The Gift

Disclaimer: Stpehenie Meyers owns all Twilight and the characters

Chapter 28: Waking Up

BPOV:

"Now," she said aiming the gun at my chest. "It's your turn to die."

"Darling," I heard someone say up the hill. I knew that voice from anywhere. It was him. He was here finally. Wait! He never called me that. What was going on?

"Goodbye," she said and with that she pulled trigger. The bullet left her gun and it was almost as if it was slow motion.

I saw Edward come closer as I felt the bullet hit my stomach. It hurt and I could smell the blood as it started to ooze. The faint iron salt mixture started to make me dizzy. My eyes stayed on Edward as I saw him make his towards Tanya. I didn't understand what was happening. I felt my knees go limp and I fell back into the sand. I felt a tear run my cheek as I saw Tanya drop her gun and watched as Edward embraced her.

"Mr. Cullen," I said before eyes my closed and I welcomed the darkness this time for the very last time.

My head was killing me I thought to myself as I started to open my eyes. Once my eyes were opened all the way I noticed that I was no longer on the beach dying but in a hospital bed. I tried to move my hands up to my face but there was something restricting them. The room was completely dark except for the light that was coming from the hallway. I looked over to my left and saw Edward sound asleep in the chair beside the bed. What was he doing here? Shouldn't he be with his wife? More importantly where was Carly? Is she safe?

"Bells," I heard Charlie say. When I heard his voice I looked over to my right and saw him standing by the window. He looked as if he hadn't slept nor shaved in a while.

"Dad," I was able to whisper out. It hurt to talk and I was overcome with emotion seeing him.

"Don't talk," he said walking over and sitting on the bed beside me. He took my hand into his hand and held on for dear life. "It's so good to see those brown eyes open again. You scared me half to death."

"How long," I managed to whisper out. I wanted to know how long I have been out. I wanted to know what happened after I was shot. I also wanted to know why Edward was here sitting next to my bed?

"Almost three weeks," he told me letting go of my hand. "They had to keep you sedated so that some of your wounds could heal properly."

"How bad," I said looking up at the ceiling. I've been out for three weeks. I've missed so much with Carly. How was I going to make this up to her?

"I know what you are thinking Isabella," he said bringing me back to reality. "Carly is perfectly fine. She has enjoyed spending time with her aunts, uncles, Esme, and Carlisle. Don't worry about her honey. Right now we are more worried about you and getting you better."

"How bad," I said once again trying to get Charlie back to what I was asking him.

"You were shot twice," he told me as I looked over towards the window. "When you were brought in you were dehydrated, had some cuts, and bleeding nonstop. They didn't waste any time and took you straight to surgery at Carlisle's orders."

"Dad," I whimpered out trying not to cry. Why did this have to happen to me?

"Everything is going to be okay," he said kissing the top of my head. When he sat back down on the bed I noticed that he looked over at Edward and then back to me. "That boy loves you, honey."

"No," I whispered trying to fight back the tears. He didn't love me at all. He was still in love with Tanya. It broke my heart because the last image I saw before passing out was them embracing at the beach. "Mr. Cullen is in love with his wife Tanya."

"Sweetheart," he said taking his hand and wiping the tears that fell down my face. "That boy hasn't left your side since I arrested Tanya at the beach. He was the one who figured out where they took you. He was trying to save you before she shot you, but was too late by the time he reached you."

"No," I said shaking my head. I couldn't believe what Charlie was saying. It was all a lie. "It's not true dad."

"Bells," Charlie said trying not to be loud and grabbing the call button for the nurse. "Calm down sweetheart."

"Ms. Swan," the nurse said walking in with a syringe. "Chief I'm sorry that I have to do this."

"It's alright," he told the nurse as he stood up and walked back towards the window.

"Ms. Swan," the nurse said putting the syringe into a port in my IV. "This is going to make you sleepy okay."

"Please don't," I whispered to her. I didn't want to go back to sleep. It didn't do any good as she injected the contents of the syringe into my IV. As my eyes closed and I succumbed to the darkness of sleep I started to hear things. It was as if someone was whispering in my ear.

"Bella love," I heard them pleading to me. "Please love you can't leave Carly. You can't leave me. Please Bella I love you more than anything. Please don't leave me again."

What happened in those three weeks that she was sedated?

Will she ever forgive Edward this time?

Sorry that this is so short and took so long to update.