"Are you sure they don't mind us being here?"

"Alice was ecstatic. Jasper asked us to burn the sheets when we left."

It feels strange being back. The cabin seems smaller than I remember, but cozier, less like a jail. I dump the pack I am carrying down on the porch. The supplies are almost entirely for show so that the pilot who flew us up here wouldn't get suspicious. The view is still stunning, even in the fading dark.

Edward slips his arms around my waist, leaning his chin on my shoulder and looking out at the vista with me.

"I will regret it every day, that I wasn't here with you."

I place a palm against his cheek without looking around.

There are things we both regret.

I turn in his arms and kiss him briefly, my hands flat against his chest.

"No, that's not why we're here. We're sharing history and beginnings, remember? We're not lingering on regret."

Edward runs his hand down my arm, his fingers encircling my wrist. He brings it up to his mouth, and presses his lips softly to my silver scar.

The future spreads out in front of us now, a sunrise dawning on a bright spring day. A whole world to discover. With this man. This beautiful soul, whose life I up-ended and unravelled and completed. Who, with one split-second decision, started my life anew.

"Come on," I grin at Edward. "I'll show you the boulder I threw at Jasper the first week we were here."

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A/N: Just a very short note to say thank you to my amazing beta emmajanepringle, who really did bring out the beauty in this little story.I also want to say thanks to everyone who has reviewed it and recced it. For a first timer in this fandom, your support has been so encouraging.