That night I couldn't sleep. I was so worried about Charlie. I hadn't even been able to see him yet. I needed to know that he was alright. I needed to know that he was still ok. It scared me to think that while I was in a nice house and that he was in a hospital with machines hooked up to him.

'Bella, are you up?' someone said from behind my door. I couldn't tell exactly who it was but I had a strong feeling it was Edward.

'Yes. Come in' Edward pushed open the door and walked in. He quietly shut the door and walked over to my bed and sat down.

'I needed to talk to you' he said as he laid himself down so that his back was up and he was able to look at me.

'Ok. Shoot' I said as I sat myself up and placed my hands on my knees.

'Promise me you won't say anything to anyone' I nodded and he took in a deep breath.

'Ok. I have this feeling that I don't really like Rosalie. I mean yes she's unbelievably stunning' I quickly tightened my fists around the sheets 'but I don't have those type of feelings for her. Yeah she likes me but it's not mutual. She and Emmet flirt like crazy and I think they'd be better together. Besides, I have my eye on someone else' I titled my head down and I saw him looking at me from the corner of my eye.

'I'm just tired' I quickly said. I faked a yawn and fell back onto my bed. Edward rolled onto his back and rested his head on a pillow.

'Is it alright if I sleep here? I don't feel like going back to my room' I nodded and handed him the blanket that was on top of me. He draped it over him and soon we were both fast asleep.

The next morning I woke up to a scream, a laugh, and a bunch of curse words. When I opened my eyes I saw Rosalie, Alice, and Emmet standing in my doorway. I looked around and saw that my head was on Edward's chest and his arm was wrapped around me.

'What the fuck' Rosalie yelled. She ran over to me and ripped me off of Edward. She threw me against the wall with the ceiling to floor bookcase. As I made contact with the bookcase books flew off the shelves and landed on top of me when I fell to the floor.

Suddenly Edward's shot open and he saw me on the ground. He through the blanket off of him and ran over to me. The back of my head was bleeding and I had cut my lip pretty bad.

'Rosalie, what the hell were you thinking' Edward said as he picked me up and carried me back over to the bed. He looked at Alice and she quickly ran out of the room.

'What the hell was I thinking? What the hell were you thinking? You had your arm around her and her head was on your chest. What the hell Edward? Don't I mean anything to you? ANYTHING?' Rosalie was fuming mad. She looked like she could've had steam coming out of her ears. If I wasn't so scared I probably would've started laughing.

'You know what Rosalie, you don't. I don't have those types of feelings for you that you want me to. I just think of you as nothing more than a sister. You're better off with someone else. I don't love you Rosalie' Rosalie's eyes suddenly went from fuming angry to unbearably sad. She ran out of the room with her hands over her face. Emmet ran after her.

'Carlisle, hurry up' I heard Alice say from in the hallway. She and Carlisle showed up in the doorway and when Carlisle saw me he was quickly at my side.

'Are you alright Bella' he asked as he examined me. He set down a bag and opened it.

'Yeah, I'm--' I was about to finish but I got a sudden whiff of the blood and I suddenly felt nauseous.

'Edward you need to keep her from smelling the blood so I can clean her up' Edward looked around the room for something to help me but there was nothing there. He realized this and he walked over to me.

'Bella, please don't hate me' he sat on my bed and moved the hair out of my face. He leaned his face closer to mine and plugged my nose with his forefinger and his thumb. He then placed his mouth over mine. My eyes shot open and I felt a wave of excitement come over me. I then realized that I couldn't breathe and I started to panic. I tried to remove his hand but he shook his hand and then he started to breathe into my mouth.

I felt Carlisle probing my head with something cold for a few minutes and then it stopped. Edward got off of me and Carlisle whispered something to him and Edward nodded.

'Bella, we need to take you to the hospital. You need to get stitches for the cut on the back of your head' I widened my eyes and was about to protest but Carlisle just muttered something that sounded like 'now' and then Edward picked me up into his arms and carried me out to the garage. We got into Carlisle's car and he drove us to the hospital.

On the way there I started to feel nauseous again so I leaned against the door but Edward pulled me the other way so that my head was against his chest. I put my feet on the seat and he held me. His chest was muscular but it was rather comfortable. I closed my eyes and the nausea went away.

'Carry her inside. I can get her a room rather quickly' then Carlisle was gone and Edward was pulling me into his arms.

'I'm so sorry about this Edward' I said as he pulled me out of the car and into his arms.

'Don't be silly Bella. I'd do anything for you. You're like a sister to me' I felt a sharp pain in my heart and then a tear rolled down my face. Edward locked the car and then noticed the single tear streaming down my face.

'Are you alright Bella? Does it hurt?' I nodded. It was an easy cover-up. I guess all Edward and I were meant to be was just friends. I hated it.

He carried me inside and Carlisle rushed us to a room. I didn't have to change into one of those silly outfits but they had to hook me up to a bunch of machines and they had to stick an IV in me. Carlisle gave me something and within minutes I was out.

When I woke up I saw Edward sitting in a chair next to my bed. His head was on the side of the bed and it looked like he was asleep. I heard an annoying beeping noise and I didn't even have to look at it to know it was the heart-rate monitor.

'Bella' Edward whispered my name. The heart-rate monitor went wild and at that moment Carlisle walked in. He smiled at me and walked over to me.

'Feeling better?' Carlisle asked. I nodded my head and let out a slight yawn. He smiled again and checked one of the machines.

'He's been here all night you know. He refused to leave. He felt so uncomfortable leaving you here' I smiled and then something hit me.

'Is Charlie here?' I asked.

'Yes, but I'm sorry to tell you that you can't see him. The medication he's on makes him a little, well, a little crazy. He'd try to attack you Bella. He's tried to attack three of the nurses and myself. I couldn't expose you to that kind of danger' I sighed and looked at Edward again. I kept remembering yesterday when he had his lips on mine.

'You love him, don't you?' Carlisle asked. I started to blush and quickly looked over at Edward.

'Don't worry. He's an extremely heavy sleeper'

'Are you going to tell anyone?' I trusted Carlisle but I needed to make sure that no one besides him would know.

'If you don't want me to then I won't' I shook my head and he nodded.

'Yes. I do. Very much' I quickly glanced at Edward and he was still asleep.

'Hmm' was all he said before leaving the room. When the door slammed shut Edward's head shot up and he quickly looked at me.

'You're awake' he sounded cheery. He rubbed his eyes and smiled a crooked smile at me.

'You didn't leave' he shook his head and I smiled.

'Jacob came by but you were asleep' my expression changed and I felt bad that I hadn't been able to see Jacob.

'He's going to visit sometime today. I should probably get going' he started to get up from the chair and I quickly grabbed his hand. The heart-rate monitor went wild and he quickly sat back down.

'Ok, ok. I'll stay' he said in a playfully annoyed tone. We both laughed and then we started to talk. He explained to me what happened when I was asleep and then he told me that Rosalie and Emmet were an item.

'Seriously? She bounces back fast' we both laughed and then there was a knock at the door. Edward walked over to it and answered it and Jacob was standing there with a bouquet of pink roses and white tulips.

'Hi Jacob' I said as I tried to sit myself up. He pushed himself past Edward and set the flowers down on the table. He walked up to me and gave me a kiss on the forehead.

'I was so worried about you' he whispered against my skin. I smiled and he took my hand in his. Edward started to leave but I quickly looked at him and he slowly walked back in.

'I was hoping for a few moments alone with you Bella' he said as Edward took his seat. Edward rose again, obviously aggravated, and stormed out of the room.

'Yes Jacob?'

'Promise me you won't freak out' I nodded and he seemed to be fighting himself to say what he was going to say.

'I—I—I don't want you to be friends with Edward anymore' he averted my gaze, probably knowing all the anger in my eyes.

'What?' I asked hoping I had heard him wrong. He still didn't look at me and I knew I wasn't imaging it.

'As long as you're with me Bella, I don't want you to be friends with Edward' I felt so much anger rush into my body that I couldn't stop myself from letting it all out.

'Are you serious? You've got to be kidding me. He's my best friend. That's like telling me to go and kill myself. I could never do that to him Jacob. I'm sorry. If you're going to make me choose between you and Edward, I choose Edward' Jacob didn't even look up at me as he left.

I started to cry and I just shut my eyes. I hated feeling like this, feeling so horrible. I felt like a monster. A monster who had just hurt someone who I loved and who loved me. I never thought that Jacob and I would end like this, me choosing Edward over him. Actually, I never thought I'd have to make that choice.

'Bella' Edward said as he opened the door. I opened my eyes, looked at him, and then closed them again. I heard him shut the door and walk over to my bed.

'Are you alright?' he asked.

'You heard?'

'Everyone did' I felt my face get rather warm and then I felt Edward's cold hand on my face.

'I still can't believe you chose me. Why?'

'You're my best friend Edward. I could never not be friends with you. I—' I stopped there and rolled onto my side. You almost said it again you dipshit.

'Bella, I have something I need to tell you' I rolled back onto my side and he took my hand in his and kissed it.

'Bella, I---'

hmmm!!! what does Edward say?? find out in chapter two which will be posted between now and tomorrow.