Edward's POV

9:00a.m.

I was awoken by the sound of a phone ringing. I yawned and rolled over on my side and ignored it. Five minutes later I realized that it wasn't my phone that rang, it was Bella's. I immediately sat up and reached for her phone.

1 New Message was all it said on the screen of her cell phone.

I went to check Bella's new message.

"YOU BITCH! YOU BETTER HOPE I DON'T FUCKING SEE YOU OR ELSE I'LL KILL YOU! OH, YOU'VE DONE IT NOW, YOU'VE REALLY DONE IT NOW. I'D WATCH YOUR BACK IF I WERE YOU GIRL! YOU BETTER CALL ME OR ELSE I MIGHT DO SOMETHING YOU AND I WILL REGRET!"

I slammed my fist on the table. I could feel my blood boil in my head. I wanted to kill this guy. But, I had to make sure Bella was okay. She did recieve a lot of injuries from her beating from Bruno. I grabbed my cell phone on the table and dialed my father, Carlisle's number. It rang three times before someone answered the phone.

"Hello Edward, how are you?" My father said, trying to start a conversation.

I sighed, "I'm good, but I need a favor."

"Of course son, what do you need? Are you okay?" He asked with some worry in his voice.

"Yes, I'm fine but... my friend isn't. I was wondering if I could bring her down to get a check-up." I asked nervously.

"Sure, bring her down around 10 a.m. and I'll make room for her." Carlisle said.

"Okay thanks Dad. I'll see you soon." I said with some noticeable relief in my voice.

"No problem. I'll see you soon, Bye." Carlisle said and then the line went dead. I hung up the phone and placed it back on the table in front of me.

My stomach started to make a growling sound. I got up and walked over to the kitchen and opened the fridge. I pulled out some orange juice and placed it on the counter. I turned around to see Bella standing by the counter. I immediately stopped what I was doing and walked over to her.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked.

She shrugged, "I dunno, I'm still really sore and my chest hurts."

"Well, my father is a doctor and I want him to examine you." I said.

Bella immediately began to shake her head violently, "No, no, no. I can't go see a doctor. I swear, I'll be fine, just don't make me go see a doctor."

I grabbed her shoulders to attempt to calm her down. "No Bella, I can already tell you that you have a few broken ribs. You need to get checked out. My father is a good man and he'll take care of you. I promise."

"Okay." She squeaked. I nodded. "Would you like something to eat?" I asked politely.

"Not food, but I'am craving a Raspberry Dream from Emerald City smoothie, those always fill me up. Do you think we could stop there on our way to see your dad?" She asked, with an excited tone to her voice. I could tell that she was in a better mood.

I smiled at her question. Bella looked really adorable when she's really happy. It's the small things she does that make me like her even more. Like for example, when she smiles, all her blood rushes to her cheeks, making her cheeks a beautiful crimson red. And she has the cutest laugh. The only thing I dislike about Bella is that she isn't able to stand up for herself. I really want to help Bella, if she'd let me.

"Sure, if we leave within a minutes we can stop there." I said, with a heart warming smile on my face.

"Yay! Okay, let me get my cell phone." Bella said happily, as she skipped down to my bedroom.

Crap! I still haveher cell phone. I thought to myself. I grabbed her cell phone off the table and held it in my hand.

Bella walked out of my room with a confused look on her face as she scoped the living room.

"Edward, do you know where I left my cell phone?" She asked as she turned to face me. Bella eyes shot to my hand.

"Why do you have my cell phone?" She asked, confused.

Just tell her. There's no use lying to her. You don't want to become another man she can't trust. I thought to myself.

I took a deep breath and calmly began tell explain. "Okay, when I put you to bed last night, your phone went off..." Bella gasped.

"Don't worry, I didn't answer it, but I did check your messages." I said keeping my eyes on her for her reaction. Bella began to blink and it looked as if she was fighting back tears.

"What did my messages say?" She asked quietly.

"Well, last night you had 3 messages, 2 of which were from Bruno just yelling at you to call him or else and he left you a message this morning saying pretty much the same thing as last night. And 1 message was from a girl named Rainbow." I said.

Bella's eyes looked worried, "What did Rainbow want?"

I turned away from Bella and began to explain. "Rainbow just said that she's so sorry for what happened to you and that she should have stopped it. She also said that Bruno is furious, but you shouldn't be worried about him yet. She wants you to call her, she said you know when to call."

My eyes flashed over to Bella's face and she was furious.

"YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO CHECK MY MESSAGES!" Bella screamed at me. She walked up to my and snatched the cell phone from my hand, then headed for the door. I grabbed her arm and she struggled to get free.

"Edward, let me go." She said.

"No. Bella, please let me apologize." I said.

Bella stopped struggling and looked at me.

"You're right, I had no right to check your messages without your permission. But the only reason why I did was because I was worried about you."

Bella looked at me, and her eyes softened.

"When you came into my house with all your injuries, it made me really upset. I just wanted to get all the information I could get about what happened."

Bella raised her eyebrows, "And what's your conclusion on what happened?"

"One, Bruno is an asshole, but I'm sure you already knew that." I said. Bella smiled and chuckled. "And two is that you do have someone else who feels guilty about what happened to you."

Bella looked confused again. "I know Rainbow feels guilty, but who's the other person?"

"Me." I said softly.

"Why do you feel guilty Edward? It wasn't your fault that this happened to me." She said, sounding upset.

"It's partially my fault. I shouldn't have asked you to quit. You warned me about Bruno and I thought you were overreacting. I should've listened to you. I'm so very sorry Bella. I'm going to try to make this up to you, firstly by making sure you're okay, so if you still want to go to Emerald City smoothie before we go see my father, we have to leave now." I said.

She smiled and said, "Okay."

At The Hospital (Still Edward's POV)

When we arrived at the hospital, I immediately went to the front counter. A woman in her early 30's with platinum blonde hair was answering the phones. She glanced over at me, "...okay sir, I'll make sure Dr. Freeland calls you first thing tomorrow with your results. Okay buh-bye." She said and immediately hung up the phone.

"Hi Edward." She said happily.

"Hello Meredith, is my father available?" I asked.

"He's just about done with a patient. Have a seat and we'll call you when he's ready."

I nodded. "Thank you Meredith." I smiled at her and it looked as if she stopped breathing, but Meredith immediately returned the smile. I gently grabbed Bella's hand and led her to the a row of chairs against the wall. Five minutes passed before Carlisle appeared behind the secretary's desk. He looked over at me and called me over. "Okay Bella, he's ready for us now."

Bella and I walked over to Carlisle. "Hello Edward, and who is this?"

"This is my friend Bella Swan." I motioned my hand to Bella.

"Hello Dr. Cullen." Bella said shyly.

Carlisle chuckled softly, "Please, call me Carlisle. Come follow me." Carlisle grabbed Bella's hand, but she jerked away.

"Can Edward come with me?" Bella asked. Carlisle smiled, "Of course."

Carlisle led us to an exam room. He asked Bella to sit on the bench. "So, where are you injured Bella besides these contusions on your face?"

Bella lifted her shirt to reveal her bruises to Carlisle. He nodded and began to frown. "How did you get these?" He asked.

I began to panic, but then Bella answered him immediately. "I fell down a flight of stairs. I'm really clumsy." She said and tried to laugh it off. Carlisle smiled, but I could tellhe didn't buy it.

"Edward, can I speak to you outside for a moment?" He asked. I nodded. "We'll be right back Bella." Carlisle said, as he led both of us outside the exam room. Carlisle shut the door and looked at me.

"Look Edward..."

END OF CHAPTER!

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