All characters are Stephenie Meyers. I don't own them I wish I did ;o)
Okay so this is the last chapter in EPOV. I am going to wait and do the epilogue possibly tomorrow. We will see. Maybe on Sunday. I am kid less today so I got a lot done.
Enjoy!
I will try and post a play list on the bottom of the epilogue that way if you read it again you have the songs to match.
Here is the last little bit from the previous chapter.
"I saw it about an hour ago. I also happened to block out what had just transpired but I got the after part just right."
"Thanks."
I was trying to pay attention to Alice and Bella but Esme's thoughts were clear and ringing out in my head. 'Is Bella okay Edward? Bring her down. We'd like to see her.'
"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you. Everyone is waiting downstairs for us." I paused watching the two of them watch me. "They want to know if you're okay. You apparently gave them quite a scare with the state you were in. They almost had to get me to step in."
Bella was still processing what she needed to do now. I just hoped she would be able to pull this off as well as today went. If not this plan would fall down around our feet.
~munchkin1978
Why?
Chapter 25
EPOV
I took Bella down stairs as Alice followed. Esme hugged Bella upon stepping down off the last step and congratulations went out to a plan well executed. Then they noticed the ring. More congrats were issued as we moved from one room to the next. Now all we had to do is settle back down and then put part two of the plan into action.
That night Bella tried to stay up with us to talk about the next part of the plan. By midnight she was falling asleep. I took her up and she was asleep as her head hit the pillow. I would let her sleep for a while before I returned down stairs. I watched her sleep peacefully. It was better than the thrashing about and the wide eyed rocking she had been doing the previous nights. I hated seeing her like that but it all worked out in the end. I wondered if that was how she was when I left the first time. Charlie never really told me and I never asked. I made sure Bella was sound asleep before I returned down stairs. Everyone had moved to the dinning room table. It was only used for meetings like this one. When ever we had something to discuss. I took my place and Carlisle continued.
"Will Bella be able to do her part before she supposedly dies?"
"Yes. If I have to coach her, I will."
"Good. How long will this have to go on?"
"Well first where is it we are going next Carlisle?" I hadn't picked up anything from his thoughts. I didn't think he had made a decision.
"I think we should head to Alaska. Esme just purchased a new home there and the Denali's are there to help with if there is after math."
Wonderful….
Tanya was in Alaska. Tanya would cause trouble if she didn't have me. I don't know what she would do if I was so close. I guess I'd deal with it eventually. "Fine Carlisle… How long do we have to go?"
"We have a month but if Bella is in the state she was then we may want to go soon."
"Okay… Let's make it three weeks instead of the two. She will have to be out in the public. Also the wolves have to see her. I know they were at the funeral. I could smell them. They stayed in the trees and watched. They believed that I had been killed."
"Why do we have to do all this? Why not just leave?" Rosalie asked.
"Jacob Black will follow her and now that Edward wants to change her."
"Does Bella want that?" She asked interrupting.
"Yes Rose she does." I told her. "It was her decision. Not just mine. I didn't want to change her at first. She has wanted this from the prom all those years ago." I had finally told them what she wanted from that night. No one else had known what Bella and I had the impasse on. I had kept pretty much everything about Bella to my self with exception to Carlisle and what ever Alice found out from her visions.
We hashed out the details and made the plan for three weeks from now. Three weeks from now the death of my love would happen. I would keep her with me. We would watch. Carlisle was going to look for a way she could be in the hospital when the death happens. The more it is witnessed the better the wolves will accept it. I had to make sure Bella understands that Forks is going to be off limits until the wolves are gone.
Plans were set in motion at the hospital. Carlisle had set up an appointment with a psychologist. It just so happened that Emily was at the hospital that day. While Bella was waiting for the appointment she had tried to talk to her. Bella played her part well from what Carlisle said. Emily was convinced. From what he said afterwards the plan was going perfectly. Emily had called Sam, and from the conversation he had heard she was worried about Bella. She had asked Carlisle when she was going to be done. The commotion that followed was Emily's confirmation something was really wrong.
The pack was at the hospital within hours. Bella was playing her part extremely well. Better than I had explained or even hoped for.
Once the pack had seen her then it was confirmed that she would stay in the hospital for a few days. I was never seen by anyone but Bella at night. I took her from the hospital one night to break her out for a few hours. She was happy to back with me and not in the hospital seeing me.
"Edward I can't do this much more. The pack is coming everyday. Jacob comes every day."
"I know. I can smell them when I come. One more day okay. Carlisle is going to give you a sleeping drug that will slow your heart beat to a minimum. It will show you as dying to the wolves."
"Will it be safe for me to take since I do not really need to take a sleeping drug?"
"Yes. I don't want you to worry okay. Tomorrow I will be in the hospital. In the morgue waiting for you. I don't want to leave you there for any length of time by yourself." It will be just like Romeo and Juliet Bella you will see.
She nodded and was agreeing with me. She didn't know the medical field. I and Carlisle were her connections to it. I had to get her back to the hospital without being seen by anyone. The windows didn't open and I had to listen for the nurse's station. Gabrielle was in a patient's room so I snuck Bella back in quickly and just managed to get her into the room before she had come in to check on her. Bella pulled her routine rocking back and forth, eyes wide open. She kept saying 'He's gone. He's gone.' To add to the effects.
"Ms. Swan have you slept?" Gabrielle asked like she did every night.
I waited a moment before I heard Carlisle. He came in looked at Bella and told Gabrielle he'd look after Ms. Swan. Once she was gone and out of earshot I came out from my hiding place. Carlisle knew I was there. He probably knew from the time I walked into the hospital.
"That was a close call Edward." He paused. "That can't happen again."
"Is it today Carlisle?" I asked for Bella who was watching me.
"Yes. I have called your mother Bella. She'll be back here today. She will have to witness the death."
"You ready for this Bella?" I asked quietly. I hoped she was ready. I hoped she still wanted this after all we had to go through.
"I'm ready. I've had a lot of time to think this past week. I know what I want, who I want and where I want to be." She smiled as she said it. She was smiling at me. That in return made me smile my crooked smile at her.
"Okay Bella about mid morning these pills will start working. You will start to drift off to sleep. You will be aware of what is happening around you so don't make any major movements okay. If this is going to work you have to lie very still. As if you had died. Your breathing will slow to almost a stop. You will still have air coming in. It will just look like you died."
"I have a question Carlisle. Won't the doctor's check on me?" Bella asked.
"I will just conveniently be here to check up on you while your mother is here." He paused. "I will do the death announcement."
Bella nodded lying back in the bed as Carlisle gave the pills to her so she could start taking when it was time. She was to take them at 8am. No later and he'd be back at 11am. The plan was starting to come together. The final out come would be here today. I would have Bella and then change her.
I gave Bella the wrist crest I had. She clutched it in her hand and the ring sparkled on her finger. I disappeared as 8am came and she took the pills Carlisle gave her. I listened from my hiding spot as Renee came and Carlisle greeted her. He gave her the run down of what was wrong with Bella and that he was looking after her. He explained that she slipped into this state two weeks ago from an accident causing the death of myself. Renee's answer was why didn't Bella call her. She would have come to help her daughter. Carlisle couldn't explain her reasoning. Renee asked how Carlisle was doing with the death and he said he was doing okay as was the Cullen family. I listened as Bella's heart beat was slowing. She was falling asleep now. I smelt the dogs come in and sit with Renee. Jacob Blacks voice ringing out over the rest of them. He went with Renee to see Bella. I couldn't stop him. If I had left my spot then the plan would have back fired. I would be seen by them and they would know I was not dead. I stayed where I was and read the minds of the two visitors. I was watching them watch Bella sleep.
"Carlisle, how come she is not hooked up to a monitor?" Renee asked. It was a valid question but I was hoping it would not come up.
"She is not on medication. She is here only for observation Renee."
"Oh."
Carlisle did his routine checks of vitals and then came to her heart. He made a production of it for Jacob's sake. He pumped her heart gently and got no response. He used an air mask and tried to get her extra air. Bella was not responding. Renee was crying out in sobs that this couldn't be happening. Jacob was saying 'No not Bella". Then Carlisle pronounced her death. For someone who worked in the hospital would have thought that this was fishy. To unsuspecting people it actually happened and was believable. I watched Jacob leave to face the rest of the pack. He told them Bella had died while he was there with her mother. Renee was distraught. You could hear her thoughts and sobs with every scream from where I was hiding. If I wasn't watching it in her mind I would have thought she was a mental patient as well.
An hour or so later the wolves left the hospital. An hour after that Renee was contained and was being helped by a few nurses. Renee was lost and was blaming herself for Bella's death. Esme had come to help her and so did Alice. Then they moved Bella. I quickly moved from my hiding spot and headed to the morgue. I made sure no one saw me or heard me. I got there before she arrived. I removed her from the table she was transferred too. I held her in my arms as she opened her eyes. Her beautiful brown eyes looked up at me as she blinked away the sleep. She didn't speak. She just watched me.
"Your free my love. You and I will be together forever."
That statement was the best thing for us. We were free, free to be together forever and always.
Well what did you think?
That was the last chapter. I know I kind of cut it off. Sorry.
I feel sad that was the last chapter. Now all I have left is the epilogue. That will have to come later. I am getting computer chair butt and I think it is asleep. I have done three chapters for you all today. Truth will have to wait for another day. Maybe tomorrow.
I have been reading the Vampire Diaries. Some similarity but totally different story. I am also reading the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. It is very good and very highly praised by Stephenie Meyer. On the box cover she even says she is spending the weekend with Jace over Edward and Jacob. I am on the second book City of Ashes.
If you haven't read Truth go read it--- It is 9200 words for the first chapter but it is all human and the first chapter is in Edwards's eyes. I like it and it was begging to come out and be born. Please read and review that one too!
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