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Looking Back
BPOV
Kate and I had been hanging out together for a couple weeks. She seemed like an alright girl. She was two and a half years older than myself and at the time I was only 15. Having a friend with a vehicle definitely had its benefits and I loved my freedom. Not that there was much to do in the little rainy town of Forks, Washington.
On the first day of summer break she had invited my best friend Jasper, his friend Emmett and myself, to go to "the cliffs" in her new truck. I thought it was a nice of her to invite them, Emmett's family had just moved into town and his little brother was currently going to some fancy prep school in Seattle.
Jasper and Emmett hit it off from the start, both of them were 16 years old and would be starting high school together in the fall. Not to mention they both wanted to play football.
We all had brought our swimsuits and climbed into the '53 Chevy her dad had bought her for Christmas. It really was junk on wheels, but she was extremely proud she could drive the monstrosity. That right there should have been my clue to run away screaming, but thanks to my lack of self preservation, I just jumped on in.
Kate put the key in the ignition and fired up the loud beast. I about jumped out the window, I had no idea a truck could be so loud. Kate just laughed at me and started flirting with my brother dearest.
Wow, this was gonna be a fun day.
Poor Jasper didn't know what to say. Kate was a very nice girl but she wasn't Jazz's type.
I sat there trying to hide my amusement while she tried to lure Jazz and Emmett into sitting in the cab of the truck. They declined her offer and chose to sit in the rusty bed of the old pick-up. I started to wish I had the sense to jump in back with them as she started hauling ass down the very bumpy and curvy gravel road. She laughed at my fruitless attempts of putting my seat belt on and finally told me it would be useless because the strap was broken.
Great, just my luck.
As we approached a straightaway, Kate decided that she wanted to have some fun and scare the shit out of the guys. That plan happened to work.
Kate lost control of the truck and she couldn't hold it in the road. Instead of trying to correct it, she just braced herself for impact, taking her hands off the wheel and putting her feet on the floorboard. I watched in slow motion as we veered off the road at a high speed. As the truck started to flip I turned around to see Jazz and Emmet being thrown to the other side of the bed, as I was being tossed around in the cab.
What happened from that point was highly entertaining and very painful. As the truck flipped for the second time Emmett was holding on to the side rail and poor Jasper was holding on to Emmett's pants, both putting all their effort into not being thrown out. But as my luck would have it Emmett's belt couldn't hold Jasper's weight, and I witnessed a nice view of Emmett's bare ass right as the truck hit a tree and landing it on it's passenger side.
I was slammed into Kate and then fell on my right side. As my right shoulder hit the window I felt my bones shatter along with the glass and as my hip collided with the metal door I felt more bones pop and shatter.
That tree was the only thing stopping the truck from falling off the cliff. Luckily it wasn't the deep part, only about a 15 foot drop.
"SHIT!!...SHIT!!!...My dad's gonna kill me!!" Kate screamed as she was hanging directly above me by her seat belt.
"Can you please shut up and stay still. This goddamn truck is already rocking back and forth." I whispered
"I CANT HEAR HER!!! OH GOD SHES DEAD THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE!!!!" Emmett's voice boomed from the behind the truck.
Somehow him and Jasper escaped without a scratch.
Smoke started filling the cab as well as the smell of gas. This day just keeps getting better and better. I thought to myself. Somehow I would have to get out of this truck before it blows up or Kate falls on me.
I looked up to see that either I would have to climb over Kate to get out the driver's side window or I could slide through the passenger window as the truck tilted backwards. It was then that Kate made my decision for me.
"The damn seat belt is cutting into my side!!! I have to unbuckle it!!!! She whined.
"Oh no you don't, Give me two seconds to crawl out before you land on me and crush what few bones I have left." I argued
"THE TRUCK WILL CRUSH YOU, YOU DUMB ASS, YOU CAN'T FIT THROUGH THAT WINDOW!!!!!!" She screamed.
"I'D RATHER HAVE THE TRUCK CRUSH ME THAN YOU!!" I screamed back.
Luckily she shut up as I waited for the truck to sway back enough for me to slide out the window. Unfortunately I fell 15 feet into the cold water. I did by best to swim towards a part of the shore where I could climb out.
Apparently I only had control over the left side of my body, I was just helplessly flopping around in the water. Flailing my limbs about trying to stay afloat. I reached the shore soon enough and as I flopped down in the mud, I watched Kate as she climbed out of the drivers window and jumped onto Emmett's back, knocking him to the ground.
I couldn't stop myself from laughing hysterically, poor Emmett didn't know what hit him. As I laid in the mud laughing I could hear Jasper screaming at Kate. Apparently they still thought I was in the truck.
Next thing I knew I heard a loud popping sound and then an explosion as the truck burst into flames. Panic set in as I jumped up and limped up the hill. I knew they 3 of them were close to the truck. I could hear Kate, Jasper and Emmett screaming at each other. I just couldn't control myself long enough to let them know I was okay. Finally Emmett turned around and seen me crawling towards them. I was covered in blood, mud and leaves. I probably resembled "Swamp Thing".
Emmett scooped me into his arms and carried me toward the others as he kept asking if I was okay. I finally managed to stop laughing and tell them that my right arm and leg were broken. Jasper walked around trying to get a signal on his cell phone. He called Carlisle and Esme who were on their way along with my dad Charlie and my step mom Sue, Kate's parents and an ambulance.
Emmett insisted on carrying me, but I am a stubborn person and my adrenaline was getting the better of me. I made him put me down so I could hop beside him. I was barefoot now that I had lost my favorite sandals in the lake.
So Emmett actually got his way and ended up carrying me the rest of the way. Kate and Jasper were silent for 20 minutes. Which I appreciated, Kate usually never shuts up.
The ambulance arrived along with our parents. Kate got bitched out by everybody for her reckless driving and Dad wrote her a ticket while Carlisle and the EMT crew worked on cleaning me up.
I never seen Kate after that.
Emmett, Jasper and Dad came over and asked me how I felt.
"Well, right now I feel mentally scarred after watching Jasper pull Emmett's pants down." I said, trying to hold back my giggles while the paramedics attacked me with needles.
"Holy shit!...You seen that?" Emmett screeched.
"I think she's in shock, you might want to strap her down." Carlisle said to the EMT that was currently working on pulling shards of glass out of my shoulder.
"No Carlisle, this is Bella's usual reaction to pain." Charlie stated.
"Oh, so thats why she was laughing like a crazy person when I found her?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah, two years ago she fell off of our trampoline and broke her arm. It took us 2 hours to get her to shut up." Jasper said.
The pain medicine started kicking in and I started singing a drugged up version of "Pain" by Three Days Grace. Slowly torturing the EMTs by my musical inabilities, until I passed out. I woke up 6 days and 10 surgeries later, feeling like a human pincushion. Jasper never left my side and Emmett came to visit me every day for the 2 weeks I was there.
On my last day Carlisle walked in my room with a stack of papers for Charlie to sign and a list of things I wasn't allowed to do by myself. He also gave me my prescriptions for a week and informed me of the different types of physical therapy I would have to endure before I could walk without crutches. He said it would be six months to a year before I would have full use of my arm and leg.
Not that this information didn't brighten my day enough, he proceeded on telling me that the impact had fractured my pelvis and there was a possibility that I would have to wear a back brace as well. He then asked if everyone would step out of the room for the last bit of info he was going to give me. I made sure that everyone stayed where they were and I told Carlisle that I kept no secrets from my family and friends and that I would like to have them there for support.
"Bella, we have some bad news." Carlisle said as he stared at his clipboard. My thoughts went haywire, as I tried to recall anytime over the past few days when they've run any test out of the ordinary.
"I'm ready, just say what you need to Dr. Cullen." I said as I smiled at him. "And please put it in terms I can understand." I pleaded. I was still unable stop smiling. He must of thought I was completely deranged.
"You have a rare heart condition called Aortic dissection. The symptoms are very similar to having a heart attack. Its also the reason why you have low blood pressure and poor circulation. When you become stressed out your heart beats irregularly and it could cause it to stop completely." Carlisle said.
"Oh, well I'm pretty sure I can handle that." I chuckled. Everyone in the room looked at me with shocked expressions.
"What?...I'm not scared of dying or having a 'heart attack'." I stated
After I was allowed to go home I started to become grumpy because something as simple as going to pee became a group activity, Dad and Sue followed me around trying to make sure I didn't get 'over excited.' Which just pissed me off in the long run.
Jasper stayed in my room at night and Emmett came over during the day so I could kick his ass in 'Halo'. Neither one of them ever treated me differently. Other than the few times that Charlie and Sue were at work and they had to help me get to the bathroom. The most awkward part was when they had to help me take a bath.
One month after I was released from the hospital, Emmett's adopted sister came over with him to meet me. Emmett had warned me that she didn't have any friends in Forks and that she was extremely hyper. Lets just say that I never expected Hurricane Alice to become my best friend. But that she did.
After one of my more torturous therapy sessions, my therapist suggested that I should home school until I was capable of taking care of myself. That was no problem with me considering I never had any friends in middle school. I talked to Sue about it at dinner that evening and she said that she would be happy to teach me during the day. Alice came over that night saying that Esme offered to home school her as well.
I couldn't have been happier that night. Alice used me like a "Bella Barbie" and by the time we went to sleep I looked like a cheap hooker. At least I finally was getting back to my old self (not the hooker part by the way). Alice was helping me keep my mind off of everything I couldn't do. We shopped online and designed our own clothes.
We spent our birthdays together and when I was finally able to get around like a normal kid we went camping in the back yard.
Alice made the year I spent in recovery enjoyable for me. It was high school that sucked.
Alice and I found out we had something in common. Neither one of us fit in. We were both picked on and ridiculed when we were separated. The preppy girls treated us like shit. They had no reason to do that to her. Alice was always in style and she was very beautiful. They had a field day with me, dorky little Bella was always the preverbial puncing bag.
Our biggest enemies were the cheerleaders. Jessica Stanley, Lauren Mallory, Irina, Tanya and numerous others.
All in all, Alice managed to escape our sophomore year unscathed while I ended up having an episode on the last day of my sophomore year. I was just about to punch Jessica for calling Alice a rug muncher when my arm went numb and my chest started hurting. Needless to say I passed out in the gym and woke up in the hospital.
Something would have to give by our junior year.
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