Edward POV:
"Stop right now." Emmett's teeth were places against the nape of my Bella's milky neck.
"Edward, thank God you're here- you have to talk to Carlisle-" I cut him off. What the fuck did he think he was doing?
"Edward, it's bad. She's dying; I was going to change her right now because Carlisle's taking forever with a patient. Please, you have to do it to her right now." I looked down at my badly disfigured, yet still beautiful angel. Her eyes were fixed on me, but she didn't seem as though she could really see me.
"Tell Ch-Charlie I love him." She whispered so quietly, it was hard for even me to hear. She then slipped a tiny gold ring into my palm which she had once mentioned was a gift from Charlie.
I knew I had to do it. I had to do it now. I had no other option; it was changing her now or watching her die. I bent down to Bella's side, sweeping her lustrous mahogany hair out of the way and hummed her lullaby in her ear one last time.
"I love you; you have made me believe I have a soul." I whispered to her. She opened her eyes.
"I love you; you have reminded me I have a soul." With that I pressed my teeth down to the butter-soft skin of her neck. She cringed and passed out. I continued biting each of her wrists and then her right shoulder. She squirmed as the venom was entering her blood stream.
"Emmett, thank you. We have to get Bella out of here and somehow stage her death." I pulled out my cell phone and called Alice.
"Edward, I already know what to do. Go out and talk to Charlie and tell Carlisle to bring her down to the Morgue. From there, he'll sneak her out the window in the janitor's closet. Don't worry about the finer details, I already have it covered." She shut the phone. Emmett heard every word of the conversation.
"Do you want me to handle Bella? I'll go get Carlisle."
"Yes thank you." I looked down at Bella. She had been through so much, and Emmett was the one taking care of her.
"Oh...Emmett? Thank you for saving her. I don't know what I would have done if…if…"
"Don't worry about it Edward. I'm just glad she's going to be okay!" WOOOHOOO BELLA"S OFFICIALLY A VAMP!
"I heard that, Emmett."
"Sorry bro, but it is pretty cool!" With that he chuckled and dashed out of the room.
Great, Now I have to go talk to Charlie. This should be awkward. My fiancé just "died" and I haven't even shed a tear. I emptied the vase of flowers next to the hospital bed and smeared the stagnant water on my face so it looked as though I'd been crying. I stepped into the hallway and found Charlie sitting on the ground with his face in his palms. I slid down next to him and let a few sobs escape.
"Charlie…I…I'm so sorry, she didn't make it." He looked up shocked, even though on the inside he knew it would happen all along. He embraced me into a fatherly like hug.
"Edward, please forgive me- it was that damned Jacob kid. He knocked me out before I even had a chance to warn Bella. I-"
"Charlie, you don't have to apologize. This is nobody's fault but Jacobs. This is….tragic." With that I picked up Charlie's hand and dropped the fragile ring into his hand. He opened his hand and then clutched it to his chest.
"I gave that ring to her for her fifth birthday. It reminded me of her; it was small and delicate and absolutely stunning. It was quite expensive, but I knew I had to give it to her. I'm surprised she still has…had it."
"Of course she did Charlie. Right before she… passed on she asked me to tell you that she loved you. She loved you Charlie, and she always has and will."
"Edward, please forgive me for my short patience with you these past few years. Bella was, and is the most important thing in my life. At one point I was convinced that I had no other purpose living. It wasn't until I knew she wanted to stay with me that I didn't take my own life. To this day I thank God for it, because if I did I would have never gotten to know my daughter the way I did…do."
"Sir I understand." He looked into my eyes.
"Edward, no matter what you think, she always loved you. When you and your family went away, at night she would scream your name. She'd talk about you in your sleep. She never stopped loving you, I'm just sorry you didn't have the chance to...I'm sorry."
He patted me on the back and then got up to leave. He had a lot of things on his mind and I really couldn't blame him. He really did care about Bella. I just wish there was a way that she could still see him, of course now it would be impossible. We would have to move once Bella was fully changed to prevent her from seeing anyone she knew in Forks. Just then my phone buzzed in my pocket.
"Hello Alice"
"Edward, we have Bella and I already took care of everything. Meet us at the car." I got up off the floor and walked out of the door to the car.
Is this life ever going to be easy for us?
Note: sniffle sniffle I cried while writing this. Hope you like it
