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Re-edited 1-12-11
Previously:
"I love you, Bella."
"I love you, too, Edward."
My life couldn't get any better...
BPOV
"I'll see you later, my beautiful fiancée."
"God, I love that word!"
"I love it, too."
I kissed and hugged Edward at the door before he left for work. "I love you."
"I love you, too," he kissed me once more. "I'll see you later, baby."
"Bye."
I closed the apartment door and began jumping up and down, squealing, twirling and then flew to the couch. I grabbed a pillow, covered my face and screamed until my throat was raw. I was so happy! I uncovered my face and looked at the gorgeous ring on my finger, admiring the cut and how it would sparkle whenever the light hit the diamonds. I counted the number last night. One hundred eighteen. I have never had any piece of jewerly in my entire life with this many stones. God, when Edward pulled the ring out, I can't even describe how I felt. I fell more in love with him in that moment and knew my answer before he asked me. I would never, ever say no to this perfect man. Who would? I sure as hell wouldn't.
"God, he's gonna be my husband," I whispered to the empty room. The last time he asked me, I didn't react like this. I mean, I said yes, of course. But all I said that time was just that. Yes. I guess I was in shock. I never thought I would be engaged twice to the same man. I am more excited than ever. Alice doesn't know, no one knows except Esme and Carlisle. I gotta call my parents. I got up and skipped to the kitchen and picked up my phone, pushed 1 and put the phone to my ear.
Ring. Ring. Ring. Rin-
"Hello?"
"Hey mom!"
"Oh, Bella! Hi, baby. How are you?"
"Fantastic, actually."
"Oh and why's that?"
"How do you feel about flowers and lace and dresses?"
"Isabella...what aren't you telling me?"
"Just tell me how you feel about it."
"I love flowers and lace and...OH MY GOD! Sweetheart, are you...?"
"Yes. I pulled the phone away from my ear before the squeals."
"Oh, my girl's getting married. I could kiss Edward. When is the wedding? Phil! Bella's engaged!"
"We haven't set a date yet, mom. He only asked me last night."
"Does your father know? Oh, I'm so excited!"
"I"m gonna call him after I get off with you."
"Oh, well do that right now. I love you, my Bella bean."
"I love you, too, mom. Bye!"
"Bye, baby."
I hung up and pressed 2 for my Charlie's number. It rang for a few seconds but I got the answering machine so I left a message. "Daddy, it's Bella. I was wondering if you were up to walking me down the aisle one of these days. Call me back when you get this. Love you." I put my phone down and went to take a shower. I scrubbed my whole body with strawberry scented shower gel, washed my hair with the same scented shampoo and conditioner then got out and dressed.
I put on a purple t-shirt with a heart on it, gray straight-legged jeans, black ankle socks, a white zip up sweater and my other pair of white Keds. Yes, I love shoes. Don't judge me. I dried my hair and pulled a little bit of the top back in a clip at the back of my head and spritzed myself with body spray. I wanted to smell good when Edward got back. I grinned and looked at my ring again then pulled the sleeves half way over my hands. I didn't want anyone to notice yet. I wanna surprise them. Rose, Emmett, Esme and Carlisle are supposed to come over later for dinner before Edward got off work then we were going to go watch a play. The Nutcracker. I would put something nicer on later tonight.
An hour later, Ali walked in with Rose as I sat on the sofa, watching The Polar Express on ABC Family. I loved this movie and Josh Groban had the most amazing voice I've ever heard. I almost fell asleep when I heard him. I waved at them from my spot and smiled.
"Hey, girlie," Rose sat next to me. I could see her little baby bump already. How can someone who's pregnant still look stylish? She was wearing a dark purple sweater dress, black leggings, with black slouch boots, a beanie over her blond hair and was carrying her expensive Givenchy purse.
"Hey, Rosie. How can you be showing already? You're not that far along. Have you told Emmett yet?"
"Yeah, he's over the moon. He kisses my tummy every chance he gets. And have you seen the baby's dad? Wouldn't you be showing if you were having a baby with him?"
"Point taken," I replied. "How 'bout Carlisle and Esme? Alice? Jasper?"
"They were there when I told him. Excitement all around. Ali has been buying clothes already. She's excited to be an aunt. How have you been?"
"Belly!" Emmett hollered as he walked in the door. "Where's Mags?"
"Hey, Em. She's sleeping on my bed. You can go get her if you want."
He spun on his heel and jogged down the hall, "Maggie! Come here, little one!" I rolled my eyes and looked to find Ali. She was skipping in to the room and sat down on my other side.
"Hi, Bells!"
"Hi, Ali!" I mimicked. She elbowed me lightly and giggled. I groaned and stretched my arms in the air and took a deep breath.
"Bella," Rose gasped. "What the fuck is that?" I followed her gaze and realized I had let go of the sleeve so it no longer covered up my hand.
"Oh, shit!" I struggled to recover my hand and hide my engagement ring but Alice stopped me and drug my hand close to her face.
"Bella, what the hell is this?"
"Um...a ring," I answered her, my voice barely a squeak.
"A ring my ass. This is an engagement ring. YOU'RE ENGAGED AGAIN? Oh, my fuck. Emmett, Bells is engaged again. Get your ass in here! Oh, my God, it so gorgeous! How much was it?"
"He didn't tell me the price. It has to be more that three thousand at least," I smiled then looked at Ali, "I'm a fiancée, Ali."
"I know, Bell. You're gonna be a Cullen!"
So, for the next twenty minutes, I listened to all of them talk at me. Congratulating, squealing, gaping, et cetera, et cetera. Alice had already decided to be my maid of honor and named herself as the planner. I'm going to let her because I know she'll do a great job. After all that was over, we waited for Edward and his parents to come back so we could go. I was about ready to go change when a persistent knock sounded at the door. I walked to it and pulled it open to reveal a very distraught-looking Esme.
"Hi, Esme. See my ring?" I held my hand out to her. She nodded and looked down. What is going on? Did she fight with Carlisle? She looked up and tried to smile but it faded as quickly as it appeared. I watched as the tears fell down her cheeks. Fear filled my body. "Esme, what's wrong? You're scaring me."
"Bella, honey..."
"What? What is it?"
"Sweetie, Edward's in the hospital. It's bad, Bella. It's really bad." All the breath whooshed out of me, utter dread replaced confusion and my blood turned to ice in my veins. I suddenly felt sick to my stomach.
"What happened?"
"Tanya. She went to his..."
Those were the only words that I heard and then eveything went black.
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"Bella? Bella? Honey, please wake up." I heard voices that sounded really far away and my face was wet. What happened? My eyes fluttered a little and I moaned. "She's coming around."
"What-what happened?" My eyes flew open and then I realized I was on the floor with Esme, Ali, Rose, and Em staring at me from above with tears falling down their faces. "Why am I on the floor?"
"You're disoriented," Esme answered. "I told you what happened to Edward and you fainted."
"Edward," my eyebrows furrowed. "What happened to-" I remembered then. Edward. Hospital. Bad. My eyes filled with tears and I jumped up and went for my keys and phone. "He needs me. I can't lose him! We gotta go, guys! Please!" I raced out the door and went to my car, the other close behind me. We piled in and I zoomed out of the garage.
We got there in ten minutes flat. I raced inside to the front desk. "Edward Cullen. Where is he?" I wiped my face and tried to think clearly. I need to be strong for him. He was the one suffering, not me. But then again, I was suffering without him.
"Are you family?"
"I'm his fiancée."
"I'm sorry, miss. I can't let you go anywhere if you aren't family. Engaged members don't count."
I leaned across the counter and snarled, "Listen, bitch! My fiancé was hurt and I need to see him. If you don't tell me where he is, I will grab that pen of yours and shove it so far up your snooty ass, you'll shit blue for a week!"
"Bella?" I turned and saw Carlisle standing five feet away, his eyes puffy from crying. I ran over to him.
"Where is he?"
"Surgery."
"What happened?" I asked, my eyes filling with tears again.
"He has three stab wounds."
"How serious?"
"Oh, God," Carlisle choked. "Two stomach wounds and a punctured lung. Internal bleeding."
"Is it fatal?"
"Yes," he sobbed. "If any major areas were hit."
"No! They have to save him, Carlisle. They have to!" I was full-on sobbing at this point. Edward can't leave me. He just can't. "Where's Tanya?"
"The police have her in custody. Right now, she'd been charged with attempted murder but..." Carlisle paused.
"But what?"
"But...if he...God, if he dies, she'll be charged with murder."
The words crippled me, bringing me to my knees. Murder. Dies. I fell to ground and covered my face as my body shook with sobs. Emmett picked me up and cradled my body to him, shushing me and saying it'll be alright. He was crying just as much as I was so I didn't know why he was trying to comfort me but I didn't say anything, I just clung to him, wailing into his shoulder. I needed the strength and warmth of someone close to Edward and since Edward wasn't here, his brother was second best. Emmett was pretty much my big brother and so was Jazz but he was comforting Ali and Rose was hugging Esme and Carlisle.
"Come on, Bells. Calm down. It's gonna be okay."
"No, Em, there's a possibility that it won't. If he...if he, God, I can't even think about it. If Edward dies," my voice caught in my throat and another loud sob broke free, "I won't live. He's my best friend. What am I going to do if he leaves this planet? I won't move on. I won't get over it. I can't, I will not be able to survive his death."
I tried to staunch the wetness flooding from my eyes but it was no use. I had never felt so much pain. This pain was worse than finding out he cheated on me because even though he betrayed me, he was still on the Earth and I could still see him once in a while. But if he dies, I'll never see him again. He'll be in the ground, cold, still, sickly pale.
Dead.
I'll never see his smiling face or the love that filled his emerald eyes every time he looked at me.
I would never be held in his arms or kiss his lips again.
I would never wake up next to him.
I'll never walk down the aisle.
I'll never wear white or go on a honeymoon.
I'll never be his wife.
I would never have his babies.
We would never grow old together.
I became more devastated the more thoughts I had about losing him and what could be.
"Carlisle, I need to see him. Is he out of surgery yet?"
"I'll go check." Carlisle walked through the swinging doors. A few minutes later he came back out. "He just got out. They're placing him in the ICU."
"When can I see him?" I demanded.
"In a few. Bella, you need to be prepared. It wasn't just Tanya there. She had help but the man didn't stab him. She did it. He's been beaten."
"Why didn't anyone tell me that before?"
"Sweetie," Esme whimpered, "the news of Edward's injuries already upset you enough. We didn't want to make it worse."
"Where were his co-workers when this happened?"
"They were already out of the office and went home. An intern found Edward being attacked. Charlotte was her name. She called the police and caught them before they could run. I'm sorry, Bella."
"If I see that psycho again, I'm going to kill her! What's his room number?"
"I'll take you all there," Carlisle answered. "He's in a medically induced coma. Remember that. It'll help him heal and he won't hear you."
"Ok." He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and led the family to the Intensive Care Unit. He stopped at room 2828 and pushed the door open. I walked out of his hold and strode pass the curtain and saw my very black and blue, very hurt fiancé lying there, wires coming out of him. He had a tube down his throat, tape holding it in place. He had bandages everywhere, an IV sticking out of his arm, his heart was being monitored and a respirator was helping him breathe because couldn't do it on his own. I wonder if they were to take him off of it, would he stop breathing all together.
"Oh, baby," I moaned as more tears fell down my face. I heard Carlisle tell the others to wait outside as I sat next to his bed and took his hand in mine. "Look at you. So many cuts and bruises. God, I'm so sorry. I should have never let you go to work today. I should have kept you in my bed with me and let the day pass by and you wouldn't be laying here in this hospital bed with stab wounds." I kissed his hand and continued. "You have to wake up for me. For all of us. We're supposed to spend the rest our lives together, married and having babies. You can't leave me now, it's too soon. I'm not ready to let go of you. I won't let go of you."
I wiped my tears away. "Don't leave me, please. I can't lose you, honey. I love you, Edward. You're my best friend and I need you. So much. Stay with me because I can't live without you. I don't know what I'd do if I lost you or if your family lost you, they would be devastated. It would cripple me and I'd never get over it. God, to think of never seeing your smiling face again, it kills me. I just got you back, we just got to where we should be and then this happens. I hate Tanya for doing this to you. She's a sick, twisted psycho. You didn't deserve this, no one deserves this, excluding her. She deserves to rot in hell. She's being charged with attempted murder and the other guys is being charged with assault but if you..."
God, I can't keep it together!
Be strong, Bella. He needs you.
"If you die, you'll take me with you. I'll only be a shell, my heart and soul will go with you. Everything, every part of me I need you more than anything in this world, Edward. Wake up for me. You're the strongest person I know, you can get past this. You have to. Come back to me, you're the most important person in my life and you're it for me. I'll never want someone else. I know you can't hear me but I'm begging you. Please! Please, wake up." My head rested on the bed as my tears fell like rain from my eyes and I held on tight to his hand.
"I can't do this alone," I whimpered. "I can't grow old with you on my own."
A knock on the door sounded and I looked up to see Ali with coffee in her hands, tears running down her face. I waved her over and let her sit in my seat then perched on the edge of the bed. I took a sip of my coffee and Alice talked to her brother.
"Hi, Eddie. I know you don't like being called that but whenever I do, you smile a little. You're my big brother and I love you so I need you to open your eyes for me. Our family needs you, Bella needs you, your niece or nephew needs you. Rose is having a baby and Em wants his brother there for his child's birth. You have to cut the cord in case Em passes out from all the fluids. Bella needs her fiancé, I need my big brother, mom and dad need their son and Jazz needs his best friend, Edward. Come back to us," she sobbed and kissed his forehead. I laid down next him, careful not to jostle anything up then began to sing a part of a song I heard on a movie I once saw softly in his ear.
On a prayer
In a song
I hear your voice and it keeps me hanging on
Ahhh, raining down against the wind
I'm reaching out til' we reach the circle's end
When you come back to me again
And again I see my yesterdays in front of me
Unfolding like a mystery
You're changing all that is and used to be
On a prayer
In a song
I hear your voice and it keeps me hanging on
Ahhh, raining down against the wind
I'm reaching out til' we reach the circle's end
When you come back to me again
I wiped my eyes and kissed his cheek when I was finished. "I love you, sweetheart." I snuggled into his side and let a new batch of my tears fall free. I didn't care anymore. The rest of the family filed in and talked to him while I layed there, listening.
All we could do was wait.
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Eight days later, Edward woke up.
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A/N: Well?
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I really do love Josh Groban's voice! It's angelic! :)
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