Anything to Save You

This is my newest story. I just revised it so I hope you enjoy it! Reviews are always welcome and they also always make me update faster.

BPOV

Today was a good day. For once we were both happy and content with our lives. It was days like these that I cherished during the times of tribal and tribulation. Edward held me tightly as we swayed across the dance floor.

"I love you Bella," he whispered gently into my ear. He caressed my check before kissing it lightly. "I'm sorry for the way I've been acting lately. I realize how stupid I have been. I only wish I could have realized it sooner."

"Let's not talk about it now," I begged him. The last few weeks had been rocky to say the least. Everything seemed to be collapsing all around me and I just couldn't prevent it. School was about to end and Edward and I were about to be forced into separate lives and separate colleges. I would be attending Oxford on a full Journalism scholarship, while Edward would be attending Harvard pre-med. knowing that we would be soon parted only strained our relationship even further.

"Hey love birds," Edward's sister Alice said. She was the one and only person who could ever force me into coming to the dance in the first place. Seeing as I wasn't the most graceful person, I thought it would be lethal to put me on a dance floor. But now as Edward held me in his grasp and led me around the moonlight floor, I felt as graceful as a swan.

"I told you she would enjoy this," Alice said winking at her twin brother. Alice was not only my boyfriend's sister; she was also my best friend. She was practically family to me seeing as we had been friends since the day we were born. She and Jasper, her boyfriend, were now twirling around effortlessly just like professionals.

"You were right Ally," I smiled. "Thank you for making me do this. I owe you." Alice smiled in return before waltzing off with Jasper in the opposite direction. I buried my face in Edward's chest and breathed him in deeply. If only every moment could be like this, I thought.

"Bella," Edward said lifting my chin so I could see his dazzling face. He looked so worried, almost as if he was keeping a secret from me. He had been like this for the past two weeks and it scared me. "Do I make you happy," he asked me.

"What," I asked confused. What did he mean by that? Of course he made me happy. Just because things had been difficult lately didn't mean I wasn't happy. I loved Edward. That alone made me the happiest woman alive. I was his and he was mine; that was all I could ever want or need.

"Do I make you happy," he repeated. I began to shake my head in confusion.

"Edward," I hesitated. "What kind of question is that? I love you."
"That doesn't answer my question Bella," he snapped. "Do I make you happy? Just answer my question!" I felt my cheeks flush with anger at his words. Why did he have to do this now? Why couldn't we have one night of pleasure without the heartache?

"Bella," I heard a familiar husky voice say behind me.

"What is he doing here," Edward said darkly. "You said he wouldn't be here Bella!" Edward's eyes instantly went black. This could only end badly.

"Last time I checked it was a free country," Jacob retorted. Jacob Black used to be one of my best friends. He used to be part of my group. All of us were inseparable. He had always been one of the men in my life. I could always depend on him on advice and guidance. That all ended when Edward and I began seeing each other a year ago.

"Jacob please," I pleaded. "Don't do this. Not tonight, not here."

"Me," Jacob yelled. "Why is it that you always blame me Bella? Did you ever even consider the fact that it was him who creates the trouble?"

"You're the one who's crashing the dance," Edward said evilly. He gripped me tighter to him making it impossible for me to breathe. "You have no right to be here Jacob Black!"

"Bella wants me here," Jacob said grabbing my hand. Edward tensed even further and held me tighter to his chest which was now heaving in anger.

"Let go of her," he said between clenched teeth.

"No," Jacob said stubbornly. "I will only let go if Bella wants me to let go."
"Bella," Edward said with a questioning tone.

"Bella," Jacob repeated with the same tone. I felt so trapped, so helpless. Alice and Jasper had stopped dead in their tracks and were now starring at us along with everyone else in the room. I couldn't take it anymore. I was tired of the fighting; I was tired of the humiliation. Enough was enough. I refused to choose.

"Stop it," I said breaking free of both of their grasps.

"Bella," Edward said in shock trying to pull me close to him once more. He continued to do so until he saw the tears break free from my eyes. I ran to the bathroom leaving both Jacob and Edward behind. I couldn't stand to look at either of them anymore.

EPOV

It had been such a perfect night. I finally had my sweet Bella in my arms, just where she belonged. As I held her tightly, I took in her every detail; her hair, her eyes, her smile. She was my own personal angel sent to me from God, I had always believed that. She was my heaven and she was my earth. She was my wind and she was my sky. I loved her more than anything in this world. Though it was difficult to express this, I never doubted. She was the very reason for my being.

Alice had begged me to force Bella into going to the dance. She believed it would help our relationship tremendously if we had a pleasant night together for once. Things lately had been incredibly rocky between Bella and me. With both of our futures starring at us in the face, the pressure had become nearly unbearable. She and I were barely able to speak let alone see each other.

"I love you Bella," I whispered into ear as I slowly caressed her cheek with one hand while pulling her closer to me with the other. I decided I needed to apologize. Things had been so terrible lately and I knew I was to blame. "I'm sorry for the way I've been acting lately. I realize how stupid I have been. I only wish I could have realized it sooner." She closed her eyes in protest before pulling me closer.

"Let's not talk about it," she begged. I knew she didn't want to discuss what had been occurring lately. We were drifting apart, and deep down inside we both knew it. I could hardly bare to think of such things myself. She and I would soon be parted; a whole country between us. I was so proud that my Bella was going to Oxford. She deserved it more than anyone I knew. I only wished that she wouldn't be so far away. If I was here and she was in London, how could she and I survive? Things were difficult enough already without the distance.

These were the thoughts that tormented me deep into the night. It seemed like dilemma after dilemma tortured our relationship. I wondered how Bella could possibly be happy with me. She could do so much better yet she never even considered it. She was in love with me, though I had no idea why.

"Hey love birds," my sister Alice said dancing beside us with her boyfriend Jasper. Since infancy Bella, Alice, Jasper, and I had been a group. We did everything together. We had always been there for each other and we had never been parted. When my parents died, I feared that I would be taken away from everything and everyone that I ever loved. Luckily my Uncle Carlisle and Aunt Esme adopted my sister and me and insisted raising us here in Forks, Washington instead of Chicago where Carlisle was originally from. From what I could tell, Esme and Carlisle preferred Forks to the Windy City. They seemed happier here than I had ever seen them before.

"I told you she would enjoy this," Alice said smiling brightly. She loved seeing Bella happy almost as much as I did.

"You were right Ally," Bella smiled. "Thanks for making me do this. I owe you." Forcing Bella into going to this dance was almost harder than getting into Harvard. Bella certainly knew how to put up a good fight when she needed to. As Alice left to give the two of us some much needed privacy, I decided to ask Bella the question that had been on my mind for weeks. I needed to know, no matter what Bella's answers were.

"Bella," I said gently lifting her chin from my chest to meet my gaze. As I stared into her deep brown eyes I felt a piece of my heart shatter. What if she wanted to leave me to leave her alone permanently? Could I allow myself to let her go? Could I move on with my life? I decided to stop the self depreciation and ask her the question the struck fear into the deepest quandaries of my heart. "Do I make you happy?"

"What," she asked with a dumfounded expression.

"Do I make you happy," I repeated. She shook her head, causing her long mahogany tresses to spill out across her shoulders. She continued to stare at me in pure confusion before answering.

"What kind of question is that? I love you Edward," she said simply. Why was she dodging my question? Was she afraid that I would dislike her answer? If she no longer loved me then I needed to be informed immediately.

"That doesn't answer my question Bella," I snapped at her. As soon as I had done so I felt instantly guilty. I took a deep breath before speaking again. Though I attempted to calm myself I was still furious. "Just answer my question!" She was just about to answer when I heard him speak my loves name. What had he come? I thought I had warned him to stay away, far away.

"What is he doing here Bella," I asked in a pure rage. "You said he wouldn't be here!" I thought I had already taken care of this. Jacob agreed to stay away from Bella once and for all, we had a deal. He had already done enough damage in both of our lives and he said he wanted to stop.

The only reason he was doing any of this was because he had always been jealous that I had been the one to ultimately win Bella's heart. He never had a chance; Bella only ever saw him as a friend. I understood why he loved her but that didn't make his actions right. Over the last few months, he had been a wedge driving Bella and I apart. All he had ever accomplished by doing so was hurting his so called 'best friend'. This was the reason I despised him so much. He deserved Bella even less than I. He was unworthy and he knew it. That was why he turned to a life of crime.

"Last time I checked it was a free country," Jacob barked at me. After that things became foggy. I remembered screaming at both Jacob and Bella. Jacob grabbed her, and I became enraged. Therefore I did the same thing. He shouldn't have been touching her in the first place. She was mine. Why couldn't he understand that? I begged Bella to choose me, stay with me. Jacob did the same. Bella looked so torn, so hurt. She broke away leaving us both in shock.

"Bella," I said trying to grab her again. It was then that I saw the tears begin to spill over her cheeks. I had done it again. She was hurt because of me.

"Stop it," she screamed before running away from us. My heart broke as I saw her begin to run away. Deep down inside I knew what she was truly running from; she was running away from me, mentally and physically.

"What did you do," Alice yelled at me.

"Alice I," I said with a shaky voice. I felt the tears burn my eyes as I thought about what I had just done. Perhaps I had won the fight with Jacob, but would that ultimately cost me Bella?

"What is wrong with you Edward," Alice yelled once more. "Why do you always do this to her? Why can't you ever just let things go? She love you, you idiot! Can't you see that?"

"I'm sorry," I said finding it difficult to meet her enraged gaze. Now even my own sister hated me.

"I have to go find her," Alice said walking away from me with Jasper by her side. "Once again I have to clean up your mess. Great job bro." I glared at Jacob who was still standing before me. I wanted to kill him. The only reason I hadn't already was because I knew it would make Bella unhappy. I knew this time I was entirely to blame, yet I couldn't face it. I needed to blame him.

"Why did you have to do this," I asked him. "Why couldn't you just leave her alone Jacob? I thought we had a deal. You agreed you've caused her enough pain already."

"Because you don't deserve her," he glared at me in return. "I love her too Edward. I will never stop fighting for her until she is by my side. And even if I don't deserve her, I'm still better than you. How sad is that?"

"You think your better," I laughed without humor. The other reason I as Jacob to stay away, was because he also turned dangerous over the past few months, too dangerous for her to be around. Even Charlie the police chief, made seeing Jacob forbidden to his daughter.

"I can love her more than you ever could," Jacob said with a stern voice. "I won't give up. You won't have her for long I promise you. One day she will be mine."

"We'll see," I replied darkly. "For now she is mine. You will stay away from her Jacob Black! If you come near her again, I will have you begging for death." I then stormed off leaving him behind. He was not worthy of my time or my breath. The only thing that was important right now was Bella. I had to make things right again.

BPOV

"I don't know what I did wrong Alice," I sobbed into my best friends shoulder. We had been in the bathroom for nearly a half an hour while Jasper waited outside of the door. Alice had rushed in after me after the fight.

"You did nothing wrong Bella," Alice assured me dabbing my eyes. "What Edward did was stupid, but it was only because he loves you more than anything in this world."

"I love him so much," I cried even harder. "I don't understand why he thinks otherwise. Doesn't he realize that I would do anything for him? I would die for him if there was even a chance of making him happy. "

"He knows Bella," Alice assured me. "You both just need to talk things out once and for all. Nothing can change if nothing is resolved."

"I have to leave him," I said. "In two weeks I have to fly to England Alice! I'll be there alone without him. We'll be apart for…."

"Bella listen to me," Alice said forcing me to look at her. "Things will work out. You and Edward were meant to be and nothing can change that. Fate is fate, there's no fighting it."

"Why did Jacob have to come tonight," I asked Alice. "Why did he have to ruin yet another night for Edward and me? I thought he wanted me to be happy."

"He's in love with you Bella," Alice said. I was shocked at her words. This could not possibly be true. Jacob and I had been no more than friends our entire lives.

"No he doesn't," I disagreed. "Jacob could never see me that way. I could never see him that way." In my eyes Edward was the only one I could ever love. Even when we were little I knew I would end up with him one day. Alice was right, he was my destiny.

"Bella," I heard Edward say outside of the door. "Bella please come out. We need to talk."

"I don't know if I can do this," I said low enough for only Alice to hear. "I can't hurt him anymore. I can't see that look anymore."

"Look," Alice said with a questioning tone. "What look?"

"He's hiding something from me," I told her. "I can feel it. Every time he looks at me, I can see he's hiding something." These were the thoughts that kept me awake late into night. I had hardly slept in months and I knew that it was starting to show. I was becoming more fragile than ever. I was no longer me. In fact, I had no idea who I was anymore.

"Bella," Edward said again. "Love, please. Please allow me to apologize."

"Bella," Alice said cautiously lifting me from the ground. She dried my eyes once more before pushing me towards the door. "Go talk to him." I wiped the last tear away from my cheek before opening the door to see Edward there waiting for me.

"Hey," he said simply. The pain was evident on his face. He looked so guilty.

"Hey," I replied simply.

"Bella," Edward hesitated. "We need to talk."

EPOV

It was now or never. If I was going to leave I needed to do it soon. I could no longer stand to put her through so much pain. Jacob was right, she did deserve better. I had walked around the school for a half an hour trying to pull myself together. Once I arrived at the bathroom, where I knew she had gone, I heard her crying. Each tear that dropped from her eyes was like a stab to my cold, cold heart.

"I'm such an idiot Jazz," I told my best friend who was sitting outside waiting for Alice. "Alice is right; I am an idiot."

"Yes you are," Jasper agreed. "But I can see why. Bella is an amazing girl. Not to mention, if someone was going after Alice, I would do the same." I knocked lightly on the bathroom door begging Bella to come out. I heard Alice speak before she pushed her friend out the door.

As Bella starred up at me with weepy eyes, I knew that I had made the right decision. Why detain the pain? If I wanted Bella to have a better life, then I needed to give it to her.

I took her hand gingerly in mine and led her to my Volvo which was parked outside. I opened the car door for her and placed her inside before doing the same for myself. She still couldn't look at me and I couldn't blame her for doing so.

"I'm sorry," she said softly.

"What," I asked taken back by her words. "Bella what do you have to be sorry about? This wasn't your fault."

"It was my fault," she said cutting me off. "Edward I should have…I don't know." She laughed a humorless laugh before starring out through the window. I had to do this now before I lost my nerve.

"Bella I have something to tell you," I said hitting the gas pedal a little harder. The sooner this was over the better. I didn't know how long it would be before I broke down entirely unable to go through with what I had to do.

"Okay," she said taking a deep breath. I could tell that every word I spoke now, hurt her somehow. Why did life have to be so miserable? Why couldn't everyone just be happy for once?

"We have to end it Bella," I said keeping my eyes on the road. "I'm not happy, you're not happy. Were both going in different directions, in life and in distance. You're going to London and I'm going to Boston. This just can't work, there is no way. If we don't end this now then we'll just be miserable our freshman year." She still hadn't spoken a word. I had thought she would have fought harder than this. Maybe she wanted this to end and that was why she wasn't speaking.

"It's over Bella," I said to myself more than her. "I can't do this anymore."

"You're a coward," she said finally breaking her silence. Her eyes narrowed as she starred at me intently. She knew I was lying.

"What," I asked attempting to play coy.

"You're a coward," she said with more force this time. "You don't want this to work Edward!"

"Bella, I," I stuttered. "I'm sorry…" I couldn't tell her the truth though I wanted to. We both needed a clean break if we had any hopes of surviving. Why was she making this so difficult?

"No," she screamed. "No Edward! You don't get to be sorry! You're bailing on me! After all we've been through your just giving up! I gave you everything and yet you refuse to do the same."

"Bella that's not true," I said finding it hard to fight the tears that seemed to engulf me now.

"It is true," she screamed once more.

"Bella don't do this," I told her. "I just can't love you anymore, not when Jacob is around." I decided to make her think this was about Jacob. She couldn't blame herself if another man was responsible for the termination of our relationship.

"Jacob means nothing to me," she said. "You know he means nothing to me! That's not the reason. Why can't you just tell me the truth for once Edward?" She was making this about herself. I realized had to lie even further.

"Bella please," I begged her again.

"Tell me the truth," she demanded. I couldn't think anymore. I dropped my concentration from the road to stare at her. Tears were pouring down her perfect cheeks. Her eyes looked at me with resentment. That was when it happened, that was when I lost control.

"He's fading fast," I heard a strange voice say, "were losing him."

"What about her," I heard another voice ask. "Is she stable?"

"She's lost a lot of blood," the man's gruff voice said. "The trauma to her head is sure to cause brain damage. I don't think she's going to make it."

"Have you notified their parents," someone else asked. As the other man answered him, everything around me seemed to fade away. I should have felt some kind of pain yet I didn't. All I remembered was slamming into a tree while swerving away to avoid a collision with another vehicle. Why couldn't I feel pain? Where was Bella?

"Heart rate is dropping," someone shouted. "Do you have a pulse?"

"No," I heard someone say. "No pulse. This kid is dying!"

"Revive him," someone shouted. Once again everything seemed to fade away. All I could see was darkness.

"Edward," a voice I hadn't heard in years called after me. "Edward?"

"Dad," I asked. Could it really have been him? How could that be? He had been dead for ten years now.

"It's okay Edward," he spoke softly. "Everything is okay."

"Where is Bella," I asked him. "I can't find Bella." I felt someone grab my shoulder and pull me into a bright light. "No," I protested. "I'm not leaving without her."

"Edward it's okay," my father said. "She will join you soon enough."

"What do you mean she will join me soon enough," I asked in confusion. My father took a deep breath before turning me around to face him. It really was him. He was here, but why was I with him? How was this even possible? He had been dead for eight years.

"Edward," he said calmly. "You had an accident. You and Bella were both severely hurt and..." At that moment I knew. I knew what he had meant earlier when he said that Bella would soon join me.

"No," I shouted pushing his hand off of my shoulder. "No it can't be…I can't be….She can't be…."

"Edward you are," my father said. "You are dead and soon Bella will be too."

"No," I shouted again. "That can't happen. She can't die! She can't! She has to live! She has to be live a full life! She needs to survive and find a way to be happy again! She can't die dad!"

"Everyone dies," my father said. "It's part of life Edward."

"Not for her," I said stubbornly. "No matter what I have to do I won't let her die."

"You have no other choice," he said. "What's done is done."

"He has a choice," said an unfamiliar man. He walked forward toward my father and I. "He always has a choice."

"What," I asked him feeling the slightest bit of hope. "What do I have to do? What can I do to make things right again?"

"Steven no," my father said sternly. "It's too risky. It could ruin everything."

"It's his choice," Steven said cutting off my father. "Let him decide for himself."
"She's fading fast," my father said. "He doesn't have much time to decide. He needs more time."

"I'll do anything," I blurted out. "Whatever it is I'll do it. Just please have mercy on me and tell me what it is that I must do."

"You have to start over," Steven said.

"Start over," I repeated with a questioning tone. "What do you mean start over?"

"You have to be born again," he said. "You have to start the life cycle all over again." That was the only price I had to pay? I got a second chance at life just like that?

"You mean I can correct my mistakes," I asked joyfully. "Bella and I can be…"

"That's just it, Steven said cutting me off, "you and Bella can't be," "That is the only condition. You are to have nothing to do with Isabella Swan ever again. If you do, consequences will be severe."

"But Bella is my life," I said. "I can't live without her."

"You wanted to live without her before," Steven pointed out. "Make your choice." Steven placed his hand on my shoulder causing me to gasp. Suddenly I could see everything. I could see Bella barely clutching to life. Her heart was failing, beating slower and slower with every passing moment.

"Bella," I said trying to reach out and touch her. It was useless, I couldn't feel her anymore.

"You're running out of time," Steven reminded me. "You wanted to give her a new life; a life without you, so do it Edward. Do this for Bella." I stared at my love once more. It was probably the last time I would ever be able to look at her again. It was then at her heart stopped.

"I," I hesitated. That was when I recalled overhearing Bella tell Alice that she would die for me earlier that evening. She would give her life for me if only to make me happy. I would do the same for her.

"You what," Steven asked.

"I'll do it," I said. "I'll start over, no matter how it affects me." The light disappeared once more, all I could see was darkness.

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