It was now the morning of our private wedding and to say that I was overwhelmed was an understatement! I was filled with such a mixture of emotions that I didn't really know how to feel if I was being completely honest with myself. I was a mixture of nervousness, excitement and impatience; and I hated the fact that time was dragging until I could see my soul mate again.
Last night me and Ben didn't want to leave each other's company; but we were reminded by Adam, Belle and Evie that we had to. For me it was mostly down to the fact that I had got used to Ben being around a lot more; and sharing a room with him on an evening – so to spend the night without him felt strange to me. It was also down to the fact as well as if me and Ben weren't together it gave anyone waiting in the shadows to act out any plans to try and ruin our special day. However I was able to quickly reassure myself and Ben before he left – no one knew about our secret wedding. And one night alone was worth the rest of our lives together.
Evie stayed with me; and we talked late into the night and she helped calm myself down for the day ahead. I didn't know why I was nervous for; and when Belle came to see me this morning she said that this was perfectly normal to feel this way which reassured me greatly.
When it came to the time for me to put on my wedding dress I needed a few moments as I nearly burst out crying at the sight of it. Yes I had seen it before during my fittings; but the fact that today was my wedding day just became too much for me. The dress was perfect for me and Ben; and Evie had really made sure that both me and Ben were incorporated into my dress.
It was a white floor length strapless dress, with a sparking lace bodice that was covered with purple and blue gemstones. However when you looked closer you could see that they were spiralling their way to the bottom of the dress. It had a low v-neck and a large underskirt that made the dress fluff out. Along the bottom of the dress there were bright green gemstones sweeping the bottom of the dress. On the full right hand side of the corset Evie had stitched a double dragon in light purple stitching so it was very subtle. And behind the dress a long and elegant white train flowed to the ground.
My hair was already arranged into a tight bun and my veil was being held into place with the silver slide that Ben had given me on our first family day together. Underneath my dress I was already wearing my underwear; and a dark blue garter. I didn't understand this wedding tradition but I decided to go along with it – as I knew that when the time came for it to be removed me and my Beast would enjoy it. On my feet I was wearing white high heels – but thankfully they weren't too tall so I could safely walk around in my dress.
For my bouquet I had decided that I wanted purple and blue roses; and Ben thought that this was very cute. He ordered my flowers for me; however he went a little bit overboard; as yesterday he had my room filled with purple and blue roses. When I asked him why he had did it; he just simply told me 'because I love you' with my favourite warm smile.
"Come on Mal" I heard Evie say as I looked out of the window. "It's time" she smiled as I looked over to her.
"Eeek!" I exclaimed as I slowly walked up to her. She handed me my bouquet before linking my left arm; I then let her led me from the room so we could go and find my other bridesmaids. Then to go and find the love of my life, who I had just seen was waiting impatiently in the rose garden with his parents and the rest of our family for me to go and join them.