Edward's POV

Finally, it was Monday morning and I will be able to talk to my Bella again. I was excited and also very scared. I was hoping that now that we went on a sort of a date she would talk to me more. I looked at Alice for confirmation. But she looked confused. I realized she couldn't see Bella clearly again.

I had been very anxious yesterday afternoon. I had got the same feeling I got when my Bella went missing in Port Angeles. But I had been helpless. She had been at the reservation with the dog and I could not break the treaty by crossing the line to see how she was doing. Alice didn't see any danger from Victoria either. When I got to her house in the night it was in total darkness. The police cruiser wasn't there and neither was her truck. I had gone around the house and her scent had been very light as if she had not returned since morning.

I had waited till midnight but she had not come home. Charlie would have been working the night shift. I had thought of calling the dog to see whether she was still with him. Then I realized she could be spending the night with him. They seemed very close. The thought that she might be intimate with him had made the hole in my heart grow wider and I had felt a piercing pain in the middle of my chest. My Bella… belonging to another in that way.. I couldn't bear the thought. I knew she was a virgin when she was with me. She had told me that. I knew she had been hoping I would be intimate with her. I had not seen anyway to do that at the time so I had not pursued the topic again. I also had to admit that she might be in a stronger relationship with the dog than I thought after all he had openly admitted to me that he was in love with her. Was she in love with him too? I shoved the thought aside before I could break down and rushed home.

Emmett's teasing was better than the pain and he had been incessantly teasing me since Saturday. Although he was still in the dark about what actually happened he knew it had something to do with Bella. The fact that I went out with Bella was enough for him to make crude comments which of course found their mark since I had actually experienced some of it. Specially his comment on,

"Did little Eddie say hi to Bella?" got to me.

Alice had burst out laughing at that and I had thrown a pillow at her and punched Emmett on his face. He had looked bewildered at my reaction since I had not responded to any of his other even more worse comments. He had been right on target and his nick name had been so similar to the one that I had used on my…how disgusting.

Luckily Carlisle and Esme had gone hunting so I escaped further conversation on the topic with them. Jasper had continued to make snide comments encouraging Emmett while Rosalie just ignored the whole thing. I was so glad to be away from them in school today.

Alice and I waited in the parking lot for Bella for some time but went to our classes when the bell rang. I had my first lesson with my Bella so I waited eagerly for her to join me in the class room. It was in the middle of the session that I heard Alice outside in the corridor.

"Edward she's in hospital she has had an accident."

My worst nightmare was coming to life. I rushed out of the class to Alice.

"I can see her with a bandage and some kind of contraption in her right wrist. The dog must have been with her all this time that was the reason I didn't see her. I'm so sorry."

We rushed out of the school and I made a frantic call to Carlisle to check up on Bella and to make our excuses at school.

When we got to her room Bella was laying in her bed with her right arm in an adjustable cast. She looked pale. Her eyes were still empty and they looked at us in surprise when we entered.

Bella's POV

I was back in hospital. Oh well what's new? I was only worried about my hand. This time I had broken the wrist of my right hand and I wouldn't be able to write for some time with it. I was wondering how I would manage at school. I was so close to obtaining my goal of getting a full scholarship! Oh! I feel so mad at myself for being so careless. Stupid! It was so stupid! I should have thought twice about the whole cliff diving thing. The tide was low and the sea was very clam. The weather was really nice for a change. I never dreamed I would hit my hand on my way down from the cliff on a branch hanging out from the cliff face!

I had had a lovely time yesterday. Jake and I went riding in the morning and I had been able to persuade him to take me cliff diving in the afternoon. He wouldn't let me jump from the very top but he let me jump from the halfway point. It was so exciting. Such a rush! But I had noticed something was different. Edward's warning voice was not there. I didn't really miss it in all my excitement. Come to think of it I haven't heard his voice warning me off for some time. To be exact I hadn't heard it since his return. I wonder why? I remembered his face from Saturday, looking at me with smoldering black eyes. Something was definitely wrong with him too. Well anyway, no point worrying. I had better things to do. I had to figure out how I was going to get my school work done. Jake had just left. I was alone in the room. There was a slight knock on the door and when I called enter wondering who it could be since I wasn't expecting Charlie till his shift ended to my surprise the Cullen's walked in.

Alice's POV

I felt so useless. I should have been able to see Bella and prevent this from happening. We were in Bella's room and she was laying with her arm bandaged the same way my vision showed. I hugged her and started apologizing to her for not seeing this happen.

"Come on Alice you couldn't have helped me. My decision to jump off the cliff the fourth time was a split second one and you couldn't have caught me mid air could you?" And she smiled.

Edward and I stared at her in shock.

I heard myself shriek "Cliff diving?" before Edward burst out.

"What do you mean you went cliff diving? Are you crazy? Specially, after what happened the last time?"

"Jake was with me and we just jumped from the half way point he wouldn't hear of jumping from the top till I got a hang of things. Oh! You should have been there. The view was magnificent and the air ripping…"

Edward cut her off mid sentence.

"That dog should have never allowed you to go cliff jumping. This is all his fault! I would have never let you do anything so reckless. I'm going to tear him limb for limb."

At this Bella screamed at him. Her eyes were finally alive with fury. It was a shock to see so much emotion from someone who had had a blank stare for the past couple of weeks.

"Excuse me Cullen? What did you say?"

"I said I would never have allowed you to go cliff diving again." Edward said back with equal anger. This was interesting to watch.

"And who are you to allow me anything? I make my own decisions. The last time I trusted someone to make decisions for me it nearly destroyed me."

Edward flinched at that but continued.

"Bella, you have to see that this was a foolish thing to do. You are not going cliff diving again."

"Cullen, I will not have anyone decide what I do or don't do."

I giggled. I just couldn't help it. The look on Edward's face was priceless. Then Bella looked at me.

"That includes you Alice." That took the smile off my face for sure.

"If you want to remain friends with me you have to accept that I make my own decisions. No one, not even Charlie is going to interfere with them. If you are not happy with that you can get the hell out of here and I never want to see you again."

Edward just stood there staring at her in horror. I could see that he didn't expect this kind of a response from the sweet girl who had agreed with everything he said during their relationship.

I took hold of Bella's left hand to apologise to her.

"Bella, I am sorry if I tried to make any decisions for you. I promise you, I will not try to buy you anything you don't want from now on"

"Oh, Alice don't worry. I know you always mean well. And you are more understanding than the other Cullen over there. I left the stuff I didn't like and you didn't put up a fight remember?" She gave me a small smile.

I had to smile at the mention of 'the other Cullen'. This was so funny. She didn't even want to say his name! Just then I got a vision of Edward holding Bella's injured arm while she slept and decided to give them some privacy to sort through their disagreement.

"I'd better go and check up with Carlisle when you can go home." I nodded at Edward on my way out. I decided I had to tell him what I thought.

"Edward, I think you should stop trying to control her. If you become too overbearing she might decide to cut you off from even being friends with her. I don't know what sort of an emotional state she is in right now, but I know for sure she has a very strong will power. Her grades and her endurance after we left shows that. She had been very strong in the face of so much heart break and threats to her life from Victoria. You know how stubborn she is, don't you? And when she makes a decision she will stick with it no matter what. So just be careful. All your charm might not be enough to win her back."

I just realized that Edward really was not that used to being in a romantic relationship. He knew all about family but this was his first real relationship with the opposite sex. He has always been controlling and overbearing with us but we were family and understood him. We had relied heavily on his judgment because of his mind reading ability. I think we had unknowingly let him make many decisions for us. He had always been correct in his assessments and made the decisions to move when things got too obvious and he felt our cover might blow. However, he could not read Bella's mind and he did not really understand that two people had to share in equally for a relationship to succeed.

I guess I will have to have an open discussion with him about this soon. Last time they were together Bella was willing to let him make all the decisions in their relationship. We also let him dictate what to do about Bella. We had decided to leave because he asked us to. I should never have let him make that decision for the whole family. We should have stayed back to support Bella and let him leave. I once again felt the heart wrenching pain I went through leaving my best friend. I vowed to myself that I will never leave Bella even if her relationship with Edward didn't work out. I also felt proud of her for standing up to him and for being assertive. This is how she should have handled their relationship from the beginning. Edward would never have been able to make such a drastic decision in the first place if she had more control over the decisions concerning their relationship.

Well what do you think will happen now? Will Bella and Edward sort their differences? Tell me what you think. Do keep reading the best chapters are next :) with a bit of smut.