Epilogue: You and Me

2 years later….

"Yea mom… We'll be on the road within the next hour so we'll be there before 8.…. Ok, Love you too…. Bye" I press end on my cell phone and place it on the counter and walk into the bedroom to check on Bella.

Our suitcases are on our bed and she's running back and forth from the bed to the closet, packing our clothes.

"Need help, baby?" I ask her, and she looks up and smiles at me.

"Yea, could you go into the bathroom and get our toothbrushes, and my shampoo and stuff like that?" she says, and I nod and walk into the bathroom connected with our bedroom and start grabbing things we're going to need for our trip.

We've been in Seattle for a while now, and Bella and I are in our second year at UW. We moved here a month after graduating and ever since then, we've been here together, living in our 2 bedroom apartment just off campus. Every minute not spent in school, we spend together, and while most people would find themselves getting sick of their partner, that couldn't be further away from the truth with us. I want to be like this with Bella, everyday, for the rest of our lives, and I'm going to take the next step in making sure that happens.

We're packing to leave home to Forks for our winter break, and on Christmas day, I'm going to ask Bella to marry me.

I of course asked Charlie for his blessing and he gave it to me, eventually. He had been hesitant at first, not wanting marriage to ruin Bella's education, but I knew he was scared what happened with Bella's mother would happen to her. I assured him that I would wait if Bella wanted to wait, but that I loved her and I wanted to propose to her.

I pat the pocket of my jeans, just like I've been doing every 10 minutes, making sure the ring is still safely tucked away, and I smile when I feel the familiar lump of the case.

I come back into the bedroom, holding Bella's brush, our toothbrushes, and her shampoo and conditioner and hand them over to her. She smiles and thanks me, grabbing the things from my hands and tucking them away into the bag.

"What time is it?" she asks, and I look at my watch and tell her it's just after 3:30.

"We should get going soon! Where's Em and Rose?" she asks, and as if on cue, the doorbell rings. I hurry off to answer, and I swing the door open, and come face to face with my brother and Rose. I smile and they walk in, Rose walking into the bedroom to help Bella and Emmett passing me and walking into the kitchen and opening the fridge, trying to steal some food.

Rose moved in with Em the same time we moved into our place. She isn't going to UW like the rest of us are, but she is over at IADT, getting her Bachelors in interior design. Her and Emmett actually got married last year in a quick little court house wedding, with all of us in attendance, of course. They didn't want the big wedding, and we all accepted that, with minimal pouts from Alice and my mother who would have loved to plan a big wedding for them.

"You talked to mom?" Emmett asks, pieces of ham sandwich flying out of his mouth.

"Yea, told her we'd be home before 8" he nods his head and pops open a can of coke, chugging it down, and then letting out a belch that I'm positive rumbled some of the pictures hanging on the wall.

"Damn it, Emmett! Must you always be such a pig" Rosalie says as she walks out of the room holding one of our suitcases. Bella follows behind her, tugging the other suitcase and laughing. Emmett shrugs his shoulder and takes another chunk out of his ham sandwich. She shakes her head and smiles, and holds up the suitcase in her hands for one of us to grab.

"Is this all?" she says, and I nod and reach down and grab it. "Grab Bella's and lets go, Emmett" she says, grabbing the keys handing half way out of Emmett's pocket. He scarf's down the last bit of sandwich and chugs the rest of his drink, tossing the can in the trash, and grabs the suitcase from Bella, and walks out the door.

I look over at Bella and she holds a finger up and then runs into the bedroom. She comes back out a second later, holding her purse and the keys and she motions for me to go out the door first so she can lock up.

We make our way to the car, and Emmett and I place the suitcases in the back seat of our car. The trunk is full of Christmas presents for our families, so there isn't any room in there. Once they're settled in the back seat, Emmet shuts the door, and Rose hands him the keys to their car.

"We'll follow you guys" he says and I tell him ok and I walk around the car, and settle into the drivers seat. Bella waves at Rose and gets into the car, tossing her purse to the back seat, and clicking on her seat belt.

"Ready?" she asks. I look over at her and smile.

"Yes. I'm ready" I say to her, and start down the road.

Christmas eve is hectic. The girls spend the day in the kitchen, cooking up Christmas eve dinner, while the guys do everything they can not to get in their way. The time finally comes for us to eat, and we all run into the dining room, and take in the delicious meal that our ladies made for us.

Dinner is delicious, and afterwards we all sit around the tree. It's a tradition in my family that we're allowed to open one gift each on Christmas eve, so one at a time, we're all handed a gift and we open it, and show everyone what we got.

"Rosalie, you go first, and then we'll just work our way around" my mother says. Rosalie, knowing the tradition, looks on the top of the package and says out loud who it's from.

"From Alice" she says, and smiles over at my sister. She tears the gold wrapping paper off the box, and sucks in a deep breath when she sees what it is.

"It's beautiful! Thank you so much, Alice." she says, and goes over to her, pulling her into a tight hug. She holds the box out and shows everyone the necklace Alice got for her, and a chorus of 'oohs' and 'aahhs' sound through the room.

"You're welcome" my sister says with a wide grin.

We continue to go down the line until we come to Chief Swan, who is on the other side of Bella. He grabs his gift, and smiles when he see's it's from Bella. He opens the long package, and beams up at her when he sees it's a brand new fishing pole.

"You needed one, bad! The one you have now is being held together with masking tape and gum." Bella says, laughing and he leans over and kisses her forehead, and tells her it's perfect.

"Bella! Your turn!" Alice says, and hands her the small box tucked towards the back of the tree. The one from me.

"No! Not that one" I say, and Bella grabs the box from Alice, and looks at me.

"Why not?" Bella says, and my mind works overtime to find a reason, and when I can't come up with one, I try and take the box back. Bella pulls the box out of my reach, and stands up, taking a few steps forward, and opening the box with her back to all of us.

When she finally tears the paper off, and opens the box I hear her as she gasps, and goes to open the case.

BPOV

I rip the paper off, trying to get to the gift before Edward snatches it from me again, and when I open the box, I gasp. Inside the little box, is a case.

A ring case.

I take out the case, and slowly open it. The reflection from whatever is in it blinds me for a second, but when my eyes finally focus on what I'm looking at, I realize it's a ring.

An engagement ring.

I turn around to ask Edward if this is what I think it is, and it takes me a second to realize he's not back in his spot by the tree. Edward is right in front of me, kneeling and smiling up at me. My mouth is open in shock, and I can't find the words to say.

Edward grabs the case from my hands and holds it up. He pulls the ring out of the case, and grabs my left hand, looking up at me.

"Isabella Swan. I have loved you since I first met you, and I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. Will you marry me?" he says, and I blink away the tears that have pooled in my eyes, sending the drops falling down my face.

Edward. My Edward just proposed to me. My heart is beating 100 miles per hour as I realize that he's serious, and that this is for real.

I nod my head, and softly say, 'yes' and he slides the ring on my finger and gets up, pulling me to his chest.

"I love you" he whispers in my ear and I smile against his chest. I tilt my head and look behind him at our family, sitting around the tree and watching us in our exchange, and I can't believe I got so lucky.

I have a great family, awesome friends and I have the man of my dreams, who has proved to be not only my savior and my knight in shining amour, but also my best friend.

"I love you too" I say, and pull back meeting his eyes, before I lean forward and capture his lips in mine. I'm ready. I'm ready to be with him for the rest of my life and I'm ready to be Bella Cullen.

I'm ready to love him forever, and that's exactly what I plan on doing.

*:*The End *:*

I'm all weepy over here.

That's the end of their story, folks. I want to thank all of you for reading and reviewing. All of your kind words meant alot to me, and if I could hug you all, I would! Seriously, I can't even explain how grateful I am to have people like you guys reviewing and reading my stuff. Thank you so much!

At this point in time, I don't have any plans for a sequel for this story, but who knows? Keep me on author alert :)

What's next for me? As some of you know, I have another story out called 'Pursue' and it's the sequel for my story 'Obsess' and if you arent reading it... Why not? haha

If that's not your cup of tea, or you're looking for a little break from the kidnapping, the murdering and the all around craziness that goes on in my usual stories, than stay tuned. I'm working on a funny story right now, and the first chapter will post within the next week probably. The story is called 'Finding The Perfect Man' and it's about Bella's journey to find the perfect man after her friends settle down and she's the only single one left. I have alot planned for poor Bella and it should be fun to see the craziness she has to go through to find love, so I hope I see you there! :)

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-Ana