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"Remember when you wrote that song?"I asked and she nodded. We'd been in my room sitting on the couch as we looked out of my window wall. We hadn't said anything for over an hour and a half, the only sounds in the room were Bella strumming on her guitar and the rain pattering on the window when Bella had started playing with more of a purpose than before and she started singing. She had written the whole thing in her mind as we sat there; it was the first song she'd ever written and the first time I'd ever heard her sing.
BPOV
I smiled as Edward recounted the time I wrote The Rain and now that I thought about it, the chorus of the song could kind of relate to what was happening to me now, if I had kept my rape a secret and if I hadn't gone to the hospital. Edward would have found out that something was wrong and gotten the answer out of me pretty fast. The door opening got both of our attention and we looked up to see Carlisle walk into the room. "How are you Bella?" he asked.
"I'm fine." I answered as I moved across the bed to get a little further away from him. I could see the pain in his eyes but I didn't want to risk having the memories come back. Even though he was like a father to me he had set it off once when I first came here and I wasn't willing to relive my experience again.
"That's good." He answered like he hadn't noticed my moving but he knew that I was always good at reading people's emotions (not like Jasper, she can just read people pretty easily especially if she knows them well.) and knew that he wasn't happy that I was still afraid of him. "I have good news." Edward and I both perked up slightly and he continued "We've run some tests and you are not pregnant." My eyes widened, I'd been worrying about that and apparently so had Edward because he seemed just as relieved at the news as I was. I fell back onto the pillows because I had been sitting up and breathed a huge sigh of relief that I didn't know I had been holding in.
"Do you know who did it?" Edward asked as he sat up straighter.
Carlisle's shoulders slumped a little bit and he sighed "That's the bad news; we don't know who did it. We can't find him in the database. Only you can tell us who did it, Bella."He said as he turned away from Edward to me. He must have seen the panic in my eyes and he quickly continued "You don't have to tell us now; you can wait until you're ready." I sighed and nodded. He smiled kindly at me before looking back at his son "Edward, may I speak to you for a moment?" Edward nodded and stood up.
"I'll be back in a minute."He said as he closed the door behind him.
EPOV
"Yeah, Dad?" Carlisle turned to look at me as we stood outside Bella's room.
"I need you to talk to Bella, not today but sometime soon. She trusts you more than anybody but I don't want you to try to force it out of her, especially this soon. I also need you to be on guard, sometimes the rapist comes back and kills or hurts their victim so they can't be caught, we'll have a guard up here in ten minutes and he'll be posted here until tonight when Charlie will have three of his officers take shifts protecting her, but I still want you to be careful."I nodded; we both knew I wouldn't let anything happen to Bella. Carlisle's pager went off, "I'll be back to check on her in a couple hours." And with that he was off to take care of his other patients.
The rest of the day passed by pretty uneventfully, I only left to get meals and Carlisle came to check up on Bella around four. When Bella got tired that night we both laid on the bed like the night before and after talking about nothing really important for a while we both fell asleep. I woke up in the middle of the night to Bella yelling in her sleep; telling an invisible person to get off of her and to leave her alone. I pulled her into my arms and at first she fought harder before completely relaxing. "Shhh, Bella, it's going to be alright, I'm right here. Your safe, shhh." I soothed her gently and she curled up against my chest.
"Edward…" She whispered and I froze. She'd never said my name before.
"Yes?" Maybe she was awake. She didn't say anything for over five minutes and then she murmured my name again. Okay, maybe she was asleep and maybe she was dreaming about me; she always said what she was dreaming about. When she didn't say anything for a while after that I let myself drift back into unconsciousness.
Bella was still asleep when I woke up a little after nine in the morning so I got up and went into the bathroom that was attached to Bella's room. I got ready quickly, brushing my teeth and hair (as best I could) and changing into the clothes Esme had dropped off earlier. When I went back into the room Bella was awake and reading one of her books. "Pride and Prejudice."She said before I could even ask, making me chuckle. She smiled without looking up and I sat down on the end of the bed and just watched her for a couple minutes. She finally asked "What are you looking at, Edward?" Still not looking up from her book as she turned the page.
"You." I answered simply and she smiled again.
"And what exactly is so interesting about me that is making you stare?" She finally looked at me still smiling. I was going to tell her how the single beam of light that was escaping between the clouds and hitting her just right; causing a halo of light around her head made her look like an angel but I didn't get further than opening my mouth when the door banged open. Without looking I moved so Bella was blocked from view and turned to see that it was just Jasper, Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie standing in the door way. I moved back into my former position so they could see each other and they entered, Emmett and Jasper retreated to the corner and the girls got a little closer but not too close. Bella smiled at them "Hey guys!" They seemed a little surprised by her smile and fairly enthusiastic greeting but they recovered and returned her greeting just as enthusiastically.
"Your hair looks like a haystack!" Emmett practically yelled at her and everyone laughed.
"Don't worry, we've got ya covered."Alice said as she pointed between herself and Rosalie. She pulled Bella's bag of toiletries out of a small black bag she had with her and Bella sighed in relief.
"Thank you so much." I took the bag from Alice and handed it to Bella, "Do you guys mind if I take a shower?" Everyone said it was fine and she went into the bathroom.
"How is she doing?"Alice asked as soon as the shower turned on.
"Better, I'm surprised she didn't try to move away from you guys when you came in."I answered and Alice nodded seriously.
"When do you think she'll be able to tolerate us being closer to her?" Rosalie asked and I thought about it for a moment.
"Maybe a week or two because she knows you guys so well. Does Renee know about this?" I asked.
"Charlie hasn't been able to get a hold of her. She went on a cruise with Phil three days before it happened and it's supposed to be a two month long cruise." Jasper replied and I nodded thoughtfully.
"I miss Bella's clumsiness." Emmett pouted as he sat down in a chair, making us chuckle. His head snapped up "I'm not kidding!"He whined and we laughed harder "I need some of her cooking, too. Charlie's sucks." He made a face and I laughed again. He pouted once more, which just made him look like a mad five year old. The shower stopped and we all froze for a few seconds before Jasper turned to Emmett.
"That wrestling match last night was awesome, huh?"Bella walked in to the room as Emmett responded.
"Yeah, awesome for you. But that's just because you won. You know what? I challenge you to a rematch!"He said loud enough for the whole floor to hear him probably.
"Deal."Jasper said. Everyone said their goodbyes and quickly left so the guys didn't hurt somebody by breaking into a wrestling match on the hospital floor.
"So… What did you guys say about me?"
A/N: There you go, another chapter! I told you I'd update soon!! So drop a review and I'll update again in a few days. Oh, and I'd like to thank you guys for last chapter's reviews, I actually had pleasant conversations with a couple of you (Hi Jane Austen Fan!! XD) Thanks for reading you guys!