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SADNESS. THIS IS THE LAST THING I WILL EVER WRITE FOR THIS STORY. EVER! :( :( :( :( :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(! IM REALLY SAD!
I HOPE TO WRITE ANOTHER STORY SOON.. BUT FOR NOW ITS GOOD BYE! I REALLY HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS BOOK, AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE RELATIVELY SHORT EPILOGUE, BUT WHATEVER.
SOOOO…. YEAH! OH CRAP, I HAVE TO DO MY HW DON'T I? WHATEVER ILL DO IT LATR… SO YA. THAT'S ABOUT IT….
OH I HAVE A SONG FOR YOU: IN MY ARMS BY PLUMB. IT SOUNDS LIKE EXACTLY LIKE NESSIE AND JACOB, ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY. LOOK IT UP ON YOUTUBE AND CLICK ON THE FIRST LINK. IT HAS SOME GOOD PICTURES AND SCHTUFF.
AND NOW FOR THE EPILOGUE:
Epilogue:
I wake up to a little voice right next to my ear.
"Mommy, wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"
I could feel her tiny hands trying to nudge me awake. I opened my eyes to see my beautiful daughter's face inches from mine.
I grin and pull her into my arms, tickling her to oblivion. She starts to giggle hysterically and squealing, "Mommy, stop! Stop!"
I stop and put her down next to me, sitting up in me and Jacob's bed. The cushions were strewn around the room from our intense tickle fight.
She stood up and looked into my eyes, putting her small hands on my shoulders to make sure I had her utmost attention. I smiled at her with all my love and asked, "Now, Natalie, what's wrong?"
She pouts, sticking out her lower lip in an absolutely adorable way that always makes me melt. "Daddy and Billy went hunting without you again! I stayed behind because I knew that you would want to eat with somebody!"
I laugh and roll my eyes. She looks at me, awaiting my reaction, most likely wanting them to get in trouble. She was so cute when she wanted to accuse somebody, but not so good for the person she was trying to accuse. That's my girl I thought and smiled at her.
"Your father and brother are in big trouble!" She grins in triumph, pumping her small clenched fists in the air. I laugh and say, "Let's go get 'em!"
"Yeah!" Natalie yelled and we leave to go track down Jacob and her twin brother Billy. As we run through the thick forests of Alaska, I think about my beautiful twins, Billy and Nessie.
Natalie has her father's intense black eyes, but my thick golden curls. Billy is the opposite; he has my brown eyes and Jacob's spiky black hair. They both have blood flowing through their veins and a taste for blood, though they could have human food if they wanted to. I like to switch it up.
They grow fast, but at about half the speed of when I grew up, so they should grow up in about 12 years or so. Right now, they are about the size of 2 year olds.
Carlisle recently checked their molecules to see if they had the werewolf gene, and it turns out Billy may turn into a wolf someday. Natalie won't, which I am secretly happy about, because of all the stories Jake has told me about Leah.
Speaking Leah, she has learned to let go of the ability to be a wolf and is now teaching art in France. She is a very successful artist and we get to see her now and then when she visits Sue and Seth in La Push.
Seth is now happily married to the girl he imprinted on, Lauren, and they now have 3 kids and are expecting another. Their daughters are adorable, and my children consider them as close as cousins.
Natalie stops, tugging on my hand and pointing to something in the woods: Billy who is finishing a dead elk. She grins and pounces on him, tackling him onto the ground. He stands up and brushes himself off, opening his mouth to yell at his sister.
Before he can scream at Natalie, I step out of the shadows and put my hands on my hips. Natalie stands up and does the same.
"Billy Ephraim Black, what do you think you are doing?'
He looks startled and immediately looks at his feet in shame, "Uh… nothing?"
"Where is your father?" I ask sternly, scanning the woods for my beautiful russet wolf. "Here," I hear Jacob shout from behind a tree.
He comes out and I glare at him. He knew he was in trouble, but he grins at me anyway. Not even that cocky look on his face can faze me. I have become immune over the years. Okay, maybe not…
"I thought I told you not to go hunting without me."
"Well, Billy was starving and I didn't want to wake you," He replied and walked over to me.
He put his arm around my waist and kissed me on the lips. I instantly forgave him.
"All right, but next time I give you permission to wake me up. We are hunting as a family from now on."
Jacob grinned and took my hand firmly. Natalie and Billy looked up at us with puppy dog eyes and we picked them up.
"Okay guys, let's go eat!" Jacob yelled and nuzzled Natalie's ear with his nose. She giggled and I smiled. I kissed Billy's forehead. I loved my family. Jacob and I put them down so they could hunt with us.
And we continued to run blissfully through our lives.
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WELL. THAT'S IT. THE END OF ALWAYS: A LOVE STORY. I REALLY HOPE YOU LIKED THE EPILOGUE, I TRIED TO SUM UP EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED SINCE NESSIE AND JACOB'S WEDDING.
AND IT MAY BE CLICHÉ, BUT I LIKE CLICHÉ. IT'S SOMETIMES SUCH A GREAT WAY TO END A BOOK. AND THANK GOD, IT WASN'T A SAD ENDING. I HATE THOSE. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN WITH SOME OF MY FAVORITE SERIES.
THE GEMMA DOYLE TRILOGY, MAXIMUM RIDE, HUGER GAMES. IT IS QUITE ANNOYING. ANYWAYS, HOPE THAT WAS OKAY AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN LATER STORIES/ SEQUELS… WE SHALL SEE!
AND NOW A LAST QUOTE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT:
"People so seldom say I love you And then it's either too late or love goes. So when I tell you I love you, It doesn't mean I know you'll never go, Only that I wish you didn't have to."
"Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never had."
"Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to."
"Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than remember me and cry."
BYE! I'LL MISS YOU ALL AND WRITING THIS STORY!
THANK YOU AND GOOD BYE!
~KIZILEE