All Grown Up: The Story of Jacob and Renesmee Part I

Letting Go

Renesmee

I was off on a visit to La Push with my boys. Jake had talked to Billy and he had all the wedding stuff he could gather ready for us to look at. We had three weeks to go, the invitations had been selected, rush ordered, adressed, and sent on their way to friends and family across the world.

Of course, all the wolves and their families were coming, my cousins the Denali's, and a few vampires from around the world. Ever since our stand off with the Volturi, my family has basically been like celebrities in the vampire world. Pretty much everyone knew who we were. We'd taken special care selecting who would be invited to the wedding, with the help of my dad and Grandpa. Some were fine with me and my shape shifter mate, and others were not.

When we pulled up to Billy's little red house, he was waiting on the porch with a smile. We called our hello's to each other and Jake and I grabbed our loads. He carried the frozen pizza and sodas we brought over for dinner. I had Anthony and all his things we'd brought. 

Jake gave his dad a slap on the back, "Hey there, old man."

"Hey, son." 

I bent over and gave Billy a kiss on the cheek and handed Anthony to him, "Go see Grandpa."

I wheeled Billy through the door and parked him at the kitchen table. I sat down beside him while Jake put the pizza in the oven.

"Wow, this boy is growing like a weed. He's got even more hair than the last time I saw him."

"We're letting it grow out." Jake said, joining us at the table.

Billy smiled in approval. He then pointed to the folder that was already on the table.

"There's the wedding stuff I found. There are a bunch of traditional prayers in there, The Rite of the Seven Steps and some things about vases too."

"That's so great! Thanks, Billy."

"Yeah, thanks Dad."

"Glad to do it kids." 

Jake and I sorted through the folder, reading everything in it while Billy tried to get Anthony to say Quileute. That wasn't going so well, he got to La Push, but not Quileute. This was just a refresher for Jake, but it was all new to me. The prayers were beautiful.

"How are we gonna pick one?" I asked.

"We can pick as many as you want." Jake said.

We picked a few of our favorites then read the seven steps. They were just as beautiful as the prayers.

"We are doing this for sure." I told Jake.

"Yeah, I want to do it too." Jake smiled in agreement.

"Jake's mother and I did. Do you guys wanna watch the video after dinner?"

"I forgot about that. Wanna see the wedding video, Ness."

"Yeah, definitely."

There wasn't a high chair at Billy's so when dinner as ready, Anthony had his pizza in Jacob's lap. He never tried it before and he loved it. So far, this kid had never met a food that he didn't like. We didn't buy any jars of baby food, he'd gone from breast milk to food quickly and did great with it so we didn't really stop in between. No tummy troubles or anything like that. We mashed up the things that may be harder for him to eat or put them in the food processor. He wasn't totally weened though, partly for selfish reasons. I liked the bonding of feeding him. It was pretty cute seeing Jake feed him tiny pieces of pizza though.