Author Notes: It's finished. Done. Over. Completed. I'm glad. I'm happy. This chapter was hard to write, very hard. I had a difficult time with it. I want to think SG51169 for her help on this chapter and pointing out a few things. So many thanks to her.

Also, I want to say a BIG thank you to each and everyone of you who had reviewed, favorite and added this to your alert. It means a lot and I know I wouldn't have came this far without your support.

So a very big thank you to each and everyone of you. Thanks for sticking out to the end. Now Just because Growing Pains is over doesn't mean I'm not done writing about it. I plan on writing a few snippets here and there over time. I'm very proud of this. It's my best fanfic in a long time.

Now without further ado, please read and hopefully enjoy this last chapter.

Chapter Thirty-Four

Bella was outside with Edward. It was a rare sunny day and she was marveling herself as she sparkled in the sunlight, laughing. She had been a vampire for twenty-four hours and had taken it with good grace, though she did almost kill a human on her first hunting trip and was stopped by Edward and her brothers, but after that incident, she hunted flawlessly, almost. She did trip over a branch, which caused Emmett to howl in laughter.

Even as a vampire, Bella was still somewhat clumsy, though she was a bit more graceful at falling down. Emmett found this highly amusing. A clumsy vampire, how hilarious was that?

Bella spun around, continuing to laugh. Edward caught her and kissed her. It was a breathtaking, passionate kiss that caused Bella to go limp in his arms, making her stop breathing. He chuckled as he reminded to breathe, a habit from when she was human. Bella took a deep breath.

"Aw, how disgustingly sweet." A voice said from behind them. Edward pulled Bella in back of him. Edward couldn't believe that he didn't hear them come up. He was so focused on Bella. He mentally cursed himself for his slip as he stood protectively in front of Bella, staring at Marcus, who was standing next to Jane, Aro and Felix. Caius had decided to stay home and hog the humans.

Bella's eyes were wide and staring at the Volturi as she held on to Edward's arm.

And they stared back, right into her blood-red eyes. Aro clapped and smiled, "So, you were changed after all, Bella! What a pleasant surprised. I am most happy to see it. It'll be a happy ending all around, and I love happy endings!"

Bella stared at Aro, "Are you always this giddy?" She asked, wanting to know the truth.

"Always." Marcus replied in a dull, lifeless voice. Aro just chuckled and walked over to Edward and Bella as the rest of the Cullens showed up.

"I've been thinking how ironic it is that my dear friend, Carlisle, shows up in Volturi and Bella is now a vampire." Aro said. "You wouldn't have been trying to stall us, have you my friend?"

Carlisle's eyes became hard for a second, before softening. He couldn't believe, well he could believe that Aro would assume such things. "Of course not. Why would I see you if I knew she was going to be bitten? My son Emmett took it upon himself to bite her."

Aro looked over at the big, burly vampire who could almost rival Felix in size. The two seemed evenly matched in size. It would be interesting to watch them fight; for real or playfully. The two seemed to have the same thought because Edward rolled his eyes at both of them.

"I see." Aro said. "And how is Bella liking her new life?" Bella stayed behind Edward, holding on to his arm.

"I'm liking it fine, thank you." Bella said. The Volturi exchanged glances.

Alice jumped in front of Edward and Bella, snarling. "Don't!" She said suddenly, "Only two of you will be going home if you do anything to even harm my brother and sister." She just had a vision of a fight and not ending in favor for either of them.

Jane stepped forward and glared at Alice. She fell to the ground, screaming, holding her head. Without a second thought, Jasper leapt forward and was about to attack her when he was grabbed by Edward. Carlisle was now in front of his daughter.

"Jazz, stop." Edward said, but his brother still struggled. If the situation wasn't serious, he would've laughed at the irony of this. Usually it was Jasper that had to calm Edward down, not the other way around. "Think of Alice. She needs you." Jasper's eyes became focused and he looked at his small wife on the ground.

Let me go now, Edward. He thought and Edward let Jasper go after a moment. In less then a second, Jasper was besides Alice's side, scooping her small, trembling body in his arms. He glared at Jane. "Attack my wife again and I will kill you." The threat was serious. Jasper was well experienced in killing vampires. Jasper took Alice inside, calming her down and whispering comforting words in her ear.

"Jane, enough, Dear one." Aro said softly and Jane stepped back. "We will allow them to live for now. However, this is their last chance." He looked at Carlisle, "Adding anymore vampires to your coven will be signing your own death certificate. There won't be any survivors." The Cullens exchanged glances and promised Aro that there wouldn't be anymore additions.

"Aro, you let them off too easy." Marcus said, unsatisfied with how things were going. He thought that they deserve some sort of punishment. They had been let off the hook too many times. He glanced at the Cullens. His eyes rested on Carlisle's mate.

Edward appeared in front of her, apparently catching wind of Marcus thoughts. "I wouldn't do that, if I were you, Marcus." Carlisle also appeared next to his mate and son.

"There are eight of them. No coven, besides ours, should be that big." Aro looked thoughtful for a few moments at Marcus' words. His brother did have a point there.

"There is no law stating how big a coven can be." Carlisle said. "As long as we aren't breaking any laws, which we haven't, then we are fine to survive the way we do. Bella is now one of us, just as we promised you she would be." Carlisle didn't want a fight, but he knew if anyone touched his family a fight would break out and he wouldn't stop it.

Emmett and Felix kept sizing each other up, waiting for each other to make a move, neither did.

Aro sighed, "That is also true." he said and glanced at the Cullens. "What are we going to do now?"

Carlisle spoke up, hoping this would work. "The kids go off on their own every few years, sometimes." He informed them. "Edward is generally the only one who stays with us at all times, besides Bella of course." He glanced at his son, then turned his attention back to Aro. "There isn't any need to do anything rash. They haven't done anything to break the laws."

"That is also true," Aro repeated. "Then, there shouldn't be anymore problems from you. However, I will not disappoint Marcus again. I'm done giving you your chances. This is the last one. Next time one, or all of you will die." The warning was crystal clear.

Aro clapped his hands, suddenly happy again. "Now that we got everything cleared up, I'm sure no hard feelings are felt?" Aro and Carlisle exchanged a few words before The Volturi bid farewell to the Cullens.

"I still think you let them off too easily. I know Carlisle is your friend…" Marcus could be heard talking to Aro as they disappeared in the woods.

"Hey Felix!" Emmett called. The big vampire turned around and looked at the younger vampire. "Next time we meet…" Felix smirked and nodded in acknowledgement. Emmett didn't need to finish his sentence for Felix to understand.

"You are an idiot Emmett" Rosalie said, smiling and kissing her husband's cheek, before leading him inside. Carlisle was besides Jasper and Alice and he looked over his small daughter. Her eyes were closed and her face buried in Jasper's chest.

"She'll be fine, dad." Jasper whispered to Carlisle as he continued to hold his wife. "I'm going to take her upstairs." Carlisle nodded and saw Jasper hurry up to their room. He knew Jasper would take care of Alice. Carlisle went to his wife and took her hand. He lead her to their room. Rosalie and Emmett also escaped to their room.

It was too much of a close call today. They escaped a certain fate and each one of them wanted to spend time with their mates. Edward glanced at Bella, who pounced on in his arms, kissing him passionately.

"Lets hunt." Edward said, wanting to get out of the house from the perverted thoughts coming from Emmett and Rosalie. Carlisle and Esme were more considerate with their thoughts. Jasper was concentrating on just comforting his wife.

"Well, how about we go to our meadow instead." Edward grinned and took off running, Bella was following him when she tripped.

"Even as a vampire, I'm still clumsy." She murmured and Edward laughed as he helped her up. "It's not funny."

"Yeah, it is. A clumsy vampire. Emmett is right. It is funny." Bella smacked Edward's arm. "Ow." He rubbed his arm. "I keep forgetting how strong you are." Bella grinned and ran off towards the meadow.

After arriving, the two fell to the ground, still laughing. Bella snuggled up against him and sighed. "Growing up can be very painful, but very well worth it in the end."

The End

End Notes (4/10/2015): All the chapters have been edited and any errors were fixed to the best of my abilities. I removed some notes that were no longer needed, but kept the Author notes, for the most part, intact in their original form.