Dreams... (A Twilight Fanfic)

Chapter 6

Chapter Six

When we arrived at the house Esme had already set up a small triage for Bella in my room. Equipped with a nice comfortable couch, I laid her down there so Carlisle could check her over once more. I looked around to see where the rest of my family was. I was happy to see that they were all there to support me. Carlisle patched her up very well so there was no worry of any one of them going hiatus on my Bella.

Alice stood there smiling with glee, because she has seen this clear enough that so we were able to find her. Esme still looked concerned for me. Jasper tried his best to remain civil about all of this. Emmett and Rose were standing behind the rest except for Jasper. Rose as usual did not seem to be enthused much, Emmett kept repeating in his head Sorry bro. Carlisle's mind again was going over every little detail about her condition. I almost felt as though he was keeping me out on purpose, but I did not push for answers – right now, Bella had my main focus.

After Carlisle finished we all went downstairs to discuss what should be said to Bella when she woke up. Carlisle only got out about two sentences when I heard Bella squirming around, so I went to her. When I walked into the room she was a little disoriented, her eyes were rolling around trying to focus make out where she was. Slowly, I drew closer to her near the couch, asking her softly “Bella, are you alright?” She looked right up at me, eyes wide, smiling and wrapping her arms around me, while sighing, and said "I saved you", with a voice full of delight.

I was puzzled as to what she meant by this statement: SHE saved ME? Becoming curious, I asked her what she meant by this – I mean, I saved her, so I was a little perplexed. She let go of me then, raising her eyebrows up at me, her doubt about my ability to react properly was literally visible on her face. It was obvious that she still thought that she saved me and that I should simply KNOW what she was talking about. Still, I had no idea I looked at her with a puzzled look, so that she finally decided to tell me what she meant. I would give anything to read her mind, of all people, she, my Bella was the only one I would wish to read.

“Well, I was outside of the lodge when I got this strange feeling ,no wait, more like a vision, but it seemed so real, anyways, it looked like you were being attacked by something in the meadow.”

“Bella, what meadow would that be?” I asked her, with kind of a feeling of an accelerating heart (strange enough – somehow, Bella was about to resurface my human side) – knowing that there WAS a meadow nearby. Although my heart had no rhythm or beat, somehow I felt as if I was losing my breath. She looked a little confused, a little oops came over her lips while she was blushing. So I gave her the time that she needed to continue with her story. Then Bella shocked me when she changed the story to the other night. She asked me why I reacted the way I did that morning. I had to ponder on that for a second, wondering whether I should tell her the truth or maybe just parts of it. Eventually, I went with parts.

“Bella, I need to explain something to you.” I replied my gaze locked on her eyes.

“Okay?” she said with hardly a whisper.

“I don't want you to be scared about what I am about to say, but if you feel that you are in any way uncomfortable with what I say please just tell me, ok?” It was still uncomfortable for me that I still could not hear her thoughts, so I hoped that this would do as well.

“Bella, I cannot seem to help myself when I am with you. I have developed very strong feelings for you. When you said the other day that you loved me too, well I just sort of froze in place. I too feel that I truly love you.” I confessed my love. Shyly I waited to see what her reaction would be to my statement, half wishing to run away if there was the slightest sign of discomfort from her, but she turned her head just a little and cracked a smile. Then she turned to a different conversation again. Her mind does not work like that of others, does she have difficulties in keeping her mind on one thing, or is she doing this to just get a rise out of me? I was still miserable with my failing mind reading.