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I stared down at her little body, the dust still lingered in her hair, the smell of leech still on her skin. She looked peaceful, blissfully unaware of the drama that had ensued her life today. I had failed as her wolf, I let her get hurt, I let her end up in hospital in a coma all because I was stupid enough to go to her new house instead of the old house, I hadn't sensed where she was and now she was unconscious and hurt.

I hadn't been able to see her, the dust from the rubble of the falling house was too thick but I had smelt her, the blood, the fear, I had heard her heart going crazy, I heard her screams of pain and then I heard it, the crunch as the platform above us gave away and more dust cam spilling out over us. Leah got knocked out, Paul got buried under piles of wood and now had a large cut across his head while I dived and got away with a broken foot, Sam was scratch free. But Kim, Kim was really hurt. She had a dislocated shoulder, a bruised spine, she had been impaled through the stomach by a sharp shard of wood and when the floor collapsed she was knocked unconscious with such a bad knock to the head they put her in a coma in case of brain damage. All my fault.

I looped my hand into hers and lay my head on the mattress beside her, it had been two days since the day I watched my imprint getting hurt and she wasn't waking up.

The door behind me opened and I knew it was Sam. He walked in quietly and stood beside me, he looked over the body that looked lifeless and sighed. Carlisle had been treating her, he was the best but she had to wake herself up and she wasn't doing that.

"No change?" Sam eventually asked and I shook my head, his hand came down on my shoulder and he squeezed. "It will get better, she's a fighter Jared"

She's not a fighter, Kim hates fighting, I don't think she's ever had a fight. I kicked myself internally, I had to believe she could get through it, it was up to her now and she could do it. I nodded at my friend and he squeezed my shoulder again.

"We need to talk about her" His voice turned somewhat bitter and I started shaking, her being Sophie who since the accident had been under the Cullen's watch. I wasn't letting her get away, she lured Kim to that house, she hurt their dad and took Bailey. Bailey had been taken back by social services but Charlie was working on getting her back, Kim's dad was still in hospital but he was ok, he had a concussion and too must dust in his lungs but he was fine, it was Kim who came off worse because she tried being the hero, I guess she had been the hero, she saved the two people she wanted to save but got hurt in the process.

"No" I growled and Sam moved so I could see him more.

"Jared, we can't have her a prisoner forever. She wants to die, she keeps owning up to things she has done attempting to push us to attack"

"Then kill her" I growled again gripping Kim's tiny had tighter.

"Kim would be devastated, can you do that to her? When she wakes up will you tell her that we, the people who said we would protect her, we killed her sister?"

"She's a leech, she caused this" I argued back and looked up at Sam, whose side was he on?

"Kim comes first Jared and that is not what she would want" He spoke more slowly and I sighed, he was right. She would be beside herself, she would hate me.

"Let her go, let her go be alone"

"What if Kim wants contact?" Sam asked and I huffed leaning my head back on the bed, she would want contact. I knew Kim and I knew how big her heart was, she couldn't forget Sophie was out there.

"Then she can have contact, I can't stop Kim doing that but I will be there with her. Sophie has to leave until Kim is better though, I don't want her near here and I don't want her near Bailey until it's normal again. Just get rid of her"

"Ok, she's trying to turn vegetarian" He stated simply and I looked back up and shrugged.

"Did she want some sort of medal for that?" I asked sarcastically and he gave a smirk before nodding his head in appreciation of my words. I went back to staring at my girl, she was so small in this bed, she was paler than usual and I was dying to wash the smell off her but I couldn't. She had to wake up, I couldn't live without her.

"She will be ok Jared"

"She has to be" I grumbled and Sam moved toward me again, I knew his alpha words were coming on, I wouldn't leave her.

"It's ok for you to go home and shower, you're parents are worried about you"

"I need to be here if she wakes up"

"You need to sleep"

I turned on him, frowning up at him. "Would you? If this was Emily would you leave her to go and sleep?" He said nothing, he just looked at me. He didn't leave her, she was in hospital because of his attack and he led outside the hospital for the whole time. He didn't leave her, I wasn't leaving Kim.

"I'll bring some fresh clothes in for you, but please eat Jared" He squeezed my shoulder one more time before leaving, the room returned to its silent state, the only noise coming from the machines keeping her going.

I wasn't strong enough for this, I wasn't strong enough to sit here and watch her so helplessly, I wasn't strong enough to lose her.

...

Kim pov

It was so dark, so peaceful. There was no sound, no feelings, no thoughts annoying me I was just peaceful. Maybe it was heaven, maybe I had died when the floor gave way, maybe I was in limbo, maybe I was still there in the rubble waiting to be saved, hanging between life and death.

"Kim" A soft voice hit me, a voice I knew so well, a voice I loved to listen to. My body relaxed even more at the sound of it and I listened harder. "Kim, wake up beautiful" The voice sung and a hot pressure came down upon my body, tingles ran over me and I relaxed again, a kiss that I knew was kissing me. It made me give in to the tiredness, the softness of sleep and I refused to wake up.

...

It must be heaven; I can hear him speaking, the angels voice calling for me. I want to go with him, when he calls for me to wake I want to go but I can't move, my eyes don't open and I lay listening to him in the silence of my own limbo.

...

"Kim, please wake up, I love you, I'm in love with you please let me see those eyes" I heard him singing, the sound of it made my sleeping body go lighter and I thought I could hear something else, a beeping but then it vanished, then the darkness came back and I couldn't hear my angel.

...

"It's my fault" I heard him crying, his beautiful voice engulfed in cries and I ached for him, I wanted to reach out and ensure he was ok, my angel was crying. "No Sam, I should have been there sooner, she shouldn't be hurting. It's my entire fault, I need her to wake up and she's not. All my fault" He kept repeating the hurtful words, nothing was his fault, he wasn't at fault for anything. I needed him to know that, he couldn't be upset. I couldn't move, I couldn't call out, I was trapped in the darkness.

...

I had to get out, I had to wake up, he kept telling me to and so I had to wake up. I had to see his face, feel him hold my hand, kiss him. I needed him. I needed my little sister, I needed to check Sophie was alive.

"I'm going for a drink, can you watch her Paul? And don't play with her tubes" His soft voice was tired now, it grew tired each time he spoke to me. I didn't want him to leave me, he couldn't leave me. I had to have him back, he had to come back.

I started struggling against the darkness that engulfed me, I fought it and I kicked out, I wouldn't stay like this. He had to come back. I needed him here with me. I had to wake up, I had to see Bailey, Jared, I needed them. I had to see my dad, my daddy. I had to wake up.

Jared. I tried shouting but I knew I said nothing. I kept shouting in my head, I kept pushing at the barriers keeping me tied here until I heard it, a faint beeping noise. Beep, beep, beep. It kept going over and over. My eyes felt lighter and I tried forcing them open, light, too bright. I squinted them back shut and instead reached with my fingers, he had to be here.

Come back, Jared, come back. I whimpered in my head, he wasn't here. He left me.

I needed him to come back, please come back.

I managed to slit my eyes open again, the light was less harsh now and I stared at the tiled ceiling, it was blurry. It was light, it was blurry light. My fingers began reaching but he wasn't here. I had to call for him except there was something stopping me, I couldn't move my tongue, I couldn't talk.

"What does this tube do?" A voice met my awakened ears and I gripped my hand tighter, that wasn't Jared, that wasn't the angel of the darkness. There was a tug on the thing blocking my throat and my hands grasped again. "Oh shit, I woke you up, sorry Kim" The voice I knew whispered and paused, the room was silent except the beeping and I waited, I needed Jared.

"Shit you're awake, shit she's awake, SHE'S AWAKE" Paul's voice shouted now and there was a hammering of movement too loud for me, I winced at it and before I could get over the loudness more came.

A woman's face hovered over mine, she was smiling and speaking but I heard nothing, I just wanted Jared. Then a man, a man came in and he began talking too, about a tube and taking something out. He began checking me over before the thing blocking my throat began to move and with it I gagged, it was painful, like my throat was being ripped out and then it was gone. My mouth was dry, my throat was dry but they kept talking to me, lights flashed in my eyes and people were prodding me. A woman appeared with a straw and propped it in my mouth, I gulped at the water wetting my mouth but before I could get anymore she took it away. I needed Jared, where was my Jared.

I felt tears stinging my eyes as I watched these unknown people hover around and prod me, the man began lifting my top and pressing his hand on my stomach and I cried harder, that hurt.

Through my tears I looked at the end of the bed, Paul was stood there watching me like I was his favourite TV show and I tried speaking, asking him where Jared was.

"Ja-d" Was all that came out through the pain in my throat, I pushed harder, I had to have Jared. "Ja-r-d" I croaked, I was wheezy and it hurt but Paul seemed to understand. His face fell and he started yelling while his body moved from my view. I was alone with the men and woman, they kept talking and checking my body, they were looking at my stomach and in my throat, they were talking about brain scans and asking me when my birthday was but I couldn't reply. All I could say was Jared. I kept croaking it out as they asked me questions until my voice was strong enough to speak more.

"I need Jar" I stopped, it hurt too much to speak.

"Kim" I heard him, his voice met me and the tears grew again, I could hear him. "Let me in, let me see her" He started crying out and the doctor currently holding five fingers in front of my face was shoved to the side and his face came over mine, his beautiful, pale and tired face. The tears in my eyes grew and I went to reach for him, only one of my arms managed to move, the other shot in pain and I winced. "Don't move, just relax, I can't believe you are awake. I leave you with that moron and you wake up but I've been sat here for four days and you didn't even twitch" He started laughing as he got closer to my face but I saw the tears in his eyes, he came closer until his lips hovered over mine and he gave me a cautious look, it was like he wasn't sure whether to kiss me but I adjusted my head and he came down, pressing his lips against mine and filling me with his warmth.

His hand slipped into the one that didn't hurt and his other cradled my head, smoothing my head as he kissed me. I needed water, my throat hurt and my mouth was dry but I couldn't leave this kiss. I needed him just as badly as water.

He pulled back and looked down at me again, he looked upset and he held my hand tighter.

"I am so happy you are awake, I was so worried" He whispered and went to kiss me again but a doctor pulled at him, informing him of tests needing to be done which he seemed offended at. "She isn't brain damaged, look she's fine, Kim you're fine" He looked back at me and I frowned, brain damage? I didn't have brain damage.

"Sir, it's something we need to do, she hit her head and she's been in a coma. We need to run some tests, why don't you wait outside and we will get you when we are done?"

...

Jared

They forced me out, they made me leave after four days of sitting here getting smellier and dirtier, they made me leave.

She was awake, she was ok. That's all that mattered. All it took was me leaving her with Paul and she wakes up. The idiot didn't even realise until he pulled her tube, he had blabbed the story to me as I paced the waiting room. Everyone had called and Paul had gone to tell Kim's dad before going home to Rachel. I was staying here until I could see my girl.

It felt like hours that I was staring at that door, waiting for it to open and when it finally did I pushed my way in before the doctor had even left. She wasn't brain damaged, but I knew that. I forced myself in ignoring their words and walked to her bed, her eyes were shut and her head lulled to the side. She was asleep, I didn't want her asleep. I wanted to kiss her and hold her and tell her I loved her but she was asleep again. Paul saw more of her than I had and she was my girlfriend.

I sat in my seat beside her and slipped my hand into her good one, the other arm was back into place but still sore and so I didn't touch it. I rubbed my thumb over her soft skin and her lips parted to give a little sigh before her eyes fluttered open and she settled on me. Her lips formed into a small smile and her tongue licked out to lick her lips, the motion made me want to kiss her though and so I did. I leaned in and pecked her lips lightly, I couldn't go further, if I started I wouldn't stop and she was tired.

"Hi" She whispered, her voice was raspy from the breathing tube and her eyes found my bottle of water on the table beside us. I picked it up and held it to her lips, letting the water splash into her mouth and she gave a sigh again, that was thirsty.

"Hi" I returned her greeting as I settled the water back and she smiled again, her eyes were tired and her skin pale. She was tired, I was tired. I was exhausted, I had barely slept.

"So, what's happened?" She whispered and I could tell talking hurt her, my fingers trailed up to her throat and I began smoothing it as if it would help, her eyes drifted shut for a second, it was just sending her to sleep but I kept doing it.

"You scared me that's what happened, don't ever go hanging from collapsing buildings again Kim" I raised her other hand to my lips and kissed it, she smiled a tiny smile and nodded.

"But what happened? I remember until I fell" She moved and winced again as she spoke, her stomach was hurting her and it would do for some time. I edged closer and rested my head on her hand, we had never acted like a couple like this before but right now I just needed to feel her. I wasn't sure if she was comfortable with it but I needed it.

"You caught your stomach on wood as you fell, it stabbed into your side but it missed major organs, no lasting damage but you have stitches and it will scar, it will be sore for a while. Your shoulder is dislocated, you bruised your spinal cord and hit your head so hard you got knocked out, they put you in a coma to help reduce swelling. You're ok though, you'll be sore for a while but you're ok" I hated saying it all, she had so much hurting on her and I wanted to make it stop but I couldn't. She just nodded, her hand held mine tighter to hers and she looked across at me.

"Everyone else?"

"Bailey is fine, she didn't have a scrape on her, Embry had her outside. Your dad is fine, he had concussion and some cuts but he's fine. Leah got knocked out but Sam got her to wake up pretty quickly just by attempting to touch her, I guess she really hates him, Paul cut his head open but that healed within an hour, I broke my ankle, all better now though and Sam was fine. Everyone is fine except you, you scared everyone, most of all me. I didn't think you would wake up" I listed it off and she smiled and nodded.

"I'm ok, I think, I'm a little sore and my throat is hurting" She squeaked out, her voice was raspy and I could tell it hurt to talk because she was wincing but selfishly I didn't tell her to stop talking, I wanted to hear her, I wanted to act like it was all normal again.

"What about Sophie?" She spoke after a minutes silence and every hair on my body stood on end, the wolf inside me wanted to growl and lash out at the name but I stayed calm, my spine went tight and my body arched but I managed not to make a sound. She saw my discomfort though and her eyes went a little wide as if scared. "Oh god, what's happened?"

Her voice cracked this time and I saw her eyes welling up, she thought something had happened to Sophie. How could she still care for her? She was a leech, she was a bitch, she had tortured her own family for whatever sick reason. Kim was staring at me waiting for an answer and I bit back all the negative words to give my imprint the assurance she needed.

"She's fine, nobody has touched her. She's with the Cullens, they are making plans for her to go to one of their friends covens. No wolves are near her I promise" I held one hand up in a scouts honour and she nodded slowly, her worry easing out and her heart beat steadying. She was studying me though, her eyes looking all over my dirty, ripped clothes and unkept hair. I needed to shower and change but I couldn't leave her.

"She's not evil Jared, she's not the enemy, and she's my sister" She said in a whisper and the anger in me spiked again, no Sophie was a leech. A leech who had killed people, hurt people. It was all she was capable of doing. I nodded as if agreeing but she knew it was a lie. "Jared please, she's made mistakes but she apologised, she stopped me from falling"

"Actually her strength made the floor cave in" I corrected and she rose an eyebrow at me. She meant before that, when she nearly fell from the upstairs balcony. I guess she had. "She still kidnapped Bailey and lured you away from us, she caused a lot of damage Kim and she's not safe to be around, she's a vampire. I don't want you"

"I'm not going to get hurt" She cut me off knowing what I was about to say and both of us lingered on her words, a smile formed on her pale face and mine followed. She was hurt, I shouldn't smile but her mistake of words made me smile. "I mean she wouldn't hurt me again, things got hairy and things were said that shouldn't have been but we sorted it, please just don't ban me from her, you know how it feels to lose a sister Jared, please" Her smile dropped and instead she began to beg, her words made me frown and I scuttled closer to her, holding her hand toward my body more.

"I would never ban you from her, or anyone else Kim. You make your own decisions and I will be there beside you, if you want to see her then you can but until she is fully safe around humans then I want to be there with you"

"You won't rip her apart?" She seemed surprised. I guess I knew why.

"I won't, I couldn't because it would hurt you. Maybe the other day I wanted to but now I just want you out of here and better, I just, I want you happy and healthy and home. I want this to end and you to stop being upset all the time" I felt myself getting upset and I stopped talking, a lump was forming in my throat and I couldn't control the stinging in my eyes. This week had been awful, it had tested me more than I wanted to ever be tested again and now I just needed things normal. If that meant Kim seeing Sophie then fine.

"Thank you" She whispered and her fingers began fiddling with mine, her body moved a little and I saw her wince at the notion but she kept shuffling across the bed, even as I tried holding her still she shuffled and winced and whimpered until there was room for another person. I wanted to climb in but I didn't, our relationship had only just begun and I didn't want to push her but as I sat holding her hand she stared at me, her teeth nibbling her bottom lip until she let out a long sigh.

"Jared, would you sleep with me tonight?" She spoke in a quiet voice that was full of nerves, my body gave a swoop of happiness and I looked over at her, eyebrows raised in question. It was only 6pm but if she was tired then I would happily sleep with her. "I don't want to be alone and I'm a little cold" Her eyes fell on the bed beside her and I realised what she meant, she wanted me in bed with her.

"Really?"

"Yes, I mean only if you want too" She was worried I didn't want to. I said nothing else I just stood up and slipped myself onto the bed, I had stayed in a bed with her before but now it felt different. Now I loved her more, I felt more for her than I had before because I had thought I lost her, I never wanted to let her go. As I made myself comfortable she moved herself slowly against my side until her wincing stopped and she was comfortable, then she let out a long yawn and her hand came up so that her fingers could play with the loose material of my shirt. The movements of her hand against my stomach was making me shiver and shingle, I liked her being close to me, I liked feeling her against me so easily. I leant my head down and kissed the top of her head.

"Jared" She whispered and I grunted back, I could barely speak. As I lay with her I realised how tired I was. "Thank you for everything you've done for me, you're amazing"

"Hardly" I scoffed, I hadn't done anything. I had let her be hurt.

"No, you have. I'm glad you ran into me that day and imprinted, at first I was scared but now I'm glad you're here. I love you" She yawned and I knew she was partly already sleep which was probably why she was speaking so freely, she would never have the guts to say this normally. I smiled against the head and held her tighter. I loved her. "I really love you" She whispered again and her breathing thinned out, she was asleep.

"I love you too, beautiful" I whispered back and reached to flick the bright light off. I could get used to this.