Thanks so much for the reviews! Here we are, chapter 4! Back to Bella's POV. Enjoy!
Chapter 4:
The minute I felt Edward bite me, I felt immense pain in my throat. Like fire, it started spreading throughout my body and just before the darkness fully surrounded me, I heard my dear angel Edward murmur, "I love you."
I tried to tell him I love him too, but it just came out as a piercing scream that my throat burn. The fire hurt like hell and the pain was hitting me like a thousand sharp knives. Screams and cries were the only thing that came out of my mouth and each time one was released, my throat felt like I hadn't drank anything in a weeks.
Three days of this? I didn't know if I could last it all, but I had to for one reason, it meant I would have forever with Edward. So, I tried concentrating on other things. I thought about Renee, Charlie, and Jacob, but it all made me too sad. Instead, I focused on the better times with Edward and I. Most of all, I focused on the day at our meadow.
Being lost in my thoughts, did decrease the pain and the screaming but the throbbing pain was still immense. I tried focusing on something, anything, that may take away the pain, but nothing worked. A headache started emerging from the back of my head so any sharp movement, would send an unbearable aching through my entire head, which cause more thrashing cries.
No matter what happened though, Edward's hand never slipped out of the firm grip of mine. Every time I screamed, I felt him trembled. He wiped away the sweat the was pouring down my face and every now and then kissed my cheek and muttered, "It will all be over soon." I could sense the regret in his voice, but yet he stayed.
His hand clung tight onto mine, never even making a movement to let go. My hand was brought up to his lips and held there and I could faintly hear, under the sound of my pulse, Edward repetitively murmured against my hand, "She will be alright." And dear god, I hoped he was right.
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Two days had passed and I was emerging into my final. I had never felt so relieved and so agonized at the same time. The pain had gotten worse and I was throbbing on the bed, my head shooting in different directions. Thankfully, my headache had gone away but that was it. My throat was so sore and every inch of my body wracked with the feeling of fire. Breaths were uneven for me and my pulse was slowing. My senses were going against letting the venom stop my heartbeat, but as the process moved on, my pulse became fainter and fainter in my ears.
The pain started drifting away from the rest of my body and concentrated on my chest and stomach. I felt an icy hand move up to my forehead to brush the hair out of my face and I knew it was Edward's, but I gasped. Only I gasped because his regular icy hand was warmer. The transformation was almost complete.
My love's hand still clutched mine and I held on with all my might, never wanting to let go of him. Not after what happened. The memory brought a shiver down my spine, and the movement made me ache a bit. But I noticed something I hadn't noticed before, the fire was decreasing. It was dwindling slowly. "Edward," I muttered, words actually escaping my lips. "Yes darling, I'm here." I heard him whisper to me, it comforted me. He was here, and that was all that mattered.
Suddenly, a sharp pain hit me in the heart and I let out a horrific screech. But after the slowest of moments, it was all gone. My heart had stopped, the pain was gone, and my eyes shot open. I gasped for air and gave myself a minute to collect myself.
For the first time, I looked around. Everything was clearer, my hearing was better, and I could smell the most discrete things. I felt two stone arms wrap around my waist and I melted into my angel. I breathed in his intoxicating sent and sighed in contentment. I was finally, a vampire.