Edward's POV
Bella started with drawing quickly. Dealing with it was a lot harder than I thought it would be.
I sat on her bed, far from her, and watched her. I wanted to comfort her but she didn't want to be touched. She started crying and tears filled my eyes for her.
"Carlisle" She cried out suddenly. "Carlisle!"
Carlisle ran through the door quickly, worry etching his face. He looked down at me and then over to wear she was laying down sobbing.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
He went around to face her.
"It hurts" She cried.
"What hurts?" He asked confusedly.
She didn't answer, instead she hid her face in her pillow and curled into a tight ball.
"Edward what's going on?" He asked looking at me for answers.
"We decided to get her clean" I said watching her.
"Clean" Carlisle said in surprise.
I nodded. "She told me she wanted to stop using the drugs she was on, now she's withdrawing"
"That's great, that she want to stop" He added quickly. "I tried to make her stop before but she wasn't ready"
"Is there anything you can do to help her?" I asked.
He frowned and shook his head. "Her system needs to clean itself"
For two weeks it just kept getting worse. She couldn't eat too much and she was very emotional. Half the time she wanted me there, other times she didn't. But like I promised, I stood by her side.
At one point she told me she changed her mind, the didn't want to quit. My response? Breaking her phone before she could call for a fix. She screamed at me for the rest of the day anytime I tried to do anything for her.
Carlisle constantly had her drink water and she still always seemed thirsty.
After two weeks she started sleeping a lot more often and eating a little bit more. After 3 weeks she asked me to lay with her again as she went to sleep and let me hold her. I was so happy.
By the end of the month she started seeming better. She started eating normally again and moving around more. She wasn't overly emotional anymore. Her skin even looked better. It wasn't pastey or yellow-ish anymore.
"How do you feel?" I asked one morning as she walked out her bathroom.
"I feel great" She said flashing her teeth at me with a beautiful smile.
After a few minutes I got up and went to my room to shower. When I was dressed I went downstairs. Everyone was in the living room, surprisingly even Esme. It was already 11 in the morning. When I saw Bella I almost choked. She was dressed normally for once. She wore a pair of jean shorts that completely covered her butt and all the way down to just before her knees. She was also wearing a white t-shirt that wasn't over tight. Her hair was pulled up in a tight ponytail and she wasn't wearing any make up.
When she saw me her hazel eyes lit up and she ran into my arms. I hugged her back, chuckling.
"Thank you, so much" She whispered in my ear.
My heart warmed and I smiled.
"So what do you want to do today?" Carlisle asked when we pulled apart.
He was smiling at us.
"I want to go swimming" Rosalie said.
"Yeah let's go swimming" Alice chirped happily.
Bella shrugged with a smile. "Can we do something first?" She whispered to me.
As everyone seperated to get into their bathing suits I followed Bella into her room.
"I think I should get rid of all my old clothes" She said. "If I'm really going to change"
"That's a good idea" I told her. "Want me to get a bag?"
"I have one"
We made fast work of getting rid of her old clothes and I realized just how revealing they really were. All she kept was the clothes she got when she came here and her underwear sets.
After I changed into my swimming trunks I went into the backyard where aeveryone was already in the pool or on the pool chairs. Bella was on a lawn chair in a bikini, I couldn't help but notice how perfect she looked.
Our pool was an inground pool that started at 4 feet but got deeper as it progressed until it was at 10 feet where the diving board is.
I jumped straight into 6 feet relieving myself from the sun's heat. When I resurfaced Bella was in the 5 foot up to her shoulders.
"Come over" Emmett called to her.
She shook her head.
"Why not?" I called.
"I can't swim" She said embarrassed.
"We'll teach you" Emmett coaxed.
She looked at him and shook her head. I swam over to her.
"I won't let anything hanppen to you" I promised.
She grabbed my out stretched hand shakingly and let me pull her into the deep end.
3 months later (still Edward's POV)
Bella.
Since the day in the pool we grew so much closer. She told me all about her, everything. I admired her strength going through being used and abused by so many people, so many men.
She told me why she wanted a baby. About wanting something to love and protect, and to be hers. And I still agreed to father her child.
Emmett drove us to school in his new Jeep. He agreed to take us to a clinic even though we had classes. Bella directed him to a specific clinic in Port Angeles, she said they wouldn't ask any questions or for any type of consent. She gave them false names for us and they called us in for individual testing.
"Cookie" I heard.
Bella jumped in surprise and turned towards the name. Emmett and myself turned to and saw a man standing there. He ordered her to him with his finger. I saw the fear in her eyes as she walked up to him.
He leaned down and kissed her, I was shocked and Emmett grew angry. The man had to be older than Carlisle. She put her hand on his chest and stepped back.
"Don't" she whispered.
The parking lot was empty and we weren't far from Emmett's Jeep.
"What" He said in surprise. "Why haven't you been calling me or answering my calls. Why is your phone off?" He demanded.
"I don't want this anymore" She said. "No more with the drugs or anything else."
"That isn't your decision" He snapped. He grabbed her arm roughly and I stepped foward.
"You told me to call if I needed you, but I don't need you anymore and I don't need money or drugs. So I don't need you for anything" She said fearfully.
His hand lashed up and he slapped her straight across her face. She flew back and hit the floor. Emmett fan foward and punched him in his face and then we were jumping him.
"Stop" Bella screamed.
Suddenly she slammed into us making the man's hand fly up and a gun shot ran out. It was then that I noticed he was holding a gun and Bella definitely just saved one of our lives. Emmett kicked the gun out of his hand and pulled me up. He grabbed us both and we ran to his car, making it out safely.
Bella wasn't even crying in the back seat, she was just staring out the window silently.
"Are you okay?" I asked her.
She nodded silently wiping blood from her lips.
"I'm sorry" She whispered as we got out the car in the school parking lot.
She ran away from us before I could even answer her. We didn't see her again until we were on our way home.
A month later our results came in. We were both clean. She was so happy when the results came in.
"What are we waiting for?" She asked one night.
"Our birthday" I told her.
"I don't celebrate my birthday" She said.
"I know, we just have to wait until after we are 16"
She sighed. That was almost 6 months away for me and 9 for her. But she nodded. I was secretly hoping she would decide to wait, but I knew how unlikely that was.
"Do you want me to stick around?" I asked her. "Since it would be my baby too?"
"I don't know" She said.
"If we go through with this, I would like to" I told her.
She didn't answer me.
Esme's POV
I snuck into the house praying Carlisle was sleeping. But he wasn't. For once he didn't say anything as I walked into the bedroom. He didn't even greet me. I felt bad, he used to greet me with kisses and smiles, now he wouldn't even look at me.
For a panicked moment I wondered if he knew about me and Riley.
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