"Happy birthday," he sighed, and leaned down to touch his lips to mine. I reached up on my toes to make the kiss last longer when he pulled away. He smiled my favorite crooked smile, and then he disappeared into the darkness.

I was stronger than Edward. I'd made him say ow.

Trust Emmett to find the joke in the destruction of my life.

He's like a drug for you, Bella." His voice was still gentle, not at all critical. "I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. but I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun." The corner of my mouth turned up in a wistful half-smile. "I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me." He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an eclipse.

I know you think that I have some kind of perfect, unyielding self-control, but that's not actually the case. - Edward Cullen

Kiss me, Jacob. Kiss me, and then come back.

I love a happy ending. They are so rare.