The Twilight Twenty-Five

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Prompt: Good things come to those who wait.

Pen Name: Missus T

Pairing/Characters: Bella/Edward

Rating: T

"I'm going to marry you someday, Bella Swan."

"I'm going to hold you to that, Cullen."

"You do that."

Things had been perfect. And then... Life happened. College and distance. Loneliness and pain. I'd dated others, even lived with someone for a year. But it was never the same. A piece of my heart was still with him.

Ten years later, I stood in the entrance to the high school gym thinking about what might have been.

"Bella?"

His voice was exactly the same as I remembered.

"Edward," I sighed, turning.

Time fell away, and he reached for my hand.