I fiddled with the white cloth that covered my wife's body.
Another painful sob racked through my body.
That's all I could think of her as now.
Bella's body.
"I'm sorry, Bella. I am so sorry." My voice cracked at the end.
Another sob.
Memory's flashed through me.
Bella walking into class for the first time
Bella gasping as a van flew at her.
Bella figuring my secret out.
Bella on my lips for the first time.
Bella asleep. Speaking my name.
Bella laughing.
Bella crying into my shirt after visiting Jacob.
Bella studying while I played with her hair.
Bella walking down the aisle, towards me. A monster.
Bella smiling through a sheet of tears after we say 'I do'.
Bella at Isle Esme.
Bella with the monster in her.
Bella spilling the cup of blood.
Bella screaming in pain.
Bella seeing her daughter for the first time.
Bella grinning for the last time.
Bella's still fragile frame going limp under my hands.
It was my fault. From the beginning.
"Oh Bella," I whispered. Another body-racking sob went through me.
And than I heard it.
The fast paced heart-beat. Renesmee. The creature.
I thought about going down there to kill her, just like she killed my Bella. But then I read her mind.
She had a very strong connection to someone. It was interesting enough to sway my mind from Bella for just a second. But in the back of my mind, the pain was still there.
The someone..was..Jacob. Jacob..imprinted?
On..the creature?
I sighed aloud. How was I going to kill it without hurting Jacob?
Maybe I could just kill them both. An intriguing thought. But, no. I couldn't hurt him. Not after everything he did for Bella.
Thinking her name brought my eyes back to her body, lying on the hospital bed.
The blanket had moved.
Not enough for human eyes to detect, but enough for me.
There was no air blowing through here. At least not at the moment.
I was hopeful.
"Bella?" I asked slowly to the still body.
I waited a full two minutes for something to happen. I sighed, and before I could turn my head, I saw the hands under the blanket twitch.
I gasped. But in a flash, I had gotten the stained-white sheet off of her head.
"Bella?" I asked again. Her eyelid twitched. I gasped again.
"Bella!" I whispered loudly with joy. I don't know how this was possible, how it had happened..but she..my Bella...she was alive!
I kissed her still lips once. And than once more.
They didn't kiss back.
Aggravated, I put both hands to her cheeks and pulled her toward me, kissing her again.
And than, slowly, I felt her kissing back.
She opened her eyes slowly. Her surprised chocolate brown eyes that I had thought I had lost.
"Edward?" she asked quietly. I grinned widely, and she smiled back. I tore the blanket off of her.
Her clothes, though stained with blood were fine, though I am very sure we had cut it open when taking Renesmee out. She looked so much..healthier!
Than I thought of everyone else. Carlisle, Esme! Wait until they see her!
"Bella, come." I said holding out my hand to her. She took it willingly. "We must show you to the family! How happy it will make them!" She smiled.
"Than I guess we shouldn't keep them waiting than!" she laughed. Oh! How I loved her laugh!
I pulled her down the stairs, grinning widely. Then I realized, nobody was here.
I pulled her onto the couch. I took her hand and stared into her eyes. She blushed. Never have I appreciated her as much as I do now!
Than I heard them coming.
"Ready Bella?" I asked. She took a deep breath.
"Ready."
"Stay here. I want to surprise them." I got up and went over to the front door. Carlisle came in first, followed by the rest of the family, except Rosalie, Jacob, and Renesmee.
Where were they?
They all stared at me. Their expressions similar to their thoughts. What could make Edward smile like this, when Bella was..dead? Was he crazy?
"Carlisle," I said looking at everyone. "I have great news." They looked at me, confusion in their expressions. But strangely, I couldn't concentrate on their thoughts through the happiness.
"Come." I told them. They followed me into the living room, where Bella sat. "You see?" I said grinning wildly. "She's alive! Alive!"
They looked at me, like I had just lost my mind.
"Oh boy..." Carlisle said, sort of awkwardly.
"What?" I asked. But before I could concentrate on their thoughts Alice whispered,
"Edward. Their is no one in here."