(Really quickly I want to mention that this is it, the end and anything else I want to say will be in the authors note at the bottom-also to let you know you will be jumping ahead in time twice through both Bella and Jacob's PovS)

The end.

Bella(seven years after the battle)

What was it about weddings that she loved and hated, there was no middle ground when it came to her. Maybe because everyone she knew including herself had endured a wedding a year for the last five…yea that was probably it. It was always beautiful and everyone was always happy but maybe it was because she had to stuff herself into some dress and she was usually standing for the entire ceremony…damn friends, and their need for large wedding parties.

She huffed and grunted in frustration before Paul walked in, took one look at her and started laughing.

"Its not funny you asshole, I can't seem to get the stupid zipper on this dress up and fuck!" She struggled with the zipper as she stared at her self in the mirror.

"I swear I've gained like fifty pounds, why the hell did I agree to this again?" Paul walked up behind her and did up the zipper, she stared at him in the mirror before letting out a breath.

"Because its Quil's wedding and you made friends with the bride." Bella rolled her eyes at him, of course she was happy for Quil and his wife to be, Nicole but couldn't they have waited until she lost the baby weight, was that so much to ask? Or they could have at least found someone to take her spot, she didn't have to be a bridesmaid, she had already filled that role a few times before today, it wasn't that big of a deal.

"I just had a kid and look at me Paul, I look like a fucking whale." She wiped at her face angrily, stupid hormones. Paul grabbed her hand and pulled her to sit down on the bed beside him.

"You do not look like a whale Bella, you look beautiful, you always do." Bella tried to hide her smile, she didn't want him to think that he was right, which he wasn't. What did he know anyway? It wasn't him who gained thirty pounds, although she was positive he actually did put on a little bit of weight, he still looked good to her. Bella rolled her eyes and stood up, she examined herself in the mirror. Okay, she knew she didn't look that bad, besides it wasn't her day anyway.

The ceremony was beautiful, Leah stood beside her looking as gorgeous as she always did and Bella was sort of irritated with how easily the weight fell off her best friend. Three kids later and she still looked like she did nearly ten years ago. The bride was absolutely beautiful and Bella was proud of Quil for finally taking the leap, after all these years he finally found someone he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

Just about all of them were married now, Embry was the first, which probably should have surprised them but it didn't. He met a woman when he moved to California to pursue his dreams of acting and modeling or whatever, it was the cheesiest love story to ever be told but he was happy and that was all that mattered, his wife was some beautiful American-born Aztec woman named Jade, they met at an audition for some soap opera that neither got a part in. When Jade found out she was pregnant they moved back to La Push so that their son could be brought up knowing at least part of his heritage.

After Bella and Paul came back for their first summer break was when Jacob proposed to Leah, they were married the next summer, Sue walked her daughter down the isle and Bella wept like a child, even more than Raven who only cried because she did not want to be sitting down at a place where no one was paying attention to her. Emily surprised Leah, actually all of them when she showed up…with her boyfriend Keith. She met him in Seattle when she was up there interviewing for a job. After he received the third degree from pretty much everyone, especially Leah, he was welcomed to the family, even if they had only been dating for a year or so.

Sure enough, Keith ended up proposing to Emily not too long after that, Bella was invited to her wedding, it was the one wedding she didn't stand the entire time, she watched as Leah cried, and Emily's face nearly cracked from smiling so hard, it was beautiful to see her so happy, she especially deserved it.

The next wedding was of course Kim and Jared's, it was a little bit shocking that they weren't the first to get married but they had lives and they were already committed to each other, marriage for them was something they did to shut their parents up. Kim was Bella's second best girlfriend, of course, things like that were bound to happen when their boyfriends/husbands were attached at the hip, it wasn't long after they moved to Vancouver that Kim and Jared moved up to Seattle so they ended up spending a lot of time together, being friends with all these women automatically put her in the running for bridesmaid, and for some reason she just couldn't say no.

Quil was reading his vows and Bella couldn't help but cry, thankfully she wasn't the only one, Sue, Kim and Quil's bride Nicole were crying too. After they were pronounced husband and wife, the wedding party (otherwise known as the pack and two of Nicole's best friends) went back to Leah and Jake's before the reception. This was sort of their wedding tradition, the groomsmen and bridesmaids all came together before the ceremony and then afterwords for a few drinks and to change and prepare the bride for her honeymoon, it was just what they did, it was the party-before-the-party-wedding-tradition. Bella had been sitting in her very uncomfortable dress when Paul walked in and handed her a bag.

"Whats this?" He smiled at her but didn't say anything. Realizing that forcing an answer out of him was a lot more work than actually just looking for herself, she opened it and found a much more comfortable dress, Paul always pulled through for her, most times he did it without her having to ask, she was pretty positive that her husband was the best of the whole bunch, but she was probably a little bit biased. She thanked him and pulled him down to her height to kiss him properly.

"And you used to call me whipped, look at this guy. Did you pack yourself a dress too?" Bella glared at Jacob for teasing Paul.

"Hey that's enough, I know for a fact that Raven and Maya make you play dress up Jacob Black, where's your tiara today hmm?" Bella laughed as Jacob muttered to himself about women.

Jacob was a great father, two daughters he would do anything for, including play dress up and have tea parties with, he also had a son so it wasn't completely thrown off balance, he loved his family. The women in his life were in control and he had absolutely no problem with it, not that Leah would let him anyway.

"Seth does it too." Jacob pouted while Paul gave him a pat on the back, there was an understanding there, or there would be one day. Bella and Paul had two children of their own, a three year old son Michael and a two month old daughter Charlotte or Charlie as Jacob and Billy started calling her. Paul would be doing the tea parties soon enough. Bella watched as her husband and friend walked back to sit with everyone else, she pulled out the dress and went upstairs to change. It was the same colour green as the dress she was already wearing but it didn't cling to her uncomfortably, sadly the weight didn't fall off as easily as it did the first pregnancy and it didn't help that her breasts were much larger than they were then, it usually didn't bother her but today it did. The bride was thin, hell, everyone was thin and she felt fat and she was trying not to cry but her brain had sort of stopped working properly after her daughter was born, the tears were always falling, over every little thing.

"What are you doing up here by yourself, there's a virgin margarita with your name on it downstairs." Leah walked in and sat down behind her, she tried to wipe away the tears but Leah had already seen, she was somehow always around when she broke down, Bella would have to cut her friend a break soon and learn to manage the broken-faucet-syndrome she had developed since becoming a mother. It was just the other day while watching Sesame Street with her son that she cried, it wasn't even sad but because her hormones were completely all over the place she cried.

"I just had to change that dress, it was too damn tight." Feeling silly for crying about nothing, she turned around to look at Leah. "I mean seriously I could barely get the stupid zipper up." Leah nodded her head laughing.

"Yeah I know, that's how I felt at your wedding." Bella smiled guiltily as she remembered Leah's tears and frustration from then, they had been married four months after Leah gave birth to Maya, she hadn't been any bigger, maybe her hips were slightly curvier but she wasn't carrying any left over pooch, or if she was, she had done an amazing job hiding it, she certainly understood now the frustration Leah felt then.

"I'm sorry Lee, even more so now that I know how you felt back then, I feel terrible." She laughed and then shook her head, thinking about her own wedding. Billy held her hand down the isle, walking her or rather wheeling her towards her future, he told her that her father would be proud of her which only made her cry harder than she already was, she was pretty sure everyone cried. Instead of a father daughter dance she had danced with Jacob, this was her family now and although she stressed over every thing it turned out to be the best day of her life, or one of the best days of her life, the birth of her children were right up there too.

"It was worth it, I was close enough to watch Paul cry." Rolling her eyes Bella put her small stupid dress into the bag.

"It was sweet and if I remember correctly Jake was bawling at your wedding, in fact I'm sure I have pictures." Leah laughed.

"Of course he cried, Jacob is a crier, don't you remember him crying when Raven was born, he also cried with Maya and he cried extra hard when Ryan was born, so happy to have his son finally...the man just cant help himself." Bella smiled at her friend. Willing herself not to get emotional again, wedding's brought everyone she loved together, she touched up her makeup and they went back downstairs to join the rest of the party. Paul was standing next to Jared, Bella rolled her eyes, could he at least try to socialize with someone else? He got along fine with everyone but he always ended up at Jared's side when he wasn't with her, she shook her head but shrugged it off, that was his brother, like Leah was her sister, it was something she had accepted but still...even her and Leah gave each other breathing room.

After many heartwarming toasts from Nicole's best friends and some laugh out loud speeches from Embry and Jacob the reception was in full swing. Bella danced until her feet hurt and laughed with her friends while she had the chance, their lives were so different now. Although they were all still very close, they had families now and it wasn't very often that they had time together without their children. Paul enjoyed his time drinking with the boys and Bella knew she'd have a long day tomorrow, the thing he probably missed the most about being able to phase was not getting sick, not being hungover. She thought about making an extra loud breakfast with her son in the morning.

After Nicole's sister caught the bouquet and Seth caught the garter, Bella and Paul called it a night. They had children to get back to and she took back her earlier thoughts on Paul and Jared's bromance. Without Jared and Kim they wouldn't have Nana Di and Papa Ron, who were Jared's parents. They were always there for their children and Bella was grateful. Her own mother lived too far to be any help, she thought she probably wouldn't help even if she lived across the street, she had been pleased to know she had grandchildren but not enough so to make any trips up to visit. Paul's parents died years before she even knew him, Sue was there when she could be, she insisted that she was Nana Sue and took them whenever she could, Jared and his family had accepted their children and her with open arms and really she was glad that there were so many people to love her children, it made her sad to think about the grandparents they wouldn't know, Charlie would have been a wonderful grandpa, it bothered her that Rene was so still so selfish but she would eventually get over it.

Paul had sobered up a bit and Bella called Diane to let her know they were on their way, she drove and thought about how much had changed over the years. Everything she thought she never wanted, she had and wouldn't dare give it up for anything. Growing older with a man she loved and who loved her for her, raising beautiful, amazing children with him. All those years ago she was willing to throw this away without knowing just how valuable it was.

Bella pulled up to her their house and nudged Paul because he had fallen asleep. Diane let them know their children were perfect and that she expected to have them over for dinner the next weekend. Bella thanked her and then went to check on her kids. Michael was asleep in his own room, she kissed him on the head before going to check up on Charlie, she watched her daughters tiny torso rise and fall, her little lashes fluttered and Bella couldn't hold back her tears, she wondered why she had been given a happily ever after, it didn't really seem that fair.

"Hey babe, you okay?" Paul crept up behind her and she nodded her head before kissing her daughters head.

"Yea" They went to bed and Paul held her, the way he always did when she became a ridiculous puddle of emotions. Just like the first time he didn't need to kiss her or tell her it would be okay, he just held her and that was comfort enough.

Bella listened to his breathing even out, the house was silent except for the sounds coming from the three people she loved more than life itself. It still didn't seem fair.

Every year on the anniversary of Sam's death she would think of him, think of what used to be and sometimes she thought of what could have been for Sam and Emily, even if Emily hat gotten her own fairy tale ending. It was a hard world and she knew that everyone suffered, she still felt bad for him having to lose his life because of her.

Every single day she lived she was grateful to him, to the Cullen's to every single one of them who fought for her, when she looked at her children, when she looked at her husband, she felt like she had a purpose, she felt like she might have been worth saving but it still didn't seem fair.

Jacob.(14 years after the battle.)

Patience is a virtue...or something, wasn't it? Jacob did his best not to raise his voice at his now thirteen year old daughter Raven. What had Leah been thinking letting her go to a dance where there would be boys? Of course now she thought she could make all her own decisions and hang out with boys and argue about every single thing. Was this what all thirteen year old girls were like?

"Are there going to be adults there to supervise this dance?" Jacob probably sounded as panicked as he felt, he honestly didn't care, this was his daughter and if someone even tried to...

"Of course, why would I let her go if there weren't chaperone's Jake, what do you think I'm an idiot or something?"He rolled his eyes before shaking his head.

"No I don't think you're an idiot, I just don't see why she cant wait another year...or ten, before she goes to her first dance. I mean come on Lee she just turned 13." Leah smiled before patting him on the shoulder.

"Exactly, she's 13 now, we cant hide her from the world forever. Besides at that age boys are too scared to even ask girls to dance, they might look but they know better than to touch Jacob Black's daughter." He laughed, if boys were scared of anyone in their family, it most definitely wasn't him. Leah had a reputation to uphold and he couldn't touch it if he tried, he was usually the more mellow of the two of them, but when it came down to his children he felt he had no choice but to go 'alpha', he needed to protect them.

Raven sat there rolling her eyes at him and he sighed. No matter how hard he tried he wasn't ever going to win a battle when they ganged up on him. He turned around to look at his 8 year old son, at least he'd have him for back up in a couple years.

"Fine but I get to drop you off and pick you up. As soon as that dance is over and you have to change into a more appropriate top, I'm not going to let you out of here until you change." It was Leah's turn to roll her eyes but she didn't argue, which looked like it pissed off their daughter even more. Of course she stomped up the stairs to change and came back down mumbling about how unfair everything in her life was and how Jenny Dawson's dad wasn't like this. Jacob only smiled at his daughter, it was scary how much she looked like her mother, right down to the fierce glare on her pretty face.

"I changed. Can we go now?" Patience. Jacob nodded his head, grabbed his keys and kissed his wife before walking out behind his daughter. There weren't a lot of moments that he got to talk to Raven, she was a social butterfly, a girly girl and he didn't know what to talk to her about half the time. There were moments when he missed the tiny bundle he held in his arms thirteen years ago, when he could protect her and not have to worry about things like teenage hormones and everything else that was horrifying about teenagers.

"I know you're getting older now Ray but you have to understand that its hard for me. You're always going to be my little girl, no matter how big you get and how old you think you are...okay?" She turned to look at him and smiled, she didn't need to say anything and even now she made him feel lighter the way she did the first time she smiled at him. It wasn't that he loved her anymore than his other children, he loved them all the same, Raven was the light that they needed when they were coming out of a dark place in their lives.

After he dropped her off Jacob drove back home to the rest of his family. Maya was ten turning eleven and soon he'd have two teenage daughters to worry about, for now he wanted to enjoy it. Leah was on the phone when he walked in the door, probably talking to Bella. It was nice to have them so close, but not too close. Paul and Bella lived in Forks with two kids and they would all see each other as often as they could but even living in the same area made it difficult when everyone had their own lives and responsibilities. Jacob,Paul and Embry would take their boys out on Saturdays and Bella would come go to the house with Charlie(Charlotte) to spend time with the girls and they all made the effort to get everyone together at least every other week.

Jacob walked into the kitchen to make himself something to eat. Seth walked in the back door and made himself comfortable as he always did when trying to escape his wife. Jacob laughed.

"No food at home?" Seth let out a frustrated grunt.

"You know she's pregnant and I'm not allowed to touch any of her food. All the good food is hers and I swear she's been trying to put me on some wheat diet or some shit. There's nothing good to eat. 'Sides Leah said I could." Jacob chuckled at Seth's whining, even if he did come to steal their food at least he was entertaining.

"So I hear my niece is gone to her first dance today..." Seth said it as if it was his own daughter going to this boy/girl dance. As if it was his own daughter that he was worried about. That's one of the other reasons Jacob liked having him around, Ryan might not have been old enough to back him up just yet but Seth was. It made him wonder where the hell he was an hour ago. Probably with his very moody, very pregnant wife Vanessa, she was great but the bigger she got, the more demanding she became, he felt a little bad for his brother in law but he knew he was happy at least most of the time he was.

"Yea I tried to talk her out of it, tried to get Lee to see what a bad idea it was, you know her though, you know both of them. Ray was pissed because I made her change her top." Seth laughed and shook his head.

"I knew she'd be like Leah. I hope for your health and well being Maya doesn't also turn out like Leah because seriously man, three of them. Imagine that?" Jacob shook his head to clear that thought away. Raven wasn't that bad, yet and if he did things right she wouldn't ever be. A little attitude wasn't so bad and Maya would always be his angel, she was too sweet to ever turn on him...

"It'll be fine." Leah took that moment to walk in, she looked over at Seth and shook her head.

"Your wife called here twice looking for you. Better get your ass home. Oh and she said something about making you a...wheat-shake...or something gross." Jacob burst out laughing. The things they did for the women they loved. Seth shuddered and nodded before giving Jacob a wave and then leaving.

"So you still mad at me for letting our daughter out of the cave?" Leah asked while putting away his dirty dishes. He couldn't see her face but he knew she was smirking. Jacob got up and went to wrap his arms around her.

"I wasn't mad at you. I'm mad that Ray's thirteen and I cant stop her from growing up. You realize she's going to walk in here with a boyfriend one day right?" Leah let out a soft sigh and leaned back to put her head on his chest.

"Of course. I'm a little more worried about other things though, like her or any of the kids phasing, I mean, I know we've talked about it and it's probably not going to happen but you know how attached to this place those leeches were, what if they breeze back into town and it sets off the gene in all the kids?" Jacob nodded his head, it was a valid concern, if anyone were to phase it would be their kids first. All of them had children now and it could easily happen and he didn't want to leave it to chance, it could happen.

"Maybe we should sit them down and tell them about it." Leah nodded her head. He thought if they could teach the kids control young they'd have a chance to live normal lives if the chose, they wouldn't have to give up everything, they all had each other but it was hard being in on a secret and not having a life outside the pack, they all knew that, if they could teach their kids now, maybe it wouldn't have to be so bad. All of this meant nothing though, they would still have to go through the council first. Jacob kissed Leah on the neck and wondered why life couldn't be this simple. Simple kisses, simple touches to forget about all the bullshit.

"You're going to have to pick Raven up soon, so you shouldn't start something you know you cant finish...Black." Jacob smiled and turned his wife around.

"You know me, I don't start anything I can't finish." He winked before leaning in to kiss her on the nose.

"I better go get our daughter, who knows what sort of trouble she's getting into." Leah smiled and kissed him on the chin. He had to wonder what all the ball-and-chain jokes were about, what was so bad about being married? The woman he loved was strong and beautiful, she spoke her mind and that's what he loved about her. Maybe that was it, he had already known everything about her and loved her for everything she was. There was no one as perfect for him than her. She was it and as long as she was by his side he'd be happy.

Jacob often thought back to the day they fought the newborn vampires. After Sam died he wasn't sure what would happen to them and they nearly fell apart as a pack, as individuals. Each and every single day was a challenge for one of them and they fought through it. Embry and Quil almost died breaking their imprints and it took time and patience for them all to stop phasing.

It wasn't the worst thing in the world to have morphed into giant wolves when they were needed. They were protectors and they did what they were meant to. Sam died protecting Emily, his people and a girl that Jacob loved very much. They would never forget him because he was a part of them, he helped them cope with a world they didn't understand, he took care of them when all they had was each other.

The death of their alpha didn't weaken them or tear them apart, it brought them together, it led Jacob down a different path, the proper path. Every day they lived and enjoyed living was a thank you to him, he would always be their alpha.

END.

A/N(its going to be a long one)

Thank you to all of you who reviewed and left me kind messages of encouragement, I really appreciate the feedback. I loved writing every bit of this fic, it was a bit rough for some chapters but believe me when I say I have focused on this and only this and I am ready to move on to something else now. I did say I would post an extra chapter about Embry breaking the imprint...I have it half written and when its done I'll add it here. If there are any thoughts or questions about something you didn't get or I wasn't clear please feel free to let me know so I can clear it up.

I really hope you enjoyed this. I thought this chapter would work best broken down into different points in time because I couldn't just end it with Bella for one thing and I wanted to give a bit more of Jacob as a father.

So we're clear here.

Bella and Paul are married with two children Michael and Charlotte(Charlie), I do love one of Bella's children being named after her father but I though it would be a bit of a twist up if it were the girl and Michael is just a common enough name to use...I realize now that Mike was one of Bella's stalkers but lets just forget about him shall we?

Jacob and Leah are married with three children, Raven, Maya and Ryan.

Seth is married to Vanessa(hehe)and they have a child on the way.

Embry is married to Jade, they have a kid(age/gender)not mentioned...but I imagined them having a boy...so lets say a boy and he's six.

Quil is married to Nicole and they have kids...twins girls because someone has to have twins right?

Jared and Kim are married with a daughter.

I hope this ending wasn't too much or too little. I didn't want to go overboard(even if I feel like I did)or not give enough(I probably did that too)

AS ALWAYS thank you so very much for reading and sticking with me.