Don't own Twilight or "Panthea" by Oscar Wilde.

Drake gripped Edward by the neck. I could see tears in Edward's flesh. He was bleeding and weak.

I growled viciously and flung Drake back with my mind. He crashed into a tree causing it to shatter and crumble to the ground. He hadn't sensed me coming. However, I knew I couldn't hold out for long. Drake was incredibly strong. My mental and physical strength combined could barely match his.

I didn't bother with him at the moment. I ran to Edward's side. His face contorted in pain and he let out a most agonizing groan. I pulled his limp body to me and cradled his head in my chest.

"Edward. Please be alright. Please, my darling." I begged, crying tearless tears.

"I can't let him live, Bella." My head snapped in Drake's direction. He was standing a few feet away casually. He seemed completely calm. He looked at me with loving eyes.

"You monster." I snarled.

"Bella, you cheated on me. You cheated on the family. You are willing to give us all up for him?"

I remained quiet. I kissed the top of Edward's beautiful head and found my lips covered in blood. I groaned enraged. I turned to Drake.

"Yes." I said softly.

"You can't stay with us. If you save his life now and decide to be with him, rest assured never to count on any of us as friends. We will be enemies you know. You will never set foot in our home again." He was angry, but he composed himself. There was however, a hint of sadness in his eyes. He wanted me to stay. For a second, just for a brief second I faltered. I hated Drake, but up until now I had no reason to. He had made me a figure of high authority, he had selected me to be his partner, for the most part he had been nothing but kind to me, together we ran a family that was like nothing on this planet. He would do anything for that family, even if it meant killing someone to keep us together. Even with my beloved Edward bleeding in my arms, near death because of Drake, I couldn't help but feel a kind of admiration for him.

"I have to leave Drake. I'm sorry. Maybe I should have told you. I know you are looking out for the family, but I can't let you do this. Edward is my life. Everything else means nothing to me."

Drake stared at me with those intense grey eyes.

"Good bye Bella." He uttered gently. He turned and was gone. I stared after him, but couldn't see him. It was the first time in over 40 years that he had called me Bella.

Edward was back to normal in a couple of hours. As a vampire, he healed incredibly fast. We didn't return to the house. The rest of the Cullens and their Alaskan friends joined us in Vermont. I drove my car breaking every traffic law that night. Edward sat in the passenger seat next to me, not taking his eyes off of my face. Yet, I couldn't help but feel bad.

"I'm so sorry Edward. I never should have let this happen." I felt guilty for putting him through this.

"If it means spending eternity with you, I would do it again. A thousand times over if I had to." He assured me.

I smiled weakly. I would miss them all. I though of Phoenix, Dominic, and even of Cordelia. I loved them dearly. I would never see them again I was sure. An overwhelming sense of loss took over. I grabbed Edward's hand for comfort. He squeezed it tightly.

"No." He paused. "I'm sorry."

We drove into the breaking dawn, the glimmer of the first morning rays bouncing of the hood of the Porsche, falling on Edward as well. He sat next to me illuminated, ancient and graceful. He was my eternal. I knew I would never want anything but him.

I smiled broadly feeling the heat of the sun wrapping my cold flesh in its warm embrace.

"We shall be notes in that great Symphony

Whose cadence circles through the rhythmic spheres

And all the live World's throbbing heart shall be

One with our heart, the stealthy creeping years

Have lost their terrors now, we shall not die,

The Universe itself shall be our Immortality!"

I recited out loud, my new life beginning with the day.

The End

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