A/N: Okay folks this is my first Twilight story and depending on how you like it, it could be the last. As you know from everyone else I do not own the characters of Twilight that belongs to Ms Meyers, because if they did Bella would not be a simpering idiot and my favorite wolf boy woulda got the girl.

Bella lay motionless in the bed trying to remember everything that happened to put her here. The morphine was making it very difficult. All she really wanted to do was sleep, but she had to talk to Edward, if he was even here still.

Edward paced outside Bella's hospital room in Arizona. He screwed up. He put Bella in danger and now she may never walk again. He didn't know what to say to her mother, or Charlie, but most of all he didn't know what to say to Bella. Carlisle had told him that the doctors were doing everything they could to stabilize her but it would be touch and go for a while and she may not walk again. James had done real damage and almost taken her life. Edward had to leave her in order to keep her safe he knew that now because she was just too fragile and too much of a target for others of their kind, but first he had to tell her goodbye and how sorry he really was. He opened her hospital room door and walked in as quietly as he could hoping she was asleep and he could just leave a note and not have to see the hurt and anguish in her eyes. He knew this would be difficult for her, physically painful even, but he had to do it. He was not strong enough to watch her go through the pain that was going to come from her injuries in the future, to know he was the cause of them would be more than he could bear.

"Edward," her voice was so soft that if it wasn't for his super hearing he might not have heard her.

"Bella?"

"Where have you been I have been awake for what seems like hours and you haven't been here at all. I haven't seen a doctor a nurse since I woke up. I want to know what is going on, why can't I move?"

"Bella, you have to calm down. I will tell you what you need to know just calm down."

"Okay."

"Bella, the injuries you sustained were worse than we originally thought. The reason you can't move is because your back was fractured and they do not want you to move for a while yet. Your mother and Charlie are here for you," he said as he heard her sharp intake of breath. "Bella Carlisle and I have been talking and we think it is best if I leave Forks for a while and let you get on with the business of healing. The rest of the family will stay until are settled back in Forks and then they will leave too. We are so sorry Bella. Good Luck with everything," he said as he planted a cold kiss on her cheek and walked out of the room.