Joshua's POV

My little girl, my princess is getting married. While I know he loves her I'm just not ready to let her go.

She met Jacob her senior year of high school. They broke up and got back together a thousand times through college but in the end when he proposed she said yes without even thinking. And I know they'll be happy.

Sam is married with a little boy named Bryan and a little girl named Jayden.

"She wants you Josh." Rosalie tells me coming out of Bella's dressing room.

I walk in and try not to cry. She's my little girl. And she's getting married.

"Do I look OK daddy?" She asks me nervously.

"You look just like a princess."

"Like Cinderella." She whispers.

"Just like Cinderella, but with brown hair. You're beautiful princess. I can't believe you're getting married." I tell her hugging her and kissing her head and telling her not to cry.

"Thank you for saving me daddy. If I'm Cinderella that makes you… not the prince, Jacob is the prince… it makes you… my knight in shining armor. I love you."

"I love you too, so much. OK, I'm going to call Rosalie in to fix your make up." I tell her and she nods yes.

I run into Jacob in the search for Rosalie.

"How is she?" He asks nervously.

"Nervous and beautiful and crying. I need to find Rosalie to fix her up before we start." I tell him.

"I love her so much." He tells me.

"I know you do." I assure him then walk off to find Rosalie. I find her with Sam trying to fix up Jayden's flower girl dress that Jayden got all wrinkled and covered in grass following Bryan around outside.

I tell her Bella needs her and she goes to help her. Sam asks me how I'm doing and I tell him I'm OK. Sad maybe but happy at the same time. They love each other and he'll take care of her.

"You know when you left I was hurt and confused but I always knew you had a good reason. Then when mom told me the truth and we met her at Disney World she was so afraid I was going to hate her, that I wouldn't understand. But the way you were with her, it reminded me so much of the way you were with me. You love her just as much as you love me and as much as I love Bryan and Jayden and I knew then I couldn't be mad at you or hate her. It sucked not having you in my life for so long but she was always worth it." He tells me.

I always knew he didn't hate us but actually hearing him say it is nice.

Soon the ceremony starts and I walk her down the aisle to give her away.

"I love you daddy." She whispers as I place her hand in Jacob's.

"I love you too princess."

The ceremony goes by quickly with me and Alison trying to hold all the kids down.

At the reception Bella is floating around in her Cinderella dress laughing and smiling and kissing everyone with Jacob right there.

"Dance with me daddy." She comes up and grabs my hand.

We dance without talking because I don't even know what to say to her now.

Then Emmett takes her from me and I dance with Alison.

"You did such a good job with her Josh. You raised a beautiful, loving amazing woman." She tells me. By the time Alison moved in with Bella and I Bella was too old to see her as a mother, to her Rosalie is like her mother but they are close.

"And now she doesn't need me anymore." I tell her.

"She'll always need you. There will be times when Jacob pisses her off and she wants to kill him and she'll come running to you." She tells me laughing.

Sam comes up and tells us they are about to leave for their honeymoon. She was just going to leave without telling me good bye.

"She's waiting for you." He tells me like he's knows what I'm thinking.

We walk out to where she is waiting by the car and when she sees me she runs to me and hugs me hard.

And then she's gone.

"Come on Josh let's go home. She's going to be fine; you know Jacob will take care of her." Alison drags me away as I watch her car drive off.

This is her happily ever after but I feel like I'm losing her.

"Dad wait!" Sam yells before I get in my car. He hands me a bag and tells me she told him to give it to him after he leaves. "I don't know what it is but she said she loves you and to please not to be mad at her."

Nothing suspicious about that I think as I pull a frame out of the bag.

"Holy shit Alison she's pregnant." I tell her looking at the ultrasound. She must have been afraid I would tell her she was too young. She is too young but I could never be mad at her for it.

I call her and tell her I'm happy for her and she cries and tells me she loves me.

I let Alison drag me to the car and drive home thinking about my little girl getting married and having a baby.

"You OK?" Alison asks pulling me out of my thoughts.

"She's my little girl and she's going to have a baby and she's driving in a car right this second with her husband. She has a husband and she's going to have a baby." I tell her as if she doesn't know all of this.

"This is good Josh, all good. You did everything you were supposed to do and she grew up into an amazing woman. She's going to be an amazing mom because she has an amazing dad. And Rosalie, she has Rosalie. I know she's your baby and you're never going to not worry but she's going to be OK." She tells me and I know she's right.

She doesn't need me to protect her anymore.

A Few Years Later

"Good night Sophie, I love you. I'll see you in the morning." I tell my 4 year old granddaughter kissing her head as she runs off after Bella for bed.

Jacob is out of town and Bella hates staying alone at night so she begged me to stay. Or maybe she mentioned she hates it and I offered…

I'm walking past Sophie's door and I hear her ask Bella to tell her the Cinderella story.

"Once upon a time there was a princess named Cinderella who had a mean dad and a scared mom. The mom knew the dad would hurt the princess so she called a brave knight to come and take the princess away from the kingdom. The brave knight had to leave his family but he thought the princess was worth it. One day the mean dad came to take the princess but the brave knight wouldn't let him. Then a king of the kingdom they were living in made the bad dad go away and the knight and the princess moved back to the kingdom where the knight could be with his family. And there Cinderella met Prince Charming. And they all lived happily ever after."

"I like your story better than the movie mommy." Sophie tells her sleepily.

"So do I baby girl. Sleep tight." She kisses her and walks out of the room and looks at me.

"I'm glad you know you were worth it." I tell her.

"You never left any room for doubt about it." She tells me.

Saving Cinderella.

Starts with a tiny little girl in danger, ends with happily ever after with some secrets and some lies, a lot of love and some danger in between.

It's probably my favorite story.

The End

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