Bella POV (still)

It was about 5:00 in the afternoon and the only people in the hospital were me, Jasper, Edward, and Alice. We walked down corridor after corridor and still couldn't find a lobby, receptionist, or the civilization from which we came. The only thing any of us noticed was the unusual population of Christmas trees dotting the hallways.

"Did I miss the memo that it's Christmas already?" My mind was blown really. Have we been on the run that long?

"Why yes it is," Alice said in a chipper voice, " When you guys were in Tittywaken it had been 2 weeks after Thanksgiving. The hotel staff can throw a mean Thanksgiving party."

"We should get each other gifts!" Jasper piped up as we walked down yet another barren corridor, despite the Christmas trees.

"Actually that would be a good idea." I said amazed at the smartness Jasper was showing considering its Jasper we're talking about here.

"Why not Bella it would be so much fun." Jasper whined.

"Yea I like the idea too." Edward pleaded.

"Yea Bella." Alice said giving me Bambi eyes.

"Wait did you just say yes?" They all said in unison.

"Why is that so hard to believe?" This better be good.

"Well your middle name is killjoy and you have party pooper tattooed on your forehead." Jasper said hiding behind Edward in fear, as Alice grabbed a pair of binoculars and pointed them to the sky.

"What are you doing." I said placing my hands on my hips.

"After you saying that I'm sure that a heard of pigs is taking off in flight somewhere." How did Alice know anything about me or my personality?

"She was following us since Tittywaken and trust me it would take that long for any one to realize how-." Thank God for a door that suddenly swings open. A concerned looking doctor stood over Jasper cringing.

"Is he gonna be ok?" The doctor said kicking the unconscious Jasper on the floor.

"Oh he will be fine. He's Jasper after all." A voice said from inside the room. We all peaked our heads inside to see. And who of all people would we find ok and unscathed sitting up in a hospital bed but the one and only Jacob! "Hey guys." He said with a glowing smile.

"But how?" I said rushing over and giving him a hug.

"Well when the guys pulled a knife on me I kinda, maybe scratched one of their eyes out." Jacob said shuddering at the thought.

"Then why are you here?" Alice said looking Jacob up and down.

"I'm sorry but who is this crazy chick, and why is she here?" Wow I never thought she was crazy. And Jacob did have a fair point. What was she doing here?

" Oh I'm sorry I need to introduce myself. I'm Alice Jasper's Sister and Girlfriend." She said standing in front of Jacob with a smile plastered on her face, as Aro climbed out of her pocket, in the form of a lizard, where he had been hiding for a while now. "Oh and this is Aro." She said pointing at him and he hissed at Jacob turned around and went back into her pocket.

Well Jacob just sat there staring at her. "Well welcome to our F*** up group Alice. I'm Jacob." He said just warming up to her like she was one of his long lost best friends.

"Oh yea Jacob as we were talking about before, why are you in a hospital with no injuries on you?" Edward said glaring intensely at Jacob.

"Well I seemed to have fainted from the sight of the blood and a strangers eye rolling around on the ground. I need to stay here one more day for observation. They seem to think I am in shock." Just as Jacob finished filling us in his doctor came back in the room to monitor him.

"Well folks all I'm gonna do is a few tests and then I'll get out of your hair." He said walking over to Jacob as we all stood watching intently.

"Now Jacob," The doctor said calmly, " I want you to picture an eyeball for me. Can you do that?"

"Sure." Jacob said, pausing for a few seconds, "I…uh…oh boy." He said falling backwards and hitting his head on the headboard of the bed, knocking himself out cold.

"Hmm well come back tomorrow at noon and you can have him back!" The doctor said cheerfully and walked out the door.

"But it's gonna be Christmas tomorrow isn't it?" I shouted after him.

"Oh yea," He said stopping in the hallway, "Well I hope this doesn't interfear with your holiday plans."

"Oh no we don't have any." Edward said looking quizzically at the doctor.

"Ok good see you tomorrow." He smiled and trotted off down the hall in the direction of some rather horrible screaming and swearing.

"Bells what was the Christmas question about?" Edward said as he knocked on my head to see if my brain was still there.

"I could have sworn that this place would be closed tomorrow, most hospitals would be." Is this place creepy or what.

"Well it looks empty weather its open or not, if you wanna come with, me and Alice and Jasper are gonna go get something to eat." Edward said walking off down the hallway with his band of merry men- I mean people following happily.

I don't know why but I felt like walking around the hospital checking out all the patients. And for some odd reason I was drawn to one room in particular. My legs went on auto pilot as I walked into room 777 (Big hospital huh?). I kept walking right up to the bed and stopped to see a little girl about 8 years old sitting up and looking with wondering blue eyes and bouncy blonde curls.

"Hello." She said politely and smiled a warm smile in my direction. "Whats your name?"

"M-my names Bella." I stuttered, surprised at how grown up she acted.

"That's a lovely name. My names Elizabeth, but most people called me Liz." Something wasn't right here.

"Was?" I said sitting down in a chair next to the bed. She blushed and nodded.

"You listen better then the other people who ask me these questions." She said pointing at a nurse.

"Oh, I'm sorry I'm not a nurse, you see I was sort of "drawn" to this room for some reason. I just came in and here you are." I said making a lot of hand gestures.

"It's ok. It's nice to have someone to talk to. It gets lonely here since a month ago." She said looking down. I followed her gaze to realize she wasn't wearing the hospital gown all the other patients were. "You see my mom is in this hospital, right now she's getting a cat scan for the doctor people to take a look at her cancer. Last month my mom got admitted here and I stayed with her the whole time cuz I had a small form of cancer too. I got rid of the type I had but mommy never got better, just worse." A tear formed at the corners of her eyes and she took a deep breath. " Mommy has until-."

"Bella there you are!" Edward said as he walked into the room. "We got to go Bells come on." He said as he dragged me off my feet and out the room.

"Bye Liz! I'll come by tomorrow and talk with you ok?" I said just as Jasper and Alice joined us and began helping Edward drag me too. Once we got to the hotel they all dropped me and turned to face me.

"Ok here's the deal Bells, we all bought gifts for each other except for you. Here's the last of the money do good kid. You got two hours." Alice said handing me a twenty and three ones and shoved me down the side walk.

I had no idea what anyone wanted so since I was just kicked out of a nice cozy hotel room I figured they wouldn't let me back in until I had something good. I knew one person who would know what they wanted! Jacob. So I walked back down the sidewalk in the direction of the hospital.

Once I got back to the hospital I had to walk by Liz's mom's room to get to Jacob's. So I figured I'd talk to her some more. But when I passed her door, it was closed and two nurses were talking just outside the door.

"Did you hear about her mother?"

"Yes isn't it tragic? Poor dear. All she gets for Christmas this year is her mother dying. Who would have thought it would land on Christmas? The doctor said it would be a few more hours before she passes, around 5:00pm."

"Yea so I've heard, and she wants to get her mother some shoes for Christmas. Poor dear she probably has no idea her mother is dying. How does her father keep her at bay about it?"

"I don't know that's just tragic. Glad it's not me."

"Yea me too."

Right then, my heart broke. Who were these nurses to say such things?

"Hey Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, that girl is well aware that her mother is dying! But I guess you bitches wouldn't see someone else's pain if it bit you in your oversized Me complex!" I shouted at them with enough anger to start the World Wars over again, and then stomped off outside to go shopping. Why is it when us women are upset we shop? I stormed off downtown and all the people jumped out of my way like a stampede was tearing down the sidewalk.

By the time my anger subsided I was stopped in front of a store front window. I looked up to see a beautiful pair of shoes. They were baby blue with a gold trim. Not too much just enough to make them look like they were fit for royalty. I looked at the money in my hand, then the price tag on the shoes.

Without a second thought I went in the store and bought the shoes and began a sprint down the sidewalk the way I had come. One sentence came to mind, something one of the bitchy nurses said.

"The doctor said it would be a few more hours before she passes, around 5:00pm."

I looked at a clock I passed in the shopping town center. 4:20 pm. I wasn't gonna make it running. I ran down an empty alley way and snapped open my wings. The rush of air was invigorating, causing me to go faster. I got to the hospital in record time, it was only 4:45pm. I ran up to Liz's mom's room and shoved my way past the gossiping nurses hitting their heads with my wings in the process and into the room.

The most beautiful scene opened up in front of me. Liz was on the floor next to her mother's bed holding her hand and crying as her mothers eyes barely stayed open. Liz's head tilted up to see me.

"Bella." She said in tears.

"I have something for you." I said gently giving her the shopping bag. Her sad eyes fell on what was inside and immediately brightened on contact with the shoes.

"Mommy, Mommy look I got the shoes for you." Liz's eyes over flowed with tears as her mother smiled a faint smile and patted her on the head. Liz moved to put the shoes on her mother's feet.

"Liz why did you want these shoes?" I asked genuinely curious.

"I wanted Mommy to look beautiful for when she meets Jesus tonight." She said smiling at me and rushing over to give me a hug. "Thank you Bella!" She squealed and finally realized I had wings. "Bella you have angel wings! You must be my Mommy's guardian angel!" She shouted jumping up and down.

I laughed and then smiled. I did have angel wings. Beautiful white angel wings. As I finished smiling so wide my face might break I noticed Liz's mom motioning for me to come closer.

"Thank you Bella. I am lucky to have an angel as kind as you to see me to the next life." She said looking fondly at me.

"But I'm not-." I began.

"No Bella, you are. Those wings are a gift, love them while you have them." She smiled and laid back down. The clock struck on the next hour as Liz fell asleep in her mother's arms, happy.

After Liz's dad came to get her he smiled at me as I walked out. So did everyone I passed in the lobby and on the sidewalk. I had the gift of angel wings and everyone thought so too. Why did it take until now for me to realize this? I put my hands in my pockets and continued my walk. I stopped and pulled out my hands when I realized something was in my pocket. It was a folded up piece of paper.

I unfolded it to find a note in scribbled handwriting.

Dear Bella,

Thank you so much! Now Mommy looks beautiful for when she goes to heaven. I will always remember your kindness. Here's a way to remember me!

-Liz

A necklace slid out of the paper into my hand. It was a little silver lizard attached to a thin silver chain. I put it on and marched proudly to the hotel room with my wings out stretched wide. When Edward opened the door I jumped him and kissed him.

"What made you so happy? Did you do something?" He said scratching his head.

"Oh yea I did good, better than anything I could ever imagine." I said smiling before Jasper tackled me to the ground.

"What did ya get me, what did ya get me!"

Well there goes my good deeds, I'm gonna kill Jasper now.

A/N

MERRY CHRISTMAS READERS! OR HAPPY HANUKAH! OR IF YOU'RE ATHIEST HAVE A GOOD DAY! See ya'll next week and may your lives be filled with joy

-Slinky762