A/N: Here we are back in the present, thanks for sticking with me through the flashbacks. They were necessary though. Just remember that was one side of the story, we will eventually get the other side down the road.

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Ch. 4

Present Day…

My head felt like it weighed a ton and for some reason I could not open my eyes. I was coherent enough to know that I was going in and out of consciousness.

"…what do we have here…"

"…white female, early twenties, broken arm and a head injury…"

"…Bella?"

I vaguely reregistered someone in the background talking about me, but eventually I welcomed the blackness again.

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The first thing that registered was a dull throb coming from the back of my head. I would have touched the spot if my arms didn't feel like dead weight. I vaguely heard movement in the room with me.

"How do you think she will react?"

Rose.

"I don't know. They said she has to stay calm, but this definitely won't keep her calm."

Emmett.

What were they talking about? Why couldn't they be more informative?

"I didn't want her to find out this way. He didn't want her to find out this way." That was Alice.

What, are they all here or something?

"Excuse me, I just have to take Ms. Swan's vitals. She should be coming off the medicine here shortly," said a sugary voice. That must be the nurse.

I felt my arm lift gently and then there was a slight tug and then a quiet beeping sound. This went on for another five minutes before the nurse announced her exit.

I kept trying to open my eyes, but they just weren't cooperating.

I felt a warm hand grip mine and warm breathing sweeping over my face.

"Bella Bear, can you hear me? Wake up sweetie."

I immediately recognized the voice as Emmett once again.

He gave my hand a firm squeeze.

"If you can hear me, squeeze my hand."

I didn't want to scare him anymore so I focused all of my energy on my left hand. After a minute, I was able to do it. And then I heard a sigh of relief.

"She can hear us, she must still be affected by the drugs to wake up fully."

I heard some more shuffling of feet and a smaller hand was gripping mine.

"Wake up now missy. You scared the shit out of us!"

I laughed internally at Alice, always the small sprite.

Eventually the haze started to lift and I could register light behind my eyelids. I squeezed them tightly closed, afraid of the glare once I opened them. After a minute I slowly opened one eye and then the other.

I swept the room to see Rose leaning on Emmett near the closed door, Alice sitting next to me still holding my hand and Jasper sitting on the other side of me with a magazine in his hands. I gave a strangled sob when I tried to shift causing everyone to look at me at the same time.

"Bella! Oh thank god." Alice said, almost jumping on the bed.

"Calm down pixie, a little sore here." I said in a hoarse voice.

The rest of the gang surrounded my bed.

"How long have I been out?"

"A little over twelve hours. Your dad is here, he just ran down to the cafeteria to grab something to eat," Jasper said.

"What were you doing out so late in the dead of winter?" Rose asked, coming up behind Alice.

"I took a run; I didn't see the ice before I fell. After I hit my head that is the last that I remember."

"You're lucky someone got to you so fast. That bump you took on the head wasn't pretty," Emmett said.

"So my dad is here?"

They all nodded in unison.

"Great…" I mumbled.

"He raced up here as soon as we called him. Got here in under two hours, used the sirens on the cruiser and everything," Alice said still gripping my hand.

I rolled my eyes, "I am sure that was unnecessary."

"It damn well was necessary. You get the call that your daughter is lying half dead in the middle of a frozen street. See what that does to your heart," my dad said, entering the room.

"I was not half dead Charlie. I slipped like I have done so many times and broke yet another bone. I will obviously be okay."

"Now we know you will be, but twelve hours ago we didn't. Since your awake I can breathe a little easier," Charlie said.

"Its okay dad, I really am fine. I am just really sore and have a dull throb in my head."

"I am going to talk to a nurse to see when we can get you out of here." And with that, Charlie left the room again.

Everybody was silent for a moment.

"How did you guys know I was here? I didn't have any identification on me."

The look on all their faces was a mix of horror and worry.

"Um, Bella…" Emmett began.

"There is something that we need to tell you." Rose finished for him.

"What?" I asked.

"You have to realize we didn't want you to find out this way. I have only known for a short time and was going to tell you eventually…" Alice said.

"Spit it out Cullen." I started getting frustrated.

"Ed-" Alice began before she was abruptly cut off.

The door unexpectedly opened and at first my eyes did not register the person standing there.

He had grown up quite a bit since I last saw him. If possible, he was even more handsome. His bronze hair was in perfect disarray and his face had narrowed slightly into one that was full of elegance.

Once my brain finally caught up with my eyes, they widened in surprise and fear.

Fate hates me, I thought to myself.

In less then one minute, my past was thrown into my face and I had no idea how to handle it.

Edward Cullen was back.

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A/N: Uh oh. He's back…So what did you think? Review! It makes me happy.