Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters. I do own this plot.
EPOV
"E-Edward…" She mumbled; her voice barely coherent. I stared down into my angel's face, feeling my heart being ripped in half. Her eyes were half closed, and I could tell it was a terrible strain for her to even move her lips.
"Bella, Bella! Please stay with me; talk to me!" I could hear the agony in my own voice.I thought desperately. I was a monster, I was a horrible creature damned to live eternity on this earth. Why could I not be the one to die, the one to suffer? She, my Bella, was a soft, gentle human who had many years ahead of her. She was going to die, to disappear from my life after only eighteen years of life. She could have day after day of joy and happiness if I hadn't come into her life. She deserved so much better than… than me!
"Am I- am I going to d-die?" The sadness and pain in her voice made me crumble under mountains of despair. Why?! Why her?! I would gladly trade everything just for one last kiss, one last look into her deep, chocolate brown eyes.
As the thought of death dawned upon Bella, her face changed to mask of panic. That look did not suit Bella; she was always tough and strong. I could not let her feel this way. The way her eyes began to glaze over in anguish was too much for me.
"N-No. You won't die… you won't! Bella…" my voice trailed off. I seemed to be trying to convince myself this rather than Bella. Her face softened.
"I w-won't d-" She trailed off and gave into a hacking cough. It sounded as if she had swallowed something hard and spikey and was trying to get it back up through her throat. When I saw how much physical pain she was in, I knew I could not subject her to and more misery.
"No, Bella. You'll live to see the sunshine and hear the chirping birds…" I trailed off, asking myself why I was lying to her. I knew she had barely any time left. Was I still trying to convince her because my heart wanted to believe that I would wake-up any second and realize this was all a bad dream? Or was it because I wanted Bella to die wills a sense of hope? It must have been the latter, because I cannot sleep, let alone dream. But does that mean I cannot have nightmares? Definitely not.
"Good…" she said; her voice barely above a whisper. "I l-love you Edward…"
"I'll love you forever." But her spirit had already drifted off somewhere far, far away.