A/N: Still not Stephenie Meyer.
Bella had been sleeping for a long time now. The doctor gave her medicine to make her sleep, so he could set her leg without her being in pain.
I sat in a chair that I scooted close to her bed. She was so beautiful. I hoped she wasn't mad at me, though I wouldn't blame her.
How could I leave her at her house alone?
I remembered thinking 'It's only fifteen minutes'.
Well. It wasn't only fifteen minutes, and even if it had been, that's no excuse.
I made here promise me that she wouldn't be somewhere alone, and then I left her there? I felt like an idiot.
Bella's eyes began to move below her eyelids. She was finally waking up.
It was one in the morning. Visiting hours were long over, but my Dad pulled some strings so I could stay with her. Charlie didn't mind. He was exhausted, but didn't want her to wake up alone.
Her beautiful doe eyes finally opened. She looked confused for a second before realization hit her as to where she was.
"Edward?" She asked, completely delirious.
"I'm right here." I took her hand, hoping she wouldn't push me away.
She didn't. She grabbed on to it, taking a sigh of relief. "I was so worried about you." She said as a tear slid down her cheek.
I put my hand on the side of her face. "You were worried about me?" I chuckled slightly, hoping to lighten the mood.
"I was the one worried about you, Bella. I'm so sorry I left you there alone." A fresh wave of guilt washed over me as I thought about what she must have gone through.
About how her heart must have stopped beating for a second when she saw Sam, and knew there was no way out.
"Edward." She swallowed. She was still a little groggy from all of the medicine. "Please don't blame yourself. I can't believe all of the things you do for me." She looked just as guilty as I felt.
I wanted to protest. I wanted to tell her that I would happily go to the ends of the earth for her, but I decided to let her finish.
"And you going to La Push just so that you would protect me was so sweet of you." She looked down. "But so stupid, Edward." She finished. Of all of the things for her to be mad about, she was mad I wanted to protect her.
I would never unravel her mind.
"I had to do what I thought was right, Bella. Please understand. I would never go on if something happened to you." I thought she would be appeased by that. I thought she would be happy to know I wouldn't survive without her, but her face turned into a scowl.
"Just how to you think I would feel if something happened to you?" The tears hit her voice before they hit her eyes.
I had never really thought of it that way. It never really dawned on me that Bella would be miserable if something happened to me. I knew she loved me, but I thought she would go on if something were to ever happen.
Not that it would change anything. I would still protect her no matter what. It was good to know, though.
I wiped the tears from her beautiful cheeks before placing a kiss on her forehead.
"I'm sorry baby, you know I love you. I don't want you to worry about me." I whispered above her lips before placing a light kiss on them.
I stood back up, still holding her hand.
She let go, and scooted as far from me as she could go. My heart dropped. For the past six hours all I wanted to do was be with her, and now that I finally was, she didn't want me near her.
I was about to ask her if she wanted me to leave.
Then much to my relief, she patted the spot she had cleared. "Won't you sit with me?" She asked.
I smiled brightly at her before gently crawling into the tiny bed with her. I didn't want to hurt her leg or arm. Once she was comfortable, I placed my arm around her waist as lightly as possible.
"So tell me what happened, exactly?" She looked at me with almost playful curiosity.
I spent the next ten minutes going over all of the details for her.
I told her about the note, which Sam had already informed her about. I told her about Quil, and Embry, and the Jeep tires.
I explained to her how my father got there, and about the arrests that were made on the reservation.
She stared at me for a moment, taking in everything I said.
"Wow." She looked down. "I can't believe Sam pulled off something so…smart." She looked half amused, half terrified.
"It doesn't matter now." I smiled at her, and stroked her undamaged arm.
She smiled back at me. "I'm tired." She giggled, slightly embarrassed.
"You have a lot of meds in you. You should sleep." I told her as I began getting up to go back to my chair.
She reached out with her arm, when the IV cord stopped her, and she winced.
"Wait. Edward.." She said a little nervously.
"Yes, Love?" I stroked her cheek, wondering what she was about to ask. I would do anything for her, so it didn't matter.
"Will you sleep with me?" She said meekly.
I can't believe she considered that a favor. Being so close to her. I almost laughed in her face, but decided not to.
Instead I chuckled lightly "I would love to Bella." I laid back down, and she giggled a little too.
She had to lie on her back, because of her leg. Every time she tried to roll over she would wince in pain.
"Bella." I warned. "You can't be moving like that, you're going to hurt yourself." I said with concern, and compassion.
"I'm trying not to!" She said frustrated. "It hurts." She whined, and I kissed her cheek, then her other cheek, then her nose….pretty much everywhere on her face.
"I know it hurts, love." I whispered into her ear. "Do you want me to get a nurse to bring you some medicine?" I asked her. They probably wanted to check on her anyway.
She nodded weakly, and I hit the button to call for the nurse.
Instead of a nurse, my Father walked in. He took the night shift so he could keep an eye on Bella.
"You woke up," He smiled at her, and she smiled back.
My family really did love Bella.
"She's in a lot of pain, I was hoping you could give her something." I cut in as my dad took her blood pressure, and body temperature.
"Yes, of course. It'll knock you out though." He looked over to Bella, asking permission.
"That's fine." She nodded again as she spoke up quietly. She looked over to me as soon as my Dad walked out of the room to get the supplies.
"I don't want you to leave me though." She looked sad for a moment.
"I'm not going anywhere. I'll just sleep here with you." I smiled at her, to reassure her that I wasn't lying.
My Dad walked back in the room. He placed a syringe into the end of Bella's IV and injected an analgesic into the tube.
It must have worked almost instantly, because within a few minutes, her eyes closed and she drifted back to sleep.
Since I knew she was okay, and not mad, and wanted me there, I felt sleep calling to me as well.
I laid down with my arm still lightly around her waist. I put as much space between us as possible, even though I wanted nothing more than to hold her tightly to me.
I didn't want to hurt her.
I fell into sleep along side my angel.
I woke up, and immediately glanced at the clock. It was 8:50. Bella was still sleeping.
I looked up and saw Charlie staring down at me.
He must have noticed my expression because he began to chuckle. "Good morning, Edward." He said a bit hoarse, you could tell he hadn't slept a whole lot.
I sat up. "Good morning." I smiled at him. I looked over to Bella to make sure that my movement hadn't woken her, or put her in any pain.
She looked just as peaceful as ever. I smiled down at her.
"Your Dad said she woke up last night, but he gave her something for the pain, and as soon as she wakes up, we can take her home." He smiled at me again.
I didn't miss how he said 'we' can take her home and not 'I' can take her home.
I liked Charlie. He was a good guy. I respect him a lot.
"Yeah. She'll be glad to get out of the hospital." I tried to make eye contact with Charlie as I spoke to him, but I couldn't revert my eyes from Bella.
It was almost like I expected someone to hop through the window and take her from me.
"I bought a gun last night. I'm going to teach her to use it." He chuckled at me, almost maniacally.
I had to chuckle too. The thought of Bella using a gun was a little bit hilarious. The funniest part about it being that she absolutely would.
"I think that's a good idea. Though, I don't think I'm leaving her unattended for a long, long time." I admitted, hoping I didn't sound like a crazy stalker.
"I'll just have to teach you to use it too, then." He was absolutely serious.
Small town life sure was different than City life. In Chicago if you wanted to buy a gun you had to go through all sorts of licensing, and registrations.
I'm sure Charlie, being the Chief, just picked one up, no questions asked.
Bella started to stir a little bit beside me, and then she groaned.
I lightly put my hands on her shoulders. "Bella. You can't move, you're going to hurt your leg." I told her calmly as she woke up, groggy from the medicine.
Charlie hopped to the other side of the hospital bed.
"Bella, honey can you hear me?" He stroked her hair.
"mmmhmmm." She managed to get out as she struggled to wake up.
I had to laugh at her a little bit. She was adorable.
Charlie laughed a little too. "Well, we can have Carlisle come and check you out, and then you can go home." He said to Bella with love, and caring.
"I can go home today?" She asked, a little surprised but happy.
"Yep, but no school for a week. Doctors orders." Charlie told her sternly.
Most teenagers would jump for joy at this information, but Bella loved school.
"Okay." She sighed.
Just then, Alice and Emmett came parading in the room.
Alice practically threw me out of the way to encase Bella in her tiny arms.
Bella winced.
"Sorry." Alice said sheepishly. "I was so scared Bella! Are you okay?" She asked Bella.
"Yes, I'm fine Alice. Everything's good." Bella smiled at her best friend.
"Ew." Alice looked at Bella's leg. "Do you get that off before Prom?" She asked in horror at the prospect that she may not.
My Dad walked in right on cue. "She should get it off about a week before." He smiled at Alice, who to my surprise jumped from Bella to my Father, hugging him tightly.
"Thank you so much for taking care of my best friend." She whispered, and my Dad chuckled.
He checked Bella over, and decided that he could go get the paperwork to release her.
As soon as my Dad was out of the door Emmett walked over to Bella, and sat down next to her.
"Hey squirt." He said, a smile on his lips but anguish in his eyes.
"Don't look at me like that Emmett, I'm not dying." She told him, looking just as sad as he was.
"I know. I'm just glad you're okay." He said as he gave her a hug.
It was pretty comical that this giant could be so gentle with Bella, while his fun-sized sister probably broke some more bones during her embrace with my love.
My Dad walked back into the room with some paperwork.
"Come on Alice, let's give them a little space." Emmett said to his sister as he nodded toward the door.
They began to head out, when Emmett stopped right by me, patted me on the shoulder, smiled, and walked out.
Charlie filled out the paper work, and a nurse came in with a wheelchair for Bella.
Charlie and I left the Room, and Alice went in to help her get dressed.
A few minutes later, she came out in the wheelchair, and we were ready to take her home.
When we got inside, Charlie helped me set up the couch for her. There was no way she would make it up the stairs with that cast on.
After we had the couch set up as a bed, and the coffee table set up as a desk, Charlie left to go get us some Chinese food.
I lifted her bridal style from her wheel chair, and placed her on the couch.
She just looked up at me, and gave me a weak smile as I stroked her hair.
"I love you." She whispered.
"I love you, too." I leaned down ever so gently to place a kiss on her lips that belonged to only me.
I promised myself in that moment that I would love her forever. We would get married, have children, grandchildren, grow old, and even die together.
She would make my life complete. I smiled, and leaned down to kiss her, one more time.
A/N: Well that's the end of the exciting story, but there is still a fluff chapter that I will write tomorrow, and a fluffy epilogue that I will post Thursday, along with my announcement about what I think about a sequal, and of course the thing I'm looking forward to the most…..the Preview for my next story. I can't wait to write it. I really hope you will all enjoy it. Review?