DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight, or any material in it. Stephanie Meyer is the genius behind the saga, not me. But don't we all wish we owned it?

PLOT SUMMARY: Bella is involved in a car pile-up on a road in the small town of Forks. Her new car gets hit from the side, and she suffers from a critical and life-threatening concussion that puts her into a coma. As the weeks go by, she slowly starts to resurface, only to fail and sink back in multiple times. Can Edward live without her? Will she even make it through? And what about her son and daughter - what would they do without her?

Chapter One: Mommy

I scooted around the kitchen busily, trying to keep focused on the task of preparing lunch for my two children, Austen Bennett and Ivy Rose. It had been five years since I had been married to Edward, four years since I had given birth to my wonderful kids. Edward was the best father any kid could wish for. But being half-vampire, these little rascals were hard work. When they ran, they were fast - only Edward, Esme, Alice or Carlisle could catch them. I couldn't, of course. Even if I tried, I'd probably end up breaking my arm wrestling them.
"Mommy!" Ivy's cry made me surface back into reality, and break away from my thoughts. I turned around, and saw her running towards me with her arms outstretched as far as they could go. She had learned to run at a human pace when she was around me, because I'd gotten an injury from her being too fast around me.
"Ivy!" I laughed, and picked her up, twirling her around. She giggled her little child's laugh. Edward entered the room with Austen trailing along behind him. He growled at me, but just playfully. I laughed, and so did Ivy.
"Austen!" She shouted, squirming. I put her down, and as soon as her little feet hit the ground, she was running at vampire speed towards her twin brother. Austen's body stiffened, and when Ivy hit him, they both went down. I strode to stand next to Edward, and he wrapped his arm around my waist. I sighed, still smiling.
"I always worry they'll get hurt," I murmured to him, slightly worried. They were always being so rough with each other, wrestling and sometimes even biting each other. Although, they hadn't started to produce venom yet. Carlisle estimated and said that that would happen between 9 and 16, like humans. During puberty. But their puberty would be much more different than a humans. They would gain their "powers", produce venom, and they would stop producing body heat. Their hearts would still beat, though, and they would still be able to eat human food. I sighed gently, and then turned to face Edward. He was already looking at me, smiling his crooked smile. I laughed, blushing.
"I love it when you blush like that." He whispered into my ear, kissing the hollow beneath my earlobe. I closed my eyes, and sighed gently.
"I know."
Edward trailed a line of kisses from the hollow to the corner of my lips. "You're such a good mother, Bella. I'm so proud of you. Where would I be without you, if you hadn't of come into my life?" He asked, and then his cool lips were on mine, moving with mine. My eyes were closed, and I was in pure ectasy. But memories of my delivery flashed through my mind, of the small glimpse of the place I could've called Heaven, of the intense pain, of Edward's face when he looked at me. I pulled away, gasping for air. He stroked my cheek with his thumb, knowing that the memories still haunted me to this day. I had seemingly stopped aging - I had appeared as an 18-year-old for the past four years. I had stopped aging after I had given birth. Maybe that's what becoming pregnant with half-vampire twins did to you!
"I'm sorry. Bad memories." I muttered. I felt something tugging at my pant leg, and I looked down to see Austen looking up at me with his wise chocolate-brown eyes. I giggled, and picked him up.
"Mommy, I'm hungry!" He squealed.
"I know, I know. I made you some mac and cheese. Here, sit down."
I went over to the table, and pulled out a chair for him. He crawled up, and sat down. Ivy went to sit next to him. I dished out their food, and placed it in front of them. I watched them eat like hungry little monsters, and I laughed when Austen spilled some of it on his pants. I cleaned it up, then brought him upstairs to change his pants. Meanwhile, Ivy played around with Edward, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and Jasper in the spacious living room (Carlisle was working). I carried Austen back downstairs, and he immediately ran to Jasper, crashing into him excitedly.
"Uncle Jasper! Uncle Jasper!"
"Austen! Rawr!" Jasper growled at him playfully, and Austen growled back. I laughed, and kissed Edward quickly, grabbing my coat.
"I've got to go to the store. I'll be right back. Keep an eye on them, I always feel like they're going to hurt someone." I murmured, laughing. Edward rolled his eyes, and turned his attention back to his son and daughter, and the rest of his family.

I was driving along the highway of Forks, on my way to the store. The traffic started to slow, and I wondered what was going on. As I craned my neck to see, I spotted that there had been a car accident ahead. I groaned, sitting back in the warm leather of my new car. I closed my eyes, dropping my hands to my side. Then something happened.
Something...very...tragic...