A/N: Hi everyone! Obviously, it has been exactly two weeks since I updated and the new policy is at work! Thank you all for the continued support you've shown me over the past two years, and I promise I will not let you all down again, I love you all and I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: If I owned Twilight, I would probably feel very successful and happy today. My name would also be Stephanie Meyer… Clearly, it's not but I can't prove that so… yeah they don't belong to me.

Embry POV: Before I knew it, light was shining through the blinds on the window of Bella's hospital room. I squinted, only needing a moment to remember where I was and let the pain take over me once again.

Charlie had gotten special permission from Doctor Snow, so I was allowed to stay the night with her from now on as well. That's what I had been doing these last three days since I broke down. I couldn't bear to leave her side when she was like this, I kept constant watch over her hoping for some sort of progression, even the movement of a finger would be enough for me; but still, nothing.

Last night both of my parents and Charlie had come in just as visiting hours had ended and encouraged me to go home, take a shower and get some rest. The whole thing had erupted into a whispered argument outside Bella's room. They didn't seem to understand the severity of this on my end. Whenever I protested, they just said, 'She'll be here in the morning son," like it was no big deal that she was lying there in pain. None of them seemed to understand that she could die like this, and it would all be that scumbag Cullen's fault; not that I could tell them that.

Of course, I'd won the argument and had been the one to stay with her tonight, allowing Charlie the luxury of sleeping in his own home before work every morning.

Charlie had informed me that Bella's mother booked a flight last night that would depart from Florida around eight in the morning today and she would be arriving here around noon today. I figured that I would meet Renee sooner or later, however, what I hadn't expected was that our first meeting would be in the unpleasant circumstances and setting of the ICU of Forks Community Hospital.

Whenever I'd imagined meeting her mom, I'd pictured Bella and I taking a road trip out to Florida, we'd meet her mother and Phil at their house; Bella and her mother would catch up and I'd talk sports with Phil. At the end of the day we'd all go to the beach or out to dinner and it would be perfect. We'd all be an official family.

Looking the clock, I realized that it was only just after ten, and I had at least two hours to kill before Renee arrived.

Deciding against my better judgment to go grab a sandwich from the cafeteria, I look last look at my Bella, leaned down to kiss her forehead softly, and then I left.

When I was at their coffee station, I ran into one of Bella's nurses, Shannon. She was the one I liked the most out of all those that cared for Bella. She was slightly on the older side, probably just over sixty. Her hair was white-blonde and curly, just above her chin. There was this persona about her, like she wanted nothing more to be there to take care of you, maybe make you an adoptive grandchild, and you would let her.

"You're Bella Swan's special friend, aren't you dear?" she wondered, with a soft smile on her face.

I had to grin at her choice of words. "Yes ma'am," I confirmed. "That's me."

"You must really be in love with that girl, what with the way you've been doting on her. It makes me very happy to see something like that nowadays. Your generation doesn't love nearly as deep as those previously."

"She's everything to me," I agreed. "There is nothing I wouldn't do for her."

"That's not hard to tell," she nodded. "It's terrible what got her here, that, combined with that horrible state Charlie said she was in when that Cullen boy left this place," she shuddered, like it was painful for her to think about. "Well, no young girl should ever have to suffer so much. I'm just delighted to know she has someone like you in her life to love her when the going gets tough. I just hope they find the deranged lunatic that did this to her and lock him up for good."

I nodded slowly, unsure of what to say. This poor, sweet old woman was so sympathetic to our situation, to Bella's suffering. If only she knew how much my poor angel had suffered, she would probably have a heart attack. "Thank you," I whispered, deciding I was touched that she cared so much about Bella's health. "I'm praying that she'll make it through for me. There's absolutely no way I could make it through without her," only then did the truth of the words take me over completely, and I felt myself begin to break once more.

Shannon seemed to notice and put a reassuring hand on my arm. "I'm sure she will, sweetie. I doubt she'd want to leave when she knows she has someone as amazing as you here waiting for her to wake up. Life or death is ultimately her choice in this situation; and I think she'll make the right one."

"Paging all nurses to the ICU; emergency surgery is needed, all hands on deck (A/N: I honestly don't spend too much time in hospitals unless I'm HAVING surgery, so I don't know if this would be the right thing to say, forgive me), called an urgent voice over the intercom. Just like that I was running to the elevator, Shannon hot on my heels, and on the way to get to Bella.

When I arrived at Bella's room the first thing I noticed was through the window; her bed was gone. My knees buckled with the revelation, and right when I was about to hit the ground I was caught by a firm pair of arms; Doctor Snow.

"Embry, son, you have to listen to me," he said urgently. "Now that the swelling in Bella's head has gone down, we were able to discover that she was experiencing some sort of trauma. After that, almost on command actually, she went spastic and we're worried it may be a seizure. The other doctors are working on her now, but I have to get in there and make sure we have a chance at saving her."

As soon as he released me I fell to my knees. "Do everything you can," I ordered him firmly through my tears. "I refuse to live in a world without Bella."

A/N: I know that was a funny place to end it, but in the next chapter I want both Renee and the pack arriving. I'm going to tell you nothing about Bella's condition. The miracle still has not occurred yet, and none of you have guessed it, so take a crack at it and I'll be back in the next week or two. I love you guys!

Thanks for Reading!

-thewolfgurlgleek :)