Author's Note: I apologize for the long delay in posting this chapter but RL tends to get in the way. I would like to say thank you to all of you that have stuck with this story and for your patience. I plan on posting another chapter very soon. I would also like to thank my husband as he is my sounding board and helps me get these out to you.

As always, I don't own any of the characters, places, songs or names that are in this story. The plot is all mine.

I hope you enjoy!

BPOV

Well it has been two weeks since we played in Seattle and we are still feeling the high from it. We've written a few more songs that Andy really liked, we will be going back around the first part of August to do some in-studio recording for our record, and then the new school year will start. Overall I would say things are going great. I'm currently sitting in Carlisle's office to have my ultrasound done and then my appointment is tomorrow. I'm kind of dreading this because I've been noticing little changes in my heart rate, I'm getting tired more often than I used to, and my breathing is off sometimes. I just know in the pit of my stomach that the graph isn't holding anymore and that means that the hole in my heart is getting bigger and I'm out of options on ways to have it repaired, which means that my life expectancy has probably just shortened by a year or so. I haven't voiced my concerns to my dad as he has enough going on with all of the attacks that are happening and I really don't want to tell any of my friends because they will freak out. I do feel however that Edward knows something is up from the way he acts when we are together and I have an episode. I don't know how he knows when it happens or is getting ready to happen but he just does and Alice is the same way. Sometimes I wonder if they are different from everyone else because of certain things they say or do or maybe it is just my mind imagining things. Things with him are going really good. I still daydream about that night he walked me back to my room.

"I don't think I told you how good you look in that outfit." He tells me as we ride in the elevator.

"Thanks, this outfit was a gift from Andy and the guys. I love it" I tell him and I think I blush a little bit.

"Well it leaves nothing to the imagination that is for sure." He says as the elevator dings for my floor and we make our way to my room.

"Thanks for escorting me up to my room, Edward." I tell him as I dig out my key to the door.

"You are most welcome and anytime." He tells me and then we just stand there.

"Well, I guess I will see you sometime tomorrow." I say as I open the door to my room and get ready to go inside.

"Um, Bella can I ask you something?" He says before I shut the door.

He asked me could he take me out on a date after we got back to Forks and things settled down for me some. I totally said yes! He is taking me to an Italian restaurant called Bella Italia in Port Angeles tomorrow night after my appointment and I'm so excited. He has come over a few times since we've been back along with Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie. I've come to learn that Jasper plays a mean guitar and he has jammed with us some while we are practicing or fooling around. Also Emmett can play the harmonica and I didn't see that coming from a big guy like him but that just goes to say that you can't judge a book by its cover and Edward plays the piano. We have a lot of fun when they are over because the girls just dance around and act silly, Emmett and Jasper jam with us, and Edward just watches with that smirk on his face but every once in a while I can get him to play the piano with us. I'm brought out of my thoughts by the calling of my name.

"Bella?" calls out Carlisle's nurse.

"Yes?"

"We are ready for you now."

"Okay, thank you." I tell her as I get up out of my chair and follow her through the door and down the hall to the ultrasound room. Carlisle is sitting next to the machine when I walk in.

"Hello Bella, how are you today?" He asks as I sit on the examining table.

"I'm doing well just a little nervous about this test." I tell him.

"That is understandable but just know that the reason we are doing this is to be able to treat you appropriately. Now would you please undo the top couple of buttons on your shirt and lie back so that we can begin?" He asks me as he gets the bottle of that really cold gel ready. I do as he says and wait for the cold gel to hit my chest. He tells me right before he puts it on my chest so that it is not such a shock and I can try to control my heart rate.

"Okay Bella, here we go. I'm going to be taking several pictures of your heart from different angles and some of them may be uncomfortable but just bear with me and it will be over soon."

After about an hour of turning this way and that way and having to hold my breath, we are finished with the ultrasound. I watched his face as he moved the wand around on my chest but I couldn't get a feel for what he saw one way or another. He left the room while I got cleaned up and then after a few minutes he came back in.

"All the pictures look good, so I will go over them and have some answers for you tomorrow when you come in for your appointment."

"Sounds good to me Carlisle. I will you see tomorrow at noon." I tell him as I hop down from the table.

"Here I will walk you out." He tells me as he gets the door and walks with me down the hall back to the front of the office.

"Did you come by yourself today Bella?" He asks as we reach the waiting room and he didn't see anyone waiting for me.

"Yeah, I figured since it was just the ultrasound that it wasn't a big deal if I came alone. My dad wanted to come but I told him that we weren't getting any answers today so there was no sense in him taking off from work."

"Will he be coming with you tomorrow?"

"Yes, he will definitely be with me tomorrow."

"Oh good, well enjoy the rest of your day Bella and I will see you tomorrow"

"Bye Carlisle, don't work too hard for the rest of the day." And with that I'm out the door and heading back down to my car.

As I was digging in my purse for my keys and walking across the parking lot, I heard someone calling out my name and when I looked up I saw Alice running across the parking lot waving her hand at me.

"Hey Bella, hold up!" She called out to me and did she just make it all the way across the parking lot really fast? I must have been closer to her than I thought yet when I look to where my car is and I am standing there is no way she made it over to me that fast. I must be seeing things.

"Hey Alice, what are you doing here?"

"I was just doing some shopping at that little shop on the corner looking for some new outfits or garments that I can alter to turn into something new. How did your appointment go with my dad?"

"Fine; today was just the ultrasound. Tomorrow is the one I'm dreading because of what he might tell me." I tell her as we finish walking to my car.

"I'm sure it is going to be alright Bella and if not we will deal with it as best we can because we are your friends now and we aren't going to let you go through anything alone." She tells me as she gives me a hug and being in her embrace calms me and makes feel like everything will be alright.

"Well I've got to go to the grocery and do some shopping because we all know my dad doesn't do it and would almost starve if it wasn't for me."

"Alright well be careful and call me tomorrow after your appointment to let me know what he says."

"I will and have fun shopping." I tell her with one last embrace before she heads off back towards the shop and I get in my car to go to the grocery.

Alice's POV

It was about 9 o'clock in the morning and I was in mine and Jazz's room changing my clothes from the hunt I had just been on when I had a vision of Bella going for her ultrasound this afternoon and what the results were going to be. She was going to be devastated tomorrow when she learned that the graph wasn't holding and that there was nothing else that could be done. Well, there is one thing that can be done but Edward refuses to accept that she will need to be changed in order to save her life. He also refuses to be the one to do it but I have already seen it happen more than once in my visions, one with Edward changing her and the other where my dad is the one to do it. I needed to talk to my dad without anyone around and I had to keep this information away from Edward as long as possible because he was going to flip out. I decided that I was going to go into town and do some shopping down near my dad's office and watch for Bella to leave so that I could talk to him. I had also had another vision of Charlie going to talk to my dad alone about us being vampires and asking if he could save his daughter because he couldn't lose her. We had sat down and discussed this vision of mine the other night and had agreed that we would tell Charlie all that he needed to know about us but as far as saving Bella was concerned, the decision was still up in the air. While we all agreed, except for Edward, that we would do this for him and her it was still unclear as to when it would happen or who would do it.

I left the house about 11 o'clock without having to run into Edward because he was still out on his hunt with Emmett and Jasper. I drove down to where my dad's office is and parked around the corner. As I was in the little consignment shop, I saw Bella enter his office for her appointment. Now it was just a shop and wait game. Not that I minded the shopping because I do it so well. I found some leather pants that I thought would look awesome on Bella for her performances. I found a leather skirt for Rosalie and myself along with some tops that I could alter and add embellishments too for all of us as well. It was about an hour later that I saw Bella come out of the building and head towards her car. I told the woman at the counter to hold my garments that I would be right back. I called out to Bella and caught up to her just to say Hi and see how it all went. We chatted for a few minutes and then she said she had to go grocery shopping so I bid her farewell and went back to purchase my garments. That would give her enough time to get out of the parking lot so I could go talk to my dad. Everyone's lives was fixing to get hectic and crazy and we all needed to be prepared.

Carlisle's POV

I had the pictures from Bella's ultrasound in my hand as I made my way back to my office and I knew exactly what they were going to show before I even looked at them thoroughly. She had seemed a little nervous before the ultrasound but I was able to keep my face neutral so she couldn't get a read off of my features while I was doing the procedure and trust me she was watching me like a hawk. I threw the file down on the desk and just leaned back in my chair to try and clear my thoughts before I looked over the pictures myself.

As I began to look at the pictures, it became apparent that the graph definitely wasn't holding and she was only going to have 7-8 months left to live her life. This kind of news was going to devastate her and Charlie. Hell it was breaking my heart and mine doesn't even beat anymore. I began going through all of my medical books and searching online for a way to save her. I came across a couple of articles online and in my medical books that stated that another patient had the same thing occur and they attached another piece of graph to the existing graph. In doing so, it held and prolonged the patient's life by 2 years. It was a long shot but I was willing to do whatever it took to save her life. Not only for herself but for Charlie and all of us.