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BPOV

Suddenly his ice-cold lips were pressing gently against my own, and my heart rate increased two-fold. I felt a new strength inside me, and used it, pulling myself up, but I didn't have enough. I was so nearly there, but I didn't have enough. But then he spoke the words that enabled that extra bit of strength I needed.

"I'm so sorry, Bella. I'll leave you now. I love you," he whispered. He loves me? For a moment, I was in complete ecstasy. The extra strength came easily and I dragged myself up from underneath the black blanket that was pinning me down. My eyes opened, just in time to see him disappear through the window and dart into the trees at an inhumane pace. My own memories had not done him justice.

"Edward," I said, but my voice was quiet, weak, from lack of use. He was gone and I felt the tears build up. I was so confused. He loved me, but now he had left me forever.

I glanced at the clock, but that was no use because I didn't know how many days that I had been out.

Suddenly, there was a light tap on the door just a second before it opened and a gorgeous doctor came in, flanked by Renee, Charlie and Phil.

"Bella?" Mom whispered.

I opened my mouth to say hi, but it was like someone had turned a tap on, and the tears just flowed and flowed.

"Oh, baby," Mom ran to my side and pulled me into a hug. She was crying as well, but the other three men stood by the door gaping.

"I thought there was no change? You said she wasn't getting any better," Mom said accusingly to the doctor.

"There wasn't. She must've woken up just now," the doctor had a familiar voice and I knew that it was Carlisle, who had been here with Edward this morning, "I have to take a look at her," he said, pulling the stethoscope from round his neck off.

"Hello Bella," he said to me gently as he sat on the bed; his eyes were full of questions, "How are you?"

I opened my mouth again, but all I could say was, "Where is he? Where's he gone?"

"Who?" Mom asked Carlisle, "Who's she talking about? What's the matter with her?"

"Edward. Where's Edward?" I sobbed hysterically.

"Dr Cullen? What's happened?" Renee was panicking now.

"I don't know," Carlisle answered, but he was gazing into my eyes as if he had seen a ghost, "Bella could you hear us whilst you were unconscious?"

Oh, so I had been unconscious. Of course I had heard them. I could still remember every word Edward had ever said to me. He wasn't human and he was dangerous, but I still loved him. I didn't understand what he meant by everything he said, but I still loved him. I loved him with all of my soul.

"Edward…" I whispered, "He's gone."

"Excuse me for one moment," Carlisle said to Renee, Charlie and Phil, before slipping out of the room. I shivered and sobbed on the bed, and Renee hugged me.

EPOV

I still didn't know where I was going. I just kept running.

Suddenly, my phone vibrated. I flicked it open and answered it, "Carlisle?"

"Edward. What did you say to Bella?" Carlisle asked.

"I… uh… not much…" I lied.

"Edward, tell the truth. What did you say?" he repeated.

"Why?"

"Because she's in hysterics," Carlisle told me.

"What?" I was confused. How could someone unconscious be hysterical?

"She's hysterical. She won't stop saying your name. Can't say anything else."

"What?" I repeated, "Talking?"

"Yes," Carlisle sounded confused as well, but then he seemed to catch on to something, "You mean you don't know?"

"Know what?" I growled. What had happened?

"She didn't wake while you were there?"

"What?" I gasped, "Wake? You mean she's…"

"Yes, Edward," Carlisle said, "She's awake. And something you said to her has made her hysterical. She just keeps saying `Edward. Where's Edward?'"

"Oh, no," I whispered. I had scared her into waking.

"You need to come back," Carlisle told me, "It may be the only thing that will help her."

"No, Carlisle, you don't understand. I told her that I was dangerous. I told her that I wanted to kill her!"

"You think that you scared her?"

"Yes! Don't you?" I asked, exasperated.

"Actually, Edward, I really don't think that that is the case at all. Just come back and see for yourself." Then he was gone.

BPOV

Just after Carlisle had left, I noticed it. The tape player still sat on the table next to my bed, by a bowl of fresh fruit.

"Bella, honey, it's okay," Mom comforted me, but I ignored her and reached for the machine. I rewound it and pressed play. The same song, the lullaby, my lullaby, filled the room, it's beauty unnatural.

"What… is that?" Charlie gasped. He and Phil had both been very quiet until now.

"It's exquisite," Phil agreed and I buried my head in my hands, still weeping.

"Bella, Bella, what is it?" Renee asked me, panic evident in her tone.

"It's Edward," I whispered, "Edward did it."

"Who's Edward?" Renee enquired.

"Do you mean Edward Cullen, Bella?" Charlie came over too, "I didn't know that you two were friends."

At that moment, Carlisle came back, "Sorry about that," he apologised, "I had to make a call."

"Does she mean your boy, Dr Cullen?" Charlie asked him, "Edward. That's your boy's name isn't it?"

"Mmm," Carlisle said vaguely, "Can I get you to all come and sign some papers?"

"What, and leave Bella alone?" Renee refused, "I'm not leaving her like this."

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. If you go with Dorothy" – he indicated a nurse standing by the door – "And I need to check her over anyway. Don't worry, I'll find out what's wrong."

Renee nodded and reluctantly followed Phil and Charlie out of the room, though she kept glancing back at me.

There was a long silence after they had gone, and Carlisle just stared at me.

"Are you okay, Bella?" he said eventually.

I nodded, scared that if I opened my mouth again, the tears would flow relentlessly again.

Then there was a light tap on the door.

"Come in," Carlisle said, and the door opened. I looked up and saw my angel standing in the doorway.

EPOV

I opened the door, nervous of what I might find. The first thing I saw were her chocolate brown eyes staring back at me. I saw myself reflected in her eyes and I looked… scared. Worried.

"Edward?" she whispered, and Carlisle stood up and walked over to me.

She's not scared of you, Edward, he thought, pausing to pat my shoulder gently as he left, closing the door behind him.

I didn't move from the doorway, afraid of spooking her.

"Edward?" she repeated.

"Bella," I whispered, looking at the floor. A noise made me look up and she was getting out of the bed.

"No, don't do that," I murmured from where I stood.

"Why not?" she demanded, her bottom lip jutting out in a stubborn pout.

"Because you'll hurt yourself," I felt the sides of my mouth pulling up into a smile.

"Well, come here then," she ordered. I looked up at her, surprised. She smiled at me shyly and I couldn't help but obey. I went over and perched on the end of her bed.

"You were here?" she asked. I nodded.

"But you left," this time it was a statement. I nodded again.

"Why?" she said gently, reaching out to touch my arm. I looked up and she froze, then pulled her arm back again, "Why?" she repeated.

"Because your parents were coming," I shrugged.

"So?" her brow furrowed in confusion.

"So they can't know I'm here, Bella. I shouldn't be," I replied quietly.

"I don't understand," she said carefully.

"Did you hear anything I said? While you were… unconscious?"

"I heard everything you said," she whispered intensely, "Every word."

"I'm dangerous, Bella." I wasn't sure whether to be grateful that she had heard or not.

"So?" she said again.

I was amazed. I whipped my head round to look at her, my teeth bared in anger, "So?" I quoted her. She leant away from me, finally scared.

"I could kill you, Bella," I whispered, "I want to."

She stared into my eyes for a long moment before answering, "I don't care."

"You don't care?" I was incredulous, and cross, "But I meant everything I said, Bella. When I said that I could snap your body like you could snap a toothpick, I wasn't joking."

"You meant every word?" she checked, her eyes narrowing the tiniest bit.

"Every word, Bella," I promised.

"So, you meant it when you said…" she hesitated, unsure of how to word something. I waited, "What did the kiss mean?" she eventually asked. Damn I was in too deep here, and, by the sounds of it, so was she.

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Quote from the next chapter:

"You can stay at Charlie's tonight, but then you can come back to Phoenix with us," Renee decided, "If you really, really don't like it then you can come back here when you're eighteen, but Phil's right, Bella. We can't change everything that we've arranged."

Okay, this time I'm going to ask for 15 reviews, which is one less than last time, so that shouldn't be too hard. However, you must remember that I do actually need time to write this and you mustn't begin to expect an update every couple of days! Sorry!

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