Till Death Do Us Part

A proper engagement

Slowly the days passed by and they turned into weeks and the weeks passed and turned into months. Each and every day brought Koti and myself closer together and I was certain that she was my second chance at being happy. She bonded and became good friends with Bella and Renesmee adored her to pieces. Even Jasper and Edward got along well.

Edward and Jasper were naturally drawn to happy people and happy thoughts, in their own words it was hard to tell that Kota had ever grew up the way she had because she never pitied herself or was sad. Her thoughts were always happy and loving and her emotions were steady except when she was overwhelmed with excitement or happiness.

Alice had taken time aside from her clothing line that she was producing single handedly to go and buy Kota an entire new wardrobe with accessories galore. She even taught her to do her makeup which she was exceptional at, though she hardly wore it. In my eyes she was beautiful, she didn't need it.

It was around 5am in the morning, Kota was sleeping restlessly. Every now and then she would whimper and sob. I wonder what she was thinking about. Only if I could read her mind. Suddenly I thought of Edward, in less than five seconds he was entering through the bedroom window.

"You thought." he smirked as he walked across the room.

I nodded my head. "I want to know what she is dreaming about."

Edward nodded his head and walked across the room to where she lay. He stood beside her for several seconds before he looked at me.

"She isn't dreaming she is having a nightmare about losing you." He replied before walking back over to my side. Edward patted my shoulder. "Got to go, Bella is looking for me." He said before he slipped back out the window.

So Kota was afraid of losing me. I got up and crossed the room before I sat down on the bed beside her. I brushed my finger along her jawline and for the shortest second I saw her smile. I wanted to make her nightmares go away. I wanted her to know that I would never hurt her, I loved her.

I realized I hadn't officially proposed to her and just that small gesture was probably meant more for a human than it did myself. I mean of course I loved her but to humans proposals were a big thing. I wanted to make it special for her, I wanted her to remember this for the rest of her existence.

We had less than two days before the wedding and I wanted to do things proper. I wanted to make a decent proposal to show her that I really wanted her, that I truly loved her.

Kota didn't wake until 10am. I had 5 hours to get everything fixed, but I needed help. Help in the form of Alice and Esme. I watched Kota sleeping for another ten minutes and then got to my feet. I hadn't even went far from the bedroom before I was cornered by an excited Alice.

"Everything is set for the 30th, she is going to be so beautiful." Alice beamed.

"She is always beautiful." I corrected.

"Yes and she is going to love the proposal, Edward let us borrow his and Bella's meadow and I even picked up your engagement ring." She pulled a small box from her pocket and handed it to me.

I took it and opened it up, there sitting in the center of a velvet cushion was a beautiful eternity ring. I stared at it in awe at how beautifully restored it was. This ring was over a hundred and fifty years old, it had belonged to Rosalie. I ran my finger along the diamond set band and watched it gleam in the gently light.

The ring itself was my mothers, I had inherited it when she had died when I was young. This was before my life as a vampire. The ring band was replaced with platinum for better strength and several diamonds were set along it as well. The gem was a ruby that was incircled with diamonds as well. Since the day I proposed to Rosalie with the ring it had never left her finger. Not even when we were trying to keep up appearances. She would just tell people that it belonged to someone special had given it to her and that she would never take it off. Now this ring would be placed on the ring finger of Kota.

"So what is the plan Alice?" I asked as I closed the box and put it in my pocket.

"I can't tell you what to say, it has to come from you." She said before she skipped off.

I sighed as I knew I was on my own with this. I headed downstairs to find Esme so I could talk to her, I needed to know what was going on. I haven't an ounce of knowlege about the wedding details, our honeymoon and where we would live afterwards. I hated being in the dark about things, especially things about me.

"Emmett" my mother said as I came into the library.

"Mom" I whispered as I sat down beside her.

She immeadiately pulled me into her arms and hugged me. "I'm so happy that you are able to fall in love again."

I smiled. "I honestly have no idea where I would be to this day without Kota's love, she wants me to be happy and she wants to give me everything. It's just her having my children, I'm afraid I'll lose her."

My mother placed her hand over mine. "We have experience with this sort of thing she will be fine and then you will live happily ever after with your wife and your child. In the end the worry will be worth it."

I nodded my head. "I trust that."

Esme pulled something from her pocket and placed it in the palm of my hand before she closed it. "It's the key to your house, I fixed it up and Alice did her usual with the clothes."

I laughed to myself. "An entire new wardrobe, why am I not surprised. I am sure she will have fun shopping for the baby when it's time."

I don't know why but everytime I spoke about becoming a father I was more and more impatient for the wait. I started to grow to the idea, the thought of being able to hold a being that was made up of half my dna. The inevitable future of having that same being call me father or daddy. To be able to watch him or her grow and learn. It was all wonderful to my mind and I looked forward to it, I craved it. And to some extent I was willing to do whatever it took to get it. I was just not looking forward to the risks I would have to take.

Suddenly a noise drew my attention and I looked up at the stairs. It was Kota and she had awaken. I then looked to the window and saw the sun, how long had it been? I then looked the time piece on my wrist and saw it was fifteen minutes till ten. It fascinated me how lost in thoughts I could get without realizing it. I had passed by almost five hours without noticing.

I rose to my feet and walked across the room to bring Kota into my arms. She smelled fresh and like pomagranets, that was her favorite scent and she smelled of them all the time. I pressed my nose to her hair and sniffed, coconut.

"I have something for you" I spoke as I took her hand and headed towards the door that led to the river.

I swept her onto my back and took off at a run to Edward and Bella's meadow. Before I broke through the treelines I set her to her feet. I could easily see the meadow perfectly from here with my enhanced vision but for a human as Kota nothing could be made out. We walked quickly towards the meadow and the moment we broke through the trees she gasped.

"I have something to ask you." I added as we moved towards the middle of the meadow.

"What is it?" she replied, her eyes still wandering.

I moved to stand before her and then took a kneel. I took her hands into mine and looked into her eyes. "I know you and I are already to be wed in the next couple days but I haven't properly asked for your hand in marriage." I released her hand and reached into my pocket and withdrew the box that I knew to contain the ring and opened it. "Misty Kota Snow, I vow to love you with all of my heart for the rest of eternity, to protect you, to care for you and to be whatever you need me to be. Will you give me the honor of being my wife?"

I watched as Kota rose her hands to her mouth and I saw her nose and eyebrows flush as they did when she was being emotional. Very slowly she held out her right hand, fingers spread apart and I very carefully placed the ring upon her finger.

"I do, take you Emmett McCarty Cullen, to be my husband." She gushed before she threw her arms around me. "Till death do us part."