Chapter One

Nessie's POV

Life seemed to be attacking me all at once lately.

High school was proving to be more difficult than I expected, especially since I had missed two months of the school year due to things out of my control. Max seemed to be just as far behind, though Jake and Angel seemed to have adjusted better than we did.

Another thing that was concerning me was my sweet little baby. Bex was growing like crazy and I was worried about my daughter's life. She was officially a month old even though she looked like she was three. Her growth patterns were nothing like mine were and no one could offer me any comfort about it.

On top of all of that, Alice had been driving me crazy with wedding preparations all week and I was near ready to strangle my favorite aunt. I never knew the most magical day of my life was going to also be the most chaotic one. I was half tempted to just hop in a car with Jake and elope, but the stupid psychic would know before I got the keys in the ignition.

Speak of the devil. "Ness, you have two seconds to get out here before I come in there after you!" I heard Alice say from the other side of my bathroom door.

I was trying on dress after dress for the ceremony in two weeks. I've picked out three that I particularly like, but none of them have pleased my perfectionist of an aunt.

"I'm almost done." I yelled back, "hold your horses…"

I heard several snickers from the other side of the door and could recognize the female Flock members by their human laughter.

When I stepped out of the bathroom, I heard various gasps and a few choked sobs coming from my female vampire relatives.

The pure white dress was sleeveless and covered my cleavage while still showing off that I had some. The dress flowed to my ankles, getting wider from the waist down in a way that slimmed me while still giving me the southern belle look. There were random flower designs in the white lace that were simple yet classy.

My hair was pulled back into a ponytail and the most expensive veil imaginable fitted around it. A small tiara sat on the top of my brown-red hair in front of the veil. It sparkled in the light the way my skin did in the sunlight and I smiled at the comparison.

"Oh, Nessie, you look so beautiful." Esme gushed, her hand on her mouth as if she might start crying even though I knew she never would.

"Oh, my, gosh!" Nudge exclaimed and I could already feel a headache coming on. "You look like a princess Nessie. Like from that fairytale that Anne read to us in Virginia…what was it? Cindyraila? No, um, something about ashes…cinders, maybe. Oh, yeah, that was it. Cinderella."

I gave her a weak smile and she added, "You look just like a pretty princess and Jake will love it." I blushed bright red as I thought about how much I hoped that last part was true. His opinion was the only one that really mattered to me in the end.

"She's right, Ness." Rosalie murmured. "Your mutt won't be able to keep his paws off you in that dress."

I blushed as I heard a hiss from downstairs where the boys were. Apparently Daddy was listening to that comment.

"It really is the perfect gown." Alice commented, giving me a quick once over and motioned with her pointer finger for me to spin in a circle so she could get a better look. "But we'll have to change the hairstyle. Its all wrong with the tiara."

I pulled my hair out of the ponytail and let it fall onto my shoulders. Alice started fluffing it and teasing it and straightening it and brushing it all out again. I had a feeling that this was going to be a long night.

"My baby…all grown up." Bella said, her non watering eyes restricting her from expressing her emotion fully.

"You look really pretty Nessie." Angel piped up and I glanced at Max for confirmation. She was the only one I hadn't heard from.

"What do you think Max?" I asked hesitantly.

Since Bex's birth, Max hasn't really been as close to me as we were when Nauhel and Huilen had us held hostage. I missed that. Max was my first official semi-human friend and I was sad that I seemed to be loosing her.

"It…its perfect." Max said, glancing at my dress again. "You look just like a bride."

"Thanks." I said, blushing deep scarlet again. "I hope Jake likes it."

"He will." Edward said from outside the door.

"Don't you dare peek at the dress, Daddy!" I wined even though I knew it was probably already too late. It was hard to keep anything from the mind readers.

Edward chuckled, "Sorry, sweetie but it's a little too late for that warning." He said as he slipped into my bedroom, careful not to let anyone else see into the room.

He kissed Bella on the lips in greeting and smiled at me. "You look gorgeous Renesme." He commented. "Who would have thought that my six year old daughter would be getting married and already have a beautiful daughter of her own?"

I blushed again and tried not to correct him. Though I was six and a half, I looked almost eighteen.

"Done!" Alice exclaimed and I looked at her in shock. I had almost forgotten that she had been working on my hair this whole time.

She pushed me back into the bathroom so I could look at myself in the full length mirror and smiled triumphantly when I gasped.

My usual curly hair was straightened in random places on top while the ringlets were still in tack beneath them in a way that made me look more mature than my seventeen year old body already did.

The veil flowed behind it and it was pulled slightly tighter than I had placed it before and the tiara sparkled even more in the bathroom lighting.

"You are a genius Aunt Alice!" I exclaimed and wrapped my arms around her small body.

"No need to thank me yet," she said with a twinkle in her eye. Uh-oh, I knew that look.