Oh my god, I haven't had any time to write this chapter. So much to do so little time. I'm actually in the works of writing two novels of my own and with any luck I'll be done them by the end of the summer. I have aterrible time keeping with stories but I think these will be great. Anyways I worked really hard on this chapter it was so siffucult to get it just right. So enjoy!
Midnight Flower
Part 6 – Pain
I woke up sometime in the early afternoon, it had been almost a week since I had heard Edward's and Alice's fight. Since then Edward had kept his promise to stay with me, he only ever 'left' when the nurse came to tell him visiting hours were over. But then would promptly come back to me within the next ten minutes. He would leave while I was asleep to hunt but stayed with me for every moment I was awake.
And everyday all the Cullen's would come to visit, sometimes all together or at different times. Alice usually came after school, not that she or the other Cullens needed to but did just to keep up appearances. Edward took a leave of absence from school but would do the homework, sometimes with me so I didn't feel so left out. Esme came by everyday around meal times, and usually brought some food with her. Over the past few months she had gotten quite good at cooking human food, I felt slightly bad that the need for that skill would be short lived.
Emmett and Jasper would normally come shortly after Alice, since Jasper needed to feed more to be able to come to the hospital to visit. After his second time when he had the unfortunate pleasure of running into a girl being rushed from the ER to surgery bleeding everywhere. Emmett, Edward and Carlisle had to hold him back and get him out of sight from human eyes, which I heard after was not an easy thing to do.
Routines began to form themselves in my days spent in the hospital the daily visits from the Cullens and Charlie, the nurses coming in and out giving me pain medication (which I was use to now), and checking up on me, flowed by effortlessly as if I'd been doing this for years.
It was the low beeping of my heart rate monitor that I heard first when I awoke this time. I groaned slightly as I tried to move but my body ached to do so. I managed to move myself up a bit when suddenly Edward moved to my side, he looked to me and I couldn't help but send him a weak grin. I whimpered slightly and collapsed back onto my bed. Edward sighed and shook his head trying to create a smile for me.
"Oh Bella… don't push yourself." He said and slipped his arms around me to lift me up into a sitting position. I smiled appreciatively to him and he kissed my forehead.
Over the past two weeks things had changed drastically, my health started to decline away each day and everyone could see it slowly but surely it became apparent to them. It first became noticed when I tried to walk to the bathroom a week ago and collapsed as soon as I stood up though Edward caught me, I still tired to walk but collapsed every time I stood by myself. Now going anywhere required help and a wheelchair.
Simple things also started to become increasingly difficult for me to do. Such as lifting objects that weight more than 5-10 pounds, Esme had brought me a laptop to try and keep myself occupied during the day and when she placed it in my hands I dropped it after my arms gave in. Also lifting my textbooks became nearly impossible, thought Edward thought I shouldn't worry too much over school work in my state. Not that I can blame him, I was marked for death now and was no longer required to complete high school.
My body's appearance also started to change. My skin, if possible, became paler, almost as pale as the Cullens. I also lost a ton of weight that I could now qualify as a supermodel, and fit into a size 2 or 1 dress now. More bruises appeared on my body from the simplest touches from others, my largest one I had was from when Angela had come to visit me and gave a big hug.
Edward's family now practically lived in the hospital along with me, though they did bring me outside food as much as they could, seeing as the hospital food tasted like rubber, (I preferred when Esme would bring me cookies she made). I also came to realise just how many flowers a person on their death bed receives. I kept as many of the flowers as I could in my hospital room, it made my room a bit more cheerful and smell so much better.
Rene and Phil had come down a few days ago to stay with me until I go. When she first came to see me call my mother could do was cry when she saw me in this state. Now she, Charlie and Phil would come and visit me everyday around 4:00 if not more. Rene would stay longer during the day to keep me company along with Edward.
Edward seemed to be different ever since the night of the argument between him and Alice. He didn't speak much to me unless I started the conversation, he spent a lot of time holding me and touching me. He was more careful than ever around me, he hesitated more and handled me as if I would break at the tiniest of touch. Our conversations were very deep now, also very long up to two or three hours each, we talked about everything we could think of.
Part of me wanted to talk about everything we hadn't talked about before, wanting to have that done before I die. I want to know all of him, bit the more we talked the more I realised that I didn't have enough time in this world to be able to talk about half the things I needed to talk to him about.
"Well I never started to play piano before-"
"You won't really go back to the Volturi, will you?" I asked suddenly interrupting as he told be a bit about his early vampire life. It was one of those days where we found ourselves alone in my hospital room to be able to talk about these things. Edward looked to me with his piercing gold eyes obviously thrown off by my question.
"I don't want you to go back to them and asked to be killed." I said not waiting his answer, since I already knew what it was.
"Bella..." Edward said reaching towards be to touch my face. Tears formed in my eyes, as she leaned my cheek into his palm.
"Promise me…" I begged my voice cracking as I spoke. He sighed and looked to me, I know I was asking a lot but I couldn't let him do that to himself.
"It's not that easy. You know what it's like for one of us to live without the other, I can't do it." He said as his face came closer to mine.
"Promise me… if nothing else you can do for me when I die promise me you'll stay. That… you will find happiness again…" I said holding back the sobs that were caught in my chest.
"Bella-"
"Please!" I cried out not wanting to hear him tell me what plans he already had for when I leave this world. He let out a sigh but I didn't know if it meant he was frustrated or giving in. His arms slowly went around me and pulled me up from my pillows and gently to his chest.
"Okay." He murmured into my hair as one of his granite hands stroke the back on my head.
"I promise I won't kill myself once you die." He murmured, I could hear the pain in his voice as he swore this to me but I felt too much relief wash through me to really notice. I closed my eyes and tears spilt out from a mixed feeling on pain and relief.
"Thanks you…" I said and held onto him as tight as I could, which by normal human standards wasn't tight at all.
Alice came into the room a few hours later right at the same time she always does. She smiled to me and then looked to Edward, but her eyes stayed there looking at him. I knew that they were having another silent conversation as turned again going back to the book in my lap giving them some privacy. I was quite use to it by now anyways.
Less than a moment later I heard Edward's frustrated sigh as he stood up. I looked up to him and he leaned over and placed a quick kiss on my head. With confusion written across my face I was just about to ask where he was going when he answered.
"I'll be back, I need to talk to Carlisle about something anyways." He said and turned to leave giving a nod to Alice. The room went quiet as he left then I turned to Alice a questioning look on my face.
"I had a vision that you wanted to talk to me." Alice answered knowing my confusion and I mouthed an 'oh'. I closed my book and placed it too the side as Alice took Edward's seat.
"Well I got Edward to promise me not to go to the Volturi." I admitted softly, a look of shock crossed Alice's face.
"Well… I just want you to make sure he keeps his promise okay?" I asked softly and reached for Alice's hand, and she gave it to me quickly as a sad smile crossed her face.
"Thank you Bella… and I solemnly promise to make sure he doesn't do that stunt ever again." She said and I gave her a sad smile as well.
"Thanks Alice." I whispered and Alice looked to the door.
"Their coming back now… I don't think he'll be happy." Alice said a frown forming across her perfect face and I looked between her and the door.
"Why is that?" I asked confused.
"Oh, you'll see." She said with a tinkling smile. As if right on queue Edward burst through the door very upset, his eyes wild with frustration and anger.
"Edward." I said flatly and he turned to me as Carlisle followed behind him. Alice lightly gripped my hand and then looked to her brother.
"You know we have too." Alice said and then Edward turned on his now furious.
"You knew!?" he yelled angrily and I frowned not likely that they were fighting about something I didn't know about in my presence.
"I saw it this morning." She answer curtly and Edward sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Alice! What did you see?" I asked worried, Edward turned to me and in a flash was sitting on the edge of my bed holding my hand. He looked to me with a firm stare and I knew whatever it was, was serious. He sighed and opened his mouth a slowly said;
"The Quillete pack wants to come and see you."
Ahahahaha! Time to bring in the wolves! I though Jacob deserved some part in this fanfiction, so he will be showing up. I'm not a big JacobxBella fan... actually I don't ever want Jacob to end up with her. But he will be in this so I hope I don't crush some Jacob lovers dream but sorry. I actually cried writing the promise scnece between Bella and Edward. So emotional.
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