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Epilogue: Bella's POV

3 years later...

It has been three years since that life changing weekend in La Push and it really was life changing. Me and Jacob have been inseparable ever since. My love grew for Jacob everyday, if that's possible, I don't think I could live a moment without him. Five and half months ago, Jake asked me to marry him, it made me the happiest girl in the world. I couldn't believe I was lucky enough to have Jake to myself, to call him mine. I constantly found myself wondering what I did to deserve him in my life. I sighed looking down at the white gold ring that was perched on my finger. It was beautiful and I didn't even want to think how much it had cost him. There were three diamonds set in the band, it was simple, elegant and beautiful.(on profile). We were having a long engagement for one main reason. I didn't want to be pregnant when I walked down the aisle. Yes, a week after Jake proposed I found out I was two months pregnant. It was a shock and definitely not planned but we were ecstatic none the less. I had everything a girl could ever ask for. I was engaged to a handsome, smart, strong man and I was carrying his son. I was worried that having a boy, one day he will go through the change like his father but I knew that Jacob and I would be there to support him as well as the rest of the pack. Jake was at work today, he had opened his own garage which was very popular to everyone in the area. His prices weren't even near Downing's extravagant prices so most people favoured him. I had to go to Charlie's and drop some food off I cooked for him. Even though I lived with Jake now in La Push, I would still make my dad dinners that could be frozen. After all, he really couldn't cook.

I climbed in too my truck which was still running, much to everyone's surprise including me. Jake always made sure it was in top condition for me and I haven't had any problems with it ever. I loved my truck, I don't know what I would do if it gave up on me. I slowly made my way to forks, driving the same roads as always. Most of my friends, Angela, Mike even Jessica had moved to go to college and never came back. I understood why but I wouldn't leave, I couldn't, it was too much a part of who I am. Pulling in to the empty driveway, I got out of the cab and went around the other side to grab the mountain of food. I found myself smiling, thinking of Charlie's attempts of what he called food in the past. After coming home to the smell of burnt food filling the house he finally relented and let me take care of him. As I stepped towards the front porch a chill ran over me, I turned to look behind me but saw nothing there. Yet I couldn't shift the feeling someone was watching me. I hurried inside and placed the food in the freezer and some lasagne in the fridge for Charlie to heat up later. I was just writing a note to leave instructions so he wouldn't burn the house down, when there was a knock at the door. I froze to the spot, wondering who it could be, suddenly afraid it might be the eyes I felt on me a few minutes ago. I slowly stepped towards the door and looked through the peep-hole curiously and staggered back in shock. A gasp left my lips as I raised my hand over my mouth. I knew he heard me, I couldn't pretend I wasn't home. He knows I'm here!

"Bella" I heard from the other side. "Please answer the door" he begged. I carefully swung the door open to face my guest. His face the picture of grief and shame, I couldn't help the pity that shot through me.

"Edward" I whispered.

"Hello Bella" he replied as his eyes raked down my body. I could tell when he got to my swollen stomach, his eyes focused on it like he was willing it to go away.

"What are you doing here Edward?" My voice was small and croaky as I took in the appearance of the man before me. He hadn't changed, I knew he wouldn't have but there was an air of sadness about him that was never there before.

"Congratulations" he muttered before waving to my belly.

"Thank you" I answered, still never meeting his gaze.

"Bella can we... talk? Please? I know I don't deserve it but please I..." I just nodded mutely in return and closed the door behind me, sitting down on the porch steps with difficulty. I probably looked ridiculous trying to manoeuvre with my huge bump. Rushing he helped lower me to the step. I muttered a thank you and waited for him to join me. I didn't want him in the house, I couldn't, too many memories and Jake would smell his scent when he next visited. At least this way I could say I didn't invite him in, that would be like slapping Jake in the face.

"Bella..." he started and I turned to look at him properly for the first time. He was still breathtaking as I remembered, but something was different. He wasn't my Edward any more, I didn't want him to be. I had my Jacob and I knew that was more than I could have ever dreamed of. "I just... when I left you, it was selfish and obnoxious. I never meant it Bella, I never meant what I said. I thought if I could push you away you would get over me and lead your own life." I didn't miss how his eyes darted to my stomach. "I wanted you to have a normal life, to be able to be human, to marry, to have children and grow old" he chuckled darkly. "But these past three and half years have been... unbearable" he breathed so low I almost missed the last word. "I never stopped loving you Bella." I sat there frozen, trying to take in his words but they ended up spinning around my head so fast I couldn't process them. It wasn't until I felt his hand wipe across my cheek that I knew I was crying. I immediately flinched back, startled by his cold hard skin, after I was so used to Jake soft, hot touch. Edward pulled his hand back abruptly with a hard expression, I recognised it immediately. It was scary how quickly it all came back to me, but I could pick up on Edward pain and discomfort from a mile off and I hated I had done that to him.

"I'm sorry" I croaked.

"No, I am, please accept my apology" he said staring straight ahead. We sat there in uncomfortable silence, I was trying to figure what to say, I had no words. I was pulled out my inner musings by Edward heartbreaking voice. "Who is he?"

"His names Jacob, Jacob Black. He lives in La Push." He snorted, while a smile tugged his lips.

"Least it's not Mike Newton hey?" I couldn't help but smirk at his comment, I couldn't believe he still held something against Mike.

"He lives in New York now" I gossiped. He just nodded in response.

"You love him." He stated and I looked at him confused.

"Mike?" I asked disgusted. He let out a deep laugh but it didn't sound right.

"I meant Jacob." My smile grew as I thought of him, my hand automatically rubbing my stomach.

"Yeah, he's a great guy."

"How long have you been married?" I couldn't help the blush that spread over me at his presumption.

"We're not..." I started. His head whipped towards mine at vampire speed.

"Your not married?" He growled. I moved back at his judgemental tone.

"Were engaged though" I hissed. I watched Edward stand up quickly and pace in front of me.

"What so he gets you pregnant and THEN decided to marry you?" I couldn't believe him, I couldn't believe he was judging me, he didn't know anything about me or Jake.

"Excuse me?" I shouted.

"How dare you! You don't know nothing! Where have you been for the past three and half years? You left! You have no say in my life!" I knew my hormones were taking over but I couldn't keep hold of them. "We were engaged before I got pregnant thank you! Not that I have to justify myself to a fucking vampire! How dare you come back in my life after all this time and have the cheek to stand there and judge me!" Edward had stopped pacing and was frozen to the spot, a look of shock on his face.

"Bella I'm sorry I.."

"What are you doing here Edward? Just tell me so you can leave!"

"I love you Bella, I came back... I couldn't stay away any more." The tears streamed heavily down my cheeks and my breaths were laboured.

"Your nearly four years too late" I hissed. "I loved you! You were everything" I screamed. "You had your chance, I'm with Jake now, I love him and he loves me. He would never leave me and now I'm carrying his son. I don't live here any more so don't bother coming back" I said sternly.

"I'm sorry Bella" he choked.

"Doesn't mean anything to me."

"I love you Bella" he whispered before turning away and disappearing a second later. I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath. And there he was.

"Jake" I sputtered as I took in the murderous glare on his face. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion before it clicked. He saw Edward. He just shook his head at me in disgust before running in the the woods. I screamed after him but he ignored my pleas. I couldn't help the sobs that escaped my chest as I dropped back down to the steps, cradling my stomach. I didn't know how long I sat there sobbing, but I realised it was over with Edward. He was gone and wasn't coming back and I had a life to lead which didn't include him. And now I didn't know if it included Jake I thought, a shot of fear shooting through me. I pulled myself up and got in to my truck, taking a deep breath before pulling out the drive and making my way back home, hoping my fiancé would be there.

Embry's POV

I was on my way to see my girlfriend Sarah at her house in Forks. I imprinted on Sarah two months ago and I haven't looked back since. She is the most beautiful, kind, loving and perfect woman I have ever laid eyes on. I remember when I first spotted her in La Push. She was there with some friends on First Beach. I was with the pack and soon as I saw her I froze momentarily before slowly moving towards her. I ignored my packs worried questions and walked straight up to her. I had to introduce myself, she had to know I existed. It was like she was now the only thing holding me to the Earth, gravity meant nothing to me. Ever since then we have been inseparable, she knows about the pack and what I am. When we imprint on someone we can tell them about what we are, I was scared she would run away screaming but she welcomed me with open arms.

I didn't bother driving any more it was easier to run, I found myself on the outskirts of the forest running alongside a road and thought about shifting back. Her house was only the next street over and I would have to break cover at some point. I dug my heels in to the ground coming to an immediate stop as a fresh scent hit me. Vampire. There was a vampire near here, very close in fact. I scanned the road in front of me and finally I laying my eyes on the dirty bloodsucker. It was a Cullen. Even my thoughts showed my disgust. It was just then though that I noticed the human with him. The pregnant human with him. Bella. he took her arm and helped lower her to the porch steps carefully, she was crying at his words, words I could hear with perfect clarity. He was telling her he loved her, that he didn't mean what he said the last time the two met. Of course we all knew what happened, we see t in Jakes mind an a regular basis. I don't think he ever got over the fact that she was with a leech or that he destroyed her completely. I watched as his cold, hard unnatural hand came up and wiped away her tears from her cheek. I couldn't watch any more I sped back in to the deep forest as fast as I could not stopping until I was near La Push. I shifted quickly and pulled out my cell phone that was in the pocket of my jeans wrapped around my leg. Jake needed to know, he deserved to know. I dialled quickly and waited as it began to ring.

"Hello?" I heard Jakes cheery voice come through the line, well it wasn't going to be cheery for long.

"Jake it's Embry man, listen I was just in Forks, near Bella's house? I was on my way to Sarah's man and well.." I just didn't know how to tell him, he would flip and if he had any customers near by I think they would be shocked when he changed in to a wolf in front of them.

"What Embry? I'm busy man, just spit it out" he sighed.

"I saw Bella, she was with him." I knew he would know who I meant and I wasn't wrong. I heard his breathing speed and I could hear the pain in his next words.

"No, no she... she wouldn't. Why is she with him? Why is he here?" He roared.

"Dude, he helped her sit down on the porch and then told her he still loved her and wiped her cheek because she was crying..." I gushed in one breath. Suddenly the line was dead, he hung up on me. I let out a big sigh before making my way back to Sarah's. I didn't want to leave her alone with a bloodsucker in town.

Jake's POV

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, she wouldn't betray me like this, especially not with a leech. In the back of my mind I always wondered, if he came back would she run back to him, I guess I got my answer. Problem was it wasn't the answer that I wanted. I had always hoped it would be me she would chose if the situation arose, guess that was wishful thinking and I was a stupid idiot for ever thinking otherwise. I couldn't listen to any more. I hung up on Embry, not wanting to hear another word about my straying fiancé. I had to see her, confront her. She had to know I knew. I ran out of the garage and in the nearby woods to shift, I would get there quicker that way. As I neared the town of .Forks,my paws carried me faster, knowing I was so close. She was was my fiancé, who was pregnant with my son and she is off with a fucking leech! I felt like I had been slapped around the face, this is the worst kind of betrayal she could ever inflict on me. I slowed down as I reached the edge of the forest and shifted back. I could see him standing in front of her while she sat on the porch steps. Embry was right, they're here, together, just like he said.

"I love you Bella" he whispered and turned before running at vampire speed in to the forest the other side. I quickly made my way out of the dense trees and stood before her in the street. I watched her eyes go wide at the sight of me, but I couldn't look at her. She knows I know and now all I could think about was getting the hell out of there. I needed to get away, away from those not so innocent eyes that just seethed with her betrayal. Shaking my head to rid myself of the images of them together I ran for the forest edge. I shifted quickly and ran. I didn't even know where I was running, I just felt like I needed to, to put some distance in-between me and her. I felt like my life was over, I had lost her and I knew it was coming all along, yet when it happened it still felt like being hit by a freight train at full speed. A sense of hopelessness surrounded me and I didn't fight it, I let it consume me. I couldn't fight it.

Bella's POV

I pulled up at our house and jumped out of the cab, moving as fast as I could for a woman who is seven months pregnant. I had to find him, surely he understood that I would never go back to Edward, I was with Jake now, I was having his baby for Christ''s sake. Slamming open the door I started calling for him.

"Jake? Jake? You here?" No answer. I ran in to our bedroom and then the bathroom, checking every room, before I gave up hope. I stood in the middle of our front room, my mind whizzing with every possible location he could be. The garage I thought. I went to run out of the house but ended up running straight in to Embry.

"Embry? Have you seen Jake?" His face was like stone as I looked at him puzzled. It was only then I noticed Seth and Billy with him as well. I scanned Billy and Embry's faces which were exactly the same. Expressionless. They knew and they were pissed, but they didn't know the story! I looked to Seth who wouldn't meet my gaze.

"Seth? Seth please? It's not what you think, I have to explain to Jake! I need to find him" I wailed. He lifted his head and took in my wet cheeks and puffy eyes. He must have sensed the desperation in my voice.

"What happened then Bella?" He asked quietly.

"Edward is back in town, he... he told me he still loved me but I didn't return his feelings I swear!" They all looked at each other as if questioning my words. "I swear Seth, I wouldn't lie to you or Jake. He just showed up while I was at Charlie's! I told him I was with Jake and then Jake turned up and saw us together, he got the wrong impression and he ran Seth, he ran!" I heard them all sigh simultaneously, if I wasn't so distraught I would have laughed.

"Wait here" Seth mumbled before running off in the other direction. I looked at the other two, Billy nodded in my direction and offered me a small smile before heading inside with Embry on his heels.

Jake's POV

My mind just went over and over the same thing again as I sat on the cliff top. 'I love you Bella.' The pain in my chest was agonising, watching my memory like a broken record. Most of all I blamed myself, I knew this would happen one day, why didn't I prepare myself for it? Why didn't I come to terms with it before it all blew up in my face. What would come of my son? I wouldn't let her take him away from me, he was mine too. Just then someone thoughts joined mine and I knew I wasn't alone, someone had shifted. I couldn't bring myself to care, I couldn't even bring myself to see who it was.

"Jake" the voice screamed. "I'm coming to get you man, Bella is at yours and she just explained, dude you got the wrong end of the stick." I made a disgusted noise for him to hear so he knew he was wrong. I don't know what she said or how she lied her way out of it but I wouldn't believe a word. It was then that I caught Seth's thoughts, he was replaying her version of the events in his head. What she had told him, Embry and my dad.

"Edward is back in town, he... he told me he still loved me but I didn't return his feelings I swear! I swear Seth, I wouldn't lie to you or Jake. He just showed up while I was at Charlie's! I told him I was with Jake and then Jake turned up and saw us together, he got the wrong impression and he ran Seth, he ran!" My curiosity got the better of me as I searched his memories, watching it happen over and over, the expression on her heartbroken face, the way she cradled her stomach protectively. If there was one person I could read it was Bella, she couldn't keep anything from me, she is like an open book. That and she can't lie to save her life. She was telling the truth. I shot up immediately and ran towards Seth, towards home.

"Finally" I heard Seth think before he joined me at my side. We ran strained silence as I pushed myself to get to my Bella quicker. I can't believe I doubted her, I shouldn't have, I shouldn't have doubted myself to not be enough for her. She wanted me! Not a filthy bloodsucker but me! I fazed while still running, throwing my shorts on as quickly as I could with Seth right behind me. I moved among the last remaining trees and finally my beautiful fiancé come in to view. Tears streamed her face, her eyes were puffy red and she had her hands in her hair.

"Bella" I yelled. Her head shot up and took in my appearance as I ran up the porch steps. Her eyes were wide and in one movement I had her in my arms with her head cradled against my chest. "I'm sorry Bella, I should have believed in you! I should have given you time to explain."

"I'm sorry Jake, I swear he just turned up!"

"I know Bella, I know." I held her face in my hands and bent down capturing her lips with my own.

"It's you Jake, it's always been you!" She declared as I released her lips. "I love you" she whimpered.

"I love you too Bella, I love you both!" Resting one hand on her stomach and one on her cheek I captured her lips once more, a sense of rightness as I held her in my arms.

X-X-X

It has been two months since the day that bloodsucker appeared in our lives. He was gone and me and Bella were happier than we have ever been. Three days ago Bella gave birth to our beautiful son Ethan Charlie Black at a healthy weight of seven pounds eleven. I have never been happier or more exhausted, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I have everything I have ever wanted in life and all the things I wouldn't have thought to ask for. I have my own business, a beautiful fiancé, a perfect son, surrounded by family and friends and not a leech in sight. I had the perfect life many would be envious of, it was complete and I couldn't wait to start living it.

THE END!

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