Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns all characters. Im just borrowing them for a while.

Three days later, I awoke to the sound of a door shutting in my hospital room. I was supposed to be going home today, since all my breathing tubes had been removed, but Carlisle wanted to run a few more tests on me just to be sure. I wasn't sure why, though, because it felt like they had run every test under the sun on me in the past few days.

I rolled over to see Edward sitting in the chair by my bed. He was staring at the floor, his eyes squinted, with one hand rubbing the back of his neck.

"Edward" I whispered, since my throat was still a bit sore from the breathing tube, not to mention the large gashes from Paul.

His head snapped over to me, a few strands of bronze hair falling into his eyes, and he flashed me my favorite crooked smile. My breath caught in my throat at how beautiful he looked at that moment. My own personal angel.

"Good morning, Love." The smile still lit up his face, but I could see the worry in his eyes.

"Edward, whats the matter?"

"Nothing, sweetheart. Im just ready for you to go home. Alice said that we had a wedding to attend in three days," his smile widened "And im just a bit anxious, is all." I eyed him for a moment, and although his face held no sign of his words being false, I knew he was lying. I'm not sure what happened, or how, but at that moment something in my head clicked, and I knew what was bothering him.

"Edward, what was wrong with my cat scans?"

I had never seen Edward as surprised as he was at that moment. He stared at me with his eyes wide, and his mouth gaping open.

"Wha…How did you…?" he stammered, struggling to find the words.

"I don't know how, but I know that is what is bothering you. Now tell me what Carlisle said." He didn't answer, and just sat there staring at me. "If you don't tell me, ill just page Carlisle and he will tell me."

He shook his head slightly and squinted his eyes for a moment, and then smiled, walking over and sitting on the foot of my bed.

"Your over-accurate powers of observation still continue to amaze me." he said, trying to stall the answer.

"Ok, fine. Ill just call Carlisle, then." I said exasperated, and reached over to the bed-side table to grab the phone. I was closer to the table, but Edward was faster. The phone had disappeared in less time than it took me to blink.

"That is not necessary, love." he said quietly, and leaned in to kiss the bottom of my jaw. My breath hitched in my throat.

"Edward," I breathed, struggling to get his name to come out right.

"Yes…Love?" he whispered, looking up at me with liquid fire in his eyes. I didn't get a chance to say another word before his cold lips were on mine, his hand curling around the back of my neck and grabbing a handful of my hair into his fist. The heart monitor went crazy.

I couldn't concentrate on anything but him. The feel of his lips moving with mine, the taste of his breath, the feel of his hand on my neck, my fingers tangling into his bronze hair…

Click.

It happened again. I realized that he was trying to distract me from asking about my cat scans again. There was something wrong with them, and he was doing whatever he could think of to keep me from asking about them again. Stupid, tricky vampire. So, for the first time ever, I grabbed his face and pushed him away from me, breaking the kiss first. He stared at me with a perplexed look on his face, and I couldn't help but laugh at it.

"Nice try, Edward," I said, still smiling "but I want to know what Carlisle told you."

He grunted and rubbed his hand over his face, and then pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Love, its really not…"

"If it wasn't that important then you wouldn't be trying to keep It from me." I cut him off. He looked up at me from under his lashes, but he didn't even try to protest. He couldn't deny my logic.

"Alright, alright." he took a two deep breaths, and then looked up right into my eyes. "Carlisle found a very interesting…abnormality…on your scan films. He is not sure what that means, but he is quite intrigued."

"What exactly do you mean, abnormality?"

"Well, he isn't sure. We think it may be connected to the reason that your mind is cut off from my power, as well as Jane's or Aro's. He is looking into it." he shrugged, and I could tell that he wasn't telling me everything, but I was too concerned over the fact that I had a brain abnormality.

"Bella, are you alright?" he was looking at me with concern in his eyes.

"Peachy. I guess I do have brain malfunctions after all…"

"That is exactly why I didn't want to tell you about it until we knew more. There is nothing for you to worry about. This could actually be a good thing Bella. It may give us a chance to figure out what your powers may be after you've been changed." That got my attention.

"So, does he think that I may have an active power? Like yours, and Alice and Jasper's?" I inquired, my hopes rising.

"Possibly. Carlisle will let us know, when he knows more about it. But lets not worry about that now, because I believe that in about thirty seconds that abnormally perky nurse is going to storm through your door and tell you that you can leave now. Of course you'll be staying with us tonight so that Carlisle can observe you…Just in case." he flashed me his crooked grin, a devious look on his face.

"What about Charlie?"

"Carlisle has already spoken with him. Charlie has given him permission to keep you over night, as long as we are kept in separate rooms, of course." The devilish grin lit his face again. Before I could inquire anything further, the nurse came bouncing into my room, just as Edward predicted, and handed me a pile of papers to sign so that I could be released.

Twenty minutes after that, I was escorted outside in a wheelchair, something which I found to be completely embarrassing but it was hospital policy so I had to oblige, and Edward lifted me ever so gently into the front seat of the Volvo. When he climbed into the drivers seat, I bombarded him with more questions.

"Where is Charlie right now?"

"He is at the station with Billy. Charlie insisted on helping him and the pack try to lock down on Paul's location. He said that if he couldn't put him in handcuffs himself, he was at least going to be able to help find him." That Sounded like Charlie.

"What about my mother, and Phil?"

"They are currently waiting to ambush you when you walk through the doors at my house. They thought that, since Alice was adamant on the wedding being in three days, they would go and help her set things back in order." I groaned. Not more wedding planning. I thought I was through with all of that mess…Wait, three days? He had said that before while we were still in my hospital room.

"Three days, Edward?" I asked a little to sharply.

"Is that too soon, love. Alice was so sure of the day I didn't even think…"

"No, no, the date is fine. Now im just going to have to figure out how im going to look beautiful in my wedding dress with these hideous gashes down the side of my throat." I huffed, trying to figure out exactly what I could do to cover up the monstrosities. Edward let out a loud, throaty laugh beside me as we pulled into the Cullen's drive.

"Bella, honey, do you forget who my sister's are? Im sure they had all of that figured out days ago. Don't you worry, your going to look beautiful no matter what." He picked up my good hand, the one not covered in tightly wrapped gauze and medical tape, and pressed his cold lips to my knuckle.

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As Edward had promised, my mother and Esme ambushed me as soon as he carried me through the door, which he also insisted on doing because he was adorably over-protective.

I sat with them at the kitchen table for over an hour as Renee rambled on about how beautiful I was going to look, and how her and Phil were hoping to go on a second honeymoon soon since Phil had gotten a promotion of some sort and was now making enough money for them to go on a "dream cruise" as she called it.

Alice and Rosalie were there as well, mulling over how they were going to do my make-up to cover the scratches on my neck, and Rosalie was plying with my hair, twisting it this way and that, trying to figure out how to fix it in exactly the way that Alice was describing to her.

It surprised me a bit, because although Rose had become less hostile towards me in the months before the wedding, she had never really fussed over me the way Alice always had. By the look on Edwards face, he was a bit surprised, too, but I was just impressed at how hard she was trying. Maybe we could become close after all…

"…Alright, Bella?" I realized that Renee had been asking me something.

"Hmm?" I snapped myself out of my own thoughts and tried to focus on her words.

"Look at you, Bella. Your so exhausted you cant even concentrate. I said that Phil and I are leaving now. Its getting late and you need your rest." She smiled at me and pushed a strand of hair back away from my face.

"Okay, mom. Will I be seeing you both tomorrow?"

"Of course, silly. I want to help Esme with anything I can around here since Alice will probably try to tear our throats out if we try to touch anything that has to do with your wedding." I stifled a laugh at my mothers comment, and yawned instead. "Alright sleepy head. Get yourself some rest and we will see you tomorrow."

"Goodnight, mom." I bid her as she and Esme walked towards the door, chatting very animatedly about trying to talk Alice into helping set up decorations.

Edward stood from his chair, and without speaking, picked me up and headed up the stairs to his bedroom. I was so tired, my head had barely touched the pillow before I was falling fast into my dreams, and for the first time in weeks, they weren't filled with nightmares.

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Sorry that took so long everyone. As I said before, ive been in the middle of moving, so I havent really had a chance to write, let alone post, but I also had to break this one in half.

I hope to have the next chap posted by the end of the week, but im still in the middle of unpacking, so it may be the beginning of next week before I get it put up.

The next chapter, my lovely fans, is what you've been waiting for. THE WEDDING!

And if any of you have any suggestions about the honey moon, please let me know! Im still not sure what to do about it!

Until the next time, my lovely Edward-Addicts!