The doctors mate

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"Her rib has cracked, but there are no splinters. It hasnt punctured anything." Carlisle says, examining the X-Ray, "Yet." Edward scoffs, "Edward." I warn, raising my eyebrow. "Its breaking her bones now." He growls, I sigh heavily and glance at Bella, who looks like a very very pregnant skeleton. We were trying everything to get some sort of sustenance in her. "Its crushing you from the inside out. Carlisle, tell her what you told me. Tell her." He snarls in pain. Carlisle looks between Me, Edward and Bella, "Carlisle, tell me. Its alright." Bella says weakly, Carlisle sighs heavily, "The fetus is incompatible with your body. Its too strong, it wont allow you to get the nutrition you need. Its starving you by the hour, I cant stop it and I cant slow it down. At this rate your heart will give out before you can deliver." He tells her straight, "Then Ill hold on as long as I can and" Bella says, determination in her voice. "Bella, there are some conditions that even venom cant overcome. You understand? Im sorry." His eyes dart towards me but I keep my gaze on the wall just above my sisters head. I had my arms crossed, and my entire body was tense, "Edward, Im sorry." Bella mutters, "I cant live without you." He spits through his teeth, "You wont. Youre gonna have a part of me. Hell need you." She says, her voice cracking. "Do you honestly think that I could love it? Or even tolerate it, if it killed you?" Edward asks, his voice filled with surprise and pain. I could feel my eyes water at the exchange, "Its not his fault. You have to accept what is." Bella says, trying to placate him, "Because youve given me no choice! Bella, were supposed to be partners, remember? But you decided this on your own, youve decided to leave me." He exclaims, pacing the floor, "Dont see it that way!" Bella protests, her voice growing weaker by the second. "Well, I have no other way to see it. Cause its me wholl lose you, and I dont choose that. I dont choose that." He snaps then turns and leaves leaves the room. Tears drip down Bella's face and I squeeze her hand. She was cold to the touch and she had started shivering. "Jacob! We're in need of your human heater type thing that you are!" I call out, keeping my voice strong, although it cracks a little at the end. I step back and Carlisle's arms wrap around me. Jacob walks into the room with a grin, he scoops Bella up and carries her into the living room and deposits her on the sofa. He sits next to her and wraps an arm around her, Carlisle and I follow them into the living room and I push Carlisle onto the armchair and drape myself over him. "Dont do that." Jacob mutters as everyone else trickles into the living room. "What?" Bella asks, smiling at him

"Smile like Im your favorite person in the world." He scoffs, and she nuzzles against him, "Youre one of them. It feels complete when youre here, Jake." She mutters, I shoot off Carlisle's lap and grab the bucket, and hold it towards Bella as she looks like shes about to be sick again, "We need to find a way to get some food into her system." I mutter, something had been nagging at my mind but I couldn't quite grasp it. "If I could only see the fetus." Alice mutters, "The baby." Rose snaps, glaring at her "Maybe I could figure out what it wants." Alice says. My eyes widen and I look at her, that was it, I jump to my feet and head into the kitchen, I grab one of the blood bags and pour it into a paper cup and put a lid over the top, I stab a straw through the middle and carry it into the living room. I appear to have missed an entire conversation. "What were you thinking?" Carlisle asks Jacob. I hold up the cup "Blood." I say, Jake's eyes widen "Wait? Since when could you read minds?" He narrows his eyes at me and I laugh. "I can't. I just happened to grab that thought that just kept jumping out of reach. The baby is half vampire, so obviously it just wants-" Jake smirks "someone to sink its teeth into." He cuts in and my eyes widen. "Some O Negative we had lying around" I say. "He's thirsty" Bella says, "I know the feeling." Emmett mutters, "Wait! Wait! Wait! Youre gonna make her drink that?" Jake asks, backing away from Bella, his eyes wide. "Its the fastest way to test the theory." Carlisle says, I hold the cup out to Bella,

"Only if youre comfortable with it." Edward says, Bella nods her head, "Ill try anything." She says, "Just hold on." Edward says, lifting her into a more comfortable position. Jake turns away "I think Im gonna be sick." He mutters. Alice and Jasper leave and so does Emmett, Bella takes a long sip and and swallows, she smiles slightly "It tastesgood." She mutters, taking another drink, Edward smiles at her, "Mmm." Her eyes flutter closed for a moment and my grin widens as some colour fills her cheeks,