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Chapter Fourteen

*Dru's POV*

"Two weddings in one year. First Dru and Iris, now Jake and Ness. That's what I call a party," Grace said before taking a sip of her coffee.

"Three if we want to count yours in there too," I added, leaning against the counter at Rob and Cordelia's house. "I mean, we had the winter wedding, the private beach ceremony, and now a royal wedding. Talk about diversity."

We were currently at the house for breakfast the morning after the wedding. It was Grace, Masen, Rob, Cordelia, Iris, Lucas, Jackson, Maysun, and I all gathered around the kitchen.

"I loved the wedding, but I'm just glad I never had such a big wedding," Cordelia said as she proceeded to cut up sandwiches for the kids. "My wedding to Robert was perfect. Small, intimate, and right in the middle of central park."

"It was a beautiful service. I can attest to that," Lucas chimed, joining in on this conversation.

"That's because you were the best man," I said, rolling my eyes. "Then again, I was also the maid of honor so I shouldn't talk..."

"Yeah! Who do you think you are- I served as your best man while Cordy took up maid of honor," Lucas said.

"Maybe I should've rethought that decision," I teased.

"Hey! C'mon! I'm everyone's best man. I'm the best man there is. After all, Rob and Cordy even named their little girl after me," Lucas quipped, earning a jab in the ribs from Robert.

"And don't make us regret that choice," Robert said warily.

"You know, I can see why Jasper nor Alice like you very much, Lu," I shot back in the midst of taking a sip of my tea.

"Really Dru?" Lucas said, groaning. "Did ya have to bring that up?"

Ever since we escaped the Volturi and Lucas and Abby started dating, Jasper and Alice haven't exactly took a liking to Lucas due to their strict rules and skepticism of the guy. I could understand though being that Lucas was Abby's first boyfriend and an ex-criminal. I'd have my suspicions too.

"Which is weird considering Alice likes everyone," Grace pointed out with raised eyebrows.

"Alice likes me! And so does Jasper!" Lucas argued, rolling his eyes. "I just think they aren't my biggest fan right now because I'm with their daughter and I think they might find me to be a bit old…

"That they do," Masen confirmed, wrapping his arms around Grace's waist. "Dude, you gotta understand, they just got their daughter back. I mean you got to be with Abby as she grows, but last time we all saw her before you were taken she was around thirteen, a child."

"I know, but she's far from it. A full adult that's for sure," Lucas muttered before taking a sip of his coffee.

"I agree with Mase on this," I said, intertwining my fingers with Iris's. "Take it slow around Jazz and Ali. Think of it as Alice and Jasper watching out for their seventeen year old daughter dating a twenty-two year old college junior."

"But I'm not some predator!" Lucas whined.

"And you're not! She's a full adult and so are you. Just take it slow," Iris said, shrugging. "Don't worry, they'll come around."

"Look if it makes you feel any better you got all her sisters here and on your side," Cordelia declared sweetly.

"Well, don't know how much Jo likes you…" Iris trailed off, causing Lucas to frown.

"As her aunt, I think Abbs could do better," Maysun said, winking at Lucas who somehow managed to make an even angrier frown.

"You know since we're on this topic, I'm gonna switch it up and put this out there for the group. I think Zach and Ava are getting anxious about Lexie," Jackson said before taking a sip of his coffee. "Specifically with a certain someone…"

"Stefano?" I remarked, my eyebrows furrowing. "Why? Is it because they're close?"

"I think so. I also just think they're worried about her dating," Robert explained. "She's almost a full adult and she is probably at that age when all kids think about is dating…"

"That's us even now. It never stops," Grace argued, shaking her head. "Even after two kids. It's only gotten more…"

"Let's not finish that sentiment, dear Grace. For your brother, Masen, and everyone else's sake," Lucas said, causing Robert to frown and Masen to turn pink at the cheeks.

"That's not what I meant. I just meant to say it's a lot more real and passionate. That's all," Grace said, rolling her eyes. "Nothing dirty."

"Maybe Alice and Jasper do have to watch out for you," I muttered under my breath, causing Lucas to scowl. "I've slept with you, Lucas Rider. I know what you are fully cable of and if you were dating my daughter, I'd probably react the same."

"Thanks for the reminder, babe," Iris muttered dryly while Lucas shook his head.

"Oh and don't mention Maria either. I don't know how Jasper will like hearing that his abusive ex was also yours," Robert added, leaning against the counter.

"No shit, you dated Maria?" Masen exclaimed, looking at Lucas with buggy eyes.

"It was a long time ago, children. I was naive and very…Lustful," Lucas said, scratching the back of his head. "And that's all we're going to discuss."

"And what a time that was," Jackson said, whistling as he chuckled at the memories. "Talk about a bitch."

"Well, this conversation has been great, but there's kids we gotta wake up," Robert said. "My daughter may physically be twelve but she's still a child and this is something we shall not discuss in front of her or any of the others."

"Copy that, Poppa Bear," Jackson said, saluting Robert who just scowled in response. Grace chuckled at this and ruffled her brother's hair.

"Anyway, we should really be heading to the main house," Iris said, motioning towards me. "We promised Carlisle and Esme we'd watch Bo and Wes today. A lot of cleaning up to do after the whole wedding and I think a lot of the guests are still not over celebrating."

"I don't think I'm over it either," May muttered. "I could use some more celebrating."

"I can help with that one," Jackson said, smirking.

"When this war is over, you are all never welcomed back here," Robert groaned, rubbing his temples while Cordelia gently patted him on the back. "For once, could our house be quiet!?"

"And on that cue, we out," I said, grabbing Iris's hand and dragging her towards the door.

"Wait! I'm gonna see Abbs so I'll tag along!" Lucas cried out, scrambling after us.

"If we didn't have enough of you, Rider," Iris remarked, although I could tell she was joking.

"Hey! Like ya said, I'm dealing with two parents who need to learn to trust me," Lucas said, sighing. "They don't even let me sleep in the same bed as her! And look, we haven't had sex yet but I can live with that, ya know? It just sucks not being able to spend a ton of time with her. Hell, back in Volterra I feel like we had more privacy."

"Then again we were being watched by my dictator father and his goonies," I pointed out lamely.

"Point taken," Lucas muttered.

"Look, Lucas. Baby steps," Iris advised. "Like we keep saying."

"Got it, got it. Baby steps," Lucas said, nodding his hands as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "Baby steps."

"Keep repeating that, Lucas," I said, even though he ignored me. I then sighed and turned to Iris, wrapping an arm around her waist. "Look at our son," I joked as I looked at Lucas.

"God, why do I feel like we mother half the people around here," Iris teased, shaking her head.

"We're just good at it. Especially you," I told my wife. "You know, one day, when we have kids, you're gonna be a rockstar at it."

Iris paused. "Kids? Jeez Dru, you keep bomb shelling me. First the last names and…Kids? But how?"

"What do you mean but how?" I questioned, shrugging. "We'll find a way. One of us could get pregnant with a sperm donor or hey, adopting."

"Adopt a human child?" Iris questioned. "But what happened to not wanting kids after being raised by Aro?"

"I don't know," I said, shrugging. "I just like thinking about possibilities with you. You get me excited for things I never thought I'd ever have or ever want. We have the family, the friends, the love…I just like to think about what more we could have together."

"Are you happy?" Iris asked hesitantly.

"Of course! I didn't mean it like that!" I said, cutting her off. "I just was trying to say, I love you a lot, Iris. You give me a lot, ya know that, right?"

Iris's face softened at this as she leaned into me. "And you do that for me as well."

"I don't want our possibilities to feel like they're not there. If we want kids, we should have kids one day. If we want a dog, hell we'll get a dog. If we want to live in Corfu- we'll live in Corfu!" I ranted.

Iris chuckled, cupping my cheek before pressing her lips to mine. "Don't worry, I gotcha babe. And I love you for that."

"Love you too," I said, leaning my forehead against hers.

"Lucas!" Abby's gleeful said before she greeted Lucas with a kiss. I could see our dark haired friend beaming as they enjoyed in their embrace. However, he gently pulled away and kept an arm around her. Abby looked confused but Lucas embraced it.

"I'm a respectable boyfriend, see?" Lucas said, motioning to the little space between them.

"He really loves her, doesn't he?" Iris whispered to me, resting her chin against my shoulder now as she snaked her arms around my waist.

"I have known Lucas Rider my whole life practically. I've seen him with a lot of women, but…That's the first time I've ever seen him look at a girl the way he looks at Abby," I said to her, rubbing my wife's arms. "He really wants this to work."

"And it will. Don't worry," Iris said, nibbling my ear before pulling apart so we could join the other two and head into the main house. Our intertwined hands swinging back and forth.

*Grace's POV*

"Momma, I wish Aunt Nessie wedding never ended," Tyler declared to me as he sat at Rob and Cordelia's dinning room table. Lucia was right next to him.

"Yeah. It was a lotta fun," Lucia chimed in. "Mr. Sam and Mr. Paul chased us all around the dance floor and Miss Alice and Miss Rosalie taught us fun dancing. I really loved the dancing. I even got Johnny to dance even though he can be a stick in the mud."

"Lucia Grace," Cordelia chided disapprovingly.

"What?" Lucia said, raising her eyebrows skeptically at her parents. "Johnny never likes to have fun. He's so shy and soft."

"Yes, Johnny is a soft boy but he's also your friend," Robert reminded the little girl.

"What. It's not like he doesn't know I call him this," Lucia said, shrugging. "Besides, he says I'm loud and pushy. We both have accepted our flaws."

"Wise words coming from your spawn," Jackson remarked.

"Why am I not surprised…" Maysun added, giggling.

"Oh shut up," Robert said, rolling his eyes. "Don't you two have somewhere to be? Like helping out or something…"

"No. As a matter of fact, May and I do have some time to chill," Jackson remarked, looking down at his watch. "Hmmm, if you don't mind May and I are gonna make sure our car's working properly. Ain't that right, May?"

"Indeed," Maysun purred in a low voice. I laughed while my brother scowled more as the two grasped hands and ran away like two school children confessing their crushes to one another.

"At least it's not your car," I said.

"Are you trying to give me gray hair, bumble bee?" Robert said, although a smile was starting to emerge on his face.

"If it's possible, why not," I teased, winking.

"Nessie and Jake should be landing soon," Masen announced, taking a seat at the table with Ella on his hip. "She still has no clue where they're going."

"No one knows where they're going," Robert responded dryly.

"Masen does, but that's only cuz he cheated," I said, causing my husband to shrug.

"I can't help it if Jacob's contemplating everything he does. The guy was driving me absolutely bonkers," Masen said, shaking his head.

"It's their first honeymoon. I'm sure he just wants to make everything perfect for her," Cordelia teased as she gripped tightly to Robert's hand.

"After all, remember ours?" I said, causing Masen to raise his eyebrows at me. "You were a nervous wreck the whole time."

"We went to Paris. City of love, of course I needed to make sure I didn't screw up," Masen said, chuckling.

"And it was perfect," I proclaimed, pressing a kiss to his cheek, which earned a couple of "ews" from the little kids.

"I can't wait to find out where they went though," Cordelia mused thoughtfully. "I hope they have a ton of fun."

"I hope so too," I agreed. Truthfully, I didn't want to get back to reality. It wouldn't be long until I would have to discuss our plan of actions with the witches again. Not to mention the analyzation of Meredith's vision that she told Aro. We believe it may be Tyler and Ella she was referring to, but I have no clue. I wasn't sure about anything anymore.

"Momma, are Pop-Pop and Nanna Sue still taking us to the carnival?" Tyler asked me curiously.

"Yes! We'll be dropping you off soon, don't worry," I advised my son, giving me a gentle smile. "Don't worry about a thing."

"As for us, I guess we'll be back to researching for the originals," Masen whispered to me in a low voice once the kids were out of reach.

"Yeah, that," I replied dryly. Unfortunately, the end of this wedding also meant back to training and research and more and more of work and work. Even though the Cullen's and my family have fortunes, I'm thinking of maybe just getting a job at a library in Port Angeles or something. To take my mind off the work at home. Then again, it might not be a good idea. Trying to help Meredith and Jamie find the original vampire, children of the moon, and witch has been like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

So far after talking it over with Meredith's son Jian, it seems like the originals are hiding somewhere in plain sight. We think the United States or remote Canada. However, we also think they're in a city somewhere. Somewhere no one would want to look. Violet and Hazel are doing the most research with Fred. I think it's taking a toll on them. I haven't seen any of the three leave the library except for the wedding.

There was also the daily patrolling and the watches, all conducted by Jasper. We've been looking into the population of Europe, seeing where the Volturi were striking if they were creating a newborn army. However, there hasn't been quite a great deal of activity in the media. Jasper says this is because Maria is a professional. Unlike Victoria, she and the Volturi had tact and were properly hitting and using people no one would notice were gone. Jasper says to look out for other flashes of warning like wildfire or since it's summer, hurricanes. Violet's been helping out with that one too, being that she controls the weather and can sense it regardless of if she's controlling it or not.

"We'll destress later, don't worry," Masen said in my ear now, pressing a kiss to my temple.

I gave him a weak smile. As much as that could cheer me up, it wasn't really getting me that excited. I think Masen could sense this as he reached out and grasped my hand in his, giving me a tender smile. Somedays, I wish we could go back to our honeymoon in Paris and just relive those days over and over again in some blissful ignorant dream.

*Aidan's POV*

"Cooking it up, Aidan style!" I sung as I flipped the pancakes over in my griddle. My body dancing to the beat of the song currently playing on the radio as I inserted my own lyrics into them. "Here comes to the food! Wo! Wo!"

"Don't make me strangle you, Aidan," Leah said, groaning as she rubbed the middle of her forehead.

"Someone had a bad hangover last night," I chided, causing the female wolf to growl at me.

"Leave Leah alone, she's trying to recuperate," Jen teased, coming from behind me and snaking her arms around my waist. I grinned as Jen proceeded to press a kiss to my cheek.

"Who did you exactly bang last night? Was it Randall or another one of Grandpa's nomadic friends?" I inquired, looking back at Leah who was slumped against the kitchen counter.

"Aidan! She doesn't have to share that!" Jen scolded.

"Oh it's fine, Jenny. I've discussed this with Aidan before," Leah explained, leaning against the counter. "And for your information, yes…"

"You, Leah Clearwater, banged a vampire?" Jen exclaimed wide eyed. "No way."

"Yep," Leah said, nodding her head kind of stiffly. "And yes, it was Randall. Not exactly proud of it but…"

"You've literally slept with every creature there is, haven't you," I said, whistling. "Damn, you are a God."

"Thanks," Leah replied casually before Fae Littlesea came barreling into the house with her girlfriend, Mindy, following close behind.

"What did we say about knocking?" I chastised, throwing the dish towel I was using over my shoulder before placing my hands on my lips.

"I don't care, Mom," Fae replied, rolling her eyes. "Anyway I came to report for patrol."

"With guests too! This is not a social club," I said, groaning.

"Hi Aidan," Mindy greeted me cheerfully with a wave.

"Hi Mindy," I greeted back cheerfully before looking back at Fae. "You, you don't obey the rules."

"I like to rebel. One of us had to be the rebel," Fae said in regards to her and Colin. "And sure as hell it's not my big brother."

"Don't worry about it, Fae," Leah replied, ignoring me as she gestured to the kitchen table. "It's fine, this is our place to hang out and recuperate before patrol. Plus it allows me to make sure you're all accounted for."

"And that's why you're the best, LeLe," Jordan Clearwater-Ortiz remarked. The Clearwater's first cousin through their aunt, Elizabeth, smirked as he walked through the side door. He was a lot smoother and had his ways with his piercing gray eyes and thick black hair.

"Try not to make me regret having you guys come here to hang before and after patrol, cuz," Leah remarked before taking a plate of pancakes I made.

"Hey, hey, hey! We're all here for some of Aidan's de-lis-ous breakfast food!" Moses Fuller, Brady's younger brother, declared as he stepped through the front door, rubbing his hands. Followed by him were the rest of the new pack: his sister, Laura; Megan Uley (Sam's younger cousin; the Lahote brothers– Daryl Lahote, Ryan Lahote, Eugene Lahote (Paul's cousins); and finally Miley and Kylie Black-Woods (Jake's younger first cousins).

"Glad you think it's delicious, Mo," I commented with a chuckle.

"Aide, you're the best cook in Forks. Hands down," Daryl said, rubbing his hands together. "I think you might even be better than my own grandma."

"Don't go saying that around your grandmother," Leah chided jokingly.

"Alright! It's all ready, kids," I announced, placing the various dishes for them to pick on around the kitchen island. "Come and get it while it's hot."

Recently, I guess you can say I've become the official cook for the young wolf pack. I think Emily isn't really into what she used to be and a lot of the older guys go straight home after patrol. That left with someone to babysit the young and since Leah and Seth have a lot of free time on their hands, they've been training them and allowing them to come hang over then house. And since Jen and I moved in here, we also help out with looking after the youngsters and even allowing the other young wolves to come hang out here. Most of the time Colin, Brady, Annie, Embry, Carly, Quil, and Claire stop by being that they are the only wolves not married or that have children of their own.

You know, it's crazy to think that the other wolves weren't as active as they used to be. I grew up with wolves like Sam, Paul, and Jared always being around since they were the original wolf pack. It's just been weird having new faces around.

"Thanks again for breakfast," Megan commented. Megan Uley, a lot sweeter and more quiet natured than you'd think considering she's cousins with Sam.

"You're welcome, Meg. Always the polite one," I said, nodding my head. We all have a soft spot for Megan. Especially Leah who used to babysit her all the time when she and Sam had been dating. I can imagine it's a little weird now being that the girl you thought your cousin was to marry isn't that anymore. However, I think Leah's in a better and more comfortable stage in her life right now so it kind of cancels out.

"Hey! Shoutout to our boy, Ryan, for imprinting on his girl last night!" Eugene cheered, patting him on the back. "Let's hope you imprints have a fun and long life together."

I forgot about that one. Last night Ryan imprinted on one of Isaiah Jones' siblings– Darla. That wasn't really a fun one to explain to the Jones clan, considering they just agreed to form an alliance with us...

"Shut up, Gene. It's not like we're getting married or anything," Ryan said, rolling his eyes. "We're not all lucky like you and Kylie or Meg and Jordan to find our imprints right off the bat and not at some public wedding."

Besides Fae imprinting on Mindy, two sets of wolves also imprinted on each other. First it was Eugene on Kylie and then Meg on Jordan. Daryl had also imprinted recently on Jordan's younger sister– Ashley.

"Let's play nice, boys," Jennifer said like a doting mother, taking a seat with them. "If Ryan wants to talk about his relationship, he'll talk. We don't push him."

"Thanks, Jenny," Ryan said, nodding his head at her. "Anyway, that doesn't differ from me being the alpha so show me a little respect."

The younger wolves in a way had their own pack separate from the older wolves. I guess who can say they all reported to Sam, technically, but as of now it went from Ryan, to Fae, to Jordan.

"Anyway we have an hour until we gotta be on patrol and then we got training later on. It's gonna be a long day," Miley said.

"The day after a wedding too," Laura added in a bumped out way.

"Speaking of, where's Seth?" Jordan asked, looking around. "I haven't seen the dude since last night."

"Me neither," Kylie added as she took a seat on Eugene's lap. "He's normally up and about right now."

"Really? I thought I heard him come in last night," I said, biting my lip.

"Well, Aide, we didn't come in until earlier this morning," Jen muttered, scratching her head. I looked at my girlfriend and blushed remembering where the two of us were last night. Behind the rocks at LaPush beach, almost getting caught, and proceeding to do it on the Cullen forest floor.

"Oh right," I said, clearing my throat and nodding my head.

"And well, I just came home," Leah added, shrugging. "He's probably sleeping. That kid could sleep through an entire bombing raid if he could."

"You're not wrong," Jen agreed.

"Alright, which one of you wants to wake up the sleeping wolf?" I asked, looking at the children.

"I'll do it," Daryl offered, getting up. "And if I'm right, Miley owes me five bucks."

"You'll be the one owing me five bucks, Daryl Lahote!" Miley remarked.

"What do you mean?" Jen questioned before Daryl could move.

"Oh you see, there was this smoking hot girl Seth was talking to last night and I said Seth could totally bang her. Miley thought she was out of his league," Daryl informed us.

"Are you guys seriously betting on whether Seth can bang a girl or not. We're not animals," Laura hissed.

"Well, I mean, technically," Daryl mumbled, scratching the back of his head.

"What is this, a frat house?" Fae spoke up dryly.

"I'm starting to think so," Jen added in a monotone voice, looking at Leah and I.

"Wow, both Clearwater siblings. One night," I whistled in a low voice, causing Leah to give me a death glare. "Don't worry, LeLe. I got this."

"I'll go with him," Jen offered, linking arms with me while Leah just continued to frown at me as we walked down to Seth's room.

"Try not to embarrass him," Jen advised to me in a quiet voice. "There's an entire room of young impressionable wolves that look up to him."

"Will not," I said, rolling my eyes as I flung the door open. "Oh Seth-"

And that's when my mouth shut close and my eyes grew wide. Seth was there with a girl alright, sleeping like a log with a girl in his arms. However, that's when I noticed the mass of copper hair sprawled across his body like a bird's nest.

"Oh. My. God," Jen whispered, looking at me and then back at the scene before us.

Just then, the girl in Seth's arms blinked a little and looked up. When she noticed us, I could see the fear racing across her face as she quickly scrambled up and covered herself with a sheet, jabbing Seth in the process.

"What..?" Seth questioned, rubbing his eyes. That's when he saw me and Jen and his eyes bulged out of his sockets.

"Oh boy," Jen whispered, wide eyed.

I then put my hands on my hips and in my best Ricky Ricardo voice said, "Seth, Lizzy– you two got some 'splainin to do."

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed a little morning after chapter ;) And yeah, Lizzy's plot line is going to get a lot more complicated for those of you that have been wanting to hear more from her. Promise, she's gonna have a lot going on. In the meantime, kind of want to keep this pretty Jake/Ness centric since this is the final story. Also new wolf pack? I know there's been a lot of new introductions, but don't worry about those. This is just a little taste of almost the new generation being that Sam, Jared, Paul, and all of them are all domestic/old now. We gotta include some young blood in there. In the meantime, thanks for reading, look out for the next update, and please review.