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As I stepped off the plane, the gloominess of Forks hit me and my mood dipped. Long gone was the warm sunshine of Arizona and here I was, back home, back to the wet and grey dreariness. Visiting mom had been great, a well needed break, but this was home now, the erratic-ness of mom's life was too much for me, I needed to be in one place for longer than five minutes.
I wasn't expecting a welcoming committee, so I was pleasantly surprised to see Charlie stood waiting for me. His beaming smile told me how much he had missed me, or maybe more my cooking, and I found myself grinning back, quickening my pace to meet him. Things with Charlie hadn't always been easy, but we had a terrific relationship now, and I missed him, too.
'Hey, Bells! Welcome home! Oh I missed you, things have been so quiet with you gone' he bellowed proudly. I stretched up to wrap my arms round his neck and give him a squeeze.
'Missed you too, Dad. Its nice to be home'.
The drive home was filled with me filling Charlie in on my trip. After a while I had nothing else to say and silence filled the car. After spending so much time with mom, I had forgotten what quiet was.
'So, Dad, what've I missed? Anything cool and exciting happening in Forks?' I asked, with a little smirk on my face. Nothing exciting ever happened in Forks.
'Nah kid, same old, same old. You know, things never change! Oh, well actually, we do have a new family moved in at the far end of town. Dads a doctor, they have a few kids. They seem ok, just seem to like their fast cars and taking to forgetting we have speed limits. But, other than that, same old same old.'
New kids, huh? I'm sure Jessica and Angela would fill me in later. I wonder how old they are? Maybe one of them will be in our classes.
When we got home, I dumped my bags on the bedroom floor, quickly sent my mom an email to let her know I was home safe, then called Jessica. If there was any gossip, Jess would have it.
An hour later, the only information I had from Jess was that she had had a spray tan that went horribly wrong, she had a row with her dad when he refused to buy her a new car, and that she still had to finish her essay before term started Monday. I hung up wondering how old these 'kids' were, if they were going to be starting at the school, Jessica would have known.
I yawned and stretched, tired from travelling, but I needed a shower first, so I grabbed my toiletry bag from the top of my case and headed for the bathroom. I washed my hair and let the hot water flow over my body. I washed, but could feel myself falling asleep. I finished with a quick, icy blast to wake me up enough to get myself dried and dressed and say goodnight to Charlie. I climbed into my pj's and raked a brush through my wet hair, then went to make my way downstairs. I could feel I was practically sleepwalking, and as I reached the top of the stairs, I stumbled.
Falling, I tried hard to grab at anything to stop myself. I clawed at carpet, not able to get a grip, I reached out to grab the handrail but missed. I hit my head hard on a step, felt my leg twist underneath me. I saw the floor coming up fast and put my hands out to stop, and as I hit I heard a crack and felt a searing pain in m wrists.
'What the…..Jeez Bella!' I heard Charlie yell as he came out of the lounge to find me in a heap. My whole body felt bruised and my head was pounding, but I tried to get up. Charlie gently pushed me back down.
'No, stay where you are. I need to check nothings broken. What the hell happened? Where hurts? Are you bleeding?' he fired 20 questions at me, looking like he was about to cry.
'Dad, its fine, I can get up. I tripped at the top and fell. I don't think Im bleeding but Im sore, and I think I may have broken my wrist. Help me up?' I asked. I held out my good hand for Charlie, who reluctantly took it.
'I dunno, Bells, maybe you should stay there and Ill call an ambulance…'
'NO, Dad! No ambulance! Please!' I pleaded. I really didn't need the humiliation of explaining to Jess that I fell down the stairs and got carted off in an ambulance.
'Okay, okay, but I think you need checking over, so I'll help you up, if you agree we can go to the emergency room.' Charlie said, giving me his look, which meant he was serious. I nodded slowly, and he took my hand, put his other arm round my waist and carefully listed me. I tentatively put weight down on one foot, then the other. Legs were ok. I stood up, my back felt like Id been pummelled, my arms sore, and my head, that was one heck of a headache coming on. I could feel the lump growing on the back of my head.
Charlie sat me carefully on the step while he ran round grabbing his things, then he managed to get me in the back of the car and drove me to the hospital.
Charlie insisted on carrying me into the hospital, despite my protests. I was laid onto a bed and wheeled into a room, where nurses started hooking me up to all kinds of stuff, and bright lights were shone in my face. I felt cold air as the doors swung open and heard a voice
'Hello, Chief Swan. We have your daughter here I believe?' asked a smooth, velvety and soft voice. 'Hello, Isabella. Lets have a look here. Does someone want to tell me what happened?' he asked as he appeared by my side. I gasped.
He had to be the most beautiful doctor I had ever seen. Scrap that, the most beautiful doctor in the world! He had such pale skin, and floppy blonde hair. His eyes looked like pools of liquid nectar, such a strange colour I had never seen before, but mesmerising, warm and friendly. I couldn't speak for admiring this handsome doctor in front of me. Charlie cleared his throat, and I blushed, embarrassed but finding it hard to concentrate.
'I, umm, I tripped at the top of the stairs, tumbled all the way down. I was tired, should have gone straight to bed. I'm always clumsy' I offered with a tiny shrug of my shoulders and a weak smile. The doctor smiled back, and carefully went about checking over me.
'My name is Dr. Cullen, Carlisle.' he told me ' I'll be as careful as I can, let me know if anything particularly hurts' He ran his fingers gently down my arm. He had latex hospital gloves on, but I could still feel the coldness of his fingers seeping through, making me shiver, but in a good way. The fingers found my wrist and I yelped in pain, tears pricking my eyes. Dr Cullen nodded, and said some things to a nurse.
'Isabella, we need to get some x-rays done, I think you're wrist is broken and I want to look at you're legs and check those out. I'm also concerned about that bump on your head, too. We'll get you something for the pain' he told me softly, then spoke to Charlie.
'I'd like to keep her in overnight, Chief Swan. I'm sure her wrist is broken, and she may have a concussion from the knock to her head, so I'd like to get x-rays done and keep her in for obs. We'll need some paperwork signing.' Charlie raked his fingers through his head and nodded. 'Bella, I'll be back shortly' he said to me. Charlie came over, kissed me on the forehead and told me he'd be back.
'No, dad. Go home and get some sleep. I'll be fine. Can you bring me some stuff in tomorrow, clean clothes, toothbrush and stuff?' I said in a sleepy voice. These painkillers were good.
'Sure, Bells. I'll have a chat with the doc and I'll sleep right by the phone if you need me'
I didn't hear anything else. I drifted off to sleep.