I sat next to Zafrina, who look stunning.
She turned and looked at me.
"Your dress is beautiful." She told me.
I smiled slightly. For some reason a nervous feeling was stirring in the pit of my stomach.
One of the first human feelings I had gotten since becoming a vampire.
"Alice made it." I told her, fiddling with the flowers.
"Stop it." She said, playfully hitting my hand.
"Why am I so nervous?" I asked her.
Zafrina shrugged her shoulders, which didn't really help.
I nodded and looked down at my feet hoping Zafrina would say something to make me feel better.
I saw a pair of black shoes standing in front of me. I looked up to see Jasper smiling down at me.
"Wow Hermione... you are gorgeous." He said, not taking his eyes off me.
I laughed nervously.
"I don't feel it." I said.
"You'll be fine." He said, kneeling in front of me.
He put his hand on mine. "Trust me."
I took an intake of breathe. He had given me the reassurance I needed with two simply words.
The ceremony was simply breathtaking. It was pretty clear Alice was given permission to go all out with designs.
But it wasn't over the top. It was elegant and well suited to Emmet and Rosalie.
Rosalie, as I had expected, looked amazing. Her blonde hair was curly and ran down to her waist. And her dress was white and flowed into a long trail.
I hadn't been prepared for how Edward was going to look though.
It nearly knocked me off my feet. Despite wearing exactly the same as Jasper and Carlisle, there was something about Edward. There was something about how beautiful this boy was.
We were all now sitting in the Cullen's living room which all the furniture had been moved from to make room for people to dance.
I noticed Tanya and her family. She was another one who looked gorgeous and she was outrageously flirting with Edward, which bothered me.
Rosalie came over to me.
"Thanks for coming." She said.
"I got to be honest Rosalie I didn't think you would miss me not being here." I told her.
She sighed.
"I don't really like you for what you did but you're still family." She said.
I scoffed.
"I hate the fact you use that word for me." I said, looking straight across the room.
"But don't you see that you are? Yes you made a mistake, a massive mistake but look around. No-one is punishing you for it but you." She said a sympathetic look on her face. A look I had never seen her wear before.
I didn't know what to say.
"What happens next?" I said. "Someone is going to get hurt and just opens up the same can of worms."
"You want to stop someone from getting hurt do it sooner rather than later. The longer you prolong this, the more it hurts." She said.
That last sentence was aimed at me and she was right. But surely I was the one who should have been hurt. Why hurt Edward and Jasper?
I laughed slightly.
"I always thought you hated me." I said.
"I never hated you." She said, before leaving to speak to Carmen.
I felt someone lean against the wall next to me.
I turned to see Edward, still looking intimidatingly beautiful.
"You owe me a dance." He said.
I smiled and took his out stretched hand.
We started dancing and couldn't help but look into his eyes.
"I bet you want to know what I am thinking." I said.
He smiled the crooked smile I had missed.
"You sure you're not a mind reader?" He said.
"Sometimes I don't have to be." I smiled.
"So... what are you thinking?" He asked.
"Nothing." I told him honestly.
He laughed slightly.
We didn't say anything as we continued to dance.
It was God knows what time at night and Carlisle was having a heated discussion with Eleazar about something I didn't quite understand.
I sat there looking confused before someone put a hand on my shoulder.
I turned to see Jasper and followed him when he motioned for me to go outside.
"Oh thank God I am not listening to that anymore." I said, once we got outside.
Jasper grabbed my shoulders and pinned me against the wall.
"I am tired of tip toeing round now Hermione. I am just coming out with it." He said a frustrated look on his face.
I just looked back at him confused.
"I love you and I want you to pick me." He said.
I opened my mouth to say something but I didn't know what to say.
I just looked at him.
"I love you too." I told him.
He went to kiss me and I put my hand up.
Jasper looked at me and I looked back at him.
"You love me so what is stopping us?" He said.
"I love Edward too." I said.
"Do you love Edward more?" He asked.
I pondered that question for a moment.
Finally I looked into Jaspers golden eyes, remembering their original green colour.
I simply nodded.
Jasper's hands fell from off my shoulders.
"It's Edward and deep down it's always been Edward." I told him.
Jasper looked at the floor and stayed silent.
"Say something." I begged.
"I think deep down I always knew that." He said, lifting his head up to look at me.
"I'm so sorry." I whispered.
Jasper shook his head and scoffed.
"I asked Marcus about it, just to get an outsiders opinion. And he senses it. He senses the relationships. And he said even though there is something between me and you, he has never something as strong as what there is between me and Edward. I didn't know if I believed him at first that's why I went to Africa. How could I just diminish what you and I had? But coming back here, it made me realise. He was right." I told Jasper.
He just continued to look at me.
"I'm sorry for ever turning you into a vampire. I am sorry for ever saving your life." Was all he said before leaving me standing there.
I stood there in complete shock unable to move.
I wanted to cry so bad that my eyes began to hurt.
Finally I ran into the woods as fast as my feet would let me.