A/n: I'm adding chapters, I'm not ready to let go... lol... quick chapter but I hope you'll enjoy anyways... Thank you to my Beta Reader Missy... Read. Enjoy. Review....

Chapter Nineteen: Invasion

"Morning Bella," said Carlisle sweetly as my eyes flickered open.

"Good morning," I replied with a smile as I leaned over and kissed him.

"Ah, my head hurts so bad," He said, closing his eyes.

"I'm sorry," I said, kissing his forehead, apparently the nurse had already taken off his turban, "You hit your head pretty hard."

"Mm," He said, his eyes opening to look into mine, "Did you see my bike?"

"No," I said, "I haven't left since I got here. Jasper asked a paramedic, apparently it's trashed."

"Oh," He said as I fixed little pieces of his hair that were displaced, careful not to agitate any of his cuts, watching him carefully, "Well, that's that."

"You're not going to get another one? You loved that thing," I said and he shrugged.

"Yeah, but I love you more," He said looking adoringly up into my eyes, "So, no I'm not getting another one, Bella. I never want to see you as scared, desperate, or sad as you were last night ever again. It's not worth it, Bella. I love you so much… what if it was worse? My leg and arm will heal, but what if I had been paralyzed? What if I had… I have too much to lose, Bella."

"You sure?" I asked and he nodded.

"I am sure," He said, tilting his head up and kissing me, "So how was your prom?"

"It sucked," I told him, "Even before we had to rush over here."

"I'm sorry."

"No you're not."

"Ok, let me rephrase," He replied, chuckling lightly before adding, "I'm sorry your prom sucked, but I'm not sorry Edward bored you. I am sorry however that you had to take him instead of me."

"That's more like it," I said, kissing his cheek, "What time is it?"

"Eleven," He said, "Normal visiting hours start at noon. Emmett, Micah, Jasper, and Rosalie are bringing normal food, and you some clothes. I can't believe you slept in that, it's got to be itchy."

"I was exhausted, and you distracted me," I said, looking down at my prom dress, "But yes, it's very itchy."

He chuckled as I snuggled into his side, and he wrapped his uninjured around me tight.

"I love you," I said, my head on his chest.

"Thank you," He said and I looked up at him skeptically, "Thank you for loving me, Bella."

"I didn't sleep with Edward," I blurted out and it took a second for him to register, but a satisfied smile came across his face, "I cringed to any touch from him."

"You don't have to explain anything like that to me, Bella," He said and I nodded.

"Just thought you should know," I said and he kissed my head.

"You're sweet," He replied, and I looked up at him thoughtfully.

"Oh, and so you know, this is the closest you get to come to dying," I said, "I demand to go first."

"Ok," He said as I snuggled down into him and took a nap with him before everyone else got there.

"We come bringing edible food," Emmett boomed as they all walked through the door.

"Would you be quiet, Emmett?" Carlisle said as my eyes opened, "She's exhausted." I

"I'm fine," I said, kissing the side of his face and hopping off the bed and grabbing the backpack of clothes from Rosalie, disappearing into the bathroom, "Thanks Rose!"

I changed quickly and came back out to see Carlisle eating shepherd's pie. I started to chuckle a little as I sat on the edge of his bed and Emmett handed me a plate too. Courtesy of mom, no doubt, making sure we were eating a decent lunch, and it tasted delicious.

"Mom and dad said they were coming by around three," said Emmett, "So that's when we'll be leaving when they get here."

"Lucky you don't have a roommate, Carlisle," said Jasper.

"We're invading the hospital," Micah said and there were chuckles around Carlisle's bed while he and I shoveled down the food.

"How're you feeling?" Rosalie asked as she hung my dress up and hung it in the window, Rosalie was always the mother figure.

"Better now," He said, setting an empty plate on his bedside table, "Jasper did you get the bike to the junk yard?"

"They towed it from the accident," said Jasper and Carlisle nodded.

"So how did this happen?" Rosalie asked and Carlisle shrugged.

"Traffic was stop and go," said Carlisle, "The car in front of me stopped short, the one behind me stopped too late. And apparently they caught me in the middle."

"Ouch," said Micah, watching Carlisle skeptically.

"I remember hitting the pavement," said Carlisle, "But that's about it."

I stroked the side of his head gently while we visited with the guys and Rosalie. Alice called to check in, but she had to babysit her little brothers for the day, and Jimmy too, apparently he was over there. Alice was saying that Jimmy kept asking about Carlisle, he was worried about him. I smiled, and let Jimmy talk on the phone with him for a little while.

"Hey, there's a big crowd," said the nurse as she came in to check on Carlisle.

"Yep," said Carlisle as I kissed his forehead and the nurse smiled, "Don't worry, most of them are good kids."

"Gotta watch out for this one," said Emmett, pointing to Micah and Jasper laughed.

"Ok, I'll keep an eye out," she said laughing as she took Carlisle's blood pressure.

"Carlisle! Carlisle! Carlisle!" called Krista as she skipped into the room a few minutes after the nurse left.

"Hey, girly," said Carlisle as Emmett scooped her up and held her upside down.

"Careful with her, Emmett," said Carlisle's mom as she walked into the room after her very energetic daughter.

"I'm always careful," said Emmett as he set her down on Rosalie's lap and smiled like a little kid as Carlisle's mom came over to Carlisle to kiss his forehead.

"How're you feeling, sweetie?" she asked and Carlisle shrugged as Jasper stood up and let her take his seat.

"I'm fine," said Carlisle, "Just a little sore."

"I think we're going to get going," said Emmett, standing up, "Bella, our parents'll be here soon, just in warning, you may want to take a seat rather than be up on the bed when they get here."

"Noted," I said, and Carlisle nodded.

"Yes, I have to make my way back into their good graces," said Carlisle and I shook my head.

"You never left them," I said, "They have no idea what happened."

"What did happen?" Carlisle's mom piped up and I shrugged.

"Nothing," I said, I was surprised, he was usually very open with his mom, but if he had been mad at her it made sense, "I just over reacted."

"And you should have," said Carlisle, "I was being a jerk."

"I second that," said Emmett and I shot him a glare.

"Weren't you just leaving?" I asked and Jasper nodded.

"Yes we were," Jasper said, he seemed to get that Carlisle falling off his bike and nearly dying was an ok payment for a misunderstanding, "Bye, Bells, Mrs. Cullen, Carlisle."

Jasper then ushered everyone out of the room, and Rosalie took my dress, promising to drop it off at home for me. Krista got restless not too much later and I did my homework in a chair next to the bed while Carlisle napped. The nurse came in and out and I usually took a break when she did to make sure he was still doing better. Then, occasionally I had to wake him up from a nightmare, the doctors said they were to be expected with the amount of painkillers he was on. I would wake him up, assure him he was fine, then stroke the side of his head soothingly until her fell back to sleep.

"You still haven't left?" asked a nurse curiously as I finished my homework and put my books back in my bag, Carlisle was asleep again.

"No," I said, "And I don't think I will be if that's ok."

"Yeah, that's fine," she said, "You're quiet and it's not like he has a roommate to complain about you. I was just worried about you, you look exhausted."

"Do I?" I asked and she nodded, "I don't think I could sleep if I went home anyways."

"You're pretty attached to him huh?" she said and I shrugged.

"We were in a fight, I had broken up with him," I said and she looked at me curiously, "I was at prom, with someone else, when we got the call apparently he was coming to try and win me back."

"Would he have? If he hadn't crashed?" the nurse asked and I nodded, "Because if you're only taking him back because he got hurt, you might as well not."

"No, I know," I said, "We got some stuff to work out, but it'll all be ok. It was a misunderstanding anyways."

"You really want to work on it?" She asked, "You're what eighteen? Plenty of fish in the sea."

"But I want him," I said, "He's perfect for me, even when he's not ok. The fight was my fault, I could tell he was slipping but I didn't do anything about it. I didn't pay enough attention. Emmett had warned me he wasn't doing good, but I thought, he's Carlisle, he'll be fine. And he was fine, until he wasn't."

"What happened?"

"Some girl tried to make me think he was cheating, and I believed her," I said.

"She was convincing," Carlisle said and I rolled my eyes, "I would have believed it too. Besides, it wouldn't have happened if I wasn't hanging out with her, James, and Laurent. I wouldn't have let you help me anyways. You tried."

"Will you let me help you from now on?" I asked and he nodded.

"Without a doubt," He said, grabbing my hand and giving it a light squeeze.

"Good," I said, and he went to let go of my hand, but I held on and he smiled as the nurse went to check his vitals.

"The surgery was to stop some internal bleeding," said the nurse, "So we have to be careful with your blood pressure. If it drops then it's an indicator that the stitches let go."

"Ok," said Carlisle and the nurse nodded.

"The doctor should come in and talk to you later this evening," she said and Carlisle nodded again before she left.

"So," said Carlisle, "About you demanding to go first, should I have you shot if I end up with some terminal disease?"

"No," I said, "Once their sure you'll die, you can handle that if you want."

"Ok," said Carlisle, smiling, "I'm not going to let that happen, hope you know."

"Yeah," I said, "I guess I'll just have to become the crazy cat lady."

"Dogs are much better," Carlisle commented and I nodded.

"Crazy dog lady then," I said and he nodded.

"See? Sounds so much better," He said.

"This sounds like a really depressing conversation," said my mom as she walked in with our dinner, "I brought homemade macaroni and cheese."

"Mmm, delicious," said Carlisle as mom set it down on the rolling table and my dad eyed our hands intertwined on the bed.

"Finally," Dad said happily as he sank into a chair next to me, "Are we finally rid of Edward?"

"Yes," I said and he smiled.

"The kid wasn't not at the house longer than ten minutes, Carlisle," said dad, "It was thoroughly annoying. I was praying for you two to make up."

"Really?" said Carlisle, looking over at me curiously, as if to ask why he was there so much.

"Don't look at me," I said, "I asked him not to and he came by anyways."

"Needless to emphasize any further," Mom said, "We're glad to have you back."

"Good to be back," said Carlisle as he squeezed my hand.