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Chapter Sixteen

Confession

BPOV

I glared at the bronze haired teen in front of me. He was so arrogant! So… so incredibly childish as he stood in front of me with his arms crossed, surrounded by Jesse Hodgkins and Andrew Montgomery, two of the biggest jerks at school.

"Didn't you hear what I said?" Edward asked me, glaring. "I. Don't. Want. Anything. To. Do. With. You. Ever." Andrew and Jesse snickered as I continued to fight my tears from falling. He was only saying these things to show off. He was my friend. We lived together. He said he'd always be there for me.

"Get out of here!" Jesse hollered at me. I glanced from the ground to the black haired boy only to be hit in the side of the head with a giant rock that Andrew had thrown at me.

Staggering, I fell backwards; this time hitting the back of my head on another rock. The smell of blood was extremely potent to my sensitive nose and I could feel my stomach becoming queasy, making me feel as if I could wretch my breakfast at any given moment.

"What'd you do that for?" Edward shouted suddenly. My gaze was beginning to become blurry and dark but my hearing was still as good as ever. A loud cracking sound hit my ears. "Don't ever do something like that ever again!"

"She's just a pathetic girl!" Jesse snarled. "You said you didn't want to deal with her anymore."

"That doesn't mean kill her!" The sound of shuffling feet grew closer and before I knew it, I was being picked up. "Bella? Bella, can you hear me?"

"She's a whore!" Andrew called out but his voice was slowly beginning to trail off in the distance. I could feel us running.

"My head…" I groaned.

"Bella, you need to stay awake for me alright?"

I scrunched my brows together, struggling to escape from Edward's grip. "Leave me alone…" I cried.

"I didn't mean any of it! I'm sorry."

Shaking my head furiously, I continued on with the struggle but his grasp seemed to only tighten. I heard the sound of a door open and close before hearing more scuffling feet.

"What happened?" Elizabeth's kind voice asked.

"What did you do?" Edward Senior hissed.

"I – I didn't know…" Edward choked. "Jesse… Andrew…"

I could feel myself being transported from Edward to Edward Senior's arms before being taken to what I could only assume was my bedroom.

"I don't want you hanging out with those boys. Do you understand me?" Elizabeth hissed at Edward as they followed us up the stairs. "She could've been killed!"

I was placed down on a soft bed. "Elizabeth, darling, send for Doctor Cullen. Edward, fetch me some rags to stop the bleeding. The maids will know where they are," Edward Senior ordered.

The bed sank and I knew the older Edward had sat down. "Bella, are you in any pain?"

"My head…"

"Where on your head does it hurt?"

"Back… Temple…"

"We're sending for Doctor Cullen." The bed moved a bit and then my head was slightly raised. "I'm going to put slight pressure on your head wound. It might hurt a bit."

My eyes snapped open and the first thing I saw were two topaz eyes staring back at me.

"Go back to sleep," Edward whispered as he ran a gentle pale hand through my hair. "You have school in the morning."

I shook my head and yawned. "Nuh uh," I answered. "A week of suspension." Edward tensed. "Didn't Emmett tell you?"

"No," he growled. "Emmett didn't tell me."

"Yup. Suspended for a week and all because I punched Lacey McDonald or you would know her as Lauren Mallory."

"Oh yes," Edward chuckled. "I remember." I let out a sigh of content when Edward placed his head in the crook my neck, sniffing my hair and pulling me closer. "Well I suppose I'll just have to have Carlisle excuse me from school for a week. All my time shall be spent with you."

"Edward?" I asked quietly.

"Hm?"

"When I was asleep…" I bit my lip nervously before continuing. "I had a dream. Well, a memory. There was you, Jesse Hodgkins and Andrew Montgomery. Why were you telling me you didn't want anything to do with me?"

Edward sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Bella…"

"You remember, don't you? Me remembering is helping you to remember."

Edward's hand touched the back of my neck, moving over a raised scar. "That was from your fall." His hand moved to the scar on my temple. "That's where he hit you with the rock." He sighed again. "Jesse and Andrew had finally taken an interest in me. Not only that but I was beginning to be made fun of because my only friend was a girl. I only treated you that way because I wanted them to be my friends. I had no idea that they'd hurt you…"

"Your father was mad."

"Of course he was mad! You were like a daughter to him!"

"I didn't…"

"It's alright," he said. Edward's lips came in contact with my forehead and I sighed, happily. "I proclaimed my love for you that day."

I nodded, the memory bombarding my mind full on.

I was lying in a bed when my eyes opened. The walls were covered in floral wallpaper and a blonde haired, beautiful man was busy moving about.

"Ah, I see you're awake," he greeted cheerfully. He glanced at me and I was met with nearly black eyes. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I just got ran over…"

He chuckled and took a seat beside me, checking me out. "I'm Doctor Cullen," he told me.

"I know who you are," I groggily replied. "You were there that day I was brought in with the Eastland steamer accident a few years ago."

"Ah yes," Carlisle responded, remembering. "Young Edward was terribly upset."

"No he wasn't," I snapped, quickly adverting my gaze away from the charming young doctor. He was lying to me. Edward hated me. He had practically said so and I was stupid enough to not take the hint!

"I believe you are the one that is mistaken, Miss Swanson," Doctor Cullen said. "I spoke to him. You were going to be sent to an orphanage. The Masens took you in and young Edward was there by your bedside, praying for you to get well."

I sighed only to end up wincing from the pain that shot through my head. A knocking sound forced me to close my eyes to block it out. "Is she going to be alright?" A beautiful voice asked.

Doctor Cullen chuckled. "Just fine. I'll leave and give you two a bit of privacy." My eyes followed the doctor's every move, refusing to even look at the worried bronze haired boy in the doorway.

Edward sighed once Doctor Cullen left and approached the bed. I still refused to look at him. "Bella…" I still said nothing. "Bella, please look at me."

"Go away, Edward," I quietly replied, still not looking at him as I tried to keep all emotions in check. He could keep saying my name for all eternity or keep on apologizing. I didn't care.

"I didn't mean it," he said. "You're the most important person in the world to me." I scoffed at that. If I was, like Edward claimed, I wouldn't have gotten hurt. "I'm serious…"

"You're a terrible liar, Mister Masen."

Roughly, Edward grabbed hold of my hand and turned to look at me. "I am not a liar," he growled. He stared at me for five long minutes before pressing his lips to mine.

"That's so… improper," I breathed, dazed by the kiss, when he pulled away.

"I'm done being proper, Bella," Edward answered, moving some loose strands of hair behind my ear. "I love you." My eyes widened at his declaration. "I've loved you for years and I suppose… that the reason why I treated you so badly today… was because I was also a bit jealous. I asked your friend, Margaret Coldstone, if you fancied me. She said you didn't but that you had a thing for Caleb Jacoby."

My eyes widened even more before going into a coughing fit. "Caleb? Caleb Jacoby? You have got to be kidding me! I wouldn't give him the time of day! And you should know not to believe anything Margaret says. Especially since she's the one who fancies you."

"Bella… Isabella…" Edward sighed, running his hand down the side of my face. "I am hopelessly in love with you."

"You were such a hopeless romantic," I laughed, gazing into Edward's honey colored eyes. Hesitantly, I reached up and ran a shaky hand over his face. He closed his eyes and made a purring noise. My hand traveled from his forehead to his lips, memorizing his beautiful face. "It seems to me like you still are."

Edward's eyes opened mine and his crooked grin appeared on his lips. "You make me this way," he replied. "There's no other person out there for me, Bella. I love –" Edward's eyes changed in color and before I could even blink his hand darted into his pocket before emerging with a cell phone. "What? …This better be good, Alice." I watched intently as he had a conversation with his sister, his eyes growing darker by the second. "Are you sure? … Yes, yes. We'll be right there." He let out a quiet growl before quickly standing, wrapping me up in my large comforter and picking me up bridal style. "Alice had a vision."