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Chapter 46

BPOV

"Hey, Bells…"

"Jake?"

"Yeah…"

"What are you doing here? I thought I decided to stay here with the kids and everyone else."

"You did. That light is for me."

"Jake, that doesn't make sense."

"Bella, Things got out of hand and I need you to take care of our sons. I know you are in love with Edward. Let him adopt Billy, when he asks. I am okay with it he is a good man, he will give you your happily ever after. Seth too, he deserves it…they both do. He was meant to be Edward's."

"Jake, I don't want to lose you. Please come back with me." I beg.

"No Bella, it's time for me to go. My mother is waiting for me." He points behind me. I turn around and see a beautiful woman with long jet black hair and smooth tan skin. She is tall and lean, she reminds me of a super model.

"Hello Bella, I am Andrea, Jacob's mother. You did wonderful bringing my grandson in the world and it was a real joy seeing him be named after the man I love with all my heart. He is a beautiful little boy."

"Th…thank you…I'm sorry about everything that happened with Jake. Please…"

"No dear, you were on his path to Leah, and the gift she will bring."

"Oh no, Jake I am so sorry."

"Bella I died for my son. There is nothing I would rather do. I love all of my children. I am okay with my choice." He smiles proudly. "I will watch from my mother's side, as you stay by our children's side. Stay with Leah she will need you now more than ever, you know how I can be so those jeans are bound to be passed down. Show her the way Bells, she will be grieving. I know you can do it."

I start to cry. "I will Jake. I do love you."

"I know Bells, I know. Go back and do what you do best." He walks up to his mother and they turn to walk into the light. He stops right before and turns around, "Oh hey Bells, I love you too, always have always will." Then he disappears into the light.

The last thing I hear is "Mom, please don't leave me, too. I need you."

*One Week Later*

"E…E…Edward…"

EPOV

My phone going off wakes me up in the middle of the night. I have had one of Bella's friends or another over to help me out with the kids. Both mothers have been helping as well.

Honestly, I would rather it be them staying the night than the cute little couples. It just makes me miss my comatose girlfriend more. I'm not just talking about the sex. I mean the smile she has for me when I come home, her amazing cooking, her small soft warm body next to mine as I fall asleep and her strawberry scent that used to be all over the place. I half want to get strawberry scented potpourri, because she has been gone one long week now.

"This is Dr. Cullen" I answer groggily.

"Edward, its Becky" To say I am awake now would be an understatement.

"Becky…please, tell me she is alright…" I plead.

"Yes, Edward, she is awake. In fact you are the first name she mentioned. She is not fully awake yet she was just moaning your name and moving her legs a little, she is one hell of a fighter."

"That she is, we are on our way." I run to the attic skipping steps along the way. I blow through Seth's door. He shoots to a sitting up position looking scared to hell and back. "Seth, get up your mom is waking up we have to go, you have tomorrow off school, hurry I have to go wake your brother and sister and everyone else." His eyes widen.

"Moms awake!"

"Almost hurry." He jumps out of bed and runs to his dresser as I rush to Billy's room. "Little Bill," I shake him. "Wake up." He rolls over and groans while opening his eyes. "Mommy is waking up we have to go. Hurry bud we have to go."

"Mommy!" he flips his blankets off and runs down stairs. "Billy clothes"

"No, come on." He hollers back.

I run down stairs again to Amanda's room. "Mandy, moms waking up we have to go." She doesn't even take her blankets off she just jumps from her bed, throwing the blankets with the movent, and put on the first pair of pants she touches, and then shoots down stairs.

I reach the living room and Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice and both sets of parents are there, and Leah walks around the corner.

"Holy hell, Seth what did you do rally the troops."

He turns to face the crowed, "Nope I called the family." He puffs his chest with pride.

"Okay, let's move. Kids, Daddy's car" I open the door and everyone rushes out. I lead the convoy to the hospital.

We all walk in and head straight to the ICU. "Becky" I call out to her as she walks out of the room, "how is she?"

She smiles "brought the whole crew, did ya"

I look back at everyone and smile. "Nope, the family" I look at the children. "You guys need to stay there at first okay" I point to the waiting area, "I will come and get you in a minute; I need to check her out first."

They all look broken but, but concede to my request. I walk in the room and I see Bella's legs moving. There has never been a better sight in my life. I know she is in pain, but she can feel it now! I want to comfort her and leap for joy at the same time.

Then I hear the most wonderful thing in the world. "Eeedwaaarrd" she moans my name. My girlfriend moans my name.

"Bella, love, it's Edward." I grab her hand "Bella if you can understand me squeeze my hand please love." She weakly squeezes my hand. "Good job love, good job. I brought the kids are you ready to see them? Once for yes, twice for no." she squeezes my hand once. "Alright, but I don't think they will leave until they see you. Can you please open your eyes for me? I miss the gorgeous brown eyes of yours, will you show them to me." She opens her eyes slowly, blinking quickly. When I see those chocolate orbs my heart flies. "That's my girl." I can't hold back the huge grin that fills my face.

I know she is tired but I want to get the exam done to see if there is any brain damage. I talk to her soothingly as I check her over. Her eyes are still a little slow to dilate, but that is normal. She can talk but it is still slurred, and her movements are still slow and she looks like she has to concentrate. All this is normal; nobody who has suffered a coma will wake up and do jumping jacks. They need at least a day to get their bearings and understand what has happened. Mostly they are tired and need lots of rest. I schedule, follow up tests to make sure she is doing well. Just because the physical examination is good doesn't mean the brain is working the way it should.

"Ouch" she whimpers and reaches for her shoulder.

"No, love, don't please. You do have some injuries I will explain more tomorrow when you are hopefully feeling a little better. Right now just rest I will have them put some pain medicine in your I.V. okay."

"Becky, I need you to give her another dose of morphine, please. She is waking up and she will be in a lot of pain. I want her to be as comfortable as possible." Becky nods and I fill out the update on Bella's chart as she goes for the medication.

I walk back to the waiting room where everybody is waiting anxiously. I feel bad that I woke everyone up just to be denied seeing Bella. "She is awake, but she is tired so I want to let her rest, for now. Her physical exam was good. She is still slow and a little slurry, but that is to be expected. I have ordered the rest of her tests to be done in the morning. They will tell us more. Bella is a fighter, so I don't see why there would be too big of a problem with her making a full recovery."

I sit down with my kids and wait. "Mom doesn't want to see us yet, does she?" Seth says.

"Son, it's not that she doesn't want to see you, I think it's just, somewhere in her mind, she doesn't want you to see her like that. She knows what's going on. She is just slow to react right now."

"So when can we see her?" Amanda asks.

"I am hoping by morning. We can go home and…"

"NO!" all three yell, scaring the hell out of me.

"Okay, why don't you guys get comfortable here, and when she is able I will take you to her."

Amanda and Billy lean on me as Seth sits down by my feet and rests his head on my legs. It doesn't take long and they are all sleeping. I lean my head back to rest a bit myself.

"Would you like me to take one?" My Father asks.

I shake my head. "No they need me, this, they need this." I motion to how they are all laying on me.

"Amazing how far you have come in such a short amount of time, huh." My dad says looking at my children. "I mean you have been a father for six years now, but it's only been these few months, that you have become that to two more, and it really hit this last week. Remember Billy asking if you could be his other dad?"

I remember back to that conversation…

"Edward, now that my Dad is dead. Will you be my new dad?"

"Billy, I have always loved you as my son, I would love nothing more than to be your dad. One exception, Jacob is still you dad too, he is just waiting for you to join him. Not too soon though okay." I smile as he looks confused.

"But can I call you dad like Seth and Manda?"

"Yes, son you can."

"I still love my first dad okay"

"Yes that is more than okay." I smile "He will always love you too, and he will be right here forever." I rest my hand over his heart.

He looks confused but doesn't say a word I think he is processing it all yet. So I let him be. It is a lot to work through, your dad dies, your mom almost dies, and your brother is kidnapped; let's just throw calling another man dad on top of all that. That is a lot for a five year old to process.

I am brought back to the present by Becky. "Edward…"

"Huh, what, what's wrong?" I start to panic.

"Bella's test results." She hands me the papers.

I take them and look them over. Forgetting I have the children on me I leap up cheering. This wakes up everyone up that was sleeping and startles everyone else in the room. "She will be just fine." I hold up the paper work. "All her test came back normal. She is going to make a full recovery! She should be coherent enough to have a conversation soon! That's my girl." I run to the ICU where Bella is.

When I walk in, Bella in sitting up with help from the bed. She is drinking slowly out of the straw. I smile wide; I knew my girl would pull through this. "Hello, love. How are you feeling?"

"Like I have died." It makes me wonder if she is actually aware of what really happened.

"Well…" I run my hand through my hair.

"Where is Seth?" she asks softly, and slowly yet.

"He is in the waiting room, they are all anxious to see their mom. We have been here since before the sun this morning." I walk up to her and take her hand. She slowly wraps her hand around mine.

"How are the kids? I'm sure they all were pretty scared." She says dropping her head.

"They were, but you know my dad, he is all over it." I chuckle.

She slowly sets her cup down and lays her head back. She looks so exhausted. I urge her to rest and hold her hand as she drifts off. When she is asleep I release her hand and head back to the waiting room. When I walk in the room you would think I was royalty. Everyone stands up and rushes to me.

I hold up both hands. "She needs a little more time. I think she is aware of the situation but she is still really tired. She is drinking on her own, but it makes her tired. She can talk very well; it is just soft and quiet. I will take time for everything to wake back up. The more she uses it the more it will progress. We just don't want to push too hard. She did fall back asleep, when she wakes up again I will see how she is for visitors." I turn to my children. "She is worried about all of you. She is afraid you guys were scared. I told you are all fine. Am I right?" they all nod. "Okay then if she can handle it, I will take you guys in one at a time to talk to her for a few minutes. You guys have been so good waiting; just give her a little more time."

They go sit back down and Seth starts to read a story to Amanda and Billy.

BPOV

I feel like the world has thrown me into some kind of torture chamber. I feel stiff so I move my legs a little making them ach like a bitch. I finally get my mouth to work, I ask for the first person I can think of. "E…E…Edward…"

"Miss. Swan. Welcome back. You have been missed." An almost overly perky girl comes in smiling.

I feel like shit and you smile about it…are you crazy?

I am so tired I just let myself fall asleep.

I wake up again for some reason. I can't open my eyes yet they still feel too heavy, but I didn't fight to come back just to be blind and immobile so I let my stubborn streak start with my legs, and mouth. I want some help though so I call for the one person I want to help me.

"Eeedwaaarrd" my throat feels like it has sand in it.

"Bella, love, it's Edward." I feel his hand touch mine. "Bella if you can understand me squeeze my hand please love." I grab his hand with all I have. "Good job, love, good job. I brought the kids are you ready to see them? Once for yes, twice for no." I squeeze it one time I don't want my kids to see me like this, "Alright, but I don't think they will leave until they see you. Can you please open your eyes for me? I miss the gorgeous brown eyes of yours, will you show them to me." I focus on my eyes alone. They feel so heavy, like I haven't slept in ages, but I pull them open and the brightness makes me blink, I search the room and find the green pools I am looking for. "That's my girl." He smiles showing me his perfectly white teeth.

Edward starts to gently touch me all over and he shines some damn devil light in my eyes. It leaves a slight burning feeling when he is done. Then another pain registers.

"Ouch"

No, love, don't please. You do have some injuries I will explain more tomorrow when you are hopefully feeling a little better. Right now just rest, I will have them put some pain medicine in your I.V. okay." He assures me.

I do as he asks, but I get interrupted by that damn overly perky nurse. "Here we are sweetie; my name is Becky. You have one amazing boyfriend there. He knows just what you need." As she talks I start to feel the pain dissipate, making my body relax and I drift off the sleep again.

The warm sun wakes me. I could kill the person who opened the damn blinds. I groan at the pain it inflicts on my eyes.

"Let me shut those." Does she ever go home?

When I feel some of the warmth go away I reopen my eyes. I still have to blink for some reason they feel dry. I cough a little and try to make some spit to swallow.

"How about some water, sweetie?" I feel her put it in my hand. It takes a little concentration but I bring it to my mouth and suck through the straw.

"Bella, my name Becky, do remember me telling you that?" I have to think about it a second but then yes I remember she said her name right before she gave me the glorious relief. I nod. "Good let me sit you up a little."

Edward walks in when I take another drink.

He is looking like a kid at Christmas. "Hello, love. How are you feeling?"

"Like I have died." I remember back to my dream- or whatever that was.

"Well…" he shoves his hand through his hair, I feel like I am missing something.

"Where is Seth?" it hits me last time I saw him, he was being carried off by James.

"He is in the waiting room, they are all anxious to see their mom. We have been here since before the sun this morning." He takes my hand, and I return the favor. Some things are easier to do, but I still need to focus on what I want to do

"How are the kids? I'm sure they all were pretty scared." I feel bad for not being able to protect them properly.

"They were, but you know my dad, he is all over it." He chuckles.

I slowly set down my cup down and lay my head back. I am starting to feel so exhausted. He urges me to rest and holds my hand as I drift off.

I am woken up again, but this time I feel a tightening around my arm. I turn my head to see what the annoying thing is. "I just need your vitals sweetie. I'm sorry I woke you up."

"Bella…"

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Bella…not sweetie…Bella. Call me Bella"

"Why?" she asks smiling.

Now I am irritated. "Because, stupid, that's my name."

She writes something down then practically runs from the room.

EPOV

"Edward… Edward…Edward!" I think the whole place can hear Becky screaming. Everyone stands up and she runs into the room. "Edward," she heaves.

"Becky calm down." My mother gets a drink from the fountain. "What is wrong?"

"Nothing." She is grinning hugely between heaving breaths. "She said her name. She said her name is Bella and not sweetie. Then she called me stupid,"

"That's mom for ya." Seth smiles, and everyone laughs.

"That, daughter of mine, she must have lost her manners." Renee laughs.

"Okay, stay here you guys I will go talk to her." I all but run to Bella's room with Becky right next to me.

I walk in and see Bella laying there with her eyes closed. "Bella, love, are you awake."

She opens her eyes. "Love, I will take." She scowls at Becky, "you can still call me Bella." I smile brightly, my feisty little thing just got a bit feistier. I think I like it.

"How are you feeling?"

"I am tired and I hurt, and I am hungry." She looks around. "Do I need to hunt myself down some food, because if that's the case I will die." She still is slower than normal in her speech but it is picking up with all the rest she is getting.

"Becky, get her 'soft diet food' please." She rushes out of the room. I kiss Bella's forehead. "So I have promised a lot of people time to talk to you. Do you feel up to it?"

She sighs, "Yeah, I don't know how much fun I will be. I can sit up pretty well but I don't know if I am ready to play. Or go shopping." She looks at me pointedly.

"I will protect you from Alice." I give her a small chuckle, then leave to get the one who needs to know his mother is just fine.

I walk into the waiting room and everyone stands again. "Seth" he walks up to me with terror in his eyes. As we go to Bella's room I explain a little of what he might see.

"She is still talking a little slow and she looks a little tired yet. But she is sitting up and she can talk a lot better now. She asked specifically about you so I thought you should go in first. Just act normal okay." He nods.

"Hey mom," he says walking to her bedside.

"Hey, baby. How are you?"

"Umm…you know dad died?"

"Yup, I know" I am blown away, she seems to accept it. Seth just nods.

"Figures, you usually know that kind of stuff." He says.

"Come here baby." Before I can stop her she has him climbing in the bed with her. They don't say another word; they just lay there cuddled up to each other. I almost feel like I am intruding.

After a short while, he looks at her, and she nods. He gets down and walks up to me. I open the door and he turns around to face Bella again. "Thanks mom, I love you."

"I love you to baby." She says forcing a smile.

On the walk back I have to ask, "Why did you want to go in there so bad if you didn't want to talk to her?"

"I didn't have to, I hardly ever have to say what needs to be said when it comes to mom. She just knows." He shrugs.

We walk in the waiting room. Amanda comes bounding up "can I go next?'"

I nod and take her to Bella. "Hi mom," she says as she walks in.

"I thought that was you that asked me not to leave. Come here sweetheart."

Amanda does as Bella asks, but stands next to the bed. Bella pats the bed for Amanda to join her. Smiling she climbs on the bed. "You know this is breaking the rules." She whispers.

"Yup, but I don't care. I want you to know something important." She whispers back.

"What?" Amanda leans in a little more.

"I was never gonna leave you, I love you." Amanda smiles and snuggles into Bella. Bella winces in pain and I step forward to get Amanda off of her and Bella looks like she will kill me if I touch her daughter. At that moment I know something very important. This is the beginning of our forever.

Okay so we have the moms and dads clarified now and Bella is on her way to making a full recovery. I know that doesn't happen often but this is my story and I want nothing but happiness and good things so just go with it. Leave a review and let me know what you think…Billy is next…