Hey everyone!

Here is the epilogue, as promised. Okay, maybe I got a bit excited and posted it early. I suppose that was best as I don't really have time tomorrow. Or the next day.

It is set on Kim's twenty third birthday, so she finished university early, and is able to marry Jared. She lives in a tiny apartment in La Push. Jared, being born at the same sort of time as her, has given up phasing, as he wants to grow old with his soul mate. I hope you enjoy reading the final part of this story, and aren't too mad at me for finishing it now.

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Chapter 28: Epilogue- Part 1


Yeah, skeleton you are,

You are my friend,

And I will be there for you

Until the end

(Kate Nash-Skeleton Song)

I woke up in the morning, with a splitting headache, made even worse by the ring of people standing around my bed, yelling "Happy Birthday" at me. Today was my twenty third birthday, the day that Jared and I had decided he would propose to me on. He had wanted to get married early, and I had wanted to wait, so on the day I left for university, we decided that my twenty third birthday would be a good day to get engaged on, giving it another year's wait until I was twenty four to get married. Still quite young, but not too young. The perfect compromise.

I opened my eyes slowly, feeling like I was drunk, as my eyelids were so heavy. There, stood around my bed in my tiny room, stood my family, friends, and most importantly, my Jared.

Jared bent down to give me a perfect wake-up call, a morning kiss.

I realised I was in my pyjamas, in bed, and felt quite uncomfortable, like I was in a hospital.

"Err...hi everyone" I said, then proceeded to be pulled out of my nice, warm bed and into various people's arms, being wished a happy birthday by everyone. I was passed around like something out of pass-the-parcel, until I ended up at the end of the loop in Jared's arms, where I would be staying for quite a bit of the day.

Jared knew me well, and he knew how much I hated to be woken up, especially by loud noises.

"Sorry, Kim. I tried to tell them not to, but no one around here listens to me. Anyway, happy birthday, babe. I love you so much" he whispered to me, as I was passed around, once again for a second round of hugs.

I did appreciate my family, and all my friends, just...why did they have to get me up so early? Did they not understand the concept of a "birthday sleep-in"? Apparently not.

Breakfast. What was I going to do about breakfast? I was running out of money, barely able to buy a box of cereal, and now I was expected to provide food for about 20 people? Madness.

I was embarrassed about bringing up the topic of money in front of Jared, or even the food I had. He gained a whopping great inheritance from his father when he turned 18, and always offered to give me some. Of course, I always refused, as I wanted to stand on my own two feet, support myself for once, so I needed to be able to make a living my own way. For the first few visits to Jared's house, I didn't see his father, and after a few visits with no appearance from his father, I snapped, and asked Jared why his father didn't want to see me. I felt so mean after he told me his dad was dead, and I mentally smacked my head every time I went to his house for the rest of the week.

My own family couldn't afford to support me, not that I wanted them to, but they didn't have the funds, as my parents had a divorce, so my mum had to work double time to gain enough money to support even her, let alone me. I never really saw my dad anymore, though we talked on the phone, and occasionally sent postcards. My mum and I were just not part of his new life.

"Jared," I whispered. "What do I do? I don't have enough in my house to feed everyone!" I asked, panicking.

"Hey, hey!" he said. "Calm down. Most people already ate before they came, don't worry. Besides, Emily cooked you up some chocolate chip pancakes before she left the house, as she knows they're you favourite." He said.

Ever since the day that Emily and Sam picked me up after Jared told me about werewolves, I had been going around and visiting them, as Jared often hung around there a lot, and they were nice people. Eventually, with our shy, quiet personalities, Emily and I got along really well, and she became one of my first friends. The awkwardness with Sam faded over time, and I could talk to him normally, though he still intimidated me a bit.

"Wow! That was really nice of her" I exclaimed.

"Well, only the best for you, Kimmie" he said.

Most of the assembled party stayed in the living room, left, of stood in the kitchen while the rest of us ate pancakes, and some surprise muffins that Emily had made.

After breakfast, I was buried under a stack of presents, and then everyone left me to open them in peace, apart from Jared, who stayed with me.

Afterwards, we sat down and watched my favourite movie of all time, "Moulin Rouge", and Jared held me while I cried at the end when Satine dies.

We put the movie away, well, at least Jared did, while I lay back on the sofa and watched him.

"C'mon, Kim" he said, grabbing my hand and pulling me up.

"Whhhyyyy?" I moaned.

"Because," he explained like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "we're going to your party!" He said. "You have ten minutes to get ready into the dress that my mum bought you" he said, while I stared at him in amazement.

I had thought I wasn't having a party. I did like parties, but I thought that I was a bit too old for one and that people came and woke me up instead. It was a pleasant surprise, especially as I though back to the dress Caroline had given me.

It was beautiful, a midnight blue colour that came up to my knees, and was sleeveless. There was a blue silk bow, wrapping around me like and empire waist, and the bodice was completely covered in sequins, a few trailing down to the skirt of the dress, looking like raindrops on a rose (picture of Kim wearing dress on profile).

Only ten minutes to get ready? I took at least half an hour to get ready for work at the local primary school in the mornings.

I sprinted to my bedroom, and from in there, I could hear Jared chuckling at my hurry.

"Shut up" I called, which only resulted in Jared laughing harder.

I got dressed as fast as I could, put on a bit of lip-gloss, straightened my hair, and was ready to go.


There you go, people.

I'm sorry, I don't think this chapter turned out as well as it could have, but I hope you like the dress I chose. I liked it.

So, this epilogue will probably be two parts long, maybe three, but I need to come up with a good finishing line at the end. Probably something to do with my title. Alright, as I was writing this, it came to me, but you'll have to keep reading to see what it is (it's pretty predictable, but I thought I'd keep you guessing!).

Thanks to all readers and reviewers.

Lots of love,

Deany-Bob101