It was almost dawn. Bella walked into the hospital glowing. She lit up the entire depressing hospital in her happy glow. In her exited wake she left happier doctors, nicer nurses, and more grateful patients.

She skipped into the hospital room, and was greeted by a very tired looking Rosalie and a sleeping Jasper.

"Hey Rosalie!" She whispered happily, skipping over to her sister. Bella's happy mood improved Rosalie's obviously, but she still looked suspicious.

"Why are you so happy?" She asked, confused. Bella giggled. That made Rosalie even more suspicious. Giggling was very unBella.

"Oh, no reason." She lied, blushing. Rosalie rolled her eyes but ignored the obvious secrecy.

"So, how was fighting?"

"Good."

"What the damage?" Rosalie drilled her as if a routine. Rosalie never asked about the money—the cops often showed and Bella was forced to bail without pay. It was usually a touchy subject. Bella liked to be paid.

Bella shrugged, lifting her shirt to reveal a pretty nasty bruise shining proudly on her torso.

"Aw, Bella! Are you ok, sweetie?" Rosalie's protective nature kicked in as she touched the bruise carefully.

"You know I've had worse, Rosie. How's Jazz?" Rose frowned, pulling back.

"He's better. He's healing nicely. He fell in love." Rose added, smiling. Bella let out a tinkling laugh.

"I know! With the Cullen girl, Alice. I like her. She's got spunk." Rosalie nodded, thinking back to the hyper little pixie.

"Yeah, I liked her two. She seemed like she would be a good friend." Bella smiled devilishly.

"Or sister in law!" She giggled, pulling her hair out of its ponytail. Alice smiled, giggling happily from her spot outside the window. Emmett smiled at her, happy to see his sister happy.

"Hey, where's Edward?" she whispered quickly. Emmett frowned.

"I dunno. He should be back by now; Bella's here, after all." He shrugged, looking in at the smiling family inside the dull hospital room.

"What do you think the code word is?" Alice wondered allowed, missing her sight.

"No idea. Probably something memorable from our relationship." He said, searching Rosalie's face, taking the sight in hungrily.

"Hey, yeah!" Alice whispered, searching her mind quickly. Well… There was the time when they first met in the diner; that was memorable. Alice smiled to herself. She would try this tomorrow.

"Should I call him?" Asked Emmett, flipping out a tiny cell phone. Alice nodded distantly, tucking some hair behind her ear. He pressed the phone against his ear. Alice could hear the faint buzzing noise of the ring back. After a few seconds Emmett snapped the phone shut.

"I just got his voice mail." Alice frowned. These were the kind of times she missed her sight the most. If she still had it, she would know where Edward was, what he was doing, and why he was doing it. There seemed to be so many secrets in the Cullen family nowadays. Just then Alice phone buzzed. The screen read:

Text Message. From:

EDWARD

She flipped open the phone, quickly opening the text.

Alice—

Had something I needed to do. Be back at around 10:30 tomorrow.

--Edward

Alice flipped her phone closed, frowning. She sighed, shrugging it off. Her eyes lifter to see Jasper waking up slowly.

"I hurt." He groaned. Alice would have laughed if she wasn't worried. Rosalie and Bella laughed anyway.

"Probably not as much as Bella." Rosalie said, smirking. "Look at that shiner!" She lifted Bella's shirt a little to reveal the black and blue bruise to the left of her belly button.

"Holy shit!" Jasper hissed, now fully awake. "Bella! Are you ok?" concern colored his tone. Bella laughed.

"I'm fine, Jazz. I've had worse."

"I don't like it when you fight." He huffed, crossing his arms across his chest—wincing slightly as he nipped the bandages. Bella frowned at him.

"Jazz, you know I love you with all my heart, but it's what I love to do." She explained carefully. Obviously this was a touchy subject. He smiled sadly at her.

"Yeah, yeah, Bells. I know. I just don't really get it. That's all." Bella laughed, her mood changing suddenly.

"And I don't get why you want to go to college! I hate school!" She said, wrinkling her nose. Rosalie giggled and nodded in agreement. Jasper shrugged, smiling.

"Bella, you know I love you with all my heart," He repeated her words. "But its what I love to do!" Bella laughed and nodded, her smile warming the depressing room.

Alice smiled from outside. Jasper always loved to knowing things. She missed him; a lot. She missed how he held her and touched her. He missed his soothing voice and his soft lips.

Emmett was missing Rosalie even more, if possible. He missed calling her his and hugging her close to him. He missed when they spent time together. He even missed her bizarre and annoying mood swings. He missed every inch of her, from her head to her toes. Emmett needed Rosalie in every way imaginable.

"You guys should go home," Came Jasper's voice, full of concern. Rosalie shook her head.

"Nah, home is as crappy as this dump. You know, I lied. This is nicer then our place. Plus, home is where the heart is, as our hearts are with you. So suck it up Jazzy. We're not leaving." Bella nodded, agreeing. Rosalie yawned, her eyelids drooping.

"I'm going to sleep now." She announced, crawling into the unoccupied bed next to Jasper's. Bella smiled at her, extending the reclining chair, closing her eyes. Jasper flicked off the light next to his bed, allowing himself to fall into uncomplicated unconsciousness.