The thought of Edward rendered all of my butterflies immobile for a peaceful moment. I thought of him, the very definition of perfection standing at the end of that white silken path and all fear vanished. I wished we could have just gone to Vegas and did this privately. But that would have been selfish and unfair to Charlie and Renee and the Cullens. Alice especially. Listing off the names in my mind brought the butterflies back to life. I sighed in defeat and turned off the water.

I dressed quickly, realizing that Charlie’s breakfast was probably getting cold. I rushed down the stairs, toweling my hair as I hurriedly forced down some breakfast. I thanked Charlie for his unnecessary thoughtfulness and ran up to my room with Alice close behind. I was suddenly in an unexplained anxious hurry. I understood the reason for this when I opened my door to find Jasper waiting for us. Alice seemed unsurprised by his presence and I shot her a quizzical glance.

“Bella, you weren’t going fast enough. And, I could tell that you were nervous.”

Jasper was here to calm me down and hurry me up. I silently cursed the Cullen’s use of unfair powers on me while Alice blow dried my hair and threw it up into hot curlers on the top of my head. When she was done torturing my hair, she turned her attention to packing my suitcase full of my things in a minute flat. Only pausing to marvel at my lack of “sexy lingerie”, all the while ignoring my constant stream of questions.

“Alice!” I raised my voice to get her attention. She stopped and looked at me in shock, as if she hadn’t heard me the first seven times I asked her.

“What’s the suitcase for?” I repeated.

“What?” She seemed confused. “Well what on earth do you think….unless of course he didn’t tell…..” she grew quiet.

“What am I missing?” I asked, even though I knew she wasn’t going to tell me.

“I shouldn’t.” She confirmed my assumption. “Maybe he wants it to be a surprise… But honestly Bella, how could you not-”

Jasper interrupted, clearing his throat in a warning. Alice shut her mouth immediately and finished zipping up the suitcase.