Chapter 29
What the hell did I just say? Oh crap!
"You were saving yourself for me?" he asked in shock.
I just stayed quiet.
"How was that ever going to happen if you didn't make yourself known?" he asked.
I bit my lip lightly and shrugged, "I don't know. I guess I was hoping that one day you'd notice me and we'd start talking," I shrugged again.
He lightly picked my chin up and looked into my eyes, "You're hopeless," he said amused.
I smiled, "Can we go inside now?" I asked.
He looked out the window and smiled back at me, "Sure."
I quickly got out of the car and we ran towards the house, trying to avoid the heavy rainfall.
I turned to Edward when we stepped in and found a grave look on his face. I placed my hands on the sides of his face, "What's wrong?"
He shook his head but I could see the tears in his eyes, "I…I'm just afraid that if I go upstairs and enter that room…I'll still see you there on the bed…motionless."
I smiled sadly, "I'm here. And I'm real," I looked straight into his eyes, "I promise."
He didn't seem to believe it. I took his hand and started walking upstairs, "Where're we going?" he asked.
I looked back at him with soft eyes, "You'll see."
We walked all the way upstairs and stopped in front of my closed door, "Open it," I encouraged.
He looked at it in fright before looking back at me. I smiled encouragingly, "Go ahead."
His hand shook as he reached up to open the door. He slowly turned the knob before swinging the door open real fast. He looked at my empty bed at first in surprise then in happiness.
I walked in and looked at the bed before turning around to smile at him, "See. I told you I was real."
He ran into my arms and twirled me around making me laugh. He finally placed me back on the ground and crashed his lips on mine. I kissed back with such passion and intensity that I didn't expect what came next.
A sudden pain from the back of my head made me groan in pain. Which Edward mistook for a sign of passion. Well that was until I was pulled back. I winced in pain and grabbed the chunk of hair that was being pulled at the back of my head. My heart pounded in my chest from the suddenly pain.
I could feel the cold wet hand that had my hair in a tight grip. I could tell by the size that it was a girl. "You bitch," Lauren whispered loudly in my ear. "I've been waiting for months for your fucken ass to wake up so I could get my revenge."
"Let her go Lauren," Edward warned. I opened my eyes to look at him. He looked pissed.
"What revenge?" I asked in pain.
"What revenge?" she said skeptically, "You killed him!" I could tell she had started crying.
"Who?" I asked confused.
"James! Who else?!" she said as she yanked on my hair harder.
I yelped and grabbed onto her hand tighter. I dug my fingernails into her skin until she let go. I stepped away from her and massaged the back of my head, "James got what was coming to him. He deserved it," I said before I backed up into Edward.
"You okay?" he asked as he touched the back of my head.
I nodded slowly before I placed a hand around his waist and leaned into him.
"He was a good man!" Lauren yelled back at me in fury, "He didn't deserve to die like that! You did!"
I chuckled lightly, "A good man? He was a monster."
That blew the top off of her head. She came charging at me. Edward quickly pulled me behind him to protect me. She started punching him, hard, and everywhere. She was completely pissed. He tried to grab her shoulders and stop her but she was too crazy.
I quickly went to my nightstand and grabbed my clock. I ran back over and stood right behind her. She didn't even notice that I was there. I slammed the clock right above her head. She fell to the ground from the impact.
I looked down at her, breathing heavily and gripping onto the clock, before I looked back up at Edward. I dropped the clock on the floor and stepped over her body to get to him, "Are you okay?" I asked.
He wrapped his arms around me, nodding, and embraced me in a hug. I hugged him back real tight and sighed in relief and happiness. I was finally in his arms again. It felt like it had been years instead of minutes.
And then suddenly, once again, I was thrown to the ground. I landed on my left side and quickly sat up to see Lauren hit Edward with the clock on his forehead. I got to my feet once he started falling to the ground. "Edward!"
I quickly ran to his side and bent over him. He was still conscious but he had a cut on his forehead that was bleeding. I lifted his head and placed it on my lap, "Edward?" I could feel the waterworks coming.
He lightly touched his head, "I'm fine."
"No you're not. You're bleeding," I said in a watery voice.
I looked up at Lauren expecting an attack but she was looking down at the clock in shock. She was backing away slowly before she finally just dropped the clock and ran out. I sniffed before looking back down at Edward. He was trying to get up.
"Don't," I said as I pushed him back to the ground. I picked up a dirty blouse from beside the bed and placed it over his head, "okay, let's get you on the bed."
He slowly got on his feet and laid down on the bed, "I'm fine really," he said when he saw the tear roll down my cheek.
"You could have been killed," I said as I wiped the tear with the back of my hand and sniffed again.
"It's just a small cut," he argued.
"Yeah but that should have been my cut. You shouldn't have done that," I said still silently crying.
He reached up and wiped the tears away, "I promised I wouldn't let anything bad happen to you. And since I failed the first time I need to be more careful now."
"It wasn't your fault. It was meant to happen. You must know that," I said shaking my head.
"Of course I blame myself. I should have watched you better."
"Look, I don't blame you so you shouldn't blame yourself. Got it?"
He didn't reply back he just stayed quiet. I watched his eyes intently trying to look for a reaction. And then my stomach rumbled. I bit my lip and looked down in embarrassment. "Well I don't know about you but I'm ordering pizza."
He tried to sit up but I pushed him back on the bed with my hand on his chest, "Don't move. But don't sleep either. I'll order the pizza and be right back up," I lightly gave him a peck on the lips and turned for the door.
"Bella," I turned around at the doorway to look at him, "Be careful," he said in a soft voice.
I nodded slowly, knowing that he was completely serious and not kidding around, before I walked out of the room. I went downstairs slowly and ordered the pizza on the phone. I grabbed some drinks and went upstairs. As soon as I walked into the room Edward sighed in relief. I bit my lip before I set the drinks on the nightstand.
"Want to watch a movie?" I asked.
I sat up on the bed and placed the pillow comfortably behind him, "Sure. But how?" he asked as he looked around the room.
I looked at him a bit confused and surprised, "Almost three months of being in my room and you haven't found the TV yet?"
I walked over to the black entertainment center, which was closed up, that was next to the bathroom door and opened up the cabinet doors to reveal my big screen TV. I looked back at him with a smile, "You never wondered what was in this?"
"Yeah but I didn't want to invade your privacy," he said with a shrug.
I crossed my arms over my chest, "You couldn't open this up but you could tell my parents and friends that I was raped?"
He looked down at his hands in regret, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have told them anything. I was just…I don't know…worried and stupid at the time."
I smiled, "At the time?"
He smiled back, "Okay so maybe I'm still those things."
I shook my head in amusement before I turned back to the TV, "So what's it gonna be?" I asked.
Just then the doorbell rang, "I'll get that, you decide what movie we're watching."
I went downstairs and paid for the pizza. I went into the kitchen and grabbed some plates before I went back upstairs. I could hear a movie playing already. I placed the pizza on the bed and lightly glared at Edward.
"What?" he asked.
"I was serious when I told you not to get up," I shook my head in disappointment before looking at the TV screen; "It's a boy girl thing?" I asked as I saw the menu.
"What? I like it," I said before he grabbed my wrist and pulled me on the bed with him.
I chuckled lightly before I pulled away to open the pizza box, "How many pieces?"
"One."
I looked at him skeptically, "One? Nope you're having at least three."
"What? Why? When did you start deciding what I should eat?" he asked a bit amused.
"Since now," I replied back with a smile before I gave him his pizza.
I placed two pieces on my plate before I leaned against Edward and started watching the movie.
It was around eleven o'clock when we finally went to sleep. Edward slept right next to me with his arm around my waist. When I woke up though, we were in different positions. We were as far from each other as possible. But that's not why I woke up. I woke up because I was suddenly feeling very queasy.
As soon as I sat up on the bed, my stomach churned, I quickly jumped off the bed and ran for my restroom. The door shut silently behind me before I emptied my stomach out. I flushed the toilet and walked over, sort of, to the sink. I leaned all my weight against it as I rinsed my mouth and splashed water on my face.
My complexion looked horrible. I was as pale as a ghost. And that was definitely not a simile. I've seen ghosts so I know I look like one right now. I looked away quickly and opened the bathroom door, the light hit Edward's face lightly.
"Bella?" he asked in a groggy voice.
I turned the light off in the bathroom, "Sorry," I replied back.
As soon as I took one step I swayed, and I mean really swayed. It was like I wasn't in control of my legs. When I took my third step I had my footing wrong and fell to the ground.
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