WARNING: Parts of this story contain very explicit sexual content.

Please do not read if you are underage or easily offended...

**********Bella***********

I felt the heat on my hand. Cold hands supported my neck and cradled my face.

"Is she going to be okay?"

"I'm not sure, we're going to have to wait for Carlisle. But she has to be, has to."

I could hear the two most beautiful voices in the world, but only for a moment. Then I was dreaming again. Those red eyes showing up in image after image. I couldn't tell if mintues or hours had passed, but then I heard Carlisle.

"She's pretty bad, we need to take her to the house." Who's pretty bad? Me! I couldn't be pretty bad, I could hear them perfectly. I tried to speak up, tell them that I was okay, but nothing came out. I couldn't really move either. Was I okay?

I felt the coldness as someone lifted me. I heard Carlisle's voice in my ear, "Hang in there Bella, we're going to take care of you." I felt the air move around me as we went flying through the woods. I thought of the first time that Edward ran with me, how it made me sick. I missed Edward. My dreams were filled with images of Edward. The way he glared at me that first day of school, which I thought was kind of funny after I found out why. The determination on his face when he stopped a van from killing me. The protective anger the night that he showed up to save me in the alley. He never seemed to get tired of saving me.

I slept a dreamless sleep then. It could have been seconds, it could have been days. When I woke, I wasn't moving in Carlisle's arms anymore. I was laying on something soft. I heard the beep of what I thought was a heart monitor. I heard several people breathing, but no one spoke for a while. I heard footsteps enter the room.

Carlisle spoke, "Edward, can I see you for a moment?" I heard more footsteps. Then silence for several moments.

A crashing sound as something was smashed? Edward cried out in pain. What was happening? More footsteps, and Carlisle addressed Jacob.

"Jake, I'm really sorry to tell you this, but it's not looking good. Her blood pressure is dropping. The swelling in her head is not going down. We need to make some decisions..."

His husky voice whispered, "what decisions?"

"Well, either we need to call Charlie so that he can say goodbye, or..."

"or what?"

"Or we're going to have to break the treaty. Jacob, she's not going to pull through this on her own. She's not going to survive this as a human." Carlisle's beautiful voice echoed in my head. Could he really be saying this?

"No!" My Jacob sobbed. The heat from his face warmed my stomach. I felt his tears wet my shirt and cling to my skin. I wanted to wrap my arms around him I wanted to cry with him.

"I'll give you a few moments, but we need to decide soon either way. I'm really sorry, Jacob, I know you love her."

My Jacob. My poor Jacob. He didn't move, he just kept crying. My heart ached for him. The beeping sounds turned into an alarm. There were lots of footsteps now, lots of commotion.

"Jacob, we need to make our decision NOW."

I heard Edwards voice, "What are you waiting for, Carlisle? It's going to be too late. Just do it, who cares what the mutt thinks, it's what she would want?"

"Edward, Bella is just as important to Jacob and Charlie as she is to us. I'm hoping that Jacob can tell me what he and Charlie would want... Just give him a moment, son."

Silence.

"Carlisle, what happens then if you do? If you save her?"

"Well, the change itself takes a couple days. It will be painful for her, but when it's over, she'll be one of us. She will be the same Bella, but she will also be different. For the first year or two, she'll be driven by her instincts- to survive, to feed. She could talk to her parents on the phone, but she won't be able to see them for a while. We would take her away from Forks, a year or two from now, she could come back." Carlisle paused, "I know that you love her, and I know she loves you. You could come with us, Jacob." Edward snarled at that suggestion.

"No! I won't come with you. Save her, I think Charlie would want that. I think I want that. But I can't be a part of her life as a... as one of you." His hand gripped my hand more tightly. "I love her, but I could never ..." His warm lips heated my cheeks with two long, tender kisses. "Do what you have to." The warmth left my hand and my cheeks. I heard the door slam.

I missed him instantly. Jacob had become a constant in my life, a fixture that I thought would never sway. I knew that he had just made the most difficult of all decisions, I was glad of his decision, but the pain in my chest swelled as I thought of an eternity without him. How did Alice put it? "Never was a long time when you were immortal..."

There was a time when I was eager to give up my mortality, to be with Edward. I had begged him. But as my fantasy quickly became a reality, I was greatly saddened. I did want survive this, even if not as human, but suddenly my mind seemed to think of all the human things to miss. The taste of my favorite foods. The warmth of another humans skin. The love that my heart felt for Jacob. I mourned the loss of those things.

"Edward, do you want to or do you want me to?"

"I will." His voice was sad, but relieved now that the decision had been made to save me. I felt his cold hands on my arms, he cold lips at my neck. He inhaled deeply. He whispered in my ear, "Bella, your sweet blood has called me for so long. I never wanted to do this, my love. Never. But I will not lose you."

The bite didn't hurt very much, but seconds later the pain that followed was excruciating...

The end!

************Author's note****************

Thanks for reading my story! Remember I said: Bella has chosen Jake, but the story is not over. Fate might have different plans for our beloved characters.

I am so sorry if this isn't what you wanted, but I just couldn't bring myself to go the predictable path!

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