EPOV

I was started to hear Carlisle behind me, I was concentrating and rehearsing what I would say to Bella.

“You can talk to her, she will wake soon, but she’s fragile, she cracked one of her ribs.” he said gently. Then as he left the room, I heard Bella.

“Don’t tell him that, he treats me like a baby as it is!” her hoarse voice whined. I laughed; she never realized how fragile she was when she was with me.

“Bella, I love you.” I said solemnly, at first she smiled, but almost immediately her smile faded, and she burst into tears, when she remembered.

“Oh my gosh! Edward, I’m sorry I didn’t mean it, at all!” she sobbed. “I didn’t mean anything I said! I’m so sorry! I’m a terrible person! I should have just told Jacob to F- some body else! I-” she kept babbling but I wanted her to stop.

“Bella, please listen, its fine, I love you, and there’s nothing to forgive, because there’s nothing you should be sorry about, now I realize you only did it to save me, because you thought that Jacob could kill me, but I have something I need to tell you, and I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner. “I’m not human, I’m a Vampire.” I looked down at my hands, because I was embarrassed, I wanted to be perfect for her, but-

“I know, Jacob told me,” I grimaced at the thought of Jacob getting to tell her before me, “and I saw you trying to bite Jacob, but the only thing I want to know is, why didn’t you tell me? Why did you keep it from me, for all this time? I thought we could trust each other with every thing.” I had hurt her, I could tell, the pain was in her eyes. I was amazed that she would believe it so readily, but I guess it made sense that she would believe it since she saw it.

“One: I wanted to be perfect for you, I didn’t realize how not telling you would hurt you so badly, and two: I didn’t think that you’d believe me, and three: if you did believe me, I didn’t think you would accept me. I am very sorry and I would give any thing to go back and tell you before any of this happened.”