This is the last chapter.

Disclaimer: Twilight does not belong to me.

CHAPTER 7

Alice had revealed another gift of mine, that I was a mental shield. She had seen it in the future when we were visiting the Denali coven. I had already come up with a plan for Edward. But for my plan to work, I needed to be able to get my shield off. So I practiced day and night while the rest of the family attempted to keep Edward from reading their thoughts. Emmett and Rosalie had moved back into the Cullen house, so the family was more or less reunited already.

After a few practice sessions, I was able to lift my shield off my mind. It was a hard thing to do as my shield tended to recoil but I managed to do it, all the time determined to make my plan work. Once I had the ability to control my power, I decided to put my plan in action. It was really simple, just walk into his room and let him read my thoughts. I didn't want to ask Alice for the outcome, I wanted it to be a surprise.

It was a sunny day the day I decided to put my plan in action. Alice had pretended to drag the rest of the Cullen family off for shopping while they went to my house, giving us privacy. Quickly putting up an illusion, I walked into the Cullen house.

Edward didn't even notice when I pushed open the door and walked into his room. Listening to the lullaby playing in the background, I decided to change my plan a little. I had picked up piano over the years, and I could play my lullaby perfectly well. Walking downstairs to the grand piano, I sat down and started playing my lullaby.

Edward heard it. I could hear his thoughts. Who's playing Bella's lullaby? Nobody is supposed to touch my piano, much less play her lullaby. I'm the only one who can do that. Hearing that almost restarted my heart. It was confirmation, confirmation that he still loved me. But the pain in his thoughts was enough to make me cringe.

Hearing him walk downstairs lifelessly to the piano, I lifted my illusion and my shield, letting him hear my thoughts, while still playing the beautiful melody.

Edward.

That was enough to make him speed downstairs and pulled me into a tight embrace.

My angel. My beautiful Bella.

It was then he took notice of my new vampire look, and cried out in agony.

NO! She can't be a monster! No!

In an attempt to calm him down, I put up an illusion, making me look like the 17 year old Bella Swan. It was then that I began to think of all the things that happened to me, having finished the lullaby. I watched as he cringed, looking at the scene where he left me, where Victoria changed me, where I always missed him.

When I was finally done, I looked him in the eyes, the illusion off by now. His eyes were full of love, guilt, anger, sadness, pain.

"Bella, my angel. I'm so sorry. I don't deserve your forgiveness. I love you." He said all of these in one breath, pulling me into his arms. Gazing into his eyes, I muttered one simple sentence "I love you too."

He pressed his lips to mine slowly, and my instinct told me to be careful, not to hurt him. His lips pressed harder onto mine, and I remembered that I could hurt him no more. I responded with that same amount of love. How different this kiss was, how sweet, how wonderful it was compared to the times we kissed when I was human

I love you. I sent him that thought.

I love you too. And I'll never leave your side again, not for all eternity.

I smiled as he deepened the kiss further. We finally broke away after a long time. I watched as he sat down and started to play my beautiful lullaby. I missed that.

The rest of the Cullens came back and we were still immersed in one another, not wanting to leave each other. All of the Cullens were ecstatic. The family was complete again. Emmett took one look at us and started to tease us mercilessly. If I were human, I would have been blushing beet red by now. Apparently, Edward couldn't stand it either.

You thinking what I'm thinking? I nodded and the both of us went up to him. 1, 2, 3. And we both hit Emmett on the head. "Oh shoot, now we have two mind readers in the family." He winced as we hit him playfully again.

Let's go to our meadow. We thought together at the same time and smiled wryly. Edward took my hand and we broke off into a run, reaching our meadow soon after.

Our meadow looked like just I had remembered, as beautiful as ever. It was just the two of us there. I felt calm and at ease. While we laid on the meadow and slowly watched the sun set, he sighed and thought Twilight again. The end of a perfectly wonderful day. We were getting used to having mind conversations.

The beginning of a wonderful eternity. I added as he slowly pressed his lips to mine.

An eternity with you. He agreed.

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