I want to give a big huge thank you to whatgirl003!! She pointed out a mistake of mine. It wasn't a big one, but since someone has noticed it I need to clairify. In the chapter Mr. X (chapter 5) where Bella and Edward meet Jasper, I said Edward and Alice were cousins. Then, in later chapters, I said they were siblings. Sorry for the fluke :( How about this, Alice and Edward are siblings, but Alice was just living in Sacramento for a little while with relatives? Hope that works! :(
Here's chapter 21!!
Chapter 21: Buying It
The night after I told him, instead of packing his things and leaving like I thought he would, Edward stayed with me. He held me to his chest and the next morning he was still there. I wanted to think that he still loved me but I refused to fall into false hope.
Edward was still asleep when I woke up. I carefully got out of bed. I took a shower and when I got out I dressed and found Edward sitting on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands. Here it comes...
"Bella..." he looked up at me. Just say it already, I thought to myself. "I called the doctor and scheduled your appointment for ten this morning. We've got to get going." I nodded, though I still didn't know why he wanted to come with me. Edward continued. "After that, I'm going to drop you off at your dad's. It's your choice if you want to tell him." I nodded again.
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We sat in the waiting room of the doctor's office in silence. Edward held my hand and stared off into space. He was thinking really hard about something - jaw set, brow furrowed. I wanted to ask him what was on his mind, but the nurse came out and announced my name. I stood up. "Edward?"
He looked up at me. "I'll only come if you're comfortable with it." I nodded and took his hand. The nurse led us to a room. She took my blood pressure and things like that and told us the doctor would be with us in a minute.
I sat down on the table and Edward stood beside me. "Whatever the doctor says, I won't judge you. I love you, Bella." Edward said holding my hands and kissing my knuckles.
My heart burst with joy. I realized that that was the first time he'd said that since before he left for New York.
"Do you mean it?" I asked, tears starting up in my eyes. The tears I'd been crying lately were from fear, sadness, anger, and any other unpleasent feeling. But these, these were from hope.
Edward looked confused but then smiled a little. It wasn't his full blown smile but this one was genuine. "Of course, Bella. You're my everything. I wouldn't be able to live without you. Don't let anything or anyone tell you otherwise. Why would you doubt that, Bella? I love you and I am going to marry you." With those last words his beautiful crooked smile came out. He leaned down and kissed my lips, slow at first and then with a passion more intense than any kiss we'd ever shared.
Edward loved me. Even after he knew about everything. He still loved me and wanted to marry me.
I heard someone clear their throat but I didn't care, I was still in my blissful state with Edward.
Edward pulled back and smiled. "Sorry, doctor." I looked up. The doctor, Dr. Nichols by her nametag, was standing there looking at us with a smirk on her face.
"It's alright." She sat down on the chair at the foot of the bed. "Now Bella, what brings you here today?"
I looked up to Edward. His eyes were clearly telling me to be honest. I looked back to Dr. Nichols. "Something happened...and I would like to make sure I'm alright." I hoped she got the message.
Apparently she did. "Bella, if you were raped then I legally have to fill out a rape kit and I have to inform the police."
I paniced. "Please, don't. I don't want anyone outside of this room to know." I started to get up. Edward held me down.
"You need to have this check up." He turned to Dr. Nichols. "Would there be a way to just file this appointment as a check up and leave the rape kit out?"
Dr. Nichols thought this over, looking from me to Edward and back. "I could get in trouble for this." She wrote something on her clipboard. "Okay, let's start this examination. Edward, if you'll just step out for a moment."
I tried to tell Dr. Nichols that I wanted Edward there, but she said it was hospital policy and she'd already pulled enough strings for us. Edward unwillingly went back into the waiting room.
~A nervous Edward's point of view~
I tried everything to keep my mind off Bella. I read every magazine on the table, even the Pre-Parenthood and Women's Health, from cover to cover. I paced around the room, looking at ever picture and diagram on the wall. Some of them were actually interesting, like the one of how a baby is born. I had no clue how something that big came out of a woman's...you know.
I was in the process of reading a diagram of breast examination when I heard my name. I turned around to see Bella. She looked tense. I went to her. "What did Dr. Nichols say?"
"I'll tell you when we get to the car." Once we were there, Bella turned to me. "She said there weren't any signs of STDs, which is great. She said there was some tearing that would be healed in about a month. She said I need to come back in two weeks for a pregnancy test." She was smiling a little. I asked her what the smile was for. "I don't know. It just feels good to know that nothing's wrong. Her face fell a little. "But I'm still scared to death about the pregnancy test. What if it comes back as positive?"
"Then it's your choice. I'll be the father of that baby no matter what. But it's your body." I assured her.
"Thank you." She placed her hand on my cheek and leaned in for a soft kiss.
~Bella's point of view~
Edward drove to Charlie's house. He came inside with me and then said he had to go. I walked to the door with him. "Where are you going?" I asked.
He kissed my forehead. "I have something I've got to do. I'll pick you up around four. I love you." He kissed me once more before getting into his car and driving off.
I talked with Charlie about anything and everything. He said he'd noticed my behavior had changed and now I was more normal. I told him I had just missed Edward really bad. He bought it. I hadn't noticed that it had gotten dark until I looked out the window for Edward's car. I looked to the clock. 7:13pm. Edward was late. What if something happened? Or...what if he really didn't love me and left? My heart began to break. He knew I wasn't worth it...
"What the hell?!" I heard my father yell. He ran out the front door. I followed him. Emmett and Jasper were carrying an almost lifeless Edward into the house. They put him on the couch. He was beat up badly. There was a dark bruise below his right eye, a large cut above his left. There was a blood trail from his nose and the corner of his mouth. His shirt was ripped in places and I could see a large bump on his forehead.
"What happened to him?" I asked Emmett. Jasper was on the phone with someone.
"I don't know. He called us and told us to meet him at his old dorm. We found him in a fight with that James prick. He kept screaming about James being a lowlife fucker. He attacked James and left him on the ground knocked out cold. We got Edward into my jeep and he passed out." Emmett sighed. I was hoping Edward wouldn't have found James.
"Carlisle's going to be here in a minute" Jasper said coming back into the room. "He said we should try to get him awake."
I quickly knelt down beside Edward and shook his shoulder. He didn't move. "Edward Anthony Cullen, wake up!" I almost shouted. I was starting to tear up. If he died then I would kill him...okay, I'd bring him back to life and then kill him.
"I...um, I'm just gonna go to bed." Charlie said. I knew he didn't want to deal with the drama, nor did he care. "Night Bells." And he was gone.
I kept trying to wake him up. Then Carlisle got there. I was forced to step back while Carlisle cleaned up the blood on his face. He checked the bruise under his eye and bandaged up the cut over his eye. He said that's the most he could do right now. He told us that he needed to talk to Edward as soon as he woke up, then he left.
We sat there in silence for a little while. "Wait a second. Emmett, I thought you were supposed to be in LA with Rose?"
"Bella? Where have you been? Rose is still there. I came back up here to forward the mail and stuff. I told everyone about this when we had dinner last weekend." His face fell. "Oh yeah, you didn't come. Sorry."
I felt bad. I had no clue what my friends were doing these days because I'd been too chicken to talk about what happened with anyone. "It's my fault. I shouldn't've been so distant." I looked down at my hands. "So, what've I missed?"
Jasper started. "Well, Alice has been a mess and she'll be extatic to hear that you're finally back. I've graduated early and Alice isn't far behind me. We've decided to find an apartment closer to my parents in Montana."
"Oh, so you're moving away too?"
"Yeah, Alice is excited but she doesn't want to be that far away from you or her parents." I nodded my understanding.
"What kept you away from us, Bells?" Emmett asked.
I wasn't sure if the 'I missed Edward' would work but it was worth a try. "I was just lonely in the apartment and missed Edward."
"Mmm-hmm..." I could tell he wasn't convinced. But what else was I supposed to say? Sorry I shut you guys out of my life but I was raped by the one guy I truely detest? Nope, not gonna happen.
I heard someone groan and noticed that Edward had woken up. I rused over to him. "What were you thinking?! You could've gotten killed!"
He tried to sit up but groaned and clutched his ribs. "Yeah, yeah. I know Bella."
Jasper was on the phone with who I assumed was Carlisle.
"Why would you even bother with that asshole?" Emmett asked Edward.
"He just went a little too far." Edward said glancing at me.
"What did he do?" Jasper asked, sitting back down on the recliner.
Edward tensed. "He kept bragging about how good this one freshman girl was in bed and I became disgusted with him. So, I beat the living shit out of him."
"Oh," Emmett said. "Yeah, I can't stand when guys brag about their one night stands. It's gross." Emmett cringed and got up. "Come on, Jazz. Carlisle will be here in a minute, Eddie. Good night, Bells. Glad to have you back." He gave me a quick hug. Jasper pecked my cheek and then they left.
I turned to Edward. "I didn't want you to find him."
"Bella, I couldn't just let him get away with it. Since you won't go to the police, I'm just going to have to make his life a living hell." I opened my mouth to protest. "Please, Bella. Don't." We heard Carlisle pull up outside.
"I love you." I told him.
"I love you more." He said. That comment was so cliche' that it made me laugh. I hadn't laughed in so long. It felt nice.
This story is driving me insane!!!
~Kelli(jellyjo2014)
