Chapter 35

B's POV

Forgiveness, The Best Medicine!

"Shit! Emmett, be careful with her!" a voice scowled near me.

"Edward, its not like she's glass! Hush! Or she'll wake up!" a booming voice sounded from beside me; making me stir painfully.

"Here! I'll make the bath and Amber will clean her up, ok?" Edward's voice said softly from behind me.

Two minutes later, I was surrounded by warm water and was listening to Amber hum an unfamiliar song. "I knew this would happen. He's malicious!" She whispered carefully rubbing soap on my arms.

"A..." my voice cracked violently. I swallowed. "Am...ber..." I whispered but I could tell she was surprised. "Am..ber.." I whispered again.

"Hi Bella. How are you?" She asked softly. (AN:Her eyes are still closed so, their words are in italics because she can't see them)

I nodded my head. "Th...thirsty..." I mumbled with great strength, licking my dry lips with my equally dry tongue.

"OK..." I heard her get up and the door open. "Edward? Can you get me a large cup of...apple juice?" I nodded in agreement.

"Yes. Is she awake yet?" he asked worry coating his words.

"Yes. She is conscious. But still very weak. Her throat is dry."

The door was closed once again. "Th...thank y-you..."

"No problem, sis. I was so worried about you!" she sighed. "Are you ok? Mentally I mean? Do you...are you scared of anyone?"

"E...Edward..." I sighed trying to move my hand; my fingers bent then went back to being straight. "He...he's s-still mad?"

"Not at all! Just worried about you!" she lowered her voice. "He really does love you, Bells. He admitted it in front of everyone."

I decided to let it go til I was well enough to argue. "N...Nessie?"

"She's with her family. Stephen...he hurt her...really bad." she sniffled. " I was hoping he never did that to her! She's just a kid! I hope Seth can help her!"

"S-Seth?" I asked not recognizing the name.

"Oh! This boy at her school, he likes her...a lot!" I could hear the smile in her voice, I smiled back. "Can...can you feel anything?"

I nodded. "The...water helps the...the pain. But I can feel everything. I...I can't open my eyes. C-can you wipe them for me, with a warm rag?" The warm water ran down my cheeks, leaving trails of warm-like tear streams. My eyelids unglued themselves from my cheekbones. They fluttered open.

You know that saying when you wake up with the light on? Turn the light off! It burns! Well, it really does freaking burn! I squeaked and my hands flew up to my eyes. "The lights!" Immediately the room went dark, except for the little light coming from the window. I removed my arms. I sighed grabbing the rag and wiped the dried blood off my neck and face,

There was a knock at the door. "Amber...your apple juice?" Edward's voice came softly from the other side of it.

Slowly, Amber opened the door, a little light streamed in. "Thank you. She'll be out soon. So you can patch her up, Dr. Cullen." She joked, he forced a smile, I could see the strain in his face.

She closed the door and handed me the cup. Quickly, I gulped it down and could finally swallow correctly. "Thank you," my voice was still crackly, but at least it was better than nothing.

"I am so sorry, Bella! This is all my fault!" Amber sobbed gripping my hand.

"How so? I'm the one that ran off. I'm the one that got caught. I'm the one that attracts danger every chance I get!" I smiled softly, ignoring the pain that was sent through my body. "It was in no way your fault. Plus, I'm out ain't I?"

Amber forced a small smile through her tears and nodded slowly. "Yeah! You're home!"

One hour later, Amber and I had finally scrubbed every inch of my body, careful of the real bad injuries; my breasts, stomach back, and my thighs. Plus that huge gash on my forehead that was showing my skull! Hopefully that was as fatal as it looked. I wrapped myself in my favorite robe; black with bright baby blue clouds floating every which way. And walked, well limped, into my room. Amber left after I was safe and laying down on my bed. I reached for my phone and dialed Sam and Emily's number.

"Hello?" Emily asnswered her tone completely changed from the down time tone.

"Hey Emily, its Bella."

"Oh hi honey. How are you?"

I ran a hand through my hair. "I'm fine. I little beat up, but I'll manage. I was actually, calling to check on Reneesme. Where is she?"

The line was silent for a minute. Then, "She's fine. She's...well she's with Sam, back at that cabin."

My eyes widened. "Why is she there? Hell I wanna be as far away from that godforsaken place as possible!"

"I know right! Plus, she just got out of there! Who, in there right mind, would want to go back to fast!?"

"Why would you want to go back at all?" I asked confused.

"Well, Bella, sometimes its good to relive things. Going back to where it all happened, can help bring out your fears, and can also help you get over them."

I've never gone back to our old house, never wanted to chance enduring the horrific nightmares. Maybe that's what I need, I thought. "Never knew that. Thanks for the advice, Emily. Can you get Nessie to call me back whenever she can? I really just want to see how she's doing. Tell her I love her, will ya?"

Emily sniffled. "Yeah. Sure. She loved you, Bella. Its like you're her new role model. She wants to be just like you!"

I wiped some tears of my own away. "Really? That's so sweet!" I sighed. "Well, I go to get patched up, Emily. I just wanted to see how things were."

"Yeah. Sure. Get yourself cleaned up and get some rest. I'll have Nessie call you."

"Thanks Emily."

"You're welcome, Bella." Then she hung up.

I flipped my phone shut as well, grimacing at my reflection that I caught on the top screen. My lip was split all the way, my left eye was swollen, mostly underneath, but it still hurt. My nose was broken. Badly. The purple and blue spots grew up to both of my eyes. My left eyebrow had a gash about three inched wide, two inches deep. Plus the gash that revealed my skull. The pain was increasing quickly.

Just as I was about to call out, Edward walked through my door. I blushed when our eyes made contact. "Erm...Amber went with Jacob to the police station." He explained closing the door and sitting on the edge of my bed. "I need to...patch up every major cut and burn that you have. So...I'll start with the ones on your face, ok?"

I just stared at him. The love of my life. He still cared! He still care about me! I could see it in his emerald eyes. He cared about me! I smiled, a small painful smile, and opened my arms. "Can I get a hug?" I croaked looking deeply into his bright green iris'.

He put down his first aid kit and leaned over, wrapping his warm strong arms gently around me. I smiled, pressing my face into the crook of his neck. "I missed you!" I whispered letting out a few warm tears.

He held me tighter, kissing my temple. "You have no idea howmuch I missed you, Bella!"

We stayed like that a little longer, just enjoying the feeling of each others embrace. Finally, he pulled away and started on the gash on my head. We made small talk, distracting me from the pain as Edward pulled and swabbed and stitched and probed my cuts and burns. "They really hurt you, didn't they?" Edward asked while he was stitching up the last large cut on my lower back. I nodded. He sighed. "I'm so sorry. I if I hadn't been such an idiot that day, you would have never ran off and he would have never captured you. I would have never lost you," he voice broke at that. I felt his breath on the cut he had just finished. "I'm so sorry, Bella. Let me fix you..." he whispered before his warm soft lips pressed against ever single injury he had fixed today. From the ones on my back, to my thighs, to my stomach, to my neck and finally on my face. I shuddered uncontrollably every time his beautiful lips made contact with my skin.

When he was done, and I was told to sleep, I begged. Pleaded for him to stay with me. He obliged, as long as it didn't make me uncomfortable. I nearly rolled my eyes at my love. Be uncomfortable? With Edward? Sorry! Not going to happen! I changed into some sweats and a tank, before laying back down beside Edward. I snuggled down close inside his chest, getting warm real fast! His warm, strong, yet gentle arms found their way around my waist, as I pulled the covers over both of us. "Night Edward," I hesitated before lightly kissing his cheek.

"Night Bella." he whispered back then kissed my forehead tenderly. "Get some sleep my Bella!"

That was too easy! sorry it took so long! End of Quater Essays have been going on! Cramming is not the best method!