BPOV: (early the next morning)

I was having a restless night having nightmares about James and the day Jasper left and i just couldn't get comfortable. I woke up suddenly feeling pain but it was different than Lily growing or moving it felt different and more painful.

"J-Jasper?" i tried to yell but it only barely came out and i winced in pain. I felt the whisper of wind as Jasper ran over as the pain intensified crashing over me in waves, receding for a few moments before crashing again harder. ,

"Bella, Bella talk to me. Do you think it's time darling?" Jasper asked his voice worried as he grabbed my hand. In this one moment, I was grateful that he was a vampire, and made of stone, because otherwise I think I would have broken his hand squeezing it as I nodded. Jasper called Carlisle, moments later he was standing over me, checking my vitals as I whimpered in pain. ,

"Carlisle do something! Can't you see she's in pain!" Jasper growled in frustration as Carlisle gave him a sympathetic look. ,

"I can give her some morphine, but the baby is part vampire Jasper, normal painkillers won't work." He said lightly as he gave me the shot, I barely felt the pinch of the needle as another contraction slammed into me like a freight train. ,

"Deep breaths Bella." He said as he took out a scalpel hanging a curtain up so I couldn't see what he was doing. I couldn't feel him cut into me, but I knew when he did, I could feel Jasper's hand tighten on mine as he held his breath. The morphine started to kick in as I slumped back on my pillow, the pain ebbing and flowing steadily.

JPOV:
I held onto Bella's hand, refusing to leave her side as the smell of her blood clogged the air. ,

"Jasper it's okay if you need t-"

"NO! I'm not going to leave her here alone giving birth to OUR daughter Carlisle. I-I'm not leaving her like that. I left her once, and I'm not going to do it again." I whispered through clenched teeth as Carlisle set down the scalpel. I had to fight every nerve in my body, begging me to lick the blood from the sharp metal, to taste my Bella. ,

"I can't get past the amniotic sac with the scalpel, I'm going to try to rip it with my teeth." Carlisle said as he ducked his head back behind the curtain. Bella was in a dream like state from the morphine, but she screamed in pain, and then moments later a cry came through the air. In that moment, I couldn't have felt more human, standing here at the side of my soulmate, becoming a father for the first time. Carlisle set Lily Renesmee Whitlock on Bella's chest as she smiled a soft sleepy smile. ,

"My little angel is finally here." She whispered as her eyes glassed over. ,

"Carlisle, what's happening?" I asked as Rose took my daughter, our daughter from us to the other room. ,

"Bella's bleeding out, if we don't change her now she won't survive Jasper. The choice is yours son, I'm not going to force you to make that decision, but think of that little girl in the other room find the strength you need to make that decision." He said leaving the syringe on the table as Emmett came over, hoping to be of service somehow. I touched Bella's cheek with a shaky hand. ,

"I-I-I'm so sorry Bella, I'm so so sorry." I whispered as I uncapped the syringe raising it in the air, as I listened for the right place, the place where her blood beat stubbornly. With a whimper I jammed the needle down, through her sternum into her heart. ,

"What's in the syringe Jasper?" Emmett asked terrified as I pressed the plunger down. ,

"My venom." I whispered through clenched teeth as I took a deep breath. This would be the hardest thing I think I would ever have to do. Without breathing in again, I bit Bella, my Bella. I bit both sides of her neck, down her arms, to her pale wrists, even down her legs, running my tongue over the wounds watching them seal as I started to pump Bella's heart for her. I kept that steady rhythm long after the taste of blood coated my tongue, and like an addict I craved more, long after i knew i probably shouldn't. ,

"Please Bella. Stay with me. Don't go." I whispered.

Carlisle POV:
I checked on Lily, she was perfect in every way. When I was sure she was okay. I left her with Rose for a few minutes. I stood in the door watching as Jasper, my troubled son stood over the love of his life pumping her heart for her. His hands and lips were stained with her blood, and his entire body was shaking. After a few hours, Emmett took his place pumping Bella's heart. It gave Jasper time to check on his daughter, and when Emmett grew bored after a few hours I took over. If Jasper thought it would help, It was worth a try.

Bella's POV:
I heard the cry of my daughter growing fainter and fainter, as fire licked at my bones. It was burning me from the inside out. It was like the bite from James multiplied by a million. I tried to scream, but no sound came out. I felt pressure on my chest, I concentrated on the pounding pressure, counting, trying to distract myself from the agonizing pain. After ten thousand two hundred and five, the pressure shifted to a less rhythmic harder pressure, and the counting continued. Like before the pressure stopped after a few thousand, and a new pressure started. It was rhythmic like clockwork, one two three, one two three. I knew it was Carlisle, he had the practice to keep up such a rhythm. I just wanted this burning to stop. I wanted to be with Jasper, with the Cullens, with Lily.

Bella's POV: (Three Days Later)

I've almost gotten used to the constant pounding on my chest, the same changes, the same counting. It seemed like the second person was Emmett, more powerful and clumsy. He grew bored easy, and didn't last as long as Carlisle did. My heart was pounding in my chest, like I had downed seven pots of coffee. It was beating faster, and faster. I didn't know how I was going to keep up. Faster and faster my heart went, like a helicopter ready to lift off. faster Faster FASTER...nothing. My heart stopped beating, it stopping pumping the fire through my veins, after nine million five hundred thousand two hundred and one artificial heart beats, the pounding in my chest stopped as I tried to open my eyes.

The lights in the room were brighter than I was used to, and the second I opened them a little I slammed them shut again. Morning, something I wasn't good at. The room darkened a little. ,

"You know Bella, not a morning person." Emmett mumbled as I opened my eyes again. Everything was so, so clear. It felt like I had never seen anything before, I saw the individual grains on the wood table, the specks of dust on the windows, even the little mini rainbows flashing through the light fixtures. ,

"Bella? Bella Darling, a-are you okay?" A soft rich baritone voice said from just beside me. I turned a little as I saw Major Jasper Whitlock standing there in all his glory. With my new heightened vision I could see all the scars from the newborn wars, was it bad that they made him even sexier to me? I nodded slowly as he smiled sighing in relief as Carlisle walked over with Emmett. ,

"Thank God you're awake, it was a lot of work not getting bored of doing CPR for hours. I dunno how Carlisle does it." Emmett said with an eye roll. ,

"I-I-I know, I could feel you guys. I counted." I said softly, my voice sounded like an angel. My once awkward voice honeyed and smooth like audible satin. ,

"Y-you did?" Jasper asked as I sat up swinging my legs over standing up as I nodded.,

"It kept my mind off the pain." I said softly, the honeyed voice of the angel answering for me. Jasper walked over slowly reaching out his hand to touch my cheek. The moment his skin touched mine, it was like fireworks all over again. His hand was smooth, and almost warm. ,

"I'm so sorry I put you through that Bella." he whispered as I rested my head against his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around me and i could feel him chuckle and i looked up confused. "I am so glad Alice put you in this blue dress it really suits you."