Chapter 1

Bella P.O.V.

I rubbed my ever growin' belly a few more times before my handsome husband came and sat next to me "Hello, Bella. Rubbing your belly again, I see" he said in his velvety voice, soundin' amused. He was the only one who I allowed to call me Bella, because he was special. I could still remember the day we both met. I was just a short little nine year old girl going to the park and he a handsome ten year old boy.

FLASHBACK

My mother pulled and tugged on my hair, tryin' to untangle the brown mess on my head "Ow, momma. That hurt" I whined as she roughly pulled at a knot. She stopped combin' my hair to pull my head by it to make me look into her eyes "Now don't start complainin' to me, Isabella. I reckon you keep your trap shut or I'll spank your bottom red. You won't be able to sit for weeks. Now stop it. Do I make myself clear, Isabella?"

I gulped and nodded "Yes ma'am" she continued to comb through my hair while givin' me the lecture of a lifetime "You shouldn't even be complainin' about me doin' your hair. You're lucky to have a mom that actually takes the time to untangle these vines on your small little head you call strands of hair. I'm already wastin' enough of my time doin' your hair and I expect to have you quiet through the process and just be happy about it instead of annoyin' the heck outta me" she finally put the damn comb down and pulled me by my arms to help me stand back up.

I looked down at my feet as I walked away but she had grabbed me by the arm before I reached the door "Where're goin'? Get your butt back here and give me some respect. I know I raised a more mature and intelligent girl than that. Come back here and say Thank you" I took a few steps back but didn't turn around "Thank you, momma" she huffed "Not good enough but better. Be back before sunset. Not get" she patted my bottom to make me to leave faster. If I didn't know any better, I'd think she was tryin' to get rid of me.

Once I reached the park, there wasn't really much to do there so I sat down. My ma had done my hair in two braids and I began to undo them. I liked my hair down, unlike many of the girls at my school. They all wanted to be beautiful young women and take after their mothers: learnin' how to cook and clean; do the dishes and mop the floors. I believed that women shouldn't be the only ones doin' the housework. We already had to do so much more. So men are strong…so what. Women can be just as strong…men just don't let them show how strong and reliable they really are. We already have to give birth; take care of the children; cook the meals; and work at our own jobs. Men should help at home.

As I lost myself in my thoughts, I failed to notice the ball hurdlin' towards my head. It hit my forehead dead center and made me flip over backwards and off the bench. Once I regained my balance, I pulled myself to my knees and rubbed the growin' bump on my forehead when I heard someone making their way over "Oh…I'm so sorry. Them idiots don't know how to aim" I looked up to see two beautiful green eyes staring back at me. I lost focus and just stared at the beautiful creature before me. It seemed he was just as entranced but he soon snapped out of it "Sorry 'bout that. The name's Edward, Edward Mason" he reached out to take my hand and I took his, a slight shock runnin' up my arm and down my spine but it wasn't uncomfortable.

We didn't pull away, instead he helped me up "I-I'm Isabella S-Swan" he smirked at my studderin' before bendin' down to pick the ball off the floor "Well…it was nice meeting you, Isabella. Or is it okay if I call you Bella" he smiled a crooked smile that took my breath away. I nodded "You can call me Bella if you like, I don't mind" his smile widened "Well then…I'll see you soon Bel–" "EDWARD…C'MON" he turned around and saw a boy starin' back at him with annoyance. He turned back to me and bit his lip "Gotta go, see you Bella" he smiled again before runnin' off to his friends. Once he reached his friends, I fainted.

FLASHBACK ENDED

I smiled at the memory before I was brought back to the present. I leaned into him and sighed "Yeah. I can't wait for these little guys to come out. I wish they'd just eject already" I threw my hands in the air for affect, lookin' like a crazed pregnant woman. He chuckled at my comment and hugged me from behind, pullin' me closer to his chest. I giggled along with him, I mean what I said was pretty darn funny.

We just sat there in silence, not that it was an uncomfortable silence. It was truly relaxin'. He soon fell asleep beside me and I rested my head again his chest, listenin' to his calm heartbeat as I let myself get lost in my thoughts again. I remember the day that we decided that being best friends wasn't enough. It was September 13, 1915, and I was turnin' 13 that day. Edward had just entered high school, since he was 14…a year older than me. We had been friends for four years and we didn't think of ruinin' that friendship any time soon. He had taken me behind my house to a small pond and we sat with our feet in the water, just listenin' to the crickets and the birds chirpin'.

FLASHBACK

"Bella?" I heard my best friend's velvety voice call out to me. I turned around, my midnight blue dress twirlin' with my movement. What I saw took my breath away. My best friend and secret crush Edward Mason – who had let me call him Eddie since he was allowed to call me Bella – in a black, old-fashioned suit with a tail and bow-tie around his neck. His bright green eyes lookin' at me with nervousness and adoration. I smiled "Yes Edward?"

He bit his lip and I noticed his cheeks slightly blush as he suddenly became interested in his black dress shoes. I walked up to him and raised his chin so he could look me in the eyes – not by that much, since he was about 5'10" and I was my short 5'4". He looked back into mine and stuttered "I-I have s-something to s-show you" he stuffed his hands in his pockets. I shook my head and smiled "Well…then show me then" he looked back into my eyes but I noticed that his now showed confidence.

One of his hands slid out of his pockets and took my pale slender hand that looked so fragile when in his, feelin' the familiar shock that we had gotten used to through the years but never failed to notice. He pulled me along to the back door of my house "Follow me" his angelistic voice whispered and I happily complied. He opened the screen door, lettin' the blarin' music from my party out to the wild for everyone to hear, and pulled me along into the woods.

I was beginnin' to become nervous but slowly calmed down when I remembered that I was with Edward and that he would never let anything happen to me. The trees began to thin out as we walked by and no later did I find out what Edward had wanted to show me. In front of me was a pond that looked big enough for over twenty people to swim in, not that I wanted any one to be here and ruin the moment. He continued to pull me along until we reached the edge of the pond. He sat down and pulled his shoes and socks off, slowly dippin' his feet into the calm lookin' water "Sit" he offered.

I blushed as I slipped out of my heels and sat down next to him on the ground. I didn't care if my dress got ruined, I never liked wearin' dresses and I still don't. I dipped my feet into the water and instantly felt a shiver crawl down my spine. This water was surprisingly cold. I leaned forward and rested my hands on my knees "This place looks so amazin'. How'd you find it?" I looked up to Edward for his answer. He sighed and looked up into the sky, starin' up at the stars "My Aunt Eloise had come to visit my mom, her sister, last month. She was always the one to tell my mom that every choice she had made was a mistake. My mom, Elisabeth, was always kind and listened to her sister's rants and complaints.

She listened but she never acknowledged them. She would listen to every word her sister said, but by the end of every list of Aunt Eloise's complaints, my mother would kindly say that she was wrong and that her life had turned out better than she had hoped" he sighed. I was confused "What does that have to do with how you found this place?" he smiled and patted my shoulder "Hold your horses, Bella. I was getting there" I giggled and mumbled a soft sorry.

"Well…like I was saying. My Aunt Eloise came to visit last month, and was giving my mom another lecture. This time my father was there and he had lost his temper. He stood up to my aunt and told her that if my mother believed that her life was perfect, then her life was perfect. My aunt countered back, saying that her sister's life wasn't perfect because her 14 year old son had ruined it for her. That if she hadn't had a son, then she would have had a better education and a richer husband.

"My father had lost control after that, screaming that 'Junior'…" he added air quotes. Since his father was also named Edward, my friend Edward was a junior. But no one called him that but his and my parents. I was the only one who called him EJ, Edward Junior "…as he calls me, wasn't to blame for anything. That I was a good boy and a great son. I had overheard from my room and ran out the back door; I couldn't hear another word since I was the reason for their arguing this time. I was going to come over to your house to maybe talk for a bit, play a game of catch, but decided not to bother you. I walked out to the forest and found it here just waiting to be discovered"

I looked into his eyes to see that tears were formin'. I had to cheer him up "Well...whether you found this place because you were runnin' from a bad memory or you just wanted to find a place to go for a swim...you found it and I think this place is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Don't you a agree?" I turned to him to see his eyes lookin' back into my mine, love bein' the only emotion present. He leaned in, his face only inches away from mine "No...I don't agree. I believe there is something much more beautiful and amazing out there. And I believe that that thing, is the beautiful creature in front of me"

I blushed, I know I was blushin'. I mean who wouldn't...Edward Mason just said I was beautiful. I leaned in an inch "What are you sayin', Edward?" he leaned in again, our lips just two inches away now "I love you, Isabella. Ever since that day in the park; I thought that you were the most beautiful person I had ever laid eyes on. Never had I seen such a pretty sight like you. I've been trying to tell you all these years but was afraid of what you'd say. I love you, Bella Marie" I could feel the tears of happiness well up in my eyes. I looked into his to see confusion "Eddie. You have no idea how much I love you, too. Ever since I looked into your eyes. I love you, Edward Anthony" our lips finally touched. It was a sweet innocent kiss that was calmin' yet blissful all at the same time. This was a moment I would never forget.

FLASHBACK ENDED

I soon fell asleep in my sleepin' husband's arms with a smile on my face. Marryin' my best friend/boyfriend was the best decision of my life. And if his Aunt Eloise comes and tells me otherwise, she better back off because a pregnant Isabella isn't something she wants to mess with.

Time skip…one month later (Bella's now eight months pregnant)

Edward P.O.V.

I woke up to the sun in my eyes, it was finally morning. I tried to sit up but felt some weight on me. Looking to my side, I noticed that my wife's back was to me and my arms were wrapped around her and her pregnant belly. I smiled as I rubbed her stomach a few times before kissing her temple as lightly as possible, not wanting to wake her up. I slowly got off the bed so I wouldn't wake her and walked into our bathroom.

I rubbed my eyes as I made my way over to mirror. What I saw impressed me. I was still in shape even though I've been stuck in the house taking care of my beautiful Bella; not that I'm complaining. I love her and that's why I asked her to marry me. I still remember the day we found out about the war. Our president said he was recruiting men 18 and older to join in and fight for their country. I was sixteen when we heard the announcement.

My mother and Bella were worried sick, not wanting me to join when it came time for me to reach my eighteenth year of life. I had reassured Bella that day that if it did come time for me to join the army, that I wouldn't die because I had a special someone I had to come back home to see anyways. She left to go back home with a tear-stained face and a small smile on her beautiful pale face.

My mom had taken me into her bedroom – my father had gone to serve his country on orders from the president – and sat me on her bed. She told me how precious love was and that once you found love, you shouldn't let it go. I soon realized that she was talking about Bella and how I loved her beyond compare. She nodded and took my hands into hers, and I remember what she said to me.

FLASHBACK

"Junior..." she started. I looked up to see her green eyes filling up with tears, tears I didn't know the reason for "...what you and Isabella have is beautiful, and I believe that nothing can come between it. But if you go to join that horrible army, you might not come back" she choked on her now flowing tears. I reached up and wiped away her tears "What're trying to say, mother?"

She looked back up and brought her hands to either side of my face "What I'm trying to say is...you have a whole life ahead of you, son. Don't go and throw it anyway by risking your life. If this war is as dangerous as they say, don't join in but live your life to the fullest while you still can. Your father and I, we've lived our lives, we've had you – our handsome son – and we've seen you grow up. We're as happy as can be. And I want you and Isabella to live that same beautiful life.

"I want you to ask for her hand in marriage, and have children with her. And even if you have to go to war afterwards, you'll always know that you didn't leave her alone but with children that she can always know and love, and that can help her keep a piece of you with her to hold and cherish" she finished. I could feel the slow tears go down my cheeks. She was right, my mother was always right. If I'm going to have to throw myself into war by orders of our leader, I am not going to leave my beautiful Bella empty handed. I'm going to ask her to marry me.

"I'm gonna do it" I said in a determined voice and my mother smiled. She knew I had made the right choice. She stood up within a second "I have something for you" she walked over to her jewelry chest and opened it. Inside were dozens of beautiful jewelry my father had gotten her through the years. She treasured them all. She opened a secret flap at the bottom of the chest and took out an emerald green velvet box from underneath it. She walked back over to me and placed it in my awaiting hands.

"This was the ring your father asked my hand in marriage with; he might not have been rich but he put all he had into buying me it" I looked at her with shocked green eyes. She smiled and nodded "Open it, son" I looked back down at the little box in me fingers. I stroked the soft velvet and smirked. Of course my father would get an emerald green box; it was the same color as my mother's eyes. I slowly opened the lid and looked at the beautiful ring inside, nestled in a soft black pillow.

It was a silver band ring with a circle-cut blue sapphire gem – my mother's favorite – right in the middle of two smaller and perfectly identical circle-cut diamonds. It was beautiful and looked like it would look perfect on Bella's ring finger. I looked back up into my mom's eyes "It's beautiful…and it's her favorite color as well" my mother laughed "What a coincidence. Mine, too. She'll love it. I know she will" I laughed "You're always right, mother. I just really hope you're right this time. She never really did love jewelry. My little tomboy" I smiled as I took another look at the marvelous ring in my hands.

FLASHBACK ENDED

My little tomboy ain't so little anymore. She had loved the ring, which surprised me. She never did love jewelry; I guess she was still going through the puberty process and that was making her more feminine. But whether she wore the most beautiful and feminine dress in all eternity or if she only wore clothes straight out of my closet, I'll love her either way. She was and always will be my eternity.

I still remember the day I asked her to marry me, too. She was playing catch against the outside of her house and I had run into her on my way in. she was wearing one of her father's old shirts and a pair of his old pants. They were from when he was 12 and yet they still looked loose on her small and fragile petite fifteen-year-old form. Her hair was held in a ponytail as usual, her mother had given up on trying to get her to hold it up in a bun like all the other girls years ago.

FLASHBACK

"Hey Bella" she turned to look at me, her ponytail swaying with her movement "Eddie!" she shouted and ran into my arms. I spun her around a few times, my sixteen year old body being very toned and in-shape, before I set her back down on her feet and kissed her luscious lips. She wrapped her thin yet strong arms around my neck and I wrapped mine around her slim waist. This was what I wanted every single day of my life. To be able to hold her in my arms and kiss her till she needed to breath. That's why I was going to ask her to marry me today.

She licked my lower lip and I eagerly parted my lips for her tongue's entre. We continued for a little while longer before I pulled away first; not that I wanted to but there was still my proposal at hand "Bells? What to play catch?" she smiled "You know I do" she went to retrieve her ball that she was playing with just minutes ago and threw it to me. But this wasn't the place I wanted to ask her "How 'bout we play catch at our special place? Race ya?"

She shook her head at me "You know I can't run through the woods, Eddie. I'm too clumsy and might fall. Or is that what you want me to do? Trip and fall?" she said in that slight southern accent of hers that I loved so much. I chuckled "No...I would never want you to fall" she crossed her arms and stared me down. I knew what she was doing. She was waiting for me to start laughing and then admit that I did what to see her trip'n fall. But I truly didn't. When she realized I was telling the truth she smiled "Ok, you start runnin' and I'll meet you there. How's that?"

I laughed and threw her on my back and started running. At first she was screaming for me to put her down but once we were half way there, she had begun to laugh. Her laugh always sounded like that of an angel's to me. Once we got there, I put her down and threw her the ball "So...have any plans for awhile?" I asked her. She shook her head and threw it back at me "No, nothin' but havin' to cut my hair. My mother thinks it's 'too long for a young girl like you', not that I want to" I threw her back the ball and she tossed it back.

"I don't think it's too long" I gave my opinion. She sighed "Edward, it goes all the way down my back" she turned around to show that it was. But it wasn't her hair that I was looking at, it was what the tip of her hair reached down to. She turned back around before I could finish looking at her bottom; she didn't notice me staring. I was glad she didn't because she could pack a punch. Even if I'm her boyfriend, she'd still send me to the hospital with a broken nose.

"Yeah…but it's not that bad" she laughed sadly, like it wasn't really funny "I know, but my mother demands that I get it cut. She keeps remindin' me that I didn't agree to holdin' my hair up when I turned 13 and now she says that I have to listen to her this time or I can't see you anymore. I just wish I can find a way out of it, give her a reason for me not to let you go" she sighed. I bit my lip, this was my chance.

I took the small velvet box out of my pocket and threw it to her "Head's up" she looked up and caught it just in time. I waited in anticipation. She twisted the box in her hands a few times "What's this?" I walked over to her and looked down at her – I was now 6'2" and she was now 5'6" – and she followed my eyes up as I approached. I gulped and took a deep breath "Isabella Marie Swan.

"We've been best friends, true buddies, for over six years. We've been a couple and inseparable for over two years. But what I want to be is much more than that. And I want to be with you in that way for many more years to come" she sucked in a breath as I went down on one knee. I took the box out of her hands and opened it, taking out the ring and holding it up for her "Bella, will you marry me?" she stood frozen before me.

I was getting nervous as the seconds went by; she hadn't given me an answer yet. She slowly brought her slender left ring finger down and slipped it through the band of the ring. I smiled and so did she "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Oh EJ, of course I'll marry you" I chuckled at the nickname she made up for me when she found out I was a junior. I stood up and kissed her passionately on those beautiful full lips of hers. She kissed me back so fiercely that it made me fall back and end with her on top of me; not that I object to the contact.

FLASHBACK ENDED

I smiled at the memory. The way she always screamed out my name 'Eddie' and ran into my arms. We had actually made that into our signature greeting. I would say 'Hey Bella' and she would scream out either 'Eddie' or 'EJ'. And even now that I'm seventeen and she sixteen, married, and expecting two beautiful twins; she would still go back to being the careless and childish little Bella she is and run to me, and I would spin her around every time.

I picked up my toothbrush and brushed my teeth clean. I had to get ready and go to my parent's house today. My father had come back just in time for the wedding and now he needed some help moving some of my old furniture out of my old bedroom. Bella and I had agreed to keep our old beds and dressers for the twins when they got older. I was to go pick them up and have my father help me load them on to my truck and brought back here so he can help me bring them into the basement of our small two story house.

Bella and I had also agreed to stay in Chicago to stay closer to her mother and I to mine; they were both supporting her through the pregnancy. I also agreed because I didn't marry her to take her away from her parents, I married her so she and I could be closer together. Without the fact that we're married: we weren't allowed to be with each other after curfew; I couldn't get away with sleeping over her house the way I used to when we were just friends; we were never to get too physical, whether our parents were there or not. Now I had her all to myself and she had me.

I spit out the water and foam from my mouth and rinsed it clean with more water before walking out to the kitchen, shirtless, to make breakfast for me and my angel. She had also encouraged me into learning how to cook from her and her mother. I was with her on the 'Men Should Help at Home' idea she had since she was nine. She was always a smart girl for her age and she's just gotten smarter over the years. I turned off the iron stove and put the eggs and bacon on two plates before placing them at the kitchen table.

"Good morning, Eddie" I looked up to see my beautiful wife walk into the kitchen in her midnight blue night gown "Good morning to you too, my beautiful Bella" she snorted "Beautiful? Me? I look like an over-grown whale" she sat on one of the chairs at the table. I walked over to her side and pecked her on the lips "If you think you look like an over-grown whale, then I think you look like a very beautiful whale, an orca. No…you look more like a dolphin. One of the most beautiful creatures of the sea" she giggled and kissed my lips one last time before we continued on to our breakfast.

After breakfast, I went to get dressed in my pants and my favorite blue shirt "I'll be back before dinner, okay?" I asked my wife as she sat on the couch in our living room, reading a book "Yes, that's okay. I can take care of myself. I might be pregnant but I'm still the same daring and tomboy Bella that can send you to the hospital in one punch" she snapped. I laughed and she glared at me, but I could still see the corners of her mouth twitch. She wanted to smile.

"Oh, really? I remember you being the clumsy and fragile Bella who got lucky when she was able to send someone to the hospital with one punch instead of getting hurt trying to swing at them" she burst into giggles "That's not true" she said in between giggles. I chuckled as I kissed her pale forehead "Bye, Bella" I leaned down and kissed her stomach "Bye little guys" she giggled "Bye EJ, the 'little guys' say bye, too" she said and I smiled as I walked out of our front door.

Once I got to my old house, my father was waiting for me in my old bedroom, already dismantling my old bed "Hello father" he shook my stretched out hand "Hello son. I thought you weren't going to show up. I've been waiting for hours" I laughed "Yeah, if your son's three minutes late, you've definitely been waiting for hours. I'm sorry for making you wait" I said sarcastically. He laughed and we got to work.

We were hauling the separate pieces of my old bed onto the back of my truck when my father brought up my Bella "How's Isabella doing, Junior?" I smiled at the old nickname "Bella's doing great. We're expecting the twins next month. She's been as healthy as a horse ever since we found out she was pregnant. She even mentioned this morning that she was as big as an over-grown whale" he laughed but then became serious "Did you say something you weren't suppose to after that? Did she lose her temper on you for it? Does she look lethal? I don't wanna to die"

I gave him a serious expression before I fell to the floor in laughter "No father. I didn't say something that would offend her. I've been watching what I say to her, ever since that first mistake I made in which I almost lost an arm. You don't have to worry about dying…today. I can't promise you that she'll go easy on you tomorrow when she hears about what you just said" the look on his face was the funniest thing I have ever seen. After we got over the conversation and were ready to head over to Bella's and my house, we jumped into the truck and drove over.

What I saw there almost made me drop to my knees and cry but I was still in the truck so I couldn't. The house was on fire and people were running for their lives, not wanting to get caught up in it. The firemen were there and they were trying to put the fire out. I ran out of the truck and towards the front door. I wanted to get my wife out of there, my kids, my existence. But someone was holding me back "Sorry, sir, but you can't go in there"

"BUT MY WIFE, MY BELLA. SHE'S IN THERE" I found myself screaming and trying to pull away and out of two firemen's arms "LET ME GO. PLEASE, LET ME GO" they wouldn't budge but I wouldn't budge either. They had to get a third fireman to hold me back and pull me away from the house. I wasn't going to let them pull me away and let my Bella die. When I felt one of them let go, I pulled my arm free and punched the one that had a hold on my other arm right in the gut. I kicked the last one and ran up to the house again. If they weren't going to save her, I had to.

"SON. JUNIOR" I heard my father call but I wasn't going to let my wife and children die because these people didn't want to help. I pulled my shirt up by the collar to cover my mouth as I rushed through, room to room, in search of my love. I wasn't going to let her slip through my fingers when I barely got to get a hold on her yet. I wasn't going to let her die on me.

The fire was blazing in my eyes and I was getting worried as I ran up the stairs, not seeming to find her on the first floor. If I didn't get to her, she might just die and I didn't want to lose her "BELLA?" I called out but didn't get a response. She had to be here, she had to be safe "BELLS?" no response "IT'S ME, EDDIE" no damn response. I coughed a bit before I called again "BABY PLEASE, ANSWER ME. ANSWER ME DAMMITT" I would never curse but in this case, I couldn't control myself. When I reached our bedroom, the first thing I saw was a picture of Bella and me at a friend's party being burned from the bottom up. The whole side that had Bella in it burned to ashes right when I blacked out.

Time skip…five days later (Edward's been out the whole time)

Edward P.O.V.

I was dreaming of my Bella and our beautiful twins. One boy and one girl, Edwin and Annabelle, both with my bronze hair but Edwin had my green eyes and Annabelle her mother's chocolate brown eyes. They were both playing at Bella's and my special place; the pond behind Bella's parents' house. They were splashing the water in each others faces and laughing. I was sitting at the edge of the pond with my feet in the water and Bella was beside me with her feet inside the water next to mine. Just like when we had our first kiss.

I looked over and into her eyes "I love you" she smiled and brought her hand up to caress my cheek "I love you, too" she said in her beautiful voice. I placed my hand over hers and smiled as I closed my eyes. This is what I want, what I need. This was the life I was hoping to have with my beautiful wife and future children. This was my heaven, my reason for existence, this is why I was brought into this world.

"Edward?" I opened my eyes to see my wife still smiling at me with her hand still on my cheek "Yes Bella?" she tilted her head to the side in confusion "Bella? Edward, wake up" she said in a slight deep voice. I gave her a look of confusion and she continued "Wake up, Edward. Edward Mason?" she wasn't the one who had said it. I looked over to the twins. They were both staring at me and I stared back before they both opened their small mouths and a voice that I know couldn't belong to them spoke as if they were speaking in unison "Mr. Mason, you must wake up" then they splashed water in my eyes.

I opened to my eyes to a darkened room and I could hear that it was full of moans of 'Help me' and 'I don't want to die'. I looked over to my right to see a man in a white coat. A doctor? He had blonde hair and pale skin, paler than my wife's, and bright topaz eyes. I was going to ask him for his name but I couldn't find my voice, I felt sore and my throat was killing me. What was wrong with me?

"Mr. Mason?" I gave him a look as if to say 'Yes, that's me'. He gave me a small frown "Do you know why you're here?" I shook my head as slowly as I could, since my whole body was sore "Well…you ran into a burning house and passed out from lack of oxygen. You have also caught the Spanish Influenza, a serious disease. Your parents caught this horrible disease as well. You father had just passed on a few hours ago"

I could feel the tears streaming down my cheeks. I had caught a disease that had killed my father and my mother was also a victim. But what about my Bella? Did they save her? Is she alive? Are the twins okay? Did she also become a victim to this deadly Influenza? Where is my Bella?

"What about my wife?" I finally found my voice and asked him the first question that slipped through my dry lips. He looked away and stared down at his feet. Did he not hear me "Where is my Bella?" I asked again, my voice getting louder. He gave me an apologetic look "She's dead, Edward" I looked away and up at the ceiling. I could feel the traitor tears flowing down the sides of my face as I thought of her. The doctor had gone to talk to my mother who I noticed was on the other side of the room.

I thought about her smile; the way she would blush every time I stroked her pale, smooth cheek; her angelistic laugh; her beautiful long brown hair swaying behind her in a ponytail; the way she talks with that beautiful southern accent; her killer punches that always reminded me of how strong she really was; her boyish fashion sense; her nicknames; her voice; her beautiful chocolate eyes that always captured my attention every time I looked into them. I was going to miss her, but if I died from this Influenza, at least I'll be able to see her in heaven again.

I suddenly felt that I was moving; someone was rolling me away from the rest of the dying patients. NO. If I was going to die, I was going to die in the same room as my mother "Mr. Mason?" I looked over to see that same doctor looking at me with worried eyes "My name is Carlisle Cullen and I'm a vampire" I started at him with wide green eyes. His topaz eyes suddenly turned black and I knew he was telling the truth "I'm so sorry that I have to do this but…oh God, I'm so sorry" he leaned over and it looked like he was going to kiss my neck and I knew what was going to happen. He bit down and I screamed. The last thing I heard and saw before the burning pain took over was my Bella

She was running up to me to jump into my arms. Her ponytail swaying behind her and that beautiful smile on her pale face

"EDDIE"