Bella POV

The first thing I was aware of was the movement. The familiar all too fast movement. I thought I was dreaming. Remembering the flight-like race through the forest, holding onto his stone cold back for dear life. I could feel that hard coldness. I felt it all around me. It was as if I were in his arms again. He was holding me as I drifted his cold skin a blessing to my fevered body.

I remembered the fear than. My last thoughts as I was taken away by the doctors. Charlie had been screaming my name, and so had someone else. Had Renee been there?

I wondered if I were dead. Had the disease taken me? I could feel the icy touch of my guardian angel. Had he followed me too? Why didn’t he ever keep his promises to me? I didn’t want him to die just because I had. I had told him that. He was so stubborn.

I felt my lips curl into a smile at that thought, and then the darkness subsided and he was there.

“Edward?” I managed to speak, my voice hoarse and cracked.

The movement had stopped now. I could see that he stood holding me deep in a forest, the moon the only form of light.

“Bella?!” he sounded surprised and I wanted to reach up to him, but I felt too weak. Instead, he pulled me closer to him, his coolness enveloping me.

“I’m so glad you’re awake.” He breathed. “I didn’t want to do this without you knowing.”

I tried to move the muscles in my face to show him that I was confused, but I couldn’t even manage that, so I hoped he could see it in my eyes.

“Do what?” I asked.

He smiled, his eyes sparkling with emotion and I reveled in it.

“Shh, Bella. Just for now.” He put his cold fingers to my lips. “Are you alright? Are you cold at all?”

I shook my head, continuing to gaze into his butterscotch eyes. I wasn’t cold at all. I was warm just by being with him. It didn’t matter that his blood ran cold making his body as cold as ice. I was warm just by his presence. My heart beat faster and pumped more warm blood through my body to compensate.