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Chapter 10

Chris POV

I awoke the next morning with one helluva hangover. I was warm and toasty, with what felt like a heating blanket under me. I moaned, not because of the heating blanket, but because of the serious pounding that was going on in my head. I flipped my head over on the heating blanket, only to have warm arms wrap around me. I stiffened, throwing my eyes open to the brightness of the daylight shining through the window, only to shut my eyes quickly and tighten them. I groaned again and went to bury my head in the heating blanket. Chuckling came from under me. I raised my head, peaking out of one eye.

I was laying on top of Paul, and I mean RIGHT on top of him. How did I get in this position? I thought, noticing my legs were straddling Paul's thighs. Uh, oh. What did we do? I quickly ran through my mind as to what I remembered, but nothing came to me from last nights sleep. I moaned again and closed my eye, laying my head back down and trying to roll off of Paul. "Nuh uh, I like you laying on me like this." Paul said, squeezing me tighter to hold me against his chest. "Paul, I'm burning up and my head is pounding. Please?" I asked quietly. It seemed loud noises weren't my best friend this morning.

Paul chuckled, rolling us to our sides, still holding me. I laid my head down on the pillow, feeling much better once the coolness of the pillow hit my hot, pounding head. "Better hun?" Paul whispered, kissing my forehead. I nodded, not wanting to open my eyes to the light. "I figured you'd be paying for it this morning." he chuckled lightly. "Paul? Did we…..you know…..do…..anything last night?" I asked cautiously, peaking through an eye at him. The light wasn't too bad once I had my head turned opposite of the window.

He shook his head. "No dear, you're just a bed hog and wanted something warm to lay with. I just happened to be right next to you when you forced your way on me. It was hard to keep myself from doing anything you know, but I wanted you to try to sleep some of the alcohol off. You know you make it very hard to be still and go to sleep when you're grinding into me like you were." he said chuckling. I moaned again. "I'm sorry." I said. Putting a hand on my head, I moaned again. "Oh my head."

Paul kissed my forehead and started to slip out from beside me. "I'll be right back. I'm going to go get you something for your head." he said, slipping quietly out of the room. He came right back holding a glass of water and his hand in a fist. "Here princess. It's Tylenol. It seems as though Sam's having to do the same for Emily. We both met in the bathroom looking for pain killers." chuckling, holding out his hand that the Tylenol was in. I sat up and took them greedily, drinking most of the water to wash them down. "Thank you babe." I told him, laying back down on the bed on my back after handing him back the glass.

Paul laid back down next to me, slightly pulling me next to him, but not smothering me as I was still burning up. I kicked the comforter and sheets down to the bottom of the bed, realizing what I had on. It rose up when I kicked the sheets down, and I frantically rushed to pull my nightie back down. As little as it would go down. Paul stopped my hand, placing his hand on my creamy skinned thigh, running it up a little higher. He groaned and pulled himself up on his elbow, looking down at me and placing soft kisses from my chin to my ear. "It really was hard not to do anything last night with you on top of me, knowing you didn't have any underwear on." he whispered between the kisses. I chuckled, smiling. I ran my hand that was under him, up and down lazily on his spine. My nails dragging as they went. "What you don't do to me woman." he groaned.

"Is that good or bad?" I asked turning my head to meet his eyes. "Very good, but bad right now. You've got a hangover and I can't do that to you right now. Your head is pounding. You won't be able to enjoy anything right now. How about if I go fix you something to eat while you relax a little more? I'll bring you breakfast in bed." he looked into my eyes lovingly. I moaned, grinning. "That sounds heavenly." I replied, lifting my neck to place a kiss on his soft lips. It was his turn to moan, the kiss became more passionate, as he ran his hand up my hip, over to my side then my ribs. Just the touch through my nightie was enough to get me going. "But what if I want you right now?" I asked huskily.

"Then you're just going to have to wait dear. I know you're starving and I could eat a bit too. I know Emily is going to need something, so I'll go fix breakfast. I don't want you do whither into nothing. Plus you need energy." he groaned. He pulled away to get up from the bed, leaving me exposed by myself on the bed. My nightie had ridden a little higher, and a centimeter more, it would expose me totally. He stood up, turning around and groaning, stomping to the door. I giggled. I'm glad I could turn him on. This was going to be fun.

Since Paul was starting breakfast, I figured this would be as good of time as any to get my shower and get the sweat off my body from laying on Paul. I got up slowly, the pounding in my head making itself known fiercely. I swung my legs off the bed and took a deep breath. Standing and walking over to my luggage to get my clothes, I took off to the bathroom. After shutting and locking the bathroom door, I started the shower and undressed. I relaxed under the hot water, washing my hair. My headache was slowly dissipating, leaving just a dull thudding.

Once finished I dressed and combed my hair, brushing my teeth to get the old beer taste out of my mouth. That helped tremendously, just feeling refreshed. I took a deep breath, grabbing my nightgown and cleaning up my towels, I headed back to the bedroom. I started over to the luggage when I heard Paul walk in behind me. "Well, I was bringing you breakfast in bed, but you've already showered and changed. I guess it's not breakfast in bed no more huh?" he asked. I turned to look at him, smiling and shaking my head. "Oh no. It's still going to be breakfast in bed, I'll just feel so much better when I'm eating it. I'm famished!" I replied.

Paul chuckled, walking behind me to the bed. I pulled the blankets up quickly and sat down on top of them, leaning the pillow to the headboard for me to lean back on. Paul laid a tray over my lap. Smelling the delicious smell of blueberry pancakes, eggs, sausage and a glass of orange juice made my stomach growl. Paul chuckled, walking around to the other side of the bed to sit next to me. "Where's yours?" I asked, looking at him curiously. Paul smiled, "I already ate mine as I was fixing yours." he said.

I shook my head. "Why didn't you wait to eat with me? Now I'm going to feel all self-conscience about eating in front of you and you're not eating." Paul scooted closer to me, taking my fork off the tray. "Then who's going to feed you?" he asked huskily. "Oh." I was shocked. I wasn't expecting Paul to feed me. "You really don't have to do that you know." I said.

"Then who's going to lick off the syrup when it drips down your chin?" he replied huskily. Oh, I know what he's planning. Haha. But I'm not jumping to that so quickly. No matter what my body tells me. I wanted to take this slowly. But what he was implying at was sexy. Just having that thought of him licking off the syrup off my chin was making me feel hot. "Paul? Um, I know I might have been a little….forward last night, but I want to take our time with things. I don't want to mess anything up between us." I asked, worriedly looking at him.

"Don't worry dear. I'm not going to do anything that you wouldn't want me to. I have more respect for you than that. I don't care if you want to wait till marriage or not, it's all up to you." he replied. Oh how I love this man. I'm so glad he's in my life. I looked at him thoughtfully. It's not like a man to do this. "Thank you. With everything going on, I don't want it to feel like I'm trying to cover my emotions with something else. I'm glad you understand babe."

Paul loaded my fork with a bite of pancake and proceeded to feed me until I felt like I could burst. It was great just to sit back and watch the one you love feed you to help take care of you. He really would take care of me for the rest of my life. I thought. It was a quiet breakfast. After I was done, Paul leaned in a placed a soft kiss on me, turning into a passionate kiss. Not moving for being afraid I would spill the tray onto the floor, I lifted my hand up to him and cupped around his neck. I moaned, wanting more, but remembering my words. I couldn't. I leaned back slightly, smiling up at Paul. He groaned, gave me a quick peck and reached for the tray. He quickly walked out of the room.

I knew I was making it hard for him, but he had to understand what I was feeling. I just couldn't do anything yet. He meant more to me than that. Just after meeting him for one day, I couldn't do that to even myself. Yes, he was my soul mate, but I wanted to take my time with him, enjoying more than sex with him. I got up, finished making the bed the rest of the way, realizing that the Tylenol had worked. I just slightly had a headache and smiled. "What's with the smile dear?" Paul asked, coming into the bedroom again. "Oh nothing. Just my headache is almost gone. The shower and breakfast really helped. Thank you." I turned to him, walking into this arms. He placed a kiss on my head and gave me a squeeze. "Great! How about you get your suitcases unpacked and then join me in the living room? Emily is getting her shower now after eating, so she'll be joining Sam and I in the living room shortly too. Sam and I have something we need to discuss." he said. Looking up at him I was concerned.

"Is everything ok babe?" wondering what they could be discussing. "It's nothing. Just patrolling and stuff. Nothing to get yourself worked up about." He gave me another squeeze and walked out. I stood there, wondering what just happened. Hopefully I hadn't turned him away from me. With our connection, I really didn't think I could. I turned and started to my luggage, looking at the drawers and the closet, figuring up what I was going to hang up and what I was going to put in the drawers. Alice had outdone herself and sent me more clothes than what I needed. But at least she sent me clothes that she knew I would wear. Nothing uncomfortable.

After about a half an hour of putting it all away, I shoved the luggage into the floor of the closet and looked around. Now that the floor look less cluttered with the luggage gone, it looked more open in here. I turned and decided to join the others in the living room. I knew Emily had to be done in the bathroom and was bound to be in the kitchen or with Sam.

Coming into the living room, I seen Paul and Sam through the front screen door. The inside door was open, so I could see their backs to me, but Paul was more angled to me so that I could see his face. They both had their arms crossed in front of their bare chests, wearing only jean shorts. It looked like they were in a deep conversation, so I decided to leave them alone. But I couldn't stop looking at Paul with a concerned look on my face. Paul had caught a glimpse of me and gave me a wink and a slight smile. I gave him a slight smile before he turned back to Sam and his conversation.

I was hit suddenly by a smell of wonderful coffee brewing in the kitchen and decided to make my way over to Emily to see if there was anything I could do to help her. Plus a cup of coffee was bound to make the rest of my headache go away. Walking into the kitchen uncertainly, I caught Emily at the sink washing the dishes we ate off of this morning. "Need some help Emily?" I asked, coming to stand next to her. "No." she replied. "I'm almost done." she turned and smiled at me. "But you can get you a cup of coffee if you want. I know it helped with the rest of my hangover, so it'll bound to help you too. There's creamer in the fridge if you want it and sugar is in the canister by the microwave." she said. Oh she is a saint! I thought.

Turning I hurriedly looked for the coffee cups when Emily turned and handed me one that she had just dried off. I got my cup of coffee and started sipping the hot fluid that easily flowed down my throat. Closing my eyes, I let out a moan, while leaning against the kitchen counter. Emily chuckled. "Ya, that's how I felt too." she said. Keeping my eyes closed, I drank more of the coffee, just concentrating on the headache that was slowly dissipating down to nothing. I didn't pay attention to the sounds away from me, until I felt a light touch on my lips and my eyes sprang open. Paul was standing right in front of me with a smile on his lips.

His hands came to my hips while I held my coffee cup in between us. I looked into his chocolate eyes, and seen the lust he had in them. "I loved that little moan you just let out princess. I could never get tired or hearing it." he said. I looked over to where I last seen Emily and noticed she was gone. Dishes was done and already put away. How did she get those cleaned up and put away so quick? I thought. Paul chuckled, I looked back up at him. "She went out with Sam on the front porch. Sorry I had to talk to Sam, but we had to discuss a few things."

I looked at him thoughtfully. I could just feel that there was something he wasn't telling me. I wasn't going to press too much for him to tell me, I just hoped that he trusted me enough to tell me what was going on. "Pray to tell me what's going on? I don't like being left in the dark and if it concerns me, I think I have a right to know." I told him. Paul chuckled again. "Very perceptive aren't we?" he asked, looking down at me with a smirk on his face. "I guess my friend Dawn has rubbed off on me. Lately, I'm not shaking any feeling away when it feels like something is wrong. I trusted her feelings, it's about time I did the same with mine." I told him. He released me, only to take my coffee cup and sat it behind me on the counter. He wrapped his arms around my waist and sighed. "Chris, it's nothing right now, but I'll tell you because I know you'll never let it drop." he said into my hair. I nodded, knowing he would know that I agreed.

"Please don't freak out ok?" he said, pulling back, still holding me to look in my eyes. I started to feel a little frightened, but nodded. Paul nodded and sighed again. "Ok, so Jared and Jacob was out on patrol like normal and they picked up a scent of two vampires. It's not the Cullens, so they reported back to Sam to receive further instructions. Sam is wanting to pick up further patrols, adding more of us to them." I gasped. That would mean that he'd have to leave me and I'm not sure if I could take him being away from me yet. He wasn't supposed to leave my side yet. Not when we just found each other and we were to gradually get into his patrols first.

"Don't freak out Chris, please! It's probably nothing. They're probably just passing through and there's nothing to worry about. We'll catch them if we can and we'll protect both you and Emily. I was discussing with Sam to see if I could stay here and watch over you both, that way I wouldn't be separated from you yet. Sam's not too sure about that yet, as I'm the beta of the pack. I'm the second strongest of the group. I was trying to get Sam to understand that's why I need to be here to protect you both." I nodded. It made sense, but what if he was needed out there more than here? I didn't want any vampires to get Emily or me, but if he was better at killing the vampires, shouldn't he be out there with the pack instead of in here, wishing he could be out there protecting his land?

"Paul, what if you brought two of the youngest wolves here to protect us while you go out? You're better at killing them with Sam, so why shouldn't you be out there to try to kill them quicker? Protecting Emily and I better?" I asked my rambling questions. Paul looked down at me with a concern look on his face. He nodded, agreeing with my idea. "I know that the youngest are the ones that easily set off, but with two wolves here, I doubt the vampires would want to come up against them." I added to the idea. "Not a bad idea sweetheart. But I think I would be going crazy out there worrying about you." he said. "As I would, but your best needed out there. Protecting us from them. " I added.

Sam walked into the kitchen behind Paul. "You know, that's not a bad idea Chris. I thought about having a young one watch over you too, but two would be even better. Do you think you could concentrate enough Paul? Knowing that there are two here? We could have Embry and Quil here." Paul turned towards Sam, keeping an arm around me to look at his Alpha. He seemed to think about it, and nodded. " Embry and Quil would be a good choice. They're still young, but they have their heads on straight." Sam nodded. "I'll go run them in and have them guard the house." he said turning and walking out of the kitchen.

Paul sighed. "This is going to be hard." he said, ducking his head down. I wound my arms around him and pressed my cheek to his bare hot chest. "Yes, it will. For both of us. But knowing you're out there to protect me will help me tremendously." I said. Paul kissed my head and squeezed me tighter to him. It hit me that maybe the Cullen's had better be aware of this, so that they could protect their land. "Paul? Has anyone notified the Cullen's? They need to know too." I suggested. "Good idea. I'll call them right now." he said, pulling away from me to walk out of the room.

I sighed. This was going to be a trying time for us, but we'll get through it all. That's what relationships are all about. Concurring the trouble times to have our future happy. We can do this. Our love is stronger than any vampire. I thought. I smiled, I would have my Paul back to me as soon as they caught these two vamps. I would just hope it would be soon.

EPOV

It was all I could do, just to lay with my love to make sure she kept breathing. Listening to each breath, each heart beat, was unbearable. But I laid there, listening. Time is extremely slow, since we never sleep, twenty four hours in a day would be forever to a human. Sometimes, it's hard not to hear the seconds tick away. Time is all we have. I've spent 92 years as a vampire. I can't remember how many times I've sat back, counting the seconds, minutes away. That's how Carlisle and I have so much medical knowledge. I've taking online medical courses, attending college, high school multiple times. Carlisle and I have kept up do date with the current medical knowledge since everything keeps changing with the decades. Esme has kept up with the knowledge of home decoration, Alice has kept up with the current fashions and Rosalie has kept up with mechanics for our vehicles. Emmet hasn't really had any interest in anything to have a hobby. His hobby is just chasing and tormenting bears.

So to lay here and listen to a heart beat, and to listen to her lungs inhale and exhale, was excruciating. I just wanted time to fly. I wanted time to hurry up so I could look at my love's chocolate eyes, once again. Sometimes I would lay here with my eyes closed, pretending to sleep with her. With my eyes open, it just made everything seem more real seeing the tubes running into my angel. To see her so pale, lifeless.

As I laid beside her, gently rubbing my fingers down her arm, keeping constant contact with her to let her know in her subconscious that I was still here, I could hear Carlisle down in the living room, three floors down. He was speaking to someone, which from the conversation sounded like someone from the Quileute tribe. I perked up, when I heard Carlisle mention something about two vampires in the general area. I could not hear clear enough to know what the other side of the conversation was about. "Rosalie." I whispered. Within a second, Rosalie was peaking around my bedroom door, inching into the room.

"Edward? I take it you heard some of Carlisle's conversation on the phone?" she asked, walking toward us. I nodded, "Who's Carlisle speaking to?" I asked her. Rosalie sat down on the edge of the bed by Dawn's legs and sighed, looking down at my love. "Paul." I jerked up even further to a half sitting position, still holding onto Dawn's arm. "Is Chris ok?" I asked alarmed. She nodded her head vigorously. "Yes, Chris is fine, Edward. But the wolves have caught onto two vampires in the area. They know it's not us, but wanted us to be aware of what's going on. The wolves are doubling their patrol and trying to catch them before they come into contact with any humans. They are either going to run them out or get them. They're going for the latter, which of course, is just fine by us." she said, looking up at me from Dawn.

I nodded. Any vampire that wasn't a "vegetarian" around here, had to be taken care of. I wanted them no where near my love. As we looked back down at Dawn, Carlisle stepped into the room. "I suppose Rosalie filled you in on what we've been told?" he asked me. I nodded. Rosalie, turned to Carlisle and looked kind of sheepish. "Well, not all of it." she said, ducking her head down. Carlisle nodded, a smile starting to form. "So you didn't fill him in on the surprising news of Chris?" he asked her. Rosalie shook her head and looked at me. She was blocking me from her head, I couldn't get a read on her thoughts. I looked at her questioningly.

Rosalie looked away from me and stood up. "I'll let you tell him Carlisle, I'm going to go out to the garage to work on my car for a bit." she said, darting out of the room before I could say anything. I looked up at Carlisle with the same look. Carlisle chuckled and took Rosalie's spot on the bed. "How is she?" he asked, placing a hand on Dawn's leg. I broke my stare from Carlisle to look back down at her. "No change, but at least her breathing and heartbeat is strong." Carlisle nodded. "We were lucky she didn't break a rib into her lungs." I couldn't agree more. If that would to have happened, lord knows how she would be.

"What's going on with Chris, Carlisle?" I asked. I didn't like the way Carlisle changed the subject. Something happened to Chris, and I needed to know. I may not have been close to Chris as the rest of the family was, but she was important to Dawn. I needed to tell her when she woke up. Carlisle chuckled. "Well, it seems as though Paul has imprinted on Chris." My jaw dropped. "Imprinted? What the hell? How is she taking it?" I asked dumbfounded. "Well, it seems as though Chris has imprinted on Paul as well." "WHAT?" I exclaimed. Now I really was astonished. NEVER has a human imprinted before. A wolf to a human, yes. But not a human to a wolf. How could that possibly be? I thought.

Carlisle looked up at me, a smile plastered on his face. "I know, I was amazed as well. It goes against all that we know. The Quileute's as well. They're trying to help Chris and Paul with the separation since they've came in contact with the other vampires smell. Apparently it's hard on both of them to be separated. I spoke to Sam after I talked to Paul, and it seems as though their imprinting is three times as strong as a regular imprint. Paul is going to take just a few hours of patrol to see how they do. It's going to be hard on his concentration for awhile." Carlisle said. I nodded. I could understand. I wouldn't be able to be away from Dawn for very long either. Just being next to her and her not speaking to me is a killer for me.

"Well, as long as she's ok with it, I guess we'll have to be too. There's nothing that we can do. But what about her coming back here though Carlisle? How will she be able to do that?" I asked. Carlisle shook his head. "I'm not sure she'll want to. But she'll have to know that she'll be welcome to come back at any time. I'm sure Paul will have to come too. I'm not saying permanently, but if she wants to come stay for the weekend or something, we'll have to tolerate Paul's scent for the sake of the girls." he said. That could be done. We would do anything to make these girls happy. They have brought us so close together, we wouldn't be able to deny them.

"EW YUCK!" I heard Emmett exclaim downstairs. "Wet dog smell! Just what I want to smell for a weekend!" he said. "But you WILL put up with it Emmett." Carlisle said in a normal tone. "Ya, ya, ya, anything for my little sis." I heard Emmett grumble under his breath. I smiled, shaking my head. He had grown so close to Chris, it was hard to believe. Looking back down at Dawn, I sighed. "Would you like to go for a run, or hunt Edward? You need to get away for a bit. It looks like being here is taking a toll on you already." he suggested. I shook my head. "Not yet. I'm fine Carlisle. I'll let Esme or Rosalie know when I need to leave. That way one of them can sit with her."

Carlisle nodded. "If your sure. You know I'll sit with her too if you want." I turned to look back up at him. Alice would like to sit with her sometime too. Alice has been seeing some visions of her and Dawn shopping together and she's excited that they'll be really close. Please let her spend some time too, Edward. Carlisle thought. I nodded. I could let Alice do that.

Carlisle stood up and looked back down at Dawn. "Let me know if you need anything Edward. She's part of our family now Edward. We won't let anything happen to her." he turned to walk out of the room. A sudden thought crossed my mind. "Carlisle, what are we doing about the two vampires running around here? The wolves have their territory covered, but what are we going to do."

Carlisle turned and looked at me. "Emmett and Rosalie are taking the second shift. Jasper and Alice has already left to run theirs. Esme and I will take the third shift later tonight. If you need any of us for any reason, we all have our cell phones on." he said. Looking back down, it was all I could do to sigh. "But please remember you have to hunt Edward. Or just to get out, one of us will fill in for you." Carlisle said. "Dawn won't put it against you if you leave for awhile. Alice has already said she won't wake for another week. You can hunt closer to that time again to be ready when she wakes." "Thank you Carlisle." I replied.

Carlisle nodded and headed out of the room, closing the door behind him softly. I turned and laid back down next to my love, sighing again. A week was going to be too long. As I laid there, I couldn't help but think about how Dawn would be if she was to be turned. She would be absolutely beautiful. She'd give Rosalie a run for her money on looks. I smiled at this thought. For once, Rosalie would be jealous. All of a sudden I felt what I thought to be a breath in my ear. As well as our hearing was, I couldn't miss it. It sounded like a sigh. I turned my head, knowing that there was no one behind me, but it gave me a start.

I know that no one else would have heard it. It was faint, but enough for me to catch my breath. Looking around the room, I seen nothing out of the ordinary. As I looked back over to Dawn, I heard a faint whisper in my ear again. This whisper made my heart soar. It took my breath away as I heard my love, but not seeing her lips move. If I hadn't been staring at her face, I would have sworn that she had said something.

"Edward, I love you."

Dawn POV

The last that I remember was seeing Edward pick me up from the accident. After that, it was pure black. That was until I found myself hovering above everyone in the exam room, seeing everyone sad and staring at my broken body. I couldn't feel the touches that everyone placed on me, but I could see everyone. I suppose you could call it an out of body experience.

I seen Chris walk into the room dumbfounded, in shock. Hearing their discussion, I heard that Chris was wanting to go to the reservation to stay with the wolves. I couldn't believe it, but in a way, I could understand. Why stay here and see the only person from your real life, in a coma and then be suffering. It would be a lot to take in. I can't put that against her. If I was in the same situation, I guess I would be doing the same thing. Emmett was throwing a fit about her leaving. He really is close to her as a brother. I thought. As I floated above everyone, it broke my heart to see Edward trying to keep his composure. Carlisle got the x-ray machine ready while Edward done the x-rays while everyone was out of the room. To see the look on his face, was pure torture.

I don't know why I decided to drive as fast as I did. I just had to get out of here, I had to clear my head. That dream I had was a whopper. I don't know if I could take that dream once more. It was the only time I had it, but once was enough. It was pure stupid of me. Driving over a hundred miles an hour, and I've never driven that fast before in my life. Only on the drag strip in my husbands car, but never street legal. I thank my lucky stars that Edward caught the car at the last second. Lord knows how I would have ended after that last impact. But one thing had me wondering, was when I left the garage, I started feeling a pull in my chest. Almost like my body wanted to turn around, to go back. I'd have to think over that later.

Once Carlisle and Edward put my cast on and wrapped my knee, Edward asked to carry me to his room. Which was a blessing, since I didn't want to wake up in an examination room. Regardless if it was in the Cullen's home. Following Edward to his room, I seen Carlisle and Alice come in the room. Carlisle suggested giving me a catheter. I shivered just thinking of it, but I knew it was for the best. Edward growled though, the thought of leaving me. I smiled and shook my head. He's going to have to leave me sometime. I thought. I watched for a long time as Edward laid beside me after they were done, running his hand constantly up and down my arm.

He laid there, for hours. The hours turned into the next day. Edward never moving, except for his arm, making constant contact with my skin. Almost afraid that if he let go of me, I would disappear. I couldn't believe how much he was acting like the protector in the books. Stephanie Meyer really did have their characters personalities down to a pat.

I heard a cell phone ring downstairs, which was a surprise, because to a human ear, I never would have been able to hear it. Hearing Carlisle's conversation, I was a little shocked. How could there be two vampires here? Now? Just as we came here? Was it just a coincidence? The Cullen's were going to run shifts to help protect me. I couldn't have picked a better family if I had a choice. I was truly blessed.

I heard Edward call to Rosalie softly and in a blink of an eye she was in the room. She explained what all was going on with the conversation. It kind of shocked me that Rosalie didn't try to talk Edward into not being with me. Huh, Chris must be right. Rosalie must be realizing the closeness of us. I nodded.

I floated all around the room, taking in all the angles. As I was floating, I thought of an idea and decided to give it a try. Concentrating on the surrounding areas, I was able to float closer down to the floor to where I was almost appearing to stand on the floor. I floated around the bed, back and forth between Edward and Rosalie, watching their conversation. I finally stopped next to Edward. Wanting so bad to touch him, to ease that depressed look from his face.

Carlisle stepped in and Rosalie and him were smiling about something with Chris. What did she do now? I thought. Hanging onto to their every word, Rosalie made a quick dash out of the room while Edward looked like he was still trying to press for more details on Chris until Carlisle changed the conversation. What about Chris? What's going on? I wanted to scream. Carlisle had a relaxed look on his face, so it couldn't have been too bad, but still, it was news about my best friend. My best friend who was staying with wolves.

I felt like I could go nuts, waiting to find out. Why doesn't Carlisle just tell Edward? I wanted to weep, not knowing what was going on. Finally, Edward had the same thoughts as me and brought the conversation back to Chris. Yes! Come on Edward, find out the information for me! I wanted to scream again. When Carlisle told Edward about Chris getting imprinted on by Paul, Edward's reaction was my own. No Way! I thought. She was a Team Edward, how could she go for a werewolf? This could not be happening.

I was totally blown away by the next news. That she imprinted on Paul as well! Paul? Are you kidding me? They imprinted on each other? Holy Crap! Chris, I hope you know what you're doing! I thought. I shook my head, trying to clear my mind. Looking back at Carlisle, I hoped that was the only news he had for us. I don't know how much more I could take for today.

Carlisle tried to talk Edward into hunting or go for a run. I wish he would, he was looking quite sullen and needed to stretch himself out, get out and get a breath of fresh air. He was relying too much on keeping me company. I understand where he didn't want to leave me by myself, but with a houseful of vampires, I'm sure one of them would stay with me. There would be no reason for him to stay with me by himself.

Carlisle left, giving Edward back his time with me. Oh how I wish I could just talk to him, let him know I was ok. Another idea came to mind. I don't know if I could do it, but it was worth a shot. I would try it over and over again if I could get it to work. I looked at Edward, concentrating hard, I leaned closer, floating through the bed, to where I could put my lips near his ear. Here goes, I hope this works, it would give him so much more hope. I thought. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. As I did that, Edward moved, jerking his head to look behind me, looking right through me.

My jaw dropped. He heard that? Holy Mary Mother of God. I couldn't believe it! He actually heard my breath! I watched as he looked around the room, his hand stilled on my arm, but never letting go. He turned to look at my body's face and I knew I had to make my move. Leaning back down, I whispered, "Edward, I love you."

The look on his face was priceless. It worked! I thought. "Dawn?" Edward whispered. Looking shocked at me. He took his hand and brushed my hair back a little, tucking my hair behind my ear. If I could jump for joy, I would be. I was ecstatic! Carlisle came back into the room. "Edward, is she ok?" he asked concerned, coming to my body's side. Looking up at Carlisle, Edward nodded, "She's fine, but what I heard, you won't believe me Carlisle." he said.

"What did you hear Edward, is her heart ok?" he asked, kneeling down beside me, testing my pulse on my wrist. As if you really needed to do that Carlisle. You and I both know you can hear it just fine. But hmmm, it just must be that doctor side of you I guess that has to put up that façade. "Her heart is fine, but I heard a breath in my ear being let out, then I heard her voice Carlisle. Right in my ear." he said, his eyes still unbelieving. Looking up at Edward and letting go of my wrist, "Her voice? Are you sure?" Carlisle asked.

Edward nodded. "I'm sure Carlisle. She said 'Edward, I love you.' right after that. I'm not mistaking it. I know what I heard." he said, turning back to look at my body. "I don't know what to say Edward, I'm sorry. But I believe you. You know, I've read some things previously about out of body experiences. Especially when there has been trauma done to the body. It wouldn't surprise me if that is maybe what has happened to Dawn. Maybe she is watching over us." he shook his head, looking all around.

At one point, Carlisle made eye contact with me and my heart jumped, but as soon as he looked at me, his eyes moved, to sweep around the rest of the room. He never really saw me, just looked around. Maybe if I tried to do the same to Carlisle, he'll know I'm ok. I thought. I floated around to the other side of the bed and stood next to Carlisle who was still kneeling next to the bed. I leaned down next to his ear and concentrated again. Looking at his face, I said, "Carlisle, watch over Edward for me."

Carlisle gasped. If blood could drain from a vampires face, Carlisle would have been as white as a sheet of paper. Edward jerked his head over to Carlisle, looking shocked. "Did you hear that Edward?" Carlisle whispered. Edward nodded, his eyes wide. He looked all around the room, "Dawn? Love? I'm here, I love you so much. You mean so much to me, please hang in there." he said, still looking all around the room. I smiled. I accomplished so much in one day, floating around here. I made contact with them, at least that was something to give them hope for. "Dawn, I'll watch over him, you have my word." Carlisle whispered.

Since I had their attention by whispering in their ear, what would happen if I talked normally to them, instead of whispering in their ear. I floated to the foot of the bed, now in between them both. Another idea came to me as to why I could be out of my body and I wanted Carlisle to check into it. Working up my concentration, I finally spoke. "Carlisle, Edward, can you hear me better?" I asked in a normal tone. Both of their breaths caught in their throats. Ok, I take that as a yes… "Edward, go for a run, hunt, get out of here. You're not doing any of us any good if you get yourself down. Think of Jasper. He's feeding off your feelings. The accomplishment that we made earlier is not helping him if you're this way. Please, for your family. For me, get out and get some air. I'm fine. But I'm not sure if I will be here in suspension for long. I'll try to come back, but I'm feeling myself fading now. I must be using too much energy. Please. For me. I love you." I shook my head after saying all of that. It felt like I could go to sleep anytime. It really was taking a lot out of me to speak to them. Looking at Edward, he nodded, venom tears forming in his eyes. Carlisle cleared his throat. "Dawn, we'll take care of him. Don't wear yourself out." he said.

I nodded, but I could have slapped myself in the head. Ya dummy, like he can see you! I thought, shaking my head, smiling. "One more thing Carlisle, I think I know what my 'power' would be. I may be able to jump in times, places, something teleportation. Or I may be like a spirit warrior, something like the Quileute's. Can you look into that for me?" I said to him. Carlisle nodded, "Amazing. You may be right. But don't wear yourself down Dawn. Please. Rest. This may take you longer to heal if you do this. Your spirit is part of your healing process. And please promise me you will not go anywhere out of this house." he stressed.

"I promise Carlisle. But please get Edward out for a bit. I love you baby. Please take care of yourself and your family too." I asked as I started to feel more weak. Edward nodded, turning to look at my body's face again. "I love you my angel. Please don't leave me." he said, stroking my cheek. "I'm fading Edward, but I'll try to come back later babe. I love you." I said, as I faded, drifting back to my body, laying back down into my body. Then blackness.

Please let me know what you think! I just started Chapter 14 and you all are in for a shock! *snicker* no hints! I'm trying to write, double read my previous chapters for accuracy and post. So bare with me on all of it! I'm one that's a perfectionist...sorry! :D

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