eraBella's Pov
The day that I was dreading finally rolled around. Wednesday. Since Monday school has made no improvement. Boring, boring, boring. Now I have to see a man who's going to poke around my brain. Charlie left the address for me on the fridgerator. Thanks dad because I'm sure I can find a place I've never been too oh so easily.
As I predicted I was running fifteen minutes late and still hadn't found it. I checked all the street signs till I found the one I was looking for, Maple. Bingo. Third driveway on the left. One, two, three. The driveway kept going and going. I was worried I had gotten myself lost in the woods when there was a clearing in the trees. There in the clearing was the most amazing house I have ever seen. Why is a house like that in a town like this? I pulled into the driveway hoping I wasn't lost. That would be great. I walked up the great stairs and knocked on the door twice. I heard a muffled 'coming' before the door was swung open. I looked down to see a very, petite girl with black hair and bright green eyes. The eyes looked familiar....
"Hi! I'm Alice!" The girl said in her wind-chime voice. I shook her outstretched hand looking very confused I'm sure.
"I'm sorry, but my dad gave me this address to see a Dr. Cullen?" Alice's eyes lit up with understanding. She grabbed my hand and pulled me into the house.
"You must be Carlisle's new patient. I'll show you to his office." Alice lead me up a curved staircase to a third story. How big was this house? Alice knocked softly on the door before opening it.
"Carlisle this is your new patient...?" Alice trailed off looking at me.
"Bella Swan." Alice smiled and excused herself. Carlisle stood up from his desk and held out his for mine to shake. His hand was cold.(An: Carlisle is not a vampire. He just has cold hands.)
"I see you've met Alice. Most likely you'll end up meeting my other children soon." I nodded curious about his children. Then I got paranoid.
"They won't hear this conversation will they?" I asked nervously lowering my voice in case they were listening. Carlisle chuckled.
"No this room is sound proof. And anything you say in this office will stay in this office." I breathed a sigh of relief.
"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." I muttered. Carlisle chuckled again and nodded.
"Why don't you tell me about yourself, Bella?" I sighed. I hated when doctors tried to be your friends.
"Like what?" I said cautiously. Carlisle chuckled again.
"It's okay Bella. I don't bite. How about we start with something simple? How do you like Forks?" That was a simple question but doesn't mean I should tell the truth.
"It's okay. Sort of dreary." I said. That was true enough. Carlisle nodded.
"The rain can be sort of depressing can't it?" I nodded my head still eyeing him wearily.
"What's your favorite color?" I chuckled. If all the questions were going to be easy maybe this wouldn't be that bad.
"Brown." I answered simply. Carlisle furrowed his brow in confusion and even let out a small snort.
"Brown?" He asked disbelievingly. I shrugged.
"Sure. Brown is warm. I miss brown. Everything that's suppose to be brown-tree trunks, rocks, dirt-is all covered up with squashy green stuff here."(I couldn't resist even though it took me 5 minutes to find that line.) Carlisle chuckled again.
"Very interesting." I didn't miss that he had been writing all that down. Was that going to bite me in the butt later? Bella won't eat because her favorite color isn't even on the color wheel? Carlisle kept up the easy questions until he grew more serious.
"Now what about your parents?" He asked cautiously. Maybe worried I would blow up on him. I shrugged again.
"What about them? My mom got knocked up, they got married, and then realized they couldn't stand eachother and got divorced." I said casually, and I wasn't even faking it. I grew up this way. I was use to it. It had nothing to do with my problem. Carlilse, however, had other ideas.
"And how did that affect you as a child?" I rolled my eyes. Right when I thought Carlisle was cool he had to go and ruin it by bringing up the infamous 'how does that make feel?' question. Of course he did it more sneakily.(Is that even a real word?)
I told him how I saw it. "It didn't really affect me. I never knew any different. Sure it may had been a pain in the butt to have to do two different Christmases and Thanksgivings, but that's pretty much it. My parents both love me and that was enough." Carlisle seemed to accept my answer. For now. I'm sure this would be brought up in another session. Maybe he'll even fly Renee down for a 'family session.'
A few more easy questions before he got serious again. He brought in a full-size mirror. "Now Bella I want you too look in this mirror and tell me what you see." I stood up and looked at the mirror. I grimaced but tried to hide that from Carlisle.
"I see me." I answered, stalling. Carlisle sighed.
"And what do you think about how you look?" I shrugged.
"I have brown hair, brown eyes. Nothing extraordinary." Carlilse nodded and gestured for me to continue. I sighed and looked back at the mirror.
"I see a girl who is unhappy." That was true. "I see an unhealthy girl." That was true. "I see a girl who is too skinny and wants to get better but doesn't know how." That was half true. I wanted to get better, and I really didn't know how. However, I did not see a too skinny girl. I saw a girl whose thighs were too big, and had more fat around her waist then she would like. I saw a girl who arms would jiggle would she moved her arm. I saw a girl who refrained from smiling because she thought it showed just how chubby her cheeks were. The girl I saw in the mirror was not really the girl reflected back. I couldn't see that. Carlisle opened his mouth to speak but thankfully the timer rang. Thank god. Carlisle sighed.
"You can go Bella, but I want to talk about this next time." I smiled, nodded, and ran the hell out there. I was almost out the door when I was stopped my a beautiful woman with caramel hair.
"Hello dear." She said warmly. "You must be, Bella." I nodded. Alice came bounding into the room.
"Isn't she pretty, Esme?" I blushed something that had stopped when I quit eating. Reason 347 as to why I shouldn't eat. I smiled at Esme.
"You have a beautiful home, Mrs. Cullen." Esme laughed softly.
"Thank you, but please call me Esme." I nodded and smiled again. Alice said something in Esme's ear, and Esme smiled and nodded.
"Would you like to stay for dinner, Bella?" I shook my head quickly.
"I would hate to intrude." It was Esme's turn to shake her head.
"Nonsense dear. We would love to have you."
"Please stay, Bella. I can tell we're going to be great friends!" Pleaded Alice using a puppy pout. I silently groaned. I was always a sucker for those.
"Yes, Bella, please stay." Said Carlisle from the stairs. I silently groaned again. I forgot he was there. I'm sure every movement I made while eating would be noticed. Great. I was about to protest again when I saw Alice's face.
With a sigh I agreed to stay. Alice squealed and leapt forward to hug me. I patted her back awkwardly.
I followed Alice to her bedroom with one thought. What have I gotten myself into?
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Katie