"I now present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Black."

Our friends and family cheer loudly as Jake leans in and plants a love filled kiss to my lips, we both pull away smiling before he pulls me into another shorter one causing the pack to wolf whistle making me laugh at their antics. We walk back down the aisle, hand in hand as we officially begin our new lives together as one, and the feeling of joy in this moment is so much I have a hard time putting it into words. I just know that everything that happened in my past lead me here. Even when it was painful and too much to bare..I wouldn't be making one of the best decisions of my life today.

"Congratulations!" Emily is the first to run up to us, embracing me in her signature hug before she gives one to Jake, her smile and excitement infectious to those around her. Sam is then able to get his turn, giving Jake a hand shake before giving him a hug--his welcome into our family, before turning to me with a wide smile, but tears in his eyes.

"I'm so happy for you, Addy. I'm so proud of you and the incredible woman you've grown up to be. You two deserve this and all the happiness in the world." He holds me tightly and I try to suppress the tears as I feel them build at my uncles heartfelt words. 

"Thank you Sam. For everything you've done for me since I've been here. I wouldn't have been able to make it this far without you." I place a loving kiss on his cheek, incredibly thankful for and blessed by my uncle.

Sam smiles at us, and grasping Emily by her hand, he takes her to the makeshift dance area on the sand and begins to slow dance with his love. I smile at them until Jake squeezes my hand, and he places another kiss on my lips as I turn to face him making me giggle as he grins at me. We walk to where his father and sisters are sitting and the grin on Billy's face is something I don't think I've seen in a very long time.

"My son, I'm so overjoyed to see you this happy. You two deserve each other and all the happiness in the world." Jake leans down to give his father a tight hug, tears welling in his brown  eyes, knowing this means a lot to the both of us, but to Jake especially--after the last couple years and how he acted toward his dad. After they separate, Billy grins kindly and gestures with his hands to come into his hug which I do and he squeezes me tightly.

"I'm so glad he found you Adelaide. He needed someone like you in his life. Thank you for loving my son so unconditionally." He whispers to me, and I can only nod, knowing words wouldn't make it around the lump in my throat as I try to keep the tears at bay, again.. We pull away both smiling, before I'm captured into another hug, this time by one of his sisters.

"Congratulations! I can't believe my little brother is married! It's so incredible to finally meet you too!" This bubbly sister introduces herself as Rebecca, and hugs Jake and I few more times just chatting about life outside of the Rez and how perfect it was to come back for a wedding, and it's almost unbelievable that this girl could be related to the laidback Blacks that I know, but she makes me laugh at her excitement.

"Congrats you two." 

His other sister Rachel says pulling us into light hugs, completely opposite from her sister that I would've never guessed they were twins by their attitudes alone. Paul suddenly comes to her side, and that's when I remember hearing that Paul had imprinted on Jake's sister and they've been dating ever since. If I am being honest, I would've never saw this pairing happen because their personalities are so different, and I've never seen Paul act brotherly towards Jake.. Before I can think too much on it, Leah, Seth and Sue come up to congratulate us next.

"Addy, I'm so incredibly happy for you! I'm glad you finally found your happy ending." Leah says as she pulls me into a tight hug as the others talk with Jake, before we switch and Sue pulls me into a tight embrace.

"Thank you for all you've done for Leah and Seth. I don't think they would've been able to move on so well without you and Jake. Welcome to the family dear."

 We thank them all as Emily announces food, quickly shifting the minds of all the wolves to their stomachs and I even realize how hungry I am after such an exciting day. Laughter fills the seaside as the night goes on, and once everyone has had their fill, or have been cut off if you're a wolf..dancing begins. I'm glad Emily didn't force us to do any of the "traditional" things at a wedding, because those things just don't fit our family and so, we spent the night dancing, having fun, creating more traditions to be carried on, and by the end of the night I decide to keep one wedding tradition alive.

"Emily." I find my soon to be aunt away from Sam to my luck, and she turns to greet me with a smile. "I want you to have this. A little bit of outside tradition." I smile handing her my simple bouquet, and she looks at it in confusion making me laugh a little. "It's a bit out of tradition how I did it, but usually the unmarried woman with the bouquet at the end of the night is the next one to be married. And if I have anything to say about it, Sam should get his butt in to gear." We laugh loudly before she then looks longingly at my bouquet.

"Thank you Addy. I think now that things have calmed down we can actually have time to work towards a wedding, something like this more than likely." She states before wrapping me in a hug, thanking me again and again.

"Hey, Blacks!" I look over to see the Pack motioning to Jake and I, with wide grins on their russet faces. Jake comes and grabs my hand before we meet up with the others, and I can't help the questioning look as we get to the group.

"We got somethin' to show you guys." 

Jared explains as they all begin walking with Jake and I following behind. We look at each other, completely confused as to what is happening, but we soon leave the beach and start making our way up from the car park to where the forest begins and we head away from where Sam lives. We walk by a couple more houses, the residents outside waving, cheering, and whistling at our entourage that's still dressed in our wedding outfits, and I smile as we wave back to most of them. We suddenly stop at a little two story house, with light flooding out of each window, and Jared opens the door as if he lives there before waving everyone inside.

"Welcome Home Black's" is written on a makeshift banner, strung across an exposed beam that leads from the open area just inside the door into what looks to be the living room area. My hand flies to my mouth in shock, I'm no longer able to hold back the tears, looking first to my husband who is just as shocked as I am to my uncle who has a warm tearful smile on his face.

"What is this?" I ask in the tiniest of whispers as I look over each individual, smiling member of the pack.

"A wedding present." Sam announces as tears continue to stream down my face before I throw myself into my uncles arms, not having expected anything like this at all.

"We all thought you two deserved a place of your own."

"And we all pitched in to find this little gem." 

Embry chimes in and as I pull away from Sam I see Jake begin to hug his brothers before they all come together in a group hug, enveloping Sam and I as well. The group laughs, and the feelings of love and joy fill the walls of this new house, our new house and I've never felt more at home. The group takes us on a tour of the place, and I was correct in thinking the sign hung above the living room area, with the kitchen and dining room to the righthand side and stairs to the left. The stairs led up to three different bedrooms, a bath in the master room and in the hall, and another closet for storage space. There was a basement, but we all decided that was for another day as Emily reminded everyone that they should let us enjoy our new space and not to worry about anything from the wedding, she'll have that at her house for whenever we want to grab it.

"Thank you all, so much. We don't know how to thank you all enough." Jake says while coming to my side and snaking an arm around my waist as we smile at our family from our new house.

"You guys deserve it. Now don't have too much fun." 

Sam reflexively hits Jared in his stomach at the innuendo that he no doubt doesn't want to think about as my face heats up in embarrassment, before Emily shuffles them out the door with one last 'love you' making me giggle as the door shuts. I look around the room noticing some furniture in place already, feeling so much appreciation for our family and everything they've done for us as Jake comes up behind me.

"This is incredible. Our own home, Mrs. Black." 

A satisfying chill works its way down my spine at my new name and the way Jake says it. He brings me into a kiss before picking me up suddenly and carrying me up the stairs while continuing to press kisses along my face and jaw, capturing my lips every now and then. We find the master bedroom again and he sets me down gently before kissing me again, and we look around the room slightly to see how beautifully it's been set up. Kissing me once again, running his warm hands down my arms leaving flames in their wake, I feel the burn inside me and a slight nervousness arise in me. It quickly melts away though as he comforts me with words and touches and I know it's going to be a wonderful evening.