Holy crow! Another chapter! I can't explain it – but let's just be happy that I'm posting again. I think this is my last chapter for the day. I really need to get back to RL. Evidently children need to eat…like every day….a few times a day. Who knew?

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BPOV

Edward and Jake left to look for Tanya. Edward went with Jake and I took Edward's car back to his apartment. I was going to wait there incase Tanya came back. Hopefully, she wouldn't try to kill me if she did come back. It had started to rain, no real surprise in Washington. But then the weather turned even worse as a torrential downpour came through.

"Gah! I can't see a thing," I said out loud in the confines of the car. I was driving down the 101 but my wipers were barely keeping up with the rain.

I looked into my rearview mirror catching a glimpse of headlights coming up behind my car. They seemed to be coming at me very fast. Much too fast for this weather. I decided to increase my chances the car would realize it was going too fast, so I turned on my hazard lights. As the car sped closer to me, the lights grew bigger until they were mostly obstructed by my vehicle. But then the car seemed to slow to my pace.

Whew! I'm glad they slowed down. Dumbass people!

Suddenly, I felt my car being jolted forward by the force of the car behind me. I tried to maintain control, but the roads were too slippery. I hit a patch of water and hydroplaned. Thinking quickly, I let off the gas and turned into the drift, gaining a little more control. Just then, I felt the car hit again. This time I lost complete control as my back tires went off the pavement and skidded down the embankment. The car began to spin and I felt as though I was on a really bad carnival ride.

Oh God, please don't let me die.

"I got her Marcus; can you cut through the door?" Someone yelled. I wasn't sure what was going on. I could hear loud sirens and people yelling, but I felt locked in my body. Then darkness.

The next time I woke up, I was lying on something hard. I felt pain all over. Lights were flashing by really fast. People were yelling again but I couldn't comprehend what they were saying. I couldn't move anything; it felt like I was restrained.

"You're gonna be ok sweetie. Dr. Cullen…." I heard someone start to say, but I couldn't keep hold of consciousness. The pain being too much to handle, I drifted off into darkness again. _

I awoke in a room with pale blue walls and the stench of a hospital clued me to in to where I was. I tried to get up, but I felt a searing pain shoot all through me. My right leg wouldn't move at all. Frantically I looked around and saw Edward asleep in the chair next to my bed.

"Edward", I said as loud as I could manage. It felt like I hadn't had a drink in weeks. My throat felt like sandpaper.

"Edward", I said again, this time, Edward's eyes shot open and he looked panicked.

"Bella, you're awake", he said as he came over to me and placed a kiss of my forehead and gently stroked my cheek. "Do you know where you are?"

"Yeah, a hospital. How did I get here?"

"Oh Bella", he said sympathetically rubbing his thumb lightly over my forehead. "You don't remember? You were in a car crash two days ago. You lost control in the rain and went off the road and hit a tree".

"Wait, I remember driving. I was driving slowly because I could hardly see. I remember headlights behind me".

Images of driving through the rain started popping into my head. I started to remember the car behind me, being hit by the car twice, spinning…

"Oh my God, Edward. I didn't lose control, someone hit me. Edward, it was Tanya wasn't it?"

EPOV

Jake and I had searched all day. We tried the cemetery where Tanya's parents were buried. We tried a few more of her friends. How she called those women friends though is beyond me. They were complete bitches. But I digress.

We had decided to go back to my apartment. We wanted to see if Bella had any luck or if she had heard from her father. However, when we walked into the apartment, it was empty. My heart began to beat faster. Terrible thoughts ran through my mind as to what could have happened to Bella. I tried her cell phone and I only got her voicemail. I tried calling Emmett and Rose to see if they knew anything, but they hadn't heard from her since lunch. I even called her father, but he was unavailable.

Hanging my head between my knees as I sat on my couch, I started to pray that nothing bad had happened to her. I couldn't fathom losing her. I looked over to see Jake in a similar position with the same grave look on his face.

"You love her, don't you?" Jake asked and but I wasn't completely shocked by his assessment.

"I do. You love her, don't you?" I repeated back to him.

"I really do. I know you and she didn't work out, but I felt like we had a real connection. Like she was my other half. I didn't think that she was this bad off. I thought she was getting better until-"

My phone began to ring interrupting Jake. My father's name flashed across the screen and my heart dropped.

"Hello."

"Son, you should come to the hospital." My father's voice sounded very much like the soothing doctor her was, giving bad news.

"What happened? Is it Bella, is she alright?" My voice began to climb with each frantic word.

"Bella? No, I'm calling to tell you that we've admitted Tanya. She was in a car accident. But now that you mention it, the victim was admitted as well. I can't disclose any more than that."

"I'll be right there!" I said as I hung up the phone. I relayed my dad's message to Jake and we both began thinking the same thing. Tanya had snapped and taken Bella down with her.

As we entered the hospital, I began looking for my father. On my way back to his office, I saw the police chief in a waiting room. My heart sunk. I knew he was waiting for Bella. I told Jake to find Tanya, while I went to speak with the Chief. Agreeing with me, we went separate directions.

"Chief Swan?" I tentatively asked. The man was tall and imposing. He had a mustache, that I'm sure I would have had a joke about, given another circumstance. But I looked at his tired eyes and knew that this man was deeply affected by something.

"Yeah, who wants to know?" He said in a gruff voice.

"I'm Edward Cullen, sir. I've been dating your daughter." I tried to smile, but I just couldn't keep the thoughts from running through my mind. All of the scenarios that could have possibly happened. I knew I shouldn't have left her to go alone; I should have went with her. Or made her come with us.

"Edward, huh? Bells' has mentioned you."

"Are you here because of her? Is she alright, sir?" I asked, tears beginning to brim.

"Call me Charlie. Um, how about we go sit down."

We walked over to the little seating area in the waiting room. I was having a hard time holding back my emotions and I knew that once he said Bella was here, I would lose it completely.

"Bella was in a car wreck. A woman hit her car a few times, spun her out. She went down a ditch and hit a tree. She's in surgery now to fix her leg and ruptured spleen. They say that she has a good chance, but we just have to wait and see. The other woman isn't doing as well."

I felt like my insides were going to explode. I knew I was crying, I could feel the tears as they dropped from my face onto my hands. Charlie spoke like a veteran police officer about Bella's accident. I didn't know how he was remaining so composed. But I was grateful that he was, because I needed to see his strength and faith so that I could at least keep myself remotely together.

"The other woman was Tanya Denali?" I asked through gritted teeth.

"Did you know her?"

"Um, she's my friend Jake's girlfriend. At least, she was. I won't lie to you, sir…Charlie. Tanya and I dated, but then she left me for Jake. She's had some issues going on, and somehow must have gotten it in her head that Bella was the bad guy. She must have thought…"

"Chief Swan?" I looked up and saw my father standing there ready to give the word on Bella to Charlie.

"Edward?" My father asked in surprise to see me there with Charlie, instead of with Tanya.

"Dad, how's Bella?" I asked cutting right to the point.

"Well, Chief Swan, is it alright if we talk freely?"

"Yes, that's fine."

"Bella's in recovery. We were able to pin her leg in a few places, and we stopped the internal bleeding caused from the ruptured spleen. We've done all we could. She's still unconscious, but family can go be with her when they move her into a regular room. I know that it's hard, but we just have to wait for her to come to."

"Thanks, doc." Charlie responded. I could see a slight twinkle of a tear in his eye, before he coughed and excused himself to refill his coffee. Once we were alone, my father took the opportunity to tell me about Tanya.

"Edward, Tanya's in a coma. After she hit Bella's car, she lost control herself. She spun out and flipped her car. It crushed the driver's side and she was pinned down. She lost a lot of blood."

"Is she going to be ok? Is she going to make it?" I was concerned not only for her, but for Jake as well. I couldn't imagine what that would do to him. I didn't know him well enough to guess how he was handling this whole situation.

"I'm sorry son, I just don't know. It doesn't look that good right now. I don't want to give you a false hope by telling you things you want to hear. We just have to wait."

"God, Dad! I'm going out of my mind here. My ex-girlfriend tried to kill my girlfriend. Now Tanya may die because of it." I knew I was venting and my dad couldn't do anything. But he just gave me a hug and told me that everything would be alright.

So we waited. Charlie, Jake and I waited. Charlie and I took turns sitting with Bella. Jake stayed with Tanya. Each woman in her own fight, but the doctor's couldn't say for sure if either would make it through this. Two days pasted before Bella woke up. The feeling of elation that I felt when I heard her call my name was behind anything I've ever felt. She was alright; she was going to be alright.

"Yes, it was Tanya." I answered Bella's question. "I don't know why she came after you. Maybe she knew I was seeing you and after the miscarriage she just snapped. I'm so sorry that this happened. I can't believe that she would do this. I'm sorry that I got you mixed up in this because I was too much of a coward to do things the right way. If anything happened to you, I just…don't….know-" My voice caught in my throat as I spoke to her.

"Edward, I'm fine. Well not, fine, obviously, but I will be." She smiled as she tried to elevate the tension.

"Bella, I…"

"Well, Bella. Nice to see you're awake." My father said as he came in the room interrupting me from professing my love to Bella. This seems to be a pattern.

"Hi Dad."

"Your dad?" Bella whispered to me. I nodded. "Oh my God."

I had to suppress a chuckle, "Don't worry, Bella, Charlie and I are old friends now."

"Oh great." She said with a grimace. "So, Dr. Cullen, what's wrong with me?"

"Well, you should be sore for a while, we had to do emergency surgery. But you're a trooper, you did just fine. You will have to have some physical therapy for your leg. You broke it in three places, and we had to put a pin in it. We want to keep you until at least tomorrow for observation. But maybe you can go home soon."

"Wow. Remind me never to get in the middle of a fight between a car and tree again."

"Alright, son, maybe you should let Bella have some rest. She needs all she can get while she recuperating."

"Um…." My nerves began to spark at the thought of leaving her.

"Can he just stay with me a little while longer? I just woke up after being asleep for days."

"Ok, but just a little while longer. I'll go get Charlie and let him know you're awake."

"Thanks dad." I said and my father left Bella's room, giving us a little privacy before everyone in town knew she was awake.

We talked about her wreck and a little more about Tanya. I told her more about Jake and how we had sort of bonded over this whole experience. Since we were both at the hospital waiting, we had time to chat every now and then. But all too soon, Bella was tired again, and Charlie was back for the afternoon shift.

"I'll be back in a few hours. I will go home and change. I can bring you some food for dinner, if you want."

"Sounds great."

"Chief." I nodded my head as I passed.

As I closed the door behind me, I could hear the tearful reunion of father and daughter. I felt a pull in my stomach to leave her so soon after I got her back. But I know she needed rest, and she needed to speak to her dad. I just couldn't get back to her side fast enough.