Okay, so this is the end. It's a short chapter, but I decided that this was probably a good ending, and the best suited for the time of the year. :)
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Sometimes, when your truly happy, and everything seems right, you wonder how it could have ever been different. You wonder how you knew a life before this, how you could deal with something different. You wonder why that made you happy. You just can't understand it.
That's how I feel about my life now, I have a family who loves me, who I get to see everyday. I have a human father who doesn't care that I could easily kill him, and I get to talk to everyday. And, I have my Edward, my love. So, I find it a little hard that I could have ever known happiness in another form, or that it could have ever been different.
A sudden crack from below me caught my attention, and pulled me out of my thoughts. I looked down fro where I sat on a tree branch to see a small deer stuck in the ice. A thin layer of ice covered to loads of snow we had gotten, and this deer seemed to have broken through it, and gotten stuck. I easily slid off the branch, and landed next to the animal, on top of the snow. This sent the deer into a frenzy, eager to get away from me.
Not wanting the animal to hurt itself, I reached out very quickly, and pulled it out of the snow, and ice. Without even knowing what had happened, the animal found itself on top of the snow. It had a small cut on its leg from where the ice had dug into it, but this didn't seem to bother it as it ran away from me.
I watched as it disappeared into the woods. I had just jumped up to get back on my branch, when two strong arms wrapped around me, and pulled me back down. We3 crashed into the snow, me face first with the figure on top of me. I easily flipped over in the figures arms, wanting to get my face out of the snow, and wanting to see who had cause me to get soaked. I found Edward's laughing face just inches from mine. Try as I might, I couldn't help but to join in with his laughter.
"What was that for? You got me soaked!" I said. He smiled.
"Do you honestly care?" He asked me.
"No, but I bet that Alice won't be too happy. She picked these clothes out." I said.
"Well, Alice is just going to have to deal with your clothes being soaked then."
"Can you let me up?" I asked him.
He smiled evilly. "Now why would I want to do that?" He asked me.
"Because you love me."
"Says who?" He asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Says me." I said. I slid my arms around his neck, and pulled my lips up to meet his in a kiss. He complied, and wrapped his arms around my waist. Without breaking the kiss, I rolled us over so that I was on top, which caused him to smile against my lips. Then, in an instant, I was off of him, and running through the snow, away from him. A second later, I could hear him running after e in the snow, and gaining fast.
I pushed myself to go faster, but it wasn't fast enough. Edward caught up to me, and caught me in his arms. Instead of knocking us both to the ground this time, though, he pulled me tight against his chest. "Thought you could get away from me, did you?" He asked my, putting his chin on my shoulder. I leaned back against his chest.
"No, but I still tried." I said with a smile.
"Well ,you're not getting away this time.' Edward murmured, and turned me in his arms to kiss me.
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An hour later, Edward and I made our way into the living room, soaking wet from the snow.
"What happened?" Esme asked from where she was sitting on the couch with Carlisle. Carlisle shut his book and looked up at us.
"Snow. I thought you were supposed to be at work today?" I answered simply, and directed the attention to Carlisle.
"I was, but they left me off early since there wasn't much to be done. They also thought I might like to spend some time with my family since it's Christmas Eve." Carlisle said . Saw his eyes flick up to check Edward's, and heard Edward's quiet sigh.
"Do you honestly not trust me to not slip up?" Edward asked him.
Edward had been with us a month, and not once had he attacked a human. I always went with him on his hunting trips just in case, but not once did he ever even show signs of wanting to go for a human. His eyes had just returned to a golden, and every time we get back from hunting, Carlisle checks Edward's eyes to see if he slipped up. Edward obviously sees him do it, and hears it in his thoughts. Only once has he voiced it to me how much it bothers him.
"I trust you son, it's just…" Carlisle trailed off though, seeming to decided it was better not to say what he was thinking. Edward though, had already heard it in his thoughts, and pulled away from me, and made his way up the stairs. I sighed, and made my way after him.
I found Edward in our room, my old room., looking out the window. I walked up behind him, and wrapped my arms around his waist from behind, and leaned my head on his back. "You okay?"
"He thinks that I'm weak. Carlisle saw how easily my will was broken before, how easily I left the family. He's afraid that my will is going to fail me now, and that some innocent human is going to lose their life because of it. He sees me as a weak soul." Edward said quietly.
"You're not weak Edward, and you know that. You just made a bad choice, and we can't help but worry that something may happen as a result of that." I said. He pulled me around so that he was holding me to his chest. I wrapped my arms around his waist again, and looked up at him.
"Do you worry that I'm going to do something? Something bad, something horrible?" He asked me.
I hesitated, and he made to pull away from me, assuming the worst. "No, wait." I said, tightening my grip on his waist. He looked down at me again. "I worry that you're going to leave me again. I worry that you'll find somebody more worthy of you, like Heidi. I've always had these worries, though. Edward, I don't care what you've done. I don't care what you do, as long as you still love me. No matter what, I will never stop loving you."
"Do you promise?" He asked me.
"Yes. Do you promise?" I asked him.
"Promise what?"
"Promise that you'll never leave me, or the family again?"
"I promise." He said with a smile.
"Good. Now seal it with a kiss." I said, also smiling. He leaned down and kissed me, and I moved my arms up to wrap around his neck. After a minute, we broke apart. "I don't know about you, but I don't like standing her, soaked. I'm going to change."
"I think you might need some help with that." He said, following me into the closest.
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It was nearing eleven, and we were all sitting in the living room. I was on Edward's lap, gazing into the fire. All of us were dress in pajamas, something Esme had insisted on. She said it something everybody did on Christmas, pt on their pajamas before it was time for 'Santa' to come. I didn't bother to point out to her that those people were all human, and planned on sleeping. Nobody else said anything about it either.
"And what do you want for Christmas?" Carlisle asked Esme quietly. Everybody had been talking quietly to each other, but then, for some reason, it had fallen quiet.
"I don't want anything for Christmas. I have everything could possibly want." Esme replied leaning her head on Carlisle's shoulder. It was silent.
Then Emmett got up.
He bounded over to where Carlisle, and Esme were, and planted himself down on Carlisle's knee. I was staring at him in wonder, and Edward was laughing quietly, already knowing what Emmett was doing. So was Alice.
"Santa, I want a pony, and a scooter, and a rocket ship, and a hippopotamus, and my two front teeth, and a puppy, and an ice cream, and a new game boy, and a Barbie doll, and a make-up set, and power ranger, and a…" Emmett kept rattling on, and on what he wanted, while we were trying hard to laugh, clearly wanting to hear what he was saying. " and a rainbow, and a unicorn, and another puppy, and a pretty pink tricycle for Christmas."
We all burst out laughing, clear that he was done. Carlisle started speaking though. "I don't know… You've been a naughty boy this year, Emmett."
Emmett put on a very convincing pouty face. "But…but… I promise o be a good boy!!! Pwease, Santa!"
Carlisle smiled. "I guess… But you must promise to be a good boy."
Emmett made a show of putting his hand behind his back, and crossing his fingers. "I promise."
I started laughing again as Emmett got off of Carlisle's lap. He and Carlisle had started laughing too.
"Alright children, time for bed." Esme said once we had all calmed down.
"Awwww. But mom." Alice said, stretching out the mom. She sounded just like a five year old. "Can't we stay up just a little bit longer?"
"Not unless you don't want Santa to come." Esme said, her tone threatening.
"Fine." Alice huffed. Edward stood up as the others did, and pulled me to my feet.
"Come love, we must go wait for 'Santa' " He said with a smile.
"But we didn't leave cookies out for Santa, or put reindeer feed out either." I said in a childlike voice.
Edward bent down closer to me, as if he were going to tell me a secret. " But didn't you know? Santa's a vampire!"
"Nuh uh!" I protested, pulling back in mock shock.
"Oh course he is, Bella. How else would he break into some many people's house without them knowing?" Emmett said as he walked by, smiling.
I rolled my eyes, and let Edward lead me upstairs. As we made the way to our room, we passed the hall window, and I looked outside. "It's snowing again." I said quietly, a smile on my face.
"Of course it is. It's Christmas Eve. It always snows the night before Christmas." Edward replied. I leaned my head on his shoulder as we made our way into our bedroom. He pulled me over to the couch, and say down, me snuggled up to his side.
"I love you, so freaking much." I said. He chuckled quietly, probably at my choice of words.
"I love you too, so freaking much." He replied. It was my turn to chuckle then.
We sat like that for a couple of minutes, just happy with being in each others arms. We didn't have o t say anything. A couple of times, Edward would lean down, and kiss my hair, the top of my head, and in response, I would kiss his shoulder. It was love, without making a show of it.
Seeing the time of the radio clock, I moved so that I was on Edward's lap, my arms wrapped around his neck. I kissed him, and he wrapped his arms around my waist, kissing me back. After a minute, I pulled back, smiling.
"Merry Christmas."
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THE END
Just a short( very short ), and sweet little last chapter. I figure that it suits the time of the year, since Christmas is on Friday.
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2/15/10 as of about five minutes ago, this note didn't matter anymore. But for any of you who were curious, it was me saying that I was taking a break from fan fiction, and planned to return sometime in January. Clearly, you can see that I am a month late in returning, but honestly, I couldn't care less because I am back now. Thank you for wasting your time, and reading this unimportant note! :)