BPOV
I sighed with relief as I put down my pencil. I had just finished my last exam, calculus.
"Thank you Mr. Varner. I really appreciate it." I said. And I did. I got to take my exams so that I could at least qualify for graduating even if I wouldn't be able to make it to the graduation itself.
"How did you do, love?" Edward asked me, coming in as Mr. Varner left.
"I don't know. Horrible, probably since it seemed to make sense." I snorted.
He laughed, and it was nice to hear. From all the worry lately, nobody had been laughing much, especially him.
"Bella, Bella, Bella, Bella, Bella!" Alice said, running way too fast for her human charade, into my room.
"Yeah Alice?" I asked.
"You and me are going shopping." she said.
"Alice-" I started.
She interrupted me. "Dr. Westing and Carlisle think that you need a vacation. I cant see anything bad happening, so come on. Please?" she begged me.
Against my better judgement, I complied. "Fine, Alice. I will go. But if I feel sick," I warned, "You will bring me back here. I will not fake it just to leave, but I can't be at the mall like that."
She nodded. "Got it." Then she ran off.
Alex came in. "You are going shopping?" He asked, shocked.
I rolled my eyes. "Alice is a force of nature that can not be stopped, Alex. You learn quickly it is best to just go with the flow and especially never to argue." I grinned at him. I had been feeling better, but I was scared to go out. I don't want to get sick again.
"Remind me never to talk about shopping with her around. Will you get me this game while you are out?" he asked, handing me the money and a picture of it. "I need to give Daniel something for his birthday."
That's right, his birthday was soon. A couple days before mine. I hadn't thought of what to get him. I guess I would figure it out while I was out.
Rosalie ended up going with us, she had been a lot nicer to me lately, which I was glad for. I was finally getting along with all the Cullens.
I went into the game story and got the do-it-yourself monopoly board Alex wanted to get for Daniel. I had to agree, he would love it.
I was considering what to get for Daniel. It finally dawned on me. Art supplies. Most kids his age couldn't handle art supplies, but he was a gifted artist. He would draw and paint, but I knew his supplies were running low. I had just checked out and got to the place I was meeting Alice and Rose when I felt a peculiar sensation run through me and I blacked out.
APOV
Carlisle and Dr. Westing had suggested I take Bella out. Of course, I decided that we should do shopping, that is what I always suggest. And she agreed easily, too!
I was in Aeropostal when I got a vision that would take place in a matter of seconds.
Bella walked up to our meeting place. She sat down at a table. A strange look crossed her face and she blacked out. Nobody noticed, but she was still breathing.
I snapped out of it and ran a little too fast for human pace to Bella. I called Rose on the way. "Rose, where are you?"
"Victoria's Secret." she said, "Why?"
"I just got a vision of Bella. She needs help." I said. "Call Carlisle, see what he wants us to do and meet me at the meeting spot." I said.
"Got it." Rose said and hung up.
I got to Bella to find her slumped in a chair.
"Bella, Bella, wake up, please." I begged, shaking her.
"Alice." I heard Rose say as she walked towards us.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Carlisle said to try and wake her up. If that doesn't work, get her to the car and the hospital as soon as possible. We need to leave regardless, but he said if she wakes up, it is better.
I was shaking her again. "Bells, come on. You have to wake up." I begged. She didn't even stir. So Rose and I picked her up and got to the car fast. I laid her down in the back seat and Rose kept Bella's head in her lap. I was shaking from fear. I stepped on it and we didn't see any cops on the way. Carlisle and Dr. Westing came out and got her as soon as we pulled in.
Jasper came over and pulled me in for a hug. I dry sobbed into his chest. Emmett held Rose, trying to comfort her. The only thing running through my head at the moment was This is my fault, if I had stayed with her, or if we hadn't gone shopping, or-
Edward cut me out of my thoughts. "Alice, it isn't your fault. It is nobody's fault. You couldn't have seen it. Bella doesn't blame you, I am sure of it." he tried to assure me.
"Thanks, Edward. That helps." I told him.
He looked worried. "She will be okay." I whispered to him. "Trust me."
"But you didn't see that." He said, agonized.
"You're right, I didn't. But Bella wouldn't want you worried about her either." I reminded him.
"Your right. Of course you are." he said. "Charlie left, he had to get back to work. Can you believe her parents? Charlie cant take time off of work to be here for her, and Renee and Phil are on vacation!" he said.
"What?" I said, shocked. Emmett, Rose and Jasper were equally surprised. Well, maybe not Jasper, he is probably more surprised from all the surprised emotions around him.
"Yeah, I know." He said. Carlisle came over to us. He looked sad.
"Is she okay?" I asked at the same time as Edward. We were all worried.
Carlisle looked at us. "I don't know. We arent exactly sure what is wrong. Dr. Westing has some idea about what we are dealing with. He said that that had happened to another patient he had, he just passed out. Dr. Westing said it was almost like he was comatose. He said it was the kids way of staying alive when he couldn't handle it." Carlisle sighed. "But the patient didn't wake up for quite a long time. But it was almost a year before he was supposed to die. Bella only has a couple of weeks." He reminded us.
Esme sobbed into Carlisle who tried to comfort her.
"Can I see her?" Edward asked quietly.
Carlisle nodded. "No rough housing. It needs to be calm in the room. At all times." he said.
"Like I would be joking around and playing while she is lying there." Edward exclaimed.
"I didn't mean you, son." Carlisle said with a pointed look at Emmett.
I couldn't help it. I don't know if it was the stress or what, but I just started laughing at the look on Emmett's face. I was so hysterical that Jasper started laughing too, which spread it to the rest of the room.
Dr. Westing came out in the hall with Alex. They looked at us strangely. I finally calmed down, which helped Jasper immensely and he was able to stop sending out laughter waves.
"What is so funny?" Alex asked.
I looked at him. "I have no idea." I said.
He just looked at me. "Maybe you are as crazy as Bells said you were." He muttered. "Though he didn't mention that the rest of you were too. Except Emmett." he rolled his eyes.
I stuck my tongue out. "How is she?" I asked.
"She isn't dying at the moment if that is what you mean." Dr. Westing said.
I followed Edward into the room. He sat down next to her and held her hand. If only I had seen this, I thought.
"Stop blaming yourself, Alice. Please. You didn't see it, but it shouldn't be up to you to determine everything. Bella wouldn't want anyone blaming themselves." He insisted.
"Edward," I said in a pained voice. What if she doesn't wake up?
EPOV
I was worried about Bella, but I really didn't blame Alice. "I don't know, Ali. I don't know. I guess we just have to hope she does." I whispered.
She gave me a hug. "I will leave you alone. See you later, bro." she said and left.
I still held Bella's hand. I didn't say anything. I didn't know what to say. But it was comforting just being in her presence. I don't know how long I stayed there.
"Son," Carlisle said from the doorway.
"Yes Dad?" I asked him. I only called him Dad when I was upset, and he knew it.
"We will do everything we can to make sure she lives, but you need to go hunting. The rest are going too. Not to mention you are drawing suspicion from being her so long and never leaving." He said.
"Dad, I cant just leave her." I said. "What if… what if something happens? Or she wakes up while I am gone? She will panic. I cant." I whispered.
"I am here, Son. And she knows that you have to hunt. She understands, you know she does. Don't worry, we have it under control." he told me.
I nodded and went hunting, but I couldn't concentrate. The only thing I could think of was Alice's question. What if she doesn't wake up?
So…what do you think?
I decided to write a fanfic where the Cullens and the wolves read the twilight books after Breaking Dawn. It will be more or less a side project that I can work on when I get writers block. I wont promise updates on it regularly. But in it, I don't want Nessie there. I have a poll on my profile about where she might go, so please vote!
