Chapter 3
Edward's point of view
Bella stayed unconscious for three full days. We had to hook an I.V. to her to make sure she got all the nutrients humans need. All Bella did was sleep; mumbling things in her sleep, things that I didn't understand. The whole time I stayed with her. Watching her even if Alice told me she wouldn't be waking up today. No one could separate me from her, even if they tried. Only Bella had control over that part of me. It is Bella who matters the most to me now. Even if I have only known Bella for a couple of days, I cared more for her than anything. I held Bella, gently, in my arms.
For the first hour Bella had nightmares. When I held her in my arms her nightmares stopped. She slept peacefully. When I tried to lay her down, her nightmares would start to creep back into her dreams.
The day she woke up I had gone out to go hunting. Not far away like the rest of my family. I kept on debating in my mind about going. I needed to leave and eat. Bella wouldn't be safe if I didn't eat. I had to go, no more arguing with myself. I loosened Bella's grasp on me, and slipped out the door, using my vampire speed. As I left I could hear Bella tossing and turning. I had already decided that I would snag a deer or something like that. I couldn't be away from her long. I ran through the forest, the undergrowth catching my foot a couple of times. Which was unusual because, being a vampire, I am supposed to be very graceful. I let my instincts take over. I smelt some elk near by.
I was gone a total of fifteen minutes. When I got in the hearing range, for vampires, I heard Bella's high pitched scream filling the air. The speed I was going before was nothing compared to how I was running now. Upon entering the house I hurried to her room.
I heard mirrors cracking and breaking. Shards of glass were on the floor. I wasn't paying attention to anything, but the fact that Bella was screaming. I went to my angel. The room she was in looked, for the most part, destroyed. I ran the remaining distance to Bella. She looked in pain. I picked her up and held her. I tried to calm her down, and I succeeded. Bella's screams died down. I lay on the bed with Bella in my arms. When Bella's breathing became more even, I lifted my head to examine the room. Window and mirror shards were everywhere. Esme wasn't going to be happy about the house.
An hour later, Bella finally woke up. Bella yawned and took in the room. I had fixed everything I could. I'd found some windows that weren't broken and replaced the ones in her room. I swept up the broken pieces of glass. The room looked like it had the night she first came here. Her words made me laugh.
"This room will be wasted on me."
It was funny how she thought she was undeserving of this room. If you asked me the room wasn't good enough for her. My laughing gave me away. Her head spun
till her chocolate brown eyes faced me. We stared into each others eyes. The world disappeared instantly. Bella's grumbling stomach broke our stares. She blushed, a scarlet red, and looked down in embarrassment. I held out my hand for her to take. Bella hesitantly took my huge hand into her small one.
Esme had bought food just for Bella. It was going to be hard to fix her a meal, seeing as human food repulsed me. Bella, yet again, surprised me. She went over to the fridge and started taking stuff out.
Bella glanced at me and said, "What? I can't cook my own food?"
"Not that, it's just that seem to be more educated than a normal five year old, I mean. Quick question, did you go to school or anything like that?"
Bella weighed her response before she answered. "My parents taught me everything I know. Currently I am learning stuff you learn in the sixth grade. I learned to cook when I was three and can make a lot of stuff. My parents believed in teaching kids while they're young, because it pays off in the long run. I never did properly introduce myself. I'm Isabella Swan, the one and only, as far as I know." She laughed.
"Bella I have another question for you. You don't have to answer it, if you don't want to. How did your mom get that information about my family?"
Again Bella didn't just answer the question. Bella was thinking about her response. "I really don't know, Edward. One day she handed me the book and said to always have it with me. I thought it wasn't real at all. I kept it with me, but I didn't understand it until this whole thing began to happen."
I could tell Bella was on the verge of tears. I did what I did all day and tried to comfort her.
Bella made herself some spaghetti. She slurped the noodles like any other kid. Bella might be older than the average five year old, but that didn't mean she didn't like fun. I liked her laugh, a lot. What I liked more was making her laughter fill the room. I could see, though, that the laughter never touched her beautiful eyes.
The rest of the family returned that night. Esme already knew what had happened, but she was aghast when she saw the damage. Bella had gone to bed already, and this time she didn't have nightmares when we were separated. Alice wasn't her perky self, it was kind of refreshing, unusual, but refreshing still.
Alice answered my unspoken question. "I do love Bella, but she broke my favorite mirror."
I laughed at her reason. She shot me a glare and accused me, "None of this would have happened if you had stayed with her."
"Alice, I had to hunt." I defended myself. "If I had stayed, I don't know what would have happened." Alice gave me an angry humph and left.
"Edward I know you did what you thought was right and you didn't know what the effect would be." Esme comforted me.
As soon as I could leave my family and escape, I did. I went to Bella's room. She lay there peacefully on the bed sleeping. I sighed at the beautiful sight she made. I couldn't explain my feelings for Bella to you even if I tried. There just wasn't a word to describe how I felt. There was one word that I tried not to think of, love. Did I love
Bella? Wait, what was I thinking? She's just five years old, and she deserves so much better than me. Right now I make a vow to myself that I will always be there for Bella. I will always protect her and watch over her.
