How to Save a Life

by bexie25

Step one you say we need to talk, he walks you say sit down, it's just a talk. He smiles politely back at you. You stare politely right on through. Meeting on a bus, Edward and Bella are immediately attracted to each other but their gloomy, abuse-ridden pasts make them both hesitant to trust anyone. Follow them as Bella learns not only how to save a life, but hers is saved as well.

338. Chapter 336

I slump down and look at the scar.

"I was… seventeen," I say, swallowing to quell my anger. "It was assessment week at school and I was run off my fucking feet. Dad's demands weren't lessening, but my work at school wasn't either; they were sky-rocketing. I was already seen as a freak by many, questioned for the various things that they'd heard happened at home."

My eyes flash to Edward's and he's there, looking concerned.

Because I already feel… well, I don't know, I laugh bitterly. "None were true, but school was getting to the 'now or never' stage." I took a deep breath. "Because of all the work that I was doing – for school, for work, for Charlie - I was barely getting any sleep; an hour – if that – a day."

I held up my wrist. "I got this because I got a detention for sleeping in class."

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