I'm going to quote Toby Keith- "Hate me if you want to, love me if you can."

If you can't love me then can you at least not kill me in my sleep???

"What's going on?!" I pleaded with any doctor that walked by me. The room was too filled for me to get in and I could only get bits of coherent thoughts. The one thing that I was aware of, however, was the scent of Bella's blood.

--not looking too good--

Needs attention--

Make way for Carlisle!

A few of the doctor's left the room, one tried to bring me with him until Carlisle assured him that I could be of help.

"Carlisle." I breathed in relief. He would surely know what was going on. Before I could ask the question, Carlisle was emptying the room of the protesting doctors. When it was finally only containing the three of us, Carlisle closed the curtains around the room and looked down to observe Bella.

Bella was laying on her bed, breathing heavily with her eyes closed, but still conscious. There was a smudge of blood on the side of her mouth and the normally white covers that were used to keep her warm were thrown onto the other side of the room, now dyed a deep red in spots.

"Bella..." I breathed, attempting to take a step forward before being halted by Carlisle.

"Let me examine her." he stated. There was no arguing with the tone of voice that he used. Swiftly, but in still human speed, he began to check her vitals. Bella made no move to protest or even acknowledge that we were present as her eyes remained closed and her heavy breathing continued.

"It's bleeding of the lungs." Carlisle stated urgently before reaching and readying a needle. "I was wrong to expect the Flu to act as it originally had."

I remained plastered by the door of the room, unaware of what I should do and afraid that by doing anything at all I would ruin Carlisle's efforts to save her. Carlisle lifted her right arm in order to inject the fluids. Bella didn't give out her usual cries of protest as the needle was brought into a vein, and when Carlisle was finished, he dropped her arm that fell limply back to the bed.

We both sat, staring at Bella's body for an immeasurable moment. I could feel her heat from my position feet away from her and I still had no idea what I was supposed to do.

"Edward. We need ice." Carlisle said in a voice so stern that I dared not argue. The moment the words were out of his mouth I left through the door, beelining straight to the freezer. Typically I would have had to speak to the secretary before going into the freezer, but this was an emergency. When I returned to the room, ice in hand, there was no confused tension. Bella's eyes were still closed but she was coughing strongly. She could barely catch her breathe as Carlisle attempted to move her into a position that would allow her coughs to productive, but after only a few seconds of it, her body fell limply back into place and a trickle of blood began to fall from her mouth.

I tore my attention away from Bella and to my father. His face was devastated.

"Fix this, Carlisle! For god's sake you're a doctor!" I yelled.

"It's a lot worse than I had imagined, Edward... this is more than just the Influenza." he whispered quietly.

This is it ... I had thought she had a few more hours.. there is nothing that we can do...

"Then we change her." I demanded, walking the length of the room and placing my hand on her burning hot shoulder.

"Edward..." Carlisle said helplessly. "It's no use... you can't."

My anger was soon replaced with remorse. This was an enemy that I couldn't kill to protect Bella... I was helpless.

"Please..." I begged. "Don't go...Please, Bella..."

But even as I spoke I could feel her heart slowing.

I was about to yell out when her eyes opened slowly, sending a bead of sweat down her cheek that I caught with my finger.

"I'm...sorry..." she sighed.

"No. Don't do this, Bella. Please. I'm the one that's sorry. Fight this. You can do it." I pleaded. "Please..."

"I love you..." she gasped as her eyes closed again.

"No. Don't be like that, Bella. Stay with me." I begged, taking her burning hand into my own. "You're going to be okay."

For one fleeting second I thought that she was falling asleep. But the steady breathing brought with it even slower heart beats.

Bump Bump.. Bump Bump... Bump..Bump...Bump... silence...

I held my breathe, straining to hear the heartbeats that my mind told me was over, but my heart claimed was there.

"I'm...so, so sorry, Edward." Carlisle said next to me, his head dropped in sorrow.

"She's going to be okay..." I whispered, refusing to except it.

Edward... no...

"Carlisle!" I yelled, looking at my father angrily. "She's going to be fine."

We locked eyes for a few moments before he left the room, leaving Bella and I alone.

"I love you, Bella." I told her as I wiped the sweat off of her forehead. Her head was no longer hot. "I got the ice."

She wasn't moving. Her body was laying perfectly still, just as if she were sleeping. I strained to hear her heartbeats and breathing, but there was nothing but silence.

Isabella passed? Poor Carlisle... he was very attached to her, too...

It was true. Bella had passed. Her cheeks would no longer flush crimson when I dazzled her. I wasn't needed to catch her when she was going to fall. There was noone who's mind was a mystery to me; no more unsolved puzzle. There would be no more arguing about the fate of her soul now that she was in heaven.

Completely aware of how crazy I looked, I climbed onto the bed next to Bella and pulled her to myself.

"I'm sorry... I love you." I whispered.

Was this how Romeo had felt after finding Juliet dead in the crypt? Was it possible for a human to feel so many horrible emotions?

I went into hysterics. Sobbing uncontrollably, wishing that tears would form on my eyes. That something would come of all of this.

Bella was dead.

I'm expecting to be yelled at... so go on ahead if you need to... the last chapter will be posted tomorrow.. but I figured that if I was going to be hated today then I might as well update quickly so that you only hate me for what I wrote and not how long it took me to. PLZ don't kill me (or at least kill me quickly?)

To answer the questions before you ask 'em- she got too stressed after hearing that edward was infected. he cant bite her cuz the venom doesnt work with the Flu. In Eclipse it says that Edward can easily deal with her blood now.