A/N: Okay, i know this one is long, but i couldn't stop! Anyway, i hope you like it!
A/N2: a couple of people pointed out to me that the venom would do no good if her heart was not working, so I went back and revised it. Thank you to those who pointed that out!
Disclaimer: not mine, all Stephenie's.
We arrived in Phoenix around 5:00 in the afternoon. Two hours after Carlisle had received the call. During the ride, we called Esme to tell her what was going on. Then, Carlisle called Charlie to tell him what happened. Charlie almost flew down to Phoenix himself, but Carlisle promised that he would see that Bella was okay. I didn't pay too much attention, I was too busy asking Alice if she had seen anything else.
Phoenix is always sunny, and we were not disappointed.
We parked in the garage that Bella was at. Thankfully, the walkway up to the hospital was covered so we wouldn't be in the sun.
We made sure no one was around to see us just in case.
Once in the hospital, we walked up to the check-in desk.
"I'm Bella's doctor, Dr. Cullen, and these are my assistants, Edward Masen and Alice Brandon. We're here to see her."
…is he single? The receptionist's thoughts were loud and clear.
I stifled laughter. Carlisle was older than her great-grandfather, not that he looked it.
"Oh, okay…um…if you take that hallway down to the end and make a right you'll end up in the hub that her room's in…" …he is so dazzling…
Apparently, I'm not the only one who dazzles people.
"Here are your visitor's badges…have a nice day," …I hope I'm still here when you leave…
We took the badges she handed us and went down the hallway she pointed to.
Thankfully, no one asked me what she had been thinking.
Sure enough, after turning right, we ended up right outside the hub she was talking about.
We opened the doors to it and saw doctors rushing all around, someone was screaming…
I knew only too well who that someone was.
"Dr. Cullen?" a doctor asked.
"Yes,"
"It's Bella, she's lapsed into a fit of seizures, we have no idea what's causing them, we have reason to believe that they are the product of her hitting her neck…"
"Take us to her."
The doctor walked too slow, but we got there. I wanted to run, to hold her, to stop the pain, but I knew I couldn't, not yet anyway.
"Get all the other's out, you too, miss," Carlisle said, "We'll take it from here"
I heard one of the nurses thoughts, …I just knew he'd take our jobs, I hope I'm still getting paid for this…she's an insolent…
I stopped listening there. I did not want to know what she thought of Bella, I might hurt her if I did.
That must have been the nurse Bella wanted fired.
Everyone cleared out pretty quickly.
Alice held Bella down while Carlisle sedated her.
She stopped writhing.
The heart monitor stopped beeping.
Her heart had stopped.
Uh oh…
Then, faintly it began beating again, but it was irregular, not right. It would stop again soon. Somehow, I just knew that...
"Edward…there's only one thing I can do to save her, but I'd prefer not to do it, It's your responsibility…"
I knew what he was saying, he wanted me to change her.
I can't! I'll kill her, I'll drain her…
NO! You won't, you can do this, you can control yourself…
The two parts of my mind argued repeatedly, which one would win?
Alice's thoughts hit me like a knife… Edward! I know you're listening, you can do this! I've seen, she'll be okay! You won't kill her, she lives through this…
If being a vampire for the rest of eternity counts as living.
Alice had seen Bella as a vampire, I had my mind made up, I just didn't know it yet.
I walked over to the bed and leaned down to her neck, I sunk my teeth in and pulled away as quickly as I could.
I had done it.
I had controlled myself.
Bella was screaming again.
The fire had started.
I ran to hold her then.
I could not hold it in any longer.
Carlisle took out the IVs and unplugged all the monitors.
Thankfully, no one came running.
Bella screamed and writhed in pain.
It tore my heart.
I wished she were not in this pain.
Part of me wished I had never done it, but if I hadn't, she would not be alive right now.
Part of me was glad that I had done it, I would not have to worry about her as much anymore, and we would be together, forever, frozen in eternity.
"What are we going to tell her parents?" Alice asked.
"We will have to tell them that she died. We will have to leave Forks…" Carlisle responded solemnly.
"No, we won't have to," I found myself saying. "We will take her back to Forks, we can tell her parents that we are taking her to our house for special treatment. Then, once the fire is gone and we have hunted, she can go back to Charlie."
"But the bloodlust, and her eyes…" Alice exclaimed.
"We will take precautions make sure that she is never thirsty, and if there is a problem, we will flee, it's been done before." Carlisle answered.
"But her eyes…" Alice repeated.
"Color contacts. Her eyes are brown right?" Carlisle asked.
"Chocolate brown." I answered. I would know them forever, and I would miss them.
Like the blush on her cheeks. And the rise and fall of her chest when she sleeps.
I tried not to think about that.
Bella screamed and writhed in pain.
This time, her screams brought doctors running. Their thoughts flooded the room.
…she's not hooked up anymore…
…her heart stopped before it was unhooked...
...her heart's working again...
…the morphine won't work anymore…
…why is the assistant holding her…
…I hope I don't lose my job for this…
…what are we going to tell her parents…
…the seizures have stopped, but the pain must be awful…
…why is she in so much pain…
…this is worse than we thought…
"Um, can I have an explanation?" one of the doctors asked.
"We unplugged them because they were doing no good." Carlisle responded. "Her heart stopped, but it's beating again…"
Give it a few days and it won't be.
"There is nothing we can do for the pain. It will just have to pass."
It will, eventually.
"It would probably be best if we could take her back to Forks, I can work on her better there."
"But…but…"
"Just let us take her, it will be best" Carlisle could be very persuasive I noticed.
"Fine then, let me get a gurney, how will you be taking her? Shall we airlift her?"
"Yes, that would be best." In a lower voice, so only Alice and I could hear, he added, "Edward, come with me and Bella, Alice, will you take care of the car?"
Alice nodded.
"What about her mother?" The doctor asked.
"Tell her what we have done. If she wants to see Bella, she will have to come to Forks."
After that, Bella was wheeled to a helicopter and Carlisle and I boarded with her. We were on our way to Forks.
Alice, was nowhere to be seen, she had taken the car, and would meet us there.
Please don't be mad at me for stopping here. More to come soon!