Honey (Book 1)

Chapter 32

(AN: I hope all of these POV changes aren't annoying. I just thought getting different perspectives at this time would be interesting.)

Rosalie's POV

After the fight, Bella was taken to the hospital, Alice telling us our cover story as we went. Emmett and I take care of the jeep, throwing it off the side of some cliff and making sure its catches enough flame to incinerate. 

Laurent and Carlisle make a deal and the former goes to Alaska, where the Denali's will host him and teach him about our diet. 

But after the story is made and everything is cleaned up, we have to wait. And the wait is the worst. The whole town thinks we're dead so we can't go see Bella. And this entire time, my body ached and twitched with the effort it took not to see her, knowing she was hurt so badly and anything can happen right now.

Esme and Alice set up Carlisle's office into a makeshift hospital room where he will turn her. Edward, Carlisle and I go to Billy and Jacob Black to discuss her turning. 

"Whether or not you agree, mut, we are turning her. It's just because Carlisle is so polite that he's asking first." I growled at him when after twenty minutes of arguing, he still didn't get it. 

"Bella will die and Charlie will be broken over it. At least this way, Bella can live a new life and Charlie can be satisfied that his daughter is ok. We don't want him in danger, either. We also don't want to start an unnecessary war over this. We mean no ill will." Carlisle explains.

"How do you know she even wants this? Maybe she would rather die. She's better off on her own than if you were to turn her." Jacob snarls. 

Both Edward and I growl at him. "We both know, despite your whining, that you don't want her to die, Jacob." Edward grinds out. 

Before he can respond, Billy holds his hand up, silencing his son. 

"Do what you will but you must leave immediately if you do change her. You will have no war with us unless you return." Billy glares. "Not even Bella is permitted to return. Any vampire to ever return will not get a warm welcome." 

Carlisle nods, walking forward and extending his hand. After a moment Billy shakes his hand. 

We leave after that, running through the woods and to the house, Carlisle to the hospital to set things up. 

"Listen, Rose," Edward stops us near the property. He shoves his hands in his pockets and turns his eyes towards the ground. "I just want to apologize. I've been a dick since she came here and I'm sorry. I don't hate or begrudge either of you. I admit I was jealous and I'm over it. I don't want you to loose her Rose, she's.. good and I like having another sister." 

He offers a small smile, eyes reaching mine and I can't help but raise a brow at him. But I nod, before muttering a "Thanks," and running to the house. 

"Carlisle talked to Charlie and Billy. Looks like we're moving." I mumble into Emmett's shoulder. 

He sighs, rubbing my shoulder. "I'm gonna miss this place." 

Alice and Edward go to the hospital to help Carlisle and Charlie. Esme and Jasper stuck at home as grieving family members. 

It becomes too much all of a sudden, and I press a quick kiss to Emmett's lips before running out the door. I take down a few trees, scare a lot of wild life with some screams and finally collapse onto my back into the dirt. 

My body shakes with dry sobs, my mind spins as my instincts pull me towards Bella. My chest burns with an unfamiliar pain at my soulmate hurt and so far away. 

I've ruined her life, the day I finally let her in. 

I should've never brought her home, we should've never interfered because Bella is loosing everything. Her life, her friends, her family. 

Either way, I've damned her. She dies or she becomes one of us. What shitty options. 

She never even got to go to prom or make it to her senior year and it's all my fault. 

I lay in the woods, for hours, staring at the sky as it changes color, blaming myself for it all. But, I rush home around three, as my internal clock tells me it is. Bella should be coming any time. Carlisle will be the one to do it, as I asked but a lot of me thinks I should do it. But I can't risk it. 

When they bring her in, she is too still, too quiet and pale. Her broken and bruised body wouldn't make it. "There is no backing out after this, Rose. Are you sure?" Carlisle asks after everything is readied. We're on a time limit here, after all. 

I nod, stepping forward and brushing her hair out of her face. "Yes," I never tasted human blood before which is why I don't trust myself to be the one do it. "I can't let her die."

He nods and without preamble, he grasps her wrist. The almost crunch, snap, sound his teeth makes as they break her skin, pierces my ears and I have to restrain myself. 

Alice and Esme stand by the door, the rest of the family further away, just in case. 

He bites her neck next and my instincts flare. Anger courses through me but I remain still, nails biting into my palm. 

Bella's body suddenly tenses, arching off the table. Her mouth opening in a silent scream and her eyes snapping open. She writhes for a moment and I'm there, running my fingers through her hair, grasping her face.  Anything to try to sooth her, whispering to her and holding her hand as she squeezes mine. 

"Bella, baby, it's okay. It's okay, your're gonna be okay." My voice hitches and my self-hatred flares.

Then like a switch, she slumps flat and still, eyes and mouth closed. Her body is still tense as her heart beat intensifies but her hand looses its grip on mine even as I tighten my own. 

I can hear the blood coursing through her, mixing with the venom, her heart beat thunders, her muscles and bones are starting to shift. "She should be awake in a few days. Give her time." Carlisle says after wiping his mouth. He walks to the door, and he and Esme leave. 

(AN: One more chapter, guys. The next will be wrapping things up, sort of, but there will also be information about the second book too.)