I AM SOOOOOO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A BILLION YEARS! I went on holidays, then I came back and my laptop was broken, then we got it fixed, all the software was removed so I had to download everything over again. REALLY REALLY SORRY!
It's said that you will always have that one boy in your life, you won't be able to forget about. The one that you will always love, whether you want to or not, the one that will hold a special place in your heart for the rest of your life. I never believed this, but then again I never believed I could call Paul Meraz my boyfriend in just three short weeks and that happened. Sometimes I think I'm just going to wake up one morning and this will all be a dream, not trying to sound cheesy, like it's so big dream come true. I'm just surprised that I let him back into my heart so fast, I thought I'd never forgive him, truth is, I kinda haven't. But I'm looking over what he did, it was a mistake. People make mistakes, I know I have. But right now, all that matters is us, and our lives. Whether we spend them together or not.
'A wedding is a door to happiness, when two decide to share their lives as one. Your marriage is an adventure bright and new, the pleasures and delights have just begun.'
Emily and Sam's day had finally arrived, the wedding would take place at the local church a few short minutes away from Emily and Sam's. Emily being Emily didn't want a big celebration, only close friends and family were invited, to the dismay of La Push, who had been waiting for the day the two tied the knot. The old ladies loved Sam, they knew Emily from the general store and thought it was so incredibly beautiful of Sam to still love Emily with the nasty scars on her face, of course know one beside the pack knew how she really got the scars. Everyone else just thought they were from a bear attack.
The bridesmaids included Kim, Leah and I, of course Leah wanted nothing to do with it. I felt her Leah, today was going to be tough, having the boy she planned on marrying, walk down the aisle with her cousin, watching them start the rest of their lives together. I don't think I would be able to do it, that's what I admire about Leah, she has such strength, more than I could ever have. If I were her, I'd spend today curled up in a ball crying. Emily and Sam's backyard was set up beautifully ready for the reception, there were tables dressed with white table covers and green bows on the ends of them. The chairs had big green bows on the back of them, matching the tables which had name tags written in Emily's beautiful running writing.
We had the fairy lights running anywhere we could manage to put them, we had the along the sides of the house, in trees, even some on the floor. There was also green and white lanterns hanging from the trees. The backyard looked amazing, it would look even better once it was dark and all the lights were on. I pulled my phone out looking at the time, it read four thirty. I cursed under my breath before running back into the house to see the girls fussing over Leah's hair and make up.
"There you are Savannah!" Kim exclaimed, "Come sit down, I'll do your hair and make up." I looked over at Leah who had burn marks on her neck from the straightener that was in Kim's hand.
"I'm just gonna get my dress on." I said noticing Kim, Leah, Daniella (Emily's sister) Katie (Emily's other sister) and Claire had their dresses on. I guessed Emily was in her room with Sue and her mother getting ready, I walked into my room locking my door behind me. I looked at myself in my mirror, deciding what I wanted to do with my hair. I had an hour to get ready before we all had to pile into Sue's car and leave for the church, quickly I took a shower, which ended up taking a lot longer than I thought it would. I can't shave my legs when I rush, I have four cuts to show for it. I wrapped my hair in a towel as I walked into my bedroom taking the dress out of its plastic slip. After blow drying my hair completely dry, I started on my make up, I decided to go light with a little bit of eye liner to bring out my eyes. I put some pink blush on my cheeks which really made them stand out against my tanned skin. My hair flowed around my shoulders in lose curls with bits pinned back with two silver clips.
I looked at myself in the full length mirror, my dress fitted perfectly. It was a light green colour, strapless and stopped just above knee length. It was tight fitting around the boob area and rib cage but then flowed out everywhere else. I grabbed the tiny silver purse all the bridesmaids have putting my cellphone and make up in it, I quickly applied a soft pink lip gloss then headed out the door to find everyone waiting outside.
"Took you long enough, now lets get this show on the road" Kim said with only excitement in her voice. Kim took weddings a little to seriously, her and Jared aren't even engaged yet she has already picked out what dress and the venue she is going to have for her special day. I swear if Jared doesn't purpose to her sometime this year, she'll tell him too.
"Savannah you look beautiful" Emily said with a bright smile on her face as we walked up to the entrance of the church.
"Not nearly as amazing as you look" I replied taking in the long white strapless gown she was wearing with such grace. She gave her usual warm smile before walking behind everyone in the line standing next to her dad who had such a look of pride written on his face as he looked at his youngest daughter. I could hear the soft sounds coming from the piano as the doors opened relieving a small group of about fifty people rise to their seats as Kim starting walking down the aisle. The church was decorated in flowers from head to toe, obviously Emily's idea since she has a little obsession with flowers. My turn quickly came as both Emily's sisters had gone, I took a deep breath as I grabbed the white roses from the table next to me and I began walking. I could feel everyone's eyes on me, so I focused my attention to the front of the church, I looked at Sam who looked as nervous as ever. I couldn't help but smile at him as he gave me a wink, I looked over at the long line of boys behind him. Jared, Paul, Jacob, Embry, Quil and Seth, I looked at Paul who has wearing a big dopey grin as he watched me walk closer and closer. Jacob looked like he had seen a ghost, I quickly glanced behind me to see Leah walking, her eyes glued on Jacob.
My parents were in front row with the rest of our and Emily's family, looking extremely proud as Emily and Sam began to say their vows. I cannot get over at how handsome all the boys looked in their black tuxedo's, especially Paul. Emily's vows were beautiful, you could see she meant every single word by the way she was looking into Sam's eyes. Like he was the only person on the planet, Sam's were just as heart felt as Emily's until he made a little slip up.
"When I first saw you, before I could even find the words to speak, you blew me away. Then when I finally got the courage to speak to you, you blew me again." Sam said looking deeply into Emily's eyes. I snorted out a laugh before getting elbowed in the ribs by Kim, I covered my mouth with flowers trying to keep my laughter within. I looked over at the boys who all wore clueless expressions, all except Quil, trust him to be the only one that got it.
There was a massive drama with the reception, it started to pour down rain so we couldn't have the party at Emily's like we planned. Luckily before Kim started ripping her hair out, the minister offered a big white hall behind the church that is normally used for holding receptions. With a couple trips back and forth we managed to get all the decorations, food and drinks to the hall, it looked even better then it did back at Emily's. The balloons have covered this giant wooden dance floor, the tiles surrounding the dance floor were pearly white that glistened every time the lights shined down. Streamers were hanging from the door ways and windows with balloons attached to them, we quickly got the name cards on the tables and tied bows around the chairs with big green ribbon. The place looked beautiful.
But to my dismay, I was stuck at a table with Embry, Quil, Jacob, Kim, Jared and Paul. Which wasn't that bad, except all you could hear coming from Kim's mouth was how amazing her wedding is going to be, I can honestly say if she talks about her future wedding one more time, I will throw her off the nearest high building. I was sitting next to Paul who had his left resting on the back of my chair, we got a few strange looks by a number of people I've only seen one or twice, obviously they weren't expecting us to get back together. That's a small town for you, you can only talk to someone once, and they know your life story.
"Have I told you how beautiful you look?" Paul whispered in my ear while the rest of the table was listening to Embry's theory on where your food actually goes once you eat it.
"Yes, that would be the fifth time I think?" I said jokingly.
"I just want you to know someone appreciates you."
I could feel my stomach grow butterflies, this boy has this amazing power over me. He makes me feel like I'm finally good enough, pretty enough. I haven't felt this way in such a long time, ironic enough, looking at Paul makes me forget about everything that happened. If I knew I'd feel this way, I wouldn't have been so guarded for such a long time. Finally the time for the toasts came around, Kim told a heartfelt one about growing up with Emily had been a blessing. Emily's sisters, how Sam completes her. Even Jared had something short to say, but the one thing Sam wanted from me today, was a speech. He said it would mean the world to him, so here I am. Standing in front of a small sea of people.
"I'm not a speech maker, I can never find the right words. So standing in front of you all, looking at how happy and in love my brother and his beautiful wife are, finding the words to describe the two of them, is harder then anything I've ever faced. So, I thought I'd share the story of the first time I ever heard the words 'Emily Young'." The crowd awed, my mother place a hand over her heart, and Emily smiled brightly, not hearing of the story before.
"I was fifteen at the time, Sam was at the young age of 17. He spent night after night, out with his friends, doing god knows what with god knows who. It was one hot, sunny afternoon, a very rare one indeed for La Push, when Sam came home, with one of the biggest smiles on his face, I was sitting on the balcony of our house, I heard Sam's rusty old truck pull up in the driveway, I was expecting to see him half asleep, hungover. But he wasn't, in fact, It was also the first ever time Sam skipped." Everyone laughed, Sam looked down embarrassed, but Emily placed her hand on his shoulder, wearing a smile that could turn the black sky, a new blue.
"What the hell are you so happy about?" Savannah asked her older brother, confused to why he was so chirpy after being out all night with his friends.
"I think I am in love little sister." Sam said whole heartedly, taking a seat on the porch next to her
Savannah looked to her brother, wearing a even more confused face. More confused then the one she wore only seconds ago.
"Her name is Emily Young, she just moved here. Leah's cousin." Sam explained with a grin on his face.
"And why are you in love with her?"
"Because. Even though she is painfully shy, she'll still talk to you like she's known you all her life. Her laugh is so quiet, but when you hear it, you laugh with her, cause its so beautiful. Emily smiles, the whole world with smile with her. She is the nicest, sweetest most beautiful girl I have ever met."
Savannah couldn't help but smile at her older brother. "You sir are in love."
"Even though, he had only taken a couple of seconds to explain Emily to myself. I knew, that she was the girl, my brother would marry. Words cannot describe how happy I am that you settled for my brother." I said to Emily, earning a couple of laughs, even from Sam.
"Now the only thing you have to do, is go ahead and whip me up a niece or nephew!" I finished, smiling at the happy couple while the crowd was laughing and clapping.