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49. Want to thank you
It really takes her by surprise.
When he calls her name and the crowd erupts into loud cheers. There are tears brimming in her mother's eyes and Seth's eyes. Sam's smiling so hard, clapping and cheering so hard is almost is hollering, which makes him look like a crazy person and so out of character. Rachel is nodding furiously and grinning t her. And it's completely shocking the admiration present in almost every single member of the pack and most of the imprints.
A Jacob is standing so tall and proud, right next to his father. Completely composed unlike the rest of them, but his eyes telling another story. They're full of love and admiration, pride and smugness. She secretly enjoys that Jacob's taken this as an opprotunity to brag about being with her.
She would probably brag about him, if the entire female populaiton didn't envy her already and wanted to kill her for the beautiful diamond that sparkled on her finger.
After taking the last step up to the podium, she stops briefly to give a sigh of relief. She's made it this far without breaking down. When she leans down to kiss Billy's cheek and receive the scissors he whispers something in her ear that almost makes her erupt into tears.
"Your dad is proud of you. We all are"
She shakes her head a little bit, and Jacob squeezes her hand before she can reach the mic. She figures she has to give at least a little speech.
She's trying to control herself and not cry. She doesn't want to look like a foolish girl on this day. Silence falls over the crowd and she takes a step forward.
"Chief Black has certainly exaggerated in his praise." She laughs a little bit and the crowd smiles at her "This is the work of many. Not just mine. Of this talented and amazing group of people who believed in me. As a little girl I was led to believe nothing was impossible. My dad always encouraged me to follow my dreams, said I could do anything I set my mind to. This building atests to that."
"Our people have lived on this land forever, and will hopefully do for many years to come. This is just us trying to give the next generations as much, as the ones before gave us" Her voice croaks and she shakes her head smiling.
She holds the scissors in a dramatic pose and cuts the red clapping erupts again. Suddenly there's hugs and congratulations and many hand shaking, and it all happens so fast, that it's over before she can actually fathom it's happening.
The feeling of accomplishment fills every inch of her body. And at the end of the day, she's sitting talking to him.
"Thank you Dad" And for the first time it doesn't hurt to visit his grave and think of him.
She's making him proud. There's no doubt in her heart he is. He always told her she would be great , and for a moment she almost forgot.
But she's remembering now.
a/N: so i hope you're enjoying the happy times....thanks for the reviews guys. they make me so happy and keep me going. the fic is far from over.... so hopefully all ofyou will enjoy the ride with me and keep me from slacking off hahaha
btw i hope the small speech didn't suck