June 20th
"Leilei?"
I'm dreaming I know. I hear my name again. "Leilei, it's me. Jacob. Babe, I'm here. Squeeze my hand if you hear me."
I'm holding a hand. His hand. Thanks. I like holding your hand. I stretch my awareness to include him. I hear his heartbeat –- or is that mine? It's hard to tell. I squeeze his hand.
"You have to let her go," one voice says that I don't recognize, I think. "She needs x-rays. I'll do it right now but you have to let her hand go."
"Jacob, Let Edward will take care of her. This will take 5 minutes. Please, let them go. Tell me what happened." His hand slips away. God it hurts.
"I'm sorry," the voice says. "I know this is painful but necessary. It will just take a few minutes." I keep my eyes closed. The light hurts –- like it's too bright. "Just 1 more. You're done now." He picks me back up. I feel like a rag doll in his arms. He moves very quickly and I'm back where all the noise is in moments.
"Leilei, I'm here." The hand returns. His hand returns. "What's that?" I hear him say.
"Morphine, it's for the pain, she has a broken collar bone, a slight concussion and her left arm is broken in 2 places. The bite on her shoulder isn't good either. What happened to her?"
Jacob began, "Leilei, Seth and something . . . someone fell from the second floor window onto a concrete patio. Seth broke her fall. How is he?"
"He's fine or he will be by tomorrow. You got all of them here in time," said the more mature voice. "Now I'll set her bones and make her more comfortable."
I held Jacob's hand for all I was worth. There were things that needed to be done. "Jacob!" I screamed in my head. "Say yes so I know you hear me."
"Yes," he said aloud. He sounded surprised.
"What did you say Jacob?" the older man again.
"Hold it Carlisle. Something is going on here. I don't know what it is. I think she's talking to me, you know the way Nessie does."
"Jacob, you want to hear from her. It's just your mind playing tricks on you," the older man said gently.
"No it isn't. I am talking to you JACOB BLACK. Do you trust this man?"
"Yes," he said aloud again, "I do."
"Then put his hand between ours and I'll talk to him too."
"Carlisle, please humor me. Put your hand here. If it's nothing, then I'll stop."
Moments later I hear aloud, "Leilei, are you there?"
"Hello? Who is there? This is Leilei Honshiro."
"Yes! Leilei! I'm Dr Carlisle Cullen." He sounded completely surprised as he spoke aloud. "Please call me Carlisle. You're in my home. You're hurt. Try to stay calm. You'll be better in no time."
"Thank you Dr Cullen." I felt him move his hand away after I answered him. It was like hanging up on a phone call.
"Jacob, are you still here?"
"I'm not going anywhere, Leilei," he said.
"Actually, you have things to do, please save my clothes for evidence. Bag them and put them in the freezer. Oh, God that's right. Did you burn the house down?"
"What? Burn the house down. What? NO!" Jacob said aloud.
"You have to. The police can't find the house and the yard like that. PLEASE, burn the house down. Burn all of the bones first. GO by yourself. It has to look like an accident. Blow up the propane tank after you burn the bodies. It has to look like an accident. PLEASE? Promise me. Blow up the house. Shit, I'm getting sleepy. Promise me . . ."
"She's got a fever. I've given her 2 units of O neg blood already. We only have 2 units left," the younger voice said.
"She's young and strong. I've got some antibiotics to give her. All we need to do is get her fever to break," Dr. Cullen said.
"She's quiet now but she's been calling for Jacob," the younger one speaking again.
"Keep her comfortable and cool. I've got to go. Sam's asked me to come to the Wind Run farm. There's been a terrible accident there." I felt cool hands on my forehead before he left. "Leilei, we're doing everything we can to help you get better. Rest easy."
Jacob asked, "Is she doing any better?"
"Not really," the young voice said. "If she'd not better before she's gone thru the last pint of blood we may have to take her to the hospital."
"Jacob, how is she doing?" the younger one asks again.
"I can't tell. She isn't talking to me any longer. Something's not right. She's burning up."
"There's just 1 more thing to try, a blood transfusion from you to her. I've checked you're the same type. You guys heal quickly and you don't get sick. It's the last resort before the hospital."
"Leilei, hang in there babe. I'm here. Do you hear me? It's me, Jacob."
"Ok, Edward. How much blood do you need?"
"Just 1 unit should do it. If there isn't any change – I'll take her to Carlisle at the hospital. We'll give it a few hours first."
"Jacob? . . . Jacob are you there?" I say out loud.
"I'm here. How are you feeling?"
"I hurt all over." I open my eyes and I can see him. I smile. He looks relieved. "Hey." I've never seen anyone more handsome than him in that moment.
He kissed me on my forehead again. He's all nice and warm. I inhale and he smells wonderful. CRAP. "Did you save my clothes? Did you burn the house down?" I ask.
"I did everything that you asked. We have things to talk about don't we?"
"Yes, we do. I'm sleepy. Can we talk later?" I ask.
"Sure, baby . . . you get comfy right here. I'll stay with you."
He scootches into bed with me. While he's moving me over I see someone standing in the room. "Who's that?" I ask.
"That's Seth. You fell on him. Seth, this is Leilei."
The younger man looks at me and smiles, "Hi, are you ok?" He has the same smile as Jacob but he looks to be about my age.
"Yeah, I think I'm gonna be ok. Thanks for saving me and everything."
"You just get better," he said.
"Thanks again Seth." I tried to stretch but got stopped by Jacob in bed.
"Hey, take it easy. What are you doing?" Jacob warned.
"I just need to stretch. How long have I been here?" I needed to know.
"You're safe. Don't worry about anything. Just rest," he whispered in my ear.
"But . . ."
"I'll stay right here. Hold my hand and go to sleep." He kissed me on my cheek. "Sleep, I said," he insisted.
I relented. When a wolf tells you to sleep. He means it. I know.
