Alright guys, here is Chapter 12. I actually updated early! And its one of my longest chapters! Anyway a big thank you to Kady4, sunnyshinybaby, Amelie Gray , elyse.s2, Little-Miss-Giggle-Fit, and crazyvampiregurl for reviewing! Enjoy.

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Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea. ~Jim Rohn


Bella POV

"Alright, let's get started," Rose said as she got to work on fixing my hair. Alice followed her lead and started re-doing my make-up. Esme soon joined us but choose to observe from the bed. It was very quiet while they worked and I could tell they wanted details.

"You guys can ask," I told them, sighing heavily. Alice squealed in excitement.

"What is going on with you and Edward?" Rose asked quickly. Wait, why was Rose curious? She made it clear from the very beginning that she disliked Edward.

"I didn't like Edward," Rose began, answering my unspoken question. "But after today, I realize that he isn't that bad. I mean if he makes you happy…then I'm happy," she explained, flipping her blond hair over shoulder like it wasn't a big deal. But it was a big deal. Rose didn't usually let people in so easily and I knew she was only accepting Edward because I wanted her to.

"Thanks Rose." I smiled genuinely at her.

"Yeah, yeah. Now that that's over tell us why you two were holding hands!" Alice demanded.

So as they worked their magic, I told them all the juicy details. I told them how I broke down crying and how Edward pulled me into his lap and let me ruin his shirt. I spoke about how comfortable and right I felt in his arms. I told them about how he comforted me and didn't freak out. I explained how he said I was beautiful and selfless. They ohhed and ahhed at the right times and I spoke about every single detail. When I was done, Rose and Alice started jumping up and down in circle, screaming happily. Esme was a lot more mature than they were but her huge smile showed that she was also ecstatic. When everyone calmed down, I finally looked in the mirror—Alice and Rose finished halfway through my story—and smiled at my reflection. I no longer looked like I had been crying and my hair looked more than decent. My make-up made me look wonderful yet natural.

"Thanks guys," I said to Alice and Rose. They waved me off and told me it was no big deal. My smile disappeared, though, when my belly decided to let out a huge grumble.

"Bella! When's the last time you ate?" Rose asked sternly.

I blushed in embarrassment."I had um coffee this morning." I mumbled quietly, looking down.

"Bella!" Esme exclaimed, horrified. "You should have told me. I would have made you something to eat."

"It's fine, Esme. I just wasn't hungry." Truthfully, I just didn't have an appetite all day.

"Well now you are. So come on, everyone to the kitchen." With that we all headed back down the flight of stairs and entered the kitchen. We were all pleasantly surprised to see our men in the there. I guess we expected they would still be in the living room or hanging out somewhere else.

"Hey, guys," Alice greeted, announcing our presence. I didn't hear what they said back because all I could focus on was Edward's crooked smile. Man, he is beautiful.

"Bella. Bella!" Rose said loudly, obviously trying to get my attention.

"Huh, oh, yeah." I answered back; snapping out of whatever trance Edward put me under.

"Jasper already made you some chicken noodle soup," Alice told me, smiling proudly at Jasper.

"He did?" Jasper was a good cook. He had to be. Alice couldn't cook even if her life depended on it. I looked towards Jasper. "Thanks."

"No problem and for the record you could have had a nice plate of brownies but Emmett ate them all," Jasper replied, smirking in Emmett's direction.

Emmett glared at him and crossed his arms. "It's not my fault. I didn't know she was hungry. And those brownies were soo good!" Emmett exclaimed defensively.

"Anyway, it was Edward who told us that you were hungry," Carlisle informed loudly, trying to change the subject. I looked appreciatively at Edward. He was always looking out for me. He shrugged back at me, saying silently that it wasn't a big deal.

"So, Bella, how are you feeling?" Carlisle asked me. Normally, I would have forced a smile and said I was fine. But I was anything but fine.

"Honestly, I feel pretty bad," I stated. Everyone's face dropped at that. I looked around at each of their faces. They were all here for me. "But I'm going to be okay." And it was true. With my family behind me, supporting me, I was going to be just fine.


Edward POV

After Bella's announcement the mood in the room brightened. When she finished her soup, we gathered in the living room and we talked, joked, and played board games until it was about nine o'clock. We all decided that it was time to go. So we all said our goodbyes to Carlisle and Esme. I shook Carlisle's hand, but when I tried to the same to Esme she instead pulled me into a hug.

"Take good care of her," she whispered in my ear.

I nodded. "I will," I promised and it was a promise I intended to keep.

So everyone piled into the Jeep. Well, except Charlie who went in his cruiser. Luckily, I was able to sit next to Bella again. The ride was short and we soon found ourselves in front of Bella's and Charlie's house. It was safe to say Charlie had already arrived because his cruiser was in the driveway.

"Alright you guys, I'm going to bed," Bella announced as soon as everyone got out of the Jeep. "I'm tired," she said defensively to our raised eyebrows. "Someone," she glared at Alice, "woke me up at six."

Alice smiled unapologetically. "Night, Bells." She hugged her friend.

Bella then proceeded hugged everyone goodnight. Except for me.

"Um we are going to go inside and say hi to Charlie. We'll leave you two to say goodnight to each other," Alice told us, obviously wanting to give Bella and me privacy.

"No we are not!" Emmett told her all the while glaring at me.

"Yes we are," Alice said through clenched teeth.

"But Pix, I want to stay out here!" Emmett insisted.

Alice's angry face changed instantly to a puppy dog pout. "Please Emmett," she begged.

"N- Ugh, fine," he relented to her begging. "But I'm watching you." He then pointed two fingers at his eyes and then pointed them at me. I shrugged at him innocently. He scowled but then turned and looked around.

"Where is-"

"Jasper and Rose went inside. Rose said she was hungry and she wasn't going to wait for you guys to finish arguing to grab something from the refrigerator. She dragged Jasper with her," Bella informed us.

"Alright, well let's go," Alice ordered, grabbing Emmett's arm. She dragged Emmett to the front door; but before they went inside she turned around and winked at me. I chucked silently, yup, I can definitely see myself being friends with her. I turned to Bella and cleared my throat awkwardly.

"So um goodnight?" Bella mumbled, looking at the ground.

I lifted her chin up so she could look at me and pouted when I got her attention. "Don't I get a hug?" I smiled at her to let her know she didn't have to do anything she didn't want to do. She smiled back at me and opened her arms. I pulled her close, relishing her closeness.

"Goodnight," I said in a soft voice.

"Will I see you tomorrow?" Bella asked me in a hesitant voice. I pulled back to look at her fully.

"Bella, there is nothing in the world that will stop me from seeing your beautiful face tomorrow or the next or the next day or…well you get the idea," I told her firmly and honestly, looking deeply into her brown orbs. She blushed a beautiful red and this time I couldn't resist reaching over and stroking her heated cheek.

"Now, I'm sorry you had such a hard day. Get some rest and have sweet dreams." I know I would because I'll be dreaming about her.

"Okay. And um thanks. For everything." She smiled shyly at me.

"It was no prob—" I started.

"It might not have been a problem but it meant a lot to me," Bella said. "I'm really glad I met you, Edward."

My heart melted. She was so adorable and sweet. How did I get so lucky? "I'm really glad I met you, too, Bella," I said sincerely.

She grinned brightly and we stared at each other for a minute. Then my gaze involuntarily turned to her lips. I leaned in and so did she. My heart pounded. Our lips were so close to touching. The moment I've been waiting for. But a loud knock interrupted us. We both looked towards the sound, startled. And there was Emmett, behind a window of the house, glaring at us—well more like glaring at me. He pointed two fingers at his eyes and then at me. He mouthed "I'm watching you." Right when he mouthed that, all of a sudden I saw a black blur that I recognized as Alice tackle him.

"EMMETT! YOU BIG IDIOT!"

I couldn't help chuckling and turned my attention back to Bella.

"I'm so sorry. Emmett can be a big idiot sometimes," she apologized, looking horrified.

"Don't be. It's fine," I reassured her. "Really," I added when I saw her doubtful look. I mean, yeah, I wanted to kiss Bella. Believe me, I wanted to kiss her senseless. But she said before that she has never been kissed before, and I wanted her first kiss to be special. Not in the driveway. Not after the day she had. Not when in three hours she was going to forget about me.

"Well um goodnight," Bella smiled sleepily at me.

"Night," I settled for kissing the back of her hand and enjoyed seeing her blush. Bella flashed me a shy smile before she turned around and walked into her house. I stared at where I last saw her. I shook my head. That girl has no clue what effect she has on me. I turned the other way and began to walk to my house. It had stopped raining but who knows when it will start pouring again. Hopefully, I could make it home before the clouds burst open. But before I got to the end of the driveway, someone called after me.

"Hey, lover boy," Charlie called from the front porch. "You don't have to leave so fast. Come on in."

"Um, yeah, sure," I answered, surprised. I didn't expect him to invite me in. I followed him inside and into the living room. While we walked I took every chance to look at pictures of Bella. Even when she was a kid she was adorable. We passed Rose and Emmett in the hallway as they headed towards the front door. As they passed, Emmett glared at me but Rose gave me a small smile. I was shocked. Rosalie Swan actually smiled at me.

When Charlie and I finally made it to the living room, Alice and Jasper were sitting on the love seat. Charlie immediately went to sit in the recliner chair which left me to sit on the couch.

"So, Edward, I heard you are piano teacher," Charlie stated after we all sat down.

"Yeah. Um actually, later on, I'm hoping to um be a piano composer."

"That's great, Edward," Jasper commented.

"Have you made any compositions?" Charlie asked curiously.

"Some, but I haven't had any inspiration lately. So I've been planning to travel around Europe. You know, maybe get inspired to write."

"Good for you," Charlie said.

"When are you leaving?" Jasper asked.

"Um, not for awhile. At least a year from now," I answered.

Alice signed heavily."Well, I guess you won't miss days like this, huh?" she asked.

"Yeah, about that. Um, I've been thinking. Maybe days don't have to be like this. I mean, not as bad as today was," I stated nervously.

"What are you trying to say?" Charlie asked in a hard voice, his brown eyes serious. Alice and Jasper leaned in.

"Um well, when Bella finds out about her condition, she's also realizes that her life is a…set up. Maybe that's what freaks her out the most," No one responded so I continued. "I'm just saying you know…maybe there's a better way than saying 'sorry we couldn't fool you today, here are some pictures of your cracked head.'"

"Well, what do propose we do?" Jasper asked calmly.

I shrugged helplessly. "I don't know. But I'm going to find out," I stated determinedly.

"Good luck with that," was all Charlie said. Jasper pursed his lips doubtfully but Alice smiled encouragingly at me.

"So um where were Rose and Emmett heading?" I questioned, changing the subject.

"They went home. They had to pick up Nikki from the babysitters and offered to get Tyler, too," Alice answered.

"Oh." It was awkward for a minute.

Charlie cleared his throat. "Look, Edward, I know you and I have had some…issues," Charlie started. "But you obviously care about Bella and I can tell she likes you back. I mean, today would have a lot worse without you." He signed heavily. "I guess what I'm trying to say is that maybe you're not as bad as I thought you were."

Wow, I was not expecting that. "Thanks, Chief Swan." I said gratefully. Since Rose and Charlie now seemed to like me, I just had Emmett left to win over.

"Call me Charlie." Charlie smiled.

I nodded happily in agreement. "Well guys, sorry to cut this short, but I really should head home," I stated, after looking at the clock. It was now 9:45 P.M.

"Oh, well, do you need a ride?" Charlie asked.

"No, I can walk," After everyone said their goodbyes, I headed out. But before I rounded the corner, I opened the door to the cruiser and took out the scrapbook filled with Bella's hospital pictures. Something tells me that I'm going to need this later on.


Bella's POV

I stared at the ceiling. I was lying on my bed with the lights off when I heard a soft knock.

"Come in," I called out.

"Hey sweetie," Charlie said as he opened the door. He turned on the lights.

"Hey."

"I um thought you would be asleep right now." He walked up and sat next to me on the bed.

"I can't fall asleep," I stated in a quiet voice.

"Well why not?" Charlie asked.

"I-I don't want to forget. If I fall asleep then I'll forget everything. I don't want to go to sleep. Daddy, I don't want to forget." I spoke sadly, letting a few tears out. Tomorrow I'll wake up clueless to my condition. Which is both good and bad. I wouldn't be sad anymore and I could live my life as normally as I could, but at the same time my life would be a complete lie and I wouldn't even know it. And even worse than that, I'll forget about sweet Edward.

"Oh, sweetie." Charlie's rough finger stroked my cheek comfortingly. "I don't want you to forget either. But there is nothing either of us can do. I'm sorry, Bella. I'm sorry this happened to you. You don't deserve this," he spoke firmly. "Listen to me, Bella. You're going to fall asleep sometime. Even if you don't, you'll still lose any memory of what happened today. Now, you had a tiring day and you're probably sleepy. So go to sleep. Please, for me," Charlie begged. "You know I can't stand seeing you like this." My dad's right. I might as well sleep. The least I can do for my family is get a good night worth of sleep so maybe I wouldn't be cranky in the morning. They have enough to deal with already.

"I'll try, Dad. And Daddy, I love you. I love you so much." At that moment I saw all his pain and love for me. What happened to me doesn't only affect me. It affects everyone. Everyone has to give up so much for me.

He smiled sadly at me. "I love you too, baby girl." He kissed my forehead gently. "So much. Now sleep," he commanded.

"I will. Night." Charlie got up and walked towards the door.

"Night, Bella." He turned off the lights and shut the door. The last thing I remember seeing before I let myself get swallowed by darkness was Edward's angelic face.


Edward POV

I laid on my bed, thinking. There has got to be another way for Bella to live. She can't just keep going like this. Her whole life is a setup, a lie. I mean years from now she is going to notice something is different about her body. And then what? Are we going to have more days like this? No, there has to be a better way. Wait, that's it! It's a long shot, but it might work. I reached over and set my alarm to five o'clock in the morning. I'm going to need an early start if I wanted this to work.

Please, let this work.


Alice POV

I woke up with a start. I automatically glanced at the clock. 2:35 AM. Before I let myself go back to sleep, I thought about the dream I just had.

It's crazy, Edward, but it just might work.


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