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"Whoa oh, whoa whoa oh why do I put myself in these situations?

Whoa oh, whoa whoa oh I keep pushing myself even though I can't take it at all."

Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)

Today was another day with Joel and for some reason I had woken up extra early. It was only eight and Joel wasn't going to be here for another couple of hours, but my body had decided it was time to wake up anyway. So that's how I found myself headed down the stairs and into the hallway that led to the kitchen. I was about to walk in when I heard voices. One was my Mom, but the other was Uncle Matt and they were talking in whispers.

"Jared is going to kill me, Nat." Matt sighed heavily.

"Not if you do the right thing." Mom assured him. "After all, didn't he do the same thing?"

"Well I was going to do the right thing, but I don't want anyone to think I'm doing it just because she's pregnant."

My eyes widened and I couldn't help the little sound I let out that I knew would immediately notify Uncle Matt of my location.

"Get in here, Lala." He sighed.

I walked in and sat down across from him right away. He looked troubled, but I guess I would be too if my girlfriend was pregnant and her Dad was the protective sort; that was the understatement of the year.

"You can't tell anyone." Mom said sternly. "Joel probably already knows, but no one else."

"Yeah the pack knows and I have to act fast before one of them spills their guts." He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Well you said you were already planning on marrying her right?" I asked to which he nodded. "Then just ask her to marry you and you guys can get married."

"It's more complicated than that, Lala. We'll have to tell her Dad-"

"And he'll want you to do right by his daughter." I finished.

Mom smiled, "She's right, and besides I don't think Bee will mind if they get married around the same time. How far along did you say she was?"

"She just found out she's a month along."

"You've got time."

Man, I loved this drama! Why watch 'reality' shows when you could just sit back and watch as drama unfolded around you? Of course it wasn't always entertaining especially when you're directly involved. But in this case I wasn't, so I was free to enjoy it at my leisure.

"Good luck Uncle Matt; I'd take reinforcements when you guys tell Jared." And with that I made my exit.

***

"Abby is pregnant!" I giggled excitedly as soon as Joel and I were in his truck down the road from my house.

"I know; I heard Matt thinking about it last night." Joel replied. "I can just imagine Jared's reaction when he finds out."

"Poor Uncle Matt." I sighed. "Oh shit, he's gonna lock Addy up."

"Good, Embry does not shield his thoughts very well when it comes to her." Joel shuddered. "Too graphic for me."

"Have they?"

"No, and that's all I'm going to say on that subject. So, you up for ice cream?"

"Always."

***

The next few weeks were definitely eventful. Matt and Abby made their announcement to her parents, but they happened to leave out the baby part. They had decided that they'd let them think the baby was conceived while they were engaged. I had to laugh at that; we all knew that the truth would come out eventually. As for Addy, she wasn't locked away yet.

Besides that there was another vampire trail that caused excitement for about a day and had Ian thinking he was about to morph into a wolf; what a doofo. I personally hoped that he never became a wolf; he was one of those geeky science kids that would thrive at college and I wanted him to have that opportunity.

And before I knew it, it was already the middle of August. My senior year of high school was about to start, Matt and Abby were getting married at the courthouse soon, and Mom kept pushing college pamphlets at me.

"I can't believe I've waited this long for my little brother's wedding and it's at the courthouse." Mom sighed.

"You? How do you think I feel?" Grandma Hanner sighed. "At least one of my children got married the right way."

Then she turned to me with a mischievous glint in her eyes. Oh no.

"At least I still have Viola. You'll get married the proper way right?"

"Um…I guess."

"Mom, don't say anything else." My Mom scolded.

Grandma Hanner could be pretty blunt sometimes; she definitely had not mellowed with age. If anything she got worse. When I was twelve and had my first period she practically announced it to the whole store that I now had the capabilities to make babies and better not have sex at twelve years old. I guess I had to thank my lucky stars that my Mom hadn't turned out that way.

Thankfully Grandma Mire was the complete opposite to balance out the craziness of my maternal Grandmother.

"Oh look, there's my future Grandson-in-law now!"

Oh shoot me in the face with a shot gun. I knew that no matter what volume of voice she used Joel would have heard it, but when she blared it out in a half yell the whole gathered crowd got to hear that little declaration.

"Mom! You're only supposed to embarrass your children, not your children's children."

I walked away then before she could embarrass me further. The ceremony was supposed to start in five minutes, so at least she would be quiet then.

"Having fun with your Grandma?" Joel smirked.

"Ha freaking ha." I rolled my eyes. "It's bad enough everyone heard, so let's just not talk about it alright?"

"Okay." He laughed.

"Don't laugh at me."

"It's hard not to when you have that look on your face."

I immediately tried to school my features which caused him to laugh even more. Well if that was how he was going to be, then I wasn't going to deal with it. Instead I took my seat next to Livy and hoped someone else would take the seat beside me. But of course I couldn't get that lucky; Joel sat down next to me with that dumb little grin on his face still.

All was quiet and then an episode of 'Days of our lives' started right in the court house.

"You're pregnant?!"

Everyone's head whipped around almost in unison to see Abby, Matt, Jared and Kim having a face off at the doors. Luckily due to the fact that we were at the courthouse there weren't a lot of people here to witness this little drama. But luckily I was.

"You just couldn't keep your hands off of her could you?!" Jared yelled. "You've taken her away from me since she was a toddler and you couldn't just give me this?" Then he whirled on Embry and Addy who were sitting nearby. "And he's going to do it next! My daughters have never been mine! They've always been yours!"

With that said Jared stormed away with Kim close behind calling his name. Wow, that wasn't as exciting as I had thought it would be. Yeah, it had been dramatic, but I actually felt really bad for Jared. Both of his daughters had been imprinted on early in life and he had never just been the sole male figure in their lives. I could definitely see where his anger was coming from and in fact I was kind of angry at my Uncle Matt and Embry myself.

"The wedding is off!" Abby cried, tears streaming down her face.

Matt tried to comfort her, but she pushed him away and instead headed straight for the arms of her little sister. Together, the sisters followed after their parents leaving the rest of us staring after them in awkward silence.

"I usually enjoy drama, but that was not…fun." Joel whispered.

I nodded my head in agreement. It was settled; I was never going to do that to my Father. I was going to be a virgin when I married Joel. Because let's face it; I knew I was going to marry him someday…it was only a matter of time. Yeah, my Dad had had me for sixteen years unlike Jared had, but I didn't want to disappoint him.

"Lala, Joel, will you take Ian and Livy home while we deal with Matt?" Dad asked.

The two of us nodded and gathered up my siblings…well Joel gathered Livy into his arms and I grabbed Ian's arm. All four of us were silent as we headed to Joel's truck, but once we were inside and on the road Livy looked up at me with watery eyes.

"They're still in love right?"

"Of course they are, Livy. Sometimes love is a bumpy road and right now they hit a bump." I told her gently. "But just like the road smoothes out eventually so will their relationship."

She nodded and I looked up just in time to see Joel send me a meaningful glance. Hold on there buddy; we were not in love. Yes, we had definitely hit a bump but that was in our relationship as friends! We had to smooth out that relationship before love could even be contemplated.

"I know what you're thinking; you don't need to say it." He stated casually. "And I know."

***

"Hey, I thought I would check in on you guys." I said into the phone.

Addy sighed, "We had a long talk with just the four of us tonight, and it was nice. After Dad cooled down he told Abby that he wanted to give her away at a proper wedding and that he didn't care how pregnant she was as long as she promised she was happy."

"Aw, that's so sweet."

"Well there's nothing he can do about her now, but me…well we had some words on my relationship with Embry. I decided that I don't want to do that to my Dad. So there will be no more sneaking around for me and only a bit of kissing and touching until we're married."

"Are you sure you can do it?"

She sighed, "I asked myself the same question, but I saw the look on Dad's face today. He was disappointed and I don't want to put that look on his face."

"I'm proud of you, Addy; for realizing that."

She chuckled, "Look at you sounding all mature."

"I learn from those around me; I'm an observer."

"Well, keep observing Lala, because I can guarantee that in a few months you'll be fighting with some of these emotions yourself; especially those hormones."

"Anywhoo, did Abby talk to Matt?"

"Yeah and they set a proper wedding day for November seventh and I'm maid of honor."

"Good, I'm glad. It took my Mom and Dad a while to calm him down after the little incident."

"It looks like it's all going to work out." Addy said.

"Hopefully it stays that way."