"Here's to never growing up!"
-Avril Lavigne, Here's to Never Growing Up
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"In honor of Courtney dying!"
"Shut up, Emmett!"
The big man laughed as we all reached over to slap him at the exact same time, raising his hands up in mock defense. "What? Am I wrong?"
***
"Growing up, I always felt alone."
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Clara giggled lightly from her spot next to her uncle, holding up an empty glass. "Here here!"
"You guys are ridiculous," I rolled my eyes, although a grin was spread across my face as I leaned into Jasper's touch. Paul rolled his eyes.
"You may smell slightly worse now, but I guess it is an important occasion."
"Speech!"
I ignored Embry, turning to press a light kiss onto Jasper's cheek. The air in the Cullen's house was warm and cozy, and Esme put up more decorations to make it really seem like fall. Bella was wearing a cheap "Happy Birthday" crown, and Edward kept trying to coax her into letting him buy her a present. I had on an identical crown, and Emmett kept teasing me about it.
Today was my twenty-fifth birthday.
None of us had aged a day.
My twenty-percent human blood disappeared into one hundred percent venom.
I'm going to be around a long time.
And Alice insists on celebrating until we become too old to count them.
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I never had many friends to invite to parties... except for Bells and Sade of course."
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"I still think I rock the crown look better," Sadie teased, waving her hand around so that her rings caught the light. "You know, since I'm a queen and all."
Sadie and Alice had a wedding almost as perfect as mine and Jasper's. I was her maid of honor, and got the additional honor to walk her down the aisle. Their six-year anniversary is coming up soon... but who's counting?
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FOREVER AND ALWAYS ━━━━ jasper hale.
Fanfiction𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 | ❝ a hurricane in the form of a girl.❞ courtney swan has never been one to follow the rules, jasper hale always has... so, of course, fate pushes them together. 𝐉𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐗 𝐅𝐄𝐌! 𝐎𝐂 | 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎...