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Everything felt as if it were in slow motion. My head was spinning terribly, and there was a strong possibility that I was going to lose whatever the contents of my stomach held. My body was tingling madly as if there was something big about to happen.
It seemed as though I was standing alone on a well-lit street in a very large city. Large grey buildings surrounded me, along with several street lamps. Strange, and even stranger that there was no traffic or people, there wasn't even any bikes or cars parked on the side of the road. So I took a couple of steps, which actually helped to clear my jumbled mind. Good, not I think I'll keep my lunch where it belongs.
"Where am I..?" I ventured aloud to no one.
Suddenly a child of eight or nine emerged from a nearby alley. He was running towards me frantically, his eyes wide with panic.
"Bella! What are you doing here?! They will find you for sure!" He said frantically, and began to pull on my sleeve. He was trying to drag me towards the dark alley that he emerged from earlier.
Confused, I didn't move at all. Someone was looking for me? Then I heard the motorcycles in the distance. They were rapidly approaching.
"Oh" The boy breathed, still extremely jumpy.
I was still confused and stayed still. I watched the boy look this way and that for a moment. He was searching for something, a way out..? Then, looking as if he came to a resolution about something, he turned to me and said:
"Look, you need to get out now. I'll hold them for..as long as it takes." Okay, well if these guys were trouble, there was no way I was going to leave this little guy alone with them. So he simply stared incredulously when I refused his plan. I'm sure he would've protested too, if it weren't for the dark clad motorcycle riders that approached us calmly.
It was hard to make out what they looked like but their complexion was fair and they could've been extremely attractive. One of the taller strangers approached us calmly and said with a smile:
"I'm so sorry Bella, to end it like this. You deserve better, you really do, but time is short. Say hello to Edward, if you should see him." Then he pulled out a small hand gun faster than I could blink. It was then fired with record speed, right at me. The child that was previously standing next to me began to move in front of me. He was going to take a potentially fatal bullet for me!
Then everything went black. As if there was a curtain that suddenly closed on the scene altogether. And I was the only one left.
"So what's wrong with her?" Someone demanded, it sounded suspiciously like Charlie. "Her fever has just broke..for now." A feminine voice said, she sounded tired. After I heard this, I opened my eyes to find that I was in a hospital bed. I could hear a steady beeping noise. It was probably my heart rate monitor. God, I sighed to myself, why do I have to end up in here?
"Bella! Thank whoever is in charge up there, you're awake!" Charlie said. He was very close to my face, so I noticed how much older he looked. Much older than he should look actually.
I tried to smile, "Hey dad, what's happening to me?" Charlie frowned at me. "I don't exactly know hon. All I know is that you had a raging fever, two degrees higher and you would've-"
Well, that makes sense. But how did I end up in here? I fell asleep in Edward's presence. "-good thing Edward was returning whatever piece of homework that fell out of your bag." Charlie finished. He sounded both relieved and angry with me for Edward coming over supposedly to just give me a piece of paper. Good old dad.
"Yes, a very good thing." I sighed heavily, slumping against the bed, I was feeling physically and mentally drained at the moment.
"Bella? Are you okay? Are you tired?" Charlie was still spooked, and was even more alarmed when I slumped down against the bed.
I tried to smile at him, though it was exhausted and lazy. "Yeah dad, I promise that I'm just tired, that's all. Maybe I sat up too quickly?" Charlie's shoulders slumped forward just a bit; signaling he was relieved. He then said to me, "Just wait until Renee hears about this.." he whistled. Oh no.
"But don't you fret, I haven't told her any of this yet, I thought this time you'd like to tell her yourself." Charlie amended.
"Ugh, thanks dad." I squeezed my eyes closed just thinking about it.
"Now Bella, you should rest more..." Oh no, he was hovering. He continued to stand over my bed after I agreed and had settled. I didn't have to open my eyes to know that he was there. So I just tried to ask him calmly;
"Dad? It's kind of hard for me to sleep while you're standing over me like that. Maybe you should..?" He seemed surprised, then quickly recovered and said, "Sorry Bells, you're right. I'll get out of your hair for a while. But I'll be back soon, okay? Its getting dark outside and visiting hours are only so long anyway." My forehead scrunched at that. "I'm being kept over night?" I said in a voice that should clearly get my opinion across.
"Yes you are chicky poo, no way are they just going to let you walk out of hear after having a fever like that. I'll be here in the morning, don't worry. Just rest okay?" Well, that's the end of that.
"Okay dad, I'll see you in the morning then." "Yes, you will, goodnight and I love you." "I love you too, dad." My dad walked out and shut off the lights. I then closed my eyes once more, listening for him to shut the door, he seemed to linger for a moment, then leave. When he did I groaned to myself. I really do hate hospitals.
Keeping my eyes closed for about two minutes, I felt a slight brush across my face. My eyebrows scrunched together in confusion, but I wouldn't open them.
"Come on Bella, open them. I need to see your eyes again before I go insane." So I did immediately, wouldn't want to tamper with his sanity. Edward looked bedraggled. Almost like a person who hasn't slept in days. Which is ironic because technically he hasn't, magnified times one million. Oh shut up brain, just shut up already. Edward was sitting in a chair beside me, idly playing with my hair. Huh, I didn't even feel him do that.
"You know Edward, it isn't really nice to threaten your well being on someone whose brains almost cooked today."
"Oh, that's hilarious, really Bella." Edward continued, " Please explain what happened love. You were perfectly fine yesterday, weren't you?"
I sighed, "Yes, I was. And I was about to say that it was just exhaustion but, that doesn't really fit the cause does it now? I don't really know Edward, but I had these really weird dreams. One was-" I shivered there. "-extremely realistic."
He was listening intently here. His eyes softened and he looked down at me. "Fever dreams can be quite frightening, want to talk about it?" Should I? I guess there really isn't any harm in it. It was just a dream, a very realistic dream. As I told him my dream, he just listened intently with an unfathomable expression on his face. When I finished, he continued to sit in silence. So I cleared my throat and started with, "Edward..? What are-" "I need to speak to Carlisle right now Bella, so please hold on a minute." He had suddenly snapped out of his trance, and looked almost livid. Maybe I shouldn't have told him about that dream. I think it might mean something, and it can't be anything good.
I feel horrible for making you all wait so long to read another chapter. I could spew excuse after excuse right now but I wont. The only thing I'll say is that my life has been rather hard since last summer, and we just got a new computer. So I've been busy uploading things back to this computer. Hopefully someone still likes my story, and maybe even I'll get a review. Remember, the more reviews I get, the larger the pressure. And since I usually cave under pressure, you shall have your new chapter in no time!
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