Bella's POV:

Dearest Bella,

I have gone to the mainlands to hunt.

If you woke up during my absence,

go back to sleep and I will be with

you when you wake up. Sleep well,

my love.

Love,

Edward

I read the note over and over again, just looking for something to do. I couldn't go back to sleep, it was so hot and sticky without Edward's cool skin next to mine. I knew that he would

have to hunt eventually, I mean, we had been on this beautiful island for weeks, and, though he may have extraordinary self-control, he was still a vampire. I sighed, wishing he were

next to me this moment. I decided to go for a walk on the beach, awwaiting his arrival. I kicked my shoes off and strolled down to the beach, letting my feet dig themselves into the warm

sand. It tickled my toes. I saw a movement out my the shore and decided to go investigate. A flash of yellow and black striked at my arm. At first I was confused. The snake was gone as

quickly as it had appeared, slithering towards the water. Then I felt it. There was a pain like no other pulsing through my arm. I screamed, clutching it to my chest. I would have taken

James breaking my leg a hundred times more than having to deal with this excruciating pain for one more minute. I curled into a ball calling for Edward, slipping in and out of

consciousness, but the pain dragged on. It seemed like hours before I finally heard the only sound I wanted to hear. Edward.

Edward's POV:

I returned to my Bella, happy that I was going to see her soon. I was almost to the shore when I heard the worst sound in my world. Bella's cry of pain. She was crying out for help,

yelling my name. I raced to the beach, swimming, abandoning the boat in the ocean. She was screaming, yelling out my name. She was there, partially burried in the sand, curled into a

ball with her hand clutched to her chest. I could tell she was in great pain. My arms were around her in a second.

"What is it, love? What hurts?" She croaked out that a snake had bit her. I gritted my teeth together. I wanted nothing more than to kill that vile, disgusting beast who had injured my

Bella. It had no right, even if it was just an animal. But I had to be with Bella. Her face suddenly lit up through the mask of pain, like she had an idea. Her featues were still hard and

agonized, though.

"Edward," she started, "I am going to die." she finished, in a weak, cracked voice. I was tortured. Bella semmed so easy, so calm about her own death. Normal Bella, with no sense of

self-preservation at all.

"Bella, it'll be okay. We'll get you to Carlisle right awa-"

She cut me off, "I am going to die, unless you change me." she stated it like she was talking about tea. But I did begin to consider it. I needed Bella. She was my air, my water, my sun,

my LIFE. I needed her to be with me. She sat quietly, awaiting my decision, letting out small whimpers every once in awhile. I stared at her. Her skin, extremely more pale than usual,

except for her arm, which was dotted with large, swelling bruises. Her face, beautiful and extraordinary, even when she was in pain. She was right. We probably wouldn't make it home in

time to save her. She was getting worse by the second. Her whimpers started to become screams. My heat wrenched. I just couldn't stand Bella in any pain, and the change was worse

than this snake bite. But I was not going t leave her side if I was to change her.

"Alright." I let out in a small voice. Her features lit up and she smiled at me. But as I sunk my teeth into the skin of her arm, she screamed, I quickly pulled away, fearing that she had

changed her mind. "Thank you," she said weakly, through the pain. The screams began to get worse, more agonized. I wanted to leave, to get away from Bella's pain, but I couldn't. I

needed to be with her, to comfort her. But every cry brought me back to the ballet studio, when I was almost too late. I shivered at the thought, Bella still writhing in pain on the beach

sand. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket, and I snapped it up to my ear.

"Edward?" Carlisle asked from the other end. I could tell that he already knew that I had changed her.

"I had to, Carlisle. She was dying." I heard Carlisle process that o the other end.

"I understand, son. But may I ask why she was dying?" His medical side kicked in when I told him about the snake bite. Apparently, when he lived on the coast before he made me, he

dealt with snake bites every day. He asked me what exactly it looked like.

"It was yellow and black stripes." His breath caught when I said that. Oh, no.

"And this was on the beach, near water?" he asked in a small voice that barely even sounded like Carlisle.

"Yes, we're still here."

"She would have died in minutes. That snake is the rare Hydrosis Belchiri. It's venom is almost as painful and is more deadly than ours. You did the right thing." I was relieved and also a

little scared when he said that. What if I had been only minutes later. I would come home to my dead heart. I could't stand to even think about it. We said goodbyes and I went back to

my Bella. She was starting to change, to look more like us. Her haiir was becoming more curled and wavy. Her eyes were slowly changing into a reddish brown color, like autumn leaves.

And her face. I didn't know she could get more beautiful. But here she was, more beautiful by the second. Her mouth was a heart-like shape, her nose smal but defined. She was

amazing. I could tell the transformation was almost finished, for her screams became less frequent, and then she didn't scream at all, though she did twist and turn every once in a while.

I couldn't believe it had already been a few days. It seemed as if it had only been a few hours. Well, I knew myself, and I knew that time flies when you're staring at your love.

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