Chapter17

A/N: I don't own twilight SM does.

RPOV:

Epilogue

5 years later…

I rush about our house trying to get the kids dressed and ready for Leah and Mike's wedding. Jacob is already gone getting the cake set up. I hear a knock on the door and thankfully Angela is here to help me. Being six months pregnant with twins is hell trying to deal with a precocious five year old. "Thank god you're here. You need to get your godson and get him dressed or we're going to be late." I say feeling so exhausted. "Don't worry that's what me Amaya are here for." Angela says holding my adorable niece. She looks so much like Emmett, dimples and all. There has been quite the baby boom since I had Will.

Angela and Emmett had Amaya a year later and Alice and Jasper had Peter a year after that. Bella and Edward just welcomed baby Elizabeth three months ago and Quil and Claire are expecting a little one just around the same time my twins are due. The most surprising of all was when Esme had little Charlie. Carlisle and she were so excited and they really deserved to be parents. Jacob and I really wanted to have another baby after Will but we struggled a little since having Will caused some damage but with fertility treatments we are now expecting twin girls.

I couldn't be happier. When Will was a year old Jacob and I got married in a small ceremony at Niagara Falls much to Alice's dismay. My adoption of Nessa is what really made our family complete. She's now a very beautiful eight year old going on twenty five. Jacob says she's so much like her mother Vanessa. After all this time I can still see the tinge of pain in his eyes when he looks at her. I guess some pain never fully heals or goes away. I wouldn't change a thing because it makes him who he is and I love him just the way he is.

Now William is all his father. His smile lights up a room and shines like the sun. He is truly a friendly person. Always thinking of others and is oddly attached to Leah. He follows her around like a little puppy and she is just as enamored of him. Other than Mike he's the only one that can make her truly smile. So here I am five years later waddling around trying to get ready for another wedding and loving every minute of it. Who would have thought that having dinner at a new restaurant would lead me to my future husband and father of my children? It's funny how things work out. With the twins on the way I decided to take some time off of work to just focus on my growing family. Esme lets me do part time work from home and that suits me just fine.

After the ceremony everyone heads back to Swan's for the reception. It's a small gathering of just close family and friends. Leah's brother Seth even made it in from New York City to see his big sis get hitched. I sit and watch as Jacob and Nessa dance while Will steals Leah away from Mike. Bella did an amazing job with the food like always and Jacob and Embry made an assortment of decadent desserts and the cake is beyond spectacular. Four tiers covered in white fondant with a scrolling black design and some blood red sugar roses added for drama. It's really beautiful and totally Leah.

Angela sits down next to me handing me a piece of the divine chocolate cake I had the first time at Swan's. Jacob makes it knowing how much I love it and it kinda holds a special place in my heart. I smile widely at her. "You know it was coming here that got me into all this trouble." I say smiling at waving my hand towards Jacob and our kids. "Yeah but you wouldn't have it any other way." She says taking a bite of her cake and I do the same. "Your right. Even if I had to do it all over again I wouldn't change a thing. Even the fighting and misunderstandings I would keep because they made us stronger." I say believing every word of it. She gives me another smile and we finish eating in comfortable silence. Mmm…this cake is still so good. I'm still a firm believer that a woman can never have too much Love or Chocolate in her life.

JPOV:

It feels good to be home after a long day of baking and wedding festivities. I tuck in a sleeping Will marveling at how big he's gotten. Time just seems to be passing so quickly. I can hardly believe Nessa is eight. It still hurts knowing how much Nessie has missed with her. I still have that familiar pain whenever I look at our baby girl but it has lessened over the years and I know won't fully go away. It still amazes me that only eight years ago I thought my life was over and that I had nothing to live for. Nessa and Rose proved that I had everything to live for and I'll be for ever grateful to my two special ladies in my life. They both managed to heal me in a way no one else could.

I'm looking forward to starting a new chapter in my life with the upcoming birth of our twin daughters and my opening of my own bakery. I guess I was meant to be surrounded by beautiful women. I go to kiss Nessa goodnight and read her a story with her. "Daddy can Mommy read with me tonight." She says beaming at me. My heart always swells when she calls Rose mommy. It took her a while but she finally understood that she has two mommies that love her very much. "Ok I'll go get her sweetheart." I say kissing her forehead and leaving to get Rose.

I hand Rose the book and rub her swollen belly. "The princess wants you to read with her tonight." I say loving the feel of her in my arms as I wrap them around her. She melts into me fitting so perfectly. "Ok. Are you going to bed soon?"She asks sweetly. "Yeah I'll be in there when you're done with Nessa." I say kissing her softly before going out on the back porch. I stand with my hands on the railing and look towards the sky. Rose knows what I do out here but she doesn't say anything knowing that this is a private thing for me.

I clear my throat not really knowing where to start. "She asks about you all the time now. I try to tell her everything I can remember and so does Bells and Edward. I want her to know you but sometimes I'm so scared I won't remember you. I'm afraid that I'll move on so much with Rose that I won't be able to close my eyes and picture your face anymore. I miss you so much Nessie. It hurts to see Nessa and know that you aren't there to help her with all the girly stuff I have now idea about. I know you're looking down on us and are happy. I know Rose will never and could never take your place but I'm happy that Nessa has her. You would have liked her a lot. Nessa loves her and I do so much. I know deep down that you never really left us and that in some small way you'll be there when Nessa goes on her first date, when she graduates high school and goes off to college and I know you'll be there when she marries someone that I hope will make her as happy as you and now Rose has for me. I love you Nessie I always will." I say trying not to cry this time.

Every so often I like to come out here and talk to Nessie. Let her know things that are going on with me and Nessa. I know it seems kind of crazy talking to thin air but it helps me move on. I won't fully ever get over her loss but the talking helps to relieve all the hurt and pain I still feel. I take one more look at the starlit sky and head back into the house. I crawl into bed with my Rose and hold her close to me. "Mmm…that feels so nice." She mumbles as I hold her close burying my face in her soft blonde curls inhaling her comforting scent. She snuggles closer and I place my hand over her full belly.

I may never be fully healed but now that Rosalie is in my life I'm well on my way to being close to it. My heart belongs to Rose so completely but there will always be a part of me that will always love Nessie. How could I not love her when she left me the best part of her, Nessa? I guess I'm just one lucky bastard to have the love of two beautiful women in one lifetime. "I love you." I whisper in her ear and kiss her temple softly. She squeezes my hand softly and says sleepily "I love you too."

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