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Chapter 4 EPOV
Bella...How could she do this. She had promised me that she would be safe, and this is definitely something that she could have stopped. Esme told she was going to jump off a cliff. She wasn't falling, being pushed or driving accidentally off of it. No, my Bella was jumping off a cliff. I never should have left her. I was a fool to think that she would be okay without us there to protect her. It seemed that every bad thing in the world was destined to be drawn to her, myself included. I kept running replaying everything that had been said in that conversation with Esme.
Her words will remain implanted in my memory forever. I had answered the phone, unwillingly because I was frustrated with the lack of results I was getting on my search for Victoria. However, it seemed that Esme was being persistent, so I assumed it was was a matter of importance. Thank God I answered my cell.
"Hello Esme," I answered as calmly as possible. She was after all the closest thing I had to a mother so I felt as if she deserved my respect. Her reply was exasperated, and fast, but she still managed to sound heartbroken at the same time. "Edward, you need to go to Forks immediately," I cut her off there. Esme knew why I was gone. "Esme, I told you. I am sorry, but I need to..." "Edward!" She screamed at me. Esme never screamed. She was too gentle for it. What had happened.
I went silent immediately, and let her continue. "You need to go to Forks Edward, Bella is going to jump off of a cliff tonight, Alice and Carlisle have already gone to try to save her." At the mention of Bella's name I had already spun around and started to race to the closet airport. Esme kept talking. "Alice, had me set up a non-stop flight for you to Wyoming. It was the closet we could arrange for you on such short notice, and Edward...She said she will call you tonight and that you must answer your phone. She said it was important." I was silent focusing only on the information I have just received, forcing my legs to run as fast as possible, and the memory of Bella's deep chocolate brown eyes looking into mine. What have I done!
"Edward...Are you.." I interrupted Esme again. "I'm coming Esme. Goodbye." Then I ended the call, and placed the pocket securely in my pocket. Alice was going to call, and I would be waiting for it.
The flight had been pure torture. It seemed to take forever, and I could barely keep still. I needed to know that Bella was okay, that she was still here in this world. When it landed I all but flew out the door. I went too fast, but at that point I did not even think twice to care if any of the humans noticed.
Now I was running through Washington, and I was almost there. Alice was right as always. I would arrive by 6. I could hear my love's heart beating, trying to force the blood to move. Trying to stay alive. I instinctively felt a slice of guilt for making my choice. What if this wasn't what Bella wanted. Alice, had asked me to choose to let Bella die or become one of us, and I was just too selfish. I could not just let Bella go, not when I had a chance to keep her alive and with me. I would have her forever now, if she would still want me after what I have done.
I was close enough that I could hear Alice's thoughts now. She must have known I was close enough because her thoughts were directed at me. Edward, the treaty is broken now. We crossed the LaPush border, and we bit a human. Biting her in multiple places worked. The change is happening faster, she will wake up tonight. I nodded my head in reply to her thoughts. It had only been 2 days. The venom must have spread faster than we had anticipated. I kept pushing my legs not wanting to waste more time as Alice's and Carlisle's began to fill my mind. I didn't want to see Bella like that, it hurt me more than I wanted it too, but I needed to know what happened. I saw Bella throw herself off the cliff smiling.. why on Earth is she smiling! I saw her head crack against the jagged edge of the cliff, and her body lifeless, and unstruggling at the bottom of the river. I saw Alice pull her from the river, and the blue tint on her cold skin, and then I saw her screams as the change began to set her body on fire from the inside. I wanted to smile when I saw that she repeatedly called out my name, but the memory was so heartbreaking that I couldn't.
I ran harder, crushing rocks beneath my feet wherever I moved. I jumped over the porch steps and knocked our front door off the hinges. I continued to bolt upstairs to my room, not even stopping to speak to Carlisle, who was standing by the staircase. I opened the door, and saw Alice holding Bella to her and softly telling her, "He loves you." over and over again.
"Bella" her name left my lips in a soft whisper, and I rushed to her. Her skin was already hard, but she still felt hot to the touch. Her hair was wet from sweat and being in the river, so she had a salty smell to her. The blood was gone, and I saw in Alice's head that she had wiped it away, and tried to clean Bella up. Leave it to Alice to try to make anyone look fashionable, even when they are in the process of becoming a vampire. My love was dressed in Alice's baby pink silk Victoria's Secret robe. Granted we had taken most of the stuff with us when we left, but I know that Bella would have been just fine in sweats and a t-shirt, which just happened to be in my closet. The flight to leave is Wednesday Edward. We will go to Colorado. She is already coherent and can hear you when you talk to her. Oh and the robe, well you guys will appreciate it later.
I looked at her questionably wondering what that meant, but she quickly showed me the vision she had, and how Bella would be fine on the plane. "Thank you Alice." was all I could manage, and she nodded and got up to leave. She turned and winked at me just before she shut the door, she said, "You're welcome Edward. I love her too." Then she began to think of the lyrics to Baby Got Back.
I shook the craziness that was my sister out of my head and went to Bella, and wrapped her tightly in my arms, pulling her to my chest. I kissed her softly on her head, and inhaled the scent of her Underneath the saltiness, there was still a tinge of strawberry in her hair. "Oh Bella, how could you? You had promised me. Having her here in my arms made me weak somehow. I couldn't keep it up anymore. The stress and worry of nearly losing my love had nearly broken me, but she was here in my arms.
The relief broke the dam inside of me that I had held back when I saw the vision of my Bella, lifeless in Alice and Carlisle's head, and as I held Bella, I let the tearless sobs shake my body. I rocked her with my body for hours, continuing where Alice had left off. I repeatedly told her I loved her, and I would continue to tell her this every day for the rest of my existence if Bella would have mey
A/N Okay. Next Chapter is already written, and it will be in BPOV because she is waking up. PLEASE REVIEW. It makes me feel good . =) Have a good Day
Mary