~ XV ~
No matter what I tried, my eyes just kept snapping open from the sight of my Bella in near to nothing on her gorgeous body and their hands on her. That soon turned into his hands and his mouth on hers. When I saw that, I bolted upright off the bed running into our conjoining bathroom leaning against the basin breathing hard. Never had I visioned such a horrific thing in my life. After what happened Friday night, I don't think I even want to know what he had done to her but in a way I need to.
Angry at myself, I splash the cold water over my face trying to calm down. Half an hour later, back in bed I find myself struggling to sleep yet again. Hours pass by where I tried to sleep but all I could see when I closed my eyes was Bella. A while after the sun rises I give up and was going to have a shower when I heard Bella throwing up violently.
Rushing in I see Bella cradling her body around the toilet barely able to hold her body up while she's ill. "Bella? Shit Bella! Are you ok?" I asked stupidly, running to her side and pulling her hair up out of the way.
"Well does she look ok Edward?" I heard Rose say. She must have heard when I slammed the door open. "Go, I'll look after her." She told me pushing me out of my place from next to Bella.
"But Rose.." I tried to argue but Emmett cut me off. Where the hell did he come from?
"Edward, listen to her man." Emmett said. Great, even Emmett was keeping me from Bella. I just wanted to help her.
"Fine I'll go." I huffed frustrated, walking out of there with Emmett following hot on my tail.
"Edward." I heard Emmett calling after me but I just kept walking down the stairs and out the front door. "Edward! OI EDWARD!" he shouted but I was already in my car and driving away. I just needed to get out of there before I punched someone.
I didn't know where I was planning on going I just kept driving, ignoring my phone that kept ringing non-stop. I noticed a car following behind me and knew who it would be. I pulled over to the clearing and jumped out of the car the same time Emmett did.
"Back off Emmett…" I practically growled.
"Edward stop!" He said grabbing hold of my shoulder trying to turn me around.
"Seriously Emmett BACK OFF!" I shouted in his face then did something I'd never done. I punched him in the face.
"Fuck…" Emmett cursed stepping back and adjusting his nose back in place. "You better now?" he asked after we both calmed down.
"Yeah… sorry." I apologized.
"Dude don't stress bout it. Damn you got a good punch." We both laughed at that. "Come on Edward. She'll come around. It'll work out. You'll see." Emmett said sincerely, hitting me on the back reassuringly.
"I'm just so angry with this whole FUCKED UP MESS!" I shouted the profanity which I rarely choose to use.
"Whoa did you seriously just swear? Wow. My prude of a little brother knows language other than that of a perfect momma's boy." My irritating brother commented. Seeing my glare he put his hands up as if to say 'easy, joking'. "Ok, ok. I get it. Come on we'll go get Jasper we need to find us some monkey suits. It's probably time we had a chat anyway. You calm enough to drive without being a maniac?"
I just nodded gruffly before jumping back in my car. Following Emmett to Jasper's, waiting impatiently while he ran inside to get the guy. Flashes of the images that were in my head this morning and last night made my anger rise again. Punching the steering wheel and screaming out my anger I didn't notice the guys walk back out til Jasper had literally pushed me out of my drivers' seat and across to the passengers'.
"Emmett's right you're in no shape to be driving this thing." He said seriously, ignoring my protests and simply turning my sound system on loud.
"Ew dude… this thing is choking my boys." Emmett groaned from his change room.
I heard Jasper laugh but I was still too pissed off to even laugh at Emmett's choice of words. We both stepped out of our change rooms to look in the main mirror set up to view the suits. To be honest I thought we looked hideous. Alice was great at fashion but this was a bit too… well the suits were pink pinstripes and reminded me of an ice cream man. When Emmett stepped out I couldn't help but crack up laughing along with Jasper. The suit was at least two sizes too small.
"Dudes shut up. This is a joke. Come on, Rosie would never choose this. Help me get a better one."
We agreed and went out to the racks looking for something better for us to wear. Damn I swear when I marry Bella it'll be on a beach and without these stupid 'monkey suits' as Emmett called them. Wait back up. Did I just say Bella and marry in the same sentence?
"Eddie boy! Get over here!" Emmett called out, getting my attention.
"How many times have I told you not to call me Eddie…" I trailed off when I saw what he was wearing.
Jasper was looking at him in shock as he proudly showed off the suit he found making him look smart but laid back. "Dude I swear you're turning into Alice." We laughed and agreed on buying them for the wedding.
"So, how's Bella this morning?" Jasper asked as I drove him back. My knuckles tightened on the wheel, not going unnoticed by him. "Give it time Edward. She's been through a lot, and I know what you're thinking. You want her to tell you, but man you have to think whatever it is she has been through, for her to not be able to say it out loud..." He took a deep breath before sighing. "You have two choices Edward." At this I turned my face towards him. "You either give up now, don't string her along and move on with your life forgetting all about her." WHAT? How could he even think I could forget her... "Now don't give me that look, I said you had two choices. The other option is to take a step back, let her heal as you say, then be there for her in whatever way you can." He made sense in what he was saying, even if I didn't like what he was saying.
Sighing I nodded as I pulled into his driveway dropping him off. He got out leaving me to my thoughts; I had a lot to think about.
"So are we good to head back now?" Emmett asked grinning at me through the passengers' window.
"Yeah we're good Em. I kind of just want to go talk to Bella." I told him. He just nodded his head and pulled away jumping into his Jeep before we headed back home. I didn't know how I still felt over this whole mess but I did know that I needed to talk to Bella.
Ok so it's been a while, a long time really. A few personal issues happened and on top of that I haven't actually been able to replace the old laptop that died the end of last year until last week. Will be updating as much as I can to catch up for lost time. Sorry to all who might have been annoyed by my lack of updates, I understand your annoyance cause I hate having to wait ages for updates on stories I like too.
I'm not one of those writers that demand reviews before the next update so it's completely up to you if you wish to review. This story which is the other side of NLG is complete and NLG will be updated once I've got this one up to date with it. Those who also read 'Hush Little Bella' will be pleased to know that is second on my list to update. ALL STORIES ARE FINISHED, it is just a matter of getting the files onto new laptop and will take some time.
Again apologies for lack of updates.