The Roommate - Chp.13

Edward

"Emmett, go to Bella's…" He wasn't having that.

"Fuck that!" he shouted. "You're sittin' here bleeding to death, and all you're worried about is Bella?"

Yes.

"No…" I whispered, my voice hoarse. "Bella's…in trouble…"

His eyes widened as he grabbed my phone, probably dialing 911. "Who did this?"

"Alice… "I said between my teeth.

"Brandon?" he asked, incredulous. "Yeah, 911? Please hurry, we have a student on campus with a knife, and possibly two hurt! Hurry!" After another second, he hung up and tried to help me. I couldn't move though. I moaned in pain.

"Dude, we gotta get you up…"

"Don't worry about me!" I whined, wincing in pain. "Bella and Rosalie are in trouble!"

"Rosie too?" he asked. He looked angered. "Where are they?"

"Bella's apartment. Go!"

"I'm not leaving you here!" he shouted. He fisted his hair, pacing and muttered incoherent ramblings. "Uhh…Jacob! I'll call Jacob to come stay with you while I…" I grimaced. "Fuck, Edward! What do you want me to do? Bella and Rosalie are about to face a psycho, and you're bleeding to death!" He ran to his closet and pulled out a white t-shirt, holding it to my wound. I winced and moaned…this shit hurts.

While Emmett was trying to stop some of the blood, he also called Jacob.

I was in a semi-conscious state when Emmett boomed, making me jump.

"You fucking knew about your cousin and didn't say anything!" he yelled. I was too out of it to be mad. My thoughts were going to Bella.

And yes…even Rosalie.

"You know what? Fuck you. I could sit here and argue, but right now, my best friend is dying because of your cousin. And now Bella and Rosalie are in danger! I need you to hurry over here and stay with Edward until the ambulance arrives while I go save them. Got it?" There was silence. I closed my eyes. Emmett shook me to keep me up.

Geez, I got it. Dying hurts…

"Bella…" I moaned, wanting to cry, but not in front of Emmett. After he hung up, he turned to me.

"Just…hang in there, bro. I'm here. I…I gotta call Rose and see if she and Bella are okay." He dialed her number and in the distance, I heard sirens. Thank God.

Put his phone on speaker while keeping the shirt pressed to my back. It hurt like a bitch. The phone rang, and rang, and rang, and then went to Rose's voicemail.

"Hey! Looks like I have better things to do than to answer your call!" she laughed. "No, just kidding! Leave me a message!" And then a beep.

Emmett hung up. "Dammit!" he growled, throwing his phone. "Where the fuck is Jacob!" He frantically looked at the door, and me, listening to the oncoming sirens…

It was all a blur by the time Jacob came.

"About fucking time!" Emmett yelled. Jacob flinched.

"I'm sorry…" I didn't hear anything else.

I blacked out.

Rosalie

Every window, the front door, the back door, was locked.

"Fuck! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!"I screamed, kicking the back door. "Bella!" I screamed. I've been out here for five minutes already.

If Bella had any chance before…

No. I couldn't think that. I got on my knees and looked around for something…a rock, a brick…something.

Finally, I found a large rock and hurled it at a window. Glass shot everywhere, and I cleared the window so I could get in.

I climbed in hastily, and my arm got caught on a shard. I screamed in pain, but then ignored it as I leapt in the apartment.

I was in the living room. "Bella!" I shrilled. No answer. I ran around the living room, the kitchen, the bedrooms were locked…until I heard a faint cry from Bella's room.

She was alive. She was okay.

"Bella!" I called again, breaking down the door. It took a few times, and then, using my defense skills I learned in high school, kicked down the door, ignoring the sharp pain in my arm. I carefully broke down the closet door, and there Bella was…broken.

Alive…but broken.

"Bella!" I cried, getting on my knees and hugging her. She was crying. I pulled away and tried to remove the tape without hurting her but, hell, duct tape was a bitch, and I yanked it off.

"Owww…." she moaned.

"Bella! Are you hurt?" Duh. She was bruised and beaten and had cuts everywhere.

"I think…my leg…and my ankles…I can't move…" I quickly undid her arms and legs, carefully, and somehow got her to the bed.

"I've already called 911," I told her. She wasn't looking at me. She was looking past me, her eyes wide.

"ROSALIE!" She screeched, pointing behind me. I turned around just in time to find Alice, her face blank, a knife in her hands. She charged at me, and I dodged, just in time. The knife penetrated the comforter, right by Bella's broken leg. She screamed and tried to move, but hissed and winced in pain.

"Come back!" Alice yelled, charging again. I swung and punched her jaw with my good arm. She fell, dropping the knife from her hands and it went under the bed. Bella was shaking and crying. I dived for the knife, but somehow, Alice caught my ankle and twisted it. I screamed and turned to punch her, but she kicked my jaw. I gasped and crawled away, only to turn around and back hand her.

She touched her face, stunned, and I noticed her lip was busted. She let out some weird war cry, and charged.

I collided with her head on, but it was a bad move since I couldn't see where we were stumbling to. She had me by my hair, and I realized we were trudging towards the knife. I pinched her, only to let go, and she yelled. I kicked her stomach with so much force, she collided with the wall and created a hole. Bella's eyes were wide.

We both had to be equal distance from the knife, so she crawled to it and I ran towards it. She grabbed my ankle before I got there, and my face collided with the dresser.

"Fuck…" I muttered, touching the side of my head. Blood doesn't bother me, but I briefly considered a concussion.

Despite the growing headache and the stinging arm, I bounded to her and attacked her full force. She thrashed and kicked, and I kept repeatedly punching in her face in.

She finally got a hold of me and flipped us over, doing as I did to her.

When I was sure my face was 100% bruised and done for, I waited for unconsciousness to take me.

"Don't mess with me, Rosalie," she whispered, before lifting her fist once more. There was a loud thud, and Alice froze, her eyes getting wide, and then she collapsed on top of me.

I pushed her off and stared before me. There Bella stood, as straight as she could, with the knife in her hands.

And the knife was covered in blood.

"Bella…" I whispered, trying to stand up. She couldn't help me; she had to sit down because of her ankles and leg.

"Rosalie…you…you came."

I frowned in confusion. I half expected a "thank you" or "you saved me"

You came?

"What the fuck does that suppose to mean?" I asked her.

"I thought…that phone call…"

"Was bullshit," I told her, holding my head and grimacing. "Fucking oww!" she moaned.

"You knew?"

"At first, I was in shock. But the way you sounded…I knew something was up. And it didn't make sense for you to find out so much about her to suddenly say something so…"

"Bullshit?" she finished, chuckling.

I smiled. "Yeah, kid. Exactly." She hugged me, the best she could, and I felt something wet on my shoulder.

"Thank you," she sniffed. "Rosalie, you saved my life."

"Hey, does this make up for the times I was a total bitch to you?" I chuckled, but was honestly curious.

"Of course," she whispered.

"BELLA! ROSALIE!" I heard a voice from outside.

"Emmett?" we called together. I gasped. "Emmett!" I helped Bella back in bed. "Stay here."

"I don't have a choice," she whispered, wincing in pain. I smiled glumly and ran to the front door, stepping over the chaos. Bella really did put up a fight. When I opened the door, I crashed into Em's big chest and let out the first sob today. My brain rattled in my head. Dammit, Emmet's a fucking boulder...! I usually don't cry but hell, I just killed a person.

Well, Bella did. But I helped.

"Rose…" he gasped, gently cradling my face. "Did…?" I nodded, knowing what he was about to say. He hugged me again. "Did she get away?"

"No," I smiled, though my head was killing me. "She's dead."

Everything was chaotic after that. While Emmett was frozen in place, paramedics and policemen were all around us, and I told them everything. Emmett didn't say much, but kept his eyes on me as a paramedic cleaned my wound. I'll need stitches. Great. First they wheeled Alice's corpse out of the way, and then Bella came around strapped down on a gurney. Emmett ran to her.

"Bella?" he said. "What happened? Are you okay?"

"A broken leg, bruises, cuts, sprang ankles…" she trailed off, smiling. "But hey, I'm tough." he chuckled and I smiled.

A paramedic offered to place me on a gurney, but I refused. My head just hurt, and my arm stung like a bitch. I did have to ride on the back of the ambulance and get my vitals checked, along with everything else that contributed to the brain. I had a slight concussion, but Bella was far worse, and my main concern was her. Em was still quiet on the ride to the hospital, not saying a word.

"Em, what is it? Everything's over…"

He shook his head and looked at Bella. Immediately, she knew.

"It's Edward…" she whispered. Emmett just kept looking at her. "She hurt him." I gasped.

And then Bella fainted.

A/N: Whew! What another long chappy, but guess what….it's another chapter! Well, duh, but I really want to finish tonight! Will I? No. But do I want to? Heck yeah!

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