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Its an update 6 days after the last one. Less than a week :) To make up for not updating in about a month last time, I basically spent all my free time writing this chapter for you! And I was going to wait until tomorrow to post it, but THE PACKERS WON and are going to the superbowl, so I'm in a good mood.

I didn't reply to reviews last chapter because I spend all my time on the computer writing this chapter, but they mean so much to me and I did read everyone and I promise to reply to them this chapter.

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"Oh, love birds!" Embry's voice rang in my ears. "Billy sent me in to wake you two kids up. He said he'd do it, but he didn't want to risk seeing anything. He also said that you have to sleep on the couch from now on, Jake."

That was literally the last thing I wanted to wake up to. Even Miley Cyrus would be better… maybe…

I felt Nessie's small body jerk awake in my arms. I opened my eyes and glared at Embry, "You ass. We were sleeping."

Embry stood in my doorway eating bacon. "I know. Rachel made breakfast and both Paul and I are here, so if you guys want any, you better get up now." He said, shutting the door after him.

Nessie off the bed and quickly finger combed her perfect hair. "I'm sorry I fell asleep."

I shook my head. "Nah. Everyone was gone anyway. Sam and I just discussed business. I'm, uh, I'm taking over as alpha soon… So…"

She smiled at me. "So we're moving here soon." She stated.

"Only if you want to." I told her gently.

She rolled her eyes, "Of course I want to." She placed her hand on my cheek, You're not the only one with family here.

I kissed her forehead and lead her out into the kitchen to be met with Rachel's voice chastising me. "Jacob, you should at least sleep on the floor! That bed cant even fit you! How is Carlie supposed to sleep comfortably when you're taking up the entire thing!"

I sat down at the table and pulled Nessie on to my lap. I could tell she was a bit uncomfortable with being physical around my dad. "We shared a bed before." I told her.

Paul snickered while pretending to read the paper, Nessie blushed, and Rachel rolled her eyes. "Yeah. I'm assuming it was bigger than a twin."

"I- I don't really mind." Nessie said. "He keeps me warm."

"I bet." Paul laughed, giving up on the paper. Embry laughed with him.

"So, Carlie." Billy said loudly, trying to change the subject, "What do you think you want to major in?"

Fuck.

"Oh. Um. I don't think I'm gonna do the whole college thing yet." She said a little apprehensively.

Billy looked surprised. "Oh?"

Nessie shrugged, "Um. Yeah. I just- I- I don't really want to right now. Jake and I have other plans."

Great. Put the spotlight on me, Nessie. Thanks a bunch. Billy's curious eyes snapped to mine, as did Rachel and Paul's. "Uhh. Yeah. We have other plans."

"Like what?" Rachel asked impatiently.

Nessie and I exchanged a glance and she nodded slightly. "We're, uh, we're gonna get married and move here. I'm taking over as alpha and… I don't know." I said with a shrug. I was pretty sure it was obvious that we were planning a family.

"You're- You're moving here?" Rachel asked with uncertainty. Nessie nodded. Rachel's face broke out into a huge smile, but it faded slightly when she glanced at Billy.

Billy did not look happy. In fact, he looked pretty pissed. "Jacob, can I talk to you alone?"

Fuck. Nessie tensed up on my lap and curled into me a little bit. Once again, the need to take her and run with her washed over me. But I couldn't do that. As much as I wanted to protect her and keep her all to myself, I couldn't. I had responsibilities here. I've done enough running. "Sure, sure." I replied quietly, pushing Nessie off my lap.

Paul and Rachel quickly left the room, scooped up their kids and left. Nessie stayed firmly by my side and Embry hovered at the door. I gave her a small push in Embry's direction. "I'll meet up with you later, ok? Embry will show you around." I said quietly to her.

"Jake-"

I cut off her protest with a small kiss before pushing her to Embry. He gave me a nod and lead her out of the house. I heard him tell her they were headed over to Charlie and Sue's to see Seth and Leah. That put my mind a little more at peace.

"She's 17, Jacob." Billy began as soon as the door shut.

My jaw clenched. "She's mature, dad."

He sighed. "17 is to young to settle down and have a family. She needs-"

"You don't know her." I interrupted him. "You met her yesterday. You don't think I'd sacrifice anything to make her happy? Fuck, dad. If she decides she never wants to come back here again, we wont be back! I'm not going to do anything she doesn't want."

Hurt flashed through his eyes. "Jacob, I didn't mean-"

"No! You've never imprinted, dad!" He doesn't know. Why the hell is he so concerned? "You don't know what its like! I'd die to protect her from any amount of pain! I'd do anything for her! She told me wants to get married, move here, and have a family!"

"You damn well better not get her pregnant at 17, Jacob!" he snapped.

Tremors shot up my arms. "I'm not doing anything until she's sure about it! I love her, dad! I'm not going to wrong her in anyway! You- You don't know her. You don't know us! Fuck! You don't even know me anymore! I've grown up, dad! I'm 26 and I know how to take care of myself! No, I'm not ready to be a father yet. I have to get some shit together first. But she told me. She wants to have kids. Soon. Wanna know the reason she gave?" Billy had a strange mix of fear and anger on his face. "She told me she wants our kids, your grandchildren, the heirs of Ephraim Black, to know you!"

All expression washed out of his face.

"I've tried to tell her to go to college and not worry about me or anything in La Push." I said after taking a few calming breaths. "I've tried to reason with her. I'm immortal until I stop phasing. She's young," And immortal, but he didn't need to know that yet, "and we have forever to go to college and travel and do all that stuff. But this is what she wants. She loves me, and I'm tied to this soil and she's tied to me. Marriage is about compromising. Making sacrifices for each other. She's choosing to do this for me. I didn't ask her to. She told me we were doing this. She's doing it for me, for our future kids, for you, for the pack, and for the entire tribe." I begged him to understand.

After a few long seconds of silence, he sighed. "Kids on the rez don't have many opportunities to go to college. I don't want to see you and her struggle through like your mother and I did."

"Dad, I- I have a plan. Quil, Embry, and I are gonna start a business. A Garage. Dowlings is over priced and half their mechanics don't know how to change oil. Carlie knows cars, too."

He sighed again, "And where are you going to get the money for this?"

"I've been working, dad!" I yelled, "I've probably held more jobs than your average guy over the past 10 years. I buy food and rent. That's it! I'm not rich, but I have money! Did you see Carlie's ring?" I asked incredulously.

Billy shook his head. "I just hope for your sake she's not going to regret not going to college sooner."

"Dad, she's got her whole life ahead of her." I explained.

"Now I'm not saying I regret anything, but if you have kids now, the next 20 years will be all about them. She'll be in her 30s by the time she can go to college." Billy said.

Damn it. I wish I could just tell him she's immortal and it doesn't matter. She literally has forever. "And she's ok with that, dad. If you get to know her a little better you'll see she doesn't do anything halfheartedly. If she does it, her whole heart is in it. That's why I love her."

Billy stayed silent for a good minute. I just hoped I would have to cut him out of my life. I really did want my kids to know him. "Alright. You two have my blessing, Jake."

As soon as the initial happiness flowed through me, I realized something. "Wait, wait! Do I have to get her father's blessing?"

He nodded, "Well, yeah, if you're going to be married in the traditional way then her father has to give her to you."

"Shit!"

Billy smiled. "Have you met him already?"

I laughed sardonically, "Yeah. I have. He hates me."

Billy chuckled. "I'm sure he'll come around."

I thought of Edward Cullen's furious face when I accidentally let the imprint thing slip. "No. I don't think he will. Pretty sure her entire family hates me, too."

"Well didn't she say she ran away with you here? They probably are a little upset with you for taking their 17 year old daughter away from them." Billy said simply. "You should invite them to a bonfire." He suggested.

Before I could stop myself, I burst out into laughter. He just invited the Cullens to a bonfire. Hah. Billy gave me a strange look and I quieted down, "Uh. No. Her dad would push me in."

Billy laughed. "Well, son, you better get on his good side."

I laughed nervously. "Uh. Yeah. I'll, uh, get on that."

So after that awkward and slightly infuriating conversation, I showered and left to find my Nessie. She was at Sam and Emily's with my pack and sister. Nessie leaped off the chair and wrapped her arms around me. Does he hate me? I'm so sorry, Jacob! She told me silently.

I gave my head a small shake ad kissed her forehead. "Billy just wanted to talk to me."

"He was pissed about the engagement. He threatened Paul every single day until the wedding." Rachel said with a smile before moving right along, "So… Speaking of weddings…!"

"Rachel!" I groaned.

"Oh! Come on! My baby brother is getting married! This is a big deal!" she squealed before turning to Nessie, "So what are you thinking? An August wedding? October?" she grinned.

Nessie smiled at me before turning to Rachel. "I was kinda thinking spring. Then it gives us time to… let our families get to know each other." She said with a smile. "But," she added, "As soon as possible, you know? Once my parents know."

I couldn't hold my snort of laughter back. "Yeah… Right." Shit, I'd marry her today if that whole family thing wasn't an issue.

Nessie turned to me with a smug smile on her face. "Jacob Black, I'm not marrying you with out both our families and friends in attendance."

Paul and Sam snickered. "Get used to that. Weddings make girls go crazy." Paul said.

"You have to have the perfect cake, perfect invites, perfect table settings, perfect center pieces, prefect-" Emily cut Sam off with a smack to the head.

"Jake might try to pull the alpha card, but don't let him fool you, Carlie, if you asked him to, he'd go through hours of dance classes and spend four hours looking for the prefect napkin color." Emily said with a smile.

"Please don't make me do that." I begged Nessie.

She laughed. "Of course I would make you do that. Then you would have to choose the table cloth and the plates and all of the other table accessories just to make sure they all match." She grinned. Rachel and Emily nodded seriously.

"Ok, so, spring. Are you thinking big or little?" Rachel asked. I half expected her to take notes.

"Um, it depends…" Nessie said, throwing a glance at me. It depends on if I say ok to inviting leeches to my wedding.

"And where…?" Emily fished.

Nessie shrugged, "Probably First Beach. Or maybe somewhere in Forks."

Rachel and Emily exchanged looks. "We can help you if you don't know what you want. There are some really great stores in Seattle." Rachel said.

Nessie smiled. "I'd love that. But, um, my aunt actually is a party planner and I know she'd be heart broken if I didn't let her have some power. She can be a little pushy and a little scary at times, but she really knows her stuff."

"That's great! So… I mean, does your family know you two are engaged?" Emily asked with concern.

I pulled Nessie closer to me. "They don't know yet." I answered for her.

Emily frowned, "Honey, you should probably call your parents. I know they would probably be excited for you. As a parent, I would like to know if one of my kids got engaged."

"I know." Nessie said quickly. "But I'm just- I don't want to disappoint them. And as of right now they don't support my choice to be with Jacob."

Rachel looked upset. "Have they met him? I mean, do they actually know him?"

Her dad has been inside my fucking head. I'd say old Eddie knows me pretty well. But, instead, I shrugged, "I think her dad is just mad I'm doing his daughter."

"Aren't they all?" Sam chuckled, kissing Emily's scarred face.

"My dad is just protective. I'm his only child and… He never thought he could have children. When I was younger he used to tell me I was a miracle and how my mom and I saved him. I mean, I feel terrible for running away, but they don't know what's best for me in this situation."

Sam nodded his head in understanding, "When Em and I were dating, I wished I could just tell her parents about imprinting and how devoted to her I am. In today's world it tough to know if a guys intentions are honest. I don't particularly like that Brady imprinted on Aubree, but I know if she ends up falling in love with him, he'll never break her heart."

Nessie sighed. "My dad knows how devoted Jake is. He just doesn't like that we're… physical or that Jake is a w-" SHIT "a gym teacher." She stuttered over a little bit. "But I don't care. Why should they?"

"Dads only want the best for their daughters." Paul said quietly. It was a bit of a shocker.

After that, we dropped all serious subjects and moved on to other topics, like pack gossip and shit, for awhile. I left Nessie with Seth and Leah at Sue and Charlie's house while Quil, Embry and I went to the bank to get a loan.

Apparently Quil was really into the idea and got a presentation all together and found land to build it on and shit. After a three hour meeting and figuring out all of my finances, Wolf Motors was born.

Quil and Embry tried to convince me to go out and have a celebratory drink after, but I was to anxious to get back to Nessie. And I had to make sure my sister wasn't telling her baby stories about me. That could be even worse than high school/Bella stories.

And instead of finding her where Leah said she'd be, at Sue and Charlie's, I found her at First Beach setting things up for the bonfire tonight.

Now, I really loved hearing my dad tell the stories of my people, but, tonight, I was dreading it. Nessie will have to sit and listen to my dad, friends, and family bash her family. And her. Bella and Bella's 'demon child' were the two most hated people within the pack circle.

Nessie was helping the other wolf-girls set up the food while a few pack members were setting up the fire and logs to sit around. Nessie was laughing and smiling with the other women. I was so fucking happy she was fitting in.

But, of course, who could hate her?

"Your fiancée is back, Carlie." Jenna teased her.

Nessie's chocolate eyes found mine immediately. "Hey Cowboy!" she laughed.

I frowned and walked over to where Nessie and my sister were doubled over in laughter. "Damn it, Rachel! Did you have to tell her that one?"

Rachel smiled. "I didn't tell her, I showed her."

Nessie produced the picture of me when I was about three years old clad only in tighty whiteys, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. It was a phase. Nessie's beautiful laugher broke my thoughts, "We're gonna get this blown up and framed so we can put it over our mantle!"

"No. We're not." I said dryly.

"Yes we are!"

"I'm sure Carlie has some embarrassing baby pictures. You just need to get her parents to like you." Jenna said with a laugh.

Unlikely. Nessie rolled her eyes at my expression and went off with Jenna and Rachel to make more food or something. I started a game of football with the guys and played until the imprints called us over for dinner.

"So, are you planning on building a house or buying one?" Sam asked. He and a few other wolves worked as construction workers when they weren't wolfing.

"Build." I answered without consulting her. Nessie was used to living in luxury and no way was I going to have her living uncomfortably.

Sam chuckled. "How big does the walk in closet have to be, Carlie?"

She smiled. "Big."

"Oh my god, wait, you're taking on the task of planning a wedding as well as building a house? Are you insane?" Kim asked with a smile.

"Once Jake and I…reconcile with my family, I have a feeling my aunt will do most of the wedding plans, I just have to sign off on stuff and my uncles could use a creative outlet other than wrestling, so I'm sure they'd love to help build the house. My grandma has designed all of the houses we've lived in, so I'm pretty sure she wouldn't mind helping with that."

"Ok, so basically you have a bunch of geniuses in your family who can do anything?" Quil asked.

Nessie shrugged, "They're good people who love to learn."

"So they're upset you dropped out of high school?" Charlie said quietly from the other end of the table.

Hurt flashed through Nessie's eyes and again, I fought off the overwhelming feeling to kick Charlie's ass.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Billy stepped in, "Well, uh, if everyone is done then I guess we can start the legends."

Everyone moved quickly away from the awkward situation and sat around the fire as Sam lit it up before Billy spoke, "It brings me great pleasure tonight to welcome Carlie into the pack and into our tribe."

Nessie slid her hand into mine and I braced myself for her silent talking, I feel terrible about this. They don't know who I am and they're welcoming me into their homes and into the tribe and- Uh, shit! We have to tell them! I cant stand lying to them!

I leaned into her and put my lips on her ear, "Soon, baby. Not yet." I said as quietly as possible. I knew I was being selfish, but if they didn't accept her, I'd leave. Nessie is my life and yeah, I love my pack and my family, but Nessie is number one. And if this turns sour, I'd give them up in a heartbeat. I just wanted to spend a little bit more time with them.

"The Quileutes have been a small people from the beginning. And we are a small people still, but we have never disappeared. This is because there has always been magic in our blood. It wasn't always the magic of shape-shifting - that came later. First, we were spirit warriors." My dad's voice rang out.

Nessie looked at him intently and all I wanted to do was grab her and run. She didn't need to hear the stories about how my people hated and mistrusted her family. She sure as fuck did not need to know how much her mom and she, herself were hated. Fuck. This was going to be torture.

Nessie listened respectfully as he told the legends of Kaheleha, Taha Aki, and Utlapa and how we transformed into werewolves. She listened intently when he got to the parts about the missing Makah girls and the female vampire's attack on the village. She tensed up when dad showed off the damn leather bag.

"Even your great-grandfathers prepared to destroy cold-ones." Billy's voice rang out. "About 70 years ago, a coven came into these parts and maintained permanent residence nearby. Ephraim Black met with their leader who assured him they live differently from other cold-ones. These vampires lived off the blood of animals. So Ephraim made a treaty with these leeches." Billy said with disdain, "As long as they did not bite a human and promised to stay off our land, the pack would not attack. So the Cullens lived nearby for a few years before moving on."

If I didn't know who she was, I'd say Nessie didn't seem effected by the story at all. She was that amazing of an actress. Behind the calm face, though, I saw panic and hurt. She didn't like this story, and I was sure she was going to hate the next part.

"And now on to the story of Isabella Swan." Fuck.

"Do we have to?" Charlie mumbled. Sue gave him a reassuring hug.

Billy nodded stiffly to Charlie and began, "When the Cullens moved back to Forks 12 years ago, the magic in our blood responded and a new pack was beginning to form. The treaty was still intact, but, this time, one of the young Cullens fell for a human girl, and the human girl fell for him, too."

"The pack did what they could to protect Isabella, but the bloodsuckers hurt her anyway and left her behind." Charlie looked strained, and I could tell Nessie's calm façade wasn't going to last much longer. "During this period, Isabella became close to one of the future members of the wolf pack. This foolish wolf fell in love with her." Billy said, shooting a smirk at me.

I could see jealousy written all over Nessie's face. Fantastic. "I love you." I whispered to her before my dad started up again.

"When the cold ones returned, Bella accepted them back with welcoming arms, putting the first nail in her relationship with the wolf pack. Bella brought misfortune to the wolf pack and caused an army of newborn vampires to invade the surrounding area. The wolf pack allied with the Cullens to save Bella, as well as the rest of the town. One wolf was severely injured when protecting a fellow pack member."

Like every time the subject was mentioned, Leah shot me an apologetic look. And, like always, I waved her off. It was my job to protect my pack. But sometimes I did like to give her hell over the pain it caused me.

"When the wolf lay healing, Isabella told him that she was picking the blood drinker over him. Heartbroken, the wolf ran, and only returned when he found his one true soul mate." Billy smiled at Nessie and I gave her a quick kiss. She blushed as Billy kept going. "Isabella married the cold one and came back from her honeymoon pregnant with her," I squeezed Nessie close to me, "demon child."

Wow. Demon child. Fantastic. Nessie snapped in my head. How the fuck did they know what I was? I might be a little biased, but I think I turned out better than a demon.

"Bella carried her leech's spawn and gave birth to a female."

Oh. Female. I see. Not a baby girl. Not a daughter. Nope. Female.

"And then the Cullens broke the treaty by turning Isabella into one of them. The Cullens were banished from the lands forever. Isabella left many people devastated in her wake."

There was silence for a few seconds after Billy finished, but then Charlie broke the silence. "If I had known…"

"I don't think you can blame yourself, Charlie." I jumped in, "She made the choice herself and chose to protect you. I don't blame her for protecting her family or pursuing happiness. In fact, I think that legend is bull shit and it needs to be changed."

Nessie gave me a small kiss paired with a grateful look. Everyone other than her and my pack had surprised faces. "Are you serious?" Jared asked. "Bella put this pack through hell. That's all the legend is saying."

I shrugged, "Well, yeah. She brought some destruction, but without her and her husband and their family, we wouldn't be a pack. We wouldn't have imprinting. She made this possible." I argued.

"That doesn't justify her lies to me." Charlie stated. "And how she left without telling me anything or letting me meet my granddaughter or even just saying goodbye."

Before anyone could say anything else, a frightened howl cut the air.