Chapter One
"Bella darling, please wake up" said a muffled voice.
Bella's insides shot out at the sound of the voice. As always, the hushed, soft quality made her cold with satisfaction, not to mention gave her a severe case of goose bumps. The way the voice murmured unexpectedly was like a drug, and the mysterious feeling always overpowered her fears that resurfaced in her dreams. Wanting to see what the voice wanted, Bella's eyelids lifted automatically to reveal honey colored eyes that started to survey their surroundings. In the corner of the white room lay two feet stretched out on a blue and green blanket with massive toes sticking out. Then, as if purposely, a loud snore escaped from the corner, blocking out the steady beeping of the monitors around the room. This small yet important detail gave out the whole puzzle. Bella smirked thoughtfully thinking of Jacob. Sure enough, there lay Jake. Turning her tangled and messy head toward her whisperer, a feeling of sadness, happiness and fear surprised her. Not knowing what to feel, she grimaced in a laugh with a cough. Her whisperer's eyebrows furred in confusion and fear. She first lifted a hand and made a stop sign with it to show that there was no need for standing up and that she would be okay. It wasn't the pain that made the grimace, it was the confusing feelings that came with it. All Inclusive, Jacob would say. Knowing laughing would bring yet another wagon full of pain, Bella just coughed.
She then lifted the other fragile hand under the soft blanket which covered her body, and placed it on the side of the mattress, with a determined mind to sit up. In a quick and swift motion, her whisperer appeared at her side. Bella knew that there was no way out and that even her repetitive reasoning would not make her whisperer budge. Nether less, he gently placed a cold, pale hand on her chest( the other one on her back for support) and carefully put her back down on the white pillow. Even though there was a shirt between the hand and Bella, she still felt the cold touch. In this case Bella knew, it was best to shut up and obey. The touch was enough to drift Bella to heaven, in a millisecond though, the fear of what was happening dove back in. Deep the fear traveled through her shaken up body and then stopped abruptly at her heart. A gasp escaped her bitten lips as once again the nightmares resurfaced, blanking her out from the peaceful grasp of her whisperer.
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The crisp surface faced Bella's horribly weary face as she opened the hospital doors eagerly, yet determinedly. It had been a horrible week at the hospital for a broken arm and a few heart problems. Bella kept having nightmares and Edward kept praying to himself the whole time at her side. In other words, a break would have been perfect.
The cold wind laughed all around her as she closed her eyes in a helpless defence against it. She shivered slightly and mentally cursed herself for not wearing an extra sweater. Grabbing the ends of her black jacket that Alice bought for her, Bella zipped it up as high as it could go. A cold hand wrapped around her thin shoulders and guided her through the parking lot, boots scrunching in the newly lain snow. Bella opened her eyes and looked up gratefully up at her rescuer. In a second, they arrived at the exquisite black car that appeared white in December. With a quick hand, Bella reached for the semi black semi white car door handle. In a bad attempt to open the door and feel the warmness surround her, Bella sighed.
"Bella, honey, I didn't open it yet" said Edward gently, her adoring husband from the hood of the car as he placed a white bag of Bella's belongings inside it.
A sad flashback of Jake and what he would say if he were there, came to her mind.
Bella quickly nodded and replied " I know. I'm just anxious to see Charlie, after all these days I mean. Not to mention the freezing weather." Bella murmured into the wind, scrunching her eyes that had began to water. As if a sign that it would only get worse, the wind started to howl fearlessly through the abandoned parking lot.
" He was here at the hospital to visit you on Monday, then Tuesday and then Wednesday. But he didn't come today or yesterday. Don't worry Bella, he's probably having some trouble at the police station." said Edward reassuringly.
Scared that tears of sadness would pop up unexpectedly, Bella opened the car after she heard Edward open it, and climbed inside to feel the warm chair position itself around her waist. She leaned against it and closed her eyes. Bella then placed her hands in her pockets. In the next second, Edward appeared opposite of her. Bella started to try to wrap the black seat belt around her and just as she was about to swear because of her failure, a pale hand helped her.
"Thanks" came out from her almost frost-bitten lips as she faced Edward.
Turning her head made her hood come down, which reminded her that her ears were almost frozen. Glancing back at Edward she noticed a fearful look in his beautiful eyes, which made her heart stop cold. He usually never looked this way around her. There was something he was not telling her.