I returned from my hideout...is the coast clear ? No bounties out on me?

Ok, then I guess I can get started on this next chapter...it's not going to be any different...have to leave you with a cliffy...hehehehe

I Just Love My Cliffys...

Lots more things' going to happen...heading towards our first meeting...

Our couples' journey is only going to get more exciting, suspenseful, and mysterious...until

I want to thank my beta, Arc Morpheus...love you muches...MWAH ! Without you I'd be lost.

Don't own anything Twilight...All SM.

So, what do you say we get on with the next chapter...

CHAPTER 14

HOSPITAL VISITS

NEVER BE ASHAMED OF THE SCARS THAT LIFE HAS LEFT YOU WITH.

A SCAR MEANS THE HURT IS OVER,

THE WOUND IS CLOSED,

YOU ENDURED THE PAIN

AND GOD HAS HEALED YOU.

~ANONYMOUS~

~NPOV~

"EDWARD...EDWARD...come on, answer me! EDWARD..." Nick hollers.

I start barking out orders telling Daniel to get in touch with the local police. Tell them who we are looking for, and the type of vehicle he was driving. I send Ron up to my room for my medical bag, as I pull out my computer. I'm going to try to home in on the GPS signal in the car, and the signal from his cell phone. I've got to hurry and find him. All kinds of scenarios are running through my head...has he been in a wreck, is he being kidnapped, is he hurt? I've got to find him...I never should have let him go alone. My friend is out there somewhere needing me...I've got to find him.

I finally pick up a signal on his cell phone, and the car. He's not far from here, so I say to Daniel to inform the police where he is and to send an ambulance out. Also, to advise them we don't know what the situation is...if he has been in a wreck, or what and that we are also in route. I tell Daniel and Ron to head out to the SUV handing the computer over to Daniel. Ron climbs into the back seat with my bag, and as Daniel climbs in I tell him to start giving me directions leading to the signals.

We pull out, turning right and Daniel tells me to keep going straight ahead about four and a half miles...that he should be right in that area. Daniel keep's a watchful eye on the signals and nothing changes. I hear an ambulance coming up behind us, and they stay right on our tail hopefully to Edward.

Up ahead I spot the Lexus pulled off to the side of the road. I don't see Edward, I make a u-turn in the road coming right up behind the car. I barely get it in park and I'm out running over to his car. God, please let him be there. The ambulance and a police car pull up in front of the Lexus, people are running everywhere. I'm the first one to the car, and there Edward was slumped across the console. He appears unconscious, breathing, and I don't see any signs of blood. I open the car door, and reach in feeling for a pulse...there is one...weak, but steady.

I holler for the EMT's, and they come running with their equipment. I step back as they set to work on him. I just stand there in shock, watching as they are checking his vitals. Daniel, Ron and I stand there scrutinising as they start to move him onto a backboard. A deputy comes up and informs me they are taking him to the hospital, which I in turn tell him we will be following the ambulance. I turn to Ron, and advise him to follow us in the car.

Daniel and I run back to our vehicle, and they have got Edward loaded in the ambulance shutting the doors as I look up. It pulls out with its sirens blaring, and I'm right on their tail. I look back and see Ron pull out right in behind me.

As we arrive at the Emergency Entrance, I notice Ron has pulled the car over into the parking lot, then running towards us. I pull right in behind the ambulance. I hop out of our vehicle, telling Daniel to park it beside the car, and that I'm going on in with Edward.

As I stand there I watch as they start to pull Edward out of the ambulance. He doesn't seem to be conscious, but they don't have him on oxygen. That's a good thing...at least he is breathing on his own. They go running inside with him into one of the emergency room bays. A doctor comes in behind the stretcher,and I run in right behind him. They start hollering his vitals to the doctor, while a nurse starts an IV. Then she start's to draw blood, and the doctor tells them to rush it to the lab, and wait for the results...that he needs them stat.

The doctor turns to me and I tell him that Edward had no health issues, and his last check-up with his personal physician had cleared him with a clean bill of health. I tell him about the call, and then hesitantly start to tell him about the episode with his hip last night. He kind of looks at me with a puzzled look on his face, and then tells them to get him prepped for x-ray's after he has done an exam looking for any injuries. They start cutting his clothes off throwing them into a bag with his other personal effects. I notice the picture and newspaper article we found last night as it is tossed into the bag.

As each piece of clothing is removed the doctor start's looking for any type of injuries to his body when he comes across the birthmark on his hip. It is blood red, and seems to almost be twice the size it was last night. The doctor call's me over and asks me if this is the mark I was talking about. I nod my head, but I tell him it was not that big, or that red in colour.

They cover him with a sheet and proceed to move him off the backboard onto another stretcher. The next thing I know they are moving him out of the room, and I'm right behind them. They try to get me to stay down in the room, but I just look at them and shake my head. I tell them I have no intentions of leaving his side. I look at Daniel and tell him to stay there, and give them any information they may need.

They start running down the hall with the stretcher towards x-ray. I reach out and lay my hand on his giving it a squeeze telling him I am right there, and I'm not leaving his side. I swallow deeply, feeling the tears fixing to start, but I shake them off. I have to be strong for him, remain strong to do my job, and protect him.

I should have been there with him...maybe he wouldn't be here right now. Fine job I did of protecting him...but I can't do any wallowing now. I am going to do my damndest to protect him as long as he is here.

They come to a set of doors leading into a room with the x-ray equipment. A nurse tells me I will have to wait outside while they take them, and then they will be taking him to have an MRI ran. She turns to go back into the room and I just stand there still not believing all that has happened tonight.

I don't know if I should call anyone yet but...I think I'll wait until they get the results back on the tests they are running on him before I start a panic. Either way I feel there is going to be hell coming from any direction I take. Edward would want me to wait until they had something definite before I called anyone. So, that's what I'm going to do.

As I come to this decision they are coming out of the room with the stretcher heading on further down the hall. They come to another set of doors and again tell me I am going to have to wait outside. The nurse tells me I might as well take a seat as the MRI will take anywhere from forty five minutes to an hour. With a heavy breath I sit down in the chair and wait.

~VPOV~

Everything seems to happen all at once...James hitting the floor, unconscious and not breathing. Bella coming out of the regression grabbing her chest hollering about her heart being ripped out of her chest, trying to sit up, more chest pain. Then she notices James on the floor, hollering out about more chest pain, and then she's unconscious.

Alex jumps up running to James and I run over to Bella. She seems to be breathing alright, pulse is steady, respirations are within normal limits. So, I grab the blood pressure cuff, and start to check that. After a little bit I come up with a very good reading, but she is still unconscious. I straighten her out making sure her airway is clear, I elevate her feet, and turn towards Alex and James.

Alex is doing compressions for CPR, so I lean down and start the breathing. After a couple rounds of this we stop, I reach checking for a pulse finally finding one. He has started to breathe on his own so I grab the cuff going to check his blood pressure. I wrap the cuff around his arm looking down at my husband's beautiful face praying that he will be alright. I start to get the reading, and he is trying to move about so Alex lay's a hand on his shoulder telling him to just lay still for a few minutes. I finally finish and his blood pressure is fine. He seems to be coming around...his eyelids fluttering open.

He looks up at me, giving me a slight smile reaching up and with his thumb wipes my tears away. I lean down giving him a light kiss, and ask him how he is feeling. He says he feels fine, and start's to sit up. He see's Bella laying there unconscious, and getting on his knees he leans over checking her out.

I assure him that everything seems to be fine as far as we can determine. That all her vitals are normal, she's breathing on her own, but she is not regaining consciousness. He tells Alex to run and get some cold wet rags, and asks me to recheck her vitals. I set out checking her again as Alex comes running back with the rags. We start wiping her down, but not getting any response from her. I tell them her vitals are the same, and I can't find any reason she isn't regaining consciousness. I look at them both asking what they think we should do. They both just shake their heads.

I pick up the phone and call 911 for an ambulance at the university. I advise them what building and that someone will be waiting outside to lead them to the right room. I turn and look at Alex and James shaking my head.

"There's nothing else I could do. We can't risk her life, and I certainly don't want to be responsible for her death. I think it's best to get her to a hospital where they can help her if things' turn for the worse," I exclaim as I fall into a chair. Alex says he will go outside and wait for the ambulance, as James sits down next to me pulling me into his arms.

"Victoria, I have a lot to tell you as soon as we get Bella taken care of. You are not going to believe what...what I felt when she grabbed me, or the things' I saw. I feel as if we are way out of our fields' of expertise. Maybe out of anyone's field of specialty. We may be dealing with something we have no business messing in," James say's as he looks at me with a worried look.

I look at him questionably, and then the silence is broken by Alex coming in with EMT's pulling a stretcher.

"James, I think we should only tell them we were putting her under hypnosis, and not the regression therapy. A lot of specialists' think of us as nothing but a bunch of quack's, and I certainly don't want it to have any effect on how they treat Bella. So, when you get a chance, tell Alex that is what we are going to disclose about what was going on, alright?"I say unsurely. James nods, and goes over to Alex.

I walk over where they are working on Bella, and they ask me what was going on before she lost consciousness. I tell them we were doing a hypnosis session trying to help her regain some memories, but that there was no danger involved. That we had just gotten her under and was starting to retrieve some of those memories when she sat up, and grabbed her chest saying it felt as if her heart was being ripped right out of her chest. That she had tried to sit up, and stated there was more pain. Then she hollered out about more pain, and fell back on the couch unconscious.

I told them that I had immediately taken her vitals, made sure her airway was clear, elevated her feet, and proceeded to wipe her down with cold rags thinking it might bring her around. When this wasn't apparently working, I turned and called for an ambulance. I told them that I had been monitoring her vitals and there were no apparent drops in any of them.

The EMT's have taken her vitals, and stated they were fine, but since she was not regaining consciousness they were going to take her to the hospital.

As they are loading Bella onto a stretcher I say to Alex to find out if there is anyone on her contact list, and let me know. I look at James and ask him if he is feeling alright to go with me to the hospital, he assures me he is fine. We walk out with them; I stand there watching as they are loading her into the ambulance, while James goes to fetch the car.

Within minutes we are on our way to St. Mary's Memorial Hospital there in Knoxville. Upon arrival James let's me out next to the ambulance, and then proceeds to park the car. He comes up to me, and we walk into the Emergency Room informing them we are with the patient they just brought in by ambulance. I ask them if one of us can go back to be with her, but they tell me it will be a bit while the doctors' do there exams, and other things' before they can allow anyone to go back.

James and I take a seat in what appears to be a very busy emergency waiting room. I keep glimpsing at my watch, then the nurse call's us to the desk telling us we need to fill out some paperwork on her. We take it back over to our seats, and attempt to fill out as much as we know. We don't know who to put down as person to notify in case of emergency so I just put down my name. After filling out as much as we can, I take it back to the nurse and ask her if there is any information about Bella, and when we might be able to go back. Still no information so I walk back over to James.

I try to sit there but the waiting is getting to me, so I start pacing back and forth until...

there is a blood-curdling scream I would definitely recognize, I start running back to the rooms. I throw open doors, pull back curtains, and finally reach the right one. I push the door open, and there sit's Bella, sitting up on her knees looking around, and tears running down her face. She turns seeing James and me, and holds' out her arms for us. We both walk up to her, and she grabs us both holding on as if we were going to disappear on her.

Finally, after getting her calmed down enough we can talk to her, we inform her what happened, then she asked where she was. I tell her that I called an ambulance since she wasn't coming too. That we were worried for her well-being. She starts to remove the electrodes, and reaches to remove the IV. After a few seconds she looks at me and asks me to remove it as she can't stand the sight or smell of blood. I quickly find a cotton ball and some tape, and I remove the IV applying the cotton and finally a piece of tape.

She hops down, and starts looking for something. I ask her what she is looking for, and she says her shoes. That she is alright now, and is ready to leave. We both try to talk her into staying, but she is very determined to leave. She finds her shoes, and her bag, and asks us if we will take her back to the university so she can get her car. James and I just look at each other when she says,

"Fine, I'll just get a cab to take me back. I'm out of here." Before we can say one word she is out the door walking towards the exit. James catches up with her, and tells her we will take her back to the school.

Bella and I wait near the doors while James goes to get the car. I look at her and ask her if she really is alright. She turns and looks at me, and says she is fine, but she needs to hurry and get her car and go home. I look at her inquisitively trying to figure what the hurry is, and why the far-away look she has in her eyes'. I really am worried about her, and ask her if she would like to stop by the lab to have some coffee or something to drink and talk to us...that something seems to be bothering her. She looks at me again, and says she is fine, just very tired and wants' to go home to go to bed.

James pulls up with the car, we climb in and are on our way to the university. Upon arriving Bella climbs out and looking at me tells me she will be by tomorrow to discuss the session and watch the video. She climbs into her car and pulls off before either one of us has a chance to say anything to her.

We stand there watching her pull off, turn and look at each other very puzzled as to what just happened. We turn and head towards the lab to find Alex still straightening things' up. He looks up at us inquisitively, and we tell him what transpired with Bella at the hospital. At this point Alex say's apprehensively,

"I think both of you need to come with me, and watch the video. There are some very strange things' on it that I can't explain."

With that said James say's he is going to go get us all some coffee and will meet us in the room in a few minutes.

~NPOV~

After what seems hours they come out with Edward on the stretcher, and tell me they are moving him back to the room. That now we have to wait on the doctor to read the tests' before he can talk to me.

Upon reaching the room they go about moving him back on the other bed, covering him with a sheet. I pull a chair up right beside him. I notify Daniel to take up a spot right near the entrance to the rooms, and to post Ron to the doors coming into the hospital. I turn and look at Edward and he seems very peaceful, steady breathing and I just shake my head wondering what happened that we end up here tonight.

What in the name of God happened in that car and what about that birthmark on his hip? It was nothing like that last night. Oh, Edward if you would only regain consciousness to tell me something. I'm flying in the dark here, and don't know what to do. I need your input here. I just need to put our friendship aside for right now and do my job.

I step to the door, and suddenly...there is a blood-curdling scream, and I turn around to find Edward sitting straight up holding his hip, looking around wide-eyed. He finally set's his sight on me, and I am running to his side. I grab him by his shoulders saying, "Edward, calm down. Everything is alright...we got you. Come on, calm down. I'll look and see if I can get the doctor in here...just hold on."

But, as I start to pull away from him he grabs my arm almost in a death grip. I turn and look at him, touching his hand trying to reassure him that it's going to be alright, but he won't let go. He has a faraway look in his eyes' and he whispers, "Bella," sounding as if his heart is breaking.

He takes a few deep breaths, and seems to be calming down looking at me inquisitively. Finally recognizing me,

"Nick, Bella is in trouble. I've got to go to her...right now," as he start's to climb off the bed.

I grab him by the shoulder making him stay in the bed. I then tell him about us finding him laying across the console of the car unconscious, and it is in his best interest to stay until he sees the doctor, and get the results of the tests' they have run on him.

He looks at me shaking his head..."Nick, I need to go right now. Something terrible is or has happened to her. I've got to go to her," looking at me pleading.

"I can't let you do that. My main concern is you right now. Just stay right there and I'll get the doctor to see if he can come in and talk to you, alright?" I say with concern in my voice.

Edward just looks at me and nods. I step to the door motioning for Daniel to come on down to the room. I tell him to stay with Edward while I look for the doctor.

I walk off towards the nurses' station, and ask for the doctor treating him, and she says she has paged him. As I start back to the room the doctor turns the corner with a set of x-rays in his hand. As the two of us enter the room there is a nurse checking his vitals, and he seems to be calmer than he was a few minutes ago. The doctor walks over to Edward introducing himself,

"Edward, my name is Dr. Phillip Conner. It seems you have given everyone a scare. If you will lie down I would like to take a look at that mark on your hip." Edward lay's down turning a little on his left side, as Dr. Conner pulls the sheet aside, then the hospital gown. He immediately take's a step back, turning and looking at me as if he is in shock. I walk to the side of the bed, and the big red mark that was there earlier is gone, and there is only the small birthmark on his hip.

The doctor then walk's over to a bank of panels hanging the x-ray's up and turning on the light's to each one. These are the x-ray's, and pictures' they took in the MRI. He stands there looking them over, and motions me over yet at the same time pointing places on each set showing the hip area, and say's he cannot find anything wrong in any of them. He asks Edward if he has had the mark since birth, which Edward nods his head. He walk's back over to Edward asking him if he is experiencing any pain in the area, which he says no. Then, the doctor asks him if he would mind standing and trying to walk for him. He climbs down off the bed taking a few steps, then flexing his leg drawing it up. Then he tries walking and flexing the hip again telling the doctor there is nothing wrong...that everything feels fine. It's just like the other night at the house. It just kind of went away back to the small birth mark.

"Well Edward, your vitals' are fine and the x-rays' didn't turn up anything. You don't seem to be having any problems with it, not exhibiting any sort of pain. So, I don't see any reason to keep you. I am releasing you into this man's care. Now, if you have any more problems' you need to come back here as soon as you can, alright?" Dr. Connor say's sternly, looking at Edward and me. I assure him we will, and thank him for taking care of him for me.

I send Daniel out to our vehicle to bring in the bag of clothes for Edward to get dressed while the doctor goes about fixing up the discharge papers'. Daniel brings the bag back, and as Edward is getting dressed the nurse comes in with the papers' discharging him. I grab the bag, and the other bag with his personal belongings', and other set of clothes they removed from him. With a sigh of relief we head out to the parking lot. I tell Ron to drive the car back to the house, and I get Edward into our vehicle. Daniel and I climb in and head for the house.

~EPOV~

I need to hurry and get to the house so I can call Emmett. He's the only person who is in the vicinity of Bella that can check on her. I feel...I felt as if something horrible has happened to her. I have to know if she is alright. So, as we enter the house I take the bag with my personal effects taking out my cell phone, and retrieve Emmett's phone number.

"Emmett here. What you need Edward?" he say's sounding anxious.

With a heavy sigh I recall the events of the previous night, and how I had spent the day. I tell him about my ending up in the hospital, and awakening with the feeling of something happening to Bella. I ask him if there is any way he can check on her, not causing any alarm.

"Edward, I am with Rose right now. I tell you what...I'm going to see if there is some way I can get Rose to give her a call, maybe inviting her out to dinner with us, as we were just fixing to go out ourselves," he states assuredly. "If everything is alright I will give you a call back and let you know how things' are."

"That sounds good, Emmett. I'm just very worried about her. Something just doesn't feel right concerning her. I just want to make sure she is not in any danger, or something has happened to her, so, please call me back as soon as you can. I'll be sitting here waiting," I say anxiously.

"Alright Edward, just give me about an hour, and I'll call you right back. Are you sure you're ok?" Emmett asks with concern.

"I'm fine, Emmett. I'll feel a lot better once you can assure me she is ok," Edward say's worriedly. With a little more encouragement from Emmett, I end the call.

I walk into the kitchen where everyone else is sitting. Elle is cooking dinner, and I look at them shaking my head, and looking in Elle's direction. They nod there heads', and Nick motions for me to walk out to the patio.

"Edward, I know you gave Emmett a call. Is he going to go check on Bella?" Nick asks questionably.

"He said that he was going to get Rose, his girlfriend, and one of Bella's best friend's to call her and invite her out to dinner with them. Once he determines what is going on with her, he said he would give me a call back," saying despondently.

"Everything is going to be alright, Edward. Just think positive. I'm sure he is going to call you back and tell you everything is alright with her," Nick say's patting me on the shoulder.

I just stand there looking off into the distance shaking my head.

~EMPOV~

After Edward's call I walk into the bedroom where Rose is getting dressed for our night out.

"Rose baby, I was just thinking since I don't really know Bella that well that maybe you could give her a call, and invite her out to dinner with us. I'd really like to get to know her better since she is one of your best friend's, and she is going to be in LA with us. How about it?" I say enthusiastically.

She looks at me inquisitively, and then says she will give her a call.

I sit on the edge of the bed watching my baby getting dressed. Damn, she is so beautiful. I feel so much for her, I honestly don't know what I'd do if something were to happen...either to her, or between us. I continue to watch her getting dressed as she start's to put on her make-up; as if she needs it. She's beautiful without all that. I start thinking about my true feelings for her, and realize I have never thought of being with anyone else but Rose. That I've just always assumed we would naturally be together forever...that I have pictured her as the mother to our children.

What the hell is wrong with me? It's just with this engagement of Alice's that I've honestly started to think about what I really want with Rose, and...I walk up behind her, gathering her in my arms. I look at her face in the mirror and say, "Baby, you know I love you, right?" I ask dubiously.

"Of course I do. Why do you even feel you have to ask? You know I love you, too. So, what's bringing all this on?" she asks confused. She turns to face me, and we kind of stand there looking at each other for a few seconds when I say,

"Rose, will you marry me?"

She steps back looking at me kind of shocked, tears forming in her eyes', then suddenly,

"Aahh Emmett, my honey bear, I wondered how long it was going to take you to finally ask me. I figured I'd have to end up asking you. Yes, yes, I'll marry you," She says as she throws her arms around my neck, and we start to kiss.

I pull her close to me as we continue to kiss, turning more passionate, more demanding, when she finally pulls away from me, turning to look in the mirror with tears running down her face, "Now, look what you've done. I'm going to have a time fixing this mess so we can go out," smiling at me the whole time.

I smack her on the ass, and tell her to hurry up, or we won't be going anywhere for dinner...we'll be calling and ordering pizza.

I sit down in the living room wearing I know what's got to be a shit-eating grin thinking...she said yes...I'm actually going to get married to my baby, my Rose. Rose comes out wearing a smile, looking so beautiful and a sparkle in her eyes'. I can't imagine her more beautiful than the day we get married, and I hop up walking over to her, gathering her in my arms and give her a quick kiss.

We start to leave when I remember Edward's call, and wanting me to check on Bella. I tell Rose we forgot we were going to call Bella and ask her to go with us. She stop's pulling out her cell phone, pulling up Bella's phone number, and..."Bella, sweetie this is Rose...answer the phone. Listen, Emmett and I are going out for dinner and want you to come with us. We're just now leaving, and going to come by your place. Give me a call as soon as you get this message if we haven't got there yet. Love you," she say's turning to look at me.

"I'm going to try her on her house phone...she may not be near her cell phone." So, she punches in the number, it starts to ring, and still no answer.

Rose looks at me again saying, "That's not like her. She's always at home if not at the school, and it's too late for her to be there. Emmett, let's get going. I've got to check on her...something is just not right for her not to answer my calls'," Rose states worriedly.

We start out the door, locking up and heading down to the parking lot. Rose is not the only one worried now. Hopefully there is nothing to Edward's feelings', and she's alright. I get Rose situated in the car, walk around and climb in, start the car, and head towards Bella's apartment. All kinds of things' are running through my mind as I'm driving, and I catch myself hitting the gas. Something tells me we need to get there quickly...damn, don't tell me I'm starting to pick up on what Edward is feeling.

As we pull up to her apartment Rose says something about that being her car, but there are no lights' on in her apartment. I hop out of the car going around getting Rose, and she is already running up the sidewalk towards the building. I run up to her, and tell her to stay behind me just in case there is anything going on. She looks at me with a worried look, but I put my arm out and we walk slowly up to the door. I knock on the door calling out for Bella at the same time. No answer, so I reach down for the doorknob, it turning easily in my hand. I motion for Rose to stay behind me as I push the door open, reaching inside for a light switch, turning on the lights' finding Bella sitting on the couch just sitting there kind of staring off...into what!

Rose runs up to her looking her over as I go to check out the rest of the apartment. As I walk back into the living room Rose is talking to her with no response. Rose reaches down showing me the hospital bracelet. She tells me to go and get a cold wet rag so she can wipe her face, and maybe kind of shock her out of it. I come back giving the rag to Rose as she start's to wipe Bella's face, talking to her the whole time. Bella finally moves to raise her arm, and appears to be reaching out for something, and just barely above a whisper saying,

"Edward...."

~SIT~

Ok, with that I am now looking for my passport, hurriedly packing a bag & heading out the door...

Now, did you honestly think I was not going to leave you with a 'cliffy'...come on now...still holding On to my 'Queen of the Cliffy' crown...

A lot of things' are starting to happen for the couple...some of them not good...but, they are leading them on a journey...

To what, you ask...just have to check back next Saturday...going to keep the excitement at an all time high...

I have also entered the 'NaNoWriMo Contest' for November...I can't believe I am getting so brave to venture out beyond this story...Oowww, kind of scary...it really is...

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Again...I ask you all don't give up hope...just...'BELIEVE'...

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