You Saved Me Chapter 17, a twilight fanfic

Okay, okay so I left you with another cliffhanger last time but I'm hoping the fact that I am updating only 4 days after my last chapter will make everyone forgive me! I can't promise that it was my last cliffy but I won't do it to you this chapter at least! So this is my Christmas present to all of my reviewers! I got this chapter out in record time! I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and to all of my new reviewers! Please keep it up! I don't think I will get another chapter out before Christmas but you never know do you! I didn't get my 250 reviews but I'm at 242! Maybe you guys can get me to 275! In fact if you do I will guarantee another chapter before Christmas! A little incentive to all of you!

Disclaimer: I do not own twilight only the great and wonderful Stephenie Meyer does, I do however own my brand new t-shirt that I bought while Christmas shopping this week that says 'I run with Vamps!' God I'm such a dork!

BPOV

What in the hell have I done in my lifetime to deserve the shit that seems to happen to me. I had been having a nice night and had just given my doctor boyfriend a blow job in his office not even 10 minutes ago and now this. I was standing with my back to Edward's Volvo and the keys were in my hand. I suppose I could use them as a weapon if I needed to. I thought about reaching for my cell phone but then I realized that I didn't have it with me. Then I tried to think about where it was. Oh yeah you dumbass. It's in your purse which you left on the floor of Edward's office when you knelt down to give him head I scolded myself. Now what am I going to do? This conversation in my head seemed like it took forever buy I guess it was really only a minute. The asshole that was standing in front of me decided to speak up.

"Bella, what are you doing here?" he snapped at me. I didn't know why he was being such an asshole to me. If anyone should be upset it should be me.

"Well, I was just leaving work not that it's any of your business. In fact it stopped being your business over 2 years ago if I remember correctly." I told him. "The better question is what in the hell are you doing here?" I asked looking into the eyes of none other than Mike Newton!

"I was here to see a specialist in the hospital." he stated not wanting to elaborate further. I had a pretty good idea what kind of specialist he was seeing though.

"So, still having trouble getting it up huh?" I asked smugly. My father raised me to be a lady but there was no way in hell I could do that in front of him. Besides, I think my father would approve of this language in front of Mike. He never really did like him.

Mike grabbed my arm a little harder than I would have thought and said "You're still just a big bitch aren't you Bella. You can't stand the fact that Jessica and I are together and you're jealous. Well I've got news for you, Jessica is pregnant. Yep that's right, it looks like I'm doing something right."

"Yeah, if it's even yours." I let slip out of my mouth and his grip tightened on my arm. I didn't seem to have a filter on my mouth today. "Let go of me Mike. You're hurting me." Mike had never shown any violence towards me before so this really surprised me.

"You always were jealous of Jessica and now that you are here and alone in this big city you can think about the fact that we have built a life together. I went on with my life but yours is just pathetic." Mike hissed at me. If he only knew how my life really was right now but I couldn't really concentrate on anything but the pain that was building in my arm. His grip seemed to be getting tighter and tighter.

I had a few tears start to fall down my cheeks from the pain in my arm but Mike thought that his words were actually getting to me. He started to smirk even more and before I realized what was happening I saw a flash and heard a crunch and saw Mike laying on the pavement screaming out. I started to fall to the ground but felt the all too familiar warm arms wrap around me again. As soon as I realized that Edward was holding me I burst out into tears.

"Shhh. Honey it's okay. I'm here." Edward whispered into my ear. Then I heard him talking to someone. He must have been on his cell phone because I could only hear his side of the conversation. "Hey Eric, good your still here. Yes can you please call the police and then come out into the parking lot." He paused for a moment. "Yeah, I'll explain when you get here but you better hurry before I'm forced to pummel this asshole into the ground for hurting my girlfriend."

I continued to cry while Edward held me and Mike laid on the ground with blood spurting out of his nose and crying like a baby.

"Bella, honey are you okay? What happened? I saw that you left your purse in my office and I was going to try to catch you before you left and then I saw that son of a bitch grabbing your arm and laughing and I don't even know what happened before I got over here and then I just saw you crying and I couldn't help myself. I just hit him as hard as I could." Edward looked like he was going to cry.

I finally seemed to be able to find my voice. "It's Mike." I whispered. "I had just left you and was making my way over to the car when I felt someone grab my arm and spin me around and press me against your car. I didn't know what to do. I made a few smart ass comments that must have pissed him off and then he grabbed my arm tighter and he wouldn't let go. And it hurt so much." I continued to sob as Edward held me.

"Let me see your arm Bella." he said. Just as he was starting to examine my arm Eric the hospital night security guard showed up. "Hey Eric, he's laying over there. If you would please take care of him until the police get here. "

"Sure thing Dr. Cullen." Eric replied.

"Come on Bella. I'm going to take you back into my office and take a look at your arm. Then you can rest in there on my couch until Dr. Sullivan gets here to replace me and then I'll take you home." Edward said. I was going to resist and just tell him that I was fine to go home but the way he was acting I highly doubted he was going to let me out of his sight for a while.

We walked back into the Emergency Room and I saw a friendly looking nurse standing at the desk. She was pretty but didn't flaunt it like Lauren and Jessica did. I was truly beginning to hate the name Jessica. Edward looked over to the nice looking nurse and said "Heidi, do we have any patients right now?"

She shook her head "No Dr. Cullen. Everyone has been discharged and we haven't had anyone new come in. Is everything okay?"

"Not really Heidi. Heidi this is my girlfriend Bella. Bella this is Heidi." Edward said.

I went to reach my arm up to shake her hand but I just winced when the pain hit again.

"What happened?" Heidi asked.

"Someone pretty much attacked her out in the parking lot. I'm going to take her into my office and examine her. Can you do me a favor and bring in an extra pillow and blanket into my office. After I take a look at her arm I'm going to have her stay here until I leave so that I can drive her home. She worked all night and I'm sure she's tired." he said.

"Sure thing Dr Cullen. I will bring them in right away. Is there anything else I can get for you Bella?" she asked me.

"No thank you." I said meekly. I was upset because I was sure this would get around the hospital that the new girl was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend out in the parking lot and that her new boyfriend who happens to be one of the sexy ER doctors came out and pummeled him. This was not going to be good.

Edward led me back to his office and helped me to the couch. Once we were there he took my hand in his arm and raised the arm of the long sleeved t-shirt that I had been wearing. I heard a loud gasp as Edward looked at my arm.

"Oh my god. I'm going to kill him." was all Edward could say. I looked down at my arm and could see the start of the bruise forming. You could literally see where his fingers had gripped onto my arm and the shape of his hand. The bruise had taken the perfect form of his hand. Edward was now pinching the bridge of his nose between his thumb and forefinger and running his hand through his hair. I think he was about to get up when there was a knock at his door.

"Excuse me Dr. Cullen?"

"Yes, come in." he said.

Heidi entered carrying a pillow and blanket and a bottle of water with some ibuprofen and an ice pack. I thought you might need these too." she said handing me the water and pills.

I seemed to find my voice "Thank you Heidi. That was very kind of you."

"No problem dear. If you need anything you let me know okay. Being the doctor's girlfriend gives you a few extra privileges around here." she winked at me and then turned to Edward. "I'm sorry Dr. Cullen but there are a few police officers here asking to speak to you and Bella."

"Okay, can you please show them back here." Edward said. He had been pacing around the room and seemed very agitated.

"Edward, I'm so sorry….." I started to say before he was kneeling before me on the floor.

"What in the hell are you sorry for. You did nothing wrong." he told me just as the door to his office was opening.

An elderly man and a younger man both in police uniforms were entering Edward's office. "Excuse me miss, My name is Officer Siobhan and this is Officer McCarthy. We have a few questions to ask you if that's okay with you." said the older officer.

"Uh, okay." I said.

"First off did you know the man who assaulted you?" Officer Siobhan asked.

"Yes I do. He is actually my ex-boyfriend but I haven't seen him in a couple of years. He was apparently here for a doctors appointment when he spotted me. He asked me what I was doing here and then I guess my comments must have made him a little mad because he was holding onto my arm and his grip kept getting tighter and tighter. I didn't know what to do and I asked him to let me go but he didn't. The next thing I knew Mike was laying on the ground and his nose was bleeding and Edward was holding me." I told him.

"Dr. Cullen can you tell us what happened from your point of view?" the other officer asked.

"Yes, I had realized that Bella left her purse behind so I went to try to catch her in the parking lot before she left. When I got outside I saw someone had her pressed up against my car so I started to walk towards her. As I got closer I could see him holding on to her arm and it looked like he was holding on pretty tight. Then I could hear her asking him to let her go and he was kind of yelling at her. When I got right by the car I could see she was almost in tears. The next thing I knew I had my fist pulled back and I swung at him with everything I had." Edward told him.

"Well you may or may not be happy to know that you broke his nose. I am assuming Miss Swan that you would like to press charges against him." Officer McCarthy said.

"Yes, I most definitely would." I told him.

"Well he is already being taken down to the station and we have your statements. We just need to get some photo's of your arm." Officer Siobhan said.

"Okay." I told him. I showed them my arm and they took a few photos from different angles. Then they took mine and Edward's contact information and they left.

As soon as they were gone Edward was kneeling in front of me again and wrapped his arms around me.

"Baby, I'm so sorry I didn't get there sooner." he said. "I should never have let you walk out there by yourself."

"Edward, it's not your fault. It was broad daylight. Why would you ever think that it's your fault. If anything it's my fault. I should never have gotten a cocky attitude with him because it just made him madder." I told him.

Edward kissed my cheek and then my nose and then my forehead and then finally my lips. He lingered there for a little while longer then he broke away. He stood me up and then took the pillow that Heidi had brought and set it on one end of the couch. Then he helped me lay down and he laid down next to me. He pulled the cover over us and placed the ice pack on my arm. When I winced a little he looked alarmed.

"I really think I should take you over and get an x-ray of your arm." he said.

"Really it's okay Edward. It's just bruised. I'm sure it's not broken." I told him. "I really just want to lay here with you holding me for a while. Please?"

"How can I ever say no to you? You know that you have me wrapped around those pretty little fingers of yours." He said while he pulled my hand up to his mouth and kissed each and every finger. He stopped when he got to my ring finger on my left hand and lingered there a little longer. "You know, someday I'm going to put a ring on this finger." he said.

I think my breathing stopped. "Huh?" was all I could manage to squeak out.

EPOV

I had just shut the door to my office after Bella had left and I had a huge smile on my face. She was an amazing woman and the fact that she had just given me a blow job made me as giddy as a school girl. I was on cloud nine. I turned to go back to my desk when I noticed that her purse was laying on the ground. Shit that meant she didn't have her cell phone either. I picked it up and headed out of my office. If I hurried I might be able to catch her before she got out of the parking lot. I went up to the desk and was very thankful to see that the night shift nurses had left and that Heidi was now working.

Heidi was a very nice nurse. She was attractive but wasn't the type to flaunt it in everybody's face. She also was one of the few nurses that didn't feel the need to come on to me all the time. In fact Heidi and I have become friends and I have gone out for dinner with her and her boyfriend Max a few times. He is a really nice guy. He's an architect and has helped design some of the buildings downtown. Now that it seems Bella and my secret is going to be let out of the bag by Jessica, I will have to ask Heidi if her and Max would like to go out to dinner with us some time soon. I really think Bella will like her.

"Hey Heidi, I have to run out to the parking lot and see if I can catch my girlfriend before she leaves." I told her with a big smile on my face.

"Is that who was just in your office with you?" she asked with a knowing smirk.

I felt my cheeks go 10 different shades of red in an instant. "Uh, yeah." I said smiling.

"Well she is really cute Edward. I saw her leave just a bit ago. If you run you should be able to catch her." she smiled. Heidi is the only one that I let call me by my first name and she only does it when it's just the two of us.

"Thank Heidi. Is there anything I need to take care of?" I asked as I was walking towards the door.

"Nope. I've got everything under control. Now go find your woman." she said shooing me out the door.

I turned and walked out the ER doors and towards the employee parking lot. As I was getting closer I could hear voices. One sounded mad and the other sounded scared. I swear that the one that sounded sad sounded just like my Bella. As I got closer to my car I could see some sandy haired creep with his hand on Bella's right arm. He looked like he had a pretty good grip and she seemed to be cringing. I didn't know what came over me but I ran right towards him. He didn't even see me coming. I threw a right hook that landed square in his nose. He immediately released his grip on Bella's arm and fell back to the pavement.

Bella started to fall to the ground but I grabbed her and wrapped my arms around her waist. She was sobbing so hard and it felt like my heart was breaking with every tear she cried.

I grabbed her cell phone out of her purse and called hospital security. Eric was still working so I asked him to call the police and then asked him to come out here and take care of the asshole lying on the ground before I beat him to death. Which is what I wanted to do for what he did to my Bella.

Now here we are laying on the couch in my office. Bella finally stopped crying and I was holding her in my arms. She didn't want me to take her for an x-ray of her arm. I knew it wasn't broken, but I still wanted to make sure she was okay. I feel very protective of her and now that this had happened I didn't know how I would ever be able to let her out of my sight again. I was really happy now that she said she'd move in with me.

I held the ice pack on her bruised arm which just turned my stomach to look at. You could see a perfect hand print on her arm. It would be a constant reminder for the next week or so until it finally fades away. I pulled her left hand to my mouth and kissed each and every finger after I told her she has me wrapped around them. When I got to her ring finger I spent a little more time there. Then I told her "You know, someday I'm going to put a ring on this finger."

Bella looked stunned. I don't know how she couldn't see this coming. She had to know that she meant the world to me and I can't live without her. All she could say was "Huh?".

She is so cute when she's confused. I reached up and kissed her lips and stroked her hair.

"I love you Bella. Now try to get some sleep honey." I told her.

"I love you too Edward. Bye the way, thank you for saving me again." she smiled.

"It's my job." I told her. "Now sleep my love."

She curled into me and we entwined our legs so that we could get more comfortable on the small couch. I could have taken her to the lounge to sleep but for one I knew if I put her in that bed I would want to do more to her than I should considering the circumstances. And two, I wanted her as close to me as possible and if I got a patient I didn't want her to be too far away that I would worry. With her here in my office I could check on her whenever I needed too.

I started to feel myself drift off to sleep when Bella's sleep talking started. "Please don't leave me." she said. "No don't go Edward."

It broke my heart to hear her say that. I really hope she didn't think that I would ever leave her and that this was just a bad dream. So I leaned in towards her ear and whispered "I'm right her my love. I'm not going anywhere. I love you Isabella."

She smiled in her sleep and I didn't hear another sad thing leave her lips. I was just falling asleep again when there was a soft knock on my door and I saw Heidi peek her head in.

"Is everything okay in here Edward. Do you need anything?" Heidi asked.

"No, we're good Heidi. Thanks for asking." I told her.

"That's what friends are for. If you need anything just let me know." she said and then turned around and headed back out to the ER desk.

Heidi came back in around 11 o'clock to let me know that Dr. Sullivan was here and ready to take over for me. I thanked her again and was somehow able to extricate myself from the death grip that Bella had on me. I kissed her cheek and got up to stretch. I was very thankful that it had been a slow morning and I didn't have to leave Bella's side once to see a patient. I asked Heidi to wait in my office in case Bella woke up so that I could run to the lounge and grab my stuff.

After I got back I saw that Bella was still sleeping so I lifted her up and carried her bridal style out towards my car. Heidi followed and carried Bella's purse and then she opened the car for me when we got there.

"Thanks again for all of your help Heidi." I told her.

"No problem Edward. Take your girl home and take care of her." she smiled at me. "Oh yeah, Max wants to get together soon so may be the four of us can go to dinner and a movie sometime soon."

"Yeah that sounds good. I'll let you know Heidi." I said.

"Have a good night sleep Edward!" She leaned in and hugged me and then headed back to the ER.

I got in the car and saw that Bella was still sound asleep. I drove us back to the our apartment and parked my car in the parking garage. As soon as I turned the car off Bella seemed to stir in her sleep and slowly started to wake up. I leaned over and pressed my lips to the side of her head and wrapped my arms around her.

"Where am I?" she asked.

"We're in the car my love. I picked you up and carried you out of my office and put you in the car and you slept through it all." I chuckled.

"Oh. What time is it?" she asked.

"It's about 11:20. Why don't we go upstairs and I'll fix you something to eat and then we can lay down again." I told her.

"Okay, that sounds good."

She went to reach over for the door handle with her right arm and winced in pain. It tore my heart out to see her in pain like that. I hurried up and got out of the car and rushed to her side. I opened the passenger side door and helped her get out. She smiled at me and then wrapped her left arm around my waist while she tried not to move her right arm.

"Bella!" I said. "Maybe I should take you back to the hospital and get that x-rayed after all."

"Really Edward, its okay. It just hurts from the bruise. I'm sure a nice soak in the tub would help." she told me with a little smirk.

"Okay, lunch then a hot bath. How does that sound?" I asked her.

"Heavenly."

"Let's get you upstairs." I said.

We made our way to the elevator and my hand never left her side. When we got to my floor I picked her back up and carried her to my door. She tried to protest but I insisted it was just good bedside manner that I was giving her. She smiled but didn't say anymore.

I didn't want to bring up what happened again so soon but I really thought that she should call her dad and let him know of the situation. "Um, Bella?"

"Yes Edward." she looked at me kind of funny.

"I really think you should call Charlie and let him know what happened today." I said.

"You're kidding me right. If I call Charlie he will be on his way to Seattle the minute I tell him." she sounded appalled.

"I know but maybe you should let him know before he gets wind of it through someone back home. Since Mike was arrested I'm sure someone in Forks is going to know and they will probably know why and then Charlie is sure to find out. I'm sure he'd rather hear it coming from you." I tried to reason with her.

"Ugghhh! Why do you have to be so damn logical! Where's my phone?" she blurted out.

I smiled at her and handed her purse to her. She fished out her cell phone and I quickly made myself busy making Chicken Noodle Soup and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. This specific lunch always makes me feel better and I was hoping it would work on Bella too.

Then I heard her. "Hi Dad it's me. Yeah I know I haven't called you in a while. I'm sorry. Yeah, I've been kind of busy lately. Oh, Jacob and Leah told you huh. Yeah I was going to tell you about him when I called to let you know that I'm coming home this weekend. Yeah, we'll be there on Saturday morning. We're leaving Friday after work to go to his parents house in Port Angeles and then we will leave first thing Saturday morning and be to your house before lunch. Yes we'll be staying overnight. Yes Dad. Dad, I really don't want to have this conversation right now." I was starting to chuckle over the one side of the conversation that I could hear until Bella said. "Yes Dad I am sleeping with him and I plan on both of us spending the night in my bedroom when we get there and I don't want to hear another word about it."

After I heard that I think my heart stopped. I would surely be shot the minute I stepped foot onto Chief Swan's property. My face must have dropped dramatically because Bella walked up to me and kissed me on the cheek. She was still talking to her father though.

"Okay Dad now that we have that settled do you want to know the reason that I called you or no?" She said sounding like she was talking to a 2 year old throwing a temper tantrum. "Dad I kind of ran into Mike this morning. Yeah, so anyway if you've talked to Jacob he probably told you that my truck died. Yeah I know I'm still grieving." she said with a chuckle. "Anyway Edward has been driving me back and forth to work and he had to stay later this morning and he told me to drive his car home. When I went out to the parking lot I heard someone say my name and grab me by the arm to turn me around and when I looked it was Mike. To cut a long story short I kind of got a little bitchy with him and he was sort of squeezing my arm pretty tight and he wouldn't let go and then …." Bella paused and her eyes welled up with tears and I could see she was going to have a hard time continuing. When she didn't talk I could hear her dad on the other side of the phone calling her.

I reached out and pulled the cell phone from her hand. "Excuse me Chief Swan?" I said.

"Yes, is this Edward?" he asked.

"Yes sir it is. Bella was pretty upset so I thought maybe I should finish the story for her." I told him.

"Edward is my baby okay?" he asked me and I could tell he was trying not to lose it on the other side of the line.

"Yes sir she is. She's staying with me and I was just cooking her some lunch but I told her that she really needed to call and let you know what happened before you heard about it from someone else."

"Thanks Edward, please continue."

"Well, Bella had forgotten her purse and I ran to try to catch her before she left and I saw this guy holding on to her arm." I tensed for a moment and then Bella wrapped her arms around me. "I saw that he wasn't letting her go and he was hurting her so I ran up to him and punched him square in the face. Then I held on to Bella and called security." I told him.

"Did they call the police?" he asked me.

"Yes they did and Mike was arrested for assault. They came and got mine and Bella's statements and said they would be in touch if they needed anything else." I said.

"What were the officer's names? I plan to call them and make sure that the little asshole doesn't get out on bail anytime soon!" he said with a fire in his voice.

"Um, I believe it was Officer Siobhan and Officer McCarthy." I told him.

"Edward you don't know how much I appreciate you taking care of Bella for me. It really makes me happy to know that she has someone to look after her while she is so far away from me. By the way don't let Bella know but I'm really looking forward to meeting you this weekend. And I really don't have a problem with you and Bella staying in the same room together. I just don't want her to know that I'm okay with it. Okay?"

"Yes sir." I said.

"Edward please call me Charlie. The more you say sir the older I feel." he said with a chuckle.

"Okay Charlie. We'll see you on Saturday." I told him.

"Yep sounds good. Tell Bella I love her and keep and eye on her for me." he said.

"I will. Goodbye." I told him.

Bella still had her arms wrapped around me and I leaned down to kiss her forehead. "Lunch is ready and on the table. What to do you say we go eat and then take that bath."

"Okay, but only if your taking a bath with me." she smirked up at me.

"Ugghh, Bella you really have to stop looking at me like that or we'll never get any food in you." I smiled at her.

We made our way over to the table and sat down to eat. At least if I hadn't officially met Charlie yet he seemed to like me a little bit for taking care of his only daughter. I was just hoping that he meant what he said and that I wouldn't be meeting him and his shotgun this weekend.

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