Thank you all for reading and reviewing.  We love reading all of the nice things that you all have said.  Thank you again for everything.  Some of the biggest questions we had was these:
I thought Bella was having a girl? – Bella thought she was having a girl, but Edward thought boy.
Have Charlie and Leah been involved sexually? – No, Charlie is a real yuck, but he honestly thought Leah was his daughter.
How in the world did James get away with the things he did to Jake and Paul? – Money and having influential friends does a lot in any situation.  Besides this is fiction and there are not many if any people who did not want Paul and Jake to both get a tiny taste of the stuff they all to willingly dished out to others.
Is there an Epilogue after 25 or is 25 the epilogue? – The story is 25 chapters including the epilogue, so no more after 25.
Do you have more stories coming out since this is coming to a close? – We currently have a one-shot we did for Christmas that has an epilogue yet to post.  Then we have the one-shot we are writing for Moo AH, which we will post sometime in January.  We will be starting our new story that is sort of an ugly duckling Bella story, and for a change it will be in Bella’s POV and we’re excited by this prospect.  We also have an Escort story coming soon, and it will be fantastic.  We have another story we are doing for a fandom fights program, this time it is for domestic abuse—this will be a story written with jess2002 joining us.  We also will be posting a story to the facebook group page.  The two groups it will post at are: TeamAllTwilight & AndTAT Fan Fiction and it will post at Secluded Wings.  Everyone’s welcome, we are an adult only, drama free environment. 
Is Phil going to end up with Sue? – No, but there is a bit of a story there yet to come for them both.
I think that wraps up the majority of the questions we have been asked.  I hope that you all like this teaser it is COMPLETELY unedited, because we haven’t even gotten 24 to the beta yet—speaking of which the last 2 chapters – 24 and 25, may have a few more mistakes than normal, since we are down 2 of our team because of the holidays.

Thanks again for reading and reviewing our story, Nikky and Kasi~

Teaser:  I hold Bella’s hand as we walk in with Adam into the doctor’s office.  We’ve both been worried about today, this is his first set of injections.  “You’re sure you’re okay to hold him?” Bella asks me again as she holds Adam close to her.

“Yes, I’m okay to be the mean parent today,” I say again with a little chuckle. “Beside you don’t like shots.  Since they scare you when you get them done on you, I know this is really going to be hard on you,” I say.  I remember that I had to hold Dean for his four month shots because Rose couldn’t even be in the same room when it was getting done, and Emmett was sick.

Bella frowns at me and I chuckle kissing her lips. “It will be fine, I promise.”

“But he’s only two months and still small.”

I pull her and our son to me and hold her close as I look down at my sleeping son.

“I know, believe me, I know.  Sweetheart if weren’t important for him to have these done we wouldn’t be here.”

Bella nods and lets out a sigh.

“I really can’t believe she’s breast feeding him in public,” a woman says loudly to the other woman sitting next to her. 

Both Bella and I turn to look at her and then to a young woman about Bella’s age who is breast feeding her baby.

“These teens today have no respect, whatsoever.  They act like whores, get pregnant and then plop their breasts out for everyone to see,” the woman sitting next to the woman who first spoke replies.

I look to Bella who’s looking at the young girl that is being spoken about so rudely.

“It’s girls like her that go out lead a guy on and then cry rape when it gets taken further than they wanted.  But just look at her showing all off all her goodies here in public.  Whatever do these stupid trampy girls thinks is going to happen?”

My mouth drops open at the woman’s cold words.

“Hold our son for a second,” Bella says passing AJ into my arms as she gets up.  At first I think she’s going to the restroom but instead she turns walking directly over to the two women.

“As you seem to make sure that your thoughts were spoken loud and clear enough to everyone that’s in the room, I thought I should make my thoughts clear.  First, neither of you have any right to judge that girl on anything she’s doing.  So what, she’s feeding her baby, it’s a baby who is clearly hungry and being cared for.  If you don’t like it, then don’t flipping look!”

My eyes open even wider hearing Bella use one of her clean swear words.  I start to get up to head over to her.

Hello again! Nobody's ever molested fruit ... Somebody must have done that somewhere. LOL

Glad you enjoyed it. I had a good time writing this one. Then again, I think I'm hilarious. (sometimes)

Thank you for giving it a read and a review!

I'm vertical!  Distancing herself from her family is giving her an idea how Edward has felt most of his life.  When I originally started the stalker storyline, it was an effort to show how inappropriate that kind of behavior was.  So many thought it was cute that Edward stalked Bella in the original.  If he were actually a human teenager, it might have been awkward.  But a man over a hundred years old, peeking in the window of a seventeen year-old girl?  No, not cute.  Part of me rages that so many want to forgive the sins of the Cullens, because they're "hot."  I'm not one of them.  In my writing, I have to give Edward a good reason for stalking her, and for his "slips."  Oops, sorry for the serious response.   

Heh, by now you know how accurate you were.  Thanks again for the review!

I always wondered what would happen if the stars of a play couldn't go on; who would fill in.  Sometimes there's an understudy for the key parts, but in a high school production, it would be a lot to ask of a student, to learn a whole part, but not plan on performing.  There are a few who do know all the parts, but they're usually behind the scenes, like Bella and Edward here.  The little choreographer could have played the beast, and Eric probably could have after helping Dylan practice his part, but none of them have vampire memory.  Thanks again for reviewing.

Next chapter's up.  I have to think that Bella never really told Mike all of her issues with his mother, career, and goals.  As far as he was concerned, he was the one who decided to end the marriage, and she was the one waiting for reconciliation.  In his mind, she's just been waiting for him to get his act together.  She finally got to tell him, that it wasn't just the affairs making it wrong for them to be together.  She never would have said all that while they were married.  I just figured her doormat personality would have carried over to her marriage.  It took a nasty divorce to teach her to stand up for herself.  

Soon.  Once those barriers are out of the way, these two just can't seem to stay apart.  

Bella carries pepper spray.  I'll have the next chapter for Tuesday.  Thanks for the five rating.  

I do get into what the family's up to later.  As far as the Edward POV, I did write a bit of one, but never finished it.  I might add it at the end.  Thanks again for reading!

Thanks for the great rating and the detailed review.  

She's finally starting to get it.  I think somewhere in canon, Edward promised Bella that he would love her, even when she was old.  In this story, he is proving that, even though he never told her.  It's easy to love someone when they're young, fresh, and cute, but there are things that make it more problematic as you get older.  Some previous readers thought it was "gross" that she looked old, and he still looked young.  But I think it's more a sign of real love, rather than just physical attraction.  

And as to that physical attraction... when I originaly posted this story on ffnet, it was rated T for the first twenty-two chapters.  Then I changed it to M.  It was removed because a group of critics thought by chapter 26 it was too mature for the M rating -- and the site admin agreed.  Some people believe any sex is smut, and all smut must be NC-17.  I don't agree, but since it's not my site and I don't get to decide... I'm here now.  It's a little disconcerting that once something is given this rating, sex is expected.  This story takes a lot of time to warm up, but it does earn the rating.  

You can bet your bippy Eric would have been great.  I sure wish there was a PM feature here, so I could share my choice to play Eric, without ruining it for those who would rather use their imaginations.  

Next chapter should post on Friday, Fatal SQL error or not! 

It's pretty obvious there's sex ahead.  But as to other spoilers... if there was a PM feature here, I'd share.  But as it is... there's still a lot of story to tell.  

It's a good thing you weren't reading this story when it was first posted.  I did my best to have an update every week, and this time of year I was unavailable.  You can relax and know it's finished, and it got exactly where it needed to go.  I guess you might consider chapter 26 a Christmas present--that's all I'm saying.  

Thanks for your positive responses.  I think I mentioned the first time I posted this, that I incorporated some of R. Pats. goofyness into the story.  I've seen photos of him, acting crazy with his friends, and I wanted a little of that in the story.  This Edward has a bit more humor than canon.  I figured since he doesn't have to be a parent/protector figure to Bella, he could relax and have fun with her.  Since he doesn't have to worry about a honeymoon pregnancy, and  she won't let him worry about hurting her, they can have some fun together.  

Sam is a good kid, and I used my daughter as a model in some ways.  I ran some of the Sam scenes by her, and she let me know if I was off.  Some of her responses made it into the story.       

Sam's a good kid.  

Next chapter is up.  They've still got a few things to sort out, and the Cullens are coming.  Thanks so much for being so faithful.  

I should have squashed that cliffhanger.  I think girls sort of gravitate to guys who remind them of the men who raised them.  Emmett has Charlie's dark hair, and Mike's athletic build.  Throw in enthusiasm and a sense of humor, and he's probably irresistable to her.    

Thanks again.  Next chapter is up!  

I still don't know why I went to the trouble of giving Jace a backstory and a loving mother.  Maybe it's because so many would have wanted him strung up for what he did.  Those same folks would have turned a blind eye to Edward's "slips," when he was a murderer.  I don't think anyone is all bad or all good, and if we can sympathize and understand Edward's motivations for killing, we sort of owe it to Jace to do the same.  Maybe it's a fairy-tale world, where there's an explanation for everything, and we can know the reasons why.  Nothing is ever really that simple.  A good editor would probably have cut it.  Thanks again for reading and commenting.  

You must be an Emmett fan.  Funny, but I think he was one of the least favorite vamps, until the actor did a few other movies, and now he's become a fave.  I'm still trying to figure out why so many fans like the wolf Paul.      

One thing the vamps are good at, is hiding in plain sight.  If anyone sees that giant wolf on the deck, it could be a bit tricky to explain.