And here it is! The third installment of my Jake & Nessie stories! I'm overwhelmed by the support I've gotten for the last two, and I don't think this one will disappoint! At least, I hope not... Anyways, it's the longest of them so far, and I think y'all are really gonna like it! Once again, I own nothing associated with Twilight. I just thought Jacob deserved his own happily ever after. R&R :)

Chapter 1: It's Always True

"So," Alice said, with two huge binders before her on the floor of Carlisle's office, "did you guys want this to be a traditional wedding, or were you thinking something more modern?"

Renesmee made a face and looked up at Jacob. "Uh uh," he laughed from his place on the bed. "Don't look at me like that, Ness. You were the one who wanted to be involved in this whole decision making process. I just want someone to tell me where to be and when."

"That's the way to go, my man," Emmett's voice boomed from downstairs.

Alice grinned, "Wait for it..."

Emmett protested in pain when Rosalie slapped him upside the head. Alice giggled.

"Jake," Renesmee said with a hurt look on her face, "it's our wedding. You really don't want a say in any of it?"

Jacob looked at her and his heart melted. "Of course I do, Honey," he sighed. Thinking quickly on his feet, he added, "I'm just not good at this kind of stuff. This is your forte, not mine. Besides, you know the part I'm most excited about."

Renesmee smiled as she hopped up and placed a kiss on his lips.

"Jacob!" Edward roared from somewhere within the house.

"If you don't like what's in my head then stay out," Jacob shouted back.

Renesmee giggled and kissed Jacob again. "You're going to get me in so much trouble," he murmured against her lips.

"Ewww! Dog slobber," Rosalie groaned as she and Bella entered the room. "Save it for the honeymoon."

"Wedding first!" Alice whined, impatiently tapping the binders before her. "Unless you just want me to take care of everything for you..."

"No!" Renesmee cried, turning to look at her aunt. "No, no, no! This is my wedding, I want to know what's going on."

"Fine," Alice huffed. "So which way are we going with this? Traditional or modern?"

"Could we maybe incorporate a bit of each?" Renesmee said finally, eyeing the overstuffed books on the floor.

Alice clapped her hands in excitement. "Oh, a personalized wedding! I love it!"

With that, she ran out of the room. They all stared after her with puzzled looks on their faces.

"Am I the only one who was confused by that?" Jacob asked, his hand on Renesmee's back as she sat next to him on the bed. Not once since his fever had broken a few days ago had they been more than a room away from each other. And even that much separation was painful.

Before anyone could answer him, Alice was back, with an even bigger binder in her arms.

"What's that?" Bella asked suspiciously.

"The 'Personalized Wedding Ideas' binder," Alice grinned sitting back down on the floor. "Renesmee is the product of my very traditional brother, and my relatively modern sister. It only makes sense that she'd choose to combine the two."

"I am so glad I let you take over when I got married," Bella sighed as Alice opened the huge book.

"Well I knew what would make you and Edward happy, so all this decision making wasn't that difficult. I could see the finished product. But with you two," she said, narrowing her eyes as she looked at Renesmee and Jacob, "I can't see a thing. So actually, as much as I would like to do this all by myself and surprise you, it's probably better that you're so eager to help, Renesmee."

"I don't like surprises anyway, Auntie."

"You may have to get over that," Alice said under her breath.

"What? Why?" Renesmee said with a frantic look towards her aunt.

"Nothing, nothing," Alice said with a dismissive wave of her hand. "So what color scheme do you want?"

"Pink is a beautiful color for bridesmaid dresses, Princess," Rosalie suggested. As a reflex reaction, Bella cringed. Becoming a vampire hadn't changed her dislike for that color any.

"Barbie's vote's been cast," Jacob chuckled. Rosalie glared at him. "Hey," he said, "you came in here remember? You asked for this as soon as you walked in that door."

"I can't believe you're marrying him," Rosalie said rolling her eyes.

"Me either," Renesmee grinned. She was the luckiest woman in the world. That wasn't what her aunt had meant though.

"Hello," Alice said, attempting to get her family to focus, "wedding colors?"

"I was thinking kind of like a burgundy?" Renesmee suggested, turning her attention back to Alice. "Or maybe some kind of a deep purple?"

"I can do burgundy," Alice said, deep in thought. It was the color of her niece's room. She had been expecting this. She flipped through the pages of the binder and held a picture up to Renesmee. "How about this?"

"Oh my goodness," Renesmee sighed as she looked at the bridesmaid gown. "Aunt Rose, that would look beautiful on you! And that one would be perfect for you, Auntie! Could we do different styles of dresses for different girls, as long as they were the same color?"

"I think so," Alice nodded.

"How many bridesmaids are you planning on having, Ness?" Jacob chuckled.

"Well, there's Auntie Alice, Aunt Rose, Emily, Kim, and Leah, if she'll come..."

"I think she will," Jacob smiled. Ever since Leah had gotten married a month ago, she'd been much more pleasant. However, that may have something to do with the fact that after she got married, she moved away. Jacob actually kind of missed her. Though, not enough to want her to move back. Just enough to want her at the wedding.

"And I was going to ask Rachel to be my maid of honor, although I guess she'd have to be my matron of honor. Do you think she would?"

Jacob was touched that she'd thought of his sister for such an important role in their wedding. "I guarantee you she will."

"Well, that takes care of that," Alice said happily. "What about you, Jacob? Who do you want for your groomsmen?"

"The pack, I guess," Jacob shrugged. "And Jasper and Emmett, of course."

"What about your best man?" Bella reminded him.

"Seth?" Jacob said, looking at Renesmee.

"Perfect," she smiled. Then a thought occurred to her, and she asked, "What about your sister Rebecca? Should I include her in my bridesmaid list?"

A look of pain and anger crossed Jacob's face. "No. I haven't seen her in over nine years, Nessie. I'll be surprised if she even comes at all."

"She's your still your sister, Jake," Bella said, a gentle look in her eyes, which still showed just as much compassion as they had when she was human. "I'm sure she'll come."

"Yeah, but what do we put on the invite?" Jacob scoffed. "Hey Sis, I know we haven't really spoken to each other since Mom died, but, well, I'm a werewolf now, and I'm marrying my half- human, half- vampire girlfriend. Wanna come? I promise her family won't bite much. Yep, I can see that going over real well."

They were silent for a moment, until Rosalie looked at Alice and said, "So that's a maybe? Put a question mark next to her name on the guest list, Alice."

Jacob groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose in between his finger and thumb, squeezing his eyes shut. "Sorry," he whispered.

"It's okay, Jake," Renesmee said softly. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah," he sighed. "Headache's back."

"Why don't you lie down?" she said, then turned to look at Bella. "Mom, could you..."

Bella nodded. Alice and Rosalie caught on as well, both of them gathering up the wedding books and heading out of the room. Renesmee was almost surprised that Rosalie made no sarcastic remark as she left. A few seconds later, Carlisle entered the room with Bella behind him.

"I heard your headache's come back, Jacob," he grandfather said, laying his hand on Jacob's forehead.

"With a vengeance," he groaned. Renesmee hopped up and turned down the lights, hoping it might help, as Carlisle put the thermometer in Jacob's mouth.

"No fever," Carlisle said a moment later. "It's must be the after effects of the venom. I could give you some morphine to ease the pain, if you like."

"Naw," Jacob sighed. These headaches had been coming and going for days. He had almost grown used to them. "It'll go away soon. Just gotta ride it out."

"I'll come back and check on you in an hour," Carlisle said, with a look of concern. He hated seeing any of his children in pain, especially when he couldn't do anything about it. And he had considered Jacob one of his children for years now.

"Get some rest, Jake," Bella said, squeezing her friend's hand.

"I will, Bells," he smiled as she and Carlisle left the room. Then he looked up at Renesmee. "Stay with me?" he whispered.

"Of course," she said, surprised that he even had to ask anymore. She couldn't leave even if she wanted to. Which, she didn't. Not at all. Not ever. Renesmee softly kissed his forehead before getting up to turn the lights all the way off, and closing the curtains, making the room as dark as possible for Jacob. "Does that help?"

"Yeah," he sighed. "Thanks, Nessie."

"You're welcome, my love," she whispered, getting back on the bed and laying his head on her lap. She ran her fingers through his hair, and occasionally placed her cool hands over his eyes where he said the pain was the worst. "Is there anything else I can do?"

"Nope," he said, "just being here is enough."

"You always say that," she laughed.

"It's always true," he smiled, closing his eyes.

"I love you, my Jacob."

"Forever and always, Honey," he whispered. "Forever and always."

"Hey, Mom?" Renesmee said, sitting on the couch next to her mother and her grandmother the next morning before Jacob woke up.

"Hmmm?" Bella said, looking up from the photo album she and Esme had been flipping through.

"Are we still going to move?"

"Yes, baby," Bella sighed. "We have to."

"But..." Renesmee began to protest, but her mother stopped her.

"Before you freak out on me, let me explain. The plan's changed since you were last told about it," Bella said. "We're going to wait until after your wedding. That way Charlie, Rachel, Billy, and everyone else down at LaPush can come. By the time you and Jacob come back from your honeymoon, everything will be all taken care of."

"And I'll have your very own house set up for you and Jacob," Esme added with a smile for her precious granddaughter.

"So I don't have to help pack, and I get to go on a honeymoon with that beautiful woman sitting next to you, Bells?" Jacob laughed as he made his way down the stairs. "Life doesn't get much better than that."

"Jake," Renesmee breathed, hopping up and running to him. Jacob wrapped his arms around her and buried his head in the curve of her neck, breathing in her sweet scent and never wanting to let her go. He had missed getting to hold her like this. Bella watched the two of them with a smile on her face. It gave her so much joy to know that they were so happy together.

When they finally pulled apart, Renesmee searched his face, watching to see if he would tell her the truth when she asked him, "How do you feel?"

"Better," he smiled, reaching out to brush a piece of curly hair behind her ear. "Good enough, at least, to convince Dr. Fang to let me get out of that bed."

"But what did I tell you to do, Jacob?" Carlisle said as he came downstairs as well.

"To take it easy, and to let you know if the headaches come back," Jacob recited with a groan. Renesmee laughed. She couldn't help it. This was the Jacob she knew and loved. That ornery smile, his sarcastic sense of humor, that spark of life that shone brightly in his dark eyes, all of it reminded her that he really was alright. Her Jacob was back, and she was determined to never let him go.

Carlisle nodded as he went over to Esme who stood to kiss her husband. They stood hand in hand while Jacob asked Bella, "So where are we moving to?"

"Oakville," she said, putting the photo book away.

Jacob looked down at Renesmee, who was still wrapped in his arms. She shrugged.

"It's another small town in Washington. It only has about 730 people," Carlisle explained. "It's about three hours from here, so you'll still be able to see your father and your sister, Jacob. Oakville is also relatively cloudy, so..."

"You won't sparkle and give us away?" Jacob said, a corner of his mouth turning up in a grin. He still found that kind of funny. Sparkly vampires. Renesmee rolled her eyes.

"Exactly," Carlisle nodded.

"It also means the Cullen baseball rematch we've all been waiting for between my team and Jasper's," Emmett said as he entered the room, along with the rest of his brothers and sisters.

"Will you accept defeat gracefully this time, Emmett?" Jasper said with a mocking grin.

"We didn't lose last time," Emmett growled. "You cheated! You used your powers to make me feel tired as I was running to catch your hit."

"No, you're just slow," Jasper said.

"I am not," Emmett said, both of Renesmee's uncles now face to face. Emmett was just getting more and more irritated, which, judging by the amused look on his face, was Jasper's doing.

"You're both slow," Edward said with a grin from where he stood beside Bella. Renesmee laughed. As the fastest in the family, her father could say that confidently. "But judging from the competitive manner of both of your thoughts, that knowledge isn't going to solve anything. Why don't you both run the Canadian border and back and see who wins?"

"Fine by me," Jasper gloated, winking at Alice, who sighed in exasperation.

"Let's do it, little bro," Emmett said, both of them moving to the open front door. "Will you start us off, Babe?"

Rosalie got up from where she was sitting with a small huff, and stood by the door. "On your mark... get set... go!" she cried, jumping out of the way of the vampires that flew past her.

"What are we going to do with those two?" Esme laughed.

Rosalie and Alice moved to the window, and watched their husbands disappear into the trees. "Look at my monkey man go," Rosalie smirked.

"I'd argue with you," Alice said with a frown, "but I know the outcome of this race. Jazz is going to need some consoling."

"I'll make sure Em doesn't rub it in his face too much," Rosalie laughed.

Renesmee smiled, then Jacob leaned down and whispered in her ear, "I'll be right back."

She nodded as she watched him and her father leave the room and go upstairs.