Hey there. Here's the next chapter. I hope it's good.
It's finally getting warm outside and I'm reasonably healthy again. Yay!

Bella was released from hospital the following day. She needed to use crutches for a few days, since her ancle had been sprained, but her head was as good as new.
Edward hadn't visited her, which was strange, she needed to see him and it couldn't wait. Charlie wasn't very happy about her urgency, but Alice promised him to take good care. She also told him she would pick her up.
Bella felt a pang in her chest, when she limped out the door. Alice was driving the black Mercedes. Carlisles car. Bella felt a bit uneasy, but was soon shooed into the passenger seat. She took a deep breath and sighed. She didn't know anything about cars, but she knew everything about this car.

"Oh come on, Bella. Close the door already," said Alice and started the engine.

It didn't take them long. Alice, as everyone of the family, loved to drive fast. At least Bella knew, that they had the skill, too.
It was evening and the lights in the house shone bright through the surrounding trees. Bellas door was opened before her eyes could get used to the new light conditions.

"May I help you?" Carlisle.

She watched as he took the crutches out of the foot space and then held out his hand for her to take. She didn't dare smile. Everything that Edward had said was still on her mind. She couldn't forget about it. She accepted his help anyway, letting her hand fall into his. And that was when a shock of electricity shot through her body, remaining as a slight tingle in her fingertips.

She could see the darkness, trees, heard the growl and a beautiful voice calling out for her. His voice.

Carlisle had felt it too, flinched from her touch and was now starring at her wide, unseeing eyes. He knew that look from Alice, but Bella couldn't have any visions, could she?
He took her hand again and pulled her up until she stood before him. "Bella?"

Bella blinked and fixed her eyes on the amber once directly in front of hers. She could feel Carlisles cold breath on her face and she found that the proximity between them was quite dazzling. They were standing so close. Involuntary, her eyes fluttered shut.
Carlisle let out a throaty groan and she felt his lips brush against the corner of her mouth ever so slightly.
When she opened her eyes again, it was gone and she wondered if she had imagined it. He was still holding her, but his face was as far away as it was appropriate and he pushed the crutches in her hands. When his eyelids moved up and he stared at her again, she noticed that her mouth had fallen slightly open. Hastily, she shut it and moved to balance her weight in the crutches.

"What is taking so long over there?" Alices voice was a happy singsong. Jasper stood next to her now, with a look of pure contentment on his face.

Bella startled and felt her face grow hot. With a last glance in Carlisles direction, she started limping over to the stairs.
Edward was waiting for her in the living room. He stood next to the door, looking out to the car they just arrived with. Bellas heart jumped in her chest, but the look on his face was unreadable.
He turned to watch her ever so slightly and then she could literally feel the sorrow and grieve. What had she done? Had Carlisle really been kissing her out there?

"Why weren't you in the hospital?" She had to know.

"You didn't need me there," was his cryptic answer.

Bella scowled. "I don't understand."

"Carlisle was there, wasn't he?"

Guilt overcame her with an ice cold shudder. "I did not ask him to." She turned her head to see where the others were, but they still stood outside, talking. She knew they could here every word.

"You don't need to and I understand that now. I thought what we had was what you have with him, but it's not."

"What I have with him? There's nothing happened!"

"But it will. You can feel it already and he can, too. I talked to Alice and Jasper about it and they are right. There's no denying it." Edwards face was contorted in a mask of hurt now.

"What? Is this about the things I see in my head? What does that have anything to do with us?"

"I will stay with the Denalis for a little while. I'm sure we meet again someday."

"What? No! You're not leaving me again! You promised! You said you love me!"

"I do." And with that he was gone.

There was nothing she could have done about it. One moment he stood and looked at her with this heartbroken expression, the next he was gone and she stood alone by the door. She saw Alice looking at her from outside and Jasper, who was on his knees beside her. Alice knelt down then, kissing his face over and over. Her lips were moving, but Bella couldn't hear what she was saying. Edward loved her, but he was gone again. She waited for her world to crumble, for the tears that she had spilt when he last left her, but they never came.

"Don't feel guilty." Jasper stood suddenly next to her.

She looked him in the eye and snapped: "Why wouldn't I? Whatever happened, he thinks I'm cheating on him! And now I can't even cry!"

"Neither can I."

She glared at him then, but couldn't bear a grudge, when she saw his crooked smirk. "I'm a horrible person."

"You're not. And we are here and we will stay."

"You're not leaving?"

"Why would we?" Alice had entered the house and smiled at her. "I told you I wouldn't."

"Well, that was what Edward told me, too. Where are the others?"

Alices smile faltered. "We must speak. Edward didn't tell you the truth about what happened after they met us at the airport."

"Then tell me now!"

Alice opened her mouth to answer, but Carlisle, who stood in the doorway, beat her to it: "Esme left and Rosalie and Emmett went with her."