EPOV
"Jackson! You have to let me dry you off!" It was hard to run after him when I was laughing so hard. It's funny to watch a three-year old run down the hallway butt naked.
"No, no, no" Jackson was giggling as he rounded the corner, and the hard wood floor was slippery from the water that was dripping from him, and I had to slow down so I didn't slip and eat wood.
"Jackson, come back here!" I shouted, and I rounded the corner into the living room, and Bella was sitting on the couch, clutching her sides and her face was beat red as she laughed until tears were brought to her eyes.
Jackson was dancing around to the music that came from the radio, and I leaned against the wall and sighed, trying to keep in my laughter.
"Can't control a three-year old, Edward?" I turned to see Carlisle and Esmé walking through the front door with their one year old, Gabe sitting in Esme's arms. Gabe's hair was still very short, but he had the pale blond hair of Carlisle, and his eyes, but had Esme's quiet and calm demeanor.
"It's her kid" I accused with a smile as I pointed to Bella, and her laughing started again as she glared at me playfully.
"He's more yours than mine" She laughed back, and Carlisle came back with a towel, and he chuckled as he wrapped the towel around Jackson, and hoisted him up into his arms while Jackson still wiggled around to the music.
"I'll get him dry and dressed" Bella finally sighed as her laughing died down, and she took Jackson from Carlisle, and headed down the hallway to Jackson's room.
"He can never sit still" I said as I ran my fingers through my hair and sat down on the couch, and Carlisle and Esmé sat on the other one while Gabe started chewing on Esme's finger.
"I can't say who that comes from" Carlisle mused. I agree with him, Bella, nor I, have troubles with staying still! Jackson probably picked that up from my mother, because she was always fidgety, and dad would always have to keep his arms around her.
"Daddy! Da, da, dad!" Jackson came racing around the corner with his hazel eyes lit up with excitement, and he jumped into my lap, and Bella came sauntering in and smiled at us as she plopped down beside me and ran her fingers through Jackson's bronze hair. Yeah, he got that from me. Bella loves Jackson's hair, because it's just like mine, but I love his eyes. The hazel is from both of us. Brown and green...Perfect.
"Where are Jasper and Alice?" Bella asked as she brought Jackson into her lap.
"Jasper and Alice went for a walk" Esmé replied as she tried to get Gabe to sit still, but it wasn't working to well.
"Rosalie and Royce?" I asked with a raised eyebrow, and it was on cue as the door opened again, and Rosalie came in with a smile, and she had her five month old girl, Faith in her arms. Faith had black hair like her father, but had some blond highlights here and there. She had her mothers violet eyes, though.
"Where's Royce?" Esmé asked curiously as Rosalie sat down beside Bella, and Jackson immediately started cooing at Faith.
"He's cleaning up a little. He offered" She replied before Bella and her started cooing at Faith as well, and Esmé joined in, and the three women cooed at Faith and Gabe while Jackson ran off and started tackling Butch by the kitchen. Well, he tried to.
I looked to Carlisle, and he was watching the women with a proud smile. He should be proud, after all we've been through, he should be proud. I know I am.
It was four years ago when we got the group of Zombies back to humans, and we ended up having over sixty people, but still under a hundred.
We're still in Sanford, Indiana, and we got all the houses cleaned up, and now the sixty or so people live here, and I think everyone knows each other by now.
Whenever a group of pale eyes come into the area, we always try to see if one acts more human than others, and if we can't find one, well, then we kill them, as much as we don't want to.
So, you know the leader Zombie? Yeah, That was Royce, and he and Rosalie hit it off and they didn't try hiding their feelings at all...Not even a little bit, it got a little creepy at times, but to change Royce, we just kept finding Zombies that acted human, and we got him changed, and for long periods of times where we couldn't find one like that, we would kill them, as sad as that is.
The little girl Hannah never found her biological parents, but a young couple in their thirties took her in and she's perfectly fine, we run into them from time to time and she plays with Jackson most of the time.
For Jasper and Alice? Well, Jasper is eighteen now while Alice is sixteen, but they make it work and they stare into each other's eyes like one of them are going to disappear.
It's called love.
And Emmett...We all cried, but we gave him a proper burial, and he now lies in the ground, in the park that is about two blocks away from here, and he has daisy's that sway in the wind around him. Alice picked the flowers because she is his little sister, and because she loves daisy's.
A year after we got the cure under control, Bella found out that she was pregnant, and she didn't tell me at first because she was terrified, but Rosalie found out first, and she pretty much made Bella tell me.
Seriously, Rosalie dragged Bella to me and threatened to tell me her deepest, most embarrassing secret...I still don't know what that is.
Of course, a year ago Esmé gave birth to Gabe, and five months ago, Rosalie gave birth to Faith. I've asked Alice if her and Jasper are...Sexually active, and it was so embarrassing, but it was a sigh of relief when she yelled 'no', and almost kicked me in the balls...Well, that wasn't a relief for the kick in the balls, but at least she said no.
Bella and I got married after Jackson was born, and one of the people around here was already a registered priest, so he happily married Bella and I, and Royce and Rosalie.
There is a few TV shows that are starting to show up on TV, but not much...People are still working on it.
"Edward...You're in your own little world" Bella was moving her hand in front of my face, and I grabbed it quickly and kissed her palm lovingly while she smiled at me, and I pulled her into my lap as Jasper and Alice came in and Butch ran at them to lick them, and Jackson started chasing after him.
"There you guys are" Esmé said, and Royce came in minutes after.
Royce's hair was jet black, and it was comed back like Carlisle's, and his skin was tan and he was nice...But had that cocky side to him. But all I care about is that he loves Rosalie.
Over the years Rosalie and I have grown on each other, and we're perfectly fine, so are Jasper and I.
"Well, now that everyone is here, we can start some supper" Bella concluded, and she got up with Esmé, Rosalie, and Alice, and they went into the kitchen while the kids stayed with us guys, and Butch kept the kids busy as he laid on the ground and let the kids play with his tail and nibble on his ears.
Butch wasn't hostile towards us. He's very protective, and he's even more protective of the kids...Almost like their his own kids. That's pretty funny to think about.
We all had a supper of lasagna, and of course the kids got messy with it, and they were small enough to fit all three into the bathtub, and Jackson absolutely despised it.
He has problems with being clean.
"Thanks for supper, guys" Royce nodded as he took Faith with a fatherly smile from Rosalie, and they said their goodbyes as they left, and Carlisle, Esmé, Jasper, and Alice left shortly after, Alice and Jasper switched with staying with Bella and I, and Carlisle and Esmé sometimes.
"Jackson is in bed...And he sleeps like the dead" I gave my best lusty eyes at Bella, even though she tried to not laugh at my joke.
"Carry me?" She asked innocently, and I chuckled as I placed my arms behind her knees, and I knocked her legs out, and I caught her with my arm on her back, and she instantly latched onto my hair, and started sucking on my neck.
God, I'm never going to make it to our room.
I pressed Bella up against the wall of the hallway, and I claimed her lips with a groan, and we desperately grabbed onto each other, and we didn't even bother getting to our room, even though it was about ten feet away.
Bella tugged my shirt over my head, and it dropped to our feet as I went to her shirt, but she stopped me, and I looked up into her eyes, and they were glassy with tears.
Oh shit, did I hurt her?
"Bella? Love, what's wrong?" I asked urgently as I stepped back to look her over, but she just shook her head and pressed her lips into a hard line...And these tears looked like happy tears.
I'm so fucking confused.
"Love, tell me what's wrong" I whispered as she slid down the wall, and I crouched down in front of her while I trapped her chin between my thumb and finger, and made her look at me, and she blinked, and that let the tears flow.
"Are these happy tears?" I asked, and she nodded as she let out a giggle, and it made the butterflies in my stomach flutter at the sound.
"Do I get to know why you're crying happy tears?" I asked with a raised eyebrow, and she took a deep breath and let it out as she looked me in the eyes, but instead of answering me, she just took my hand and dragged me into our room, leaving my shirt on the floor to collect dust.
Well, I'll pick it up in the morning.
As sad as I was, she led me past the bed, and she switched the light on in our bathroom, and she took another deep breath before she stepped aside and pressed her back against the door, and let me step inside.
I instantly looked to the sink, and there was a pink and white stick sitting there...Fuck, is that what I think it is?
I slowly walked closer until I stood in front of the sink, and I looked down at the stick, and saw the pink plus sign that looked up at me...Man, it seemed to glow and yell at me 'pregnant! Pregnant!'
I looked to Bella quickly, and I'm sure my face looked like I was about to pass out. Shit, I feel light-headed.
"A-Are you pregnant?" I asked slowly and lowly, and Bella's tears were still falling, but she had a smile graced upon her beautiful face, and she nodded as she let her arms fall to her side, but I already had her wrapped up in my arms, and I fell on top of her as I backed her up to the bed, and she fell back.
"Thank you" I whispered against her lips, and she pulled back and looked at me with her face glowing with happiness, I'm sure mine looks just the same.
"For?"
"For giving me love...For giving me a family"
The End
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