[Disclaimer] Everything Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer

[A/N] Welcome to the end of my little story here. A big thank you goes out to every one of my readers who has been so incredibly supportive; especially those of you who have been with me from the very start. You are amazing. Thank you.

What's up next? I've been dealing with some health issues lately that I need to take care of first. Unfortunately that also means a little break from writing. I'm very sorry about that.

After that, when my health is hopefully better, I'm planning on signing up for Camp NaNoWriMo for April. The story for that project is going to be called Four Hearts.

Anyway enough with my rambling and on with the story down there. I hope you'll enjoy it.

**37**

Bella leaned her head against Alice's shoulder. "Are you sad about the divorce?"

"In a way, I am." Alice whispered. She cuddled closer against Bella and planted several kisses on her girlfriend's neck.

"We're not going to be stepsisters anymore when they get the divorce." Bella stated. "I actually think that's a good thing."

"But Dad and Renee are so mad at each other. It's like they suddenly hate the other one. Why do things like this happen?"

"I don't know. Sometimes adults are idiots. We should try to focus on us and our own plans for the future."

Alice nodded. She interlaced the fingers of her left hand with Bella's and lifted them to her lips to kiss them gently. They would never end up like their parents. Lying and hating each other. Alice would do anything to prevent such a thing to happen.

"I love you." Bella whispered. "I'm so glad to have you. Without you I couldn't endure all the chaos around us. You're like my security blanket."

They kissed. Slow at first. It was still making them nervous to show their affection for one another so openly in a public place like the park. It made Alice feel awkward when people snarled comments about them. She was trying to ignore this though.

"Dad has agreed to give me the money for my…I mean for our apartment." Alice told Bella. "I've got some pictures on my phone. Do you want to see them?"

"Sure." Bella said. "I can't believe Carlisle is going to pay for our place."

Alice frowned. "If you ask me, he only did it out of defiance. That's just another pissing contest between him and Charlie."

"Maybe, you're right. I can't believe my parents are hooking up again. When I was a little girl, that was my biggest wish."

Alice nodded. The last few months had been chaotic. Her Dad hadn't taken the news well when he had found out it was Charlie who had gotten Renee pregnant. One ugly word had led to the other and now both of their parents were only talking to each other through their lawyers.

"I'm worried about Eddie. He's too young to understand all of this."

"Well, he's still going to see Carlisle regularly. The kid will get used to having two homes now instead of one."

Bella cupped Alice's chin in her palm. "I can't wait for our own home. It's just one more week until we're moving away. I'm so excited."

A quick glimpse on her watch showed Bella that it was time for them to go home now.

When she opened the door, she cringed slightly. It was so weird to have her parents living under one roof again.

"Hi Girls," Charlie greeted them. "How's it going?"

He was trying to put a baby mobile together while Eddie hopped up and down on the chair next to him, eager to help like usually. Charlie was good with handling the kid. You had to give him credit for that.

"We're doing great. I can't wait to move to Chicago though."

"I don't like the idea of you moving so far away all by yourself. Are you going to live in the dorms there?"

"No," Alice said. "My father is going to pay for our apartment. It's close to the campus though."

Charlie rubbed his thumb over the place where his moustache had been up until last week. Renee had made him shave it off. Who was he to argue with a pregnant woman?

"Bells, I don't want you to accept money from that jerk. If anyone is going to pay for the place where you and Alice are going to live, it'll be me."

"Dad, please. Not that again. It doesn't matter who of you pays for our apartment. I'd rather have Mom and Carlisle talk to each other again."

"Give them some time. Divorces are ugly. When your mother and I got divorced I didn't talk to her in over two years."

Alice walked over to the fridge to pull a bottle of diet coke out of it.

"Eddie, do you want to eat something?"

"Charlie and I had sandwiches." The boy stated. Then he turned to Bella's father "Can I put the glue on now? Please!"

"Yep, you can." Charlie mumbled. "Right here, don't use too much. Yes, this is enough. Thanks for helping me."

Eddie smiled proudly.

"You need to wash your hands. Alice, can you take him upstairs and make sure he doesn't touch anything? It would suck if the kid ends up glued to the stairs or somewhere."

When Alice and Eddie were out of sight Bella sighed deeply.

"Is everything okay, Bells?" Charlie asked, taking a sip from the can of beer next to him.

"It's nothing."

"You need to stop pretending that everything is fine when it's not. Tell me what's going on in your head."

"Why do people end up hating each other when they've been in love once?"

"You mean because of your mother and your stepdad?"

"For example," Bella stated. "Or you and her."

"Bells, I don't really want to interfere with your mother's second marriage. Both of them have made mistakes. This is what people do. They fuck up."

"But you and mom are together again. How can you be sure that things are going to work out this time?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't. Love is always a risk. Moving down here was a risk. Having this child is a risk. But some things are just worth to risk them."

xxxx

"Come here." Alice whispered. "You're so tensed. Let me give you a massage."

"Yes, please." Bella groaned. "I feel like all my muscles are sore from packing up all our shit."

"Are you excited for tomorrow?"

"I'm a bit too exhausted right now to be excited but yes, I'm excited or more like nervous."

Alice sighed and leaned over Bella's shoulder to plant a kiss on her mouth. "Don't have to be. It's going to be wonderful in Chicago. I just know it."

Bella closed her eyes. She enjoyed how Alice started to knead the tensed muscles in her neck before she slowly moved her hands a bit lower.

"I want us to be together forever."

"We will be together forever. Do you want to know why?" Alice asked, standing up from the mattress. "Because you love me the way I am and don't want me to change."

"Yes." Bella whispered. "I will always love you."

She reached down to search for the box under the bed and opened it. "I'm glad we don't need the condoms anymore."

"You didn't need to get on the pill. I don't like the idea of you taking artificial hormones. That can't be healthy."

"It's okay. I just want us to be safe. I don't feel like sharing you with a little rugrat yet."

"You're right." Alice mumbled. Then she grabbed the plastic bag inside the box and pulled out the silver-colored plastic dildo. Buying the toy had been one of her most embarrassing experiences in her life. But now she was eager to test it with Bella. How would that feel like to have the dildo inside of her? Would it hurt?

"I'd love to know what is going on in that pretty little head of yours. " Bella stated, taking the toy from her girlfriend's hands. "Do you want to test it? Tonight?"

"Yes," Alice mouthed, before she sat down on Bella's lap. She gently pushed her down onto the soft pillows underneath her. "You'll be careful with me. Right?"

"Always," Bella promised. "I want to make you feel good."

She pushed Alice's top up and circled her thumb over the rosy tips of her breasts. "You're so beautiful. Does it feel good when I do this?" she asked, rubbing the pebbled nipple a bit harder.

"Yes…this is good. Keep going."

Their mouths found each other in a hungry kiss that barely managed to suppress the moans. It was a good thing they were alone in the house tonight. Renee and Charlie had taken Eddie to the wedding rehearsal of Emmett and Rosalie. Why would someone need a rehearsal for a wedding anyway?

Piece by piece of the girls clothing ended up in a messy pile next to the bed. It was then that Alice noticed that the mirror in the corner of the room was turned towards the bed now.

"What are you looking at?" Bella asked, lowering her hand to Alice's pulsing erection.

"Just us," Alice said, pointing towards the mirror. Bella raised her head and blushed when she saw her own naked reflection.

Alice laughed. "Do you like to watch us?"

"Maybe,"

"I think you do." Alice stated, letting her fingers glide down Bella's abdomen. When she reached the small stripe of dark curls and lowered her hand a bit, she felt slick wetness on her fingertip.

"I want to taste you. Lie back."

Bella whimpered and parted her legs. The feeling of Alice's velvety tongue against her clit was amazing. Alice's movements got faster and faster, making Bella rock her hips greedily against the mouth on her pussy. She was going to come. It wouldn't be long.

"Alice…oh…god Alice, please, I want you inside me when I come. Please, baby, I need you so much."

Alice groaned and parted Bella's legs a bit further. She rubbed the head of her hard erection against the slick folds for a few moments, coating herself in Bella's arousal. Then she pushed inside. Without the barrier of the condom the heat and tightness felt even better to her.

For a moment she felt like she was going to come right now. It was just too much sensation.

Her fingers reached down to stroke Bella above the spot where their bodies were connected with each other. Bella's inner muscles tightened and when Alice thrust forward for the next time both of them reached the peak of their lust.

"Don't move. Let's just lie so for a moment." Bella whispered breathlessly.

After a while Alice rolled down from her, planting a row of open mouthed kisses down Bella's throat.

"I want you to use the toy on me now. Please, Bella."

Bella grabbed the toy and rubbed her fingers up and down the plastic shaft. She stroked gently over Alice's outer lips, carefully making sure that she was wet enough for her to put the toy inside.

"Try to keep breathing deeply. I'll do it slow."

With that she pushed the head of the toy inside of Alice, instantly stopping when she felt her girlfriend cramp.

"Does it hurt?"

"Yes."

"Do you want me to stop?" Bella asked, stopping her movements. "We don't have to do this, if it's uncomfortable for you."

Alice shook her head. "No, keep going. I want this."

Bella leaned down to touch her lips very lightly against Alice's mouth while she continued moving the toy back and forth going a tiny bit deeper with every thrust. Eventually the wet glistening dildo was fully inside of Alice. She whimpered. It felt strange to her to be filled like this. The pain was sharp. It was almost too much. Did it feel like this for Bella when she was inside of her?

"Is it still painful for you?"

"A bit," Alice croaked, surprised that she was able to form words at all. "Does it hurt you too when I'm in you?"

"No, only the first time. Now, it just feels wonderful." Bella told Alice while she twisted the base of the dildo between her hands. "Maybe you need a bit distraction. Let me…," Bella murmured. She lowered her head and licked teasingly slow over the head of Alice's hard length.

"God, Bella." Alice moaned while Bella sucked her penis between her warm lips. Alice's inner muscles relaxed a bit. After a few moments she could feel her climax beginning to build. Her toes curled, her heartbeat stopped for a second and then the sweetest relief possible washed over Alice.

"I love you." Bella whispered, pulling the toy carefully out of Alice to place it next to them on the bed. "You and I, we belong together forever."

xxxx

"I don't want you to move." Eddie stated, his little face turning into a frown. "Mom, tell Bella she needs to stay here with us."

Renee tried to kneel down next to him without losing her balance. It wasn't easy for her with the baby bump.

"Your sisters are big girls now. They can't stay here. But if they move out, it means you get their room. It's bigger than your old one."

"Can we paint it blue?"

"Sure, we can." Charlie stated, lifting another suitcase into the trunk of the rental car. "We can do it next weekend."

Then he turned to Bella and hugged her. "You girls take care of each other, okay?"

"Yes, Dad,"

"I got a present for you. Promise me that you'll carry that with you when you walk somewhere after dark."

He pulled out a can with pepper spray and handed it to Bella. Should I show you how it works?"

"No, thanks, I think I already know that."

Carlisle's car stopped in front of the house and Renee's face turned into a hard mask. She and her soon-to-be ex-husband still weren't on best terms with each other.

"You're still here. I thought we'd be too late to tell you goodbye."

"You are late." Renee snarled. "But I already knew you wouldn't make it here on time."

"Mommy, are you angry at Daddy?" Eddie asked, tugging on the sleeve of his mother's shirt.

"No, sweetie, I'm not. Come on now. Tell your sisters goodbye."

Bella lifted him up and pressed her forehead against his. "You need to take care of Mom for me while I'm gone. Will you do that for me?"

He nodded.

"Can I get a kiss for goodbye?" Bella asked, already knowing the answer.

"No yucky kissies. You can kiss Alice. She likes it."

Alice hugged Bella from behind and stroked over Eddie's copper head. "Good bye, little lion. We will miss."

"I'll miss you too. I don't want you to go."

"I know."

"Come with me, Eddie. We'll see if there's any more ice-cream hidden in the fridge." Charlie stated. He petted Bella's shoulder again and walked inside the house, pulling the boy with him.

"He's letting the boy eat too much candy." Carlisle grumbled.

"Carlisle, please don't start another fight." Esme tried to calm him. "You and Renee can sort your problems another time. Try to compose yourself for a few minutes."

"You're right." Carlisle sighed. "Bella, Alice, I hope you're going to have a safe trip." He handed Alice an envelope and hugged her. "Don't spend all of it on clothes. Okay?"

Then he handed a small box to Bella. "That's for you."

"A stethoscope!" Bella called out when she opened the box. "Wow, that's great. Thank you."

"You're welcome. I'm sorry that I've been such a jerk."

"Hear, hear." Renee nagged. "Acceptance is always the first step."

She stepped forward and hugged first Alice, then Bella, almost bursting into tears when she did so.

"I don't like that you've grown up so fast."

Bella planted a kiss on Renee's cheek. "Mom, please, don't cry. You won't even notice that I'm gone. Eddie and the baby will keep you busy."

The girls stepped inside the car and waved their hand at their parents. Their faces got smaller and smaller until they finally disappeared completely in the review mirror.

Alice sobbed loudly next to Bella.

"Hey, why are you crying now? You don't want us to stay here, do you?"

"No, I just hate saying goodbye so much."

"It's not goodbye forever. We'll be back sooner than you think, we will."

Bella placed her hand on Alice's and squeezed it gently. It made her happy that Alice was wearing her ring on her finger. Destiny had brought them together. She was sure about that. The street ahead of them was empty. They would manage to make it quite far before it would get dark again.

"Are you happy?" Alice asked Bella, swallowing back more tears in her throat.

"Very," Bella stated. "I get to start College together with my beautiful girlfriend. That sounds good to me."

We are perfect for each other, Alice thought, closing her fingers around Bella's hand. Life was finally good to her and just like love; it was full of possibilities.