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Chapter 34

And then the pain stopped. But I felt like I was falling. Falling through a black, endless hole. All I could see was darkness. I tried to open my eyes, to see where I was, but I realized they were already open.

And then, at the bottom of the endless hole, I saw a tiny prick of light. Like a small star. As I continued to fall, the star got bigger and bigger. When I thought I was close enough to reach out and touch the star, it disappeared.

And the pain came back.

And then it ended.

Edward's POV

"I...love...you..." I heard Bella whisper. It was barely audible to my own ears. She was in so much pain. So close to death. I was so close to losing my Bella.

I began to cry.

But something didn't feel right. My face felt...different. It felt...wet. I was crying tears.

This wasn't possible. Vampires couldn't cry.

But I didn't care that I was crying right now. Who gives a shit that I was crying. My Bella was dying. Dying. And I couldn't even do anything about it.

"Bella..." I whispered. "I love you..."

As I said that, I thought I saw her smile. Then her body went limp. Victoria triumphantly broke away from her neck, and stood up. She wiped the blood off her face, and turned to face all of us.

I saw the rest of my family break down too. They were all crying. But they didn't have tears steaming down their face. What was wrong with me?

I looked down at my Bella. Her skin, whiter than it had ever been. But she still looked beautiful.

I would never see her alive again. Never see her blush again. Never see her beautiful smile light up her face. We would never get married. I looked down at her hand and saw that she was wearing her ring. I also noticed that her wrist was broken.

I looked up at Victoria. She was still grinning.

"Victoria, you fucking goddamn bitch!" I yelled at her. She turned to look at me.

"Language, language..." she scolded.

I didn't stop yelling at her. "Go to hell! Do you hear me? You fucking bitch! Go to hell!"

She merely grinned. She walked over to Bella and took her ring off of her finger. She looked at it from every angle, admiring it. Then she took it and crushed it between two of her fingers.

"No!" I yelled. I didn't yell because the ring cost a lot of money, or anything foolish like that; I yelled because that was a symbol of our love. And now it was destroyed.

I struggled to get free.

"Victoria, you bitch!" This time, it was not me who was yelling. It was Alice. I turned to look at her. She was not one who swore often. Our eyes locked, and she thought something to me.

Edward, I had a vision. Carlisle, Esme, and Rose are coming. They should be here soon. Don't worry.

This did nothing to ease my pain.

"I don't care anymore, Alice, don't you see that! Bella is dead." I began to cry again. "She's dead...Alice. Gone."

Then I heard someone break down the door. I turned and saw Carlisle, Esme, and Rosalie standing in the door way. In a second, I was free. No one except Alice and I had expected them to come.

After I was free, I fell to the ground. I crawled over to where Bella was laying. I picked her up and moved her away from everyone else. I sat down in a corner, and held her in my arms.

"Bella...no...please..." I whispered to her. The tears were back. One of them fell onto her cheek.

I did something I never thought I would. I closed my eyes and said a silent prayer.

God, if you exist, please help me. I thought. I need Bella. I need her. I don't know how I will be able to survive without her. So please, please help me. I need a miracle. I need her to survive this. Please, God. Please.

A moment later, Carlisle was at my side. Everyone else was standing behind me, looking down at Bella.

"They…others…are…all…dead…" Rosalie whispered. I looked up at her. She was crying.

And she had tears, too.

I realized that all of my family members now had tears streaming down their faces. One by one, they reached up and touched their faces. They felt the tears. They looked around to one another, confused. After a moment, I could tell they didn't care. They turned their attention back to Bella.

"Bella..." someone whispered. I couldn't tell who it was. I didn't turn around to find out. I didn't care.

Carlisle knelt down next to me, and reached out his hand. "Edward, can I take a look at her, please?" he asked gently.

"No!" I yelled at him. More tears fell down my face. I pulled Bella closer to me. "Get away from me! All of you!" I screamed at them. My family all looked at me, stunned.

"Edward..." Carlisle said.

"NO!" I yelled again. "No!" I backed away from them, and held Bella into my chest. "No..." I said. I was no longer screaming. "No...no...no..." it was barely a whisper. Carlisle held out his hands and moved closer to me. I looked up at him.

"Edward, please," he said. I saw that his topaz eyes were watering too, and his cheeks were wet with tears. I held Bella closer to me. Carlisle continued to stare at me.

Slowly, I began to release her. Carlisle nodded. He moved closer to me, and reached out his arms. I gently passed Bella to him.

I thought about her. All the incredible times we had together. She was so young—so full of life. And in only a matter of seconds, it was all taken away from her.

I began to hate myself. If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't be dead right now. I should have never interfered in her life. I should have let her alone from the beginning. If I would have just stayed away from her, then she would be alive right now. Alive and well, and able to have a normal human life.

Jasper looked at me. "Edward..." he said. "If there was...anything...that could be done..."

I nodded.

Do you want me to...you know...make you happier? He thought to me.

I shook my head. "I can't just numb this, Jasper," I said. He understood.

"Edward!" Carlisle cried out in excitement. I turned to look at him. A second later, Jasper perked up. He sniffed the air. And then he did something unexpected.

He lunged at Bella.

Carlisle and I both were able to grab him. Emmett came over to us and held him down. But Jasper would not stop struggling.

"No...blood..." he was saying. Suddenly, I perked up too.

I recognized that smell. It was so...good. So wonderful. Where did I know it from?

Then I realized. And I held my breath. Everyone else in my family realized it too. I heard no more breaths in the room, except for Jasper.

I looked around at everyone. They looked confused. I looked back at Carlisle, and he was grinning as he was looking at Bella.

"Edward...look..." he said. I looked down at where Victoria had bitten Bella. Around the cut in her neck, there was shiny venom, and another liquid.

It was red.

Blood.

Bella's blood.

"Carlisle...is...she...?" Esme asked slowly. Carlisle turned to us.

"I think so..." he said. I don't think his smile could have been any bigger. "Come on, we have to get her out of here," he said. I gently lifted Bella up and ran up to my room. I laid her down on the couch, and a moment later Carlisle joined me. Everyone else entered a second later, and we all stood around my couch. Everyone except Jasper.

"Bella...please..." I heard someone mutter. I looked up and saw it was Rosalie. She can't be dead. She can't. She's the first good thing that's happened to Edward in a hundred years. She can't be dead. She has to be alive—for Edward's sake.. I…I don't want to lose her, she thought. Our eyes met. We both nodded at each other, and she knew she was forgiven for everything.

I edged my way closer to Bella. I reached for her hand, and gently began to stroke the back of it. It wasn't as freezing as I had expected it to be, but it was still cold.

"Bella..." I whispered to her. "Bella...please don't leave me. I need you. I can't live without you." I looked at her beautiful face. "I love you."

I thought I saw her take a small, shallow breath.

"Carlisle...?" I asked. He was by my side in a moment, examining Bella.

"She's...breathing..." Emmett said, stunned.

"Bella..." I whispered. I stroked her hand again. "Bella...please..."

Her breathing became more prominent. I could tell they were definitely breaths.

I saw Bella take a real, true, normal breath. "Bella!" Alice yelled, full of excitement.

After Bella took three or four normal breaths, her eyes shot open. She searched around the room, confused, and after about a second our eyes met.

She looked scared. Very scared.

"Bella…" I whispered to her. Her eyes widened. She stared at me, as if analyzing every one of my features.

Another second later, she cried out. She started writhing in pain. I would have thought she was having a seizure, but her eyes were not rolled back into her head.

"No! The fire! The fire is back!" she was yelling. "Stop the fire!" She continued to squirm in pain, and Carlisle was holding her down.

"Edward, help me! She could hurt herself!" He directed. But I did not fully hear him. I could only stare, stunned, at my poor Bella.

I had wished to have her back. I had prayed for her to not leave me. And now my prayer had been answered. But I was not glad. I was angry in myself.

My prayer had just been a selfish gesture. I shouldn't have prayed. I should've let her move on. But I just had to have her back. And now she was alive, but in so much pain that it even hurt me to see it.

I should have just let her die. Death would be better than what she was about to go through.

She continued to writhe in pain. "Edward!" Carlisle said to me again. "Edward! Please help me!" I only stared at Bella, shocked at what I had forced her to go through.

After a moment, Alice rushed to Carlisle's side and helped him with Bella.

"What's happening to her?" Rosalie asked.

"Her transformation is beginning," Carlisle replied. "Victoria thought she killed her, but apparently she didn't drink all her blood. Either that, or her body makes new blood very quickly," he said, semi-joking.

"So…in three days…" Emmett trailed off. Carlisle nodded.

I turned away from everybody, and started to head for my door. I can't handle this.

"Edward…?" I heard Esme say as I walked towards the door. I ignored her. I continued to walk out of my room, down the stairs, and out of the house.

As I was running away from the house, I heard Bella scream in agony.

I did not turn around.

SHE'S ALIVE! OMG!

Geeze…and all you people thought I was going to kill all the Cullens and Bella. What kind of a person do you think I am!? I would NEVER kill ANY of them!!!!!!

ok i dont really like this chapter, so if you say it wasnt the best i will DEFINITELY agree with you. idk...i can never get Edward's POV down. its hard!!

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-danielle-