OOOOOOOOKKKKK people, here we are, at the end of this fiction, I was scared when I started this fiction as I hadn't even finished the books of the cannon saga by then but now, this is my largest fiction, even bigger than the End of Illusions (the HP readers of mine know about it) and I'm so very proud of this piece of fiction as through your revews you showed me how much you liked it and I'm even more proud as in some cases I changed people's opinion about Rosalie, a trully missanderstood character of the Twi-Saga.
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Chapter Twenty-Two
Rosalie Cullen's Happy Ending
New Hampshire was always a nice place to return to, it was quieter than Denali but more interesting than Forks. Dartmouth was a nice place to attend as well. Here was the perfect place for a huge family of vampires to live in, I thought.
I looked around mine and Emmett's bedroom in the big Cullen house and smiled as everything was scattered around, waiting for the big event, tomorrow. I smiled as I saw my wedding dress carefully placed on the mattress by my sisters and daughter. This must be the best gown I had chosen so far.
The next morning my tenth wedding would take place and I could only smile at the idea of what was going to happen as this was a wedding of importance. I was going to finally change my name from Hale to Cullen; I was ready to accept all the things the rest of my family had accepted for decades now.
I smiled even wider as I saw a picture of Emmett, me and Emmelie from a few years ago on a nightstand, when my child was still a human and we were living in Denali. Emmelie had been my salvation, my reason for being happy along with her father. I reached happiness and it was time for me to accept and embrace my nature. I finally wanted to take the Cullen name. I was a major member of the family after all. I had helped Nessie to come to the world when none else wanted her apart from her own mother. I was the one who brought one more member in the family by having Emmelie and I was the one who saved Emmett and with him, stayed in the Cullen family.
I knew my decision of keeping the Hale surname was only a try to cling to my human years, a try of mine to pretend to be normal…
But as the decades passed by since I became a vampire, I realized that by fighting by my family's side, saving Nessie, helping Bella, having Emmelie and loving them all so much made me a better person as a vampire than what I was as a human. Back then, for those eighteen years of human existence, I was a shallow, vain, stupid girl who thought the galaxy turned around her. As a vampire, I became a true member of a family. I found a better mother and father, a great husband who is my soul mate, I became a mother myself and I enjoyed the peace of being part of a lovable family.
I matured as a person and I accepted my flaws, I learned to love more people than sweet, little Rosalie Lillian and I understood how is to be part of something as important as a family. I felt like finally having the strength to admit that I was better as a vampire than as a human.
I had been afraid of the moment my daughter would be a vampire too but I stopped beating that dead horse when I saw Marcus leaving us all in peace, a few years ago and now. I was glad having my Emmelie a vampire and having her by my side. She was already a married woman herself, with her lovely Alex. The two of them were the reason of the two families finally joining and living as one with no fear of the Volturis trying to destroy us.
I approached the window of the bedroom and looked outside the moment the full moon moved from behind the clouds and bathed the grounds in its silver beams. I smiled as I remembered my older brother… he was right, I would come around eventually.
There was a knock on the door and then my twin brother entered the room and was by my side in an instant. I smiled at him as he smiled back at me.
'Enjoy your last hours as Hale?' We asked each other at the same time and chuckled.
'You should be in the bachelor party,' I said still smiling as my brother touched my shoulder with his hand and squeezed lightly where Alec's cut head had left me a mark of biting.
'We're setting off in awhile, Emmett sent me to check on you and tell you that he misses you too much and by his prevented feelings about you, I bet he's telling the truth.' Jasper said and I laughed.
'He's been away from me for less than two hours. But tell him I miss him too,' I said honestly as I felt the need for my soul mate, Jasper groaned.
'Oh for the love of God, you're together for more than one hundred years… Stop being so… so…'
'Sex addicted?' I offered and he nodded.
'Exactly!' he exclaimed in fake shock and exasperation and we laughed again, when we stopped we looked at each other's eyes and then hugged tightly.
'Thank you so much, Jazz,' I said quietly, 'for everything,' I went on and I felt a small kiss on the side of my head. 'It's a shame we won't be the Whitlocks the next time we'd move.' I said and he chuckled as we remained hugged.
'If you weren't mine and his sister and Em wasn't your husband I would have tore your head off,' Alice said from the doorframe and my brother and I separated slowly with smiles on our faces.
Alice was grinning as well as Bella and Emmelie showed up on the door behind her. 'And you were supposed to be downstairs with the men… Esme and Rennesme are trying to keep Emmett away from the bride here and he would be distracted only by some grizzly and you're still here, wasting time when the women of the family want the house clear for their own party…' Alice scowled and Jasper smiled and kissed my forehead, something he did rarely with me or anyone else apart from Emmelie and Nessie.
He approached Alice and after he stole a kiss from her lips he looked back at me, 'I just wanted to make sure Rose was alright but she has all of you here so I won't disturb you any longer.' He said and after another kiss this time on Emmelie's head he left, leaving us all happy and smiling. After awhile, we heard the men of the house leaving and Esme and Rennesme showed up as well before Kate and Carmen.
'They're all gone, finally,' Kate said smiling as they all entered my room and moved around it, finding seats and places to watch the moonlight. Alice turned the CD player on and put a CD in with nice Rock music, we all listened to it as we remembered moments of our lives and we told the Denali women how it was when Bella joined the family, more than twenty five years ago.
'I was fine with Jasper and his constant thirst, I was ok with Emmett and his intimidating size but I was totally frightened by Rosalie, who ultimately hadn't even spoken to me.' Bella was saying and we all laughed as she gave me a pointed look and I smirked.
'I wasn't that bad… I could be much worse, plus, I have apologized and I made up for my awful behavior by helping you with Nessie.' I said defensively as Esme squeezed my shoulders from her seat next to me as the rest of the ladies smiled and nodded their heads.
'Look what I have brought here…' Alice said and took a big book out of a box she had carried with her. We all beamed recognizing the scrapbook Alice and Bella had made for Emmelie. She opened the book, facing it to us and moved through the pages.
There were pictures of mine and Emmett's previous weddings, pictures of me being pregnant, of Emmelie, the most beautiful newborn baby, her first Halloween as we had dressed her up in a pumpkin costume. There were more images of Emmelie's first birthday, her first day at school, a picture of hers with a few missing teeth, and later on pictures of the whole family with Emmelie always in a spot so she could be easily shown among the pale members of her family.
Family, I smiled at the thought of it, we were a big family and I loved every member of it, even Jacob with whom I had stopped bickering with venom even if we still had good-natured spats, just like with Edward. I loved them all even if all of us had our favorite ones in the family we could become one the moment it was needed.
Esme's favorite children were Edward, Bella and Alice when Carlisle's favorite ones were the those who had been turned by his own venom and Jasper who had presented the greatest change a member can have in our family. But even like this, they were always there for us, true parents to a big bunch of once young vampires who thought they could achieve anything.
The additions of Rennesme and Emmelie in the family taught me how much I could love someone else as much as I loved Emmett, my niece and daughter along with my husband are probably the most important people in my life.
'Rose, are you still there?' Bella asked and I snapped out of my stupor and chuckled as they all looked oddly at me. Other times, before my wedding, I could only care about my makeup and hairstyle, now; I was having a whole resume of my existence and family.
'Yes, sorry, I got carried away for a moment there,' I said smiling and winked at my child who looked back at me.
'So,' Alice kept saying as she looked at all the ladies of the room. 'Will you finally tell us who is going to be the maid of honor this time? I have been four times already and Esme has been five times, am I gonna be equalized or I'm getting behind?' Alice asked with a grin that I answered with one of my own.
'Well, this time I think it will be none of you…' I said and everyone looked at me funny. I had kept it secret up until now as I wanted to think about it and this wedding was different indeed. 'I want the bridesmaids to be Rennesme and Emmelie and I want Bella as my maid of honor this time,' I said and looked at my little sister who looked almost shocked. 'That is if you want to, of course,' I added and smiled at her. I truly wanted her to be my maid of honor this time as we helped each other truly with our hard times and became very close during the years, no matter how I had acted towards her at the start.
After a moment or two, Bella finally snapped out of it, beamed at me, stood up and hugged me tightly. Even surprised, I returned the hug to the woman who held my child first like I took care of hers.
'Aww, Rose, this is so sweet of you,' Esme said as she sighed, Carmen rubbed her back as the two female leaders of the covens smiled at me and Bella.
'So now, we have one more opponent…' Alice said happily, she looked at Emmelie. 'You should have chosen me instead of your mother for your maid of honor… it's not fair, but if you're like your mom, I am booking the position for your second wedding with Alex.' Alice told my child who rolled her eyes and laughed with her aunt.
'Just don't trip over anything, please…' I told Bella as she sat close to me on the bed, she glared at me with a smile on her face as the rest laughed.
'I have stopped doing that for a long time now…' she mumbled and I laughed as well and nudged her playfully.
The "party" went on with all of us laughing about things that had happened to our lives. After a while, we decided to go and hunt so we could be relaxed and carefree the next day. The hunt was also nice, funny even, with Bella and Alice competing about who is going to drink the deer faster. Bella won, to everyone's surprise, considering that Alice had once beaten Emmett, of all people, back in 1966.
When the hunt was over we decided to go back as minutes separated us from the dawn of the next morning. As we all started for the huge house I decided to take some time for myself.
'Could you please go back on your own? I will be there in awhile.' I said as we moved in a slow pace, all the women looked at me and I smiled. 'I just need some time on my own,' everyone nodded and even if I didn't usually want to be left alone on my special days.
'You won't go and find Em like back in 1949 right?' Alice asked me sternly and I chuckled and shook my head.
'No, I won't, I promise, Al,' I said and she nodded her head as she knew I was sincere when I used her nickname. Everyone started moving again as I remained unmoving, my daughter was the last to leave.
'Are you sure, mummy? I could stay with you…' Emmelie told me, I knew she wanted to protect and take care of me; I smiled at my beautiful child, her once blue eyes now bright topaz. I brushed my hand down her long hair.
'Everything is alright, princess, really, I just need some time to enjoy the peace before the wolves and the humans and the rest of vampire arrive.' I said with a smile and she nodded and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I smiled as she left in a flash to catch up with the rest of the group.
I headed towards the east in a fast pace, I wanted to be there when the first beams of light would illuminate the forest. I got just in time as I saw the pink and purple colors of the sky turning into light blue as the bright sun came out from behind a mountain and bathed everything in light, making every inch of my skin to sparkle.
The dawn always reminded me of Emmett. Twilights were the most depressing moments for us, especially for vampires like me and Edward who once believed that being a one was a curse. Emmett made me love the dawns, the start of a new day, he was my dawn, after another dark night, he was there to pull me through as to survive yet another day in our eternity.
I had spent endless depressing twilights and happy dawns in his arms, endless starless nights and as many full moons and I never gotten tired of him or our love or the way he made me smile every time he gave me that dimpled grin of his. That was love, I realized a long time ago, that was what I always wanted in my life. Even if Royce had been my new moon, the darkest period of my life and even if my turn had been an endless eclipse, never allowing me to see the human sun, I was here now, a strong vampire, ready to live through eternity like I was meant to.
When I returned home, everyone seemed to be there already, the wolves, Charlotte and Peter, the Irish and the Amazon covens, a few humans who had been friends with Carlisle and even Caspar and Amelia were here for the wedding. I got inside from the back door as I didn't want to be shown yet, especially to the humans who would see the bride after her hunt trip.
When I got to my bedroom I found Alice pacing up and down, after her scowling and my spats she pulled me in the bathroom where I took a bath and then she and Esme put me on a chair and started making my hair and make-up as Emmelie and Carmen with Kate were preparing my maid of honor.
My wedding dress was a beauty, with a strapless bodice and rich fabric on the skirt, it hugged my frame beautifully and my hair was free on my back as I wanted it to caress my shoulders. Alice was dressed in a nice black dress, Esme was wearing a light purple one and the bridesmaids were wearing beautiful, staples, cream-colored dresses. Bella had chosen a beautiful green dress with spaghetti straps that Alice had forced her to buy a few weeks back.
White roses were always the flowers that I chose for the decoration since they are my and Emmett's favorite flowers. The door opened Bella, Nessie and Emmie entered the room, ready, as I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled. So many things had changed and so much time had passed by since I had checked myself in the mirror back in 1932. Now, with my mother, daughter, niece and sisters behind me, I felt much more complete and mesmerized than how I had felt back when I was a newborn. For a moment, all of us remained silent as we looked at our reflections in the mirror.
'Emmett is a lucky man,' Carlisle's voice was heard and we all turned around and looked at my father in his tuxedo, he smiled at all the women of the family and kissed Esme on the cheek and came closer to me. I smiled at him as he placed his hands on my shoulders. Esme smiled at the rest and guided them outside the room as Bella gave me my bouquet of white roses. When the door was closed, I looked at my father's eyes.
'You're going to give me the sex talk like back in the 30's?' I asked with a grin and we both laughed, he shook his head and gave me a peck on the forehead.
'You make me and your mother so happy by taking our name.' Carlisle told me and I smiled and nodded my head, I knew that by my behavior made him feel guilty for many years. I knew I had hurt him through my years of struggling to accept who I was, but now, I was more grateful than ever to the man who saved both me and my husband. I hugged Carlisle tightly like he did and even if I did that rarely, I liked being in my father's arms.
'I love you, dad,' I whispered and he tightened his hug.
'I love you too, my beautiful Rose, very much, you're my big girl, after all.' He said and we both smiled as we broke the hug. I was grateful I couldn't shed tears because my make-up would have been destroyed. 'Emmett has been driving us all mad with his need to see you so let's spare him and the rest the torture of the waiting, shall we?' Carlisle asked and I nodded my head with a grin.
When we moved downstairs, everyone was gathered in the large garden that had been decorated to hold the wedding ceremony and the party afterwards, I was lucky as this wasn't a rainy day.
Edward started playing the piano like I had done for his wedding and we smiled at each other as I moved closer to the aisle by our father's side. We started moving up the small aisle and I beamed at everyone who looked at me with love and care in their eyes. However, I almost gasped when I saw the man of my endless life waiting for me up to the end of the small aisle. I beamed at him like he did beam back at me; Jasper was right behind him as the best man and Alex with Jacob were also behind my brother as the couples of the bridesmaids separated. Eleazar had taken the legal permission to lead the wedding and he was also up there waiting.
When my father and I reached the spot Emmett was standing, Carlisle gave my hand to my husband and smiled as he gave me one more kiss on my cheek.
'Here she is…' Carlisle told Emmett, 'For the tenth time…' he added in a vampiric whisper for the humans who attended the wedding to miss it but for the vampires to laugh at the small joke, Emmett and I grinned as well as we didn't break the eye contact.
'Hey you, beautiful,' Emmett whispered to me as we turned towards Eleazar.
'Hey you, handsome,' I told him and he beamed even more as he knew I admired him in his tuxedo that looked great on him.
I didn't pay attention to the ritual as my eyes were lost in Emmett's and my train of thought went to the vows I had decided to make, it was mostly something I had admitted to my sister than some lines of words that were already known to us and our family. I waited for him to say his vows first.
'I was dying when I saw you for the first time; I thought you were an Angel, sent to me by God as to save me. I'm glad I was right, Rosalie Lillian, you have been my angel for a very long time now and I thank every upper power for your presence in my life every day. You're my life, my love, the mother of my child and I will always love you, no matter what. Hell's not so bad if you get to keep an angel with you and I'm so glad I have mine right here with me.' Emmett said and I was left speechless like the nine previous times he said his vows.
Emmett was always very funny and did things without thinking and the people who didn't know him believed that he was intimidating with his size and strength, but to me, he was always the man who pulled me through the toughest and darkest moments of my life, he was my angel and my savor. I gulped down the venom that had gathered in my mouth and smiled at him sweetly as I started my own vows.
'With the dark curls . . . the dimples that showed even while you were grimacing in pain . . . the strange innocence that seemed so out of place on a grown man's face . . . you reminded me of Vera's little Henry. I didn't want you to die - so much that, even though I hated this life, I was selfish enough to ask Carlisle to change you for me. I got luckier than I deserved. You are everything I would have asked for if I'd known myself well enough to know what to ask for. You're exactly the kind of person someone like me needs. And, oddly enough, you need me, too. That part worked out better than I could have hoped. And then, we had our child and you and Emmie are the only reasons for me to keep up through this life. Hell's not so bed when you get to keep an angel with you, indeed and you, Emmett Dale, are my angel and my savor and I will love you till the end of time.' I spoke my own vows and I knew Bella was smiling from behind me as she was the one who had heard those vows, many years ago, when she was a human.
I just hoped she could still remember them through her vampiric, clouded mind. Both Emmett and I hadn't cared about the humans who didn't know our history as we spoke our vows, we had spoken the truth and now staring intensely at each other's eyes, we moved close to each other ready to press our lips together.
'No yet,' Eleazar stopped us and we paused and sighed with smiles on our faces. We took our rings from Bella and Emmett smiled at me as he placed the ring on the tip of my finger.
'With this ring I thee wed, and commit myself to you, forever,' Emmett told me as he slipped the ring on my finger and kissed my knuckle with care, I giggled and took the ring close to his finger.
'With this ring I thee wed, and commit myself to you, forever,' I echoed his words and placed the elegant ring on his own finger, we smiled as we looked at the rings, rings that we hadn't changed through the decades of our marriage and our nine, previous weddings.
'You exchanged vows and rings, and consented to marry in the presence of your family and friends, by the power vested to me, I pronounce you husband and wife… again,' Eleazar finally said and Emmett looked at him impatiently.
'Now?' he asked and Eleazar nodded as I grinned.
'Yep,' Eleazar answered a moment after Emmett and I had wrapped our arms around each other and we were kissing with passion as our family and friends witnessed and beamed.
The ceremony started with Emmett and I having our traditional first dance. This time Emmett had chosen the song and I wasn't surprised when he chose an old song of the British band "Muse", Sing for Absolution, he always loved that song as he told me once and kept believed that it was made for me as I was his absolution.
I smiled as he hugged me close to his own body and we swayed slowly in the rhythm of the song. I closed my eyes at the lyrics of the song as I felt intoxicated by my husband's sweet smell.
There's nowhere left to hide
in no one to confide
the truth runs deep inside
and will never die.
I felt Emmett kissing my lips and I opened my eyes and looked at him as I felt his hands traveling down my bare back, I smiled as I kissed him back as our daughter, family and the rest watched us dancing.
If we had happy endings, we'd all be under gravestones now, I was right back then but I had my own happy ending after all and that was certainly an unexpected turn….
SOOOOOO???? What you think of it guys? I wanna know your opinion about everything, I wanna know what you think of the wedding theme of the chapter and the talk between the ladies and the watching of the dawn from Rose and even more things like the talk between Carlisle and Rosalie and the wedding itself? I called the chapter-epilogue "Rosalie Cullen's happy ending" as my only hope for Rosalie was her to have her happy ending and I'm glad I gave it to her the best i could.
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