Disclaimer: I own nothing. All belongs to Stephenie Meyer. Im just borrowing them for a little while…

BPOV:

My tiny hospital room was dead silent. Charlie stood by Jake with his arms crossed over his chest, a glare aimed in his direction. Edward stood by my bed, my hand in his, and was also staring at Jake with a dangerous smile on his face.

I couldn't even imagine the things he was hearing race through Jake's mind, but he didn't say a word. Jake just stood in the doorway, staring at the floor. After a few minutes of the unbearable silence, Billy decided to speak.

"Charlie, I want to talk to you about Paul, and his charges." He said quietly.

"Then speak." Charlie replied shortly. He must have been fuming to speak to Billy in that tone.

"I don't want you to arrest him--"

"How DARE YOU?" Renee yelled, cutting him off. "He almost KILLED MY DAUGHTER, YOU ARROGANT--"

"Renee, calm down, please." This time it was Edward trying to calm her down as she had done with him just moments ago. She sighed loudly and walked to sit in the chair next to my bed, mumbling under her breath.

"You had better explain yourself, Billy!" Charlie was starting to yell now, and even though my vision was still blurry, I could see his hands shaking.

"Charlie, calm down and let me explain. Paul is a part of my tribe, and I would like for the council to be the ones to decide how to punish him. We have different ways than you…"

"Billy, this did not happen on the reservation! It happened in my back yard!" Charlie said acidly.

"Charlie, as the chief of the Quileute tribe, im asking you to let us take care of this. I assure you, I will not be lenient on him just because he is one of my people. What he did is inexcusable, and he will be punished for it."

All eyes were on Charlie as he stood staring at Billy, his mouth hanging open and his eyes angry. He began to pace the floor, one hand on his hip and the other rubbing his face. He stopped a few times, pointing a finger at Billy and opening his mouth as if he was going to say something, but then he would snap it shut and start pacing again.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, Charlie stopped and kneeled down in front of Billy's wheelchair. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself, and then he spoke…

"Billy, that is my little girl lying in that bed. She was fighting for her life just hours ago…" his voice cracked, so he stopped for a moment, closing his eyes and taking another deep breath before starting again. "I want you to swear to me right now, that if I hand Paul over to the council, they will charge him with the attempted murder of my daughter, and he will be put in jail."

"Charlie, you have my word." Billy leaned forward and placed a hand on Charlie's shoulder. His words were so sincere, that no one in the room could have doubted them. Charlie only nodded, then he stood up, took one look at Jake who was still staring at the floor, and stormed out of the room. Billy stayed put for a minute, and then looked up at me.

"Bella, I swear to you, he will be punished." He said, as he clenched the arm rest of his wheel chair with his hand. I nodded, and he rolled himself out of the room, I presumed to look for Charlie.

"Im so sorry, Bells…" Jake whispered so low I almost didn't hear him. I looked at Edward, and his eyes were dangerous, looking directly at Jake. He walked over to him slowly, stopping a few feet away, and spoke very softly.

"Jacob, stay away from my fiancé. If I hear that you have tried to contact her in any way, you will deeply regret it. Consider this as me revoking your invitation to our wedding, and hope your council finds Paul before I do…"

"Don't worry, Edward. You will have no more trouble from the us, or from me. I wont interfere with your lives anymore…" he turned on his heel and didn't even look up as he walked out the door.

Edward walked back over to my bedside, placing his hand in mine and squeezing it gently, giving me a small smile. I jumped as Renee suddenly stood up, because she had been so quiet since her little outburst that I forgot she was still in the room.

"Bella, I had better go find your father. Im afraid that if Billy finds him right now, I might not be able to stop him from saying something incredibly stupid. Ill be back in just a few minutes ok?" I nodded to her, and she kissed me on the forehead and walked out, leaving Edward and I alone for the first time in hours.

"Don't worry, love. Billy meant everything he said, and Paul will be arrested as soon as the pack can find him." He saw the questioning look I gave him, so he elaborated for me. "Paul is running from them, and he hasn't phased so the rest of the pack cant find him. They suspect he will soon, though, because he would be able to run faster to wherever it is he is going in his wolf form. So now, its just a waiting game."

I nodded, and grabbed the pen and paper to ask him some other questions I had.

Why does Billy want him to be tried by the council instead of Charlie arresting him?

"Well, Billy seems to think that if Charlie arrests him and puts him in a holding cell here in town, that he will phase and try to break himself out. They cant risk the exposure, and Paul is so unstable that they think he wouldn't even hesitate to do so. So the council has to figure out exactly what needs to be done about him so that he doesn't expose us all."

Us all?

"Yes. If Paul looses his temper again and tries expose the pack, we will have to stop him. We will not allow him to hurt an innocent person, and in trying to stop him could lead to us having to expose ourselves in the process." Edwards voice became hard, and I saw anger flash across his eyes for just a moment, but when he looked at me it was gone.

All I could do was nod at him. My eyes started to well up again, because no matter what I did, I always put the ones I loved in trouble. I tried to turn over so that I wasn't facing Edward anymore. I didn't want him to see how upset I was getting, but unfortunately the heart monitor gave me away. It started beeping erratically and Edwards eyes snapped up the screen and then back down to me.

"Bella are you ok? What hurts?" his hands hovered above me frantically. I shook my head to try to say that nothing was wrong, but Edward pushed the button behind my bed to alert the nurses station.

"Yes?" the intercom squealed making me wince. The speaker was very close to my head, and the noise caused my head to throb.

"I think were in need of some pain medication in here." Edward said softly, placing a hand on the top of my head and stroked my hair, giving me a soft smile. I narrowed my eyes at him. I didn't want any more pain medication because I knew it would make me sleep. I didn't want to sleep for fear of missing any more time with him.

"Right away sir." the speakers squeaked again.

I waved my good hand at Edward as if to say "no" to the pain medication and he chuckled at me giving me a small kiss on the hollow behind my ear. The heart monitor went crazy, making him chuckle again.

"Don't worry Love. Ill be right here beside you, and I promise ill be here when you wake up."

Just then, the nurse came bustling in with a clip board and a needle filled with a clear liquid that was sure to make me incredibly relaxed for the next several hours.

"Well, Ms. Swan, I see that Dr. Cullen has given us the okay to remove your breathing tube. Im going to inject this into your I.V. and that should make you sleep while we do the procedure. It doesn't take long to do, but it is quite uncomfortable so it will be easier on you if you're asleep."

I nodded for probably the hundredth time that day, and she stuck the needle inside the plastic tube attached to my arm and I immediately began to feel tired. Before I got too incoherent I grabbed the pen again and wrote to Edward…

Don't leave

"Never." he whispered in my ear, and the room swirled around me, pulling me into a dreamless sleep.

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Sorry it took me so long to post! Im in the midst of moving, so things are crazy! Plus I have read BD 3 times already!

This is actually only half the chapter. Again, it was very long, so i broke it down into 2.

I have a favor to ask all of my readers, and that is... Since Breaking Dawn has now been released, and also because my story has been getting hardly any reviews tear ... Should I continue to finish writing it? I have a poll posted on my profile, so if you want me to keep writing, i would like for you all to Vote, and Review.

Or else im afraid that...I will have to discontinue "As Always, I love you."

Much love, my fellow Edward-Addicts