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a/n: hey'yall.. lol.. its DECEMBER!! Whoo!! Haha my fav time of the year... anyways I was sick since wednesday so I was able to stay home… I would've worked on this chapter but reading and the typing made me nauseous..

Note to kath and christy: lol.. thanks kath. Um.. did say nething bout concert evals? Isn't the concert like nxt week or something? Blah. I got so much homework to finish… :/ kay christy, is there like any hw for chinese or LA? u mightve told me but i kinda dozed off after each time u called me.. xD

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Small Town Girls and Hollywood Boys

Chapter 9

BPOV

"James." I said stiffly. What was he doing here? And where was Edward? Ugh. Fate always seem to arrive at such the worst of times…

"Bella Bella Bella." James said, like a mother scolding a two year old. He gave me a once over. I shuddered.

"Look, James. I don't know why you are here, but I think it's best that you leave." I said as calmly as a could, but I am sure that the fear could be easily shown in my eyes.

"Bella. I just got here. Why rush me? That is very impolite you know."

"Well, I think I have a feeling of what is impolite and what is not." I sneered. "So if you excuse me." I tried to walk around him, my eyes frantic in search of Edward. James sharply grabbed my wrist. I winced as he twisted it ways that it should never be twisted. I heard a crack, and tears freely flowed on my face.

"Bella, why don't you come with me?" he asked, his tone calm, but his face showing malevolence.

"Get your filthy hands off me!" I screamed. A few heads turned, but none showed to make a move. I looked desperately at the on lookers, they were probably as terrified of James as I was.

"Bella. If you just cooperate then this would be a lot easier." He whispered in my ear. I felt his warm drunken breath against the side of my face.

"NO!" I screamed, trying to kick out of his grasp.

"James. Let her go. Now!" a menacing voice said from behind me. Edward. Thank the lord.

"What if I don't want to?" he challenged.

"Well, you don't exactly have a choice now do you?" Edward was rolling up his sleeves. No. Don't do that. Edward. That's stupid. I pleaded my eyes at Edward.

"Fine." James said with a evil smile on his face.

He then let go of me, and shoved me into a corner, which held a glass vase.

What happened next was a blur, I fell on the small stand that was holding the vase, making the glass masterpiece shatter, and bits of glass was falling beside me as I was falling to the floor.

"Edward." I chocked out, before blackness overtook me.


EPOV

"Edward." Bella whispered as she landed on the floor. I saw a glimpse of Emmett and Jasper hurrying their way to my side. How did they know? I don't know.

No… this can't be happening. James. I turned and looked at his despicable face. A wide smirk of accomplishment was pasted on his face.

Without thinking, I went up to him and punched him in the face. Blood gushed out of his nose. He looked shocked, and then furious.

I nodded to Jasper and Emmett to finish the job. There was no way he was just going to get away with just that. I would finish him up myself, but Bella was my priority right now. He hurt Bella. My Bella.

I then immediately ran to Bella's side, her wrist was possibly broken, at the angle that it was shown. I grimaced. "Bella. Bella. Please wake up. It's Edward. Please?" No answer. I checked her pulse. Still beating. I sighed a short sigh of relief, then heard sirens going off in the distance.

"Dude, I think we got him pretty good." Emmett said as he was walking toward me and a still Bella, with a frown still on his face. I didn't like seeing Emmett like this. It was just not Emmett.

"Yeah, well is Bella okay?" Jasper asked, pacing nervously. The manager had cleared the restaurant, and I am pretty sure we are going to get charged for the stuff that happened today, but right now, I frankly didn't care.

"I think so." Was all I can say, as I saw the EMS load her onto a gurney and into the ambulance.

"Go with her." Jasper said, his hand on my back, trying to calm me down. He gave me a look, which portrayed that he would take care of everything from here on out.

I nodded my head and followed Bella into the ambulance, not moving my eyes from her unmoving form the whole ride.


EmPov (Before the incident above. Just letting you know how the guys got there..)

"So…" I started to say, it was just too damn quiet in here.

We got stuck in the car, because me and Jasper both forgot where Edward kept his spare key. Alice and Rose fell asleep in the backseat.

"Edward should be back soon." Jasper said, looking at the road, to where we were hoping the familiar Volvo would show up.

I dialed his number. He didn't pick up.

Hi, you have reached the cell of Edward Cullen. Please leave your name and a message, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Beep!

"Hey Eddie, it's Emmett the Magnificant where are you man? Or better yet, where the hell did you stick the spare key?"

I left that voicemail and closed my phone, I was starting to doze off in the passenger seat of Jas's car, when Jasper shook me awake.

"Emmett! I remember where the key is now!!" he said, excitedly.

I sighed.

"Then come on!" I urged.

I opened the backseat doors of the car, and bent down to pick up Rosalie in my arms. She was sleeping so peacefully, and her face was in complete repose. I saw Jasper do the same to Alice, and we entered the luxurious apartment building once again.

The doorman saw us and smiled. "I'm guessing you figured out where the key is."

I gave him a goofy grin and nodded. He was probably the best doorman in the world.

Jasper fished out a small key from under the plant, and then opened Edward's mailbox. I watched quietly as he pulled a small box out of the mailbox, then unlocked the small box and out came the key.

Sheesh. Why did Edward have to make finding a stupid key so darn hard?

After we successfully got in at last, We set the girls on Edward's bed, and walked out to the living room.

"Where do you think Bella and Edward are?" Jasper asked, worried.

I laughed. Loudly.

"Ed's probably just getting laid." Awwwh. Our little boy is growing up.

Jasper rolled his eyes, and turned on the TV.

Hello and Welcome back to CBA News!

I groaned. I hated watching the news. "Jas-" I started but didn't get to finish. A picture of Bella, Edward and James. Was on the TV. I stared with wide eyes.

"Isn't that-" Jasper punched me to shut up.

They were still at the restaurant.

Breaking News, Hollywood's new girl, Isabella Swan, supposedly is held by a mysterious man named James. Edward seems to be losing it. What would happen next? Stay tuned for more updates are coming up. I'm Jillian Smith, CBA News.

Then they turned it to a commercial. I stared wide eyed at the screen, same as Jasper, then i quickly scribbled a note for the girls and left, pulling a dazed Jasper down a flight of stairs, and into his car.

He then came to his senses and figured out what was happening, so shoved the key in the ignition and we rushed through the city to Edward and Bella. (a/n: you guys know what happens next.)


APOV

I woke up in an unknown bed, right next to a sound asleep Rosalie, who was snoring lightly. I quietly tip toed out of the room.

"Jasper? Emmett? Edward? Bella?! ANYONE!?" I called. Where was I? I quickly looked at the clock in a very fancy and clearly upgraded kitchen. 11:23. It's late, where are the guys and Bella? I glanced at a side table with photos of the guys on it. I must be at Edward's house. It's surprisingly clean for a guy's house.

I then quickly walked toward what I suspect is the living room, since a new looking flat screen 52 inch TV was on to CBA news.

I plopped down on the couch and stared at the screen. A picture of the restaurant showed up and then a short video clip of a girl, who strangely looked a lot like Bella was loaded into an ambulance.

Oh my god. Wait. That IS Bella. And Edward was following with a frown on his face into the ambulance.

Jasper and Emmett appeared on the screen also, I raised the volume up.

"No comment at the moment." Jasper said into the crowd of paparazzi, then walked back into the restaurant.

"Well, right now, both James and Bella is on their way to the hospital, their condition right now is unknown. Stay tuned for more details on this breaking news. I'm Jillian Smith CBA News."

"Rose!" I exclaimed from my place at the leather couch. No reply. I ran toward the bedroom where Rosalie was still sleeping.

"ROSALIE HALE! WAKE UP THIS MINUTE!" I screamed.

She abruptly sat up and gave me an annoyed look. "What's up?" she asked, still in a sleepy mood.

"It's Bella! Something happened to her at the restaurant. The guys are there! James was involved!" I said as fast and loud as I could possibly enunciate.

Her eyes were wide as she took in everything I said.

"What do we do?!? Ourbestfriendisonherwaytothehospitalalongwiththeguyweneverthoughtwewouldeverseeagainwiththelovesofourlivesallatthesamecrimescene!!!" she cried out in distraught. I looked at her in disbelief. Usually I was the one who spoke too fast, and got out of control, not Rosalie.

"Yeah. Um… I really don't know what to do." I replied uncertainly.


JPOV

After taking care of the problems and other things at the restaurant, we were at the waiting room with Edward, trying to comfort him, but in the end we just left him alone, and tried to make our presence calm him. Every 3 minutes he would look up toward the door, anxiously waiting for the doctor to come through. He must really care about Bella, because he is getting so worked up, it's stressing me out.

"Hey Emmett?"

"Yeah Jas?" Emmett said but didn't look up from the magazine he was reading.

"Um... where did you put that note for the girls?" I asked. I hoped that they didn't wake up and wonder where we were.

Emmett paled. Uh oh. He dug his hand in his pocket and pulled out a sheet of lined paper.

"Oops." He said with a small sheepish grin. I smacked my forehead. What would the girls think if we left them in someone's apartment and there was almost no way of them finding out where they were or where we were!

Emmett saw my expression and went back to a serious face, then he went to Edward and whispered something in his ear. Edward gave him a slight smile then turned to give me a nod. I looked on confused.

Emmett then tugged on my sleeve and I followed him out the door. A billion flashes were in our direction, I put my hood up and kept walking as the security from the hospital tried to hold the paparazzi back. Once Emmett led me to what I know as, my car, he held out his hands for my keys. I handed them over, and got in the passenger seat, Emmett started the car and swiftly pulled out of the parking lot.

"Emmett? Where are we going? And don't go so fast! We don't need to take another trip to the emergency room!"

"To get the girls of course!" he said as a matter of factly.

"What about Edward? He looked like he was falling apart back there, I think he needs us Emmett." I stated.

He did need us. We were like his family for almost forever and never in all my life have I seen Edward this vulnerable and distraught. He was always a carefree guy. But he was far from that personality right here in that waiting room. I was worried about him.

"Don't worry, Edward would be fine. He didn't really say anything to us for the past hour anyway, he just kept on looking at the damn door." Emmett said, his forehead scrunched up. "Plus, everything would be okay. Trust me."

I hope everything would be okay, because if anything really bad happened to Bella, something that couldn't be fixed, Edward might stay like that, forever. She really has no idea how much she impacts his life since the day he saw her. Much like with me and Alice or Emmett and Rosalie. It's bond that's indescribable.


a/n: hm… what do I have to say? I forgot... haha.. well. Heads upp there mite be more James encounters later on. And… yeah.. I think that's all I have to say for now.. because I seriously had stuff to tell u guys.. but I forgot. lol.. anyways, please review and make me happy! So happy that I mite decide to reward you with another chapter sooner maybe? Hm.. idk. Just a thought.. xD

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elaina