A/N – Sorry for the delay. I had a slight case of writer's block, and I'm an Olympics junkie. I've been watching them nonstop since they stared.


Preface

How did I get here? One minute I was ecstatically happy, the next I was terrified of losing my imprint. Jasper's hands tightened around my throat squeezing off my airway, but all I could see was Rebecca's terrified face. I heard Alice and Jake's voices, but they were muffled and didn't make sense. None of what they had to say mattered anyway. If Rebecca died, I'd beg Jasper for death.

Chapter 29 – Finally

Embry's POV

Sheer unadulterated bliss. That's how I felt when I woke up after a night of incredible lovemaking with my imprint. I couldn't even call it a night of hot sex, because it was so much more than that. Rebecca and I had loved each other. And more than once. I'd woken her once in need, another time she had woken me up. The whole night had been utterly fantastic.

I rolled over on the mattress to pull Rebecca to me, but the space next to me was empty. Remembering another time I'd woken up to find Rebecca missing from my bed sent me into a blind panic. I jumped off the bed, quickly grabbing my pants where they laid on the floor. Pulling them on, I headed out of the bedroom and hurried towards the front door. No fucking way was she doing this to me again.

A voice inside my head tried to reason with me. Rebecca said she loved me. She wouldn't have left me again. It's not like there was a note on the pillow this time stating she didn't want me.

But where the fuck was she?

As soon as I put my hand on the door handle, I felt a sharp tug at the back of my spine causing me to freeze. Taking in a deep breath, I finally started to pay attention to my senses. Rebecca was still here. She was in the apartment. I turned around and followed the pull I felt to my imprint. I went into the living room and stopped.

Through the open French doors of my living room, I could see Rebecca standing on my apartment's balcony. She was wearing nothing but my dress shirt from the night before. She had a glass of water in one hand, while the other hand grasped the patio railing. Her head was tilted up as she let the fall morning mist saturate her face. I felt my shoulders relax as I realized that things weren't the same as before. All the demons and uncertainties of the past faded away, and I was filled with an inner peace I had never experienced in my life. Rebecca was here to stay. We were going to be together forever.

Walking over to her, I wrapped my arm around her waist. She jumped in surprise before leaning back against me, setting her water on the table next to her. She angled her head towards mine looking at me with the sweetest expression I'd ever seen. Cupping her cheek in my hand, I bent down and kissed her lips gently.

"What are you doing out here?" I asked as she snuggled in closer to me. She wrapped both arms around me tightly. I rested my cheek against her head and sighed contentedly.

"No offense," Rebecca replied, "but sleeping with you is like being in bed with a space heater. I was beginning to feel really lightheaded so I thought I'd get some air."

"Ah," I said, pulling away so that I could lightly kiss the tip of her nose. "About that. I'm going to stop phasing now. After awhile, my body will return to a normal temperature."

"Stop phasing?" Rebecca questioned. "But doesn't that mean you'll grow old? My dad told me you don't age unless you stop being a wolf."

"Yeah, that's true," I replied before adding, "I want to grow old with you."

"Are you sure?" Rebecca asked, biting her lip uncertainly.

"Becks, you're all I've ever wanted in my life. Trust me. Nothing would make me happier than someday sitting on a porch surrounded by our grandchildren. I'd prefer not to look like a 30-something-year-old when I do."

Rebecca frowned for a moment before smiling. She jumped up and wrapped her arms around my neck. Her legs went around my waist as she began to kiss my neck.

"I love you so much," she whispered, pulling back to kiss me on the lips.

My tongue instantly sought hers as I brought her lower half against my sudden arousal. I carried her back into my bedroom and spent the next hour showing her exactly how much I loved and needed her. We soon fell into an exhausted sleep. A couple of hours later I felt a gentle nudging on my shoulder.

"Em," Rebecca murmured.

"Hmm," I responded, opening one tired eye to look at her.

"I need to get going."

My arm that was currently around her waist automatically tightened. I pulled her so that she was lying on top of me.

"Why?" I actually pouted. My lower lip even jutted out. Rebecca smirked before taking my protruding lip in her mouth and sucking on it. I tried to gather her closer, but she pulled back.

"I need to go get Luke and I still have to stop by my dad's house first for a change of clothes. I don't really want to explain what the walk of shame is to our son."

"Can I come with you?" I asked. "I'd love to see Luke."

Rebecca kissed my chin. "Of course. You know you never have to ask to see him."

I smiled at that. However, as much as I was eager to see our son, my first concern was the needs of my imprint.

"How about if we take a quick shower and get something to eat, and then we can go see Luke?" I suggested.

"Shower together?" Rebecca asked, her voice filling with desire.

In response, I picked her up and carried her bridal style into the bathroom. Once the water was the right temperature we stepped in. I grabbed the shampoo and began to massage it into Rebecca's hair. She closed her eyes and sighed happily as my fingers soothed her scalp. I made sure her hair was washed thoroughly before I bent down to kiss her lips. Her mouth quickly opened to allow me access. I shivered as our tongues collided together.

"God, I love you," I muttered against her lips. "I want to be with you forever." Kiss. "I want to wake up every morning and see your face next to mine." Kiss. "I want to…" Kiss. "Marry you."

"What?" Rebecca wondered, breaking away from me with wide eyes.

Shit! What did I just say?

"Did you just ask me to marry you?" Rebecca asked, stunned.

"No…I mean I did…but…shit, I didn't mean to ask you so soon," I stumbled.

"Thirteen years is hardly too soon," Rebecca whispered. It took me a moment to realize she meant it had been 13 years since the imprint.

"Is that a yes?" I asked hopefully.

"Ask me properly," Rebecca said with a hint of a smile.

"Rebecca, I love you. I don't ever want to be without you again. Will you marry me?"

With tears in her eyes, Rebecca responded, "Yes."

I brought her to me and kissed her hard on the lips. Our passion soon spun out of control and before I knew it, Rebecca was plastered against the shower wall with her legs wrapped around my waist. I entered her swiftly, sucking on the sensitive skin of her neck as we moved together frantically.

"I love you Embry," Rebecca shouted as she reached her peak. I soon joined her, my body exploding inside her warm haven.

We finished showering and went into the kitchen for something to eat.

"So when do you want to get married?" Rebecca asked.

"Today," I replied and watched with instant concern as Rebecca choked briefly on a piece of toast.

"You want to get married today?" Rebecca gasped. "Don't you think that's a little impulsive?"

"Rebecca, when it comes to us, if we don't act impulsively we usually end up having to wait 10 years. I don't want to wait any longer to make you mine."

I picked up her hand and kissed her palm.

"Okay," Rebecca said in a distracted tone before regaining her focus. "We need to talk to Luke first though."

"Agreed," I replied, letting go of her hand to clear away the breakfast dishes.

As soon as we were done, we headed over to Billy's house so that Rebecca could change her clothes. Billy was home when we got there. He raised an eyebrow as he took in his daughter's disheveled look.

"You kids have a good night?" Billy remarked with a knowing smirk.

"Dad, Embry and I are engaged," Rebecca said proudly.

Billy sat back in his chair. "Well it's about damn time."

"Really?" Rebecca asked. "You're okay with it?"

"I always knew you two would end up together," Billy responded. "You can't fight destiny."

"Oh yeah, thanks by the way for telling me about the whole imprinting thing," Rebecca muttered, crossing her arms over her chest as she glared at her dad.

"Well, it all worked out in the end, didn't it?" Billy asked as he glanced meaningfully in my direction.

Rebecca looked at me and whatever since of betrayal she felt quickly dissipated. She gave me a quick kiss on the lips before she headed to her room to change.

Billy looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "So when can I expect you to make an honest woman of my daughter?"

I smiled sheepishly in return. "It depends on Luke. If he's okay with it, Rebecca and I are going to drive down to Reno today."

"Today?" Billy responded.

"I don't want to wait," I replied simply. "I can't wait."

Billy nodded slowly. "You deserve your family, son."

"You're okay with it then?" I asked.

"Of course," Billy said. "I couldn't be prouder to call you family. You've turned into a fine young man. Your father would be so proud of you."

I could only smile weakly in return. I was too choked up to answer more fully. Rebecca soon came out with her hair pulled back on the side and wearing jeans and a long sleeved shirt.

"Ready?" She asked.

"Yeah," I told her, grabbing her hand. "We'll see you later Billy."

"Good luck," Billy called out as we left to go see Luke.

We drove to Jacob's house in silence, the atmosphere turning tense as we both silently contemplated what Luke's reaction would be. When we walked into the former Cullen house, we found Ness and Jacob cuddling on the couch together. Gabe and Luke were playing a video game on the huge flat screen TV. I couldn't tell where Meena was. Rebecca went over and kissed Luke's head. He waved nonchalantly in response, never looking away from the TV as he tried to beat his cousin at their game. Rebecca instantly returned to my side and grabbed my hand.

"How'd it go last night?" Jake asked as he eyed our joined hands.

"Good," I replied with a huge smile. Rebecca fidgeted next to me.

"What's up Becks?" Jake asked.

"Nothing," Rebecca said, not making eye contact with either Ness or Jake.

"Are you sure?" Jake wondered. She finally looked at her brother.

In a lowered voice, she admitted, "Embry told me you imprinted on Ness when she was a baby."

"Ah," Jake laughed. "Don't worry, I didn't find her hot until she turned six."

"Gross Dad," Gabe muttered, not taking his eyes off the TV. "Don't use Mom and "hot" in the same sentence."

It was so teenagerish of Gabe that we all laughed. I felt Rebecca relax by my side. I dragged her over to the loveseat that was next to the couch and we sat down.

"I know imprinting on a baby is a strange concept," Renesmee said, reaching over to pat Rebecca on the arm reassuringly. "But never once in my life have I ever felt unprotected or unloved. Jake never even saw me romantically until I was physically about 16. Trust me, I tried to make him see me as a woman, but he never laid an inappropriate finger on me no matter how hard I tried to seduce him."

"Seriously?" Gabe complained.

"Someday it'll happen for you too, son," Jake said with a smirk.

"Yeah, but I'm not going to torture my kids by discussing it in front of them," Gabe retorted in disgust.

Meena suddenly came through the living room patio door, her cheeks flushed. I watched Jacob's eyebrows snap together while Ness raised one of hers. Gabe turned his head to look at his twin with narrowed eyes. It was enough to make Luke kill Gabe's video character causing Luke to whoop in excitement. None of the Blacks noticed.

Because Meena had on her the scent of someone I recognized…Nate Uley.

"Hello Aunt Rebecca," Meena said politely before nodding at me. "Uncle Embry."

"And where have you been?" Jake asked in a tone that channeled Billy.

Renesmee muttered a quiet "Jacob" in a warning tone.

"I was just out walking," Meena said, not meeting anyone's eyes.

"Who with?" Jake asked, standing up and ignoring Ness's attempts to restrain him.

Meena's green eyes flashed angrily. "I ran into Nate, okay?"

"No, it's not okay and you can drop that tone," Jake snapped. "You said you were going for a walk. I don't appreciate you lying to us."

"I didn't lie," Meena retorted. "We just ran into each other, that's all!"

"Go to your room," Jake ordered, running a hand angrily through his hair.

Meena raised her chin and with quiet dignity walked out of the room and went up the stairs, before slamming her bedroom door hard, causing something to crack.

"Jake, how could you?" Ness asked in a quiet angry voice.

"They're sneaking around," Jacob whispered furiously. "Do you want her to end up pregnant before she even graduates?"

I looked at him with a meaningful look. It was a well known fact that Jake had gotten Renesmee pregnant when she was around 17. Edward had tried to kill him when he found out. Jake saw my glance and muttered something that sounded like, "shut up Embry."

"You better than anyone knows that they can't resist each other," Ness said, getting up from the couch to put her hands on her hips. She looked at Gabe and then back at her husband. "If you two don't shape up, you're going to end up alienating her. And I'm not about to lose my daughter over some stupid Alpha vibe!"

With that Ness got up and left the room, going upstairs to talk to Meena. Gabe didn't say anything, he just got up and went into the kitchen. Jake sat forward in his chair and rubbed his face tiredly in his hands. He glanced at both of us.

"You're lucky you have a boy," Jake said. "Raising a teenage girl is going to give me gray hair. Is it so wrong that I just want to protect her?"

"You need to learn to relax baby brother," Rebecca said patting my leg as Luke walked over to us and climbed onto Rebecca's lap. "Meena's a good kid."

"I just hope she remembers that," Jake muttered. He looked at us carefully. "So you two are okay then?"

"Yeah," Rebecca replied, looking at me with a bright smile. "We're great."

"Speaking of," I said, feeling my stomach twist nervously. "Luke, we wanted to talk to you for a minute."

"Okay," Luke responded innocently.

"Why don't I give you a minute," Jake told us, getting up to go into the kitchen where Gabe was.

"Luke," Rebecca said, wrapping her arms around his waist for a quick embrace. "Embry and I were talking last night, and we've decided we want to get married. What do you think of that idea?"

Luke sat frozen as he stared from me to his mom. He looked at me with a glare.

"Do you love my mom?" He asked indignantly.

"Yes," I replied simply. "I love you both more than my own life."

Luke eyed me for a moment before he nodded. "Okay then."

He got up off of Rebecca's lap and went back to play his video game. Rebecca and I looked at each other in confusion.

"Luke, are you sure you're okay with this?" Rebecca asked.

"You said in Hawaii you loved Embry. And when you love someone, aren't you supposed to get married?" Luke said. Hearing about Rebecca's feelings made me smile stupidly.

"Well, you can't fault him for his logic," I whispered and Rebecca lightly elbowed me in the stomach.

"Besides," Luke continued. "You're always laughing and stuff now. So yeah, I'm okay with you getting married. That means Embry will live with us all the time, right?"

"Yes," Rebecca and I said at the same time.

He turned to look at me carefully, "Am I supposed to call you Dad?"

I swallowed over the lump in my throat. "If you want."

"Okay then," Luke said before looking at Rebecca. "And you don't think that Dad will mind?"

"I think Ian will be very happy for all of us." Rebecca assured him.

Luke nodded. "So when are you getting married?"

"Well, how about today?" I asked. "We were thinking about driving down to Nevada. It's a long trip, but I'm sure we could get a hotel with a pool. We can go swimming tomorrow if you want."

"Yay!" Luke responded excitedly.

"When do we leave?" Jake suddenly appeared with Gabe.

"Yeah, you're not getting married without us," Ness spoke up out of nowhere. She had her arm around Meena's waist. Meena's eyes were a little puffy and red. Jake went over to his daughter and whispered an apology, hugging her tight.

"Let's go back to Billy's house so we can get you two packed for an overnight trip," I suggested.

By the time we left for Reno, we had Billy, the Blacks, Paul, Rachel, Devlin, and Sean, and Quil and Claire with us. Sam and Emily had agreed to watch Quil's daughter Kayley. I was going to see if my mother, step-father, and sister could meet us, but they were visiting my step-father's family on the east coast. We made a quick stop to Port Angeles so that I could pick up some clothes and a nice suit, and then we began the 14 hour drive.

We arrived in Reno shortly after 10 pm and drove to the first chapel we saw, the Agape Love Wedding Chapel. We walked into the building, me carrying a sleeping Luke. I froze when I picked up the familiar scent of vampire. I quickly handed Luke to Rebecca and stood protectively in front of them.

"Embry Call! I can't believe this is how you're going to get married!" An angry musical voice said.

I relaxed immediately as we walked into the chapel and saw the entire Cullen clan. Ness went over and hugged her parents. I went over and hugged my mentor, Carlisle, and then Esme.

"How'd you know?" I asked.

"Ness called to tell us you were headed to Reno," Carlisle explained. "When Alice found out your plans, she demanded that we all fly down here. She kept envisioning us at this chapel, so we came straight here and hoped you'd show up since she can't see you."

"The Agape Love Wedding Chapel? Really?" Alice said angrily, tapping her foot.

I avoided looking at her as a wedding coordinator came over to Rebecca and me. I was deeply touched to learn that the Cullens had taken care of all the arrangements for us. The woman soon left to take Rebecca back to an area where she could get dressed.

Another came to get me. I glanced apologetically at Alice before leaving to change into my suit. When I had a moment, I looked over their ring selection and found the perfect ring for Rebecca. It was a round cut diamond surrounded by multiple smaller diamonds. The band was also made up of tiny diamonds. It was classy and absolutely Rebecca. I picked out a ring for me as well. With everything taken care of, I walked back into the chapel with anticipation.

The first person I saw was Rebecca. She was talking to Bella, Rachel, Meena, and Ness. She had on an ivory colored suit jacket with a matching skirt that flared out at her knees. The jacket was v-shaped, hinting slightly at the abundant curves beneath. Her hair was piled on top of her head with a few loose tendrils framing her face. She was holding a bundle of fresh red roses that had sprigs of lavender mixed in. She looked amazing.

"Are you sure there's no way I can stop you from doing this and letting me organize a real wedding?" Alice suddenly said next to me.

"Sorry Alice," I replied, already taking a step towards my bride.

"Well, will you at least let me plan the baby shower?"

It took me a few seconds to let her words sink in.

"What did you say?" I asked in shock.

Alice made a gasping noise and covered her mouth with her hand. She pulled it away to mumble an apology.

"I'm sorry Embry. I thought you would have known. Can't you sense the difference in her?"

My eyes flew to Rebecca. I took a deep breath, ignoring the burning sensation caused by the vampires in the room. I picked up Rebecca's lavender and vanilla scent easily. But as I paid closer attention, I also picked up the almost untraceable scent of something else…it was unique, and it was new to Rebecca's usual smell. My mind began to regurgitate everything I had learned as a doctor. Having a baby at the age of 40 was dangerous, not only to the baby, but to the mother as well. Rebecca could die and it would be all my fault, because like a fucking idiot I didn't use birth control last night. I never remembered to use anything anytime I was near Rebecca.

"Okay, I can tell you're about to freak out," Alice said, right before her icy hands reached up to cup both sides of my face.

If I had been paying closer attention and not suffering from shock, it would have registered in my brain that it was Alice touching me. However, I wasn't thinking clearly. I jumped backwards as her sickening scent made my sense of smell want to explode. I went into a protective crouch, a low growl erupting from me.

Four things happened at once. Meena and Gabe grabbed Luke and took him out a side entrance. Ness grabbed Rebecca to restrain her from coming near me. Paul's son Devlin, one of the only active wolves in the room, flew to my side protectively. And Jasper grabbed my throat and plastered me to the wall.

"Jazz," Alice said urgently. "Jazz, it's okay. It was my fault. I shouldn't have touched him when he was in shock."

Jacob walked over, stood on my other side, and placed a firm hand on Jasper's shoulder. Jasper growled but Jacob didn't back down.

"I'm afraid I can't let you kill Embry, Jasper," Jake said firmly. "For one thing, my sister would be pissed. For another, Luke needs his dad."

Alice pushed against Jasper's chest even as Jasper's hands tightened around my throat.

"Please Jazz," Alice pleaded. "Let him go."

With one more squeeze which almost made me pass out, Jasper relented and let me go. I collapsed to the ground as I tried to get air down my throat. Carlisle was by my side instantly, checking for any damage. Alice crouched down next to my other side.

"I'm so sorry about all of this," Alice told me. "I should have explained. I had a vision on the flight down. I saw Rebecca holding the baby in a rocking chair. They were both fine, perfectly healthy in fact."

"Is everything okay in here?" The wedding coordinator asked, walking into the room with the official who was going to marry us.

'Yeah," I replied, quickly getting to my feet, my skin already healed where Jasper's hands had damaged it.

"Can we get a second?" Rebecca implored as she grabbed my hand and took me out into the hall. She looked at me and said, "Okay, what the hell was that about?"

I shook my head, reaching down to rest my hand on her lower stomach area.

"You're pregnant," I whispered.

"What?" Rebecca said, her eyes widening.

"Alice had a vision of you and a baby," I replied.

"I'm pregnant," Rebecca repeated in a somewhat awed voice, her hand covering mine. I watched as she began to glow before my eyes.

"I'm sorry," I told her.

"Sorry? Why?" Rebecca asked in a confused tone.

"The risk--"

Rebecca covered my mouth with her other hand. "Embry, I'm not worried, I'm ecstatic. You're going to get a chance to raise your child from the very beginning. Now, I can make up for what you lost with Luke."

I kissed her palm and pulled her to me for a tight hug. I never wanted to let her go.

"You have nothing to make up," I whispered against her hair. "As long as I have you and Luke, that's all I need."

"I want this Embry, I really do," Rebecca pleaded into my neck. "We're going to be fine. We're survivors…we always have been."

"Okay." I sighed with acceptance. Rebecca smiled happily in return.

"So can we get married now?" She asked.

Chuckling softly, I let Rebecca go but quickly took her hand in mine.

"Yeah, let's get married."

Before we walked into the chapel though, I stopped her.

"I can't believe how well Luke took it," I said in amazement. Rebecca shrugged.

"Ian and I were separated most of his life. I don't think he has a lot of memories of us playing happy family," Rebecca explained before grinning at me. "Besides, he told me when I was getting ready that he loves you."

My heart filled with joy at those words.

Rebecca giggled before adding, "He also said he's excited that we're going to all live together, because that will give him more chances to kick your butt in Monopoly."

I burst out laughing and that's how we began our marriage. We walked back into that chapel with smiles brightly lighting our faces. I never let go of Rebecca's hand once.

Not when we exchanged vows.

Not when we were pronounced husband and wife and I got to kiss my bride.

And not even when I carried our sleeping son back to our hotel and we all collapsed in the same bed, exhausted, but finally a family.


A/N – I've posted an original story on FFN's sister site. It's called "Watching Over Me." It's just a one-shot, but I'd love to get feedback on it as I'm thinking about expanding it into a full story and attempting to get it published. Check it out (the link is also on my profile page):

http://www(dot)fictionpress(dot)com/s/2775156/1/Watching_Over_Me

All right everyone, the epilogue is next and then this story will be complete. But first, one more big reveal needs to happen for Embry. ;)

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