A/N: Make sure to vote for Cloud Nine on the Twilight Awards and vote Smile for Me on Jayeliwood's profile both links are on my profile. Thanks. Anyways, I wanted to get this out Saturday but unfortunately my friends decided to kidnap me instead. But I'm alive and working on the tenth chapter of Imagination Land. I don't know why but I feel so cool knowing that I made it to ten chapters. Now if only reviews can reach 1k.

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"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."
Jules de Gaultier

Salt Water

Edward pressed his lips onto mine. His hand held down my waist as he twisted his head to the side so he could kiss me better. I wrapped my arms around his neck and laced my fingers into his hair. I tried to push his head closer to me but it was like pushing a brick wall, I don't even think Edward noticed I was pushing him.

He pulled away from me. My fingers unlaced from his hair and my arms fell to the side. I groaned and put my hands over my face. I hated when Edward pulled away, especially when it was just starting to get good. It was like going to a five star restaurant and eating all the appetizers and soups only to leave before the main course was served.

"Next time that you want to pull away, can you give me some kind of warning?" I asked. "Like tap my arm lightly or do some weird hand gesture."

Edward frowned at me. "Is that common? Because I've never heard of that before."

I sighed and blushed. "No, but most people don't suffer from withdrawal when their partner stops kissing them." I admitted.

Edward laughed. "I'll try to make sure to give you a warning before I pull away." He pressed his lips to my nose and tapped my arm lightly before pulling away.

"Does that work?" He smiled at me.

"You're not that funny." I mumbled bitterly.

Edward laughed as he pulled himself off his couch. I sighed and spread out my legs. His couch was too narrow. It was hard for the two of us to lie on it without one of us crushing the other.

"Alice is about to be here." Edward sighed and got to his knees in front of the couch. His fingers laced into mine and he gave them a light kiss on the knuckles. I felt like Sleeping Beauty.

"Oh." I frowned. Alice and Edward were going hunting today. It would be the first time since I met Edward that we would be apart. I was extremely depressed by the idea but I didn't want him to know, so I hid my depression with sly comments and dry humor.

"Have fun and don't get eaten by a mountain lion." I smiled at him. It made it easier for me to sound excited.

Edward smiled at me and lifted my hands closer to his face. He kissed the vein my wrist as he rubbed my hand across his face. It was like rubbing a statue, a very sexy statue.

"Promise me you'll try to get some sleep while I'm gone." Edward whispered into my wrist.

I hadn't been sleeping much lately but I also wasn't that tired. I felt like a vampire, except without the need of blood. I had a lot of energy, I wasn't as clumsy as I usually was (though there were still moments that I had managed to trip up the stairs), and I wasn't that hungry either. "Human food" wasn't as appealing as it used to be. I would still eat it but I didn't eat as much as I usually would.

"If you promise that Emmett won't make fun of me." I snapped back at him.

Edward chuckled.

Emmett had a habit of making fun of me. It seemed like every little thing I do makes him go into a fit of laughter. I could be breathing and he'll think it's the most amusing thing in the world. Edward tried to convince me it was just because he was trying to figure out why Edward liked me so much but I think it was because I was an easy target to make fun of.

"He'll be on his best behavior." Edward made an empty promise. "Now get some sleep, I'll be back before you even wake up." He kissed my cheek before tapping my arm lightly.

I rolled my eyes. "I'm not even tired." I complained. "I'm wide awake. I'm so awake that I'm pretty sure I could run a marathon if I wanted to."

Edward raised an eyebrow. "I would love to see you run a marathon."

"I said if I wanted to." I reminded him. "I don't want to."

Edward laughed before giving me a kiss on the neck; his finger tapped my arm again right before he pulled away. His eyebrows furrowed and his face was sporting a frown as he moved more hair away from my neck and ran his fingers lightly over the spot where the hickies he left are.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"The hickies are gone." He sounded confused- which made me confused.

"Isn't that a good thing?" I asked. It should be a good thing. That means Emmett couldn't make fun of me for having hickies.

"I don't know." Edward didn't stop frowning. "I've never seen a hickie disappear like that before."

I frowned. "I guess I'm just a quick healer." I offered.

Edward didn't seem convinced. "I'm talking to Carlisle when I get back. In the mean time, try and get some sleep." He let go of my wrist and walked to the door.

"I'm not even tired." I groaned.

"Just humor me Bella." Edward begged. "Please?"

I sighed before reaching down and grabbing the blanket off the floor and wrapped around my body like a cocoon. "Happy now?" I asked Edward.

"Goodnight Bella." He smiled at me.

"Have fun and don't talk to strangers." I pretended to yawn and rub my cheek into the pillow. I was doing exactly what he told me to. I was humoring him.

Edward chuckled before closing the door.

--

"She's losing her basic functions." Dr. Moran told Isabella's parents. "She's been having trouble breathing on her own and she's not reacting to any treatments that we've been giving her."

"I don't understand," Charlie frowned up at the doctor. "She was doing fine just a few weeks ago. Her eyes were opened for goodness sake."

"I'm sorry Mr. Swan but there is nothing that I can do. Her heart beat is starting to get softer, she can't breathe very well, and she's not responding to pain." Dr. Moran looked at the sobbing mother, who flew in from Florida, as he said this.

"What about the other doctor?" Charlie asked, jumping to his feet. "Why isn't he here telling me this? He's Isabella's doctor, isn't he?"

Dr. Moran went quiet. He knew who Chief Swan was talking about. He had just forgotten the doctor's name. He just knew that he was young, good looking (from what the nurses had said), and a character from Isabella's novel. He didn't care enough about the doctor to learn anything more about him.

"He has the day off, Mr. Swan. He'll be back tomorrow and hopefully be able to explain more on the situation." Dr. Moran tried to sound indifferent about it.

"What do you think I should do?" Renee frowned at the doctor. "What would you do if it was your daughter?"

Dr. Moran sighed. "I would pull the plug. It's been three and half weeks and she's not getting better. It's better to end her suffering early. But that's only a doctor with two decades of experiences' opinion."

He didn't say anymore on the subject. It wasn't his place to tell the parents what to do. He gave his professional opinion and now it was up to Chief Swan and his ex wife to decide what happens to Isabella Swan. Though, he would have to explain to the new doctor, whatever his name was, that he told Ms. Swan's parents that it was time to let Isabella go. He was slightly angry with the new doctor for not telling them earlier. He was getting his emotions in the way of his work.

And doctors shouldn't do that.

--

I gave up on trying to go to sleep. I decided to head down stairs and play video games with Emmett instead. We were playing Halo 2. I owned that game. Emmett may have been a vampire but there was no way that he could be better than me at Halo 2 and I showed him that today. I owned Emmett at Halo 2.

"How the hell did you get so good at this game?" He slammed his controller onto the table, breaking it into two.

"I own Halo 2. No one can beat me at Halo 2." I smiled at him. "You might as well name it 'Bella owns' because I own this game." I was half way tempted to sing the "You Got Owned Song." (See profile for link to this song)

Jasper, who had found no interest in me besides this one rare moment, started to laugh. I turned towards him and smiled. The Cullens were warming up to the idea of me, except for Rosalie who still refused to be in the same room with me but I could live with that. I didn't want be in the same room with her either. I liked having a self esteem.

"Do you want to play with us?" I asked Jasper. "We can play a game that Emmett doesn't suck at."

"Hey!" Emmett protested. His fist balled up and he looked like he wanted to punch something. Not out of anger but out of playfulness because that's how he played. He would punch someone and start a fight because it was fun for him and scary for me.

I scooted farther away from him. He knew better than to punch me but I would still feel safer if I was away from him instead of close to him, just in case he decided to punch something and accidently hit me instead.

Emmett wrapped his huge arm around me and pushed him close to him. "Oh Bella." His voice was strained as he pushed me even closer into his chest. "What would I do without you?"

"Win at Halo 2?" I offered.

Emmett's grip tightened around me. I'm sure that it should have hurt but it didn't really bother me. I was having a hard time breathing and it was uncomfortable but it wasn't like when I usually hold my breath. I could stay like this for awhile without the fear of passing out.

"Let go of Bella before you break her into two." Jasper ordered Emmett as he walked in front of us. He was holding a package with a controller in it, probably to replace the one that Emmett broke.

Emmett let go of me and grabbed the controller Jasper was holding. "What do you guys wanna play?" He asked as he opened the package with his teeth. "I'm up for anything Bella is up for." He looked at me through the corner of his eyes. I could feel the rivalry build between us.

I opened my mouth and was about to say that I would still beat him but Jasper shook his head at me and I kept my mouth shut. I was pushing my luck with Emmett. He was a violent person by nature but he wasn't mean. He just didn't know how to act around humans because he never took the time to be around them.

"We'll pay Smash Brothers." Jasper concluded for us. "And you're not sitting next to Bella."

Jasper tapped my arm lightly. I started to scoot down the couch so he could between the medium between us. He sat down next to me and grabbed the second player remote that I was playing. I couldn't help but smile. I was playing video games with Jasper and Emmett. And I won against Emmett! I won against a vampire. Not just any vampire. I won against a vampire that spends most of his free time perfecting the art of video games. I, an average human, won against Emmett Cullen. This was a great day for humans everywhere.

--

Nurse Jessica Stanley ran her sponge roughly over Isabella's skin. It was her first time cleaning Isabella since Isabella got a new doctor. She wasn't excited to see Isabella again. In fact, she could feel a headache form as she thought about dealing with Isabella. Though, hearing about Isabella not responding to pain, couldn't have made her happier. But just in case she heard it wrong, she felt that she should test this out for herself.

She grabbed a scalpel in the pocket of her scrubs and held out Isabella's arm. She wasn't planning on killing Isabella, though if Isabella did die that would be a plus, she wanted to make sure that Isabella couldn't respond to pain.

She pressed the blade into Isabella's exposed arm and started to pull her hand towards stomach. Isabella didn't react. She continued to lie in complete ignorance on the cot.

The nurse frowned at her patient and put the scalpel back into her pocket. The blood was slow to pool over, due to the extremely slow heart rate that Isabella currently had. Nurse Stanley put pressure onto the wound and the blood started to fall down Isabella's arm. But Isabella still didn't react.

Nurse Stanley frowned as she grabbed her sponge and put pressure onto the wound. She wanted to stop the bleeding. She didn't want Isabella to die, for fear of losing her job, so she continued to put pressure on Isabella's arm in hope that she didn't accidently die of blood loss.

It wasn't working.

"Oh shit." Jessica screamed. "This isn't good."

--

"Does anyone smell salt water?" Emmett asked as he continued to smash the buttons.

I didn't turn my eyes away from the screen as I shook my head. "Nope."

"I smell it too." Jasper didn't take his eyes away from the screen either.

"Does salt water even have a scent?" I asked as I smashed the buttons. Jasper and Emmett were doubling teaming on me. I was losing, miserably.

"Kind of." Jasper answered. "It's very faint but if you know what you're smelling it's easier to catch."

"God damnit!" I screamed as I slammed my controller onto the table. Jasper just did his ultimate move on my character, making her fly into the sky until she died.

"Yes!" Emmett screamed high fiving Jasper over my head.

"You do realize that it took two vampires to take down one human, right?" I asked. I was trying to bring down their egos. It didn't work.

"I don't care." Emmett smiled at me. "You still died."

"That's because you two gained up on me!" I screamed at them crossing my arms over my chest.

"You're just a sore loser." Emmett elbowed me lightly.

"This is coming from the guy that-"

"Bella." Jasper interrupted me as he grabbed my hand.

"What?" I frowned.

He twisted my arm over to reveal a huge gash starting at my wrist and ending at elbow. It mimicked the scar I have on my other arm. The one I got when I fell on the vase that didn't exist. At least I felt that one. I didn't feel this at all, in fact, there was no way I could have even gotten this, unless Emmett or Jasper accidently cut me without me knowing. Which I highly doubt considering their fingers were too busy leaving indents on the controllers.

"Well that's not good." I frowned.

"I'll get some paper towels." Emmett got off the couch.

"I'll call Carlisle…and Edward." Jasper got off the couch next.

I continued to sit on the couch and stare at the open gash in my arm. "This cannot be good." I was talking to myself. "This can definitely not be good."

End Chapter.

A/N: One of the ways they test to see if coma patients are waking up is by putting them through a pain test thing. If they respond then they're waking up, if not…well then you know. That's what Dr. Moran meant by she's not responding to pain. Also, I thought it would be clever to say that her blood smells like salt water because blood is salty and Edward said it was like smelling water. Clever, right? Sorry, this isn't incredibly long. I have fake nails and they're annoying the hell out of me. I got them to make myself feel pretty and I don't feel pretty. I feel aggravated. So yeah, at least I updated. That's all that matters. :)

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