Author Notes: This chapter was surprisingly harder to write than the last one! I had no idea where to start or when to stop. I had down two pages yesterday morning, but didn't care much for it and started over. Also you MIGHT want to check out "First Day of School" To understand the first part of this chapter more. So yeah, enjoy.

Chapter Twenty-One

Esme brushed Edward's hair out of his face. She remembered the last time she had done this, back when he was starting high school for the first time since his transformation and he was being stubborn about going. She had threatened to shave it off. She laughed at the memory and saw that her son's lip was twitching up in a smile.

"No so wicked now, am I?" She said jokingly. He shook his head in agreement. "Feeling better?" He nodded, though his mind was still hazy and it seemed like his limbs didn't want to cooperate. He looked at his mother questioningly. "You wouldn't be calmed down, so Jasper really had to work at it. He said it should fade in a bit. He's feeling the affects as well. Just rest." She kissed her forehead and continued to smooth his hair.

Edward closed his eyes for a few moments. "I lost control." He finally said, "She spat in my face, it had blood. I just…" Esme put a finger to his mouth, quieting him.

"Shh, Don't worry about it now. You're in control now. That's all that matters." His mother assured him. "You're home and safe. Your brothers took care of the girl. Rosalie and Alice doned on hiking gear and pretended to hike, stumbling across Jessica's body and informed the authorities. Everything's taken care of."

"Bella?"

"Carlisle is tending to Bella. The news gave her quite a shock and she fainted. Emmett is with Jasper, trying to get him to play video games." Esme said. "Everyone, including Bella, is fine." He assured her. Edward nodded and just laid in his parents bed. He didn't want to get up yet, though he knew he could now. The hazy fog was gone, but he was enjoying time with his mom and mommies made everything better, no matter how old you are.

Edward sat up after a little while and rubbed his face with his hands. "I'm okay now." He said softly and smiled shyly at Esme. "Thanks for staying with me, mom." Esme hugged and kissed his forehead.

"This is what mommies are for." She assured him. "Are you going to Bella?" He nodded. "Alright. I suppose I should make sure your brothers are behaving themselves." Edward smiled and got up. He followed Esme out of the room, but headed towards Bella's room.

He leaned against the door and saw Carlisle sitting besides her reading a novel. Edward walks in the room and goes over to them. Carlisle glances up and sees his son finally up and about and smiles.

Jasper's influences wore off. He said mentally, How are you feeling? How's your shoulder?

"I'm feeling better. My shoulder feels a lot better. Thanks for fixing it." He whispered. "How's Bella?" He brushed her hair back and kissed her forehead. He was glad he never viewed Bella as a little sister. It would've been too weird for the feelings he has for her now. Bella was more than a sister to him, but when she was younger he couldn't ever quite explain it. Now that she's older, he realized what it was. Though he didn't want to say it out loud yet.

In shock. Of course, it's normal for one to go into shock after receiving such devastating news. Carlisle replied. She'll be fine though. He was confident that Bella would be fine. She was a strong girl. She already faced the Volturi, and that was scary enough. Edward laid next to Bella and watched her, waiting for her to open her pretty brown eyes.

"Shouldn't she have waken up?" He asked.

"Her mind is protecting itself now. She'll wake up when she's ready to deal with it. Shouldn't be more than a couple of hours." Edward nodded. He trusted his father. His father the doctor. "You'll be okay watching her? I have to go to work." Edward nodded. Carlisle left the room quietly and got ready for work.

Edward pulled Bella closer and stroked her face and listened to her heart beat rhythmically.

"Coming up next on the five o'clock news. The body of a young local girl was found murdered in the Olympic National Park this afternoon by two local hikers." The newscaster said. They watched the news and the reporter said that the hikers refused to be interviewed, saying they were too upset by what they saw.

Alice laid curled up in Jasper's lap burying her face, crying softly in his chest. She was upset. Jasper rubbed her back soothingly and whispered in her ear quietly. She nodded her head and Jasper stood up. He carried her upstairs and shut their bedroom door with his foot.

"Aw they're gonna make comfort love." Emmett said, teasingly and got a swat on the head from Rosalie. "Alright, I guess that was inappropriately of me." He confessed and everyone looked at him as if that was the smartest thing he said all day. Rosalie went back to snuggle up against her husband and he wrapped his arm around her and played with a strand of hair. He was forgiven it seemed.

"16-year-old Jessica Stanley was brutally murdered this afternoon while on a hike. Police said two female hikers found the body and immediately called it in. There's no persons of interests at this moment and they say the two hikers are not suspects, just unfortunate hikers."

"Can we change the channel?" Rosalie snapped suddenly and Emmett changed it to House M.D. It was Edward and Carlisle's favorite show. They settled into watching that for the time being.

Bella snuggled up against Edward. She woke up an hour ago and hadn't left his side. He had carried her downstairs, wrapped up in her favorite blanket. She was drifting back to sleep as he tried to feed her some soup Esme had prepared. He knew she needed some food in her.

"Just a few more spoonfuls." He promised and she opened her mouth, taking another spoonful and swallowed. Edward managed to get her to eat the whole bowl and drink a two glasses of water before she fell asleep against him. He kissed her forehead and held her, humming her lullaby softly.

To Be Continued…

Notes: Also, You remember in chapter 19 when Bella was sleeping a lot and had a dream about Lauren killing Jessica? That was like a premonition. Only Jessica's murder didn't happen at school like it did in her dream! Ha! Sneakiness to the max. Also, this chapter was mostly about the recovery of Edward and him and mommy time. I felt it was important. It might not be important to you, but it is to me and my story ^_^.