Wedding planning was a happy change from the week before. However, wedding planning involved a lot of decisions. Jasper and I let Alice make most of them, but a few of the decisions were ones we had to make on our own. That started with us picking bridesmaids and groomsmen.
"Alright! Everyone gather around!" I yelled through the house.
Jasper and I were standing in the living room as everyone quickly ran into the room, eager to hear what we had decided.
"Okay," Jasper started saying, looking at everyone. "We know you are all very excited, but please don't freak out when we ask someone else to do something."
"Can you just get on with it already?!" Alice yelled. She was agitated that I had learned how to block certain things from her and Edward, so neither of them knew what we had decided like they usually would be able to.
"Relax," I told her.
Jasper decided to go first. "Noah," he started saying before everyone freaked out.
"We just told you not to do that," I told everyone, silencing them.
Jasper continued. "Noah, would you be my Best Man?"
Noah smiled in happiness while Emmet and Edward scoffed. Noah replied, "Of course, Jasper," while Emmet and Edward argued.
"Why can't we be your best men?" Emmet asked, upset.
"Yeah," Edward agreed. "We're pretty close now."
"I want you to be my groomsmen," Jasper told the two arguing boys. "And I choose Noah over you two because he doesn't try and fight me randomly, and he didn't make me leave Emma behind." That comment shut both boys up, but we all knew Jasper wasn't mad at them for either of those things.
All eyes shifted to me as the girls waited to hear my decision. "I've decided I want my Maid of Honor to be Rosalie." I prepared myself for the worst, but it never came.
"Are you serious?" Rosalie asked me, astounded. "I thought you would choose Alice over me for sure."
"I'm serious," I told her, smiling at how calm the girls were being. "And I want Alice and Bree to be two of my bridesmaids."
"Just two?" Alice asked, clearly curious as to my other choice. "Who else are you asking?"
Jasper answered for me, laughing at Alice's curiousness. "We'll tell you who they are after we tell them."
"But first," I said, "I have one last request." I turned to face Esme and Carlisle, who had been respectfully silent the entire time. "Mom, I really want you to just be there as my mom, not as a bridesmaid," I told her honestly, making her smile.
"Of course," she told me. "I would love that, Emma."
"And," I continued, having one last person to talk to, "I really want you to walk me down the aisle, Dad, with Sam." That one was a long shot of a request. I really wanted them both to be there since they were both really important in my life, but I would choose Carlisle over Sam if he didn't want to do it together.
Carlisle's silence did nothing to soothe my anxiety. I didn't want to use anyone's powers to feel his emotions or hear his thoughts, but I was tempted.
Then he finally answered me, "You really want me to walk you down the aisle?"
"Of course," I told him quickly, without even thinking about it. "You're my dad. And I want Sam there as my brother. It just feels right."
"Well, of course, Emma. I would be honored to walk you down the aisle with Sam." Carlisle smiled as he spoke, and I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. "I have a feeling the two of you have a trip to make to ask some other people?"
"Oh yeah," I said, looking over a Jasper. "I guess we could go now and get it over with."
"Get it over with?" Edward asked, confused.
"Oh," Jasper replied. "A fight is going to break out for sure when we say what we need to say."
"Good luck," Esme told me, a smile on her face.
The two of us headed out, not before pausing outside the door. We could hear the entire family celebrating over our choices and the fact that we were finally getting married.
Jasper and I ran to Sam's house, where we assumed the entire pack was. I knocked on the door, and Sam answered. "Hey, what's up?" he asked me.
"We have some things we need to talk about with everyone," I told him. "Regarding the wedding."
"Well, come on in."
We walked into the house to see everyone there as we had expected. I saw Nathan and Leah hanging out in the living room with Jacob and Bella, which confused me and made me smile. I was glad everyone was getting along.
Seth saw us enter first, and he came running up to us. "Hey guys!" he yelled, giving us both a hug.
"Perfect, Seth," Jasper started saying, hugging him back. "You were just the person I was looking for."
"What's up?" he asked, pulling back. He was worried and confused, but Jasper eased his worry quickly.
"I was wondering if you would be one of my groomsmen?" Jasper asked him.
Seth was stunned into silence. Whatever he thought we were going to ask him, that was not it. Slowly, a smile broke out on his face as he realized that he was chosen over everyone else in the pack. "Really?!" he yelled, getting everyone's attention.
"Really," Jasper told him, a smile on his face. "I wouldn't want anyone else."
"What about us?" Paul yelled out from the table. I looked to see Quil and Embry were also sitting there upset.
"That is mean," Sam told Paul, slapping the side of his face. "They do not have to include all of us, there are a lot of us, and The Cullens are obviously going to be in the wedding too."
"Actually," I said, walking closer to the boys sitting at the table. "You three are just the people I needed to talk to."
"Don't tell me you're going to ask us to be your bridesmaids," Quill complained.
"No, I'm not," I told Quill. "I need one of you to be the ring bearer and the other two to be flower boys."
"I call ring bearer!" Paul yelled, beating the other two.
"Fine with me," I told him.
"What is with all the yelling?" Emily asked, walking into the room. She spotted Jasper and me and smiled, saying, "Well, that makes sense."
"Emily, I have a question for you," I told her.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Would you be one of my bridesmaids?"
"Of course, Emma!" she yelled in excitement. "I would love to!"
I turned to Sam, who was watching from the side, a small smile on his face. He could tell I was going to ask him something. "Am I going to be a bridesmaid?" he asked, half-joking.
"No," I told him. "I was actually wondering if you would walk me down the aisle with Carlisle as my brother."
I didn't get an immediate answer from Sam; instead, he pulled me into the tightest hug he's ever given me. "I would be honored," he whispered into my ear as I hugged him back.
As the two of us pulled away, I knew I had one last conversation that had to happen. I walked into the living room where Leah, Nathan, Jacob, and Bella had been listening to everything. Both Nathan and Bella looked uncomfortable around me.
I took a deep breath, ready to have this conversation, but Jacob decided to start instead.
"It's okay," he told me. "You don't have to invite us. We understand why."
Bella and Nathan nodded at his words as Leah pulled Nathan closer to her. Obviously, the two were already close, which made me happy. They both deserved it.
"Actually," I told Jacob. "I came in here to officially invite all four of you to the wedding as guests. I really want you all to be there." I could hear Jasper walking up behind me as I spoke and his arms wrapped around my waist as I finished.
"We both want you there," Jasper said, making sure they knew we were being serious.
"Then we'll be there," Bella said, looking directly at me for the first time. "We wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Perfect."