It's been just about a year since Tyler was born and Marilla became a vampire. Currently, Marilla and Carlisle were still exploring their new relationship status. Even though everyone had been extremely excepting of Marilla, they didn't want to nauseate anyone. At this moment, they were planning Tyler's first birthday. Marilla wanted his to have a normal birthday despite living in house full of vampires. Alice was, of course, wanting to take the reins and plan the party.
"Okay Alice, nothing too extreme. He's only one and won't even remember this." Marilla warned her. Alice clapped excitedly and simply picked up Tyler and brought him out to the garden. Marilla put her hand to her forehead. Carlisle came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Did I just condemn Tyler to an overextravagant party that he won't even remember?" Carlisle chuckled and kissed her head.
"Probably." Marilla laughed and turned in his arms. She leaned up and quickly pecked his lips. "Want to go for a hunt? Clear your mind a bit."
"That sounds wonderful." Marilla said hugging Carlisle a bit tighter. "Alice, watch Tyler please. Carlisle and I are going for a hunt." She said in her normal voice knowing Alice would hear her.
"Don't hurry back. Tyler and I having sibling bonding time." Marilla shook her head and commented on how strange that was to hear. The two took off running from the house. They had been gone for two hours, when Carlisle suddenly grabbed Marilla's arm, stopping her. Marilla turned to him.
"I have something for you. Well, I hope something for you." Marilla looked at him quizzically. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a square box. Marilla took a step back. "Marilla, you know how I feel about you. You've told me you feel the same. So, I have but one question." He opened the box and got one knee. Marilla felt the feeling of wanting to cry if she could. "Will you marry me?"
"Yes. Yes, Carlisle." Carlisle got up and put the ring on Marilla's finger before kissing her passionately. Marilla looked at her ring after pulling away and smiled. She never thought she'd have something like this. Happiness. Her phone started to buzz with a text from Alice.
A: now you know why I said sibling bonding time
M: regardless, still weird
"Alice saw what happened." She showed him the messages. Carlisle smiled, once again he underestimated Alice's gift. "Which means everyone knows, even if Edward didn't read her mind." She said with a smile. "Let's head back." They went back to the house and found Alice and Tyler still in the garden. Tyler was crawling around on the grass, occasionally stopping to pull from the ground. Alice was watching from in-between Jasper's legs. Tyler looked up and saw his mother he started to speed crawl over to Marilla. Marilla knelt down and opened her arms for him. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Alice pull her phone out and aim it at them. Suddenly, Tyler stood up and took small slow steps toward Marilla. "That's my boy. Come to mommy. Good boy." Tyler made it to her before collapsing in a fit of giggles into his mother's arms. "That's my boy! That's my big boy!" Marilla hugged Tyler to her and breathed in his scent. Tyler giggled and hit her shoulders. Carlisle came over with a big smile on his face. He pressed a kiss to Tyler's head. Alice ended the video and sent it to Marilla. She looked over to Alice. "Sometimes I really love your visions. Thank you." Alice just smiled in response.
That night, after putting Tyler to sleep and convincing Alice to stop planning the party for the night, Marilla and Carlisle sat on the porch with each other. Marilla suddenly got up and went inside after telling Carlisle she'd be right back. She came out with a manilla envelope and gave it to Carlisle. He sat up straighter and took it.
"What's this?" Marilla sat down next to him.
"If you open it, you'll find out." Carlisle opened the envelope and pulled the papers out. He read the top then turned to Marilla.
"Adoption application?" Marilla took his hand in hers. If her heart could beat, it'd be racing right now.
"I got these three weeks ago, I've just been trying to gather to courage to give them to you. You saved both of us that night. Sean was arrested and can never hurt us again, because of you. His parental rights were terminated the minute he was given his sentence. You've been the only father figure Tyler has known. I want to make it official. I want you to be Tyler's father."