September 15th 2005

Edward POV (Post Accident)

My eyes pulled back slightly, only to be met by blinding white light. I shut them again almost immediately, and when I let out a breath, my body relax, causing pain, and me to groan.

"Edward?" A low voice said from somewhere beside me.

I opened my eyes slightly again and coughed looking through the blurry water at a person wearing black, I knew that much, "Bella?"

What a stupid question, of course it wasn't Bella. I knew it was a man, but whoever they were, if they weren't Bella, which they weren't, they could tell me where she was.

"Son are you awake?"

There was only one person who called me that.

"Charlie?" My eyes peeled back all the way and I blinked a couple of times, lifting my head to try and see him clearer, to try and clear the fuzziness in my head.

I spluttered out a moan when my neck bent and if sunk back into the pillows, feeling like my entire body was made of lead.

Charlie's hand pushed me back down flat, "Don't try and move or speak, Doc says your banged up pretty bad."

This put my senses on red alert and my eye snapped back open, "Bella..." It hurt to speak, and it made me short of breath, "Bella, where's Bella..."

"She wasn't in the car, she's okay son don't worry." He told me gently.

I swallowed and did what I thought was a nod, although I couldn't be sure, I was amazed I remembered my own name I felt that confused.

Charlie let out a relieved breath, "I'm glad you're awake, you gave us all a scare."

I swallowed, closing my eyes a little but more because it was a strain to keep them open, "How bad am I..." I wheezed.

Charlie sighed, "You've broken your left arm, a couple of ribs and you've lost a lot of blood. They gave you some transfusions' to sort that out, but you've been kept sedated for a few days, and you've cracked your skull."

I leant back further into the pillows and winced, "How long have I been asleep?"

In some respects, I felt like I'd been awake forever, when apparently, I'd been asleep for days.

Charlie sighed, "Two weeks solidly, although yesterday you were drifting in and out, you kept talking."

I froze, I had been asleep that long, "What did I say?"

Charlie chuckled, "Nothing bad, you just spoke Bella's name most of the time, you were also running a fever, so they gave you something in your IV, that hyped you up for a little bit, but you calmed down after a while."

The blank expression on my face made Charlie ask a different question.

"Do you remember much of the accident, do you remember what happened?"

I shook my head, which hurt quite bit. I let out a stuttering breath through my teeth as I tried not to moan, I didn't want to appear weak.

Charlie patted my shoulder, "Okay then. Renee came down as well you know; we've all been here waiting."

I swallowed, "how's Bella?"

Even though I knew she had not been hurt physically, I wanted to know what strain this had put her under, waiting for my consciousness to return to me.

Charlie sighed, "She wouldn't leave, and it was your mother who finally got her to go home and eat something proper."

I tried so very hard not to frown, but knew I was failing miserably.

"She cried all the time and just wanted to be here, but when Renée came down she and your mother," He laughed as if the was remembering something, "As well as your sister and sister in law kept her busy with stuff for the baby, shopping and things."

I chuckled weakly and let my head roll slightly, "I bet she loved that."

I was slipping, I could feel it, it hurt to move hurt to speak, and I just wanted to sleep, I wanted to see her, wanted to see for myself that she was okay.

"I'll go get Bella for you, she's just down the hall with Alice." Charlie told me and I could only moan in response.

He stood and I sore I heard him mutter, "Get a nurse as well, poor kids in a lot of pain."

I wasn't really with it at all when Bella entered the rom. I couldn't really see, my eyes were only slightly open and even then were made blurry by tears.

I could see that she was accompanied by a doctor, and I felt her take my hand, giving it a gently squeeze.

"Bella..." I was struggling to pronounce her name clearly, if at all.

"I'm here." She whispered and kissed my forehead.

I coughed and groaned and she hushed me before straightening up a little, "Is he in a lot of pain?"

A voice I did not recognise sighed, "It's hard to say."

Bella's lips were at my ear again, "its okay Edward, I'm right here."

I swallowed, and the only thing I could manage to get to form even slightly coherently on my lips was her name... again.

She stroked my forehead, "I'm here."