Rose's Swan

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"Jacob! Jacob." Bella said. Her face lighting up.

(She runs towards him and jumps into his arms to hug him.)

(Both laughing)

"Hey." Bella said.

"Hey, Bella." Jacob said.

"Hey." Edward nodded to the wolf.

"This is kind of you." Bella told her best friend.

"Kind is my middle name." Jacob joked.

"I'll see if Caroline wants to dance." Edward said to Bella.

(Edward leaves.)

"I'm sorry I'm late." Jacob apologized.

"Doesn't matter. Everything's perfect now." Bella told him.

"Will you dance with me?" Jacob asked.

(She steps closer to him and he picks her up to twirl her and then they start dancing.)

"Where have you been? We were gonna put your face on a milk carton." Bella asked curiously.

"Mostly northern Canada. I think. It's weird to be back on two legs again, in clothes. Gotten out of practice with the whole human thing." Jacob said.

"Are you okay? Being here?" Bella asked. Worried for his mental health.

"Why? Afraid I'll trash your party? You're not the only one. You'd think I'd be used to telling you goodbye by now." Jacob said, mostly to himself.

(Bella starts crying.)

"Come on, you're not supposed to be the one crying, Bella." Jacob said.

"Everyone cries at weddings." She told him honestly.

"This is how I'm gonna remember you. Pink cheeks. Two left feet." Jacob joked.

(He picks her up and twirls her and sets her down again.)

"Heartbeat." Jacob said.

"'Cause what, soon I'm gonna be dead to you?" Bella asked

"No. I'm sorry. I'm just trying to appreciate your last night as a human." Jacob told his friend.

"Well, it's not my last night." Bella told him.

"I thought you..." Jacob trailed off, hope blossoming in his chest, thinking she wouldn't want the change. Maybe he still has a chance with her.

"I didn't really wanna spend my honeymoon writhing in pain." Bella said honestly.

"What's the point? It's not like you're gonna have a real honeymoon with him, anyway." Jacob said.

"It's gonna be as real as anyone else's." Bella told him.

"That's a sick joke." Jake said, thinking she was messing with him.

(Bella gives him a look of confusion.)

"You are joking?" Jacob said. Starting to realize that maybe it was not a joke at all.

(Bella still looks confused.)

"What? While you're still human? You can't be serious, Bella. Tell me you're not that stupid." Jacob said. This new information horrified him.

"I mean, it's really none of your business." Bella told the boy.

(One of the only times I agreed with her.)

(Suddenly he takes hold of her arms.)

"No! You can't do this!" Jacob freaked.

"Jake." Bella said, trying to get him to listen to her.