Author's Note: This chapter should be considerably longer than the former chapter. The other was only short because it's annoying trying to come up with a suitable intro.

Chapter Two- Accidents Happen

Bella's Point of View

Waking up in the morning just wasn't the same without the usual icy feeling of where Edward usually would lay beside me. I hadn't slept nearly as well as usual by myself, which somewhat worried me… why was I so dependent on Edward for everything? I knew why, of course; I loved him. But next thing you'd know, I'd be depending on him in order to breathe. Bad analogy, considering I wouldn't have to breathe soon enough.

The sun was barely up when I woke up, proving exactly how badly I had slept. Charlie was expected to be at work as of half an hour ago, so there was no need to rush to make breakfast. A shower would come first, then I'd scrounge up something to eat. But in order to do that, I might actually have to get up and stop being lazy and just laying in my bed. After testing my weight on my legs, I crossed the room, eyes clouded with sleep, and made my way down the hall to the bathroom.

I turned on the water to a temperature that wasn't exactly hot, but it wasn't cold either. Usually it took my shower about three minutes to warm up enough, so I shed myself of my clothes before climbing into the water. I noted that we were almost out of body wash, perhaps having only two uses left in the bottle. I'd have to run to the store later to go grocery shopping, anyways.

My back felt much better after my shower. I hadn't even realized it had cramped up while I was sleeping until wrapping my towel tightly around my body. Once in my room, I quickly dressed in a pair of faded jeans, and a nicely fitting red shirt that Alice had said looked really nice on me. Showering had definitely made me much less lazy, and in all, very awake, so I figured it would be safe to cook breakfast for myself now. Being awake definitely decreased the risk of dropping something, causing a fire, or something even worse.

I held onto the railing as I walked down the stairs. It was amazing how I could manage to slip down the stairs, stub my toe, or injure myself really easily, and yet my clutziness didn't seem to apply to my cooking- which was lucky, really. Not bothering to turn on the kitchen light, since it was morning and all, I opened the door to the refrigerator. I pulled two eggs out of the carton, the bacon which was already ready to be cooked, the gallon of skim milk in the fridge, and then shut the door promptly. My stomache then decided to murmur, letting me know of the hunger I didn't realize that I felt. Once all of the ingredients to my very straightforward breakfast were out, I cracked the eggs into a bowl, mixed it with a dash of milk, and proceeded to make myself scrambled eggs in one saucepan while my bacon sizzled in the other pan.

Bacon, eggs, and toast- so unproblematic to make, but so very satisfying. Mmm.

Alice's POV

Somewhere in the wooded area, the boys' were taking down their prey of choice, but I had already finished my hunting, so I was awaiting the return of the others. I couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to go wrong any minute now. I was fairly sure that I was safe, and so was the rest of the family… there didn't seem to be any chances of something freak and deadly coming at us, so I guessed I must have been imagining the feeling.

I froze suddenly- a vision that I hadn't looked for was coming. I braced myself for the worst.

A truck moves along the road, doing the speed limit, when out of nowhere, a automobile comes racing along the wrong side of the road, leaving no time for the driver of the truck to get out of the way. The truck is forced off of the road, rolling over, now upside down. The scent of blood lingers in the air. The drunk driver of the speeding vehicle manages to get away unharmed, but nobody notices the truck in the trees on the side of the road. The owner of the truck must be in serious condition.

My eyes enlarged with fear and shock- Bella! The truck in the vision has obviously belonged to her, and by the looks of it, she was going to be in near death condition if we couldn't get back to Forks in time. I sped off in the direction that I knew Edward and Carlisle to be in, frantic. I had to do everything in my power to make sure that this vision did not come true. Bella was like my sister, and it was my job to do everything in my power to keep her safe.

It didn't take long to reach the pair, currently not tracking any animals. Carlisle immediately noticed the look on my face as one of complete terror, knowing I had seen something. "Alice, what is it?" he questioned, staying calm as only Carlisle could. I turned to Edward, who also was looking at me curiously. He easily could have read my mind to have figured out what I was about to tell them, but he probably wanted to hear it from me instead of getting only some of the information from what went on in my head.

"We have to get back to Forks- now." I breathed voice shaky, "Edward, it's Bella. I saw her getting into a car accident… it didn't look good."

Immediately, Edward's entire body seemed to tense, eyes looked panicked and alarmed, very unlike Edward. "Carlisle, we have to leave. We can't leave Bella to die. We have to try and stop her vision." Edward said speedily, sounding almost like he would start spewing out nonsense any minute now. Carlisle understood the need for Edward to get back, evidently imagining how he would have felt if Esme had been in Bella's place.

"Alice, go find Emmett and Jasper, and let them know what you saw. Meet us back at the house." He said urgently to me, then turning to Edward. I didn't catch what he said, because I was already off, but it was probably involving telling him to stay calm, it hadn't happened yet, and they'd get there before it could happen.

I hoped that we got there first. We had to, Bella's life depended on it.

Bella's POV

I was headed into my truck so I could go to the grocery store to pick up groceries for the week and anything else I happened to notice that we needed. Charlie had left money on the counter with a note saying to pick up whatever I thought was nessessary, just as he did every week. It was nice being trusted with something like this. Sure, the responsibility was bothersome at times, but it was still a great feeling to know that Charlie trusted me enough to know that I wouldn't be mispending this money on thinks as foolish as drugs.

The door to my faithful truck closed behind me as I turned the key in the ignition. It roared to life, seeming to be asking why I had decided to wake it up instead of just letting it sit there. My radio was turned on low, a random AM station on because I couldn't be bothered to change it. The only reason it was on was for the comfort of knowing I wasn't alone, even though I was. This was my usual routine when Edward was gone.

I rounded the corned of a road that would lead to the heart of town, hands immediately tightening on the steering wheel when I just barely saw a car hastily making its way down the wrong side of the road, immediately colliding with my truck. Everything turned into a blur. From what I could see, my truck was thrown upside down. The last thing I remember before falling unconcious was the feeling of broken bones, warm blood pouring from somewhere, and pain. A throbbing sensation was spreading throughout my entire body, everywhere ached. Falling unconcious was the best thing to happen.

Edward's POV

I was terrified for Bella, to say the least. I certainly, could not let anything happen to her. If something happened while I was away, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I'd have to try to convince the Volturi to off me, even if it hadn't worked before. There was no way I could live without Bella, and I definitely was not willing to try to.

I increased my speed, so did Carlisle alongside me. We had to stop Alice's prediction from coming true. I couldn't let that happen to my Bella…

When we got to her house, I noted that her truck wasn't there. I felt the back of my throat burning- she couldn't be gone yet. She couldn't be gone… I hadn't felt like a part of me had been lost like I had thought I would feel like if she died. She had to be alive soon.

At our frantic breakneck pace we headed down the road that would lead towards town. Not even that far down the road, I caught the scent of her blood, strong in my nostrils. "It can't be too late… it can't be." I whispered, seeing Carlisle shoot me a sympathetic glance from the corner of my eyes. We saw the truck on the side of the road, flipped upside down. There was no way that she could survive this, I knew. Not without serious damage, at least.

With the help of Carlisle, we managed to flip the car right side up. The car was basically totaled, but we managed to pull the door off of the truck I'd heard my Bella refer to as her baby so many times. When I saw her, she was in horrible state. There was blood everywhere- I had to use every single fiber of my being to keep myself back; it was almost like being back at school on her first day again. It was a good thing we had just gone hunting or I was sure I wouldn't have been able to do this. There were multiple bruises in plain sight, and she had to have broken at least a few bones. Whoever caused this accident was going to pay. Carlisle unbuckled her, grabbing her gently, thought it wasn't good to move victims after an accident, and motioned for me to sit on the ground. I did so, and took Bella from his arms as tenderly as I could.

"Edward, it doesn't look good." He started, pausing before finishing his sentence. "You'll have to change her if she's going to survive."

"No… I can't." I said weakly, looking down at her, I couldn't let her die, but I couldn't take her soul either. But if I had to… I would do anything to be with her forever.

"When, Carlisle?"

"As soon as possible. Preferably now."

I placed my teeth against the flesh of her neck, her pulse very faint compared to how it had been every other time I had been so near to her.

The next three days were going to be hell for her.

Author's Note: Woo. I'm experimenting with Windows Vista since I just got it and all. The new version of Word is pretty cool. But the spell checker doesn't work unless I press it, which is annoying. If you liked this chapter, or even hated it, feel free to review or else the flame throwers we use to destroy malaria ermm… inside joke will be sent after you. :P