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~Change~

Chapter 1 – New Friends,Old Problems

(Epov)

"Cassandra Esme Cullen, get your butt down here right now or I swear, I will not give you your birthday present!" She bolted down the stairs to the front door. She knew she was getting a car, but she didn't know what car. I handed her the small box that contained the keys to her brand new red Porsche 911. She raced out the door to the garage and I raced after he. I wanted to see her face when she saw it.

"Oh. My. God. Dad… this is…it's just…AWESOME!" I smiled at my daughter's enthusiasm for cars. She got that from Alice, not to mention Rose and me.

She was pretty much all me. She had no Tanya in her whatsoever. For that I was extremely grateful.

"Dad, this is so cool!" She walked around the car, taking it in from every angle.

"Cass, you'd better get going or you'll be late for school."

"Kay." She put her bag on the bag seat and started the car. I smiled at the purr of engine. Cars were one of my three passions, along with, music and of course, Cassie.

I watched as Cassie backed out of the garage and sped off to school. I headed inside to get ready for work. Rose had covered the first hour of my shift at the hospital so that I could give Cassie her present.

"Hey Rose. Thanks for covering for me."

"No probs. So, did she like it?" Rosalie had been the one to choose the car for Cassie. She was the major car fanatic in the family, followed very close by the rest off us.

"She absolutely loved it. I'm pretty sure she's at school right now, talking about it!" We walked over to the nurses' station and Rose filled me on the current patients before heading off.

My first stop on my rounds was with one of my favourite patients. His name was Anthony. He had been in and out of the hospital since he was 8, suffering from leukaemia. But he was a fighter, and his fighting spirit never ceased to amaze me.

"Morning Anthony." I walked to the edge of his bed and pulled out his chart.

"Morning Dr Cullen."

"Now Anthony, what did I tell you about calling me Dr Cullen?" A sly grin appeared in his face.

"It makes you feel ready old, and it makes you sound like your Dad."

"I'm glad you remember. Now, you just need to remember to call me Edward. Kay?"

"Kay! Can I get out of bed today?"

"That depends. How are you feeling?" I knew it was a stupid question to ask a 10 year old, but I couldn't help myself. The thing with being a paediatrician was most of the time you could actually tell how your patients are feeling, cause kid's can't hide it nearly as well as adults.

"Good. Really Good!"

"Well then, I guess you can go for little walk if you'd like. Down to the park and the playground?"

"Yay."

"Morning Dr Cullen." I hadn't even heard Amy come in.

"Anthony, do you want to repeat what I told you to your mom." I laughed as I said it.

"Mom, when you call him Dr Cullen, it makes him feel old, so you have to call him Edward!"

"Okay. Well then, Morning Edward."

"Morning Amy. How are you?"

"I'm okay." I knew she wouldn't really tell me how she was feeling with Anthony in the room, but she did gave me an 'I'm trying' look.

Last night, I had to sight down with Amy and Chris and we had to face the painful truth that Anthony was in fact terminal. Up until 3 months ago, he had been in remission for the second time. But it had flared up again, and this time it was the worst it had been. Anthony's tiny body just couldn't take it anymore. No one wanted to face the facts, but we had to.

"Amy, Anthony can go down to the park today. I watched as Anthony's face lit up at the mention of the Park.

"Oh. Okay. What time can we take him down?"

"You can go now if you like, but only for an hour or so. We don't want him to get to worn out. "Amy walked over to Anthony and help to get off the bed.

"I'll be back later. Have fun at the park." I walked out the door and continued on my rounds.

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Most of my other patients were not nearly as positive as Anthony, but they did have a much better prognosis. I had just finished checking on Claire, who recently had surgery to repair a broken tibia. She was in pretty high spirits considering. I had one more patient to check on. She was a little older and had come in yesterday afternoon. I got the chart off the wall next to the door and walked in. I glanced around the room. There was a woman in what looked like a nurses uniform sleeping on the recliner in the corner. My patient, Jayda, was awake. I walked over so I was closer to the bed and my voice wouldn't carry, so as not to wake the women who I could only assume was her mother. I made a mental note to inquire about the nurses uniform later.

"Good Morning, I'm Dr Cullen, but you can call my Edward. You must be Jayda?"

"Ah, yeah."

"So let's see." I flipped open her chart. " Okay, it says here that you were involved in an accident, car versus pedestrian. I'm guessing the car won?" A small grin appeared on her face.

"Yeah. I'm a bit clumsy. I get that from my mom."

"I see. So, you've got a broken leg, a few broken ribs, and you had some internal bleeding, but that's under control now."

"Ah, yeah. I'm not really sure. I kinda just woke up. My mom should be able to tell you what the doctor said last night."

"That I would." I turned around to find Jayda's mom stretching, obviously stiff from sleeping in the chair. I flashed her an apologetic smile.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."

"That's okay. I needed to get up anyway. I'm Bella Swan, Jayda's mom." She held out a hand for me to shake. I happily took it, but was surprised when I felt a bolt of energy rush through me at her touch. She obviously felt it too because she immediately dropped my hand.

"I'm Dr Cullen, but you can call me Edward. I don't mean to sound rude, but do you work here. I couldn't help but notice your uniform."

"Ah, yeah. Believe it or not, last night was my first shift down in the ER. I nearly had a heart attack when the brought Jayda in!"

"I probably would have reacted the same way if I was on duty and they brought Cassie in!"

"Cassie?"

"Oh, sorry Cassie's my daughter. It's actually her birthday today. She just turned seventeen." I turned to look at Jayda. "I have a feeling you'd get along very well with her." Jayda blushed and I had to force myself to stifle a chuckle. I turned back to Bella.

"So, Nurse Swan, did I get all my information right?" She blushed as I used her formal name. I couldn't understand why I found it so easy to be carefree with her.

"Yes Dr Cullen, you did!" I grimaced at the use of my formal name. I absolutely hated it. Bella obviously noticed and gave me a questioning look.

"Sorry, it's just, I hate when people call me that. It makes me feel really old, and I sound like my Dad. I mean, I respect my Dad and all, but I'm not him." Bella and Jayda both let out laughs. "What's so funny?"

"You really do hate being called that. You can tell by the amount of passion you put into that little speech!" Now it was my turn to blush, and that didn't happen often. I tried to change the subject.

"So, it looks like your gonna be here for a while. At least you mom will be close by."

"Yeah. That's true." Jayda looked very disappointed at the news that she was going to have to stay. I couldn't say that I disagreed. Before I could think any further, an idea popped into my head. I turned around to face Jayda again. " I'm sure Cassie would love to come and meet you?" I posed it as more of a question than a statement.

"I'd love to meet her. She's the same age as me, so I'm sure we'd have a lot to talk about."

"I was going to ask her to stop by after school today to see one of my other patients. I'll ask her to come and see you."

"Thanks, that would be great."

"Okay. Well, I have to go. I'll be back to check on you later."

"Okay." I left the room and Bella followed me out. I placed Jayda's chart back on the wall and turned around to face her. She was leaning against the wall, worry etched all over her face.

"Thank you," her voice was barely a whisper, but I still heard it.

"For what?" I was confused. What would she want to thank me for? I was just doing my job.

"For asking Cassie. Jayda really needs someone to talk to, who's not me!" I gave her a questioning look. I was still really confused.

"Jayda and I have been going through a rough time lately." She paused. I could tell that she didn't want to expand further on that particular topic. "And let's just say that this is not the first time something like this has happened. Jayda really does get her clumsiness from me." I could've sworn I heard the tiniest hint of humour in her voice.

"Well then, I guess I should keep an eye on you too. We wouldn't want you hurting yourself." I didn't realise what I said until I finished saying it. Bella blushed bright red. I was starting to like it when she did that. Things suddenly became awkward, and couldn't figure out why.

"Well, I need to get going. I'll be back later. Just ask for me at the nurses station if you need anything."

"Okay. Thank you Edward."

"It's my pleasure. I know that we just met, but if you need to talk, I'll be here."

"Thanks. That means a lot.

"No problem. See you later." With that, I walked back to the nurse's station and waited for two o'clock to roll around so that I could call Cassie.

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"Hello?"

"Hey Cas, it's me."

"Oh. Hey dad, what's up?"

"I was just wandering if you wouldn't mind coming into the hospital for a bit? Anthony wants' to see you and there's someone else that I want you to meet."

"Sure. I just left school so I'll be there in about five minutes."

"Okay, I'll wait for you out the front. "

A/N: hey guy's…I know it's a bit of a slow start but these two have been through a lot so its gonna take some time to get out. Stick with me….i promise I'll get there.

Please tell me what you think. If you have any idea's on how I should continue, I gladly consider them…..=) R&R :P

~Lysa~ (RedChevy93)