Chapter 2:

Bella POV

My eyes etched open and I was struck with a blinding white light. Oh fuck, it's over. It's all fucking over. 'Don't go into the light' you always heard, but I wasn't moving a muscle and I sure as hell didn't like that light, it was fucking burning my retinas. But things started to focus a little and I heard sobs coming from beside me. I could see a light above be, it wasn't the gates of heaven, things focused a little more and I saw, it was a hospital room.

I turned my head to the sobs I heard and saw Alice sitting in a chair next to the bed I was lying in, she had her head in her hands and I could faintly see droplets of what I assumed to be tears falling through her hands onto her lap.

"She's awake" I heard an unfamiliar voice call with what seemed excitement and relief. My eyes left Alice and she began to raise her head and turned to the direction of the beautiful unfamiliar voice.

Though my eyes were still not completely focused I could see a figure, obviously male, a slightly blurred bronze mess atop his head and piercing green eyes staring over at me, he got up from the chair situated on the opposite side of the bed to Alice and came to stand over me.

"I'm so sorry, I feel so incredibly terrible, I never meant to hurt anybody else, especially such a beautiful girl like yourself" The beautiful stranger admitted in his sensual voice. A lot was going on in my head right now, trying to remember what had happened and how I got here, so there where to main things I needed answered.

"Who... who are you? What happened to me?" I stuttered finding it difficult to talk, like I had just learned to speak again.

"Bella!" My attention was brought back to my distraught friend in the chair next to me. "Oh Bella, you're awake! I was so fucking worried about you! Never do that again!" She demanded, I wasn't really sure if she was actually mad at me of if she was just overwhelmed, but I couldn't really think to hard about that, my head was a mess trying to remember how I got here.

"Sorry, I forgot I haven't introduced myself; my name is Edward, Edward Cullen. It may be partially my fault that you're lying in a hospital bed right now." He said sincerely apologetic.

"Don't worry, he didn't mean to, otherwise I would have punched him out by now." Said my little best friend who I actually doubt could legitimately hurt a fly.

"I'm still confused" I said, managing to bring my hand up to my head which I now realised was hurting like a mother fucker.

"Ow." I said, in pain and surprise as I touched my forehead, it hurt and it felt like I was touching stitches.

"Would you like the short story and we can fill you in on details when you're less overwhelmed?" The beautiful stranger, whose name was apparently Edward, asked.

"Yes, as long as it also involves how you came to be here" I replied. He chuckled a little and even though it seemed a rather inappropriate time seeing as though I was lying in a hospital bed with very faint memory as to how I got here, and I didn't even know anything about him besides his name and how very sexy he was, now that my eyes had focused a little more, and how much that crooked smile that went along with that little chuckle for some very strange reason had me wanting to forget everything that was going on around me and kiss this strangers lips. I think I am going loopy.

"Well, short story is, I came crashing through a window and knocked you out of your seat and we came crashing down and you hit your head rather hard on the floor and you blacked out. We raced you here to have the doctor's look over you. You had a rather bad concussion and you were out for about 3 hours, you really had your friend Alice worried." He recalled. Well fuck. That can't be good?! Blacked out for three hours with a concussion.

"Am I alright?" I dumbly asked, shouldn't they be the ones asking me that?
"Carlisle said that you should be fine" He said flashing that enchanting crooked smile. Altough I'm not quite sure why I'm so entranced by a guy who just put me in the hospital, mind you I'd say my excessive drinking was not particularly his fault.

"I called you're dad too" Alice said. I was still. Shit. If my dad found out I was even drinking, let alone at a party not at Alice's house doing homework I was seriously grounded!
"What?" I hissed, I shouldn't have sounded so nasty when I'm sure she was just trying to do the right thing.

"Don't worry," She said, seeming slightly offended by my tone. She continued, "I told him that we were just doing homework and you stood up and tripped and hit your head on my dressing table. She said that he was stuck at work and he couldn't come here, he was rather angry about that, but I told him that you were going to fine and that you would come back home with me and I would call him when you were going home tomorrow." I loved this girl, not only did my father love her enough to believe any word she said, she would also always cover for me, no matter what, I was very happy Charlie was stuck at work. Things might be a little suspicious if he walked in to see a stranger standing next to my bed.

"I really don't mean to sound rude, because just rather surprised, why are you here?" I asked... Um, oh yeah, Edward. He did that smile again and I still wanted to jump on him every time he did it. This was very strange.

"Well, I felt very bad and I thought I could help by bringing you to Carlisle." He answered.

"Who is Carlisle?" I asked, just then a man walked into the room, blonde hair, blue eyes, lab coat, Doctor I theorised.

"Oh, Carlisle," He gestured to the doctor, "Is my father; he's a doctor as you can see." He responded.
"Hello Isabella" He greeted.

"Bella" I corrected him, he smiled.

"Nice to see that you're awake, how's your head feeling?" He asked picking up my clip board from the end of my bed and walking around the stand next to his son.

"Um, thanks, it's pretty sore, but nothing too unmanageable." I replied, it did hurt like a bitch.

"Well, now that you're awake I think everything will be fine, you'll be good as new in several days when the stiches heel, they shouldn't leave a scar. Once you feel your better you're free to go miss swan, just comeback if you have any bad headaches or any problems with your stiches." Doctor... Carlisle told me, I'd forgotten what Edward had said his last name was. That was a lot of information to retain in my condition, but I'm sure Alice got it.

"Thank you" was all I could manage.

"You're very welcome Bella" He said with a smile, patted Edward on the shoulder and left the room.

After I decided I was fine, we all left the hospital. With all that going on I didn't notice the guy that was sitting next to Alice, His name was Jasper. Alice told me that she was talking to me about him when she came out to find me but I didn't really remember much after my fifth drink. We had exited the hospital, me in a wheel chair, because I was allowed to go that and let's face it those things are fun. When we stepped outside I thought we were probably just going to get a taxi but instead we were led over to the car park we stopped at a sleek sporty looking black Volvo. And everyone started getting in, Edward in the driver's seat and Alice in the back.

"Did you want to sit up front?" Jasper asked me. He had a rather adorable southern accent, he seemed like a pretty nice guy. I thought about the question he asked me then thought if I sat in the back I would probably lay down and go to sleep which I'm pretty sure wasn't a very good idea right now. So I accepted.

We drove from the hospital back to Alice's house. It was now 5 in the morning the Saturday after the party and Alice's parents had already gone to work.

"Thank you so much for everything" Alice said as she hopped out of the car.
"My pleasure" Edward replied, and there was that smile again. It was weird because I had only just met this guy, and not in the best of ways either, but I didn't want him to leave and buy the way Alice was looking at Jasper I doubted she wanted him to leave either. Everything worked out in my favour when I stepped out of the car and tripped over the curb, faster then I knew possible Edward was by my side and he was helping me up.

"So, it wasn't entirely my fault then? You have a habit of falling down?" He said, chuckling with that smile lighting his face. Fuck damn, he had to stop that. But it was true, I'm clumsy as all hell on my best days.

"Did you guys want to come in? You could help me make sure Bella makes it to the door and I could cook you something? Seeing as though we've been at the hospital all night." Alice offered.

Go Alice you sly witch. She just wants more time with that Jasper fellow, using me as an excuse, mind you. I was okay with it but, because they made a rather cute couple. Probably because they were so incredibly opposite. He was tall and she was verging on little person, he was blond and her hair was black, they looked completely each other's opposites, but looked to fit so adorably together. I was also okay with it because I was rather interested to get to know the man behind that paralysing smile that is Edward.