BELLA POV
"The amount of pain you encounter my child depends on how good of a little girl you are. The more stubborn you act, the more pain you inflict on yourself. I can make this either very painful, or just a tad bit uncomfortable." He walked toward me. He had no weapon except himself. That was enough, but I wasn't going to give in. I just had to hold him off long enough for Jake and the pack to come get me. He just had to come. He had to save me. Then again, maybe death wouldn't be so bad. No, Bella. Death is bad, how could you even think that! What about Charlie and Renee and Jake? How do you think they would act if you died? You have to tough it out for them.
" You can't hurt me. I won't give you the satisfaction of hurting me. You don't deserve it." Wow. That was petty.
"Bella, Bella, Bella. You just don't learn do you?" and then it started. He shoved me against the wall and I heard something crack. I wasn't going to make it. I quickly prepared myself for the worst of it. I didn't know what this jerk had in mind, but I was sure he wasn't going to get me to a hospital anytime soon. I was right. He came closer to me and I knew what he was going to do. I tried to get away, but it was a pretty pathetic attempt. I had to try and save myself. I screamed.
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"Bella, Bella wake up, it was only a nightmare. You aren't there. He can't hurt you anymore you're safe. It's okay." Oh thank god. It was only a nightmare but I couldn't help crying. That first day was the start of a very long week; a week that ended with me in Edward's arms again. Edward. My Edward. I pretended to fall back asleep so my father would leave and I could be with him. I wonder where he went? He's probably under the bed…
"Bella? Are you okay love? It's okay; I won't let anyone hurt you ever again. It's going to be okay, I'm here." He kept repeating his comforting words over and over. I don't know when he stopped because I blacked out. There was one thing I knew could always get me back to sleep after one of my nightmares and that was Edward's soft musical voice. I don't know why, but it made me feel safer when he was around. Like nobody could touch me ever again.
EDWARDS POV
I heard her scream and I wanted so badly to wake her up, but Charlie was coming and I had to hide.
"Bella, Bella wake up, it was only a nightmare. You aren't there. He can't hurt you anymore. You're safe. It's okay." He was holding the sobbing Bella in his arms.
Bella could be so strong, but it was times like this when we all realized she was still just a girl. Bella was still a young teenage girl who had been through way too much.
He finally left and I took his spot. It killed me to see her this way. She was too fragile when she was like this. I was afraid to say anything. When she was like this, anything you say could be turned into a reference about something that could upset her even more.
"Bella? Are you okay love? It's okay; I won't let anyone hurt you ever again. It's going to be okay, I'm here." I continuously comforted her until I was sure she was asleep. These nightmares were becoming way too common for my liking. It was bad enough that I had already lived the fact that I left her. Never mind that she was hurt in the process. Not only emotionally, but physically. Now, I had to see it in her beautiful brown eyes every time. It was like they were haunting me. "Why Edward? Why?" That was all I could ever see. Even when I wasn't near her, which wasn't very often these days I still saw those questioning eyes. I couldn't leave her. Not especially after I found what she had been doing in her spare time.