I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!

Chapter 50

(Bella)

We walked into Alice's room. She had a breathing tube, IV and she was hooked up to a lot of machines. Rose was asleep with her head on Alice's bed and Esme was asleep in the other chair. I could feel Edward trembling next to me and reached for his hand.

"Oh hi," Esme said softly. "How is Matt?"

"Better than Alice," Edward said, his voice was shaking.

"Alice is strong and she's going to be okay, she has to be," Esme said sadly.

Edward walked over and put his hand on Rose's back rubbing it gently. "Edward," She said looking up at him. "I can't lose my sister."

"I'll be back," I said to Esme. "I'm going to use the restroom."

"I'll go with you," Esme said.

"How are you holding up?" I asked Esme as we walked towards the restrooms.

"I just don't know, I'm thankful we didn't lose any of them, but I don't know how Ali's going to take the news she lost the baby."

"Is she really going to be okay?" I asked.

"They say she is, they are keeping her sedated until the swelling goes down," Esme said.

"Matt was asking about her," I said.

"Did you tell him about the baby?" Esme asked.

"No," I said.

"I'd wait until he gets out of the hospital and home until you tell."

"I think that's what Edward is thinking too," I said.

"How is Matt?" Esme asked.

"The first time he woke up, he was incoherent and freaking out. He was crying for his mommy and saying that she'd been with him. They had to sedate him. Then when he woke up a second time he was better, he was telling me that my dad had been there with him and he really had seen Lauren."

"Wow," Esme gasped softly "Does he remember the accident?"

"No," I said. "How is Jasper? Have you seen him?"

"Yes, he's in some pain physically, and he will be fine, but emotionally he's really struggling. They aren't letting him see Alice or Matt and he's feeling guilty about the accident."

"Could we go see him before we go back to Alice?" I asked.

"Sure Bella," She said.

"I just want him to know Matt is alright."

"It might help him if he hears it from you," She said.

After we got done in the bathroom, we headed down a different hall towards Jasper's room. "Carlisle and Emmett are with him. We've all taken turns."

Carlisle and Jasper were talking quietly when we got in there. "Bella," Jasper said. "I'm so sorry."

Tears filled my eyes. "Stop it Jasper, this is not your fault. It was an accident and accidents happen."

"We lost the baby," He said.

"I know Jasper and I'm so sorry." I walked over to him and hugged him gently. I didn't want to hurt him.

"She's going to hate me," He cried.

"No she wont, Jasper."

"Is Matt okay?" He asked.

"Matt is great, he doesn't remember the accident," I told him.

"Does he know about the baby?" Jasper asked. "He was going to help us name the baby."

"We haven't told him," I said. "Not yet anyways."

"Do you want me to tell him?" He asked.

"No. Edward and I will tell him," I said.

Jasper closed his eyes shaking his head. "I'm so fucking sorry, had we just stayed home,"

"Stop Jasper, you had no idea this was going to happen. Edward and I don't blame you and you shouldn't blame yourself."

"Give Matt a hug for me," He said quietly.

"I will Jasper."

(Edward)

Later that afternoon, they released Matt from the hospital. It was a relief to know Matt was going to get to come home. We'd talked to Sam and Emily, Jaycie was doing fine and they were getting practice with her.

"Can I see Alice and Jasper before I leave?" Matt asked.

I glanced at Bella, we'd both seen Jasper and knew we could take Matt in to see him, but he wasn't allowed to see Alice.

"Um Matt," I said sitting next to him on his hospital bed.

"What daddy?"

"We can take you to see Jasper, but you can't see Alice right now."

"Why?" He asked.

Bella squatted down in front of him and took his hands. "The doctors had to give Alice some special medicines to make her sleep, so her body can heal."

Matt's eyes filled with tears. "Is she going to be okay?"

"Yes Matt," I said putting my arm around his shoulders.

"Have you seen her?" Matt asked.

"We have, she's sleeping so she doesn't know we are there," Bella said softly.

"Is Jasper asleep?" Matt asked.

"No, Jasper is awake and would like to see you," I said.

I carried Matt and held Bella's hand as we walked towards Jasper's room. "I'll go check on him and tell him that Matt is here," Bella said.

"Um Matt," I said.

"What daddy?" He asked.

"Well," I took a deep breath, I wasn't sure how to bring it up. "When you go in to see Jasper, don't ask about the baby."

"Why?" Matt asked wide eyed. "Did something happen to the baby?"

At that moment Bella came out. "What's going on?" She asked.

"Mama, did something happen to the baby?"

If looks could kill, I'd be dead. Bella glared at me with a look saying she'd deal with me later. "Matt," She said taking him in her arms and walking over to a row of seats. "The baby didn't make."

"Why?" He asked tears filling his eyes.

Bella glanced up and glared at me. "The baby was really small and the air bag hit her stomach."

"Oh," He said looking down. "But Alice is okay right?"

"She will be in time, she's just going to be sad for a while."

"Is Jasper okay?" He asked.

"He's doing okay, he wants to see you," Bella said.

"Okay," Matt said wiping his eyes.

Bella picked Matt up and we walked into Jasper's room, she'd stopped making eye contact with me all together.

Mom and dad were sitting there talking to him. "Hey Matt," Jasper said.

"Hi," He said shyly.

He winced as he lifted his arm. "Can I get a hug?"

"Sure," Matt said softly. He reached over and hugged him. I could see the pain it caused him, but he didn't say anything.

"Matt, I'm so glad you are okay."

"I am, I have a little bit of a headache and I can't go to school for a week, but they say I'm okay."

Jasper wiped tears from his eyes. "Are you okay?" Matt asked him.

"I will be Matt, knowing you are okay helps me feel better."

Bella sat him down on the side of Jasper's bed. "Is Matt okay for a minute?" She asked looking at mom and dad.

"Sure," Mom said.

Bella brushed passed me. "We need to talk."

I followed Bella to the furthest side of the waiting room. She spun around. "How dare you!"

"What?" I asked.

"I thought we discussed not telling him about the baby until after we got home!" She yelled.

"We were about to go in there, I thought he might ask," I said defensively.

"You could have told him we didn't know," She said.

"I tried, but I wasn't sure if I should lie to him or not!"

"Edward," She said shaking her head. "We should have had some preparation for telling him."

"I know," I sighed. "I was just afraid he would say something in there."

"I get it, but to tell him seconds before going in to see Jasper. Really, was that the way to do it?"

"I don't know," I snapped. "I do know, I don't like being jumped on and chewed out."

Her face fell. "Fuck, I'm sorry," She said.

"I know we should have waited, I was afraid of what would happen inside that room and jumped."

"Edward, if Matt mentions is, it's going to be okay. Jasper is sad and feeling guilty, but he wont take it out on Matt. Maybe the two of them talking would be a good thing."

I closed the gap between us and wrapped my arms around her. I could feel her trembling. "We almost lost him last night. I'm just trying to protect him."

"Oh God Bella, I know," I whispered.

We clung to each other for a few minutes. We were both exhausted and needing sleep. "Let's go see Jasper for a few minutes before we leave."

"Are you two alright?" Mom asked meeting us at the door.

"We will be," Bella said.

"Go visit with Alice, those two are talking," Mom said.

"What are they talking about?" I asked.

Mom smiled sadly. "He told Jasper he was sorry about the baby."

"Damn," I muttered.

"It's okay Edward, Jasper needs to talk about it and since Matt was in the accident it just might help both of them."

"Is Jasper going to get through this?" I asked mom.

"In time, he still hasn't been to see Ali yet and I think once he can that will help him a lot."

"We'll go see her for him," Bella said rubbing my hand.

"Oh and Sue wanted to let you know, that her and Charlie are at our house right now and they will stay to help with the kids for a as long as you need them."

"Wow," I said.

"Charlie is taking some time off from work, I don't know if it's to help or if it's to deal with the accident, but he says he wants to be close by at all times."

"That will help," Bella said.

"You two need sleep and some time to just be together and dad and I don't want to leave here until Ali is showing some signs of improvement."

"We understand, we'll help where we can," I said.

"Thank you, but your job is to take care of your kids and yourselves and then to get ready to move."

We walked down to Alice's room. "Hey," Rose said softly.

"How are you guys holding up?" Bella asked.

Emmett ran his hands over his face. "I should be thankful everyone is okay, but I just want her to get better."

"Any change?" I asked.

"No," Rose said.

"Why don't you guys go get something to eat, we'll stay here," Bella offered.

"Thank you," Rose said. "I haven't wanted to leave."

"We wont leave until you get back," I said.

"How's Matt?" Rose asked.

"He's good, we are getting ready to take him home, but he's visiting Jasper," Bella said.

"Do you care if we stop by there, after we eat?" Emmett asked.

"Go ahead, he'd love to see you guys," I said.

Bella sat on my lap and leaned back against me. "I'm really sorry I yelled at you," She whispered.

"Love, don't worry about it. We are both under a lot of stress and we are exhausted," I said holding her close to me.

"God, I hate seeing her like this, she's always so happy," Bella whispered.

"I know," I sighed. "That night after you and her went for lunch together the first time, she called me and told me what a beautiful girl you were and how lucky Matt was going to be to have you as a teacher."

Bella blushed. "Did she really?"

"She did, she was already to play match maker for us," I laughed.

"I think the flat tire on my car did that," Bella laughed.

I twisted her engagement ring around her finger. "I'm glad you had a flat tire that night, hell, I'm glad we had coffee that afternoon."

"Me too," She sighed. "I'm so thankful for everything we have together."

"You want to have a baby?" I whispered.

Bella laughed softly. "Wedding first, Cullen."

"Oh man," I said jokingly.

"I don't think right now would be the time to try to add to our family, but, I think we might need to take advantage of dad and Sue once we get home."

"God yes," I groaned. "We could definitely practice."

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