Hey everyone. I decided I wanted to finish this story, so I posted the final Chapter before I even worked on the next chapter of TOSOH. Haha, you're all very lucky. Or not, whatever.
I'd like to thank everyone who reads this story, or helped me by coming up with ideas. And I'd like to thank everyone who stuck with me till the end. Thank you all for supporting me and helping me finish a story. For the first time in my life!
Your reviews were what kept me going, you guys are amazing. The best readers a writer could ask for.
Well, now that that's said, I think you're all anticipating the FINAL chapter. Yes, it's officially the last one.
I hope you'll enjoy it, since it's the last one I'm giving you. *sniff.* I'm a bit emotional right now. I can't believe it's THE END!
Okay, not for you, since you still have this chapter to read, but it is to me.
Now, I won't keep you waiting any longer. I'll say the rest I want to say later. ENJOY.
EPOV
"Oh my god! I can't believe that's us! We looked so cute when we were little…" My eyes didn't even look at the pictures in Bella's hands, all I could look at was Bella's face; the smile playing on her lips and the twinkle in her eyes as she studied our past. My arm was around her waist and we were sitting in our living room. Alice, Rose, Jasper and Emmett were all laughing as Bella handed them the picture.
Rose giggled, while Emmett's laugh filled the entire room. "Ha! Eddie, don't you look dashing?" I rolled my eyes at him, admiring Bella again.
It had been at least three months since we got back together again. I really enjoyed my time with Bella and ever since she had been mad at me I appreciated it even more. I had felt how it was without her and it wasn't good. The day we got back together seemed such a long time ago. The moment she saw me standing there; I could still remember her face when she realized I was the one sending her the roses. Ha, who did she think was sending them? I would have knocked that guy straight to the floor.
Bella giggled at the sight of another picture of the two of us. I smiled at her and took the picture she gave me. It was very sweet, Bella was all covered in chocolate sauce and you could see me standing behind her, with a big grin on my face. I handed the picture to Alice, waiting for Emmett's reaction to this one.
My mind kept wandering back to three months ago, after Bella had given me a big hug, not letting go for about five minutes. She let go of me and looked me straight in the eye, telling me that we 'need to talk'. We had gone inside, sit at their table and Bella had started straight away, telling me everything that was bothering her. How I had really hurt her, by sleeping with Tanya and then make her my girlfriend a week after that. Then I had done it again by lying to her about it. I didn't even try to make up excuses, I knew what I had done and I wasn't proud of it.
But then she had said something that shocked me the most; telling me that she was afraid I didn't want her the same way I wanted Tanya.
How could she be so unknowing about that sort of stuff?
To my surprise, Emmett had no comment about the picture that was now being handed to him, except for a stupid chuckle. I let out a sigh of relief and looked at the source of my happiness. She was smiling at me, looking pretty happy too. It felt good to me that I could make her happy like this.
It was also amazing how well Bella could get along with my family. She and Alice were practically sisters and she and Rose acted as if they knew each other as long as she had known Alice. The three of them were together a lot, which made it hard for us guys to go out with our girls.
But my brothers liked Bella too. Emmett thought Bella was absolutely adorable, being as clumsy as she is and having to blush all the time. He had a lot of fun just watching how she would react so some strange comment he would make and Jasper thought it was funny, too. I, however, would tell them as many times as I could that they should stop that and give Bella some rest. But Bella assured me it wasn't necessary, that she thought it was okay and that it was just the way she was. Yeah okay, but they didn't have to make fun about it!
Alice waved for Bella to come over, which Bella did. The three girls started giggling about something that Alice pointed at on the picture. Me, Jasper and Emmett just looked at each other and rolled our eyes. This was so typical.
But I enjoyed every moment of it.
A smiling Bella walked back to me, keeping eye contact all the time. I grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the room. "Come on." I said to her. I took her upstairs, to my room, where I closed the door and pressed her up against it.
"Edward!" She giggled and put her arms around my neck. My mouth immediately went to her neck, not being able to resist the temptation of it. "What are you doing?" She asked, a bit surprised of my sudden action. I couldn't help it, I'd been wanting to do this all night but my family was there all the time. I was hardly ever alone with her anymore these days.
"Mm, Edward." My mouth went up more, now it finally reached her mouth. I pressed my lips against hers and pulled her closer to me.
After a while I let her go, well, my lips let her go. "God, I've been wanting to do this all night long. You're pretty hard to get alone with, you know." Bella laughed and pressed her lips against mine again. "Come on." I said. "Let's get out of here."
Bella smiled and nodded, so I took her hand again and, again, dragged her away. I ran downstairs with Bella behind me. "Don't wait up!" I shouted at my family, who were still in the living room, but were now watching a movie.
"Where are you guys going, Edward?" Alice yelled after me, but I had already closed the door. Bella was laughing behind me while I was still running. I finally stopped to open the car door for her. She eyed me suspiciously, but didn't say a word until I got in the car too.
"Come on, Edward, tell me where we're going."
I shrugged. "I have no idea, to tell you the truth. But I do know I'm hungry. Do you want some Chinese food?" She nodded with a tiny smile and I drove away from the house. Away from my family. Finally alone with Bella, which is what I wanted the most out of everything.
After we got the food, we were both silent in the car, just enjoying the moment with each other. At least, that was what I was doing. Who knows what she was thinking about…
I got an idea. I wanted to go back to the place where I spent one of the most amazing nights of my life. It was only a short drive, so we could be there in about five minutes. Of course, we'd have to walk a little bit, but I didn't mind. Maybe Bella would, though. But last time she didn't really thought it was that bad, did she?
Well, we'd see about that in a few minutes. I drove there in silence, Bella didn't say a word. She knew me too well. I didn't really like it if people wouldn't drop a subject. Of course, the only person who would be smart enough to drop subjects if I didn't want to talk about it was Bella. But she was the one person who could do that, without me getting mad. Because I could never be mad at Bella.
I parked the car and quickly opened her door, before she could do it herself. She still wasn't very used to being treated like a lady, which bothered me a bit. Not about her, though, more that people didn't treat her like that, before.
I took her hand and walked beside her, this time not running, or dragging her along. We were just two people in love, walking here beside each other. I let go of her hand, just to replace it by putting my arm around her waist. Bella looked up at me and I couldn't resist giving her a little kiss on her forehead.
"You know, I've been wanting to go here for a long time now." She whispered, giving me a chill all the way down my spine. I couldn't resist this girl, she had some kind of.. control over me. It had been like this since that Biology project. "I have some pretty good memories here. Well, the day after was a disaster, but the time we spent here was amazing."
I'd have to agree. It had been a magical night. "Really?" I asked, though I believed her. Mostly because I shared her opinion, but also because her voice sounds so sincere. "I remember it well. It was the first time you told me you loved me."
Bella laughed. "Yes, and so did you. It seems like it was only yesterday. It's been about three months now?" I nodded. Yes, it seemed such a short time ago, but when I thought about everything that's happened; Bella and I breaking up, me going after that tape in the middle of the night, giving her roses with cryptic little remarks on the card, Bella flying into my arms when she sees me standing there waiting for her and Bella telling me everything that was on her mind.
I let out a sigh of happiness as we arrived in the meadow. This was where I wanted to be. This was the girl I wanted to be with. I wouldn't let it go again. I'd never let her leave me again.
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BPOV
"What's wrong Edward?" I asked when he sighed. Was he not happy? He looked pretty happy. What's with all the sighing?
Edward looked down at me and smiled. "Nothing Bella. Everything's perfect." I giggled, and put both my arms around his neck. His arms were wrapped around my waist and he pulled me closer. My eyes were fixated on his lips. He had the most kissable lips. I didn't know how I could be so lucky that I could be with him. That he wanted me. Everything that had gone wrong between the two of us was all forgotten. The thing when we were little kids, I hardly ever thought about it. That was in the past and this was now. This was more important than some stupid little fight when Edward and I were kids.
I gave Edward a quick kiss on the lips and leaned away. "I love you." I whispered again. I had said it so many times, but everytime the words left my mouth, I felt myself glow with happiness. I always anticipated Edward's reaction. He would say he loved me too, or he would kiss me. It was hard to believe I was really in love. Jessica used to accuse me of never being able to love someone. Ha! I showed her. I'm guessing she's not very happy about it, though. She was never really a good friend and she proved that with the whole Tanya stunt.
Edward told me he that he had seen a letter from Tanya, or to Tanya (I couldn't remember. I was way too happy too pay close attention to all that Jessica/Tanya stuff when he told me.) on Jessica's desk. I didn't know what it said and I couldn't care less. It was probably something about that day and I didn't want to think about that day.
Though the day after was pretty amazing with all the roses and cards.
Edward's eyes stared at mine. "You know what?" He said, with a grin spread on his lips. "I love you, too." We both laughed and I gave him another quick kiss on the lips. "So…" He said. "What about a picnic?" I watched with surprised eyes when he revealed a big blanket and showed the bag with the take-out Chinese food.
I grinned. "Sounds delicious, mr. Cullen." He chuckled and set everything up. Then he patted the ground next to where he was sitting. I rolled my eyes, a big smile on my face, and sat next to him on the blanket. I took the box with food he handed me and quickly took a few bites. I was pretty hungry and it tasted delicious.
After eating the food without saying too many words we shoved the food aside and laid down next to each other. He took my hand and we both laughed at the cliché. "It's a clear night, tonight." He murmured. I told him I agreed and lay there in silence, staring at the stars.
He told me a funny story about Alice and Rose and I laughed. We talked about them for a while, he told me that he enjoyed seeing me with his family, because we could get along so well. It was so easy to be with his family, they were all so nice. I really liked Alice and Rose, but the guys were fantastic too.
"Oh!" Edward said and the sudden sound of his voice scared me a little for about a second, because it had been so quiet. "Look at that." He pointed at the sky. "A falling star." I saw it, but it was already gone now. "Make a wish…" He told me, his face now turning towards mine.
I looked at him. This wasn't very hard. "I wish," I said, thinking how I could say this right. "I wish life could be like this forever." He smiled and I couldn't help but smile too.
I just lay there, Edward's arms around me, whispering sweet words now and then, staring at the stars. This was it. This was happiness. This was love.
And I would never let it go.
THE END.
*Sniff.* I'm sorry. This was IT, guys. This was my first story, now it's official: It's the end.
I want you to know that I'll think about a sequel, since many of you asked for it. I'm not saying that I will make a sequel, I'm just saying that I'll think about it. I might have a few ideas, but of course I'm not sure if a lot of people would read it. You tell me. ;]
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If you enjoyed this story, you should definitely check out my other story The Other Side Of Him. If you're sad about the end of this one, maybe that one can cheer you up a bit. Well, it's just a suggestion.
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Inge.
