AN – Here is the updated for today. Quite late but better late than never I suppose.

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APOV

"I need to go and talk to her, I need to make sure she is really okay," I pushed myself from the table ready to run upstairs.

"Trust me when I say that this really wouldn't be a good time Alice," Jasper pushed me back down again. "Give them the time that they need my dear," he smiled at me while calming me.

"But how could she not be angry with him? How could she not want to hurt him?" I paced the room, needing something to do to burn this excess anger I felt coursing through me. I had wanted to kill him when I got the phone call from Esme. Jasper had to hold me down when we got to their house. Even the defeated look on his face wasn't enough to sway me from my mission. I screamed at him, yelled at him and he took it. I had the feeling that no matter the extent of my rage it was nothing compared to what he felt inside. Still that did nothing to appease me. I should have seen it, I should have been able to stop him before this happened and I failed her. She may have forgiven him but would she ever really be able to trust me again?

I sat down at the table defeated. It wasn't only him that had done this to her it was all of us. We had allowed her to live this long, never fighting him on it, never forcing him to do the one thing she so desperately wanted and where had that gotten us? Edward changing her against her will after she had so adamantly opposed it. She may be able to forgive him, us, but I never would.

Jasper pulled me closer, sensing the war I was waging within myself and just held me.

"Alice, she is happy. She loves him and now she will never have to lose him. To her that is what matters. There is no lingering anger, trust me my Alice, just pure unadulterated love," he smiled at me and I relaxed a bit. I would deal with Edward later but for now I was happy that she was finally content.

CPOV

Bella was always a constant source of amazement. She was taking this far better than I could have ever hoped for. We were all prepared the instant she woke up, ready to intervene if necessary. But as with everything that she had ever had to deal with involving us she accepted it. No disgust, no anguish just acceptance. It was a valuable gift that she had, the ability to find the heart of the situation and push aside all the useless matter that surrounded it.

Edward was clearly still worried about his part in her change but they would work through this together. I had no doubt that she would not hold anything against him. She loved him so deeply that she could never stay mad at him for any length of time despite the seriousness of what he had done.

I had to admit that I was aghast myself when I realized what he had done to her. Nothing I could have said or done would make him feel worse than he already did. He was ashamed at his lack of control and beside himself with grief that he had condemned her to this for eternity never quite grasping that this was what she had always wanted. Hopefully the road to acceptance wouldn't be long for him. I think that this was going to harder on him than her and I hoped that he wouldn't damage their relationship in the process. Edward had a knack for not fully seeing the effect that his actions had on her. By doing the best for her for this long he had made things more difficult for them in the long run. Their age difference was obvious to even the casual observer.

I walked downstairs where the family was waiting and let them know in no uncertain terms that it was time for us to go. Bella didn't appear to be a threat to anyone at the moment and they needed their privacy.

Slowly and reluctantly we made our way out of their home, leaving them to find their way alone for now.

RPOV

Obviously my brother was an imbecile. That much had always been crystal clear. But he had always loved her and always tried to protect her in his own idiotic way. Hopefully my family would one day see what I could. That she was as much to blame for this as he was. She had gone along with his plan willingly, never putting up much of a fight. She had never been strong enough to stand up to him until recently. Bad timing on her part to decide to fight for a life that was slowly slipping away but good to see her stand up for herself to be able to say no to him.

He of course was dying inside. Not willing to ever lose her and finally realizing that. A bit too late but there all the same. When the phone call came I was not surprised in the least. It was to be expected. Even Edward had his limits of control. How could he be sit there and watch her die when he could help her. Despite her wishes (he had never really listened for so long now or she would never be in this situation) he couldn't stand by and do nothing.

So he did the only logical thing. Was it right of him? Yes, it actually was. Were the circumstances perhaps not the best? Obviously! But I was happy for them, shocking I know but someone had to let him know that it was okay that he couldn't be expected to be so strong.

In losing his control he had gained the one thing that no one but himself was able to give. Eternally happiness and we all had so desperately wanted that for the two of them. Nothing was standing in their way now and I knew enough about Bella to understand that she would see that too.

So through those tough few days I gave him the one thing he was sorely lacking, support and understanding. It was the only thing I could offer him and I hoped that it somehow in some little way made this easier for him.

EPOV

Watching her as she lay content in my arms I felt the ever constant pain that had been there since I had changed her. It went against my nature to not blame myself for doing this to her despite the fact that she had ordered me not to. On the other hand while I felt distraught over having condemned her to my existence I could see the infinite benefits it opened up to us. I could touch her however I wanted to, I could kiss her without restraint, her scent would no longer burn me, and perhaps the most important thing, the thing that I had never let myself really hope for…I would never have to experience life without her.

I pulled her closer to me, savoring her skin against mine. No longer burning with the heat of life it just felt warm, comfortable. She was my other half, in this form she completed me in a way that I had never thought possible and instead of fighting it I decided to spend eternity enjoying it.

With my mind finally free to enjoy this gift that I had before me I turned her to face me. Lifting her hands to mine I kissed her wrists where her blood used to flow savoring the flavor of her that still was present. She instinctively sucked in a breath as I moved my lips along her wanting to taste her in a way I had never allowed myself.

I moved from her wrists, to her arms, to her neck. Finally I arrived at her lips and I moved mine softly against hers. I whispered her name over and over again as she offered herself to me, opening her mouth to mine. In that moment I knew that even eternity wouldn't be enough time with her.

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