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Chapter 2: Final Breaths

I was laying in complete darkness… it was dead silent. I could only assume this was heaven. It was nothing like I'd ever imagined. This place was too dark to be heaven. And I was in too much pain to be in heaven. It felt as though something immense was pressing against my body, making it difficult for me to breathe. It was slowly suffocating me. My breathing slowed and the pain was fading.

All of a sudden I could hear a soft buzzing sound. I didn't know where it was coming from. It sounded like a voice in the far distance.

"BELLA," the far voice shouted!

I could barely make out what it was saying.

"BELLA, PLEASE NO, NOT AGAIN," it sobbed, "PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, NO"!

There were two voices now. They were getting louder and clearer. They sounded as if they were right beside me. Before, I was concentrating on what the voices were saying rather then who the voices belonged to. I suddenly realized that the two voices I heard belonged to Edward and Carlisle. Heaven was definitely playing with my head. Out of curiosity and since there was nothing else to do in this gloomy, black version of heaven, I continued to listen to the voices.

"Edward, if you don't do this now, you will never see her again," Carlisle said sternly. "She won't pull through like she did the last time. The damage is too severe".

It was like listening to a soap opera.

Something continued to press harder and harder, making the voices fade again. I could barely get a breath anymore.

"She's going," Carlisle called from the distance!

Just before I took my final breath a searing pain shot through my throat.

At the same time a light appeared far above me. It looked as though I was in a very deep hole. I could feel it - I could feel the end coming, if it wasn't already here. I didn't want to leave Edward, even if it was just his voice. I wanted to stay with him. Another searing pain spread throughout my whole body. I could feel myself scream... i could feel the vibrations shaking my body, but i couldn't hear anything anymore. The light started to get brighter, bigger, and closer, like I was being sucked toward it. I finally reached it. My throat burst into flame and my eyes shot open.

Edward's face was above me. Beads of water dripped from his soaked hair, and blood dripped from his lips. It was Edward...the real Edward. It felt as though i had been away from him for eternity. I could see Carlisle in the distance leaning over another lifeless body and a distorted mess that was my truck. I returned my eyes back to Edward's face. His tortured, wild eyes bored into mine. His face was twisted into a grimace. I could see the part of him that still loved me deep in his eyes, but it was shadowed by the raging monster who wanted to take my life. That's when another shot of pain burst through my neck. That is what did me in. I could no longer lie there silently.

"EDWARD," I screamed, tears now spilling over the corners of my eyes. The tears were a mixture of pain and happiness. I was overjoyed to see his face again. The thought faded as another burst of pain rocketed through my body.

I could clearly remember now, the wedding, Charlie, the car accident. It had all happened so quickly. But wait… why was Edward here? How was I still here? No one could survive a crash like that.

His face grew paler then I had ever seen it before. His eyes looked horror struck as they flashed scarlet. I finally realized what was going on and what had done. He had…bitten me!

My hands flew to my neck to try to ease the pain. It didn't help anything. I continued to scream and flail on the pavement. I had lost ALL control of my body.

Edward's face looked torn. He was fighting the excruciating urge to kill me. I don't know how he could do it, my blood was everywhere. His jaw was clenched tight, his breathing became heavy and his eyes were flashing dangerously from scarlet to black. He looked at Carlisle then back at me.

"Carlisle," Edward yelled," we need to get her somewhere else"! There was obvious panic in his usually smooth voice.

"We can take her back to our house," Carlisle suggested. "Do you still have that bed in your room"?

Edward nodded. His eyes were still on mine as I thrashed around. I started to feel insanely hot as the liquid fire slowly spread through my body.

Edward took in a deep breath. He then put his stone arms around me and lifted me from the wet ground.

The touch of his icy skin against my blazing skin made my body shudder. I was squirming against his strong arms as he carried me to Carlisle's black Mercedes. My earsplitting screams could probably be heard from miles away. He hurriedly got in the back seat of the car while holding me. Carlislewas already in the driver's seat. He slammed his foot on the gas pedal and we were gone.

Edward held me securely against his chest so I wouldn't hurt myself while I was thrashing out in pain. I couldn't move at all. All I could feel was the fire spreading through the rest of my body.

In less then 10 minutes we were back at the Cullen's house.

Edward ran to the house and kicked the door down. The rest of the Cullen's were sitting in there living room. I knew that everyone suspected Edward had bitten me. My presumptions were soon correct when i saw their expectant faces. Everyone kept there distance. Emmett held Jasper down just in case.

The fire in my veins was getting worse every second. I hadn't stopped screaming since Edward had bitten me.

Edward ran me up the stairs before the other Cullen's could say anything. Edward kicked the door to his bedroom down too. He stood in the room waiting for Carlisle. Carlislewas there in an instant.

"Put her down on the bed," Carlisle instructed. He was no longer laid back Carlisle, he was Dr. Cullen.

Edward complied and set me down. As soon as he let me go I went into a rampage of screaming and convulsing.

"We are going to have to keep her secured," Carlisle ordered. "Are you able to do that Edward or shall I do it"?

"You will be fine Edward," Alice called from downstairs. She must have had a vision.

"Yes…I can do it," Edward said sounding unsure .

Edward pulled me close to him and held me tightly as he sat down.

"You might want to get comfortable, you are going to be here for a while," Carlisle declared. He turned to walk out the door, but stopped once he reached it. He turned his head to say one last thing. "I'll be checking in every so often to see how things are going," Carlisle informed. Carlisle gave Edward a sympathetic look. He then turned back around and closed the door.

Edward laid back and rolled on his side holding me. My head was tucked against his neck, his cold arms wrapped around my back and his legs were on top of mine, pinning them to the bed. Usually my heart would be racing if Edward was this close, but now I wasn't really aware of anything like that. All I could think about was the pain… the pain that was going to last three unbearable days.

I was getting extremely exhausted. My trembling got under control making Edward loosen his grip, and I had stopped screaming. I was just gasping for air and sobbing at his point. My tears were soaking Edward's white shirt. I hadn't spoken to Edward since…well…before the accident. The pain was sucking away my consciousness.

"Edward," I gasped, my voice barely over a whisper.

He pulled me away from his chest to look at me, his arms still securely around me. The dark circles under his eyes were almost similar to his irises - black as night.

"I…I'm…s…sorry," I stuttered, tears continuously sliding down my face.

Fury flashed in his eyes.

"Why on earth would you be sorry," Edward said sounding irritated. "I am the one who is at fault".

I whimpered as the venom started to spread throughout my entire neck.

Edward pulled me back into his chest again trying to use his cold body to cool the fire that was burning inside me.

"You have no idea how hard it is to see you like this," he whispered, regret clearly in his voice," and especially since I'm the one who is causing you pain".

"I…I love y…you," I stuttered. He kissed my burning forehead.

"I love you," he whispered back. He then started humming my lullaby.

Over the next couple of hours the pain became a lot worse as the venom passed through my heart and core. A whole new wave of screams erupted. Edward stayed with me the entire time. He did not leave once. Carlisle came to check on me every couple of hours. I had already lost control of my body, but after the first 9 hours had passed the pain took control of my mind and sanity. I had screamed at Edward to kill me a couple of times because the fire was so bad. I could no longer think or speak. I could only listen. Edward kept telling me…"only 2 more days and it will all be over". The hours were going by as slowly as the venom was spreading.

Two more days, just two more days!

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