Wow, so many reviews, I was so amazed :D Thank you.
Well, I'm not sure what to say about this chapter... I figured that the first bit would be better if you listened to the song I wrote it with :D also the second bit would be better with the song I wrote it with, it kinda sets the mood I was hoping for.

"Also, Thanks to InsanityForTheSane for writing a huge chunk~! She is awesome!"
- InsanityForTheSane

Enjoy.

Well I can't explain why it's not enough, Cause I gave it all to you.
And if you leave me now, oh just leave me now.
It's the better thing to do,
It's time to surrender,
It's been to long pretending.
Theres no use in trying,
When the pieces don't fit anymore, Pieces don't fit here anymore.

- The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore, James Morrison

Chapter 19 - A Steady Heart

There was nothing.

"Time of death 1:03 pm." Carlisle pronounced, his face saddened with grief, no this was wrong. I got up then, shoving him aside and started doing compressions on her, her heart was going to start. She's not going to die.

"Wake up baby." I whispered while pressing her chest and counting in my head, the tears were welling up around my eyes, it was making my eyes blurred.

"Come on." I whispered again, she couldn't die, this was my imprint, the love of my life, her face was so still and perfect, her lips were white as snow and her cheeks left no colour.

"Jacob..." Carlisle said pleadingly. Putting his arm on my shoulder, this was bullshit, she's not dying on me now.

"One, two, three, four..." I counted, ignoring him, shrugging his hand off my shoulder, her chest rose and fell with the pressure I was applying.

"Wake up for me, baby." I cried, the dense tears rolling down my cheeks, landing on the white hospital dress she wore. She didn't respond.

"Please, don't leave me now, baby." I choked on the words as my throat started to close in, the stuffiness shaking my voice making it impossible to talk. Her eyes were so still, no movement at all, no fluttering of her eyelids, nothing.

"I love you, please..." one, two, three, four... it was going to start, she was going to come back. She wouldn't leave me. I could hear her voice on the phone in my head saying she loved me, over and over.

"Jacob... you need to let go now." Carlisle said softly, "This is a grave loss for all of us." His voice was anguished.

"Shut up, Doc, she's there, she's going to come back." I yelled back at him, fighting back the tears that had stopped. My eyes started blurring again, the moisture building up, I couldn't let her just die. Emmett and Jasper came rushing in then, they grabbed my arms, trying to yank me away.

"Jacob, man, just stop." Emmett said, Jasper had my arms pinned behind my back and I knew what he was doing, he was trying to calm me down. This wasn't a situation where it would work, it couldn't override my love for Ness.

"NO! Fucking let me go." I yelled, writhing in their grip, they pulled me further away from her, Carlisle started to pull up that white sheet. I blinked back the tears and threw Jasper across the room, shoving Emmett aside.

I ran up to her, pushing Carlisle aside, I took her face in my hands, trying to warm her cold body up. "Wake up, baby, I need you, I love you." I sobbed, my tears splashing freely onto her face. I pressed my lips to hers, feeling the cold reach mine.

Our last kiss.

I pressed my lips to her cheeks, then her eyelids and one last on the tip of her nose. "Please, don't leave me." I whispered, closing my eyes and just inhaling the scent of her skin.

She was gone.

"Jacob..." Carlisle whispered, I knew it was time to let go, but how do you let go of something like this, something this beautiful.

I stood up and took one final glance before heading to the door, shoving past Jasper and Emmett, I stopped at the wall and slammed my fist into it before bursting into tears and falling to my knees, desperately asking the heavens why. Why take her? I let my head fall into my hands remembering every word, every touch, every feeling we ever shared.

I remembered the first time I had looked at her, those bouncy bronze ringlets framed her heart shaped face, I felt that pull, like a blind man looking at the sun for the first time.

I remembered the first time she said she loved me as much as I loved her. She was sitting in her sweat pants and that white singlet, she looked as beautiful as she always did. Her smile lit up the whole room and the kiss we shared that day was indescribable.

I remembered how determined she was to undermine my self-control, I felt like laughing at how stupid I was to resist her.

I remembered her laugh, her childish laugh that seemed to make my world better, just knowing she was happy was enough to hold in every other emotion I felt.

I needed her now more then ever. I wanted to hear her say it was okay, I wanted to feel her hands on mine, I wanted to look into her eyes and see the sparkle of life, I wanted to breathe in her scent and know that blood ran through her veins, I wanted to look at her and know she was meant for me and no one else. I wanted her to come back to me.

It was painful, it wasn't the pain you'd feel if your arm cut off, it was worse than that. It was the kind of pain that welled up deep inside of you and radiated around your entire being. The kind that you try your best to heal from but stays until it's just a dull thud in the back of your mind. I never thought I'd have to bury the one I loved, I always thought she would be right beside me, to the end of time.

A stupid way to put it, I know but I truly believe it that way. Suddenly, everything around me began to stir into a dull roar, my ears began to soak in the noise around me as it dawned on me. Renesmee, my sunshine, my wonderful, beautiful girl was dead and I could do nothing about it. I could feel a sudden rush of rage build up within me, I was angry, angry at Renesmee for leaving me like this, angry for Carlisle for not trying, angry at myself for not being with her when she needed me. Without knowing, I felt my fist collide with the wall, the plaster split under the pressure. Before I knew it, I was repeatedly punching the wall, I could feel the blood dripping from my knuckles but I didn't care, all I could see was her face behind the back of my eyes.

I knew I was causing a scene, people stopped what they were doing to stare at me as I repeatedly smashed the wall. Finally a set of hands pulled me and which caused me to was Edward, and he had the same emotions in his eyes as had in mine. For once, we had something in common, and I realized how selfish I had been. Sure, I lost her, but Edward had too. He had lost his daughter, his only child, his little girl, and here I was, over-reacting.

"Jacob, stop" I'd know that voice from anywhere, Bella always had a distinctive voice. I didn't want to turn around and see her face, I'd didn't want to see anyone, all of my will had been sucked out the moment her heart stopped. Edward, realizing I had calmed down, released his grip on me. I didn't want to see them look at me, the pathetic form that was me. I started to walk back into her room when I felt a delicate hand grip my shoulder."Why won't you look at me, Jacob" I couldn't answer her, even though I knew why I couldn't. If I did turn around, I'd see those chocolate coloured eyes that reminded me so much of her.

I could feel the tension brewing as I ignored her. Jasper stood nearby, his hands twitching and ready, ready to stop the altercation if it got physical. Suddenly, I was whipped around and I felt a sharp slap across my face, I finally glanced down and looked at Bella, she looked horrible."Who do you think you are? Moaning over what you lost!" Even if I wanted to speak, she wouldn't give me a chance. "You think you're the only one in this place to have lost her, the only one who is grieving for her, well let me tell you something! She was my daughter! My little girl! My baby!-" She wasn't able to finish her sentence as she collapsed on the floor, Edward at her side immediately.

I turned around and walked back into the room, I had to see her at least one last time. As I walked in, the sun glistened on her skin, and my eyes began to water once again, she was beautiful, even in death. What happened next made my heart stop. I couldn't believe was I was hearing, I was the only one in the room at the moment and yet I could hear the flutter of another heartbeat. Suddenly, I watched as her chest began to expand and sharp gasps began to punctuate the air. Ness was breathing, Ness was moving, Ness was...alive.

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The Only Exception - Paramore

RPOV

I felt something tingle on my lips, something warm, it moved to my cheeks and then my eye lids, I could feel it. I was there. I fought with the darkness, trying to bring myself up, it was so strong, but I knew I was winning, my sound was coming back, the feelings were returning. It took me a while before I could finally feel everything, I could feel the breeze of the air conditioner hit the tips of my fingers, I could hear something thudding on the walls, I could hear arguing, someone arguing and then silence again.

The darkness finally gave up and I gasped, desperate for air, it tasted so good, I inhaled and exhaled with the feeling of relief, I heard my heart pick up and my body start to move, I opened my eyes and there was Jacob, my Jacob, standing there with the most adoring face.

"Jake..." My voice was croaky, it didn't sound like me. His eyes moved to mine, they were red and puffy, had he been crying? He moved so fast I had to blink to check if I saw it right. He closed the distance between us in three long strides and took my clammy face in his hands, pressing his warm lips to mine.

I felt his tears trickle down his face and wet my own, why was he crying? He kissed me like never before, his lips so soft and gentle; it was like our first kiss over again, except better. I lifted my weak arms and wrapped it around his neck, forcing him to come closer.

"Jake, why are you crying?" I asked, he was the strongest man I knew, an Alpha no less.

"I-- I'm just so happy." He smiled then and a few more tears trickled down his face. I brought my fingers to his face and wiped them away, the moisture drying on the tip of my fingers.

"What happened?" Come to think of it, I had no recollection of what actually happened. I felt a stabbing pain in my back, well more like several stabbing pains, but I wilfully ignored it.

"You were hurt..." His voice cracked on the word hurt, "But you're okay now." He smiled, I could tell something was bothering him. Uncle Emmett and Jasper left the room then and Grandpa Carlisle finally got his expression together and came around to my other side.

"You were attacked on the way to Jacobs's house..." Jacob winced, "You were stabbed five times, but nothing was punctured and you're on your way to recovering." Grandpa Carlisle smiled, I laid there trying to absorb all this information.

"How was I stabbed?" It was impossible, vampire skin, my skin, was impenetrable.

"There's a special dagger that's able to pierce our skin, there are only four left, three of which hang above the Volturi and one that hasn't been found..." Jacob dropped his eyes, I could sense something wrong but didn't want to say anything in front of Grandpa Carlisle, "I've explained it all to Jacob." He placed his hand on my shoulder before sighing, "I'll go get everyone." He smiled, walking off and out of the room.

"Something's wrong, what is it?" I whispered to Jacob, I could tell he was trying to compose his expression, to hide his emotion.

"Nothing." He smiled, I patted the space on the bed next to me and he graciously took it, hopping into the bed with me and lying on his side.

"I know something is wrong..." I said, he dropped his eyes, making sure that they didn't come into contact with mine, what could be so bad that he couldn't tell me?

"I just-- I wasn't there to protect you." He said after a long pause, he brought his eyes back up to mine, they were saddened, and filled with guilt.

"It's not your job to protect me Jake, and I'm fine now." I tried to smile but his expression was making it hard for me, I could tell he wasn't going to let it go.

"You nearly died, and I was sitting on my porch doing nothing, while that bastard burned you, you nearly died on me Ness, I would've never forgiven myself if you did and technic--." He blabbered like he was talking to himself. He turned his eyes away again.

"Jake, look at me okay, I'm not dead, I'm fine, I will recover, please, let it go." I said pleadingly, knowing Jake he would agree and then harbour those feelings forever, I decided that right now it was too much to deal with, when I got out of this hospital and these horrid clothes then we would deal with it.

"Okay..." He tried his best to form a smile, but I knew he was faking it. I moved a little closer then so that our faces were just inches apart and laid there just breathing in his scent, his musky maple scent that always sent tingles through my spine.

He moved his face closer, closing the distance between our lips. I wanted more, my body ached to be closer to his, but now was not the time and this was not the place, I let out a soft giggle before parting my lips, allowing his tongue to skilfully weave into my mouth, dancing with mine in the tango of all kisses.

I heard someone clear their throat then and broke away, feeling the heat return to my cheeks, though Jake kept close, very close even though both my parents were now in the room with my whole extended family. There was an unfamiliar face among them, he was very muscular and was as white as snow, his hair was ruffled bronze locks that lay idle on his head, all together not bad looking, actually very good looking.

He cleared his throat to speak then, "Hello, my name is Damien." He smiled, I didn't know what the significance of this meet was but I decided to play along so I tried my best to put on a smile.

"Damien is the one who saved you." Grandpa Carlisle said, Damiens voice was so familiar, I felt like I'd heard it somewhere before, probably while I was unconscious and he was trying to save me. I heard Jacob snort beside me and ignored it.

"How? I mean did you see anyone, was there anything left? What did I look like?" I had so many questions, I just wanted to know every single detail. I wanted to remember everything I could and if that meant learning every gruesome, traumatic detail then so be it.

"Well, the attacker got away, he was definitely a vampire, but you were priority, so I got you out of there as soon as I could, though your struggles weren't helping my one act of kindness." He chuckled. I couldn't help but grin at his attempt at humour.

"How did you find me?" I asked bewildered.

"Oh, you mean besides your screaming?" He grinned and I laughed. Uncle Emmett said something to him then and he turned around starting up a conversation with him. Mom and Dad walked slowly toward the bed as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

"Damien." I whispered and smiled, Uncle Emmett gave Damien a whole hearted slap on the back and broke out into his booming cheer, I turned to Jake and he rolled his eyes with a disgusted expression, looks like he was already part of the family.

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