A/N- So this is it, the final epilogue. Thank you to everyone who stuck with the story this whole time (and all my months of not writing). I really do appreciate your support and especially your reviews!
I'm sad to say this is my last story. I have too much happening in life and my focus is on other topics. I will be continuing to write, but probably just on some blogs and for work.
Thanks again and enjoy the final chapter!
Carlisle was able to help Edward get a job in research medicine after his stint in jail. They had a friend of theirs doctor up some documents so Edward's jail time was magically transformed into volunteer work in South America. I was never quite sure how it worked considering the trial was all over the new channels, but Edward was given his job and we were happy. I continued my job as a substitute teacher in a local high school, but about a year after Edward's release I was offered a temporary position as one of the English teachers had become pregnant and was taking the year off. That year turned into two and the school approached me to see if I wanted to take the spot permanently. Unfortunately, I had to decline as I too had become pregnant.
Edward was thrilled with the development and immediately started putting money aside for college savings and anything else the baby would need. He even started "baby-proofing" the house even though we weren't due for months. It was funny originally watching him worry about every little thing I did, but eventually he started to get on my nerves and I got him to calm down a little bit.
Baby Renesmee was born a week early, but healthy and with quite the pair of lungs on her. She was instantly a daddy's girl, always falling asleep on Edward's chest or in his arms. I would usually just sit there or eventually move so I could rest my head on his shoulders and watch him. Even though I wanted to just use some of Rosalie's old baby items, Edward was having none of it and bought all of our own stuff.
In the end, that turned out to be a good decision because Rosalie announced she was pregnant again just after Renesmee was born. Of course, this didn't bode well with Alice originally because she too announced she was pregnant and Rosalie and stolen some of her limelight. They both got over it and started planning joint baby showers and births (Alice was convinced the babies would be born almost at the same exact time).
Eventually, Rosalie and Emmett had a baby girl that Emmett could spoil while he chased all the boys away from her. Alice and Jasper had a son. Jasper was already planning on taking him to civil war reenactments and different history museums. Edward and I had another daughter and we couldn't be happier.
By the time the kids were in high school, our families had all moved back to Chicago to be close to one another. There was some talk about where we had all been and the trial, but no one ever dared to actually bring it up to Edward or I. Tanya didn't make any appearances and as far as we knew she had married some oil tycoon and moved away.
Esme and Carlisle were the last to join us in Chicago as they had decided to spend their money on a world tour. We didn't see them for nearly a year, although there were constant emails and pictures being sent back and forth.
Once we were back together our families were always together. There was barely a day that went by that we all didn't get together for dinner or something. There was always talk about the "good ole days" and what we could have done had the boys not gotten caught, but we were all happy with where we were in life. We had the love of our families and our children and none of us could have been happier.