After Time [Twilight Fan Fiction]

47. Epilogue

47. Epilogue

Greenville, Mississippi

March 2018

Robyn

Peeking around the tree, my eyes take in the house across the street. When the door opens, I hold my breath even though I'm nowhere near thirsty. The person walking out the door holds it open for the young woman behind him. They smile and laugh at each other before joining hands and taking the sidewalk together. The sight makes me smile before I look back at the front door of the house. When the older woman steps out, I'm shocked at the sight of her.

My own mother. She's gained so much weight and she waddles to the truck, climbing inside. Behind her is a man, not the boyfriend she had about eight years ago, but her husband. Three years ago, I decided I wanted to see my family since my thirst was under control and my strength had waned considerably after my newborn year. Not only that but I was scared about what I might find. Instead, I found my family was happy. My brother was engaged to a young woman and they were planning on attending a community college together, sharing an apartment.

My mother's boyfriend had died the year I turned into a vampire, but she married in 2015 to someone else. I had never met her husband when I was human, but they seemed so happy. With the digging we were able to do, I learned there was a memorial website my brother had made for me. At least he was still looking, but after so long of no leads, he was moving on. I was grateful because I didn't want him to wallow in grief. I had told my mates if brother wasn't happy that I wanted to bring him into our world, but seeing him so happy now, I just couldn't do it. I'd never have forced him to turn anyway, but sometimes I just missed my little brother.

"Are you glad you saw him?" Peter suddenly asked, wrapping an arm around my waist.

Leaning back into his embrace, I nodded. "I'm just so glad he's happy. I was scared he'd be miserable."

Turning in Peter's arms, I buried my face into his chest. His eyes were a mixture of red and gold. It wasn't always easy to hunt animals when we left Canada on vacation. Plus, Peter loved it when we hunted together. Of course hunting humans was a different feeling than hunting animals. We found the seediest criminals in back alleys together, feeding at the same time before tearing each other's clothes off.

He placed a chaste kiss on my forehead as I pulled away. My eyes turned back to the house as they locked the door before leaving. I watched the smiles grow on their faces and felt a surge of pride for my human family. They would always be happy, I'd make sure of that, but it was nice to know that my disappearance hadn't affected them so badly. I was finally happy in my own eternity with my mates and that's all I wanted for them too.

"How about we head home?" I asked Peter, smiling at him. "I've seen enough. They're happy, that's all I wanted."

Peter cupped my cheeks staring into my eyes. "Are you sure? Don't want to stick around longer?"

We'd been in Greenville for a week. I'd followed my brother and his fiance on all their town trips. We followed my mother twice, but I saw she was happy and it made me happy. My brother was in love and I couldn't fault him for following his heart.

"I'm sure. They're happy and I don't need to stay around when they're happy." I tightened my grip on his wrists and he nodded. Leaning in, he gave me a deep kiss which I immediately matched.

When he pulled away, he pulled me closer, tucking me under his arm. "We should find Jasper and head out. Anywhere you want to go before we get back to Texas?"