Epilogue: Five Years Later

Bella walked down the stairs just as the door opened and eight-year-old Hailey came in. "Hey sweetie, how was school?" She asked.

"Good," Hailey replied putting her purple backpack on the floor.

Five-year-old Renesmee was in the playroom coloring in a coloring book while two-year-old Eddie was playing with his cars. After Eddie's birth, both Bella and Edward felt that three children was enough, especially her final pregnancy was extremely difficult.

A year after the wedding, Edward and Bella moved all their things from New York to a lovely house in the woods in Forks. It was secluded and safe. Not long after they moved to Forks, suddenly their whole family was right behind them. All the children were close and played often when the family got together.

Bella went into the kitchen to make dinner when Edward came home. "Daddy!" The kids exclaimed running over to him. Edward grinned as he lifted all three of them up.

"Hey there," he greeted smiling.

He went into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around his wife. "You're home early," she commented.

"Slow day," he replied, kissing her shoulder.

She leaned back against him and closed her eyes with a sigh. "How was your day?" He asked.

"Same old, same old," she replied nonchalantly.

Edward chuckled, kissing the side of her head. "What's for dinner?" He asked.

"Pork chops with corn and potato salad," she replied.

"Hm yum," he commented.

He kissed her shoulder, rubbing her arms. "If you keep doing that I won't get dinner done," she commented. He chuckled, kissing the back of her shoulder.

"Maybe later then," he quipped.

She laughed a little before pushing him away. Edward kissed her once before leaving the kitchen to make sure Hailey was doing her homework.

After dinner was eaten, dishes were cleaned, Bella walked into the living room to read to the kids like she usually did. Edward was sitting in his chair watching her read to them with a smile. On the mantle piece in their living room, there were pictures of the most important days of their lives. In the middle was Edward and Bella's wedding picture. Then there were the pictures of the children's births and the first birthdays.

Edward moved his fingers through his hair, listening to Bella read poetry, made him fall in love with her even more.

That night, after the children were put to bed, Edward walked over to his wife and wrapped his arms around her back. "Have I told you how much I love you today?" He asked.

"Not recently," she replied smiling.

Edward leaned forward, pressing his forehead to hers. "I love you," he whispered.

"I love you too," she replied.

He kissed her softly, stroking her face with the back of his hand. She kissed him back, her arms wrapping around his neck. He lifted her up off the floor and carried her to their bedroom, closing and locking the door behind them.

The next day, Edward had his hands over Bella's eyes. "Edward I hate surprises," she sighed.

"Yes but the surprise is from the children," he answered.

She smiled as he led her around the corner. He uncovered her eyes and Bella saw their kids at the table. "Happy birthday mama!" The kids called out.

"Why thank you," Bella told them.

She kissed all three of them. "Now I know you didn't make the cake," she commented.

"Gamma Esme hewp," Eddie informed.

"She did?" Bella asked smiling.

She kissed his forehead before She pulled her hair back from her face, blowing the candles out on the cake. Edward had his hand resting in the middle of his wife's back with a smile on his face. He cut the cake up and everyone had a piece. "Well isn't this a surprise," she commented.

"You like it mama?" Hailey asked.

"Yes I do and thank you all," she answered.

Edward kissed the side of his wife's head. Bella smiled and kissed him briefly, even though it grossed their kids out. Ever since she married Edward, her life was nothing but bliss. Her life felt so complete and she just couldn't believe that she was blessed with such wonderful happiness. Edward kissed her neck before they enjoyed the birthday cake. Bella opened the presents that everyone had given her. From Hailey, it was a poem with a purple border and colorful flowers drawn on it. "You wrote this sweetheart?" Bella asked.

"Yeah," Hailey replied.

"It's beautiful I love it," Bella told her kissing her cheek.

From Renesmee, it was a drawing of the five of them. "This is very good baby," Bella told her second daughter, kissing the top of her head.

"My turn!" Eddie announced.

"Alright what do you have for me?" Bella asked.

Eddie had his keyboards and he started playing the scale. "Daddy taught me!" He announced.

"Well it is very good, what a wonderful present, I loved all my presents from all my kids," she told them.

Edward smiled as he placed a box on the table. "Edward…you didn't have to buy me anything," she insisted.

"I wanted to," he answered.

She opened it to find a ring. "Each different colored stone is our children's birthstones," he informed. Bella smiled as she slipped the ring onto her finger.

"I love it, thank you," she told him.

She kissed him gently. Edward kissed her back, his hand in the middle of her back. "Eww!" The kids groaned.

"Ew?" Edward asked.

The kids screamed as they got off the chairs and ran out of the kitchen. Bella watched them run off and laughed, shaking her hand. She cleaned up the mess and watched as the four of them ran outside and Edward played with the kids. She bit her lower lip with a small smile. "MAMA! COME PWAY!" Eddie shouted. Bella laughed as she went out in the backyard and Edward grabbed his wife around her waist, spinning her around. Bella shrieked with laughter before they fell to the ground.

"Ah! We're being attacked by kids," Edward faked exclaimed as the children crawled all over them.

Bella laughed and shook her head. "Would you trade this for anything?" She asked.

"Absolutely not," he replied laughing as he grabbed ah old of Hailey.

Bella smiled and held the other two kids.

Later on, Bella got the camera and she had it set up in the living room. She sat next to Hailey, Renesmee was on her other side, Eddie was sitting by Edward's side and Edward was on the other side of Hailey. "Everyone smile," she told them. They smiled just as the camera went off, the perfect family picture.