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"Hello, Bella." I said quietly and her head snapped up to look at me.

"Edward?" She asked softly.

EPOV

I smiled, "Hey," I held up the food "I thought you might want some food that's actually edible." I grinned crookedly but she just watched me silently. I looked at the nurse "Can you give her the food?" She nodded and stood up. She walked over to me and took the food, which she gave to Bella. Bella took the food and then looked back at me, she studied me for a moment and I said "Esme made it." She nodded and opened the bag and took a piece of toast out, she started nibbling on it as she kept watching me from her bed. When I shifted in the seat she moved a few inches across the bed, away from me. I frowned but didn't say anything, I knew after what happened that this would be difficult and that I'd have to work to gain her trust but I didn't like to see her move away from me.

After she finished a piece of toast and the bacon she put the bag down. "What are you doing here Edward?" She wasn't being rude, she was just curious.

"I missed you." I said and smiled slightly at her "I didn't sleep well last night." I told her. She looked down at her lap as she nodded.

"Neither did I." She said and I felt my smile to grow.

"That's to be expected after all you've been through," The nurse, Karen, spoke up for the first time. Bella and I both looked at her; I'd totally forgotten she was there. We looked back at each other and shared a glance; we both knew that Bella hardly slept unless she was with me because of her nightmares. "you had nightmares during most of the night." Karen continued and I sighed.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there." I apologized to her. Karen looked confused when I said this to Bella but neither of us explained, it only mattered if Bella understood what I meant and I knew she did. She didn't smile like I thought she would, whenever I apologized for not being there she would always smile reassuringly at me and then say that it was alright. She didn't do it this time. "Is there anything you want me to bring tomorrow or do you want me to leave and get you something now?"

"You're coming tomorrow?" She asked and her eyes widened slightly.

"Of course, I'll come as long as I need to for you to trust me. Bella, I'm not letting go of you that easily, we'll get through this no matter how long it takes and no matter how hard it is." Bella had looked down as I spoke and I told her to look at me, when she did I saw that she had tears in her eyes. I started to stand up to go comfort he but I remembered what Carlisle had said so I sat back down slowly. "Bella," I looked straight into her eyes "I promise to help you through this no matter how hard it gets." Tears were now streaming down her face and it took everything in me not to go to her and comfort her like it 

had always been. Karen stood up and wrapped her arms around Bella so Bella's back was to me and the nurse was facing me.

"That was very sweet of you." She said quietly and I smiled weakly as I watched Bella cry from across the room.

After a few minutes, Bella got a hold of herself and let go of the nurse. She lay back on her pillows and turned her gaze on me, I could see the doubt in her brown eyes, she knew I cared for her but she didn't think I could keep my promise. "Bella, I'm not lying, I meant every word I said. Have I ever broken one of my promises?"I smiled at her and she shook her head.

"No, not one." She agreed and I smiled again.

"So is there anything you need or want?"I looked down at my watch. "It's a little after three o' clock so I could go get some late lunch or an early dinner for you?" She thought for a moment before answering me.

"Why don't you go get something for dinner in about an hour and when you go home tonight could you stop by my house and get Wuthering Heights so you can give it to me when you come tomorrow?" I smirked playfully at her.

"I should have known you'd ask for a book. Is that all?" She didn't smile like she usually did when I teased her about her books. "Have you not been smiling lately?" I asked frowning and I felt my eyebrows knit together.

She watched me for a moment before answering "I haven't smiled since…. It happened." She seemed to struggle to figure out what to call the incident and then I realized that I too had come up with a different name for it, 'the incident'. I nodded thoughtfully and she cocked her head to the side and let her expression ask the question.

"Well, I was thinking that that would have to change." I answered her unspoken question. "I'll figure out some way to make you smile even if it means bringing that bear of a brother of yours, Emmett, here."She looked like she was really close to smiling when I said that. "What, do we need to talk about Emmett to get a smile out of you?" I grinned crookedly and she just shrugged. I thought for a moment trying to come up with a funny story about Emmett which, of course, didn't take long. "Remember that one time when we played Truth or Dare with the whole gang and Jasper dared Emmett to get an Alice makeover. And when it was over he had pink nails and lipstick, a blonde wig, and a dress on." I raised an eyebrow at her and she nodded, I could tell she was close to smiling so I told another funny memory. "Remember when Esme wanted to take a picture of us guys because Alice had dressed us all in leather jackets and pants. How Jasper and I leaned against the wall on either side of the doorway out of the kitchen to look cool and when Emmett had tried to duplicate us when he was standing in front of the doorway. Remember the look on his face when instead of his back hitting the wall he fell through the open space and on his butt." She was so close I could almost see it. I grinned crookedly at her again, except showing her my teeth and dimple this time, she loved it when I smiled at her like that.



She watched me for a few seconds before finally cracking a small smile, I smiled so big it was hurting my cheeks. "Thank you, Edward." She said softly her small smile still lighting her features.

"It was my pleasure." I responded "So, how about that dinner?"

Wow I am so proud of myself. Two chapters in one day, I'm feeling quite productive. I know neither of them are very long but I still think I did a pretty good job. Now, review and vote in my poll!!