Epilogue – Edward

As Bella spent the day with Alice, I went to the treaty line in La Push to speak with Jacob. He strode from the trees, "Paul said you wanted to see me?" His tone was clearly annoyed. I stood on my side of the line, "I just wanted to truly thank you for your help." Jacob blinked once and scoffed, "Helped you? You think I did it for you? That's what I do, especially since they had a human in immediate danger."

Of all humans, why did it have to be my best friend. Controlling myself, I continued, "Jacob, I know you have your own feelings for Bella, but I can promise you, I will take care of her." Jacob shrugged off the tree he was leaning on, "You'd better. She's one of you now, but if you ever hurt her, I will hunt you down. Treaty or no treaty, I will be coming for you."

I didn't take Jacob's threat too seriously, but he meant it. He cared for Bella more than he let on. "That's fair, Jacob. If I ever hurt her, I'd want you to destroy me anyway, if that would make her feel better." Jacob huffed, "Fine," he turned for the trees and I left for the house. I hated being away from Bella. Since that night she was taken, I rarely let her out of my sight and with my ability; my sight had a great extension. Even if I wasn't in the room with her, as long as she was with someone else, I could still see her.

Bella let Alice and Esme help plan our small wedding. I was more than happy to speak the vows that I was giving my life over to her, but she was already my life.

In the sixty years of our change, Bella and I have adjusted well. Whenever Emmett upset her, she handled it herself, but I still was close in case she needed me. Bella had taken to fighting with Emmett and has learned many fighting routines for herself. During our moments together, when she was in my arms, I began to hate myself. She was warm, but there was no heartbeat. If only I had the strength to stay away from her when she was human, to leave her at my mother's house that night and leave Forks, Bella would be an old woman now, with children and grandchildren. She would have had a full life without my interference. Even though she says she is more than happy to be with me, I still feel I have taken so much from her.

"Edward, please. Let's not discuss this again," she said to me, "We have each other and I'm happy." Bella rested on her knees atop of our bed. Her hands rested on my shoulders as she looked into my eyes, "I understand why you may feel this way, but when I think about the time you were gone, Edward, I was so miserable. I may have fallen in love again, but that love would not compare to the love I felt, that I still feel for you. Edward, we belong together and if you keep arguing that fact, we are going to have a major problem in our marriage. It's been over 60 years, get over it."

I smiled at her playful threat; she was so adorable when she threatened me, "You're right, love. I am sorry. We wanted each other and that is what we have." My fingers claimed her chin and kissed my lips to hers. Arms curved around my waist pulling into her embrace. I was happy to have my Bella back in my life. She now belonged to me in every way possible and I was hers. She once asked me what we would do with our lives now that we were immortal. All I knew is that I would spend eternity making my wife happy and complete, because she has already completed me.