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So I'm super exited to post this story here, because I've been writing and editing this for the past 3 years, and I'm really proud of the way it became.

Disclaimer: None of the characters belong to me, only the storyline.

6. A DYING THOUGHT

I looked towards the door and saw Edward walking in and closing it again. He smiled wary at me when he turned against me.

I let go of Charlie's hand and hurled myself into his arms. "Thank you." I whispered against his chest.

"For what?" he asked me.

"For what you said out there." I whispered.

"I get crazy when I see you like this. When you walk around like a zombie, your eyes distant. I don't want you to be that way. I want to see the sparkle in your eyes when you look at me and the huge grin on your face. That's what keeps me sane – you're what keep me sane." He smiled and held my face between his hands. He bended his head down to mine and our lips touched.

It was not the kind of kiss that I wanted to distract me, just a peck, just a fast touch.

"Thanks." I whispered.

I pulled away and took his hand, walking slowly against Charlie. "Can you smell how different he smells?" I asked him and sat down in the chair next to the bed.

"His blood is weak." He told me and sat down on the floor next to me.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. His heartbeat is slower as well." I said. I took my father's hand in mine and leaned down to kiss it.

I heard the door open again and nurse and Carlisle entered the room.

Carlisle smiled warmly at me as he walked to the machines. He looked at all the screens and walked back to Edward and me.

The nurse checked all the needles in Charlie's arms and left the room after sending me a smile.

"He seems to be all right. His heart rate is low, but it's understandable in his condition." Carlisle told me.

"He's going to be alright, right?" I asked him and looked up at his young face.

"It's hard to say now, the odds are the same. But we all hope for the best." He said and patted my shoulder. "I told the nurse to keep you updated on his situation."

"Thank you Carlisle." I whispered.

He just smiled at me and left the room.

"They're going home and will take Renesmee with them. It's best for her." Edward told me when the room turned silent.

I rose up from my chair and looked at him. "We should say goodbye." I said and took his hand.

Alice put her arms around me as soon as I was out of the room. She smiled kindly at me before taking Jasper's hand.

Esme gave me a hug as well and Carlisle gave my shoulder a light squeeze.

"We're here for you." Esme said.

Renesmee ran into my arms and hugged me closely. "Say 'Hi' to grandpa from me when he wakes up." She said. She pulled away and reached out for Edward.

He took her in his arms and hugged her. He kissed her forehead before he sat her down again.

She smiled at me before turning around and running after the others.

We walked out on the little porch and waved after them as they disappeared behind the trees.

Edward took my hand and led me inside again, his hand feeling warm against mine.

"Thanks for staying here." I whispered.

"Of course, I would never leave you when you need me." He said and pressed his lips to my forehead.

We pulled away and walked back to Charlie.

Only a second later the nurse walked in. "Excuse me Mrs.? Your father's heartbeat is going down." The nurse said.

I focused on her. "Thank you." I said and went to the chair next to Charlie's bed. I took his hand and held it between my own. I leaned my forehead down to touch them and rested it there.

I heard the door behind me open and close. I didn't need do look to know that Edward had left.

I let go of Charlie's hands and rested my head on his chest – just above the heart. I listened to his heartbeat.

I just lay there until I heard Edward come back in again.

"How is he?" he asked.

"Awfully quiet," I told him and sat back up, still holding Charlie's hand.

He took a few steps and stopped in front of me to stroke a hair away from my face. "How do you feel? Do you need anything?" he asked me.

I just shook my head quietly. "I'm all right." I just told him.

Edward sat down on the floor next to me. He quietly hummed my lullaby.

We sat there for a long time without talking; we just listened to Charlie's heartbeat and his uneven breath.

It was just after midnight when the nurse came into the room again. She checked the needles in Charlie's arm and took a look on the screens.

I slowly felt the tears run down my cheeks and I reached up to wipe them off, but warm fingers beat me there. I turned to the side and looked into Edward's eyes.

"How is he?" I asked her when she was on her way out.

She stopped and turned around to look at me. "Not good, but we're doing everything we can." She told me and left.

I stared at Charlie, remembering childhood memories of him, the summers in Forks with him and me alone, these past years living with him.

Edward touched my face. "I'll be right back," He said and kissed my forehead before walking out of the room.

I exhaled when the door closed and looked at Charlie again. His chest was rising and lowering, very slowly.

I listened to his heart. It missed a beat once in a while, but it became more often as the seconds past.

His heartbeat was almost the half the normal now. I did not know what would happen, but I knew what I had to do.

I took a deep breath and started the story he had avoided from the very beginning. "Dad, I know you don't want to hear this, but I have to tell you. I feel like that's the least I can do, make you understand. I want to tell you the whole story, not just my story, also Renesmee's, Edward's, and the whole family's.

"When I first moved here I didn't know that such 'humans' existed, it was first when I heard a story Jacob told me, that I even considered it could be true. So of course I talked to Edward about it, and he confirmed my thoughts about him. That he is a vampire, that his whole family is vampires, real blood-drinking vampires. But they're what they call vegetarians, which mean that they survive on the blood of animals.

"I bet you remember when I ran off to Phoenix, and never told you the real story. The real story is, that the evening I went out playing baseball with Edward's family, the game was interrupted by three non-vegetarian vampires, James, Laurent and Victoria. James noticed my human scent, and because Edward defended me and threatened him, he started chasing me. Jasper and Alice took me to Phoenix and stayed with me there, while the others hunted James. James made a trap for me and caught me. Edward saved me and caught James." I told him and looked over my shoulder to be sure no one was listening, then I continued. "The reason he left a few months after that was that he didn't want to hurt me. I noticed that in moments of fright I could see him in my head. So I jumped off the cliff. Alice has an ability to see the future and saw me jump, but she didn't see me land, and was afraid that I had died. She told Rosalie this and Rosalie told Edward. He went to Italy to some of 'his worlds' oldest vampires, and asked them to kill him. Alice saw this and we went after him. That's why we were in such hurry and I didn't get to speak to you. We hurried to the airport and flew all the way to Italy, and we arrived just in time and got him home with us."

Charlie was still, his breath and heart rate so slow.

I hurried, not knowing how much time I had left. "You might remember when all those people were killed before my graduation; it was some newborn vampires. Victoria had made them because she wanted revenge; she wanted to kill me because Edward had killed her James. She wanted him to feel the same sorrow as she had, but Edward killed her, and the rest of the vampires were killed as well.

"The thing I'm going to tell you now is the most important thing. It's what happened on our honeymoon. I got pregnant. We didn't know what to do and the baby was growing so fast inside of me. It was killing me, but I didn't want them to take it away. All I wanted was for that little baby to live and to hold that little miracle in my arms. At a time it started to break my bones, so we decided it was time to get it out. The little baby was Renesmee; she's our own child. That's why she has my eyes, your curls and Edward's face. She grows so fast after she was born, and will do until she is about seven, then she will grow normally until she's sixteen. Then she will stop aging and stay like that forever.
"When she was born I was dying. I had lost too much blood, and could under no circumstances survive as a human. So Edward bit me, and I changed. I'm a vampire."

He almost interrupted me with a gasp low in his throat.

"Dad?" I asked. I could see his whole body shaking. I grabbed his arms and pressed them down.

I heard the heart rate machine slow even more.

"Dad! Stay with me, I won't lose you. Please stay with me." I cried and lay my head down on his shaking chest.

I heard the door open behind me and I was pulled away from him. I saw the doctors press their hands against his chest as CPR – trying to save him.

I tried to pull out of the hands holding me, but couldn't. The arms that belonged to the hands locked around my waist and turned me around.

I kept trying to get free of him while I heard the bibs slow until it ended in an endless scream from the machine, meaning that his heart had stopped.

That was when I exploded. Exploded in screams, cries, sadness and misery. I don't remember what happened after that. Only that Edward sat me down in his lab and let me grasp the situation my own way.