5 Years Later
Bella's POV
"Sam, Marley we have to go right now!" I scream up the stairs to them and I hear Marley say hurry daddy, we don't want mommy mad, it's bad for the baby. I'm 3 months pregnant and Marley is a worrier, she got that from me.
"Come on Caitlyn, let's get the food." I tell my beautiful 2 year old daughter. We knew we wanted her but we were smart enough to wait until the timing was right. When I got pregnant I knew I didn't want to deal with Marley and an infant in the bakery full time and I knew I didn't want them raised in daycare or by a nanny or even by Joy who offered. I was 8 months pregnant and stressing and unprepared when Quil asked me if I would consider letting him run the bakery. I thought about it and it turned out to be the perfect solution. He does things exactly how I like them and I can go in when I want. He is actually planning on taking over Lisa's soon as she wants to retire.
"Chill out babe, it's just a bbq, no one expects you to be on time!" Sam yells back.
"It started 30 minutes ago!" I yell back up. Aggh.
2 minutes later Marley comes twirling down the stairs in a pretty pink dress that is going to be ruined by the end of the day. Sam holds up her backpack showing me he packed her extra clothes while staying right behind her so he can catch her if she falls while stair twirling.
I grab the brownies and the cupcakes I made and we all get into the car and head to Phil's house. As soon as we get there Marley jumps out of the car and I doubt I'll see her for the next few hours. Caitlyn is crying let me out and as soon as I unbuckle her she takes off after her sister.
Growing up I had just my mom until I was 10 and Phil came into our lives, with him I got an awesome stepdad and an entire team of baseballs players that treated me like family plus Phil's parents. His dad died a few years ago and now his mom lives with him and Joy.
Then along comes Charlie and Sue and Leah and Seth.
Charlie and I aren't close but we try to be civil so he can be in Marley's life.
Leah and Alex still live in Houston but they come down more often now with their 2 kids Mariah and Axel.
Seth is in medical school and engaged to be married early next year.
And then along comes Quil who ended up being more than the guy I hired because Marley liked him. Hiring him led to Phil and Joy finding each other and soon after getting married she got pregnant with Quinn. I was so afraid her entire pregnancy because she's only a couple of years younger than Sue was when she died but everything went perfectly and Marley and Quinn are best friends.
Quil is dating a sweet girl named Celine and I hope he keeps this one but he tends to go through girls rather quickly. He is Quinn's favorite person.
Seth still wins for Marley. She still talks to him on the phone every night and when he comes to visit you cannot drag her away from him.
And Embry is definitely Caitlyn's favorite. She spends the night with him and his daughter Miranda often. Miranda's mom wasn't ready to be a mom and she lives in another state but she visits. I keep Miranda as much as I can to help him. He is an awesome dad to her. Caitlyn and Miranda live in their own little world and no one but they and sometimes Embry and I are allowed in.
Everyone is here today because it is Mariah's birthday and Leah and Alex wanted to do it with the family. Phil has the best house for this kind of stuff.
"You OK babe? You look like you're about to cry." Sam asks me as he wraps his arms around me and I lean into him.
"I was just thinking how growing up I didn't really have much family and now my family fills this entire huge backyard and house." I tell him trying not to cry. "I hated my mom for keeping my dad from me but maybe if she hadn't then I wouldn't have ended up with you. I would have grown up knowing you and so it would have been different. If you had dated Leah when I knew you that would've been weird. Then I probably would've ended up with one of Phil's too old for me teammates or eww Jacob or Edward." I tell him making a face and he laughs.
"I'm glad it worked out like it did. And you know what else? I hope this kid is a boy. There are too many little girls running around here. Can you imagine in 10 years when their all teenagers?" He rubs my stomach even though I'm not showing at all.
I can't imagine 10 years from now because if I have learned anything in life it's things change quickly and unexpectedly.
"I love you Sam. I don't care what happens in the next 10 years as long as I have you." I tell him crying.
"I love you too babe. And you know I'll always going to be there for you and the girls and this hopefully little boy who I will still love if he ends up being a girl." He tells me and then kisses me.
I laugh and then run off to stop Caitlyn from jumping in Phil's pond.
Life is crazy.
The End
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