AN- I realize I have made a huge mistake- I meant for this to take place AFTER Eclipse- and I accidentally put the characters back at high school. Anyways, Bella is at College (Alaska) and Alice had a vision of Edward changing Lorin- which was why he returned home.
Lorin felt as if she were dying again. Every inch of her burned the second she felt something pierce her neck. Her own heart betrayed her, beating the poison throughout her body.
She heard voices. At first, she feared everything was in her head; that she had never died, and the pain wasn't real. She hoped it was true. She knew it wasn't.
A pair of cool hands touched her face, soothing. An angel's voice echoed through the nightmare. The voice was in agony.
"I…can feel it," the voice said.
"Are you sure you aren't just feeding off of Jasper's mind?"
"No…her…I can read her mind,"
"You can read everyone's mind-"
"Not like this."
Silences took over, and in that empty space of time, Lorin felt the pain slowly begin to fade. She heard one more voice, a voice that held authority. The last voice she would ever hear as a human.
"It's almost over."
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EDWARDS POV
Edward sat on Bella's bed, idly playing with her hair as she e-mailed her mother. After he had bitten that girl, and felt her pain, he had fled to Alaska where Bell was. He was instantly comforted. He could still feel her pain on the edge of his mind, like a mild migraine, but it was easy to forget now that he was with his Bella again.
Bella sighed and leaned back into him. He breathed in her new scent, a little reminiscent of her human one, and soothed his nerves. Her blood no longer challenged him, she was no longer fragile, and that helped. He kissed her lightly on the head, silent for a minute.
"Are you coming back to Forks for the weekend?"
Bella frowned. "I don't know…I guess. As long as Charlie doesn't know."
Edward nodded solemnly. He didn't like it when Bella was in pain because of her decision. Because of what he had done himself: changing her into a vampire. Bella felt him tense at the mention of what she was sacrificing to be with him.
"Don't feel guilty," she said. "Please. Edward, I chose this. I wanted this. I love you."
Edward moved his lips to the hollow of her throat.
"I know."
Bella closed her eyes. For a moment, everything was at peace.
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LORIN'S POV
The pain was almost gone. Now, she could focus on the voices she was hearing and separate them, and even recognize them. The angel's voice did not return until the end of her third day, and it rarely spoke.
But she still heard it.
She knew the voice was speaking to her on the outside. Rather, it came from the inside. She heard the voice in her head, and it wasn't talking to her. It was like she was peeking into someone's mind. She didn't understand it. She tried to talk to the voice, but it did not respond.
"Carlisle?" a voice broke through her thoughts. Lorin recognized it immediately, because she heard it the most. "Carlisle…I think she's waking up."
Lorin almost felt a steady gaze scrutinizing her.
"Yes…Alice, get the others."
Lorin could hear a small commotion happen outside. She moved for the first time, shifting her weight.
Slowly, Lorin opened her eyes.