I am not Stephanie Meyer i am just borrowing her wonderful characters

Chapter 3: Plans

BEFORE I COULD EVEN CLOSE THE DOOR ALICE WAS WALKING UP TO IT. SHE smiled as she ran the last little ways to the door. I couldn't help but smile back. I knew though that today was going to be a long day. She had a million books in her arms. This was going to be painful and I knew it.

"I got here as soon as I could," she said as she reached me, "I guess it wasn't fast enough though. I didn't know you were so eager to get going with plans."

Of course she didn't know the real reason the door was open. Jacob had just left and Alice couldn't see him due to the fact that Jacob was a werewolf. Alice could see a lot of things but she couldn't see what werewolves were doing. It was what made her uncomfortable when they went up against the newborns last week. She was fighting blind because the werewolves had decided to help.

I let her in the house and didn't mention that Jacob had been here. I didn't have to she could smell it as soon as she walked in.

"I see, you weren't waiting for me Jacob Black just left. Did you tell him that we are going to need his help?"

"I did. He said that he will do it, for Charlie and for his dad but not for me. He made that very clear. Nothing is for me with him anymore, not now that I have made my choice."

"Did you expect anything less from him Bella? He was in love with you. He was willing to die for you to prove that he was the better choice for you. He told you that himself. Naturally he is hurting right now. Give it a while he will come around, they always do."

"Well, let's get to work," I said not wanting to talk about Jacob anymore.

"Ok let's go up to your room though. I brought the stuff to plan the trip of Charlie's and I want to get that taken care of first."

Without saying a word I followed her up the stairs and into my room. She sat down on the floor and spread everything out so that it looked like we were working on the wedding. I didn't know why she was going to all the trouble of making it look like we were working. Charlie wouldn't be home for hours.

"Charlie is going to come home for lunch today and surprise you," Alice said in explanation of what she was doing. "This way it will look like we are working on the wedding and he will not ask questions. He really doesn't want to get involved with all the details. He just wants you to be happy and to walk you down the aisle. Now let's get to work."

I looked at all the information she had just to plan this trip to save Charlie and I wanted to pass out. If she goes into this much detail just to protect my dad for a couple of days and send him to a baseball game what could I expect when we planned my wedding. Just then I looked at Alice. She had gotten very quiet. She was starring off into space and her eyes were glazed over. I knew what this meant and so I waited to see what she saw.

"Their plans are set Bella. They will be here on Wednesday. We need to get this figured out so that you can get Charlie out of here." Alice said so fast I could barely understand.

We looked at the Dodgers schedule for the next week and found not the double Alice had said but a triple header. This was perfect. Alice called and got the tickets, not just tickets, but dugout club tickets.

"Those are way too expensive," I protested. "Charlie will have a cow when he sees where the tickets are for. We are trying to keep him safe not kill him from shock."

"Relax, Bella. He will never know how much they cost. I asked them to print them without the price on the ticket for that reason. I saw that Charlie would have a heart attack if he saw how much they cost so I took care of it."

Ok, so we had the tickets now for the rest of the plan: hotel, airfare, meals, and all that good stuff. Before I knew it, it was all taken care of. Alice works fast. Just then Charlie poked his head in and said hi. He asked if I could come down and have lunch with him. I looked at Alice.

"Go," she insisted, "I have a lot to keep me busy while you are eating. You need this time with Charlie."

I swear Alice knows just what to say to make Charlie like her more every time he sees her. I went down with Charlie and saw that he had picked up deli sandwiches on his way home and so we sat and ate. It was quiet and awkward, not like the usual meals we had. It felt different this time like he was saying goodbye to me but the wedding wasn't for two months still. I wanted to know what was going on. I finally broke the silence.

"Charlie, was there any reason that you wanted to have lunch today? This is very abnormal for you."

"Can't I just come home once in a while to eat with you?" He asked.

"I guess but it seems like there is a reason you wanted to eat with me today."

"Ok, Bells, here it goes. I have been thinking and while I am happy for you I am worried. You are just so young. Is this what you really want? Is he who you really want? You could have any guy in town. Heck you could have Jacob. He is crazy about you. I guess I just don't understand how you could want Edward so much when he hurt you so badly. I am scared of him doing it again. Bella if he were to ever hurt you again I would be so mad that I don't know that I could stop myself from hurting him."

"Char, dad, I am sure. I love Edward and he has promised never to leave again. He never breaks a promise. You should know that by now. He never broke your rules even when they were a little unfair. Edward will take care of me. As far as Jacob is concerned I don't think he feels the same way anymore not after everything last week."

"I need to get back to work," he said, then and he got up and left.

I felt so horrid. I had hurt my dad and it wasn't on purpose. If only he knew everything he would understand. Telling him everything though would put him in more danger than it would

help solve anything so I let it be. I would have to do my best to show him that everything was the way it was supposed to be.

I went upstairs and was Alice pouring over magazines of flowers and cakes and anything to do with a wedding. I asked her what she was doing she was looking through it so fast. I saw maybe one in twenty pictures.

"I am looking for the flowers and things I saw in my vision of your wedding."

"Oh, if you already know what it is going to look like then what do you need me here for? I could be with Edward right now," I told her.

"I need you here so that you can say yes to it or else it won't work. Edward will think I did everything and didn't give you a say and then he will take you and go to Vegas. I have to play by the rules. Besides I have seen your wedding a couple of different ways so you need to pick which one you want."

I groaned and sat back down. I really didn't want to be here. I wanted to be with Edward. I wanted to go to the meadow and just spend time with him. Alice gave me one look and then told me that I couldn't spend today with Edward anyways. He was out hunting with Jasper and Emmett.

I was really bummed then. I was truly stuck. I wanted as little to do with the planning of my wedding as possible. I had a feeling that if I were to help the wedding would be ruined. I have no sense of style. I really should be in fashion jail. Alice would even agree with that one. It was while I was in this stream of thought that Alice said something that brought me back to reality.

"We are going to Italy while Charlie is in LA next week."

"What?" I asked thinking that I must have heard her wrong.

"We are going to Italy," she said again.

"Why? Shouldn't we be here when the Volturi show up?" I asked worried about a trip out of the country. It hasn't gone over so well last time I left.

"Don't worry Edward will be here with all the guys. There is nothing to worry about. Everything will be fine."

I knew better than to argue with Alice she always knew how things would turn out it was her gift. So, I just smiled and agreed with whatever she wanted to do knowing that fighting was useless. Alice like Edward was always able to get whatever she wanted from me. All it took was her puppy dog face and I was toast. She had to have invented that she was so good. It must come from years of practice. So I did the only thing there was to do and asked her what we were going to Italy for. We already had my dress.

"Silly, we have your wedding dress. We don't have anything else for you. Do you really want to dance all night in a long sleeve high neck lace covered dress? I didn't think so. That is why we are going to Italy. We are getting dresses for the reception. That and all the clothes you will need for after. I will not have a sister dress the way you do."

Of course she was right. I wouldn't want to dance all night in the dress she had for me already. It was beautiful to say the least but it was going to be warm and I didn't want to bake. The dress was my Anne of Green Gables dress. It was straight from my vision when Edward had first told me that if I wanted him to change me I had to marry him.

I grudgingly accepted and asked who all would be going. Of course it was all the girls why wouldn't it be. I thought about it for a minute and decided it would be good because I would be able to spend time with my new family and get to know Rosalie better. We never seem to get any farther on our friendship and I hoped that this trip would change that. Besides with Charlie gone I would have to be with them anyways. I just wish we weren't going to be shopping and that I could be with Edward.

Alice decided that it was time to go to her house so we gathered all of the magazines and packed them up. We headed downstairs and out the door. Next thing I knew we were at Edward's house. I loved it here. Soon it would be my home too.

We went inside and it was my worst nightmare come to life. Everywhere you looked there were flowers, decorations and food, lots and lots of food. I asked what was going on and she told me just to look around and tell her which ones I liked. I gave her a look like you have to be crazy. I have no idea what it should look like. She just laughed and started to pull me around their massive living room.

She started with all the different flowers. There were some really beautiful ones. I had a hard time choosing. I finally decided on one that was huge. I figure if I am going to do this I might as well go all out. Alice seemed happy with the one I chose. After we picked my bouquet she made me pick one for my bridesmaids and flower girl and then the boutonnieres. That took forever. I swear we spent three hours trying to get the flowers just right for the wedding. Then she told me we weren't done with flowers. What other flowers could there be? I groaned and followed her. Then I saw what flowers were left. We still had tables and aisles and all those kind of flowers left. When we were finally done she pulled all the flowers together so I could see how they would look together. I thought I was going to go into shock I couldn't believe how nice they all looked together and I picked them. It looked light the colors of twilight. This was of course perfect, because that was the time of day we were getting married.

I was actually starting to get excited. That's when Alice dragged me outside. Out there were all kinds of arches and chairs and tables. I looked at her and said that I thought I needed to go home.

"No you don't. Charlie knows where you are and he also knows that you are spending the night so that we can work on wedding details. I explained it to him and he said it was ok," Alice smiled as she told me.

I huffed and went to look. I had no idea what Edward would want. Then in the middle of the yard was Edward. I giggled and ran to him. Alice must have known that this is what I would do. She had an impish grin on her face when I looked back at her.

"I love the flowers you chose. What do you say we look through all this stuff together? I'm sure we can find something that even you would like." Edward said in his soft velvety smooth voice.

I nodded and then we walked hand in hand through the labyrinth of wedding decorations that filled the back yard. Not forty five minutes in we found an Arch that we loved and decided to use to exchange our vows under. Chairs on the other hand took forever to find. We finally decided on straight back chairs with a sapphire chair cover that had a jeweled clasp on the back. They were elegant but not over the top. We decided to go with round tables and a long banquet table for the bridal party.

Edward told Alice that that was enough for one day and picked me up and went to his room. We got to his room and he set me on the bed and then disappeared. Before I could even start to wonder where he was he set a try down in front of me. It was a candle lit dinner. I started to blush because of the special treatment. I knew I should be used to this but I still had a hard time being treated this way by a Greek god. I thanked him and began to eat. Someone knocked on the door then. Edward told Alice to go away and that we were not going to discuss wedding invitations tonight. I heard her stomp away. I thanked him and curled up in his arms and went to sleep.

The next few days went by in much the same way. At the rate we were going I wondered how much could really be left to do. Then Alice told me that I needed to go to my house and talk to Charlie. The tickets had come and I needed to do my part now. She drove me home and I made dinner and waited for Charlie. I didn't have to wait long. About five minutes after I finished the steaks Charlie walked through the door.

"Charlie," I called before he could call my name.

"It's me Bella. Dinner sure smells good," Charlie replied as he hung his gear on the usual hook by the door.

"Thanks, I made steak for dinner. I have a surprise for you."

He came in and his eyes were huge. He looked me up and down before he could breathe again. I just rolled my eyes.

"I'm not pregnant dad. I won tickets to the triple header next week in LA. I'm not a baseball fan but I thought you might like to go. I won four tickets so I thought I would see if Jacob, Billy and Quil want to go with you."

"Thanks Bells. That sounds like fun. Now I just have to figure out where you will stay."

"I already talked to Alice. She said that the guys are going to be out of town next week and that I can stay there."

"You took care of everything," he said as he looked at the tickets.

He got up and went to call Billy and see if he wanted to go. I was sure that by then Jacob would have filled his dad in. He had and Billy was going to talk to Quil's grandfather about him going with them. Everything was in place. They were leaving Sunday night. That was just two days from now. I was so happy that my dad would be out of trouble.

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