June 11th, 2006, Cullen Residence
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"Everyone, in the living room!" Was the only thing Catherine yelled as she sat next to her husband on the couch. She was giddy, giggling and unable to sit still.

When the Cullens all gathered in the living room, all the children with annoyed faces, Catherine stood up.

"So, I'm sure you all know what day it is!" Catherine jumped up and down a few times while the others groaned and sighed. Catherine stood on the coffee table and turned to her siblings. "So today-" She was cut off by Carlisle saying. "Get off the coffee table, Catherine."

Catherine just giggled and her eyes sarcastically widened. "Oee, full name, I'm so scared. Anyway!" Everyone groaned again. "As you all know, today is the day that I, yet again, prove you suckers that I'm better than you." She jumped off the coffee table and stood in front of Emmett.

"Emmett, darling, could you tell me how I'll prove it?" She tapped his nose and innocently smiled at him. When Emmett said something incoherently, Catherine leaned forward and tapped her ear. "I'm sorry, Emmett, I didn't hear you. Could you speak up?"

Emmett glared at Catherine before he mumbled. "Because today you are graduating again and you wanna rub in our faces that you have more graduation caps than us."

Catherine stood straight again before she patted his head and turned to her other siblings. "Little Emmett is right. I am better than all of you. And today is one of the many ways I can prove that." She proudly sat down on the coffee table and pointed at Edward.

"After today, I will have three more caps than Edward. Edward, how does it feel to be so close yet so far to being better than me?" She 'innocently' said while leaning her head to the side. Edward stared her straight in the eyes. He didn't give her the satisfaction of getting a reaction out of him. "Eddie?" She raised an eyebrow with a grin.

"Feels great." Was the only thing he said before rolling his eyes and slouching on the couch with a sigh. Catherine smiled in satisfaction and turned to Rosalie. "Rosie, Rosie, Rosie. I'll have four more than you." Catherine teasingly caressed Rosalie's cheek, the blonde angrily swatted her hand away. "I'm gonna kill you, Catherine Elizabeth Cullen." She snarled at Catherine before leaning her head on her hand while her elbow rested on the arm of the couch. Emmett patted her arm soothingly, eventhough he didn't look very soothed himself.

Catherine ignored her sister's comment and straightened up again. "I'll have five more than Alice, Oliver and Jasper." She continued, unbothered by the angry stares. "Hey, Jasper, honey, are you proud of your amazing wife?" She leaned forward so she was face-to-face with her husband. Jasper's only response was an eyeroll. "That's what I thought." She sat next to Jasper on the arm of the couch.

"Hey, Esme, do you wanna know what I absolutely love?" She asked her mother while her husband and siblings angrily glared at her. "What is it, honey?" Esme laughed, she and Carlisle were extremely amused by their adoptive daughter's antics. Catherine stood up again and stalked towards her oldest brother. Her face was close to his as she sat on the coffee table again. She smirked at him while he scowled.

"I have a whopping seven more graduation caps than little wittle Emmy." She patted his cheeks before getting up. "Hey, Emmett?" She smiled at her older brother. He rolled his eyes before saying. "What?" Through gritted teeth.

"You suck." She giggled and skipped out of the room. She descended through the hallway as her family watched her. They witnessed Catherine jump up and down while cheering. "I'm graduating! You guys suck!" The children all scowled while the parents chuckled softly.

Esme stood up after patting her husband's leg. "Why don't you guys go and get ready? We have to leave in an hour." She smiled and straightened out her pencil skirt before walking in the kitchen.

Jasper walked up the stairs towards his and Catherine's room. Before he could enter, he heard his wife's giggled. He smiled to himself before opening the door.

When he entered, he saw his wife sitting on their bed. She had a broad grin as she stared up at him. "Hey, sweetheart." She reached out her hands for him to take. He took her hands as he stood infront of her. "Are you angry?" She sheepishly grinned at him. Jasper just leaned down and kissed her forehead. "I could never be angry with you." He reassured. She raised an eyebrow as he sat next to her on the bed.

It was now his turn to send her a sheepish grin. "I might be a little annoyed." He gave in. She smiled and scootched closer to him. "I know, honey, for an empath, you are terrible at hiding your emotions." She raised her legs off the ground and tucked them underneath her legs, so her knees were on his lap. "Well, you feel incredibly happy, so you affect me positively." He reassured his wife while said woman wrapped an arm around his torso.

"Is Emmett really angry?" She scrunched her face. "Yeah, I heard him planning your death." Jasper placed one of his hands on her knee. "I'm technically already dead." She shrugged and leaned her head on his shoulder. Jasper chuckled and kissed her head before leaning his forehead against it.

After they had been sat like that for a few minutes, he raised his head and patted her knee. "Come on, are we gonna graduate or not?" He stood up and pulled her up. She giggled and faced him. "Gotta keep up my score." She stood on their bed so they were the same length and wrapped her arms around his neck.

His arms snaked around her waist before he kissed her nose, making her giggle. She pulled him closer and pressed her lips against his for a few seconds before jumping off the bed.

"Let's graduate."
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Catherine was tying Jasper's tie as they stood in the gymhall where they would have their graduation ceremony. Jasper was looking down at his wife with a soft smile on his face. One of his hands rested on her waist while the other was holding her purse.

"Are you excited to graduate?" Her question was spoken in an absent tone, as she was focused on making him look presentable. "Yeah, I guess." He answered before prying her hands away from his tie. "I look fine, you look fine, we look fine. Don't worry." He reassured before he kissed her forehead.

"Oliver, sit there. Where the hell did Cath go?" Alice looked around, trying to find Catherine, as she ordered her husband and brother to sit down. "Jasper, where the hell is Catherine?" Alice strode over to her brother, who was without his mate.

"I don't know, she said she was gonna say hi to Bella." Jasper explained while sitting in the seat Alice had assigned him too. Alice rubbed the bridge of her nose before she adjusted her robe. "Come on, baby, we have five minutes until the ceremony starts. She'll be on time." Oliver tried to comfort his mate by rubbing her arm.

On que, Catherine jogged towards them and sat in the empty seat next to her husband. "I'm here." She held up her hands in defense. Alice sat on Catherine's other side and slapped the back of her head. "Hey! Alice, what the hell!?" Catherine rubbed the back of her head while Jasper frowned at Alice. "You could've said hi to Bella after the ceremony." Alice hissed at her sister, who just rolled her eyes and sat back in her seat.

"Sorry for slapping you." Alice sheepishly mumbled. "I'm a little on edge."

"Yeah, me too." Was Catherine's answer. "Okay, okay, we get it, the ceremony is starting so shut up." Oliver shushed them.

Catherine smiled and took Jasper's hand, wrapping it in her own. She scooched a little closer to him and kissed his jaw before turning to look at the podium.

The principal stepped up and smiled at everyone. "Good morning, students, parents and other family members." He gave a small speech about how great the students were and how proud he was.

"And now, please, put your hands together for our valedictorian, Jessica Stantley." He announced as he held out a hand for the girl to come up to the podium. Everyone clapped for the brunette as she stepped up on the podium. Catherine heard Oliver whisper to Alice. "She's still annoying." It made Catherine giggle.

Once the clapter died down, Jessica started talking. "When we were five, our teachers asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were things like astronaut, president, or in my case, a prinses." Laughter was scattered around the room. Jasper wrapped his arm around Catherine's shoulder and kissed her head.

"When we were 10, they asked again. We answered rockstar, cowboy or, in my case, a gold medalist." Catherine smiled and whispered in Jasper's ear. "You're a cowboy." To which he just chuckled and nudged her knee with his.

"But now that we've grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how about this? Who the hell knows?" Jessica smiled as she stared at the crowd. People clapped and whooped at her statement.

"This isn't the time to make hard-and-fast decisions. This is the time to make mistakes." She confidently smiled as she continued. "Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. Fall in love a lot." She said. Jasper kissed his wife's lips at the words 'fall in love'.

"Major in philosophy, because there's no way to make a career out of that." She continued and Catherine noticed the girl infront of her whisper something to her friend. "Shit, dude, I'm majoring philosophy." Her stressed tone made Catherine giggle, but luckily the girl and her friend didn't hear.

"Change your mind, and change it again, because nothing is permanent. So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask what we wanna be, we won't have to guess. We'll know." The Forks High School students all stood up from their chairs as they applauded Jessica.

When the students were getting their diplomas, Catherine clapped extra hard for her husband, siblings and for Bella. When it was Bella's turn, she noticed Charlie standing up to applaud his daughter. She found it incredibly adorable.

When it was Catherine's turn. She shook the headmaster's hand before flipping off Emmett behind his back. Emmett responded by returning the favor, but he got scolded by Esme.

When Jasper recieved his diploma, he smiled and shook the headmaster's hand. Catherine noticed the headmaster's eyes grew a little wide each time he felt how cold the Cullens were. Jasper immediately moved towards his wife after he got his diploma. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in for a deep kiss, which she reciprocated with a grin.

After everyone had gotten their diploma, people slowly started leaving the hall. Everyone wanted to go home and get ready for the Cullen party. Jasper and Catherine changed out of their graduation gowns before calmly walking back to their car.

When they passed Charlie and Bella walking, Bella tucked underneath her father's arm, Catherine pulled Jasper over to quickly say hi.

"Hey, Bella! Congratulations on graduating!" Catherine skipped towards her sister-in-law while Jasper stood a few feet behind his wife. Catherine wrapped the awkward mortal in a hug with a big smile. Bella hugged back and matched the vampire's smile. "Yeah, you too." She answered while squeezing Catherine slightly.

"Congrats, Jasper." The mortal called out to Jasper. He smiled in response and nodded. "Thank you, you too, Bella." He answered in a strained voice.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Swan!" Catherine turned to Bella's father with a smile, intending to make small-talk. "Good afternoon, Catherine, congratulations on graduating." Charlie carried a tight, awkward smile as he nodded at the girl.

"Oh, thank you!" She answered. "You know what you should do, Mr. Swan?" She smiled at the man with the moustache. He frowned. "What?" He asked with a confused expression. The vampire grinned at his expression and behind her back, gestured at Jasper to use his powers.

"You should come drink tea at our house sometime. Edward and Bella could hang and you and your girlfriend could chat with Carlisle and Esme." She explained, she felt a wave of calm overcome her and she noticed Charlie and Bella's shoulders slouch aswell.

"Oh, I absolutely love the idea of Bella hanging out with Edward... at your house." Charlie sarcastically responded, he smiled nontheless. Catherine laughed at his answer. "Besides, I don't have a girlfriend." He quickly added. "I understand, I could keep an eye on my brother and Bella." She joked. "And you could always just have a guy evening with Carlisle."

"I'll think about it." Charlie concluded with a nod, that's when Bella joined the conversation. "Catherine won't be able to keep an eye on us, though." She smirked at Catherine. "Why?" Charlie asked with a raised eyebrow. "Because she's too busy staring at her husband." The mortal teased her sister-in-law.

"Oh, you two got married?" Charlie asked with a surprised expression. Catherine glared at Bella before responding. "Yeah, a while ago. We were still in New York and we thought, 'why not!' so we decided to just tie the knot." Catherine explained before glancing over her shoulder at her husband and smiling at him.

"Aren't you two a little young?" Charlie frowned. "Oh, it's very normal in our family to get married at a young age. It might seem a little weird to others, though, I get that."

"Your... husband, he's not very talkative, is he?" Charlie said while looking behind Catherine, where Jasper was standing, his eyes were glued to the sky. "Oh, he has really bad social anxiety. I'm sorry if he comes off as rude." She apologised with an apologetic smile.

"Well, I think we'll just leave you to it, now. We'll see you tonight, right Bella?" The vampire asked with a warm smile. "Yes, see you in a few hours." Bella responded before Catherine turned around and skipped towards her husband. He wrapped an arm around her and kissed her head as they walked away.

As they descended, the vampire couple could hear Charlie say. "They do make a pretty good couple." To his daughter. Catherine giggled and leaned up to kiss her husband.