I Can't

Twilight Fanfiction- What Would Have Happened If The Venom From James Was Left To Spread?

Note; This takes place at the ballet scene on page 455, right after the line "Alice, get me something to brace her leg!" Carlisle was bent over me, working on my head. "Edward, you must do it now, or it will be too late." All of this was written by me, but I do not own Twilight! Thank for reading! BTW I do not own Twilight or any of the characters!!

Chapter 24: Spread

EPOV

Bella, her life coming to an end right before my eyes. My beautiful Bella. Never again would I ever see her blush deep red, or hold her in my arms. The venom was spreading. "Edward! Do something!" Alice encouraged, her voice in a whisper.

"I can't! This way she won't die, but if I try to suck the venom out I could kill her!" I snapped.

"Edward, but is this the life she would have chosen? You must choose for her," Carlisle said calmly, breaking the growing fight between Alice and I. James was now destroyed, Emmett and Jasper watched from a distance. Their eyes full of shock, boring into me.

"Edward you can't do this!" Emmett thought hard.

"Why is he doing that?" Jasper wondered.

I softly held Bella's arm, in an attempt to suck out the venom. If I left it to spread she would loose her mortality. If I sucked it out she would stay mortal, but there was a risk at me killing her. "Edward, it's ok." Alice encouraged.

I carefully smelt her blood. She was patched up but lost too much. Slowly I sucked out the little venom. I stopped and froze when I couldn't taste it. I dropped her arm and immediatley wanted to die. "It's too late," I whispered.

"Edward it's ok. I know you tried your best son. You resisted from hurting her and you tried to save her. There was simply nothing left to do," Carlisle told me calmly.

When Carlisle was finished I carried her out to the car and I held her in the back seat. What would we tell Charlie and Renee? "Oh yeah, you're daughter? Bella? She won't age anymore because she's a vampire now. Sorry." Right. Alice sat beside me, turned in her seat to face me.

"Edward, it's ok. She'll make it, I can see her clearly." Alice thought.

"She must be in agony, at least wishing for death. What have I done?" I moaned.

"Edward, you need to stop hurting yourself over this. Listen to her heart. How is it?" Carlisle asked, paying close attention to the roads.

I leaned in to hear her heartbeat. What was happening? Her heart was fluttering like helicopter blades. "Is this normal? It must be twenty times too fast, even for a human!" I shrieked. Carlisle laughed.

"She'll be just fine."

Alice stared at Bella in awe. "She'll be beautiful," she smiled.

"She already was," I growled intensely at Alice, Carlisle laughing in the front seat.

Two days had passed. Charlie and Renee called Carlisle and Esmee about twenty times within the last fourty-eight hours. Bella was on the couch in the living room, in my lap with me cradling her head. I didn't want to lose her. Emmett and Jasper were nearby, and to pass time they were watching TV. Rosalie was in a chair next to the couch, watching me. Her eyes dark and flat.

"You selfish, sick animal," she growled at me through her thoughts.

Esme and Carlisle were nearby also, watching Bella as she was slowly coming conscious.

"Bella? Bella, can you hear me?" I whispered into her ear.

Alice danced down the staircase and sat on the couch next to me. "Edward! She'll be waking up any second!" she sung.

Bella's eyelids flickered open and closed. Finally they stayed open, her bright red eyes staring at me. She sighed in relief and looked around. "Bella how are you feeling?" Carlisle asked.

"What happened to me? Why aren't I in the hospital? What's wrong?" she asked, panicked. "I feel, so, different."

"I think Edward will need to explain that to you," Rosalie snapped.

"What? Explain what?" she asked, scared.

I helped Bella into the spot on the couch between Alice and I. She sat up straight and she looked around. "So clear, so different. Did I die?" she asked.

"No Bella!" I whispered.

"Then what happened?" she pressed.

Carlisle took in a deep breath and Bella's head snapped to look at him. "You've lost your mortality."

"What!!" she yelled. Jasper and Emmett immediatley turned off the TV and turned around. Jasper nearby to see how she'd react.

"Do you remember anything?" Carlisle asked. She shook her head no, and he continued. "Bella, James was a nomad, a tracker. Do you remember him from our baseball game? He tricked you into coming to a ballet studio to save your mom."

"My mom? Renee. Is she ok?!" Bella worried frantically.

"You're mother is untouched Bella. James bit you, and it was too late to save you. The venom was left to spread and we tried our best. You, have now become one of us."

"What about school? And Charlie and Renee?" Bella asked.

Carlisle was about to explain, but Jasper stood up and walked over to Bella. "Wait a minute. Bella, aren't you thirsty? Isin't the thirst burning your throat? Surely you must feel somewhat out of control!" he asked.

"It feels a little uncomfortable," she admitted.

"You can hunt next, but I really should explain this to you. Charlie and Renee think you ran away. A couple days later we found you and convinced you to stay in Forks. Your thirst, we will help you hunt and stay controlled around Charlie and at school. But you do realize you won't be able to eat real food?" he laughed at the last sentence.

"I'll just tell him I'm studying for college and eat in my room, not really obviously. And I can play sick too," she laughed. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Carlisle smiled. "You must be thirsty. Alice, Jasper, Edward, Rosalie, and Emmett. You five of you should take Bella hunting."

"Excellent," Emmett laughed. "She'll probably trip while running."

Bella glared at him and we all burst into laughter.