And So It Ends As It Began, With Love

7 Years later...

I rubbed my arms as I stood in front of the old theater, the wind had grown colder as it ghosted over my exposed skin, goosebumps prickled over my arms and I fidgeted as I waited. This place always gave me the creeps, there was people milling about, some headed into the theater, others just passing by. Where were they going? I wondered as I watched them. Probably somewhere warm.

"Bella?" I spun around, my eyes dimmed slightly as I realised it wasn't who I thought. Though I should have guessed that by the sound of the voice.

"Edward," I breathed. He looked the same as he always did, his bronze hair was still an untamed mess and his green eyes still shone. He stood differently though, like the weight of the world had been on his shoulders, but he was pulling through. I knew when I moved back to Seattle two years ago there was a chance I'd run it to him at some point. It had been seven years since I last saw him and it was still too soon.

"What are you doing in Seattle?" he asked as he stood awkwardly scratching the back of his neck.

"I live here." I answered with a shrug.

"Oh," we stood there in awkward silence for a moment before he spoke again, "I heard Jacob had taken over control of Swan Enterprises."

"Yeah, I went back to college. I'm an English teacher now." I answered. It had taken almost the entire cruise to decide what I wanted to do when I got back home and a month before the trip came to an end, I decided that I wanted to become a teacher. It was a hard conversation to have with my father, but four years later, I graduated,and taught my first class two months after. I loved it.

"Wow, I never knew you wanted to be a teacher," he said.

"Neither did I," I took a deep breath, "how's Tanya and, um, the baby? Well I suppose it wouldn't really be a baby any more."

"She's good, we're not together any more actually. But Irene, our daughter. She's six now and amazing. My world, she has my hair and eyes. Suits them way better than I do," he joked with a far away look on his face, a small smile ghosting over his lips.

"Edward, sorry I'm late." She touched his shoulder lightly before looking over at me, she looked shocked at first and then she forced a smile. "Bella, it's nice to see you."

"Hey Alice." I did repeat her sentiment. It would have been a lie if I had.

"We should be going in, the show will start soon, Bella-" Edward was cut off and a jacket was shrugged on to my shoulders.

"Sorry. I couldn't find the stupid jacket in the car," Jasper apologised, "I called Rosalie too and Adam is fine." he added. He finally noticed Edward and Alice, when Edward cleared his throat. "Sorry, am I interuppting something?" he asked, looking between us confused.

"No, not at all. I'm Edward Masen and this is my sister, Alice." Edward introduced sticking his hand out. Jasper reached out and shook it firmly.

"Jasper Whitlock, I'm Bella's husband." Edward's eyes widened in shock, but he shook it off quickly. Jasper made a show of looking down at his watch. "We should probably go find our seats." I nodded in agreement.

"Bye, Edward, Alice. It was," nice? It hadn't really been. "Interesting."

"Yeah, you too, Bella." I linked hands with Jasper, pulling him into the theatre.

"Well that was awkward," I couldn't help, but laugh and nudge him on the shoulder. "It was nice to meet the man I replaced." he joked, "you defiantly upgraded." I laughed louder and he yanked me back into him by my hand and wrapped his arms tightly around me.

"You're so full of yourself." I told him shaking my head and looking up at him. His eyes brightened and he leaned his forhead against mine.

"You love me though," he teased, I leant up pressed my lips against his.

"I do love you, so much. You saved me." I told him smiling lightly.

"You saved you, I just gave you the ladder. You climbed it all on your own."

THE END

So this isn't completely the end. I will at some point in the future add more of Bella and Jasper's story. What lead them here, the good and the bad. But I'm not feeling much inspired right now, so it's on pause. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it :)