BPOV

The fire surrounded me. It crawled over my skin and sunk into every crack. It was on a rampage. I arched my back and let out an ear piercing scream as the fire coursed through my veins infecting with the slightest touch. No inch of my body was spared from the burning touch of the flames. The pain was unbearable and it seemed endless. I shook as tremors rocked my body and I willed it to end. But it did not stop. The flames would not dissipate until they had run their course. And they had only just begun.

But a new torture was battling inside me. A sharp icy pain that was cooling my body at an alarming rate. My muscles froze and contracted, wild and excruciatingly painful muscle spasms plagued me. The fire fought fiercely against the ice. At their collision point's pain erupted throughout. I gasped and screamed, my eyes flying open with shock and the intensity of the agony.

I searched around until I found what I was looking for. The only thing in the world that could relieve my pain. Edward's face was not an inch from mine. I sighed happily and attempted to focus only on his beauty. His icy features, the smooth planes of his face, his angled jaw, that tousled bronze hair and I saved the best for last--his glorious, golden eyes. They bore down into my soul. I felt myself falling deep into them, their unmatched beauty detaching me from my body and separating me from the agonizing pain.

"Bella…."he whimpered.

His face was twisted in agony. My soul flew back to my body and I realized the pain I was causing him. How much it hurt him too see me helpless like this. Although, I knew this was not the first time. But I vowed it would be the last.

I tried to smile, but although my mouth turned up at the corners I still shook and my eyes retained the ache. He bent down and swiftly kissed my lips. So much love radiated from in him and shone ferociously and I felt tears begin to spill down my cheeks.

"I love you." I said softly.

I embraced the blackness and emptied my mind as I returned to unconsciousness with a small smile on my lips.

3 Days Later

I could feel my blood coagulating in my system, my heart beats slowing and the need to breathe was slowly fading. Edward's head lay on my chest, his arms wrapped almost painfully tight around as though if he held me tighter it would shield the pain. My uncontrollable tremors slowed as he sighed. My heart had stopped.

EPOV

Seeing her in this kind of pain was unbearable. And then knowing that it was my fault, that I had inflicted the agony and the pain that my sweet Bella was receiving: intensified my guilt. If I could cry I would have. Instead I was overcome with tearless sobs. As I watched her, I remembered my one human memory: the terrible pain of the transformation.

Her eyes flew open and the ferocity of the pain widened them more. Her warm brown eyes were blackened with pain and I noticed a reddish hue around the rim of her eyes. I was startled to see the effects of the bite, but I quickly hid my shock as her eyes found my face.

I did not know what to do, how could I comfort her in her her time of need. I felt terrible. The guilt washed over me, my poor Bella.

"Bella…" I faded it out. I did not realize I had whispered aloud.

She attempted a smile and but it did not reach her eyes for they were too full of pain. I gasped in shock of what was occurring. She was comforting me? In all her misery, she still managed to try and mitigate my emotional anguish. I stared lovingly into my wife's eyes. What a selfless woman, my Bella. And I loved her more than ever.

I sharply inhaled a salty smell. A lone tear trickled down her soft cheek and it was soon followed by more. She was crying! I was aghast.

"Oh No!" I thought miserably, "Look how much pain my love is enduring! It has finally reduced her too tears."

"I love you." Bella whispered

It was then that I realized she was crying out of and sheer love. Oh how my dormant heart soared. It glided on wings and if heaven existed then it would be Bella who would take me there. I smiled back at her but she had already slipped back into unconsciousness. I softly kissed each and every one of her delicate then proceeded to rest my head on her chest. There, I could listen to her heart, while it was still beating.

She was finally becoming a vampire and I was beginning to accept that. As much as I protested the idea, I was still overjoyed at the fact that I could have my Bella forever, for all eternity. I would no longer have to worry that I might crush her while meaning to stroke her cheek. Or protect her from the incessant dangers that proximity to my kind entailed. We would be equals and together forever.

I listened to the numbered beats of her heart. I was going to miss that. When her heart stuttered as I stroked her cheek or when it stopped completely while we kissed. I was so attuned to the sound of Bella's heart that it would take a while to get used to the idea of never hearing it again.

"Welcome to the family." I murmured into her shirt, probably to soft for her still human ears.

I don't know how long we lay like that, but once again I was soothed by the sound of her heart. Suddenly, it ceased. The sound that had dominated my existence was gone. I sighed and looked up as Bella's eyes began to flutter open.