Chapter Four: Alice’s Way

After that day my life had decided to play in fast forward. The invitations had been sent out, and everyone had called the Cullen’s to RSVP, I had countless fittings for my wedding dress, and although I had wanted little to do with the actual planning, I’d gotten suckered in.

“Bella, you at least have to decide on the food and cake,” Alice pleaded with me. “How am I supposed to know what tastes good? All of it will taste like dirt to me.”

There was nothing to do but agree with her, the only person able to actually taste the food was me. I had been dragged to numerous restaurants sampling what felt like thousands of dishes. In the end it wasn’t so bad. Edward came with us and watched in amusement as my stomach was filled to the max.

Alice and Edward were both in agreement when I chose the quaint little Italian restaurant he had first taken me to, to cater the wedding. Eating there was a very different experience from the first, because I was actually able to taste the food this time, and it was genuinely delicious.

Since not everyone ate meat, and it was kind of a pain to find a yummy vegetarian dish, pasta was pretty much the way to go. Alice said it was a good choice because steaks and things of the sort were very heavy and the salad and pasta dish would be just enough. Emmett found it absolutely hilarious that we were going vegetarian style, and so did I to tell you the truth. Vege Vamps and their humor . . .

Looking for the perfect cake was difficult to say the least, but a bit more bearable. I mean, I love my sugar. Once again I decided, and Alice wholeheartedly agreed with my choice. We were going to have a mocha flavored cake with espresso flavored butter cream frosting. The one sliver had me hooked, and I could only imagine what the whole thing must look like.

Once that was over, all of the Cullen women had made sure I got one more human experience before my change. The bachelorette party. It was actually quite fun. Me, Alice, Esme, Rosalie, Angela, and my mother had a sleepover at their house and mused over hair styles for the next day, did manicures and pedicures, and girl talked.