Chapter 7 – Weddings Always Bring Trouble

Jacob's POV

Once in the rabbit, I had to find out if Kaitlyn got her job or not. I glance at her, "So, did you get the job?"

She smiles to confirmed that she did, then asks me, "What about you?"

"Yep, start Monday." I proudly say.

"Cool. What about everything else?" She questions while shifting her body to pull out the small plastic bag with the rings inside it. "What's this?" She added.

"Everything is taken care of and why don't you open it and take a took." I encourage her with a sense of accomplishment in my tone.

She looks inside, pulling out both small boxes and looking inside them. "Oh my god Jake! They are so beautiful." She says while resting her hand across her chest for a moment. She replaces both boxes in the bag and grabs my hand, locking her fingers in between mine. "You know, Emily and I planned out a lot of things today. She wants to go to Port Angeles soon, to help me look for a dress. I'll need to use the rabbit that day. I also want to measure you, Emily is going to size the other guys so we can order everyone's suits." She rambles off to me.

We arrive at her house and we enter the house. I place the bag with our rings on the kitchen table and when I turn around, Kaitlyn already had the tape measure around me. She too my measurement and wrote them down. "Who is actually going to be in the wedding?" I asked her.

"Well, Paul's going to walk me down the isle and give me away... Emily is the maid of honor... and I'd like Sam to be your best man, if you don't mind. Leah is one of my bride's maids and Seth will be with her..." She acted like she was afraid to continue, but taking a deep breath, so tries to, "Maybe Alice will be another bride's maid with Jasper and even Bella with Edward. Also Quil is our ring barer and Claire is our flower girl." Wow, she really did want to try and be friends with Bella, I was happy about that, though I did miss Bella's wedding, I wondered if she'd come to mine.

"That sounds great to me, when will you call to ask the Cullen's?" I question.

"Well... I wasn't planning on it, I was hoping that you would." She said with an unsure smile.

"Yeah, I'll do it tomorrow." I assured her with a smile of my own. After all, I did know them better than she did, it was only right that I be the one to ask. "Why isn't Sam giving you away, I thought he'd be the one to do that, not Paul?" I ask her.

"Oh..." She giggles a little. "We wanted Sam to be the one, but Paul said he wanted to do it. Then we thought about having both do it, but Sam said that Paul could as long as he got to be the best man."

"I see, you guys really did plan out a good bit today, I'm glad." I say with a chuckle. I pick out a movie, pop it in, and sit on the couch... patting the spot next to me. She comes over and joins me, snuggling in my side and we watch movies the rest of the night.

Two weeks later...

Kaitlyn and Emily really were amazing at arranging things, they both put everything together on First Beach... with hired help, of course. There was a huge tent set up with a few rooms for people to get dressed in. Rows of fold up chairs lined the alter, the ocean was the perfect background scene. I couldn't believe how fast this day arrived... it was finally here, time for Kaitlyn to become my wife. I was extremely nervous, but not due to the fact that I was marring Kaitlyn, it was more that I started thinking that she didn't really want to marry me. Her Behavior the past week really had me worried, she bought a second wedding dress, but it was exactly the same as her first on. No one was allowed to see her before the wedding, she demanded that everyone stand clear of her dressing room. She was very distant to everyone, specially Sam and Paul. As time ticked away, everyone Kaitlyn wanted in the wedding were ready and all the guests were seated. The music starts playing to signal that the wedding would start soon, as each minute passed, I became even more nervous. The bride's maids started coming down the isle.

Kaitlyn's POV

I stood there, admiring myself in the mirror. I never dreamed I'd look this good, so beautiful... so perfect. I could hear the music playing, it was almost time for me to enter on Paul's arm. I was so nervous, I couldn't move. A knock on the door caused me to jump, as a voice told me that it was time.

"Ok Paul, I'll be out in a minute, go stand by the entrance to the alter and wait for me!" I nervously yelled to him. I could hear Paul's thoughts of concern. I know I had been acting strange lately, but I knew someone would be crashing my wedding, I just didn't know when or what would happen, but I got a back up dress... just in case. I hoped that I could keep this secret to myself, so it wouldn't ruin my wonderful day. I heard Paul walk away, he was frustrated with me. Everyone was, they all thought that I was getting cold feet, even Jacob thought this. Right now, I could hear him praying to god that I would walk down the isle and marry him. I wanted nothing more than to become his wife, things were just going to be a little complicated for me today... as if I didn't have enough pressure on me. As I reached for the door handle, I had to steady my hand as it shook. I jerked the door open and there I stood face to face with the uninvited guest, my mouth pulled tight as my lips pressed against each other from anger.

"What are you doing here?" I demanded an answer.

Jacob's POV

I could see Paul waiting in the entrance way, he kept looking down the hallway and then back to me... shrugging. I could feel Sam tense up, I glanced at him and the look on his face suggested anger. Was he mad at Kaitlyn? Just then we heard a low growl, the kind that came from Kaitlyn's chest when she was pissed off in human form. Sam took off running, I was hot on his heals. We passed Paul and rounded the corner, Paul and the rest of the pack followed. We heard the music stop and Emily explain to everyone that there had been a delay. I could feel Kaitlyn's anger in the air, she was close to phasing, not even seeing Bell's arms around me upset her this much. I could only think of one person that could piss her off this bad and the look on Sam's face confirmed what I thought. We rounded another corner to see a shaking Kaitlyn, she had a man by the throat. I inspected his appearance, his dark hair, deep brown eyes, and russet skin... it was her dad. He blurred in her grip, she was shaking so hard. I heard her yelling at him. "You come here to ruin the happiest day of my life... I'll kill you before you can!" Kaitlyn informed him.

He tried to answer her, but her grip was too tight and it hindered him from being able to speak. Sam reached her first, prying their father from her hand, once he was freed, I wrapped my arms around her. "Calm down babe, you'll ruin your dress... maybe even me if you phase now." I tried to reason with her. If she did phase now, she would really do some damage to me. That fact must have sunk in her thick skull cause she started to relax her body now. She wrapped her arms around my neck, pushing her face into my chest as she started to cry. She wasn't crying from pain, it was her way of dealing with anger, I guess.

When she regained control of herself and stopped the tears, she spoke into my chest, "I want him out of here." She announce in a stern tone.

Sam grabbed their dad's arm, to remove him as his sister requested, "No, wait!" Their dad protested, "I want to give my little girl aways." Joshua Uley said.

Kaitlyn's head snapped up to him, "You're little girl!" Her make-up was a mess and I had to tighten my grip on her as her hands left my body and she turned her body towards her dad. "Do I look like I wanted you here or to give me away? You left me... and my mom! She died cause of you! She couldn't take the pain of not being with you and you think you're welcome back in my life?! How dare you!" Kaitlyn screamed at him while her body tugged in my arms.

"I love you Kaitlyn and I still love your mother." Joshua informed her.

Paul moved forwards, fist clinched, but Kaitlyn broke my grip and her fist struck him in the mouth, causing it to bust open and bleed. "Fuck you! Leave now or I will tear you apart!" She backs away from him, starring daggers at him, "I hate you..." She adds in a low broken voice. She must have been reading his mind, though you could see the determination to stay in his eyes. She speaks again, a bit more calm now, "You can't give me away, it's done been promised to Paul and I want him to do it... but you can stay in the back and watch if you want to." She grabs Paul by the arm and drags him into the dressing room with her.

Sam looks to the rest of us, "Let's get back to the wedding." We all walk away leaving Joshua alone, walking out and retaking our positions. I see Joshua enter and stand in the very back, just ask Kaitlyn told him to. She really could be scary when she was mad, her dad was wise not to push her. After ten minutes or so, the music started back up and Quil entered with Claire by his side, she was throwing flower petals down, looking very proud of herself. When they reached Emily, she stood by her and Quil stood beside Claire, looking very proud of her too. My eyes flashed up to see Paul and Kaitlyn standing in the entrance, Kaitlyn's arms were wrapped around one of Paul's and she looks so stunning, I couldn't take my eyes off her. I didn't think it was possible for her to look any more beautiful than she already did. Forcing a smile, they start to walk towards me, her eyes never once looked in her father's direction, she probably was imagining that he wasn't there. She slowly wanted to me and Paul takes her one hand and places it in one of mine. We stand there facing each other, I then take her other hand with mine and nervously play with her engagement ring... she can't help but to giggle at me. The minister starts reading from a small book in his hands, I wasn't really paying attention like I was suppose to, I was too busy admiring the woman that would forever be mine. My thoughts set a pink color on her cheeks and that really accented her beauty. Not thinking, I leaned in to her face, pressing my lips to her, and kissing her passionately. She pulls from the kiss, "Jake, we didn't get to that part yet." She whispers to me.

"I know, I'm sorry." I grin at her. The time came for us to speak out promise to each other. The minister turns to me and asks me first and I say, "I do." In a proud tone.

Then he turns to Kaitlyn and asks her, she speaks softly saying, "I do." We take the rings from Quil and place them on each other's fingers, then I lean in and kiss her once more, this time at the right cue I was suppose to. Everyone stands, throwing rice as we run past them. We jump in the rabbit, which was nicely decorated, and head for Sam's.

Emily had already set up a lot of the stuff for the reception in her back yard. As Emily and Leah stay behind to help clean up the wedding decor, Kaitlyn and I finish setting up the reception. As people started to arrive, Kaitlyn and I go inside and change into something a little less formal. I exit the house in a pair of black slacks with a light tan button down shirt, happy to be out of that monkey suit. Kaitlyn walks out in a pretty white summer dress, small hints of light tan drew designs and she didn't have any shoes on. "No shoes?" I asked starting at her feet.

"No, the heals were hard to walk on the sand in... they were killing my feet." She replies. I remove my shoes and socks, I was used to going bare foot and it felt nice to get out of my hot, stuffy dress shoes. Kaitlyn just smiles as I wrap my arm around her shoulders.

"I love you Mrs. Black." I whisper in her ear.

She looks up at me, smiling wider, "I love you too."

My dad was the first to come talk to us, he looks at my lovely wife, "Welcome to the family, officially, Mrs. Black." He says while taking her hand.

Kaitlyn looks at him, "Please call me Kaitlyn." She says playfully to him through giggles. My dad releases her hand and chuckles and little bit. You can see that my dad was proud to have gained another daughter, but then his expression changed as he looks passed us.

I turn to see Joshua standing there. Kaitlyn didn't look, she already knew he was there and continued to ignore him. My dad knew that this was the reason the wedding was delayed. He looks back at Kaitlyn, "My dear, I invited him here." He confessed to her.

Kaitlyn's eyes turned angry towards Billy, "Why?" She scolded him.

"Honey, he's your dad... I know, not a very good one, but still... he needed to be here, to see how lovely his daughter turned out. To meet the man that is worthy of her heart.. the man she gave it to. He also needs to face his past, the one he ran away from for so long. I didn't do this just for you, I did it for you and your brothers, this man had three wonderful children and he needs to stop worrying about all the things he didn't do and focus on the things he could do. A new beginning for everyone, you all needed to break free from the old memories." My dad preaches.

Kaitlyn muttered something under her breath, "I'll break something alright." My dad didn't hear her, but I did.

"Maybe my dad's right, give the guy a chance. He can't hurt you anymore babe, so just go talk to him and get it over with." I tell her. She lets out a big breath and walks to her dad. Sam and Paul see this and walk over to join her side. I stroll off to the food, wanting this to be her moment, my dad follows my lead.

Kaitlyn's POV

I looked at this sorry excuse of a man, "Why are you really here? Did Billy talk you into doing the right thing for once?" I question him.

He looked at all three of us, "You all have grown up into fine adults..." He pauses before answering me, "I'm here cause Billy asked me, that's true, but it's something I've wanted to do for a long time."

Paul spoke up, "What? Running out on use once wasn't good enough, you just had to come back to do it again?" Paul said in a sarcastic tone.

Joshua sighed, "I know, you all have a right to hate me, I did run away from the responsibilities, three times... I was scared, I didn't know how to be a father. I was young and stupid. When I got old enough to make what I did right, I heard you three were doing great without me and I didn't want to mess that up. I also heard that I'm a father to three werewolves, I figured you make a meal out of me if I showed my face around here again." He tried to joke.

"We don't eat worthless people, they leave a bad taste in our mouths." Paul informed him, harshly.

Sam looked to Paul, "Ok Paul, that's enough. Taking cheap shots at him is doing no good. I hate this man as much as you do, but we are better than this. We can accept his apology and let him enjoy the time he spends with us. I don't like that he was never around us, but now he is and we're quick to push him away. I say that we all got our wish and we should accept this as a blessing." He lectures.

I think about what Sam just said, he's right. Paul, Sam, and even myself all wanted our dad to be in their lives at one point. I know I used to cry myself to sleep every night cause I wanted my dad when I was younger. Now he's here, we should be happy about that, at least he did show up. Paul was thinking the same thing... 'at least he showed up'... I took a few steps forwards, placing my arms around my dad's neck. "I'm glad you came." I tell him, Paul nods to this and Sam smiles.

My dad wraps his arms around me, "And I'm not leaving. Billy tells me that you and Jacob are building a new house... with the help of your friends and contractors. When you get it done and move in, I want to rent your old house, so I'll be here in La Push and be able to actually be here for my children." He hugs me tighter, "I'm sorry that I'm a bit late on doing this." he adds.

"It's going to take some time for any of us to accept you back in our lives, but this is a god start." I inform him. "I'm going back over with Jake now, we'll talk later." I added as I break from him and walk to my husband.

Jake looks to me, "I saw that hug, everything ok?" He questioned.

"No, not really... but you have to start somewhere. He claims that he'll be moving in my old house once our new one is done." I tell him.

"Well then, in a couple months, we'll see." He says while putting his arm back around me and pulling me into his side. I nod, snuggling into him. He smelled so good and I knew he was thinking about the same thing that crossed my mind... he couldn't wait for today to be over so he could consummate the marriage. We waited through countless number of people who congratulated us and wished up luck in our marriage. There was food, music, and games... everyone had a great time. When most of the people left, the sun started to set. We informed everyone that we were ready to leave and I helped Emily clean up some things. I ran inside to grab the clothes that Jake and I changed out of, as I exit the room, I see Sam hand Jake a key, wink at him, and then pat him on the back. I went around, hugging the remaining crowd goodbye... including my dad and then Jake and I headed home. When we got to the door, Jake picked me up effortlessly and walked me in the house. I was eying him as he put me down.

"What?" He asks me.

"What was that key Sam gave you for?" I questioned.

"Oh, he rented a cabin... for our honeymoon. You don't have to work for a couple days, right?" He asked.

"Nope, off til Friday." I announced.

"Good, I'm off til Friday too. I don't have to work weekends, but since I'll be missing these days for the wedding and honeymoon, I'm gonna work this weekend. So we can leave tomorrow and spend tomorrow and Thursday at the cabin, then come back Thursday night, sound good?" He asks me.

"Sure." I tell him with a smile. He picks me back up and carries me to the bedroom. He places me on the bed and then removes his shirt. His plans were plastered all over his mind and I couldn't argue with them. I giggle as he kisses my cheeks, then my neck, then my chest. We fully undress and make love for the second time... today turned out perfect after all.