EPOV

Tonight was graduation.

In a matter of hours, Emmett, Rose and Jasper would graduate high school.

Alice had her car repaired, and I had just dropped her off at the mechanic's so that she could pick it up.

I stopped in front of the school so that I could pick Bella up and take her out to lunch. She was just finishing up her last final.

Finals went strangely well. Bella and I had crammed our brains to the brim, and that really paid off. I had my last one this morning, so I got to leave early. Sadly, Bella had her last one in the last testing period, so she had to stay.

I parked in my usual space, and waited until the last of the tests were dismissed.

After about 15 minutes of waiting, Bella skipped to my car and got in. From the passenger seat she gave me a huge hug and kiss on the cheek, and we headed to Port Angeles for lunch.

We couldn't spend too much time there, because we had to get back in time to go with our families to the ceremony. The seniors had their finals earlier in the week, so they didn't have to go to school today. Alice had the same testing schedule as me, so that's why I was able to drive her to the mechanics after the test.

I parked in a public parking garage near the restaurant. It was a bright and sunny day, so I put on some sunglasses and led Bella outside. We walked around for a bit, taking the scenic route to the restaurant.

We stopped at a small music store that I almost never go to anymore. It was filled with vintage vinyl records, cds, posters, pretty much everything that had to do with music.

I began to rummage through some of the older Pink Floyd vinyl albums while Bella looked at the posters.

Bella ended up buying a Clash poster, and I left with a new copy of Dark Side of the Moon on Vinyl. Mine had been used so much that it got worn out and I had to toss it. I was happy that I was able to get another.

We left to the restaurant when we left the music store.

When we were seated, the waitress came over to take our orders. In the middle of my order, Bella's phone began to ring. She answered it after ordering her food, and I started to play with her hands while she talked. Her face fell a little while she was talking, and my hands froze. Was something wrong?

"No, it's fine mom. I guess I need to meet him anyways, right?" she asked with a little chuckle. Her face fell even more. She nodded something, and wished her mother goodbye.

I looked at her, silently asking her to tell me what happened.

"Phil is coming tonight," she stated blankly.

Our drinks had come at this point, so she took a long sip.

"I'm sorry, Bella. Do you not want to meet him? I'll be with you the whole time, so I'll be there to comfort you. Don't worry," I said, trying to get her to relax a little.

"No, no, I do want to meet him. It's just…he was the reason that my mom was in the Coma. I mean, it wasn't his fault, but I have a feeling that things are going to be changing drastically when I meet him," she confided.

"Nothing will change. The only thing that will happen is that you'll probably be seeing him around your house a lot, and your mom will be out with him more. That just means that we will have more time to be alone!" I said, trying to cheer her up. She smiled at me, and looked up at me through her lashes.

"Edward, I don't know what I would do without you," she said. She reached out for my hand from across the table, and held it in hers.

Our food came, and we ate while conversing about finals, summer plans, things that we wanted to do with everyone before they left.

We finished our meal, I paid the bill, and we were out the door. It had gotten a little chilly, so I took off the hoodie that I was wearing and gave it to Bella. She put it on, and leaned into me as we walked.

The car ride was pleasant. Bella popped my Tom Petty CD into the player, and we listened to that the entire way home.

I parked my car outside of my house, and I walked to Bella's house with her.

We walked up to her room, and I sat on the bed while she looked through her closet to find something to wear for tonight.

I helped her decide on some nice gray skinny jeans with a turquoise blouse that fit her like a glove. She quickly got changed, and we decided to head over to my house to see Alice.

Alice was wearing a violet satin summer dress with a black sash running across her stomach. She had black ballet flats on, and she spun around when she saw us, showing off her outfit.

"Bella! You look great! I guess this means that I really AM rubbing off on you, doesn't it?" she asked, giving Bella a hug.

We hung out in our living room for a while, waiting for Jasper, Rose and Emmett to get back from a graduation party that they were all invited to. My dad came home early from the hospital, and my mom was all ready to go when Phil was to arrive. We were all going to go over and meet him together.

BPOV

My mother wasn't home when we got there, so I guessed that she was out with him. Ever since she got back from the hospital, she has been extremely happy. If I couldn't call that resilience, I don't know what it is.

I guess all it took my mother to open up to the idea of us moving on from my dad was a three week coma caused by a new boyfriend. I was glad that she was finally moving on though, because before Phil came along, she was always lonely and depressed. I guess he's giving her more vitality, and for that I am amazingly grateful to him. I was still extremely nervous in meeting him, though.

Jasper, Rose and Emmett came over after they were ready to go. They were wearing their gowns, holding their caps in their hands. The gowns were a weird mustard yellow color, as were the caps. The sash on the caps were navy blue.

We were all sitting in the living room, waiting for my mother. After what seemed like an hour of waiting, there was finally a knock on the front door.

Emmett and I rose from our seats, and headed to the door. With a shaky hand, I turned the doorknob and opened the door.

There stood my mother, and next to her was Phil.

Phil was smiling daggers at us, which was a little welcoming. I smiled back, and Emmett shook his hand.

"Emmett," Phil said.

"Phil," replied Emmett.

Phil was a little taller than my mom. He was wearing a nice, clean gray suit and shiny black dress shoes. He had short brown hair, and a round face. He was very homey looking, and the look in his eyes gave off a very warm vibe. He was nice looking.

My mother smiled nervously, and looked up at him. He put an arm around her, and I let them come inside.

Edward got up and walked over to us. I introduced him to Phil, and Emmett introduced him to everyone else.

I reached down to hold Edward's hand. He gave it a little squeeze.

As we were all walking out of the house, a thought dawned on me.

Everyone in my life was happy. Everyone was in love, and everyone was here with me.

I looked over at all the happy couples that I was with. Emmett and Rose looked scared to death, but they had each other, which gave them also a look of being comforted.

My mother was probably the happiest of all. We had accepted Phil, which she had been frightened about.

My father would be proud of us. His wife had moved on and found someone else that she loved, and his only son was graduating high school with his beautiful girlfriend.

I looked over at Edward, who was talking with Alice and Jasper. Jasper had his arm around Alice, and Alice had a smile plastered on her face that could blind someone.

Me on the other hand, I was content. I was holding hands with the love of my life, and everything that was wrong in my life had turned out for the better.

I knew who was responsible for this.

The person that helped me through the toughest times in my life.

The person that showed me that love was possible, and that sadness and grief were terrible things to hold onto.

The person that set me free.

This person was the spectacular boy next door.

The boy next door with the deep green eyes that I would get lost in if I didn't hold onto something.

The boy next door with the amazing perfect tousled bronze hair.

The boy next door that was a god on earth.

And he was mine.

All mine.

End.

A/N:

Finally! I knew that I had to end the story soon, becuase I was running out of ideas, and it had already lasted 25 chapters. I'm working on other stories at the moment, stories that i will put up soon. They just need a little more editing.

I would like to take this time right now to thank the great reviewers that have been following this story since the very beginning. Thanks you guys! Without you, I wouldn't have gotten the movtivation that I needed to get to this point.

There will be an epilogue. I'll post it as a one shot sometime in the near future, so keep posted!

I love all of you !

And here ends my first full length fanfiction. Looking back I noticed some mistakes, mistakes that I will be careful about not making in my future works. And just saying, there WILL be future works. I have lots of ideas, and if your interested in finding out about what I have in store, just shoot me a PM or a review, and i'll give you a little heads up =]

Again, thanks to everyone that supported me with this.

~Hannah~