A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the delay. It was a little harder than I thought to make Bella's waking up work. Unforunately, I was unable to do a proper focus on her super self control. It didn't seem all that important with everything else they were about to face. I hope it didn't turn out badly because of that. Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

BELLA

"Bella, are you alright?" Jasper asked as my eyes fluttered open.

I knew I should reply, but I was distracted by his beautiful face. I mean, I had always thought that he was good looking, even when I was with Edward. Of course, good looking was a word used to describe seeing him through human eyes. However, thorugh my new eyes, he looked nothing short of magnificent.

I could see different little things that I could see before. I could now see that his hair was several different shades of blonde. I could see that his eyes still had a small tint of red to it. I guess it took longer for them to change when you spent a century or so on the human diet. That was okay, though, because it was as much a part of him as his scars. His beautiful scars, that were clearly visible in my new sight. I knew he never really liked them and was anything but proud of them. However, for some reason, as I stared at them, I was very proud. He was a brave man to endure all that he endure in his time with Maria and that was something that he should be proud of. The scars proved that he was brave.

As I continued to admire every curve and angle of his face, I found myself absentmindedly tracing one of the beautiful crescent shapes on his hand. I continued to take his beauty in until my eyes met his. I could see shock, relief, confusion, and concern written in his beautiful golden orbs. I wondered what could possibly have caused him to look like at me like this.

"Bella, can you hear me?" he asked and I nodded slowly sitting up.

Jasper slowly shifted from being right over top of me to sitting next to me on the bed. I looked around the room to see my family staring at me with the same emotions as Jasper's written on everyone of their faces.

I noticed that a huge steel wall covered the windows and realized that we most be on lockdown. I had no idea why. I filed it into the back of my mind for later. If it was a big deal, they would say something right away. Right now, it was more important for me to figure out why they were looking at me like I had come back from the dead.

"Are you alright?" Jasper asked again barely five seconds after I had opened my eyes.

"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" I asked turning to look at him.

"Well, you completed the transformation about ten minutes ago, but you wouldn't repsond to anything. We were worried that something had gone wrong." Jasper explained. I could hear the relief in his voice.

"Oh, I'm sorry." I replied. "I was just talking to Edward."

I looked around the room, curious at what kind of reaction they would have. I was pretty sure, with the evidence of the existence, that they'd believe it was possible for me to communicate with the dead. Apparently, I had been wrong. They were all staring at me like the were afraid for my mental health. Everyone except Carlisle, of course. He knew what I was getting at and there was a half, almost amused smile on his face.

"Um Bella....Edward's dead." Rosalie stated.

"I know that Rose." I said as politely as I could. I supposed I'd have to explain.

"Then how?" she quesitioned.

"Well, Carlisle was right about you guys all along. It turns out that you do have souls and that heaven is possible for us." I smiled at Carlisle.

"So are you saying that you spoke to Edward as an angel?" Esme questioned.

"Yup." I replied with a smile.

"I told Edward that they'd be stupid to keep him out." Carlisle laughed to himself.

"So what exactly happened?" Alice asked, perching herself on the edge of the bed.

Carlisle, who was very interested, came to sit by my head. The others sat down on the couch, eager to listen. Rosalie, Emmett, and Esme were still looking at me like I was crazy, but they seemed to accept that I was telling the truth.

"Well, while I was changing and Jasper was doing his best to distract me with his calm and peaceful feelings, I found myself able to have a few rational thoughts. At first I just thought about my time with Charlie and Edward and the family. You know, just things to keep my mind off of the pain." I began explaining. "However, after awhile I started to realize, that we could never really be sure of how Edward felt about you and I, Jazz and that was something that really bothered me. It didn't seem right to go into enternity with just the assumption that Edward would want me to be happy. Some part of me would always feel like I was betraying him by loving you. I didn't want to feel like. It would hurt me too much to think that I was hurting him or his memory. I mean, I love you so much Jazz, you know that, right?"

"Of course, I do, honey." he whispered. "I understand, though, that Edward was just as important to you. I felt like I was betraying him sometimes too. It's not a bad thing."

I nodded and continued,

"I found myself wanting to talk to him. Wanting to find out, for sure, how he felt. It happened suddenly, and felt much like a dream, only I knew it was real. Edward was there with me. Solid, touchable. Every bit the Edward that I rememebered. He was there to talk to me."

I paused for a moment as the clear memory of him brought a lump to my throat. I swallowed hard.

"And what did he say?" Jasper questioned.

He slowly shifted his body and my own so that I was sitting on his lap and he had his arms around my waist. I noted that his moves were slow and cautious. Almost like he expected me to attack if he startled me. I would ask him what was wrong later. He played absentmindedly with my hair while I answered his question.

"He told me that he heard how badly I needed to talk to him and got permission to come to me. He then told me that he knew what was going on between you and I and that he was okay with it. He said the only I could ever betray him was to let his death interfere with my life and happiness. He also said that if he couldn't be with me, he'd rather see me with you or Emmett, than with someone like Jacob, or Mike Newton, or any other human boy we know for that matter. He wanted me to tell you that he would be forever grateful to you for saving me from myself. For forcing me to talk and feel, rather than keeping it all in. He said he loved me and always would and then he said goodbye." I sighed and Jasper chuckled lightly. "What?" I demanded.

"Nothing, that's just exactly what I always knew he would say." Japser answered.

"I guess, I always knew it too." I sighed. "I just feel so much better now that I've heard him say it. Now that I know, for sure, how he feels. It's easier to see my happy enternity with you now."

"I understand completely, love." Jasper replied and kissed the top of my head.

The family fell into a tense and awkard silence. I looked around at them and noticed their faces were full of concern, confusion, and little fear. I looked up into Jasper face and saw the same emotions.

"What's wrong?" I whispered.

"Alot, actually." Jasper sighed. "Most importantly, you."

"What's that mean?" I questioned.

"It's not wrong, per say." Carlisle responded. "Just unusual."

I furrowed my brow unsure of what they meant.

"You remember the newborns, don't you?" Jasper asked.

I suddenly understood. They were all waiting for me to do something newbornish. I think they expected me to rip someone's throat out or throw something, at least. I didn't have that kind of impulse, though. I really didn't feel much different from when I was human, except the dull burning in my throat. Uncomfortable, though managable.

"Is there something wrong with me?" I asked quietly.

"I don't think so." Carlisle answered. "I think you're just unique, that's all."

"It's strange, though, isn't it Carlisle? I mean any other newborn would've needed to hunt the moment the awoke. But she just had a ten minute conversation without even thinking about it." Jasper stated then looked at me. "Are you thirsty?" he asked.

My throat suddenly flared up. It became nearly unbearable.

"I am now." I stated smacking him playfully in the arm.

"OW!" he said and rubbed his arms where I hit him.

"Oops." I whispered looking down.

"Alice, can you go to the basement fridge and get Bella a couple canisters of whatevers down there?" Jasper asked.

"Of course." she replied and skipped from the room.

There was still that odd tension in the room and I looked around to see more fear written on everyone's faces. I wanted to know what had every so worked up, however, my disappointment over not being able to hunt won out over the curiousity.

"What?" I stated. "Do you guys have that little faith in me, that I can't even go on my first hunt with you guys? I mean, I know enough not to kill the people I know. Which is just about every God damned person in this town!"

"Bella, honey, calm down." Jasper cooed and I felt him using his gift. "It doesn't have anything to do with not having faith in you. In fact, we were all really excited about going with you on your first time. We were looking forward to teaching and watching. The problem is, we can't leave the house, right now."

"What? Why?" I asked panicky a little as I remembered the lockdown.

"A lot happened in the two days that you were out of it." Carlisle explained. "We had to kill Jacob to stop him."

My heart suddenly dropped to my stomach. Jacob was dead. My best friend. My best man. The sunshine on a cloudy day. The man who pulled me through the second darkest time of my life. The man who would've laid everything, even his own life down for me, had I given him that chance. He was gone and never coming back. I'd never see his handsome face or the smile that could bring light into even the darkest place. I'd never see him or touch him again. He was gone for ever.

Suddenly, it didn't matter that he killed my father or my fiancee. It didn't matter that he tried to kill me or the rest of my family. All that mattered was that he was dead and I would never see him again. I had lost my best friend and it felt like someone had jammed a knife through my heart. I let out a dry sob and buried my head in Jasper's chest.

"I'm so sorry." Jasper whispered. "We wouldn't have done it if there was any other way. We didn't have a choice."

"I know." I whispered. "I don't blame you."

"We, then, of course, had to change you to keep you alive." Carlisle continued. "Now the wolves, want revenge for their fallen brother and to deliver punisment for our crime. They're actually outside the house right now and have been there for a day and a half. They're waiting to attack the minute one of us leaves."

"Which we won't." Jasper stated. "Not for awhile at least. We have enough extra canisters of blood and even some donated human blood, if we get desperate. Their should be enough there to last at least two months. Maybe more. Since we won't be interacting with humans at all."

"Somehow, I doubt they'll wait that long, though." Emmett stated.

"So do I." Carlisle sighed.

"So what do we do?" I asked knowing they were both right.

"I don't know, Bella, I don't know." Jasper sigh and buried his face in my hair.

ALICE

I skipped down the stairs at a human pace. I was fairly happy about life at the moment. With the exception of the predicament with the dogs, of course. I couldn't help but be happy about the fact that Bella was finally my sister.

Don't get me wrong. She's been my sister since Edward stopped her from getting squished by the van. However, it seemed a little more official now. I wasn't quite sure why though. It's not like we even have the same venom or anything. I think it had a lot to do with the fact the we were now equal as sisters. She could do the same things I could without limitations. Or maybe it was just my odd sense of logic. Whatever the reason, I couldn't be happier.

I was also very happy to find out that Bella had been able to get a comfirmation from Edward about her and Jasper relationship. She didn't need to spend enternity worrying about whether or not she did right by him. She needed to foucs on being happy, and Edward made sure she could.

Did I believe she really saw Edward as an angel? Yes, I did. I agreed with Carlisle on the fact that we all had souls. We could live, love, do, and feel all the things that other humans can. Not too mention, we do the very best we could not to hurt or kill any of the humans around us. Of course, we make mistakes, but who doesn't? I was sure their was a place in heaven for all of us.

I had to be. Especially since I knew my life would be coming to an end soon. Less than two weeks. Hell, with the way things are going, maybe less than two hours. Who knew?

I had to believe that I was going to go where Edward was when I died, because there was no way that I was going to let Bella or Jasper go there. The had too much to learn and be for each other. It wouldn't be right if one of them died. Which is why I wasn't going to let it happen.

I was already prepared. I had written Bella and Jasper letters explaining why I had to do it. I told them to go on with their lives and be happy. That's the best way the could remember me. Take my sacrifice and consider it my gift to them. And not to waste it. I only hoped they would listen to me.

I made it to the basement fridge and pulled out two canisters of what looked liked deer. When I spun around to head back upstairs, I noticed one of the panes had been knocked out of the window down there. We didn't bother putting anything over these windows because it was highly unlikely that anyone would try to gain entry here.

The whole wasn't big enough for any of the wolves to get through, even in human form. It was, however, big enough for them to put something. I panicked and took and quick look around the room, just too make sure they hadn't sent anything through that could hurt or distract us. There was nothing in the vicintiy other then a folded up piece of paper. I picked it up and opened it.

Bloodsuckers,

We know that you're in there. We have the place surrounded and you are outnumbered. We suggest that you simply come out and accept your punisment. We promise it'll be much less painful that way. We don't have much patience though. We've already been here nearly two days and are getting very antsy. So, we're going to give you until 5:30 tonight to come out on your own. If you don't, then we will force you out. We'll have you out by the end of the night. It's up to you whether we do it the easy way or the hard way.

Sincerely,
Sam

I crumpled the piece of paper in my hands and let out a dry sob. I stared at the note, unsure of what to feel. Fear and anger were very dominate in my mind. The fear more so than the anger. I thought about his words about forcing us out and knew that there was only one way to pull that off.

I realized then, that whether or not we cooperated, we were all going to die.

A/N: What do you guys think? Was it another one worth waiting for? I hope you liked it. Once again, so for making you wait. Please review. I love you all!