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Chapter 10: No Regrets

20 years later…

"Mommy!" My little daughter cried. "Kara took the remote and turned it to a teenager show!" She said teenager the same way she said the words bug, monster, and bedtime. I sighed.

"Kara…" I raised my voice towards the living room, and trailed off warningly. I soon heard the sounds of ponies and princesses blaring from the T.V. Kara came into the kitchen where I was, shoulders slumped and eyes already rolling.

"Mom, can I please pick the show, for once?" She slid her pretty little face into a pout. She got Jacob's good looks, as did five year old Amy, and Kara's twin brother, Caine. Caine meant son of the fighter, so it was a natural choice for a werewolf's son. Kara meant dear, for she was dear to my heart. My first girl. Amy meant beloved, as my last child, and my only of the three with my fair skin and red hair. They were almost my whole life, as a good part of it still belonged to Jacob. Jacob had stopped phasing when the twins were born. He was now aging with me. We were twenty-two when the twins were born, and now they were fifteen.

I shook my head to return from my daydreams, and looked back to Kara.

"You can go in my room and watch T.V. for a while." She beamed at me, and my heart swelled.

"Thanks Mom!" She hugged me tight, and genuinely.

Caine walked in shortly afterwards.

"How was patrolling?" I asked. He was a wolf already, and I feared Kara might still change someday.

"Pretty boring." He sighed. "Vamps not causing as much trouble as Dad warned they might."

"Consider that a good thing." I said gently. "Dinner will be done soon, unless you had other plans." I said, raising an eyebrow as his eyes twitched toward the door.

"Um… Mom, I have something to tell you."

We sat down and I looked at him curiously.

"I imprinted, Mom. She's beautiful. Her name is Tala." I took in a deep breath of air, and my lips twitched up in a smile. So early, imprinted already…

"I asked her on a date."

I nodded. "Well, I'm happy for you. Go on your date, and have fun!"

He smiled happily and sped off, hopefully to change into better clothes.

I got up to go sit with Amy. My thoughts wandered back to the first two years I met Jacob. We reached the end of my Dad's research year, when Billy suddenly remembered some old legends and artifacts he conveniently forgot about. So did several other Quileute's. Everyone was trying to help me and Jacob reach the deadline where I legally wouldn't have to go back to L.A. It tore at my heart that I would be living so far from my dad, but I loved Jacob too much to leave him. My dad was so overwhelmed by all of the stuff that he called and scheduled another year away. Then, the locals ended up having so much stuff, that my dad was able to start a museum on the reservation, ending all of my problems.

My mind drifted to when I was twenty. Jake proposed that spring. We were both taking classes at the community college, but neither of us had big aspirations. I was going to be a historian like my dad, and Jake was thinking about being a police officer. Our wedding was in the summer on the beach, on one of those rare sunny days. The whole pack came, and my dad was even pretty cool about the whole thing. He could see that we weren't throwing our lives away, merely making it even better. I think he was just happy that I was happier with him than I had been for a long time, since my mom died.

Our honeymoon was a small affair like our wedding; we went up to Seattle and did touristy things. We went to the Space Needle, the aquarium, and I surprised Jake with pre season football tickets. It didn't really feel much different then when we were just dating. A little over a year later, I found out I was pregnant with the twins. I continued with college and so did Jake. It was a surprisingly easy pregnancy, and I graduated just before they were born. I was very content with the twins, and we waited a long time before having Amy.

I glanced down at the little angel that was my baby. I could hear Kara snoring softly in my room. Then I remembered the macaroni and cheese I had in the oven.

"Amy sweetie, do you want to help me with the salad?"

She nodded excitedly. We went into the kitchen and I swiftly removed the hot food from the oven. I got the salad stuff out of the fridge and she added the vegetables into the bowl after I had them chopped up. I sent Amy to wake up Kara and I could hear squeals as she jumped on the bed. Amy came skipping back in, towing a sleepy Kara behind her. We sat down at the table with the food in the middle just as Jake walked in the door. He had ended up a police officer, and he removed his belt and badge before sweeping me into a hug and a gentle kiss. It didn't last long, because Amy decided to make kissy noises. Jacob turned to survey the dinner table, and erupted into laughter.

"What's so funny?" I asked, my eyebrows raised.

He leaned down to whisper in my ear.

"You made the same dinner we had our very first dinner together." I gasped. "You're right."

We ate contentedly, Amy only making small messes, and Kara being less teenage and more agreeable than usual.

When we went to bed that night, I felt complete. I heard my three kids breathing in their rooms and I felt my warm husband beside me, (heard his snoring too). I was in my own house and I had a great job where I got to spend time with my dad. I had no regrets from moving to the small town of La Push, and falling in love with this goofy, graceful, giant Quileute guy.

A/N: sob This, my friends, is the end of Jacob and Natalie's story. I hope you were able to get some closure, and I hope the 20 years later thing and all the happy "everything is perfect" stuff didn't gag you guys too much. I don't want to give any Breaking Dawn spoilers in case you haven't read it, but stuff happens that makes it hard for me to write this anymore. Not bad stuff at all, I actually really liked Breaking Dawn, just stuff. You'll see what I mean.

So thank you guys for reading, it was a great experience for me! Your reviews made my day, and I really love this story! I am actually considering a Seth x OC or a Quil x Claire story. If you guys have a specific one you want, let me know in your review!

Cookies to everyone who read this chapter after the awful "20 years later" and double cookies to anyone who read this all the way through. Oh and triple cookies to everyone who reviews this chapter, since there won't be another chapter to thank you in. sob

The End