Chapter Four
Max's POV
I grimaced as Alice continued to primp me. How did I get roped into this?
Flashback
I heard a soft knock on the door and pulled away from Fang's lips to yell, "come in!"
Fang grumbled something about "it better not be like this when we get married" and I couldn't help but laugh. He had been ecstatic when I proposed and was showing me just how much with an intense make-out session. Not that I minded…
"Max?" Nessie asked from the door, obviously hearing Fang's comment. "I'm not interrupting anything am I? I can come back later…"
"No, its fine." I said. "Fang was just going to check on the Flock." I gave him a pointed look and he sighed. He was about to get up when Nessie spoke up.
"I wanted to talk to both of you actually." She started and I could see the gleam in her eye. Lord help me if this was about a shopping trip.
"Well, you know how Jake and I are getting married in two weeks and you guys are engaged? I was wondering if you wanted to do a double wedding." Nessie asked hesitantly.
"We were planning on flying to Vegas." Fang admitted.
Nessie giggled. "I know. Alice went ballistic when she had a vision of it…she won't back down on the whole wanting you to have an Alice Wedding, you know. So I thought it'd be easier on you guys if you just joined our wedding, or else Alice would make yours twice as huge as mine."
"Would she really do that? I mean, I was thinking a simple wedding." I said, even though I was still imagining how I'd look in Nessie's over the top princess dress.
"You obviously don't know Alice." She said with a chuckle. "So what do you say? You guys in?"
"What does Jake think about this?" Fang asked.
"I haven't told him about it. But I'm his imprint so he always says he'll do anything I want…not that I try to get my way that often, but still." She admitted.
My eyes locked onto Fang's and I could practically hear the all clear coming from his unspoken words.
"We're in." I agreed with a smile. "Let's get ourselves hitched!"
End Flashback
"Quit whining Max. You are so much like Bella it isn't even funny." Alice commented and I saw the female vampires giggle.
Nessie was already ready and was just waiting for Edward and Jeb to come walk us down the isle. Since I was getting married and I wanted my mom here, I had to also tell my 'father.' Although, I think of him more as a sperm donor as of late. We weren't exactly on speaking terms since Ari's death.
I picked Nudge as my maid of honor, Angel as my flower girl, Gasman as ring barer, and Iggy as my best man.
Nessie chose Leah as her maid of honor, Bex as flower girl, Seth as ring barer, and Embry as best man.
Since we were combining the weddings, that meant Nudge and Embry were walking down together, Iggy and Leah, Bex and Gasman, and Angel with Seth. Needless to say, the last pair were the only ones who were happy about the arrangement.
A knock on the door signaled that it was time and I glanced at Alice for permission to get out of the chair. She had been putting the finishing touches on my hair for the last two hours. I think she liked to see me suffer.
"Only a little." Edward answered my thought as he and Jeb walked into the room.
I blushed when Jeb glanced at my dress approvingly. Even though I was still mad at him, I couldn't help but feel pleased.
The dress I was wearing was similar to Nessie's except mine had less 'princess' in it. The gown itself was a simple design; it had lace connecting the supposed to be sleeveless part and flowed to my knee instead of the grown like Nessie's. The ruffles at the bottom on Nessie's gown had been cut out so it didn't look ridicules, but the white lace had the same random flower design in it that hers did and probably twice the amount of glitter. On second thought, maybe our gowns were nothing alike.
I opted out of having the veil and just kept the tiara instead because I didn't like the way it itched whenever it touched the top of my wings.
Alice pulled my blonde-brown hair into a high ponytail and curled them. A few stray pieces fell loosely around both sides of my face. The tiara fit perfectly in front of the ponytail.
"Shall we?" Edward asked, grabbing Nessie's arm and looping it with his.
Bella, Rosalie, and Alice filed out of the room to go sit in the audience with the rest of the wolves (most of whom I've never met), Nessie's extended family (Renee, Phil, and Charlie), Jake's sisters Rachel and Rebecca, Billy, Sue, and of course my mom and Ella. Rumor has it that Ella even brought her steady boyfriend, Ryan.
"Max, you look beautiful." Jeb commented as he linked arms with me. I had to fight the urge to recoil away from him. I had to at least pretend to be civilized for my mom's sake.
"Thanks." I muttered, hating that my cheeks heated up at the compliment. I wanted so bad to be angry with Jeb, but nothing could ruin today; not even Jeb.
I heard the music start to drift from downstairs and sucked in a deep breath. Here goes nothing.
