Originally, this was a chapter for another story I wrote that I never submitted. Oh well. Anyhoo, I've had this short chapter for a long time (like forever!)...thought I'd use it. So yeah...its short and not much. Still, enjoy.
Preface
I could hear my own heartbeat stop. I knew then I was dead. It was quiet and my eyes only saw pitch black. I was alone. But there was pain, unbelievably agonizing pain. The fire was there, again, but enflaming my entire body- burning every inch of my skin, the inside of me, everything.
No, I couldn't be dead.
But dying.
Yes, I felt the flames sear my skin, eat away at my flesh. It worked its way into my insides, plunging into my heart to end my life. Now, it was just finishing me.
"Edward, look." It was Carlisle's voice.
"She…She's breathing."
It was Edward. Edward was there. "Bella? Bella, can you hear me?"
I couldn't move, too paralyzed to even speak. The fire's burning grip held me still, unable to answer to Edward. The pain seemed to dissolve away as I felt his hand slip into mine.
I was alive.
Despite all the agony, I was relieved, happy, to be alive; for now I could spend the rest of my life with him.
"I love you, Isabella Swan, for all eternity." He whispered.
Yes…eternity.
So, I thought, I'm a vampire.