A/N: I don't own Twilight.
I know it's been forever since I updated this story. Life has just gotten in the way. My hubby is deployed yet again and my sister just had a baby. There is mention of part of the plot from Arianna1281's story It's R Time that uses some of my OC's. I'm not too sure if I like this but I needed to end the story as best as I could. I hope you guys like this. Please Review.
Epilogue...
MPOV:
"Seriously! Are you two just destined to piss me off?" I seethe as the two banes of my existence Boxer and Blade toss around bags of donated blood. If someone had told me six months ago that I would be working in a vampire blood bank with twiddle dee and twiddle dum, I would have laughed in their face or punched them. Now it seems that sadly this is my fate to suffer.
I had wanted some time away from Caine to figure out exactly what I wanted and that eventually turned into two years of traveling around Italy with Rocco and Nathifa and spending time with the Cullens in Denali. Of course I always went back to spend some time with Caine and to see my family. I just wanted to feel like a normal young woman who seen more than just the familiar streets and places in La Push. I know Caine hated me leaving but he also knew that I needed to see something other than our home before we could ever be truly happy.
Caine…my soul mate, my imprint, the love of my life, I missed him terribly now that I'm stuck in Seattle working at the blood bank and he was in Ohio tracking a new coven of vampires that were plotting to attack our family. It was strange how I longed for space and time but now that he was gone and quite possibly in danger made me long for him to come back so that I could spend my days wrapped in his strong embrace.
"Can you two idiots stop playing with the human blood and actually do your job. I mean how hard is it to label the bags A, B or O. It's not fucking rocket science!" I yell at Boxer and Blade. They were twins that phased two years ago and have irritated me ever since. They are the same in every way, including their idiocy. Both stand at 6'5" with the prerequisite russet skin, muscled physique, and ink black hair. They are ridiculously handsome and both know it, but are seriously lacking in the smarts department.
They just grin at me and continue to annoy my life. I clench my fist and try not to phase in the tiny reception area. I lay my head down on my desk and try to ignore both of the buffoons I'm forced to babysit today. "Rough day?" A gravelly deep voice asks and I pop up my head to meet with the devastatingly handsome face of Slate.
If I weren't an imprinted wolf, I seriously would be in lust with him. He has the cool swagger of James Dean and Marlon Brando and the sexiness of Brad Pitt all rolled into one hunky wolf package. I'm surprised women weren't just throwing their panties at him as he struts down the street à la John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.
"You don't know the half of it." I manage to say while staring into his silvery gray eyes. Slate smirks and I nearly melt. No wonder Caine and the other imprinted wolves are jealous of him. If he has this effect on me, a girl with an imprint, imagine how a regular female feels around him.
"Well good thing I'm here to relieve you. At least you can get a break from these pups." He says with another one of his heart stopping smiles.
I smile back at him and grab my purse and car keys. "So any special ladies catch your eye yet?" I ask as I walk around the reception desk. He rolls his pale gray eyes as he takes some files from my hands and tries to ignore my question.
"Come on Slate, you have to give a girl some details. My love life is definitely lacking since Caine has been gone." I whine and pout knowing he can't resist a pouting girl. Slate flashes me a mischievous smirk making his retro 50's greaser look all the more appealing.
"Well…Nina is absolutely beautiful but a bit on the young side and well Ylva is just too much of a firecracker for me." Slate says with a mocking glint in his eyes.
"Are you high? Stay away from the current alpha and the former alpha's daughters." I say seriously as I try to hide my smile. He always says the most off the wall shit. Deep down I know he's in serious love with Calla but he didn't imprint on her and Calla won't take a chance of ending up like my mom during that whole Sam debacle. So he takes solace in the bed of many women to ease the heartache. I look at Slate and know that someday the universe will bless him with his perfect match.
I smile back at him and before Slate can reply, Eros comes racing in the stark white lobby in nothing but tattered cut offs and muddy feet. His sandy brown hair is sticking up all over the place and pieces of twigs and leaves cling to it. His lean chest heaves and his lanky frame sags as he tries to compose himself. Eros is young and eager to learn. He takes his job as a protector very seriously and reminds me a little of Uncle Seth.
"Elijah sent me...Pack meeting now...Kate is on her way to take care of the blood bank." Eros says between gulps of air. Poor boy must have raced triple time to get here. Kate comes gliding in minutes later and I toss her the office keys as Boxer, Blade, and Slate slip out the back to phase. I run to my car and toss my purse and shoes inside as Eros joins the other guys in the woods. Just as I'm getting ready to walk to the woods and strip a cold hand gently grabs my arm.
I turn to see Edward and sigh in relief. The stench of leech is heavy near the bank so I didn't even smell him as he silently approached me. He returns my smile with a tight small one and I know this isn't going to be good. "Let me drive. I need to talk to you about what is going on today. Your one of the senior members of the pack as of late and I can trust your judgment." Edward says softly and I do as he says. I slide into the passenger side of my black accent and wait patiently for him to tell me what is going on.
"A new wolf phased." Edward says never taking his gold eyes off the road as we race down the highway at an ungodly speed.
"I hardly think that a new wolf warrants this kind of reaction." I huff and cross my arms over my chest. So what if another pup showed up. It's not like it hasn't happened before. Edward glances my way with his signature crooked grin as he reads my thoughts.
"This happened in Ohio Moxie. They think he's Sam and Embry's long-lost brother. He imprinted on Calla as well." Edward says still not taking his eyes off the road. "Ohio? What?" I say completely at a loss for words.
"Also a group of students saw this new wolf phase so now we are responsible for dealing with them and the coven that is trying to attack our family. Hence the urgent pack meeting. Alice and Jasper will be arriving in an hour with Caine and the rest of his mini pack along with those teenagers."
Edward continues as speeds to the Cullen mansion. "We've never been outed before. We're gonna have to use kid gloves with these kids." I say and Edward smiles at me brightly.
"I knew you would understand. The rest of the pack is so abrasive." He says as we pull into the long drive of the Cullen mansion. Boxer, Blade, Slate and Eros arrive a few minutes later from the dense woods behind the large house.
I take a calming breath and follow the men into the large mansion. My mother and father are sitting with the rest of the old timers as the younger pups come trickling in. Esme and Emily are fast at work whipping up a sinfully delicious smelling dinner as we wait for Alice, Jasper and the mini pack to arrive. The hour passes quickly as we talk among ourselves and eat. Alice comes bounding in with Jasper coolly following her with Caine, Zev, Tristan, Remy, Yas, Nico and Calla close behind.
The room goes suddenly silent when the newest pack member nervously follows Calla and immediately the resemblance to Uncle Sam and my dad is obviously clear. The young man is quietly sizing up my dad and Sam and it's also obvious to him that they are his brothers.
He runs his hand nervously across his mohawked head and Calla flashes him a reassuring smile. His hazel-green eyes soften at the sight of his imprint and Uncle Paul watches the exchange with fatherly interest. I turn my attention on my imprint and my heart sinks.
The weary look in his eyes tears at my heart. I fight the urge to run to him and kiss away his pain. A pack meeting is no place for lovey dovey shows of affection. We need to focus on the issue at hand and I'll just have to wait till we are alone so that we can have some much-needed couple time.
"Noah this is the rest of the pack and over there is Sam and Embry, Your brothers." Caine says in his deep timber that I missed more than I care to admit.
Sam and my dad jump up and immediately engulf the teenager in a massive bear hug. The trio of brothers' talk quietly among themselves as Jasper takes control of the meeting and getting the pack to focus on the task at hand.
"Asa's coven is small...twenty vamps at least. Three with special abilities. We'll be able to handle them with the least amount of effort." Jasper drawls as the old confederate soldier in him seeps into his words. "Our biggest problem is dealing with the kids that saw Noah phase. Nessie and Carlos have taken them to Bella and Edward's old cottage. I dosed them with enough calmness to keep them sedated for a while until a solution is worked out." Jasper continues.
"I think I might be able to help with that. During my recent travels I met a new friend that has a gift similar to Nessie's except instead of putting images in the mind, he's able to remove images." Carlisle says and grabs his cell and makes a quick call. Once the problem with being outed is momentarily dealt with, the pack and Jasper move on to planning a strategy for dealing with the upcoming attack. I half listen as I watch my dad and Sam talk to Noah. When he smiles Noah favors my dad but when he's serious the resemblance to Sam is almost uncanny except for the lighter skin tone and eye color.
As the meeting winds down I finally give in to the urge to run to Caine and hold him close. I toss myself at him and he stumbles slightly as he wraps his massive arms around me. "I missed you too, Mox." He says softly and I squeeze my arms tighter around his thick neck. I can feel the tears come and I hate feeling like a silly girl but it's been far too long and I know most of that is my fault. With the upcoming battle looming and memories of Rafe's passing still fresh in my mind, it's taking all I have not to break down in a heap on the floor.
"Let's get married. I don't want to wait anymore. Not when there's another fight coming. I know Jasper says it's going to be easy but I just don't want to take any chances." I say desperately not caring that we have gathered an audience for this private conversation.
Caine looks stunned and from the corner of my eye I can see the amusement written on my mother's face and my dad handing over a twenty-dollar bill to Jake. Rosalie smiles brightly and Alice is barely containing her excitement. The tiny pixie is practically bursting at the seams while I and everyone else is the room is waiting for Caine's response.
Caine looks me straight in the eye and for a moment I think he might actually say no. I know he's still mad at me for putting some space between us but I thought for sure he would never deny me anything. After all I am his imprint. I watch as the gold flecks in his chocolate eyes shine brightly and a slow smile spreads across his handsome face. "Yes." He says simply before placing a light kiss against my lips. Before I can say a word Alice squeals in delight and the room erupts in happy cheers.
"Give me three days and I'll have you married in the most romantic wedding this family has seen yet." Alice beams and I give in with only one condition. I make her promise to have the ceremony at sunset on first beach.
The evil pixie gives in and the next three days pass in a whirlwind of fittings, food tastings and one horrifyingly scarring stripper moment at an impromptu bachelorette party the wolf girls decided to throw for me. Watching as Boxer and Blade prance around in bedazzled banana hammocks to the oldie but goodie Right Said Fred song 'I'm too sexy' was enough to make me want to gauge my eyeballs out with a dull spoon.
If that wasn't enough to torture me with I was also forced to eat crust-less mini sandwiches in a room that looked as if an explosion at a pepto bismal factory took place. On top of that traditional girly crap I also suffered through opening some racy gifts in front of not just my mother but my future mother in law.
I could only barely lift the top of the box that Nathifa had handed me. I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do with the triple xxx items inside. I was either to use them to turn Caine on or beat the living daylights out of him. It was something I would keep in the back of my closet and use only as a last resort or if I was truly pissed at him.
Alice may have gone over the top with the food and flowers but she got the dress just right. I could barely contain my tears as my mom zipped me up. The strapless knee-length dress was simple and beautiful. Esme made the dress for me from satin and organza and it was the perfect mix of fun and flirty.
The bands of ivory satin and the crystal flower appliques added just enough classy elegance to make me feel like a real bride. My mom smiled softly at me as she pinned the large ivory flower with pave crystals and mini Russian tulle blusher in my dark curls. She hugged me close before pulling the veil that stopped at my chin down.
"I'm so happy baby girl. You're starting a new chapter in your life and I can't wait to see all the wonderful times you are going to have with Caine." My mom says before kissing me on the cheek and handing me my bouquet of blue and white hyacinths.
My dress was my something new, my flowers was something blue, the strand of pearls with the diamond butterfly clasp were borrowed from Alice. It was worn for her first wedding to Jasper. The something old was by far the most special thing given to me from my future husband.
I glanced down at the simple gold band and small solitaire diamond engagement ring. Caine's grandfather Billy gave it to his grandmother Sarah when they got engaged and Jake gave it to Rosalie. The night when I asked Caine to marry me Rosalie gave Caine the ring to give to me to make it official and someday I'll give it to my son when he finds his soul mate.
I blink back my tears as my dad walks in my room. The misty eyed look he gives me makes me dangerously close to breaking down. He clears his throat and delicately wraps his arms around me. "Don't cry daddy." I say trying to hold back my tears.
"These are happy tears cupcake. I just want you to be as happy as your mom and I are. Cuz if you're not sweetie I'll start the truck up and have you out of here in no time." Daddy chuckles and I smile while holding tighter to him.
"I'm happy, finally. I'm at the right spot in my life for this. I just can't go into another battle without being fully complete." I shrug as I try to put into words all the emotions swirling in me.
"I know baby. I know." Daddy murmurs and takes my hand and drapes it over his bent arm. He leads me down the short path from Uncle Sam's house to first beach. The sun is setting and the beautiful hues of pink and orange add a sweet touch to the ceremony that Carlisle is officiating. I opted to have no bridesmaids and just Sienna as my maid of honor. She looks amazing in a deep plum summer dress with her caramel curls left tumbling down her back.
I take a deep breath and with bare feet walk across the sand towards an indescribably beautiful Caine. The white of his linen shirt and pants make his russet skin glow and the wide smile adorning his handsome face has the butterflies in my stomach fluttering like crazy. The pull to him is so strong and I practically race towards him as fast I can while still trying to be lady like. The moment my dad places my hand in Caine's I know that this is what love is all about. Having someone love you despite all your faults and fears is truly a gift and I'm lucky the universe saw fit to give me Caine Black.
Six years later….
The year has been a difficult one. Aunt Emily has passed away from breast cancer. Her death was a shock to the pack and Cullens. She will always have a special place in everyone's hearts and her memory will live on through us all. I know that I'll tell stories of the original wolf girl to my son about how she was a second mother to all us cubs.
It's also nice to see Uncle Sam happy again with Sofia and her daughter Olivia. Both of whom just happen to be witches. I know it's crazy but they fit right into our large mythical family and Dr. Sparkles couldn't be more excited about the discovery of other supernatural beings.
I run my hand over my swollen belly and feel my son kick with a vengeance. He's already so much like his father. Caine and I have finally decided to start a family after I finished college. I'm currently the guidance counselor at the high school and I get to work with my best friend Sienna who happens to be the U.S history teacher. We've finally grown up and all the crazy that it took to get us here has been worth it.
Caine and I have had our missteps and arguments. We don't always see eye to eye and both of us are incredibly stubborn but we're still learning the art of love; Still trying to keep this relationship working despite all the mythical crap swirling around us. And now with our son on the way there is no doubt that even though I started out hating Caine in the end imprinting on each other has been the best thing to happen to me.
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