AN: Oh, my god!! I am back! Ok, so I decided to do something crazy and make yet another sad story. I hope you like it. I found it stashed away from when I wrote it last summer, but I added some things to make it better. At least, I hope it is... Let me know in a review?

Prologue

Have you ever wanted to die so badly its as though you can taste it in your mouth and feel it rushing through your veins? Just have all the pain you're feeling leave you alone? Have you ever wondered about how death always seems so close when you're totally healthy, but when you're waiting for the end to come for you, it never seems to come fast enough?

Have you ever thought about how when you need someone so badly, he never shows up on time? Have you ever seen how fast you can bleed when you're broken? Have you ever wondered what the highest decibel of pain is? Have you ever wondered why pain is so goddamn painful?

Those were the things running through the mind of Bella Swan as she lay, left for dead, in the back of the Newton's store. She lay there bleeding away her life, trying not to think about what Mike had just done to her. She could count almost all the bones in her broken body. Several times, she had wondered if she was dead, but thought better of it as every part of her was on fire.

Her arms and hands were slick form the blood that was pouring out of the slices on her arms. He had slashed her several times before leaving her on the floor, trying to make her die faster - which, for some reason, made her feel better. She could look down her naked body and see the blood flowing across her thighs and on to the floor, forming a uncharacteristically alluring puddle. She could also see the bruises on all of her body that she could see, and briefly considered playing connect-the-dots with them. From the pain screaming from her back, she could tell that their was some damage back there as well.

Although she was totally relaxed, she could feel her heart starting to race, and the room spinning wildly around her. She was getting irrationally irritated by the fact that Edward hadn't come to save her from her shameful fate. Her knight in shining armor must have been held up. But she wasn't mad at him; she loved him far too much for that.

She could tell that her body was going under the waters of unconsciousness. The waves were rocking her slowly to sleep. She couldn't deny that it was too peaceful to not enjoy. Her eyes were closing.

But then the door crashed to the ground in a fury of splinters and a breeze came through the room. Her eyes fought to flit open to see her knight run to her and fall to his knees, sobbing.

"Bella! No, Bella, you have to stay with me!" His voice trembled. "Alice, call 911!"

She could feel his eyes trailing down her body. She made an attempt to cover herself, but her brain couldn't tell her body to move; there wasn't enough blood left in her body.

Edward seemed to notice her embarrassment, as he took off his shirt and put it over her. He even took off his tank top and ripped it into strips. He grabbed her arms gently and tied them over the slashes to slow the blood flow. It was all she wanted; just to stare at her angel's face, in case this was going to be the last time that they had to be together.

Because she knew that her angel had saved her, Bella started to relax again. She was human; she couldn't stop it. She could feel her eyes starting to close and block out Edward's face. And that fact alone made her very uncomfortable. She could barely see that his lips were moving, but she couldn't hear his voice. Her eyes finally shut against her will.

What felt like seconds later, she could feel her body being lifted and set down on what felt like a board. Then she was fully pulled under.

AN: Please, please review!! Thank you to everyone who read!!