I stared down at Gracie quietly. It had been a week and she still hadn't woken up. "Is this normal?" I asked Carlisle. "I mean, for her to be unconscious for a whole week."

"It is normal, especially for such a severe accident. Her body is healing itself. She should wake up soon, and then we will be able to see how much damage was caused in the accident."

BLEEEP BLEEEEEEP BLEEEEEEEEP!

"The hospital is paging me," Carlisle said, dialing the hospital. "Yes, this is he. …. Yes, certainly, I will be in right away." Carlisle turned to me, "Jasper, I need you to watch her. There was a five car pileup on the highway, and they need me. Bella and Edward are visiting her mom in Florida, Esme is out feeding, Rose and Emmett are…busy, and Alice is shopping. I have to go now. Will you be able to care for her?"

"Yes sir, just tell me what I gotta do," I said. Carlisle explained what I would need to do in great detail and rushed out the door.

Wonderful, I am stuck home alone, probably for the entire night, with a four year old girl, who has dressings that need to be changed in a few hours, and whose blood was making me thirsty.

I pulled out my sketch book and started doodling. Maybe drawing would keep me distracted. I had to stay in the room with her so I could hear if any of the monitors went off.

"This one is pretty good," I thought, imagining Alice's smile at the picture of a fluffy kitten wearing a blue sweater.

"Wewe am I?" I looked at the baby girl. Her eyes were wide open, and she looked around curiously. Carlisle had told me that if she woke up, she may never talk or see, but apparently she was fine.

"You are in a doctor's office Gracie. You were in a car collision and you were severely inj…" it was clear she had no idea what I meant "You were in an accident and you had some…urm… owies. My dad is a doctor and he is fixin' you." Her big brown eyes watered threateningly. Waves of fear washed over me.

"Is I gonna die!?"

"No, settle down darlin'. My dad is a very good doctor, and he will fix you up. He had to go to the hospital to help some other people, but he will be back soon…." I racked my brain. There had to be something I could do to help her.

"Are you hungry Gracie? You cannot get up, since your legs are hurt, but I will get you some food."

"Yeah! Can I have some cookies?" Her eyes got big and, if possible, she looked even cuter than before.

"Of course darlin' I will be right back, okay?" At this, I ran downstairs and started emptying the cabinets. I tossed package after package over my shoulder. "Cake mix…cereal….macaroni…dang, no cookies….