A/N: Hey everybody! It's BerryBella and the third chapter! I mean, people probably already know what was going to happen but still read!
I closed my eyes while I jumped when I heard the most wondrous voice again.
"Bella!" he cried.
I felt a cold hand grasp my wrist as I was dangling inches from the fire. One of the shoelaces on my sneakers already had a little flame at the end. I rotated my head and saw Edward's panicked face.
"Don't worry, I'll get you out." he said.
I couldn't help but to imagine him as my prince in shining armor. He tugged me up and grabbed me by the waist before carefully helping me get through the tiny hole that was once the window.
As soon as we were outside, Edward pulled me into a tight embrace while I just sat there limply concentrating on breathing. Bright rays from the sun were piercing my eyes. I tried to say that I couldn't breathe, but it came out as a raspy whisper. He pulled away from the hug and pressed his marble lips to mine. His bottom lip gently nudged mine to open my mouth. I slightly opened my mouth, and felt an amazing gush of cold air down to my lungs. I immediately breathed out as he breathed in. We repeated this for who knows how many times, his hands holding my back and tilting my chin. It took me awhile to realize that he was giving me oxygen.
Edward slowly closed his mouth and pulled away. I was completely breathless, that was probably the most intimate thing we have done yet.
"Are you okay?" he said quickly before gazing at my arms and legs
I kind of stood there breathless in a daze, and it took a while before I realized that we were sitting on the grass. We were surrounded by the forest and one side of the school. Clouds moved over the sun again as the grey sky came back.
I nodded, but winced when he touched a tender spot on my leg. Everything that had happened was still a little shocking, and I was still a little short of breath.
"I'm fine." I said lazily.
"You're anything but alright Bella, and it's all my fault. You're leg is probably fractured, and all those burns and scratches on you," he said, avoiding eye contact. "I was going to come save you right away, but-"
"Wait." I waved my hand. "Tell me later, I'm really sleepy"
He nodded.
"The ambulances are waiting, but we have to wait until the sun passes by." he said.
"Thanks so much Edward, I don't know why I was so angry with you guys, but something just exploded and next thing I knew-"I said quickly.
"None of this is your fault, and it was my fault that you're like this anyways." he almost snapped.
I couldn't believe it as I bursted into tears.
His expression immediately changed as he put his hands on either side of his face. It was a mixture of hurt and surprise.
"Are you mad at me?" I sobbed.
"What? Why would I be mad at you?" he said.
"I don't know, I'm just confused right now and my head feels like it's going to explode. I mean, I w-was so scared and the fire, it was so hot, and you weren't there, and climbing the thing, and ..." I said in a blubbery mess.
I silenced as he pressed his lips to my eyelids.
"It's okay Bella, let's get you to the hospital." he said calmly.
He carried me again, and I couldn't help but to feel so useless. Sure he was a vampire, but did he always have to help me?
As soon as Edward walked into the front of the school, I could hear everyone talking and wondering. Everyone in the school was probably staring at me.
Edward was pretty calm and walked in his perfect stride into the ambulance. The doors shut, and some people put a mask on my face, and fresh air came through the tube. I was going to protest, but it did feel nice. Edward held my hand as I heard Alice arguing with someone to go with me too. I eventually heard the click of heels and the ambulance sped off.
I glanced to my right and saw all sorts or medical boxes and things. Edward was sitting there with Alice, self-loathing evident on his face. I sighed into the mask. How could any of this be his fault?
After staring at the plain white roof for a long time, I eventually saw the hospital come into view from my periphery vision. I felt my stretcher lifted onto the roller bed thing. Edward and Alice were right behind, walking briskly in their supermodel stride.
I couldn't help but to roll my eyes at the fact that I was a being treated a little too seriously. The harsh fluorescents in the ceiling were blinding my eyes, so I just counted the number of tiles in the wall.
A huge door that was marked 'emergency' was opened, and I immediately recognized Carlisle.
"Thank you. I'll take care of it from here." Carlisle said, then quickly added. "If it's alright, I'd like to have my children here too."
I looked at the lady that rolled me in; she blanked out and quickly nodded before she stumbled out the door.
Alice was sitting in one of the chairs, and smiled at me when I looked at her.
"Look here Bella." he said.
Carlisle pointed a light beam at my eye and peered at my pupils. He was centimeters away from my face, and I knew why the nurses were always so distracted. He pushed the bottom of my pants up and his hand lightly brushed against my left leg. I looked up and saw jagged cuts all along my leg. I swore I heard Edward mentally slap himself. Then he touched my sore head.
"Looks like your leg has a small fracture," Carlisle said while scribbling something on a clipboard. "but it should be fine if you be careful and walk on it lightly. You have some other minor burns and cuts, but those should be fine. You can go home, but take it easy. Any questions?"
I shook my head.
I laid there awkwardly as he applied a splint to my legs, and some ointment and bandages to my head, stomach, and burns. Then he used a damp towel and wiped my face.
Carlisle smiled and patted my arm.
"You're good to go." he said.
I sat up and Edward immediately sped over.
"Edward, you heard Carlisle. I can walk." I said.
"Bella, I just want to make sure you get to your room in one piece." he said.
"I said, I can walk." I said, trying to keep my tone light.
"Alright, but I'll be right next to you." he said
I pushed his hand and he let go of my waist. I slowly put a little pressure on my leg, and it didn't feel too bad. It felt a little like needles pricking everywhere when I walked. After 4 or 5 minutes, I walked down the large hallway. Edward's hand was always a centimeter away from my waist.
It seemed like hours before I could finally reach the parking lot. Edward was silent, and I felt kind of bad.
"Sorry." I mumbled. "I know you just want to protect me and stuff, but I'm fine."
He just smiled while taking his hand in mine. His silver Volvo was standing out from the rest of the cars. He held the seat open and I gingerly climbed in.
"Not that I hate you or anything, but why did it take so long for you to find me?' I asked.
A/N: This chapter isn't as exciting and creative as the last ones, because everyone already kind of knows that Bella was going to be saved, and Edward was going to blame himself. Sorry that Bella and Edward are all like emo and stuff, hating on themselves, etc. I'm not extremely proud of it, but oh well. The next chapter will be the last one, and I'm sounding kind of depressed, aren't I? If you want to read something more lighthearted, check out my other stories Bella is Going Insane and What did you do to Bella?
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