Author Penname: Shanniemow
Story Title: Breaking the Moon
Story Link:
Chapter 2 Saving Grace
Genre: Canon, some OOC, Post Twilight
Rating: NC-17 for later chapters
Story Summary:
This picks up in New Moon, everything in Twilight has happened and everything in New Moon up to Bella discovering Jacob is a wolf and even up to her realizing that it's Victoria stalking the woods. However there are some changes and all will be revealed and made clearer over time. Edward has left Bella devastated; however other events push her over the edge. Will he be too late to save her considering he never should have left her in the first place? What is it going to take to make it right?
Chapter summary: This is a little vague because I want the actions from the cliff to here in EPOV. Bella has arrived at the hospital where Carlisle resumes his doctoral duties to try and save her life.
Chapter 2 Saving Grace (or rather Bella)
(SM owns Twilight. Me I got an empty bottle of NyQuil and a bunch of balled up tissues)
~CPOV~
They had honored my privileges at Fork General Hospital the second I walked through the door and explained the tragedy about to unfold. The nurses had just finished preparing the trauma room when Edward rounded the corner carrying a very broken Bella in his arms. I relinquished her from his grasp and sent him to my office. The next few moments were a blur even for me as Bella was placed on the gurney and hooked to every monitor in the room.
I didn't need any of them to tell me she was dying, I could hear her heartbeat fading by the second.
"Push 2mg of Epi, charge to 300!" I had performed these actions so many times before, but somehow the fact it was the love of my son's life, I've never wanted it to work so desperately.
"Charging." Nurse 1
"Everybody clear! Shocking!"
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
"Nothing, resume compressions, open that IV wide and start another large bore line."
"Doctor?" "Doctor it's been 42 minutes since recovery." Nurse 2
"I'm aware, just do it!"
"Yes Dr. Cullen," "360 this time?" Nurse 2
"Charge it." Oh God I beg of you Edward will never forgive himself or me if she doesn't come back. Come on Bella you can do this, I know it.
"Clear, 360, shocking." Nurse 2 ---------shoochoot
"Come on Bella, please, he needs you." I whispered as my throat constricted choking back a sob.
Blip…………beep………………….beep………beep……..beep…beep…beep…beep..beep...beep
"Bella can you hear me? Open your eyes!" I listened to her heart even without the monitor and before the nurse could speak, "She's going into V-tach heart rate 157 and climbing."
"How did…" Nurse 1 whispers.
"Lower it to 180 and pray we don't lose her. Clear!"
Beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….beep….
"Heartbeat 76 and stable Dr. Cullen." Nurse 2
Relief poured over me in waves, now I just had to find my son.
" Carlisle?" Edward let escape from his quivering lips. He sat rocking back and forth in the far corner of my old office, one that it appeared I would be soon moving back into. Esme was crouched beside him petting his back. If it were possible for our kind to cry I'm sure the floor under them would have been soaked with more than the water dripping from Edwards clothes.
I silently offered him a fresh pair of scrubs but he didn't acknowledge it.
"How could I do this to her, I should have known it would hurt her as much as it hurt me. " He continued to sob with dry eyes.
"Edward?" I called softly and he finally looked up to me but wouldn't look at my face. I think he felt ashamed of his action but we could have never known this would be the outcome even with Alice .
"She's stable now but as I'm sure you already know the next 72 hours will be the most critical, she has survived the worst but we don't have an accurate estimate of how much water she may have got in her lungs. She also has a head injury granted it is only a mild concussion but still she was unconscious. We currently have her in a chemically induced to allow her body to rest." We lost her briefly, I'm so sorry.
"Stop!" Edward shouted, "I cannot hear anymore I need to see her."
Edward I don't know if that's the best idea just yet, you need to get control of yourself and go feed before seeing her, I thought knowing he would heard me.
"I don't…" he started.
"Edward," I growled and cut him off before he could continue his rant, "please just trust me on this, I know you won't want to leave her side after you see her. Its better if you take the time now to feed."
I show him the image of her lying in bed with a breathing machine and all her monitors and then all of her fresh cuts and bruises. I'm still not sure how he got her to the hospital in his present condition; I guess love really does conquer all.
As soon as I let the image of poor Bella to flood my mind Edward raced from the room. Esme followed swiftly behind, kissing me on the cheek as she whispered she would watch over him while he hunted. I love my wife. *sigh*
~EsPOV~
My poor son I've never seen him so distraught, unsure of what to do for him I simply followed behind him keeping my distance as to give him a bit of privacy but remaining within earshot if he needed me. Just then a very foul smell crossed my path one of wet dog, this is perhaps the last thing Edward needs to deal with right now. I neared closer to the smell and to Edward when I heard there whispered voices become a yelling match.
"You crossed onto Quileute land bloodsucker and now I'm gonna teach you a lesson!" The dog growled.
"I was saving her life you mutt, maybe if you hadn't been so busy chasing your own tail you'd have known she was in trouble."
"Hey I'm not the one who ditched her in the woods in the middle of the night. I'm the one who's been here picking up the pieces of her heart. She doesn't need you, look at what you did to her she tried to kill herself."
Edward crumpled to the ground at these words, "Do your worst dog, I deserve it," he was giving up; I knew I needed to step in.
"Excuse me Mr.…" "The name is Jacob." "Jacob… I beg of you see this from my sons perspective, he left to protect dear Bella not cause her harm. He loves her more than his own life." Jacob snorted at my comment obviously hurt himself by these events.
"Jacob? Do you care for Bella?"
"What kind of question is that lady? Of course I care for Bella, I…I…I love her." Just then the weary boy sat down next to my Edward and began to cry softly.
I didn't know if either boy would allow my comfort but I chose a seat between them just the same reaching out to both. They both remained very still, both craving comfort but not wanting to be any closer to one another. I reached over to Edward and pulled his head into my lap and reached out my hand to Jacob. Jacob stared at me briefly sniffing the air and scrunching his nose before timidly placing his hand into mine.
~JaPOV~
How could this bloodsucker be so kind to me after I blatantly showed nothing but hate towards them? She offered her hand to me, she smelled sickly sweet but it was a comforting gesture I couldn't force myself to pass there was something in her eyes that reminded me of my own mother and it somehow felt both right and wrong. This woman genuinely seemed concerned which plagued me as odd considering most vampires were self centered egotistical fiends. I don't' know how long we sat there before she spoke.
"Edward perhaps you should finish your hunting so that you can return to Bella." He appeared to be comatose but retreated from her lap and went on his way.
"Now Jacob, may we set up a meeting to talk of this treaty and what it will mean for my family?"
"Sure, sure, I find the others and meet at the border around sundown. How is she….?"
I prompted for a name, "Its Esme dear, and Bella is alive she's pretty banged up and will be in the hospital for awhile, but right now all we can do is pray for her recovery. I'm sure she would like it if you came to visit her, she needs all the friends and family she has right now to get her through this."
"Thanks Esme, you know I'm glad I met you, your very kind even though we are supposed to be enemies."
"As I am to you Jacob, I really wish we were not seen as your enemy, we do not make friends easily being what we are. Perhaps a change is in order."
A/N
Sorry that ended kinda weird but I wanted to get this updated. I'm dying right now and I'm incredibly drugged on cough syrup so it something makes no sense, I'm sorry. Thanks for reading please review. Oh and don't worry I'll be getting to Edward POV soon but right now he's all Sadward so I'm just gonna pet his fuzzy head for a little while longer.
