A/N: Okay by now you should know that if you took the time to review I am beyond grateful, but just in case Thank you, truly!

This is the final regular chapter. I'm not going to lie, I really didn't want to post it, I'm not ready to say goodbye but all things must end, right? Meet me at the bottom for a longer A/N.

Steph Meyer owns Twilight. Enjoy.

Chapter 37

The End

EPOV

To say that coming home was a bittersweet experience was an understatement. From the second I walked in to the door I felt like I could breathe again. I was back home with my wife and son and I couldn't have been more grateful. The bitterness was from Bella. I hadn't brought up her sad disposition the other times we talked when I was in L.A. but I could feel it. It was all I could think about.

Something wasn't right. When I walked into our home she gave me hug and a kiss and tried to act like she was okay. She was different; she was keeping something from me. My heart broke at the thought of her relapsing in to her earlier depression, where she'd shut me out.

I asked her if everything was okay before we went to bed my first night home. She said everything was fine and her tone seemed honest enough, but her eyes and the way she bit her lip told me she was hiding something from me.

Unfortunately, she hadn't really done anything, so the pure anger I was feeling was unwarranted. But I was angry. I was mad that after so much work she could shut me out so quickly. I had no grounds to think she was lying to me except for that I knew my wife, and something was off. It ate at me for the next couple of days while we packed to head to Colorado. I had decided that it would be in my best interest to just be there for her and hope that she would come to me.

I thought that maybe she was just in need of a get-away. If things weren't back to normal by the time we made it back from the cabin then I would push her to be honest with me. So we went about our lives while preparing to leave and I pretended not to notice her odd behavior.

I acted like I didn't notice the way her bottom lip had marks from being bitten. I pretended not to pay attention to the fact that she would start sentences and then stop herself from finishing them. The scariest thing too was the fact that she was spending more time in bed than usual. That really worried me, it took me back to that first month after Hannah's death when she had set up a permanent residence between our sheets, but like everything else I let her think I didn't notice it.

Aside from her strange behavior Bella seemed fairly content. She wasn't angry she didn't seem depressed either, just off.

We ended up leaving the night of the twenty-second so that we could get to the cabin by tomorrow evening. It would be almost an eighteen hour drive and I was not looking forward to keeping a small child trapped in the car that long. Bella said she didn't want to have Ayden on a plane just yet, but really I thought she was just in love with the idea of a road trip. She had always loved driving to new places and checking out things along the way. I did too; I just wasn't so convinced our son would feel so eager after hour ten.

I had been sleeping all day in preparation for the drive and when I woke up Bella had already loaded all of our bags and presents into the car.

She was positively bouncing in eagerness. She was glowing in her cheer and I couldn't help but grin at how happy she seemed, even if her mood swings were giving me whiplash I loved seeing her so giddy.

She hadn't seen me come down the stairs as I watched her dance around the living room with Ayden on her hip. She was singing jingle bell rock while Ayden tried to sing along.

"Oh I see you've found a new dance partner." I teased.

She jumped a bit at the sound of my voice and then grinned widely at me. "What can I say the kid can cut a rug." She laughed. This all felt so familiar and so right. I loved how we were a family again.

I walked toward the loves of my life and pulled them both into a hug. I kissed Ayden on the forehead before my lips met Bella's. Ayden giggled and tried to push our faces apart as we kissed.

With everything already being loaded I went and got dressed in a comfortable pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I threw on my coat and we were out the door quickly.

"Are you ready?" I asked Bella as we pulled out of the driveway.

"You have no idea." She mumbled while staring at the window. The first few hours of the trip went by quickly. Bella and I talked the whole time while Ayden slept. Bella had been up since five in the morning getting ready for today so she fell asleep fairly soon.

I rode for hours with the radio on quietly stealing the occasional glance at Bella. Even asleep she was still the most beautiful woman I had ever seen.

I drove until day break before pulling into a small dinner so we could grab some breakfast.

"Wake up beautiful." I whispered to Bella while moving her hair from her face and kissing her cheek.

"mmm." She moaned. "Do you always have to be so cheesy?" She laughed with her eyes still closed.

"You love me." I declared.

"Says you." She teased. I arched an eyebrow at her and she just smiled. I shook my head at my 'oh so funny' wife and got Ayden awake and unbuckled.

We sat down at a little booth in the corner and waited for the waitress to come take our orders.

"I'm going to take Ayden to wash his hands real quick. Will you get me an orange juice and him milk?" Bella asked as she got up from the table.

"Do you want a cup of coffee too?" I asked although I'm sure she would.

"No, that's okay, juice is fine." She said quickly. Well I wasn't expecting that. I ordered our drinks and Bella and Ayden returned shortly.

We talked about the drive and after a little debate we decided I would just drive the rest of the way. I was awake and I knew we would get there a lot faster with me driving.

The older, friendly looking, waitress returned and took our orders. She stuck around for a few extra minutes to gush over Ayden.

"Isn't he just the most gorgeous little thing I've ever seen." She smiled.

I nodded my head at Ayden and he smiled before pressing his fingers against his lips and blowing the waitress a kiss.

She chuckled and shook her head while my wife's jaw dropped nearly hitting the table. I couldn't hide a laugh and she tried to glare at me but I could see the amusement in her face.

"Tell me you didn't teach him to do that." Bella said still trying to sound annoyed.

"Um, okay I didn't teach him that." I said like a child.

"Did too, Daddy." Ayden said while playing with sugar packets.

"Narc. See if I teach you how to wink at girls next." I mumbled. Bella rolled her eyes at me and tried not to laugh. Our food arrived shortly and we ate in relative silence.

Bella stayed awake for the remainder of the ride to the cabin and I was grateful to have someone up, keeping me company. It was early evening when we finally made it down the long snow lined drive. Bella picked up a sleeping Ayden wrapping him in a heavy blanket before making the run inside. I headed toward the trunk to start unloading. By the time I got the first bags out Emmett and Jasper were there to help carry in all the gifts.

"How was the drive, man? Emmett asked as we lugged a ton of junk into the foyer of the cabin.

"Fine, how about yours?" I questioned. Emmett and Rose had also decided to drive up since Kallie was still so young.

He sighed heavily and shook his head. "I swear dude, it's amazing we both made it here alive. I was about ready to push her out of the car." Emmett laughed. I knew he would never seriously consider doing that to his wife, if for no other reason than he was too scared of an angry Rose.

I stumbled in to find my parents and the girls all in the kitchen. Bella already had a cup of coco in front of her and Kallie in her arms.

Everyone hugged me as I came in.

"How was the trip son?" My dad questioned.

"It was fine." I shrugged.

"We were just discussing sleeping arrangements." Mom mentioned.

"Okay so there are five bedrooms, we were thinking each of the couples gets a room and we can put Rosalyn and Ayden down in the other. Rose said that Kallie can stay in their room, that way she isn't waking up the other kids if she gets fussy in the middle of the night. Is everyone okay with that?" Alice asked excitedly.

I saw Emmett want to protest but Rose shot him a look and he dropped it. It wasn't hard to figure out what part of the arrangement he had a problem with.

Everyone nodded and the guys went into the living room to watch football while the girls sat in the kitchen, doing whatever it is females do when they all congregate in the kitchen.

"So you and Bella seem to be doing pretty well." Jasper said. Emmett never took his eyes off of the television.

"Yeah I guess, I mean things have been great for a while, but I can't shake the feeling that something is wrong. She's been happy today but with how she's been acting I feel like she's keeping something from me." I said, surprising myself with how open I was being with my brother-in-law.

"Man, I don't know what to tell you. All you can do is be there for her and hope that she'll come to you in her own time." Jasper said. Before I could respond we were cut off by a loud shriek coming from the kitchen.

"Alice." Jasper and I said at the same time. No telling what she was so keyed up about.

BPOV

It felt so good to be able to stretch my legs. My back had been killing me from the car ride. Almost instantly after arriving at the house the boys went to watch ESPN while we congregated around the island in the kitchen.

"This place is absolutely gorgeous Esme. You've really out done yourself with the decorating." I said.

"Thank you dear, we really should come up here more often." We all nodded as Esme poured her and Rose another glass of wine.

"Oh I'm sorry Bella; I didn't mean to leave you out." She rushed as she filled a third glass of beautiful wine.

"No, that's okay. I'm fine with the hot chocolate." I said a little too quickly.

"Nonsense dear, you have to try this. I've been saving this bottle for a special occasion. It's amazing." She said sliding my glass to me.

"It really is one of her best bottles." Rose said as she took another drink.

"I appreciate it, but I'll stick with what I have. You go ahead though." I said.

Before Esme could say anything else Alice let out an ear piercing shriek.

"Holy mother of God, Alice!" Rose yelled as she rubbed her ear that was probably now damaged.

"You're pregnant!" Alice declared, ignoring Rose completely.

Everyone's eyes went wide as they stared at my stomach.

"Shhh….I am not!" I said firmly.

"Then why aren't you drinking, Bella?" Rose asked suspiciously.

"Ugh, I'm not pregnant…I've just…I've decided that I want to start trying again and I figured better safe than sorry." I said in a surprisingly calm voice.

"Oh" Alice mumbled.

"Edward must be so thrilled." Esme said in a tone that sounded slightly sad.

"Um, he doesn't know yet. I wanted to tell him as a Christmas present…yeah I wanted to wait and surprise him with the news. Could the three of you please not say anything to him?" I begged.

"Of course" Rose spoke for the group.

The girls continued talking about babies and me having more. Esme just sat and occasionally I would catch her giving me a small smile. The woman had a way of being able to see in someone's soul with her eyes. It made me a little nervous some of the time.

The evening wore on and we all decided to watch a movie together. Which movie was a debate. The guys wanted to watch 'A Christmas Story' while the ladies wanted to watch 'It's a wonderful life'. Thanks to Emmett's pouting, and Edward getting Ayden and Rosalyn on their side we settled in to watch someone get their eye shot out.

Esme and Carlisle were sitting on the couch as were Alice and Jasper. Rose and Emmett had cuddled up on the oversized recliner while the kids were sprawled out on the floor in front of the television.

Edward and I were on the love seat. I was sitting on one end while he laid down with his head on my lap. His legs hung over the arm of the small couch but he swore he was comfortable. As we laughed and quoted the movie I ran my fingers through Edward's gorgeous hair. He sighed a little and it didn't take long before he was completely out.

Before the credits rolled I had dozed off myself.

I was rudely awakened by a blinding flash.

"Bitch" I muttered.

"That's what they tell me." Rosalie laughed putting the camera back in her case.

"I thought you might prefer to sleep in an actual bed, rather than here on this tiny couch. By the way you've got just a little bit of drool." She smiled motioning to her chin.

"I do not." I grumbled but rubbed my chin anyway.

I gently shook Edward until he was half awake. We decided to let the kids stay on their pallet on the floor tonight before we stumbled our way down the hall to our room. We both quietly climbed into bed and intertwined ourselves together without a word before falling asleep.

It was early in the morning when I felt the bed bouncing up and down from the weight of someone.

"I swear to God, I really hope that Jasper hasn't grown too attached to you. I would hate for him to miss you too much." I muttered without opening my eyes.

"Don't worry, love we can find him someone new, who understands the importance of sleep." Edward muttered into his pillow.

"Oh quit being so grumpy! It's Christmas Eve, and mom made cinnamon rolls." Alice squealed.

Alice bounced her happy self out of the room and I could feel Edward get out of the bed muttering something about bribery by pastries.

I heard the shower in our private bathroom running and it only took a seconds contemplation before I climbed out of bed and walked toward the bathroom.

I slid the curtain back and stepped into the water casually after removing my clothes.

"I was hoping you would join me." Edward said with a smirk.

"I can see that."I whispered while my eyes raked down his firm stomach to see that he was already ready to take me.

His lips pressed to my jaw line as his fingers wrapped themselves in my wet hair. He kissed down my neck and I moaned at the feeling. My hands moved on their own accord wrapping my fingers around his length and stroking firmly up and down.

He groaned in to my collar bone and began massaging my breasts urgently.

"Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!" A voice yelled as the bathroom door banged open against the wall. Edward stepped back quickly throwing his head back in frustration against the shower wall.

I took a deep breath to compose myself and stuck my head out of the shower curtain, being sure to keep myself covered.

"What is it Ayden." I said trying to steady my breathing.

"Uncle Emmett, said tell you, no bath time fun, it's a family day." He said looking proud he had remembered the entire message.

"Well you can tell your uncle Emmett…"I started, before I remembered I was speaking to a child.

"Tell him I'll be down in a minute." I sighed.

"Okay. Where's daddy?"

"Daddy had to take care of some things he'll be back soon." I said.

Apparently he took the answer as good enough because he turned out of the room yelling my message to Emmett as he made his way down the hallway.

"Next year, no vacations with our family." Edward growled. He gave me one more firm kiss before stepping out of the shower.

I finished washing my hair and body then got out to get dressed.

I threw on a pair of tights and a long sweater. With my hair pulled back from my face I headed downstairs.

Emmett chuckled when he saw the glare I was casting his way.

"What's wrong little sister?" He laughed.

I walked up behind him and smacked him upside the back of his head.

"Shit." He yelled. Rosalie gave me an approving nod.

"Watch your language son, there are kids around." Esme chided gently.

"Yes ma'am." Emmett mumbled looking ashamed.

It was amazing how Rosalie and Emmett had become just as much Carlisle and Esme's children as the rest of us were.

I sat down and took the biggest cinnamon role on the plate. After everyone had ate we all got bundled up and went outside.

Rosalyn and Ayden were getting a kick out of just walking in the snow. They would kick their feet getting it to fly up around them and then erupt in laughter every time it did.

Esme and Carlisle kept an eye on them and listened to the baby monitor. Esme kept the thing glued to her hand despite the fact that you could see Kallie sitting in her baby bouncer right on the other side of the glass door.

The rest of us had walked out into the woods a little ways for a snowball fight.

We all spread out and began finding hiding spots and forming the snow with our gloves. I think all of us felt like kids again. We attacked each other with snowballs until it eventually became an all out war of tackling people into the snow. Me and the girls had of course taken off running toward the house before we could be thrown into the coldest wrestling match in history. Normally I wouldn't mind rough housing with Edward but right now it just didn't sound like fun.

By the time Rosalie, Alice, and I had made it inside the house Rosalyn and Ayden were already inside coloring with Carlisle while Esme rocked Kallie in her arms.

The rest of the morning was spent lounging around just enjoying each other's company. I spent most of the day tucked in to Edward's side, taking pleasure in being close to him.

After lunch the men went to go hunt down a Christmas tree. Rosalie and Esme hung out in front of the fire while Alice and I sat untangling Christmas lights, and throwing out shattered fragments of ornaments from old boxes of Christmas decorations.

Once the tree arrived we all got started decorating. Jasper tried to strategically lay out a plan for ornament placement while Emmett stood and chunked gobs of tinsel on branches like he was throwing confetti. Esme was moving quickly around him trying to fix what he was doing. Eventually he was demoted to ornaments.

After about an hour the tree was finally finished and it looked beautiful. Everyone oohed and ahhed when Carlisle turned on the lights. After we had all had dinner everyone quickly went to bed eager to start the next day.

EPOV

It was five in the morning when I crept down the hall to deposit the presents that Santa had gotten for Ayden. I was sitting down by the tree trying to make everything fit when I heard footsteps behind me. Jasper was trying to see over the large stack of gifts in his arms as he headed in my direction.

"Need a hand?" I said quietly.

"Please." He grunted through the mountain of wrapped boxes. I got up and helped him to drop off Rosalyn's gifts next to Ayden's.

"Looks like Rosalyn made bank this year." I laughed.

"You think? Don't get me wrong I love my daughter, but when it comes to shopping for gifts you're so lucky you don't have a gir-" Jasper cut himself off but I already knew where he was going with that sentence.

"Oh shit man. I'm sorry really, I wasn't even thinking. Damn it, you'd expect Emmett to say something stupid like that not me. I really am sorry." He said quickly.

"Hey, it's all right. I'm good." I said trying to sound casual. It was Christmas and I wasn't about to let a little slip of the tongue ruin my day.

After we set up the presents Jasper and I went to make the coffee. We decided to avoid making breakfast. We didn't want to be responsible for ruining this Christmas. Or maybe we were just lazy. Either way my mom was the first one up besides us and came straight into the kitchen to start on a big breakfast.

The three of us sat up and talked for a while before Rosalie joined us with Kallie. I offered to hold her while Rose fixed herself a cup of coffee. She really was beautiful. I remembered being so captivated by Ayden when he was her age. I wondered about getting the chance to feel that again. I knew that even if we never had another child I would be happy with my life. I really did want to have another baby but if Bella was never ready I would accept that. I had her and Ayden; I was blessed beyond what I deserved.

My Christmas present to Bella was meant to reflect just that. I had gotten her a necklace. The pendent on it had our three birthstones on it. I had also gotten her a few other things but this gift was supposed to show her that I was happy with our family no matter the size. I was really eager to give it to her.

After a couple hours the other slowly made their way in to the living room. Once everyone was gathered the Ayden and Rosalyn sat down by the tree. All the adults had fixed themselves a plate of food and decided to just let them open all their gifts first.

I sat on the floor my plate beside me helping Ayden sort through his gifts. These kids were as spoilt as could be. I was ready for a nap by the time they were done. Emmett opened all of his baby's presents while Kallie slept through her first Christmas.

Once the kids were done we got them set up with breakfast while Alice passed around all of her gifts.

Everyone was ripping into paper while Bella looked at me gesturing for me to open my gifts. She had gotten me a couple of dress shirts with a note promising her to let me take her out to some place inappropriately nice. I laughed at my wife and opened the next gift she had gotten for me.

It was a picture of Ayden and me playing baseball. I was smiling at him and he had a proud look on his face. The picture was snapped right before the ball I tossed landed inside his glove. The frame said 'Father and Son' on it. I loved it.

"Thank you, beautiful. I love my gifts." I told her honestly. "Now come on open yours."

She ripped into one of the packages and found a picture of an elegant new desk and top of the line office chair. She looked at me a little confused.

"They'll be delivered next week. I figured since you were spending so much time writing you'd need a better desk and chair. Her face lit up and I knew she was happy with my choice. It was rare for her to take an expensive gift lightly so the fact that she didn't protest spoke volumes.

When she picked up her next gift my heart started to race. Her delicate fingers pulled the chain out of the box and held it up.

"Wow, its beautiful Edward." She whispered.

"It's our-" I started

"I know. Thank you." She smiled at me but before she turned her head I saw the slightest bit of a frown.

I tried to ignore that feeling that she wasn't okay as we moved on to opening up our gifts from the family. Everyone seemed to be happy with what they received but my mom blew us all out of the water when she opened her second gift from Alice.

"Holy shit!" She yelled.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and a room wide silence occurred. My mom rarely cursed and never yelled while doing so.

"What, what is it?" Carlisle questioned urgently.

Mom ignored him and moved to Alice pulling her in to a tight hug.

"Tell them." Alice urged. Mom looked at her questioningly. Alice nodded and Mom held up the black and white photo in her hand. The bright blue words at the top surprised me.

"Twin boys!" she cheered.

Everyone was up hugging Alice while Emmett and I shook Jasper's hand. He looked so proud, and relieved to no longer have to hold on to their secret any longer.

Everyone was cleaning up wrapping paper when Bella came up behind me and wrapped her arms around my waist.

"Can you come to the room with me for a minute?"

"Of course, love. Is everything alright?" I asked nervously. She seemed to have the weight of the world on her shoulders as she moved to look me in the eye.

"Yes, everything is fine. I just have a present I'd like to give you in private." She said quietly. Although, apparently not quietly enough because Emmett heard her and made a gagging noise. Bella rolled her eyes and pulled me by my hand down the hall.

As we stepped inside the room she shut the door quietly and we sat on the bed. I watched nervously as she reached in to the nightstand and pulled out a wrapped box.

"This is for you. Merry Christmas." She said exhaling loudly.

I took the box from her and noticed the sticker on it.

"Um, Bella…This says to Ayden on it…"

"I know, but I wanted you to open it for him." She said confidently. I had no idea why I was stealing presents from a child but I went ahead and tore open the paper anyway.

Inside was a small blue shirt with writing on it. I pulled it out to get a better look at it. My heart seemed to stop and speed up at the same time as I read the words printed on the front: 'World's Greatest Big Brother' was written causing me to lose the ability to think straight.

"Are you…is this…are you ready to try?" I questioned, hoping to hell we could start trying right now.

Bella looked at me confused for a moment while I waited holding my breath. Finally she smiled brilliantly at me.

"I don't think you understand Edward. There is no trying, I'm pregnant." She said laughing.

I was on my feet in an instant pulling her to me tightly. I picked her up and spun her around our lips pressed securely together. Bella laughed as we kissed and I felt beyond happy.

"I'm sorry about the necklace; it won't exactly be current now." She said when we finally broke apart. Truth be told she didn't seem all that sorry, and neither was I.

"I don't care; I'll get you a new one." I smiled.

I pulled her out of the bedroom calling to my son.

"Ayden, Ayden…come here buddy." When Ayden finally reached us we went back into our bedroom to talk to him.

I looked at Bella as we were walking down the hall and things started to click. Obviously I'm an idiot and should have realized sooner, but she hadn't been sick or anything and I didn't even think it was a possibility.

"Bella, when did you find out?" I asked.

"When you were in California" She whispered nervously.

"Why didn't you-"

"I'm sorry I know I should have told you earlier I just wanted it to be special. I wanted to do this right. After everything I just wanted this to be something happy."

"Love I could not be any happier. Not that I'm complaining at all but…how? Weren't we careful?"

"Apparently not careful enough" She laughed.

I smiled and pulled Ayden up onto the bed.

"Ayden, Mommy and I need to talk to you. You're going to have a new little brother or sister. Does that sound good?" I asked nervous about his reaction.

Ayden looked back and forth between Bella and me before speaking.

"Is she going to grow big like Kallie?" he asked.

Bella stroked his hair and looked him in the eye. "Yes sweetie whatever this baby is will get bigger and you can play with them and share your toys. Would you like that?" She asked with a smile.

His entire face lit up with a huge smile as he barreled down the hall.

"Rosalyn, Rosalyn, guess what…" Ayden yelled as he ran.

"Oh crap" Bella said as we got up chasing after him. By the time we made it to the living room he had already broke the news.

Everyone had either a look of shock or joy, with the exception of Alice who just looked pissed.

"Liar!" she declared loudly staring Bella down.

"Alice calm down. Yeah I lied to you, but I had to make sure Edward was the first to know. Surely you can understand that." Bella said in her best persuasive tone.

"I guess" Alice said grumpily. Once the gravity of the situation registered with her she threw herself at Bella rambling about them being pregnant together.

Everyone said their congratulations and the rest of the night was spent talking about how the family was growing.

It was still early when Bella decided she was ready to go to bed. I wasn't that tired but followed her anyway just to be near her. Ayden trailed behind me saying he wanted to be with his mommy.

I helped him change into his pajamas and decided that I'd break the rules just this one other time and let him climb into bed with me and Bella.

She was asleep by the time Ayden and I were under the blankets. Ayden snuggled in close to her. He too was asleep within minutes.

As I watched them sleep I thought back to earlier in the year. It wasn't so long ago that I was in a one bedroom apartment, estranged from my wife and not being there for my son. Now I had everything I could possibly want right here with me. I had a beautiful loving wife, a great son, and a new baby on the way. Life doesn't get much better than this.

As I began to fall asleep I found peace in two things. One, everything that truly mattered in life was right here in this bed. Two, no matter what challenges Bella and I encountered in the future we would make it through them together and come out stronger in the end.

A/N:I'm going to leave out all my sentimental whining about this story ending. (for now, it'll probably show up in the epilogue. yeah i'm a big baby.)

Wow this is probably the most nervous I've ever been after a chapter. I realize that some of you might have had different ideas as to how you wanted this to end, I hope I didn't dissapoint you to badly though. This felt right.

Oh and if anyone feels that it was cheesy, or overly mushy well....you're right, but after an entire story of heartfail, these two deserved a little bit of cheese. The epi should be up within a week or so, I'm wondering if anyone notices something from early in the story that still needs to be...fixed? well if you do know what I'm talking about you'll get that in the epi, i promise.

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