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A/N: I know, I said last chapter was the last but I couldn't leave you all hanging! Was going to wait to post it but since I've finished every Once Upon a Time episode on Netflix and I may or may not have put my kids to bed an hour earlier than normal (shhh) I have nothing else to do.

Chapter 24

Epilogue

I smiled to myself as I came up the walk, bag slung over my shoulder as I tried to surpress the grin on my face when I heard Frozen coming through the open window.

I laughed, knowing Alice was probably about ready to pitch the tv out of the window by this time, as I made to unlock the door before realizing it was already open.

I paused before opening it, finding Lou sitting naked in front of the television, an empty box of animal crackers in front of her and another box of cereal laying on it's side close by, it's contents spilling out on to the carpet. "Lou…"

"Daddy!" she yelled, lunging at me just as Elsa finished her ballad.

"Lou, where's Alice?"

"Momma sick." Lou said, her eyes wide. "I eat wunch."

I felt my heart stop as I set her back down, careful of the trail of cereal and walked down the hallway to our room.

It still felt odd, calling it our room. Ours. It hadn't taken long however for both of us to realize we didn't want to be without each other. Within a week of court we ended up moving Alice and her cactus in and I had never been happier.

Alice on the other hand, well she said she was happy. When she wasn't working she was sleeping and when she wasn't sleeping or working she wasn't eating. It terrified me to say the least.

I wanted to ask her. To make sure she was okay with this arrangement. To be with me. With us. But I was terrified of the answer.

"Alice?" I called as I reached our bedroom, finding it empty.

"Yeah?" She called, her voice tight, from our bathroom.

"You okay?" I asked quietly, moving to press my forehead against the door as the toilet flushed.

Silence followed and I held my breath. For someone who had lost just about everyone in his life, the silence was enough to start a splintering in my heart. Silence was never good. Silence had come before my mom left us, when she wouldn't tell us why we were at the store. Silence came before Lucy slid adoption papers at me and didn't look back. No, silence never meant anything good.

"Alice?" I said again, trying to restrain the panic in my voice.

"Hold on." She snapped and I tried the door knob, only to find it locked.

My breath caught in my throat and I wanted to scream or kick down the door or turn in to the hulk and carry her out of the damn bathroom myself. Instead I closed my eyes and made my way to the bed, sitting down and sliding my shirt off over my head.

I spent the time waiting looking through my text messages and missed calls. Rose had called no less than twelve times and her text messages ranged from sweet sisterly to downright scary as she tried to confirm our dinner plans for the night. Emmett had texted, warning about Rosalie, and one from Esme to confirm that they were indeed invited and that she could bring pie. And then there was one message from Alice. A simple I love you that brought a smile to my lips even as I waited on pins and needles.

"Still no call?" I jumped as I looked up to see Alice standing in the doorway of the bathroom and I shook my head.

Lucy had been granted once a month visitations on the second Saturday of every month. This was her first month and she had yet to call or text for a meeting. It wasn't really that surprising but it still stung.

I tossed my phone down and stood up, moving to pull Alice's hand. "Are you okay?"

She breathed heavily and nodded her head, her eyes not meeting mine.

"Alice, you're scaring me. You said before that we'd be honest with each other. We'd talk about things. Please…."

"I'm scared." She said softly, moving to sit on the bed.

I felt my stomach knot up and then drop to my feet as I envisioned it. It had taken a while but really, I shouldn't have been surprised. We had moved fast. Lou called her mom. She couldn't handle it.

It was too much.

"Jasper." She said firmly, standing up to grab my face. "I know that look and stop it right now."

"You still have an out." I said softly, trying to look anywhere but at her.

"Really?" She said, disgust coloring her tone. "we've been over this. I want you. I want Louise. I want us. And I sure as hell don't want an out."

"Then Wha…"

She stopped me in my tracks as she reached behind her and pulled something out of her pocket, thrusting it in my hands.

I paused, staring at her in wonder.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

I smiled again, pulling her in to my arms and kissing every inch of her face that I could reach before she was pushing me back laughing.

"Why the hell are you scared?"

"I don't… I don't want you to think…"

"Alice, stop that right now." I said, mirroring her tone from minutes before. "You're not like her. You're not ever going to be her. I want you. Lou wants you. We are a family."

She smiled and reached up, pulling my face to hers as our lips met forcefully. We pulled away, breathless and smiling.

"I love you." She said, her hand running over the tiny footprints on my chest that symbolized the girl who had my heart. The one I would have to add on to now.

"I love you too." I said, kissing her again. "But now I'm scared."

She pulled away then, looking at me in confusion. "Huh?"

I shrugged. "Your mom and dad are coming tonight. He's going to kill me when he finds out I knocked you up."

She rolled her eyes and shook her head just as Lou bounded in to the room and straight in to Alice's arms.

I watched the two of them in wonder as Alice joined in Lou's chorus of 'Let it Go' and swayed dramatically to the music. I smiled as I looked down at the pregnancy test in my hand and then back to my girls.

My life hadn't gone perfectly. Far from it. But every piece of my past had led me to this, to the two loves of my life and one on the way. And that was perfectly okay with me.

THE END

A/N: Thank you all again! I loved writing this and I hope you enjoyed it too! Weasley Weakness is still hustling me to write more so you may or may not get more twific out of me. In the meantime if you like The Walking Dead, (namely Carol/Daryl) check out my new story "Little Do You Know"