Tenth Chapter.

I opened my eyes to find that something was standing over me. My eyes were still blurry, though, so I couldn't really see who it was.

"Bella?" I heard a voice that sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it- not right now. I felt as though it was important that I remember whose voice it was, so I blinked and blinked, but I still couldn't see, and the hole was getting bigger, threatening to overwhelm me. I closed my blurry, frighteningly unseeing eyes and tried to stay calm- I heard a monitor's beeping pick up, and the voice telling me to calm down.

"Bella? Please, you need to calm down." said the voice. "It isn't healthy for you right now to be so worked up."

I opened my eyes again- still blurry, but worse. Was I going blind?

"Who is that?" I croaked, surprised how bad my voice sounded.

"What do you mean, Bella? Can't you see me?"

"No," I admitted, "I can't- everything's blurry and dark." Was that- no, it couldn't be.

"Carlisle!" the voice called- could it be?- "Something's wrong!"

I heard footsteps, and Carlisle's voice. "What is it, Edward?"

I heard an intake of breath coming from me. It couldn't be true- he said he didn't want me. Why was he here?

"She says she can't see."

"I can talk for myself," I muttered, "I'm not mute- just half-blind."

"Bella, can you open my eyes?" I heard Carlisle ask, "I need to see them."

I grimaced- the fuzzy darkness was nerve-wracking- and opened my eyes to see that the darkness had almost completely taken over.

"It's worse!" I exclaimed, "I can't see at all! It's all black!"

I felt someone sit on the bed, and felt like I was going to cry- I could not see his face- although I could smell his cologne.

Then I saw the darkness lighten a little, and I said, "What's that light? It makes the darkness gray."

"It's a flashlight, Bella," said Edward. "Carlisle's looking at your retina to ascertain if what is blocking your vision is a clot, a cataract, or something else."

The gray darken to black all of a sudden.

"There's nothing there." said Carlisle. "Which means it's in your brain."

I felt my eyes widen, even though I couldn't see it.

"Brain?" I heard Edward say faintly. Why did he even care? He left me a while ago- why was he here?

The hole came up again- I hadn't even felt it recede. I heard my pulse ratings go up, and something beep- something bad, because I felt my throat closing up.

"Edward, go get a nurse," I heard Carlisle command. "Get a crash cart too- just in case."

No, I tried to tell him, I don't need that. It's the whole in my chest. I wished that Edward could hear me, and could know what was happening to me.

"Bella? Can you hear me?" asked Carlisle. I nodded, and I heard a nurse come in, saying, "What is it? She was fine a few minutes ago." I felt the black hole recede when I smelt Edward's unique cologne. The monitors I knew were there beeped once more, and steadied.

"Bella? Are you okay?"

"Yeah." my throat felt a little tight still, but it was manageable. "Sorry- panic attack."

"What?" I felt him sit on the edge of my bed.

"Panic attack?"I heard Alice speak, and I started. When did she get here?

"Sorry."

I nodded in the direction of the voice.

"Carlisle, what's wrong with her?" I heard her voice again, but in a completely different direction.

"We don't know."

"Bella? Panic attack?"

I winced and said, "All right, that was one of the worst, but I do get them occasionally."

"What caused it?"

I thought for a minute, and I eventually said, "I have no idea- I was thinking about... four months ago, so... That's probably it."

Silence.

"I can't see." I reminded them.

"Oh, sorry- Carlisle nodded." said Alice.

I sighed.

"What's wrong with me?"

Shorter- but longer than at first.