Charlie and Edward have said their goodbyes to Bella. Jacob arrives but is shocked when he finds out what has happened. Bella takes a turn for the worst.

Chapter 4

In the dark sky, stood a full moon as a wolf descended into the night.

"Where is she?" Jacob asked pulling a t-shirt on as he walked through the door.

"She's in the spare bedroom Jacob, but she's unconscious and it doesn't look like she is going to wake up again" Carlisle told him. "You can go in and say goodbye if you want".

Jacob stepped closer to Edward. "I'm not here to say goodbye. I'm here to find out exactly what happened, Charlie didn't say much over the phone. By the way where is Charlie?" Jacob asked him.

"He's gone home. He's had a very exhausting day, and looked like he was going to fall over if he stayed awake any longer, Esme is with him. What did Charlie tell you?" Edward replied. He could feel Jacob starting to get angry, he knew in the end, things might turn ugly.

"He told me Bella had been in a car accident, he said it was serious and that she was at the Cullen's house. I didn't realise she was dying. How did this all happen?" Jacob said, a tear starting to roll down his cheek, but he wiped it away, before anyone could see.

Edward sighed and then began the story "I rang Bella tonight and asked her to come over, I told her it was something important. I guess she was really excited about, maybe she was speeding, I'm not sure. When I got to the scene Bella's truck was down a bank and on its side. There was also a power pole smashed through the windscreen".

"No!" Jacob shouted.

"It's okay, the pole didn't impale her thankfully, but she suffered internal injuries, and when I found her she was bleeding pretty badly. She was really scared too. I got the pole out of her truck, and got her out. And on the way here, she lost conscience and Carlisle did his best for her, but it was too late. She's on a ventilator for the time being, to breathe for her, but it has to be switched off some time". Edward finished and just stared at the ground.

"This is not happening...Why her?" Jacob started to pull his hair, out of frustration.

"I keep asking myself the same thing" Edward added. Talking to Jacob was not easy, one he didn't like him and two he was Bella's best friend which secretly loved her.

"No, I don't believe it. I'm not saying goodbye, because this is not true...I have to go" Jacob said trembling. Edward began to go after Jacob, but Carlisle held him back.

"He's just had a big shock; he's just taking everything in. He'll be back Edward" Carlisle told him. Edward nodded and left to go back to his room.

Everything in his room reminded him of Bella, he had photos of them together strung throughout his room, letters they had sent each other. He really wished he could sleep and this could be a bad dream that he could wake up from and then everything would be fine. He didn't know how he could continue to live without Bella, she was his life. If she was going to die, so would he. That was his plan so far. Go to Italy and provoke the Volturi and make them kill him. This way he would be with Bella forever. Just like he wanted. The downside was he knew Alice could see what he was going to do, and she would try and stop him. So it wasn't a surprise when she came running into his room.

"Edward, no! You are not going to do this, you'll get over this. This sadness will stop, trust me, I've seen it" Alice said sitting next to Edward.

"It doesn't feel like it now Alice. I promised Bella that we would always be together and this is my way of keeping that promise" Edward sighed. "I know everyone won't be happy about my decision but this is what I want to do. And once Bella goes, I'm going to Italy, no arguments".

"You know I'm going to try and stop you Edward. I won't let you do this. None of us will. You won't even be able to get out of the house, once I've finished". Alice replied. She gave Edward a hug, and left him alone.

"Great" Edward thought as he lay down on his bed, and stared at the ceiling. As he stared blankly, he pictured Bella's sweet face.

Edward stayed on his bed, for what seemed like hours before he heard the shouting downstairs.

"Edward! Get to Bella now!" Carlisle shouted.

With inhuman speed, Edward was at Bella's side. After a minute he realised everything was silent. Not even the sound of the ventilator was making a sound. The ventilator...it wasn't on. Bella wasn't getting oxygen.

"Carlisle...why isn't the ventilator on?" Edward said, shock covered his face.

"Because I turned it off..." Jacob entered the room quietly.

Rage was building up inside Edward. "Why the hell would you do that? Look, she's dying now!" Edward shouted at him.

"She's in pain; would you want her to suffer even more, if you dragged it out?" Jacob shouted back.

Edward moved closer towards Bella. "Of course not" Edward stroked her hair softly. "But you shouldn't have done it without permission".

Jacob snorted. "Ask for permission? From who? You? Please, I'm her best friend, I know what's best for her" Jacob folded his arms and watched Bella.

"What's...best...for...her!" Edward was filled with so much rage; he wanted to rip Jacob's head off. "How dare you say that!" That was it. Edward lunged for his throat, but as soon as this happened Emmet and Jasper were holding him back.

"No Edward, think of Bella, you need to be here for Bella" Emmet said. "Bella" seemed to be the magic word. Edward calmed down, and Jasper and Emmet let him go. At once, he was by her side.

"Bella, I'm here now. You can go honey, go to your meadow." Edward said holding her hand. After a moment of silence Edward asked "Shouldn't Charlie be here?"

Esme answered for him. "He said his goodbyes; he couldn't bear to be here when the machine was turned off. But he knows what's happened." She came over to Edward and gave him a hug.

Edward could hear Bella's faint heartbeat suddenly disappear. Carlisle checked her pulse. But Edward knew.

"She's gone son, I'm sorry" Carlisle put a comforting hand on Edward's shoulder.

"I'll leave you guys alone. C'mon everyone". Carlisle left with the rest of the Cullen family. While Edward and Jacob were left in the room with Bella.

"I'm sorry about before...and I'm sorry you didn't get to say goodbye to her". Edward said, looking at Bella's pale face, she looked like an angel.

"Well I kind of did, when you were in your room. I came and said goodbye to her, before I switched the ventilator off." Jacob told him.

"WHAT! I was supposed to be the last one to say goodbye to her. The last voice she would ever hear. Get out! Or I won't be able to stop myself from hurting you." Edward shouted at him. Emmet rushed into the room to see what the commotion was.

"It's okay Emmet, Jacob was just leaving" Edward pointed to the door, and Jacob silently left.

Edward stayed with Bella for hours, not letting go of her hand, whispering things in her ear that he knew she would never hear. But it comforted him to do so.

"Don't worry Bella, you won't be alone for long" Edward whispered ever so softly into her ear.

I didn't want to do that to Bella, but it's the way my story is going.

Hopefully the Cullen's can stop Edward from going to the Volturi. For his sake I do hope so.

Next chapter will be up soon.

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