It had been nearly a decade since Leah and Embry had been married. Since then, things had changed quite a lot. Sam and Emily's sons were now teenagers and the first of the new pack. Kim and Jared's daughter, Rose was close to her tenth birthday. Paul and Rachel had just ushered their first child, a bouncing baby boy, into the world. Terrance was just as stubborn as both of his parents and vehemently refused his mother's breast milk. He was sure to be a handful later in life.
At any rate, the family was thriving. Camilla and Quil had been married two years ago with all the Cullen trimmings. They seemed to be in a constant honeymoon state and only pulled out for certain holidays and birthdays. The most important of all being Allie's because the twins were still in a bit of a rough zone. However, extravagant gifts were always welcome and received.
Leah and Embry had long since moved to Chicago where Leah was in college and Embry was working at a bank. They left their house to Ryan and Kevin who had turned into a bachelor's pad minus the bachelor part. Their imprints found it an unamusing joke. Collin moved in shortly after he got a full time job at the lumber yard a few years earlier and was now taking online courses in business management. Recently, Collin and Lisa had become engaged and Lisa (studying to be a nurse) was hoping to be married by late August.
The Cullen's had moved from Denali to Vancouver to Denver in the past ten years and would be moving again soon. Alice had hinted that they would be headed somewhere a bit more scenic for the photos. I had taken that to mean that Jake had finally gotten permission to propose. Edward was being a bit uptight about the whole thing and was very eagerly 'acting a father' as he called it. What that really meant was that he was enjoying Jacob's suffering and making him jump through hoops for Nessie's hand.
Allie and Seth had moved on about five years ago after Allie graduated from college. They decided to move into the house in Florida after Mrs. Alcott passed away that spring. Seth was attending college there and receiving quite a lot of tutoring from Allie. As promised, Allie signed the house over to me on my eighteenth birthday despite my refusal. She declared that everyone in college needed a home to come back to after a long day and she was right of course. Brady moved in shortly after Allie and Seth moved and when I mean moved shortly after, I mean pulled out of the driveway.
We had been living together since then and are now engaged. We haven't set a date yet but Alice has been calling daily to push us along without success. We hope to be married here before we need to move on. There was only a short amount of years we could stay here and be immortal without raising suspicion. It was a chilling thought that we couldn't come back unless in total secret. It was sad to think about never strolling into the diner and having Mel shock us or jumping off a cliff or two with our friends again. Every time I thought of it my heart would break a little and every time I did Brady would need to remind me that there would be tons of visits in our new home. We wouldn't miss it too much. Our family would still visit and we could raise our own family.
My parents had been tossed from their house not long after Allie and Seth had moved and Brady had settled in. I noticed on one of my secret runs but, decided not to inquire after seeing the giant eviction notice on their door. The pair must have heard about my recent luck and came to knock on our door. They played the loving and concerned parents and claimed that it was disgraceful for a me to be living alone with my boyfriend. (As if they had morals! My mother was seven months pregnant when she got married.) When they realized that this course of action wouldn't work, they switched tactics and told me that as their daughter it was my duty to care for them. After all they were my parents. I slammed the door in their faces and then Brady and I had dinner with our real family at Emily's place. It was a satisfying day. The Reys moved to Seattle a week later and I haven't heard from them since.
Life is good lately and I intend it to stay that way. Brady and I have big plans for our future and can't be bothered to let time be an obstacle. Life is truly a blank slate just waiting for our story to be written and we happen to be amazing authors.