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I woke with a start. Something didn't seem right and before I could really think about it I heard a very stressed, but beautiful voice.
"Edward!"
"Edward!"
"Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward-"
Bella. I jumped up and ran, almost tripping over my own feet, to the room next to mine, hoping no one would have heard her screams.
"Bella, Bella it's ok. Shhh. Bella..."
Probably a nightmare but she wasn't on the bed. I frantically searched around the room before I spotted her huddled against the far wall, whimpering and rocking back and forth as her eyes glued to me.
I rushed over to her only to stop and move slowly the rest of the way, my hands going to her waist as I lifted her and set her on my lap. Watching in amazement as her arms wrapped around me and her face hid against my neck.
Bella had been with us for 2 nights now and both nights I had woken up and gone to her room before she woke up. I didn't think about the idea of her waking up in the middle of the night with me not there. What amazed me most was that she screamed something other than just a vowel. She screamed a name. My name.
"Bella, you can talk!"
She whimpered and shook her head as she pressed herself against me. I growled and lifted her before setting her on her bed and stepping back. Her eyes going wide as she got ready to stand and run back to me. But I quickly lifted up my hand to halt her.
"No, say something Bella."
She didn't move.
"Bella, Im asking you to say something."
Her eyes looked down before she shook her head once. I growled and turned around, walking to the door before turning back to her. Already she was walking to me before I could stop her.
"Bella! No. You can talk, I heard you. If you can talk, then talk, damn it!"
Later, I figured I had gone way out of boundary with Bella. But that was later, when my head cleared from the frustration I felt for not understanding her. She shook on the spot; her whole body quaked before she started to sob. Not even making a sound, soundless tears rolled down her cheeks as she stared at me, shaking like a leaf.
Alice pushed me aside then and ran to her side, hugging her gently as she glared at me.
"Edward! How could you."
"But Alice, she said-"
"I know what she said, I heard, but that does not entitle that she suddenly can speak."
And with that, I was excused, I believe. I walked to my room with my head down and plopped down on my chair, staring blamefully at my computer screen. That is until Alice came in with Bella, who was looking at me with worried eyes. I felt like a fool now. I had made Bella scared for no reason.
"Hey honey... Come here?"
My arms raised and I waited for her to come to me, worried that she actually might. When her small figure crawled into my lap and her head rested against my shoulder I looked up at Alice and she was smiling at me.
"She wanted you. I guess im not that cool to hang out with in the middle of the night."
Bella lifted her head and smiled shyly at Alice before ducking and hiding against my neck again. I chuckled, feeling my pride swell that Bella wanted me. Even though Alice had gotten through to Bella as well. In fact, everyone seemed to love Bella in their own way.
Alice grinned and crossed her arms.
"Today you work. I guess I get to keep Bella with me all day."
Bella visibly tensed against me, but didn't lift her head. I smiled at Alice, knowing she was excited about this small fact. I worked until later this afternoon. Leaving early in the morning. This was soon.
"Alice, I know she is ok with you, but don't push her to do much. She has been inside for the last 2, almost 3 days. Take her to the beach, but if I find out there was trouble. I won't ever let her stay with you again."
Alice pouted but then shrugged it off as if I didn't even say anything.
"She isn't yours Edward, She just likes you. She likes me too. Right Bella?"
Bella reluctantly lifted her head and looked up to Alice, a small nod of her head was all she gave before tilting her head to the side and looking down at her own lap.
"Oh! Well since Bella is giving Edward a lap dance, I guess im not needed?"
Emmett bellowed before laughing at his own joke and walking away just as soon as he entered, giving a wink that Bella didn't catch. Bella eeped as she lowered her face against my neck again and I sighed at the feel of her lips against my neck. My hand rubbing her back gently as I growled at Emmett.
Finally when everyone left the room Bella lifted her head and touched my lips with her fingertips. I couldn't help the smile of happiness that reached my lips then. Bella had been glued to me since that first night I brought her back to my home. Alice and Esme had fell in love with her in the past 2 days and slowly Bella had grown fond of them as well. Although, when I left the room she would start whimpering and crying.
I didn't admit it out loud, but it gave me a boost knowing she wanted me to be with her. She trusted me in a way. I leaned up and kissed her forehead before looking at her with a serious expression.
"I need to go in for work today, Bella. You'll be spending your day with Alice ok?"
She didn't acknowledge that I even spoken, so I sighed and closed my eyes when I felt Bella wiggle and tap my shoulder. The first thing I saw when I opened my green eyes was her mouth, murmuring something before she slumped and grabbed my hand, pushing it towards her chest, I raised a brow.
"You?"
She smiled one of her beautiful smiles and then she pushed my hand towards myself.
"Me."
She nodded in excitement. I chuckled and grabbed her hand before she pulled it away. Lifting it to my mouth as I left a lingering kiss on her palm. The cut on her hand was healed and only a small scab was left, along her hip was just a minor bruise now. Way better from the swelling it had taken.
"You and me?"
She threw her head back and shook her head back, as if frustrated with me not understanding exactly what she was trying to tell me. She took it in her own hands as she pressed her hand to her chest and then looked down before wrapping her arms around my neck and hugging me rather tightly.
"You want to stay with me."
I whispered softly, already understanding when she whimpered and tightened her grip. I frowned, knowing she couldn't go to work with me when I had a surgery on my schedule. Brazil wasn't a place to have many surgeries and usually I was just needed as a normal examine doctor. Someone had been needing an organ and today was their lucky day.
I shook my head and smiled sadly at her, I couldn't help leaning in and planting a gentle kiss against her cheek. Bella was beautiful and I had been holding myself from getting in any way physical with her. This was extremely difficult when she sat straddling my lap all the time. Although, she didn't seem to know that it was a position fussing over.
"Bella, you have to stay with Alice. I'll be back later, and I need to get ready."
She let go of me and shook her head. I had grown used to her stubborn ways; it was cute in a way. But today I did really need to go and not just to the bathroom this time. I slowly put my hand on her waist to lift her off of me when she scrambled to wrap her arms around me and cling to me, her face buried against my neck.
"Bella, stop being difficult, please."
I don't know what happen next, but suddenly her grip tightened to the point of choking me and her lips moved against my neck before I felt her teeth bit down, brutally, on my collarbone. I screamed and my hand automatically tangled in her hair, ready to pull her away even if it would take part of my skin, and maybe some meat. But before I could pull her away. I remembered who it was and let go.
"Bella! Ssst."
I growled out in a painful hiss. Then I opened my eyes when the pain lessened. Bella was across the room and crying as she threw herself to the ground and crawled back against the wall, her face hiding from me.
I lifted my hand to my shoulder and walked to my bathroom. Tilting my head as I examined the bite mark, I wasn't bleeding but the bruise was already forming. I went into the small medical kit I stored under the sink and pulled out some ointments to pass over before I walked back into the room.
Alice was already on the floor with Bella. Esme was sitting on my bed looking at the two girls on the ground as Rose leaned against the door, glaring at me.
"I didn't do anything Rose. She bit me."
Rosalie was the last person I thought would accept Bella, but she had grown to like Bella. As if Bella was a little kid instead of a grown female. We all knew Rosalie was fond of little kids, mostly when they looked up at Rose like a mother. And lately, Bella would sit on the kitchen table, with me beside her of course, waiting for Rose and Esme to set food in front of her.
Bella wouldn't eat anything unless we told her it was ok to eat. Or, like the first day, we had to lift food up to her lips before she couldn't resist any more and open her mouth.
"Why is she crying Edward?"
I didn't know why. I screamed maybe and it scared her. Anyways, I didn't bother to explain to her when Carlisle walked into the room and didn't even look at Bella. Tilting his head to me.
"We got to go Edward."
I watched as he walked away, we all knew Bella couldn't comprehend that the guys in the family wouldn't hurt her. But we weren't ready to try again when all she would do was grip me to the point of pain. Her nails left moon marks into my back every time Jasper or Emmett said hello to her. Although, I told her not to mind what Emmett says. She still tensed and tried to hide when Emmett or Jasper and even Carlisle would appear.
I looked at Bella and waved gently before walking away, knowing if I went to her she would only grip me and not let go. I couldn't be late today. Having called off work the last 2 days was not doing any good on my career.
"Be safe."