All the usual disclaimers.

Chapter 7 Cold as Ice

I was hanging over the toilet, throwing up. Esme came up with a glass of water, "Sick with worry." she said, shaking her head. "I'm sure the others will find him, Bella." she tried to comfort me.

A phone rang and Emmett answered at once. "Anything new?" he asked, sounding worried. "Okay, fine. Yeah, I'll tell them." he finished and hung up. "Tell us what?" I asked, and I saw Esme trying to keep herself together.

"They are tracking his sense, but he's been running around, so they haven't caught up with him yet." he assured me. I guess Esme had already heard. I sat at the couch, staring out of the huge window. Waiting.

I heard Esme gasp behind me and I turned around in worry. "Edward?" I asked. I was disappointed, it was Alice and Rosalie, Emmett walked over and kissed Rosalie passionately, then he ran out the door.

Alice and Rosalie sat down next to me, "Relax, Bella." Alice said and stroke my knee. "It's going to be okay, Bella." Rosalie said, trying to assured me that Edward going to be home soon. Alice, eyes wide, suddenly sunk down in the pillows.

"Alice?" Esme asked, sounding worried again, I hated that she was so depressed.

Alice started smiling, and I wanted to slap her, so she would get out of her trance. "I just had a vision!" she smiled and she picked up her phone. "Go west, I'll explain when you've found him!" she yelled into the phone, she didn't sound angry.

"Alice, dear. What's going on?" Esme asked, taking her hand on Alice's shoulder. "I'll explain later." I felt sick, not knowing what was going on. I ran up stairs again, throwing up again.

(No, if you think Bella is pregnant, she's not! I've been so stressed that I threw up once.. it can happen!)

Esme took me to Edward's bedroom and put me down on the big bed, pulling the cover over me. I turned over to the side and sobbed in silence. "It's going to be alright, Bella." she said, in an effort to comfort me. She walked out of the room, closing the door so silently that I didn't hear it.

EPOV

I was running around in the woods, feeding much more than usual. I wasn't fed up until after I had sucked five deer dry.

Suddenly I saw something, a shadow, running really fast past me. Suddenly I felt pain, pain? Pain in my right ankle. How could I feel pain, I'm a vampire. I felt the pain again, this time on my chest. I could see the red haired woman running around me, scratching me up with her nails and teeth.

I was a lot farther away from the house than I thought. I couldn't think straight, but I had to fight back, so that I could get back to Bella. To have her in my arms and tell her that everything is going to be okay.

Something hurt in my side and I felt to my knees. The rain was pouring down and made my clothes wet. I stood up again, trying to focus on Victoria. She hit me in the side again, but this time, I caught her by the arm, and threw her into a three. Mate for mate, Edward. - Victoria thought, looking at me with black eyes.

Something caught my attention and I sucked in the wet air, human sense. Victoria took off after them, I tried to stop her, but my injuries hurt too much. And I sunk down on the forest floor again, I sat there for a while, when a deer sense came over me, and I automatically took off after if.

The blood healed most of my injuries, but it still stung from the venom.

"Edward?" I heard Carlisle call. "I'm in here!" I yelled back, standing up from the dead animals body. "Oh, Edward. What happened to you?" Jasper asked, worried. If they were worried, imagine Bella being a hundred times worse. "I'll explain on the way." I said and started walking towards the house. We walked in human speed, it hurt too much running in vampire speed.

We reached the house and I walked in the front door along with Emmett, Jasper and Carlisle. "Oh, Edward!" Esme cried and hugged me. "What happened to you?" Rosalie asked, and I looked down at my clothes, they were bloody. "Wow, how thirsty were you?" Alice asked, walking towards me, but she swung over to my right side and right into Jasper's arms.

"Where's Bella?" I asked, I realized I sounded worried now. "She's in your room, but you should changed clothes if you are going to see her." Rosalie said. Never do that again, Edward. - Rosalie thought, and the way she sounded was like I had been gone for more than just an hour.

I threw of my sweater and walked up the stares to my room, walking very slowly to my room. It hurt.

I opened my bedroom door as quietly as I could, and stepped into the room. I could here Bella's sobs from the bed. I walked closer to her, and lied down next to her. Wrapping my arms around her waist. I did it all so fast, that she didn't have the time to react.

But now, she was frozen. "It's okay, Bella, I told you I would be back within an hour." I smiled and suddenly she swung around and she hit me! She punched me in the stomach, and she didn't stop. She cried out and I pulled her tighter to me, she hadn't stopped sobbing. And her arms were around my neck, and her legs were around my waist.

"You said never!" she screamed in my ear, it didn't hurt my ear, only my heart. I had hurt her so badly, because I hadn't kept my promise to her. "I'm so sorry, Bella. I didn't mean to scare you like that." I apologized.

She was silent for a long moment. She stopped sobbing.

"Where were you?" she said, whispering it in my ear. Breathing out, relieved that I had returned. "I was attacked, by Victoria." I answered, thinking about the pain in my chest.

"Are you alright?" she said, pulling away so that she could see my face. "Yes, I'm fine." I lied. It still hurt so badly, like someone was stabbing me with a knife. I didn't let my face show it.

Edward, can you please come down here? Carlisle thought and I started standing up. "Carlisle wants to talk to me, I'll be right back." I told her and she nodded, sitting up in the bed, pulling the cover all the way up to her shoulders.

"What is it, Carlisle?" I asked as I reached the bottom of the stairs. "You're injuries, may I have look at them?" he asked, not answering my question. I pulled up my shirt and let Carlisle have a look at it.

They're not healing completely, we have to wait and see. Carlisle thought, not needing everybody else to hear.

"I'll take a look at it tomorrow." he said out loud and Rosalie suddenly thought: Go up to, Bella. She had been sick with worry, literally. I ran up the stairs again, in vampire speed, even thought it hurt like someone was stabbing my sides with a dirty knife.

"Bella?" I asked, stepping into the room, quietly. "Yes, Edward." She answered, sitting on the bed, with the cover still all the way up to her shoulders. "Are you cold, love?" I walked towards her, still faster than a human.

"No, I'm fine." she lied; I could hear and see it. She was almost shaking so hard that she would vibrate out of the bed. I went to my dresser, and got two thick blankets. I walked to the bed, sitting down next to Bella, "Lay down." I told her and so she did. I took away the cover for a moment; she was only wearing underwear and a t-shirt. I wrapped one of the blankets around her, then the cover.

Then I laid the other blanket a little over her left side, where I sat and I lied down next to her, wrapping my arms around her as well. We didn't have skin contact, because if we did I would maybe give her a cold or something like that.

"Sleep, love. It's a new day tomorrow." I smiled, and kissed her lips quickly. She made a strange sound, it sounded like a irritated humf! I chuckled and hugged her tighter. I rested my chin on the top of her head and waited for her to fall asleep.

"Good night, Edward. I love you." she smiled and I kissed the top of her head, "I love you too, love." I answered and started humming her lullaby.

I could hear as her heartbeats got slower and slower, and she fell asleep. I stared out in my dark room, looking out of the window, all that mattered was to keep Bella save, no matter what.

Edward, tomorrow you'll have to help us with the invitations for the wedding! Alice yelled in her thoughts, I hadn't really given the wedding much thought, but I knew me and Bella had to tell Charlie tomorrow. If there's a God up there, please let Charlie be calm tomorrow.

"Edward..." Bella said in a deep sleep, she sounded happy, and calm and that pleased me.