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This is it. The last chapter.
It has been a rollercoaster ride for us all, I am sure but if you ever need a friend I would be happy to talk to any of you btw.
I will miss each and every one of you, I swear.
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Chapter dedication: Stephenie Meyer for creating such fantastic character that I so meanly manipulated.
Song: I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston. It describes Edward and Bella's relationship completely.
So sob here goes…
Chapter 30
My mind was still whirling with what Alice and Rose had been discussing. Edward and me. Jeez, it was a dream come true. He was perfect but I was not worthy of his love. Oh no, I was beginning to sound like I should live in a fairy tale. I was plain and he was gorgeous. OK. Enough of the love sick puppy act.
I mean he hadn't even proposed yet.
YET.
Good word. I wasn't tied down yet.
YET (again).
I stepped outside for some air. Alice came in singing a random Lostprophets' song. I think it was Rooftops, but I wasn't sure.
'I can't believe its over,' she said suddenly, looking away from the balcony ledge towards the horizon. I nodded.
'It's beautiful here, I've got to thank your parents for this,' Alice gushed. I nodded again, I was wholeheartedly distracted. Edward and the guys had been away a lot of the time at football practice which gave us girls' time to bond but now the guys couldn't escape us. We had been packed off to a stress-free holiday in Paris, France.
Romantic capital of the world.
Talk about cliché. But. But is a good word too. Because I can use it in this sentence to calm myself down.
But Edward hasn't proposed yet or even had a date with me!
Anyway what had happened since the court case and there I suppose?
Well Angela had been given a life sentence.
Jacob had been given three life sentences.
Victoria had been given five life sentences.
And James had been given ten life sentences as they proven him the leader and responsible for the majority of the injuries caused and deaths.
So we were all happy. And my legs were healing well.
Back to life then…
I was lying on my huge double bed in my Paris hotel room and listening to my iPod on its little speakers. I was tapping my feet to the beat. Rose was dancing and Alice was singing. It was great and like what we used to do before that experience. Then I remembered my promise to myself and Rose's advice. I had never gotten up because I didn't have anyone who I wanted to dance with, now I had Edward and I wanted to learn. So I launched myself off the bed and stood beside Rose, rocking as hard as I could. I danced for what seemed like hours. I was dripping with sweat by the end of the seventh song. I wasn't watching anyone, I couldn't even see straight but I carried on dancing. I heard voices all of a sudden and was thrown back into the present. My head was spinning and so was the room. I let my vision right me and sat on the edge of the blurry bed. My ears and head were pounding so loud that I couldn't hear anything else. Soon I became aware of applause. I looked up to see Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Rose cheering and clapping. Edward however was staring at me, slack jawed and eyes popping out. I smiled proudly.
'That was incredible!' Alice shouted, pouncing on me. I grinned and hugged her tiny form. Rose came over.
'How the hell did that happen?' she asked shocked, quite like me.
'I honestly have no idea!' I replied kissing her cheek. Jasper walked over coolly.
'Bella, I think you made Edward die in shock of your non-innocence!' he whispered in my ear, I flushed bright red and giggled. Emmett clapped me on the back hard in congratulations, but it was so hard that I fell into Edward. I think that it was on purpose. Edward woke from his shock and put his arms around me to stop me falling backwards. I rubbed noses with him and kissed his lips.
'I never knew that you could dance like that!' he breathed, his mouth dancing against mine.
'Nor did anyone, not even me,' I replied, laughing slightly. Edward kissed me hard again.
'I guess your legs have healed well then,' he laughed against my lips once more.
'Yes, now shut up so I can kiss you!' I commanded. He shut up.
A few hours later I was in the bathroom taking a bath when I heard commotion in the next room. Someone screamed, I think it was Alice; I was just about to jump out of the bath and save her from some rabid dog when I heard voices.
'There is no way she can say no!' Alice squealed.
'Oh, Edward, marry me, I want it like that!' Rose shrieked.
'Hey! What about me?' Emmett complained.
'Sorry, but that's the best proposal ever!' Rose cried sounding close to tears.
'Bella is so lucky to have you,' Jasper said proudly.
'Actually I think I'm lucky to have her,' Edward insisted sounding dreamy as the day I first met him after all those years.
'Awwwwwwwww,' Alice and Rose screamed together.
I was shocked to find tears running down my face. They were talking about Edward proposing to me. I gasped and smiled. I really loved him.
'That ring is our grandmother's,' Alice said proudly.
'1918, it was made,' Edward added.
'It is better than anything Tiffany's could ever hope to produce or have produced already,' Rose said, I could hear the tears in her voice. Not a lot of things could make Rose cry, this must be pretty special. That's when I realised it.
This was her sister getting engaged.
Engaged.
I almost screamed.
Fiancée.
I was excited to say the least. I was so excited I could hardly breathe.
Marriage.
I couldn't wait to spend the rest of my life with Edward, he was wonderful.
Family.
They were all my family and now I could start a new one.
It was the middle of the afternoon in Paris a few days later and everyone was catching up on their beauty sleep after an all-night-er, we had gotten over the hangovers but the sleep deprivation? Not so much. I lay on my bed thinking about my bath knowledge. It was hard to believe it was so real. I had a few seeds of doubt in my head but I wasn't going to let them grow. Yet.
There's that word again. I'm beginning to hate it. It makes me doubt myself and everyone else. It's like being a victim all over again.
They aren't here to save me. Yet.
They haven't killed me. Yet.
They haven't been captured. Yet.
I had left behind my attack as a thing of the past and now I was looking forward to the future. I had been taught not to dwell on the past by Rose and I wasn't looking back ever.
My cell phone lay idle on my bedside table. I had enjoyed my stay in Paris but I was still looking forward to going home and studying for real at NYU again. Paris was an experience I wouldn't forget. I could sense it.
I was about to drop off to sleep again when I got an image of Edward in my head. I grinned and sat up, immediately awake. I walked over to my iPod speaker s and turned them on and danced to the song it was on. I only did one song this time before I got cut off but my cell ringing.
Edward…the caller ID read.
I can't believe they haven't been on a date and he's going to propose! Alice's words shot through my head at lightning speed. I flipped my cell open and dived onto my bed.
'Hey Bella, how are you?' he asked smoothly but I was sure there was an underlying tone of excitement.
'I'm good, you?' I replied.
'Much better for hearing your voice!' he said. I grinned and laughed.
'Anyone would think you want something?' I said sarcastically.
'Well, I thinking about the fact that we haven't even been on a date and the fact that this is our last night in Paris!' Edward said in a thoughtful tone. My heart beat sped up to an erratic pace.
'Yes...' I encouraged.
'Miss Bella Swan, would you honour me on going on a date tonight?'
THE END
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