Future

Hope's POV

The sun shone down on the towel where I was reading. School had just gotten out and I was looking forward to a whole summer with Jake. Who was, of course, being ridiculously romantic about it. Today he had gone so far as to pack a picnic lunch and drive me down to the beach. I was watching, amused, as he set out sandwiches and fruit, forcing me to relax. I was so lucky to have him.

"Ok, I think it's eatable." He frowned.

"It looks great." I smiled up at him before taking his hand. He led me over to the blanket and sat me on his lap, refusing to let go as we ate. After Jake had eaten everything in sight and then some we walked down to the waters edge. I wasn't expecting what came next. To be honest, I hadn't been expecting that for a while. I watched as Jake carefully pulled a black box out of his jean pocket.

"Hope Fletcher, I love you with all my heart and soul. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, will you marry me?" He whispered. For a minute I just stared at him, I could see the hope shining in his eyes. I thought of our past. Of sitting in the living room laughing with the pack, of standing together but divided by lines neither of us knew how to cross, of finally realizing that there was something more to each other. And I saw, in Jake's eyes, the future. I saw our wedding day, I saw the pack and Billy becoming even more a part of my life then they already were, I saw children running in the backyard, and I saw Jake. Always Jake. He had been there for me since I was a child. He loved me and I loved him.

"Yes. I don't see why you have to ask." He smiled and swung he into his arms, crushing me in a kiss I didn't deserve. I laughed with giddiness as I thought of it all. Of Jake forever. We were still laughing as we ran to tell Billy but looking back I realized that Billy had seen all this. He known the future from the first day he saw me and called me daughter.

So having made ourselves ecstatic we ran to make the other people in our lives happy too. When we reached Billy's house I was mobbed by a pack of werewolves, their wives, and their children. All my family, all smiling and so happy for us. As Jake took my hand and the pack assembled around us I knew I had fit into the path I had been set for long ago. Ever since I poked my head around a screen door, when I was a shy and nervous child, Jake had always been my future. Always Jake.

A/N: ok, probably just a few more chapters and that'll wrap it up. I'm going to miss this. Sob, sob, sniff. I'll get over it, in time. I'm thinking of doing one about the Cullens next. Just because I have so blatantly focused on the werewolves. And Silent Raindrops will be updated more frequently. Yay! And right away I apologize for any stiffness in this scene, I don't do romance well, im more of a blood and gore kinda girl. NIGHT!!!!!