Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight characters, Stephenie Meyer does.

The next day I woke up with a little nervousness and lot of excitement. I knew it was my wedding day but a part of me was still afraid that it was all just a wild dream.

I could not believe how yesterday I woke up cursing my life and today I was thanking every deity on earth for it.

I lived a life with so much hopelessness and despair that I never even imagined anyone could ever rescue me from the hell that I was living in. Then suddenly, one day, he was there, my Edward, changing my life upside down and making me once again believe in fairytales and happily ever afters.

I never knew love until I met him. He changed my dreams, my hopes and my whole life within few moments of meeting. He gave me a reason to live.

I was brought back from my thoughts by the knocking on my door.

"Good morning, Bella." Alice said walking into my room with what I assumed was my breakfast.

"Oh Alice, you shouldn't have." I said trying to get up.

"Silly Bella, you are my sister now and as your sister, it is my right to spoil you as much I want." She said with a beautiful smile.

My eyes filled with tears hearing her words. When I first arrived, I was afraid of her treating me like how my family did but she surprised me with her love and acceptance.

"Oh no, no, no. this won't do. We are the Cullens and Cullens don't cry. Well, we, I mean, Edward and I, cannot literally cry but that's not the point. So no more tears, Belly."

"Belly?"

"Yeah. It's my new nick name for you. Do you like it?" she asked. I could see her eyes dancing with mischief.

"Alice, I am just glad that you like me enough to give me a nickname." I said sincerely.

"I don't like you, Belly. I loooove you." She said giving me loud kiss on my cheek making me laugh.

"Now, enough with all this heavy stuff. Today is your wedding day and so we are going to have fun and you are not going to think about stupid negative things, understood?"

I laughed at her enthusiasm and gave her a hug which she returned happily.

The rest of the morning passed quickly and soon it was time to get ready for the most important event of my life- my wedding.

As I sat in front of the mirror, I could not help but wonder what my family was doing. I was sure that they didn't even know that I was missing as they would return to Forks only in that evening from Seattle after visiting Seth.

I wondered whether they would take the time to report it or just be glad to get rid of me. Then again, I was their personal maid so they must miss me at least at the time of dinner or when they are looking for clean clothes.

I was once again brought back from my wandering thoughts when Alice started combing my hair.

"Why the sad face, Belly?" she asked.

"Oh, just thinking about my family. I bet they don't even know that I never returned home yesterday."

"Some people are like that, Belly. I know they are your family but I don't think they deserve even a thought from you."

"Edward thinks I should make them feel the same pain that I suffered."

"Well, if you ask me, I would say Edward is right. Belly, you are not the heroine of a daily soap opera who takes crap from everyone and still be forgiving like some sort of mother Theresa. You are human with emotions and pains. Your ex- family, they didn't think twice before taking your childhood away from you or making you work like their personal slave. They made you feel worthless. They did not care about you then why should you care about them? So I say, you go there and show the son of bitches what happens when you mess with the wrong person."

"Ex- family, huh?" I asked with a small smile.

"Yep, ex- family. On second thought they should never be called family even with an 'ex' in the front. Belly, I know you are scared but it's ok. Everyone has fears but you have to understand that you are no longer alone. You have us. We will support you always."

"Alice… I don't know what to say…. Thank you…" was all I could manage to say trying hard not to cry.

"Bella, how many times do I have to remind you that there is no need of thanks?" She said with a mock glare.

We were silent as she did my hair. I knew she was giving me time to control my emotions which were all over the place. I was grateful that she didn't push me to talk about it.

"Ok, your hair is done. Now it is time for your wedding dress." She said making me stand so that she could ease the dress over my hair and make-up

I could not help but gasp when I looked at my reflection in the mirror as she fastened the long line pearl buttons up on my back. I no longer looked the plain old Bella. I looked beautiful and most importantly, happy.

"Belly, you look beautiful." Alice said hugging me from behind.

I took a deep breath to control the emotions once again. Thankfully, Alice distracted me.

"Ok, now, for something blue….here…" she said placing a small white box in my hands.

I opened it gently to find two heavy silver hair combs with dark sapphires clustered into intricate floral shapes atop the teeth.

"It's something old too. They were Edward's mother's. He wanted you to have it."

"Alice…are you sure?" I asked, my voice shaking.

"Belly, you are his everything so yes, I am sure and so is he." She said taking them from me.

She then stepped up and quickly slid both combs into my hair under the edge of the thick braid.

"Now something borrowed… here…" she said placing a white garter in my palms and of course I blushed making her laugh.

She took it from me and ducked under my skirt making me squeak. This earned me another round of laughter. She caught my ankle and yanked the garter in place.

She then stood up and examined me with those golden eyes.

"Perfect" she said with a bright smile which made me smile along with her.

"Belly, I need to get changed. Will you be alright?"

"I will be fine. Now go." I said pushing her out of the room.

As soon as Alice left the room, I started feeling nervous. I was not nervous about marrying Edward as I knew he was my soul mate and I also knew that he loved me unconditionally. But I was nervous about becoming a wife. All my life I was a disappointment to my parents and everyone around me. The scars they left in my heart were making me doubt myself.

"I knew leaving you alone with your thoughts was a bad idea." Alice's words brought me back from my thoughts.

I turned to look at her and was awestruck by her beauty.

"Wow" was all I could say.

She just laughed at my reaction.

"Ok, it is time, so forget all the stupid things that you were thinking and smile that beautiful smile of yours. Yeah...just like that….perfect" She said giving me two frothy white bouquets.

"Come on" she said pulling me along with her downstairs.

Alice stopped me as we reached a large door through which I could hear music and people chattering. She then took my hand in hers.

"Belly, I know life was not easy for you but today, everything is going to change. Today, you are starting a new life and I am really happy that I get to be part of It." she said hugging me carefully as not to wrinkle my dress.

"Now, I know mostly fathers walk the bride down the aisle but can I do it, as your sister?"

Her question caught me off guard and my emotions were no longer in my control and tears rolled down my cheeks. I hugged her with all my might, taking her by surprise.

"The dress, the dress" she screamed making me laugh through my tears.

"Thank you Alice" was all I could say when I pulled back.

After she successfully helped me control my tears, she adjusted my makeup and we were ready to go.

As Alice pushed open the door and I was greeted by the profusion of white blossoms that hung garlands from everything in the room that wasn't alive, dripping with long lines of white gossamer ribbons. I tore my eyes from the bowery canopy and searched across the rows of satin draped chairs to find unfamiliar faces staring at me in unison. But all my eyes could focus was the man who stood at the end of the aisle.

Nothing could have prepared me for the vision of him, dressed in tuxedo, waiting for me with that beautiful smile of his. I no longer cared about the beautiful decorations or the unfamiliar faces around me. The only thing that mattered was him.

I had waited for a long time for someone to love me unconditionally and today, I had him, standing at the end of the aisle waiting for me patiently.

I realized I could not wait any longer to tie myself to him in every way possible. Suddenly the aisle felt too long and the march too slow and I struggled to pace my steps to its rhythm. Finally, I was there, standing in front of the golden eyed angel who was everything to me.

Words could not express the gratitude and love I felt towards him. The words of the priest were lost in the background as I looked into his eyes. I was so immersed in him that he had to squeeze my hand when it was time for me to say the vows.

The rest of the ceremony passed similarly with me trying really hard to savor each and every moment and not getting lost in the man standing beside me.

His eyes reflected his love and his kiss was like a breath of life, welcoming me to a new world filled with happiness and hope and I found myself forgetting everything else once again.

The wedding flowed into reception party which was held in the huge backyard of the mansion. It was beautiful with each and every tree decorated with thousands of fairy lights and flowers serving as fragrant, airy tent over the dance floor set up on the grass under two of the ancient cedars.

Edward held me close as he introduced me to several guests who congratulated us. I could feel so much sincerity and warmth in their words that I wondered whether Edward handpicked them for our wedding by reading their thoughts.

After taking turns shoving cake in each other's faces and earning laughs from everyone around, Edward pulled me into his arms for the customary first dance and I was twirled effortlessly under the glow of the canopy of lights.

Gentle breeze caressed us, as if saying their greetings as we swayed in the slow music holding each other as close as we could. The moment was so beautiful and perfect that I wished we could stay there forever.

We were brought back from our bubble by Alice who informed as that it was time for us to leave. So, after a lot of hugs and kisses from everyone around, we were off to our honeymoon.

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A/N: sorry for the delay (again) and for not responding to the reviews. I am getting married (on sept 2nd) so everything is little crazy in my RL but I will try my best to update regularly. Anyway, thank you all for reviewing and for loving my story. Hope you like the chapter. Pls review to let me know :)

This is the fourth time I am uploading this chapter. hope it works this time.