Round 1 Word Count: 911 ( just the story, in all its 1,013.)
I sat down on the bed in the hospital room and waited patiently for the doctor to come. I winced a little at the movement and closed my eyes. I had been walking along on the sidewalk, heading to the g store for a few things. As I rounded a corner, a boy on a skateboard ran into me and we fell. Unfortunately I hit the sidewalk pretty hard, and I suspected my arm was broken. The boy, Mike he said, had apologized over and over and insisted bringing me to the hospital. But I had gotten rid of him at the door, saying I was fine and it was probably just bruised.
I sighed and fiddled with my raincoat on my lap. After a moment I set it aside and thought about sunny days and the heat of Arizona in the summer. I had moved to rainy Forks a few weeks ago. I would be starting school here soon, it was still summer break.
The door opened suddenly and a young man in his early thirty's or so stepped in. He had pale skin, golden eyes, and slightly wavy hair. He was extremely handsome, and my jaw dropped a little.
"Hello, you must be Miss Swan?" he asked in a calm, attractive voice.
I goggled at him for a moment, but came to my senses and nodded. He smiled at me kindly and said,
"I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen. Just call me Carlisle if you want."
I'd heard Charlie talk about him a few times. He and his wife had adopted some foster kids, but they were older now, around my age, give or take a year or two for some of them.
He asked me some questions about my arm and how it got broken, which it was, he said after examining it.
As he was putting on my cast, he said,
"You're very lucky you landed at that particular angle. A little farther down and it probably would've shattered."
I winced at the thought.
We stepped out into the empty hallway. Carlisle paused to check something on his clipboard. I was about to start walking down the hall to go home when a tiny dark-haired girl about my age skipped around the corner up ahead, holding the hand of a tall boy with blond hair.
Another boy followed close behind. His hair was a strange bronze color, and his eyes were pitch-black. I glanced away when he looked at me.
They were all very attractive, with pale skin.
"Bella, this is Alice," Carlisle gestured toward the girl, who smiled, "Jasper," he pointed out the blond haired boy, who met my gaze and half-smiled, "and Edward."
"Nice to meet you." I murmured.
"Carlisle," said Alice after a moment, in a bell-tone voice, "Jasper and Edward and I came to see if you wanted to play baseball tonight."
The bronze-haired boy, Edward, stiffened as I began to walk away down the hall, not wanting to intrude their conversation. I stopped in front of him curiously.
It all happened very fast.
Carlisle jumped in front of me, arms stretched outwards. Jasper was holding the Edward's arms from behind, restraining him.
Alice went to stand in front of him. She was frowning slightly, as if deep in thought.
"Edward…" she whispered, almost too soft to hear. Her face was blank, showing no expression.
Edward suddenly froze eyes wide, mouth slightly open. He shook his head slowly. Carlisle lowered his arms a little and hesitantly stepped towards him. Edward broke free and ran down the hallway so fast he blurred a little.
Carlisle glanced at Alice once, and then she approached me slowly. I realized I was shaking hard. I had a strange feeling…
"I really have to be going, Alice, Jasper, Bella…" he said, hurrying away.
Alice took Jasper's hand and squeezed it. A sudden wave of calm washed over me.
"So, you just moved here?" she said.
I nodded and said, "I've only been here a week."
"You'll be going to school here in a couple weeks?"
"Yeah. I'm a junior."
"Me too. Jazz is a senior, and so are Emmett and Rosalie." I noticed she didn't mention the other boy, Edward.
"Oh. It'll be nice to see you again there."
She grinned.
Charlie came hurtling around the corner, panting. He saw me, and quickly speed-walked to us.
"Bella!" he sighed in relief, seeing that I wasn't especially seriously hurt. "What happened?"
"It's nothing… I tripped…" I didn't want him to press charges or anything. Mike seemed like a nice guy, and it was an accident.
"I saw Dr. Cullen and he said your arm was broken." I sighed internally.
"Um, well bye, Bella. It was nice talking to you. See you at school." She and Jasper walked away down the hall. I felt strangely empty.
"Bye!" I called, and turned to Charlie.
"Let's go home, Bells." He put his arm around my shoulders and directed me past the waiting room, past the front office, out the door and outside.
Later that night, as I was lying in bed waiting for sleep to claim me, I thought about what had happened. It was all so confusing. I didn't really know what happened. Why had Carlisle jumped protectively in front of me? Why had Jasper kept Edward back, and why had Edward struggled so wildly, so desperately? I sighed and resolved to find out. But for now, I was just so tired…
A/N: Hi um… this is my first real fanfic, so bear with me lol. It was actually supposed to be a one-shot for a contest, but it kinda got out of hand and turned into this, hehe. I've already got the next chapter written, I would've made them into one chapter, but for the contest, I had to keep it under 1,000 words. The thing at top saying "Round 1" is also for contest purposes. You can just ignore it. Please review and tell me what you think. :]