Holy cow was this hard. I wanted to get it up sooner, but I had a LOT harder time writing this than most (if not all) of the chapters. I wanted it to be sweet without being overly cheesy. Hopefully it worked!

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Epilogue

This last year has been wonderful, if a little difficult at times.

Renee allowed Bella to join us before her birthday so she wouldn't have to switch schools a few weeks into term. I was eternally grateful for that considering the degree of scrutiny she would already have to face as a Cullen.

The rumors and scrutiny that we face every time we enter a new school were not lost on Bella. She, unfortunately, had the added whispers about why she didn't quite seem to fit with the rest of us. Her brown eyes, clumsiness, and flushed skin all set her apart.

After a month or two, people began to stop caring as much and Bella finally began to settle into her new life. Most days became a comfortable routine of school, homework, meals, and sleep. No one would ever suspect Esme for what she is with the amount of cooking she did. Bella insisted she was going to gain weight, but was always met with the same casual wave of the hand and what felt like Esme's new mantra: "You need to eat."

With Bella tucked safely into an upstairs corner of our new house, I began to work on my music during the nights again. It wasn't like before Bella had come into my life, though. Before I may have resented the fact I couldn't share this music with the outside world but things were different now. Bella would curl up in the armchair beside the piano and smile at me while I played for her and it was enough. More than enough. Watching her enjoy my music created a sense of fulfillment that a theater full of strangers never could.

There were other changes, too. New England winters were definitely not something to which Bella was accustomed. The occasional flurry or patch of ice in Forks were nothing compared to the multiple feet of snow that could appear here in a single night's time. She would complain about it to Charlie over the phone, but he would just laugh and say "Wait until you see Alaska."

After multiple requests on both sides, we flew Bella up to see Charlie in the spring. Charlie had only been a vampire for about nine months at that point, but the Denalis were convinced he would do fine. They were right.

Charlie as a vampire was not all that different from Charlie as a human. He still had a temper and was a stickler for rules. He also loved his daughter in a quiet, unconditional way. Their first meeting was tense, but it had gone well. I'm convinced it had to do with the early days after his transformation. Thanks to a remote location and careful guardians, he hadn't so much as caught the scent of a human until two months after his change. Our diet of animal blood was all he knew.

It was at that visit with Charlie that our plans for the future were changed. Bella begged to be changed sooner than the date we had set after her college graduation. I finally conceded that waiting to start her first year at a university until after her newborn period certainly couldn't hurt.

With Bella's transformation date so near, she needed to quickly begin phasing Renee out of her life. Fortunately, Renee had done something that made it easier on Bella. She and Phil were going to have a baby. Bella had been upset that she would never know her half-sister, but she wanted Renee to have a family. Bella had swallowed her tears and told us all, "It's a good thing."

Even with all the other changes there was one thing that no one, perhaps with the exception of Charlie, wanted to compromise on: the wedding date. Today, to be exact.

We decided to have it in Alaska so Charlie could walk his daughter down the aisle. Billy Black had even decided to fly in, despite the disaproval of most of his tribe. Young Seth Clearwater, barely old enough to drive, had sided with Billy. He'd snuck him out in the early morning and drove Bella's old truck – which once again belonged to Billy – to the Seattle airport. Charlie and Billy had shaken hands and sat around awkwardly for a few minutes before a silent truce was born. They were soon talking about local fishing prospects like nothing had ever happened.

Renee couldn't be invited to the wedding since she believes that Charlie died in the car accident. She thinks that Bella and I are currently on our way to Las Vegas to elope.

The Denalis' front yard, where the ceremony is being held, is tastefully decorated in Bella's chosen colors. Pale blue flowers and white ribbons dress up the few chairs and a classic white awning is set up to one side for the reception. Our wedding cake sits underneath on the lone table waiting for the only two present that will be eating anything tonight. The lights covering the gazebo behind me are starting to make themselves known as the sun dips behind the trees to the west. Just as Alice planned.

I take the few remaining seconds before the music starts to really look at my family. Esme and Carlisle are seated in the front row on the impossibly small "groom's side" of the aisle. They smile up at me with such love and and a sense of pride that it's hard to imagine them not being my parents. Jasper, my best man, chuckles at my side. Keep it together, brother. Bella hasn't even made it out here yet.

Emmett stands at my other side, one step up into the gazebo. Bella requested early on that he officiate the wedding and he had been all too happy to oblige. I disagreed at first, but now it only seemed right to have him there. He grins down at me and pats my shoulder just as Rosalie starts the music.

Alice, Bella's only bridesmaid, soon appears in the front door of the house and slowly makes her way down the aisle towards us. I try to be polite and watch as she makes her graceful approach, but Alice knows better. She rolls her eyes and thinks You're not here to see me. I immediately focus on the open door.

From the moment Bella steps into sight all I can think about was her. Her eyes meet mine and we both grin, huge and uncaring. This is our wedding and we really don't care if we look like fools.

Bella doesn't tear up or stumble or any of the other thousand things she feared. She just smiles. Soon she's standing in front of me and I can hardly contain myself. She's never looked more beautiful or more happy than she does now. I didn't even notice Charlie take his seat or the music stop, but they must have since Emmett starts speaking. My gaze never leaves Bella.

The ceremony is simple and quick, just as we wanted. Emmett has everyone laughing with his unorthodox reading while our vows cause a few dry-eyed sniffles. Soon it is time for the "I do's" and our first kiss as husband and wife. Bella becomes as a little overeager as usual and Charlie clears his throat from the front row, but we ignore him. Besides, from what we hear, his budding relationship with Tanya is said to rival that of Emmett and Rosalie.

Later, as we dance, the significance of the day seems to finally sink in. My family is whole. I am whole. After years of being alone and unhappy, and making those around me unhappy, I finally have my other half and she is now mine in every human way. I place one hand tenderly over Bella's heart as we sway slowly to the music. She understands immediately.

"Two weeks," she whispers.

"Two weeks."

Two weeks from today, just after our honeymoon, will be the most bittersweet day of my existance. It will be the day Bella's heart will stop beating and her cheeks will no longer flush pink. The day she becomes unbreakable and my equal in every way.

The day she will officially be mine forever.

I hope you all liked it. I know it's a lot shorter than a normal chapter, but I honestly fit everything in there that I wanted. Bella's senior year, the wedding, the promise of her being changed. I really didn't feel the need to include her change since it's been done in BD and in plenty of other fics.

Since I've already been asked a couple times I'll go ahead and say this here for everyone to read: no, I don't have have any plans for a sequel. I'm extremely flattered that you would want one, but for me this story began and ended with the wolves.

Well, guys, that's it! Thank you all for reading and sticking with it through the funky AU moments and those two ridiculously long waits. You're all unbelievably awesome.