A/N: I don't own it. :(
Massive thanks to Mesmerize me for pulling my head out of my butt when this turned out less than fluffy the first time.
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-Edward-
-Two years later-
Bella looks beautiful standing next to the fountain in the center of the park. It is a beautiful summer day and I can no longer hold in my desire to have her with me forever.
"How about you make a wish?" I suggest as I hand her a quarter from my pocket. She smiles back at me and closes her eyes, concentrating on her wish. I use the distraction to pull the box from my other pocket and drop down to one knee as she takes a step forward to toss the coin in. She turns back towards me and her face breaks out into the biggest smile as she sees the ring I am holding out. She finally discovered the old ring I had bought for her when we were younger and it currently hangs on a chain around her wrist. This one is brand new, I wanted there to be no doubts that this was about moving forward.
"Isabella Swan, you are my every thought, my every desire. Nothing in my life has been as powerful as my love for you, my need to be beside you, and for you to be beside me. There is nothing else in the world that I will ever want more than for you to be my wife. Marry me."
Bella's smile grows larger and she glances back at the fountain for a moment before returning her gaze to me.
"That must have been some magic quarter you gave me Edward." Her words confuse me and I start to feel a little nervous at her reaction. Seeing this, she steps forward and takes my outstretched hands in hers.
"Because my wish just came true. Yes, Edward, I will marry you." I nearly fall over with how quickly I jump up to pull her into my arms and kiss her senseless. When we pull away from the kiss, I take her hand and place the ring on her finger, kissing her hand softly.
-Eight Years later-
I finish washing the dishes from dinner and head off to find my lovely Bella, my wife. It has been eight years since I proposed to Bella and she accepted, eight of the happiest years of my life. I find her upstairs in our daughter, Mary Lynn's, room reading her a bedtime story. The damage from the fire on Bella's body seemed not to have left her barren, as we found out after coming home from our honeymoon to discover that she was pregnant. I walk in and give both of my girls a kiss on the cheek as Bella tells Mary how the brave princess slayed the dragon to save the prince. I shake my head as I head back out into the hall wondering where Bella gets these books. Our son, Dale Lee's, room was the next door and I poked my head in to make sure that he was going to bed and not playing video games. Fortunately, for him, he was reading a comic book. We said goodnight to each other and I headed off to Bella's and my bedroom.
We decided to name our children after our lost friends, adopting their middle names, well, Alice's first name, for each of our children.
I go through my nightly routine and Bella joins me shortly after and goes through hers as well. I turn down the covers and we both slip in between the sheets, ready for a good night sleep. Without even having to think about it, I wrap my arms around her and pull her to me. It's the way we have slept every night for as long as I can remember. I can't help but think about how my life has turned out; so different from what it was ten years ago. I pull Bella a little closer to me and smile. Life can throw you the worst situations, but it can also give you the best blessings.
A/N: I know it was short, I think they just wanted me to get out of their hair and let them live without all the drama I kept sending them. LOL.
This story turned out WAY different than what I had origionally expected it to be. I think it was just as much a journey for me as it was for anyone else. But I kind of liked that. I hope you all have enjoyed reading as much as I have writing!
Thank you so much to everyone that read this story. But most of all thank you to my faithful reviewers. I really cannot express how much you all mean to me. The fact that you all reviewed each and every chapter, and some of you even wrote back about the teasers, really warms my heart. I love the community that we have here on FF (when the site works) and people like you make it all worth it. I love each and every one of you!
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I am working on a new story, kind of a reverse slash crack fic, but it's going to be less than 10 chapters so I want to finish the whole thing before I start posting it. Here is the summary I am thinking about going with:
Bella is convinced that every man is supposed to acty like she's read in the trashy romance novels. Edward is convinced that once you go Vampire, you don't go back; to the oppisite sex that is. Every vampire he knows is gay! Can Edward find love in someone he thinks he shouldn't? Will he be willing to change her even if it means losing her to his mom? Follow along as they figure out what true love really means, and that sometimes you just have to forget trying to be 'normal'.