A/N: Another story is coming to an end. I always feel a bit sad when that happens, but I've got some other stories in the works. A huge thanks to all of you for reading/reviewing, and a huge thanks to my beta for her awesome skills. I've tweaked this a bit, so forgive the errors that might be in here.

One week. In one week, I would start college at Oregon State University with Edward by my side, and it seemed as if the past year had flown by.

Edward and I had consummated our relationship not long after our first bonfire at First Beach the summer of senior year, and we'd only become closer since.

When it had come time to pick colleges, neither of us had any idea where we wanted to go but neither of us wanted to stray too far from home.

In the end, it came down to schools that had good reputations for the areas of study in which we were interested. I'd decided that I wanted to do something in the forestry industry while Edward was thinking about a degree in either earth science or teaching.

Alice and Jasper were moving far away from home and going to college in Georgia. Alice had gotten accepted to the Savannah College of Arts and Design where she was going to study fashion, and Jasper would be attending Savannah State University.

I was having a hard time dealing with the fact that my best friend was going to be so far away. Actually, all of my good friends were going someplace different. Angela and Ben were going to California while Eric was making his way to New York City.

I knew that we'd keep in touch, but it wouldn't be the same as seeing them every day or almost every day. And, I was afraid that we would get so busy that we wouldn't keep in touch and that our friendship would fall apart.

"Did you finish packing?" Dad asked, interrupting my thoughts, and I looked up at him as he stood in the doorway to my room.

"Almost," I told him as I took a look around my room.

Dad had wanted to drive me to Oregon, but I'd told him I would be fine. Edward and I were going together, we'd rented a small U-Haul to carry all of our stuff.

Sadly, since we were freshman, we'd be living in the dorm for our first year, and I wasn't looking forward to it at all. When I'd found that out, Dad had offered to pay extra for me to have a single room, and I'd gladly taken him up on the offer. I had no desire to live with a stranger to with whom you may or may not get along. Edward, on the other hand, had gone the roommate route, and he'd been in contact with the guy, Alec, for the past couple of months. Edward thought his roommate sounded nice, and I certainly hoped so for Edward's sake.

"I can't believe you're leaving for college," Dad said quietly, and I couldn't help but hug the man.

"I'll call and come home for the holidays," I promised, and Dad nodded.

"So, how was your first day?" I asked Edward as we met up for dinner after our first day of classes.

Our schedules weren't compatible at all. So, we had promised that we'd eat dinner together every night so that we'd at least get to see each other for a bit.

"Not too awful," he told me around a mouthful of pizza. "You?"

"Same," I said with a shrug. "A couple of my classes seem really cool. They do trips out to the forest preserve and stuff, so that's exciting."

After that, an uncomfortable silence fell between us as we ate, and as we tossed our trash and made our way out the door of the cafeteria, I felt like something was off.

We didn't talk much as we made our way back to the dormitory where we both lived.

"Why is this weird?" I blurted out as we stopped in front of the doors to the building.

"I don't know," Edward said, running a hand through his hair. "It shouldn't be."

"I know. It's …." I trailed off because I couldn't explain why things were suddenly weird.

"Yeah," Edward agreed softly. "Come here."

I walked into his open arms, lying my head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around me.

"We'll figure this out," he swore. "Things feel weird probably because we're in a new city, a new state, away from home, and on our own. As long as we talk, we can get through this weirdness."

I nodded before pulling away and placing a kiss on his lips. He was right. We would get through this, just like we'd gotten through everything else.

"Want to come to my room for a while?" he asked.

"Sure."

We took the elevator up to the fifth floor and walked down the hall to Edward's room. He unlocked the door, and I glanced around the room curiously. I hadn't seen the room since Edward's roommate had moved in.

"Wow," I muttered as I stared at the room. I was a fairly neat person, but this guy gave new meaning to the word neat freak. Nothing was out of place. His shoes were neatly lined up by style and color, and I bet the clothes hanging in his closet were the same. There were also little hand sanitizer bottles on every flat surface

"Yeah," Edward said, shoving his hands in his pocket. "Sometimes, I feel like he's constantly judging me because I don't make my bed every day."

"I'm sure he's not," I told him before we made our way to said bed and sat down on it.

It didn't take long before Edward was cuddled up next to me and we were making out. Though, not long after that, we heard the key in the lock, and a short guy with extremely pale skin and dark brown hair walked in with a young woman by his side.

"Excuse me," he said in a cool, polite tone, and I blushed a bright red as I sat up and smoothed my hair down.

"Sorry," Edward said before getting off the bed and introducing me to his roommate, Alec English.

"It's nice to meet you," I told him, holding out a hand which he looked at with disdain before informing me that he didn't shake hands with people.

"The number of pathogens passed by shaking hands is staggering," he told me in a haughty voice, so I settled for a small wave instead.

"This is my sister, Jane," he told us, and we both waved to her as well before Alec asked to speak to Edward privately.

I excused myself and left the room with Jane behind me. I was beyond curious as to what Alec wanted to talk to Edward about.

"So, are you from here?" I asked Jane as I leaned against the wall.

"No."

"Me either. I'm from Forks, Washington," I told her, trying to start a conversation and failing miserably. She didn't seem to have any inclination to talk to me at all.

Thankfully, the door to Edward's room opened soon, and Alec walked out, giving me a cool glance before making his way down the hallway with his sister.

I dashed into the room and saw Edward sitting at his desk with a slightly perplexed and stunned look on his face.

"Talk to me," I demanded as I plopped down on his bed.

"Alec is very proper," he began. "He was offended to walk in and find us kissing in a room that he and I share. He asked that if we are going to behave in such a manner, that we do it elsewhere."

I stared at Edward, unable to believe what I was hearing.

"Oh, and then Alec proceeded to tell me that eighty million bacteria can spread through a ten second french kiss and that you and I need to be more careful."

I wrinkled my nose at that bit of information. I could have definitely gone without out knowing how much bacteria was being swapped between the two of us.

"Lovely. Well, I guess it's a good thing I have a single. No germaphobic roommates to bother us."

…..Four Years Later…..

"How the hell have the past four years gone by so fast?" Edward asked me as we lay on our bed in the apartment we'd moved into sophomore year.

Halfway through freshman year, Edward and Alec had gotten into a verbal shouting match that had almost led to a physical fight. Edward had moved out and into a different room with a new roommate who'd been a total stoner. After that, Edward was sick of the dorms, and Esme and Carlisle had been more than willing to get Edward an apartment, and he'd asked me to move in with him.

"I don't know, but it's kind of scary. We're going to be going out into the real world with grown up jobs," I said, rolling over to look at him.

"We'll be fine," he said, placing a kiss on my lips.

"Well, you'll be fine. You've done four interviews. I've yet to find anything," I pouted.

Edward had sent out his resume to a bunch of schools in Washington, both of us having decided to move back there after graduation.

"Just because I've done interviews doesn't mean I'll get the job," he reminded me, but I rolled my eyes. There was no doubt in my mind Edward would be offered at least three of the four jobs he'd applied for.

Two days later, I was proven right. Edward had been offered jobs in Seattle, Port Townsend, and Olympia.

"I don't know which one to accept," he mumbled as he sat on the couch. "Seattle and Olympia pay higher than Port Townsend, but I don't really like living in a big city."

"Then I think you've made your decision."

"What do you think?" he asked, and I told him I was on board with whatever decision he made. I wanted him to be happy, and I liked both the big city and small town life, so I had no problem with moving to Port Townsend, and I told him so.

He let out a sigh of relief before calling the principal at the Port Townsend High School, letting him know that he would accept the job. Edward would be teaching earth science to freshmen and sophomores and biology to the juniors and seniors.

We called our parents a few hours later to let them know we'd be moving to Port Townsend, so then the hunt was on to find a place to live. Not that we didn't already have a bunch of other stuff to do besides finding a place to live.

Edward and I had gotten engaged over spring break while we'd been vacationing in the Outer Banks in North Carolina. We had been strolling along the beach in the moonlight when he had dropped down on one knee in the sand and asked me to marry him. Despite the fact that we had talked about marriage many times, his proposal had still surprised me. Of course, I'd said yes, and after we'd told our family and friends, the planning of our wedding had begun.

We were getting married in a small ceremony in July, and while most of the details had been figured out, there was still some stuff to do. Not to mention that Alice and Jasper were getting married in three weeks before moving to New York City. Rose and Emmett had gotten married their junior year of college when they'd found out that Rose was pregnant, and their two year old daughter, Roxanne, or Roxy as we called her, was absolutely adorable.

"Ugh," I complained several hours later. "I'm so tired of apartment life. I want a house!"

Edward grinned at me, but there was something almost secret-like in that grin, and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Spill, Cullen."

"Spill what?" he asked innocently.

"Whatever secret it is that you're keeping."

He refused to tell me, but I found out on graduation day. His parents had decided to buy all of their kids a house as a wedding present. They'd bought Emmett and Rose a house in Port Angeles, and were buying Jasper and Alice a condo. I knew that couldn't be cheap, seeing as how it was in New York City. Even though I'd done my best to argue against them buying us a house. Esme had shut me down.

In the end though, Edward and I found a gorgeous four bedroom house near the water. I'd fallen in love with the house and its views even though it had been a bit pricey. I'd told Edward we should find something else, but he'd refused, and his parents had spent, what I felt, was a small fortune on it.

Not long after we'd married and moved in, I'd gotten a job as a forest ranger at the Fort Warden State park, a few miles from our new home, and I loved it.

a/n: Don't worry. This isn't the end. There's one more epilogue coming your way. I'll do my best to get it out this week.