Immortal Tears

Epilogue

I'm bullet proof, nothing to lose,

Fire away, fire away,

Ricochet, you take your aim

Fire away, fire away:

You shoot me down, but I won't fall,

I am titanium

You shoot me down, but I won't fall,

I am titanium.

-"Titanium" David Guetta

Esme Cullen:

It's been a year since what we call "the accident" with Jasper and everything is ok. Alice isn't a bubbly as she once was, but overall she's alright. There are days when all she wants to do are curl up on the couch with Rosalie or I and dry sob until her heart is content so we've started to make days out of them. We'll grab all of the sad movies we can find and sit on the couch. It doesn't take long for all of us to start sobbing into each other for various different reasons. This may sound like an awful practice but to be honest all of us feel better afterwards.

I sighed as I swept the porch. It had been a while since I'd done so. The air was crisp and clear as I took a breath. The leaves were beginning to fall from the trees in vibrant shades of gold, red, and orange. All of the red leave reminded me of Volterra. Carlisle told me that since the Volturi had been defeated the Romanians had resumed their positions as leaders of the vampire world. Carlisle also told me that he took Marcus' life personally to reunite him with Didyme. There are times I wish the world would have stayed simple. That I had never became a vampire. That I had died at the cliff side that day. That Jasper had never died.

But then I remember all of the good that has come of these trials. I would have never met Carlisle, become a mother, and know what the word family really means to me. Overall I suppose I wouldn't change much, except my last request. I have lost two sons now and that pain with sit in my heart forever, but because of his loss I can feel my family has grown stronger, closer together and for that I am grateful.

Suddenly a pair of arms secured themselves around my waist. "You're thinking?" my husband's voice asked.

I nodded. "Just trying to sort out my emotion I suppose," I said as I stopped sweeping.

He nodded and looked up at the trees. "We'll have to move within the year."

"I know," I replied. This move would be difficult for all of us. Leaving all of the wonderful memories we'd made.

"It'll be fine. To be honest I think the move will do all of us good. It will be a partial fresh start. You need that. I can tell," he said softly as he kissed my cheek.

I nodded, "You're right. But, I will miss this place. The wolves, Charlie, the memories we've made…" My voice softly trailed off with my thoughts.

He smiled, "That doesn't mean we can't always come back. It's a nice area."

I smiled softly, "I suppose your right. Again."

"I'm not always right. Most of the time you're the right one."

"Most of the time I'm the one who agrees with you."

"Which I'm grateful for," he replied smiling. "But, I have been meaning to tell you how grateful I am for you coming to Volterra to save Edward and ultimately the family. It takes a heart of steel to brave a visit that could easily end in your death, not even knowing what's occurring."

I smiled but shook my head. "You would have done the same thing."

"That's not the point. It's my job as a father to protect the family and I try my best to do my job. But it was never supposed to be your job to do the same. You could have sent Emmett, or Jacob, Jasper. But you didn't you went on your own to save us and ultimately succeeded even though it may not always feel like it with Jasper's loss."

I shut my eyes and thought about this for a bit. He was still right as usual. I could have sent Emmett, but I didn't and overall my family was saved. The Romanian's knew we were no threat to them and wouldn't bother us except to ask us to visit. Which I didn't mind at all they could be strange but they were good people. Softly I nodded. "Thank you, Carlisle."

"You're welcome. The whole ordeal will bother all of us for many years to come, but someday I trust we will all see it was for the best," he said.

I nodded, "I can wait."

Carlisle chuckled softly. "I know you can, sweetheart. But the true question is, will you be able to stand a two day wait for your roses to bloom. Alice told me to tell you."

I laughed, "No, probably not. I'll need you to distract me so I don't notice the time slowly creeping by."

"I think I can manage that," he said with a smirk as he gently kissed me.

*Author's note: I would like to thank all of you reading this story. It's the first longish story I'd ever written and it was hard to stick with it at times especially when it seemed things couldn't fit together. I'd also like to thank Stephanie Meyer for dreaming up incredible characters. All of my characters except two were her's. I'll miss waiting for the next Twilight movie.