Chapter 25

The first thing I did was scream my lungs out…

I quickly turned around, clutching to my side tightly, to see who my opponent was. Gasping from the pain and the crying I looked up into its eyes. My whole body froze over. I stopped breathing completely. I blinked a couple times to make sure I was seeing correctly.

I did all of this before I jumped into his arms and cried even more, "I thought you were dead," I sobbed out.

"I know, I heard you calling for me," Edward breathed back as he wrapped his arms around me.

"I didn't know what to do. I couldn't give up. I wasn't and couldn't believe that you were dead…err…I mean deader than you already are," I corrected myself.

He chuckled against me before he pulled away and kissed my forehead, "I'm still just regular dead."

I chuckled from the joke causing my side to increase in pain once more. I doubled over, letting go of Edward, and gripped onto my side and gasped from the intense pain.

"Bella?" Edward held onto my shoulders, "What's wrong?" he asked his voice filled with alarm.

I had my other hand on his shoulder and I was grasping that pretty tightly. I gasped before I answered, "My side," I gasped out.

"Here, let me lie you on the ground," he quickly placed me on the ground without me even realizing it. He lifted my shirt up and started lightly putting pressure on my rib cage. Once he reached my right side and pressed it gently I gasped loudly and brought my head up from the pain as a reflex.

"Shit," I heard him whisper.

He didn't whisper it low enough, "What?" I asked breathlessly.

He ran his fingers in his hair in anxiety before looking back at me, "You have a cracked rib. I don't know if it's broken yet but let hope it hasn't."

"What do we do?" I asked as my mid became foggy again.

"I'll have to run you to the hospital," his voice was disappearing.

"Edward?" it came out sounding weird and different though.

"Bella? Stay awake!" he yelled.

I opened my eyes wide in fright but my mind was still blacking out. The pain was too intense for me. I let my body go limp before I started closing my eyes. He grabbed at my face making me look up at him, "I can't," I whispered before everything went dark.

I woke up to the sound of someone speaking, "I need a doctor!" I opened my eyes slightly to see a bright light before I saw a bunch of people in blue scrubs coming at me. "Edward," I whispered.

"Shh…everything's going to be fine. You're at the hospital," I watched him as he ran along the side of the gurney they had placed me on.

"Don't leave me," I whispered back.

"I'm not going anywhere," he whispered back. I could feel his hand in mine. He was squeezing it tightly but I could barely feel it.

I closed my eyes and entered the darkness once again.

I woke up again but this time to complete silence. Oh no. Am I dead? Holy crap! I opened my eyes in panic and looked around.

"Shh…its okay…I'm here," Edward whispered from my left. I looked to my left and let out a breath of relief before I winced in pain.

"What happened?" I asked. My mind was foggy. Last thing I remembered was flying in the air from the blast.

"You have a broken rib and leg," he told me.

I looked down at my leg to see a huge cast around it. I shook my head in confusion, "But how?"

"You don't remember?" he asked as he lightly caressed the back of my hand.

I shook my head as I tried to remember what had happened after the blast.

"The car exploded. That's how you broke your leg and rib. All the screaming and crying didn't help your ribcage very much," he said looking down.

I quickly remembered everything that had happened. I nodded before I looked down, "I thought you were gone for good this time."

He looked back up at me, "I should have listened to you."

I shook my head, "I wouldn't have believed me either. I barely believed it myself. I thought maybe I was just being paranoid," I chuckled dryly without humor as I looked down at my lap again, "I guess I was wrong about that."

"I don't understand how you knew," I said making me look back at him.

"I don't really know myself. I just had this really cold feeling inside me when you started going to the driver's side to turn the car on. What made it explode?" I asked.

"Someone had tampered with the engine when we weren't looking. I didn't think about that when I was fixing it," he said with a blank look on his face.

"Someone as in…? What a werewolf?" I asked.

He shook his head in distress, "A human. Or maybe even a vampire. Someone with hands Bella," he explained.

"Oh," Duh! That was totally obvious, "So do you think it was a third party or someone that's working with the werewolves?"

"I don't know," he replied back in frustration.

I glared at him lightly, "Have you asked Alice?"

He looked back at me in surprise, "Alice?"

"Uh…yeah! You don't think she saw this coming?"

He chuckled lightly, "I didn't even think about Alice."

"Jeez your getting all worked up for nothing," I shook my head in disappointment.

"Sorry," he said with a sheepish grin.

I shook my head, "Nope. You're not forgiven," I crossed my arms over my chest.

He looked at me hurt, "Look I'm sorry. What can I do to show you that?"

I smiled slowly, "Well there is something you can do…"

He rolled his eyes and smiled, "And what exactly is that?"

"You have to give me a kiss," I said with the same smile.

He got up from his seat and leaned over me. I looked into his eyes seriously now before he brushed his lips lightly against mine. I brought my hands up and placed them around his neck, quite painfully I might add, and kissed him back.

He placed his hand behind my neck and lightly caressed my cheek with his thumb. He deepened the kiss for a while before he pulled away and leaned his forehead against mine, "Am I forgiven?"

I smiled at him, "Definitely."

He tried to pull away but I clutched at him, "Stay."

"I'm not going anywhere," he informed me.

I looked into his eyes, "I meant right here with me. I just…I need to know that your right here next to me. Alive," I whispered.

He looked me in the eyes before he nodded. He helped me scoot to the right before he got on the bed and laid down next to me. I wrapped my arm around his midsection and rested my head on his chest. He wrapped his arm around me, "I love you," I whispered.

A/N: Hooray! He's alive! Please review!