BPOV

My Sunday was spent in complete boredom. Alice visited me, but her energy got a little annoying. She
said she would bring my work from school to the hospital on Monday, but I didn’t have much else to
do.
Monday went by very slowly. Alice did drop off my homework, but she said she had something to take
care of, so she had to leave. By Tuesday, I needed some stimulation. Carlisle walked in that Tuesday,
happy as always.
“Hello Bella.” He smiled as he always did.
“Hi Carlisle.” It still felt weird to call him by his first name.
“How are you feeling?”
“I’m fine, I just a quick question.” He waited. “Is there any way I could get a walk around the hospital?
I just feel like I’m going to have major blood clots in my legs if I don’t move.”
“I can’t have you walking around just yet, but you can take a wheelchair, if you’d like.” I nodded
vigorously.
“Please.” He smiled and went to grab a wheelchair. When he got back, he helped me into it, and
showed me how to work it.
“So you can handle this right? I don’t have to worry about you running into any walls?” I smiled and
shook my head.
“I think I’ll be safe.” He nodded and left to check his other patients. I initially planned on rolling
through the hospital, but found a small patio outside of the food court. It was quite serene, actually.
No one was out there because it was raining, but there was an overhang.
I rolled over to the small table with a few chairs, and lifted myself into one of them. After I spent a
good time just enjoying the green scenery, I heard a voice behind me.
“Found a way to move around without me helping you?” I turned to see Edward standing in the
doorway. I smiled.
“I can move around just fine, thank you. It’s the getting back into bed that’s difficult without you.” He
chuckled and wandered over to the chair across from me.
“So how has it been here?” I scoffed.
“Let me tell you, you never know how much you miss human interaction until you’re almost
completely cut off.” He had a questioning look on his face.
“Almost completely?”
“Alice and Carlisle are about it. Oh but there’s occasionally this nurse who comes in and finds it fun to
lecture me about the dangers of gymnastics. As if I don’t know.” I snorted. He looked at me curiously.
“What?”
“You’re one of the oddest girls I’ve ever met.”
“Oh? And why is that?”
“You’ve had all of these horrible things happen to you, but you’re still such a normal person.” Does he
know? No. Jasper wouldn’t do that.
“What do you mean ‘horrible’?” His eyes widened. He knew. Shit. I can’t trust anyone. I pushed myself
up and over to my wheelchair.
“I’ve got to go.” I said icily. I tried to roll myself to the door, but Edward grabbed the wheelchair’s
handle.
“Please, I’m sorry.” I sighed.
“I’m not mad at you, Edward. I’m upset with the fact that I can’t even trust one person.”
“No, don’t be upset with Jasper. Technically, he didn’t tell me. He did his best to keep it a secret.”
 “What do you mean?”
“I can’t exactly tell you. But trust me, it’s not Jasper’s fault.” I sighed.
“And you just expect me to believe you?” I was avoiding eye contact.
“I’m hoping you do. You have every right not to, but please, just don’t blame Jasper. He felt horrible
as soon as he knew I knew.” I nodded.
“I’m going back inside now.” I wheeled myself back inside, but this time Edward didn’t follow. I got
back to my room and sat facing the window.
How could this have happened? I had trusted one person, and yet more than that knew. What if
Edward told his family? I wouldn’t be able to live in the same house with them. But Alice wasn’t any
different, so maybe Edward didn’t say anything. God, I hope not.
“Bella?” I turned to see Jasper standing in the doorway. “Are you okay?” I nodded and wiped the tears
I hadn’t even noticed I’d shed. “Edward told me what happened.” I nodded. “I wanted to apologize for
what happened. I know Edward said I didn’t tell him, but what I did was bad enough.”
“Jasper, I don’t blame you. I don’t want you to blame yourself.” He sighed. “I’d like to know one thing,
though.” He looked up. “Who knows? Please be honest. I won’t be mad at you.” He paused.
“Edward has the tendency to blabber a lot. And when he blabbers, it won’t stop. So he kind of went off
when he found out.”
“So your family?” He nodded. Crap. “Great.” I sighed.
“He really does care about you though.” I rolled my eyes.
“And what does he know about me? That I was raped? Oh yes, he knows enough about me to care.” I
let out a dry laugh.
“That doesn’t matter to him. To any one of us. I’m sure you’ve noticed, Alice is still her perky self, and
she knows. We don’t care, Bella.” I sighed.
“Good to know. I’ve got to get to work on the homework Alice brought so I’ll talk to you later.” He
nodded sadly and left the room. I got back over to the bed, and pulled out the light folder of work.
I needed something to clear my head, and right now, it seemed Pre-calculus could do that.