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Chapter Seven – And after all, you're my wonderwall
Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
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Backbeat the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now
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BPOV
Eventually, we had to leave our miniature paradise and return back to the resort. I didn't want to leave, but I'd get fired for sure if we didn't return soon.
We climbed out of the pool and Edward was rubbing my body with a towel, drying me. Even though there was a thick piece of cloth in between us, the electric current was still there, flowing through our bodies. Everywhere he touched me felt like it was on fire despite the cold water.
"Come on, love, it's time to go," Edward said when we were finally dry.
I put my t-shirt and shorts back on and Edward grabbed the picnic basket.
"Wait," I said when he turned to head back up the path.
He looked around at me, confused. I quickly leaned forward and kissed him with as much passion as I could muster.
"I love you," I reminded him.
He smiled that dazzling smile which I loved, replying, "I love you too, Bella."
He held out his hand to me and I accepted it, letting him lead me over a fallen log.
Twenty minutes later, we had almost reached the place where I had parked the truck. Unfortunately, I was daydreaming about someday returning to the waterfall and I didn't notice where I was going, stepping on a slippery rock. Slippery rocks plus clumsiness equals a hell of a lot of pain.
I yelped out in pain as I fell to the floor. I whimpered in pain, clutching my right ankle.
"Bella, are you okay?" Edward asked frantically, kneeling beside me, his eyes raking over my body to see if I was injured anywhere.
"Does it look like I'm okay?" I somehow snapped while feeling the immense pain shooting through my ankle. I bit my lip to stop myself from screaming, I was pretty sure that I had hurt myself pretty badly, at least spraining my ankle.
Gently, Edward removed my hands from my ankle, looking at it.
"It doesn't look too bad," he said. "I think you just sprained it."
"Oh, that's not too bad then," I said sarcastically. In truth, it was as bad as breaking my leg. I wouldn't be able to work for at least a month.
"Crap," I moaned.
"Bella, stay still. We're not that far from the car. I'll carry you and then we'll go back to the resort and get it checked out," Edward said in a soothing voice. He quickly bent down and lifted me up, carrying me in his arms. I rested my head in the crook of his neck, concentrating on my breathing.
My ankle wasn't as hurting as much now, the pain was still there but it wasn't as sharp as before. I focused on Edward instead, memorizing his face, trying to block out the throbbing.
We made it back to the car quickly and Edward lay me down on the back seats before walking around back to the driver's side and starting up the car.
To distract myself, I asked him "Where did you learn to take care of someone like that?"
"You forget that my father's a doctor. He taught me basic first aid while I was only in primary school. I think he hoped that I would become a doctor just like him," Edward answered.
"But you didn't."
"No, as much as I liked the idea of helping people get better, I don't think I could stand the job."
"What do you mean?"
"Imagine, Bella, that you have a terminally ill patient and they're never going to get better. Do you think you could end their life if you had to? I know I couldn't. I would be too emotionally attached to them to do anything like that."
"No," I said quietly.
We didn't speak after that, but I watched Edward closely. He would've made a great doctor, sure, but he wouldn't have enjoyed his work. It was true that we needed people in the world to be doctors and teachers but you could only be those people if you really wanted to be them.
Soon enough, we arrived back at the resort and Edward picked me up again and carried me to the on site clinic, pressing his lips to my hair.
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And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
I don't know how
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Because maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me?
And after all
You're my wonderwall
~:~:~
EPOV
It turned out that Bella's ankle was sprained.
She wasn't happy about it; the doctor told her that she wasn't allowed to work and she had been ordered to stay in bed and not move around. After the doctor had seen her, I took her back to her room and was now trying to persuade her to take a rest.
"Please, Bella. You heard what the doctor said."
"No, I'm not going to stay in bed all day and you are not going to take care of me, Edward," she said stubbornly. She could give donkeys a run for their money.
"You're only going to hurt yourself more if you continue to walk around. You have to rest," I insisted. "Do you want to stay in bed even longer?"
"I'm not helpless, Edward," she muttered.
"I know you're not, and if you don't stop moving around, I'm going to pick you up myself and make you rest."
She ignored me and continued to hobble around the kitchen, making herself some dinner.
"One…"
She grabbed some food out of the fridge. I could see her wincing from the pain when she put pressure on her ankle,
"Two…"
Bella reached up to open one of the cupboards and took out a few plates.
"Three… Okay, come on Bella."
I walked over to her quickly and before she could react, I had lifted her up into my arms and set her down to the couch, grabbing onto her wrists so she wouldn't be able to move.
"Edward, let go of me," she ordered.
"Or what?"
"Or…"
"Bella, I swear if you don't stop trying to move around, I'll…"
"What? Take me to prison?" she grinned, thinking that I was joking around.
I leaned in and breathed on her ear, noticing the her breathing spiked. I grinned, I loved that I could do that to her.
"Exactly, Ms. Swan. You'll be my prisoner and I can tell you, I won't let you out at all."
Just then, someone knocked at the door and I kissed her quickly before getting up to answer it.
"As if I can win when if I'm going up against that," I heard her mutter before I opened the door.
"Hey Edward," Alice said briefly before waltzing past me to the living room where Bella was.
Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie soon followed, bringing in some pizza boxes and bottles of soft drink.
"Alice told us to bring food," Rosalie explained. "She guessed that you didn't know how to cook much and Bella wasn't allowed to do anything, so we thought we'd save you."
"Thanks," I said gratefully. I could do almost anything, except when it came to the kitchen. The most I could cook was two-minute noodles, even after all the times that my mother had tried to teach me.
We walked back into the living room where Bella was lying and Emmett and Jasper opened up the boxes of pizza.
"How are you feeling, Bella?" Emmett asked.
"I'm fine, I don't get why everyone is acting like I'm an invalid. I am perfectly fine."
"Bella, your ankle is sprained," I pointed out.
"Don't worry about it Edward," Jasper said. "She acts like this all the time. Like that time when she broke her arm and then said she was fine to play tennis with some kids."
I looked at Bella who had rolled her eyes and was taking a sip of Coke. "You broke your arm? Geez Bella, I knew you were clumsy, but how did you do that?"
"I fall down a lot," she shrugged.
"A lot is an understatement. Try you fall down period," Rose said.
Everyone laughed and Bella predictably blushed. I walked over to where she was sitting and sat down next to her and Bella rested her head on my lap, sighing contentedly.
"Edward," Alice suddenly said, "how long are you here for?"
"In Hawaii?" I asked as she nodded in affirmation.
"Just as long as I need to be. Originally, I was only going to stay here for a few weeks and then head back home and maybe just relax there. I was staying with my parents a few weeks before my flight and just after…" I trailed off, realising that I had not told them about Tanya.
Bella glanced at me, knowing where this was headed.
"You don't have to tell them," she said quietly so that only I could hear her.
I took a deep breath and replied just as quietly, "But I want to." And I did. Just as I did with Bella, I felt like I had known these people for more than just a week and I felt closer to them then I had to any of my other friends. Besides, they seemed trustworthy and Bella obviously trusted them with her life.
"Guys, before I tell you, do you all promise not to tell anyone about this unless I tell you you can?" I told them.
Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie all nodded, curious expressions on their faces.
I breathed in deeply again before launching into the whole story of Tanya, including how it involved Bella and why I acted like I did. When I had finished, they all had surprised looks on their faces.
"Woah, dude, sorry about that," Emmett said, shaking his head.
"Yeah," Rosalie said sadly, "that must've been pretty hard on you."
"Does that explain everything now?" Bella asked her friends.
"I can see why you wouldn't want it to leak out to the media, they'd have a field day!" Jasper said. "You know, they're already speculating about the whole reason why you suddenly disappeared from the news."
I looked over at Alice who had a guilty expression on her face.
"Geez Edward, I feel really bad now about accusing you and everything," she said.
"What?" Bella asked, not having heard about our conversation after the dance a week ago.
"I'll tell you later," I murmured in her ear before turning to Alice. "Alice, it's alright, you didn't know."
"Yeah, but now I feel bad that I ever doubted you and, I know you probably won't, but…"
"Alice, I forgive you," I interrupted before she could go on.
She squealed and ran over to me, enveloping me in a tight hug. I laughed and attempted to get her off me.
"Alice, would you mind stop hugging my boyfriend?" Bella's voice asked her friend.
Abruptly, she stopped hugging me and gaped at Bella. "Boyfriend?" she repeated.
I raised my eyebrow at her, not knowing that we had agreed to tell them. She nodded and leaned up to kiss me before turning back to everyone.
"Why are you all staring at us like that?" I asked them.
"So you guys are officially together?" Emmett asked.
We both nodded, looking away awkwardly as everyone was still staring at us.
"Umm, guys? Can you stop staring?" Bella asked.
"Oh right," they all said and hastily went back to doing whatever they were doing.
Bella and I stifled a laugh and I bent down to kiss her again.
"Love you, Bella," I whispered to her, my lips a millimetre away from hers.
"Love you too, Edward," she replied before she closed the gap between us.
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Today was gonna be the day?
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
~:~:~
And all the roads that lead to you were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
I don't know how
~:~:~
I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all
You're my wonderwall
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I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after an
You're my wonderwall
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Said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
AN: Song is 'Wonderwall' by Oasis. Soooo cool!
How long does it take for a sprain to heal? When I had one it only lasted for about a week so is that right? Lol, it was pretty crappy timing as well 'cause I was just about to leave for music camp that day. I still went but my friends didn't let me do anything fun like go on the trampoline or mini golf. =( Really annoying.
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