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Ok I know I haven't updated in a while and I could lie and say I've been really busy but that would be lame. So I'm going to tell the truth and say I've been really busy!!!!!!! Sorry about that, my hit attempt at being witty. Plus a lot of writer's block does not equal good for the story I'm currently writing. Anyway enjoy the chapter and don't forget to REVIEW! They make me smile

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Please don't sic the volturi on me! Please, I'm begging you! : L (yeah I'm nuts, moving on) thanks for the review for BAV too and I'll check put your story ASAP.

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BPOV

I had been working in the hospital in Chicago for six years when it happened. The 1918 influenza pandemic. People admitted to the hospital with the deadly virus had little chance of survival. It was more so a matter of when, not if. Many doctors and nurses had contracted the disease from patients, so measures were taken to try and stop the spreading, many useless. Masks were worn, infected patients were placed in different wards etc, and this slowed the spread somewhat. Not much could be done to help you once you had caught the influenza. We did our best to make sure the patients were as comfortable as possible and did everything in our power to cure them, but, for most it was to no avail.

It was in the worst of the epidemic that the Mason family were admitted. It was obvious that the father, Edward senior, would not survive the night. The mother, Elizabeth, and son, Edward junior, did not have much left in them either. It wrenched on my heart-strings to see such suffering, especially this, a whole family dying together. I wished so badly that I could help them.

I found out later that I was their assigned nurse, but it wouldn't make much difference, I thought to myself. Edward senior went that very night, as I had predicted. Elizabeth had only a few days left in her, and their child, Edward, had a week left at most. Over the next few days, Elizabeth got steadily worse. The fever took over and made her delirious. I did my best to help her, to keep her comfortable. She was in her last few hours, anyone could see that, when she grabbed me and begged me to save her son.

At first I did not understand. I reassured her that I would do everything in my power to save Edward, but I could not promise that he would live. 'Yes you can!' she insisted, 'you can do something nobody else can, you can save him, you have to, please!' But she couldn't know, could she? She couldn't know what I was. 'I'm afraid I don't know what you're saying, Mrs. Mason. There's nothing I can do that no-one else can.' 'Bella, I know what you can do, you have to help me, help Edward, please, you've got to! Please, just help him.' She begged this of me in her final minutes, and then death claimed her. She couldn't have meant what I thought she meant, could she? But what else could she have possibly meant? What should I do? If she really knew what I was, she wouldn't want that for her son, would she? She wouldn't want him to become a monster. I was so confused and had no idea what to do. I wanted to save him; I really did, partly because it was the only way to stop him from dying, and partly for a more selfish reason. I had been so lonely over the last 200 years. It would be nice to have someone to talk to, but I could not bring myself to damn someone for eternity just to selfishly diminish my own loneliness. I honestly had absolutely no idea what to do!

I walked over to Edward's bed and looked down at him. He was sleeping at the moment. He looked peaceful while he slept, but while he was awake, the fever nearly burnt him alive. How could I watch this poor boy suffer? But how I could I damn him? Ugh, my brain hurt! What should I do?! Well, I had to decide soon, because he only had a few hours left. As I had been pondering his fate, Edward had woken up without my notice and was now staring up at me with curious green eyes. I had it; I would explain it to him as briefly as possible and let him decide. As I was deciding this, Edward began to writhe in pain. His forehead was on fire, I placed a wet cloth on it in an attempt to cool him down.

I leaned down next to him and whispered soothingly in his ear in an attempt to comfort him. His writhing began to slow and finally came to a stop. When he had finally become lucid, I began to speak. 'Edward, can you hear me?' His reply came in the form of a pain-filled moan. I was almost certain he could hear me. 'Edward, I need you to listen to me. I can help you. I can save you, but it will hurt, a lot. It will hurt more than anything you have experienced in your life. Do you want me to save you Edward?' He nodded weakly in response. Should I do it? I didn't want to let him die, but could I really justify damning another sentient being to this hellish existence? As I was considering this dilemma, Edward's fever had begun to spike again. I looked at the monitors and realised he had very little time left to him. I had to decide, now.

I gathered him up in my arms, thank you super-strength! I ran him to my house as fast as I could. Nobody noticed, there were too many people that needed help for the doctors and nurses to miss one lone body. By the time I reached my house, Edward was unconscious; I would have to work quickly. I lay him down gently upon the unnecessary bed in my room, as of course I did not sleep. I was unsure of how to go about biting him. I did not wish to cause him any unnecessary pain. I was slightly afraid I would not be able to resist his blood once I had sunk my teeth into his skin, but there was only one way to find out. I bent down by his throat and bit into the soft skin. My mouth filled with venom which then entered Edward's bloodstream via my fangs. I pulled away with some effort and wiped my mouth clean.

Edward's body had begun writhing. Soon, he would start screaming in agony. I wish there was something I could do to help him, to ease his pain. But all I could do was sit there and hold his hand, whispering soft and soothing words in his ear.

The next three days were the longest I had experienced in my entire existence. Even longer than the duration of my own change. It almost killed me, not literally of course, to see him in pain. That I was the one to inflict it upon him. For some unknown reason I felt a strange connection to him. I felt very protective of him and it hurt me to see him in pain, knowing there was nothing I could do about it.

Late the third day, I knew that the change was near its end. His screams became louder and more agonised. His heart pumped much faster. The venom had spread to his whole system and his organs were failing. He was, technically and medically, dying. But, at the same time, he was being saved. This was the most painful part of the change, the intensity of the flames increased to unbearable. But it would be over soon. I squeezed his hand and whispered softly, 'Edward, it will soon be over, the pain will stop, I promise.' I had spent the past three days at his side not moving an inch, trying to calm his shrieks and writhing body. I was glad that he would soon be free of the pain, but worried that he would loathe me for damning him to this existence. Would he envy the dead? Would he begrudge me the opportunity to experience the afterlife? Heaven, hell, reincarnation…whatever came after this? No, I mustn't think like that, I gave him a choice, but I didn't explain it completely. Two sides of me were fighting one another, and I didn't know which was right. Would he hate me and leave, too disgusted to even look at the person who damned him? Would he accept my animal blood diet, or would he choose the preferred option of vampires? Had I unleashed a menace upon society? No, Edward would not do that, I was sure of it. Alas, I could not know for certain, I barely knew the boy. If he chose to drink the blood of humans, there was little I could do to stop him. I would present him with the facts and let him decide. Hopefully he would choose my path.

As I had been engrossed in thought, Edward's screaming and writhing had subsided. The change was complete. He would wake in a matter of seconds. I felt a strange mixture of excitement and anxiety. I waited with bated breath for him to awake. Ten seconds, twenty seconds, and then…..his eyes opened.

Ooh, cliffy! Sorry! Lips of lust7: please don't sic the volturi on me! Please, I'm begging you! : L (yeah I'm nuts, moving on)

I'm gonna be really nice and give you a sneak preview of the next chappie (because I'm nice)

BPOV

He looked frantically around the room as he tried and failed to place where he was. I decided to speak up to calm him. 'Edward, please remain calm. Do you remember me? I was your nurse, Isabella Marie Swan. You were about to die of the influenza and your mother begged me to save you with her last breath. She somehow knew that I was different, that I could save you. I don't know how she knew, but she did. I asked for your permission, but of course, you were delirious. I know you have just suffered great agony Edward, and that you must be very confused. You are probably experiencing a burning sensation in your throat.' At this Edward raised a hand to his throat with a gasp. 'And you have certainly noticed that your senses are much keener. Edward, this is because….. You are a vampire.'

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