A/N: Hey! So, I'll let you get right to it.

Thank wizkiz for the long chapter! I WAS going to break it up and leave you with cliffhangers at the end of each chapter, but decided not to…

Please remember as you read this chapter: NO OFFENSE IS MEANT BY ANYTHING THAT IS SAID IN ANY PART OF THIS STORY! THIS IS JUST FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE READERS!

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Chapter 10: Sinking

EPOV

I had been sitting in the bed with Jenna since Bella left, just sorting through everything that was happening, when Alice and Jasper came through the door. They looked at me before emptying the blood from the fridge into a backpack. They, unlike me, were getting ready for later.

I looked at the clock to see almost four hours had passed since Bella left. I set Jenna down on the bed and walked over to the window, leaning my arms against it. I felt someone grab my shirt and looked down to see Jenna staring up at me sadly.

I picked her up and she laid her head on my shoulder. I continued to stare out the window, not really thinking of anything in particular anymore. It was too depressing.

Then I remembered the commercial. I hadn't paid any attention to it back at the house, but my mind had stored the information, anyway. They had mentioned the number of lifeboats on the ship, saying there were twenty. They also mentioned that the ship could carry an excess of thirty five hundred people, including the crew.

I didn't know exactly how many people were on the ship, but my heart sank further as I realized less people would make it than I had originally thought. Going by the number of people those lifeboats could save, only half the ship would survive. And that was only if the lifeboats were full. Not likely.

I sighed and ran my free hand through my hair. I looked at Jenna and she was staring at me, still sad.

"Let's go find your mom." She nodded, but as soon as I started walking towards the door, my worst nightmare came alive.

The ship lurched to the side, slamming me against the wall, Jenna still in my arms. Jasper and Alice were thrown to the floor with a loud bang. I had unconsciously wrapped my arms around Jenna and looked down at her. She nodded to me that she was okay, right as the sound of ripping metal echoed through the ship.

It was the sound of solid ice tearing through two one-inch steel hulls like butter. It was the sound of the approaching death of many of the people aboard what they thought to be the ship of dreams.

I had to fight not to drop Jenna and cover my ears from the sound. It was ear-piercing to humans, but to us? It was absolutely deafening.

It slowly faded away and I looked at Jenna again. She looked scared, but was unharmed. My gaze went to Alice and Jasper, who were helping each other stand. They looked a little shaken, but not surprised.

"Go find the others and get that lifeboat in the water. We're going to find Bella." They nodded and I was out the door, Jenna clinging to me.

I ran into the hallway and right into a wall of humans trying to get to the deck. The captain was announcing the situation over the intercom and everyone was panicking. I pushed and shoved, trying to make sure I didn't actually hurt anyone, and called Bella's name. I couldn't even follow her scent with all of the humans in one place. I didn't get an answer, but kept calling.

It took a good five minutes for me to get through the crowd, and the sound of rushing water was becoming louder and louder. I glanced back to find the staircase leading up to our level was almost overflowing with water already. The small area must have been making the amount of water seem greater than it was…or so I hoped.

I moved out of the way of the door to find the deck swamped with even more people. I tried to look in the direction of where Bella and I had been sitting before, but the ship lurched to the side again, waves crashing over the side.

But this time was different. The ship wasn't just drifting off course. It was tilting to the left. Going on its side. And the waves were not giving up just yet.

Everyone started grabbing onto anything around them, including each other, but mostly the railings. I tried to make my way towards the end of the deck, but kept having humans cut in front of me. I weaved between them and finally got to the edge of the crowd when the ship gave another great lurch. It set it at about a forty-five degree angle, and it was still climbing.

I ran out of the crowd, no longer caring about hurting anyone. I got to the railing, but Bella wasn't there. I looked around frantically, Jenna starting to cry with her fright, when I realized something. I couldn't believe I had been so careless! I wasted so much valuable time…

I had gone the wrong way.

I had gone along with the flow of the crowd instead of thinking about which way I had to go. I was at the bow of the ship, but Bella was at the stern. And in between us? Eight hundred and eighty three feet of ship and about thirty five hundred frantic humans.

Brilliant, Edward. Just brilliant…

I turned around and faced the crowd I had just fought my way through, looking for a lightly populated area. I groaned, realizing there were none. The humans were just running, not even knowing where they were going.

The ship was severely leaning to the side at this point, slowly parting the sea of people between Bella and me. I moved Jenna so that she was on my back and her arms were around my neck. Water erupted out of the hallway doors, making me have to find another way to get to the other end of the ship. I glanced up and found my route.

I backed up against the railing and took off, running at full speed. I jumped up and landed on top of the roof of the first class rooms. I took off again, running as fast as I could on the slanted and wet surface, trying not to slip and hurt Jenna. I slipped once about halfway across the ship, but managed to land without hurting her.

I reached the end of the roof just as the ship made its final lurch. It was now at a full ninety degree angle, and I had moved to the side of the hall to keep my balance. I looked out over what was left of the deck, but couldn't see Bella anywhere near the water. I scanned the railing, where people were desperately clinging, when I spotted her.

Bella was hanging from a broken railing at the very end of the deck. Her arms were all scratched up from the end of the bar. There wasn't anyone near here, but this end of the ship was slowly getting higher as the ship's bow started sinking farther into the water. I had to get her in the water and into the boat fast.

Jenna started moving around when she spotted Bella. I put my hands over hers, silently telling her not to move. She tightened her hold on my neck and I took a few steps back, facing the closest section of railing.

All of a sudden, Bella slipped farther down the bar she was holding, screaming as the jagged end of the metal bar dug into her hands.

"Momma!" Jenna yelled. Bella's head whipped to us and her eyes were full of fear.

I jumped onto the railing, just barely missing the gap between the bars. I crawled as fast as I could over to Bella, who was starting to slip from the blood on her hands. I felt my eyes grow darker as I got closer and tried to control myself as I stopped above her.

Tears were streaming down her face and her eyes were wide as she looked up at me. I couldn't reach her from where I was, so I laid down and extended my hand to her.

That's when it started raining.

Out of nowhere, lightning flashed and thunder sounded like the sky had ripped open. The rain came down in sheets, making it harder to hold on. I felt Jenna climb in front of me and I leaned in between the bars, hooking my feet around the ones behind me.

Bella was trying to get a better grip on the bar, but to no avail. Her hands just kept slipping down to their original position.

"Bella, you've got to stop moving! Just grab my hand and I'll pull you up!" Lightning flashed not one hundred feet from her and she screamed, rapidly shaking her head.

"Bella, come on! We've got to get to the others! They have a lifeboat, but we've got to get to them! Take my hand!"

Her eyes kept darting between her hands and mine, but she didn't take it. The fear was too much.

A loud clap of thunder sounded over us and I glanced up for a second, knowing the next bolt of lightning would be closer than the last.

I looked back down at Bella to see that she had slipped even farther down, and the bar was started to bend with her weight. Her hands were being sliced every time she moved, causing her to move more.

Then her hands slipped.

I could only watch in complete horror as the love of my life seemed to fall in slow motion to the unforgiving waters below. It looked to be just about a one hundred and fifty foot drop. Not high enough that she was a goner, but I knew it would be bad.

She disappeared under the water as Jenna screamed for her. She just kept on screaming as I tried to think of something. I got myself into a crouch and got as close to Jenna as I could.

"Jenna! Jenna I need you to do something, okay? It might help us get your mom out of here." I talked at vamp speed, knowing she would still be able to hear me. She nodded her head rapidly. I looked in her eyes and realized they were almost fully the topaz color I was hoping they would be. She was enough of a vampire to survive this.

"I'm going to hold you and jump in the water, okay? It won't hurt you. And we're going to find your mom. When we do, you're going to have to control the water around us, calm it down so we can get her back to the surface. Can you do that?" I put my hands on her shoulders and she looked at me hesitantly. I knew she was nervous about using her powers again, but this was too important for that.

"But…but last time…I hurt her." She bowed her head, but I put my hand under her chin and lifted it back up.

"You need to trust me, Jenna. It's the only way to save your mom." Slowly, all hesitation left her eyes and a determined look took over her face. She nodded her head once and raised her arms out to me.

I picked her up and she curled herself into a little ball in my arms. I stood up and tried to find any sign of where Bella had ended up in the seconds that conversation took. Thanks to the ever-crashing waves, there were none.

I took a deep breath and exhaled it. I crouched down and pushed off with all the strength I had, trying to get as far away from the sinking ship as I could. I twisted my body right before we hit the water so my back took the full impact, knocking whatever breath the coldness of the water didn't out of me.

I felt my body stop falling in the water, but knew we had gone too far down. I moved Jenna so that she was on my back again and started swimming up, having no idea how I was going to find her. I kept looking all around as I swam, but I couldn't tell one person from another through the dark waters. Bella's scent was completely gone, as well.

Edward! To the right! She's being brought out to sea! Jasper thought loudly.

I should have thought of him to begin with, but I wasn't going to start complaining now. I started swimming as fast as I could to the right, but only saw groups of people. I couldn't tell who was who. I started panicking because of the water temperature and how long she had been in it. I tried to swim faster. I knew she couldn't last much longer.

Stop! She should be around there somewhere.

I stopped where I was and looked around frantically. I turned my head to Jenna and motioned for her to look around us. She nodded and I looked around again. I didn't see anything. Not even above us.

I felt one of Jenna's arms leave my neck and turned my head. She was looking down and she turned to me. She pointed down repeatedly and I looked. What I found was Bella.

She was unconscious and extremely pale from lack of oxygen. Her eyes were closed and her hair framed her face in the water. Her lips were tinged blue.

Jenna wrapped her arm around me again and I swam down to Bella. I wrapped one arm around her shoulders and the other around her legs. I looked back at Jenna and she nodded before closing her eyes. Immediately a sphere of calm water formed around us and we floated gently to the surface.

We broke the surface to find the storm raging just as strongly as it had been when we jumped. We had been pushed out away from everyone else. I swam us over to a floating crate and set Bella down on top of it as best I could. I looked at Bella and I could hear a faint heartbeat, but she still wasn't breathing.

"Jenna, you need to help me. I'm going to breath air into her, so when I pull away, you need to take some of the water out of her lungs. Okay?" She looked hesitant again.

"You can do this, Jenna. You need to. Just be careful to only take the free water." She nodded, still hesitant but determined to help. She climbed up next to Bella and waited for me.

I inhaled as deeply as I could and tilted Bella's head back. I put my lips over hers and slowly exhaled into her. Her chest rose slightly and I pulled away. Jenna put her hand over Bella's chest and closed her hand. She then moved it up to Bella's mouth and moved it straight up in one fluid motion, a sphere of water following.

Bella started coughing, and spat up water. I turned her so that she was on her side and she kept coughing. Only a little more water came up and she started gasping for breath. I put her on her back again and she continued to gasp. Her eyes were slightly open, but she was still unconscious.

All of a sudden she started shaking uncontrollably. I held her so that she wouldn't fall off the crate, but she wasn't all the way on it. Her arms were cold, even under my touch. Her lips were purple by now, and I knew she had been in the water too long.

Hold on, Edward! Stay right there! We're coming!

"Hurry," I whispered desperately.

Her shaking quickly got worse and soon enough she was thrashing around. Her eyes got darker and darker until they started rolling back into her head. Her heartbeat slowed, becoming more and more erratic as her thrashing continued.

"Momma! Momma, stop! Please, momma! Wake up!" Jenna pleaded. But Bella didn't respond. She was slowly freezing to death.

Edward, we're not going to make it! She's going to die before we get there. You know what you need to do if you want her to live, Carlisle said. I tensed up and shook my head. I couldn't do that to her.

"Momma! Daddy, please! Help her! Make her stop!" And she did stop. Her thrashing, her gasping, and…her heart. Her eyes rolled back into her head and she became still where she lay.

"Momma!" Jenna screamed, her voice breaking with sorrow.

Edward! You need to make your decision! Now! Carlisle yelled at me.

I stared at the face of my love, unable to decide. I didn't want to damn her, give her the life of a monster. But I didn't want to lose her, either. I looked at Jenna, who had her head on Bella's stomach, sobbing uncontrollably. Her eyes were full of tears and not focused on anything in particular.

I knew what I had to do. I looked at Jenna and I couldn't let her go on without her mother, just like I couldn't go on without the love of my life. She needed Bella, and so did I. If I wasn't going to change her for myself, then I'd do it for my daughter.

I turned the crate so that I was at Bella's side and took her hand. I kissed the back of her hand and pushed myself up next to her, the crate tipping towards me slightly.

I moved her hair away from her neck and took a deep breath. I felt the venom pooling in my mouth and leaned over her neck. I lowered my mouth to her neck and kissed it before biting her.

Her blood burst into my mouth and I almost bit down harder. My vision started blurring from the rush, but I blinked it clear and concentrated on what I had to do. I left my mouth there as the venom went from me to her. I took my mouth away and replaced her neck with her wrist. I quickly took the other, as well. Jenna didn't move the whole time.

I slipped back in the water and took Bella's hand again, leaning my forehead on the edge of the crate. I did all I could. Now, it was up to her to take the change.

I heard someone paddling and turned to see my family in a lifeboat coming towards us. Jasper jumped out and popped up next to me.

"You did it, Edward. She'll be fine. We've got to get her out of here, though." I nodded and held my arms up to Jenna. She slipped off the crate and into my arms. The boat stopped behind us and I raised her up to Carlisle, who put her in the boat.

I climbed in after her and Jasper pushed the crate over to me. I gently picked Bella up and sat down on the back bench with her in my lap, letting her head rest on my shoulder. Jasper pushed the crate away and climbed in. Jenna sat down next to me and took Bella's hand, leaning her head against my arm. She looked up at me and still had tears in her eyes.

"Daddy…will…momma be…okay?" I raised my arm and pulled her into me. She laid her head down again and wrapped her arms around my waist. I nodded.

"Yeah. She'll be fine. We've just got to get her home now."

Her eyes widened and she darted to the front of the boat. Carlisle and Esme made room for her and she sat down between them, crossing her legs Indian style. I saw her bow her head, like she was meditating, but I couldn't tell exactly what she was doing. She raised her head back up and put her arms out in front of her, palm to palm. She turned back slightly and looked at us.

"You might want to get down and hold on to something." All of us immediately dropped down to the bottom of the boat and looked at each other, actually feeling slightly scared.

I curled myself around Bella and hooked one arm through the rope that ran along the top of the boat. Jenna turned around, laughing silently and shaking her head. She stared straight ahead and turned her hands over so that the backs were together.

"How far do you think we are from home?" she asked without turning around.

"Probably somewhere around thirty-two hundred miles. It might be a bit less, though. According to the engineers, the ship could only go a maximum of twenty three knots, which is about twenty six miles per hour. I'm sure they didn't stay at that speed the whole time," Carlisle answered.

"Okay. I was hoping it was a little less."

Jenna bowed her head again, not moving her arms from their position in front of her. She raised her head back up again and made a fast swooping motion with her hands, bringing them back like she was swimming. The boat shot forward and kept going at the same pace. Jenna let her hands fall to her sides and sat there like everything was perfectly normal.

I watched as the storm, the ship, and the humans quickly faded into the distance…

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The boat kept up that speed for about six hours before Jenna put her hands behind her and brought them forward until they were at her sides. The boat started slowing down and I looked around to find an extremely thin line of light appearing over the horizon. I guessed it to be around five in the morning.

I looked down at Bella, who was still in my arms. Her hair was matted with rain and salt water and her clothes were sticking to her skin. Tiny grains of salt lined her eyelashes, and were acting like a glue on her eyes. I gently brushed them away and almost jumped when her face twitched under my touch. I smiled slightly and waited for her to move again, but she stayed still. I sighed and brushed her hair back before taking her hand in mine, laying my head down on hers, and closing my eyes.

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Everyone was silent the whole way back. We would glance at each other, but never spoke. We just laid there as Jenna stayed seated in the same spot, watching as the ocean zoomed by. It had been another six hours since Bella had moved.

Emmett had constantly looked over at Bella the whole time, a sad look on his face. He looked like his puppy had just died. Everyone else was the same way, though.

I had my head against the side of the boat and my eyes closed when I felt something move in my hand. Jenna still had the boat moving at a quick pace, so I passed it off as the wind, not even bothering to open my eyes.

Until it moved again.

It was just a twitch, but it was enough to get my attention. My eyes flew open and I looked down. The only thing in my hand was Bella's. I looked at her face just as her eyebrows scrunched together and went back.

Like she was trying to open her eyes.

She did it again and I looked at Carlisle. He and Esme were staring out at the horizon, looking completely relaxed. Rose and Emmett were doing the same. I looked at Jasper and he looked at me, sensing my excitement. He raised an eyebrow and Alice turned to see what he was looking at from her position in his lap. I looked down at Bella and looked back up.

They didn't get it.

I jerked my head in Bella's direction, but they still looked at me like I was losing it. Then Jasper's face turned to shock as he finally understood what could have made me excited at a time like this. He turned to Alice and she seemed to understand as well, if her now excited face was anything to go by. Bella's face scrunched up again and I uncurled my body from around her slightly.

She got off Jasper and climbed over the seat between her and Rose and Emmett. They were sitting next to each other, Emmett's arm slung over Rose and her leaning into him with her arm around his waist.

Alice jumped on them and repeatedly pointed at Bella, a huge smile on her face. Rose looked confused and annoyed and Emmett still had that lost and depressed look, not bothering to turn towards us. Alice finally gave up on the pointing and physically turned Emmett's head towards Bella, keeping it there until he seemed to understand. Rose looked as well, and seemed to get it the same time he did. Bella's hand closed around mine and didn't loosen.

Carlisle and Esme had watched this whole scene, but still seemed unable to figure out what was going on. Jenna hadn't even noticed the commotion as she either concentrated on our course, or the scenery around us.

Alice hopped over to Carlisle and Esme next, putting her finger over her lips and pointing at Jenna. She looked at me and had that evil pixie smile on her face.

I think we should let Bella surprise Jenna. She hasn't seemed to figure out what's going on yet.

I grinned and smiled, shrugging. She nodded her head and went back to trying to tell Carlisle and Esme what was going on. She kept subtly gesturing to where Bella was, but it wasn't working. She silently huffed and made a "watch" motion with her hands before pointing at Bella.

They turned to us and watched, confused looks still on their faces. Bella managed to open her eyes a little, but immediately closed them and turned her beautiful face into my chest. Esme almost let out a gasp, but covered her mouth with her hand. Carlisle just sat there, complete and utter shock written all over his face.

I understood why, though. None of us expected her to wake up before we got home. It usually took exactly three days for someone to change, but it only took Bella twelve hours. It was completely unheard of.

I heard Bella breathe in deeply, her exhaling sounding almost like a sigh. I looked down, but her face was still in my chest. She turned so that I could see her, but she made no move to open her eyes again. Instead, she whispered something that would have made my heart skip a beat.

"…Edward…"

I squeezed her hand gently and her eyes slowly flickered open. She turned her head into me again and grabbed my shirt with her free hand. I put my hand on the side of her face and ran my thumb across her cheek.

Edward, please be careful. We don't know how she's going to react once she's actually functioning, Carlisle said. I nodded, but I didn't take my eyes off her.

She leaned into my hand and sighed contentedly, her eyes closed again. I smiled softly, her grip on my shirt loosening. Her eyes opened slightly, the sliver of blood red catching the early morning light. It didn't faze me at all, though. I knew within a year's time they would be the same topaz as my own.

She blinked slowly and fully opened her eyes. They slowly took in her surroundings which, at the moment, consisted of my shirt and the water flying by us. Confusion filled her sparkling eyes and she leaned away from me, looking around more.

Her eyes finally met mine and she gasped before throwing her arms around my neck, tucking her face in between her arm and my neck. I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her to me, bringing my face to her neck and breathing in her beautiful scent.

"Oh, Bella…" I whispered as quietly as I could. She started trembling and I continued to hold her.

She slowly pulled away and took my face in her hands. Her eyes looked into mine like she was trying to find something. She almost looked worried. I gave her a confused look before reaching up and kissing her forehead. She sighed and wrapped her arms around me, laying her head back down on my chest. I kissed her hair and she sighed again.

"How are you feeling?" I whispered. She smiled up at me and nodded her head. I kissed her forehead again and her smile grew.

Alice waved her hands at me and I looked up. She pointed at Jenna, who still hadn't turned around, and then at Bella. I smiled at her and nodded. I put my mouth by Bella's ear and whispered to her.

"Do you want to help Alice and me with something?" She opened her eyes and looked at me confused.

"Jenna is at the front of the boat, but she doesn't know you're awake, yet. We wanted to give her a little surprise for helping getting us home. And you are that surprise. What do you think?" She smiled at me and moved to get up.

I grabbed her arm before she got very far and she turned around, confused again. I pulled her to me and kissed her, putting all of the emotions I had felt since the start of the crash into it. She immediately responded. I pulled away much sooner than I would have liked and brought my mouth to her ear again.

"Welcome to my world, love." She smiled and kissed me again before going towards Jenna. I sat up on the seat to watch, and everyone else joined me.

She snuck up behind her and snaked her arms around her waist. Jenna just laughed. Bella put her chin on her shoulder and sighed. Jenna reached back and put her hand on Bella's head, apparently thinking it was me and wanting to mess up my hair. But when she touched Bella's, she froze and slowly turned her head. Bella smiled at her and Jenna screamed at the top of her lungs, making all of us cover our ears.

"Momma!" She flung her arms around Bella, sobbing her little heart out.

What surprised us was when the boat abruptly stopped moving. Every single one of us but Bella and Jenna ended up in the water, jolted out of the boat. We swam to the top to see Bella picking her and Jenna up off the floor. They had fallen, too. She sat on the seat and stood Jenna up right in front of her, looking her over. All of a sudden, she tensed up and looked at me, her eyes pitch black.

I swam over to the back of the boat propped myself up on my elbows, and opened the bag where Alice had stuffed it. I took out a blood bag and threw it to Bella, who caught it and ripped it open, downing it in a matter of seconds. I tossed her another and she did the same. I was going to toss her a third, but she shook her head, closing her eyes and breathing deeply. Jenna climbed up on her lap and put her hands on Bella's face. I slipped back into the water as Bella stood up and I turned to where I had been.

I swam under the boat and went to the side where they had been getting up. I slowly broke the surface, trying to make as little noise as I could. I saw Bella standing right next to the edge facing the other way, trying find out where I had gone. I put my hands on the side of the boat and slowly pushed myself up. I got on my knees and slowly inched my arms towards Bella.

I wrapped my arms around her waist and legs and let myself fall back into the water. Bella screamed and Jenna did, as well, smiling at me over Bella's shoulder. I heard my family's laughter just before we hit the water.

I let her go and she whipped around under the water, glaring good-naturedly at me. I took her face in my hands and kissed her again. She responded just like last time and I felt her smile against me. We parted and swam up to the surface hand in hand and broke the surface, laughing like there was no tomorrow.

Until we remembered Jenna.

We whipped around in every direction until we heard giggles coming from above us. We looked at each other before slowly looking up. And, sure enough, there she was.

There was a floating disc of water over our heads and on it, our little girl. She was laying down on her stomach, her head over the edge. She was looking down at us and trying not to burst from holding in her laughter.

Finally, she couldn't take it anymore and let it out, the disc falling with her laughing form. She made a large splash as she hit the water, but didn't resurface immediately. We couldn't see her through the rippling water, but when someone grabbed my legs and pulled me under, I knew who it was.

She pulled Bella down next, and we double teamed Jenna. Both of us grabbed one of her arms and threw her out of the water with all of our strength. She flew straight up into the air and caught herself on a geyser. Bella and I swam up and she lowered herself down to us, laughing.

After some more goofing off, we all got back into the boat and Jenna set us off for home again, Bella back in my arms.

A/N: Hoped you like the long chap! It turned out being 18 pages and 5,780 words! Sorry if you didn't like the length, but only one person told me what they wanted! I DO read your reviews!

Okay, so no one gave me any ideas except my sister, so I'm going to ask again. If anyone has any ideas about a name for my poll story, please let me know! It would be greatly appreciated!

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