So here you go as promised! I actually got it done. It took me a few sleep deprived mornings but I got the chapter done just as I had promised I would. I didn't want to leave you guys hanging too long. Everyone wants to pretty much kick James in the balls but don't worry he'll get what's coming to him. I won't bug you anymore with my A/N but I'll be sure to catch you at the end!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or anything that has to do with it. That great honor belongs to the wonderful Stephenie Meyer. I will at midnight however own my new copy of 'New Moon'. I can't wait to watch it over and over and over…….

Last Time:

He started getting closer and closer to me and I was now backed up against the wall. He brought his hands up to my face and started to lean in closer. I was going to have to think of something to stop him. Maybe if I led him on and made him think that I wanted to be with him. But could I really do that?

As he leaned in closer I knew I had to do something quick so I breathed out his name hoping to stop his advance "James….".

BPOV

"Yes, my Bella." he smiled at me and I cringed internally. I was not his Bella. I am Edward's Bella.

"James, please think about what you are doing. This is a mistake. Edward and I are going to be getting married. I love him." I knew that telling him this would probably infuriate him but I had to try and figure out how to buy time.

He leaned his face in closer to me and put his face into my hair right next to my ear. "Bella. You. Are. Mine. And only mine. You will never see Edward again." he whispered to me.

I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. I couldn't imagine never seeing Edward again. I suddenly felt really sick and I didn't know if it was from being ill or from the man pushing himself up against me. A traitor tear made its way down my cheek and I tried to keep the rest of them in. I didn't want this piece of shit to see me cry. I had to be strong. I looked down at Heidi and saw that she was still knocked out. I was worried about her. She was only trying to be nice by taking me home when I was sick. Then my thoughts drifted back to Edward. He wouldn't know that anything was wrong. He wouldn't be home for quite a while and who knew how long it would be before James decided he wanted to take me out of here. He'd probably get me out of here long before Edward would know I was gone.

"James, please don't do this." I pleaded with him.

"Oh Bella, you have no idea of all the things I want to do to you. But first I'm thinking we should get a bag packed for you and then you can write Edward a note letting him know that you are leaving him." I started to cry harder.

James grabbed me by the hair and led me down the hallway. Then he pushed me into the bedroom and I tumbled down to the floor. I sat there for a moment and tried to figure out what to do. Then I saw the gun that was pointed right at my head. I continued to cry softly not wanting to upset him. He walked to my closet and looked inside. "Where's your suitcase?" he asked me.

"It's umm, it's under the bed." I said.

He walked over to the bed and knelt down and tried to reach the suitcase under the bed. As soon as I saw him reach underneath I slowly stood up and made my way over to the dresser. I was now completely thrilled with the fact that my dad was a cop and that he had given me pepper spray and had made sure that it was never expired. I reached inside the drawer slowly and pulled the spray out. I then slowly made my way back to where I had been just seated on the ground. James then made his way back out from the bed with a suitcase in hand.

"Now I suggest you quickly pack this bag because we have a flight to catch." he said shoving the bag towards me.

"Umm, where are we going?" I asked him.

"That's for me to know and for you to find out. Now hurry up and pack."

"But James, how do I know what to pack for. Are we going somewhere warm?" I asked him. I figured the longer I could keep him talking the longer it would take before we left.

"Stop asking questions Bella and just throw some damn clothes into the bag."

"But James…." was all I got out when I felt a hand come slamming against the side of my face and I fell to the floor. It hurt so fucking much and I could feel the tears coming down my cheeks faster this time.

"Shut the fuck up and pack your bag. Now!" he nearly screamed at me. "If you ask anymore questions I will make sure to put something in your mouth that will keep you quite." He said with an evil smirk.

I slowly got to my knees and I felt his hand come down into my hair. He yanked me up to my feet and pulled me over to the dresser. I tried to keep him from seeing what was in my hand. I got to my dresser and started to pull out some clothes. He let go of my hair and I started to walk towards the suitcase that he had put on my bed. I put the clothes inside and looked over to Edward's side of the bed. I saw the framed picture that he had put there of he and I at the Seahawks game. I looked into Edward's eyes in the picture and mouthed the words 'I love you Edward'. Then I got a grip on the pepper spray and made sure that I had a good hold on it. I saw that James had put the gun back in the back of his pants. And he was looking through my dresser. I walked back over to grab something and as soon as he looked up at me I pulled the can up directly to his face and started spraying. He quickly put his hands up to his face but I continued to spray until the small can was empty.

He started screaming and writhing in pain. "You bitch." he screamed at me. I turned around and started running. I got to the door and threw it open. I ran over to Heidi who was still laying on the floor motionless.

"Heidi! Heidi! Wake up. Please Heidi, get up." I cried while shaking her. Then I heard James making his way into the room. "Heidi, PLEASE!"

EPOV

God I wish I could have gotten someone to cover for me. I wanted to be home taking care of Bella myself. I moped around for a while and figured I better take care of some patients and maybe the night would go by faster.

Ben walked up to me and asked "Hey, how's Bella?"

"I don't know. I didn't want to call and wake her up. She was so sick before." I said thinking about how weak she looked. I was honestly surprised that she had gotten so sick so fast.

"Yeah, she was pretty sick man." Ben replied.

Just then Lauren walked by and smirked at me. What the hell was that about? I tried not to think about it though. The bell for the garage alarmed letting us know that an ambulance was pulling in. Victoria walked in pulling a gurney along with her. I looked passed her expecting to see the asshole of a partner she has but instead I saw someone else.

They brought the patient into one of the examination rooms and Victoria told me that it was a 74 year old man that had called 911 when his cat had gotten out of the house and when the police arrived to tell him that it was not proper use of the 911 service he told them that he wasn't feeling well and he wanted to be taken to the hospital.

"Honestly Dr. Cullen, I think he really just wanted some company. We checked him out on the way here and his blood pressure and glucose are fine. His EKG doesn't show any abnormalities and other than maybe needing a good home cooked meal and someone to talk to for a while I really think he's fine." Victoria said.

"Thanks Victoria. Hey Ben can you do me a favor and call the kitchen and ask them to fix a tray for this gentleman and bring it down. I'll go in and check him out in just a bit and see what's going on." Sometimes this happens with some of the elderly patients we get in. All they really want is someone to talk to. "Hey Vicky, where's your partner in crime?" I asked as she turned to walk out of the room.

"Ugghhh. You don't even want to know what that asshole did to me." she stated.

I looked at her a little surprised and gave her a nod to continue.

"Well James, the fucker, apparently decided that he didn't want to show up for his shift tonight. He didn't even have the decency to call in. I've tried calling his cell phone but he's not answering that either. The boss is pissed that he left us high and dry and we had to call in some extra help tonight. Anyways, that boy is gonna be sorry when I see him next." She said while seething.

"Oh, well sorry I asked." I smiled at her. She just nodded and walked away.

I couldn't believe that James would just not show up for a shift. Then I started to get this funny feeling down deep in the pit of my stomach. Lauren had been talking to James quite a bit lately when he would bring a patient in. Now James didn't show up for his shift and Lauren was acting really different. I knew that Bella was with Heidi but I still just had a terrible feeling way down deep. I decided to call the house phone and see if I could talk to Heidi. I knew Bella would probably be sleeping but I was sure Heidi would have stayed awake in case Bella needed her.

I dialed the number. It rang 5 times before the answering machine kicked in. I decided to call Heidi's cell number. It also rang a few times and then went into voicemail. I decided to try Bella's number. I didn't want to wake her up but I really just needed to hear her voice and make sure she was okay. I hit the button on my cell and as soon as it rang once it went straight to voicemail. What The Fuck? Why wasn't anyone answering me?

I had just closed my cell phone again when Lauren came walking through and smiled at me. "What the fuck Lauren?" I asked her. "What's your problem today?"

"Why Dr. Cullen what ever do you mean?" she asked me in a tone that I knew meant that she was up to no good. "Are you having a bad day? Did poor little Bella have to go home sick? You must be so upset that you aren't there to take care of her." Why would she say something like that?

"Lauren, I'm going to ask you this one last time. What in the hell is your problem?"

"I don't have a problem except for that little bitch you call your fiancé." she sneered.

"Lauren you better get over it real quick and stop acting like such a little bitch yourself. I will be talking to the human resources manager about all of this tomorrow. In the mean time get your ass back to work." I nearly yelled at her. I was so sick of her attitude towards Bella.

Then I heard it. I heard a snicker and something about 'We'll see what happens after tonight'. My heart stopped. What was going on? James didn't show up for work. Lauren seemed a little too happy that Bella had to leave. Just then Dr. Sullivan walked in to the ER.

"Hey Edward. I heard you needed to leave and I got here as soon as I could." I heard him say as I ran out of the ER doors. I sprinted to Bella's car and threw myself into the drivers seat. Something was definitely wrong and I had to get home as soon as possible. I had to get to my Bella. I punched the gas and raced down the road to get home.

BPOV

James stumbled back into the room but I just couldn't leave Heidi. I knew that he would be mad. In fact I knew he'd be pissed! I tried to pull on Heidi's arm to get her to the door. I unlocked the door and had just grasped the handle and it slipped open a crack but James had already grabbed me by the hair and pulled me back. He threw me to the ground and kicked me in the chest. I felt all of the air woosh out of my lungs. I coughed and sputtered and tried to get some air back into my lungs. It felt like they were going to collapse from the pain.

I looked up into the face of my attacker. He stood over me wiping at his face. "Bella you will pay for that little stunt of yours. Maybe we should wait around here now and take care of your little Edward when he gets home. I wouldn't want you thinking you could ever run back to him."

"No." I cried out to him. James grabbed my arm and twisted it around behind my back and I could feel it literally ripping from it's socket. I screamed out in pain while James laughed above me.

Then, I don't even really know what happened. At one moment I had felt James holding onto my arm and twisting and the next thing I knew he was flying across the room. I looked up through my tear swollen eyes and saw Edward kneeling next to me. I tried to stand up but as soon as I tried to use my arm to push up I fell back to the ground screaming in pain. I saw worry flash through Edward's eyes and then I saw something else. Fury!

Edward stood up and walked over to where James was hunched against the wall. James had started to get up but Edward was already there and then I saw his fists flying. Edward literally picked James up by the throat and pushed him against the wall. Then he punched him continuously. I tried to call out for him to stop. I didn't want him to get hurt.

Then out of nowhere Emmett and Jasper appeared in the doorway and rushed over to Edward.

"Edward, EDWARD. Stop. You're gonna kill him." I heard Jasper say as Emmett pulled Edward off of a now unconscious James. As soon as Edward was pulled away James' body slumped to the floor. Jasper reached down and felt for a pulse.

Suddenly Alice and Rosalie were at my side. "Oh my god, Bella. Are you okay honey? What did he do?"

I couldn't talk. I needed Edward like I needed air to breathe. I searched for him and saw Emmett trying to calm him down. I saw Jasper on his cell phone and heard him talking to the police. He hung up the phone. "The police and the ambulance are on their way." Jasper said. I saw him lean over and whisper into Edward's ear.

Edward looked over to me and he looked so sad. He walked over to me and knelt down next to me. Alice and Rosalie got up and walked over to where Heidi was now slowly waking up on the floor.

"Baby, I'm so sorry." he said. "I should have been here. James never should have been able to touch you. It's all my fault." I could see unshed tears in his eyes.

"Edward" I said while I struggled to sit up. He gently helped me into a sitting position and then he sat on the floor against the wall and gently brought me into his lap while he cradled my arm. "Honey, it's not your fault. You can't be with me all the time. I'm just glad you got here when you did." I said to him. I looked into his eyes and I could feel the tears coming down my cheeks. He brought his hand to my face and wiped at the tears that were falling down. I smiled up at him and kissed him on the cheek. "You saved me again."

"Bella, I'll never let anything happen to you again. I love you." he said as he kissed me on the lips. "I swear to god I could have killed him. I probably would have if Emmett hadn't stopped me."

That made me remember something. I looked up at James and saw that he was still unconscious. "Jasper, James has a gun in the back of his pants." I said worried that he may wake up and reach for it. Jasper walked over to him and rolled him over so that he could get the gun.

"Oh, how's Heidi? He hit her over the head with something and knocked her out." I said looking for her.

She was sitting up in a chair with Rose and Alice by her side. Alice had gotten an ice pack from the freezer and was holding it on the back of Heidi's head. "I'm okay Bella. Don't worry about me. Are you okay honey?" Heidi asked me.

"Yeah, I'll be okay." I said.

Just then a police officer came barreling into our apartment followed by a couple of EMT's and a few Paramedics. Edward must have known them from the hospital because he was quick to fill them in on the situation. One of the paramedics went over to James and they brought a gurney in to get him out. After they had him set up on the gurney with an IV flowing in his arm, one of the police officers went over and cuffed his arm to the rail on the gurney. I felt slightly happy about that.

Edward insisted on being the one to examine me. He was soft and gentle with everything he did. Then he insisted that I go to the hospital in one of the other ambulances. I was willing until I saw that Victoria, James' partner, was one of the paramedics.

"I don't think so!" I told him flatly.

"Bella, she will be professional and I will be with you the whole time." He told me.

"Edward, are you sure she wasn't in on all of this?" I asked him.

"No, I'm not. I really do believe that James had an accomplice in all of this, it just wasn't Victoria." he said with venom in his voice.

"Who?" I said.

"Lauren." Was all he said. It was all he needed to say. I wanted to go and rip her throat out for being part of this sick scheme. "Now, will you please let us take you to the hospital?" he asked me.

"Okay." I said sheepishly. I insisted that I would not be taken out on a gurney though. I wanted to walk but I just didn't have the strength. As I was starting to slump back to the ground I felt Edward's arms wrap around me. He carried me down the hall to the elevator and then to the ambulance. He climbed in the rig and sat next to me while Victoria took some vital signs. She looked extremely sorry. There was definitely pity there in her face.

She really didn't say anything except for what my vitals were. Edward's cell phone rang and brought us out of the awkward silence.

"Hello? Hey man. Yeah. Okay. Was she still there? Yeah did the police take her for questioning? Good. She's doing okay. She's in a little pain. Yeah, we'll see you there. Okay, bye."

"Who was that?" I asked him.

"That was Jasper. He said the police went to the ER and picked up Lauren and took her in for questioning. Jasper, Alice, Emmett and Rose are going to meet us at the ER when their done at the apartment. They were waiting for the other ambulance to leave with Heidi." he told me.

"How was Heidi doing?" I asked and I could feel the tears start to sting my eyes again. It was all my fault that she was even involved in this in the first place.

Edward leaned over and kissed my cheek and rubbed my hand soothingly. "Honey, don't worry. She's fine. She's got a little bump on her head but other than that she's fine. They are going to bring her in and just get her checked out to be sure." Suddenly I could tell that we were pulling up to the hospital. And a terrible thought entered my mind.

"Edward…." I said starting to panic.

"What's wrong babe? Are you hurting?" he asked me.

"Yes. No. I mean I don't know. It's just…. I …um…. Is he gonna be there too?" I asked through the tears that were now pouring down my face.

This time it wasn't Edward that spoke up first. "Bella, don't worry they took fuck face to another hospital. There's no way that we'll let him within 50 miles of you again. Okay?" Victoria said offering a small smile. I nodded my head. "Bella, I really am sorry. If I had known that he was going to do something like this I would have gone to the police. Please believe me. I mean, I knew James was a little messed up in the head and he seemed to have this unhealthy attraction towards you but I never for one minute imagined that he'd try something like this." Victoria was almost in tears herself. The doors to the ambulance opened and several people from the Emergency Room staff were all waiting there.

"Bella? Edward?" I heard Ben say. "What in the hell happened?" he asked.

"Ben, it's a long story and if it's okay with you we'll talk about it later. Right now I just want to make sure my future wife is taken care of okay?" Ben nodded in Edward's direction. "Where is Dr Sullivan?"

"He's finishing up with the elderly gentleman that we got in right before you left. I'll let him know that you guys are here." Ben said.

I knew that Edward would be going into doctor mode shortly so I reached up and pulled him down to me as I lay on the gurney that they were removing from the ambulance. "I love you Edward."

"I love you too Bella. Now let's get you taken care of okay?" He asked and I nodded in his direction.

EPOV

I couldn't believe the sight before me when I got to our apartment. I saw that the door was slightly ajar and when I slowly opened it I saw Heidi's lifeless form laying on the ground and that prick James was crouching over my Bella. I couldn't even think at that point. All I could do was react. I ran across the room and threw James off of Bella. As soon as I looked down at her my heart broke at what I saw.

Tears started to sting my eyes for what felt like the millionth time tonight when I thought about what he had done to her and what could have happened. I thank God that I got there when I did.

I had called Jasper on my way to the apartment in a panic and he in turn called Emmett. They must have driven twice the speed limit to get to my apartment when they did. I knew that they loved Bella almost as much as I did and they would never want anything to happen to her. It's probably a good thing that they showed up when they did too because I can't guarantee that I wouldn't have killed him. I'm a doctor and that is not something that I would normally think of doing, taking someone's life. But that thought never crossed my mind when I saw Bella laying there before me, broken. When I saw her all sensible thoughts left me. All I saw was fury and it was all directed at the one person that broke my Bella. I beat James to within an inch of his life and I knew that he would be broken too. Good, now he'll have something to remember me by!

I was now sitting in the trauma room with Bella while we waited for her lab results to come back. Dr. Sullivan and I discussed what to do first and he agreed that we should get an x-ray of her arm, shoulder and ribs and then he also wanted a cat scan of her head to make sure there was no damage. Bella kept insisting that she was okay and didn't need us to fuss over her but we both ignored her.

Jasper, Alice, Emmett and Rose had all gotten to the hospital not long after we did and after the girls had a chance to see for themselves that Bella was doing okay, they went to the waiting room to call my mom and dad and Bella's dad. I knew that I should probably have been the one to call Charlie but I was so on edge that I didn't know if I could have that conversation with him and keep my cool.

"Edward…." Bella said in her half groggy state since we had given her some pain medication.

"Yeah babe. Did you need something?" I asked her while stroking her cheek.

"No, I just wanted to make sure you were still here." She said with her eyes closed. "What's taking so long? I know how long it takes to run those damn lab tests. Let me get up and I'll go and do it myself." She said getting irritated.

"Bella, honey calm down. They are working as fast as they can. We're getting a CBC and a Metabolic Panel and then x-ray is going to come and get you." I told her.

"Edward, please don't leave me." she said as she started to cry again.

"Bella, honey I'm not going anywhere. Wild horses couldn't drag me away from you. I will be with you every step of the way. I've already told Dr. Sullivan that I'm going to accompany you when the take you for your x-rays and your cat scan. You're not getting out of my sight any time soon!" I kissed her lips and before I realized what she was doing she had raised her good arm up and tangled her hand in the hair on the back of my head. Bella had slowly opened her mouth and was running her tongue over my lips. I leaned down on the side of the bed and granted her hot little tongue access to my mouth. We deepened the kiss and I just felt like I couldn't get enough of her. I could have lost her forever tonight and the thought of that killed me inside. I would never, ever let anything happen to her again. We continued kissing like that for a few minutes until we heard someone giggling behind us. I slowly pulled away from Bella and looked into her eyes.

"I could have lost you tonight." I simply told her.

"I thought for sure that I was going to lose you." she said.

"I love you…." We both said at the same time. I smiled at her and then leaned down and gave her a quick little kiss again when we heard the same annoying giggle. I turned around and saw my brother and sister standing there with their spouses.

"Hey, sorry to interrupt you guys but I just wanted to let you know that Mom and Dad are on their way and Charlie said he should be here soon. He said that he was glad that he had the cruiser because he was coming in with lights on and siren blaring. I assured him that Bella was okay but he wants to get here as soon as he can so he can see for himself." Alice said smiling.

Bella gave a little half smile. "Thanks for calling him Alice. I really hope he doesn't drive too fast. I don't want him to have an accident rushing to get here."

Emmett came up to the side of the bed and knelt down next to Bella. "Are you sure you're okay little sis?" Emmett looked so sad. I knew he thought a lot of Bella and I'm sure he was pretty concerned.

"I'm okay Em. I'm hurting but the pain meds are helping. As soon as they can get my arm fixed up I'm sure I'll be doing better." She said putting on a brave face for my brother.

"We'll be able to set it as soon as we know the extent of the damage." I told her. "Do you guys mind staying with Bella for just a minute. I'm going to go see what's taking so long." Bella looked at me and panic shot into her eyes. I leaned down and whispered in her ear. "I'll only be gone for a minute my love. I promise."

She nodded her head at me and tried to give me a smile. "Don't worry Eddie. She's got me if she needs someone to cuddle with." Emmett smiled and then kissed Bella on the top of her head. I swear to God, he's lucky he's my brother. That plus he's twice my size. Bella rolled her eyes and motioned for me to continue.

I walked out of the trauma room and over to the desk. I was looking for Ben or Dr. Sullivan so that I could find out what was taking so long. I didn't see either of them so I decided to check Bella's chart myself. I picked up the chart and flipped through to the lab results. Her Complete Blood Count all looked good. There were no signs of any internal bleeding. Her Metabolic Panel all checked out too. I noticed that her labs were not complete yet and that they were waiting on one other test. I continued to look down her chart until I got to the one thing I wasn't even thinking about. A Pregnancy test. Of course they would have to do this on her since they were going to take x-rays. It was standard practice to get a pregnancy test on anyone of child bearing age before an x-ray. The only problem here was the pregnancy test result was done and the test they were waiting on was the Beta-HCG which is done when someone is pregnant and they want to see how far along they are.

I stood there for a moment with the chart in my hands. Beta-HCG? If they were doing this on Bella than that would have to mean……

Okay, okay. I did it again! But I just couldn't help it! Did anyone see that coming? I know people thought at first that Bella was pregnant when she was sick but I can assure you that she was sick from what Lauren had put in the coffee. So did you Like It? Love It? Hate It? Let me know! You guys are my inspiration that keep me writing! I haven't decided how far I want to go with this story. Do you think I should wrap it up soon? Have a quick wedding and an Epilogue? Or would you like me to draw it out a little more? Let me know what you think! Reviews are like seeing Edward naked! They make me very happy!'

Reviews were way down with the last chapter so I'm hoping I can redeem myself with this one and get a few more!

Thanks to everyone! I love ya all!

Dawn