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Invitation

(Tess POV)

Jake and I were sitting on the couch, eating popcorn and watching horror movies while critiquing the characters and how dumb they were.

"Literally, go through the fucking door!" I screamed, after a brunette chick ran through the hallway and trapped herself in a bedroom that had a balcony.

"These people are so stupid."

The movie ended and we switched to the sports channel.

Charlie walked in the door with some mail, not noticing us.

"Bills, bills, coupons – what's this?" He mumbled, placing most of the mail on the counter. He had a special-looking envelope in his hand. "Tess?" He called, still not realizing that I was there.

"Wha-at?" I called back, getting up.

"Oh, d-didn't notice you there, hon. Hey, Jake." He said, nodding towards him, "C'mere, hon."

"What?" I asked, jumping over the couch to get to him.

"Look at this..."

I opened the envelope. It was a wedding invitation for Bella and Edward's wedding. For August 13th.

"They're... getting married!"

"The hell?" Charlie exclaimed.

"And... I'm going to be the Maid of Honor."

This time it was Jake who yelled "The HELL?!"

"What?" I asked as he vaulted off the couch.

"No! You can't!"

"Why not? It's my sister's wedding!"

"Because – "

"I'll let you guys continue this alone..." Charlie interjected, backing towards the door and escaping out to the front.

I waited to hear the cruiser start to continue our argument.

"Don't say that they're dangerous – Edward saved my life, Carlisle saved yours, and Alice is my friend!"

He exhaled, calming down a little. "It's not that... I just... don't feel comfortable with you around them. Without me. I barely held it together that night you slept at their house!"

I shook my head and took his hands in mine. "You can come with me. If you're not invited – which I doubt will happen – you can come as my 'plus one'."

He kissed my forehead. "Fine," He muttered, "I'm not leaving you alone with them, I don't care how much they've helped us."

I shook my head again. "I wish you could just let your guard down, at least on their wedding day... just... be happy..."

"I will... when I am absolutely sure that you're safe..."

I sighed. He clearly wasn't going to change his opinion of them just yet...

. . .

Two and a half months passed. It was the day before the wedding. Bella was outside with Alice, breaking in her high heels. I was sitting on the railing, while Jacob helped the other vamps set up the wedding stuff. Every time he passed us, I felt his eyes on me. I had tried to make him feel more comfortable... calm down, but he didn't.

"Now go home, and get plenty of beauty sleep." Alice remarked giddily, taking the heels from Bella.

Bella smiled at me and skipped down the stairs, jumping into her truck.

"So," Alice said, walking up to me, a mischievous grin on her face, "Miss Maid of Honor, have you been breaking in your heels?"

"Well, damn, Alice, I don't normally wear them!" I looked over at the black, four inch heels Alice had picked out, "I've literally worn them once, and that was for a Christmas party two years ago."

"Well, at least you have some experience with them... Bella's never worn them."

"Really?" I laughed.

"You should get some sleep, too." She said, picking up my shoes and handing them to me, "Tomorrow, once I'm done with Bella's hair and makeup, I can help you with yours!"

I chuckled, "Sure, Alice..."

"Alright, now. Go wrangle up your boyfriend and go home." She smiled, helping me off the railing.

"Thanks." I hugged her, smiled, and jumped down the stairs. Jacob was about to get another log when he saw me and ran over, embracing me.

"Are we goin' now?" He asked, setting me down.

"Yup!" I waved the shoes and hopped into the truck. I saw Jake wave to Emmett before getting in.

"So," I said as we got on the road, "You and Emmett seem to be getting along well."

"Eh, he's a cool guy. Good humor."

"And you thought you could never be friends with a vampire!"

"Hey, he's – we're still just... acquaintances..."

"Okay." I scoffed, rolling my eyes.

He chuckled and sighed. "I love you..."

"Yeah? Why is that?" I laughed.

"Uh, couple reasons: one, we have the imprint this connecting us; two, you bring out the best in me; and finally, I always have loved you."

I glanced over at him, taking in that childish expression on his face.

"I love you, too." I smiled.

He leaned over and kissed my cheek.

"So, you got your tux ready yet?" I asked.

"Yeah, I picked it up this morning."

"Good. Alice said that during the reception you don't have to have it on."

"Okay, that's good... I probably would've sweat through it..."

. . .

I was trying on my dress. It was a really pretty blue, skin tight, going down to the middle of my thighs.

I was spinning around in front of the mirror when I felt the house move. I heard Edward's voice from upstairs.

Okay, do you have to jump up the side of the house?

Like, just... go around?

Another mini tremor.

UGH! Seriously?

I was starting to get really annoyed, when suddenly, I felt warm hands wrap around my waist.

I turned, shocked, and saw who it was.

Jacob.

I immediately relaxed and wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him.

"I was on my way here already, and then I felt your annoyance, so I sprinted the rest of the way..." He muttered, pulling his face from mine, "Why are you annoyed anywa – "

Yet another tremor.

"Oh." He said, his eyes narrowing, "Now I see."

"Yeah... so..."

"Want me to go up there?"

"No... That's not necessary..."

He pulled away totally and looked down at my dress.

"Oh," I said, spinning around, "Do you like it?"

"Is that seriously a question?"

I smiled at him. "Yes, it is."

"Then, hell yeah! You look amazing!" He smirked.

I blushed and bit my lip. "Thanks..."

I gathered my tshirt and yoga pants from the edge of the bed, "Well, I'm gonna go get changed, so..."

"Okay," Jacob said, "I'll wait."

I smiled, turned, and walked upstairs.

I was walking back down, dress in hand, when Bella walked out of her room.

"Hey," I said, turning to her, "What was going on earlier?"

"Hm? Oh, Edward was just talking to me..." She said.

"And all the weird mini earthquakes?"

"Oh, that..."

I raised my eyebrows.

"Jasper and Emmett were trying to get him down to go to their bachelor party."

"... Okay... ?" I turned around and continued down the stairs, "Whatever."

I opened my bedroom door to see Jacob, sitting on the edge of my bed, looking through a photo album I had. It was pretty much a compilation of pictures of mainly him and me, from when we were babies to now.

"Hey," I said, hanging my dress on the door, "Whatcha lookin' at?"

"Pictures..."

I sat down next to him. He was looking through all of them, starting from when we were babies.

We started to talk about them, reminiscing on the moments that had been captured, the circumstances we had been in.

We laughed and cuddled for the rest of the night.

And I got a great night's sleep.

A/N: For all the Leverage lovers who for some reason are reading this, Tess's dress is Parker's, from 'The First David Job' (Episode 11, I think)

Anyways, this last segment wasn't originally supposed to be in the fanfic, but I didn't have as many pages as I wanted, so I decided to put it in.

Plus, it's a really good bonding sequence between Jacob and her... kind of.

Anyways, I'm really liking this, but I've been having this super un-creative streak, and coming up I have to be really creative, because you know, the original franchise ends soon – which, by the way, does not mean the end of this fanfic. I have this huge idea already of what is going to happen after the end of the original franchise, so, don't worry.

And finally, leave a review! I really appreciate them!