I am so sorry about taking so long! Really! It's just that I've had a lot on my mind. I have a new story that I plan to work on- a Draco Malfoy/OC for Harry Potter- as well as my very own book that I am currently working on. Lots of research needed to be done for that and I keep on editing the rough drafts almost daily.


Anyway, this is the last chapter of Sisters...Can't Live Without Them. *cries* It's been fun writing this and I hope you all liked it. I own nothing of the Twilight saga.

Epilogue

Cindy's POV

Well, about a month after the biggest fight of my life, I was still stuck in bed with a broken leg while my arm already healed since there was only one break in the bone. Jacob had already completely healed two days after I woke up and had to spend most of his time with the pack. Carlisle had taken me back home since I'd hardly been around since I first got to Forks and Jacob was coming by a lot more often than before. He was always complaining about the smell but I told him to deal with it because I was staying with my family.

When Jasper saw me making my way up the steps on my crutches, he ran out the door at neck-breaking speed and engulfed me in a near bone-crushing hug. I had to shout to get him to stop apologizing for not being there.

So here I was stretched out on the couch in my room, skimming through some book I wasn't even really reading when I heard someone knock on my door.

"Come in," I said and looked up to see Bella timidly poke her head into my room. "Hey Bella. What's up?"

I moved my leg off the couch so she could sit, which she did. "Nothing much really. Edward's bringing me on a picnic and I wanted to check up on you before we left."

"You're lucky. At least you can go out. I'm stuck here," I said as I knocked on the plaster encasing my leg.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about that," she smiled sheepishly.

"What is it with the people in Forks saying 'sorry' all the time? And for stuff they had no control over, I might add?" I laughed. "It's not you guys planned for this to happen. It just did."

"But I still feel really terrible about it."

"You want to make it up to me?" I asked, and she nodded her head. "Then tell me how it's going for the wedding. What about your dad? How'd he take the news?"

"Well, after he got over the shock of it all and pass the idea that I got knocked up, I think he took it well," Bella said.

"So in other words, he didn't try to shoot Edward or throw him in jail, right?" I joked which earned a hearty laugh from the other brunette.

"No. No guns and no jail."

"And how much fun is Alice having being a wedding planner?"

"She's already sending out the wedding invitations. I think she's invited everyone in town!" 'Sounds like Alice.'

Another knock on the door interrupted whatever Bella was going to say next as Jacob's voice came through the wood.

"You in there Cindy?"

"Yes Jacob. I'm in here. Where else can I go?" I teased as he opened the door.

"Oh, hey Bella. Didn't know you were here. Um… do you mind giving us a minute?" he asked as he walked into the room. She just smiled at him before patting my arm and left. "How you feeling?" he asked me.

"I'm doing fine. Carlisle said it should only be another week 'til I'm back up on my feet. Thank God! I hate being cooped up like this. I feel like I'm in a cage," I sighed as Jacob took the spot Bella was just in and gently pulled my legs up onto his lap.

"Glad to hear it," he grinned. I smiled at the cuteness of one Jacob Black when he realized what he had just said and began to fumble over his words. "Wha- I mean, I'm glad that you're doing fine! I didn't mean that I'm glad you feel- I mean- I-I-"

"Jacob!" I couldn't stop myself from laughing as I reached over and clasped a hand over his mouth, changing his words for some mumbled junk. "I get it," I smiled. I felt him smile under my hand and reached up to grasp it in his, placing feathery kisses on my palm and fingertips. I just smiled again and scooted closer to him, resting my head on his shoulder and he wrapped me up in his warm embrace.

"I've got something for you," Jacob whispered into my ear after a few minutes of the blissful silence. Just when I was going to ask what, there was another knock on my door before Esme's head poked into the room.

"Hey sweetie. Just thought you might- Oh!" She only just noticedd Jacob sitting there. "Hello Jacob. I was just coming to see if Cynthia wanted anything."

"If it's not too much trouble, I could go for a glass of juice," I replied.

"Sure thing. And you Jacob?"

"No thanks Mrs. Cullen. I'm cool," he said politely. Other than Carlisle, Esme was the only other person in my family that Jacob was perfectly polite to. Sure, he got along with the others, but he held more respect for my parental figures.

Esme just smiled before she closed the door back over and left to get my drink.

"I'm sorry, Jacob. You were saying something?" I turned back to my favorite werewolf. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small leather pouch tied off with black cord and placed it in my hand. I smiled at him as I undid the string and emptied the contents into my hand.

"It's a promise ring of the Quileute tribe," he whispered into my ear as my eyes began to fill with tears. "My dad gave this to my mom when he proposed to her, just like his father had done for his wife. They passed it on to me so I could give it to the girl I loved."

"What do these markings mean?" I asked, rubbing my thumb along the etchings in the wood ring.

"They mean 'eternal love', which is what I will always feel for you." He held out his hand. "May I?" I nodded and allowed Jacob to slip the ring onto my left hand. "Perfect fit."

,:~:,

Well what was there really to say? Jasper had already known since Jacob had asked him for permission for my hand- like the perfect gentleman Jake was- so I didn't have to worry about any issues with that. Thank God! The last thing I wanted was to deal with was my brother trying to rip out my fiancée's throat.

Jacob and I were waiting until he graduated from high school before we planned to get married. We thought of a nice fall wedding in the clearing where we had confessed our feelings to one another- even if it was also the place where we fought Victoria's army.

Life went on with fewer problems. Bella and Edward's wedding went off with success and they enjoyed their honeymoon on Esme Isle- that is until she fell pregnant with Edward's child and the Volturi came into play later on.

But that's a story for another time.

I know it's short. But what can I say? That's a true epilogue.

R&R! PLZ!

Nancy (aka megamatchmaker)