I DREAM OF RAINBOWS

Disclaimer: The Cullen's, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.

The awesome and talented dowlingnana searched out my errors and corrected them.

Edward arrived at the hospital and quietly entered Bella's room. He noticed that she was asleep, so, he quietly took a seat next to her bed and settled in to wait until she awoke.

CHAPTER 22: FACING SELF TRUTHS

It was during this time as he was waiting that Edward noticed, probably not for the first time, but admitted without hesitation, just how beautiful Isabella Swan was. He knew it wasn't Hollywood bought beauty, but a natural glowing beauty that came from nature. And, he had to admit, once he stopped to think back over his different encounters with this woman, that she acted with a complete unconscious sense of that beauty. She carried herself with grace and confidence that he wasn't used to seeing in an ordinary woman. Sure, the women that he met in the circles that he usually associated had confidence, however, it was the selfish, snobbish type; the type that used what they had for further advancement. But Isabella Swan doesn't put on self-assumed airs; she is what you see and can take her or leave her since she seems to refuse to change her principles.

His flow of thought was interrupted for a moment as Ms. Swan made a movement with her hands and her breathing seemed to be changing giving an indication that she might be waking up. However, that wasn't the case. She was simply repositioning herself in her sleep. So, he got comfortable once more after sighing. Edward was really hoping that she was about to awaken since he wanted to continue with their earlier conversation.

As he waited, he hoped that no one would come in to postpone the conversation they needed to complete. Edward fully intended to approach Bella using a different tactic; he was going to use the charm that all of the women seem to fall victim. He was going to woo her into wanting to change her mind. That way he wasn't going against his family's warnings. But was still achieving the desired effect of having the contract as he wanted it. There was no doubt in his mind that he would win out, both on the business front and on the personal front when he managed to get her underneath him for his pleasure.

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"Alice, don't you think we should leave Bella to have a peaceful night instead of going back to the hospital to only interrupt the rest she is needing?" Rosalie asked her cousin in a very aggravated tone of voice.

"But Rose, she would be much more comfortable in her own clothes. Besides, I would like to see what all of the tension was about between her and that Cullen guy. He's different than his brothers, Jasper and Emmett Cullen.

"Those two brothers are totally irresistible." Alice explained to Rosalie and then offered her opinion about Edward Cullen's brothers with a bit of a giggle.

All Rosalie did was nod in agreement along with an eye roll and allowed a small smile as she watched the dreamlike look take a hold of her cousin. It seemed that Alice was just as taken with Jasper Cullen the same as she was about one Emmett Cullen. The immediate future after filming started was beginning to be looking to have some thrilling happenings coming their way.

"You might be right about being more comfortable in her own nightwear, but don't forget that she's being released tomorrow. So, my question is why should we be taking her own things to the hospital this late? It doesn't make any sense to disturb her for just a few hours, especially, when you're planning to grill her over what was said privately between her and Edward Cullen.

"All you're going to do is to upset her when she needs the rest."

"Yeah, I guess you're right, but I still think that she would be more comfortable in her own clothes for the night."

"Forget it, Alice. The nursing staff will be disturbing her enough throughout the night as it is. That alone is going to be stressful to the max and you know it if you would take a minute to think about what I'm saying.

"They will be every couple of hours waking her to check her vitals, asking how she's feeling and giving her some more medicine. All due to her concussion.

"So, do you really want to add to that by having her change into clothes that aren't really needed because of a few hours in the hospital? Or, because you're curious about something that she'll tell us about once she gets back here and feeling more herself?"

"You're right, but it's hard not knowing. I bet it had to do with that damn contract and that asshat trying to get his own way." Alice conceded to Rosalie's suggestion, but not without expressing her frustration of not having her curiosity satisfied.

"I know that you are wanting to try to help and that you're curious as hell, but let Bella come to you. Don't try to push the issue at this point."

"Rose, I know you're right, as I've just said, but you know that even though curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction did bring it back." Alice remarked with a sly smirk.

"Regardless what you say, we still need to let Bella get her rest tonight while she can and then bring her home tomorrow. We can go to the hospital early in the morning as long as we don't have any appointments scheduled." Rosalie commented as she walked over to check for any appointments she might have forgotten on her cell phone calendar.

Alice told her cousin, "I don't have any thing that's urgent. Once we found out about Bella I called and reset everything, except for one thing, until next week.

"I have to meet with the design department to get all of the information needed to get started on the costumes that's going to be needed for this film."

"Have you gotten any information as to what this movie is going to be about?"

"Nope. The only thing that I do know, like you, is that we're going to be working on the same project with Emmett Cullen. However, I'm wondering if this might be about Bella's story. The clues seem to point in that direction." Alice remarked.

"I agree, but there's nothing concrete to let us know for sure. But, if that is the case, then it means that all three of us will be working together on the same project." Rosalie replied. Then she continued saying, "However, we still need to wait until Bella is willing or able to talk to us about the whole thing."

And, with that said Alice and Rosalie decided to call it an early evening and were in the process of saying goodnight to each other when each of their cell phones began to ring. Neither were expecting any calls, but in Hollywood one never knew when something might pop up.

As each looked at the number calling a puzzled looked appeared upon each of their faces because the number was unknown. However, they still answered to receive an unexpected surprise which caused an unconscious smile to appear and an excited squeal that silently escaped from each woman.

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"Em, I didn't get the chance to ask you earlier, but do you happen to know who the small woman was that was visiting with Ms. Swan at the hospital?" Jasper was asking his brother.

He hadn't said anything to anyone, but that little lady rocked his world the moment he had seen her. Never did he expect to feel a connection to a woman like he had experienced with this first sighting of this particular woman. To try to find the words to describe that feeling to anyone else was beyond him; he just couldn't find a way to put his feelings into words. The feelings were just too intense to be able to describe them appropriately.

Emmett looked at his brother as he was wondering why Jasper was asking, or, rather, what he was asking. "Jazz, what is it that you're wanting to know? I can't say that I know her personally since I've never met her before. However, I can honestly say that I did recognize the name; she's going to be designing the costumes for this movie.

"She is highly respected in the field of designing and was recommended by my designing department head as this young woman seems to have quite an established representation amongst the industry and the fashion world. So, she was asked to submit some ideas for different periods of history and once I saw the designs, I knew that she the one we needed.

"Her ideas were fresh and exciting. So, I knew that I had to have her working on this project.

"Which brings me back to my question of why you're wanting to know."

"If I tell you you'll think that I'm crazy." Was all that Jasper said as he tried to avoid looking Emmett in the eyes. He knew that Emmett could be very astute at times, especially when looking at a person face to face. And, all of his life he had had a hard time hiding secrets from Emmett if Emmett stared at him long enough.

But Emmett wasn't fooled. He knew that something unusual about the woman had caught his brother's eye. Maybe it was the same thing as what he felt had happened when he first saw Rosalie Hale's audition tape. It was like the earth had spun off its axis, and he felt like he was freely floating. Emmett admitted to himself in that moment that he had to meet the lady and that he was determined that she would become Mrs. Emmett Cullen. Rosalie Hale was going to be his wife, even, though they hadn't formally met, but the draw he felt was there. He couldn't explain anything of why he felt the way he did.

Shaking his head a bit as if to clear his mind, Emmett looked at his brother and asked with a smile, "Jasper, are you by any chance enchanted by the charms of a certain designer that happens to have caught your eye?" Emmett watched his little brother's face turn a light shade of pink as a slow blush began to appear.

Jasper never answered Emmett's last question as he rose and said goodnight. That he had some work that he needed to get done before completely calling it a night.

And, although, neither brother spoke further of either woman, they each let their thoughts return to the one woman they were having developing feelings for.

XXXXXX

Edward didn't know how long he sat in Bella's room waiting for her to wake up so he could talk with her again. He allowed his thoughts to roam a bit during the time he was waiting and since it was so quiet. For some reason he was finding the quietness soothing and calming. It wasn't something that he was used to having much of.

Somehow, he always thought that if he took the time to sit still for too long that he would be bored out of his damn mind. However, to his surprise, he found himself being completely comfortable with the relaxing silence he was surrounded with as he was watching the beauty in the bed sleep. He was just realizing that he was finding that her presence was having a soothing, calming effect upon him. Something he wasn't able to explain to himself as to why it was happening.

All Edward could willingly admit to himself was that Isabella Swan was a pain in the ass to him, but at the same time he was finding himself drawn to her as he had never been to any other woman in his life. It was as if she had control of him, but without his permission.

As he looked over at her once more, he came to a decision that he was being everything she had accused him of being by being there wanting to demand that she give in to his desires both in business and personal. So, making a sudden decision, he rose to his feet, slowly walked over to her bed and glanced down at Bella for a minute or two.

As he looked closely, he felt the draw growing stronger and stronger, but he was determined that he was still going to stay in control of the situation for as long as he could. So, knowing that the best thing he could do at that moment was to leave, Edward bent down to softly moving the hair that was at Bella's temple out of the way and left a kiss in that one spot.

Gaining his full height once more, Edward turned and left the room.

A/N: The guys are starting to confess to themselves, if not to anyone else, their feelings for certain young women. Emmett and Jasper being of a different mindset than Edward might be in for an easier relationship. However, Edward seems to be driving himself into a totally different direction.

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