Goodbye Black

She was beautiful. Her smile, her little fingers, and her big brown eyes. I smiled as I held her.

"We're lucky." Charlie had repeated for the fourth time.

"Shh, she's perfect." I wrapped the little pink blanket around her tighter.

"She was born a month early Eliza. She could have died, you could have died!"

"Shh! You'll upset her!" I said in a loud whisper. Charlie rolled his eyes and started to stroke her little forhead.

"We are both fine." I looked up at him, all grin.

"You're lucky." I rolled my eyes and kissed him lightly.

A month early...April. It had been a year, a fast, painful year. Here I was, a complete family around me. My family. My baby girl-Aurora-and my husband Charlie. I loved them both with all my heart.

"April twenty fourth...beautiful day." Charlie said without realization. Then my realization took over. I felt myself gasp on the inside.

"I'm going to go get her a bottle..." I said as steadily as I could. I went down the hall to where the empty bottle stood on the counter. I inhaled deeply, it didn't help. I gripped the counter...his old counter. That didn't help. Neither did the fact that my daughter was born on the exact day I had found and lost the previous owner's son. It had been so long, but the darkness suddenly took over my heart once again...

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"ELIZA!" Someone was shaking me. I opened my eyes, startled. Charlie stood infront of me, a soft crying erupting from the other room.

"What...happened?" I asked slowly.

"You must have fainted. I told you to be careful!" Charlie lifted me up and brought me to my room, Aurora crying softly in her cradle in the corner.

Charlie tucked me in and sat beside me.

"It's only been a day. Relax." He kissed my forhead and went out to the kitchen. As soon as he was gone, I got up and went to the crib. Aurora immedietly stopped crying when she found my face.

"Hey baby girl. It's okay. You're really testing me aren't you?" I smiled down at her. I then yanked the chain from around my neck and hung it from her crib. She smiled as the ring on the chain glistened off her face.

"There you go, he's with you too." I then went back to the bed and curled up, falling asleep from the exhaustion.

CHARLIE'S POV

I came back into the room to see Eliza sleeping, I smiled as something glinted in my eyes. I turned to see something dangling over Aurora's crib. I went over, and felt my heart sink. It was Emmett's ring.

"You don't need this." I sighed taking it down. As soon as I did, Aurora began to slowly cry.

"No no! Don't!" I put the bottle infront of her but she simply turned the other way. I looked down at the ring and sighed again.

"Looks like Eliza's not the only one who misses Emmett." I hung the ring back up, her cries dying out. I gave her the bottle, and she immedietly took it.

"Even when the guy is gone, he still has more affect over the women in my life."

ELIZABETH'S POV

I opened my eyes groggily, everything was completely dark. I looked over to see Charlie fast asleep. I got up and went to Aurora's crib, she was fast asleep. I snuck out of the room quietly and went to the kitchen to get something to drink. I then caught a glimpse of a shadow. I darted around to see nothing. Moonlight flew out of an open door...not just any door. I didn't understand why, Charlie had kept that room firmly shut and locked. Why would he open it?

I walked over to the room cautiously. I heard a floorboard squeek and felt fear shove it's way through my stomach. It exploded over and over as I drew closer to the room. The scent of him came wafting out of the room. When I turned into the room it was empty. THe old bed still sat in it, sheets on it and everything. I walked over and sat on it, then layed on it. I gathered the sheets into my hands and inhaled. How could they still hold his scent? I felt the tears flow over my eyelids, remembering his sweet face. Remembering his beautiful grin. Then another image came up. I was holding a baby, not Aurora but a different baby. A boy, with curly hair just like...

And then he was beside me, holding me as I held the baby.

"No..." I whimpered. I inhaled, it came in jagged and harsh.

"Still not over him." Came a familiar voice, and then a clicking of a tongue. I shot up and looked to the door. It closed slowly and there stood Kevin.

"You again? How did you get in here?" I asked coldly.

"Magic!" He said and waved his hands in the air. His grin disapeared and then looked disapointed.

"Okay fine, be mean. I just came to see if you're any happier. What do I find? You fainting, you hanging that dead guy's ring over your daughter's crib. She's very quiet, very sweet fa-"

"You were near my daughter!?"

"Shh, you'll wake them." I almost screamed as he ran at me at impossible speed and covered my mouth. He loomed over me.

"You're still not any happier are you? I even noticed that the kid was born on the day it all went down. Sad, and so ironic! I love it." He laughed heartily and then turned back to me. He stroked my cheek affectionatly and still covered my mouth. I tried struggling, but he had this almost invisible force keeping me frozen.

"Poor Eliza. Without her...Emmett? Right?" I felt the shock in my heart. No one had said his name around me in the longest time.

"And the last thing you saw of him was his bloodied up face, his last words were I love you. And what do you do? Marry someone else and have a baby! ON THE SAME DAY! Oh I love how evil you are!" He laughed again. Tears spilled over his hand from my eyes. He let me go, and I slapped him hard across the face, for it only for break my fingers. I screamed and held my hand. I heard him chuckle.

"You want out don't you Eliza?" I looked up at him angrily.

"I used to, but that baby is what's keeping me here."

"Really? The baby that isn't Emmetts? The baby that could have been a boy, with his curly brown hair, the one with his eyes, amd his smile. I know you love that baby more Eliza. Don't even try and hide it. You would love that baby more than anything. The only reason why you love this one so much is because it's the only thing you have left." His words cut me hard. Not because they were harsh, but because they were true.

His eyes were more pitchblack than last time. Hunger was behind his eyes.

"Fine! But why do you care?"I screamed in his face. He suddenly took my throat and threw my down on the floor. I felt my head spin in pain.

"I care, because I'm going to let you join Emmett. In hell." I then felt a searing pain in my neck. I screamed with all my force. THe sharpness in my neck was from his...teeth! I pulled at his throat, trying to push him off. His strength was beyond anything I had seen. He came up and looked me in the eyes. I gasped, as red now glowed within his eyes.

"You're a..." I tried choking out.

"Vampire? Blood sucker? Leach? You bet your dying heart I am." The pain in my neck was suddenly overpowered by a burning feeling. It scorched through my whole body. I screamed and rythed in pain. I felt it focus around my heart, and burn it to a crisp.

"Don't worry the pain will end soon..." He went to bite my neck again when I heard something.

"Oh my god..." I looked up over my eyes lashes on the ground and saw Charlie, in complete awe.

"Run Charlie...please." I whimpered. Kevin growled and appeared infront of Charlie.

"I have no querrel with you. You're just the replacement. She will never love you." He snarled and through him against a wall. He fell beside me unconsious.

"Charlie!" I cried.

"I can't finish here!" I heard Keven growl. He then picked me up and I felt a force of speed hit me. THe burning still coursed through my veins as I heard Aurora's cry in the distance.