A/N: I think I am spoiling you guys! Another update! A special thanks to katniss12, ImaniSechelles, LecterCullen91, .Me and Scarlet3008 for reviewing! Though I have noticed, the faster I update, the lesser the number of reviews! So maybe I should slow down, eh? ;)
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Previously:
His eyes came back up to mine and he looked into mine like he was asking me for permission to kiss me. I nodded slightly and was about to bend and kiss him myself but his hands held my face firm. He licked his lips lightly. Slowly, finally, his face bent towards mine. My eyes fluttered shut and I could feel him getting closer and closer. He hesitated for a second, but then I felt his lips touch mine gently.
At that very second, at the back of my mind I heard the door open.
"I'm glad to see you're awake, Bella." I heard a familiar voice say.
Tim and I jerked away from each other, both of us breathing deeply. He turned away, muttering under his breath, and I turned towards the door to see who had entered.
Wearing a stethoscope around his neck, and a doctor's coat, standing at the doorway was...
"Edward!" I gasped.
BPOV
I stared in shock at Edward, taking in his tousled bronze hair, his golden eyes, his crooked smile as he looked back at me. I blushed and looked down for a moment before looking back up. "Edward, what are you doing here?" I cried out.
"Making sure you're alive." he said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. "Really Bella, you have not changed at all."
"Wait, so you guys know each other."
"I thought I'd made it pretty obvious when I saw her at the accident site." Edward said, looking at him and raising an eyebrow.
Tim looked flustered and looked at me for an answer.
"Um, yes... I... that is we... "I stammered, not sure what to tell Tim. I mean, not only had we just kissed, but Edward looked so much younger than me now. And I wasn't really sure where we stood right now. Looking at Edward, I could not deny that he looked as mind-blowing as he always did, I just wasn't sure if I looked at him the same way anymore.
"Bella and I used to date in high school." Edward told Tim smoothly.
"What? I mean, you two went to high school together?"
"Trying to tell me I look old Tim?" I joked, trying to break the tension in the room.
"No, that's not what I meant at all." Tim said, backing out from what he assumed was dangerous territory.
"Agent McGee, if you don't mind could I have some privacy with my patient please?" Edward asked.
"What for?" Tim seemed a little irritable, and I couldn't blame. Not only had we been interrupted, the person interrupting us was my ex-boyfriend, and a gorgeous looking man at that.
"I need to check her condition. Make sure she is fine for discharge Agent McGee." Edward replied.
Tim looked disgruntled, since he couldn't really argue with that. He left the room, closing the door with a click.
"So Bella? How you doing?" Edward said coming round to my bedside.
"Seriously Edward, what are you doing here?" I asked him, still unable to believe my eyes.
"I have joined here as a surgeon Bella. Specializing in trauma and accident cases. Imagine my horror when I find my first patient to be none other than you." He sighed and took at his torch from his pocket. He held up a finger and shined the torch into my eye. "Look at the finger Bella."
After a few seconds he turned off the torch. "Well, no signs of long-lasting head trauma." He sighed, sitting down beside me on the bed and cupping my face in his hand. "Don't scare me like that again Bella. You promised me you would remain safe. And what do you do? Run off to fight against crime. I hope you have been told that it wasn't an accident."
"Yes, Tim told me." I said. I waited for the tingles from his touch to start but I could just feel his cold hand against my warm cheek. None of the tingles I had felt with Tim a few minutes ago.
"Say something Bella." Edward begged me.
"I don't know what to say Edward. All of you vanished without a word. You telling me that you would never see me again. I have just barely started getting over all you guys.
I'm starting a new life, in a new place. And then you waltz into my life again. Sending me emails, rescuing me from car accidents. Without so much as a warning."
"Emails? What emails?" Edward looked bewildered.
"You didn't send me an email a few hours ago telling me the same things you just said to me?"
"No I didn't. Bella, I didn't even know we were in the same city till Carlisle and I passed by your car on the way to the hospital. We didn't even know it was you in the car. We just stopped to help whoever was in the accident."
"Carlisle is here too?" I asked, unable to hide the joy in my voice.
Edward smiled. "Yes. And he's just waiting to make sure you want to see him."
"Of course I do, why wouldn't I?"
Edward's smile got bigger. He got up to go get Carlisle, but then turned around to look at me.
"Bella. I'm gonna discharge you now. But for God's sake be careful."
I blushed. "Yeah. I will. It's not like this was my fault!" I said indignantly.
"Yeah. Danger magnet and all!" He teased me. "Though if lover boy has his way, he'll jump in front of a bullet for you."
"Tim?"
"How many you got Bella?" He grinned. "He's a nice guy Bella. Really cares about you. He is insanely jealous of me right now though, and what he assumes we have."
"What DO we have Edward?" I realized I still cared about him, not the way I felt about each other earlier. But maybe as a very close friend. I hope we could sort out the awkwardness that was there between us at the moment.
He hesitated. "Bella. I will never forgive myself for the way I left you in the forest that day. It was ungentlemanly of me. And wrong. Totally wrong. I lied to you that day Bella. Well not entirely. I did feel that you would be better off without us in your life, safer. Though you've proven me wrong already." He smiled wryly. "I didn't leave you because I stopped loving you Bella. I left to keep you safe, to give you a chance at a human life. And somewhere I'm glad that I did. Not the way I did it though. I'm glad that you have done something meaningful with your life, albeit dangerous, that you would not have been able to do if we had stayed on in Forks." He sighed. "I really care about you Bella, and I thought I would never get over what I have done. After seeing you today, talking to you, I've realized that while I still love you, it is more as a friend rather than a mate. And I really hope that even after you leave from here, you continue staying in touch with me." he looked at me beseechingly.
I smiled at him widely, the relief coursing through my body. "Edward, those are my thoughts exactly. Are you sure you can't read my mind?" I teased him.
He laughed. "No, I tried to see if that had changed. But you're still as silent to me as ever. I'll go get Carlisle now. He's getting a little impatient to see you."
"When can I leave?"
"Oh, I'll just tell them to start with the paper work. By the way, I would suggest being careful about a pixie coming and knocking you over sometime soon."
I laughed. "I would love to see Alice again. And the rest of them too."
"I'm sure they would love it too." He said and left.
I leaned back against the pillows and smiled to myself, waiting eagerly for Carlisle to come in. It felt like a great weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I met Edward again! And was going to meet the rest of the Cullens too! I would get my family back! I was glad Edward and I were able to move past our history together, and we were both on the same page. My eyebrows furrowed as I suddenly thought of a new problem.
How was I going to explain to Tim that I was dating a guy who looked so many years younger than I did?
A/N: Ok guys, I know, I know, only fluff in the chapter. But I really wanted to resolve the issue between Bella and Edward. While I hadn't planned on getting them back together (most of you didn't want that anyway), I did not want to leave either one of them bitter or angry with each other. What do you feel?
I promise the next chapter will be back on track with the mystery!
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