Chapter four

<p>"If it isn't the bride" Bella said as she walked into Heather's dressing room who turned around and smiled as she looked at her , Heather had asked to be left alone for a few minutes and didn't expect that she would be visited by her groom's ex instead.<br/><br/>"The groom's ex" Heather smiled lightly as she looked at her.<br/><br/>"Oh, let's not be petty about this" Bella said as she walked lightly towards Heather baring a fake smile.<br/><br/>"Yeah sure" Heather said as she looked at her .<br/><br/>"What are you doing here anyway?" Heather asked as she turned back to look at herself in the mirror, she wore a white off shoulder dress that had a long slit across her right leg, a very untraditional dress for a wedding but who cares, she looked stunning, she had light makeup on, and a very short veil nothing grand and well, white matching heels.<br/><br/>"Well,I guess Austin wanted me to bare witness to his new bride" Bella said proudly as she looked at Heather's beautifully done locks and passing her hand lightly over them.<br/><br/>Heather took a moment to take in what Bella was saying, 'Had he invited her?' she wondered scoffing inwardly as she looked at herself.<br/><br/>'Stupid of me not to invite Jasper I guess'<br/><br/>"Well, Viewlight is part of our family's Co-operation, and he chose the venue to be here of all places, think about it" Bella added tauntingly as she smiled smugly at Heather through the mirror.<br/><br/>"Yeah well, Linda was in charge of venues and all" Heather said, she didn't know why but she felt like she needed to defend herself infront of Bella and she did, or she tried.<br/><br/>"Yeah?" Bella asked smirking at Heather before turning to walk to the door.<br/><br/>"Says alot doesn't it?" Bella asked as she reached for the doorknob and Heather turned to look as Haven, her sister walked in as Bella walked out.<br/><br/>"What was she doing here?" Haven asked as she stood by the door .<br/><br/>"Doesn't matter" Heather said as she shook her head lightly waving off the subject.<br/><br/>Haven smiled brightly as she walked up to her big sis, shaking off the odd look on her face as she approached her .<br/><br/>"If it isn't the finest bride I've ever known" Haven said as she looked Heather up and down.<br/><br/>"Yeah well, that's what everyone says on your wedding day" Heather said lightly.<br/><br/>"Well, you really are but if you don't want to hear that then what?" Haven asked <br/><br/>"Well, ermm for starters, that I'm gonna be okay, that I'll manage to be alive in the Moore household, that I won't hate my father-in-law and maybe that this is all a dream" she said in frustration <br/><br/>"Oh and that my husband is not still stuck up on his ex" she finished as she sat back down in front of the mirror.<br/><br/><br/>Haven looked down sadly at her sister and frowned , she squat down lightly, taking Heather's hand in hers and then looked up at her , <br/><br/>"Well , we both know that I'm a bad liar, but! ,maybe you will maybe you won't either way don't let thoughts of the future ruin you're present, there are somethings we can't change, and well you're gonna have to learn to live with it but you're strong H, I know you are and I trust you" Haven said as she struggled to hold back tears especially after seeing Heather tear up from her words, she moved her hand up , lightly brushing the tears from Heather's face.<br/><br/>"You're ruining the makeup!" She said in frustration as she looked at her and Heather laughed , sniffing lightly,<br/><br/>"Sometimes I think I'm the young one here " Heather said as she laughed lightly.<br/><br/>"Sometimes? Not all the time?" Haven joked as she stood up, pulling her sister up along with her .<br/><br/>"Now you gotta show those Moore's the power we Halloway girls hold" Haven continued as she looked seriously at her sis.<br/><br/>"Sure" Heather nodded as she looked at Haven.<br/><br/>"I wish dad were here" Heather said lightly<br/><br/>"I know" Haven replied pulling her sister in for a hug when a knock came at the door before their mom stepped in.<br/><br/>"You look beautiful " she said as she walked towards her daughters.<br/><br/>"Both of you" she said as she looked at them.<br/><br/>"You don't have to act like you care you know" Heather said.<br/><br/>"Yeah I don't, but I do care, I know we've had a strained relationship since Sage but I'm doing this for you" Linda said and getting no reply continued.<br/><br/>"I wish your dad were here , he would have made all this so easy" she added and Heather frowned.<br/><br/>"You shouldn't talk about him so lightly, you have no right to talk About him, we were all just a part of your plan, a bigger plan " Heather said tears sliding down her eyes and Linda stood in a trance.<br/><br/>She didn't know what to do or say, but seeing how much her daughters hated her hurt her, if only they knew , she thought as she looked at them.<br/><br/>"I'll see you at the altar " she said turning to leave Heather's dressing room.<br/><br/>"That was harsh" Haven said when their mom walked out, she knew best than get between their fights.<br/><br/>Heather sighed lightly as she moved to the dressing table,<br/>"Have you seen Fall and Amber?" She asked changing the subject.<br/><br/>"My makeup is all ruined " she added lightly.<br/><br/>"Relax, I got yah" Haven said as she pushed her down to a seat .<br/> <br/> Heather walked lightly through the crowd of guests that she barely knew, most of them were her mom's business partners and ofcourse the Moore's too, she barely knew anyone and was praying for the wedding to be done soon.<br/>She had no escort, she wanted to walk down the aisle alone, a reminder that she was gonna be fighting her battles alone, this marriage was planned, and so not like she had wanted her wedding to be like as kid. <br/><br/>She had wanted to have an outdoor wedding, with a few friends and close family, she had dreamt countless times of it, imagining her dad walking her down the aisle, her husband ,someone she loved very deeply, stood waiting nervously by the priest, maybe with tears in his eyes, a few , not many, and her , a veil covering her face and he would melt as he uncovered her, busking in her beauty, and it would seem like he had seen her for the very first time .<br/><br/>Heather looked down at the flower bouquet she was holding, atleast she had chosen it, she thought looking up as she reached the end of the aisle where her three bridesmaids stood and she smiled lightly at them through her veil before she turned to face where her to be husband was supposedto be standing.<br/><br/>"He's on his way" the man that seemed to be the best man said, Heather turned in confusion to look at her friends who stood behind her.<br/><br/>"The groom's not yet here" Fall said lightly and Heather's heart flinched, was he ditching her on their wedding or worse still? Was he with Bella? She wondered , her heart sunk Abit at the latter, she didn't care what he did , but atleast not on their wedding, she thought quietly to herself when the doors to the hall went wide open.<br/><br/>Heather turned to look in the direction she had come in, gasping as she looked at the elegant looking man that walked up towards her direction, he wore a navy blue tailored suit, and coupled it with sneakers, he looked classy , hot too, she thought as she watched her groom approach, he had ash brown hair trimmed in a gradual fade , and his eyes , almost slate grey with thin eyebrows, and thin lips,she realised in this moment that she had actually never really cared to pay attention to her groom's looks before, despite all the times they had met before but he was stunning.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry I'm late" the groom said to Heather as he took his position.<br/><br/>"Its okay" Heather said lightly as she looked down at her flowers , she was starting to get nervous, she wanted to take a closer look at her to be groom and yet something was stopping her from taking a peep, she felt that he was handsome and elegant in his steps, and his looks too.<br/><br/><br/>"You may kiss the bride" the priest said after they had said their I doz, none of them exchanged private vows, after all it was an arranged marriage, but Heather had felt every bit of her heart skip and her breathe hold as her groom repeated after the priest, she nervously repeated after him too, his voice, it was low and husky, and she felt it felt familiar, too familiar.<br/><br/> Heather looked up shyly at her groom who was now approaching her, he stood infront of her for what seemed like a second before he lightly took her veil over her face,<br/><br/>"You!" She gasped realisation hitting her , she felt her heart sink in fear and in anticipation as she looked at the handsome stranger infront of her, he didn't seem suprised though, but rather taken aback by her surprise instead, it was him, the guy she had bumped into the day before when she had received the news in change of the date. <br/><br/>"Can we get this over with?"he spoke lightly as he looked at her, Heather composed herself as she looked at her groom who seemed to take his time as he bent down and placed a light kiss rather peck on her lips.<br/><br/>She stood astounded as she looked at him, turning lightly to look at her maids who had a questioning look on their faces. <br/></p>