"Eden if you don't stop squirming we won't be able to put it on." Jana moaned to her cousin as she and Jupiter tried to fit Eden into her wedding dress.
"Maybe if I could see then I wouldn't need to squirm." Eden snapped into the direction that she thought Jana's voice was coming from. Eden had been blindfolded in an attempt by her cousin to make sure that Eden didn't get a peak at the dress. The last thing she had seen was Marie and Selena fitting Haven for the dress that Jana bought her. Just from what she was able to feel alone, the dress had full sleeves and the dress buttoned up in the back. Eden was nervous, especially because she had always pictured her wedding dress being a strapless one.
"Jupiter go grab the flowers." She heard Jana demand. Eden was then spun around and she felt a pair of hands take her own.
"Eden I'm going to take the blindfold off because it's time to put your veil on. Promise me you'll keep your eyes closed until I give you the go ahead." Jana said to her cousin in a low voice. Eden nodded her head, looking off into the direction Jana's voice was coming from. Slowly she felt the blindfold come off her face and though she wanted to open her eyes very badly, she kept them closed as the vampire had asked from her.
"Lift your foot prima." She heard Jana say from below her. Eden complied, and lifted her leg as she felt Jana's hand guide her into her shoes. The shoes weren't too high; if Eden had to guess, they couldn't have been more than four inches. After she had both shoes comfortably on her feet she felt Jana messing around with her hair.
"I'm putting your veil on and Jupiter is about to hand you your bouquet." Jana told Eden from her left. Eden stuck her hands out to take the flowers from Jupiter, and felt the witch's hands closing around her own hands as Eden felt the cool stems brushing against her thumbs.
"Oh Eden." She heard her mother breath out from somewhere behind her.
"Alright Eden, you can open your eyes." She heard Jana say. Taking a deep breath, she opened her eyes and as the light of the room came into focus she was able to see her wedding dress.
Never in Eden's entire life did she think that this was going to be the dress that she would marry in. Eden did not fathom the imagination to think up something that was this beautiful. She had been right about the gown being long-sleeved. It was a nice opaque pale grey color that danced with the flowers and vines that entangled themselves in the most elegant way. The grey got slightly more corporeal the further down the dress it got until it landed at Eden's feet, pooling on the floor around her. The dress cinched at her waist and flowed out just slightly so that it didn't look like it was swallowing her and all along the dress followed the same designs as they did on the arms. It was the most beautiful dress that Eden had ever laid eyes on, and thanks to Jana she was going to get married in it.
"Eden?" Jana spoke in a small voice when she heard nothing from the hybrid in question. Eden said nothing; she was too busy taking in the sight of the woman in the mirror. This was not the Eden Greer that had gotten out of bed this morning. No, standing in the mirror was the soon to be wife of one of the oldest creatures in existence. She wanted nothing more than to be this woman forever and became extremely alarmed at the sight of the woman in the mirror crying.
"Eden? Eden please tell me you like it. I can't let you wear something you don't like and if we hurry I could change you into the backup dress." Jana explained hurriedly. Startled, Eden remembered that her cousin did not know how she felt.
"I'm sorry, I'm just speechless." Eden told her cousin. Jana cocked her head slightly.
"Speechless in a good way right?" Jana asked, and Eden nodded her head.
"I look amazing.." Eden gushed, more tears streaming down her face. Jana released a breath, smiling at Eden.
"You love it?" She asked her, and Eden nodded. Jana had completely outdone herself and Eden honestly wasn't even sure she would be able to process the tears if the rest of the wedding was going to be this beautiful.
"Wow, Eden." A new, male voice came from the doorway. Eden turned to the door and saw that Rowan and Stiles were standing in the doorway to her room. They were both already dressed; Stiles was in his suit with a pale blue bow tie that brought out his already icy blue eyes. Rowan wore a deep blue dress that fell to her knees and she looked around the room with an unreadable expression until her eyes landed on her older sister where Eden saw them soften.
"Is she ready, is she dressed?" Came Rebekah's voice as she barged into the room in the same green dress that Jupiter and Jana were wearing. She waltzed up to Eden, beaming at her brightly.
"Sorry I was late luv, I was just taking a few precautions to make sure that this wedding goes off without a hitch." She winked at Eden and Eden smiled at her gratefully. She must have been warding the compound.
"How did Nik get so lucky to call himself your husband? You look stunning Eden." Rebekah leaned forward and planted a small kiss on her cheek. Eden smiled as Rebekah pulled away and then heard the sound of small coos coming from where her bed was before her eyes landed on the baby that was propped up on the bed.
"Oh my god." Eden swooned, turning around to get closer to her baby. Haven was now fully dressed and looked like a the picture of an angel in her dress with a matching headband.
"Mi niña hermosa." Eden whispered as she stuck a finger out for Haven to take. Just as the baby had touched her mother, Stiles cleared his throat.
"Sorry Eden, but I'm actually here to tell you that it's time to start the wedding, Jana told me to come remind her if she got too caught up with the time." Jana nodded her head.
"He's right, and I am eternally grateful. Thanks little cuz." Stiles nodded and Jana turned to the women in the room.
"Alright ladies, time to get in our places. Eden will see you out there shortly." Remembering that she was in fact, about to get married, her heart began pounding. Jana's head turned toward her younger cousin, and she placed a hand on her shoulder.
"What's wrong?" She asked, and Eden looked between her cousin and her daughter.
"Who's going to watch Haven?" Eden asked. Before Jana was able to explain, Rowan had stepped forward.
"I actually volunteered. I figured there was no reason for anyone in your family to miss the wedding and I'm supposed to protect her anyways." Rowan told Eden to which the hybrid sent her a thankful smile.
"Alright Stiles, help Eden down the stairs while I carry the train and Jupiter you'll watch her front." Jana instructed as she pulled Eden away from the one place that she knew her cousin would rather be more than where Jana was about to take her. Everyone followed Jana's instructions and after a few very stress-filled minutes, Eden made it down the stairs in one piece. They were met by the sound of music beginning to play and Eden felt her heart quicken more as she tried her best to pick out the one heartbeat she knew all too well.
"Come on, hurry. Selena just walked out and it's almost time for the first bridesmaid to go out as well." Andrew stood a few feet away from the doorway that led to the ballroom and was hurriedly rushing the small group toward him. Rebekah made it to him first, and she straightened out her flowers quickly before fluffing her hair and disappearing through the door. When Eden made it to Andrew, he looked at her in almost disbelief. He couldn't believe this was the same girl he read to sleep every night when she was a child. This couldn't be his little girl.
"Eden you look..." Andrew searched and came up empty in an attempt to properly convey how incredible his daughter looked. From behind the pair, Jupiter was now taking her turn to walk through the ballroom doors and into the ceremony.
"Guys, hurry this up. Eden's turn is about to come up and you've got to be on time." Jana reminded them as she quickly primped herself in one of the mirrors before sending her cousin an encouraging smile. "I'll see you down there cousin. Remember to count to ten and then it's your turn." She told Eden before she too was gone. Once she had gone through, Andrew turned to his daughter.
1...
Is it to much to ask if your father can walk with you?"
2...
She wasn't sure she was ready for that.
3...
"You don't have to if you don't want."
4...
Dimitri had been there for her so much lately.
5...
But she always wanted her father to give her away.
6...
She had to make a decision.
7...
Time was running out.
8...
"Is it okay if you both do it?"
9...
"Please..."
10...
Eden was about to get married.
(Guys I put up a picture of the wedding dress because I knew there was no way in hell I would be able to describe this dress the way it deserves to be. The only thing that's different about my description and this picture is that I took off the cape-like material. It's not on Eden's dress. The designer that I was referencing is Paolo Sebastian. All of the dresses I've described (besides Haven's) are some of his dress designs and they are amazing.)