An Impossible Reality

Chapter 20- Wedding Preparations

A/N- Okay this is a re-write as I didn't really feel the last chapter was good enough so I took it down. Anyone who read the first version please tell me if you think this one is better or worse please, I hate asking for reviews because I shouldn't have to if I am worthy but oh well- I do need feedback

Alix POV

"Edward?" I whispered as I gently closed the door behind me. I really hoped he understood that the watching me sleep thing was okay starting immediately. Even though whispering in my own room made me feel silly and ridiculous since it was only like 8 o'clock I didn't want someone to come upstairs and hear me calling to him.

I glanced around my whole room and he was nowhere to be seen. Giving up I stood up straight and sighed before hearing "Yes?" from behind me.

"Jesus!" I screamed. I spun around and looked up into the golden eyes I had just said goodbye to. "Fuck you scared the crap out of me just now!" I whisper yelled. I was glad I did because just as I said that mum shouted up the stairs.

"Alix? What was that?"

"Nothing mum! Just nearly fell off of... my... computer chair!" I lied. Edward put his hand to his mouth in an attempt to stifle his laughter but I must admit as feasible as the lie was it was pretty funny. I smirked at him before pulling him into a hug. "Really glad you got my meaning." I laughed and he shrugged.

"I guess I am just that good." He was being smug and that was not happening so I grabbed the nearest pillow and hit him across the face. The stunned look on his face told me I was in trouble. He began stalking towards me with a scary but hot intensity in his eyes. I stopped backing up when I hit the edge of bed and he closed in on me. "You hit me with a pillow? For that you must make it up to me." He smirked before winking and leaning in to kiss me.

I began tugging at his shirt pulling him forwards and we toppled back onto the bed. I was getting lost in him when all of a sudden he shot to the back of my room. "E-Edward? Are you okay?" I panted but it was then when I answered my question for myself. His eyes. They were black like coal, just like when I first met him.

I rolled off of the bed and quickly opened the windows wider. I looked to him to see him with his head in his hands. "I was getting... carried, away. I can't do that with you- ever." His gaze shifted my own and I nodded before hugging him.

"I know you don't want to hurt me- and you are very capable to do the opposite but I am not a chandelier that has hung for hundreds of years that would fall and crash to the floor with a single touch. I am a human that can handle herself, okay?" He smiled and hugged me back. "Right I need to get changed back in a second!" I smiled before scuttling into the on-suite bathroom.

Balls! I looked at my reflection to find puffy eyes and mascara tracks down my face. I let out a groan before scrubbing my face with make-up wipes and face wash. I brushed my teeth quickly savouring the minty freshness and the slick feeling when I ran my tongue across them.

I changed out of my joggers and tank top into my red flannel jimmer-bottoms and a baggy t-shirt. I had put my hair into French plaits as I really wanted curly hair for the next day. "Cute." Edward smiled before opening up my covers for me.

"What a gentleman!" I joked before wrapping myself in the duvet. I fluttered my eyes closed with sleepiness when they shot open. A recurring thought needed to be answered and it was awkward to ask- then again he is like 109 so I am sure he can handle that right? Fuck it. "Edward?"

"Yes love?" he replied whilst stroking my arm through the duvet.

I took a deep breath. "Look there are some things when you are my age that are awkward to ask about but I feel like because you are far older than you look you can handle me coming upfront and asking you straight. I was just wondering- well have you ever- what I am trying to say is- how far have you gotten with a girl?" I blabbered.

There was a silence of about 30 seconds. Bollocks! I knew that was too far but I pushed it. I heard him clear his throat before he turned my face to look him in the eye. "Alix, you are the first girlfriend I have ever had. The first girl I have ever kissed. You are as far as I have gotten." I felt my smile widen impossibly far and then he asked me the same question- the question that when directed at yourself you dread.

"Same as you, sort of. I have had boyfriends and I have kissed them but no further." I rushed before rolling over so I wasn't facing him. "Gonna sleep now Edward." He nodded and kissed my cheek before my eyes finally closed.

I awoke with Edward still holding me in a cocoon type thing. He had his eyes closed too and I wondered if he was asleep but as soon as my heart rate had sped up from sleeping pace his eyes shot open. "Good morning love." He whispered and kissed my forehead.

"Morning." I stretched my arms out after the most peaceful sleep I had had in months. "Don't forget that I have that dress fitting today so I need to go home straight away and if you would pick me up that would be ace!" Edward chuckled at my sudden burst of hyperactive-ness.

Sighing I got out of the bed and I walked to my closet. I picked out a pair of loose fitting jeans that synched in at my ankles and a white tank top. Matched with a pair of white indie pumps I was set. I figured if I going for an uncomfortable dress fitting I might as well make myself as comfortable as I can.

Edward chuckled when I emerged with my hands scrambling at the top of my head attempting to place my hair in a messy bun. He glided over to me and took my hands away letting my hair fall loose down my back. "Here, let me." He whispered before moving behind and gently pulling back each strand of hair. Again temperature differences made his presence so much more evident. In a matter of seconds my hair was up and with my denim jacket in tow we were ready- of course Edward had already jumped down from my window and was going round the corner to retrieve his car.

I grabbed my rainbow stripy bag from the closet/cloakroom thing we had and turned around to see mum looking at me suspiciously. "What?" I asked laughing at weird crinkling going on in her forehead and her green eyes searching wildly for some kind of reason to something.

"Nothing you just, you seem really happy recently. Is that this Edward?" I could feel my cheeks heat up and she nodded. "Just don't become-"

"Become reliant. I know mother, you have said this about every guy I have ever dated!" I grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl before running round to my mother's side and kissing her on the cheek. "Don't forget- we have the dress fittings today mum and that does include you!" She groaned- she hated shopping compared to me, especially dresses. At that moment Edward's horn beeped and I could have sworn she mumbled 'That boy has impeccable timing!' to which I laughed and shut the door behind me.

Lunch swung around fast and as usual as I left Music class Edward was leaning on the wall to the left of the door to walk me to the cafeteria. "Hey you." I smiled before giving him a peck, Edward slinging his arm around me as we walked.

The staring had died down a lot from the first time we walked through the halls like this. It used to make me laugh that a lot of the sad pathetic people had to whisper about us and stare like we were Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez or something.

Today was different than usual but it started the same. I walked in, hand in hand with Edward smiling and being in love- the usual. Then I sorted my lunch him being the gentleman and the vampire he is managed to carry mine and his pretend lunch all the way to the table but he paused mid way and started whispering just loud enough for me to hear. "Are you sure?... she'll kill you though... if you are certain Em... you too?... do not harass her with questions you most likely already know the answers to." I cleared my through loudly and his head snapped down to look at me.

"Mind filling me in? My ears only just picked up half of that!" He nodded.

"Alice, Jasper and Emmett want us to sit with them and Rosalie is hunting today so she will kill him when she finds out is all." He was looking at me for worry but to no avail.

I grabbed the belt to his pants and started tugging him along and he complied to look human. "Come on then we don't want to disappoint." I giggled at the shocked expression on Edward face before he composed and made me stop tugging.

I was stood closest to Emmett and I was still mildly afraid when he pulled me up into a tight grip. "Emmett you are making her feel pain." Jasper muttered and his grip loosened to one I could handle and under the bulk of his muscles and the genuine rock hardness I managed to hug him back.

"Hey Em." I choked. He set me down and Alice hugged me- gently- before I sat down to eat. I guess this was the first time they had a seen a human eat up close because they barely took their eyes away from we when I chewed. "Kind of hard to eat when you all stare at me like that." Emmett let out a loud laugh before flicking some food at me. I glared and he laughed even harder.

I groaned as I walked into the shop. Could this place be any pinker? Pink curtains, pink dresses, pink flowers and pink- nope white flooring... WITH PINK RUGS! Man Jen knew how to pick a lousy place. Edward had decided he was going to pick me up after I had my dress fitted and then I would ask him. Would I even have too? He should expect to be my date right? I would if I were going out with someone. I was going to ask anyway regardless of the necessity of the thing.

"Alix!" I heard my sister call from a seating area of- you guessed it- pink sofas and arm chairs surrounded by various fabrics, lace and netting. She draped her arm around me as I took a seat next to her and then mum rushed through with haphazard look towards her. Her flustered appearance told me that Jen picked the worst day for mum to close up shop early.

I looked at the people around and spotted my cousins Talia, Hannah and Ella with my Auntie Jane. "Oh my god!" I squealed jumping up to hug them all. Being the only real cousins of the female variety. "I have missed you guys so much! How have you been?"

Hannah spoke up "I have been good, Lewis' band is doing well!"

"Yeah and my hairdressing is going well too." Talia beamed. Ella shrugged and complained about being the youngest and then Jane smirked.

"Now, now Alix. We hear you have a fit fella." I instantly blushed and bowed my head in embarrassment of my auntie talking about my boyfriend like that. "Edmund is it?"

"Close- his name is Edward." She smiled warmly at me before hugging me tightly and said she was happy for me.

After that the shop assistants asked my sister what she wanted and after the judging looks they gave her when she told them she was pregnant the selections started being presented to her. There were very nice long ones that she looked at but after deciding that last minute fittings would be needed for her bump she decided against them and looked for shorter ones.

Soon enough one caught her eye. It was a Grecian style dress that came to her knee. It was elegant and flowing and she looked so beautiful in it. Around the top of the dress and the waist was a gold and peach flower pattern where they were sown onto the gown. I took a glance at mum and she was welling up. I rubbed her shoulder and she dabbed at her eyes.

We then moved onto bridesmaid dresses. Jen had joked around for a while that she would stick us all in hot pink skin tight dresses- this I feared would happen but she was only kidding. In a few weeks time I would be wearing a strapless baby pink maxi dress. It was nice- elegant even and it was a subtle colour.

About half an hour later the bell above the door jingled and Lauren and Jessica meandered in looking right at me. What on earth were they doing in a bridal shop? Like anyone with any morals would marry either of them. Jess wasn't that bad but she did whatever Lauren told her to, it was hard to respect her for it. "What the hell are they doing here?" I mutter under my breath and Jen's head shot up to look at them.

"Why? Who is it?" I didn't want to get into it and ruin my sister's day so I just decided that I would fob it off.

"Just some girls from school." But I think I dwelled too long on it because she glared in their direction, clearly sensing my distaste. The tension was thick when Alice Cullen burst in looking right at me and then back to Lauren and Jessica. "Alice?" I got up to greet and she pulled me aside.

"Hey, look those two," she pointed at them, "they are going to pick a butt ugly dress and give it to your sister then spill wine all over it so she will have to buy it." My eyes narrowed.

"Why?" I was livid- why are they continuously picking on my family.

"Because you don't care what the town thinks, she's jealous of you all- even your pregnant sister because at least she has someone who loves her." I nodded and looked to her for the plan. "I saw you go over to them and spill it down them, that might be the place to start." She joked "And Alix?"

"Yeah?"

"Nice dresses!" She beamed before dashing out of the store.

I stalked up behind them and tapped them on the shoulder. "Hey girls!" I enthused. They looked to one another cautiously before I continued. "Fancy seeing you here? Looking for the prom already? I heard you don't even have dates yet."

I saw the fire blaze behind Lauren's eyes. "We do actually and when Edward dumps you for someone else you won't have a date!"

"Being perfectly honest- couldn't give a shit. Prom has never meant that much to me and I have already been to one. Had my fill I guess." I smiled sweetly. "Well I have to get back over there, but one last thing..." I trailed before shooting my hand into Jessica's bag and pulling out the bottle of red Port. "Huh funny, you been held back? Because you aren't even old enough to drink yet... hmm oh well want it back?" I said before tipping down their white outfits.

The girls gasped in horror before looking at me with hatred. "I. Can't. BELIEVE. You did that!"

"My god guys I am so sorry! You know how clumsy I am- jeez what an accident!" I feigned before dabbing at them with towels.

"Get OFF of me! You haven't heard the last of me!" Lauren screeched before storming out of the store while Jess trailed behind her.

I tutted. "Shame."

Whilst the rest of them fought over what shoes they should wear I texted Edward to come and pick me up. On my way. I'll be there in 10 love xxx

The thought of seeing Edward had sent me out of the wedding zone and into day dreaming. The only thing that pulled me out was the sight of his silver Volvo out of the corner of my eye. I shot up from where I was sat and said bye before grabbing my stuff and ran out to meet him.

He had just got out of his car when I reached him. "Is it sad that I missed you so much?" I whisper and the soft vibrations of his chuckle make me giggle as I kiss his oddly soft cold lips.

"Not entirely," he whispered in a husky voice, "partly because I did too and partly because it just proves how much you love me." He turned us so I was pinned against the door to his car as he kissed me again with more passion. The fact that Jen and my mum and all my sisters friends plus my cousins were there didn't occur to me until a chorus of voices yelled at us to get a room.

Edward pulled away and leant his forehead against mine. "I don't care what anyone says- I am so glad you managed to kiss me." I breathed before kissing him on the nose and turning around to be restrained and have my door opened for me. "You persistent git!" I snickered before doing my seatbelt.

He slid into the seat next to me at a human speed so I decided now or never. "Hey, you know like you love me and stuff?" He chuckled and nodded whilst taking my hand a rubbing circles on it with his thumb. "Well I was hoping you could be my date to my sister's wedding. If you don't want to you don't have to but-"

He finger was on my lips when he let out a soothing 'shhh' "Of course I will love- I would be honoured to be your date to your sister's wedding!"

Sorry if it is really lame but I am writing another story which I think is completely new and different and if someone makes it before I post mine I am gonna be pisssssseddddd xD

Chapter 21 coming soon!