"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.

Edward's POV

"Look Edward, you know I have to report this to the police." Carlisle said.

"Why? She fell down some stairs. Why do you have to get the authorities involved. What, are you going to arrest the flight of stairs she stumbled on?" I asked sarcastically.

Carlisle's face fell to a frown, "I'm very disappointed in you Edward. I expected Bella to lie to me, but not you, not my son."

Those words Carlisle spoke, were like knives being thrown into your body. Any parent saying they're "disappointed in you" is one of the things you dread hearing. I bowed my head and muttered, "I'm sorry."

"Are you going to tell me what happened?" Carlisle asked softly, making sure Bella wouldn't be able to hear.

"Well, Bella is... well, she works at..." I struggled to find the right words to say. I wasn't absolutely sure on how Carlisle would react to the news of Bella being a stripper.

Just say it. Carlisle is not the person who judges people based on their jobs.

"Okay, Bella is a stripper." I looked over at Carlisle. His expression remained the same. "And?" Carlisle asked.

"Well, her boss Bruno is a real hard ass. He hits the girls who don't obey them and Bella is no exception."

Carlisle nodded his head slowly, "How do you know her exactly?"

Oh shit! Remember, Carlisle won't judge you. Anyways, it was his "other" son Emmett who forced me to go.

"One night Emmett forced me to go to a strip club and I saw Bella. I offered to help her become a model and she agreed. Well, her work schedule was getting in the way of the modeling and I asked her to choose. She told Bruno that she wanted to quit, and then, well you know." I said sadly, still feeling guilty.

Carlisle nodded once again. "Carlisle, you can't go to the authorities with this. If Bruno finds out, he'll probably kill her." I whispered.

Carlisle sighed angrily. "It goes against my better judgement. Okay, but if you bring her in again like this, I'm calling the police."

"Thank you." I said.

"Well, does Bella have a place to stay while she recovers?" Carlisle asked with a concerned tone in his voice.

"Yes, she'll stay with me because she usually stays with Bruno, but there's no way in hell i'll send her back there." I said, angrily towards the end.

Carlisle nodded. "Lets go back inside before Bella thinks we left her." Carlisle said as he opened the door to the exam room. I walked in and Carlisle followed.

Bella was still sitting on the bench. "Is everything alright?" She asked worried.

Carlisle nodded his head, "Yes, we just had to schedule your X-rays for your ribs."

30 Minutes later, Carlisle came back with Bella's x-rays.

"Well Bella, you have fractured 2 ribs. You're lucky that those fractures haven't caused any other medical problems. There's not a whole lot we can do but give you pain medication. We advise you to not to be too physical for the next couple of weeks."

Bella nodded. "Okay, maybe my friend Cam Myerson will care for me..." Carlisle interrupted her, "Edward said you were going to stay with him."

Bella looked at me and started to shake her head. "No Edward, you've done too much already. I can't ask you to do this."

"It's really no problem Bella. I would rather you stay with me. It's really my fault that this happened to you so like I said before, I'm going to make it up to you."

Bella began to shake her head faster, "No, I can't. I'd feel so guilty if you did this."

I interrupted her, "I'd feel even more guilty if you won't let me care for you."

Bella gazed into my eyes and could tell that I was hurt. She nodded her head and whispered, "Okay."

Carlisle began to write on a slip of paper and handed it to me. "Give this to the pharmacy downstairs and they'll give you her pain medication." I nodded.

Carlisle turned to Bella, "I'll see you in a few days for your check-up to make sure your ribs are healing properly." He said and smiled.

Bella nodded, "Thank you so much."

Back At Edward's (Still Edward POV)

I guided Bella back to my bedroom and placed her gently on my bed. I took off her shoes and tucked her in.

"Edward, I feel really guilty about this. I would much rather stay on the couch and let you stay in your bed." Bella said.

I shook my head, "No, you have to be comfortable. You'll probably stay in this bed for little over a week."

Bella sighed. I sat down on the bed next to her. "So, I guess my modeling plans our on hold." Bella said, she sounded depressed.

"For the time being. We have to wait for at least the wounds on your head to heal." I said as I lightly touched the bandaged cut on her forehead.

Bella and I sat in silence for the next couple of minutes before she broke the silence. "I'm sooooooo bored!" She said.

I began to laugh. Bella turned to look at me with a glare forming on her face. She punched my shoulder, "It's not funny." Bella whined.

I stopped laughing and turned to her, "So, what do you want to do?" I asked politely.

"I want to get out of this bed." Bella said.

"Well, unfortunately that's not an option. How about a movie?"

Bella nodded, "I don't have any other choice do I?"

"Nope." I said, getting up from my bed and heading over to my massive DVD collection.

"Is there any movie in particular you would like to watch?" I asked.

"Do you have Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?" She asked.

"Yes." I said.

"Can we watch it?" Bella asked, clearly very excited.

"If you want to." I was interrupted by the sound of Bella's excitement. She began to bounce in anticipation. I swear it's the cutest thing I've ever seen. I smiled as I walked over to the DVD player and put on the movie...

2:45 AM

I was awoken by an loud scream coming from my bedroom. I immediately arose and ran to my bedroom to find Bella crying and shaking. I sat on the bed next to her and tried to calm her down.

"Bella, what's wrong? What happened?" I asked, concerned.

"B-B-Bad Dr-Dr-Dream... Bru-Brunooooo f-f-found meeeeee!" She cried even louder. I wrapped my arms around Bella, minding her ribs, and rocked her back and forth in my arms trying to soothe her.

"It's okay. You're safe. I won't let Bruno hurt you anymore. Just go back to sleep." I whispered softly as Bella dozed back into a deep sleep.

END OF CHAPTER! Okay, I would like to say that I'm sorry for the cliffy in the last chapter! I got a lot of angry reviewers... lol! About Carlisle calling the police, I know that in some places it's not required to report abuse, but in my story it's required even if they're an adult (this is where I wish I would have made Bella 17 instead of 18!)

I hope you liked my Harry Potter reference! I'm a HUGE Harry Potter fan. I'm a Harry Potter fan first and a Twilight fan second, even though I like to read more Twilight fanfiction than Harry Potter fanfiction... lol! I'm still pissed that Warner Brothers pushed the date back to July 17, 2009!

ANYWAYZ, reviews equals love, so show me that you love me and this story! Reviews are a confidence booster for me and I need a confidence booster right now because I'm digging myself into a hole right now with school, work, and actually having a social life! I just bought my tickets for the midnight showing of Twilight and I'd advise you all to do the same cuz they'll probably sell out!

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