Title: Letting Go
Genre: Family
Rating: T
Pairing: Paul/Bella, OC
Word Count: 500
Prompt: "Is anything ever really what you expect it to be?"
Pre-Reader: none for this one
Disclaimer:
All characters and known situations belong to their respective owners. Everything else came from my own mind. In no way shape or form have I made nor do I intend to make a profit from this story…. All rights still belong to Stephenie Meyer…
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Makenzii sighed and stared out at the rolling clouds overhead. Her room buzzed with activity as her cousins, Keira, Savannah and Piper, and her best friend, Madison, rushed to dress. Her mother stood near them, her calm demeanor helping to sooth their frazzled nerves.
"'Kenzii, you alright baby?"
She turned to Bella- the woman who had helped raise her- and smiled through the tears.
"Don't. you. dare." Keira growled when she saw.
Piper crossed her arms over her chest. "We worked way to hard to make you perfect. You will not ruin it before you become Mrs. Conner Call."
Makenzii chuckled. "Not even happy tears?"
"Not even happy tears." Keira warned.
"Fly away little butterfly." Bella whispered.
She hugged her as tight as she dared. "I love you mom."
A knock on the door broke through the silence. Keira checked that everyone looked presentable before opening the door. "Hi, Uncle Paul."
"Girls. Time to go." Tears clouded his eyes at the sight of Makenzii. "God, you're not my baby girl anymore."
Makenzii offered him a brilliant smile. "I'll always be your baby girl."
"You can always run, you know." He grinned.
"Paul, Behave." Bella chuckled before leaving.
Paul watched as Makenzii twirled, checking herself over in the mirror. The high-lo, halter style dress was perfect for the beach wedding she'd been dreaming of since she'd been just twelve years old. Paul swore the day he learned she wanted to marry Conner Call, he'd never let her out of her room again. Bella only laughed and promised him it would be alright. She'd shown him how in love the two were and Paul mused that his little girl could have done worse.
"I love you daddy." Makenzii whispered as she hugged him.
He grinned. "I love you too, my little butterfly."
Paul and Embry stood together watching Conner and Makenzii's first dance as husband and wife at the reception. The two had been surprised when they learned their kids had started dating. Paul snorted and shook his head.
"You know…. She told Bella she'd marry Conner after she came home from their first date." Paul mused.
Embry blinked. "Yeah? She was only 16! Why not Chris or Wyatt?"
"Wyatt has Keira- always did- besides, he's like a brother to her. And Chris has always been interested in Maddie and he's too much like his dad."
"And Will has Piper. Poor Leah." Embry smirked.
Paul nodded. "Yeah. She tried for a boy, you know? Taha Aki knew better."
They both shivered. "Could you imagine a male version of Leah?"
Bella took that time to steal Paul away for a dance. She'd hardly changed over the years. Her hips were more rounded, her hair had more grey, but she'd remained beautiful to him.
"I never expected my life to turn out like this." Bella mused as he spun her.
Paul arched an eyebrow. "Is anything ever really what you expect it to be?"
"No. Sometimes it's better than what I expected." She grinned.