Chapter 17

                                    

                                          
Esme's P.O.V.
                          
At about midnight Bellas attitude has changed drastically in her sleep. She was nice, calm, and peaceful while she's now sweating and breathing heavily. I threw the blankets off of her and leaned against her to help her cool down but then she started fighting against me. She threw a punch and it actually hurt me. She hit me right in my stomach and it knocked me off the bed and onto the floor. 
                          
Jasper and Alice burst into my room and help me up while looking at my stomach which is cracked and then at Bella who is fighting something in bed. 
                          
"She's all over the place. I think its a nightmare." Jasper says. 
                          
"Esme you need to sit down you look hurt." Alice says. 
                          
Suddenly I'm tumbling to the ground with pictures flying through my mind. I see Bella walking behind Alice then shes being pulled away by somebody unknown and shes fighting against them. I see girls in a janitors closet at the school and then I see a boy and they are all trying to attack Bella. 
                          
Suddenly I pull out of the nightmare that Bella's having and realise that I was in her mind. I wonder if we can talk to each other like that. That woukd be amazing. 
                          
I get up and run over to Bella and Jasper grabs her arms to make sure i don't get hit again. I start shaking Bella and she starts to wake up kind of. Suddenly she shoots straight up and starts looking around the room in a panic. She then launches herself on me and wraps me in a hug and throws her legs around my waist. I hear a noise and see that Jasper and Alice have left the room and shut the door behind them. 
                          
I look to Bella and see that's she's crying silently into my neck. 
                          
Bella's P.O.V.
                          
They almost got me. They almlst had me and then done who knows what to me. Thank goodness Esme woke me up I owe her a lot. I pull my head out of her neck and kiss her on the cheek then let go of her. 
                          
Suddenly I'm looking at myself. This is kind of weird. 
                          
"Why am i looking at myself?"
                          
"Bella did you just ask why you were looking at yourself?"
                          
I nod my head and she smiles at me. 
                          
"I heard you Bella. You were in my mind seeing what I saw. Your voice is beautiful." She says to me. 
                          
I look at her in shock. 
                          
"You can hear me. Nobody has ever heard me before. I dont even really know what i sound like." I say to her.  
                          
"I heard you Bella and it was beautiful." Esme says. 
                          
I smile to hee and then I start feeling my skin crawl. 
                          
"I need to shower. I have to get their hands off of me I have to."  I say and rush past her. 
                          
I run to the bathroom and lock the door behind me. I strip out of my clothes and I really start feeling their hands on me. I look in the mirror and see their hands on me. On my waist and boobs everywhere they pleased. 
                          
I run to the shower and turn it on full blast not worrying about my cast. I grab a wash cloth and start scrubbing my skin till its raw. 
                          
"Bella let me in there. Open the door Bella please I need to make sure your alright." Esme says through the door. 
                          
I shake my head no and keep scrubbing my skin like my life depends on it. They're still there taunting me touching areas I just scrubbed. Go away hands get off me. 
                          
I fall to the bottom of the shower silently crying and scrubbing the hands away. 
                          
Esme's P.O.V.
                          
She locked the door to the bathroom so I cant get in there to help her and comfort her. I can easily break the door down but I don't want to scare her. I hear her fall to the ground and decide that im breaking the door down. I run backwards and run straight through the door and walk over to Bella. She's in the bottom of the shower crying and scrubbing hands off that aren't there. 
                          
I go to her and lean to her ear and start talking. 
                          
"Bella listen to me the hands they arent there. Your imagining them Bella its all in your mind. You have to stop scrubbing Bella your going to start bleeding soon if you don't stop. Please look at me and let me help you okay. I'm not going to hurt you and I never will." She looks up at me and hands me the wash cloth. I take it and throw it in the dirty hamper and then reach for a towel thats on the rack. I turn off the water and Bella stands up and walks into the towel. I pick her up and carry her out to the bed and lay her down. I throw the covers over her and wrap her in a hug until she falls asleep. 
                          
Jasper comes in with a new door and quickly changes the doors out and gets rid of the old one. Alice and Rosie come back in and Alice takes my spot while Rosalie sits me up and looks at my stomach where Bella hit me. Its cracked and a differsnt color than the rest of my skin and sensitive to the touch. 
                          
"Esme she has some power and it looks like it can be deadly to humans if she were to hit someone. If she wasnt sleeping she woukd have probably really hurt you with that punch. We'll keep a watch on this and her at school. You need to see Carlisle so he can see what to do and how to help Bella." Rosalie says. 
                          
I look down and pull my shirt back down to cover it up. 
                          
"She didnt mean to do it. I know it was an accident. We can talk to each other sometimes in our minds. Her voice is beautiful and maybe we can figure something out to allow her to talk." I say. 
                          
Rosalie smiles at me and nods her head. 
                          
"We will watch over her Esme while you go talk to Carlisle. Hes in his office waiting for you." Alice says as she holds Bella's hand. 
                          
"Thank you. If she starts to wake up call for me and ill be here as soon as I can." I say and leave the room. 
                          
I walk to his office and he's sitting on the edge of his desk ready to look at my stomach. 
                          
"Go lay down over there and lift your shirt up a little so i can see what's going on."