Chapter 10
BPOV
The next morning -
By then, I had come down the hallway. "Yes, miserable is how I feel. Don't ever let me have three margaritas that large ever again, you two."
"Fine, you two try and behave and I'll see you tonight," Rose said as she headed off to work. Edward made me breakfast and started me on water and aspirin too to help ease the hangover. Edward finally asked, "Bella, you don't drink much?"
"No, I'm a one drink kind of girl. But last night, I felt no pain and I slept well until I woke up this morning."
Then the phone rang and I cringed. Edward grabbed it quickly and said, "Okay, I'll be up in a little bit."
"Bella, there's a package at the front desk for me. Do you want to walk up there with me or not?"
"No, not dressed like this. I don't want anyone seeing me like this. I feel like a slob but… no, never mind you know."
Edward got up, walked behind me, leaned down and whispered in my ear, "I'm sorry and I think you look beautiful in my shirt." He just simply kissed my cheek and said, "Let's get you to the recliner. Then I'll go get my package. This afternoon once your headache's better, this package should entertain us both. Tomorrow some of your new clothes should be here." Once I was in the recliner, Edward said, "I'll be right back." Two minutes later, I felt a cool cloth go across my forehead. "Just relax and I'll be back in a little while."
"Thank you, Edward," I whispered and gentle touched his hand. Then I kept my eyes closed and prayed for more sleep so that the pounding in my head would stop.
EPOV
I came in and Bella was sleeping and didn't even acknowledge me. She looked so peaceful; except for the cast on her arm you would never know how much pain she was in. What was it about this little lady that drew me in? She definitely wasn't a girl. She had all the right curves in all the right places. Someday, hopefully, she would let me get close to her. No matter how long that may be, I was willing to wait. So I sat down and read until I heard a little bit of movement on the recliner. I lowered the paper and heard, "Hi Edward," as the beautiful Bella lay looking at me through her sleepy chocolate doe eyes.
"Are you better?"
"Maybe," I started to sit up and move around a little.
"Good," he went to the kitchen and came back with water for me. "Now please drink some more eater for me."
BPOV
"Yes sir," I drank some then we queued up a comedy to watch while I finished waking up.
After twenty minutes of chuckling, I got up and walked away. When I didn't come back, Edward came and found me in my room laying on my bed. "What's wrong?"
I sniffled and said, "I can't laugh that much yet; it still hurts like in the hospital."
"May I?" as Edward gestured to sit down next to me
"Sure," he sat down next to me. He put his arm around me carefully and he pulled my head over to his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry. I wish I could make this all go away. I wish my friend had never told me about you. Then you would still be out riding the range."
"Edward, I won't tell you that this is okay. But I can tell you this; I can deal with a broken arm but my ribs are what sucks!"
"You're still grounded for two more days of only rest then maybe we can try a little more moving around your casita and the ranch."
"I wish there was a place that I could sit and see something interesting without worrying about the jarring, bumping, and laughing."
"Besides horses, are there any other animals you like?"
"Yes, Rose and I love going to the ocean. We've seen whales and dolphins on boat cruises before."
"Stay here and I'll be right back." Edward returned with a script he then sat back down by me with a large book in his hand.
Once he was sitting back by me, I asked, "What's this?"
"A script for me to read about another Batman movie, would you like to read it with me?"
"As long as it's not too funny."
"Well, I don't think so." So we started reading the script after a while my stomach growled, Edward said, "Let's get us some lunch; it's almost 1:30 PM." I gently got off the bed and went to the kitchen. Today, he made us salads. I did get us a couple of drinks and we sat down to eat. Once done, we moved to the living room and we read until I heard Flame outside.
Edward said, "Go ahead. I'll get you an apple today." So I slowly got outside and brushed her down. After 10 minutes, Rose took are back to the barn. Rose returned and went and showered. Again dinner was delivered for us. Tonight we had fajitas and I stuck with water to drink. Once dinner was over we move back to living room, Rose brought out some of her old scrapbooks and she showed them to Edward. After 2 hours of storytelling, I headed to bed.
EPOV
Rose and I moved out to the front porch. I asked, "Do you think Bella would like Las Vegas?"
"She loves it; she loves to see shows and the dolphins at the Mirage."
I then asked, "Music, magic or comedy's."
"All of them, but comedies will probably not be a good idea on this trip."
"Would she go with me?" I asked nervous about her response.
"Maybe, since you haven't been a jerk. How are you going to protect her ribs?"
"Easily with a wheelchair and security when I can't do crowd control myself."
"Does she have any favorite hotels?"
"She loves Bellagio for the fountains and gardens. She also likes Monte Carlo, Venetian and Caesars."
I left for the night with a plan brewing.