Chapter 20: The Wedding

Renesmee's POV

I felt my heartbeat erratically. I was nervous; extremely nervous actually. My heart is racing, my palms are sweaty, and my nerves are frayed. At the same time though, I have never been more excited. After all that I had been through, I was finally going to get married. I was getting married to Jacob, the love of my life.

I should be happy, I deserve to be happy. Yet, I couldn't help but be extremely nervous. My mom had assured me that this was perfectly normal. She said that she was extremely nervous at her wedding.

"Renesmee breathe" Alice reminded me as she was doing my hair. Alice had insisted on taking care of every single wedding detail. Dressing me up and making sure that I was picture perfect was number one on her to do list today.

"I'm trying. I'm just a little nervous" I said.

"Well try harder, you're going to mess up my masterpiece" she said.

I tried my best to calm my nerves as she worked on my hair and Rosalie worked on make up.

I thought back to everything that had happened in the past few months. The Volturi had finally been defeated. The whole vampire community was in uproar about who should rule next, or if anyone should rule at all. There were a lot of vampires that want my family to be in charge because they think that we'd be the most fair and the most just. I tend to agree with them. I'm just not entirely sure that my family wants that kind of responsibility.

"Time for the dress!" Alice squealed happily. I was going to wear the very same dress that my mom wore at her wedding. It was such a beautiful dress and my mom really wanted me to wear it. She said it was a dream of hers to see me wear the dress at my own wedding. I happily accepted.

Within seconds brought the dress and demanded, more like forced, me to put it on. She brought out heels that had to be at least four inches high. I had complained endlessly about that one. I didn't like heels at all. They were way to uncomfortable in my own personal opinion. However, annoying little Alice kept on pestering me about it until I finally agreed. My mom looked at me in sympathy the entire time. She had known what it was like to have Alice force you to wear something that you really didn't want to.

"You look absolutely stunning" Rosalie said.

"Thanks" I blushed.

Soon it was time to go. I was so nervous that I was sure I was going to fall on my trip down the isle. Luckily I was arm in arm with my dad.

"Don't let me fall" I whispered to him.

"Never" he said.

We slowly walked down the isle where I saw Jacob waiting at the end. He smiled at me when he saw me coming.

I was so fortunate to have him. He was the best guy that a woman could have.

We stopped about half a foot away from him. It was time for the "giving away" part.

My dad handed me over to Jacob but not without saying "She's still mine"

That made me smile.

The ceremony began. I was less nervous now that I was actually at the alter. Being so close to Jacob also helped a lot.

Then we said our vows to each other and it was all over. We could hear everyone cheering in the background. The noise seemed to fade as we kissed each other for the first time as a married couple. It felt like we were the only two people on Earth.

This was the way that I always wanted it to feel.