A/N: We're improving right??
You know when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales? That fantasy of what your life would be—white dress, prince charming who'd carry you away to a castle on a hill. You'd lie in your bed at night and close your eyes and you had a complete and utter faith. Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, prince charming—they were so close you could taste them. But eventually you crow up and one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. Most people turn to the things and people they can trust. But the thing is, it's hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely because almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope and faith that one day they would open their eyes and it would all come true.
Edward's POV
What does he mean he doesn't want me there'? Why not? I need to see Bella! This is insanity, this is craziness. Is it bad? I just... I don't understand.
"Why, dad?" I asked into the phone after my internal rant.
"Because, son. I've learned that Bella wasn't at school either today. I have a feeling that you two had an argument, and I don't want drama in my hospital. So, just stay home." I sighed at his mad reasoning's.
"And if I don't comply? If I don't follow your orders? What then?"
There was a moment of silence, and then I heard him sigh. "I suppose I couldn't stop you. I know I sound like some binding parent, and you probably feel that I don't understand. But don't do as you wish, son. Do what's right." With that, he hung up.
I know what the right thing is.
Bella's POV
I'm awake, I can feel it. But I can't move. All around me are doctors in white scrubs. 'What's going on?' I try to scream. But I don't make a sound. 'Help!'. Still, nothing. I look down and see a straitjacket. What's happening to me?
A doctor walks up. He has crazy eyes.
"This won't hurt a bit, Bella." I close my eyes, because doctor's lie when they say that. But I don't feel a thing.
After a minute I open my eyes. Right in front of my is Edward.
"I'm here for you, love. I won't let anything go wrong." While he's says this, he brings out a case and opens it up. Inside is a complicated looking contraption.
'What is that?' I ask in my head. Edward looks into my eyes, and nods towards the contraption questioningly, like he understood my thought.
"This?" I nod, but then stop when my head throbs. "It's what I'm going to use to break you heart." He says with a grin.
Edward pulls it out and starts it up. "This won't hurt a bit."
"Bella. Bella! Wake up. Come on, kid. Wake up!" I open my eyes, screaming, and see my father. He's staring at me, wide-eyed, scared.
"What- What's going on? Why aren't I-" I put my hand over my heart and felt it race like wild. I'm not dead, my heart is intact (physically), I'm okay (again, physicdally).
Two nurses and rushed in, looking frantic. "What happened?" the doctor asked.
"I had a nightmare," I whispered. The nurses looked at me disapprovingly while gave me a worried glance.
"Bella, I'd like to keep you overnight. I'm afraid you might be suffering from anxiety. Which would be normal, considering your...previous experiences." He looked at my arms, exposed because I had to take of my jacket. I looked over at my father, who nodded along with the doctor.
Falling back harshly against the pillow, I closed my eyes and sighed. The room became silent and I could hear rain ram against the window.
Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day
If you are here to stay
Please make my dreams okay.
Edward's POV
I'm pacing.
Back and forth. Back and forth. Stop.
Don't go. Don't go. Don't go.
Back and forth. Bac-
Knocking.
"Edward," Alice stuck her head into my room. "Bella's in the hospital, you should go see her," she backed her head back out and shut the door.
Back and forth. Back and forth. Stop.
Go. Go. GO!
Back and forth. Back and for-
"Edward, if you don't stop stomping across the room, I'm going to explode." Esme shouted at my door. Then she opened the door and walked in. "And get back in bed. You look pale." She walked out, practically slamming my door.
Back and forth. Stop.
Don't go. Go. Don't go. Go.
STOP!!
Bella's POV
I opened my eyes from a dreamless sleep. I looked over at the window, the sound of rain gone. My father is sitting at the seat there, asleep.
Huh, why is he here instead of Hal (or Cal). Or even my crazy family of Tituba, Inga, and Ricardo.
I was about to close my eyes again when I heard a commotion out by the nurse's desk outside my door.
That's odd, it's late.
"Sir! You can't go in there," a nurse shouted. I sat up and looked towards the door.
When I saw who it was I smiled.
"My hero," I whispered.
At the end of the day, faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important, happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you, and once in a while people may even take your breath away.
Muahahahahahahaha, cliff hanger!!!!!!!!!!!!!
