A/N: Okay for Seth and Leah's Dance go on you tube and look up 'Cleveland Shuffle' Radio Mix version by 71 North Boyz. On my profile is a picture of Leah's wedding dress and the bride's maid's dresses. Anyways to the story, this chapter is quite…unique…

7 months later…

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I was sitting there as Alice did my hair; she was having a fabulous time. She was squealing every five freaking seconds! I mean I did look absolutely amazing, but she was still salty about the whole wedding gown thing. Just because I wanted the dress I liked, but she soon warmed up when we made a few minor adjustments. Oh everyone would be surprised; this wedding was going to be full of surprises!

"You look beautiful!"

"Thanks--we have a problem."

"What is that?"

"I need to pee."

"…"

Then Rosalie came in with a new Nessie, her personality did a complete one-eighty (I think she was being a bitch to me because she was PMSing). Lila was right behind them.

"Well, Leah, we're gonna have to help, huh mate?"

"Yeah, just a little bit."

"Well, lets get you to a bathroom; we're going to need to hold up your tail-thingy ma-bob."

"It's called a train, Lila."

"Sorry, Alice, I know nothing about dresses! Unless it's a petticoat dress,"

"Yeah, you guys can discuss this later; I really need to take a piss!"

"Okay, don't get jumpy, you're not kangaroo."

"Yeah, yeah, Lila, just help me get to the bathroom!"

"Alright,"

I walked into the bathroom and had, Lila, Alice and Rosalie held up the puffy dress and Lila being the one of the official wedding video camera people had to record it.

"How does it make you feel knowing that you need help with using the bathroom?"

"It's awkward."

"Don't worry all I'm recording is your face, hey Alice how does it make you feel, having to help Leah go to the bathroom."

"Well we're all girls here, plus no one is looking, you just had to record this, huh?"

"Yeah and Rosalie, how does this make you feel?"

"Disgusted,"

"Ha-ha, say hi to your future self, Leah!"

"Hello, wrinkly me!"

Lila shut the camera off and I flushed the toilet, and fixing the puffy dress. I adjusted my undies and walked out and washed my hands and dried them off. Lila turned it back on and followed me out to the restroom to where and Alice ran out returning with something, her eye sparkling with mischief. She pulled out a little pink bag and passed it to me. Rosalie rolled her eyes.

"Just wait before you open."

"If its lingerie, keep it, I'll set on fire before Jacob even sees it."

"No, its not! Actually, it's something they didn't have these back when I was human, tee-hee."

"If that's pregnancy test or birth control, I don't need it."

"No! Just give it a few days, don't open it until the right time, okay? I mean after all you haven't phased in three weeks, anything can happen."

"Right-o then, we should get going to the church, huh?"

"Yeah! Oh Leah, Jacob is going to faint when he sees you!"

"Right, Alice, right."

Then Nessie who was silent the whole time touched my hand, showing me images of Jacob and me, she was happy for us, and then she showed one of her and Nahuel. I patted her hand with my free hand and she smiled innocently, yep I was one-hundred twenty-six and three halves percent sure she was PMSing. That was last year though, it was May now, I'm sure she was over it, I'm also sure that she must have been salty that I was taking her brotherly figure. Then again I always let him see her. I stepped out of the Cullen Mansion and to my Hybrid SUV Rosalie got into her car, and the rest of us into my Hybrid. Alice hoped into the drivers seat and pulled out the Cullen drive way. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned around, Nessie took my hand and closed her eyes, showing me images, or jealousy, apologies and most of all regret.

"Leah, I'm sorry."

"Aw, hon, we have been through jealousy…well never really taking it that far…"

"But yeah I--"

"Shut up. Before I smack you, I forgive you, but I won't regret smacking you."

"Uh, okay."

"Good, I'm ready to forgive, but I won't forget."

I turned around and Alice was quiet and then her eyes went wide and her mouth dropped. She turned to me and smiled.

"Oh, yeah I forgot to tell but your honeymoon is going to be at my Villa in Florida, its very cozy, a view of the beach and, yeah have fun."

"Why didn't anyone tell me of this!? I'm not leaving Anthony home alone!"

"Sue already said she'd take care of him, for three weeks."

"Three weeks?"

"Yep, happy nights make happy days, as quoted by the Nurse from Romeo and Juliet."

"Alice, you perv."

"See I'm the annoying pervy sister you've always wanted!"

"More like never wanted,"

She pouted and rolled her eyes and looked back at the road. Gees, Alice is such a perv, I mean there are other things to do in Florida besides sex. I think she's been around Emmett too long. The only good thing is how tortures Edward and I tried it too, poor guy he couldn't be in the same house as me for a month afraid I would think about Jacob naked again, I mean it was only one time. Sheesh, Emmett was the one to tell me to do it, ah the look of horror on his face was priceless, good thing Emmett had a camera on hand. His face looked like he ate something really sour and then got kicked in the nuts.

"We're here, Leah, are nervous? I mean no matter how many times I get married to Jasper, I'm always a tad bit nervous."

"How many times have you two been married?"

"Hmm, about forty-three times,"

"Is that really necessary?"

"Yes."

"Okay than, let's get this over with."

"I think you're going to love the way I have it set up!"

"Okay, then."

I smelled lilac, rose, hibiscus and my favorite cherry blossom. I stepped into the church and my jaw dropped, it was beautiful, steamers made of flowers and the colors I wanted. Pale purple, pink and white, Alice ushered me to the door and I saw my Bride's Maids and they all looked great in their dresses. It was made of satin and it came above the knee and the back trailed out a bit. Little Claire walked down throwing cherry petals and Anthony stood next to Jacob with the rings. I watched as Rachel went with Paul (I still feel sorry for her), Becca and Embry, Alice and Quil, Rosalie and Emmett went ahead of Lila and I. Lila, my Maid of Honor and Seth, Jacob's best man walked down, I took a deep breath and Billy wheeled to me.

"You ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be, thanks for doing this for me."

"My pleasure,"

I slipped the tiara that had the veil connected to it and put the veil over my face. Stupid veil, I walked and Billy held my hand and I saw Jacob's face I had to bite my lip so I wouldn't laugh, he looked like he just won the lottery. We stopped and I bent down so Billy could lift the veil up and kiss my cheek, I kissed his and he blushed, ha, kissing other men on my wedding day, I'm such a whore. I heard Edward snicker, and I rolled my eyes, I wonder if he remembered the plan, I looked in his direction and he nodded and now I hope Seth remembered. Edward nodded, good; I'm going to make this an unforgettable event. I stepped up the stairs and stood in front of Jacob. He whispered so only I heard him.

"You look beautiful."

"Don't look too bad yourself, tiger."

He smiled and rolled his eyes. I heard sobs from my mother and other people as we said our vows (ha-ha vows, vowels a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y) and Edward snickered again. Hmm, I guess I'm funny to him, that or I look really funny looking right now. I glanced at him and he was biting his lip, he was so out of character today. I looked back into Jacob's eyes and breathed out; here comes forever and eternity with this idiot who I loved.

"I do."

He sighed in relief as if I wasn't going to say it and then he said it, making my cold little heart (like the Grinch's) swell.

"I do."

"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."

Cha-ching! The kiss was absolutely amazing! First kiss being married, it was amazing. Gentle and caring, I heard a round of applause and the party hadn't started yet. We pulled apart and I looked at Edward who was at the piano and then I looked at Alice who smirked and she clicked a button. The song 'Shake It' began blaring and I smiled, going as planned, I ripped the dress, which was connected by Velcro and everyone gasped, I pulled my hair out of the curly pony tail it was in and kicked my legs up in the air, good thing I was wearing my hot pink high-tops, me in heels? I think not. Jacob poked me.

"What is going?"

"Oh just a little something, something Alice and I planned."

"Then how'd Edward know?"

"We had to let him in on it too; he can read minds after all."

I said in a duh tone. He rolled his eyes.

"I like what you did to the dress, easier access."

"I'm going to La PUSH you off a cliff."

I saw Alice stand on the piano and point to the door.

"Time to go to our house to PARTY! C'mon! Let's go!"

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At the house it was Jacob and mine's first dance, it was 'My Heart will Go on' stupid Alice, if we had it my way I would have picked Overture from Phantom of the Opera, I respect good music. But oh nooo, Alice said the song fit me, stupid bastard.

"Let me guess, Alice?"

"Yeah, annoying little bugger as Lila would say."

"Wow."

"If it was up to me I would have picked the Overture from Phantom of the Opera."

"Isn't that just the instruments and no vocals?"

"Yeah."

"But it's not even a slow dance, it's kind of violent, don't you think?"

"I like it."

I pouted and stuck my lower lip out like a child, he just laughed.

"I didn't know you liked opera."

"Well, only that one, the movie is amazing, so much violence…"

"You're such a violent person, Lee."

"I know, now let's not talk so we can enjoy this."

I sighed and put my head on his shoulder, we danced and I almost fell asleep from him humming in my ear, lord knew he sounded this good. I felt very content when he started to mumble sweet nothings in my ear. I began humming along with the song, it was a humming duet.

"Lee, you have a pretty voice, so many things I need to learn about you, but we have years."

"I know."

"I love you, Lee."

"Love ya, too."

Then all to soon it ended, now was what suppose to be the Father daughter dance, but instead it was Seth and I. Jacob walked away after giving me a final kiss and Seth walked up to me and looked me in the eyes and smiled, yeah he knew the plan.

"You ready, Leah?"

"Do you remember?"

"Every step."

"Good let's get this started."

Tempo di Borea began playing a marvelous violin song Edward picked out so no one would guess, Alice didn't know about this part, only Edward. We began dancing slowly and he spun me around, it was killing me to wait for it to come, but patience is virtue or how ever the hell the saying goes. Then the song stopped with that sound a record makes when you scratch to a stop. Seth and I looked at each, doing our best not to laugh and then we looked around at everyone else and they were looking around too. Then I heard 'Where all my line-dancers, when all my line dancers at' and some other word and the beat began but not the dance and Seth and I continued the quizzical stares. Then I heard the second 'Awww, do the shuffle' and Seth and I began the shuffle. Starting with the heel switches

Right heel touch forward twice, quick change left foot, heel touch forward, and change right heel forward, change left foot heel forward, change right heel forward, clap.

I did the steps in my head concentrating and I looked and saw everyone's jaw pretty much dropped, no one expected this, and Alice was pouting. Seth was enjoying himself too. Then we started the angle steps forward/back with touches and claps.

Right step right angle forward, touch my left foot to the right with clap, left foot step forward at left angle, touch my right foot to left foot with a clap. Right step and I right angle back, touch my left foot to my right with clap, my left foot step to a left angle back, and touch right to left foot with clap.

Next was the part that gave me trouble, but I know I was going to nail it in a good way. It was the shuffle steps with half and one-fourth turns and heel split.

Right shuffle forward right-left-right, left foot shuffle forward with a half turn right and now I face six o'clock, left-right-left and I made one-fourth turn right. Shuffle forward right-left-right, step left foot next to right, do heel split and I face nine o' clock.

Now was the easy part right before the fun part, the kick step crosses with slide. I looked at Seth and he was doing perfect, I knew dance class would do him good in the future when I made him take them with me when we where younger.

Kick my right foot forward, step right in place, cross my left foot over right, right step big step right, slide my left foot to right. Kick my left foot forward, step my left foot in place, cross my right foot over left foot, left foot step big step left, slide my right foot to my left foot

Now here was my favorite part! It was where I jump forward and back, then back forward and I go around along with the giddy up, like I was riding a horse.

Jump forward right-left, clap, jump back right-left, clap, giddy up forward right-left, right-left, right-left, right-left. With the last of the steps I put my left hand out front like holding reins of a horse and put my right hand behind my butt and pretend that I'm whipping a horse to the giddy up sound.

Normally you repeat that, but Seth and I only did a little segment then 'Apache Jump on it!' came on and Seth and I did the whole giddy up thing from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

Toronto, Jump on it, jump on it!

Everyone was laughing, yeah no one saw this coming not even Alice, and the poor girl must feel so left out. Then 'I like big butts' or whenever it's called came on and Seth and I never made incest look so damn good! I heard Edward burst out laughing at that. He came behind me and we did this thing where we scooted forward with our feet and used are arms to make it look like we where pulling ourselves forward and then I turned around pretending to have a string on him and pulled him up and pushed him down. Then he got up and was pretending to tap me on the ass, who knew Seth could be so kinky! Then I heard Edward bark a laugh again. Then I heard Lila yell.

"Don't go stealing my man, Leah."

"Too late!"

Seth grabbed me hands bringing me around so I was facing him and then the music changed to the Club Style Salsa. I had to step my right foot back then bring it back up front and move left to the back and then bring back to the front and repeat. Then I spun around and leaned back and on cue Edward threw a white rose and Seth caught it in his mouth.

"Para ti, hermosa hermana."

"Oh, gracias, hermano encantador."

"De nada."

I heard Lila scream in the background, not any scream, but her, 'OhMiGosh Toshiro Hitsugaya' scream, stupid little woman had been forcing me to watch Bleach. Then Seth nearly dropped me when she screamed.

"Seth! You sound so SEXY when you speak Spanish!"

Then I heard Rosalie smack her up-side the back of her head and hiss.

"Kids, you stupid Kangaroo-hugger!"

Then the song changed again to the Cha-cha Slide, this time Seth and I were going to do the whole song.

To the left, take it back now ya'll 1 hop this time, right foot let's stomp Left foot let's stomp, Cha Cha real smooth Turn it down, to the left Take it back now ya'll 1 hop this time, right foot let's stomp Left foot let's stomp, Cha Cha now ya'll

Seth and I looked amazing and everyone was cheering, Jacob, he looked like he was going to pass out and Anthony who knew the Cha-cha Slide was also dancing along, as was Claire.

Now it's time to get funky To the right now, to the left Take it back now ya'll 1 hop this time, 1 hop this time Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps Slide to the left, slide to the right Crisscross, crisscross Cha Cha real smooth

I made sure to Cha-cha real smooth and Jacob looked like a hungry dog -no pun intended- and was getting to pounce me and take me to lord knows where.

Let's go to work To the left, take it back now ya'll 2 hops this time, 2 hops this time Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps Hands on your knees, hands on your knees Get funky with it, aahhhhhhhhhh yaaaa Come on, Cha Cha now ya'll

I made sure so the hands on my knees real nice, I'm only hoping Jacob can last two hours, I mean really what was he a guy? A wait that's right…never mind…I am not looking forward for tonight, that's what I get for being a tease, huh? Then I heard Emmett, God bless his soul, Emmett the brother I never wanted, but got anyways and I liked it.

"Woo! Go wolf girl! You work it! Go on twirk those hips--OW! Rose!"

"Emmett! I'm going to kill you!"

I chuckled silently and continued dancing getting lost in the music.

Turn it down, to the left Take it back now ya'll 5 hops this time Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp Right foot again, left foot again Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp

Freeze, Everybody Clap yo hands Come on ya'll, check it out How low can you go? Can you go down low? All the way to da floor? How low can you go? Can you bring it to the top? Like it never stop? Can you bring it to the top? 1 hop, right foot now Left foot now ya'll Cha Cha real smooth

I brought it down to floor, nice and slow, payback Jacob for being a tease yourself with those abs! Ha! Take that, mutt! Again for the umpteenth time today Edward burst out laughing and then he gagged, I guess Jacob was having…fantasies…poor Edward…

Turn it down, to the left Take it back now ya'll 1 hop this time,1 hop this time Reverse, Reverse Slide to the left, slide to the right Reverse Reverse, reverse reverse Cha Cha now ya'll Cha Cha again Cha Cha now ya'll Cha Cha again Turn it down To the left, that it back now ya'll 2 hops 2 hops, 2 hops 2 hops Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp Charlie Brown, hop it out now Slide to the right, slide to the left Take it back now ya'll Cha Cha now ya'll

During the Charlie Brown I had to hike my skirt up a bit earning a wolf call from Embry, the perv, I'm feeling so sorry for Edward and Jasper, gosh Jacob is so cruel to them without even noticing. I would so hate to feel his emotions or hear his thoughts, I have to experience them later…ugh.

Turn it down To the left, take it back now ya'll 3 hops this time Right foot now, left foot now ya'll Cha Cha it out Turn it down To the right, to the right ya'll To the left, take it back now ya'll 4 hops this time Right foot now ya'll, left foot now ya'll Cha Cha now ya'll Cha Cha again, Cha Cha again

Seth looked like he was having the time of his life. It was both idea, he said we should something crazy and then we watched that show on TLC where the bride and groom learn a dance a surprise everyone with it, yeah we kind of stole that, but ever, I was enjoying it and so was he. Yeah, best wedding ever! It was even being recorded! I could watch this fifth years from now when I'm in diapers and be like 'Oh I can't believe-cough- I did that!' and then laugh.

Turn it down Take it back now ya'll Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp 6 hops this time Right foot let's stomp, left foot let's stomp Right foot 2 stomps, Left foot 2 stomps Crisscross, Crisscross Slide to the left, Slide to the right Let me hear you clap yo hands Cha Cha now, Cha Cha again Turn it down To the left, take it back now ya'll 2 hops 2 hops, 2 hops 2 hops Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps Hands on your knees, hands on your knees Aahhhh yaaaa, get funky with it Get down now ya'll, Come on, come on Cha Cha now ya'll Let's go to work

Seth and I stopped, and we were both breathing heavy and grabbed each other's hand and bowed. Everyone was talking about how great that was; yeah no one was going to forget this. I felt two strong arms wrapped around my waist and turned around to see Jacob.

"Hey, Jacob."

"Leah, that was…amazing!"

"What where you thinking? Poor Edward looked so sick."

"About what I'm going to do to you."

His voice sounded so husky and dark…that scared me, just a little bit.

"Oh? Well what I thought made Edward laugh."

"What did you think?"

"About how your tease and its payback for all those times of you being shirtless."

"Well, I think that was enough payback, as soon as we get to Florida in that Villa--"

"I'm taking a nice long hot shower because I smell like a circus monkey, we have three weeks. Gees, no need to rush."

"Nine years, Leah, do know what that does to a guy?"

"I've been in your head, yeah, I think you can wait an extra year, a decade, oh yeah."

"Yeah, about that, I won't make it and I'm oh so very tempted to take you to the guest room and…"

"Mommy! You looked great! You and Uncle Seth! Can you teach me the first one?"

I scooped him up and hugged him close and kissed his forehead.

"I'll teach it to you, it's called the Cleveland Shuffle, maybe daddy will wanna learn?"

Jacob ran his hands through his hair and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, after your mother and mine's vacation, you get to stay with grandma for three weeks."

"Really! Yay! What about, Nana, Kit and Kon?"

"Oh, they have sitters…"

Then Jacob added in a whisper.

"Hopefully they won't get eaten."

I rolled my eyes and kissed him.

"Just two more hours, do you think you can last that long?"

"Nine years of tension, I'm sure two hours won't kill me."

"Funny, just two minuets ago you were all rawr, like Shark Boy."

"Ha-ha, Lee. Anthony, go run along now, I think Claire wants to dance with you."

I heard Quil growl and saw he was behind me; I sent him a glare and growled back.

"She's not your doll Quil, she's ten years old you got eight more years yet. Plus Claire is his cousin."

"Sorry, Leah."

"Ya damn pedophile."

"Hey!"

I stuck my tongue out at him childishly and he rolled his eyes. Then I heard a click on glass and saw Alice standing on the table with a megaphone, I don't know how they live with her.

"EVERYONE IT'S TIME TO EAT, GOT TO THE TABLE WITH YOUR NAME AT IT, PLEASE AND THANK YOU!"

I rolled my eyes and grabbed Jacob's hand and we walked to the table that was for us and the groom's men and bride's maids. Jacob sat at the end of the table and I sat to his left and everyone got where they were suppose to sit. Then the food was served, I saw BBQ ribs, Buffalo wings, salad, and all sorts of yummies. Everyone dug in except the Cullen's but hey the probably drank the blood from the meat.

"Sorry, Leah I like my blood fresh."

"Edward! Oh my gosh! Don't do that!"

"Sorry, just thought I'd let you know."

He walked away and I finished eating then Seth stood up and I rolled my eyes here came the 'you better take care of my sister' speech.

"Jake, man, welcome to the crazy Clearwater family."

"Thanks."

"Now, I know you love my sister, I'm glad you made her happy, but if you hurt her I'll--"

Then Lila came and stood up pulling a titanium Spork from her purse.

"If you hurt Leah, mate, I'll stab ya with my trusty titanium SPORK of doom!"

"I won't hurt her, promise."

"Oh, okay, good on ya then, mate. I reckon my work 'ere is done."

She sat back down eyeing him and put her Spork back, only she would carry a Spork around with her. Then Seth cleared his throat again.

"Anyways, as I was saying hurt her and you'll be tasting rubber for a year. Okay speech is over."

I rolled my eyes, God I loved that kid, I really did. Then Quil stood up and looked around nervously.

"Leah, take good care of this idiot because he can't think straight without you. I mean last week when you were with Alice, Rosalie and Lila in Las Vegas for the week he kept checking his phone for a text from you. He is hopeless without you Leah; he's like a lost puppy, so keep him on a leash."

"Will do, bud, I have him wrapped around my finger anyways."

Little Alice then came bounding over and gave me a package and then spoke in her tinkling voice.

"Jacob, Leah, you two are great together! And I wish you happiness and joy for eternity!"

"Aw, thanks Alice."

"Now time for the traditional wedding cake serving and wine sharing! WOO!"

Alice is on drugs, I swear the animal she drinks blood from must be a coke addict or something. We walked over to the cake and cut a piece out, I smashed it into Jacob's face as he did to me and then we crossed arms and drank the wine. There now Alice can be happy. Jacob licked the cake off my face and I dropped my fork.

"Perv."

"And you love it."

"Children."

"I'm saving all the good stuff for when we get to Florida."

I rolled my eyes and grabbed a napkin wiping the rest of the cake off my face and then his, yuck dog slobber. Then Alice wheeled me away and took me to the stage, of course. Then Alice got to the mic.

"Well, Leah here has special surprise for you all! She is going to sing a song, You Raise me Up! Give up for Leah!"

Everyone clapped and I took the mic, I mean it was just me singing, not Celine Dion!

"Hey, what's up, yeah I'm going to sing, any valuable glass items, hide them--NOW!"

People snickered and I waited for everyone to settle down.

"Okay as you know I'm going You Raise me Up, yeah a sappy song, but it's my wedding day so--HA! Anyways this is dedicated to a certain…dog, I love him anyways, hon, don't be offended by my awful singing voice, just be glad I took the time to rehearse, what'd you think I did on the weekends for the past eight months?"

I heard Emmett laugh and say 'ha-ha, your wife called you a dog'.

"Anyways I'm going to sing the Becky Taylor version, because it was the best one I heard, but no way in hell am I singing in soprano and I have my back up singers! Woo! Lila, Alice and Rosalie! Give them a round of applause!"

Everyone applaud but it died out as the music began and I took a deep breath and began to singing.

When I am down and, oh my soul, so wearyWhen troubles come and my heart burdened beWhen I am still and wait here in the silence,Until you come and sit awhile with me.

Everyone was silent, I either sucked horrible or I was good at singing.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up: To more than I can be

There was instrumental break and the girls' 'ahhing' part and I looked around nervously and Anthony was jumping up and down.

"Go mommy! You are amazing!"

I guess I was good, but kids always say you sound good. Then Alice, Rosalie and Lila began singing in the background along with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up: To more than I can be.

I felt better because I had other singers with me and it calmed my nerves a little a bit.

There is no life - no life without its hunger;Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;But when you come and I am filled with wonder,Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

Edward gave me the thumbs; I guess I was doing okay then. The next was the big part.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up: To more than I can be.

The last four verses I was almost there.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up: To more than I can be.

When it was I expecting a 'boo' or a rock thrown at me head, but it was quiet and what expect was Anthony to climb on stage and hug me.

"Mommy, you were amazing! Everyone is speechless! I think you would make Simon Cowell cry!"

I looked and say some people were in tears, was I that bad? Then everyone applaud…late reaction, much? I hopped off stage only to be grabbed into Jacob's arms and he looked like he was ecstasy or heroin.

"Leah, that was amazing, you blew me away, look you made Paul cry. He had to have Rachel comfort him and make sure his daughter didn't see him. He left Terri with me because he didn't his little girl to think he was weak."

"All you have to do is look at him and you know he's weak, ha ammo for when he tries to play me!"

Then I felt Terri tug on my skirt and I looked at her, she had her little purse and was wearing her little blue dress, white tights and black dress shoes. She looked at me through big brown eyes and cocked her head to the side making her pigtails fall in a slanted direction.

"Leah, where's daddy and mama, I need to give them a flower I found! See I think it's a Mississippi flower!"

She had the cutest little lisp ever and she was four, and she was a spitting image of Rachel (thank God!) and she had a big sister, Carla Jane or C.J. she liked to be called. She was seven and a tough little cookie (brat actually).

"Your daddy need to go to the bathroom and your mom had to show him where it was--oh here they come now."

"Mama! Daddy! I have a flower for you! See it's from Mississippi I think!"

Rachel scooped her up and hugged her taking the flower and putting it in her hair.

"Oh, thank you, honey."

"It makes you look pretty, mama, you look like a princess!"

"Dad."

"Yes, C.J."

"I found a dead bat and it's a Vampire Bat, can I stuff it and keep it?"

Ah, the little ray of sunshine, she always spoke in a monotone and never smiled, if I had Paul as a dad, neither would I.

"No, C.J. we can't keep a dead bat in the house."

"But if we take it to the taxidermist he'll do it."

"C.J. I already told you we not stuffing dead animals to keep."

"But you keep that deer head on the wall! And what about that stuffed boar! It's not fair, dad! I want to be a taxidermist when I grow-up so I have to learn from a young age, how come you let Terri keep that bug collection, but I can't have a stuffed bat, I hate you! Now I see why Aunty Leah doesn't like you!"

How do I always get dragged into these? C.J. stormed off and followed her, into the woods where she sat on a rock stabbing the dirt with a stick.

"Hey, C.J. I know you don't always get what you want, but I know you don't hate your dad. He…he has his good…moments."

"No I hate him! He lets Terri do whatever she wants and I don't get anything at all! Also I always have to hang out with, Embry! He's like my stalker! I'm only seven and he follows me around like a lost puppy, I think he's a pedophile and my dad just stands around and watches!"

Well that was new to me, I didn't Embry imprinted on C.J. and she doesn't even like it. Well, I know someone else who won't be with their imprint. She also had a wide vocabulary and she sounds more mature then she looks.

"Oh, hon, your dad just doesn't you to get hurt playing in the woods by yourself."

"I have Bobby, Bobby will protect me."

"Who's Bobby?"

"He's a boy."

She blushed; well she had a crush, adorable.

"Well, I kind of guessed he was a boy, tell me about him."

"He's eight and has blue eyes and is a little taller then myself. He has his spiked and he lives on the Reservation."

"Oh, is he in your class?"

"Yeah, and he said when we get older we're gonna run away together."

"Oh, well that's our little secret, okay? I won't tell anyone, pinky promise?"

"Okay!"

We did the whole pinky swear by saying I'd put a needle in my eye if I told anyone. I wasn't going if she wants to run away when she's old enough and she can get away from the imprint, as much as I love Embry I don't like people's choice taken away its like an arranged marriage.

"Hey, we should get back to the party."

"Okay, I'm sorry about being a brat on your wedding but I don't like dresses and look what my mom made me wear and my dad won't let me have a stuffed bat."

"I can't do anything about the bat, but I do have some of your Capri pants and shirts from when you spent the night last weekend before I went to Vegas, want to change into that?"

"Yeah!"

"C'mon lets go I have to go to the car, okay follow me."

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A/N: Second half coming soon!