EPOV

She never went back to sleep that night. After she had woken up and apologised profusely she just stared out of the window. She was shaking furiously but wouldnt let me touch her. She told me once she gained more control to go to sleep and she could stay awake on her own. I didn't want to but soon enough I couldn't stop the sleep from taking me under. My sleep was restless as my subconcious worried over Bella just as much as my conciousness was. My eyes were never fully closed, they were searching for her. I saw her sitting catiously at the end of the bed, curled up in a blanket staring blankly out of the window.

I was barely aware of time passing, she looked as if she was frozen in time. I recognised as the weight shifted on the bed and my eyes flew open. Bella was crouching by her trunk and pulled it onto the bed and stir through it. Her eyes started to water but her smile pulled up at the edges, so I fell into a deeper more relaxed sleep.

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"Afternoon Edward" Bella whispered into my ear as I rolled onto my back, waking up slowly.

"Afternoon?" I questioned lightly, reaching out for her with my eyes still closed.

"Ohh yeah, it's one o'clock" she said casually, stroking my face lightly.

"One?! Why didn't you wake me?" I said, purely astounded. She had been so lost earlier and yet she can stay up throughout the whole day. I started to panic. She just sighed,

"Edward, please I had to let you sleep - you stayed up with me the whole night! I am not going to wake you up just to keep me company, I was fine - I painted a little; I can show you? Would that make you feel better? I don't want you to feel guilty, please" I finally opened my eyes and wished I didn't. My beautiful Bella was half the girl she had been just a day before. Her eyes had turned a dull brown and her skin had turned a light green. Underneath her eyes they had turned the deepest purple. I stroked the soft skin under her eyes and she dragged my hand to her neck and left it there.

"I didn't know what to do Bella, I tried - I'm sorry I couldn't help you" I started stroking her neck softly and she shook herself away from me and sat up again.

"Do I look that bad?" she asked quietly, trying to catch her reflection in the glass wall.

"No, Bella don't be so ridiculous - you look beautiful,come here" I said honestly, she was still my Bella just broken and really really tired. She wouldn't move, she flicked her eyes to me and my outreached hands, but quickly flicked back to look at herself again.

"Come here, please" I begged, reaching a little further to graze her arm with my fingertips. She turned back to me and smiled weakly.

"I'm sorry for being suck a freak" she muttered, crawling back to me and wriggling under my arm, I gripped her tightly around the shoulders and kissed her firmly on the forehead.

"You have been through so much my beautiful Bella. Beautiful, beautiful Bella. I love you Bella. I love you. You have not deserved all of that shit, you are not a freak. Please dont think of yourself that way. I would have thought I'd said that enough so you understand yet?" I pleaded, she looked up at me solomnly and then she smiled weakly again.

"It's just so hard Edward" she whispered and hugged herself tightly to me.

"I know, I know" I ushered into her ear. I pulled her back so I could kiss her softly on her sollen lips. I could see where she had tried to hold back her tears and crushed her lips together and she had picked at her lips with her perfect teeth, nerves and fears running through her.

"I love you Edward" she whispered agaisnt my lips. She closed her eyes and shuffled tighter to me again.

"Have you not been to sleep at all?" I asked after a long peaceful moment.

"Well, not since I woke up earlier" she replied sheepishly

"Bella, I know it's hard but you have to sleep someday" I replied carefully.

"I'm not tired" she replied flatly, I knew I wasn't going to get any more out of her. I could tell she was knackered, anybody could. Her breathing was so slow it worried me at times, her eyelids looked like they weighed a ton.

"Is anybody else home?" I asked once we decided to get up, well more like leave the bed, we weren't likely to get dressed. I wrapped her up tightly in the large duvet to make sure she wouldnt get cold.

"Umm, I'm not sure. I don't think that your family feel very comfortable around me anymore" she whimpered, heading towards the door - avoiding any reflection now.

"Bella, don't be silly" I rushed over to her and picked her up and held her tightly, and it was harder to get a grip because of the thick duvet.

"I was screaming Edward, convulting with pain... In my sleep! I wouldn't feel comfortable with me. I don't know how you can look at me the same"

"I was just scared for you Bella, they all were - they probably haven't come up because they thought we were sleeping. But no, it was only me" I joked at the end trying to lighten the dark mood. It seemed to work because she smirked and stuck her tongue out at me, once her tongue was back in her mouth I placed another feathery kiss on her lips.

"Let's go find out shall we" I said as I wandered clumsily out of the door along the corridor.

"It's silent" Bella whispered when we reached the stairs, she shuffled out of my hold and grabbed my hand weakly, tying her fingers in mine.

"Then why are you being so quiet!" I boomed away from her and laughed manically when it echoed around the empty house.

"You are hilarious" she spoke normally this time but her eyes were slowly peeking around the house incase my family jumped out at her. At least, that's what I hoped she was looking out for.

"Breakfast?" I suggested as we reached the bottom of the stairs, not feeling very hungry myself but knowing that she hadn't eaten properly in over tweleve hours made me nervous.

"No thank you, I'm not that hungry. And it's past lunchtime so there is no way you can call it breakfast anymore" she countered, true I had forgotten about the time.

"Well, what would you like to do then?" I asked, trying to find something to occupy her mind.

"Um, I don't mind" she answered cowering into my chest, snuggling her warm self there.

"Do you want to paint?" I asked resting my chin on her head, she giggled as my chin wobbled agaisnt her.

"No" she said flatly and slightly defensive. I pulled back to look at her confused and she shrugged away my look and cuddled back into me.

"Why don't you play the piano? You haven't in so long" she whispered, tiptoeing to look at me in the eyes; pleading me not to ask about the painting issue. I thought the piano over and decided that it was true that I hadn't played in forever.

"Come on then" I said as I tugged on her arm, pulling her into my side as we walked into my room. Well it isn't really mine, but I like to think of it like that.

I took my seat on the piano stool and admired the keys as I gently lifted the lid. I noticed that Bella had positioned herself behind me rolled up in the duvet. I turned to look at her and she smiled properly this time and urged me on with and impatient hand wave. I laughed and turned back to my wonderful piano.

I let my fingertips pick the song I was going to play. I rushed my fingers lightly over the keys and let them stay there. I started to play Bella's song that I had written when she was here those first two weeks. She lit my soul alive, and inspiration poured over me. This song was for her and she noticed when I reached the third bar, I heard her intake a sharp breath and then she relaxed and in my side vision I saw her gently sway as the melody filled the room.

I played for three minutes before I noticed that Bella's eyes were closed tight shut, her breathing was light and not strained as it had been last night. She was sleeping. She strecthed her limbs and balled her hands like a cat before rolling back into herself and relaxing again. I stopped playing and watched her for a couple of minutes but I quickly noticed the staggered increase in her breaths, her eyelids started to fluttler. I quickly started playing again, her beautiful song started to vibrate through the room again and Bella calmed almost automatically. Bella's lullaby, I thought to myself and beamed a bright smile continued to play. I would play all day until my fingers bled if Bella was at peace in her sleep.

BPOV

When Edward started playing the song he had written for me so long ago now I started to relax. Letting the beautiful notes stringed together by the soft gentle movemnts of his strong fingers.

My dream was not torn by Phil's image like it was last night. I dread to think about what happened last night. I was very aware of my surroundings but I couldn't wake up. He was trapping me there. I could see how upset Edward was and how revolted he was at me. I tried to jump up and down to get out of my nightmare.

He chased and chased and then he found Edward in the middle of our meadow. He changed his direction for him and I screamed and screamed to get his attention. He wouldn't change his line of sight; he didn't even notice me anymore. I ran at him when he was starting to get close.

"HERE! Come here, take me!" I screamed at him, he flicked now and ran towards me. Edward was still as stone and he vanished as soon as Phil came into my vision - like he was the dream instead of Phil.

I was torn, I wanted to escape the pain that Phil was inflicting on me but I didn't want to wake up to find that Edward wasn't actually there with me. I wanted to be awake in the reality that I had known but it all blurred together and I screamed in frustration and in pain as he ripped at me.

After I had woken up I was relieved, I saw Edward but he was scared. Carlisle was so awkward and Alice stood in shock and quickly hurried out of the room. I just stared at Edward's broken face, horrified at myself that I could cause so much pain to a family that shouldn't feel pain.

Edward's music filled my body and sent me into a blissful and peaceful sleep. I dreamt of Edward and myself in our meadow, and it was warm - the middle of summer. The sun was high in the sky and beamed down onto us. Every note Edward made was a burst of light in the meadow, some green, some blues and purples, little fireworks going off around the two of us. It was so peaceful, but then I realised that Edward was still playing. He was playing for me, his fingers would go numb and bruise if I slept as long as he had last night. I woke up slowly, only because I couldn't make myself go any faster.

Edward jumped from his stool to my side, "No, you were asleep!" he moaned as he stroked my face. I was struggling upwards to sit up to look at his gorgeous face properly.

"I've slept wonderfully thanks to you" I whispered, pulling him closer. I concentrated on his eyes for a moment - but seeing my reflection, I looked a little better, the purple was a little lighter and my mudd eyes had turned more bark coloured.

"But Bella, I've only been playing for about 15 minutes" he moaned, unravelling the covers and tucking himself into them and shuffling me so I was sitting on his lap.

"Edward, you were not where I was when I was asleep. I feel like I've just slept for about eight hours" I lied a little, it was really more like five hours but I didn't want him to feel bad.

"Eight hours?"

"Edward, don't make me say it" I whispered, shuffling my head into the cave of his neck.

"Eight hours with me?" He guessed, I nodded against his neck and he chuckled lightly.

"And he wasn't there?" He asked carefully, stroking the back of my neck through my hair.

"No Edward, I was safe. I was with you, I was safe and warm and totally awake, as I am now"

"Oh Bella, I'm going to have to record myself aren't I?" he asked pulling me back slightly to gaze at me.

"I was just getting used to noctornal"