They're on me. I know they are. My senses may not be as great as a vampire's, but they're good enough.
I clutch my side, trying to get rid of the searing pain running through my veins. I want to stop, but I know that I can't. I won't. I need to stay alive. For Edward. For my new family. I need to try, even if I won't succeed.
Through the dark forest, I run as fast as I can. I know I can't outrun them. It would be stupid of me to think I can. I have everything I want right now, and I can't give it up just because people, well vampires are after me.
I've been running for a long time. The thoughts of me with Edward seem so distant. All I wanted right now was to be held in his arms. I wanted to be protected from the world. I wanted to be with him forever.
But I knew that fantasy could never happen. It was exactly as Edward has said: it was too dangerous. Only now, did I realize that he wasn't lying.
Something passes by me at lightning speed. I turn to see what it is. Being the clumsy person that I am, I lose my footing on the damp ground. I crash hard into the hard earth that was once beneath my feet. I feel a warm liquid slowly dripping down my face. Blood. I start to feel nauseous. "This is the end. This is the end". The same line repeats again and again in my head. I don't know how true this is. I just wish that I could see Edward once more before I die. And with this wish, I faint.