The Wedding
"Anne! Anne! Anne!" Anne opened her eyes to see Alice jumping on her bed.
"I saw that Jacob proposed to you! It took him long enough! Can I plan your wedding? Please? Esme will help and you will get veto power! Please? Please, please, please? I will owe you for the rest of my existence!" Alice jumped off the bed and took Anne's hand sitting beside her on the bed.
Anne glanced at the bedside clock then looked back at Alice who was giving her puppy eyes.
"If I say yes, will you go away?" Anne asked.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! I promise it will be beautiful. I did Edward and Bella's so you can ask them. So can I?" Alice asked bouncing on the bed in excitement.
"Yes, you devil pixie! Now, get out of my house! I want to sleep. It is six in the morning!" Anne said pushing Alice away and turning onto her side to try to fall back asleep.
"Thank you, Anne! You won't regret this! I love you! You are the best sister ever!" Alice said kissing Anne's cheek and skipping out of the house.
"DON'T TELL CYNTHIA THAT!!!! Devil pixie. You can open your eyes now. I know you are awake!" Anne said snuggling into Jacob's chest.
Jacob burst out laughing. Anne rolled her eyes and settled back into his torso closing her eyes. Jacob, still chuckling kissed Anne tenderly. Anne kissed him back sweetly. Jacob moaned as Anne sat up, straddling him. Jacob put his arms around Anne's waist and sat up too.
"I've missed doing this. I love you. I never want to be away from you again. If you ever have to go away again, tell Melissa to get three plane tickets. I will not stand in the way of your career. But we can't be apart. We are as bad as Edward and Bella! I don't care if that is jerky, or possessive, or whatever. You are mine and I want the world to know. I can't live without you, Anne Cullen. A life without you is not one I am interested in living. I love you way too much to even conceder it." Jacob whispered against Anne's neck, nuzzling it.
"I've missed this too. We do it too much if we can't live a month without it. I will tell Melissa next time I talk to her that for the next tour, she needs to get three plane tickets. But I don't think I have to go anywhere for at least six months. But I will tell her. I don't want to be away from you either. We can't be apart. It doesn't suit us. We are terrible at not being together. It isn't possessive or jerky. It is sweet to me. I want the world to know that you are mine, too. That is why we are getting married in the near future. I can't live without you, Jacob Black. I love you way too much to even try." Anne said kissing Jacob lovingly. Jacob kissed her back and said
"Billy, Rachel, and Rebecca will be here tomorrow. They want to meet you before the wedding. Do we have to have a ceremony? Can't we just go to Vegas? Or, better yet, elope?" Anne kissed Jacob quickly and smiled.
"I want to meet your family, Jacob. You already know mine. You heard me promise Alice that she can plan the wedding, so, yes, we have to have a ceremony. That rules out Vegas and eloping, Love. I don't want Alice to kill us, or worse, convince Jasper to bite us. Now, I have to talk to her. How quickly do you want to get married?" Anne said as she started to get up.
"Can we get married the day after tomorrow? I don't want to wait long." Jacob said as Anne walked into her closet to get dressed.
Anne laughed lightly as she reentered the room.
"Alice would love that! 'Oh, by the way, Alice, we want to get married in two days. Can you arrange that?' No, Jacob, she needs more then two days. She needs at least a month. She is not Supervampire after all." Anne said going back to sit beside Jacob, who was still in bed.
Jacob sighed heavily and pulled Anne to him. Anne settled into Jacob's lap and put her head on his chest. Jacob put his face in Anne's hair.
"I want to marry you, Love. But I don't want to rush this. Alice is ecstatic to plan the wedding. So let's not ruin it for her by giving her a month to do it in. Let's give her three months. That should be long enough. We don't have to send many invitations. Just some to your friends in La Push and one to Melissa and her partner. But Alice does need time to order everything, dresses, tuxes, the cake, the food and such. She needs more than a month to do it all in." Anne said kissing Jacob lovingly, and standing up. Jacob reached out a hand to Anne and she pulled him up, too.
"You're right, of course. I just want this to be done with and you to be mine, Mrs. Black. I will behave, I promise. Let's go up to the house. You need to talk to Alice. And I want to talk to the boys about my having more than one best man." Jacob said putting a tee shirt on and putting Anne on his back.
When they reached the porch, Anne jumped off of Jacob's back and he took her hand in his, kissing it. They entered the house to see the boys watching a baseball game on TV. Jacob put his finger under Anne's chin and kissed her deeply. Anne kissed him back then pushed him to the group in front of the TV. Anne walked into the kitchen. Esme was cooking breakfast, and smiled at Anne as she came in. The others were all gathered around bridal magazines on the dining room table. All but one. Rosalie was sitting at the kitchen island and watching the others, amused. Esme gave Anne a plate of food and kissed her forehead. Anne sat beside Rosalie, who kissed her cheek.
"May I see the ring?" Rosalie asked softly.
Anne showed Rosalie the ring. Rosalie smiled at Anne as she took her hand to see the ring more closely. She gave Anne her hand back.
"It is pretty. It took him long enough. It is sweet of you to let Alice and Esme plan the wedding. Have you decided who your maid of honor is going to be yet?" Rosalie asked as Anne ate her breakfast.
"I was wondering if you would be my maid of honor, Rosalie. We have become closer over the last four months. You were right. Our lives are very similar. We understand each other. I get why you couldn't marry Royce and you understand why I am marrying Jacob. Our parents didn't make the right choices for us, but we turned out all right without them. We misfits have to stick together. So what do you say? Will you be my maid of honor, sis?" Anne said finishing her breakfast and looking at Rosalie.
Rosalie looked overjoyed.
"Yes I will! Thank you, Anne! Thank you! Thank You!" Rosalie said kissing Anne's cheek. Rosalie went to sit beside Alice, dragging Anne with her. Alice looked up at Anne, smiling.
"You have three months. We need brides' maids' dresses for you, Cynthia, Bella, Rebecca, Rachel, and Sophi. We need a flower girl dress for Renesmee. We need a Maid of Honor dress for Rosalie. I want to hold the wedding here at the house. The yard will be great for the reception. We need invitations for Jacob's friends and family in La Push, and for Melissa and her partner. Other than that, knock your self out. Oh, and I get veto power over my dress and Jacob's tux." Anne said looking down at all the magazines.
"We are special ordering your dress from Paris. The other dresses are coming from Italy. Your dress will look similar to this..." Alice pointed to a dress in one of the magazines.
The dress was pure white and strapless. It was floor length, had a train and a tiara. Anne loved it.
"The brides' maid dresses. I will have to ask Jacob for his sisters' sizes…" Alice said pointing to another picture.
The dress was cream colored. It had spaghetti straps and was floor length.
Renesmee pointed to a white dress with pink flowers and a ribbon around the waist.
"Can that be my dress, Anne? Please? I love it." Renesmee asked giving Anne puppy eyes.
"Sure, Renesmee. It is cute. I like this for you, Rosalie." Anne said pointing to a off white strapless dress.
"I love it, Anne. Thank you so much." Rosalie said kissing Anne's cheek.
"Great! Now go play with Jacob, Anne. We have a wedding to plan!" Alice said kissing Anne's head.
Three months passed. Soon it was the night before the wedding. Jacob sat on the couch with Anne curled against him. Jacob was flipping through the TV channels absentmindedly. He was petting Anne's hair, kissing it occasionally. Suddenly there was a knock on the front door of Anne's house. Jacob stood up, kissed Anne, and went to answer the door. The whole family stood on the porch. Jacob could see Billy on the ground below. Jacob laughed.
I guess it is bachelor and bachelorette party time?" Jacob asked. The group nodded.
"Take your pajamas. You can leave them up at the house. Kiss Anne, because you won't be seeing her until tomorrow afternoon." Rachel said.
Jacob sighed softly and went into Anne's room to get the sweatpants he slept in. He came back into the living room and held out a hand to Anne. Anne put her hand in his and he pulled her up holding her tenderly in his arms. Anne stood on her toes and kissed Jacob longingly. Jacob kissed her back lovingly and whispered as he backed away.
"I love you, Anne Cullen. I will see you tomorrow."
"I love you, Jacob Black. I can't wait until tomorrow." Anne whispered back kissing Jacob's jaw as Jasper coughed. Anne stuck her tongue out at Jasper, who returned the gesture. Jacob kissed Anne once more before going to join the group. The girls and Dog stepped into the house and Bella shut the door.
Anne then noticed that each girl was carrying something. Renesmee, a box of c.d.'s. Bella, popcorn, drinks, and ice cream. Alice, a stack of d.v.d.'s. Rosalie, a facial kit. Esme, nine sets of pajamas. Cynthia, pillows. Sophi, blankets. Rachel, a stack of board games. Rebecca, a karaoke machine, which she started to set up.
Renesmee put one of the many c.d.'s into the karaoke machine. The others went to make Anne's bed big enough for the four people that slept. Anne went back into the living room and sat on the couch. Rosalie sat on her left, Bella on her right. Alice sat on the couch arm by Rosalie, Esme by Bella, with Renesmee on her lap. Cynthia took the chair by the couch, Sophi, with Dog on her lap, leaning against Cynthia's legs. Rachel and Rebecca sat by Anne's feet.
"I'll go first and we will go in order. I hope the windows don't break." Alice said standing up and taking the microphone.
Alice started to sing. To Anne she sounded angelic, but then the entire family sounded angelic to Anne. After singing, they moved on to board games. Since the games didn't have enough for them all to play at once, the people that didn't play gave each other facials. Slowly the food Bella had brought disappeared. After everyone had a turn at each game, they moved on to the movies. The first was "13 going on 30," one of Anne's favorites.
Half way through the movie Anne was fighting to keep her eyes open, Renesmee was yawning every few minutes, and Rachel and Rebecca were dozing off.
"PJ time, I think…" Esme said as Renesmee's head began to tilt. Rachel and Rebecca stood, helping Anne up. Anne, Rebecca, Rachel and Renesmee went into Anne's room, shutting the door after everyone had changed. Renesmee was asleep as soon as she lay down, cuddling her Tigger. Anne was about to drift off when she heard,
"Anne, before you fall asleep, we want to tell you how happy we are that Jacob found you. I was home with dad when he came back after Cynthia's family arrived. I had never met you. I had never heard of you before that day. But Jake was in love with you. Even before he knew it, he was. He loves you more then I can tell you. I can see that you feel the same. I just want you both to be happy. Welcome to the family, Anne." Rachel said from Anne's left.
"Ditto." Rebecca said from Rachel's left. Anne smiled as she fell asleep and dreamed of Jacob.
The day had finally arrived. Anne was up with the other girls in Alice's room. Alice was curling Anne's hair. Anne was nervous. She didn't know why. She had met Jacob's friends when Alice had escorted her back to the house that morning. The other girls sat around the room doing various things. Alice patted Anne's shoulders as she finished and put the tiara on. Jasper came into the room.
"Five minutes, ladies. You all look beautiful. I want a word with Anne, alone, please." Jasper said. All the other girls picked up their bouquets and kissed Anne's cheeks before leaving. When Rosalie, the last girl, had left Jasper went to sit on the loveseat and patted the spot beside him. Anne took a shaky breath and went to sit beside Jasper, her legs across his lap. Jasper took Anne's hand.
"You will be fine. I promise you. I am your escort. I won't let you fall. You have met every person in that room. They all like you, Edward is sure of that. This is your last real chance, are you sure you don't want to be immortal?" Jasper said, winking to show he was joking.
"Positive. Thanks, Jasper. You are the best friend a girl could ask for." Anne said kissing Jasper's cheek and standing up. Jasper stood and looped Anne's arm through his. Jasper kissed Anne's forehead and led her out of Alice's room. Jasper pulled Anne's veil over her face, smiling at her. Anne smiled back, hugging Jasper. Jasper hugged her back then let go. The two started down stairs as they heard the wedding march.
Half an hour later Anne stood with Jacob at the alter in the Cullen's transformed living area. Jacob held her right hand in his as they faced the priest. They had reached the vows.
"Jacob Black, do you take this woman as your wife in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live?" The priest asked Jacob.
"I do." Jacob said looking at Anne.
"Anne Cullen, do you take this man as your husband in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live?" The priest asked Anne.
"I do." Anne whispered.
"I now pronounce you man and wife. Jacob, you may kiss your bride." Jacob lifted Anne's vale and kissed her lovingly.
"I now present Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Black." The priest said. Everyone stood and applauded. At the reception, Cynthia told the newlyweds that her, Sophi, and Dog's wedding present was they were going to be staying in her house in Tahiti for their honeymoon. Carlisle told them that Esme had designed an extra house to each of their properties for the two and their family.
Anne felt tears come to her eyes as she went and hugged Carlisle and Esme whispering her thanks. She finally had a family of her own, and parents and siblings that cared enough about her to keep her around.