Carlisle's Diary

The Big Day

Dear Diary:                                                                          May 11, 2013

          This last month has been an absolute whirlwind. Alice has been running around like a spitfire with an extra energizer battery!  She has been planning the wedding of Peter and Amy; whose only job was to stop by the court house and pick up a marriage certificate. And today's the big day! I'm so happy to tell you all how everything went down.

          The night before, we sent the bride and groom to their house and made sure that they were guarded by Corin who would automatically report to Rogue if they decided to sneak out. With the Watchers there's an unspoken law; Rogue, Corin, Amy, Michelle, her parents, and Keith are all very close and almost like family. But everyone knows that no matter what, Rogue is in charge so when she gives an order, there's no questions asked. So when she gave the order that Amy and Peter had to stay away from our backyard, they begrudgingly relented. Even then, we had Corin and Seth stood guard while we got the back yard ready. We set up and open aisle with rose petals for the actual aisle, there were white benches and lanterns hanging from each row.

          Alice secured a justice of the peace to perform the ceremony. Then it was time to put together the background of the ceremony, Alice used the little brook we had near our backyard and fully decorated it with moss. We cleared the trees to make for an opening, and then there is a small aisle and then a very medieval looking arch. Next, Alice went full speed ahead with the help of Rose, Bella, Nessie, Michelle, and the boys to put up the tent and make it fit with the medieval theme as well. All the colors were burgundy. We indeed ended up with 50 guests on the nose.

          Lastly and most importantly it was time to get ready. The guests were going to start arriving within the half hour so we vampires got ready very quickly to make sure we were there to welcome the guests. This was the first fully supernatural wedding. There wasn't one person or guest that was fully human if you don't count the Justice of the Peace. It was mostly made up of vampires and Watchers plus the wolves and Nessie. It made me snicker a bit and shake my head. Alice was like a traffic cop standing in the middle and directing people where to sit and where to put last minute items. Because the judge was in attendance already, we didn't lift any heavy stuff alone. We had told our guests on the invitations that the theme was Medieval Romance so if guests wanted to dress up they could. I was pleasantly surprised that 99% of those invited embraced the theme.

"Ok everyone places! Places! It's time to begin. The bride is ready and lord knows the men don't need that much time so they're ready too!" Alice called.

"Alright, alright cool your jets." Emmett grumbled. Everyone laughed.

        We all sat down in our designated areas. Edward was already at the piano playing random classical tunes softly as people made their way to their seats. The judge was smiling and waiting. He was staying long enough to marry them and off he went to his next engagement. Then it was time for the bridesmaids and groomsmen. First came Michelle with the flowers and sprinkled them generously down the aisle as she went. She smiled and winked at her parents. Her dress was a beautiful dark green medieval number with see-through black laced sleeves. I knew from what I'd heard from Alice that all of the bridesmaids would look the same. Secondly, came the groom who was wearing a very formal kilt that belonged to his fathers and forefathers before him. He was wearing a white shirt with a white tie, black vest, and black suit jacket with a red rose in his lapel. He wore white knee highs and black laced shoes. 

        Next came Corin on Keith's arm. Her red hair seemed even brighter against the beautiful green in the dress; she was wearing her hair down blown out in a wavy style. Keith was wearing a kilt, an off white shirt, and a gray vest also with a red rose in his lapel. He was also wearing knee high socks and black shoes. They looked very striking. Corin's bouquet was white roses and green hydrangea. Continuing then came Rogue and Alexander. They wore the same attire as Corin and Keith, except for Rogue's hair was blown out straighter then we thought possible and she had two braids going around from both temples to the back and connecting into a little braid down the back. She had the same kind of bouquet as Corin. As they all made their way down the aisle, they then went to stand in their designated spots after parting in front of the judge.