ch.4 Hallucinating

Bella P.O.V.

I didn't know how long I was out. I just remember James attacking me when Edward wasn't looking and then everything went black. Wow, what happened? I think I might've hit my head when James attacked me.I start top hear voices sort of blurry but near me right about now but it could just be my imagination.

"How much longer?" I heard a voice that sounded like Edward ask.

"Not much longer. She's starting to come around." I heard someone that sounded like Alice say. Then I felt a cold hand on my forehead and know i'm not hallucinating. I start twitching under the cold hand. I geuss I forgot how cold the Cullen's were.

"How long now?" I heard Edward ask.

"In 3...2...1... now" Alice replied adn as if on cue, my eyelids fluttered open.

"Oh Bella! Are you alright? I'm so sorry!" Edward said grabbing me into a hug.

"I'm fine but please stop blaming yourself! It's not your fault. And please let the human go so that she can breathe." I told him calmly with what little breath I had.

" I'm sorry." He said letting me go.

"Stop apologizing! I'm fine!" I told him getting really very frustrated.

"Bella, do you even know what happened?" He asked me.

" No. Well all I remember was James attacking me then it all goes black." I told him.

"That's why I'm sorry! I wasn't paying attention. You shouldn't have even been there." He said raising his voice slightly.

"I wanted to be there Edward!" I yelled back at him. "I don't need this right now" I said softly more to me than to anyone else. The sad thing is I can't whisper anything without others hearing everything I say. One flaw of dating a vampire. I started to get up but Carlisle came in and pushed me down gently.

"You stay here." He said to me.Then turning to Edward said, " she's right Edward. She doesn't need this right now."

"I'm sorry Bella." He said sadly. Oh God! I hated when he did this to me.

"No,Edward. Please just stop blaming yourself. Please." I said to him softly. "It's OK. Just stop blaming youself. It wasn't your fault. Just please stay." I practically begged him. See this is the effect he has on me.

"You sure? I could leave if you want." He said turning towards Carlisle.

"It's all up to her." He told him. " Bella?" He asked me.

"I'm sure. I want Edward to stay." I said reaching out to him like an infant wanting to be held. He came up to me smiling his crooked grin I loved so much possibly thinking the same thing as me. As he came closer to me he gathered me up in a hug for the second time.

.: A week later:.

Edward P.O.V.

Bella was so on edge after the fight. No one could come up behind her or she would scream and drop to the floor covering her head with her arms. As amusing and cute as it was, I didn't want her to go through that and so I made everyone in the house swear to never do it again. Unfortunately Emmett already broke the rule at least 2 times.

I decided that Bella needed to get out of the house, so I decided that I would surprise her, even though she hates surprises. "OK Bella. You can open your eyes now." I told her as I gently pulled her off of my back and into my arms.

"Oh Edward!" She gasped. " Thank you!" She said turning around and kissing me. I kissed her back quickly and then led her into our meadow. I had Alice and Rosalie decorate it with flower petals and in the center was a baby blue blanket with a picnic basket.

Bella P.O.V.

Edward led me into the center where there was a baby blue blanket and a picnic basket, obviously for me. He sat me down and made me eat most of the food. After I ate, we laid down and I closed my eyesleaning on Edward's chest. I was drifting in and out of sleep when I was attacked yet again. I screamed and opened my eyes to see Emmett rolling on the floor laughing his ass off. Then Edward lunged at Emmett and they were both rolling on the ground for a little while until Edward got off of him and.

"LEAVE!" Edward growled at Emmett.

"Fine, fine." Emmett said still laughingg then he disapeared into the forest.

"Are you OK?" Edward asked me puling me into his arms.

"Yes. I'm fine." I groaned. There was this silence as we just laid there together.

"Bella?" Edward murmured into my hair.

"Yes Edward?" I asked him.

"What are you thinking?" He asked me.

"Just how I've been attacked at least once each week for three weeks." I told him grumpily.

"It's OK, Bella. Two out of those three were Emmett. And well... it's Emmett. But he's going to pay when he gets back to the house." He told me.

"Good." I said leaning into him. He sung me my lulluby and I fell asleep within minutes.

When I woke up an hour later, I heard a chattering by my ear. I turned to look, and it was a white bunny!

"Edward, Edward. Look. It's a bunny!" I told him, forgetting for just a second that he was a vampire but then I remembered.

"Edward, don't. Kill. The. Bunny."I told him through clenched teeth.

"Must be a mutant bunny because I can't smell it. Seriously Bella, what bunny?" He asked me.

"This bunny here, by my head." I told him feeling like I was talking to a five-year-old. I turned onto mmy stomach so I could see it better.

"Hi there! My name is Mrs. Fluffy." The bunny told me.

"Hi! I'm Bella and this is Edward." I said gesturing towards Edward.

"Bella, love, who are you talking to? There's no one here but us." He said.

"I'm talking to Mrs. Fluffy!" I told him losing my patience. "Can't you see her?" I asked him.

"No."He stated simply. "Bella, there's no bunny here and certainly not one named 'Mrs. Fluffly'." He told me making air quotes on Mrs. Fluffy's name.

"Mrs. Fluffy?! Where are you Mrs. Fluffy?" Asked a really nasally and shrill voice.

"Ummm I'm coming!" Mrs. fluffy yelled back. "I've got to go but be back here tommorow at this time OK? Bye Bella!" Mrs. Fluffy said to me in a rush.

"OK bye Mrs. Fluffy. Edward, what time is it?" I asked him.

"Ummmm... 12:10. Why?"

"Just wondering." I told him seeing Mrs. Fluffy scurry off to get a hat off to the side.

"Mrs. Fluffy?"

"I'm coming! Bye Bella!" She said running off into the forest.

"Where were you?" Asked the shrill nasally voice ask again.

"I was getting my hat. It blew off in the wind..." I heard their voices trail off farther and farther into the forest.

Edward?"

"Hmm?"

" How many other mythical creatures are there other than vampires and werewolves?" I asked him turning towards him for the first time since I saw Mrs. Flufffy. He looked really lost and confused.