So I know I said I probably wouldn't be able to finish this story until the weekend, but something great happened today. The two best words in the world...as far as school kids go: SNOW DAY. So, one more chapter left (it's the epilogue). And I am so excited. Thank you everyone who read/reviewed/favorited/alerted this. And (some shameless promoting...) check out the story I'm writing with FlyingShadow09. It's called "The Difference" and we've got three chapters done and up to chapter 12 planned out!

Edward and I stood side by side, mentally preparing for what we knew was coming. "We'll be okay." he said.

I nodded. "I know."

And then...it was...I never thought I would describe something like that as incredible, but it was. We moved together, protecting each other's backs. Duck, swing, shoot, run. Was it violent? Yes. But we were in sync. I don't know how long we were fighting, but I had used all my ammo and Edward had to take down the final three.

"Let's go." I said as the final one fell.

Without another word we started walking. We were tired, and I wouldn't be surprised to be mistaken for zombies ourselves, that's how we moved.

"How far do you think Alice and Jasper got?" I asked after a while.

"I dunno. I hope far."

"We don't stop until we catch up with them." I shocked myself by saying that, but I needed to know they were alright.

Edward nodded. "I know."

After another hour, I remembered the promise I made myself before we fought. Well, now is as good a time as ever...I reached out and grabbed Edward's hand.

He turned his head in my direction, smiled, and squeezed my hand tight. "I was wondering when you'd figure it out." he said, only slightly teasing.

"Shut up and kiss me." Wow. I did not mean to say that. But Edward didn't mind. In fact, he just did as he was told.

"Come on. We don't want them to get too far." he told me when he finally pulled away.

"Right."

It took us two days to catch up to Alice and Jasper. As much as we didn't want to stop, we did need to occasionally to catch a few hours of sleep.

"See, I told you they would be alright!" Alice exclaimed after she had hugged Edward and I.

"And I'll never doubt you again." Jasper replied.

The next three months were hard. We had to keep making detours to find ammo or food or something. And there were many more instances where we had to send Alice and Jasper ahead of us. But we managed every time.

"How much further?" Alice asked. She'd been asking that about once every hour since we reached the final few roads.

"I don't know." Edward sighed.

About an hour later, we crested a hill and froze. There, below us, was probably the most amazing sight any of us could imagine. It had a college look to it, just heavily fortified. There was a tall wall surrounding the campus, and we could see people walking along the wall. I reached out and took Edward's hand. Alice grabbed my other.

"I know they're there, Edward." I told him.

He nodded. "Right. Want to go meet my family?" he asked.

I looked over at him and saw he had a huge grin on his face. "Of course."

We started walking. A few people came out to meet us. They had a dog. We were made to pass it one by one, and nothing happened. It was odd. People hugged all of us, saying we were the first in months to arrive, and Edward was looking everywhere.

Finally, things calmed down, and we were lead to the dorm area. There were plenty of unused rooms.

Of course, that was how we met Edward's family. Esme and Carlisle were preparing two rooms for us, although Carlisle also had to do a physical check up on all of us. But Edward was so happy to see his cousin. And I was just excited as to how he introduced us. He pulled me up to his side and said, "Carlisle, Esme, this is Bella. The love of my life." And then he kissed me.