Chapter 2
My whole body felt as though it was being consumed by fire. I slowly opened my eyes to find a world of blur.
"Bella…" A soft voice cooed.
"Edward." I whispered. The blurs soon turned into the surroundings of Edward's bedroom, and Edward looking at me, his eyes cold, wet, and gloomy. I looked down at my hand. It was just as pale as Edward. I tried to sit up, but the pain was all too much. Edward pushed me back to the pillow and pulled the blanket up to my neck, just the way I liked it. We stayed there silent for a few moments, until I pushed myself hard enough to get off the sofa.
"Are you okay?" Edward asked as he gently placed a hand on my shoulder.
"I'm starting to hurt…" I admitted.
"I don't mean to scare you…" Edward said cautiously. "but it will worsen."
I nodded. "I know." I knew exactly what horrible pain I would be in for the next three days, and then Charlie would come back from his vacation the day after…what would he think?
"Well uh…" Edward said awkwardly, trying to break the silence. "Do you want to watch some T.V. or something?"
I shrugged.
"Sure." We went downstairs to the living room and began channel surfing, seeing if we could find any good movies on HBO.
A sudden thought came to my mind, what was Edward going to tell his family?
"Oh no…" I muttered. This is all my fault! I panicked in my head. I got up, using all my effort to ignore the burning sensation of the venom and the aching of my shifting bones.
"Bell?" Edward asked curiously.
They're going to hate him… Tears of guilt flooded my eyes. I covered my mouth and ran for the door.
"Bella?" Edward said, springing from the couch and following me.
"I got to go…" I said quickly. I went over to the door, just as I was about to open it, it flew open.
There stood Carlisle, Esme, Alice, and Jasper.
"Bella? Are you okay? Why are you so pale?" Esme asked, slowly walking into the house and cupping her hand against my face. My eyes widened.
-Dun dun duuuuuuuuun!