This is it. The Epilogue. I'll make the whole sentimental thank you at the end of this. I know it seems a little much to update six chapters in the course of two days, but I know how much people want me to update, so here we go.

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The sun was reflecting the mood of the city that morning. Bella woke up, feeling just as good as she had for the passed four days since she'd beaten the Master.

Alexa had made a speedy recovery, the Master have stabbed her in a non-fatal place. She and Riley were going to go to L.A. together so Riley could work at the Cedars-Sinai hospital.

Victoria had decided to keep Bella for the extra four days in order to make sure that she was properly alright.

During that time, Riley had told her about his phone conversation with Edward and about Victoria being dead.

She in turn explained in exact detail how exactly she'd managed to over come the Master.

"Wow," Alexa said, " a use for horror movies."

Today, being the final day, Charlie was supposed to pick her up. However Charlie had phoned Victoria to say that his car had been vandalised and that he wasn't going to be able to pick her up.

"What the hell am I supposed to do now?" Bella asked in a temper.

"We can drop you off." Riley said.

"But don't you have a plane to catch?"

"Not until this evening." Alexa answered.

Bella smiled and hugged them both.

"Thank you." she said, "for everything."

"Don't mention it." Riley said.

Since it was noon, they decided to go to the cafeteria and get something to eat.

Alexa was rifling through her bag, when she gave a jubilant cry.

"There we go." she said, pulling out Hell House.

"I can't believe you're still reading that after all the crap that's happened." Riley commented.

"I'm not." Alexa said. "I'm going to give it to Margie so she has something to do."

They all laughed and ate their lunches.

Bella spent the rest of the afternoon following Riley and Alexa around, helping them tie up some loose ends.

They were in the parking lot when Riley gave a shocked cry.

"My car!!" he said. Bella and Alexa looked up and gasped. Somebody had slashed Riley's tires.

"What the fuck!?" he moaned.

"We can still take a taxi." Alexa soothed.

"I know," he admitted, "but still...my car!! And what about Bella? How the hell are we gonna get her back to Forks?"

Bella was about to respond when she saw it.

The silver was shining brightly in the light as the car moved speedily into the parking lot. Bella was staring at it, her heart thumping in her chest.

The Volvo stopped about five feet away from her.

The door opened.

Edward practically fell out in his desperation.

He ran to Bella and put his arms tightly around her.

All Bella did was stare over his shoulder, not responding out of sheer shock.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Edward let go of Bella and gazed at her in concern.

"Bella?" he asked.

Finally she looked up at him, meeting his golden eyes.

Then without warning...she slapped him.

"Bastard." she whispered, thinking of all the crap she'd gone through.

Edward stared at her in shock.

"Why the fuck didn't you say anything!" she cried. "You could've spared me a hell of a lot of agony you know!"

"Bella I was trying to protect-"

"So it was okay for you to tell Riley over the phone but it wasn't okay for you to tell me?" she wasn't crying.

She was actually very angry.

Just then, another car came speeding noisily into the parking lot.

Bella gaped.

It was her truck.

Charlie jumped out and ran to her.

"Bella!" he said. "I'm so relieved." he looked at Edward darkly, then back to Bella. "What's he doing here?"

"I have no idea." Bella said.

"Oh." Charlie glanced angrily at Edward and then turned to Bella. "Um...can I talk to you in private?" he asked.

Edward shook his head as Charlie walked off and Bella merely fingered him and followed her father.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Look," Charlie began, "I know you're really into that Cullen kid but I don't think it's a good idea to get involved again. After what he did to you I'm surprised you haen't drop kicked him into the next county."

"So am I." Bella answered truthfully. She had been so looking forward to seeing Edward, but now that he was there, she wanted him to get out of her life.

It was his fault after all.

If he hadn't left, she wouldn't have cut herself and three interns would have still been alive.

"Right," Charlie continued, " so I'm right in thinking that you don't want anything to do with him anymore?"

Bella took a deep breath and nodded.

Charlie clapped her shoulder. "Good. Bella...we're moving."

"What?" Bella said, thrown completely off.

"That's right." Charlie continued. "I was thinking about it when you were in here and I really don't want you being around him, " he nodded in Edward's direction, "anymore. Besides...I have a position coming to me that'll be a hell of a lot better than a sheriff's salary."

"What's that?"

Charlie beamed. "I'm going to try my hand at big city policing."

"Where."

"Los Angeles."

Bella turned her head to where Alexa and Riley were examining his car.

"Would that be okay with you?" Charlie asked.

Bella smiled widely.

"As a matter of fact, it would be perfect." she said.

Bella walked back to the parking lot with Charlie. Edward caught her eye and she smiled rather vindictavely at him.

"Why are you doing this to me?" he asked hoarsely.

Bella turned to face him and looked him directly in the eyes.

"Because," she said, " you did it to me."

With that, she went over to Riley and Alexa to tell them the news and introduce them to Charlie.

And so, about two weeks later, Bella found herself and the new apartment in Los Angeles with Charlie. It was actually a nice place, in a pretty decent neighborhood.

What was more, it was only a bus ride away from Riley and Alexa's new house.

Meanwhile, in the Cullen's house in Forks, Edward was staring at the ceiling, brooding and thinking about Bella.

He'd tried to get the Volturri to kill him, but it had failed dismally when Alice, Carlisle, Emmett and Jasper had shown up to save him.

It was almost dark when his bedroom door opened and Bella walked in.

Edward sat up.

"What are you doing here?" he asked in shock.

"I came to see you." she said with a small smile.

Edward stood up and held her tightly.

"I missed you." he whispered. "But we'll be together now."

"Yes, we'll be together for a long time, I think." Bella whispered behind his back with an evil smile as her eyes turned a vivd, glowing red...

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And that's the end. I am so sorry if it's not the ending you expected. I was originally going to make the happy, shiny ending with Edward and Bella riding off into the sunet, but I just couldn't for a few reasons.

One, after going through the kind of hell that Bella went through, I don't think you'd be very happy with Edward no matter how much he missed you. I tried to make Bella have a real reaction.

And two, I just LOVE the cliff hanging ending. I actually came up with that about a paragraph before that. I remember reading a story that I wrote in my Grade Eight class that had a cliff hanging ending and people loved it. I know you guys might not be happy, but I sort of recalled how horror movies have those open endings.

I want to say a big thank you to all the people who read, reviewed, favorited and alerted this story. It means a lot to me. A big thank you to di14 and mixz for being my main reviewers. You guys rock!!

Lastly, thank you to Mugglecast for keeping me entertained. And to my slave driving friend Kelvin for chaining me to my desk and locking me in my room until I got this finished.