A/N: Im sorry for hte hold up, but here is the next chapter! God, I missed u guys haha. Thnx to those who reviewd. Those of you who didn't! Please review! Well, here goes nothing. I introduce you to the next chapter of one of my favorite stories...

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Chapter 12:

I woke up in shock in the same hospital bed. My surprise was short lived as everything rushed back to me. Was it a dream? Was Edward alive or dead? I thought frantically as I sat up in the bed, ready to run and look for him myself.

"Bella, how are you?" Carlisle's voice startled me. I looked up at him surprised.

I gestured to my throat, trying to tell him that it was burning.

"Yes," he nodded, smiling at me as he stepped towards my IV and injected something in there. "That's what happens when you are out and about, talking and crying too much when you should be resting," he said looking at me in a scolding manner.

How could he be worrying over me when Edward could be dying? I thought as I looked at him with a furrowed brow.

"Scott's here. He arrived a few hours ago and hasn't left the waiting room for his opportunity to see you. He'll be in shortly." Carlisle said, surprising me. He took in my expression and then smiled, "I'll send for him right now. Maybe it'll help since you both know sign language and you really shouldn't be talking right now."

I nodded absently. My thoughts whirled in my head, keeping me distracted. That was, until Carlisle stepped into the room with Scott not far behind him.

"Do you know how worried I've been?" he asked me as a greeting as I stared at him blankly. I had so many questions and not enough answers...

How long have I been in the hospital? I signed to him and he sighed in frustration, obviously hating our form of communication.

"You've been here since you got here from the school parking lot. Do you know how worried I was? I came here as a surprise and in turn, I'm the one who is surprised when I find out that you're in the hospital. You fell asleep again after being found in the courtyard. That was Friday and today is early Sunday morning." he told me and I began to cry.

He looked at me, worry beginning to seep into his expression. I glanced over at Carlisle who had been observing us quietly and raised my hands up shakily.

"Ask her how she's feeling," Carlisle told Scott as he observed my reactions.

Like shit. I hate the rain. It was my fault. All my fault. I signed to Scott and he sighed as he looked at me anxiously.

"No, Bella." Scott said. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." he told me quietly and I felt my breath become shallow as his words processed in my head. I couldn't even ask him if Edward was alright. His words were enough of a confirmation.

Then it was just a dream, I thought miserably and the tears came hot and fast. Sobs shook my body as I curled up into a ball in the hospital bed and cried my heart out. He was really dead.

"Bella, calm down." Scott tried to soothe me but I just continued to cry. My throat burned everytime that I sobbed and I could barely see anything but the blurry bright lights of the hospital room as Scott's and Carlisle's rising panicked voices filled the room.

"It's all my fault!" I shouted as I cried into my knees, Without thinking, I ripped out the IV out of my arm and all of the other wires of of my body. "They're dead. They're all dead," I cried and shoved against Carlisle's and Scott's hands as they tried to push me back into the bed and calm me down.

But there was so much pain. It echoed in my body like the loud rings of a church bell, encompassing me. My throat burned and hurt but then again, everything hurt.

"Bella, Bella, Bella." a familiar velvet voice rang clear over the haze of my cousin's and doctor's voices. I locked gazes with Edward. And this time I was sure he was a ghost. He was dead. "Bella, calm down." he whispered as he grabbed my arms and pushed be back into the bed but I fought against him.

He pulled me into his chest and even though he felt so warm, I didn't register it. He was dead. The words kept on rolling around in my head, teasing and taunting me.

"Kill me. Please," I begged quietly. "Please," I cried into his chest as he held me to his body and pinned my arms to my sides as he hugged me. I want to die so I can be with you. I love you. I thought miserably as I continued to cry into his chest.

"No, Bella." he whispered and I froze when I felt a tear drop land on my cheek. I looked up slowly and warily. "No." he told me firmly with pained green eyes.

"Ghosts aren't supposed to cry?" I said it like a question and he looked at me startled.

"I'm not dead, Bella." he looked at me carefully. "And you're not dead either. We're both in the hospital."

"Why did Scott say he was sorry then?" I challenged. "The last time he said that and I woke up, it was because my parents were dead. He said he were sorry, I am sitting in the hospital, and you collapsed in my arms in the parking lot. You're dead." I said, nodding to myself for confirmation of all of the things that had happened.

"I made a deal with your therapist, Bella. I was supposed to stay away to give you space so that you would heal. But then I come back and you're in a hospital." Scott spoke up behind Edward.

"You what?" I shouted, angry now.

"Now, Bella, calm down. All of this is not going to help you heal. And if you don't stop then I'm going to have to ask Edward and Scott to leave the room." Carlisle spoke up, looking at me sternly. I nodded reluctantly but glared over at Scott.

I glanced over at Edward warily, wondering if he was really here. He smiled at me, and as if reading my mind said, "I'm really here. I'm doing better. And you aren't going to die. Don't ask me to kill you because I won't let you die much less let someone else cut you out of this world before it is your time to die."

I looked at him blankly for a while, trying to gauge his sincerity on his first words. I was still dubious on whether he was really alive or not.

"He really is alive, Bella." Scott spoke up. "I'm sorry if I scared you but Edward is fine and alive. He's healing as much as you are."

I tried to wipe away the tears this time when they fell. I didn't want to lose any moments with Edward now that I was partially sure that he was alive. He wiped my tears away and hugged me tightly, quietly reassuring me that he was fine and that I was safe.

I reached up slowly and warily touched the side of his head. The last time I really saw him, he had been bleeding so much. Had he healed over magically?

My question was answered when my fingers came in contact with a bandage on his temple. He winced but smiled bravely at me, trying to downplay his pain as I looked at him sadly. He was stil healing. But he was alive. And that was all that really mattered right now.

"You're fine," I smiled at him and tenderly brushed his hair to cover the bandage. I blushed when he smiled back down at me. "You're safe."

"And so are you. But you still need to answer my question," he told me, his eyes once again serious. I looked at him confused.

"What?" I asked him curiously.

"Why didn't you move?" he asked me and I froze in my bed, looking at him once again wide eyed.


A/N: I hope u guys enjoyed it. Plz review :D I enjoyed writing this chapter and was having a bit of trouble ending it but there you go :)