The day had finally come, it was the day of Elora and Sapiens' 50th Wedding Anniversary, and luckily enough it fell on a Saturday, everything was already put in place, and the party would take place in the beautiful garden.
"Lucyyy good morning," said Bella as she entered Lucinda's room without knocking.
"Hmm??" said Lucinda as she was still sleeping, her hair was scattered all over her face and she was still sleepy.
"Lucy, wake up," said Bella as she poked Lucinda
"Bella?? what are you doing in my room at this time?" asked Lucinda
"And where is Luke?" she asked as she looked to her side and she saw that the bed was empty, did she sleep that soundly that she didn't notice when he got up?
"Ahh Well my dear, we have to get ready of course," said Bella
"And Luke, well I saw him earlier, he's probably with the children, so don't worry about him, let us women get all pretty" said Bella as she smiled
"Okay??" said Lucinda as this was all just too suspicious but she didn't have any time to think about it because Bella pushed her out of bed saying.
"Come on go take a bath, we cannot be late can we?" asked Bella
"I guess not??" said Lucinda as she walked towards the bathroom.
"Lucy dear, do you remember when we were children and we used to do each others hair?" asked Bella
"Yes, I do, what does that have to do with anything?" asked Lucinda suspiciously as she used a towel to dry her hair.
"Well let's do like the old times and let me do your hair" said Bella as she pushed Lucinda to sit in front of the mirror.
"Bella are you feeling fine??" asked Lucinda as she looked at Bella through the mirror
"Haha Of course I'm fine, why do you ask?" asked Bella as she brushed Lucy's hair.
"Well you are being more suspicious than usual" said Lucinda
"Haha No no, it's just been a long time since we had fun like this" said Bella as she laughed.
"Hmm are you sure??" asked Lucinda
"Because it seems like I'm the one getting married and it's not my parent's anniversary" said Lucinda
"Hahaha Lucy, who ever said that, you think too much" said Bella as she laughed.
"Now, where is that dress we bought you, that is what you are wearing today" said Bella
"Belle don't you think that, this is all too much?" asked Lucinda as Bella rushed to her closet.
"Haha nothing is too much for you my dear Lucy" said Bella as she smiled and took out a dress that was hanged in the closet.
"Just relax and let me make you prettier my dear friend" said Bella as she smiled.
"Elora, my dear happy Anniversary, you are as beautiful as always." said Captious as he smiled.
He had just entered the house, and Elora was in the hallway greeting and welcoming the guests.
"Ahh Capi, thank you," said Elora as she smiled and hugged him.
She was wearing a pink floral knee-length dress with short puffy sleeves, her hair was tied up neatly in a bun and her eyes shone as she smiled, she looked like she was still in her mid-thirties.
"Where is Stella?? isn't she with you?" asked Elora as she looked behind Captious to see if she was coming.
"Aww about that, Elora, Stella said that I should send her sincerest apologies, something important came up and she could not leave the Palace," said Captious
"Oh I see, it's fine, the work of a Vice Chancellor is never finished," said Elora as she smiled.
"We all know that," said Captious as he smiled back.
"Where is he?" asked Captious
"He's in his office of course," said Elora as she knew who Captious was referring to.
"Then let me go see him," said Captious
"Okay, see you later," said Elora as she smiled and Captious smiled back.
"Lora dearrrrrr" came the voice loud voice of a woman from the end of the hallway.
The woman had dark, black hair, she had brown eyes and a big smiled on her face, she wore a yellow dress with her hair left down, she had a man with a serious aura around him, he was the exact opposite of the woman.
He had dark brown hair, which had some white streaks in it, he had brown eyes and a short shaved beard.
"Ahh Fawn my darling" said Elora as she turned to look at the woman who was named Fawn who called her.
"Darling, I missed you, Happy Anniversary" she said as she gave her an air kiss and Elora did the same.
"Thank you Darling" said Elora as she smiled
"Frederick" said Elora as she smiled and nodded.
"Elora" said the man named Frederick as he nodded back.
"Happy Anniversary" he said
"Thank you" said Elora as she smiled.
"Elora dear, don't mind him, you know how he is, let's leave him alone, you and I have to catch up" said Fawn as put her arm in Elora's
"Okay my Fawn" said Elora as she smiled.
"Fredrick, make yourself at home" said Elora as she turned back to look at him.
"Thank you" replied Frederick.
Meanwhile back in Lucinda's room.
"Belle don't you think that this is way too much??" asked Lucinda as only her face could be seen.
"Oh hush, that's nonsense, you look just right" said Bella as she gave her a thumbs up.
"No this is definitely too much, it's my mother that should dress this way and not me" said Lucinda
"Oh quiet, I am sure Aunt El looks graceful as always, and you are definitely not outshining her" said Bella
"Now I think the party is almost starting" said Bella as she put her green pearl earrings in her ear.
"You stay put and add some finishing touches if you want to, while I go and join the guests" said Bella
"See you later Lucy" said Bella as she smiled and left the room, leaving Lucinda wondering what in the world was going on today.
Not only was this the first time she had woken up without her husband by her side, but she hadn't seen him all morning, and then Bella's comes along acting stranger than usual, if not that today was a very special day for her parents, she would have questioned every single one of them.
Meanwhile in the Garden.
"She's coming" announced Bella as he walked into the garden and alerted everyone, as she rushed to her seat.
Bella looked at Evie and she nodded, Evie looked back at her and nodded with a smile, Matt looked at Evie and Evie nodded back to him, Kaylee looked at Levi and nodded to him, and he nodded back, Matt looked at Annie and Maddie and they both nodded at him, it was practically a nod fest at this point.
Meanwhile back in the house.
Lucinda had just come out from her room when she saw Sapiens walking towards her.
"Good Morning Lucinda" said Sapiens with a smile.
"Good Morning father, happy Anniversary" said Lucinda as she smiled back.
"Thank you my dear" he said as he smiled.
"Let's go to the Garden together" he said
"Okay Father" said Lucinda as she was about to start walking when she saw Sapiens stretch out his arm.
"I mean together" he said
"Ahhh okay" said Lucinda as she hooked his arm in his.
"You look beautiful my child" said Sapiens
"Ahh, Thank you father" said Lucinda as she was a bit flustered, Sapiens rarely gave compliments but when he did he meant it.
But she did look beautiful, she was wearing a knee length, bodycon, white lace dress, her hair was up in a bun, with some tendrils purposely sticking out of the side of her hair, she wore white short lace up heels that matched her dress along with a gold chain bracelet on her hand, she looked elegant as well as simple.
As they walked, Lucinda could see the light from the open door that lead to the garden, she thought that Sapiens would let go of her hand, but he kept on holding it, which surprised her, but what happened next shocked her.
When she walked into the Garden it was beautifully decorated with flowers, the white chairs everyone was sitting on didn't make it look ugly, pretty ribbons of bright colours were handed everywhere, but that wasn't all, Lucinda also saw Lucas at the end of the Garden standing on what seemed to be an altar.
"What's going on here??" asked Lucinda as she turned to look at Sapiens
"It's what should have been done long ago" said Sapiens
"What???" said Lucinda as she was still in shock, when another bomb dropped.
Two people were coming out from the side of the forest, and they shocked everyone else, that was present, it was Henry and Jacob.
"Hello everyone" said Henry as he smiled and took his position at the altar.
"Come on let's go my dear" said Sapiens as he walked her down the aisle, something he should have done long ago.
As everyone was watching how everything was unfolding, Elora was crying, she was crying, this was what she always wanted... to see her child happy and this was what was happening right before her eyes.
It was a few days ago, Sapiens called Bella to his office, and he told her of his plan to make things right and how he wants to make it up to everyone he wronged.
Bella was ecstatic and she jumped right on board, which was why she suggested that they go shopping, it was all in preparation for this, but she didn't know that he even went as far as inviting King Henry here.
Everyone was so focused on how stunned Lucinda looked, that they did not notice Bella who was slowly waving to Jacob who was standing right by Henry as she was smiling and he smiled back, for a brief second before he acted all serious again.
"Dearly beloved we are gathered here today, to reunite these two lovers in the presence of everyone they hold near and dear" said Henry as Lucinda stood in front of Lucas with questions written all over her face, but he just shone her a smile.
"Their love has prevailed over many obstacles, and today they stand here in front of us, full of love and of children" said Henry as he smiled.
"When my now good friend Sapiens sent me a letter a few days ago, telling me that he wanted to make things right, I agreed right away, because this was something, we as fathers needed to make right" he said as he looked at Sapiens.
Lucinda looked at Sapiens, and the look in her eyes read "You did this?" and he replied with a smile and a nod.
"Lucinda, Lucas," said Henry as he took both their hands and placed them on top of each other.
"All of us here support you, and we wish you all the happiness in this world, now in the presence of everyone, I pronounce you once again, husband and wife" said Henry
"You may kiss the bride... again" said Henry as he laughed and Lucas pulled Lucinda in for a kiss.
"Yayyy" said the children and Evie sprayed rose petals on them, everyone was happy and had a smile on their faces.
"Father I didn't expect this... Thank you" said Lucinda as she smiled
"No need to thank me dear, I just did what was right" said Sapiens as he smiled back.
"Everyone... I have something to say" said Sapiens as he stood up.
"Elora" said Sapiens as he stretched out his hand to hers, she still had some tears on her face, but she took his hands and stood up with him.
"Elora I know that I have wronged you and I am truly sorry for it, but these past years that I have spent with you, have made me to realize just how important you are to me, without you in my life I feel empty, I know that I once had someone in my heart, but I don't anymore, you are the only one in my heart, and for that reason I ask you today..."
"Will you forgive me?" asked Sapiens with expectant eyes.
Elora looked at him, she remained calm and the silence was killing Sapiens, he had never had to wait so long for something before, but now he did and it was because of his wife, he was ready to wait as long as she needed to answer him.
"I already did, you stupid dum dum" said Elora as she laughed.
"Thank you Elora Thank you" said Sapiens as he hugged her and kissed her.
"Stupid dum dum?" asked Lucinda
"Yes Lucinda, it's my new nickname for your father" said Elora as she turned to look at Lucinda
"Okay" said Lucinda as she looked at Lucas, what kind of odd nickname was that?
"Don't worry Lucy, we won't end up like them, we are better" said Lucas as he read her mind and whispered into her ear, as he kissed the back of her hand.
"I believe you" said Lucinda as she smiled at him.
All this Love around them made Bella feel somehow, so she decided to do something crazy.
"Awww, all this Love is making me tear up" said Bella
"I can't take this anymore, Mother, Father" said Bella
"I have something to tell you all" she said.
"I'm married" said Bella as she raised her right hand, and her ring shone as it came out of camouflaged mode.
"You are what???" asked Fawn as she stood up from her seat, even Frederick's look changed.
"Isabella Halerick, to who??" asked Fawn
"To me" came the sharp voice of Jacob as he raised his hand.
"ISABELLA" came the sharp shocked tone of Fawn as she fainted.
"Oh my, Fawn, Fawn darling" said Elora as she rushed to Fawn's side, while Bella rolled her eyes.
She was born to a serious Father and an overdramatic mother, so this display did not surprise her.
"Everyone calm down, she's fine, right father?" said Bella as she looked calm
"Right, everyone, calm down, she does this every other week" deadpanned Frederick
It wasn't like he too was not shocked, but his wife was way too overdramatic, but he had noticed something changed in Bella since she came back, and it made her extremely happy, so this was it!
"Now you, follow me, we need to discuss some things" said Frederick as his message was directed to Jacob, who immediately became nervous.
"Awww don't worry Jakie, my Father may look cold, but he's actually very understanding, so you will be fine" said Bella in Jacob's head as she blew him a kiss and Jacob caught it with a smile.
"Let's go" said Frederick
"Yes sir" said Jacob as he followed behind him.
"No what is this nonsense, Bella don't you have any respect for us as your parents? and especially for me as your mother, how could you just get married without telling us and especially to a vampire" said Fawn as she had woken up from her earlier episode and she was now scolding Bella in the comfort of Sapiens office.
"You see mother, this is why I didn't tell you, you always overreact as always" said Bella
"You little... don't you think that I deserve to know if you go get married to some creature" said Fawn
"Fawn darling relax, don't stress yourself" said Elora as she tried to calm her friend down.
"No I will not relax, just because Lucinda went and got married to that vampire does not mean that you should go do the same" said Fawn.
"With all due respect-" said Jacob as he was cut off.
"Oh no you don't speak, this matter does not concern you, in fact you don't exist" said Fawn as she snapped at Jacob
Lucas looked at Jacob, and his eyes told him to relax and calm down, and so he did.
All this time, Sapiens, Frederick, Elora, Lucinda and Lucas were all quietly sitting and were watching what was unfolding, Bella also invited Captious to stay and see what was going to happen, because she needed a lot of witnesses in case her mother killed her. But Captious politely declined and said that he had a lot of work to do.
"Now back to you, how could you do that?? Isabella I carried you for 9 months and you go and do this, I am very disappointed in you" said Fawn.
"I'm pregnant"" came the blunt words of Bella
"You are what??" said Fawn in shock.
"You are??" asked Jacob in disbelief as he rushed to her side, not minding what was happening.
"Isabella you are pregnant??" asked Fawn
"My gosh, then don't stand, Pregnant women do not stand, you need to take care of the baby, I am going to be a grandmother soon" came the words of Fawn as he character changed in a 760 turn, one minute she was scolding Bella and the next she was acting all sweet and worried.
"Isabella, come on go sit down" said Fawn as she smiled and literally pushed Jacob out of the way.
"No I will not sit down, because I am not pregnant at all" said Bella
"What???" said Fawn as her countenance changed once again.
"Bella, is it this man that is making you lie to your mother??? , No I must deal with this at once, I have left you alone for too long thinking that you are a grown woman but now I am sure that you are not serious at all" came the serious scolding of Fawn.
"Enough!" came the voice of Frederick who was quiet all this time.
"But-" said Fawn as she was cut off
"But nothing, Fawn you have done enough... from now on you will not interfere in the affairs of Isabella and her husband... Am I clear" said Frederick.
"But Frederick-" said Fawn
"But nothing, you and I both know that I do not have any problem with levitating you out of here" said Frederick
" *Gasp* you wouldn't dare" said Fawn
"Try me" said Frederick.
A few seconds later.
Frederick could be seen standing up and leaving the room.
"Goodnight everyone" he said as he walked away, and behind him followed a levitating Fawn who was upset as she was being moved like cargo.
"I will get you for this Frederick" she said with anger in her eyes.
"Mhmm of course you will" replied Frederick as he shrugged her off.