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The note was addressed to Miss Isabella Swan. She looked at me, fear written across her face.

"I cannot read this. Please?" She handed the note to me, requesting I read it first.

"Of course." I opened it. On the inside it said.

Miss Isabella Swan,

Your mother has fallen seriously ill and grows worse by the moment. She was taken from the market place, the moment someone saw her collapse, to the hospital. We regret informing you so late but we had no one to spare, this illness seems to be spreading quickly and we are trying to stabilize her as much as possible, but it seems very unlikely that she will recover. Please, bring the rest of your family and friends if you would like to say goodbye to her. We are terribly sorry.

Dr. Cullen

I looked to her. She saw the horrified expression on my face and needed no more of an answer to what the note said than that. She broke down in tears and collapsed to the floor. I knelt beside her, pulled her into my arms, and rocked from side to side gently.

After an hour of torturous tears and pleading I noticed the sun was setting.

"Isabella?" I stroked her hair and pulled her closer to me. "It is getting dark. We need to be on our way."

She sat there trembling in my arms. I couldn't leave her, I wouldn't. I couldn't force her to walk either. I decided to carry her back to my home.

"No!" She said after we started to my house. "No I have to go to the hospital. I need to go. Will you please come with me? I will not survive alone."

"I will take you. Just let me get you to my house first, would you like my mother and father to attend as well? They could drive us and we could get there quicker." She couldn't speak anymore through her tears.

My mother was on the porch again today and saw Isabella in my arms when I walked around the corner.

"Isabella! What happened? Are you alright?"

"It's her mother, she was taken to the hospital. They left a note at her house saying to come to the hospital, they don't think she will recover" Isabella shrieked in agony. My heart broke into a million pieces. I would give anything if I could take the pain instead of her, I would give my soul if that is what it took. Just anything so long as I do not have to see her in this much pain. My mother stood there in shock.

"Will you and Father come with us? Can you drive us there?" Isabella was still shrieking

"Of course son. I'll get him. Wait here." She ran quickly inside and they both appeared after just a few moments.

"Let us leave. We need to waste no time." My father spoke quickly.

We arrived at the hospital about fifteen minutes later. We walked inside the door, me still carrying Isabella, and asked where a Mrs. Swan was staying. She pointed us in the direction of her room. Once we arrived to the door I paused and put Isabella on her feet.

"Do you think you can do this?" I was afraid she couldn't

"I have to." She walked to the door and pushed it open. Her mother was lying there on the cot, seeming asleep, with a doctor by her side.

"Hello. I am Dr. Carlisle Cullen. You must be the Swan family?" I nodded toward him but Isabella shook her head.

"Actually it is just me, they came to support me."

"Isabella we are a family. We have considered you our daughter since the moment we met you." My father corrected her. She sniffled. I knew that touched her.

"That is very kind of you to join her. I know this is difficult. Are you Mrs. Swan's daughter?"

"Yes sir. How is she?"

"I'm afraid she is in a coma." Isabella stood there starring, she couldn't muster a sound "You see, she has a fever, the fever is so high it knocked her unconscious. I have been trying to wake her but she hasn't come around."

"What is wrong with her?" I asked the doctor.

"Influenza, but it is spreading rapidly. More quickly than a normal case, but we know that is what she has."

"What can we do?" My mother asked. She was upset that Isabella was hurt.

"I'm afraid we can do nothing else. We have tried everything. Unless she comes out of her coma, there is no hope." Isabella shrieked again. I turned her to face me than wrapped my arms tightly around her. The doctor came and put his hand on her back, a shiver went through her but it didn't break her sobs.

"I will leave you a moment. Let me know if there may be anything I can do for you."

"Thank you Doctor." My father told him. He just nodded in response.

"Isabella? Do you want to talk to her?" She nodded her head against my chest but did not move. "I will not leave you Isabella. I am right her with you." She looked up to me and I could see the tears sparkling in her eyes. I gave her an encouraging smile. She took my hand and walked towards her mother.

"Mother?" She whispered ever so slightly. My mother and father came up behind us and put their hands on her shoulders supportively. "Mother it's me. I'm here. Can you hear me?" Isabella looked down and tears started to pour across her cheeks again. "Mother?"

"Isabella?" Her mother whispered so roughly

"Yes? I am here Mother. I am so sorry! I should have been here."

"I love you Isabella." She didn't move anymore

"Mother? Please, wake up. I love you! Please, do not leave me. You can't! I still need you!" A monitor went off with a solid high pitched noise. Dr. Cullen burst into the room. We all turned to see him, he looked at the monitor and bowed his head and Isabella screamed a cry so painful I couldn't stop the tears that fell.

My mother wrapped her arms around Isabella and I as well as my father. I could see my mother crying and my father's eyes glistening.

How could this happen? Why now? All I had left to do was hold Isabella. I noticed the doctor had stepped out of the room but I didn't notice when and I didn't really care about it. All I cared about now was my Bella.

We had gotten in the car and started home about fifteen minutes after her mother passed. They wanted to give us time to morn but wanted to get the body out soon.

We arrived at the house and I carried my sleeping Bella inside. She had fallen asleep exhausted from tears. My mother stopped me before I started up the steps.

"Edward, stay with her tonight. I do not want her alone at a time like this." I nodded and took my Bella to her room. I couldn't believe how amazing that sounded, my Bella. I loved thinking that, but now wasn't the time.

Isabella slept through the entire night and did not wake once. I stayed up just to make sure I would know if she were to be upset again. Mother excused us from school that day and Isabella and I stayed home.

I decided at noon I would make Isabella breakfast since she had been sleeping and missed it. I took a tray upstairs and woke her.

"Isabella? Wake up. I have breakfast for you." Her eyes fluttered open and immediately started to shine with tears. "Can you attempt to eat a little for me please Isabella? I would feel most pleased if you did."

She opened her mouth for me to feed her but never spoke. I fed her a few bites but she stopped, shook her head and went back to sleep. I didn't leave her until she woke again at three that afternoon.

"Good morning." She whispered

"I believe it is a little late for that." I smiled a small smile, she returned it but it did not reach her eyes. "Did you sleep well?"

"I suppose."

"Are you hungry? I wouldn't mind in the least if you wanted me to cook."

"No thank you." I pulled her to me and she rested her head on my chest "Thank you for staying with me. I am so sorry you had to witness something like that."

"No need for apologies. Just rest."

"Don't leave me."

"Never." I leaned down and kissed the top of her head for the first time. It sent a wave of butterflies through my stomach.

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So there is the answer to her mother's disappearance. Some people may not have liked that but I felt that needed to happen. So if you want to read more, review review REVIEW!! Thank you guys that have so far. It means a lot to me. Please continue.