Chapter 13: Green iris…
BPOV

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Three days later, I sat besides Edward's bed while doing some reading and trying to make quotes since I would be needing this book for English class. Edward would too so, thus the quotes and notes. He was still in a coma but, according to Dr. Kachiri, he was improving every day. He was almost breathing on his own and if everything goes to plan, they would try to stop the medications keeping him in a coma and see if he comes around okay. I kept talking to him, trying to tell him what was going on around him but it wasn't much as I didn't actually leave the hospital at all.

The door opened and Charlie peeked his head in and smiled at me. "How's the boy today, Bells?"

"Getting better, dad. At least his lips aren't blue anymore. And the doctor removed the drain tube from his side and stitched him up"

"That's good, baby. Is he waking up soon?"

"Hopefully. Dr. Kachiri is going to check if that option is possible today."

"Good for him, baby" He smiled at me and patted Edward's leg before turning to me. "I wanted to check on you before going to the station today, see if you wanted to go have some food…" I shook my head and he sighed "I knew the answer to that. I'll bring you some lunch later and we can eat at the cafeteria if you want. I haven't seen your face in days, Bells. Just these short visits and… I'm worried about you."

"I know, Dad. But I want to be here for Edward…"

"Because you love him…"

"I love him, yes. But he loves me too, and he needs me. I'll eat with you at lunch in the cafeteria, I promise. But I want to stay with Edward…"

"Okay, I won't make you leave… IF you promise to take care of yourself too…"

I smiled and hugged my dad before he announced he had to go to the station. Just when I was starting to get the hang on my reading, Dr Kachiri came and smiled at me.

"Hi, Bella. How are you this morning?"

"I'm good… are you here for what I think you are?"

"Yes. We already weaken his medication during the night and maybe he can wake up sometime today"

"Really?" I think my smile was going to break my face.

"Yes. So, keep an eye on him just in case, and press the button if you see any change, okay?"

"Of course. Thanks, Dr. Kachiri" She smiled and left the room. I turned to look at Edward and ran a hand through his hair

"You need to come back to me, sweetheart. I need to see your beautiful eyes and hear that amazing voice of yours."

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A little after, Alice and Emmett came and, after giving them the news and they tried to see if Edward was waking up, we settled around his bed while watching a really bad TV show where they were offering money to some contestants if they did crazy dares. Should I add that very few got any money at all? Emmett kept commenting at the TV while Alice and I just laughed out loud.

"Oh, come on. There are people this stupid? He should have grabbed the green tile!" Emmett's voice boomed and Alice just shook her head while we laughed.

Suddenly, a beeping noise broke through the TV noise and we all turned around and saw the machines around Edward beeping and going nuts. Emmett left the room quickly while calling a nurse and Alice and I went to Edward's side. His hands were opening and closing quickly and Alice tried to calm him while speaking quietly in his ear. Dr Kachiri appeared on the door with Emmett right beside her.

"We don't know what's happening. The machines started beeping and…" I couldn't stop rambling and Emmett wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

"It's okay, Bella. He's waking up. The machines are just noting the change in his breathing" Dr Kachiri said with a smile and Alice moved to the side so she could get to Edward. I took his hand in mine and kept looking at him. After checking the machines and Edward, the doctor looked at us with a smile "It won't be long now"

I could hear the doctor talking to Esme and Carlisle, going over stats and facts about Edward, but I couldn't keep my eyes away from his face. Please, wake up, sweetheart. I miss your beautiful eyes and your sweet voice. A couple of minutes later, his eyelids started moving and then he finally opened his eyes. I could hear a sigh of relief from everyone in the room. He started to roam his eyes around the room until they fell on mine and they opened wide and I knew he was panicking.

"Hey, sweetheart. It's okay. You're okay." I tried to keep him calm until Dr. Kachiri could check everything out. He grunted and I knew he was trying to speak. "You can't speak right now. You have a tube that was helping you breathe, honey. Don't exhaust yourself"

"Hi, Edward. You remember me, right?" Dr. Kachiri asked and he nodded lightly "Well, if you want, we can take care of that tube situation." He nodded again and looked at me "Let's do it, then"

We all stepped aside to give her some room to do what she had to do, and after she asked Edward to cough she removed the tube and gave Alice a cup with ice chips. Edward coughed again and winced.

"Sorry, you're going to be sore for a while there. But at least you can speak and you're awake and that's the most important thing ever. I'm gonna go find a nurse to take some samples for studies and I'll see you again in a couple hours"

We all thanked her and she left with a smile. Alice went to Edward's side and offered an ice chip which he took and looked at Carlisle.

"You want to know what happened, huh?" Edward nodded while sucking on the ice chip. "You collapsed at home and started coughing up blood so we brought you to the ER and Dr. Kachiri found an edema in your lung so she had to drain it. She kept you in an induced coma to be able to help your body recover faster"

"A…coma?" he rasped and I sighed in contempt because he was here with us again. "How… many?"

"Days?" I asked and he nodded while Alice offered a new chip "3 days, sweetheart" he looked at me like I lost my head and I nodded "We've keep you company here while you slept and healed"

"Why didn't you said anything that day, Edward?" it was the first thing out of Alice's mouth and Edward closed his eyes with a sigh.

"Alice" warned Emmett from the corner of the room.

"Didn't think… it would be… that bad… didn't want… to worry you…"

"Well, you worried us all right." He looked at her and nodded sadly "Don't do that to me again, twin"

"I'm sorry… Alice…" he looked at me and smiled "Hey…"

"Hey… you're gonna be okay, right?" he nodded and I smiled while giving him an Eskimo kiss "I love you"

"Love you… too"

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Edward went back to sleep a couple of minutes after having his tube removed and Alice and Emmett promised to keep him company while I had lunch with my dad. It was a pretty nice lunch date with sandwiches and soda and smiles. But I just wanted to return to my boyfriend's side and help him recover. So, I wasn't too sad when dad left me at the hospital's door with a hug and a promise to tell Edward to 'get better soon or else…' Whatever that means…

I found Alice and Emmett trying to decorate Edward's room with Christmas lights and a small Christmas tree that they put in the corner of the room and started to put ornaments in it. I checked the calendar and saw that tomorrow would be Christmas' Eve. I looked at Alice and she caught my eyes and smiled sadly at me.

"I thought it would be nice to put some holiday spirit into this damned hospital room" she said while hanging a soccer ball in the tree.

"It's nice… I hadn't even seen the date"

"I imagined. I told the Chief we were having a small dinner thingy here and he could accompany us if he wanted"

"Is that allowed?"

"Are you forgetting who my dad is?" retorted Emmett from the top of the tree "He can pull some strings and BAM, we have our thingy"

I smiled and nodded and went to take my seat besides Edward, hoping at least this Christmas' Eve I could make him feel loved, safe and happy.

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AN: I'm so sorry about the lack of updates but life is hectic and I can't even believe how hard it is to find time to write and make the chapters. Hopefully someone is still reading this.

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