A/N: So, this is it guys. You all have been wonderful and your reviews make my day! haha.

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I want to let you know that there's an alternate epilogue to this story that I will post immediately after this one. I'll warn you though, that one is very angsty and is mostly for those of you who dislike Jacob a lot...or just like Edward that much more. lol.

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The Happily Ever After

Forever takes me by a minute,

While I'm here with you.

I'm falling even more in love,

With everything you do.

Hold me in your arms,

Look deep into my eyes,

Don't turn away and let me go,

Don't ever tell me lies.

I swear I'll never lose you,

In my arms I'll always hold.

I'll never let you slip away,

And leave nothing left untold.

There aren't enough hours,

In each passing day,

To find all the words,

I wish I could say.

Your kiss will last forever,

Your touch forever warm.

You'll guide me to the sunlight,

And shield me from the storm.

This is what I'm saying,

With everything that's true,

I swear on my life,

That I will forever love you.

I saw the bouncing curls reflecting the light in the sun before I saw her face.

She was giggling, of course, her golden locks shining like a summer's day.

She was beautiful.

My baby girl.

Renesmee.

"She's full of spunk today." Edward warned me, leaning over to give me a kiss before she ran through the door and straight into my arms.

"Mommy!" She yelled, her little voice full of joy.

"How's my baby girl?" I cooed.

"Daddy took me hunting." She grinned, her teeth gleaming. I turned to my gloriously beautiful, still- 17 year old husband.

"I made supper for her." I said, narrowing my eyes.

Renesmee pulled on my hair a little to get my attention again. "I like the deer better, mom."

"I know you do." I said as she laughed, the most beautiful sound in my world.

She jumped down from my arms and bounded into her room, probably getting ready for her play date with her 'cousins.'

Jake and Leah's kids weren't exactly related to her, but we thought of them that way anyhow, they were so close.

"Leah said she could spend the night over there." I said, batting my eyelashes at Edward seductively.

He grinned, coming over to sweep me into his arms. "Such a clever girl." He grinned, before capturing my lips in a kiss that would have stopped my heart- if it had been beating.

When I looked back to my years as a human, I remembered them fondly. Edward and I had dated for a grand total of three months before we'd come to the conclusion that we should just get married. We were soul mates. What was the point in waiting?

So Alice had gotten to plan our fairytale wedding, everything went absolutely wonderfully. I would be forever grateful to my talented sister-in-law.

On our honeymoon we'd gotten pregnant, much to both of our surprise, and alarm on Edward's part. The delivery was… interesting but I'd lived just long enough for Edward to change me.

And that brought us full circle.

I didn't regret my decision. The pain of transformation was hell, literally, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Edward set me down as I glanced warily at the pot on the stove.

"I think maybe I'll just have Leah hand this over to Emily when she comes to pick up Renesmee later. I'm sure she'd appreciate the extra food."

Making up with Jacob had come shortly before Edward and I had married, and to be honest, I didn't even know if I could have gotten married happily and truly enjoyed the day if my best friend would have been mad at me.

Jake and Leah, a girl from the reservation had ended up falling in love, actually he'd 'imprinted' on her, something I'd never understand. But, eventually they settled down with a few kids that were now Renesmee's age….sort of.

My daughter was constantly growing, at a much more rapid pace than a normal child. She was half-human, half-vampire. A very unique mix in the vampire world. Not the first of her kind, but a rarity for sure.

But we loved her to death, and when we'd realized that her growth would eventually stop, that she wouldn't be a 40-year old in 4 years, we were much happier.

I couldn't remember such joy in my human life, and I was pretty sure my human heart wouldn't have been capable of holding so much love and contentment.

I was confident of this as Edward wrapped his arms around my waist, and I knew exactly what he wanted.

I expanded my shield-my special power- out to him, letting him in, temporarily, on my thoughts.

I thought of us together, holding, kissing, loving. I thought of how happy he made me. How happy I was. I thought of how I wouldn't trade my life for anything. The thought of our family sitting around the fireplace, snuggled up on the couch as Renesmee told us about her day, begging us for stories about our human lives and how we'd met.

An amazed smile washed over his face, just like it did every time I allowed him to read my thoughts.

I had gained so, so much in such a short amount of time. More than my wildest dreams.

He smiled. "I'm not all that special, you know."

I smacked his chest, playfully outraged. "How dare you? You're everything. You're absolutely everything to me."

He kissed me then, his lips soft and inviting over mine. He felt warm, he felt so…right. I felt absolutely like I should in his arms.

"Did you ever imagine anything like this?" I asked him, taking the pot full of spaghetti and putting it into a tupperware container.

"No." He admitted. "I never thought I'd be capable of this much happiness."

I couldn't agree more.

We lay in our bed that night, completely wrapped up in each other. We never really stopped, not until morning anyway, but we stilled for a few moments, listening to the water run outside in the stream, the small animals scurrying through the forest. Tonight we could be a little extra…passionate, considering Renesmee was spending the night at Jake's.

"Do you ever wonder about what happens when we die?" Edward asked, brushing a few strands of hair away from my face.

"No." I answered. "I try not to think like that."

Leave it to my husband to be totally cynical.

"Do you think we're damned?" He whispered, pained.

I leaned up on my elbows and looked him straight in the eyes as I took his face in my hands.

"You couldn't be damned, Edward. Not with a soul like yours. Neither could Alice, or Jasper, or Carlisle, or Esme or Rosalie or Emmett. Or our daughter."

He scoffed. "I know our daughter isn't damned. That's absolutely absurd."

"Well then don't worry about us." He nodded, placated.

"Now, Mr. Cullen." I said, leaning down to kiss his neck down to his chest and back up again. "Where were we?"

He chuckled. "Well, Mrs. Cullen," I couldn't help the chill on my spine as those words left his lips, "I think we were right about here."

He flipped us over and I giggled as he hovered over me, kissing me with so much love and passion that I was sure I would pass out if I were mortal.

He thrust into me in one quick movement, one that would be completely undecipherable to a human if one had witnessed it. His thrusts were quick and jerky, his body shuddering as we came closer to our climax.

Wave after wave of pleasure hit me, every nerve ending in my body feeling like it was on fire. He made a guttural sound in his throat that only seemed to turn me on more.

Even after the pinnacle of our lovemaking, he didn't stop. He barely even pulled out. We just continued moving together in tandem, two perfect molds, fitting together. Forever.

He took my face in his hands. "I love you." He whispered hoarsely, leaning down to kiss my forehead.

"I love you too. Always." I vowed, our eyes never breaking contact.

"Forever and ever and ever." He murmured.

"That sounds exactly right to me."

And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of forever.

Fin