Chapter 22

Bella's POV

"Bella," the voice of an angle spoke quietly in my ear. "Please, wake up, Renesseme, needs you."

Deep inside me I could feel that I wanted to say something, reach out to my angel, but something was holding me back. Why did it feel like I was drifting away from him and not forward?

A brush of warm skin moved along my cheek. Wait, warm? This isn't right. My Edward's hands were cold, hard; much like marble. This is wrong, all wrong.

My eyes wanted to flutter open. My mouth wanted to speak. I wanted to reach out and touch Edward, let him know that I was okay.

Think Bella, I muse to myself. What did I miss? What happened?

My mind began to drift back to that night. The night that my whole life changed.

It was dark that night. The party was like any other party. Especially this year, the football team was good. Actually they were great. I knew that I should have left early, with midterms just around the corner I needed to study. But Dean said to stay.

"She's moving," a pixie-like voice spoke but it seemed so far away.

"It is like she is remembering something," ahh, there is the voice of my angel. "Alice do you think that your vision will be correct this time? After almost a month, I am beginning to lose faith in your visions."

Wait?! What?! Almost a month? What all did I miss in a month? Think Bella.

"Do you think she remembers her baby?" Alice said quietly as I felt the slight breeze coming from my right. I knew that she was moving closer to where I was.

"She knows who her baby is," Edward let out a heavy sigh. "I can tell every time that Renesseme comes up to sit with Bella. And then in Renessme's eyes, that child knows more than she lets on, that is for sure."

Baby. I try to swallow the lump that should be rising in the back of my throat. I should also be fighting tears from falling. That night at Dean's, as terrible as it was, I would never have changed the fact that I was to be having a child. I could sense that she was special even in while I felt her growing inside me. It was a choice I had to make. Right or wrong.

And now I think that I might have made a wrong choice if I am not able to even move and hold my baby. My special child that seems to have incredible gifts. But why can't I?

"You know that this could change everything that we have believed to be true about transformations?" Alice spoke quietly, her voice still ringing like a bell.

"What do you mean?" Edward's warm hand brushed a piece of hair out of my face.

"Look at her, Edward," I could almost see Edward staring down at me. "She is so peaceful. Relaxed. What if the hormones from the pregnancy played a difference in how she transformed. The same hormones that are keeping her asleep right now."

Transformation? Was I turning into a vampire? But why a month? I thought Edward said it takes just days, not weeks.

Think, Bella what happened? I need to remember? I need to wake up. I need to be with my baby. I need to be with Edward.

But I am just so tired. I am tired of making wrong decisions that affect so many others. It might be better for everyone if I just give up. Let Edward worry only about Renesseme, she needs the protection more that I.

"No!" Edwards screams out so loudly that I could hear the windows shatter. The bed shifted as if someone was trying to pick me up and carry me. "Rose, get Renesseme! We have visitors!"

I want to thank everyone for the reviews. I have been having terrible writers block. And as you can tell by this chapter it is not the greatest! I have had a terrible summer with a house fire, computer crashes and more. I am hoping that I can get my creative juices flowing again. Thank you to all of you for sticking with me. And I hoped that you enjoyed the short chapter.