"Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't

separate people from love.

It can't take away our memories either.

In the end, love is stronger than death."

-Unknown

Bella Pov:

I opened my eyes and all I could see was a bright light. Oh my god, was I dead?! Oh my, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead! This is not good. What's going to happen to my family? Is Edward okay? How did I die? I could faintly hear a beeping sound in the background; accelerate the more I freaked out. What's going on? The more I blinked, the more I could see clearly. Turns out that when you die, you end up in a brightly lit hospital room. Wait, that isn't right. I looked around to find out some clue as to what am I doing here. I could see a whole bunch of wires hooked up to me. Seeing the hospital bracelet, did confirm that I was, in fact, in a hospital. The room was filled with flowers, balloons, stuffed animals, and gift baskets. This just made the entire room that much brighter. My head hurt, my body ached, I was slightly drowsy and confused. Why was I here? And where were Edward and the rest of my family? Just as I was about to press the button that summoned the nurse, what I could only assume was a doctor walked in. He looked around 50 years old, had gray, almost white hair, and had smile wrinkles near his eyes that told me he was light hearted, and smiled a lot. Once his eyes landed on me, his eyes widened slightly in surprise and shock. Quickly pulling himself together, he smiled brightly at me and said,

"Well, it's nice to see you awake Miss. Swan, I'm Dr. Grandy. How are you feeling?"

"Um, well, my body hurts, as well as my head, and I'm kind of tired. What am I doing here?" I asked in a small voice. My throat hurt, and was terribly dry.

"You are in here because you and Mr. Cullen were in a car accident, both you and Mr. Cullen were technically dead for a couple minutes, but luckily you're not anymore." He smiled. "You sustained no serious or long time injuries, but from how you crashed, your head smashed into the glass. You got some glass stuck in your head and we had to remove, and stitch your head back up. When your head smashed against the windshield you lost a lot of blood and we had to give you transfusions. You do have several stitches around your head and torso, and extensive amount of bruising up and down your entire body that should heal up in several weeks. I recommend that you don't move too much, in fear of ripping your stitches. Mr.& Mrs. Cullen, your guardians, are with Edward right now, I'll tell them you're awake." He said, getting ready to leave.

"Wait! How long was I asleep? And how is Edward? Is he alright?" I asked desperately.

"You were in a coma for about a week. I can't disclose any specific information about Edward, Doctor/patient confidentiality."

As he left to get Carlisle and Esme, I prayed that he was okay. It didn't even matter that I was alright, only that he was okay. Several minutes later Carlisle and Esme walked in looking like they haven't slept in days. I understand why they missed out on sleep because of Edward. I wouldn't be able to function correctly if anything happened to him.

"Oh, thank god you're awake! I was afraid you would be in that coma forever." She cried out and sobbed as she rushed over and very gently hugged me. Careful not to pull out any wires or further injure myself.

"I'm so glad you're okay Bella." Carlisle said in a tired voice as he hugged me just as carefully.

"How is Edward? is he okay?" I asked, feeling like I wasn't ever going to get answers at this point.

"He is very badly injured. He broke an arm and a leg. He has a neck cast from the impact of the crash and he too also lost a lot of blood from his head smashing the glass. Unfortunately he hit his head too hard and is in a coma." Esme explained, sobbing towards the end.

I couldn't believe it. He was in a coma, and may never wake up. I sobbed, then my sobs turned into wailing, then eventually I was full out bawling. Esme embraced me and we cried together. Before I knew it I was falling asleep in Esme's arms.

It's been about 4 weeks since I woke up, and Edward still hasn't woken up and I still haven't given up hope. I made them move me into Edward's room so I wouldn't be apart from him. I haven't done much myself, except heal. I was on bed rest and was not able to go home until they were sure I was 100% okay. Plus it's not like I was in a hurry to go home anyway, Edward was here and by going home that meant more time away from him. If he died and I was at home and didn't get a chance to say goodbye, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself. Just recently they said that my stitches were healed enough, so now I can move and get out of bed. But just that was a lot of effort on my bruised body and made me slightly dizzy, that I only ever moved into the chair by Edward's bed, so I could hold his hand. That 's just what I happened to be doing now, holding his hand and brushing his messy, bed hair back. The doctors said that his body was slowly healing, but when he would wake up is still unknown. Alice, Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie stop by and visit every once and awhile. Emmett and Alice more than Jasper and Rosalie. But mostly they just come in as one group.

I was interrupted by my thoughts by something squeezing my hand. Shocked, I saw that it was Edward. I gently squeezed back, only to be even more shocked when he squeezed back.

"Edward." I whispered. He squeezed my hand even tighter.

"Edward." I repeated. This time he opened his eyes and I got to see his bright green eyes that I have wanted to see for weeks now.

"You're awake." I said sobbing, as I kissed him over and over again.

"Bella." He croaked out.

"I'm so glad you're awake, and that you're okay, I hoped you would wake up, but even I had this smidgen of doubt and fear that you wouldn't ever wake up." I said, while crying and hugging him tenderly while still being aware of his injuries.

"Bella It okay, I'm okay. A little sore, but alive and awake. You don't have to be sad." He reassured me, while he was rubbing my back.

"I'm not crying because I'm sad, I'm crying because I'm so happy."

"I'm happy too. How long was I asleep?" He asked, concerned.

"About 4 weeks. We were both in a car accident."

After that I explained his injuries and what my injuries were. How long he was in here for and that it wasn't long until I was released to go home. A couple days later they let me go home, but even though I got to go home, I still came during visiting hours and whenever they let me. Edward still wasn't allowed to go home because he still had to heal, and they had to make sure he didn't slip back into a coma and treat his remaining injuries. We discussed our engagement and we were going to wait until we were both completely healed to announce it. Carlisle and Esme already knew, but we still had to tell Alice, Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper.

After some time they finally discharged Edward, but he's bedridden until his neck is healed properly. Esme is always there bringing him food and blankets, and babying him. He hates it, but I think its cute. The car accident made me realize how fast our lives can be taken, and that I want to marry Edward as soon as possible. Because in the end, I don't ever want to leave this earth without being bound to Edward in every way humanly possible. I love him with everything inside of me, and was so glad I didn't lose him.

AN: Did you catch the line towards the end from Eclipse? Just thought I'd throw that in. What did you think? SORRY IF SOME OF THE MEDICAL INFO WAS WRONG, I AM NOT A DOCTOR, BUT I RESEARCHED AS MUCH AS I COULD. I'm also sorry if some of the stuff wasn't as emotional as you'd hoped it would be, I'm not a very emotional person, and don't talk about my feelings that much, if at all. So some of the parts where they are all emotional was somewhat difficult for me to write, personally. I hoped you liked it, and if you did please tell me why. I love hearing from each and every one of you!

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