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Chapter Fourteen

I have to be here for one week, one horrible week which meant I would do nothing more than lie in the hospital bed and stare at the ceiling. Day time television was horrible and that would leave me with nothing to do. I didn't feel like reading; who wanted to read after they've been in an accident?

So that left staring and fidgeting, and occasionally pressing the call button and chat with the nurses on shift that knew me. After one day I could conclude that it was the most boring thing to be a patient in a hospital and I still had six days left to endure.

Although I couldn't deny that the thought of having Edward visit me everyday was such a bad thing. He promised to come in on his lunch break with some home cooked meals. He knew how bad the food at the hospital could be and the canteen for employees wasn't that much better.

I hoped during those hours we could catch up on each others lives for the past five years and eventually became better friends. I wanted to tell him everything about Kiana and hear about what he had been doing with his life. I already knew about his ex-girlfriend Tanya and I could barely contained my jealousy at the mere mention of her, whom he had broken up with a year ago when he caught her cheating on him.

I wanted more than just friendship with him but I had no idea how he would feel about that. I was too afraid to bring it up, not wanting our already fragile relationship to go backwards. If we were meant to be together then time would eventually bring us closer. I knew that was the logical way to go but I was too impatient to wait. I've been single for five years, Kiana being the only relief to my loneliness and there was no doubt to the attraction that we held for one another.

The small knock on the door announced a visitor. I jerked my head up, eager to see who had come to ease my boredom. I knew it couldn't be Kiana - she had returned to school today after Edward had deemed her healthy enough to colour in and play with the other kids.

Yet my body stiffened when I saw my visitor.

Alice.

She was still as short as the last time I had seen her, her hair, once short and spiky now dropped past her shoulders in neat waves. Her blue eyes were cautious, timid even as she took in my reaction to seeing her. She wrung her hands tightly as she moved further into the room, smiling hesitantly at me and dropped into the seat beside my bed.

"How are you?" Alice asked her voice light like bells. I closed my eyes; her voice was so familiar, even after five years, "Bella?" She asked, worry entering her voice.

"I'm fine." I managed to choke out, "What are you doing here?" I asked after clearing my throat.

She lowered her eyes to the hands still twisting in her lap, "I was so worried about you when we heard you were in an accident. Jasper managed to persuade me to stay away but I had to see you." Alice looked up, her eyes bright with tears, "Bella, I'm so sorry for everything. I'm sorry for what I said, for just turning my back on you and not believing you. I'm so sorry."

A knock on the door saved me from trying to find someway of answering her mini speech, "Alice, are you here?" A deep voice called and a moment later a familiar blond haired guy stuck his head inside. "Oh, sorry." He said sheepishly and turning his attention to Alice said, "Alice, you promised…"

"It's okay." I said quietly as Alice sighed sadly. "Come in." I said smiling slightly. "I was about to go insane from boredom." I said lightly though I still couldn't figure out how to handle the situation.

The man, whom I presumed was Jasper, stepped into the room, "How are you feeling?" He asked politely.

"A little sore but the pain meds are great. Plus I'm used to broken bones." I said with a casual shrug.

Jasper blinked and cast a questioning glance at Alice who was smiling, "I take it you still trip a lot?"

"Yes." I grumbled, crossing my arms, "It's not my fault that I'm uncoordinated." I watched as Jasper moved next to Alice, leaning against the chair she was sitting on and his fingers ran through her loose hair, "How long have you two been together?" I asked, unable to hide my curiosity.

Alice's face turned dreamy as she stared up at Jasper, smiling, "A year after you left. I was trying to find my way around a hospital in New York and I was completely lost trying to find Edward. I thought I had found his office but it was actually Jasper's."

He must have sensed my silent question and answered, "I'm a psychologist."

"So after a lot of apologising on my part he offered to show me to Edward's office. We got talking and just clicked. But he had to leave before I could give him my number so I didn't think that I would see him again."

Jasper smiled, "But luckily I had become good friends with Edward and he invited me to a small party at his house. I had been hoping to see Alice there and literally as I was about to open the door Alice barged through and hit me in the head."

"It's a good thing Edward was there." Alice said lightly though she looked up at him guiltily. "And we've been together ever since."

Before any type of awkward silence could surface Jasper spoke, leaning against the chair his petite wife was sitting on, "Are you married Bella?"

This question would have been awkward if it had of come from anyone else but Jasper didn't know me, "No I'm not. I've just got Kiana."

A knock on the door caught our attention and Edward stuck his head inside, "How's the patient?"

"Slightly less bored with actual company." I grinned watching as he moved further into the room. I saw him glance at Alice sharply, "Though I would prefer to get out of here as soon as possible." I hinted.

Apparently it wasn't so subtle because he looked at me amused, "I've already told you that you're not going anywhere until the week is up. It's not that bad; you work in a hospital." He pointed out.

"Yes but that's completely different. I don't have a needle stuck in my wrist and all the machines and it's so boring." I whined. "And at the end of the day I get to go home."

"It's only six more days; you'll survive." Edward said firmly, closing the discussion, "I thought you were busy today Alice?" He said, turning to his younger sister with a pointed look.

Alice rolled her eyes, "I just wanted to see how she was." She stood, taking Jasper's hand in hers. She gave me a small smile and left with Jasper behind her.

Edward sighed, taking the seat that she had occupied before, "I'm sorry. We've all told her to give you some space. I know it was hard enough seeing me; you didn't need to deal with her as well." He said apologetically.

I shrugged, "Its okay, I guess. I don't know." I said frustrated. I didn't know how I felt about seeing Alice again. I'd forgiven Edward for what happened but he hadn't been my best friend. He hadn't turned on me for making a simple mistake; friends were supposed to be there for each other.

Edward, seeing my internal confusion didn't bring Alice up again, "Kiana was excited to go back to school." He said with a chuckle. "She dragged me up to her classroom and told everyone I was her daddy."

I smiled, knowing how much he loved Kiana already, "I should never have kept her from you." I sighed, "But I'm glad you're here now."

He took my hand, squeezing it gently, "So am I and not just for Kiana." Edward said seriously.

I blushed, "I don't expect…"

"I know you don't expect anything but I want to be here for you as well as Kiana. I want us to be a family." He said softly and I could tell he meant every word. He wasn't the type of person to say something that he didn't mean.

I squeezed his hand smiling happily, "I want that too."

He stayed for a while longer but he was soon paged off to work. That's how the remainder of the week passed; I would get visitors, Kiana after school, and Edward would come in whenever he had a free moment. I think that was mainly to make sure I hadn't ripped the IV out of my wrist. I had considered it a few times but someone always seemed to appear right when I was about to act.

Finally it was time for me to be discharged and Edward could barely keep me still. I had a couple of weeks of to recover and Megan had made sure that I had some light work for when I came back. Edward had already promised to take Kiana to school and pick her up and I knew Rosalie would stop by every day to check on me.

"Can I go yet?" I whined.

Kiana giggled at me, "Mommy you're being silly."

Edward laughed with Kiana, "She is, isn't she?"

"You're supposed to be nice to me." I pouted, crossing my arms though I winced at the pain that still shot up through my sore shoulder and wrist.

"You better give mommy a hug or she'll sulk." Edward joked, handing Kiana over to me. She snuggled up and I couldn't resist wrapping my arms around her.

"Now you can go after you signed this." I snatched the paper work out of his hand and scribbled my signature down.

Carefully I got out of bed, wincing at my sore ribs and slowly changed when Edward left the room. I winced at my sore shoulder and wrist but ignored it; it wasn't something I wasn't used to; being clumsy had a price. Edward took my bags that contained my books and led me down to the front desk and handed in the paperwork.

I sighed with relief once I got outside; finally I could go home.

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