Hey, guys, I'm so sorry I haven't updated… I haven't been able to write at all in weeks, it's been terrible :( But, I'm writing now, finally! :D I had some major writers block so, I'm kinda skipping the Jasper reunion… I'm too happy to write sad right now :)

"Jasper's family?" A new nurse was standing next to us. Some of us nodded or said yes so she continued, "He's stable now, you can go see him."

BPOV

Two hours later, we were all sitting on the ground in the hallway outside Jasper's room. We'd all gone in to see him, first the Hales, then Alice, then me and Edward, and Emmett was last. Now, Mr. and Mrs. Hale were back in there with Alice. It was late, around ten, and I was starting to get tired. I leaned on Edward's chest and my eyes drooped with the events of the day. Rosalie had cried until she'd fallen asleep about a half hour ago and Emmett was cradling her gently. Sometimes I forgot how sweet and soft he could really be…

Seeing Jasper had only made me feel worse, this was my fault entirely. He had had a bandage around his chest and cast-like material around his leg. Seeing his face haggard and grey had scared me, I'd never seen much of any weakness in Jasper. Now, he looked fragile, like the smallest thing would put him in so much pain. The nurses had told us they'd keep him sedated for now, confirming that suspicion.

"Do you think you could come up with a way to distract me?" I asked Edward hopefully and he chuckled, but his eyes didn't sparkle, they were empty. I touched his cheek and sat up "It'll be okay, Edward." He'd been reassuring me this whole time but I'd forgotten that he probably needed reassuring too. His eyes softened and he leaned down, resting his forehead on mine.

"I know." He whispered. He touched his lips to mine and then pulled away again, leaning back against the wall and sighing. I studied his face like he stared at the ceiling. I knew he was worried; he was just being strong for me. He had always seemed to think of me as a flower, delicate and seemingly defenseless. Well, he was wrong. I didn't quite know how to prove it to him, but I wasn't defenseless. I wasn't always going to be the damsel in distress. I'll have to save him at some point… I know it.

I woke up to Carlisle talking with some other doctor. "He should be fine, we'll run some more tests and keep him for a week or two, then he should be able to be released." said a woman's voice.

"Thank you, I'll tell the others when they wake." I heard Carlisle walk past me and the other doctor walk in the opposite direction. I opened my eyes and looked around. Emmett was in a sitting up position with Rosalie still in his arms. Mr. and Mrs. Hale were in chairs that must have been brought to them and Alice must still be with Jasper, Esme was gone, and Edward was slightly leaning to the side and my head was in his lap. I slowly sat up and stretched before standing on halfway numb legs and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I brushed Edward's hair off his face and looked at the others again. Sighing, I went to the bathroom a few doors down. It was empty so it must still be early. The bruise on my face (remember? Riley slapped her after 'the incident' It was a while back…) was healing and I looked away from my reflection, rinsing off my face with a splash of cold water.

A while later, Carlisle came back when everyone was waking up. He told us all that Jasper should be ok and that'd he'd stay here to recover. I was so groggy earlier, it was like hearing the news the first time and everyone started hugging and crying again. Pale faces, regained some of their color and a little bit of the bounce was back in Alice's step. A nurse told us that'd he'd be waking up later that day or tomorrow morning. Emmett called Charlie, who came to visit. "After he was arrested, Riley lawyered up, was questioned and charged and is waiting for his trial, which is set to happened in three days." He announced to us when he got to Jasper's room where we'd congregated. We all squished together closer to make room for Charlie in the small room, so I was between the wall and Edward who had an arm around my shoulder that, fortunately, didn't alarm Charlie.

"What will happen during the trial?" Emmett asked.

"Well, they'll tell him his charges again publicly and then we'll have to set bail, then we'll call witnesses like Carlisle to the stand. We also added the charge of attempted murder late last night… we need to get a lawyer too…" He muttered the last part to himself.

"I'd be glad to be your lawyer, free of charge. I want that scum behind bars." Mr. Hale growled the last sentence. He looked at his sleeping son with bandages around his leg and torso.

"Thank you very much. It's beyond appreciated." Charlie nodded once, said his good -byes and left the hospital.

The rest of the day was spent much like the morning, just sitting and mumbling to each other every once in a while. We took turns going home and changing clothes and showering. They told us, when Edward and I got back from his house, that Jasper had woken up for a few minutes and, of course, I beat myself up for nearly an hour afterwards for not being there. As some of the color returned to Jasper's face, some of the brightness returned to Edward's eyes, the bounce to Alice's step, and Emmett's humor.

I was glad that nothing had really happened today, after the exhaustion of the past week or so, I needed an uneventful day. It was apparent that the others needed a calm day too, because even though we were in a hospital, Jasper was still stable and now in the recovery room, which was definitely a good thing.

After eating the tasteless dinner that the nurses had brought us, Emmett flipped through the channels on the TV in the corner of Jasper's room. Edward was sitting in a scarcely cushioned chair and I was in his lap with his arms around my waist and his face in my hair. Emmett settled on some comedy and within a minute chuckles filled the room, even though Emmett's laugh practically covered them up. It was nice to see that he was confident that Jasper would be ok, I knew he wouldn't be distracted by a TV show that easily if he wasn't.

Edward nuzzled my neck and I sighed, snuggling closer to him. "It's late, you should get some rest."

I didn't respond but laid my head back on his shoulder and closed my eyes, listening to his breathing and heart beat.

A/N: Yeah, it was short but I haven't had ANY time to write at all!! I'm surprised I got that much… Ok, my Christmas break is on the 19thso I want to update before then at least once because I won't be able to update for a while after then, it'll be the first or something before I'll even be home. Thank you SO much for your reviews and I'm beyond sorry for the extremely long wait and then the really short, boring filler chapter. Next chapter, I think I'll go into the whole trial thing and stuff, ok? And I have a hope for this story, that by the time it's done we'll have 1 thousand reviews and we're already at 615, I know it's a long shot but… who ever got anywhere without hoping?