Girl of Smoke and Glass

by Ana Fluttersby

June Drabble War. Just a couple of minutes and the whole newfound purpose of my afternoons has passed and is gone. Like so much smoke. Green eyes. I wish I had the courage to look at them again. But I know that if I reach for him in anyway, he ll look right through me as if I were made of glass.

10. Chapter 10

August 6, 2006. 2:07 p.m

The Hospital.

The grim expression on the doctor´s face is confusing. The nurse walking beside him is holding Sophia, and she looks perfect to me.

"Mr. Cullen," he starts in a grave tone, "this is your daughter."

"Mr. Cullen?" I joke. "What happened to Edward?"

"Edward, I´m sorry. We did everything we could."

"What are you talking about? Sophia is fine, right?" I say, looking down at her beautiful, if a little swollen, face.

The doctor looks heartbroken. "Edward, Carmen had an acute peritonitis. The pain she felt was not a contraction, it was because of the infection. Her water broke but the amniotic fluid did not escape her body and it decomposed. I´m sorry, Edward. She´s gone."

A/N This is my last chapter for tonight. When it´s bright and early (for me at least, I guess it´ll be rather late in Australia) I´ll continue to post.