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Chapter 2: Bella Wakes Up
.:BPOV:.
Where am I... and why do I hear beeping? I moan and try to open my eyes, the darkness behind my eyelids and the nightmare I just had making me panic a little. Even though I was old enough to know better I'm still a little afraid of the dark and not being able to move made it ten times worse.
"She's about to wake up." I heard a small, pixie-like voice through the haze and the beeping. I struggled with my eyelids again, willing them to open. Slowly I started to see a thin white light, which got larger as my eyes opened all the way. I blinked and stared at the white ceiling above me.
"Bella! You're awake." The pixie voice said, I knew that voice. Then a face blocked my view, a girl with spiky black hair was smiling down at me and it looked like she was hopping.
I tried to speak, but my throat refused to work properly. I frowned, the movement hurt my face and I winced, which hurt my face even more. I felt the bed moving underneath me. That was odd. All of a sudden I wasn't staring at the ceiling anymore, but at a crowded room with everyone staring at me. I looked at the people and automatically new who the big muscled guy with dark hair was... Emmett. I blushed and would have fidgeted if I were just able to move my fingers without them hurting.
Everyone in the room smiled at me, but their eyes held sadness. I looked around as much as I could without moving my head and saw the reason for the beeping, a heart monitor was to my left and next to it was an IV bag. I knew then where I was. Being accident prone as I was this place ended up being my home away from home, a hospital. For the life of me, I couldn't remember why I would need to be in a hospital. I sat there and thought about it a few minutes until I remembered that nightmare I just had. Maybe it wasn't a nightmare. I started to panic again, the beeping from the heart monitor going faster and faster.
"Bella, you need to calm down. I know you can't speak right now, but everything is alright. I promise." The man with blonde hair and a white jacket stepped closer to me, trying to calm me down. I knew that face, but some things were still a bit hazy and I couldn't quite place it yet. I relaxed and sighed.
"Much better, thank you Bella. I'm sure you'd like some answers. I need you to first tell me if you remember anything that happened to you. Since you can't speak, do you think you can blink your eyes for me? Once for no and twice for yes?"
I blinked my eyes twice and he gave me a radiant smile, his white teeth almost sparkling before he kept speaking. "Do you remember anything about what happened to you?" I blinked twice again.
"Okay, that's a good start. Bella, you were in a coma. When that happens sometimes your memory gets a little jumbled, so I wanted to make sure that I didn't surprise you with my next words. You'll be able to speak again soon, for some reason your seat belt was laying more towards your neck than your shoulder and it pressed against your throat leaving it bruised. Also we had to feed you through a tube and that will make your throat sore as well." He sat on the side of my bed and took my right hand gently in his, the cold hand making my hand hurt a little less. I was finally able to see my hand, nothing seemed to be broken but it was dark purple and there was a large bandage covering the side of my arm, from my pinky to my elbow.
"The accident that you and Edward were in, was a week ago. You were in a coma that long. When you both hit the tree it pretty much totaled the car. You're very lucky to be alive, sweety. You suffered a few broken ribs, there are bruises on your chest from the seat belt and Edward's arm holding you back. As you can see, you have a very large cut on your arm, it needed some stitches in the deeper areas. You had a dislocated shoulder, but it was set and shouldn't pain you too much. And..." When he paused I looked up at him, this was going to be bad. His fingers tightened a little on mine and my eyes started to tear up.
"Bella... when the car crashed the front and side of the car pretty much caved in, crushing your legs and breaking several bones. It took Edward awhile to pry the metal and plastic away from you carefully. It turns out, sweety, that it'll take awhile for all those bones to heal correctly. If they don't we might not be able to get you up and going again." I stared at him with wide eyes. Was he telling me I might not be able to walk again?
Before Carlisle could finish with his diagnosis I slipped away again, letting the darkness take me to a place where I hoped I could figure out what all this meant.
.:EMPOV:.
I stood waiting with the others as Bella woke up, it was hard to look at her. She didn't look like the same girl, almost every part of her skin was covered with bruises. If I could cry I would have quite a few times this past week since Edward called the house and told us what happened. I haven't really talked to Edward since the accident. I guess I blame him for both the accident and her being a human still. If she were a vampire the accident wouldn't have fazed her at all, she would have walked away like Edward had. He was just so stubborn it made me want to pound some sense into him.
I smiled slightly like everyone else when her bed was moved to sit her upright to face us. I really didn't feel like smiling, but I wanted to make this as easy as possible for her. Her eyes passed over Alice and the rest of the family, her eyes looked confused. Did she not remember us? I bit my lip in panic, surely she didn't lose her memory too. She looked at me and suddenly her features calmed before she blushed. I smiled at her. She does remember, thank goodness.
When Carlisle kept telling her about what happened and what her injuries were I wanted to walk over there and hug her close to me, to keep her safe, but I knew I couldn't. Then he started to tell her about her legs and I tensed up, ready for her reaction. I couldn't imagine how anyone would take that news. Not being able to walk, having your whole life turned upside down. It was something I never really had to think about for ages, not since I was human. If I could, though, I would gladly take Bella's place. When she fainted I rushed to her side and took her hand, the one that Carlisle didn't have. My fingers stroked over the back of her hand gently. I hope no one noticed how weird I was acting.
The truth is, when Edward met Bella I secretly wanted her for my own. She was sweet, caring and oh so beautiful. The only thing Rosalie had was her beauty, and even that can't cover up the evil that's inside her sometimes. I was with Rosalie because she chose me, and because it made life for me and everyone else much easier. So I took her abuse and tried to make the best of it. The good news was that I got to see alot of Bella, maybe not the way I wanted but it was all I might ever have.
I sighed to myself, looking around to make sure no one noticed my day dreaming. Standing up, I backed away from the bed and moved towards the far wall, leaning back against it I crossed my legs and arms in a casual motion.
"Alright everyone, she just fainted. She'll be awake again soon, but for now let's leave her alone." Carlisle's authorative voice made us all move towards the exit. I looked back at the bed to where she lay and whispered a soft goodbye before leaving the room.
Author's Note: Woohoo, chapter 2! A little longer than the last chapter, but still kinda slow. I'll start speeding things up in the next chapter though. It might take me more than a day to write though. Please Read and Review! Thanks!
