Little Bella ( Twilight Fanfic )

Chapter 21. ( A broken mind )

Early morning Jasper brought Bella downstairs. He was carrying her, one arm underneath her knees and the other arm surrounding her back. Her head lay on his shoulder. Her eyes were closed. Edward knew they were both worn out. They had talked for a long time. Edward almost felt the connection Jasper made with Bella. It was so strong, it was almost tangible.

'Esme.' Jasper called softly.

She came rushing towards him.

'She asked for you.' He whispered softly.

Esme took her from Jasper.

'Mommy?' Bella said sleepily.

'I am here, sweetheart.'

She sighed and closed her eyes again.

'Edward, can you take her to Carlisle later. He is in the hospital, but wants to examine Bella again.' Esme asked.

He nodded.

'I will go with you.' Alice offered.

Bella was walking in between Alice and Edward from the hospital door to the parking lot. She was holding both Edward's and Alice's hand. Carlisle had examined her again, but had found nothing. Edward wondered for the second time how that was possible. Was her body protected from her own gift? Carlisle had stayed behind in the hospital to finish his shift. They walked slowly across the hospital premises. It was a nice day and there were some children playing outside. Suddenly both Alice and Bella's body went rigid. Edward stopped in his tracks and watched their vision in Alice's mind.

He saw the children that were close by with a ball. One boy lost the ball and ran after it. The ball rolled towards the road when a car came speeding around the corner. The boy ran on the road after the ball, exactly in front of the car. The collision was unavoidable. The boy was going to die.

Both Alice and Bella were free of the vision, but Alice was thrown into another vision immediately. Edward felt Bella's hand pull out of his. Edward saw the new vision. The boy still ran onto the road, but this time he was pushed out of the way by Bella. The car collided with her body instead of the boy. Her body flew over the road and remained still and broken after the collision. Blood pooled under her. Bella was going to die.

No! Edward stop her!

He didn't have to be told that. Bella was running towards the road. Edward used his speed to overcome her before she did more than ten steps away from them. He caught her in his arms. She struggled against his grip.

'Edward! Let go of me!' She yelled, angry tears on her cheeks.

'No.' He said calmly.

There was no way he would ever allow her to sacrifice her own life for that of another.

'Please, don't let him die.' She begged.

Edward glanced from the boy, who was close to the road now, to Bella's face. The look into her eyes was incredibly hurt. He suddenly realized with complete certainty that if they were going to let the boy die, they would do more damage to Bella mentally than all their dreams of their pasts together. It was going to destroy her.

Alice had run towards them and was holding Bella too. He saw the vision change for the third time, followed closely by his actions. He only had tenths of a second left. He needed to avoid a collision at all cost or there was no way to avoid exposure. Right in front of the road he took a low jump, parallel to the road and picked the boy up during his jump. The car hit his brakes but Edward and the boy were already out of his path. He landed on his back next to the car and pretended to roll to a stop, protecting the boy with his arms and body. The roll was what was normally happened and he needed to make the rescue as believable as possible. The driver stared at them in shock. Edward pulled himself and the boy up and searched him for any injuries. The boy's eyes were big with fright.