Alcohol and Bandages

Chapter 1

Summary: Edward hasn't left her side long enough to hunt since they returned home, once he does, something happens that sends Bella into a downward spiral. Edward her tries to put her back together.

A/N: This is my first story, so it's not exactly great. I've had the idea for this story for a long time, but when it came to writing it I chickened out…until now. I'm 100% Team Edward, so there probably won't be much of Jacob in this story. This story takes place around the end of New Moon and some of the details of the end of New Moon are ignored(I loaned my copy out and couldn't remember some details.). I like Jacob, but not so much when he's a roadblock in Edward and Bella's relationship. This story will eventually have angst filled chapters but the first few chapters will be kind of slow intro chapters. I will be changing the POV in future chapters, but for this chapter it will be only Bella's POV.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters. I only own the plot.

I finally got Edward to agree to change me. But the catch is I have to marry him first. I made it clear that I don't want to get married but I do, however want to spend the rest of my existence with the man I love, Edward. I feel like getting married will just doom us, like my parents and I don't want that for us. Charlie still doesn't like him much, and I'm not too sure that will change anytime soon. When Charlie found out that Edward and I planned on attending and even got into most of the same schools he looked like he was ready to kill Edward. Edward assured me that Charlie's thoughts were merely centered upon locking me in my room until I'm 30. I was outraged by that but Edward tried to get me to see Charlie's side of it. He told me that he's just worried that I will only end up getting hurt again and he's also worried about losing to his little girl.

I'm still upset with Charlie for trying to push me and Jacob together and for shooting down Edward's attempts to bond with him. I just wish he could see that Edward was the only one for me, I do love Jacob, but only like a sibling. It took me what felt like forever to explain and convince Jacob that I don't love him like I love my Edward, damn stubborn werewolf. Edward doesn't like Jacob being around because he's afraid that Jacob will hurt me. Jasper told me that Edward's also afraid that Jacob will steal me away, and he's jealous, but he'd never admit how jealous he truly is. Not every girl can say her vampire boyfriend is jealous of her best friend who just happens to be a werewolf, as if my life wasn't weird enough. I have to convince Edward to go hunt, he hasn't been out to hunt for nearly 4 weeks and he was beginning to lose strength and most likely control. Alice and Emmett managed to drag him out of my room and out to the jeep which he's leaning against with his arms crossed as we argue about him hunting.

"I'm not going…".

"Yes you are! You need to hunt, it's been too long.", I interrupted.

His eyes were dark, if he waited another day his thirst would surely over power him. If that happened he'd be endangering a lot of people including me and from what he's told me, that is one of his greatest fears. I knew that he needed to get out of there and hunt as soon as possible so I had to do my best to convince him to go, with the help of Alice.

"Edward I don't see anything happening. She gets a call from Angela asking her to hang out, but she turns her down and goes to bed early. That's it, no danger," Alice states but he doesn't look convinced.

"Let's get going," Emmett impatiently called out from the jeep.

"I still don't feel right leaving you unprotected."

"I'll be alright, you heard Alice, nothing will happen just go. You don't want to keep Emmett waiting"

"Your girlfriend is smart Eddie, you should listen to her."

"Thanks Em."

Edward wasn't even paying attention to Emmett or me, he was having a very heated discussion with his sister. They were talking too fast and low for me to hear, stupid vampires and their advanced communication. I wanted to know what they were talking about, but it looked like it was bad, something he wouldn't want me to know.

"No…No….I wouldn't let that happen! Never." Alice must have had a vision of what would happen if he stayed.

"Well then you know what you have to do, so say your goodbye for the weekend and get in the jeep…Now!," Alice ordered, who knew she could be so domineering about something other than shopping.

Edward made his way over to me and took my hand in his and caressed my cheek with his free hand. "I won't be gone too long, love."

"You better stay out there the whole weekend," he sighed at my demand. "I mean it!"

"But I can hardly last 2 hours away from you, could you imagine what I'd be going through if I'm away from you two days?"

"Yes, because I'll be going through the same thing, well minus the animals, blood and countless Emmett branded pranks that await you."

"I don't want to be apart for that long," he stated as he released my hand and pulled me into a tight, by human standards, hug.

"I don't either, but for some reason I think that you will crack halfway through the weekend and come back to me. I would be a fool to believe that you'd actually stay away from me that long. Since you're most likely going to be back by tomorrow morning, promise me something."

"Anything, love." he said as he looked into my eyes.

"Promise me that you will not return until you have drained no less than 6 mountain lions."

"6? Isn't that a bit excessive?," he asked with a somewhat shocked look upon his beautiful face

"No! It's necessary." I stated, giving him the 'don't question me' look. "Well?"

"I promise, no less than 6, but as soon as the last drop of the 6th hits my mouth, I will be on my way back to you."

"Just kiss her already so that we can go," Emmett said popping his head out of the jeep.

"Well I guess that's your cue to leave," I said as he leaned down and kissed my forehead. "I love you."

"I love you." he said as he hopped into the jeep, never breaking eye contact with me. "Be safe."

As soon as Edward was seated Emmett sped away. Once the jeep was out of sight I headed into the house and made myself an early dinner and cleaned up a bit. A few hours later, I was already going through 'Edward withdraws', I tried not to focus on the fact that I missed him so much, but there was no luck with that. 'He'll be back soon enough,' I kept telling myself. I thought back to a few months ago when he wasn't around and how I got through those months without him. I really didn't want or need to be thinking of that part of my life, so I decided to keep myself occupied. I took a quick shower and slipped into a pair of sweats and an oversized t-shirt and headed back downstairs with a book. As soon as I opened the book the phone rang, I put the book down and reached for the phone already knowing who it was, thanks to Alice.

"Angela?"

"Yeah, how'd you know? ", she replied a bit shocked.

"Caller ID" I lied. We were probably the only family in Forks without caller ID, Charlie claims it's a waste of money. Oh well who needs caller ID, when you have Alice?

"What are you doing tonight?"

" Well since Alice and Edward are camping with their family and Charlie is working I figured I'd catch up on some school work and study. Why?"

"Josh Porter is throwing a huge party tonight and Jessica is dragging me along with her because Lauren is dragging her along so that she could try to get with Josh's older brother visiting from California. Lauren is going to be off chasing after that guy, while Jessica is going to be preoccupied with Mike, which leaves me alone. I need a friend there, that's where you come in."

"What about Ben?"

"He's visiting family in Seattle. Come on Bella, I need you to come with me"

"I can't I have a test to study for" I lied, I'm doing good with lying for a change…or she's too nice to tell me.

"It's the weekend, you can do that tomorrow or Sunday, tonight I need you, plus it might be fun to get out and spend sometime with your friends from school. They really miss spending time with you."

"I don't know…"I started to say.

"I am not taking 'No' for an answer, besides you really need a night out, I'd hate to think of you all alone in that house, with nothing to do."

"I have plenty to do," I protested.

"Bella," She said in that 'I know you're lying' tone. I guess I wasn't getting better at lying after all.

Sigh. "Fine. What time?" Edward isn't going to be too happy about this.

"Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!" She squealed. "We'll be by in 30 minutes to get you"

"You're welcome, I'll see you then"

After hanging up the phone I rushed upstairs and went through my closet looking for a suitable outfit. I finally settled on jeans, and a red polo over a long-sleeved white tee, and a pair of all black slip-on Vans (AN: I suck at describing outfits…there are links on my profile for her outfit). Alice has probably had a vision of this and is experiencing the vampire equivalent of a heart attack due to my outfit. If she did have a vision, hopefully it wouldn't include me going to the party, if it did Edward would defiantly hijack Emmett's jeep and rush home. Hopefully Alice doesn't see me going to the

By the time I was dressed and ready, Angela was at my door with a smile. She said 'thank you' a dozen times as we walked to the car. I noticed Mike, Jessica were up front and Lauren was in the backseat as we got in the backseat. Mike instantly greeted me, a little too eagerly as Jessica gave me a slight smile and nod. Lauren greeted me with a forced smile, then turned away.

"So where's Cullen?," Mike asked.

"Edward is camping with his family for the weekend."

"Are you sure he hasn't left you again?," Leave it to Lauren to chime in with a snide remark.

"Lauren mind your own business for once, Bella is our friend. Maybe you should spend more time thinking about your own relationship status and less time thinking about her relationship," Angela stated, which undoubtedly shocked all of us.

"Our friend? That's stretching it a bit don't you think? I mean she ignores our presence for months and basically trades us all in for Edward and then that big Indian guy. Now that Edward is back where do you think that leaves her friends? She may be your friend, but she is no friend of mine. My friends don't ditch me for their boyfriends who don't even love them enough to stick around"

I would have verbally and quite possibly physically set Lauren straight, but Angela gave me a pleading look and changed the conversation. As hard as it was for me, I kept my words and hands to myself for Angela's sake. Between Lauren's occasional rude comments and Mike's not so subtle attempts to flirt with me, I could tell that it would be a long night.