A/N: Last chapter I got 3 reviews. Sad. Pitiful. Disappointing. –Sniffle- If you really luv me (and Edward) review please! Or else I won't update for months and months and months. Some of you know how that can happen.

Crush

During the next 5 days, I visited Bella everyday multiple times. I grew more and more entranced with her bubbly, childish, yet mature personality. What drew me in the most was the fact that I couldn't read her mind. Not one little thought or insight of her locked up mind.

Unconsciously, I ran my hands through messy hair and started to walk past the nurses' station on get to Bella's Room. As I passed I heard numerous sighs and whispers as the nurses fawned over my "hotness". My family and I like to think of it as my "coldness" because I was a vampire. I rolled my eyes at the drooling clique of nurses and stalked passed.

I opened the door gently, to see not what I expected. Bella was turned to her right, sleeping peacefully in the quiet atmosphere, only disturbed with the heartbeat monitor beeping. I took a few steps inside the room and then shut the door quietly. I checked her heartbeat, blood pressure, and her charts before sinking into the rather uncomfortable sitting chair beside her bed. Bella's body was responding quite well to the chemotherapy, while on the other hand, Bella wasn't. She was extremely upset about her hair falling out in little chunks, but decided it wasn't the end of the world. Even though she tried to cover it up, I could see right through her. Anyways, she still had a generous amount of mahogany hair, considering she was almost ¾ done with chemotherapy.

"Edward." Came a mumbled voice.

I instinctively looked up at Bella. She was still asleep. Interesting. Who else would have said my name? I pondered for a while, and then a voice interrupted my thoughts again.

"I don't like Edward!"

I looked at Bella and realized that she sleep talked. Wow, didn't see that one coming.

"I really don't like Edward!" She said again, just more agitated. Then a delicious red blush spread across her cheekbones. Wow, she even blushed in her sleep.

She huffed and turned over onto her back, her expression annoyed. It was rather cute. Her little button nose scrunched up, and her eyebrows pointed downward.

She blushed again and then said, "Okay… Maybe I have a little tiny, microscopic crush on Edward. But that's only because he's a great doctor…. And super cute…" She trailed off towards the end.

Bella was so cute. She liked me! But she shouldn't like me at all. I'm a horrible monster. I kill animals to keep myself alive which makes me a horrible creature. Bella thinks too highly of me. Even though she taught me not to self deprecate myself too much, she didn't know that I was vampire.

She shifted in her sleep again and mumbled something incoherently. It seemed as though she was done sleep talking for now. Good, I felt like I was intruding on her privacy. I probably was though, since she can't really control her unconscious talking. I chuckled at the thought. Just listening to her sleep talk was like reading a little part of her mind. It was so intriguing, I could just watch her sleep for the rest of eternity and I wouldn't get bored.

I got up from the hard chair and stood next to Bella and stroked her half fallen out hair. Maybe tomorrow I would bring the family in to meet her. I knew that everyone would just love her.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the next day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I came out of the lounge room after calling my family. Esme, Alice, and Rosalie were so excited to meet Bella. They were gushing with excitement and by the sounds of it were already going shopping for her.

I walked to Room 2 where the elderly Mrs. Cope was being held prisoner after having a mild stroke.

"Good morning Mrs. Cope!" I said happily.

She looked at me and smiled an old, withered smile.

"How are you, Dr. Cullen?" She asked in a muted voice.

"Please, for the last time, call me Edward. And I'm doing very well, thank you for asking." I said.

"How are you doing? Any chest pains?" I asked concernedly.

"No pain at all!" She exclaimed happily. "Does this mean I get to go home now?"

I chuckled at her eagerness. She reminded me of someone I knew. Hmmm… I pushed the thought aside and checked her charts.

"Looks like everything is perfectly healthy with you. You're just going to have to stay a couple more nights for observation, and then you can go home. How does that sound?"

"Perfect!"

"Well, I'm going to go check on my other patients now okay? If you feel any pains, tell the nurse to get me. Got it? Any pains." I stressed the 'Any Pains' part. Mrs. Cope tended to downplay things a lot.

She smiled and nodded her head.

"Edward, do you believe in love?" She enquired with a strange expression on her face.

That was random.

"Not really." I answered very bluntly.

"I have a feeling that you will in a decade or so." That was really unexpected; it was like she was an Alice. My face must have given away the first half of my thoughts because Mrs. Cope just smiled and shook her head.

I waved and then left the room. I closed the door behind me and headed towards Bella's room. My family was supposed to meet me in the front of the hospital, but I just wanted to ask Bella if she wanted to meet my family.

I slowed to a stop in front of her door and then opened it. Bella was sitting upright on her bed, eating the hospital's excuse for a breakfast.

"Bella! How are you doing this great morning?" I said happily.

She looked at me suspiciously. She knew me too well.

"What do you want Edward?"

"What, I can't be happy for my favorite patient?" I said in mock hurt.

She narrowed her eyes and we had a staring competition. Then she used her secret weapon. Her puppy dog pouts. Darn her, she knew that I couldn't resist that face. I reluctantly gave in and began telling her. I didn't know exactly how to start but I had a pretty good idea.

"Bella, would you like to meet my family?" Please say yes, please say yes.

She sat there, thoughtful. Oh no, she's going to say no.

"Sure! I would love to meet your family. From what you've told me they seem like great people. Alice seems crazed with shopping, Emmett just seems crazed, your parents sound liked wonderful people, Jasper and Rosalie seem…. Well… Um… I dunno actually."

I chuckled at her over eagerness.

"Okay, so brace yourself, here they come!"

Suddenly 2 pairs of thundering footsteps came down the hall and flung open the door.

Alice rushed up to Bella and said in a hurry of excitement, "HI!!! I'M ALICE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GREAT FRIENDS, I JUST KNOW IT!!"

"Scooch over pixie." I heard Emmet grumble.

He leaned over the bed and grabbed Bella by the waist and gave her a bone shattering hug.

"CAREFUL!" I hissed at Emmett. I certainly didn't want Bella to get hurt right now.

"Sorry." Emmett smiled impishly.

"Hi, Bella! I'm Emmett!" He said happily.

Bella looked at both of them and grinned widely.

"It's so nice to meet you guys! Edward has told me so much about you all. And just a head start, Alice, I hate shopping. That's all. So what do you all want to do?" She asked breathlessly.

Before Alice and Emmett could reply, the door swung open again. There, standing in the doorway were Esme, Carlisle, and Rosalie.

Both women rushed over to the bed and started to fawn over Bella.

I turned to Carlisle and asked, "Where's Jasper?"

He gave a grim expression and said, "He's outside. He can't control himself around her scent. He could smell it outside the door. I told him to go back to the parking lot and get some fresh air."

I nodded in approval, and Carlisle moved towards the bed.

"Hello, Bella. I'm Carlisle, Edward's father. I'm a doctor as well." Bella sat there with her mouth open for a couple of seconds and then closed it, embarrassed. A delightful blush covered her face.

I chuckled at her human reaction.

"Hi…" She stammered. Looks like someone has a crush on Carlisle. But what can I say? Every woman in the world thinks he's handsome, charming, and caring.

Bella's attention was stolen by Alice and Rosalie.

"But, I just don't understand. How could anyone NOT like shopping?" Alice pondered relentlessly.

"I hate shopping, but then again maybe I'm a freak." She replied. Well she did sort of have a point there. She was the only person who I couldn't read their mind.

"You are not a freak, Bella." I said sternly.

"Sure… Whatever you say… Doc." She smirked sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes at her very characteristic sarcasm. Then I heard the door creak open softly. There stood Jasper, with black eyes, but a determined look on his face.

'Edward, are you sure I can control myself?' He asked in his mind.

I spoke so quietly, Bella not being a vampire with super sensitive hearing couldn't hear me.

"I believe in you. If you still don't believe me, ask your future-telling wife." Alice looked up from her conversation with Bella.

"You won't hurt her Jasper."

Jasper nodded and stepped forward to greet Bella, and then the rest of the day rushed past.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6 o'clock~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

By the end of visiting hours, Alice, using reverse psychology, had tricked Bella into letting her buy her clothes, Emmett had managed to loosed his first Rock Band game, Rosalie had grown a bigger heart, Esme wanted a child even more, Carlisle a new book to read (Bella's medical history), and Jasper had a new history buddy. The day had bone finer than I planned. The family loved her even more than I thought they would.

'Edward, you have a wonderful patient, I wish we could stay and watch her grow up.' Esme thought, bitter sweetly in her mind.

I knew what she was talking about. We had to relocate soon; people were getting suspicious. I had tried to pass for 26, but didn't look nearly as old. (Only when I hadn't feed in weeks).

I would miss Bella so much, and I think she would too, but she was just human. And human memories fade over time, but vampire memories don't.

A/N: 12 reviews please? That gives you the chapter by next Sunday. Reviews make me happy. I'll think about them when I have to play pomp and circumstance for the retarded seniors for graduation. Luv you all. (luv you more if you review). See ya in a week. (Or more)!

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