Chapter one: A choice to make

A.N. So another chapter for you guys. Please review, it helps me continue to write. Stephanie Meyer owns the Twilight co...if only I did.

Bella POV

"Jacob, don't!" Rosalie yelled. She managed to catch Jacob before he hit Edward and pulled him away. After recovering from the shock. Edward crouched down and prepared to attack. The commotion caused the rest of them to come and investigate.

"Edward don't." I whispered weakly. I couldn't even get up, I could only sit and watch.

"I knew you'd destroy her." Jacob roared, he was still struggling against Rosalie's hold and she was having trouble hanging on to him.

"I didn't want this. I don't want it." Edward snarled back. He was out of his stance and standing in front of me, with Carlisle holding onto him.

"Jacob will you calm down. Bella wanted you here, but if you can't calm down, you'll be escorted off the premises. She doesn't need you two fighting." She said the last part to Edward. Jacob calmed enough for Rosalie to release him. Carlisle moved Edward over to the side allowing Jacob to see me fully. He still looked like he was about to faint. I shrunk back as his eyes roamed over my skinny, pale and sickly frame. Yet he refused to look at my bump.

"You look so ill." He replied. His voice was braking, and tears were sitting at the rim of his eyes, threatening to spill over.

"We'll give you some privacy." Rosalie said leading them all out. I said nothing, instead I sat there waiting on the front door to click shut.

"So you're pregnant." Jacob said painfully.

"Yeah, it happened two weeks ago. But the baby is strong, and my body is suffering because of it." I replied.

"Is it killing you?"

"Everyone but Rosalie thinks that it is, they want me to get rid of it."

"But you won't, because that's not you, and you're strong enough to do this." He said. There was a hint of sarcasm in his voice and it made me angry.

"I can do it." I snapped. "I've gotten this far." I said defiantly.

"Why did you call me?" He asked. I swallowed nervously.

"I missed you." I said truthfully and he snorted. "Why did you come?" I challenged.

"You know the answer to that." He replied softly and I looked away in shame.

"I feel so weak and alone, I needed my sunshine." I whispered and he smiled sadly.

"I won't stick around to watch you die." His voice was broken and the tears were falling freely now.

"I'm not going to die." I replied. I was crying now myself. "The only other person I've got is Rosalie."

"So you call me because I'm pathetically whipped and will always be on your side, and will always do what you say." He snapped. I flinched at his harsh tone. This broke me, I was crying heavily now.

"Why are you being so nasty?" I sobbed, my body was shaking and my breathing was uneven.

"I guess I'm just tired of being hurt." He said sadly.

"I didn't bring you here to hurt you."

"Don't you think that seeing you like this is hurting me." He raged. I looked at him sadly.

"Look, I'll understand if you want to walk out that door and never speak to me again. But, I am so alone in this. Not even Edward will stand by me, and that is hurting me so much. You're my best friend, I just needed someone else that will stand by me."

He smiled at me and gently sat beside me, he lifted me up and placed me so that my back was against the armrest of the sofa. He wrapped the blanket tightly around me and place my feet gently under his leg. His heat rushed through me at a quick pace and I felt myself relax. I was warm for the first time in weeks. "I'll always stand by you." He said softly and gently placed a kiss on my forehead, warming me up even more.

"You will?" I asked smiling and he smiled too. "Why?" I asked.

"Because I'm pathetically whipped." He laughed and I couldn't help but laugh with him. "I really hope you're going to survive this." He said suddenly sombre.

"I will" I said "I really believe I can do this."

"Then why isn't Edward standing by you." He asked. I sighed and turned my head away from him.

"Because he and the rest think that it's a demon that is going to kill me." I replied, I was crying again. "Rosalie is the only one who is on my side. She had helped me through this whole thing."

"Why her? I would've thought Alice would be the one who stuck by you."

"She values a human life. It's all down to what happened to her before she was changed." I replied, he nodded and we went quiet. I took the time to look at him properly. His eyes held dark circles under them, he looked slightly thinner and worn out. For the first time I noticed a very faint scar on his face. "What happened to your face?" I asked tracing the direction of the scar.

"I had a fight with Lahote." He said smiling wearily.

"Why?" I asked

"Well it started with my sister Rachel coming home for a visit. We'd been hanging out for a few days and went to a barbecue on first beach and Lahote imprinted on her, so I beat the shit out of him." He explained, my mouth hung open in shock.

"Jacob, you could've been seriously hurt. It looks like you were." I said, I was really worried.

"I had to make sure his intentions were going to be honourable. His anger is legendary, and so is his womanising ways." He replied sincerely.

"You've lost the plot." I said shaking my head. He laughed in reply.

"How did she take to you being a wolf?" I asked.

"She's pissed. Hasn't talked to me properly in a few days." He replied.

"Is that why you haven't been sleeping?" He looked at me and smiled. We both could read each other like a book. Somethings would never change.

"Partially. The main reason was I've been worried sick about you." He replied. I smiled sadly at him. "Looks like I was right to worry. Charlie is the same."

"I just keep hurting the people I love." I said sadly.

"You still love me?" He asked surprised. I didn't get time to answer though. The baby turned, and as it did, it kicked out shattering my ribs. I screamed in pain and Jacob shot up in panic. My breathing became laboured. And soon was only coming out in short sharp bursts. I just caught a glimpse of Edwards worried face before I blacked out.

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Jacob POV

I looked on in shock in panic as Esme gently moved me out of the way. Bella had stopped breathing though her heart was still beating.

"I need a scalpel, iodine, a pair of gloves, cotton swabs, tape, bandages and a sterile needle quickly." Carlisle said. He and Edward gently lifted Bella from the sofa. Alice immediately went to retrieve the items. She was back within ten seconds. Although it felt like ten minutes. Carlisle lifted Bella's shirt over he head and chucked it to one side. He opened the iodine and started applying it to the left side of Bella's chest with the cotton swabs.

"What's happening?" I asked panicked. No one had said anything and it was irritating me.

"The foetus has broken a few of Bella's ribs and one of them has punctured her lung, it's filling up with fluid and I need to release it before it drowns her." He said all this whilst he worked. I stared wide eyed as he pierced her skin with the scalpel, blood dripped out slowly and he wiped it away with a swab quickly, he didn't even flinch. Jasper had been taken out of the room by Alice, he was not as strong as the others were around blood. He quickly pulled apart the syringe and stuck the plastic bit into Bella's side. A hiss of air escaped quickly and Bella's chest heaved as she began breathing again. He quickly bandaged the syringe tube to Bella's side and taped it securely to her chest. Fluid slowly leaked out of the syringe as Bella continued to breathe. She was still unconscious.

Together Edward and Carlisle lifted her gently into another room. This room was full of monitors, a bed and all sorts of medical equipment. I looked around and briefly wondered where and how he'd gotten this stuff.

"He collected all this from closed down hospitals. It was all going to waste." Edward said after reading my thoughts.

"I'm going to need to scan her chest and open her side up wider to insert a proper chest drain." Carlisle said getting the equipment ready.

"Her heart beat is dipping." Edward said panicking. We went silent and sure enough her heart beat had slowed. Carlisle quickly placed a breathing mask on Bella's face and attached a heart monitor to her. He heart rate picked up, but not by much. Suddenly Bella's body lurched and a sickening crunch resounded through the air, as the baby broke more of her bones. Carlisle quickly scanned her chest.

"Only broken bones, no punctured lungs this time."

"It's killing her." Edward whispered brokenly. Her body lurched again and Carlisle followed the movements with the monitor.

"It's ruptured her spleen. I'm going to need to operate." Carlisle said, as he prepared to operate. "I may be able to do it since she's unconscious, but the pain make wake her up."

"I don't want her to suffer any more." Edward said.

"Anaesthetic would harm the baby, she could miscarry." Rosalie said. I jumped slightly when she spoke, I hadn't even realised she was in the room with us.

"Edward you need to make the decision. She's your wife." Carlisle said. He looked troubled. Like he knew what Edwards decision was going to be.

"I'm not going to put her through more pain." Edward said defiantly. Rosalie made a noise akin to a sob.

"OK. I'm going to need to open her up carefully. The baby seems to be getting stronger. I may need to deliver it if it causes any more damage." Carlisle said.

"Do it. I won't lose her." Edward said defiantly.

Rosalie made a sobbing sound again and rushed out of the room. Edward looked at me pointedly. But I stared him down.

"We need some privacy." He said straining to be polite.

"I'm not leaving." I said. He gave up when I stood firm. I watched as Carlisle administered the anaesthetic. He waited a few minutes before beginning the surgery. I watched on in despair as he set to work. I had an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. One of them wasn't going to survive, and I was almost certain that Bella was.

A.N. Well what do you think? Did Edward make the right choice? Review and let me know