Stephenie Meyer owns these characters... I just wanted to play a bit. No copyright infringement intended. I don't own Twilight and everything here is fictional.
I know - this is the end ... and it's short and sweet. I thought it was appropriate to end in Bella's POV - I hope you enjoy it!
Epilogue
Bella's POV
I tip toed backwards from Max's nursery and pulled the door slowly. I suddenly felt a strong arm around my waist, and warm lips on my neck. I spun around and gestured, "Shhh…" Grabbing his elbow, I pulled Edward into our room. "Please don't wake him up. He seriously needs a nap before this party today."
Edward tossed a pile of mail into the middle of our bed as I fell onto it, exhausted. Planning a first birthday, a lodge full of family and the late summer heat had worn me out, I needed a nap as much as my son. Edward climbed next to me and held a magazine over our heads. "Look what came today." He grinned, vibrating with excitement. We scrambled to open the pages. "Oh wow…"
We shared several silent moments admiring, staring and marveling at our collaboration in Northwest Family. An article written by Edward, on traveling with newborns, accompanied by my photographs. "The layout looks really good. I love it."
While I read words of advice and humorous experience, I noticed a firm hand trailing up my thigh, teasing the skin under my sundress. He pressed closer into my side, finally moving his leg over mine. The warm lips returned to my neck, tasting down and around with his tongue. "It looks great, baby. I love it too… mmmm I really love it."
"Stop distracting me." He rubbed, teasing his erection along my thigh. Teeth nipping down my jaw, then softly kissed and assaulted the tender base of my neck. I balanced my reading over his head, stifling a giggle. Finally grabbing the magazine from my hands, it disappeared over his shoulder. He was hovering between my legs, with a naughty arched eyebrow "So help me… if you wake that baby up, Edward," I warned with a lip bite.
"Max understands we need some quality time…" My breasts were suddenly exposed and caressed, a sensitive nipple slipped into his mouth. "And you're the loud one, not me." He joked between licks and sucks.
He pulled my leg around his waist and pushed up my sundress. I worked between us, unbuttoning his shorts, quickly pulling them down with his boxers. When talented fingers found the wet flesh at my center, I moaned and hummed for more. He slid my cotton panties down my legs and to the floor, then stood to remove his t-shirt. Kissing across my stomach and up between my breasts, I grasped his cock tightly, he reactively thrust forward in my hand.
"Remember, be quiet…" He taunted in my ear. I feathered over his tip with my thumb as our tongues met.
"Fuck… I want you…" I groaned in his mouth and lined him up where I wanted him most. We gasped as he pushed into my heat. There was no other feeling as good as Edward's fullness inside me. Arching my back, my heel dug into his ass forcing him to slide deeper. "Baby, gets better every time…"
"Better than this morning…" He smirked as his hands and mouth moved over me… consuming and loving. I wanted it all. He gently grasped my hips, while I gripped his back, both desperate to get closer.
He shifted my leg to his shoulder, as he rocked his hips harder and faster. I watched the space between us, moaning at the sight of him entering and stretching me.
"Fuck, Bella… I'm so close. Please tell me…" Our eyes met, I tightened my hold with my other leg as my walls clenched around him. His head dropped to my chest as he pumped and finally poured into me. We held each other's glistening bodies while we came down from our high, near silent and sated moans caught between us.
As our breathing slowed and we shifted, he mussed through my damp tangled hair. "You know… I was thinking. Maybe you shouldn't go back to the highlights for a while." He wrapped inches of my hair around his fingers.
"What?" I narrowed my eyes in playful defense.
"Well… I mean since you didn't color it during the pregnancy it's such a deep, rich, beautiful mahogany now." He stroked through long layers, concentrating.
"Oh my god, Edward you are so dramatic." I pushed him over onto his back, crawling and straddling. "Save the fancy adjectives for your final novel edits, baby." I tickled his lips with the tips of my hair. "If you like it, and it turns you on enough to do that everyday … I'll leave it dark." We laughed against each others mouths, then became lost in a soft, sensual kiss… enjoying a quiet, reverent moment alone.
Oo~TWSL~oO
"Look who's awake," Edward cooed against Max's pink cheek as he walked into the kitchen. He leaned the baby in for a smooch while I worked at the sink snapping green beans. I nibbled his hand and pecked up his chubby arm. "Alright little man, let's go see what Grandpa has going on at the lodge, time to fire up the grill." My two favorite boys walked down the deck stairs of our new house. Edward blew raspberries into Max's tummy as he went.
I slipped my new, sparkling, illegally large engagement ring off and began washing my hands. Delightful squeals drew my attention back to the kitchen window. Edward and Alice had the two tiny cousins sitting in the grass with a bright red balloon between them. Ava was a timid, gorgeous baby toddler who watched Max's rough ways with joy and terror. Charlie and Maggie lounged like young newlyweds in a lawn chair laughing at the babies. Max crawled swiftly towards the picnic table where Esme was frosting the porcupine shaped birthday cake, complete with chocolate quills.
I missed my mom daily with every one of Max's smiles, but knew how proud she'd be of our simple, peaceful life at her lodge. I dried my hands, slipped my ring back on… reminding myself of the wedding invitations on the table that needed to be mailed.
"Bella! Bella!" Edward shouted from outside. My stomach sank, as I rushed through the screen door to the deck. Fear suddenly stifled by laughter when I saw Max taking wobbling strides towards Carlisle's open arms. His first steps, on his first birthday. Edward beamed towards me knowingly as I blew him a kiss…
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"I knew when I stepped out of that Jeep and saw you for the first time that this was going to be the adventure of a lifetime… and I wouldn't change a single thing."
A/N
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