EPOV

My body longed to reach out and grab her. Why did things have to go so terribly wrong? There was a future for us together. A life together. I kept my eyes on her as the boat was luring her to safety. She stared at me with complete love in her face.

"You're a good liar," Mike said dragging me away from her stare. I turned to face him.

"Almost as good as you," I nearly spat at him. "There…uh…there's no arrangement is there?"

"No there is. Not that you'll benefit much from it," he explained almost chuckling.

I turned my attention away from him to stare at the beautiful woman that I fell in love with. Her eyes were so sad and filled with anguish.

"You see, Edward, I always win. One way or another," Mike claimed. I couldn't care less. His little comments could do no more damage than Bella being separated from me.

I saw her stand up on the boat. What was she doing? I could hear the gasps of her mother and her sisters. What the hell? She jumped. She jumped.

"Stop her," I heard Mike call. It was too late. Some people already helped her back on the boat. It was at that moment where nothing else in the world mattered.

"Bella! Bella, no!" I shouted out to her.

Without acknowledging anyone, not even Carlisle, I took off towards the main hall. I knew that was the quickest route to her. No one else matter. I forgot I was even on a sinking ship. Bella's smile kept my feet moving as I tried to get to her. When I entered the main hall and began to descend down the stairs in front of the large grandfather clock I saw her tear-stained face. She collided into me with full force.

"You're so stupid, Bella. You're so stupid! Why did you do that? Why?" I asked her trying to make sense of her illogical decision.

"No one loves you more than me right?" she answered. For some reason it made all the sense in the world.

"Right!" I agreed as I buried my face in her hair.

"Oh, I couldn't go! I just couldn't go," she was crying into my shoulder.

"It's okay! We'll think of something," I told her. I glanced up to find only the most unpleasant sight in the world. Mike was holding a gun and had it pointed directly to my face.

"Shit!" I swore as I spun Bella around to move her out the way.

I heard a loud crack and my impulse told me to duck. I heard Bella scream. I pushed her towards the spiral staircase so we could make an escape. I heard another loud crack. Everyone in the main hall began to scream.

BANG! BANG!

We scurried along down the staircase. The further we descending the more water came up to our waists. All I could think about was to get away from our assailant. One more gunshot went off as we reached the bottom of the staircase, then all I heard was clicking. Bella and I quickly made our way out of the room.

"I hope you enjoy your time together," we heard Mike call.

We stopped to get a quick breath of air.

"Are you alright?" I asked her.

"I'm fine," she assured. We finally noticed how deep in the water we were.

"We have to get out of here," I stated.

"How?" she asked looking at me with curiosity. I knew this wasn't the time but she looked so darn cute when she was curious. I wrapped my hands around her back and kissed her for almost a solid minute. When I was through she looked up and smiled at me.

"This beats being carried off to safety on a boat," she replied.

"Silly, Bella," I chuckled. What was wrong with us? Why were we joking and laughing?

I grabbed her hand and started to wade through the water out of the room. The ship was now leaning at an angle so every room we entered was a little higher than the other, meaning the water lowered.

"This is bad," I thought out loud. She gave me a hug.

"It's going to be okay," she said. "Look!" she pointed to a door that led back into the main hall. We hurried ourselves to get through it.

I searched the area for a deranged Mike. I didn't see him.

"Okay, lets go back out to the boats," I instructed. I never had to survive for more than me. Carlisle was always an individual when it came to things like this also. We made our way out to the deck.

It was an even worst case then it was before. I could hear the people screaming for their lives. I could see children crying clutching on their mother's legs.

"The boats are all gone," Bella cried. I looked up to see what she was talking about. It was true. No more boats cluttered the deck. Bella and I were trapped on the ship. Fear coursed through my veins. Because of me her chance of dieing tonight increased to ninety-eight percent. I felt of twinge of guilt bubble up in my stomach.

The ship continued to lean at an angle. We were sinking head first into the ocean.

"Bella, we are going to go to the top of the ship, okay?" I asked her to make sure she understood. She nodded her head.

I grabbed her hand and guided her through the disarray of people. There was panic everywhere. People starting to loose their footing due to the tilt of the ship. I could hear their screams as the fell back to the part of the ship that was apart of the ocean. This was bad. What if Bella fell?"

"Hold onto me," I called back to her. She nodded her head in agreement. Great! We were stuck in a crowd of people all going the same way.

"As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil," I heard a man recite. It was nerve wrecking. He was moving at an extremely slow pace. I pushed him up a little bit.

"You want to walk a little faster to that valley?" I asked him. He turned around to stare at me then stepped to the side. "Thank you!" I called back to him as I took Bella's hand and darted off to the tip of the ship.

I held Bella's hand as I climbed over the railing, and pulled her over with me. The ship was now standing at a ninety-degree angle in the air. I could see Bella stare around. There were other people also over the railing hanging off the back of the ship.

"Edward," she called. I looked down at her. "I love you."

"I love you, Bella," I replied back.

An earsplitting sound screeched across the night. A woozy feeling swirled up in the pit of my stomach as the back of the ship slammed down into the water. I held onto Bella for dear life. The ship had split in half.

Slowly the back of the ship, which was now independent, rose, up to the air again and descended slowly into the water.

"This is it, Bella," I told her. "When we go under I want you to kick your feet and don't stop kicking. Got that?"

"Yes," she replied. The water came closer and closer to our faces.

"On my count, hold your breath," I called out to her over the roar of the suction coming from the ship. "One…two…three," I called. I heard her suck in a lung full of air.

There aren't words to describe what happened next. I felt a great force pull me under. I grasped Bella's hand tightly in mine. The water was rush and crushing, almost like it was molding us to make us what it wanted to me. A current swept from around me prying Bella's hand from mine. I lost her. Oh no! I lost her. I felt around for her hand but couldn't find it. I kicked to the surface to make the search easier.

"Bella," I called. "BELLA!" I doubt she heard me. There were at least five hundred other people in the water screaming and the top of their lungs. I began to swim around checking every woman face for my Bella's brown eyes.

"Edward," she called. I heard her voice! Yes! She was still alive. I ran to the source finding her gasping for air.

"Are you alright?" I asked her.

"Yes," she called over the screams.

"Bella, I need you to swim," I told her. She did as I told. We swam together past all the horrified people. I was looking for debris. I had to get her out of this cold callous water.

To my salvation there was a rather large door floating nearby. I guided her to it.

"I need you to get up on here," I commanded. She nodded her hand and began to climb onto the door. I held it steady for her so she wouldn't fall. After she was safely on I tried to get on the door myself. The door tilting over almost dipping Bella into the ocean. I immediately declined my attempt.

"We just have to wait for the boats to come back for us," I assured her. I was so cold. There was no denying my shivering.

"Edward, are you okay," she asked concerned. I wasn't about to let her worry about me.

"I'll be fine, Bella," I told her. "Don't you worry about me."

It seemed like hours that we waited for the boats. My legs felt dead in the ice-cold water. But I wasn't worried about me. I was only concerned for my Bella.

"It…it…looks like…the boats are…are going to be a while," I stuttered. The cold was now reaching to my throat.

"I love you," I heard her say. I could tell in her voice that she thought that this was the end. I had to stop her from thinking that.

"Don't…don't you do that, Be…Bella," I raged. "Don't…don't you say goodbye."

"But I'm so cold," she replied. If she could cry right now I know she would.

"I…I know this is the…the wrong time to do…do this," I said reaching into my pocket. "But," I pulled out my mother's engagement ring and held it up for her to see. She gasped. I watched as the diamond cast reflections on her beautiful face. This would make her believe she would live.

"Will…will…you mar…marry me," I asked still shaking and stuttering.

"Of course," she replied as she took the ring from my fingers and placed it on her ring finger on her left hand. She reached up and kissed me. Her lips were cold with the freeze. I took her hand and laid my head on the door.

No matter how bad my body felt in the air I held onto her hand, as is it was a grenade about to explode. I could feel my heart beat slowing with every breath that I took.