carlisle added:

'It's Alice. You never know what to expect from her especially when she is with Jasper.' We all chuckled and I shrugged and added:

'It's her wedding and choice; I guess we should go see what she's done.'

The church was beautiful inside with white garlands decorating the door and front pews, at the altar stood the vicar and Jasper was standing there nervously. Perhaps he was wondering if we would turn up after such a weird message.

We were quickly ushered into our seats and I held Evie in my lap until I saw Alice beckoning from the corner of the church just in my line of view. I headed over with Evie and shook my head when the all looked at me questioningly.

Once the door was shut Alice began to hiss at me:

'Don't ask me anything until this is over. Evie is my bridesmaid but you will have to carry her. Is my hair and dress okay?'

'Alice, you look beautiful, this is kind of weird but we'll do it this way if you want. Are you sure you don't want to wait a while so we can plan a big wedding.'

'I'm sure. Let's go!'

The ceremony was over. We had all congratulated the couple but there was one question we all wanted to ask but didn't. Why a wedding like this?

Finally Alice put all our minds at rest with:

'I know you are all wondering why we are doing this so suddenly. Well, the main reason is: I didn't want to get to big for my wedding dress!'

Carlisle, Rosalie, Esme and I understood immediately, after all I had been in this situation not long before and Carlisle was a doctor. The boys however just sat there and looked at each other, Edward was the first to catch on but Emmett had to have it spelled out for him by Carlisle.

'Emmett. When a girl gets bigger very quickly there is usually a reason and it begins with p.'

'Piggy?' was Emmett's first suggestion.

'The first eight letters are as follows Em: P-R-E-G-N-A-N-T.'

'Oh, I get it. So when will squirt two be coming along?' He asked Alice.

'Two months.'

Everyone gasped, how had she been hiding this for so long? She looked around at all of us and giggled:

'I didn't know myself until a couple of weeks ago. I haven't had any symptoms and with all the stress with Bella and things I didn't realise I had missed my period.'

Soon Carlisle was in full doctor mode.

'Have you had a check up?

'Yep. Two days after I found out.' I burst in with a question.

'Girl or boy?'

'Drum roll please... it's a...girl!'