Twilight Collision

Chapter 22: End

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters! I wish I do *sniff sniff*

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"Carlisle, why isn't she waking up?" I tried to keep my voice calm but seeing that it's been 48 hours since the encounter at the warehouse, I haven't really been able to pull myself together.

We were back home, and we had laid Bella in her bed back at the cottage. Carlisle has been monitoring her condition while the others were back in the house still reeling at the thought that my human girlfriend just killed a vampire.

"Edward, she will wake up" Carlisle assured me. He was standing at the foot of the bed while I sat beside her sleeping figure, holding her hand. After what happened, I was afraid of letting go.

"But I still don't understand why it has to be so long!" I was anxious.

Want me to get Jasper for you? He thought.

"No, I'm fine" I lied.

"Son, she's physically exhausted. Who wouldn't be after all that happened. Her body needs to recover. She'll wake up once she's ready" Carlisle assured. I still can't believe it. It was so impossible, yet she was able to destroy a vampire. Carlisle's thoughts flashed back to what happened and I let out a grimace. They were not there to see everything that had happened but Alice had seen it in her vision and she gave them the full details of everything that had happened.

"I'm sorry but to be honest, I've never been this perplexed in all my three hundred years of existence. Bella is quite an extraordinary individual don't you think?"

I had to agree with Carlisle. I had underestimated Bella, but I still can't wrap my mind that she wasn't an ordinary human.

However, she was never bothered for a second about what I am so why should I be bothered about what she can do? After all, she was still Bella albeit stronger than normal, but nevertheless, still My Bella.

"Edward, you should hunt. You need to be yourself when she wakes up" He interrupted my thoughts.

"I can handle it"

Are you sure?

I nodded. For now, I was in control.

I tried not to think of the memory of how I let the monster inside me almost consume me and would have ended Bella's life when her blood was spilled. I couldn't tell my father that I was that close to losing myself because they had trusted me that I would not hurt Bella. I had showed them that I was able to control my thirst but yet, when blood was spilled, I was at the mercy of my true vampire nature. If I hadn't stopped breathing... I cleared that thought and shoved it at the very back of my mind. I was going to be strong for Bella. After I was so close of losing her, I found a new sense of strength in fighting the monster inside me that desired her blood. I would use that strength to make sure that what happened to me in the warehouse, would not happen again.

Bella stirred beside me and her eyes slowly opened. She took in her surroundings for a few seconds before her eyes fell on to me. That was when she jumped up and slammed her body onto me and wrapped her arms around my neck in a fierce embrace.

"Edward I'm so sorry for leaving" I could hear her trying to bite back a sob.

"Oh Love, I thought I lost you!" the pain in my voice was apparent that she held me tighter, making her strength apparent. It was not enough to hurt me, but it was there.

"You had us worried there for a second." Carlisle spoke, and Bella realized that we weren't alone in the room. She loosened her grip, so she can look at my father beside me but instead of letting go, she snugged closer, so she could see us both.