Sorry it took so long to update, a certain site wasn't working. Also it may take me a while to update sometimes because i write everything out by hand first. Well here it is Chapter four. Read it, Review it. NO, I dont own Twilight. You know that.

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Chapter Four

"D-dead?" Bella's lips stumbled over the question and her mind refused to believe. Why hadn't Edward saved him? Edward can do anything.

Edward only nodded in answer. His own thoughts drifted towards his guilt. I should have got him out in time. I should have run faster, held the roof up longer. Anything.

After a long and painful silence Edward rose from his seat. "Bella I have to go soon. This morning is going to be sunny." With that he leaned over her, brushing his lips over each of her tearstained cheeks. Then he pressed a kiss to her lips withhis marble like mouth. "I love you" he whispered "and I am so so sorry." He then straightened and in one quick fluid motion he was gone.

Left alone with only her terrible thoughts, Bella focused on the room she was in. Realizing abruptly that it was a hospital room. She herself was tucked into a uncomfortable bed, wearing one of those horrible backless gowns. As if one cue she felt a severe pain in her feet. Moving the blankets aside and looking down she noticed they were wrapped in heavy bandages. Burns she figured. The thought of them brought the fire rushing back. Her mind's eye filled with the image of her house collapsing. Bella curled into the fetal position and away from her thoughts. She then proceeded to cry herself to sleep.

When she woke up hours later, a gorgeous blond Adonis was standing over her. "Glad to see you awake Bella" Carlisle said. "Mhm" Bella replied still in a sleepy hazy.

"Bella hunny" came a voice from the chair on the other side of her, it was Esme. "We've come to take you home. Your going to live with us, that is if you don't mind." Bella only nodded dimly. Memories from the night before flooded her brain, but she only half believed them.

"Where's Edward" she asked suddenly, pushing the awful sadness aside. Bella prided herself on her ability to repress the unpleasant.

Carlisle glanced over at Esme before slowly saying "He's at the house. He wasn't sure if you wanted him here." At that point Esme's quiet voice broke in. "I told him you wouldn't be mad, that it wasn't anybody's fault. But Edward, stubborn as he is, is determined to blame himself."

Bella nodded again. I was I could see him she thought. I also wish I could be alone for a bit more.

As if reading her mind, Esme gracefully stood and headed towards the door. "Come on Carlisle" she called. "Let's let Bella get dressed and collect herself." To Bella she said "There are some clothes in that chair. Alice picked them out, so they should fit. Just meet us in the lobby when your ready."

Again all Bella could do was nod. As soon as the couple left, she pushed herself up, walking carefully on her burned feet. She focused on keeping her mind blank, as she pulled her jeans on. As expected they fit perfectly.

Ignoring the tightness in her chest, she crossed to the rooms adjoining bathroom. As she walked over, stubbed her toe on the corner of the bed. Tears filled her eyes, and she knew that if she began to cry , it was unlikely that she would ever stop. Save it Bella she told herself firmly.

Once in the bathroom, she washed her face then looked in the mirror to assess her appearance. She was almost surprised to realize she still looked like herself. But her eyes were strangely blank and her skin was ever paler than usual. Her eyes lifted to scan her hair. It looked like her usual morning "haystack" as Edward affectionately called it. Except now it smelled like smoke. You need a shower her mind told her. Then another deeper part whispered you need your father. Bella dashed from the room as fast as her injured feet would carry her.

Bella kept her steady hobble up until she reached the lobby. There Carlisle and Esme stood waiting for her. "Ready dear?" Esme asked when Bella finally reached them. Bella flatly replied "Yes." Together the three of them walked out in to the twilight. For Bella, passing through the automatic doors signified the end of an era and the beginnings of a very different life.