A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed, and here it is for those who wanted faster updates! Really, you guys need to leave a litttle time for it to settle in!

This chapter is fairly short since I never had much to say in it. I just REALLY wanted to write a chapter beginning the way this one did. And then once I did that I had to make up a lot of stuff for it:S Anyway.

This marks the second last chapter, and the last chapter in Edward's pov. I have a sequel in mind, almost all planned out. I know somethings that are going to happen. But ill probably need to make an outline for it, lest I forget. This story, I had NO CLUE what was going to happen at the start, I just kept making it up as I went. I KNEW she was going to leave, I had those chapters with For No One all planned out. But then I had to make up junk, and started having dreams of this part in the story. Edward playing soccer was inspired by three boys in my gym class (who were nutsly athletic.) and then everything fell into place :3

I've got two stories in mind, and I may attempt posting one at the same time as the sequel (HAHAHAH.. That should be interesting.) But I REALLY want to write those stories, and this sequel... so yeah. I hope you enjoy this, second last chapter. 24 seems long for an entire story on for me. I usually get thrown off at twenty. Too long to read in one sitting. But I guess, six chapters in the middle there are pretty short. hahaha.

(The part directly after the bar made me cryyyy)

Chapter Twenty Three: More Than Ever

She was moved to the mental ward because of all the screaming. All I did was stand and watch as Carlisle quickly wheeled her bed away. Her blood had tasted so good, better than I had expected. It was hard for me to stop, but I had to. I sent my venom into her easily. My eyes met hers as she was leaving and for one moment she stopped screaming. She tried a smile but the pain was too great in her.

An hour later Carlisle allowed me to go up and see her. Her screams had stopped as her throat was raw. She was moaning and crying, squirming in her bed. WHen I held her hand it was warm, but felt warm because my skin didn't feel so cold against hers. She was already losing heat. Her skin was pale, but not the beautiful white of a vampire.

When I touched her she jumped and turned to look at me. "Edward," she groanded. "It hurts so much..." I nodded and kissed her cheek.

"It will be alright soon. Just a few more days." Carlisle and I were expecing her transformation to be fairly quick. I had injected a lot of venom in her system and left most of the blood. Carlisle had bitten her in a few places, to help distribute the venom. Bella groaned again and rolled over, turning away from me.

"I keep trying to sleep, but I can't. It's like I was thrown into a fire." I tried to smile, even if she couldn't see. It was more for my benefit.

"It will be like that, for a while. But, there is going to be more time without the pain than there is with it." She turned back to me and attempted a smile but her mouth was clenched so tight against the pain it didn't work.

"I love you Bella," I tried. "I love you so much, you don't even know." Her face softened then and she smiled for real.

"I think I have an idea," she whispered, grinning more and more. "If it's alright for me to say, I think you're the only person I'm ever ment to be with." I smiled and nodded. What a way to make me feel warm inside.

"I agree."

"I love you, Edward. I love you so much." I leaned in and kissed her quickly before she tensed up again to the pain.

When the heart monitor flatlined you could hear Renée's screeching crying throughout the entire hospital. Charlie's broken weeping was strange, you wouldn't expect the sound from a man like him. It was the sobbing of a pathetic man who'd lost the only thing left that was important in his life.

Bella did a good job of playing dead. Once her heart stopped she just lay there and held her breath. I was there when it happened and when she heard Renée and Charlie screaming it seemed to be harder for her.

Carlisle said the hospital would take care of the arrangements for her funeral. It was an easy way of not having to explain why there wasn't a corpse in the coffin.

Once Phil, Renée and Charlie had left Carlisle came into the room with Bella and I. Bella opened her eyes and took in a deep, shuddering breath. She sat up in the bed and then stepped out. It was already evident how beautiful she was. The paleness in her skin had changed from the sick, dying pale into an unearthly beautiful pale. Her hair held tinges of red and she walked towards me with all the grace of a princess. Even underneath the hideous hospital gown I could see how shapely her figure was. Her full lips were now a dark red, as were her eyes.

"Edward?" Her voice was different, smoother, but still beautiful. "H-how do I look?" She smiled awkwardly. Her teeth were perfect and bright.

"Gorgeous," I whispered. She jumped into my arms and we kissed. This time when she parted her mouth, I didn't hold back. Carlisle had to clear his throat very loudly in order to get us to stop. We looked up at him sheepishly. I was embarrased he had to watch our first unguarded kiss. Bella still smelt wonderful, but the need to drink her blood was no longer there.

"Bella, how are you feeling right now?" Carlisle asked her. She shrugged and sat back down on the bed.

"I feel alright. Kind of thirsty though..." I chuckled at that. She was bound to be voraciously thirsty. As a newborn she would be more vicious than the rest of us.

"Can you smell anything? Anything you'd want to eat?" Bella shook her head.

"I can smell the human blood, if that's what you're getting at," she told him simply. "It still smells the same as when I was human, only I don't want to be sick."

Carlisle huffed. It dawned on me too what he had just realized. "Your power. You do not want to drink human blood."

You're one lucky girl, I thought, taking a step toward her.

"How come I heard you talking, but your lips weren't moving?"

I stopped dead, halfway towards holding her. Can you hear this? I thought. She nodded her head at me slowly.

"So what, I can read minds now too?" I shrugged I wasn't sure.

"Did you hear what I just thought, Bella?" Carlisle asked. She shook her head.

And me? I thought. She pointed a finger at me in a flash.

"That I heard," she said. I grinned. This should be intersting. Now I'd have to learn to block my mind.

"This is exciting!" Bella said. I looked at her and smiled.

"It Definately is." She looked at me confusedly.

"I never said anything." Carlisle looked back and forth between the two of us.

I can read your thoughts.

I... guess you can!

"Carlisle! I can read her thoughts!" His eyes widened.

"I guess her reading your mind is a sort of gift from you, and vice versa." Bella then noticed clothes that ALice had left for her on the bed. She began pulling on the underwear underneath the hospital gown.

"How are we going to get her out?" I asked.

"Alice left her a big sweater with a hood. Renée and Charlie aren't here, so it shouldn't be a problem." I nodded and turned backaround. Bella was just pulling a shirt over her head. She picked up the sweater, quickly pulling up the hood.

Are you ready? I asked her.

She grinned. More than you'll ever know.

A/N: Yayyyy! Vampire Bella! With better reason than: Just bite me! So how will this story come to an end? Well... there is a letter, and it makes me cry. But its so happy! at the end.. that is... I will be starting a sequel and shall post a summary for it in my profile tout suite!! Along with two more summaries that I want to attempt writing at the same time as the sequel. So let me know what you think, and review please!!!

Beta note: this is clarified with the author so dont kill me. this is the second to last chapter as you all are very aware of. try and guess what you think will happen in the next chapter XD (this is Mountain Lions taste good for any who are remotely interested...)

till the next chapter

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