Chapter Three

The fight seemed to last for hours. I don't know who it was bothering more, me or Esme, Esme was acting as if nothing was bothering her, just acting like it was a normal day, and that she enjoyed sitting here watching me, when her husband was outside fighting a werewolf out there, in the middle of a parking lot. Hmm, I'm surprised no one has seen them yet, you would think people would notice when there are six huge wolves and six extremely fast and strong "humans" were fighting. Guess not. I sighed. This was going to go on forever! I looked at the time and sighed. They had been fighting for more than an hour! I really wanted to look out the window to see what was happening, but somebody was letting me. I sighed impatiently. Wow, I seem to be doing a lot a sighing lately. And fainting. And there was a lot of cackling. Why am i thinking about this right now?

Esme put her hand on my back to comfort me and said, "Go to sleep. I will wake you up when they get back. You need the sleep, you look exhausted. How many hours of sleep have you gotten in the last forty-eight hours?"

I smiled sheepishly, "Five."

"WHAT! Bella, you need more sleep than that! You are supposed to how at least eight hours every night! What am I going to do with you!" I started to smile sheepishly again when I noticed that it wasn't Esme that had spoke. It was Edward that had spoken! By the time I spun around, Esme was already up and at the door . . . The Cullens were back. I smiled, jumped up, and ran to Edward. He wrapped me in his arms and held me as tightly as he could without crushing every bone in my body, and cause internal bleeding.

"Are you ok? What happened with the pack? Can you come to Forks again? What happened?" I was on the borderline of hysteria. I was going frantic for answers.

"Shh." He whispered in my ear, "All in good time Bella, all in good time." What kind of answer was that? I wanted to know, and I wanted to know now! Ok, I think the lack of sleep has a weird effect on me. I guess I tend to act childish when I am actually about to fall where I am standing. I decided to keep my mouth shut, I was much too tired to do any arguing.

I breathed in his delicious scent and allowed my eyes to droop. The last thing I remembered before I slipped in unconsciousness was Edward picking me up and Esme saying, "The poor dear, she was practically dead on her feet."

SBEFMSBEFMSBEFMSBEFMSBEFMSBEFMSBEFMSBEFMSBEFMSBEFM When I woke up I refused to open my eyes. Inside I was hoping that it was all a dream, that I hadn't been kidnaped about a zillion times, that the Cullens and the Pack didn't get into a huge fight in a hotel parking lot, and that it was the day after my birthday, with nothing have gone amiss. I opened my eyes. No such luck. I glanced around, I was in an empty hotel room, with no one in there but me and Edward. Edward was lying peacefully next to me with his eyes shut. His breathing deep and heavy, almost like he was asleep.

Rubbing my eyes and yawning, I sat up. As soon as Edward felt movement his eyes flickered open only to catch mine with his beautiful golden eyes. With a slight smile on his face, he sat up and wrapped his arms around me.

I snuggled in closer to him, and murmured senseless words. Closing my eyes, I allowed my head to rest on his shoulders. Just as I was drifting off again, I felt him lay me back down on the bed and press his cold, yet comforting lips on my forehead.

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I woke up once again hoping that it was all a dream, and once again, no such luck. Edward's arm was still wrapped around me protectively, I smiled, always the protector. Laughing to myself, I thought about how just the other day he was getting on my nerves with all of his 'I'm putting Bella in danger, therefor I have to protect her'. I mean its nice sometimes, but others . . . It can be just be downright annoying!

Turning my body so I was facing Edward, I heard him whisper softly in my ear, "Are you awake?" Grunting an affirmative, I moved myself even closer to him. I obviously didn't feel like talking. I just wanted to lie there, next to my beautiful Adonis. Letting out a huge yet silent yawn, stretching my back only enough to hear three feint pops.

Edward then turned his head so he could whisper, "Come on Bella, it is time to get up. Charlie is probably busting a few blood vessels as we speak. Come on sleepy head, time to get up." When I didn't get up or show any sign that I was planning on getting up, Edward got a mischievous look on his face and muttered, "If you don't get up, I will get Alice in here and have her get you ready for a day long shopping trip," Before the words were even completely out of his mouth, I was up and heading towards the shower for my human minute. Just as I was closing the door, I could hear him chuckling to himself, and a soft whine that sounded a lot like a disappointed Alice.

After I finished my shower and got dressed, I ran my fingers through my long brown hair, trying to get rid of some of the tangles that had permanently etched themselves into my skull. "Ok, I'm looking as decent as its going to get." Edward came to me, wrapping his strong arms around me, holding me in a protective shell.

"Wrong, you look a lot better than decent, you look beautiful."

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Sorry about the delay! I am almost done with chapter 4, so dont worry!