"No! Edward, look at me!" The voice of an angel, calling from somewhere behind me. Calling me towards this fate, a beautiful death. I smiled very slightly.

"I'm coming, love," I murmured, lifting my foot to take that step out into the sun. Then something slammed into me. If I wasn't a vampire, I suspect it probably would have been quite painful. I opened my eyes, glancing down as the clock continued to toll. I was surprised, I have to admit. This surely had to be heaven. "Amazing. Carlisle was right."

My Bella moved her lips, but no noise came out of them. Possibly she hadn't been expecting me quite so soon. I brushed my hand against her cheek - so warm! So human, so Bella. I could hear the clock continuing to toll in the distance, but it meant nothing now. "I can't believe how quick it was. I didn't feel a thing - they're very good."

I owed the Volturi some thanks, whenever I saw them. They had made it so quick and painless; I had expected death to be long and painful. I pressed my lips to Bella's hair. So beautiful, and yet she had to be my Juliet. She died in my absence, as I died in hers. "Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, yet hath had no power on thy beauty." Never again would I criticise Romeo. For all his mistakes, he was right. Death had no affect on her beauty. But…her smell. "You smell just exactly the same as always. So maybe this is hell. I'll take it." An eternity with Bella. I'd be mad to refuse.

"I'm not dead," Bella interrupted my musing. "And neither are you! Please, Edward, we have to move. They can't be far away!" She struggled in my arms. Not dead? How could I not be dead? She was here, she was dead.

"What was that?"

"We're not dead, not yet! But we have to get out of here before the Volturi-" I pulled her out of the way before she could finish. Of course. Alice's visions were subjective.

'Werewolves, Edward. They blocked my vision. One of them must have saved her.' I understood perfectly now. But…werewolves? I pushed that thought aside as I spread myself in front of Bella. I just got her back, I was not going to lose her now.

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A.N. Ok, I caved. This was originally a oneshot, but who knows how long it could be now? Not me, that's for sure. I'll keep it going alongside NM for as long as you guys want me to. So, reviews?