A/N- i have to admit i'm surprised by the amount of people reading my little story! now if only i could get that many people reviewing ;)


BPOV

The moment I realized that I was in control of body again I snapped my eyes open. The nurse had just walked into the room and was opening the curtains. She had a huge smile planted on her face that was probably an echo of what mine looked like. She came over and pushed down the railing. "Let's see you do this on your own this time." she said. Those were like magic words. I sat up and flung my legs over the side with excitement. I ignored the blood that rushed to my head and made me feel dizzy and touched my feet to the cold floor. I shivered like every other morning, but this time the shiver was much more filled with excitement then fear of another boring day of nothingness.

The nurse walked beside me as I walked towards the door with ease. I stumbled a little as I reached the door, but I grabbed the handle to steady myself before she could notice. I walked along proudly as I made my way to the bathroom. I felt like a free women already with just the knowledge that this was the last morning like this for awhile. I pushed the bathroom door in and rushed into the shower. It was amazing. I'd been taking baths for three weeks straight and it felt so much better to be standing.

When I got out I noticed that there was clothes on the sink across from the shower. On top of the material was a note. Bella, it read

I noticed that you had no clothes to wear when you leave the hospital so I thought I'd get you a little something. You'll look gorgeous in this.

Love, Alice

I couldn't help but to be afraid of what Alice had gotten me to wear. From what I gathered, she was a bit of a fashion diva. I pulled up a long blue shirt and black leggings. I starred at the shirt in mute horror as I realized that it was supposed to be sort of like a dress and that the black leggings were the pants. "Alice." I groaned miserably as I pulled them on. The shirt or whatever it was supposed to be barely covered my butt it felt. I reminded myself to take Alice out about this later as I pulled on the black sweater she'd also included.

I ate breakfast happily, talking to the doctors and nurses that I usually did. This time though, they were all saying farewells. I was glad to have most of those out of the way. I wanted to leave the very minute that Charlie arrived to take me home.

After breakfast I requested if I could go on a walk. My usual nurse agreed for she had nothing else to do really. We walked around the hospital, without any help for me. Eventually, she suggested that we go outside. The idea sounded so appealing that I almost screamed yes. It was overcast and slightly chilly outside, but there was so much color!

There was forest surrounding three walls of the building and that's where we walked. Each tree was a rich, deep green growing tall, calling the rain down. I could see small animals running among the trees. On the edge of the forests, right before the trees, where rows of wild flowers. They ranged from blue, yellow, purple, orange and red. I found myself zoning out on them as the nurse tried to make small talk. I tried hard to pay attention to what she was saying so that she wouldn't think that I was forgetting things still. I still found it hard to believe that this was where I'd been spending my last year and a half.

Sadly it began to rain. My nurse held tight to my arm and rushed me inside. I wished that she would have let me run on my own. Practice makes perfect. Besides I hated it when people gave me so much attention. Once we were safe inside the dry hospital the nurse let go of me and we continued walking down the halls. We reached my hallway and I sighed. I still had an hour before I left. I didn't want to sit there for that long.

"Charlotte?" I turned, despite the fact that they were calling for my nurse not me. Carlisle was standing outside a patient's room that we'd just passed. "Could you come here for a moment, we need an extra hand." He disappeared back into the room.

"Stay here, okay Bella?" I nodded reluctantly. No I couldn't walk all the way down to the end of the hall without help just because I stumbled five or six times. . . Since we got back inside. I leaned against the wall waiting for a few seconds. Well, I think that I could make it to the end of the hallway and back before she finished . . .

I started walking down the hallway. It felt great to be able to walk without having someone standing next to me with their hands outstretched, ready to grab me if I even shook a little. I thought about the rain outside. It made a strange pitter-patter noise on the roof that I didn't hear much in Phoenix. I couldn't tell if I liked it or not. It reminded me that I had really wanted to run when I was coming inside. I looked around. I could get back to the room where my nurse was faster if I ran . . .

I had reached the end of the hallway and I turned, smiling to myself, I broke into a run. I felt like I was flying for a moment, like I was free. It felt amazing to be able to move at such speed again. Then I felt my foot hit my other. This wasn't going to end good. The ground shook, I stumbled forward, trying to steady myself. The ground came crashing towards my face at a strange angle. I closed my eyes and prepared for impact. I reopened them when it never came. I gasped in shock.

I had been caught by the cold hands of the man that brought me panic attacks. I looked into his golden eyes in fear, his face was closer then I would have preferred and for some reason I couldn't flinch away. He smiled a warm crooked smile at me and I fought to keep from smiling back like my body wanted me too. It was like it knew something that my mind didn't.

"You might want to take it a little slower there." he whispered. I couldn't help but inhale the sweet aroma of his breath. "In case you don't remember, you've never been very light on your feet." I scowled at him and he smiled crookedly again. It was going to be hard to stay mad at this stranger.

"I can remember thank you." I snapped sourly, trying to push away and stand up. He chuckled and pulled me gently to my feet.

"I can see you still aren't able to remember me clearly?" he questioned softly, his angelic face falling a little bit at the realization.

"I remember you perfectly." I scoffed. "You nearly gave me a heart attack when I first woke up." He grimaced.

"I never fully apologized for that," he said keeping his voice light. "I'm very sorry that I scared you Bella. Let me introduce myself, I'm Edward Cullen." his voice took a mocking edge at the end of it despite his efforts to hide it. He released all of me but my hand which he shook.

I couldn't help it, I smirked a little. "I know who you are." I murmured, trying to keep my voice stern. His returning smile was dazzling.

"Good." he said happily. I realized that my hand was still locked in his cold hand. I blushed and pulled it out. I looked around the hospital and sighed. I still had a good fifty minutes stranded here. "You look lovely in that shade of blue by the way." My face burned a deeper scarlet.

"Alice forced this upon me." I mumbled without meeting his eyes. "You know, your impossible little sister." Edward laughed at that, I looked up in surprise. And I had thought that Alice's laugh was enchanting.

"Couldn't agree more," he sighed. "And believe me, she only gets worse." I scoffed at the idea as I looked down at the oversized shirt in disapproval.

Carlisle and my nurse came walking out of the patients room deep in conversation. Edward met eyes with Carlisle for a moment before he looked back to the nurse. "Guess you're getting out early then planned." Edward informed me. I looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Would you like a ride home?"