Author's Note: While in this chapter I will be continuing Edward's P.O.V. I'm still not sure if I should continue with it any further. His P.O.V. May become an on again off again sort of thing. Anyway, hope you enjoy the rest of Chapter 4! By the way, in this part of the book Edward's bedroom is not the same as it was in the original Twilight books due to the slight time period difference.
I was extremely grateful that Jasper had put Bella to sleep but as the night grew darker a problem arose. If Jasper left Bella's bedroom, even for just a moment, she would wake up and begin crying quite furiously. Carlisle said that it was crucial that Bella got lots of sleep tonight to give her immune system a chance to help her so, just for tonight, Jasper had agreed to stay in Bella's room for the night so she could rest with the help of his powers.
Of course this fixed one problem only to cause another for me. For the rest of the night thoughts of Jasper were the center of thought in the Cullen household which was becoming increasingly annoying,
This must be putting a lot of stress on Jasper, was a concerned Esme's thought process.
My poor Jazzy. At least Bella's asleep, thought Alice. Alice's thoughts seemed to be entering her mind just as quickly as they entered tonight. One moment she was worried about her mate Jasper and the next she was looking into the future at Bella trying to decide exactly how long her cold would last. At the moment it seemed Bella's cold would last around 46 more hours. Then there was Emmett.
Gosh, sweet little Bella must be feeling awful. I wonder how Jasper's holding up? I think the Detroit Lions are playing the Minnesota Vikings this weekend. I hope I can Jasper to bet on that game without Alice butting in. I rolled my eyes at those last couple of comments. Emmett's thoughts were always relatively calm and relaxed even in stressful situations. He always seemed to keep a positive outlook on everything. Rosalie, who had run out and bought every baby magazine she could find the second Bella was asleep, is the complete opposite,
Oh, there's so much to learn! I have got to know everything about babies know that I have a daughter. God, I can't believe she's sick. I have got to disinfect this house! I will not have her getting sick again. Rosalie's mind began rambling on about all sorts of different baby things. I was worried about Bella as well but I wasn't nearly as worried as she was. Humans have a tendency to get sick rather quickly but one thing that Carlisle had taught me was that just as quickly as human got sick they could get better. I would tell her to calm down but I knew it would just make her angry. Truthfully, if Jasper wasn't busy with Bella I'd probably ask him to calm Rosalie down.
Around 2:30 AM I had had enough of everyone's thoughts. I ran up the stairs to my bedroom. My bedroom was a corner room and two walls were completely covered with window. I walked over to my black CD player and pressed play. A Green Day CD began playing. I turned up the volume as loud as it would go and sat down on my brown couch. As I listened to the music I began tuning out everyone's thoughts.
I sat like that for hours and would have continued to sit like that if Jasper's thoughts hadn't broken through my head at around 5:00. He was practically screaming his thoughts,
Gotta help Bella. Focus. Focus. I continued listening and realized that Jasper was pushing himself too far. I thought about it and Bella had been asleep since 11 PM so he'd been using his powers non-stop for six hours. Six hours of constant power use was way too much for Jasper and he knew it but he just didn't want Bella to be sick anymore. He kept thinking about how Carlisle had said that Bella needed lots of sleep. I sighed and left my room and went to Bella's. When I got there I fount Jasper crouched in a corner, eyes black and wild. He was so focused on his powers that he didn't seem to even notice I was in the room which is very unusual for a vampire. I walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. His eyes snapped up to meet mine.
"Get up, Jasper. Take a break and go hunting."
"But Bella-"
"Bella's fine. I'll take care of it, just go hunting. You need it." He nodded and silently got up and headed for the door. When he reached the door he turned back and said,
"Thanks."
"No problem. Just go take care of yourself." He nodded and left the room. Sure enough, within a moment Bella was awake and crying. I walked over to her crib and picked her up. I soothed, "Shh, Bella. It's okay Bella." Her poor little nose was running again so I got tissue and wiped her nose before throwing it in a trash bin. Everyone's thoughts were racing through my head but I ignored them.
"I bet you're hungry by now, aren't you?" I quickly made her a little bottle and put it in her mouth. She immediately began drinking and I smiled to myself. She was just hungry. Once she was finished I took the bottle from her. She was no longer crying but she wasn't sleeping either. I put Eddie the Bunny in her hands and began rocking her in my arms. It took a few minutes but she did fall asleep eventually. I then laid her down in her crib and pulled her little blanket over her body.
Nice job, bro, Emmett thought. As I looked at the sleeping form of Bella I couldn't help but be a little proud of myself.
Thank goodness Bella's finally sleeping on her own. That's got to be a good sign, thought Rosalie. Everyone's thoughts were relatively similar. Esme thought,
I'm so glad she's asleep without Jasper's help.
Thank God she's sleeping on her own. Jasper needed a break, was Alice's main thought. Even Carlisle, who's thoughts had been pretty quiet tonight, was relieved,
Good. She's asleep. Now she'll begin to feel better. I hoped he was right.
Author's Note: I'm thinking of skipping ahead to her birthday. What to do you think?