Chapter 19

BANG!

Edward and Jasper heads snap up to look behind me.

BANG!

"Jesus," Edward mutters. "Em, go sort them out will you?"

BANG!

Emmett stalked over to the storage room where everyone in the bank at the time of the robbery was unwillingly residing. I heard him yell at them to stop banging on the door or they'd be sorry. Edward shook his head at Emmett's attempt at sounding gangster. Jasper and Edward then tried to focus back to the delicate operation at hand.

"Erm…Edward," I whispered in an attempt to get his attention without startling anyone too much. He looked up, giving me a kind, reassuring smile. But his eyebrows knitted together and his face turned concerned.

"What is it? Are you feeling OK? You look kinda pale…" He looked into both my eyes to try to gauge what was wrong.

I cleared my throat a bit before attempting to speak. "I…er..my…my, er…" I stuttered.

He waited patiently, not rushing me at all.

I sighed. "I think my water just broke." I said, obviously loud enough for everyone to hear because I I heard a few curses…OK more than a few. I cringed into the couch, upset that I had inconvenienced these people even more. Edward didn't move, just stared at me in shock, I guess until he saw me start to retreat within myself.

"Oh... no, Bella, no one's upset at you, OK? Absolutely no one!" He looked towards Rose to see she was calmly talking to the person in her ear. She nodded at Edward, throwing me a reassuring smile. He then turned back to me whilst putting a gentle hand on my knee. I stared at his hand, slightly afraid of the physical contact. I was unfamiliar with body contact unless I ended up hurt. But Edward hadn't shown any behaviour for me to doubt him, none of them had. So…I had to learn to trust them. Then I noticed Edward was still speaking. "...slightly more tricky to get you out of here safely, that's all." I sighed, slightly relieved but not fully convinced that none of them resented helping us. "Do you want to move? We could find you some clean-" Edward offered but I was already shaking my head.

"I'm fine…I don't want to leave Hunter. I can wait." I insisted. Sure, sitting on a soaked couch in soiled pants wasn't ideal but I wasn't leaving Hunter.

Jasper focused back on the bomb, moving his hand slowly as he trailed above the wires and components. The room filled with only the sounds of our breaths. Jasper was quiet, lost in his own little world of explosives. He began to mutter again.

"Roses are red…"

His hand moved to the right side of Hunters head.

"Violets are blue…"

His hand moved to the left side of Hunter's head.

"Let's get it right…"

His hand moved back to the right side.

"Especially on cue…"

Suddenly, his hand flew back over to the left side and I heard the distinct snip of the cutters. I sucked in a sudden breath as we all waited. The device let out a pitiful wail before all was quiet again. Edward and Jasper sagged with relief. Edward turned to me and smiled. "It's deactivated." He said with a smile. I slumped back into the couch before leaning over to look at Hunter as best I could. His little eyes locked with mine.

"Its OK baby. You're OK now. Jasper fixed it." I reassured him. His little face smiled back at me. I looked up to Jasper. "Thank you… thank you so, so much." I whispered, my voice full of emotion.

He smiled back. "You're welcome ma'am." Everyone expressed amusement at his cheesy attempt at a southern accent. I looked over to Edward, who was beaming back at me. "Let's get you guys out of here, yeh?" I nodded quickly in the affirmative, ready to be rid of this place and the traumatising events of the day.

AN: Hello my chickens! Nice to see you again! Just a few things to talk to you about...

1. Sorry this chapter is a bit shorter - I didn't want to drag out the bomb more than was necessary as you have all waited so patiently for the end of the cliffie!

2. FanFiction has been playing up for me for about 5 days! My view and stats have been frozen since the 23rd and so last chapter I got 22 reviews (which was AMAZING by the way) but it says I have 0 views! This made me quite sad as I love to watch the stats climb and I feel proud as I watch you all read my chapter but I can't SEE if anyone is reading! Its a nightmare!

I dont know if posting another chapter will give it a nudge to work again but I doubt it. I was just wondering if you guys might be able to let me know that you're reading by either a review or a PM...I don't mind! It would just put me at ease to know that I haven't lost you all and to still be able to count some views via reviews... does that make sense? It did in my head but then again that's not the most confident source! :P

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