Bella's POV

"So Edward… how's your family?"

"They're fine. Well, mostly."

I looked up. "What happened?"

He sighed. "Jasper. He, um… well, he left the coven. He went with the Volturi. 10 years ago."

I gasped, startled. "Oh, Edward, I'm so sorry. Is Alice… is she all right?"

Edward grimaced. "I was hoping we wouldn't have to come to this so soon. You see, Alice and I are married."

I tried to ignore the huge blow that came to my heart. "That's… that's great. I'm really happy for you."

He raised his eyebrows at my tone, but responded, "Thank you." He sighed. "But we're hitting a rough spot. Lately, Alice has been too busy pampering me and, well, shopping, to pay much care to Renesmee. And, you know, she is 17. She needs a mother.

"Oh. Y-yeah. I'm sorry."

"Yeah." Then he brightened up. "Well, how are you and Jacob?"

I groaned. "Ditto. We've been fighting a lot lately. Like over the house. I want a wonderful one, but nothing has seemed fitting since the cottage…"

"Yes. The cottage is still thriving. We had to upgrade the nursery to a bedroom, but other than that, it is still the same."

"Do you think I could see it?" I said abruptly. I quickly backtracked. "I mean- if that's okay."

He smiled. "Of course. Are we done?"

I looked down at our untouched meals and nodded.

As we left, I looked around the restaurant and realized why I had recognized it.

I laughed. "Edward!"

"Yes?"

"This is where we had our first date."

….

"You still have this?" I said, picking through the clothes in my old closet."

"I guess I figured that Renesmee would wear it someday." He laughed. "But she has the same fashion sense as you."

Smiling, I walked to the little peep-out window and stared at the sky just as I began to make out little white pinpricks starting to flutter down.

"Ugh!" I moaned. "Snow. I hate snow."

All of the sudden, Edward grabbed my hand and pulled me out the little hatch door into the open. Even though it seemed the snow had just begun to fall seconds ago, I could already feel it seeping through my clothes.

"No!" I said, even though it was almost warm to my skin.

He threw a snowball at me that landed right on my face.

"Edward!" I cried, and returned the favor. I ran over to him and toppled him down, laughing harder than I had in 15 years.

We rolled round and round and round fighting until we were just a big pile of slush. Then we lay there, and he chuckled as he picked a frozen leaf off my face and fixed my hair.

I looked at him. God, he was so dang beautiful! His hair was lightly tousled with melting snowflakes, and it seemed as if his eyes were the things melting them.

And when those pools of gold caught my own eyes, I could see my emotions perfectly reflected in them. Laughter, and passion, and joy, and…

Love.

Before I could register what I was doing, I reached around his neck and pulled him closer for a kiss.

At first, he seemed surprised. But after a few moments, he relaxed to me and put his arms around my waist to pull me to him.

And there we lay, in the new snow, wrapped in each other's embrace.

After seconds, or minutes, or maybe days, we broke apart.

I saw contentment on his face, and I rested my head on his chest and sighed. "I love you." I said, the truth ringing as I spoke like morning bells.

I could hear him smile as he whispered the familiar words.

"As I love you."

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