Thank you to all my lovely reviewers!! I'm really pleases that people are enjoying the story so far. I think I might get into the scary parts in the next chapter

Riley took the roof three steps at a time and threw the door open. It was colder up here than down on the ground, and the wind was picking up ferocity. Bella was standing at the edge of the roof, staring ahead of her, her hair whipping around her face.

"Bella, don't!" Riley called. She didn't turn around. She just stared blankly ahead.Hesitantly, Riley began to inch toward her. He knew that people in this situation would be more apt to throw themselves off of the roof is somebody was there to hold them back.

"I know it's hard," he coaxed, "but I can help you...we all can."

"Nobody can help me." she said in a voice only just audible above the raging wind. "He was the only one who could've helped me." Riley felt a sudden pang of pity. Whoever had left Bella had broken her completely.

"Look," Riley said in a softer voice, " I don't know if you could possibly understand this, but I really you'd rather not spend anytime in this hospital."

"Why?"

"Because this place hasn't had any real insane patients in fifteen years. Most people just use it as an escape to calm down after nervous breakdowns or depressions...but if you throw yourself off the rooof and live, they'll start giving you shock therapy and that'll just screw you up even more."

Something about the gentle tone of his voice made Bella look back at him. His hazel eyes seemed to be sincerely pleading for her to understand. Bella took a ragged breath...and then stepped down. She was shaking so much, that she fell to her knees and began to cry in earnest.

Riley sat down beside her and awkwardly put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Do I have to stay here?" she asked fearfully.

"Not if I have anything to say about it. " Riley said determinedly.

"I'm afraid that's not up to you." said a voice from behind them. Riley turned and felt his heart turn to ice.

Victoria Sloane, head doctor at the hospital was standing in front of two other doctors, looking highly superior.

"She didn't do anything!" Riley said hotly.

He was sitting in a leather chair in Victoria's office along with Charlie, Renee, Victoria and one another doctor.

"Correction, " Victoria replied, "she didn't do anything this time. But she did slice her arm. Bella is, to put it bluntly, unstable."

"I know," Riley said in frustration, "but she can be helped without having to be strapped down to a bed every night. I could stop by around her house every other day and give her some counselling."

"Yes, but on the days you aren't there she could try something." Victoria countered, swinging her thick black behind her shoulders.

Riley struggled to find something to come back with. Something to save Bella from having to be locked up in this wanna-be asylum.

"I think," the other doctor from the corner said, "that we should let Ms. Swan's parents decide what they want to do with their daughter." His voice was pleasant and light, but there was something about his age, well over Victoria's forty-five years, that made the statement something that was not to be argued with.

Charlie and Renee glanced at each other. Renee looked like she could do with a bit of time in an asylum. Her hair was disshevled and she was pale. There were streaks of make-up on her face from when she had cried over the passed two days.

Charlie placed his hand over Renee's and gave it a light squeeze.

"Well," he began slowly, "I think that it'd be a hell of a lot better for all concerned if Bella got some help. And she seems to trust you alot." he gave Riley a nod, "so I think that Bella should recieve help from Dr. Montague while staying here, so we know that somebodies watching her all the time."

Riley took a deep breath and then gave a slow nod, trying to refrain from giving a harsh denial.

"Very well then." Victoria said nodding. "We'll keep Bella here-"

"Under non-maximum securtiy, I should hope." Riley pointedly interuppted.

"Yes, alrgiht." Victoria continued, "and she can recieve help from Riley." Charlie and Renee stood up, and after a brief farewell, left the office. The older doctor gave a weary sigh.

"I better go and see how Margie's doing with the interns." he said before leaving as well.

Silence spiraled between Victoria and Riley, neither of them looking at each other.

"Why did you come back here Riley?" Victoria asked as though she was of the opinoin that it hadn't been a good choice. "Everyone knows that you hate this place."

Riley got to his feet and gave Victoria a very superfluous look. "I came back," he said, "because I found out that there was at least one person in this puppet show that actually needed help."

"Every patient here need help." Victoria countered.

Riley snorted. "Nobod here has needed help for fifteen years, and you know that."

"How do you define help?"

"I don't define it as a woman spilling a pity party to me about how her family doesn't appreciate all the hard work she thinks she's doing, or an overwieght teen saying that they just can't stop eating."

Victoria shook her head.

"And how is Bella Swan any different?"

"She's different because she actually lost something. And she didn't come here to get away from something."

"No she came here because her father and mother wanted her to get help." Victoria's voice was getting defensive. Riley sighed in disgust.

"Look Victoria," he said, "I'm going to take that I can actually help her as a good thing. Please, just please let me do this my way."

"Fine." Riley turned on his heel and walked out of Miranda's office.

He was fuming as he walked down the hall to the elevator. He was so intent on the recent turn of events that he walked head long into an intern.

"Watch it!" she squeaked as she got to her feet.

"Sorry, Tina." Riley apologized. Tina came up to Riley's shoulder in height. She was a trim figure, wearing the blue orderly outfit required by the hospital, and had her fiery red hair in a ponytail.

"So, did Jezebelle give you a hard time?" she asked.

"No, she didn't." Riley said. "But she's not happy that she didn't get it her own way."

Tina chuckled as she walked alongside Riley to the elevator.

"Where're you headed?" she asked.

"Room 424." Riley answered.

"No way, that's where I'm going." Riley raised his eyebrows.

"Bella Swan?" he asked.

"Yeah, that one. I'm assigned to be her night nurse for a while."

Riley stopped and stared at Tina in disbelief. "No!" he said. "Victoria said that she wouldn't need any medication."

"She doesn't," Tina replied in a slightly shocked voice, "I'm just going to try and keep her company and bring her food once in a while."

Riley sighed as he and Tina entered the elevator. They were silent for the rest of the way, only speaking once they stopped outside Room 424 on the fourth floor.

Tina put her hand to the knob and tried to turn it. It didn't turn fully.

"It's locked." she growled.

"Margie." Riley said. Without a word, he turned and headed back to the elevator. He got out on the second floor and walked down the corridor, running into other interns on the way.

He stopped when he heard a strong, female voice coming from the very large desk in the center of a wide space. The desk was a perfect circle, with a few parts cut out to allow interns and Margie to pass through. There were no computers on the surface, but there were screens and pads on the desk that showed corridors and halls.

"What are all my interns doing in here!?" Margie yelled, making her way through the throng. Margie was a large black woman, with curly hair and a very maternal face. She wasn't mean, but she was very firm when she wanted something done.

Margie was in charge of security, and deligating the tasks to the interns. She was, all in all, a mother hen.

"Y'all need to be doin' your rounds now...NOW!" she shouted. The interns scurried away and Riley was able to make his way over to Margie, who was staring down at the security screen.

"What do you want?" she asked without looking up. "You're supposed to be doin' your rounds."

"Margie, I'm hurt." Riley said in an offended voice. Margie gasped and looked up, smiling.

"What're you doin' back?" she asked.

"I'm here to help Bella Swan." he answered. Margie's smile suddenly turned into a frown of concern.

"I've never seen one as bad as she is in my entire fifteen years here." she said.

"Well, I need Room 424 open." he said. Margie pressed a button on there was a brief beeping sound.

"It's open, sugah' " she told him. Riley nodded his thanks and then headed back to the fourth floor.

Tina was sitting next to Bella's bed. Riley felt a twinge of pity for her. Bella's hair was a mess, strands aimlessly falling around her face. She was staring into space, looking as though her heart would break at any moment.

"Bella," he said gently, "this is Tina, she's going to help me take care of you while you're here." Tina gave Bella a friendly smile and nodded.Bella did nothing.

Riley and Tina glanced at each other.

"I don't think she's ready to talk yet." Tina sighed, standing up and moving to the door. She turned back to Bella. "I'll be back tonight with some food for you okay?"

Still, Bella did nothing.

After Tina left, Riley turned back to Bella. To him, it seemed to him that if he wanted to make any head way with Bella, he needed to do it alone.

"Bella," he said gently, "can you hear me?"

"Yes." she said in a weak voice.

"Do you remember me?"

"Yes."

"Can you tell me what happened?" he asked.

Bella stared into his face. For a moment she was tempted not to tell him anything at all, but he wanted to do was help...and all she wanted was somebody to help her, even if that somebody was god knows where in the world.

"There are parts I can't tell you." she said.

"Why?" he asked.

"Because you won't believe me if I told you." She expected him to be forceful and insist that she tell him everything. Bella was therefore surprised that he nodded in understanding.

"Can you at least tell me anything that you can?"

Bella nodded.

"I was in love with Edward." she began."It wasn't just a high school romance, it was so much more...and then he left." her voice began to tremble, "He told me that he didn't want me anymore...and I just took it all...I spent seven months just trying to block things out...but then it just broke through..." Bella's voice broke and she put her head onto her knees.

Riley put his hand on her shoulder.

"It's okay...well, no it's not. Bella...I really don't know how I'm going to be able to deal with you. But I want you to try and tell me everything you can when you're ready. That will help alot."

Bella nodded.

"Thank you." she whispered, before sinking back into her pillows and falling into a deep sleep.

She was awoken several hours later by a cold breeze and a loud thump. Bella sat up in the bed and looked around. The window was open. The room was dark and the un-natural silence seemed to be the most oppressing thing she had ever experienced in her life, as though it was expecting something at any moment.

Bella closed her eyes and tried to go back to sleep, but she was afraid. She could feel something watching her. She looked around the room again...and gasped.

Standing in the corner, with his arms crossed over his chest, his pale skin almost lighting up the darkness...was Edward.

Well, there's Chapter Two. This has a lot of character introduction in it. Most of the characters seen here will be re-appearing.

Just a little background on Victoria. She was originally supposed to be a man, but then I figured that, because I dis-liked the mother character on One Tree Hill, I'd change the man to a woman. She was originally named Miranda, but I have a friend named Miranda, so I just went with Victoria instead.

Please keep the reviews coming, they make me glad to know that people are enjoying this story so far.