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8. The Fight
JPOV
I had been pacing back and forth across the small hospital hallway for 3 hours. I was limping really but I couldn't sit still. My leg was hurting even worse now since I had been on it. They had to take Bella into immediate surgery to stop the internal bleeding and to fix the tendon in her leg it was severed by the bone when Charlie broke it.
Alice was sitting with her knees pulled up to her chest and her arms wrapped around them, rocking back and forth. She had been doing that since we got here. Edward went back and froth between pacing and sitting with his head in his hands.
Finally Carlisle came out of the operating room. Edward and Alice got up immediately. We rushed over to him but I talked first.
"What's going on with my sister?" I demanded.
"Well she has four broken ribs and some internal bleeding that we patched up. Bella's leg was snapped in half by him stepping on it which almost cut all the way through the muscle so we had to fix that too. He also bruised her up pretty good too. She had a cut going up her stomach that needed stitches and one in between her legs but we couldn't put stitches there. He poured a very hot liquid over her skin which burned her skin and then beat her causing the burned flesh to break. He used a studded belt or something resembling that to do so. He tied her wrists inflicting cuts on them too." He explained slowly.
I grew enraged and turned punching the wall as hard as I could. I felt a little snap and hissed as I broke a knuckle. Alice walked over to me and wrapped her arms around my waist. I held her close as her tears hit my still bare chest. I rocked us back and forth gently holding back my rage and tears. I was so worried about my sister I never wanted this to happen to her not again, not ever.
"Will she be ok?" Edward asked in a strangled voice speaking for the first time since his father walked out.
"Yes she will be just fine. She will need a lot of time to heal and a lot of support what she just went through was traumatic this was worse than all the other times put together. You may come and see her now if you would like." He said. We nodded. He led us to the ICU.
When we got to Bella's room I took a deep breath before pushing the door open. Bella had an IV and heart monitor connected to her small body. She had numerous other wires connected to her as well. She was asleep but it was medication induced.
"When will she wake up?" I asked softly.
"We aren't sure yet she needs to heal. She was badly injured the longer she is asleep the less pain she has to suffer through." Carlisle answered. He placed a hand on my shoulder. "I am so sorry."
I sat by Bella's bed just holding her had for two days. Edward and Alice stayed with me the whole time. They tried to get me to eat and sleep but I couldn't. I was so worried about Bella and when she was going to wake up and what she would be like, I didn't even notice when the rest of the Cullens dropped by to see her.
Finally on the second day she moved and moaned in pain. Carlisle came in and induced more sleep to keep her from hurting. The pain would have been too much if she were to stay awake. On the fourth day Edward started talking. It had been completely quiet since then.
"How long have you known what had been happening to her?" Edward asked briefly looking away from Bella and up to me before returning his gaze to her sleeping form.
"Since the first week it started. I didn't know how bad it was or anything I just knew that it happened." I answered.
"Since it started!" His voice was angry. I just nodded not moving my eyes from my little sister, "why didn't you do anything about it?"
"I couldn't I wanted to but I couldn't she wouldn't let me."
"why didn't you do it anyways?" His voice was raising.
"I was 15 I was scared and I didn't want to hurt her." I said softly.
"Hurt her! She was already being hurt!"
"I know! Don't you think I wanted to help her or do you think I liked seeing her get hurt to suffer thought this?" I demanded trying to keep my voice low.
"Do you?" He contradicted.
"what the hell are you implying? All I want is what's best for her. I tried to make leave but she wouldn't." I tried to reason with him but he wouldn't listen.
"So what? You should have made her."
"Why? What if she had got caught then it would have killed her. She it strong now, if I had run with her when she was 14 we would have died on the streets I was only 15 for Christ's sakes. I didn't have money or a car or clothes. I was on;y 15 I wasn't able to take care of her."
" What about food?"
"I tried okay. I did. I really did try to help her in anyway possible."
"No obviously you didn't because then she wouldn't be here right now!" he shouted at me.
"This is not my fault! I didn't want this to happen."
"You must have otherwise you would have saved her."
"I wanted to! I tried to! I went to you and your family and now look she's here because we left. She ran to you and you promised that you would protect her and look," I pointed to my sister not looking away from Edward, "Look at her she is in the hospital lucky to be alive. So much for you protecting her huh?" Then he hit me.
He leaned across her bed and hit me in the jaw so I hit him back. He pulled me to his side and we hit the floor beating the shit out of each other. Just then alike walked in she had gone to talk to Carlisle and to get some food when Edward had started talking, before actually.
"Stop it!" Alice yelled when she saw us on the ground hitting one another. She tried to pull us off of one another but then rushed over to Bella's bed. Carlisle walked in and pulled us apart standing between us. I turned to look at Bella and Alice I saw that Bella was awake and tears were streaming down her face.
"Bells sweetie it's ok." I said walking over to her. I reached out to touch her hand, she recoiled from me not even letting my skin graze hers. Her face showed fear and panic. She turned her face into Alice's shoulder and hid it while sobbing. I could hear her sobs and saw her body wracking as each passed through her small body.
"Get out!" Alice said with malice in her voice. I looked up at her in shock for a long second, she glared back. "Go home both of you now. You are only upsetting her more. Now leave and don't come back until I say you can. And I swear if you set foot into this hospital without my permission I will have security throw you out." She threatened a dark look in her eyes.
I took one last glance at Bella muttered 'I'm sorry' and let Carlisle lead me out to the car with Edward trailing not far behind.
BPOV
I woke up when Jasper and Edward started talking hearing the door close as Alice left. I gathered that the talk was about me so I kept my eyes closed and listened to them talk. When they were almost yelling I opened my eyes a crack to see what they were doing.
Each one of them were standing on either side of my bed glaring and yelling at one another. My head already hurt and hearing them yell wasn't making it any better. My whole body hurt actually. It hurt really bad. Not as bad as that first day but the pain was still there.
"I wanted to! I tried to! I went to you and your family and now look she's here because we left. She ran to you and you promised that you would protect her and look," Jasper pointed to me as he talked, luckily neither one of them looked down at me to see the tears streaming down my face at what he said. "Look at her she is in the hospital lucky to be alive. So much for you protecting her huh?" Jasper yelled at Edward who's face became more angered the longer Jasper spoke. Then he punched him. Edward punched my brother.
He pulled Jasper over to his side of the bed by a shirt that someone had to have brought him since his was bloodstained from covering me in it. They started fighting punching and kicking shoving each other into the wall and to the floor. I was full on sobbing now but the boys were to wrapped up in their fight to notice me. Luckily Alice walked in just then and grew shocked at what she saw.
"Stop it!" She yelled trying to pull Jasper off of Edward. Carlisle came in tool one look at what was going on and helped to pull them off of each other. Alice was at my side and was holding me in her arms trying to quiet the sobs running through my body. They just made me hurt worse but I couldn't stop them.
"Bells sweetie its ok" Jasper said walking over to me. He reached over and tried to touch me but I recoiled. I was afraid that they were going to hurt me I knew it was stupid to think that but it was true I was scared. I turned my face to Alice's shoulder and hid there as sobs continued through my body. His face was hurt when I pulled away and that only made me feel worse.
"Get out!" Alice said coldly pulling me closer, "Go home both of you now. You are only upsetting her more. Now leave and don't come back until I say you can. And I swear if you set foot into this hospital without my permission I will have security throw you out." She threatened.
They left quietly but even after they were gone I couldn't stop crying. Even though they hurt I couldn't stop, not even now when it was just me and Alice.
Carlisle walked backing and walked over to my trembling form as I huddled into Alice. He reached out to touch me but I shed away from him as well and cried harder.
"Shh.. It's ok sweetie Carlisle won't hurt you. He just wants to help. We are all worried about you. Will you let him help you?" Alice tried soothing me.
"They're all like him," I said softly.
"What?" Alice asked.
"They're all like him." I said a little louder so that they could hear me. I look of horror washed over Alice and Carlisle's faces.
"Oh no, Bella that's not true. None of them are like him, not Carlisle, Edward or Jasper they love you and want to help." She tried to reassure me but I just shuddered and hid my face in her shoulder again.
I cried for the whole day. Not once did I stop. I didn't eat, I wouldn't, I couldn't. Carlisle came in and sedated me so I could rest and escape from the pain. It didn't work, I did rest but the pain was still there. I cried while asleep and while awake. I was glad that Alice was with me. I heard Alice call and let the family what had happened and to tell them how I was holding up.
Finally Emmet, Esme and Rosalie came in and looked at me with worry and apology in their eyes. Esme and Rosalie stood next to the wall while Emmet moved slowly closer.
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