CHAPTER 10 : PAIN

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CHAPTER 10 – PAIN

“Bella.  Bella love.  Can you her me?  Bella?” Edward was asking frantically.

“I’m so sorry, I never meant to hit you.  Im really sorry.” I heard Sareeca say.

I wanted to tell her it was okay.  Tell her that I’m okay.  But I couldn’t.  I don’t know why.  I couldn’t find my body.  It was like the morphine throughout my change into a vampire.  I was paralysed.  Although this time, I couldn’t open my mouth.  I couldn’t even scream out if I wanted to.

I could feel the pain in my face.  It was still as sore as it was, even though I had blacked out.  I tried to open my eyes, or to at least flutter my eyelashes to let them know I was here inside.  I tried to find my voice or move my hand, but it was like lifting a lorry as a human.  Impossible.

“Carlisle” Edward shouted.

“I don’t know.  I haven’t seen anything like this. I never even knew that vampires could faint” he explained.

So I had fainted.  I kept trying to open my eyes or move, but it wouldn’t work.  I took a deep breath.  I was getting frustrated.  I tried again.  I felt my eyelashes flutter.  I forced them to open, and suddenly saw the bright blue sky with white smudges of clouds.  How long had I fainted for?  The last time I saw it was pitch black, as it was only about 3 o’clock.  It must get light here early.

As I found my eyes, I also found my voice and my body again.  I reached out my hand for Edwards.  He must have been looking the other way, because he jumped when I touched him. 

“Edward” I croaked.  I cleared my throat and spoke again.  “What happened?”

“Oh Bella, Bella my love.  Are you okay?” he asked.  He scooped my up into his arms and hugged me tightly.

“I’m fine” I replied.  I looked around for Sareeca, but I couldn’t see her. 

“Where’s Sareeca?” I asked.

He looked confused.  “She’s in bed.  So is Jacob, Renesmee, Nahuel and Táchira” he informed me.

Now I was confused.  What did he mean?  I just heard them a few minutes ago.  “But I just heard her apologise no longer than a minute ago” I stated.

“Bella.  That was hours ago” he told me.

“Hours?  No.  It can’t be.  I only just heard them. I....I....”I rambled on.

“Bella.  You’ve been......unaware for about 6 hours.  It’s almost 9 in the morning” Carlisle spoke.

“9?  6 hours?  But how come I heard them only minutes ago?” I asked.

“You must have fell asleep” Carlisle answered.

“But we can’t sleep” I pointed out.

“I don’t really know what happened” he said in a soft voice.

“Okay” I tried to laugh it off, but it was so sore.  I winced and ran to the downstairs bathroom.  I had to open all the doors to see which one it was – or if there was one – but lucky for me, it was the first one I opened.

I looked in the mirror and examined my face.  There wasn’t a mark there.  Not even a bruise.  Still just the pale, hard beautiful face as always.  I don’t even know what I was expecting – but there was nothing there at all.

I touched my face where the ball had hit me.  I winced and groaned when it hurt.

Edward was at my side in an instant.  “What’s wrong?” he asked me.  He was behind me with his arms around my waist.

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