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Bella:

"Hey baby." I said as I leaned to kiss Edward's head.

"Hey Angel. What's going on? Why am I in the hospital?" Edward asked looking around at everyone.

"You don't remember?" Esme asked pushing his hair out of his face.

"I remember being at the warehouses on the dock with the guys and being pissed that Aries was hurt, but the rest is kind of a blur. What happened and why is there something tugging at my side?" Edward asked looking to his left side.

Emmett and Jasper spent the next fifteen minutes or so explaining to Edward what had happened at the docks. I could see that Edward was starting to remember more and more of it. The guys explained that Aries will be just fine. The bullet had just glazed his leg but he is out of commission for a while. Edward was relieved that the dog was going to make a full recovery. Esme and Carlisle took turns explaining to Edward what kind of injuries he sustained.

"Your throat may be a little sore for a few days. Side effect of the breathing tube." I told him. "Would you like some water?"

"Yes please."

"Tiny sips. Slowly." I instructed him.

He gave a small chuckle and said, "The rolls have been switched I see."

"Yeah yeah. Laugh it up now tough guy." I laughed. "How are you feeling? Wait, shit. Don't answer that. I can imagine how you feel but what I meant was, are you in pain?"

"It's okay right now. I'm good as long as I don't move. This fucking tube is annoying but not hurting." Edward said sighing.

"Are you sure?" I asked. Yeah, I was so going to fuss over him. Sue me.

"Yeah Angel. I'm sure. I am kinda hungry though."

"I'll let the nurses know you are awake and see what we can do about feeding you." Alice said. She took the boys with her.

"So tell me what I've missed." Edward said.

So that is what we did for the next couple of hours. We all took turns telling him the happenings that went on in our lives. My mom bragged about Leo walking and getting into everything. My dad spoke of the club and restaurant construction's are almost done. Rose and I took turns talking about our babies. I decided at my last appointment that I didn't want to hear the heartbeats until Edward was there with me but the doctor still listened to them. Edward laughed at both Rose and I because are bellies were almost the same size and I was five weeks behind her.

A nurse came in to check on Edward and brought him in some food. Liquid only until his throat is better. She also gave him some pain medicine. We could tell when it took effect because his eyes clouded over and his words were slurring a tad bit. It would have been comical if it was a different situation. Edward ate the broth and tea the nurse brought in before his eyes started to close. My mom and Renee cleaned up all the leftover food and everyone took off after that. My mom left some leftovers here for me in case I got hungry later.

I sat back on the cot that I slept in every night and watched TV. I woke up sometime later to a nurse checking on Edward. He was smiling over at me as the nurse took his blood pressure, temperature, and checked his tubing and monitors.

"Were you watching me sleep?" I asked him.

His smile got wider. "I was."

"Creepier." I joked. He laughed and then sucked in a breath. "Shit."

"Sorry. That was my fault." I said.

"It's okay. It's bound to happen I guess. How are you?" Edward asked.

I shrugged. "I feel bloated." I laughed.

"Please don't make me laugh Angel." He laughed anyway.

"My morning sickness has gone down some so that's a plus." I yawned.

"That's good to hear. Go back to sleep baby. I'll be here in the morning."

"K. Love you." I whispered. I didn't hear him say anything before I fell back to sleep.

Edward was asleep when I woke up so I quietly got up off the cot and went into the bathroom to do my morning routine. Thank goodness for the new clothes my mom had gotten me. They left room for my expanding belly. These babies were growing fast, I swear. Thankfully I didn't have morning sickness today. Yet. I finished up in the bathroom and walked back into the room. I grabbed my book bag and cut. I pulled out a notebook and a pen and decided to leave Edward a little note.

"Bellissimo. I wanted to let you know that I will be thinking of you today.

You were asleep when I woke up and I didn't want to wake you.

I will have my phone with me all day and yours is fully charged.

I love you, Your Angel."

I folded the paper, wrote his name on the front of it and placed it on the rolling table next to his bed with his phone on top of it. I leaned over and kissed his forehead before putting my cut on, grabbed my backpack and headed into the hallway to meet up with Demetri. The ride was filled with radio talk and us picking on the people who called in. All too soon, we were pulling up to my school. Demetri pulled into my parking spot and together, we headed into my school. Demetri went everywhere with me. He even stood outside of the bathroom if I went in there.

Good thing about school is that Angela is in all but two of my classes. Since I can no longer take gym, I go to study hall. Angela has gym and she's not in my graphics class. She took business instead. Her and I sit with Demetri at lunch with a few of the kids who parents are members. We all tend to keep together.

I pulled out my phone once I sat down at the table with my tray of food. I sent Edward a text since I hadn't heard from him yet.

"Sta bene Bella." Demetri said smiling at me. (He's okay Bella.)

I sighed. "Come puoi saperlo? Non ho ancora sentito nulla da lui oggi. " (How can you know that? I haven't heard from him at all today.)

" Devi avere un po 'più di fiducia in quell'uomo. Pensi davvero che sarà in grado di stare lontano da te e da quei bambini? " Demetri said pointing to my stomach. (You need to have a little more faith in that man. Do you really think that he will be able to stay away from you and those babies?)

"No, non sarebbe in grado di farlo, ma perché non l'ho ancora sentito?" I whined. (No, he wouldn't be able to but why haven't I heard from him yet?)

Demetri shook his head and said, "Non sono sicuro che Sweetie, ma sono sicuro che c'è una ragione." (I'm not sure Sweetie but I'm sure there is a reason.)

"Ti preoccupi di molte campane. Il tuo uomo starà bene. " Angela smiled. (You worry to much Bells. Your man is going to be okay.)

"Yeah. You are right. I just hate being away from him is all." I admitted shrugging.

Demetri and Angela both smiled at me and told me that they understand and for me to eat which I did even though my stomach was doing flip flops.

Edward:

Bella was gone by the time I woke up again. She was most likely at school. I found her note that she left me and it made me smile. That girl was always full of surprises. I was going to message her to let her know I was awake but the pain was unbearable as I reached my arm out to grab my phone. Thankfully my mom walked in just as I let out the first cry of pain and she immediately called the nurse who came in straight away.

"Where is the pain Edward?" She asked.

"M-my ba-back." I moaned out.

The nurse left and came back with my doctor who started to access me. The pain was so intense that I couldn't even think straight let alone answer any of the questions that they were asking me. I do remember seeing the nurse with a needle then everything went black again.

Esme:

Watching my son in that much pain was enough to bring me to my knees. There was nothing I could do except get the nurse. They wouldn't even let me hold his hand because they were trying to access him. Edward said the pain was in his back so that is what they were trying to check but he screamed every time they would try to roll him. The nurse had no choice but to get him something for the pain which caused him to sleep.

The doctor started to check Edward's nerve responses by running his pen across the bottom of Edward's feet. Thankfully, his feet responded. They took him down for more tests. I was told that would take a few hours since they were doing x-rays, cat scan, and a MRI. All I could do was wait in his room for him to come back and let me tell you, that was torture. It was almost as bad as when we were in the waiting room to hear about his surgery. I decided to call my husband and tell him what was going on.

"Dia duit mil." Carlisle answered after the second ring. (Hello honey)

"Carlisle." I cried.

"Céard atá mícheart? Cad a tharla? " He rushed his words out and I couldn't handle it anymore. (What's wrong? What happened?)

" Tháinig mé isteach chun Edward a fheiceáil agus bhí an oiread sin pian ann. B'éigean dóibh é a thapú ionas go bhféadfaidís a fháil amach cad a bhí ina chúis lena phian. Gach a d'fhéadfaidís a fháil uaidh ná gurbh é a dhroim é. Thóg siad díreach é chun níos mó tástálacha a dhéanamh mar sin arís, is cluiche feithimh é. " I cried harder. (I came in to see Edward and he was in so much pain. They had to sedate him so they could figure out what was causing his pain. All they could get out of him was that it was his back. They just took him to get more tests done so once again, it's a waiting game.)

I heard my husband take a few deep breaths and spoke quietly to someone near him. "Táim ar mo bhealach. Is breá liom tú. " (I'm on my way. I love you.)

" Is breá leat. " I said back and hung up. (Love you too.)

So here I sat playing the waiting game. Again.

Bella:

I still hadn't heard from Edward when I left school. Demetri was taking me back to the hospital anyway so my nerves died done just a little. We got our passes from security in the lobby and we made our way up in the elevator. God, I hated these. They caused my stomach to get upset every damn time. Walking into Edward's room, I found Esme cleaning stuff and Edward was missing.

"Esme?" I called.

She spun to face me bringing her hand up to her chest. "Bella, dear, you scared me.

"I'm sorry about that. I thought you heard me come in. Where's Edward?" I asked.

"He's been in testing all day. He woke up with really bad pain in his back so they sedated him and took him to get x-rays, a cat scan, and a MRI. I haven't heard anything yet." Esme answered.

I walked over and hugged her. I knew it wasn't easy on her anymore then it was on me but this was different. This was her son whereas he was just my boyfriend.

"Excuse me ma'am, but I brought you some lunch." Sam said from the doorway.

"Oh what? Thank you Sam. Come on in. We are waiting to hear back from the doctors." Esme said.

"Where's Carlisle?" Sam asked.

"Oh. He went looking for some answers a little while ago. Are you hungry Bella?" Esme asked me.

"Oh no thank you. I'm still full from lunch but I promise I will go get something for dinner in a little bit." I answered with a small smile.

"Good. That's all I ask. I need my grand babies healthy." She said rubbing my stomach which caused a laugh from the doorway. We both looked up to see Emmett standing there.

His smile fell when he noticed that Edward wasn't in the room. "Where is he?"

"Testing." was all that was said. We all took a seat and stared at the TV making small talk about anything.

I must have dozed off because the next thing I knew, I was laying on the cot next to Edward's bed and he was in it. I got up and moved to a chair next to him and took his hand. Edward was sleeping. All the worry and pain was gone from his gorgeous face.

"Oh good. You are awake. Are you hungry?" I looked to the voice and was surprised that Rose was here.

"How long have I been asleep?" I asked yawning.

"About two hours, give or take." She answered.

"Really? Crazy. I don't even remember falling asleep."

Rose laughed. "Yeah, Emmett said you just passed the fuck out in the chair so he moved you to the cot."

I laughed with her. "I'll have to thank him. What's in the bag?"

"Dinner." She said as she took some containers out of the bag. "There's a microwave at the nurse's station and they said we could heat this up. So I'll be back."

I turned back to Edward. Bringing his hand up to my mouth, I placed a kiss on it.

"Take however long you need to take to heal Bellissimo. I will be here every step of the way. I promise. I love you." I whispered to Edward. I gasp when I felt him squeeze my hand. "Oh baby. I knew you could hear me. I'm sorry you woke up in pain but I am sure the doctors will get to the bottom of it." I kissed his hand again.

He squeezed my hand again and mumbled something in his sleep but I couldn't make it out.

That was okay with me though because I felt in my heart that my Edward would recover from this. We would get back on track and we would look for a house for these babies. We would survive this and we would take down those bastards that did it. We could do it as a team.

Edward:

I had to be dreaming again but damn if this dream wasn't great. Bella and I were at a park sitting on a blanket having a picnic. She was glowing because she was still pregnant. She was looking over my shoulder and gave out the cutest giggle.

"Hey you two. Bring your toys over here. It's time to eat." Bella yelled to someone behind me.

I heard little giggles as two bodies collided into mine knocking me onto my back. I smiled up into the faces of the cutest toddlers I have ever seen. They both were wearing giant smiles and gave out big laughs as I hugged them to me.

"Daddy. You haf to pay witf us." My daughter said while my son nodded his head in agreement.

"Daddy can play with you after you all have eaten. Come on, let's clean your hands." Bella said pulling out baby wipes and the twins took turns getting their hands clean. I noticed that Bella had a ring on a certain finger. When did that happen and why couldn't I remember it?

"Can I s-sit witf you?" My daughter asked.

"You sure can. What are we having?" I asked.

"Peanuf buffer and welly." She said.

"Same for you buddy?" I asked looking over at my son who took his seat with Bella.

"Yeah." Was all he said as he shoved his half sandwich into his mouth.

"Easy there. Don't eat to fast. Your stomach will get upset." Bella said smiling at him.

We finished eating and I took the twins over to the swings leaving Bella sitting on the blanket. She was cleaning up the food. The kids giggles were the best sound ever, well they were even with Bella's.

My son laughter stopped short when he looked over to where Bella was. "Where's Mommy?"

"What do you mean? She's right there." I said pointing to the spot where Bella was suppose to be only she wasn't there. Actually there was nothing there. No blanket, no grass, nothing. I turned to look back at my kids and they were gone. I was standing in an empty lot. I ran around the whole thing calling for my family. I could hear Bella speaking far off.

"Take however long you need to take to heal Bellissimo. I will be here every step of the way. I promise. I love you." I felt her kiss my hand.

God I wanted to answer her so bad. I needed to answer her but this cloud wouldn't lift. What the fuck did they give me? I could feel Bella next to me. She would rotate between holding my hand and pushing my hair off my forehead. I felt the loss of her presence for a few minutes.

"I'm right here baby. I am not going anywhere. I am just going to clean you up a little." Bella said. I felt something wet on my arm. It traveled up to my neck, moving across my neck. I felt it be moved from my skin only to returned to my face. My other arm and legs came next. It felt nice. I could get used to this if I was awake to see it. The darkness that I was fighting off finally caught up to me and I was out again.

I came out of the darkness hearing voices. Great. Just what I needed now. Voices.

"He was sweating so I cleaned him up a couple hours ago. He did squeeze my hand so I kept talking to him but I think he went back to sleep."

"Good. That means that he should be waking up soon. His body has suffered trauma so it needs time to heal. Sleeping helps with that. His pain level seems to have gone down as well. We haven't had to give him anything since I sedated him earlier."

I could feel someone rubbing my arm. I wanted to answer whomever was talking so I decided to fight the darkness once again. I used all the strength I could gather and willed my eyes to open. Yes, I could see light. Come on, keep going. Score.

I got my eyes open and looked up to see the ceiling. I heard someone suck in their breath so I turned my head in that direction to see Bella's beautiful chocolate eyes filled with tears looking right at me.

"Hey Angel." I grunted out, not in my usual voice. That's for sure.

"Hey Bellissimo. I love you." Bella said as she kissed my lips. "Are you in pain?"

I shook my head no. "I'm okay. I'm thirsty though."

Bella stood up and said she would be back. I looked around the room to see stuff everywhere. Bella was true to her word, she had definitely been staying here with me. I noticed a cute teddy bear sitting on the window sill. I sucked in a breath as I used the button on the bed to sit myself up more. I am tired of laying down. The pain wasn't to bad. It was bearable.

Bella came back into the room with a pitcher and some cups. "Here you go." She said as she poured some water into the cup. "Easy. Tiny sips."

I smirked at her. "Yes ma'am."

"Don't get cute with me mister." Bella said but I could see her fighting her smile.

"I wouldn't dream of it." I answered and took the straw between my lips and pulled a small amount of water in. My throat still felt raw when I was done drinking the whole cup and I was also hungry.

Bella left to tell the nurses that I was awake and hungry. She returned with a tray of that nasty liquid food. I couldn't wait till I could eat real food.

"Remember. Slowly." Bella smirked at me.

"Yes ma'am." I said back. "Come here."

Bella walked over to me and I pulled her to sit behind me. She looked worried but I shrugged it off. I placed my hand on her growing belly. I wanted to feel the twins and I told her as much. I felt Bella run her fingers through my hair. I bet a needed a haircut and a shave.

"I've miss you Angel." I mumbled.

"I've missed you to." Bella replied.