After Italy
By Leppy
***All copyright, characters etc belong to the fabulous Stephanie Meyer. As well all of the dialogue in this belongs to Stephanie.***
SHORT SUMMARY: Basically this is Edwards point of veiw of when Bella wakes up after she saved Edward in Italy... Hence the name "After Italy :)
As I lay beside her watching my angel sleep like I had so many months ago her voice was silent. The usual melodic whispering of my name was absent from this memory down memory lane. Pain took control as I reached the realization that she must have done what I intended her to; move on. Who had stolen my love's heart? I tried to tell myself that it was not stolen, I had willingly given it up. A truly upsetting thought popped into my head. What if it was that vile Mike Newton? I so badly wanted to smash something, instead my finger found the old, rusted bottle cap in my jacket pocket from the day she had chosen me over him. Whether that choice still applied or not would be known very soon as Bella's breathing grew rougher and less even.
She still didn't wake up, fourteen hours was a very long to be asleep. Maybe she was slipping into a coma and I was the fool watching, letting her. I began checking her vitals, as I was touching her forehead three things happened simultaneously. Her breathing hitched, her heart sped up and her eyes squeezed shut even tighter. I froze then pulled my hand away and wrapped it back around her waist. My love opened her eyes to reveal the shock; fear and slight exasperation before her fists hid her beautiful eyes from my view. As her hands came down her pools of chocolate showed acceptance and slight confusion. I decided this would be as good of time as any to talk.
"Did I frighten you?" If she was going to tell me she hated me I hoped she would do it fast. It would give me more time to beg.
Suddenly her face changed from contemplation to pain, "Oh crap."
I had to ask, "What's wrong Bella?" I thought she was going to kick me out and she understood it would hurt me so the next words to come from her mouth were quite bewildering.
"I'm dead right?"
What! She thought she was dead? "I did drown. Crap, crap, crap! This is gonna kill Charlie."
I suppose I do deserve to be her version of hell but it stung a smidgen more than expected. "You're not dead."
She raised her eyebrows in defiance, "Then why am I not waking up?"
Silly girl, "You are awake Bella."
"Sure, sure. That's what you want me to think. And then it'll be worse when I wake up. If I wake up, which I won't, because I'm dead. This is awful. Poor Charlie. And Renee. And Jake..."
I sat and silently listened to her rant, the pain I felt when she did not mention my name in her list was truly overwhelming. She truly and honestly believed I didn't love her, that I didn't care.
"I can see where you might confuse me with a nightmare but I can't imagine what you could have done to wind up in hell. Did you commit many murders while I was away?"
She flinched away from me, "Obviously not. If I was in hell, you wouldn't be with me." I sighed, Bella, always being the selfless one was attempting to placate me.
She paused and glanced at the window hesitantly; slowly her face became my favorite shade of magenta. "Did all of that really happen?"
"That depends," I felt my smile freeze, I didn't enjoy thinking of my angel being murdered, "If you're referring to us nearly being massacred in Italy, then, yes."
"How strange, I really went to Italy. Did you know I've never been further east than Albuquerque?"
I rolled my eyes, only Bella. "Maybe you should go back to sleep. You're not coherent."
Stubbornly she replied, "I'm not tired anymore. What time is it? How long have I been sleeping?"
"It's just after one in the morning. So about fourteen hours."
"Charlie?"
I didn't want this to come up so fast, "Sleeping. You should probably know that I'm breaking his rules right now. Well not technically, since he said I was never to walk through his door again and I came through the window... But still the intent was clear."
"Charlie banned you from the house?" She questioned me in disbelief.
I broke his daughter's heart, of course he banned me, "Did you expect anything else?"
My furious kitten looked thoroughly upset, being Bella she changed the subject. "What's the story?"
"What do you mean?" And of course she would change it to the one thing I couldn't follow.
"What am I telling Charlie? What's my excuse for disappearing for... how long was I gone anyway?
"Just three days," Just enough time to become like me. "Actually I was hoping you would have a good explanation. I've got nothing."
She groaned, "Fabulous"
I tried to comfort my darling angel, "Well, maybe Alice will come up with something."
This is a one shot but upon demand I MAY write more. Reveiw Please! Oh and it's my first FF. :)
