A/N: Don't fret, I'm writing as much as I can. I guess we'll see what happens.

Songs for chapter

Never to Late- Three Days Grace

Dance with the Devil- Breaking Benjamin

Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep (prelude) - AFI

Chapter 22

I smiled to myself and opened the door. A man in formal uniform greeted me. "Isabella Swan?" His hand clasped around something.

I nodded. "Yes?"

He looked up with a tight face. No emotion was shown. "I'm sorry…"

The man pulled a dress hat from behind his back and placed a purple medal in my hand. "Edward Anthony Masen was reported dead after a terrorist attack on Gwanglecemo at two am. I'm very sorry for your loss and I hope you will accept this Purple Heart in honor of his death. He was a good soldier and will be missed greatly. I only knew him for a couple of days, but he was a good man."

"No Joe!" I heard a familiar husky voice come from behind the man and then Jake's muscular form pushed past the uniformed man. He pulled me to his chest as reality hit me. He was gone… forever.

"Oh Bella. It's going to be all right. You'll get through this; we'll get through this." He cooed in my ear as sobs racked my body. My arms found his waist and I longed for it to be Edward there beside me.

"No! It's not all right! He's dead. He's never coming back. Why Jake? Why?" I sobbed into his shirt.

Jake shifted his position. "Thanks Joe. I'll take it from here."

The door closed and I heard running feet. "My God! What's wrong?" Charlie whisper yelled. "Where's Ed…"

I guess everything clicked because he didn't finish his sentence. "Get her upstairs." He spoke softly his voice full of pity.

Jake scooped me up in his arms and my body shook as I held on to his body. He placed me on my bed and when he tried to pull back I latched on tighter. "Don't leave me." I pleaded.

He brushed the hair from my face and placed a soft kiss on my forehead. "Okay, I won't leave you." He whispered.

Jake was the only think keeping me from death itself. Could you die from a broken heart? The empty feeling in the pit of my stomach was mocking me. It took work to hold myself together.

Jake sat on the edge of my bed and held me in his arms while I cried. I cried myself to sleep. My dreams were filled with horrible scenes. Each one with Edward's face firmly as the center of attention.

I woke up screaming with sweat pouring down my face. A weight moved beside me and I turned to see Jake sitting upright watching me with concern.

"Jake?" My voice cracked and a new stream of tears flooded my eyes. "How?"

Jake looked me square in the face and then his eyes softened. "He died from loss of blood." He paused. "He would have made it if the camp hadn't been under attack. Dr. Cullen didn't have any supplies except for a couple doses of morphine."

I shuddered. "What did he say?"

Jake smoothed the wet hair from my face. "He told me to tell you that he loved you and he was sorry. Then he gave me this." Jake fumbled with something in his pocket and then pulled out a small box. I could just make out its form in the dark room. "It's a ring." He whispered.

I took the box from him and opened it to find a simple diamond ring in the center. The folds of velvet slipped under my fingers and I ran my eyes over the silver glinting ring.

"This is amazing." I whispered.

He nodded. "Yeah, I know. He was so excited when he showed it to me."

I looked back at Jake and closed the box. "Do his parents know?"

He nodded. "Yes."

I fell back against Jake and he rubbed my arm soothingly. "We'll make it through this together."

I nodded. "I hope so."

I woke the next morning wrapped in Jake's strong arms. I stretched and slid out of his arms heading toward the bathroom. School today would be hell.

When I got out of the shower Jake was sitting up on my bed yawning. "Hey Bells, how are you?"

I shrugged. "Horrible."

He nodded. "That's understandable. Are you going to skip school today?"

I shook my head. "No, it's senior year and I can't afford to skip school."

He nodded. "Yeah, I better got home too. Billy doesn't know I'm home yet. I came straight here hoping to catch you before Joe did."

I sighed. "But you didn't make it." I paused. "Go on home. I'll catch up with you later."

He nodded. "Okay, catch you later Bells."

I nodded. "Thanks Jake."

He gave me his goofy grin. "Anything for you Bells."

Jake left and took in a deep breath. I had to be strong, for Edward.

EPOV

My body was covered in flames. It was as if someone had replaced my blood with gasoline and then set a match to it. The pain was unbearable and it felt like I had been dunked in a tank of acid. No pain could ever feel so bad. The worst part was that I couldn't move. I thought I must be in Hell.

I couldn't thrash to cool my skin and I couldn't run away from the pain. The only thing that made it bearable was the face of a beautiful girl floating behind my eyelids. I couldn't quite put a name to the face but I knew I cared for her deeply.

Then at the snap of a finger the burning stopped. It was as if the burning had never been. My eyes flickered open and I saw a bright light. The air around me smelt sweet and my ears picked up sounds all around. My senses had switched on hyper drive.

"He's awake." I heard a shrill voice exclaimed excitedly.

I sat up and looked around the room my teeth barred. "Whoa there cowboy. We're your friends." A voice boomed through laughter.

I whipped my head around to see a rather large man with curly brown hair. His eyes were the same amber color as Dr. Cullen's.

"Who are you?" I asked a little alarmed.

"We're your new family." A pixie like girl bounded up to me and smiled.

"Here's your new identity." A tall blonde man said. He threw a passport at me and I stuck my hand up to catch it.

"Edward Anthony Cullen." Dr. Cullen walked in the room and spoke routinely.

I shook my head. "What happened?"

"You've been changed into a vampire." Dr. Cullen said.

I'm sure my eyes grew wide. "A what?"

"A vampire idiot. And a fine one at that." A blonde to my right spoke. She was in the arms of the big one.

I grinned. "Okay, so what's the catch?"

Dr. Cullen sighed. "Well, you must drink blood regularly."

"Why?" I asked stupidly and then I felt the intense burning in my throat. I grasped it and coughed.

"That's why. You drink blood to keep your throat from burning. As a newborn it will be extremely hard for you to resist human blood."

I grimaced. "Human blood?"

He nodded. "Yes. You can't go out in the sun around humans though. Our skin sparkles. You will go to school regularly but this year will be extremely hard for you. You will start your senior year with the rest of the kids in the family. The only way to get use to resisting human blood is by putting yourself out there."

I nodded. "One more question Doctor."

He looked up. "Call me Carlisle, and yes?"

I looked into his eyes. "What's her name?"

He watched me quizzically. "Whose name?"

"He needs to hunt." The short girl said. "Let's go." She grabbed my arm and yanked me off the table.

"No, I want to know who she is. How come I remember you but I don't know who she is?" I blinked my eyes and watched him.

Because she was the biggest part of your life. He said. His lips didn't move though.

"What do you mean she was the biggest part of my life? How did you do that?" I asked as confusion swirled around me.

"Told you so." The girl piped in. "Let's go Edward." She grabbed my arm again and yanked me through the door with the help of the other four.

"No, I want some answers." I yelled.

Later. The girl said but it seemed as if only I heard her. Later everything will be explained.

A/N: Ah, so we couldn't have Edward alive without his gift could we? Well are you happy he's alive? I know it doesn't seem like Bella is all that depressed but it'll kick in. So let's throw newborn Edward in there with completely depressed Bella. I have many ideas for this!

Kayla