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I was spending a lot of time at the Cullen's house nowadays. I was glad that I was always near Edward, but we barely had enough alone time together. Alice was always asking me about my opinion on a lot of wedding decisions. If she hadn't promised me that this was a low-key wedding, I would have thought that we were inviting the whole state of Washington.
A few days after we got back from New York, the boys went hunting. This was my chance to tell Alice about my problem.
"Alice?"
"Yes, Bella?" We were sitting in the kitchen discussing the wedding preparations. She was preoccupied with a bunch of catalogues for flowers and ribbons. My job was to tell her what I don't like and those that I did.
"I have a problem," I told her.
"What is it?" she was still looking over my earlier choices for the centerpiece.
"Would you teach me how to dance?" I asked her and winced waiting for her answer. Only two things could happen, either Alice was going to laugh or she was going to call Rosalie and laugh with her. I was surprised when she answered me calmly.
"What kind of dance?" she asked me as she looked up from the catalogues.
"It depends. What kind of music did you have in mind for our wedding dance?"
"You're going to have to waltz with Edward," she told me. "I can't teach you how. I only know how to follow Jasper when he leads me."
"I can't do this!" I exclaimed. "Maybe you should cancel the dancing part and Edward and I can go to our honeymoon after the wedding is over?"
"Oh no you don't, Bella!" said Alice. "I've already booked the caterers. Do you know how hard it was to persuade them to squeeze us in during wedding season?"
"What do I do?" I said exasperatedly. "I can't stand on Edward's feet again while we're dancing. This isn't prom anymore!"
"Maybe I should give you some long island iced tea again before you dance?" Alice suggested.
"I can't get drunk on my wedding day, Alice." I was about to give up when an idea struck my mind. "Wait, did you say Jasper knows how to dance?"
"I said I can only dance the waltz when he leads me," said Alice. "He knows how to dance. It comes with the perks of being in the Confederate Army and being a southern gentleman."
"Can he teach me?" I asked her.
"I'll ask him later when he gets back," said Alice. "Now can we please get back to more pressing matters? Which do you prefer? Chrysanthemums or daisies? I personally like the lilies."
"Wait! Edward can't know about this." I told her firmly. "I want it to be a surprise for him."
"Fine, but it's going to take a lot of blocking power from us to keep him out of our heads."
"Thank you! Thank you!" I squealed and ran over to hug her.
"We have to tell Jasper first, okay? Now let's get down to business." Alice placed the catalogues in front of me and made me pick.
"I love the lilies." I told her.
"Good choice!" exclaimed Alice. "Now, let's talk about linens." I shook my head as Alice pulled out another catalogue of place settings and table cloths. After a few hours, Edward and the others returned from their hunting trip. Alice called Jasper upstairs to their room. Edward groaned as he sat down beside me on the couch.
"Anything wrong?" I asked him.
"I'm dreading what Alice and Jasper are going to do upstairs. Right now, she's singing some Japanese rap song in her head. I don't want to hear what's going to happen next."
"Then, why don't you take me out on a drive? Then you can drop me off at home."
"A drive, Bella? You detest my driving and yet you want to take a drive with me?" I quickly recovered and gave him a lame excuse just to get him out of the house while Alice and Jasper discuss my plan.
"If we're going to get married soon, I should start getting used to your driving." I tried pulling him up to stand. He chuckled and stood up and led me outside to the Volvo.
"Why is Jasper singing the Dragon Ball Z theme?" Edward asked.
"Must be some married couple thing," I told him. "Let's go then." He just shook his head as he slid into the driver's seat. We drove around town for a while and the he dropped me off at our house. Charlie was already there so I decided to make his dinner. After we ate, I watched TV with Charlie in comfortable silence before I went up and got ready for bed.
"Edward?" I asked the room. He slowly appeared from the shadows of in the corner and smiled crookedly at me. He lay down beside me on the bed and I snuggled up next to him.
"I have some new for you, Bella," he told me. I looked up expectantly at him and he brushed away a few strands of my hair.
"Tell me," I said quietly as I reveled in the soothing action his hand made on my shoulder.
"The Denali coven will be coming this week to attend our wedding," he told me. I sat up and looked at him. I've never met the Denali coven and I was a little scared of their arrival. Tanya was once infatuated with Edward and Irina was mad at the werewolves for killing Laurent. I didn't know how they would react to me marrying Edward.
"Why do you look like that?" Edward asked me.
"Look like what?" I asked him.
"Like a rabbit which is about to be thrown to the wolves," he answered sarcastically. The analogy he used wasn't far off.
"Do I? I was just surprised at your news," I lied. "When are they arriving?"
"In two days," answered Edward. "They called this evening to tell us. I hope you don't mind that we invited them? They're like family to us Bella."
"Of course, I don't Edward." I told him. "I'm actually a little excited to finally meet them."
"Anxious would be more adequate judging from your reaction," he chuckled. "Don't worry about them, Bella. They respect our family and would never do anything to offend us."
"I guess I'm getting worried over nothing." I told him.
"You'll love them," said Edward. "Alice and Rosalie are quite fond of them I don't doubt that you will be too."
"I hope they like me." I told him as I started to yawn.
"Sleep now, Bella." He said gently. He rubbed my arms and hummed my lullaby. Again I was blissfully falling into another wonderful state of sleep.