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Author Note: You guys are simply amazing. I can't believe I have 90 reviews for 6 chapters. Wow. I just want to say I am terribly sorry for not updating in such a long time; life has been so hectic and crazy.

This chapter will probably have a few grammar/spelling errors and those are all mine, this chapter is not beta'd.


Previously…

"Alright, I think you're doing very well in your healing process. I don't have anything to prescribe or any advice, expect take it easy. I want to see you next week. Make an appointment for either one of those two days and then we'll do a follow up physical therapy session."

"Thank you for everything."

I stood, smiling gently.

"You're more than welcome. I shall see you next week."

"Most definitely."

I smiled before walking out the door. I was suddenly hopeful for next week.


Bella Pov

Today was my first therapy session. I was extremely nervous. I knew there was no reason to be, but the idea of being alone in a room with someone like Dr. Cullen would most likely make anyone nervous. I had decided to dress nicely, not that I always dressed in rags, but it was important to make an impression, at least a good one. I was no longer laying in a hospital bed unable to care for myself; there was no excuse not to look decent.

I was dressed in a pair of dark jeans that fit quite snug in all of the right places. I had on a simple white tank. Over the tank was a light weight grey sweater. It was colder today than it had been. I also had on a pair of simple black flats. I couldn't wear heels, I had tried once and it ended in disaster. So I was never going to wear them again.

As I arrived at the clinic there were hardly any cars left. There were two cars, three counting mine, a silver Volvo and then a black Cadillac. I could only guess one of the cars belonged to Dr. Cullen but which one of the cars belonged to him, I didn't know. I quickly walked inside the clinic and too the elevators. I hated elevators, but didn't want my still slightly sore body to have to endure the stairs. As the elevator jolted and began its rise up, my stomach churned. I closed my eyes and waited for the ride to be over.

As the doors opened only a minute later, I breathed a sigh of relief. I stepped off and walked into where Dr. Cullen's office was located. The waiting area was completely empty. I wasn't for sure what to do, whether I should wait or just go back to his office. Fortunately one of the doors that led to his office opened and a woman stepped out.

She looked to be in her mid forties but she was very pretty. She had an antique type of beauty about her. Her caramel colored curls and bright brown eyes seemed to smile at me when she saw me. I had never seen the woman in my life, but she seemed to know me.

"Ah, you must be Isabella Swan."

I smiled gently and nodded.

"Yes I am and you are?"

"I'm Edward's mother, Esme. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. Edward is in his office, he said you could wait here for him."

"Alright, I wasn't for sure what to do. So thank you for telling me."

"You're welcome and I should be going."

"Alright, goodbye and have a nice evening."

"You too dear."

I watched as she walked away her bright brown eyes still sparkling. I decided to follow her advice and sit in one of the chairs and just wait for Edward. Thankfully the chairs were plush and not at all uncomfortable. The door that Esme had come out of only five minutes ago opened again. This time Edward came out, a little girl in tow.

The little girl was beautiful. She looked to be about three and had the most beautiful green eyes I had ever seen. Her bronze curls fell lightly around her shoulders. Her pale skin accented the curls and color of her hair even more. In all she was just plain adorable. Without a doubt I knew this was Edward's daughter, she looked too much like him not to be.

"Bella, I'm glad you came."

I stood and walked over to stand in front of Dr. Cullen. I had never noticed how tall he was before.

"Yeah me too. Who's this?"

I nodded gently to the little girl who had now wrapped herself around her father's legs.

"This is my daughter Sophia."

I crouched down, slowly, so I was eye level with Sophia.

"Hello there Sophia. That is such a beautiful name. I'm Bella."

I held out my hand. After a few moments of nothing happening I stood back up.

"You'll have to forgive her she's a little shy."

"It's alright. I understand."

"Yes, well we should probably get your therapy session started. Come with me and you'll head on down to the therapy room.

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As all three of us walked into the therapy room I couldn't really understand just how large it was. There were tons of things that would help people improve there physical capabilities. There were treadmills, trampolines, jump ropes, weights, a track, and so much more. Instead of it looking like a rehabilitation area it looked like a gym.

"So where do we start?"

"Well I would like to start by gently working your arm. I want to start with some light weight lifting, probably only a couple of pounds and see how it goes."

"Okay."

I then followed Dr. Cullen to the area with dumbbells in all different colors and weight size. I was a little nervous to start with physical therapy because I was worried what pain would come with it. I knew though that in order to get back to work I needed to start this physical therapy.

Sophie seemed quite, like she didn't want to be here. Although at that age I probably wouldn't want to be in a gym area with a person whom I didn't know, although she did seem fascinated by everything, like she had never seen anything like this before. I looked up and quickened my pace just slightly when I noticed that Dr. Cullen was already at the weight area.

"Dr. Cullen-"

"Please call me Edward."

I blushed and smiled lightly.

"Edward, will this physical therapy help me get back to work sooner?"

"It most likely will. You don't want to go back after not having any sort of physical therapy. If you weren't to have any physical therapy you would be weak and more prone to injure yourself."

I nodded knowing he was right. I wouldn't want to go back to work without being strong enough to actually teach my students.

"Of course, I guess we should get started."

Dr. Cull-no Edward smiled gently before motioning me to sit in front of him. He handed me to weights. They weighed five pounds each. He instructed me to just simply raise my arms straight up and bring them back down to my sides. I was supposed to do this ten times, and then rest. I did as I was told and Edward watched me, almost as if studying me. After I was done he held out his hands and I gave him the weights.

He took them and returned with some different weights. I sat on the bench and felt sore but better than I had in three weeks. I felt relaxed and safe, almost as if I was getting better just by sitting here. I looked up as Edward cleared his throat.

"I'm sorry, I got lost in my thoughts."

"It's alright, we all do. I would like for you to sit on your back. I want you to hold your arms out away from your body, so make sure they're straight. When I hand you the weights I want you to bring your arms straight up and touch both of these dumbbells together."

I nodded and stretched my arms straight out. As I brought them together I couldn't help but wince. I watched Edward's face and noticed he looked calm, almost slightly happy. I decided to shrug all thoughts of Edward out of my mind and just focus on doing as I was told. As I continued working my arms I wondered how much longer I was going to have to do this. My arm was really beginning to ache.

"Alright that's good. I want to do one more exercise with you and we will be done for the day."

I hadn't realized how much time had passed. It was 6:15; time definitely flew without realizing it. My stomach grumbled and I was suddenly starving. I was going to head straight home and get something to eat. I followed Edward over where a single bar sat on a stand.

"This is going to be the last exercise. This is called the preacher curl. It's pretty simple. I just want you to simply take the ball and raise your arms towards yourself. Just do this 10 times and we will be done for the day."

I nodded and started the task that I was given. By the time I was done my arm hurt so bad I had tears in my eyes. At the moment I never wanted to do another drop of physical therapy. Edward appeared by my side and lifted the bar out of my hands. He crouched in front of me his eyes full of concern.

"Bella, I'm so sorry. If you were in that much pain you should have told me, I would have taken a break."

"No, it's alright. I just now realized how bad my arm was hurting."

Edward's face was still concerned but also it seemed a little skeptic. His eyes were studying my face, as if trying to read what I was filling.

"Daddy, I'm hungry. I want to go home."

"I know baby, we're going to leave here in a few minutes."

"No, I want to leave now."

"Soph, we'll leave in a few minutes and I'll take you to get something to eat. Just let daddy finish."

"NO. I want to go home."

"Sophia Alice Cullen. You will not speak to me in that tone, is that understood."

Edward had since risen from his position in front of me. He was now crouched down in front of Sophia. I watched as Sophia's little face scrunched up in anger and she began to cry.

"Daddy why did we have to come down to this place? It isn't fair. You like that mean lady more than me."

"Now Sophia I want you to understand something. I could never love anyone as much as I love you. You are everything to me. Although Bella just needs some extra help so I would appreciate it if you could be nice to her. She never did anything mean to you."

I watched the interaction that Edward had with his daughter and couldn't help smiling. I hardly knew him and yet I knew he was an amazing person, father included. He was gentle and stern, yet loving in everything he did. It made me wonder though where Sophia's mother was, why she was never mentioned? Edward didn't have a wedding band on but that didn't mean he wasn't married. I shook my head; it was none of my business anyways.

"I'm sorry Bella; I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

I hadn't even noticed that Sophia had come to stand in front of me. Innocent green eyes stared up at me and I knew there was no way I could ever be mad at her.

"it's alright, we all get a little grumpy sometimes."

Sophia giggled it sounding just like a child's laugh should. It sounded open and free.

"Ms. Bella, would you want to eat supper with us?"

I looked from Edward to Sophia. Edward's face was amused, but didn't seem surprised. He almost seemed happy with the offer.

"I don't know, it might not be okay with your daddy."

"But daddy's the one who said to ask you, he whispered it to me."

I couldn't help but laugh. I watched as Edward lowered his face in what I could only assume was embarrassment.

"Well, I would love to."

I watched as Sophia ran over to Edward and practically threw herself into his arms.

"She said "Yes" daddy. So does that mean we can have McDonald's?"

Edward glanced at me if seeing if it was okay. I nodded smiling gently.

"McDonald's it is."

"Yay." My hand was soon enveloped in Sophia's little one. "We can play on the playground and eat chicken nuggets."

I giggled and followed Sophia out of the physical therapy room. For just a moment I forgot the pain in my arm or the possibility of a slight attraction to Edward. For just a few minutes I felt free as I listened to Sophia talk about all the great adventures we were to have at McDonald's.


Author Note: Okay so this chapter turned out to be a lot longer than I ever expected it to be. I guess that's what happens when you don't update for a while, so lucky for you guys and not so lucky on my poor hands. It took me nearly four hours to finish this. This was my longest chapter yet at 3,000+ words. I have never written a chapter that long in any of my stories. Man, no wonder my head and hands hurt so bad. It is all cause I love all of my wonderful reviewers and the people who have followed this story. : )

Okay so this will probably be my last update until approximately next Tuesday. I am going on a mini-vacation if you will. I really wanted to be able to update this story more, but this week was so crazy. There will be an update next week sometime, I promise.

Also would you guys like to see Edward/Bella/Sophia's adventure at Mickey D's? Or would you rather me just briefly mention it in the next chapter? If I were to do a chapter with their adventure I make no promises that it is going to turn out very good, I don't know where it could go or what the end result will be. If enough people want me to do it though, I will give it my best shot. : D

Okay I think that's all. Don't forget to leave me a review. : )

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Kaylee