Author Notes: Here's the second installment of this delightful story of mine! Hope you enjoy it!

Chapter Two
Ice Water and A Sprained Ankle

It was snowy out and Charlie was at work so Bella had decided to visit the Cullens. She was half way there when she remembered that they were out hunting. Well, perhaps Carlisle was home. She enjoyed listening to stories from him.

She pulled up the drive carefully and parked. She got out of her truck and promptly slipped on a patch of ice causing her to fall on her bum and she slid down a bit into a rather large puddle of icy water that had Emmett's name written all over it. Apparently, he thought it would be awesome to see water transform into ice but he got distracted with the prospect of hunting up some grub.

She gasped as she hit the water. It soaked her shoes, socks and jeans. She pushed herself up and made her way to the front door. She slipped on the stairs, hurting her ankle. Her lower lip trembled. She had it up to her chin with her clumsiness and to make it worse Edward wasn't there to make her feel better.

She knocked on the door and no one answered. She knew no one was home then and opened the door and kicked her shoes and socks off. She took her pants off and ran/limped to Edward's room. She pulled out some clothes she had there and dressed in them and grabbed a throw blanket from the couch and went to the living room and curled up on the couch.

She must've fallen asleep because she felt a cool hand on her forehead. She opened her eyes and saw Carlisle couching down to her level, looking concerned. She sneezed suddenly and sniffled.

"Hello Carlisle." She said, sounding a bit congested. "When did you get home?" Carlisle smiled.

"Ten minutes ago." He said. "Are you feeling okay? You looked a bit paler."

"I fell." She muttered, blushing slightly causing her cheeks to turn a light rosy color instead of it's usual lobster red blush. Carlisle got up and disappeared. He reappeared seconds later and Bella found a thermometer in her mouth. She knew better than to disobey Carlisle once he was in doctor mode. It beeped after a few seconds and he took out and looked at it.

"How bad is it?" She asked, not really wanting to know.

"99.9" He said, pleased that it wasn't too high. "A low-grade temperature, lets try to keep it that way."

"We can try, but I'm Isabella Swan…" She said, with a small chuckle. "Carlisle, why is there a huge puddle of water in front of your house?"

"Ahh, Emmett." He told her. "We've been allowing him to experiment some. He wanted to watch water turn into ice. Unfortunately, it's been warming up, making the snow melt, causing the puddle to get a bit bigger." Bella smiled. Her big brother was such a goofball. She let out another little sneeze. "Why do you want to know?"

Bella sighed and she knew she couldn't keep anything from Carlisle. He was just so good and pure and the look in his eyes reminded her of Edward. "I slipped on ice and skidded into the puddle getting wet. Then I tripped on the stairs." She yawned and Carlisle took this to his advantage and put a spoonful of medicine in her mouth.

"Sorry Bella, I'd give you capsules but I only have the evil liquid stuff." Carlisle said smiling.

"You are tricksies." She said. She snuggled in the blankets some more. "Carlisle?"

"Mm?" He noticed her getting sleepy from the medicine.

"Thanks for taking care of me, dad." Her eyes drifted shut and she vaguely felt Carlisle kiss her forehead.

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