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Chapter 2- Influenza

"Carlisle! Darling thank god!" Esme's voice rang through the foyer.

"Hello Dear, how are you." Carlisle said kissing Esme's cheek. He clearly hadn't gotten the five thousand messages that Edward had left him on his cell.

"Carlisle!" Edward called from his spot next to me. I was shaking and could barely speak. Looking up at Carlisle was like looking up at God at the moment.

"Bella?! Oh mercy, Edward what happened?" Carlisle asked sweeping over to my side.

"I didn't bite her if that's what you're thinking. I don't know what's wrong with her. I went to her house and found her this way." Edward barked

"Alright, go fetch my bag out of my car." Carlisle instructed. Edward didn't argue, instead he did as instructed and was back before I realized he was gone. I looked up at Carlisle wide-eyed. Carlisle looked down at me and smiled as if to say "It's alright." But it wasn't alright. I had been sick before- chicken pox, stomach virus', the occasional cold- and this was nothing like I had ever experienced. Death couldn't have in anyway been worse.

"Bella?" I could hear Carlisle calling out to me but just thinking of looking at him nauseated me. "Bella, look at me." Carlisle said. I pursed my lips together to keep vomit from flying out and turned my head. Then Carlisle did the most evil thing he could, he shined a flash light in my eyes. I groaned and tried to move my head away but Edwards ice cold hands held it in place. "You have to love." Tears streamed down my cheeks as I dealt with the agonizing pain.

"Well?!" Edward demanded a few minutes later. Now all of the Cullen siblings were home and they were hovering over me, including Rosalie. My head was turned and I studied all of their faces. Alice looked scared as she held onto Jasper who looked like he was trying not to upset her. Emmett looked sad, like he was watching me die and Rosalie's face was unreadable; solemn. Edward looked petrified to hear what Carlisle was going to say. "Well!?" he repeated.

Carlisle took a deep breath "A very bad bout of the flu has been going around. I have had several patients in the hospital with it. It seems that Bella has caught it and she is the worst case I've seen yet." he said looking at me.

Edward squeezed the space between his eyes and turned away from me, "The flu? She has the flu?"

"Her fever is extremely high 104.5, body aches, vomiting, nausea, the abdominal pain, sore throat. All of the symptoms are extreme in Bella's case." Carlisle told us. Now I had gone from afraid to petrified. Edward turned and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were sad, pained then the next thing I knew they were gone, Edward was gone. He had flown out the door like he had wings.

"Emmett." Rosalie said, gesturing to the door.

"Already gone." Emmett said running in the direction Edward had gone.

I started coughing and hung my head over the bucket next to the couch and began vomiting. I could feel my hair being lifted away from my neck. I wanted to look and see who it was but I was humiliated. I felt disgusting. I began crying harder. I wanted Edward; I didn't understand why he ran out on me. It was so unlike him. Two cold hands grasped my shoulders and pushed my back, it was Jasper. I glanced up and saw who was holding my hair, it was Rosalie. Jasper and Rosalie positioned me on the couch and Alice took away the bucket.

"Edward?" I whispered.

Alice came back and sat on the sofa next to me and wrapped her arm around me. "Don't be upset with Edward. I think it was too hard for him to watch you suffer from the..."and she trailed off. I glanced up at her but she was looking away.

"From the illness that killed him 110 years ago." Jasper said.

"Jaz!" Alice exclaimed.

"What? You were going to say it. Bella's not stupid; she would have caught on eventually." Jasper said folding his arms across his chest. But he was wrong, I was stupid. I should have known how this would affect Edward. I should have known that this would upset him. I shouldn't have been so selfish to yearn for him the way I did. I started to cry, again.

"Bella! Sweetie what's wrong?" Esme cried taking my face in her cold hands.

"Edward...I'm sorry." I whispered.

"Jasper!" Esme hissed. Jasper focused on me and I could feel the quilt and sadness leaving.

"No... I...des...erve it." I said. I did deserve it; I shouldn't feel good if Edward was feeling sad because of me.

"No, Bella, you don't. You need to rest. Emmett will bring Edward back." Rosalie said staring out the window. I couldn't believe that she was being so nice to me. I gave up, I felt myself relax.

"Now, Rosalie, you go to Bella's house and get her some of her clothes and belongings." Esme instructed.

"Yes Mom." Rosalie nodded and gracefully left the room.

"Jasper I want you to call Charlie and tell him what's going on."

"Me?!" Jasper exclaimed "Shouldn't Alice do that?"

"No, you should." Esme said "Make sure he doesn't worry. Tell him that Carlisle is taking good care of Bella."

"Alright." Jasper whispered

"And Alice."

"Yes, Mom?!" Alice said, chipper as ever.

"Cool her down." Esme said. I could feel Alice wrap her arms around my shoulders. The icy feel of her skin was crippling. The room fell suddenly silent and I realized that Alice and I were alone. Inside I fought hard against Alice's grasp but it didn't show at all on the outside. I lost my strength and at that moment had no choice but to surrender and deal with the cold.

"Well, I called Charlie." Jasper said walking back into the room a few minutes later.

"Char...?" Was all I managed to say.

"Yes, I managed to keep him calm and he is going to stay in Yellowstone. I figured it would be better if he wasn't around." Jasper explained.

I nodded. Jasper was right. All Charlie would do is grunt at Edward and demand that I go home. I knew I was better off in Carlisle's hands then in the hands of NyQuil and chicken broth.

Alice stood and helped me lie down, "Bella, you need to rest. Okay, go to sleep." she said. She smiled a warm grin and left the room with Jasper. I lay still on the sofa and stared at the ceiling. My eyelids felt heavy but I fought against the exhaustion. I didn't want to sleep until Edward was back and I knew he was okay. I felt my eyelids close but I was still awake. No...No...Wait for...Edward I thought as my body surrendered and I slipped into slumber.

A/N- Thanks for reading! Sorry it took me so long to update but a few family crisis' came along and I had to deal with them. Please feed the review bunny and I will feed your story bunny! Make sure that your reviews are kind and respectful, all others will be deleted. Thank you:-D

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