Chapter 32

BPOV

Time had literally flown between the week Sophie had woken up from her coma and graduation. Graduating high school had finally arrived for me and Edward. Of course, Edward was suppose to have graduated a year before, but his vampirization had prevented that. Which was where I was fixing to be in the matter of months. With graduation bringing joy, it also brought the promise of the next stage in my life. Or should I say 'in my existence.' My plan to spend my life with Edward as a vampire brought me where I am right now.

I was sitting on the couch, twirling my thumbs together nervously. Esme sat with me, keeping a comforting arm around me. Sophie, still recovering from her recent coma that she woke up from almost three weeks ago, was upstairs sleeping. Jasper was sitting in the chair next to the couch, sending calming waves out to me.

We had been sitting here, each lost in our own thoughts, while the others were out faking mine and Sophie's death.

I was nervous that the police would suspect something, but most importantly, how our 'death' was going to affect Charlie's, Renee's, and Phil's life. I knew they would be sad, but I knew they would move on with their lives. I hated making them lose their only daughter and granddaughter, but I knew it had to be done. It was the only way Sophie and I could spend forever with Edward. It was the only way we could be a family.

It was an hour later that Esme and Jasper turned towards the door. They heard what my human ears couldn't hear yet. A second later, the front door opened. Carlisle came in first and went straight to Esme. Rose and Emmett came in holding hands with Alice dancing in right behind them. Jasper jumped up and took her in his arms. Finally, my Edward came in and I stood up. We made eye contact before we met in the middle. He wrapped his arms around my waist and mine around his. I buried my face in his soft shirt and took a deep breath in, filling my lungs with his scent. We stayed there for a minute before Carlisle cleared his throat. We all turned to look at him.

"As you can tell, the plan worked. There's nothing to be nervous about," he said, mostly addressing me. "The police believe it was an accident, nothing to be suspected," Carlisle said.

I saw Esme take a sigh of relief. Everyone went to their rooms to spend time with each other, leaving me alone with Edward. I buried my face in his shirt again, the question I was begging to ask leaning off the tip of my tongue. I had been wanting to ask it since he walked through the door.

"How is he?" he knew who I was referring to. He took a deep breath.

"He took it like any other parent would take it. He called Renee while on the scene. She was pretty torn up about it, too. But they were both happy for you and Sophie deep down, Under all their grief and sadness, they were a tad happy because they knew you didn't have to suffer on this planet anymore alone. They knew you were with me and Sammie," he explained softly.

I felt a few tears prickle from my eyes. I looked up at him and smiled a sad smile.

"That's partially true," I tried to lighten the mood.

Edward kept an emotionless face on.

"Bella, are you sure this is what you want?" he asked.

I smiled up at him, putting both of my hands on his face.

"I would go to the ends of the Earth and back if that meant I got to spend forever with you," I said, my face close to his.

He closed his eyes and laid his forehead on mine, a slight smile on his face.

"I love you," he whispered. I closed my eyes and smiled.

"I know," I said quietly. We both chuckled.

We looked into each others' eyes before our lips met passionately. After a few minutes, we pulled away, mostly so I could catch my breath. He buried his face between my shoulder and neck. I felt him kiss my pulse point lightly.

"I love you," I whispered in his ear.

*A Week Later*

I looked around the empty room, knowing the next time I saw it, almost a hundred years would have passed by. I felt a presence behind me and turned to see Edward standing in the doorway of his now empty room. I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"You ready to go, love? We're almost finished packing," he said.

"Yeah. Just looking at your room one last time. It's hard to believe we'll be back in a hundred years," I said.

Edward stood next to me and looked around the room, too. Then, he turned to me.

"That reminds me, I have something for you," he said. I turned to him confused.

He went to the door and stepped out for a minute to grab something. When he appeared again, he had a box in his hands.

"I managed to grab a few things from Charlie's house without him noticing," he said.

I opened the box as he held it up for me. Inside were two scrapbooks, that were familiar, one of Edward's shirts that I stole from him while he was still human, a necklace, and the teddy bear Edward had given to Sophie when we had to leave him and flee to Phoenix to escape James.

The first scrapbook was of mine and Edward's childhood since the first day we met. The second was Sophie's baby book. The necklace was my eighteenth birthday gift from Edward and Sophie.

"Thank you," I said with a smile.

"You're welcome. I know it's not much, but once your parents are….gone," he said trying to spare my feelings, "we can come back and get all your other things."

I shook off the shiver that came over me and smiled at him.

Since I wouldn't be able to walk around town without people thinking I was a ghost, the Cullens figured it was time to move on to another town. We decided to move to Rochester, New York, Rose's birthplace.

Esme already had a house ready for us there, so all we had to do was pick up our stuff and move. Of course, at the moment I didn't have a lot of stuff, but Alice promised to take me on many shopping trips to get me another wardrobe. That went for Sophie, too. Luckily we each had a few clothes at the Cullens, but we were both getting tired of washing and wearing the same outfits everyday.

Edward's head turned to the door, then back to me.

"They're finished," he announced.

I nodded. I took one more glance around the room before Edward put an arm around my shoulders, guiding us both down the stairs with my box in his other arm. We met Esme at the bottom of the stairs, who had Sophie in her arms. Edward took our daughter, juggling the box and her in each hand. We headed out to his silver Volvo. I loaded up the light box in the back as Edward strapped Sophie in her car seat. I took one last glance at the house.

Edward came over to my side and opened my door for me. I smiled at him and got in. Less than a second later, he was in the driver's seat, starting the engine. He took my hand and followed the line of cars and moving van down the drive. Emmett was in his Jeep, Rose in her BMW, Carlisle in his Mercedes, Jasper on his motorcycle, Alice in her Porsche, and Esme in the movie van.

"Where are we going, Daddy," the tiny voice of my daughter asked from the backseat.

I smiled again as Edward answered Sophie.

"We're going home."

I'mmmmmmmm baaaaaaaack! :) Okay, I know it's been forever since I've updated! Seriously, I have no free time anymore. This was the first night in forever since I've managed to get some free time! Don't hate me! Would it make you happy if I said the next chapter is going to have a white dress in it? Hint hint! ;) We're almost finished with this journey, unfortunately. I'M NOT DONE YET! But it will eventually come to and end. All good things must end :( But it will all be worth it in the end and the ending is going to be awesome and totally worth the wait! Thank you for those who have stuck with me for so long! Yall get a fist pump and a high five for that! Sooooo there was that chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! Now tell me, are you ready for some Breaking Dawn? Only a month left! Woo-hoo! Review! :)

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