Bella Swan: The Enigma.
Chapter 24: The Choice.
(EPOV)Edward.
I was fast, flipping the vampire over and dislodging his hands from my neck, in the distance I heard the tearing of a vampire limb being ripped from the body, and the painful scream that followed. But all that was fuzzy compared to Bella, who was writhing in pain. She was with Carlisle, who was trying to look at the damage to her head. I looked down at the vampire whom I now had in a head lock, James, I remembered his name, Alice and Emmett took him from me.
''Bella needs you.'' Alice said, Bella's name seemed to snap something inside of me and I dropped James into the unbreakable hold of Emmett.
I ran as if my minor life depended on it, which it did, since Bella's did. ''Bella! Bella, baby, can you hear me?'' I pleaded.
Her screaming stopped imminently, instead she started to bite her lip, as if she knew each scream sliced through me and she wanted to ease my pain. But I needed to ease her's, until she was fine, I would never be.
I was focusing on her face, sweaty and scrunched up in pain, distantly I heard Carlisle's calm voice asking for my belt, something about her leg.
I obliged to his demand, never taking my eyes off of Bella. ''Bella, talk to me.'' I pleaded.
''Hold her head, Edward, she's bleeding out.'' I hadn't even noticed the blood, and it didn't faze me for even a second, I knelt at her head, taking it in my hands to try stop the blood flow before Carlisle got here.
''Edward.'' She whimpered.
''I'm here, everything's going to be fine.'' I tried to remain calm, but my voice betrayed me.
''I'm sorry.'' She bit her lip again, as if to keep in a scream. ''Fuck.'' It was probably the last thing I expected her to say, never having heard her curse before, but when the time was right.
She had been half lying on her arm, as if to keep it still, but she moved it slightly, allowing me to see the real problem, the cause for the screams, the 'I'm sorry' and the cursing.
She had been bitten.
''Carlisle.'' I said, the fear and regret lacing my tone, causing him to look up from Bella's leg. ''Her hand.'' I rasped, he followed my gaze and dropped her leg, gently, and walked to the opposite side, taking her hand in his and pressing around the wound.
Her blood had finally gotten through to the monster within, growling up with full force, but I swallowed back the venom, I would not cave now, we had come too far to cave now.
I was still holding her head in my hands, noticing the way she was thrashing around more, the fiery pain coursing through her veins, killing her, bringing her closer to my life.
''Carlisle.'' I choked out, pleading, for what I did not know, just for something.
''There may be a way.'' He reasoned, trying to stay calm, I was focusing on the stench of burning vampire, and not Bella's blood.
''What?'' I gritted out through clenched teeth. ''What is it?''
''Suck the venom out.'' The suggestion felt so bizarre to me I froze for a minute. ''You have to do it, Edward, only you.'' He added.
I shook my head, both to the suggestion and to clear it. ''No. No I can't, I'll kill her, Carlisle.''
''You have to make the decision now, Edward, we don't have much time.'' I was just there, acting like an idiot, shaking my head.
''Edward.'' She gritted her teeth. ''Pick vampire, remember?'' her voice was strained, and she seemed to scream into her closed lips. Words which she spoke to me days ago seemed to now make sense, in a weird way.
There will be a time when you have to choose me or the vampire, pick the vampire, always pick the vampire.
She wanted to be one of us, she had told me, without telling me, to let this change happen, but how could I? Could I be selfish enough to let this happen? If I really loved her enough, I wouldn't let the change happen, to let her go through unbearable pain for three days, how could I do that to her?
''What does that mean?'' Carlisle wondered. ''Edward? You have to act now.''
Then I was crouching down in front of her hand, which was jerking uncontrollably. I couldn't do it, if I sucked the venom out, I would surely kill her, right? I didn't have enough control to stop, and that was my biggest fear, not stopping.
How could she want this life? But I knew why, she wanted me, forever, and of course I wanted her forever, the image I had seen in Alice's mind, which seemed like a lifetime ago, flashed before my eyes, Bella, ice-cold, blood red eyes, loving blood red eyes, a white dress, and suddenly the possibility for Bella being my wife seemed plausible.
But selfish.
All I had to do was press my lips to her skin and bite her, either to suck the venom out, or, put more venom in, which would, hopefully, speed up the process.
But the question still lingered, could I do it?
She wanted to be a vampire, and I wanted her to be a vampire, but I didn't want to doom her, or put her through so much pain.
In the end all it took for my decision to be made was one look from Bella. She finally prised her eyes open to look into mine, and I knew what they held. She was pleading with me to let the change happen, so I knew what I had to do.
I put my mouth down to her skin, and bit her, not sucking the venom out, but putting more in. I just hoped it would work, she seemed to recoil as I bit her, naturally, I only hoped this was the right thing to do, deep down I knew it was, it was what she wanted, what I wanted.
But when I picked her up, and she was still biting her lip raw in an effort to not scream, the doubt seeped in, Carlisle stood by me and nodded stiffly, hiding his thoughts, but I saw a flash, he was happy we could be together now, and I wouldn't have to fight to not kill her.
But was it worth it?
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