Phases of the Sea

Chapter 23

Perci POV

The first few days after the wedding were kind of strained, with Jacob still being so pissed off over Bella's honeymoon plans, which were apparently to have a real honeymoon with her vampire. I could understand Jacob's concern somewhat, but reminded him that Bella was now a Cullen, and listed as such on the treaty now. Paul and I had done more planning of our own wedding in that time, and had set the date for October 5, that way we had time to get everything we needed. With all the wedding planning for us basically done, we sent out the invitations in both English, and Ancient Greek. After three weeks had gone by, Jacob had let go of his anger, and had become more bitter than anything.

At the moment though, the pack and their imprints were at the beach, and Triton was hanging out as well, talking about the wedding.

"You still haven't told me who you want to walk you down the aisle, sis. Father and I have been arguing about it for weeks, when are you going to cut us a break?" He asked, making me laugh, while Paul chuckled lowly into my hair.

"Alright, alright. I plan on asking dad to walk me down the aisle, sorry brother. If it makes you feel any better, Paul was hoping I'd ask you to do it." I told him, making him groan.

"Great, now I owe father 50 drachma." He said, making everyone laugh at his petulant tone. Suddenly, Sam's head snapped to where Jacob, Embry, Seth, and Leah were sitting and talking.

"The Cullen's are not a threat to the town or the tribe." He said, clearly responding to something Jacob had said.

"Well, he's either going to kill her, or turn her, and the treaty says." Jacob said, obviously talking about Bella, but Sam cut him off.

"I say, Jacob. I say." He snapped, before going back to messing around with a few members of the pack.

"Is he still pissed off about your cousin marrying her brainless mind reader?" Triton asked, looking at me in confusion, ignoring the snort Paul let out at the little dig on Ed-weird.

"Yes, and to be honest, it's getting old. I'm about ready to go to Aphrodite myself and have her tell me where to find his imprint just so I can get him to shut up about her." I said, before deciding to change the topic and lighten the mood. Spotting Quil and Claire down by the waves, I made a pillar of water in front of them, smiling at the delight on Claire's face as she clapped excitedly. Quil sent me a thankful smile, before it dropped at seeing the mischievous expression on my face just as I dropped the pillar of water on just him, soaking him instantly. Claire's laughter was not the only one heard this time, as everyone laughed at him. I turned around to see if that had snapped Jacob out of his brooding, but sighed when I saw that he had left.

"I hope he gets over this, otherwise I'm likely to punch him." Paul said, catching where I was looking, prompting me to rub his arm in a soothing manner, trying to calm his temper.

"I'm sure he will at some point, it's just gonna take a while. You told me Jacob's had a crush on Bella since they were kids, and then Bella led him on during her depression. She really screwed him up, Paul, just give him time." I told him, before groaning softly in unison with him when Sam said that it was time for patrols.

"Go on, I've got some stuff to do anyway. Aphrodite's coming over to share some dress ideas, and there's no way I'm running the risk of you seeing my dress before our wedding." I said, giving him a gentle shove. Chuckling, he pressed a soft, lingering kiss to my lips before pulling away and heading with the rest of the pack to phase. Now to face the torture that was Aphrodite taking care of my wedding dress. Oh, boy.

Paul POV

Bored, that was a good word for how I felt right now. Pointless was a good word for the patrols that the entire pack was doing at the moment. Bored and Pointless sounded like a good way to describe the mood I was in, when I could be spending time working on the stable for Blackjack I was building not too far from the house as a surprise for Perci.