"Let's go, Bella."

As I spoke my voice was low. Bleak. Unrecognizable, even to myself.

This whole time she'd been rooted in place, terrified into absolute immobility.

I was sure she interpreted my grip on her elbow- gentle, as if I were caressing a bubble- as a reminder to pull her sharply back to reality.

This grim reality. How did we get here? This morning… this morning had been one of the best of my life. Or rather, my existence.

To me, this brief moment of contact was still a reminder- but rather, for myself.

Bella. Bella. BELLA. Here…. Standing next to you still, Edward. This wonderful girl who had consumed me so completely. She fooled my heart- still for nearly a century- into somehow beating for me. Of course not literally. But then again literally… vampires weren't even supposed to exist. I would take what she gave me.

My thoughts became dangerously one-sided when I caught my first glimpse of the hideous James. A tracker. Just my luck. Or Bella's. I thought, darkly.

Yes, this would be just like that odious fate. Sending my angel any danger within a radius of- well, this entire planet.

Track. Hunt. Fight. KILL. The monster within me formed strategy after strategy, all with one goal in mind. Kill James. Kill that vile flea. Then another, much more wondrous thought meandered into the vampiric depths of my mind. Why?

Bella. Of course. All I did was for her. All I ever did, even in the decades before she was conceived. Everything for her. And here am I, so blinded by this monster that I- by one hell-sent miracle- had managed to ignore the deafening static of her presence. Electric. Every second we spent together. Amazing. I glanced at her face. There MUST be a God. Some omniscient being to have created this most perfect of angels. At this moment I took in every ounce of her fear. If somehow it wasn't before, her safety became my sole priority. Everything else would fall into place, if only I could have my Bella with me. Forever. No! I couldn't…

Another time, I decided.

In any other moment I would have chuckled as I realized that my all-too skilled vampire brain had forced me through these realization in less than one second. My Bella was still unmoved beside me.

In less than half this time, we began our retreat. I sensed- smelled, heard, "heard"- my brother and sister fall into step behind me, further protecting my love.

In motion now, my clumsy Bella stumbling beside me, I arrived upon a rather dismal realization. Now matter what happened now, no matter where this dire situation led us, this would end in death. James. It had to be. There was no other option that I saw. Unless… myself.

Knowing the pain this would cause Bella I shook away the thought. I flung her- gently, always gently with my bubble- onto my back and we sprinted, the four of us, into the forest of scenic Forks, Washington.

I breathed deeply once more and relished in the burn it brought knowing that, as long as I burned, she was here. She was safe. My Bella.

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Hey, so my intent was to just do the scene when they are in the car and Edward is driving them out of town but I kind of ended up here.

And it was longish to i put it up now. Should i keep going? let me know =)

All yours, Katie