The Decision

Edwards POV

Carlisle had come out, and rushed Bella's cousin into the hospital. That had all happened a week ago, and Liz still didn't look too good. My Bella's heart was broken, Christian's was too, but he didn't spend every minute by her bedside.

Occasionally Bella and I fained sleep, but only when a nurse or someone from school came in. Otherwise we sat up, watching her intently.

Bella had explained to me that her cousin was the only one left. That Liz's mom had died of Cancer, her dad committed suicide, and her brother had been in a car accident. I felt for Liz, as if she were a part of my family. Actually, she was... now, considering that Bella and I were family. Now that me and my Bella were married.

Bella's POV

There was a decision to be made, and I knew it. Edward did as well, but he hadn't yet brought up the subject. It seemed as painful for him as it was for me,

'Edward... I have to talk to her parents' I thought to him, he could hear me, only when I thought it to him.

He raised an eyebrow 'Aren't they dead?' He thought back, confused.

'Her adoptive parent's..I don't think they even know.' was my reply to Edward. He simply nodded.

Liz's POV

I was surrounded by darkness. My heart beat faintly in the background, my breathing shallow and rhythmic. I was in pain, but it was hard to tell exactly where the pain was focused as I stayed in my dream land, that I must have been in for who knows how long... Maybe a week... maybe more.

Edward's POV

I kept an eye on Liz, for Bella. She was not getting any better, but worse. Her heartbeat had been decreasing since last night, and they'd put her on a ventilator an hour ago. Carlisle wanted Bella to make the decision, but it looked as if Bella.. My Bella, wouldn't be back soon enough.

If worse came to worst... I would change her myself.

Several hours later

Bella wasn't back yet, and Liz was headed for worst. Carlisle and I had snuck Liz outside... We had done almost the exact same thing for Christian.

Liz was off the ventilator now, so I had to be quick. I bent over her, grabbed her arm, and bit into her wrist. I could taste my venom mixing with her blood before I pulled away.

This would have been easier for Carlisle to do.

Liz's POV

My breathing stopped, my heart slowed. I felt a sharp pain in my wrist, causing me to scream out. It was on fire, or God help me, it felt as if it were on fire. It wasn't long until I realized that I was being held down, to keep me from thrashing.

That had been three days ago. The burning had stopped with the beating of my heart. I dared not open my eyes, for I feared to face death.

When I did finally open my eyes, I was confused. I was in a room I'd never seen before. It looked like a bedroom... but without a bed.

Bella sat at the edge of the couch that I lay on. I blinked in confusion.

Bella's POV

I had come home, deciding to something other than wait by Liz, To my surprise I heard someone screaming out, and the sound of Jasper, Edward, Emmet and Carlisle struggling to hold something... no... someone down.

I ran up to Edwards and my room. Liz was the one screaming, in pain, and thrashing. Alice, Rosalie, and Esme waited across the room. Christian was elsewhere... most likely hunting.

When Liz had finally stopped screaming, The men set her on the couch, and she lay there motionless. I sat at the other end, equally still, waiting for her to realize that she wasn't dead.

An hour later she opened her eyes and looked around. When her eyes met mine, she blinked. I smiled, my white teeth showing the slightest bit.

"A-am I dead?" she asked hoarsely. I sighed. She thought she was dead.

"No Liz... You're what me and the Cullen's are... A vampire. It had to be done or else you would have died," I explained. That just made her laugh.

Then her laughter stopped, and she looked at me, all serious like.

Liz's POV

"A-am I dead?" I asked, my voice cracking. Bella sighed and I waited for an answer.

"No Liz... You're what me and the Cullen's are... A vampire. It had to be done or else you would have died." Her explanation made me laugh. How could she lie to me like that?

My laughing stopped, and I made my face serious. "Bella, you tell me, and you tell me now, what happened to me, and-" I stopped. I smelt blood, and oh did it smell lovely.

Then Edwards voice drifted upstairs. He was talking, not yelling. Thanking Jasper for his help of holding me down as I was being changed.

Someone knocked on the door. Bella smiled, "Come on in Alice," she said.

The door opened, and I stopped breathing. My lungs didn't burn at all. There before me, stood a mirror image of myself.

She smiled at Bella and myself, and came to sit. I scooted down a little further. "Hi Liz," she said, "I'm Alice."

I nodded. If only her clothes were different, then we would look completely identical. After all, she and I could be related. I had been adopted when I was first born, something I never told Bella.

Bella would never know, nor would anyone else, of course. I promised to keep it a secret when I myself had first found out.