Chapter 3

Recap: "Bella, come have a seat."

Edward and I both walked cautiously to the couch. He already had his arm around my waist, ready to pull me back in case of an emergency. Billy Black sat down across from us. His face was so serious that it took me by surprised. I have never seen him this serious and it began to frighten me. I must have been completely pale because Edward had to whisper in my ear, "Breathe Bella." He was still growling but it wasn't as bad as before.

"Bella, I know that I am probably the last person you would expect to see in your house, but I have some bad news for you. It's about Charlie."

I suddenly took a sharp intake of breath. "What happened?! Is he ok?! What's wrong?!" The questions just came spilling out of my mouth before I could even think about what I was saying.

Billy looked at me with the most apologetic face I ever seen on him. "Your father was in a car accident. He was on his way to see me, but he must have been preoccupied because he ran into the guardrail. He is in the hospital, but he is in a coma. Bella, I'm so sorry."

I was sitting there trying to take everything in, but all I could do was sob. I leaned into Edward and started crying into his shirt. My salty tears were definitely going to stain it but I didn't care.

Edward pulled me into his lap and began to rub my back. "Shh love. It will be ok, I promise. Shh." He was doing his best to calm me down even though I knew he was probably using all his control to not attack Billy at this very moment.

I looked up at him and he was staring at Billy. He was shooting glares in his direction and I could tell Billy didn't like this situation anymore than Edward did. Finally, Edward looked down at me and I could tell there was concern in his eyes. I could feel myself begin to get lightheaded. I was glad I was sitting and not standing, otherwise this would hurt. The only thing I could say at this point was "Charlie..." Next thing I knew, everything went black.

When I woke up, I was laying in my bed. I looked out my window and it was dark outside. I didn't know how long I had been asleep, but I didn't care. I sat up, rubbing my eyes trying to get everything from blurry back to normal. When I accomplished that, I felt a cold pair of hands around my waist.

"Bella?"

"Hey Edward. I need to get up and go talk to Charlie. He hasn't seen me all day. He is probably worried about me." Edward gave me a confused and concerned look.

"Bella, what are you talking about? He's in the hospital, remember?"

I suddenly spun around and looked at him with a terrified look. "You mean that wasn't just a bad dream?"

"No, love. I wish I could say it was, but it wasn't." I could feel the waterworks start all over again. I leaned to Edward and began crying all over again. Aw man, here we go again. I really need to get better control of my emotions, especially this crying. I hate having him see me like this. I couldn't believe that I cried so much in one day. Edward sat there with me all night, like usual. He laid me back down and tucked me in and he laid next to me, humming my lullaby. After about another hour of crying, I finally drifted off back to sleep. Even in my dreams, I was crying. This is going to be a long night.

I awoke the next morning with a very scratchy throat and very red eyes from all the crying. I sat up very slowly.

"Morning sleepyhead."

I looked next to me and there he was, right where I left him. He sat up next to me.

"How are you this morning?" I could tell he was worried that I would start crying again from the expression on his face.

"I think I've cried so much that I don't think I will ever be able to cry for the rest of my life." Both of us had to smile at that. He leaned over and kissed my forehead.

"Would you like to go see Charlie?"

I thought about his question for a moment. On one hand, if I went to go see him, I would probably start crying again, and I was tired of letting Edward see me cry. On the other hand, if I didn't, I would probably go to the Cullen's house and they would all offer me their sympathy and I would probably start crying. So either way, I was asking for more waterworks. But I needed to get my mind off of Charlie for a little while. "I think I may go see him later, but right now, how would feel about heading over to your house?"

"Are you sure?"

I looked into his loving topaz eyes for what seemed like an eternity until he finally leaned down towards me and began to kiss me. And it was a very persuasive kiss. We both got a little too into the kiss. My arms were around his neck and my hands were in his hair and he had me lying down on the bed with him on top of me, and yet I couldn't feel any of his weight. One of his hands was tangled in my hair while his other hand was on my waist. While we were kissing, he began to move his hand up and down my waist. I let out a slight moan into his mouth. I could feel him smiling. I needed to breathe and he could tell. He left my lips and made his way down my neck and my collarbone. I was trying to slow my breathing but it wasn't so easy.

In between kisses he managed to say, "We could just stay here and have a little bit of fun. No Charlie, no house full of vampires with excellent hearing."

I opened my eyes and he was looking back at me with a devilish grin spread across his face. "As much as I would love that, I have a feeling Alice would probably fill everyone in as to why neither one of us are there. And I assume you don't want your family to know the details, cause she sure as hell will be able to see them." Both him and I were trying to control our laughing.

"Alice has been trying to embarrass me for centuries and this would definitely do it. I really don't want to give her that satisfaction." With that he gave me one more long passionate kiss that had my head spinning and then let me get up to get ready.

We were at his house in no time. He cut off the engine was at my door before I could even blink. As we walked to his house, I remembered I hadn't asked him the one question that had been on my mind all morning. I abruptly stopped and he turned around and looked at with a very confused expression. It was kinda funny. "What happened after I passed out last night?"

He looked at me and was considering his answer very carefully before he spoke.

"Edward, please tell me."

"When you fainted, Billy looked at me and asked what happened. I told him that his news made you faint. He thought maybe I did something to you, but he didn't see anything wrong so he just left. He said he was sorry for what happened and he asked that I call him when you woke up to let him know you were ok. When you were changing and getting ready this morning, I called him and told him the plan and he said ok and that maybe he will see us at the hospital." I stared at him wide-eyed. "Bella?"

I had to shake my head a few times. "I can't believe he thought you actually did something to me." Him and I both had to giggle at this.

He leaned down and kissed me with just as much passion as this morning. I had already slipped my hands around his neck when I suddenly realized that I was cradled in his arms. I let a soft moan escape my lips as his tongue traced my bottom lip. I heard him let out a soft laugh. When we broke apart, he had my favorite crooked smile on his face and I couldn't help but blush.

He gently stroked my cheek and asked, "Ready to go inside?"

I thought about that for a minute. "Unless you want everyone to come out here and see us like this."

Him and I both laughed and before we could even walk through the door, I saw a blur run toward us and I suddenly realized I wasn't in Edward's arms anymore. I could hear Edward letting a growl escape his mouth but I realized the sound was becoming fainter. I noticed I was running away from the house and I saw Edward was close behind, but he had a smile on his face and the growl was a little menacing, but also playful. Next thing I knew I was on the grass underneath...