Disclaimer to Stephenie Meyer and Tomoko Hayakawa.
Sorry for not uploading in such a long time. I had loads on my agenda in the past weeks. Such as going to London on a school trip (awesome, we missed like 2 days of school) and then too much homework, and revision for science modules (exams) and then my obsession for drawing manga reached its peak. So, yeah.
Plus it was hard to write the final chapter for this, albeit the epilogue. So, read.
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Edward's hands were around Bella's eyes, blocking her vision.
"Where are we going? Seriously?" Bella asked in a small voice. Edward chuckled and Bella felt it vibrate through his body to hers.
"One second."
Edward reached a problem. He'd have to make Bella go up some steps.
"Bella, I need you to close your eyes."
"No! Tell me where we're going!" Bella argued.
"The sooner you close your eyes, the sooner you'll know," Edward said tactfully. Edward felt Bella close her eyes.
"Promise me that you'll keep your eyes closed."
"I promise."
In the darkness, Bella wouldn't see anything anyway, but Edward wanted to make sure. Edward slipped his fingers away and grabbed Bella's hands and led her gently up some steps. When they were in the centre of the gazebo, Edward let go.
"Open your eyes."
Bella opened then, praying that some sort of light would strike her blind, but it was all dark.
"It's...dark," Bella said quietly.
"I thought you liked the dark," Edward said. The moon that was hidden behind the clouds came out, shining onto Edward and Bella's face. Bella saw Edward smile.
"I believe I do," Bella told Edward. Edward's smile widened. Edward's fingers grazed the length of Bella's arm, leaving a trail of goose bumps. Edward's fingers finally reached Bella's hand, which he took, and he put another hand on Bella's waist.
"I can't dance!" Bella spluttered at the last minute.
"Are you trying to avoid it?" Edward whispered down Bella's ear. They were stood in the centre of the gazebo, in the dark, holding each other.
"I'll make a fool of myself," Bella said honestly.
"It's dark, and it's only me," Edward said, taking a step back, forcing Bella to take a step forward.
"You say only you, like it's a small thing," Bella said quietly. They were just taking steps. Suddenly, Edward spun, lifting Bella up gently so she wouldn't stumble by this sudden action. They stopped on the right of the gazebo.
"Are you drunk?" Edward asked, with a smile. Bella shook her head.
"Are you mental?"
Bella responded by punching Edward in the arm. Edward chuckled at this weak blow.
"Are you hormonal?" Edward asked again.
"No! What is wrong with you?" Bella hissed at Edward. Edward sighed.
"I was checking that you were just, normal."
Bella didn't have a chance to answer as Edward lowered and kissed her. Electricity flowed through them and it felt magical. Bella wrapped her arms around Edward, and slowly her leg, with a mind of its own, popped. Bella was only conscious of it when she felt a latch on the back of her foot. She let go of Edward and heard a trickle of water that hadn't been present before. Slowly, lights that were entwined around columns holding the gazebo lit up. It was just like a movie. And this was the ending scene. The heroine had found her hero, and they had survived evil acts of fate and they were finally together. Yet, Edward hadn't said the words that would bind them together, Bella looked expectant at Edward.
"Bella, would you like to be, um," Edward said awkwardly running his hands frantically through his hair.
"Yes." Bella answered. Edward responded to that by kissing her. Things like kissing was so much easier than asking someone to be their girlfriend.
"Why me?" Bella asked suddenly. Edward wasn't aware that Bella had pulled away. Edward turned to face something else. Bella moved so she was in front of Edward, but she tripped over her ridiculous gown, Edward saw Bella stumble and caught her. They laughed awkwardly, and Bella's eyes were forcing Edward to face the question. He lowered Bella onto the wooden floor. He sat beside Bella.
"Maybe, you because you were the first girl to not throw yourself at me. All my life girls have just tried too hard to be with me, and when you first met me, you threw me out of your room. I guess that's what made me like you."
"But I was in love with you," Bella said shamefacedly.
"You were in love with me, when I was in love with you, so no harm done," Edward said smiling. He fell back and stared at the ceiling of the gazebo. Bella crawled and lay next to him. Last time Edward was like this with Bella, all he thought about was his dead arm, now he had sweeter thoughts, because Bella was conscious and not-demented. Static flowed through their bodies.
Edward closed his eyes.
Bella closed her eyes.
They both drifted off to sleep.
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Edward felt weird. He could feel skin on top of him and a silken sheet. Bella felt strange as well. Edward and Bella opened their eyes together.
"What, happened?!" Bella shrieked, sitting up quickly grabbing the sheet and covering herself.
"I don't know!" Edward gasped. Edward and Bella looked at each other in shock. They were both in a hotel suite, on the same bed, naked.
"Then why are we naked?" Bella wailed, half-mad.
"I didn't do anything!" Edward said, still in shock.
"What if, we, did we, protection?" Bella said in a strangled voice.
"I swear, Bella, if you're pregnant I will marry you!" Edward said, grabbing at Bella's hand. Bella looked as if she was going to cry.
"You're not going to get married when I'm on my honeymoon!" a loud voice boomed out of the bathroom. There was a lot of giggling.
Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Carlisle and Esme all came out of the bathroom; it was surprising a bathroom could hide so many people. (Edward later found out that the bathroom was actually, quite large.)
"That's what you get for sneaking out of my wedding and sleeping in a gazebo," Rosalie said with a wicked smile.
"You did this?" Edward growled.
"Well, I undressed Bella, and Jasper undressed Edward," Alice told them, "then we trashed your room to make it seem like, something...happened."
"By the way Bella, you are so lucky," Esme said with a grin and taking a quick glance at Edward. Edward blushed violently scarlet. Bella laughed as she had never seen Edward blush so scarlet. They all sat in the room and laughed.
As each individual couple had some stuff to pack (except Rosalie and Emmett who had people to pack for them because they were going away in a few hours) they left.
"Did you really mean that you'd marry me if I was pregnant?" Bella asked later.
"Yeah. But I'd marry you anyway," Edward said, grabbing Bella and kissing her on the head.
All was well.
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Okay, before I finalise this, I would like to thank all my readers for continuing to read this story. Even from the beginning.
Thank you to my reviewers, who inspire me so much, and whose ideas I sometimes use, and who make me a better writer.
And on the last note, I have a question for the epilogue – should I do Prom, or should I do 20 years later?
Please vote as you review.
