CHAPTER TWO

EPOV

I could not believe what I had done. Sure, I normally said things to Bella, on occasion hit her, but I had never ever pushed down the stairs or broken anything of hers. Once she went down the stairs, and I heard the sickening crack, I panicked. I ran down the stairs to see if she was okay, or if the crack had come form her skull.

There was no blood, and her skull was not cracked, her pulse was fine, but the bone in her leg was sticking out at a horrible angle.

I sat back against the wall and started to think. What could I tell Emmett? I couldn't say that I had pushed, so that meant I had to come up with a story that would be believable. How could I make this sound believable? Hmm, someone pushed her? No, no, then I would have to tell Emmett who did it, and he would end up beating them to death, and then they would have to go to the police. No, blaming someone else was out of the question.

What else could I say? Well, Bella was clumsy; she could have fallen. That's it! She fell; I came outside for some fresh air, and saw her unconscious at the bottom of the stairs. That was a great idea. Believable, and no once else was out here to see that I pushed her.

I didn't mean to push her. I never meant to break her leg. Sure I said a few things, maybe hit her once or twice, but I had never seriously before.

I took a few deep breaths to calm myself, then jumped up and ran to Emmett, trying to look worried (which I was but that was for different reasons). Alice heard me coming first and jumped up when she saw the look on my face.

"Edward, what's wrong?" Alice asked, looking alarmed. I stopped to look around at the table to see that Tanya had left; most likely to go see Jessica and Lauren, seen as they were the only two people that really listened to her. But once Alice had stood up Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper had turned around, looking at me with alarmed looks on their faces.

"Bella, she fell down the stairs, I went outside some air, and I saw her lying at the bottom of the steps. I checked her pulse and she's okay but I think she broke her leg." I told them, hoping I made it sound believable.

As soon as the words left my mouth, Emmett jumped up and ran out of the cafeteria. We all ran after him, they all looked worried, I didn't see why, I knew Rosalie didn't really like Bella, and Alice and Jasper never really paid much attention to her, but I guess when you hear that your friends sister is lying unconscious on the floor with a broken leg you would be worried.

I was just running in the hopes that Bella didn't wake up and tell Emmett I had pushed her. As soon as he saw her lying on the old hard ground, he started panicking. Rosalie tried to comfort him, Jasper stood there in shock, whilst Alice called for an ambulance. I just stood there not really sure what I should do. Once her call had finished, Alice came and sat by me, with Jasper following her, then after a few minutes Rosalie gave up trying to calm Emmett down, so she came and sat with us on the steps. So all there was left to do was sit and wait.

BPOV

Beep. Beep. Beep.

That annoying noise would just not go away, when all I wanted to do was sleep. My brain felt foggy, I couldn't think straight, it was like I had just woken up, and I was still confused about whether or not I was dreaming. I opened my eyes, only to close them again quickly as the light was so bright in the room and it hurt if I kept them open for too long.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

I tired to move over, so I could sleep in a more comfortable position only to feel a sharp pain shoot up my leg. My eyes shot wide open at that, whether or not the light was too bright. Once my eyes had adjusted, I saw that my leg was in a huge pot cast, hanging from a sling attached to the ceiling. I stared at it in shock, wondering how on earth I got that.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

As I stared at it, it suddenly all came flooding back to me. Edward, by the steps, yelling at me, pushing me, falling down the stairs, feeling the pain shot up my leg, then nothing.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

I tried to roll over into a more comfortable position, only for more pain to shot up my leg. I looked around for an alarm, so I could get some more pain medication off the nurse, but just as I was about to press it the door creaked open. I turned my head to see Emmett, Charlie and Carlisle walking into the room. You'd never guess Carlisle was Edwards father, apart from the fact that they had the matching bright green eyes. Carlisle was so kind, sweet and one of the nicest people I knew. His wife had to be one of the nicest people o knew as well. They were both great, and so was Edwards sister, Alice, he was the only bad thing about that family. The rest were great.

Emmett ran over and gave me a hug straight away, with Charlie right behind him. I smiled at the both of them, thankful that they cared about me.

"I'm so glad your okay Bells," Emmett whispered whilst hugging me again, even tighter this time. Carlisle walked up behind him and gave me a hug, but this time a bit more gentle then Emmett's. I loved Carlisle, I had known him since I was little, seen as him and Charlie are best friends. He was like a second father to me, and Esme had been like a second Mother to me, ever since Renee left.

"Hello there Bella, How are you feeling this morning?" Carlisle smiled at me and I smiled back.

"I'm okay, leg hurts a bit, but what happened, I don't really remember?" I asked them all, I knew what had happened but I wanted to see if Edward had told them it was him who pushed me down the stairs.

Emmett quickly jumped in, "You fell down the stairs outside the cafeteria, Edward went outside for some fresh air, and found you unconscious at the bottom of the stairs, Bells I was so worried." He finished quickly, concern filling his eyes.

So Edward had lied, what a surprise. Of course he would. He didn't want one of his best friends to know that he pushed his best friends sister down some stairs and broke her leg. Ahh a broken leg, how great crutches would be in this icy weather, I'd probably end up breaking my other leg.

Carlisle smiled at me, "I'm afraid Bella, that you will have to have your leg in that cast for at least six weeks. It was a clean break so it should heal fast," that was better. I wouldn't need the stupid crutches for long.

"Carlisle, please could I have some more medication, my leg really hurts and I'd quite like to sleep please," I smiled at him, I know they had just come in, and I had just woken up, but I really couldn't keep my eyes open right now.

"Of course Bella, I will go get one of the nurses now," Carlisle smiled at me and left the room. I turned to face Emmett and Charlie, who had moved to sit on the two plastic chairs that were next to the bed. Emmett had an extremely sad look face, whilst Charlie just looked glad that I was awake.

"But Bellllllsssss," he said drawing out my name, " you've been out for almost three days, please can you stay awake a bit longer, I want to talk to you." He said to me, smiling, trying to persuade me to let him stay and talk for a bit. I was about to tell him I would stay up for a bit to talk but Charlie told him off before I could say anything.

"No Emmett, let your sister sleep, you can talk to her once she feels better," Charlie told him with a stern look on his face. Just then a nurse walked in and added some medication to my IV.

I listened to Charlie and Emmett talked about anything that popped into their head until I finally lost consciousness, and started to dream of the nightmare that was Edward Cullen.

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