Haha. . .update every Saturday. . .Funny Emmeline. . .
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-Emma
DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything. This story is simply a way of a fan to prolong the enjoyment of one of their favorite books.
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Schedule for the wedding week:
(AUTHORS NOTE: Feel free to skip reading the entire schedule-It's just there to illustrate Alice's craziness! :-) )
Monday-
3pm- bride, flower girl, maid of honor and bridesmaids ( Sue, Bella, Maisie, Leah, Renesmee) final fitting at the Lace and silk wedding boutique on Madison street Nr. 11.
6pm- finalizing the flower choice at the Floras flowers shop on Peach street
8pm-bridesmaids planning dinner at Georgino's
Tuesday-
10 am- haircuts for groomsmen and best man (Jacob, Seth and Billy) at the hairstylist salon downtown
1 pm- lunch with the girls ( Sue, Alice, Renesmee, Leah, Bella, Esme, Rosalie, Celin, Maisie)
2pm-finalizing of cake choice at the Cakes Of April Bakery on Saint Paul's
4pm- groom, groomsmen and best man (Charlie, Seth, Jacob, Billy) final fitting at the Lace and Silk wedding boutique on Madison street Nr.11
7 pm-finalizing of caterer at the company caterers downtown on 5th ( in attendance: Sue, Charlie, Alice, Maisie)
Wednesday:
10 am- all bridesmaids, bride, maid of honor and flowers girl ( Sue, Bella, Maisie, Leah, Renesmee) must be at the spa on Lehmann street for a pedicure and manicure e.t.c. under Alice's and Rosalie's supervision
12 pm-haircut for groom ( Charlie) under Esme's supervision
2 pm- lunch with the guys (Charlie, Seth, Jacob, Billy and friends) at The Angle inn
3 pm- pick up of the wedding dress, bridesmaid dresses and tuxedos of Alice, Esme and Renesmee at The Lace and Silk wedding boutique on Madison street Nr.11
4 pm- haircuts for bride, bridesmaids and flower girl (Sue, Bella, Maisie, Leah, Renesmee) under Alice's supervision
6 pm- confirmation call on the flowers, cake, caterer, decorations by Alice
6:30 pm- meeting of bridesmaids and maid of honor ( and a few selected others) for final bachelorette party planning
6:30 pm- meeting of groomsmen and best man for final bachelor party planning
Thursday-
11 pm- brunch with everyone at the Swan's nest restaurant
8 pm- bachelorette party starts at Sue's and Charlie's house
8:30- bachelor party starts at Billy's house
Friday
1 pm- pancake breakfast at Bella's and Edward's with Renesmee hosting
3 pm- confirmation call on church by Alice
3:20 pm- rehearsal diner
9 pm- all male wedding party attendants and friends at Charlie's for a last guys night of watching the game together
9pm- all female wedding party participants and friends at Bella's for a girls movie night
Saturday-
10 pm- time to get up!
10:30 pm- smoothies
11:20- quick lunch
12 pm- time to get ready ( Sue, Renesmee, Leah, Bella, Maisie at Alice's house!)
12 pm- time to get ready ( Charlie, Billy, Jacob, Seth at Charlie's house) with Rosalie supervising
3 pm- wedding photos
5 pm- wedding ceremony
6 pm- party at Charlie's and Sue's
(Alright, you can keep reading. . .)
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Aunty Alice had gone crazy. Completely crazy.
With the threat of immediate danger out of the way, she had thrown herself completely into the wedding planning.
Literally.
The living room at the big house looked like it had been hit by a bomb. A sparkling Lacey wedding bomb.
Nahuel looked a little bit scared at Alice running around like a maniac shouting things into her phone and throwing around flower and material samples.
I couldn't help but laugh at the confused and intimidated expression on his face.
" Is she always like this?" He had asked in a small voice.
"Always!" I had gasped between laughing so hard my sides hurt. Of course, the laughing quickly stopped as Alice raced into the room and threw a dress at me.
Oh no. The dress. The horrible poofy pink flowers girl dress that I had given back to her on account of that it didn't fit, and she didn't want me tripping in the middle of the wedding ceremony, now, did she?
I had thought that maybe she would buy me as new dress, but no- she had just had it hemmed.
Oh shoot.
"Try it on!" She yelled, already racing out of the room again.
Then, an hour ago she had handed out the "Schedule for the wedding week."
And well, what was there to say, except for, call the mental hospital, we have someone you need to pick up!
"Shit, she gave you the itinerary to?" Jacob had said when I called him to discuss the new developments off the wedding escape plan.
"She mailed it to me, yesterday."
"She's gone completely nuts! " I said into the phone. "What are we going to do"
"We already have a plan." Jacob said.
"But what if Sue really does want all of this.?" I asked. "I mean I know Alice has extraordinary powers of convincing and deluding, but what if Sue actually wants a crazy wedding?"
"Look, Nessie, if she wants to go through with it, we don't stop it. But I know Sue." He had paused.
"There is no way in hell she'll go through with it."
We were planning on visiting Grandpa and Sue this afternoon. Mom wanted to talk to Grandpa before the wedding, and we wanted to introduce Nahuel, as Alice had added him to the wedding guest list and well, you don't go to someone's wedding without having met them before.
Actually, usually you don't go to the wedding of someone if you are not a close friend, but Alice was letting down protocol a bit for this one.
Of course we realized the risk accompanied with introducing Nahuel, he was a half-vampire and while he used to fed on humans (that he change his diet to what we called "Vegetarian" was our first condition for letting him stay with us.), he could, just like me, easily resist the urge, matter of fact if I didn't think about it, it was no problem at all, I felt just like another human among them, and I kind of liked it.
It thrilled me, the sense normality that was accompanied by having a human life. It was so different from my life, which I considered normal, but I now knew that my life would seem like a crazy adventure-roller-coaster to any human.
And yet, despite being so different from them, I could still fit in perfectly, adapt to their lifestyle and way of existing completely if I so wished.
And while my family could mimic humans natural behavior and ways perfectly, humans would never feel quite comfortable among them. They had an instinct that told them, that something was wrong with these people, that they were dangerous and that instinct made it harder for my family to fit in. It was no problem for me at all, nor my Jacob, as we were both part human.
Although Grandpa Charlie did always look at him a bit strangely, probably because he had seen Jacob phase once. But it wasn't instinct that made Grandpa back up a bit and look strangely. It was logic.
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We pulled into the driveway, just as it started to rain. The sky had been gray all day and now the clouds had come together to spill out over the rainy little town of Forks.
"Run Nessie!" Jacob yelled as soon as I had climbed out of the car door and stepped into the heavy downpour and I did, laughing all the way to the front porch where it was dry. Chuckling to himself, Jacob followed my example, running through the rain towards me .
Mom and Nahuel were still sitting in the front of the car, looking perplexed. Well, Nahuel was. Mom just rolled her eyes and pulled out and umbrella, before making her way towards us in a more dignified manner, taking Nahuel with her.
"Boring!" Jacob sang and I giggled and gave him a quick hug.
Behind me the door opened, an Grandpa stepped out, shielding his eyes with his hand, as if blinded by sunlight.
"Nessie!" As soon as he saw me he broke out into a wide grin. "I was wondering what all this racket was about! Hey Jake!"
"How's it going Charlie?" Jacob asked, but I threw myself at Grandpa chanting: "I missed you, I missed you, I missed you!",while crushing him in my embrace."
"Whoa, kiddo." Grandpa ruffled my hair affectionately. "I missed you to Ness. Where's your mother? Ah, Bella, there you are!"
"Hello Charlie." Mom and Nahuel had reached the house and with an amused smile in mine and Jacob's direction, she put the umbrella down and gave Grandpa a quick hug.
"Charlie, this is Nahuel and Nahuel, this is my father."
Grandpa threw a quick look in Nahuel's direction and then smiled. "Call me Charlie."
Nahuel smiled back tentatively. "It's nice to meet you. Thank you for inviting me to your wedding."
"My pleasure." Grandpa waved it off. "Now, let's go inside and get out of that rain!" He looked up at the sky. "Geez, It's really pouring down. Hope the Sun shines next week."
"On your wedding!" I couldn't help squealing, sounding very much like Aunty Alice, as we stepped inside the house and took of our (completely unnecessary, we were vampires and werewolf's after all) coats.
"Where is Sue?" Jacob asked.
"She's running an errand." Grandpa explained. "She'll be here shortly."
"Yeah. . ." Jacob said and Grandpa motioned for us to sit down. "Anyone want tea or something?"
"No, thank you." Me, Mom and Nahuel replied in unison while Jacob said "Yes!" at the same time.
"So, Charlie."Mom asked, as she sat down on the sofa next to me and Jacob. Nahuel settled in the armchair across from us.
"Are you exited? You're getting married next week!"
She laughed. "I think I'm actually exited."
"Yes. " Grandpa sat down next to me and handed Jacob a mug. "And no. I mean, I'm marrying Sue and-" He swallowed. "I love her. So now, I guess, instead of a small ceremony, we'll have a big wedding." He didn't look particularly convinced by his own words. "That's fine. It shouldn't really matter, how we get married."
"No, it doesn't." Mom agreed. She too had had a simple wedding in mind, before Alice had jumped in and taken over. The only difference was, Alice was able to make the wedding to fit my Mom's taste, because they were good friends, but Alice knew nothing about Sue. How she had convinced Sue to this, was a mystery to me.
"I want Sue to be happy. So if it makes her happy-I'm happy too." He smiled and it was a real smile, a smile of utter happiness and devotion.
I felt so happy for Grandpa it threatened to choke me. After years of delving in sorrow over Mom's mother leaving him, he had now found love again and in a surely unexpected place too.
Would I ever be that lucky?
Yes, I decided, with a sidelong glance at Jacob, I would.
-Imprinted-
The word rang through my head loud and clear. From the first time I had heard it, till this very day, it always filled me with a sense of belonging and tenderness.
Jacob had explained it to me like this: "Imprinting is, when you are bound for life to one person. It is how werewolf's can find their soul mate. You and me, we are imprinted. That means that we are best friends and that I will always be there to protect you and be there for you."
And he always was. Jake was my best friend, had been ever since I had been a baby. He was someone to lean on. Someone to just hang out with and have a great time with . Someone I could trust, who would defend me against my parents and love me no matter how ridiculous I was being.
I didn't have many friends: I was a half-vampire! Because of my accelerated growth speed we had never been able to enroll me in school- leaving me to spend my time with people far beyond my own age (sometimes so by hundreds of years.).
And yet, it had never felt lonely, because I had had my lovely crazy family and Jacob always at my side, playing with me, indulging my probably rather childish fantasies and never even giving me the chance to feel remotely lonely.
Of course, recent events had rather shaken those dynamics up and actually for the first time made me aware they existed and made me aware how much I relied on them all to be halfway sane and take care of me. Jacob was the one who had really proven to do that.
And while I realized, I was still a child, I felt in my heart that me and my best friend had a special connection, one that even overpowered the imprinting in nearly every way.
"It's getting late. . ." Mom said with a look at her watch. "We should probably get going soon. . ."
"Oh, of course, Bella! I didn't mean to keep you so long." He too glanced at the clock that hung on the wall and frowned. "I suppose Sue must have got caught up with something."
"That's to bad." Mom said. "But we'll have plenty of time to talk with her before the wedding. Renesmee, will you please get our coats?"
"Yes Mom. Goodbye Grandpa!"
"Bye Ness! See you soon!"
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"The Volturi are focusing their entire search on China and the surrounding area." Alice's voice sounded trance-like and far away. She was sitting on the floor in the middle of the living room, her eyes were closed, a look of complete concentration on her face. We sat around her, on the sofa's and armchairs. All was quiet, except for the slightest hint of a breeze that blew through the room and the sunny chirping of birds outside.
The family room had been cleared of the wedding-planning mess that had been captivating it by Esme, who had demanded her living room back and once again it felt like a comfortable place to spend time in. Of course, right now, I didn't feel all to comfortable, considering that Alice might tell us any second the Volturi knew everything and we were doomed.
"Don't worry Renesmee." Daddy whispered and gave me an encouraging smile. I could barely move my muscles enough to smile back at him, I was wound up so tight. I wished Jacob was here right now with all of my heart. But he had had to discuss something with his pack and Sam's, as they had been working together. I realized only then that I hadn't seen the werewolf's in a while. Well, they would all be at the wedding.
"Aro will realize." Alice declared suddenly, breaking my dream-like state.
"Realize?" Aunt Rosalie asked bewildered.
"Aro can see all Demetri's thoughts and he can sense something is wrong." Daddy answered instead of her, a hint of panic detectable in his voice. "They haven't found a trace of Nahuel, but he can read Demetri's thoughts and knows that his instinct is pulling him and keeping him there, in china. Aro knows he's probably wrong. He just can't believe that his talented tracker could be so wrong."
Alice's eyes suddenly flew open. "He can't find out we tampered with his mind. He would declare both Bella and Nahuel as criminals and destroy them as well as us as accomplices."
"Well, will he find out?" Mom was frantic.
"I don't know." Alice shook her head trying to clear the vision. "It's to early to tell."
"We don't even know how exactly Bella and Nahuel managed to combine their gifts." Charlisle interrupted. "We have no idea how such a thing could even be possible, but it is certainly very valuable."
We all looked at each other in resignation.
"So what do we do?"
"Wait." Alice said. "Wait and see if they figure it out."
Jacob wouldn't be very happy. Patience wasn't exactly his strong suite and just like me, he hated the anticipation of something horrible. So, in the end, I was very glad Jacob had not been there after all.