Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. The characters belong to Stephenie Meyer.


Here y'all go!


Chapter 8

Bella's POV

It was a shock when I woke up and found myself stretched out across Edward, I looked at the clock and saw it was 5 PM. Had he really stayed the entire time? I moved a little, causing him to wake up. With a smile, he greeted me, "Hello."

"Hi, thanks for staying," I said looking up at him. I had never felt so incredibly safe with anyone before, but I felt totally safe with Edward, like he would keep Alec away from me. I stretched out, but immediately winced, I had forgotten for a moment my injuries. "I think I may have a broken rib."

"I'll take you to the hospital," Edward said getting up and throwing on his coat. "I spoke with Jacob, he's in his room, but I know he's worried about you."

"No hospital," I said looking up quickly. "I'll be fine. Don't worry about me."

Edward paused by the door for a minute and just stared at me, he looked down finally and gave a chuckle. "Funny thing is that I do worry about you, so please let me do this one thing for you? Okay? Just let me be reassured that you'll be okay?"

"Honestly, I'm fine," I said sitting back down on the bed. "I've been through this before, I know when I need to go to the hospital and now is not one of those times."

"Why don't you report him Bella? Why do you let him do these things to you?" I shrugged and soon felt the mattress dip as he sat next to me. "Bella, you don't deserve to be treated like he's treating you."

"He always tells me the opposite," I said with a dark laugh, "that I'm lucky to have him because no one else wants me."

"Bella…"

"I'm fine, you should go home." I said quickly, I knew he was worried about me, but it was almost time to grab some dinner and I knew Alec would be expecting me to show up. "If it makes you feel better, I'll send you a text before I go to bed to let you know I'm still alive."

"That's not funny," he said shaking his head, I was overwhelmed by how worried he was about me. I mean, sure, Jacob was always worried about me but he was basically my brother. I had never had anyone else worry about me before.

"Go home," I said pushing him out and shutting the door behind him before he could say anything else. Some tiny part of me was scared that Alec would jump out of my closet and say he saw the whole thing. When I was little, I was always scared of monsters hiding in my closet, and I still am but it's a different monster now.

After taking a shower and pulling on a jacket, I walked out of my room and found Jacob waiting for me in the lobby. "Hey, he said you were worried about me."

"He? You mean Edward? The guy you barely know but asked to stay with you over me?" I rolled my eyes, not ready for a big fight but then he gave me this big goofy grin. "Tell me again how there's nothing there."

"Shut up," I said linking our arms and we began to walk to the diner. "He wanted to take me to the hospital, to make sure that I was okay, but I wouldn't let him."

Sure enough, when we reached the diner I saw Alec sitting at a table waiting for us. I'm sure if Jacob and I weren't so close, Alec would have found a way to get him out of my life. What surprised me was that I saw Edward sitting in the corner of the room, talking with Dr. Charleston. Dr. Charleston was the president of Stanford, I hadn't had the pleasure of speaking with him yet. Their eyes darted from me to Alec as I sat down at the table.

"How are you feeling, sweetheart?" Alec asked pulling my chair over to him, Jacob scoffed as he waited for me so we could go get our food.

"How do you think she's feeling?"

"Jake."

"I'm just asking," Jacob said, "Do you ever think about what you do? How would you feel if someone did that to you? If someone choked you till you passed out, or if someone threw you to the ground and kicked you repeatedly till they broke your rib."

"Jacob!" I said giving him a look, Alec was furious, he had never been called out about this before. "Stop."

Of course, they both completely ignored me. "I have no idea what you are talking about. But who would ever do that to me? You?"

"No, that's insane!" I said and glanced over to see Edward watching the scene unfold intently. Of course, everyone was watching. "Guys, please, stop!"

Jacob replied by grabbing Alec by his collar and throwing him across the table, I jumped out of my chair away from them. Alec's fist flew at Jacob's cheek, but Jacob was quick and dodged it, Alec however did not dodge Jacob's fist. Grabbing his collar again, Jacob threw Alec to the ground and began throwing a series of punches.

"Alright, break it up!" Edward said grabbing Jacob by the arms and dragging him off of Alec. I knew that deep down, Edward wanted to help Jacob, but he couldn't. "Outside, now!"

The diner was bustling as we all walked out, people were whispering that Jacob was secretly in love with me and that's why they were fighting; if only it was that simple. I stood back, cowering in the shadows, I simply watched as the three men fought.

"You think you're so brave don't you? Sticking up for her like that?" Alec said pointing to me, "If she wanted to go, she could, but she's still with me."

"Cause she's scared!" Jacob yelled back. Edward walked over to me and bent down next to where I was.

"You okay?" he asked receiving a shrug in response. "Bella, I spoke with Dr. Charleston, he wants to speak with you."

"Why would you do that?" I asked looking at him. "I didn't ask for your help!"

"Bella! Let's go!" Alec yelled, his eyes ablaze with anger. "You, Mr. Cullen, can just stay out of it okay?"

"Bella, don't go with him, please," Jacob said as I got up and began walking off with Alec.

"Good night Jacob," I said and walked off.


A/N: Hope y'all enjoyed it!
Question: What do you like to do in your spare time? For me, I mostly sleep, but I love writing and watching Netflix. I've recently started Gilmore Girls and am almost done with the series! :D

Facebook group: Mrs. DamonS Fanfictions