BPOV

I was sitting downstairs, playing with Serena, when I heard a bang upstairs. It sounded like something had fallen. But what?

I handed Serena over to Alice, who was sitting with us, and went upstairs to investigate. I didn’t see anything suspicious until I reached Carlisle’s office. What I saw there, though, shocked me. Edward was on the floor, his eyes closed and his mouth hanging open. If I didn’t know any better, I’d have said he was asleep. However, that wasn’t all that shocked me. I saw . . . I saw . . . color in his cheeks?

“C-Carlisle? W-w-what’s wrong with Ed-Edward?” I stuttered. I was too shocked and worried to speak properly.

“I don’t know, Bella. I’ve never come across a situation like this before. Never before has a vampire . . . fainted?” Carlisle looked like he was lost in his thoughts. He wasn’t even looking at me anymore. Instead, his gaze was on one of the many paintings on his wall.

I looked over at Edward and his face was red! I shrieked in horror and Carlisle turned to face me. I was hyperventilating at this point. I think I was going crazy. Could vampires even go crazy?

My eyes were still fixated on Edward and I saw Carlisle follow my gaze. From the corner of my eye, I saw Carlisle’s jaw drop and his eyes grow wide.

“Bella, please go get the rest of the family, but make sure that Serena’s not here. I don’t think she’d react very well if she saw her father like this,” Carlisle instructed. Before I could even take a step, though, everyone was in the room with us. Everyone excluding Serena.

“Where’s Serena, Alice?” I asked. I was still staring at Edward. I just couldn’t move my eyes from his still form.

“She fell asleep shortly after you left, so I put her in her crib. She’s in there right now.” I nodded.

“Alice, Bella. Why don’t you two go move Serena’s crib to someone else’s room? Perhaps Alice’s or Rosalie’s. I think she shouldn’t see Edward like this for now. Plus, I have no idea when he’s going to wake up.” Alice nodded, but I couldn’t really move any muscle in my body, not after what Carlisle just said. What does he mean he doesn’t know when Edward’s going to wake up!? He better wake up soon! “Emmett, Jasper, and I are going to move Edward to your room, Bella.” I needed to say something about this. I tried to get my mouth to move, and finally succeeded. My eyes still wouldn’t move from Edward’s face, though.