23. Epilogue

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Five years. That is the amount of time we've been able to remain in this town without considering a new place to live. Renesmee and Jacob have decided to elope now since she's fully grown. They have invited us to their wedding. Now that's one more to worry about and Alice is having a field day. Ginger and Gene, along with Remi and Melanie, are getting married also. I'm a bridesmaid. How exciting! At least they aren't on the same day. That would be absolutely hectic for us. When I say us, I mean Paul and I. I lived with him now. If I wasn't there, I would be over at Emily's, looking after my godchildren. They took a while for me to get used to because of their bouncy natures, but I adjusted. When I didn't feel up to it, Lyre took care of them. She's a teenager now and her happiness is higher than it usually was. Elise and Leslie remained single, becoming great friends with Leah. They've made a bachelorette group for themselves. As for Bailey, he's become an honorary Cullen. He's perfectly content living with them. Or is it because of the Denali vampire with the strawberry blonde curls he's interested in? I wonder…

Anyway, I've been over at my parents' lately and they are really happy about Paul and I. I don't know about Yves, though. He's suddenly afraid to lose his little girl. I am little compared to his age. Embry's become my overprotective brother, threatening to bash Paul's face in if he hurts me. He's so sweet. Doesn't he know that I'll bash it in myself if that happened? Speaking of Paul, he's been so shady around me lately. He doesn't even stare at me for, like, ten minutes anymore. Wonder what he's up to? The only time he talked to me was when he asked me to come over to Emily's place after I visited Yves and Evelyn. I needed to get there now, by the way. I said my goodbyes to them and ran out the door until I was on Emily's porch. I twisted the doorknob and found that it was locked. Weird. I knocked on the door and it was answered by Paul. He gave me a kiss and led me inside, where it was oddly dark.

"Hey," I called up to him. "What're you-" Before I could finish the sentence, I was interrupted by cheers of "surprise" and "happy birthday". How pleasant. Everyone was here, even the Cullens. There was a cake and everything. Paul noticed me studying it, and explained.

"The big candles represent a hundred years and the small ones are the regular years," he said. There were four big candles and fourteen small candles. Four hundred and fourteen years. Damn, I'm old.

"Blow them out, Yalena," called Lyre. I know I'm getting old if I missed her calling me Mommy Yalena.

"Yeah, blow 'em out," Ginger encouraged. I did as told and received numerous rounds of applause. I smiled. There were gifts near the cake and I went through those. I've got beautiful accessories, clothes, and some creative art from my godchildren, Gene and Adrienne. I got to Paul's gift and he was practically beaming.

"All right, let's see what you got me," I said as I unraveled the gift carefully. There was a card there and it read: I love you, Yalena. Look down. I glanced up at him suspiciously and obeyed. He got on one knee and held out a ring. Oh, joy.

"Yalena Adrienne Pierre, will you marry me?" he asked, his eyes twinkling. I could hear astonished gasps around me as I focused my attention on him. My heart was racing in my chest. That big oaf! Though, I couldn't be mad at him; this was sweet of him to do. I held out my hand and nodded.

"You have my permission," I answered. He slid the ring on my finger and held onto me as if I was going to fly away at anytime. I guess I was going to be a bride, too…

The End