I have one last chapter to write... it will be small, but that will end the story. Enjoy.

on a side note... I am continuing these characters after this final chapter. I don't have a title yet, but I will have one soon. Just add me to the author alert so you get it if you are interested.

Thanks for reading!

EPOV

It had been eight weeks since Charlie had left our home. It happened in an easy manner, no big productions or promises for things that may not come. Instead, my entire family watched from the front stoop as Bella hugged her father goodbye and thanked him for coming. When she had said her peace, she came back to our side and stood watching as he got in and prepared to drive away. As I had held Bella to my side that day, I watched Charlie watching us through the side mirror. He looked at peace... as if the vision of Bella with us all beside her was what he knew was right. It was.

The night before he left, Charlie and I found a moment to ourselves as we prepared the grill for the food Bella was fixing with my mom. I had been so engulfed in the spilling of the baby beans that I hadn't gotten a chance to really talk with Charlie at all. But when I was scrubbing the grill, he started with what I knew he was dieing to say. "Edward... I just wanted to apologize again for the way I acted last night. I feel like the worlds biggest jack ass now that I know Bella is pregnant. No wonder you were so adamant about her eating... I just... I didn't.." I felt bad for his obvious discomfort, but I knew he needed to get this out.

"Charlie, please don't worry about it... I know you didn't know. I understand." I patted his back and did my best to give him a reassuring smile. I was not expecting his reaction though. His face was on the verge of a breakdown and I heard him taking what were supposed to be calming breaths, but it came out sounding more like a toddler getting ready to whale. I had no idea what to do, more over, I didn't understand why.

"Charlie?" I questioned him carefully. He was shaking his head as if unable to go on as of yet, but a moment later he was able to speak.

"I missed it all." he stated simply. I understood what he meant then... he had missed it all. Birthdays, graduations, boyfriends... he missed opportunities to give her any help she may have needed while she was growing up, and also later as an adult. Who helped her move? Pay bills, if she didn't have the money? The answer to those questions were obvious though, no one was there to help her. Bella was alone and despite the pitty party she could have had for herself, she prevailed and succeeded. All the same though, I imagine these were the things he was tortured with. As a father, I could understand his guilt. Just the thought of Emma or Ethan struggling and needing help made me want to pull my hair out. I didn't comment on it again and neither did he. There just wasn't anything left to say about it. Nothing was ever going to make the past better and no amount of harping on it would fix anything. So instead of going on and on, he just enjoyed the time that he had left with us here in Chicago, and when he left the next day, Bella had her closure from Charlie.

Tonight I was planning on thoroughly enjoying Bella and her pregnancy hormones. The last two days had been so hectic that she was out like a light every time I was anxious to have her. I would never dream of waking her while she was pregnant and tired, so I did what I could to relieve myself the past couple nights. I hated having to rub myself into relief, I much rather prefered Bella's soft body as opposed to self love. I wish I could say that I was able to just smile and rest along side her, but the truth was that we had been going at it so much lately that I was down right spoiled. My body didn't know how to just turn off my need for her.

Tonight was different though, I had gotten the kids in bed early, helped Bella settle things down stairs and headed up to our master bedroom to await Bella. She was finishing a spread sheet for her charity and would be joining me any minute. I was in only my boxers and crawled into the sheets, closed my eyes and waited.

I had woken up to an empty bed. It was much later than it had been when I initially came in the room, and the light I had left on was off. All that lit the room was the moon light and a faint glow from under the bathroom door. I cursed myself for having fallen asleep and got up to look for my love, I didn't know I would find her in the bathroom naked and looking at her silouette in the oversized mirror that adorned her vanity. I knew she could see me in the reflection, but that didn't stop her from doing what she was doing. So instead of going to her, I watched from the doorway with a smile. When she was satisfied with the examination of her new form, she turned to me with a gentle longing. "Can you tell yet?"

I went to her then and took her into my arms as delicately as I could muster in that moment and kissed her good and hard. Not long after that, my boxers were discarded and I was carrying her back to our bed with only the dark colored sky to show me the way. I settled us onto the mattress and flipped us so that, Bella, was hovering over my needy, anxious body.

I was too anxious to be as gentle as I would need to be if I were the one in her current position."Come here, baby..." I gently kissed along her jaw to the soft spot behind her ear. I could hear her soft moans in my ears as I caressed her arms, back and stomach. I would never get enough of her beneath my fingers. The need for her was something I never searched for, it was always there... always ready to shower her at any available chance how much she meant to me.

I took my time getting to know each new curve of her body and burned them into my memory. I caressed the growing bump that was now visible when she was naked and dropped kiss upon kiss to the swollen breasts I had grown fond of over the last few weeks. I let myself soak up this beautiful woman and appreciate the fact that she was mine. Bella, alone was a work of art. But, Bella, pregnant was my work of art. "How did I get so lucky?" I asked her in between kisses. I felt her hands caressing my cheeks tenderly and then her words were upon me.

"Two lonely people made it out to dinner with a friend one night... and the rest is history" My emotions hit me at the truth in her words. I was so lonely before, Bella... I was emotionally detached and had only my work to keep me company. Before, Bella, I truly had nothing. I had an empty home, heart and soul, but in the course of a three hour dinner, I had found my other half, my soul mate. Seeing it now, painted in the way she just explained, it was all so easy. She had been lonely too, she had been for years. I felt the sting in my eyes that always accompanied my thoughts about, Bella, alone and tucked away in her home by herself before I had known she even exhisted. I at least had my family to turn to, but before, Alice... Bella, had no one. "Why couldn't I have found you sooner, love?" I heard my voice shake in my own ears. I had asked myself that question many times over in the years we had been married, even when we were just dating. How badly I wished I had gone off to Yale like my father had wanted me to... I would have found her. I know without a doubt I would have been just as taken with her then as I was now, and I would not have been able to wait even twenty four hours before I would have called to ask her out.

As always, she just smiled to me and ran her fingers through my hair. Bella never gave me an answer to that question. Maybe she didn't have one, but I honestly think that the words she never spoke were a mirror of what I felt. We were meant to be together, and had I found her before,Alice, then I would have no doubt made her mine all those years ago. I felt Bella's lips graze gently over my own and before I could secure mine to hers for a kiss, she whispered against my mouth, " Were here now... I love you... and you love me." I nodded and moved back the hair from her face gently.

"and were having a baby... our third baby..." Bella's face brightened at the mention of that. She seemed to rather enjoy those words, and before I could keep going , she silenced me with a kiss and this time we didn't stop.

When morning came, we had a lot to do. Ethan was in his first year of tee-ball and he had a game this morning. We had been quite busy with the weekends lately, since both Ethan and Emma were enrolled in a slew of sports at the local YMCA. Each weekend we loaded up Bella's X5 and headed off to whatever field was scheduled for the day. I laughed the first weekend we had actually made it out of the house and out to the game, because when we were all settled and on the bleacher cheering on our star player #8, it hit me that this was my life.

The same thing came to mind this weekend as I watched proudly from the stands as my son prepared to bat next. I had the wife, the kids and the only thing missing from this little picture was a dog. I was a rising surgeon and I gave my family a comfortable life. I remembered back to what my dad has said about me having it all, and looking around me and down to the woman I was holding in my arms along with the little girl cuddled to my side, I could finally understand the beauty of that statement.

I felt Bella sit up from my arms and it pulled me from my day dreaming. Ethan was up to bat and I would be lying if I said he didn't look like the cutest thing out there. I chuckled as he eyed the tee with determination. Bella gigged and clasped her hands together tightly in angst of his swing. We watched him take a deep breath and then swing as hard as he could and he hit the ball past the in- field. I jumped up and cheered like the proud dad I was and when I heard a competing yell I turned quickly to see my dad doing the same at the bottom of the stands. I focused back on my son as he rounded the bases and then laughed heartily at the sight of all the kids running toward the ball all together. Tee ball was quite possibly the best thing I had ever seen in my life.

When Ethan was safely on third I looked back to where my dad had been standing and noticed my mom pulling him up the bleachers with a scowl. I heard her harumphing about how he was lucky they didn't miss that and how next time he had be ready to leave when she tells him to. I chuckled as I watched them make their way next to us and greeted them with a big smile.

"Hey! Glad you guys made it!" I exclaimed. Bella was about to get up and give hugs, but both my mom and dad stopped her and went to her instead. I smiled wider as they each rubbed the baby in her belly and kissed her cheek.

My mom came and grabbed Emma into a big hug and then proceeded to pull out sweets for her to enjoy the game with. I just rolled my eyes and let Emma have em'. She was so laid back that it didn't matter to me. Emma gave me a nervouse look and I just winked to her and stole a piece of licorice. The smile that lit up her face was enough to make me want to give her candy before lunch every day.

We all watched together and cheered for The E man throughout the entire game. Bella and I got a kick out of Ethan's coach. That man was the size of a body builder and to the naked eye he looked like the kind of guy who would be a bully, but he was the exact opposite. In fact, he was in himself a child but all the same, he was fantastic with the kids. He truly enjoyed coaching and teaching them, and it showed in the way he treated them always.

When the game was over and the kids has lined up to get their snacks, I helped Bella down the bleachers and went to get Ethan from his team. When I made my way over to the dugout, I overheard Coach Emmett talking to Ethan. He was praising him about what a great hit he had and how he was gonna be amazing when he got older. Ethan was all smiles which in turn made me all smiles. What parent doesn't love hearing about how great their kid is?

"Hey coach, great game!" I offered him. Emmette looked as if he had won the world series when I said that and it made me grateful that Ethan was so lucky to have such a decent person for a coach. I wasn't much of a ball player, but get me in the water and I was trouble! However, Ethan had no desire to swim and I was no Babe Ruth.

"Thank's ! Your little guy here is a natural, "

"Please... call me, Edward." We both went back and forth talking about the game and then about diffent leagues he coached year round. He wanted Ethan on his year round team and I told him we would think about it and get back to him. The conversation was easy going and comfortable, but it took a turn for ugly when Emmett introduced his wife.

Rosalie De Grau. Well Rosalie McCarty now. I had know Rosalie for many years, I wouldn't say she was a close friend, but she was a good person. I had met her through Tanya many years back now and the last time I had actually seen her was just before Tanya moved out and back with her sister. I had no idea if the two were still close, but I didn't want to take the chance she would say something or be rude to Bella. I looked back over my shoulder and saw my love walking to me with a Emma and my parents along side her. She was smiling my smile and I became a nervouse wreck. I wasn't sure what to do, but Rosalie went ahead and started.

"Actually, Em, I know Edward already." I felt Bella next to me and then her head rested along my arm gently. I looked down to see her staring back at me with love. I looked back to Emmett and Rosalie to gauge what was about to happen. Instead of the worst, I was pleased to see Rosalie was being extremly courteous and welcoming. She gave me a soft smile and then a bright one to Bella.

"Oh!...How?" Emmett asked. Well here goes my own personal hell again.

"Edward and I have a few mutual friends in common... or we did at least." I wasn't sure why I was so nervous, but I guess it was just because the subject of Tanya was a sore one. I imagine Rose had heard all about the twisted tale, at least Tanya's version, and I had no idea what she was thinking. Luckily though, she was being an adult about it. A gracious one at that.

"It's been a long time Rose. I'm glad to see your doing well." I offered. She smiled brighter as she hugged Emmett's arm and then out of no where a miniature Emmett came running over with his snack.

"Mom! Can we go get some pizza?" he was a live wire, but not in a bad way. I heard a gasp next to me and saw Emma hiding behind my leg. I knealed down to see if she was okay, but she slid from behind me to Bella and was pulling on her arm. I watched Bella and her exchange secrets and when Bella was standing up again she had a grin on her face.

"What's going on?" I asked. I had no clue what the hell had just happened, but something did. Bella just shook her head to say nothing and went back to focusing on Rose and Emmett. I felt like an ass for having not introduced her yet.

"Oh! Sorry! This is my wife, Bella and our daughter Emma. You already know Ethan I imagine..." I kissed, Bella's temple and rubbed our baby bump gently and continued. "and this is the newest edition to our family." I looked down to my love and saw her smiling warmly and rubbing her small bump as well. Rose was all smiles as she took in Bella's appearance. Bella extended her hand to shake Emmetts and then Rose's but I was pleasantly surprised when Rosalie gave her a warm hug instead.

"It's good to meet you, Bella. Congratulations." she said warmly. I felt myself relax completely and just like that the tension was gone.

BPOV

I wasn't sure why, but I had a feeling that there was more to Rose and Edward than they had just let on. Not that it mattered, if there was more to it. That was long before he and I had been together. I just thought it was kind of funny that he would be nervouse to say it. But then again, Emmett wasn't a small man... I mean he didn't look like he couldn't fight.

After introductions, Rosalie huddled closer and said, "Emma is in Mrs. Jensen's class isn't she?" I was surprised she knew that. I nodded my head dumbly and looked at her with a "how did you know" look. Rosalie grinned and leaned into tell me quietly, "My son, Logan is in love with her."

Well what a small world. I giggled and nodded my confirmation as it all clicked. Logan was theirs and Emma was in love with him too. We both went back and forth about the school and the teachers we liked and some we weren't too keen on and I found that I actually rather liked Rosalie... or Rose as she asked me to call her.

It was the kids and the grandparents that pulled us four away from our conversations, but we knew we would see each other again next weekend, so we all headed our seperate ways to appease the children... and again, the grandparents.

When Edward and I had the kids in the car and were all buckled in, I went in for the kill. "So is Rosalie an ex or something?" Edward stiffened and looked at me panicked. I laughed a little so he could see it was okay if she was, but he never relaxed. I got nervous then, and all the worst imaginings came flooding my head. "Edward, what is it?" He took a deep breath and stared out the window. Emma and Ethan were watching the dvd playing with head phones on and couldn't hear a thing. After what felt like the longest pause, he answered me.

"Rosalie was a friend of Tanya's" Oh. Yeah, that was different. I wasn't sure how to feel about that, I liked Rose... she was nice to me and our kids were friends. I didn't want to not like her. I felt Edward grab my hand and rub my knuckles gently.

"Love, are you okay?" I was fine, but I didn't know if I should feel that way or not. I just nodded my head and said the only thing that mattered to me about wether Rosalie and Tanya were friends.

"Do you think she'll tell her about us? I mean about where we live and the kids..." Before I could say the rest, Edward was out of the car and jogging toward what I could only assume was Rosalie and Emmett. I watched from my seat as he calmly talked to both of them and then Rosalie's surprised expression and ernst nodding as well as Emmett's. After a few minutes Edward hugged Rose and shook Emmett's hand and made his way back to us. I was dieing to know what he just said when he slid into his seat, but before I could ask he pulled me to his lips and kissed me hard. When he pulled away he told me what I wanted to know.

"Rose, said that she doesn't talk to Tanya anymore. She said that she had a falling out with her shortly after she and I had began dating and that as far as she was concerned, Tanya was all but a forgotten part of her past." I nodded my understanding and he kissed me again.

"I told them about what she did to you... I actually started with that and then that is when Rose told me she wasn't in contact anymore. They both understand why we were nervouse." I was nodding my understanding again and took a deep breath and giggled.

"Well what a Saturday, huh?" I winked at Edward and he smiled brightly and winked at me. That was done and dealt with so we were off to enjoy a nice lunch with the rest of the family.

When we got to the Deli, Jasper and Alice were sitting at a large table waiting for us. Mom and Dad must have told them we were coming here and I was glad because they had missed the game. I waved big when we entered the parlor and Alice and Jas waved us over with big grins.

Ethan being himself ran over and animatedly explained every hit they missed. Jas was a huge baseball fan and I could tell he was sorry he didn't make it. When Ethan had a ream of quarters in his hand and Emma was along side him, they went to the game machines that were right next to the table and started playing away.

"So now that we can talk about adult stuff!" I joked. I was expecting everyone to get going with their own conversations, but they didn't. I looked at Edward and he was just as confused and shrugged his shoulders. I looked back to Jasper and Ali then to Carlisle and Esme and they were all looking rather nervous.

"What is it?" I knew whatever it was, that it wasn't good, but that didn't mean that I didn't want to know. I felt Edward scoot closer and turn his body so I could settle between him on the bench.

"Guy's?" he mirrored. Carlisle was the one to break the silence.

"We finally got word from, Renee." he said. I felt chills go down my back, but I nodded for him to continue. Instead of doing that, he looked to Jasper to continue on.

"I was ironing out some details this morning after I spoke with her. That's why I didn't make the game... anywho, I drew up some contracts..." he took a deep breath and his brows were knit together as if he was frustrated. I could see it was because he wasn't getting the words out the way he wanted to and it was making him flustered.

"Just tell me, Jasper... it's okay." I hated the unease, Renee was causing at this moment, but I knew that had I not been so determined to have my final say, then this wouldn't be an issue. Alice rubbed his arm and it encouraged him to go on.

"She want's money, Bella..." he huffed a breath frustrated and rolled his eyes at the situation but kept on. "You knew that already... I think we all did."

I released a deep breath and nodded along and felt Edward caressing my arms and hugging me to him.

"I think the easiest thing to do here, Bella, is to just give her something and send her along. Otherwise, who knows how long she'll make appearances." Carlise jumped in and tried to reason.

I was already shaking my head no, I didn't want to do that. It wasn't so much the money, it was the principal of the matter. I wasn't an ATM or a Credit Union, I had no desire to be a tool nor have my family become one either. Carlise was about to try and reason more, but I wasn't having it.

"No." I stated simply. I sat up, squared my shoulders and shook my head no to all of them. I was calm and respectful, but I needed to get my point across. "It's not about the money... it has nothing to do with that. The honest truth is that if she really needed it, I would give it to her. I would go to the bank, make a withdrawl and hand it to her with a smile. I would do that, because I can do that. I am able to do it because I have worked hard and so has my husband." I felt Edward drop his head to my back and squeeze me tightly for a moment and whisper a thank you. I knew it was because he appreciated the fact that I acknowledged that what we had was mine as well. "But I won't do it, because she doesn't appreciate the fact that I can... she never will. I realized that the moment I accepted that she would never see me doing well at Yale as a good thing."

I looked into Carlisle's eyes and he smiled gently and nodded. He understood I wasn't interested in "the easy way" and from the looks of everyone else at the table, so did they.

So here I was, sitting in an airport cafe waiting for the woman who brought me in this world to show up, so I could kick her out of my life for good.

It had been two weeks since Jasper had spoken with her, and in that time, I had decided on how I wanted things to play out. I would come today, listen to her request and calmly ask her to disappear. I sat silently watching the steam rise from my cup of tea as I waited for Renee. I was surprisinlgy calm despite what I was about to do. It was my crazy gift... the ability to not feel at an instant. I saw it as more of a curse on most occasions, but today, right now, I was grateful for my unusual tick. I was about to color code the sugar in the holder to my right, but I was startled by a hand on my shoulder.

"Isabella" my mother said calmly. I wasn't sure what to do or say, so I merely nodded a hello to her and watched her sit across from me. I didn't have words anymore, I guess I never really did if I was honest with myself. I had been the one to ask Jasper to track her down and I had been the one that needed the closure. I just hoped I had it in me to get.

I took a sip of my tea to try and calm my nerves, but after a long silence and three sips later, I was still a ball of nerves. Renee, seemed to be just as bad. She didn't meet my eyes the entire time she sat across from me, and instead she fiddled with the silverware off to her right. I decided that since I had been the one to call her here, I should start.

"Thank you for coming, it means a lot to me." I said. Renee met my eyes for the first time and her mouth was open a little. It was as if she didn't expect me to be corteous. I understood that, I had been rather rude to her when I saw her last, and for whatever reason, I felt the need to explain myself.

"I know that when we spoke last it wasn't pleasant... I'm sorry about that. It wasn't my intention for things to be that way. I guess the shock of your appearance was just more than I could bare at the time." I was being completely honest. I was better than the behavior she saw me act with, and if this were to be the last moment I ever saw my mother, I wanted her to remember that despite the horrible situation, I had class.

The reality of this being the last time I would ever see my mother, shockingly overwhelmed me. I didn't understand the feelings that flooded me, but I didn't fight them either. My eye's were stinging with tears and I couldn't get control of them fast enough, and soon they were spilling over my eyes. Renee chose to speak up then.

"I..." I heard her choke out. I looked up through tear filled eyes and saw a reflection that mirrored my own. Amazingly she was crying too. I had no idea what was happening, but I knew that I would remember this conversation for the rest of my life.

"Bella, I..." she shook her head gently and pushed on. "I'm not real sure what to say right now. I know there isn't much that I can say... you don't trust me... you have no reason to." her voice quivered and I noticed we had the same anxious habit of biting our lips. I smiled gently at the sight that despite our emotional make up, we were similar in some small way.

I still didn't have words, but I nodded my head and took a deep breath and started over. "I don't really have a lot to say... I'm not even real sure why I set this up in the first place, I just..." I searched for the words that would make my being here right now make sense. Renee held back a sob and nodded her head and finished the sentence for me.

"You just wanted to say goodbye the right way" tears fell freely now from her face as they did mine.

That was it, that was the reason I had set this entire thing up. I knew I didn't owe it to her, she knew I didn't owe it to her, but all the same, she was my mother, and I wouldn't have been alive right now had she chose not to keep me. Despite the horrible parenting she had done, I was alive, and happily married. It wasn't much of a life when I was younger, but I lived. Before I could say anything, Renee beat me to the punch.

"I don't know why I do the thing's I do, Bella... I have no answers... no excuses. You're entitled to your anger, it's your's and rightfully so."

I pulled myself together for a moment and said what I could in response to that. "I don't want to be angry anymore... that burden is so heavy, and i'm tired, mom. I'm really, really tired." I barely got the last part out before I sobbed out my pain. I didn't want to feel the weight on me anymore... I had a husband who loved me, children I adored, and parents in both Carlisle and Esme. I had no reason to feel the pain anymore. All these years it felt as if I were being dragged by the bumber of a car I was holding on to. Today I came to let go, because it hurt too much to keep holding on. I needed to let go.

I watched Renee compose herself and dry her eyes with a napkin, as soon as she took a deep breath, she began again.

"I never wanted to be this woman in front of you..." she said gently. I had no idea what she meant by that and I guess she read it across my face.

"This woman, Bella... the one who spent her entire adult life jealous of a life she created. The one who decided to become addicted to a stupid white powder... the woman who promised herself years ago that no matter what, she wouldn't seek out her daughter that managed to get out of the one way road she set her on..."

I didn't know what to say to that confession. It made me sad to think that this is who she was... is. I watched the face of Renee... of my mother, and for the first time, I didn't have any negetive feelings for her. It was just sad. I took a deep breath, and when I did, Renee started again, but this time, her voice was barely above a whisper.

"I knew what I was doing... when I told you you wouldn't make it Yale." Her face contorted in pain again as she said it, but she moved on. "You were always so stubborn, Bella... just like your father." She smiled as she said it and so did I, but I still didn't know where she was going.

"You've been this way since you were a child, Bella. Anytime anyone ever told you that you couldn't do something, you set out to prove them wrong... and you always did."

I gasped as I made the connection, Renee saw I had made it and kept pushing on.

"I was getting real bad by then, baby... real bad." she wiped at her eyes and continued. "I knew you were always the responsible one... the one who mothered instead of being mothered... you would of never left. I was jealous that I never had your drive, but if making you hate me got you out of that rat hole, then I don't regret it." she sobbed harder this time and grabbed my hand that was laying on the table.

I cried along with her and held her hand as well. I didn't have the strength to stand, I was far too overwhelmed for that. I worried briefly about getting home at this rate, but that thought was gone as soon as it entered my mind.

It all made sense now. I had my answers and I could walk away from this in peace. I saw, Renee, differently now. Not completely, but I didn't feel the hate. She didn't say anything else and neither did I, instead we sat quietly trying to compose ourselves and when several minutes passed, I said the only thing that mattered anymore.

"If you had to lie to me so that I could get here, then... thank you." I said it with as much conviction as I could muster. Renee smiled a real smile and took a deep breath.

"You look real good, Bella... and you've done a wonderful job making a life for your self." and with that, I was able to walk away from this with peace. I was about to say those very words aloud, but Renee asked me something and it took me back a little.

"I know I have no right to ask, but can you do me a favor?" I felt my chest go cold as I waited for her to diminish what little peace I just found. I didn't answer her, but she asked it anyway.

"I just ask that no matter what ends up happening... no matter what you end up doing. Just... be spectacular."

Relief flooded me faster than the cold had. I nodded my agreement and we shared one last moment of silence before I stood to leave. I knew that if I stayed longer that things could go a different way, and I didn't want that. I wanted to remember, Renee exactly this way, no more and no less. I think she realized it, and for what it's worth, I think she was relieved. Renee stood with me and I placed some cash on the table to settle my bill. I grabbed my purse and retrieved a white envelope that I had placed in there this morning when I decided on what I wanted to say. It was just an Easter card with a picture of myself, Edward and the kids inside of it... there was also a check for a thousand dollars as well. I was torn on wether to still give it to her, I didn't want to insult her, but I figured that either way she may need it, so I went ahead and handed it to her. She looked to me and then down at the card without a word, but the question was clear in her eyes.

"It's an, Easter card... and a picture of my family." She nodded and took the envelope with a smile and tucked it away in her bag. We stood staring at each other awkwardly for a moment and then without another word, she pulled me into a hug. She froze when she felt my stomach push up against her, no doubt realizing I was pregnant. She pulled back with a smile and rubbed my stomach and tears filled her eyes again.

"Goodbye, Isabella." Her hand was resting on my stomach as she said it, and I whispered a strangled goodbye as well. There was simply nothing left to say, and with that I turned and made my way out of the cafe with the words she had spoken just moments before echoing through my head.

When I reached the exit I was met with a familiar smile and a loving embrace. Edward was standing just outside the doors leaning against the wall waiting for me. I hugged him with everything I had in me and when he asked me how I was doing, I responded with the only answer I felt appropriate.

"I'm spectacular..."