We had to wait a few minutes, then Jack the first of his projectiles fly.

They hit the backs of the heads of some of the older guests, who stood there looking confused for a second, then there was a familiar sparkle in their eye as they got down to get some snowballs.

Myself, the Descendants of Jack Frost, the Burgess gang and the Guardians needed no more incentive to start the game ourselves, even as more of Jack's special snowballs went flying with pinpoint accuracy. The Burgess Branch were not far behind, and neither were my parents.

With unplanned unison, the Descendants and I cried out. "FREE FOR ALL!"

There was no order, instead utter chaos reigned as people got pelted with snowballs. You could tell who had more practice, I use snowballs fights as a training exercise for crying out loud! The Descendants and the Guardians were easily the best, with the Burgess gang coming at close second.

The people working on the event must have scratching their heads at what was going on, but called us back in to begin the reception, which meant sitting on the high table and listening to a speech from my dad.

All the chairs had been moved to sit around round tables, set like a tea party. This was mainly because there was going to be a Descendant and Guardian (if they wanted to come) only reception with a larger meal. The only big thing was on the centre of the high table, where Taboo was sitting, and trying to remain as still as possible.

My dad tapped the side of his glass to quell the various conversations as everyone tried to get the snow off. He then stood up, face a little red and nervous looking.

"Okay, speech..." my dad wasn't really one for public speaking, but he was trying. "Well, can't say that when Jackie was younger I saw this happen, because, sorry Jackie, you really weren't the boy friend type."

No kidding.

"You were quiet and, not moody, but certainly you grew up far too quickly. Then you met Jamie, and some other people. I don't know what they did, or what they said, but you changed. You smiled again. After a while you laughed again. It was wonderful to see."

He paused and I had a look round, to see that his eyes were suspiciously shiny, was he about to cry?

"And now, to see that you're going to spend the rest of your life with the man who helped heal you, when your mum and I couldn't. It lifts my heart more than you know. Thank you Jamie, for bringing my little girl back into the light, and Jackie, it's wonderful to see you so happy."

He sat down, and there was an applause, and I gave my dad a hug, because he honestly looked he was about to cry. There were a few 'Ahhh's as I did so, and then Jamie stood up to do his speech.

"I don't think I can top that." he admitted, to a few laughs. "Truth was I met Jackie many years ago, when I was just a kid. She acted like she was whole, when it only took a closer look to see that she was in fact, broken. I'm not going to say why, as I don't think it's appropriate for a wedding. And I'm also going to share something that most might not know."

I looked up at him, wondering where he was going with this.

"You see, a few weeks after we'd met, I was attacked, and Jackie got it into her head that it was her fault. She ran away, I don't know what brought her back, but she snuck into the hospital, and after making sure that wasn't going to run away, we started talking, and she told me why she had run, and she cried. I don't think she'd cried for a few years. I can't remember exactly what I said, but she looked at me with such hope and a little disbelief, and then a bond was forged."

Jamie looked at me, a warm smile on his face. "I don't know when it was when I fell in love, and to say that it's been smooth until this point would be a lie. Jackie, you can be cold, you can incredibly tactless, painfully sarcastic and at times blindly stupid, but you are also kind, intelligent, and brave. Contradictions, I know, but you manage it, depending on the situation, and although the wedding is kind of ceremonial at this point, but I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you."

Another series of claps and it was the best man's turn. I know this was supposed to be one of the big speeches, but it was mainly college memories about Jamie. Then, finally, although was a relatively new tradition, it was my turn for a speech.

I stood up and took the mic, having had a speech prepared in my head.

"Well, I had a speech prepared, but after listening to everyone else, I'm going to wing it."

A few laughs.

"I can't deny what everyone has said about me. I was and still can be a bit too calm and rational for the situation. Even now I'm still learning how to act like a normal human being, whether or not there is such thing. And to add to what Jamie said, about the night I ran away. I ran because it reminded me of the night my brother died, which is why I ended up so, emotionless, for a while. I ran because I was scared, because I didn't want to see that again. It took to someone else to make me see that I didn't want to leave. My, well, I didn't see them as friends at the time, but definitely friends now, and Jamie, made me want to stay, so I went back.

"And I can tell you Jamie what you said that made me look at you that way, because there's no way I could have forgotten. You told me that I was your friend, and that you didn't want me to go. A simple thing, but it meant the world at the time. I had had no friends since my brother died and I had only known you a few weeks, the fact you considered me a friend even then made my heart soar. So, thank you Jamie, you were one of many to pull me out of the dark, and the one who asked to marry me, and I'll be honest, I think my brain crashed when it happened, but, if there's anything I really want to say, is thank you. Thank you for everything, for not giving up on me, and here's for our life to come!"

There was a toast and everyone settled down for the tea party, mainly sticking to their tables, until some music started.

Jamie stood up and held out his hand to me. "May I offer you this dance my lady?"

I grinned. "Indeed my good sir." I took his hand and we went to a clear area to dance.

A few years ago, I would not even have considered going up there, but I found that dancing in some ways is like fighting, you move a certain way to achieve a goal, in this case, to have fun. I wasn't good, even if I do have some grace from many years of learning to fight, but Jamie was okay and walked me through some dances.

I heard some shrieks and I looked over to see my mom's sister and someone else running from Taboo on the table.

What did you do?

"They called me tacky!"

I'll throw a snowball at them later, what did you do?

"I just twitched, I swear!"

Right...

As more people danced, Jamie and I got ambushed my our mothers.

"So, now you two are married." my mom started with a smile that I wasn't sure I liked.

"You two are more likely to..." Mrs Bennett said and Jamie's eyes went wide.

"Mom!"

I was left completely oblivious until my mom said.

"We want grandkids."

Both of us went bright red.

"MOM!" we both went, utterly embarrassed.

Mrs Bennett and my mom looked at each other and practically cackled before disappearing, leaving us with that pressure.

"Oh boy." I breathed.

"Mom found you?" asked Sophie behind me and we both jumped. "Don't worry, but, I wouldn't mind a niece or nephew, or both."

Her shark smile lasted as she sprinted off to find Alice and Jamie and I returned to looking at each other.

"Can we leave that for a while?" I asked.

"Yeah, not touching that with a bargepole."

A few hours later it was time for the people related to the Guardians to shuffle off to the HOG base for the second reception. Everyone slowly left so the company hosting the event could pack up, and everyone heading to the base (which didn't include my parents, they were quite happy to leave that part of my life be) either went by one of Bunnymund's Tunnels or by Smoke.

Inside the Main Cavern the second reception had already been set up, with a high table and a few round ones again, but this time there was going to be a proper meal. Samson, who used to be a professional chef before retiring due to his wheelchair making it difficult to get around the kitchen, had instantly volunteered to cater. Honestly, I think he was happy to do some intense cooking again, you didn't have to know him well to know that it was something he loved doing.

Other Descendants had showed up, the rest of the Descendants of Jack Frost and their Branches, and for once Amelia O'Donnell didn't look like she was about to run away, even if she did eye Taboo warily still.

Thankfully none of us made our speeches again, which meant Jack could finally do his speech.

He stood up, and he had this grin on his face that made me think that he was going to start doing the typical best man thing, and start telling embarrassing stories. The worst thing was, he has a lot of ammo on both of us.

"So." he started, grin still in place. "I hear it's traditional to tell embarrassing stories, and who am I to disappoint?"

We were doomed.

"So, in no particular order, here we go."

Jamie and I looked at each other and braced ourselves.

"So, contrary to popular belief, Jackie has a cute side."

Uh oh, he wasn't, was he?

"A few years ago, I know for a fact she had a stuffed polar bear in her room."

He was.

"I believe his name was Pickles?" Jack turned his grin my way as my face went a bit red. "Do you still have him?"

The answer to that question was in fact, yes. Not that I was going to say it.

Out of the corner of my eye I could see Jamie nodding, grinning as well.

"He's on the bookshelf!" he called out and there was some laughter in the congregation.

"Don't laugh too soon Jamie, still have the robot around?" Jack asked and it was Jamie's turn to go a little red.

I nodded, but had the grace not to shout out where it was. Jamie's prize robot had the best place on the coffee table. When Taboo wasn't hiding it, she often hid my polar bear as well.

"Although, I must say, I'm glad you two finally got around to this. I was starting to avoid the lake just in case I walked in on you two!"

Jack probably meant kissing or just being unbearably cute, however I had spent enough time around Alice Harper to start thinking about dangerous things and if my face was red before, it was now the colour of a fire engine!

"Okay, I think if I embarrass you two anymore your heads are going to explode, so I'll end on this. You two are some of the best friends I've had, I'm glad you two are happy. Just don't forget about us alright?"

He had a half hopeful, half sad smile on his face, but I couldn't but look around the room obviously and say.

"Going to be pretty hard to do that Snowman!"

There was good natured laughter all across the room, but then Jamie and I stood up and hugged Jack.

Some of the Descendants seemed to go into shock, but neither of us really cared.

"Like we'd forget about you." I muttered.

"You're our best friend." added Jamie.

My shoulder started feeling a bit damp and frozen, but I decided not to mention it as we all sat back down.

Then I quickly stood back up like a jack in the box.

"So, I know Samson's been working hard on this, so let's eat!"

"Hear hear!" yelled someone from Oliver's Branch, much to his embarrassment, and we all started eating and talking.

One more part to go!