The wedding seemed to go on for hours. I'd never been particularly into churches, and prolonged exposure to this one was starting to irritate me. Singing the hymns was tedious beyond imagination, especially because I didn't really know any of them. At least it allows me to hear Amadeus sing, I mused. To my surprise, Amadeus was surprisingly good at singing, and it was nice to hear him construct proper sentences for once. I must ask him to sing for me at some point.

In fact, the wedding was so boring that I even started to ponder why Amadeus had his strange speech pattern, and how best to get him to speak normally. It was a relief when it was finally proclaimed that Edward and Bella were man and wife, and that Edward could kiss her. Cheers followed the happy couple outside, and when the whispers started up again, they weren't about Amadeus and me.

The party afterwards was at the Cullen's huge house. I must admit, when I saw the large collection of cars in front it, I was quietly impressed. Also… well, I didn't know whose the sports car was, but they were very lucky that I no longer had the impulse to hurt Edward for stealing Bella from me any more. Claws made light work of any paintwork, I'd found in past experiences.

Edward and Bella were standing at the door, still in their formal wear, and I headed towards them, my hand in Amadeus', the rest of the pack around me. I knew immediately when Bella saw me. Her eyes suddenly brightened, even as her mouth dropped open in shock. Edward saw it too, and he turned to look at us. When he saw me, he nodded.

"I didn't think you'd come!" Bella gushed when we stood by the door.

"I couldn't miss your wedding," I replied. "You're Bella."

"My Jacob." She smiled.

"Who's your friend?" Edward asked.

"Oh, sorry." I pulled Amadeus forwards. "This is Amadeus."

"Pleased to meet you." Bella held out her hand and after a brief pause, Amadeus shook it.

"Where did you two meet then?" Edward asked. The corner of his mouth was turned up slightly, and I suddenly remembered his ability to read minds, and what he must've seen about Amadeus in mine.

"A café," Amadeus replied. He doesn't know about Cullen's power. I need to tell him.

"We can't let you neglect the rest of your guests," I said, leading Amadeus inside. I felt Bella's eyes on the back of my head as we walked through the door, but soon we were inside, and I could turn to Amadeus and talk to him.

"There's something I need to mention about Edward," I said.

"What?" Amadeus asked.

"He can read minds."

Amadeus frowned. "What?"

"He can, seriously, Amadeus. He can read minds. It's a vampire thing."

"All vampires…?"

"No, not all. But they have… special abilities. Special powers. Some of them do, anyway. Mind reading just happens to be Edward's."

"Okay." Amadeus nodded. "I'm hungry. Any food?"

"There probably is somewhere." As I started looking around for a buffet table, I realised that I was starving as well. The wedding had dragged on for so long that breakfast seemed like five days away. It was Amadeus who saw the long white table first, though, and he dragged me to it.

"Don't eat it all," I heard as I started helping myself. Turning, I saw a smiling Emily standing behind me, and I smiled in return.

"Are you enjoying the party?" I asked.

"It's okay," Emily said. "It's been nice seeing Bella again. She hasn't been around La Push much. Probably too caught up in all this wedding business."

"Probably." I wasn't entirely sure myself, but I didn't think Edward would suddenly stop her from going– I didn't think he'd be able to stop her from going – and that seemed like the only other explanation.

"She wants to see you, too," Emily added. "She told me that she wanted to talk to you."

"What about?"

"I don't know, actually. She wouldn't say." As Emily started helping herself to the buffet, I wondered what Bella had to say to me. Maybe she wants to apologise. But what would she apologise for? It's not like she forced me to love her. It's not like she forced Edward to run off, forced him to hurt her like that. It's not like she forced herself to love Edward more than she loved me.

However, it was quite a while before I found out what Bella wanted. I didn't follow her around the room with my eyes like I would've done once, but I did catch sight of her occasionally, as I talked to other guests at the party, watching their eyes on Amadeus. I think it was only the fact that people were more interested in Bella and Edward's wedding that decreased the amount of whispers. I was expecting more than I heard, anyway. The pack accepting Amadeus and me was one thing. The town of Forks accepting us was another. They had no obligation to accept us. They weren't as closely linked to me as the pack was.

I don't need Forks to accept us, anyway. I just hope that Bella doesn't turn her back on us, and I hope she doesn't hurt Amadeus.

Eventually, though, I felt her hand on my arm. Amadeus was talking to Kim and Bella's school friend Angela, and I'd left him to it when I realised that the two of them didn't seem inclined to go all homophobic on him. Kim, especially, had already accepted him, and I hoped that she would stand up for him if anyone else turned on him. Angela's boyfriend was my main concern just then, but he was not around at that moment, so I allowed myself to relax and turn to look at Bella.

Close up, she was even more beautiful that she had been walking down the aisle, and she looked more flustered and less perfect. More human, I realised, and shivered as I remembered what Edward was going to do to her.

"Hello," I said, trying to cover the sudden discomfort I felt.

"Hi," Bella said, smiling. "I seriously didn't think you'd come, and Alice said she didn't know, because she can't see you guys. I just… well, thanks for coming."

"It's nothing." I smiled. "I didn't think I would come, either."

"What changed your mind, then?"

"I…" I thought back. I had originally decided to head back so I could give Bella one last chance, but I didn't want to give her one last chance any more. I wanted her to stay with her leech, because I didn't want her messing up me and Amadeus. "You really don't think I would miss your wedding, do you?" I said at last, still smiling.

Bella frowned. "Jacob, I love Edward, you know…"

"I know you do," I interrupted. "I didn't come back to steal you away from him."

She looked slightly taken aback. "Well… good."

"I mean it, Bella." I could see Amadeus approaching me in the corner of my eye, and I held out my hand for his. He slipped it into mine gratefully, a smile dancing at the corners of his mouth, and I pulled him to my side and let go of his hand in favour of wrapping my arm around his waist. "I'm over you."

"You're…" Bella's eyes flickered to the arm around Amadeus' waist before she focused back on my face. "You're with him?"

"Don't insult him," I warned, and there was a slight growl at the back of my throat.

"Sorry." She actually looked it, too, and I relaxed slightly. "It's just… It's a shock to find out that someone you love is gay." I squeezed Amadeus reassuringly, fully aware at the tensing of his muscles when Bella had said 'love'.

"I'm not gay," I said, and smiled. "I'm Amadeus-sexual." Amadeus snorted beside me.

"Well… Jake, can I ask you something in private?"

"Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of Amadeus."

"But I'd…"

"Bella, Amadeus is a part of my life. I want him to be a part of all my life, and that means not keeping things from him. You can speak about this in front of him."

Bella blushed. "It's just… Well, you're not with him because I'm with Edward, are you?" she finally asked.

"What?" Rage suddenly flared up within me, and I forced it down. "You think that I would… Bella, I love Amadeus. That's why I'm with him."

"But you… you were never gay before. You were never attracted to boys before."

"I'm not just attracted to Amadeus, though," I clarified. "I love him. He's the centre of my life. Bella, I imprinted on him." Bella's mouth hung open in a silent O of surprise. "You know what that means, don't you? I told you all about Quil and Claire, and Sam and Emily, and Jared and Kim. Amadeus is everything to me."

"I didn't realise," she finally said.

"Well, now you do." She nodded, biting her lip, and I sighed. "Sorry. I was being harsh."

"It's… It's okay. I think I understand why."

"Can we start again?" I asked, and Bella smiled.

"Hi Jake," she said. "Hi, Amadeus."

"Hi," I replied, and Amadeus smiled and greeted her too.

The conversation the second time around was much more fun. Bella told me all about the vampires organising the wedding, and complained that the weather was not what she would've wanted for her wedding day.

"At least no rain," Amadeus had said at that point.

"True," had been her reply, and she had smiled at Amadeus. It was then I knew she had truly accepted Amadeus and me as a couple, and that made me smile too. Of course, she knows what imprinting is. She knows that I can't help it. I just hope she realises that I don't want to help it, either.

"Well, it's been nice talking to you again," I said as I saw the rest of the pack preparing to go.

"Yes, it has," Bella said, but there was a frown on her face. "Jake… I'm… I'm sorry."

"What for?"

"Well… I feel guilty about you running off, you know? I mean, you loved me, and then I had to send you that invitation… Maybe I should have asked you in person. Maybe I should have made it more personal."

She doesn't know about Edward's letter, I realised. Shall I tell her? But I decided not to mention it. It's her first night as a married woman. I don't want her and her husband falling out, even if her husband is the leech.

"It's nothing," I said finally. "It wasn't your fault."

"I still feel guilty."

"Don't. I'm not going to forgive you for something that doesn't need forgiving, so stop feeling guilty about it."

"Fine." She smiled. "Bye, Jake."

I smiled back, even as I realised what was going to happen next. Edward is going to change her, and I'll never see her as human again. "Bye, Bella. Keep safe."

"And you." She turned to Amadeus. "Keep Jacob safe."

"I will," he said. And then we were gone, and I could remember the tears in her eyes, and I almost felt like crying myself when I remembered what Edward was planning on doing to her.

Amadeus waited until we were back at home before he asked me what was wrong, and I couldn't help the tears fall then.

"She's being turned," I said, trying not to let the tears affect my voice. "She's becoming a vampire. I'll never see her as who she really is ever again."

"It's okay," Amadeus said, and he wrapped his arms around me. I allowed my tears to fall onto his shoulder, to be soaked up by the suit he still wore, and sobbed silently.

"I shouldn't be upset," I said when my tears had finally dried up. "I have you, after all."

"But you love Bella." There was no accusation in that voice, and I realised that he completely understood me.

"Thank you," I said, and the corners of his lips lifted.

"I love you. I'm here for you." His eyes were sparkling into mine, and I could feel everything I felt for him building up inside me.

"I love you too," I whispered, and lowered my mouth to his.

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Don't kill me, but this is definitely the last chapter of Sunrise. I have too much other stuff on at the moment, and since I never planned this to go longer than one chapter, I think this has got pretty far. Even when I decided to carry on, though, I never wanted to get passed the wedding, and the last chapter turned into two...

Also, cookies to everyone who reviewed! And thanks (and extra cookies) SlashFan69 who reviewed every single chapter. (Also, please don't hate me for stopping!)
And a quick thing to LOL-ninjas-stole-my-homework: YAY pirate socks! And I'm sorry, but I don't think there will be a sequel, even though I've got attached to Amadeus now. Have more cookies instead?
Also, katana777: Thanks for pointing out that website. I'll look into it if and when I have more time.

But please don't kill me guys!