PRM ch49

A/n: I sincerely apologize for the delay in this chapter. RL has sucked donkey balls lately and as I didn't have this one pre-written, nothing was here to post;(

Much, much love to my beta, Bnjwl and pre-reader, Lvtwilight09, for all their insight and help w/ this chapter. They truly do make it so much better and I wouldn't have even started this journey without either of them. So, MWAH loves!

This is an extra long chapter for!

However, I anticipate having the next chapter up by next Friday, if RL will back the fuck off for a bit. This chapter is probably one of my most favorite ones of this entire fic. You'll see why.

See ya at the bottom;)

BPOV

Edward made it back to his parent's house around two in the morning. He was plastered.

It seemed that a drunk Edward, was a very frisky Edward. But, I just smiled and let him have his way.

At least he was a happy drunk and I loved to see Edward cut loose and have fun with his friends, because in all honesty when was the last time he got to go out and drink with Emmett and Jasper? He deserved to just have some fun every now and then.

Lord knows after all he'd been through the past few years he'd earned the right to party when he wanted too.

"I love you, Bella." He said sloppily as he smushed me to the bed while his lips explored my neck and ears.

"I love you, too." I giggled at him as he moved his hands down my sides, he passed over my ticklish spot and I couldn't help but laugh again.

"I want to ravage your body." He said as his hand found its way under my gown and he began to grope one of my boobs.

I knew he wouldn't last too much longer, because he was already about half asleep as it was. I couldn't help but love to see this carefree side to him. So, I went along with him as he continued to maul me with his sloppy kisses and handsy explorations.

"Edward, you know I'm yours, take me." I said with a laugh as he began to slurp while he sucked on one of my nipples.

He looked up at me with a lazy grin on his face, "You are sooo slexy."

I giggled. "Slexy, huh?"

He nodded, all goofy-like, "You are so booteeful, too."

He laid his head down on my stomach. First he applied a few wet kisses then I heard him begin to snore.

I stroked his hair and marveled at his sleeping form, I loved his weight as pinned me to the bed with the weight of his body.

How I got so lucky as to find this amazing man was beyond me.

What felt like a few minutes later there was a quiet knock on the door that brought me out of my sleep induced fog.

I cracked my eyes open to see the sun streamed in the windows and felt Edward stretched out across me to the point that my left arm and leg were numb from his dead weight.

"Come in." I whisper yelled.

Esme's face peeked in through a crack in the now opened door. "Can I come in for a minute?"

I nodded and she quietly came in and shut the door behind her. She walked over and sat on the edge of bed.

"How is he this morning?" She whispered as her fingers began to stroll through his hair.

"I'm not sure yet." I said with a light laugh, I didn't want to wake him yet.

"Was it bad last night?" She asked with her eyes alight.

I smiled, "No, not really. He was a rather, um…happy drunk."

She smiled and raised her hand to my cheek, "Thank you for loving him so much." I saw a glint of tears in her eyes.

"He's so easy to love." I said and felt my own tears as they pressed against my eyelids.

"Ugggggh." Edward moaned and then tried to shift on the bed, "I feel like there's a hammer in my head that would like to beat its way out." He groaned, sleepily.

Esme and I both giggled at his misery.

"Shhh," he groaned again which only made us giggle harder.

"Bella, why am I naked with you and my mother in my bed?" He whined and peeked an eye open.

Esme turned bright red and pulled the blankets a little higher up on his body. "I'll go and let you get…uhm…," she coughed out and turned bright red as she rose from the bed. "ready for breakfast. It should be up in about thirty minutes."

I nodded and resumed my soft stroked through Edward's hair.

Once she had left the room he stretched and moaned from the stiffness over how he'd slept, I knew how he felt.

"How do you feel this morning?" I smiled as he turned to face me with a grimace on his face.

"Like shit." He replied and snuggled against the pillow beside me.

I giggled and turned to face him, "Did you have fun at least?"

"A little too much fun, I think." He whispered.

"Just don't make a habit of it, Mister." I tried to scold him but it came out more as a snicker.

"No thank you. I don't know what I thought when I tried to keep up with those two." He said and smiled at me, then it was immediately replaced with a frown.

"What's wrong, baby?" I asked him as I cupped his face. He threw his eyes down away from mine and stiffened under my touch.

"Are you mad at me?" He quietly questioned.

"No, should I be?" I asked and pulled at his chin to make him look at me. His eyes held a momentary blink of fear then they cleared to concern.

"Um, well, it's just that…I came home late…and drunk." He said quietly as he sat up on the bed beside me.

I wrapped my hands around his and moved in front of him, "Edward, look at me." I instructed him with a little bit of demand to my voice. I didn't want to scare him but I wanted him to understand.

"While I don't wish for that behavior to become a regular habit, it was nice to see you that way." His eyes widened at the words I'd just said.

"What?" He asked, confusion clearly written on his face.

"Edward, after all that you've been through, after all that we've been through, it's perfectly normal for you to go out with the guys and cut loose." I cupped his chin and he leaned into my touch.

"I don't mind that you went out with your friends or that you enjoyed yourself, and I certainly hope that you don't think that I'd be mad at you for something as simple as those actions. . You deserved to have some fun." I told him with a small smile.

"I am sorry for both." His eyes held his sincerity. "But, it was kind of fun to be with Emmett and Jasper again." He gave me a small smile in return.

I leaned down and kissed him. When I pulled back he moaned and I just gave him a stern look.

"Let's go shower, your mom expects us for breakfast. You need some aspirin, water and food to help with that headache I'm sure that you have." I said as I ran my hand down his arm and across his back.

"Why am I naked?" He questioned as he moved to get off the bed, slowly.

"Oh, well. Uhm...you tried to get some action last night." I said with a hearty laugh.

He moaned, "How bad was it?" He ran a hand over his face and tried to stand up, but his legs weren't steady enough yet so I slid off the bed and wrapped an arm around his waist.

We made it to the bathroom and managed to get through the shower all the while I harassed him and made all kind of advances on him. It was good to laugh and joke around with him this way.

I loved that man beyond reason.

And, I couldn't wait to be his wife.

A month later, the weekend before the wedding - EPOV

"I will miss you this weekend." I said to Bella as she moved around the room to check my bags for everything I needed for our 'Men's Camping Trip'.

She stopped and looked at me, "I will miss you, too, but, not too much because Iwill be subjected to a weekend of spa treatments and wax jobs," she frowned, "so we'll see who missed who more in a day or two." She said to me with her eyebrow quirked at me as I leaned back on the bed. I knew better than to let the laughter loose that threatened my insides. I didn't want to pay for that mistake, especially not during my last few minutes of time with her before our weekend apart.

"That just sounds like the worst kind of torture." I feigned horror at her declaration.

"Have you met your sister?" She questioned as she folded a few more shirts to tuck into my duffle bag.

I just laughed harder but sat up and pulled her to me, "Yes, I have and I'm so sorry for what you will have to suffer at her hands."

She straddled my lap, her hands came up to cradle my neck, "It would be insufferable, but somehow because I know that I will see you again once it's all over, I'll manage."

I leaned up and kissed her, "At least you won't be stuck in the woods with your dad, my dad and four rowdy guys who have God knows what planned for me."

"I bet you'll have fun." She said as her fingers continued to run through my hair in a manner designed to comfort me.

"I hope so. I mean, I haven't camped since I was about eleven or twelve years old." I said and ran my nose along her collarbone.

"Mmm…that feels good." She mumbled and rolled her head back to open her neck up to me.

"I need you, Bella." I moaned and brought my hands up to cup her luscious breasts.

She pulled her head up and looked at me with those eyes that pierced right through my soul, "We don't have time." Her lips went into a pout as I thrusted up against her body and pulled her tighter against me.

"Please, I can be quick." I whispered in her ear.

Suddenly there was a loud knock on my door followed by a large overgrown Emmett with his hands over his eyes, "Turn him over, Bella or I'll be forced to physically remove him." He looked like a little boy in a giant's body in that state.

I moaned and Bella laughed loudly, "He's all yours." She scooted off my lap after a quick kiss to my lips.

I stood, adjusted myself and barked at Emmett, "You can take your damn hand off your eyes, we're both fully clothed."

He dropped his hand and grinned, "Good, 'cause I really didn't want to see your junk."

I grabbed my bags and jacket before I turned to Bella, "Wish me luck."

She came towards me and kissed me again, "Good luck," she said to me but then turned, "And Emmett?" She put her hands on her hips and quirked an eyebrow at him, "Bring him back in one piece with all his limbs intact or I will hurt you."

"Yes, ma'am." He said with a salute towards Bella.

We walked down the stairs and hugged my mom before we got to the new Expedition that dad had gone out and purchased solely for this trip. He claimed that we needed something to hold all of us and our equipment. Leave it to my dad to go out and buy a SUV for that reason alone, a rental would never do. Mainly, it was an excuse because he feared the damage that Emmett could inflict upon a rental car.

All of us loaded up as I got my bags situated in the back.

"Ready to go live off the land?" Jasper teased as I crawled in the middle seat between him and Emmett.

"As ready as I'll ever be. And, for the record, Bella has threatened physical harm to anyone who brings me back with so much as scratch." I teased right back.

The next two hours passed with laughter, jokes and a lot of bullshit talk passed back and forth.

Jake and Embry fit right with our motley crew and before I knew it we had camp set up. We chose a good spot down by the lake and the weather was actually mild since it was towards the end of December.

Charlie taught or well, tried to teach us all to fish. Of course, Jake and Embry were show offs as they had previous experience. But, it was hilarious to watch Jasper and Emmett continue to get their lines caught up or tangled around their bodies.

We managed to catch enough fish to cook for a meal and set out back to camp when Charlie called me back to walk with him.

"How are you doing, Edward?" He asked as he handed me another tackle box to carry.

I wasn't sure what he wanted to know so I gave him an honest simple answer. "I'm really good."

He clapped me on the back, "Good. That's good to hear." He kind of grunted a little as we walked up a little slope and I could tell he struggled to talk and walk at the same time.

"Was there something you wanted to know, Charlie?" I stopped and waited for him to reach me a few seconds later.

He grimaced and looked around a bit before he smiled and settled his eyes on mine, "Just wanted to make sure that you didn't have cold feet or nervous wedding jitters, that's all."

I smiled at him, "No sir, none at all. I love Bella and know that she is the woman for me."

He smirked, "Well, she'll definitely keep you on your toes, that's for sure."

I chuckled and nodded, "Yes, sir, she sure will."

He frowned at me, "What have I told you about that sir crap? Edward, my name is Charlie." He took off at a brisk walk as I just smiled and said, "Yes, Charlie."

Back at camp my dad stood off to the side with his hands folded across his chest and a laugh on his lips as Jake and Embry fought with Emmett and Jasper over how to start the fire to cook the meal.

Charlie walked over, moved a few stones around, threw something in the middle of the circle and started a fire, "Now, if you little girls want to continue this squabble-fest, I suggest you bring the beer cooler over and take off into the woods."

Carlisle laughed and sat down in the lawn chair next to my soon to be father in law and popped open the lid off his own beer bottle.

Eventually Jake, Embry, Jasper and Emmett calmed down and joined me, Charlie and my dad as we sat around the fire. They all told me horror stories of their bachelor parties and wedding receptions, but, nothing they said scared me.

I couldn't wait to marry Bella and begin to live our lives; joined in the most legal way.

I had waited a lifetime for her, they couldn't scare me away.

Later that night, when it was pitch black, the crickets and locusts in full serenade and the night turned icy cold, Jake approached me.

Everyone grew silent as he stood before me with a metal box in his hand.

"Edward, I have something for you, something that I wanted to give you, something that would help you to truly put all of your past behind you, so that you could marry Bells with a clean conscience. " He said, hesitantly.

I looked around the group and they all had their heads down or eyes anywhere but on me.

"What is it, Jake?" I asked curious as to what was in the box. "I honestly don't think anything but emotional scars still linger from that time in my life." I really didn't know what he referred to but I guessed that I was about to understand.

"Just take a look for yourself." He said as he handed me the box and walked back over to his seat by the fire.

I eyed everyone who now had their eyes trained on me and that box.

I looked down at it and realized that I trembled, either from excitement or nerves. It was hard to say which right now. I took a deep breath and slowly opened it.

I gasped when I saw what was inside.

I immediately looked up at Jake, "How did you get this?"

Fear ran through me.

Fear that he'd seen it all.

Fear that I could still get into legal trouble.

Fear that the past had caught up with me, it now stared me in the face.

All that I had fought so hard to keep out of the public view, was in that box.

All that I had endured and lived through, was contained within the seemingly innocent metal box.

The years of my life that I lost all amounted to what was in this thin metal box.

All of the evidence that Tanya had held over my head for years was right here, in my hands.

"You should destroy it, son." My dad's voice carried across the crackling fire as tears sprang up into my eyes.

"It's yours to do with as you please, Edward." Embry said, solemnly.

"You should burn it." Jasper said.

"We could dance around the ashes," Emmett said, jokingly and it garnered a few small chuckles from the group.

I looked around the fire into the face of each of my companions as they nodded their agreement.

"I wasted so much of my life; gave so much of life just because of what's in this box." I said with a shaky voice.

Everyone nodded and I saw my father wipe a tear from his eye.

"That bitch tried to use all of this to destroy me, destroy my family. She took and took and never once felt remorse for what she had done." I said as my voice found more strength.

"She almost killed me. She could have killed Bella, my dad and Jake." I said with anger in my tone.

I stood up and walked towards the fire.

"May she rot in hell," I said as I slowly dumped the pictures, the videotapes and the false DNA test papers and written statements, one by one into the fire.

They all clapped and cheered and when it was all said and done, we toasted with a clink of our beer bottles to my new found freedom.

Even though I was already free, now I truly felt it in every sense of the word.

It was a huge monumental moment in my life, just another to add to a long list that continued to grow.

The rest of the weekend was light and fun, full of drunken debauchery and more tales of exaggerated bullshit than I'd ever heard in my life.

But, it was fun and exactly what I had needed.

Now, as we drove home I couldn't wait to see Bella and relish in the fact that in six days, she would be my wife, my life, forever.

The past could never harm me again.

A/n: Now do you see why I love this chapter so much? He's come so far...and he's so ready to let the past stay behind him. I'm so freakin' proud of him!

Now, the next chapter will the last for this fic. Yes, the sequel is still planned but most likely won't start for a few months. Honestly, I have 2 other WIPs going on now, a drabble that's about to start and 4 new plot bunnies that I'm working on so that I can get them started, as well.

Plus, if you aren't a member of my fb group, theonlykyla fanfiction, then you need to join now...I have a new project that I've been working on that I'm anticipating to start on Sunday BUT it will ONLY post in my group. It's something new and exciting to me and I can't wait to share it with all of you. The fic is called The Destruction of Us and I'm not sure if I'll ever post it on FFnet or not. But, it's forced me to stretch as a writer and I'm in love w/ the fic. So, join me, won't you?

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Love, Kyla