Chapter 3: Wait? What? (Edward's POV)
Right after Bella walked up the stairs my phone began to vibrate. I took my phone out of my pocket and looked at the caller-ID. Ugh, Tanya. Will she ever give up?
"Hello, Tanya." I said; my voice a bit strained.
"Hiya, Edward!" Tanya chirped. Ugh.
"What do you need?" I asked, putting on my, I'm-so-interested voice.
"Oh, nothing, I just wanted to hear your voice."
"Tanya, I don't like you like that! You are a family friend, nothing more!" I was getting agitated now. Even though I've only been talking to her for like 10 seconds.
"Silly, Edward. You wish I was just a family friend. I've seen the way you look at me! Just come out and say that you love me!"
I thought I heard Bella come down the stairs but I didn't see her. I heard her heartbeat faintly, she must still be upstairs.
"I can't!"
"Oh, Edward, I know you love me. Why are you so afraid to tell me?" Tanya had put on her seductive tone now. Seriously, she thinks I would fall for that?
"No, you know that I don't feel that way about you!"
"You do!" She is so stubborn!
"No, Tanya, I don't!"
"Fine. Deny it all you want. I know your true feelings! You will never fool me. But, keep this in mind. You only say you don't like me because of Bella. I will make you love me. No matter what it takes. I'm prepared for anything. Plus, Bella is just a pesky human! I can snap her neck easily! In fact, that is a great plan. I don't want to make her suffer too much!"
"Tanya, you can't! You can't kill Bella! I. DON'T. LOVE. YOU. I never will! No matter what you do to Bella! And, you know what I'll do if you do kill her! I'll just go right back to Volterra, and this time no one will be able to save me!" I hit "end" and shoved my phone in my pocket.
Tanya can't! She wouldn't! Wait, would she? She does love me a lot. This cannot be happening! What if Bella heard all of that? Oh no.
I ran up the stairs with inhuman speed and pushed open Bella's bedroom's door. There she was… on the floor. Passed out.
(Bella's POV)
I felt something cold against my back. It was rubbing back and forth, trying to comfort me? I realized it was Edward's hand and felt the need to wake up. I tried, but I couldn't do it. I tried to force my eyes open but nothing happened. I tried to get my other senses to work but, nothing happened again. What was happening?
All I could do was lay on the floor hopeless and hope to wake up. I tried to keep track of time. One…, two…, three…, four…
After I counted to 872 I was beginning to regain my hearing. Edward was on the phone. Oh my god, not again! This time was different though, his phone was on speaker. The phone just stopped ringing when Carlisle answered the phone.
"Hello?" Carlisle asked in that sweet voice.
"Carlisle! It's Bella! She fainted, I think. I don't know! I was on the phone with Tanya and Bella overheard and I just came into her bedroom and she was lying on the floor. Carlisle, what happen to her? You need to get over here, now!" Edward's voice was panicky.
"Edward, calm down, I'm on my way over." Edward clicked the "end" button and flipped his phone closed and laid it on my bedside table. He let out a sigh of exasperation.
I decided to start my counting again, starting from one. I only got to 28 when Carlisle arrived at my house.
Knock, knock! Edward flew down the stairs and unlocked the front door.
"Carlisle," he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where is she?" Carlisle asked, fully in doctor mode.
"She's upstairs in her bed." Odd, I thought I was still on the floor.
Carlisle and Edward ran up the stairs and burst through my door. Edward sat on my left side and held my hand. I could hear Carlisle put his doctor bag down on my bedside table. I could feel his cold fingers against the inside of my wrist, checking my pulse.
(Carlisle's POV)
I set my bag on the floor next to Bella's bed. I lifted her hand up and put two fingers on the inside of her wrist. Her pulse was fine. I placed my hand on her head, no fever. Hmm…, what's wrong with her? Oh wait, I remember Edward saying he was on the phone with Tanya. What did Tanya tell him?
(Edward's POV)
"Edward, what were you and Tanya talking about?" Carlisle asked.
Oh no, what should I tell him? Should I tell him the truth? I mean, there are no lies in my family. Everyone knows that. He'll find out eventually anyway.
"Well, Tanya called while Bella was upstairs getting dressed to come over. She told me that she would make me love her. So I told her that I would never love her like that, I only like her as a friend, family. Then, she told me that that she would snap Bella's neck off. And, I'm guessing that Bella heard me trying to reason with her and trying to persuade her into not killing Bella."
I skimmed through Carlisle's thoughts to see if he thought that I was telling the truth. I caught a clip of one of his thoughts; I doubt that Tanya would do that to… hmm… what should I hunt tonight? He was trying to cover up his thoughts when he realized that I was listening in.
"Edward, are you sure that's exactly what she said?"
"Yes."
"In that case, she's probably just in shock. Her mind just needs time to take this all in."
"Ok. Thanks." I was trying to cover up the fact that I knew he didn't believe me.
"You're welcome."
"Okay, you can go now. I'll stay with Bella until she wakes up."
"Sure, see ya."
Carlisle grabbed his bag and started to leave when his phone rang. He didn't want to answer; Tanya. I'll get the truth once I leave.
"Aren't you going to answer that?"
"Of course, why wouldn't I?" I shrugged.
Carlisle flipped open his phone and hit "send" to answer.
"Hello." Thankfully, I could hear the other end of the conversation.
"Oh, Carlisle! I just got a call from Edward! He said that he was going to snap my neck off!" Tanya sobbed. Seriously? I can't believe she's doing this! What if Carlisle believes her?
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah!"
"Don't worry; I'll take care of it."
"Thank you so much, Carlisle!"
"Of course, anytime."
I think that he believes her! I knew that Tanya wasn't capable of what Edward said. Why would he lie about that? He closed his phone and put it into his back pocket.
"I think you should go now, Carlisle."
"Ok, tell me if Bella gets better."
"Sure." I wasn't going to tell him that I knew what he was thinking anytime soon.
Carlisle walked down the stairs and out the door. Finally.
(Bella's POV)
What was going on? I could tell something was up with Carlisle. Did he not believe Edward? I had to wake up.
