The rain poured on my face and I was getting damp all over. I just didn't care…I am nothing without 'him'.
I heard the bushes shudder; I looked up a bit and saw someone or something come out of the bushes. I rested my head on the cold, damp ground again.
"Bella"
His voice was not searching, which meant he had already found me.
"Bella, I'm Sam Uley."
His name didn't sound familiar in any way. I stared up at the dark face that I could now see above me. I was vaguely aware that the stranger probably looked so tall because my head was on the ground.
"Charlie sent me looking for you."
Charlie? That struck at once. Charlie mattered, if nothing else did.
Sam Uley picked me up with his monstrous arms and he walked slowly back to reality. I hadn't exactly noticed how cold I was until he picked me up. This Sam Uley was very warm and… strange.
I saw light flashing as we reached the end of the trees. It seems that Charlie has gotten everyone to track me down.
I saw a look of relief and hurt wipe across Charlie's face. He ran to me, nearly tripping over a few fallen branches. I laughed a bit, despite the pain in me.
"Oh God, Bella," He attempted to carry me out of Sam's arms, but failed. "How can I ever repay you, Sam?"
"I'm just doing my duty, Chief Swan." He said in a deep voice and looked down at me. I met his gaze and saw that his eyes were full of anger; I looked away.
When Charlie turned around, I saw Jake run towards us. He, too, had anger in his eyes.
"Did 'he' do this to you, Bells?" Jake whispered, trembling.
"I… I don't know." I was so confused with everything. But I know that I'm not confused about what happened in the meadow. I felt the hole in my chest open wider. The words from 'his' mouth were trickling into my head again like rain.
I felt Jake pull me out of Sam's arms and he walked back to the house, with Charlie right by Jake's side.
A lot of people were here, and I heard Mike, Jessica, Eric and Angela's voice, all squeaky with worry and relief. They didn't matter to me right now.
All that matters at the moment is to get 'him' out of my head and put all past memories behind me. But that was going to be impossible, for the hole in my chest couldn't be removed, as I know. And that is a huge reminder of 'him'.