Imagines

The Royals - Brothers Best Friend 5

Gabriella was having her final dress fitting, she was looking at herself in the mirror when there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me." came Helena's voice and Gabriella smiled softly.

"Come in." the doors opened and Helena entered. She stopped mid stride seeing the future Queen.

"Gabriella, you look beautiful."

"You really think so?" she asked smoothing out her dress while looking at her future mother in law through the mirror .

"Of course your parents would be so proud." Gabriella became tearful at the mention of her parents.

"Walk away." Helena ordered and everyone did leaving the two alone. She embraced the young woman in a comforting hug.

"I know you miss them but they will always be there for you." she assured

"I know, it's just that my Dad would love to talk about the day I would get married, what he wished for me, I don't know if I'm doing the right thing." Helena pulled away.

"Why would you say that?"

"I've heard the staff talking, the looks you and the others give Robert. Like he's done something terrible but no one will tell me."

"Gabriella."

"Aunt Helena I'm not blind, I know Robert's not perfect, no one is, he's done some things even I question about, but inside he is a good person and he has the best intentions it's just his methods."

"You're already covering for him I see." Helena moved away from her god daughter

"What's that supposed to mean."

"You know what he's done or you suspect, yet you can't bring yourself to leave while you still can."

"Helena, the man I fell in love with is kind, loving, strong, romantic, protective, caring and so much more. I have witnessed first hand who he is. He is the man that carried a injured, loud mouth 10 year old child back into the arms of her parents. He is the man that dance with a insulting teenager to save her poor toes from Liam's bad timing. He is the man that watched in amusement as I shout down the corridors looking for his brother for a bet to be paid, and he is the man that put me back together after a drunk driver killed my parents. I admit that there are moments of doubt where there is more to the bad stuff than anyone lets on but then I'm reassured at the fact that one of two things could happen.

1. you tell me in honesty of what he has done and let me deal with it.

2. You trust me enough that to his darkness I can bring much more light." Helena went to talk but Gabriella stopped her.

"We're finished here." she turned to face the mirror again and called everyone back in.

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The wedding day was finally here and everything seemed to be running normally which for the Henstridge family was weird, Liam, Eleanor, Helena, Jasper and Cyrus were all on edge for their plan to work, it was a even bigger risk as they decided not to include Gabriella.

The Bride was anxious, this had been a while coming, and she had a somber moment that her parents weren't here to see her. However her the rest of her family was there even though they weren't as receptive to the union as her parents would have been. Never the less she made her way towards a waiting Liam.

"Wow, you look amazing." Liam breathed

"Thank you." he held out his hand for her to take, she glanced to her right and there in her sight was Lucius he gave her a nod and she gave a slight smile before taking it. She was helped into the car before Liam joined her and the set off to the cathedral.