Previously…

We both loved the song so much that we decided to re-write it as a duet and release it as a single. Carlisle thought it was brilliant. We filmed a music video also. It was in an old warehouse showing a collage of family photos while we performed in a dark room, the only light coming from the projector in the middle of the old warehouse. Edward and I felt the making of the video brought us closer together as music always had.

We performed the song on a few radio, TV and award shows well into the rest of the year, until we decided when the time was right to release another album.

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"Why don't we just, I don't know, do a Greatest Hits album?" I asked.

"Really? You'd want to so soon?" my husband asked.

I looked up. "So soon? We've been in the music industry since 2007 and we only have 4 albums. I don't know what else to do, and neither do you. Carlisle left us out on our own to figure this out, so I think, while we do, we should release something for our fans. I'm not ready to give up on us yet!" I sat back down and felt my chest tighten up with emotion. Tears spilled over my eyes, and I wiped them away. Edward was giving up on our twenty-year career….for what? Why did he not see how happy our music made me? Without it, I was nothing. There wasn't anything else I found I was good at except music. Music was my heart and soul. I needed it to survive. I loved my husband, family, and friends to the core, but music was the main thing that made me who I was. And if Edward didn't want to do it anymore, then I'd find another outlet.

"Do you not want to be with me anymore?" I whispered.

Edward sat up and slid next to me. He sighed, "Of course I want to be with you, Bella. I love you, so much. I can't imagine making music without you now. Before you, I thought I was okay with how my life was. I was content, not looking for anything. I'd wanted more out of my career, but with my controlling dad, I just felt like my life was only this. But then, you-my best friend, my girlfriend, my wife—came into my life, both musically and personally and showed me what life was really about. I don't know what's going to happen to us as a band or whatever, but I know that I want to be with you, now, tomorrow, and the rest of my life."

I lay my head on his shoulder. I felt him kiss my hair and rub my shoulders. We stayed quiet for a while, letting all of our emotions from the last few minutes settle in the bedroom.

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February 2027

Edward, the band, and I started preparing for our acoustic greatest hits album. We contacted MTV and scheduled an Unplugged hour-long special to promote the record. After a long discussion, we came up with a tracklist:

1. Fire (Aim Your Arrows High)

2. Mine

3. Two Is Better than One

4. Enchanted

5. Decode

6. Long Live

7. You'll Never Know

8. Falling Stars

9. My Immortal

10. Skyscraper

11. Renegade

12. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

13. The Only Exception (Paramore cover)

14. September

15. A Thousand Years

After the special on MTV Unplugged, we released the special on iTunes, OnDemand and DVD so our fans worldwide could enjoy it.

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Two months later…

"Edward, I need to talk to you."

"Sure, what is it? What's wrong?"

"You know how we talked about having a baby?"

"Yes, are you okay? What happened?"

"Nothing," I laughed, taking his hand. Tears came into my eyes as I smiled in amazement. "I'm pregnant."