Easy As Breathing

Easy As Breathing

Epilogue

A/N: Here it is people, the end. It's annoyingly short, and annoyingly full of fluff, but I hope you like it anyway. I can honestly say this is the best story I have ever written, because it's the only one I have ever seen through until the end. I wish I was better at this kind of thing, because I don't really think this was that good of a story overall. I hope you all disagree, and will keep on eye on me just in case I decide to write something else. Cheers!

Alaina's POV:

I was flying. Well, more like falling. I pushed my wings out a bit right before I hit the water, feeling my body slow dramatically, prolonging that breathtaking, suspenseful moment right before the water completely surrounded me. Then, it was only swirling icy water, pushing its way through the cracks between my feathers and racing in rivers through my hair, shocking my scalp. I could feel the current pulling me, and I immediately started to push towards the surface. When my head reached clean air at last, I inhaled deeply, accidentally sucking in some saltwater. I coughed. I barely had time to clear my airway before my mouth was once again filled with saltwater as Jacob created a splash right next to me. I hacked some more. He laughed and pushed his hand along his shaved head, the little prickles of dark hair sending drops of water in all directions. I liked how he looked with his head shaved. That was probably just because Bella liked him best with his hair long. I enjoy being a nonconformist. Or maybe I just like the idea of Jacob being all mine, and not hers anymore.

It was three weeks after the debacle on the beach, and Jacob and I were cliff jumping. I had come to visit him in La Push. Okay, so, I'll admit it now. I am completely falling head over heels in love with this werewolf dude. He is all that matters to me now, as dramatic as it sounds. Itex is still out there, and there are still vampires out there, the bad kind. There is evil all over and I know it. There is even more evil than I ever thought there was, but I know with Jacob and his rowdy pack of goofy werewolves, and the slightly awkward alliance with the vampires, we will get through it all. I'm truly happy now. I know that as long as there are good people around, Itex won't gain control of the world. Dad is still working on it, and I'm working on it too, with the help of a bunch of wolves and a coven of golden-eyed vampires, one of which can read minds, another of which can see the future, and yet another that is invincible. Yeah, I guess that is Bella's power. She is invincible. Nothing vampire or human or werewolf can effect her. I really hope she enjoys being a vampire then, because there is no way she is getting out of it now!

Jacob's POV:

"Race you to the top again!" Alaina called, then immediately snapped out her wings and started flying, reaching the top before I had even reached the beach. She leapt off the cliff again, then swam to the beach and climbed back up to the top with me. We chatted about stuff that mattered and stuff that didn't. I had committed to helping her take care of Itex. It's kind of a legal thing that I don't understand, some of it, but I can at least help her take out some Erasers along the way. I would do anything for her, and she knows it.

"Hey," Alaina said to me, softly, when we were both at the edge of the cliff again "I just want you to know, that no matter what, I…" she hesitated "We leap together." Then, she took my hand, and we jumped off the cliff together, hand in hand.

Later on, we cuddled on the beach, next to a bonfire. It was a driftwood fire, and the strange colors danced in her blue eyes, I watched her as she looked into the fire. She turned and caught me watching her. She smiled, then kissed me.
"I love you." I whispered into her hair. I always reminded her that I did. So far, she hadn't said those three little words back, but I knew she loved me, just like I had known that Bella loved me. I had a knack for those kinds of feelings.

"And I love you, and need you." She said, finally. "I tried to tell you earlier, but those words aren't easy for me to say. Thanks for being patient with me." She smiled and kissed me again.

"It's not like I had a choice." I said, rolling my eyes. Then, we were both laughing. We laughed for a long time. Every time we would stop, something would start us up again, even the dumbest little things. I knew then that I had found something that wasn't easy as breathing, but easier than breathing. This was more perfect than anything I could have dreamed up. I quietly thanked the monsters. But, I know now, that the monsters aren't really monsters, it's the people who are bad at heart who are monsters. The people who run Itex, for instance. I know that that Alaina and I can't save the world, but we can make it a little bit better, and as long as we stick together, we'll do it.

A/N: I annoy myself. That was truly a pathetic attempt at believable romance. I hope you all didn't mind the insane use of way too much fluff. It was almost sticky sweet, but at least they are together! I hope you will review and make lengthy comments on what you loved and what you hated, what you wish had happened, etc. I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! I despereately need reviews. I love them, I want them, I am obsessed with them! Okay, that's a bit dramatic. Anyway, signing out... all you readers, write me a PM sometime. I like meeting new people. With a heavy heart,

Bridget