Here is chapter 7!!! Enjoy it!!

The wedding was set for February 13, and Alice was hard at work planning... I hadn't seen Jacob sense he had left after the announcement and I was wondering what rock he had crawled under...

"Leah." I heard John call from downstairs. "Come down here, please, my love." He asked. I stood up and walked to the door of my room. I looked back at the my room... I turned and walked down the steps into the kitchen where I found John and Alice sitting over a bunch of papers... I hate the planning...

"Leah." Alice beamed. "When do you want to go look for a dress?" She asked, sweetly.

"Whenever." I said. She frowned.

"Don't you want to? Aren't you exited?" She asked.

"Yes, I am exited." I told him. I sat down beside John, who took my hand. I smiled at him. He was so sweet, I guess I should enjoy going out and looking for a dress, but I don't think I will... I don't really like shopping. And shopping with Alice seems even worse than just shopping.

"Okay, then. Can you go today?" She asked, smiling encouragingly.

"Yes." I said. She beamed.

"I have a few places picked out that I think you might have interest in. So, I guess we'll set out around noon... Your cousin can come, too! We can look for her dress, too!!!" She beamed.

"I'll call her." I said, standing up.

I walked into the living room and dialed Emily's number... Why am I doing this? I don't have to have a maid of honor.. I could just go without... But that would be weird.

Ring, Ring...

"Hello." I heard, Sam's voice say.

"Is Emily there?" I asked Sam.

"Yeah, sure." He said.

"Hello?" Emily said.

"Hey, Em." I replied. I hadn't called her that in so long...

"Oh, hey Leah..." She said. Yeah, this was awkward.

"Do you want to go look for a dress today, with me and Alice?" I asked, as sweetly as I could manage. This was to weird to be normal... ... ... I knew Alice and John could both hear every word I said and for that matter what she said to...

"Um... Wait a second." Now she must ask her precious Sam for permeation. "Sam, do you think it would be alright if I went to go look for dresses with Leah and Alice, today?" She asked Sam.

"Yeah, that will be fine." He answered.

"Okay." She said to him. "Yeah, that would be good. When are you guys going?" She asked.

"We'll come pick you up at noon." I replied.

"See you." The line went dead. Yeah. This was going to be really weird.

I walked back into the kitchen and sat down beside John again.

"So, she's coming?" Alice asked, like she didn't already know.

"Yep." I replied. I looked at John, who smiled knowingly. He understood.

I knocked on the door to the Uley's and stood there waiting for Emily to come out.

Emily opened the door and stepped out. "Hey." She said, her scared face smiling somewhat.

"Hey." I said awkwardly. I turned and walked back to the car and sat back down beside Alice. She smiled at me. She was the only on who thought this was going to go well... I just didn't see how that could happen...

Emily sat down in the back seat and Alice started the car. I looked at the little house... I saw Sam standing at a window looking out at me. He didn't stop watching me until we had pulled out of the driveway and were driving down the street.

Alice turned up the music and started driving at her normal speed of about one hundred miles per hour...

We didn't talk much until Alice declared that she was taking Emily and I out to eat, before we went dress shopping. I felt the fact that we would be together for the whole day crash down on me...

We pulled up in front of an Italian restaurant and Alice turned the car off. She unbuckled her seat belt and began to get out. I stepped out into the sun and looked over at Alice who was hiding in the shadows. I walked over to her. Emily was standing a few feet behind Alice and she watched as Alice carefully walked around the sun.

The restaurant wasn't very crowed and we were seated quickly.

"What would you like to drink?" The waitress asked. I smiled at her.

"Water." I said.

"Water." Alice said.

"Water." Emily said. We all sat there looking at each other for a moment and Emily smiled up at us.

"So..." She said, smiling. "I have some big news, that no one knows yet. Want to know what it is?" She asked. She beamed up at us....

"Why not?" I asked. Emily's smile grew wider and she looked at Alice, who was nodding, encouragingly.

She breathed, heavily. "I'm having a baby!" She exclaimed. The news should have enraged me, but it didn't. I didn't care that Sam didn't want me anymore. I had someone who did! I was genuinely happy for Emily.

"That is so great!" Alice and I exclaimed at the same time.

"When did you find out?" Alice asked.

"This morning, right after you called." She said, smiling.

"Does Sam know?" I asked her.

"I haven't told him yet.. I'm trying to decide how to tell him... So you guys can't tell anyone." She said, smiling boldly.

"We won't." We said in unison.

We spent the rest of lunch talking about baby names and just baby stuff....

As we walked out to the car I walked next to Emily laughing at a joke she had made. The weirdness was all gone! We were friends again.

Alice drove us to a little shop, that had lots of dresses in the window. She opened the door and we walked in together (ALL THREE OF US). Alice walked to a little stool and sat down.

"Okay. What color are we going to have for the bride's maid's dress?" She asked, pulling out a little notebook where she was writing down all of the plans. "Our colors are pink, purple, light blue, and white. Well the guys are in black, but still." She looked at Emily. "So, pink, purple, or light blue?" She asked, looking around at the dresses around her.

"I'm thinking light blue..." She responded. Alice wrote it down, and then stood.

"Well, we know you are wearing white." She said, looking at me. "Let us go!" She walked into a row of dresses and pulled one out.

It was white, with lace selves, and little gold 'pearls' on the front. It was more beautiful than you could imagine, it to be. Alice handed it to me.

"Go try it on, while I look for Emily something!" She beamed. I took the dress into the dressing room and pulled it on. When I looked into the mirror, I felt my heart stop, at the beauty of the dress on me... It was very pretty... ... ...

I opened the door and stepped out to were Alice was standing.

"How do I look?" I asked, laughing at the awed expression on her face.

"Fantastic!" She beamed. Emily stepped out of a dressing room wearing a dazzling light blue dress with a darker blue sash around the waist. She looked great!!!

"You look great!" Emily and I said at the exact same time. We smiled at each other and Alice looked pleased.

"Ladies, I think we have found our dresses! Do they fit right?" She asked.

"Mine does." I told her. Emily was looking down at her stomach and sighing.

"Mine does, for now.." She muttered.

"Emily, don't worry about the dress not fitting! It will! The wedding is only a month away. You won't even have started showing by then! It will be fine!" Alice smiled. I looked over at Emily, who was now smiling down at her stomach.

"Good!" She smiled.