A/N: So sorry I didn't update sooner! Exams are starting soon, and I've NEVER had so much homework! Don't get me started on the tests… I have 4 on Tuesday… Anyways, I won't be updating next week, because I'll be studying… I'll try to update on the 18th! Enjoy this short (sorry, but I do have to study!) update!

Grief

Awareness came slowly. Dimly I remembered hearing the wail of the ambulance sirens as the pulled up and being loaded onto a stretcher. I remembered feeling the prick of a needle, and then the release of pain and the feel of sleep and comfort.

So where was I now? Slowly, ever so slowly, I opened my eyes and gazed around the bland room with the white walls. I was in a hospital. I tried to move my bad arm, but found it restrained by a heavy white cast. My head was wrapped up like a turban and I was covered in IV's.

"Should we tell her?" Bella Cullen's voice drifted through the open doors. Obviously she didn't know I was awake.

"I don't know…" Carlisle hesitated. "Can you imagine how she would feel?"

"But the funeral is tomorrow!" Bella hissed.

"Bells, dear, you shouldn't have said that. Melody is awake and listening to our conversation." Edward's musical voice cut in. How did he know I was awake?

"Who died?" I called out, apprehension coloring my voice.

They walked into the room then, all of them indescribably gorgeous. There was Bella, with her waist-length mahogany hair and golden eyes. Edward, the beautiful god with bronze hair and copper eyes, the one who always seemed to know what I was thinking. Renesmee, with the curly copper hair and brown eyes. She was the youngest, only twelve or so. I was shocked when Miss Dawson walked into the room; I had no idea she was on friendly terms with the Cullens. But, then again, she seemed to fit in: She had the same cold and pale skin and copper eyes. She also had the same tired appearance as the others, almost as if she never got enough sleep. Ms. Dawson had long auburn hair that ended mid back.

"Melody," Ms. Dawson paused, obviously not wanting to say anything. She shot a pleading glance at the blond Carlisle, who turned and walked out of the room, Edward at his side.

"Your parents and Daniel are dead." Bella said bluntly, not quite covering the pain she still felt over her parents' sudden death in a plane crash.

"Dead… Dead?" I repeated numbly. Daniel, mom, and dad were dead? How could they be? Just a few days ago we had been decorating the Christmas tree and laughing! I shook my head slowly. "…No…" And then I was screaming my pain to the heavens and cursing the gods who had allowed my family to die. How could they?

A nurse ran in and shot an accusatory glance at Bella, who had retreated to a corner, clutching Renesmee to her side.

"Wait!" The little girl ordered. The nurse froze and backed away from my side, lowering the needle in the process. With a small smile on her lips Renesmee walked to my side and placed a warm hand on my face. I stopped shouting and gasped. I saw my parents, smiling and laughing. It was right before the family Christmas dinner… Mom had been baking a cake when Dad had wandered in with a snowball in his hands. He had thrown it at mom, who had then thrown batter at him. That was when Daniel and Emily had run in and joined the food fight. I was lingering in the background, smiling slightly at my family's antics.

The memory faded away, leaving with it a sense of calm, though the grief was still there. Belatedly I realized that the nurse had pricked me with the needle.

"Thanks, Nessie." I whispered as I fell asleep. I felt her warm hands wipe my tears away, after giving me a gentle hug.

"You'll be just fine." She whispered.

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Renesmee watched Melody sleep and smiled. She turned to Bella, a hopeful expression on her face. "Will you make her a vampire, Mama? I like her."

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