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Chapter 1
Forks; the wettest town in the US. Looking out the window at the thundering rain, I agree with the title. I've just arrived at my dad's home; my new home until I graduate and move out. My dad, Charlie, is the police chief of this small rainy town which has the population of 3120 people. A town this small, it wouldn't surprise me if everyone knew everything about me by start of school tomorrow.
Don't get me wrong, Forks seems like a nice, calm place to live, if you forget about the unstoppable rain. When I told mom I was going to move in with dad, she wasn't exactly happy. I think she was more upset that I was leaving her, after all I was moving for her. She'd just married Phil, but his job as a baseball coach requires him to move about a lot. Mom wanted me to join them, I think mainly to keep her company while Phil is at work but if I did, I'd have to quit school, and I love it too much to quit.
So I packed up my stuff and flew myself to Forks. Dad was practically bursting at the seams with excitement as he pulled up to pick me up. We have never been the huggy-kissy type, however after not seeing him in over a year; I couldn't resist wrapping my arms tightly around him. At first he seemed reluctant but I soon felt his arms lightly wrap around me.
Getting from the cruiser to the house without getting wet was a bit of a challenge, but with an umbrella and my jeans tucked into my converses, I was able to maintain my dryness. I would hate to think what I'd do if I had gotten wet. I shuddered at the thought, Charlie would probably freak out.
Charlie's friend Billy and his song Jacob stopped by to welcome me to Forks. I remembered Billy and Jacob from when we were kids; Charlie and Billy are huge fishing fans, going to the river every chance they had. Jacob and I used to get dragged along when I came to stay. I was closer to his older sisters but it was refreshing to finally see someone I actually knew in this town. Charlie had told me Jacob's sisters had moved away; Rebecca got a scholarship at Washington state university and hardly comes home. I can't believe that Rachel is married and living in Hawaii; she's not much older than me.
Although Jacob's younger than me by two years, you wouldn't think it by the size of him. He's built like a heavy weight champion which is scary for a fifteen year old. His long hair black hair and rusty skin was a big indication that he was from the La Push reservation just outside of Forks. I heard from Charlie that the beach there is gorgeous; I'd have to check it out.
Jacob and Billy stayed for a little over an hour while Charlie and Billy caught the highlights of the latest Baseball game. After our goodbye and a few invitations to visit La Push, they left. So I decided to make dinner for Charlie.
He was pleased that he'd have a home cooked meal for once; Charlie can't cook and neither could Mom and Phil, so when I turned twelve, I asked my grandma to teach me everything she knew. Now, I could pass as a five star chef with all the skills she taught me. We didn't really speak much, I have always been comfortable in silence with Charlie and I know he feels the same. We are so much alike, apart from the obvious differences.
After we had finished dinner, Charlie offered to wash and dry the dishes before he watched today's game highlights. Of course I didn't argue with him, happy to stay away from water as much as I can. Saying goodnight to Charlie, I went upstairs and ran myself a nice warm bath.
I could lie for hours, just gazing at my tail. I've been a mermaid for one and a half years now after falling into a small ravine near where I lived in phoenix. Some of my classmates were having a late night barbeque and had invited me. Of course I would have rather been reading an old book than hang out with a bunch of screaming teens. But mom made me go, calling me unsociable.
So I went. And I got stranded by the ravine, with no cell service and no ride home. I had sat for ten minutes, as I tried to think of the best thing to do to ensure I make it home in one piece. I decided to walk about the ravine bank; I remembered there being a bridge however I couldn't find it in the darkness of midnight. As I continued to walk, I tilted my head and marvelled at the brightness of the moon. But being clumsy as I am, I should always keep my eyes on my feet. I tripped over a rock I had not seen, then slipped and finally landed with a splash into the ravine.
I was beyond angry by now. Slowly, I began to swim to the edge of the ravine, but not before I noticed the peculiar bubbling of the clear water. I didn't take care to think about what was happening, all I cared about was getting out of the damn water and finding my way home.
It was three in the morning by the time I had made it home, finally dry and completely exhausted. The next morning, I decided to take a quick refreshing shower before school. I screamed for ten minutes straight as I tried to come to terms with the monstrosity my legs had transformed into. A Tail.
And ever since, I avoided water in public however in private, I spent most of my time in the ravine, swimming happily by myself. Not long after I discovered my tail, did I discover my magical control over water. I could make it do anything I wanted, freeze, boil, grow and turn it to jello. It was amazing, and incredibly useful. And I can guarantee I will be using it excessively now that I've moved to rainy Forks.
Charlie had already left for work when I awoke the next morning for school. He had left me a note and my new set of car keys. I smiled as I remember meeting Jacob and Charlie mentioning that he had bought it for me.
Excitedly, I ran towards the door, keeping to the porch so as to not get wet, and there, in Charlie's parking space was my new orange truck. I still can't believe Charlie got me a truck. I smiled at the chains on the tyres as I took notice of the icy pathway. Thoughtful of Charlie. I thrust my hand before me, curled my knuckles into a tight fist and grinned as I watched the ice quickly turned to steam.
At least I've avoided one huge issue today; I won't be late after slipping on the ice. The next issue is to survive not getting wet during the school day. I successfully managed it in Phoenix however there was a few slips; I'll just have to be aware of all the bathrooms and the closets.
I arrived to school in plenty of time. Thankfully, the rain had held off enough for me to run across the car park to reception. As I stumbled through the door, the short lady who sat behind the desk, sprung from her seat, a large grin splitting her face.
"Oh, Isabella, look at you all grown up. The last time I saw you, you were ten. I bet your father is so pleased to have you staying with him." I smiled politely as I accepted the paper she handed to me. "Now, that is your timetable." She handed me another piece of paper. "And your teachers will have to sign this one. You have to bring that back at the end of the day." She then handed me a map. "If you get lost, I'm sure if you ask, someone will be willing to help." I nodded my head.
"Thank you." Without another word, I turned and left the small office, only to bump into someone.
Ouch, is he made of bricks or something? I looked up to apologise but couldn't form words. Wow! This is where all the models hide out. His golden eyes met mine, his brow furrowed as he studied my face. His face was flawless; his skin was the palest I've ever seen, almost translucent. His hair was a reddish brown, close to bronze. I didn't realise until my eyes ran to his chest that both of my hands were resting on his hard, muscular chest. I felt my cheeks burn as I bit my lip, reluctantly removing my hands.
"I'm sorry; I wasn't looking where I was going." I mumbled, he swallowed before stepping back.
"It's alright." His brow furrowed deeper as he watched me, his contemplating something before he turned his head. I followed his gaze to notice a small petite girl, her short dark hair spiked in every direction, leaning again the lockers not far from us. She smiled at me before skipping towards us.
"Hey, I'm Alice." I smiled back at her, a real smile. I like her, she's practically oozing happiness.
"I'm Bella. I'm new here." She nodded before turning to face the boy beside her.
"This is Edward. My brother. My rude brother." Alice elbowed her brother, giving him a scowl. I looked between them; why didn't I see it before, they have the same eyes and translucent skin. Edward cleared his throat.
"I apologise. It's nice to meet you Bella. You're the chief's daughter yes?" I groan. I am doomed to be known as the chief's daughter.
"Yes I am." Alice giggled beside me.
"I guess you get that a lot huh?" I scrunch up my face and nod. The bell rang loud beside my ear, I look up at it and scrawl. I didn't want to go to class yet. Alice bounced between I and Edward, linking her tiny arm with mine before she started to drag me down the corridor. She gazed at the paper in my hands.
"Ooh, we share English together. Come on, I'll show you." As we turned to the left at the end of the corridor, I turned my head to look for Edward. He had what looked like a confused and pained expression across his face as he watched us leave. Hmm, what's his deal?
Alice sat beside me during our lesson, filling me in with the lesson subject this semester. Turns out, in phoenix I was ahead, making this semester a doddle. At least I won't have to do the reading again. Alice showed me to my next lesson before leaving for her next, promising to meet me after to take me to my next.
As I entered the already filled classroom, I scanned the room for a spare seat. I took the empty seat beside a girl with mousey brown hair, her face covered with make-up. She waited until I had taken out my notebook and pen before she turned in her seat, her eyes assessing me.
"You're Isabella right?" I sighed, I hate being called Isabella; I'm only called that when I'm in trouble.
"Bella." I corrected her. She hummed as she continued to watch me.
"I'm Jessica. You're like from Arizona right?" Does she really speak like that? Cause it's like real annoying right? She's in forks for Christ's sake not Jersey shore.
"Yeah." Short answers for miss simple.
"Hmmm. Shouldn't you be like tanned?" Not if you're underwater from most of your time. I just shrugged my shoulders then turned back to the listen to the teacher. Hopefully she'll get the message. And she did, until the lesson was over. I gathered up my item fast, hoping to escape to Alice before bimbo asks me more questions.
"Hey, Bella. Do you need help getting to your next lesson?" She smiled at me, her eyes practically demanding I do as she said.
"I'm meeting Alice." Her eyebrows shot into her hair line. What did she have against Alice?
"Alice Cullen?" I simply nodded. Her eyes began to bulge. "No way! Wow! She doesn't speak to anyone but her family. None of them do. Have you spoken to them?" I'm sure that's not true, Alice seem too friendly to keep to her family. Jessica watched me curiously, obviously waiting for my reply.
"I've only met Edward, why is there more?" Now I was curious. Alice hasn't mentioned her family, apart from Edward.
"There's five of 'em. Doctor Cullen and his Wife adopted 'em a couple of years ago. They moved here from Alaska last year." Hmm. Interesting.
"Bella!" Alice called from the door. "We're going to be late." She tapped her watch as she raised an eyebrow.
"Sorry Alice." I turned to Jessica and gave an apologetic smile. "I'll see you around." She nodded.
"I'll see you at lunch." I scrunched up my face to Alice at the thought, she just grinned back at me. Again, linking her arm with mine, she led me toward my next class. All the while, I was so tempted to ask more about her family, more particularly Edward. But I will wait for her to offer information about her family; otherwise it'll look like I was prying.
Alice left me at my next class in the capable hands of Angela Webber, of whom I liked very much. She had to be the kindest person I've ever met. She had gorgeous long black hair which looked lovely against her sun-kissed skin. Even her brown eyes looked kind. She asked me loads of questions about phoenix and moving in with my dad. I loved talking to Angela; she was so down to earth and caring. She too demanded I sat with her at lunch, and this time I didn't disagree, accepting her proposal with a large smile.
Alice didn't meet me at the door after this lesson, so Angela directed me toward my next lesson. Thankfully I arrived early enough to steal a seat at the back of the classroom, where I hope to avoid the attention I have been attracting. As the students began to fill, a blonde haired boy came to a stop in front of my desk. At first he just gaped at me to the point I began to wonder if he had a problem.
"Can I help you?" I asked politely. He seemed to snap out of his trance, his blush reaching up to his hairline. He cleared his throat before shuffling from foot to foot.
"I'm sorry, it's just, you're in my seat." Oh. He could have just said instead of staring me out.
"I'll move." I state as I begin to collect my stuff.
"NO! No, it's alright; I'll just take the seat beside you." Okay? Some people in Forks are weird. Maybe it's the air?
"So, erm, you're Bella." I nodded. "I'm Mike." I can't wait until tomorrow where all of these awkward introductions will be over. "How do you like Forks?"
"It's very green." I state, not moving my eyes from the whiteboard.
"You get used to it after a while. And the rain." I will never get used to the rain.
We didn't speak anymore until the end of the lesson. Mike was waiting for me at the door, a smile covering his face, making his blue eyes stand out.
"I was erm, wondering if you wanted to…" I tuned him out as I noticed Edward walk pasted me, my eyes followed him until he looked up at me. His golden eyes met mine and I blushed; the slight smile on his lips practically made me melt. "Bella?" I snapped my eyes away from the God of Forks to look up at Mike. He was now also watching Edward, his brows knitted together, his eyes burning with annoyance.
"I'm sorry Mike you were saying." He snapped his eyes back to mine.
"Do you have anywhere to sit for lunch?" Angela chose then as a good point to jump in, flashing Mike a kind smile.
"You ready Bella?" I nodded.
"See you later Mike." I said over my shoulder as Angela began to lead me toward the dining hall.
After grabbing a slice of pizza, fries and a coke, Angela led me to an empty table. It wasn't long before our table began to fill. First to join us was Angela's boyfriend Eric and his friend Tyler. They were, regrettably followed by Mike and Jessica who seem to be a couple. Throughout lunch, I was the topic for conversation, much to my annoyance. Tyler and mike seemed to hang on my every word, their eyes never leaving me the entire lunch hour. It was very unnerving. And when the bell rang I was practically burst at the seams to be able to escape the attention.
Unfortunately, Jessica shared my next two lessons and happily escorted me to biology. The only available seat was beside Edward, a fact I wasn't too unhappy about, he however didn't seem to be pleased.
He scooted to the very far edge of the desk, as far from me as possible. I looked at him curiously, my brow furrowed. I was just about to ask him what was wrong until I noticed his eyes. They were the darkest black I have ever seen, which couldn't be possible because Edward has gold eyes. I blinked a couple times before I looked back at his eyes. They were still black, how weird. I decided to leave Edward be, giving the teacher my undivided attention.
As soon as the bell rang, Edward was already out of the door. Maybe he is holding a grudge against me for bumping into him. I shrugged to myself as I met Jessica at the door. She was obviously quite smitten with the handsome Edward Cullen as she couldn't shut up about him. No wonder Mike was sour about Edward. However being unbelievably godly wasn't exactly Edward's fault. Even in geeky glasses I bet Edward would look gorgeous. He couldn't help it.
Gym was a disaster. Being my stupid clumsy self, poor mike landed a bat to the back of his head. At least he was impressed that I could accidently fling my bat to the other side of the large hall. Jessica who had been unluckily assigned as my badminton partner began to get frustrated with my lack of co-ordination. Therefore we lost.
Then came the showers. I must have been the only one who refused to shower, using the excuse of waiting until I got home. It wasn't like I had gotten sweaty in gym while I watched Jessica play single handed. Of course I couldn't exactly give them the real reason.
So I hurriedly changed and ran to my truck, hoping no one would notice how the rain would fall anywhere but on or near me. I had made it safely to my truck when a car drove pasted, splashing through the puddle that sent its contents hurtling towards me. I quickly glanced around to see if anyone had seen before diving into the truck, pulling my hoodie over my head. Slamming the door quickly, I was made aware that my time was up; my golden tail appeared before me, my legs nowhere to be seen.
Damn. I was hoping for an uneventful day. Slipping my hoodie over my scaled bikini top, I raised my hand to dry my tail. A knock to my window startled me. Jumping I withdraw my hand and rolled down the window. Alice smiled at me. I looked down at my tail glad she couldn't see into the cab of my truck due to her shortness. I knew that I would be dry and tailless in five minutes but being in the open like this unnerved me.
"Hey, how was your day?" She asked, her eyes searching my face.
"It was fine."
"I saw that puddle. Lauren can be a right bitch sometimes, I'm sure she did it on purpose."
"Oh I'm fine, I'll dry off quickly." She obviously wanted to speak to me more but I just wanted to get home, where if I get wet I don't have to worry about exposure. "I've got to go, so I'll see you tomorrow." Her brows furrowed as she continued to analyse my face but seemed to come to the conclusion that she should let me go.
"Sure, I'll see you then." I watched her walk off towards a silver Volvo where Edward stood. They exchanged words before she slid into the passenger side. Edward looked toward my truck so I quickly turned in my seat, thrust out my hand and was dry in seconds. Hmm, maybe I'll drop by the store to get something nice for Charlie's dinner.
Over the next week, the rain had turned into snow and ice. I barely made it to class without slipping up or getting wet. Thankfully, the caretakers made sure to keep the path clear, making it easier for me not to get wet. Today, as I made my way towards the dining hall to meet with Alice and Angela; Alice has now taken to sitting with Angela and I at lunch, Mike and Tyler were having a snowball fight. I tried to sneak past then without being noticed, however I was unsuccessful.
"Hey, Arizona." Mike called to me, a snowball in his raised arm, ready to spring. "Catch!" I tried to duck but I was unlucky. The snowball landed squarely in my chest. Shit. Ten seconds. My eyes widened in horror before I took off, running as fast as my clumsy feet will take me. I had just made it to the bathroom, when I unceremoniously tumbled to the floor. My tail slapped against the tiled flooring as I landed. Great! At least the bathroom was empty. I quickly froze the door before raising my hand to dry my tail.
"Bella? Are you alright?" Angela called. I heard the rattling of the door. "The doors stuck?" I heard her say to someone else. "Bella?" Alice called.
"I'll be out in a minute. I'm not feeling well." I slammed my hand against the cold tiles. Sometimes I really hate being a mermaid. I made quick work of drying my tail, checking I looked normal before I melted the frozen door, pulling it open to see the worried faces if Angela and Alice.
"Are you alright now?" Angela asked, putting her arm around my shoulder and placed her hand over my forehead. "Christ Bella you're boiling." I just shrugged.
"I'm fine now guys, I swear." They didn't look very convince but dropped it, pulling me towards the dining hall.
"You will feel better once you've eaten." I just nodded, going along with the story. As soon as we entered the dining hall, mike comes running over to me, his face slightly flushed with embarrassment.
"I'm so sorry Bella. I was only joking." I gave him a smile as I patted his arm.
"It's alright mike, I just don't feel very well."
For the rest of lunch Mike, Angela and Alice continued to fuss over me, making sure I ate and had plenty of drink. Mike every escorted me to Biology, stating that I might pass out.
I took my usual seat next to Edward, expecting, like every other lesson, he would ignore me, however today he turned to face me, curiosity filling his once again gold eyes. I was so shocked that he was acknowledging my presence that I didn't take notice of what he was saying.
"What?" I asked after I snapped out of it. He sighed in frustration before repeating what he had said.
"You're not a very good liar." Ouch. Who's he to tell me if I am or not. I turned in my seat, my mouth slightly agape. He's got a nerve. Alice was right, he is rude, incredibly so.
"Excuse me!" I exclaim. A little too loudly. He seemed unfazed as he continued.
"I said you're a bad liar. Your eyebrow twitches." A ghost of a smile pulls at his lips as he mentions this.
"It does not and how would you know anyway?" It's not like he's actually spoken to me apart from, 'nice to meet you' on my first day. He was really testing my patience now. First he ignores me and then he accused me of lying.
"I was watching you when you told Mike you didn't feel well. What really happened?" I become defensive, turning away from him to face the teacher. It wasn't like he had a right to ask me that, why would I tell him anyway? It's not like we're besties.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I heard him scoff beside me, drawing my attention to his disbelieving face. He seemed to go back to ignoring me after that, which I was happy about.
He may be the most handsome man I have ever come across but he is conceited and rude. If I never had to see him again I would be happy. Okay, maybe it wouldn't be bad to see him face, after all he has been plaguing my dreams since I met him.
I let out a relieved sigh as I left the classroom, happy to get out of that awkward situation. It was like he was surrounding me; I could feel his presence next to me, like an electric currents, smell his intoxication scent as it invoked me. It was a relief to get out of the classroom just to clear my head. How can some who irritates me to death totally control my thoughts and dreams within a week? I wanted to scream in frustration. He could wind me up like a ball of string with one sentence out of that perfect mouth of his.
I made it out of the block before I stopped walking, leaning against the wall as I took in a few calming breathes. At least I have gym next, where I can take out all my anger and frustration out on the shuttlecock, or at least try. Closing my eyes, I thought of the river in Phoenix, of how at peace I feel while swimming. Slowly a smile crosses my face as I remember my tail; although I may hate it at time, it's my favourite feature. Without it I would feel incomplete.
"Dreaming of anyone nice?" Came Alice's jolly voice from beside me, I open my eyes to see her brows furrowed. "Are you ok?" I flashed her a small smile as I pushed off the wall.
"Just thinking of home." She watched me careful before linking her arm with mine.
"Well, now you're late for gym." I shrugged. I'd never be the slightest bit excited for gym unless it involved Edward without a shirt. GAH! I shook my head, damn Edward.
Gym went swimmingly, Jessica played doubles by herself while I sat back, twiddling the bat between my fingers. Thankfully by the time we left the gym, the snow had stopped, unfortunately the ice still remained. Slowly, I managed to make my way towards my truck, surprisingly without incident. Grabbing tightly onto the edge of the truck bed, I pulled off my coat, folding it over my arm.
"BELLA! MOVE!" Alice's voice screamed at me from across the car park. I turned to find out what she was going on about but stopped dead in shock. I was going to die. Tyler's fearful expression got closer as his truck skidded towards me.
Without thinking, I trust out my hands, hoping that I could use the wind to slow down the van. But I couldn't remember how I did it last time. I started to panic. Tyler's van wasn't going to slow down on its own, it'd hit the biggest streak of ice in the whole car part.
I was going to be road kill.
A blur shot towards me, pushing me towards the icy pavement before slamming down on top of me. If I wasn't in too much shock I would have screamed, until I felt hands pushing the hair from my face, shushing me quietly. I looked up at my saviour, already knowing who it was by his delicious scent. I smiled gently at him before realising him body was flush against mine. I began to blush so I turned my face where I noticed the van, inches away from us; a large dent resembling the shape of one of Edward's large hands.
Again I looked up at my hero, confusion furrowing my brow. Then I felt it, the melting of the ice beneath me. Oh no. I had to leave. I could hear the chatter as people began to crowd around us. Quickly, I pushed against Edward chest, happy that he let me go, before I jumped up and began to run towards the school. I couldn't go into the woods that surrounded the school, it was too open.
So I continued running knowing I was running out of time and that Edward was calling my name as he ran after me. I barged into the first classroom I saw, grateful that it was empty. I had just managed to lock the door when I fell to the floor, my golden tail flopping on to the carpeted flooring.
"Bella? Are you alright?" Edward called from the other side of the door. I heard the rattling of the door but couldn't focus on what was happening outside. I raised my hand, drying myself off as quickly as I could, hoping Edward wouldn't burst through the door before I was able to de-mermaid myself.
"Bella? Are you hurt? I think you should see a doctor, you hit you head pretty badly." As I stood up, I realised he was right. I rolled my neck, flinching at the shoot of pain. Ouch. Maybe I should see a doctor. A sudden flash of memories of the crash hit me. Edward saved me. He stopped the van with his hand. How? Why? It's impossible for him to even be fast enough to save me. He was beside Alice when she called me. Wasn't he? I'm positive he was. And no way was he strong enough to stop the van, especially not on his own with a single hand. What is he? Oh my god Tyler? Is he ok? Is he hurt?
"Bella, I can see you, open the door or I'll kick it down." Edward growled though the door.
"What do you care? Just go away Edward." I grumbled as I gently rubbed my neck. He was right though, I needed to see a doctor. As I opened the door, I could see Edward pacing through the window. As soon as I stood out of the room, his head sprung up as he sniffed.
"You're bleeding. You need to see a doctor. Come on." I didn't bother to protest as he grabbed my hand and began to lead me towards the ambulance. I don't remember hearing them. Raising my hand, I was shocked to see blood. Oh god. As I stared at it, my head began to fuzz. I couldn't stand the sight of blood, the smell, that rusty, salty smell was worse. I swallowed as I moved my hand from sight. Deep breathes Bella.
"Bella?" I heard Edward call as I began to drop, the cold concrete getting closer. Thankfully Edward caught me, his strong arms wrapping around me. God please don't let me be sick on him.
I must have passed out because the next thing I know, I'm on a gurney as it's rolled through the hospital. Oh god, not a hospital. I hate hospitals. The gurney came to a stop at a room, which I presumed is going to be mine. I hope they won't keep me here long. I closed my eyes again as the pain in my neck began to come alive. OUCH! I won't be doing that again that's for sure.
"Welcome back Bella. I'm Doctor Cullen. Edward tells me you hit your head badly and then passed out. Is that correct?" Doctor Cullen, as in Edward Cullen. Oh great. I cleared my throat as I tried to sit up only to have pressure on my shoulders, pushing me down.
Finally I re-opened my eyes to see a gorgeous man; he must be in his late twenties, blond hair and the same golden eyes as Edward and Alice. Hmm…Weird. He gave me a friendly smile as he removed his hand from my left shoulder. Turning to my right, Edward had his hand firmly on my other shoulder and didn't seem to be planning on removing it. Hmm…what's his deal? Looking back at the kind Doc, I realised he was waiting for my answer.
"Yeah. I remember it stinging and then the blood." I screwed up my nose at the thought of its ghastly smell.
"Not a fan of blood?" I slowly shook my head.
"It's not so much the sight, but the smell." Doctor Cullen's eyebrows raised as he studied me. What is with people doing that with me?
"Humans can't smell blood." Edward stated, his brows furrowed as if he was wondering why he said that. What does he mean 'Humans'? Maybe he isn't? Hmm…There's a thought. Then again, neither am I really.
"A posed to what?" I replied. When Edward showed no sign of elaborating I gave up. I'll figure it out soon enough.
"Well, Bella I'm going to have you sent down for a scan and if everything is alright, I will patch you up and send you home."
My scans came back clear thankfully, so Doctor Cullen stitched me up. Edward held my hand as I flinched, god his hands were like ice but I held onto his hand as tight as I could. Doctor Cullen just babbled on about my father as he tried to distract me but it didn't work.
"Ok Bella, you're ready to go. Now, take it easy and no exercise until you have your stitches removed." No exercise I could live with, no swimming I couldn't. I was going to take a trip to La push tonight for a swim. Damn. Maybe he means exercise like dancing or gym class.
"Not even swimming?" I asked. I could imagine my face looked like someone had just told me my puppy died. I need a good swim, lounging in the tub isn't satisfying enough. I could feel my lips pull into a pout.
"I'm sorry Bella but no. Not for at least two weeks." I could cry, but I won't.
Charlie burst through the door, his expression one of worry as he clambers to my bedside. His eyes looked me over, probably looking for some ugly cast. After realising I hadn't done too much damage, he relaxed turning to the Doc for answers.
"She's fine Chief Swan. The driver came off worse. We've done a scan and there's no lasting damage. A slight headache and neck ache for a couple of days but apart from that, she'll be same old Bella in no time." Charlie seemed satisfied with Doctor Cullen's assessment; he grabbed my backpack getting ready to leave. Charlie's not a fan of hospitals either.
Doctor Cullen left with Charlie, saying something about papers to sign, leaving Edward alone with me. He seemed slightly nervous as he stood at my bedside as I pulled on my converses.
"So, How did you stop the truck?" I asked. Edward didn't seem shocked at my question, obviously expecting it.
"Why did you run off?" GAH! He's so frustrating.
"That's not an answer. How did you stop the truck?"
"Why did you run off?"
"I asked you first."
"FINE! It was an adrenalin rush. Now answer my question." As if.
"What kind of answer is that? How did you get across the car park so fast?"
"I was right next to you."
"No you weren't. You were with Alice, I saw you." He's so frustrating. They're not that hard to answer.
"You hit your head Bella; you don't know what you saw. Now answer my question."
"NO! What kind of an answer is that? God you're so irritating." I could feel my blood begin to boil as I stared into his calm eyes; they were still gold and fixed on mine.
"Ditto." He growled back, his perfect teeth clenched. I could feel his breath against my face; I didn't realised how close we had gotten until then. Edward seemed to notice this as well as he steps back.
"I'll find out sooner or later Edward." He didn't look scared at all as a small smile graced his lips before he turned to leave.
"Back at you Bella."