Chapter 4

Normal POV.

The canteen delivery truck was running so late that he drove a little quicker through the school car park than was necessary. He was supposed to have been here an hour ago but he got held up and then he had to rush. He didn't see her. It was raining and his windows were foggy and he just didn't see her. He heard a crash and he thought perhaps he drove into a small parked car but when he looked at his windscreen he could see small splatters of blood around the cracked windscreen.

"Oh my God what happened?"

Edward ran out when he heard the crashing glass but he was too late. He didn't see it coming and since the driver didn't see her, he could not think anything therefore Edward didn't hear anything, so he was too late. He made his eyes look at his Bella, his beautiful Bella, laying all crumpled in a heap near the canteen side entrance glass door. People were running everywhere but he couldn't move, he knew she was dying, he could hear her heartbeat slowing down till it had almost stopped. Never in a hundred years did he ever feel like he was dead until now.

He was staring at her when he felt a huge blow to the side of his body. It was enough to shake him off his feet and he fell to the ground. He fell backwards, crouched and turned to look at what had hit him. He saw Alice's face and it was contorted in sheer agony. She stood over him and glared .

"Get up you son of a bitch, get up!" she growled at him.

He looked at her and saw Jasper running up to her side. He was trying in vain to calm her down but Edward could see that it was no use. Edward stood up and then Alice flew at him again. She didn't get to hit him with the full impact as Jasper grabbed her waist and pulled her back.

"Alice I am sorry..."

"Don't apologise to me you bastard, you caused all of this, you know that. You couldn't just leave her alone, no you had to push her. Up until your little speech just now she was safe Edward, SAFE, but now you ruined everything. It was only time we needed, that's it. You ruined everything. You should leave, just get out of here, I can't stand to look at your face."

Edward was crushed, never in a million years would his sister say such hurtful things to him. Rosalie, yes, but Alice never.

"I'm not leaving Alice, it would crush Esme." his words were weak.

"Oh Esme, yeah lets go tell her how you killed Bella, great let's see how happy she will be with you then Edward when it's been Esme who has been seeing her in private and watching to make sure she is safe. Yeah how happy will she be with you, brother." Her words were as venomous as her mouth and Edward sat shocked. He couldn't believe it was Esme that he could smell on her skin, his own mother. He knew she would be devastated and she would never forgive him. He looked at Alice and nodded.

He made his feet carry him over to her broken body and he fell down next to her. He carefully lifted her body into his arms and cried into her hair. The ambulance arrived, some one must have called one, and they took her out of his arms. He couldn't hear voices, he couldn't see faces. All he could hear was the faint sound of Bella's heart trying to fight to keep going and her bloodied face. How unbelievable that he tried to keep her safe by keeping away and yet he still killed her. She was dying of a broken heart and he caused it.

The ambulance drivers must have asked him to ride in the back but he shook his head no and turned to walk away. Alice jumped in the back with her and tried her hardest not to breath the short distance to the hospital. The ER nurse knew Carlisle and called him down as soon as she saw who it was and that his daughter Alice was there.

Carlisle received a code Blue on his pager and he dropped what he was doing and ran to the Emergency Room. He knew it was serious, they had not needed a code blue since a huge fire tanker set light and the driver was brought in with severe burns. Carlisle arrived in ER and even his normal composed features were rocked. He looked at his daughter and knew there was only one person who could make her look like that. He rushed over to the bed and looked into the face of the one person he was dreading seeing.

Bella.

He started screaming orders at people but the ambulance staff just stared at him. One man, Jackson, put his hand on Carlisle's shoulder.

"Dr Cullen, it's too late for Miss Swan she is dyi...."
"No, nobody is dying till I say so." Carlisle's skilled hands started working and he had her transferred to a private room. He called for Alice but she was still in shock. He shouted her name and she followed him in a daze.

The hardest part of the whole afternoon was having to tell Charlie that they didn't think she was going to make it through the night. He was devastated and had to be given medical attention when he collapsed. Carlisle knew that he had been over worked and this kind of shock just sent his body into over drive but they checked him out anyway.

Carlisle had induced a coma in Bella and for the time being she was stable. Alice went to tell Esme what had happened and within minutes the whole family were back in the hospital. Esme broke down as soon as she saw her and Charlie actually had to take her out of the room. Alice was staring at her friend and even Jasper couldn't lift the spirits of the room. Emmett was clearly shaken up and Rosalie had the decency to look saddened by this horrible accident.

It was 3am and Carlisle finally found some alone time with her. He had made his decision but he felt that it was wrong to do it against Edwards wishes so he went to find his son.

He spoke to Esme and she said she hadn't seen Edward all day, she had presumed he would have been here at the hospital. Carlisle looked at Alice and saw her expression change and he pulled her aside to ask her what happened between her and her brother. Esme walked away with them to listen to the events of the day.

If Esme could cry, she would have been by the time Alice finished. The little pixie may have been small in stature but she made up for it in spirit and she refused to be swayed from her stand where Edward was concerned. Esme took Emmett and they started a search party for him while Alice and Rosalie stayed behind.

Carlisle came back into the ward and saw Charlie sitting over his daughter with Rosalie holding his hand. He looked at Carlisle's face and it broke his heart. Charlie could hear the machine beeps getting slower and slower and he knew it was inevitable. His baby girl was dying. He stood up from his post at her side and walked over to Carlisle, he stopped in front of him, completely grief stricken.

"Dr Cullen, I don't know why, but I believe you can save her. Something deep in my gut is telling me to trust you. Can you please save my Bella, she's all I have, please Dr Cullen?"

Carlisle looked at Charlie and couldn't help the feeling of deja vu taking over his body from a time many years ago when he was asked to do the same thing. He thought about his response and lead Charlie over to the seats near Bella's bed.

"Charlie, are you sure you want me to try? This is going to be exceptionally hard on you."

"I don't care about me Dr Cullen, just please save her." Charlie grabbed Carlisle's shoulder while he pleaded.

"OK Charlie, but you need to trust me completely, do you understand? When I say you can't see her, I mean it, until she is completely well again?"

Charlie nodded and even though he was so tempted to ask what he was going to do, something deep inside him told him not too.

"OK Dr Cullen, what do I do?" Carlisle stood up and by this time Alice and Rosalie were both standing by Charlie,

"Kiss your daughter goodbye Charlie."

Charlie's eyes widened but he had to trust the doctor. He nodded and walked over to Bella's side. He leant down and kissed her forehead and hugged her while he cried. He told her he loved her more than anything and he hoped to see her again soon.

Charlie was walked out to his car by Alice.

"Alice look after her ok, she loved you like the sister she never had," Alice nodded, leant in and hugged him and then watched him drive away.

It took them less than half an hour to start the change. Carlisle kissed her head and asked forgiveness before stabbing her heart with a vile full of venom. Alice had argued that she wanted to help, so after many arguments and assurances that Alice could not see any danger in her own immediate future, Carlisle agreed. Alice bite her wrists and her ankles and also her elbows. Carlisle then bit her neck on both sides. At first they both worried as she didn't move, there was no reaction what so ever. By the time the end of the day came, her thrashes were becoming more pronounced and Carlisle injected more morphine into her body. This seemed to work so they worked around visiting hours so no-one would be suspicious.

Each of the family members took time to sit by her bed and Esme read her books from Jane Austin, her favourite author. Carlisle managed to get a supply of human blood in case they needed it but the plan was they would try to give her animal blood first. Emmett suggested they try to milk an animal so they could infuse it into her body but Carlisle thought it would be better if she hunted with all of them as support. She needed to get used to it anyway.

Carlisle spent his time with her telling her old stories from his past. He remembered that she was interested in them when she first met him.

Emmett's time was spent filling her in with what was happening in the world. He told her about the sports scores and also what was happening at school with all her loser human friends. Rosalie had not spent any time with Bella alone, there was normally someone else with her. It was the beginning of the third day and she found herself alone with her.

"Bella, I don't know if you can hear me, I don't really remember this phase myself beside the excruciating pain. I just wanted to apologise for being such a bitch to you all this time. I never wanted this to happen to you and I feel so bad that it was because of our interference that you won't have a normal life. I hope one day you can find it in your heart to forgive us. I understand that you may not want to forgive our brother either but his heart was in the right place. He just hasn't got any idea of how to function around you. Anyway I hope we can be friends?"

Rosalie brushed some of her hair away from her face and noticed that her hair felt silky and her skin was going white. It wouldn't be too long now. She stood and walked out to the door to find the others but they were all waiting for her. She was surprised she hadn't heard them, but then she was preoccupied.

"Carlisle, it won't be long now, her skin has changed. Do you think we should move her out while it's quiet?" They had decided to move Bella to their home once the transformation was close to ending so she and the humans would be safe. They all moved quickly and got everything set up to transport her our. Alice 'borrowed' the ambulance and they took Bella home. The drive to their home was short and once Bella was settled inside their spare room, Alice returned the Ambulance.

It was 5am on Day three when Bella opened her eyes. Carlisle and Esme decided it would be best if she saw them first so the other four waited.

Now it's time for the new Bella.

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