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Chapter 9: Secretly Hoping
~~~Bella's point of view~~~
I walked – and in pain, the meds had stopped working and my ribs were hurting again – into Edward's room. He was lying on his bed slightly propped up on some pillows. His eyes were closed and he looked deep in thought. I was still crying silently. I walked to the foot of his bed. He opened his eyes and the relief of seeing his amazing green eyes about took my breath away.
"Hey," He said in a raspy voice.
I took a deep breath and blinked my eyes. Seeing him all bandaged up with stitches on his face broke my already damaged heart. "Hey." I said almost incoherently. With whatever composure I had left, I muttered, "So how are you feeling?"
He tried to shrug and winced. "A little sore…and confused." He made an I'm-too-overwhelmed-with-crap-right-now face. "How about you? Are you alright?" He sounded truly concerned. Maybe he hadn't forgotten all the time we spent together….
"I'm fine." I sat down in the chair beside his bed, careful not to disturb my recovering ribs. "Umm…so how much do you remember?" I had to know. Eleven months ago, Edward was dating the most popular person on the planet, Jessica Stanley, and I knew he loved her.
Edward said he remembered eating lunch and then going our separate ways before biology. He also explained why he was late. Hearing him tell me that he made out with another girl sent a strange wave of jealously through me. I shouldn't feel jealous. He probably forgot that we were dating and he probably doesn't feel the same way anymore.
"My dad said I needed to talk to you about one other thing I forgot. What is it?" He asked. His brow furrowed.
I broke down and cried. I rested my head in my hands and let the tears fall. Edward reached over and soothingly rubbed my back. I just had to suck it up. I didn't have any right to be crying or to be sad. I wasn't the one with memory loss. Edward was. I wasn't the one all confused. Edward was. I wasn't the one who had just been told that my girlfriend had broken up with me and moved away. Edward was.
Once I was able to speak, Edward asked, "Bella, please tell me…"
"Carlisle thinks that you need to know that you and I had been dating for the past two weeks." I covered my face with my hands.
Edward opened his mouth to say something. Here it comes, I thought to myself, I'm about to be told that he doesn't like me in that way.
~~~Edward's point of view~~~
"Carlisle thinks that you need to know that you and I had been dating for the past two weeks." Bella covered her face with her hands.
There was a pause before I said anything. "Thank God." I said. I watched as Bella's head shot up and she looked at me confused.
"What?" She said, furrowing her brow. She was so cute.
"What I mean is I'm glad you and I were – " I took the chance. "are dating." Why stop there? "Yes, I love…loved Jessica, but I only loved certain things about her. You…I love all of you. There isn't a single thing about you I'd change." Man, trying to talk to Bella in a way that wasn't confusing was really hard. I was even confusing myself even more.
Bella still looked bewildered. "Really?" She looked at me as though I'd grown six legs and a ferret.
I tried to sit up more, but wasn't able to due to the pain. Instead, I reached out my good arm and took her hand. I pulled her onto the bed next to me. "Really." I said. "I've felt that way ever since I met you." I cautiously kissed her cheek. Was that acceptable? Apparently so because Bella turned her head and smiled at me before lightly cupping my face in her hands and deepening the kiss. For some reason, and I have no idea why, the word touchdown! came to mind.
When we pulled away from each other, Bella blushed and so did I. "So…um, what else did I miss?" I asked.
"Well, the only thing I can think of is your graduation, pizza at my place, and Alice's new boyfriend. That's pretty much it." Bella said, still smiling. Was she really that afraid that I would reject her? I may have forgotten that I had been dating Bella, but my feelings have always been pure and whole. I loved her, but I didn't know if she was ready to hear that or not. Why not try my luck?
Then I remembered what she said. "What? Alice's new boyfriend?" I couldn't imagine the guy worthy of my cousin.
"Yeah, he's really nice. We both met him when we went out to eat after graduation rehearsals. You liked him well enough and I did too. His name is Jasper Hale. He really does love her, Edward."
I sighed, relieved. He just better know to keep his hands to himself without Alice's permission or he will have to face the wrath of me.
Bella and I sat there for a few more moments before a nurse and doctor came in to check up on me. Today had been quite a ride. Bella went back to her room. Before she left she told me that she'd been discharged and couldn't wait until I was too.
Okay so I think this chapter sucks. It's really hard to write a person who has amnesia and then have another person try and explain everything to him. Anyway, I'm even confusing myself. Please review!!
~Kelli(jellyjo2014)~
