Chapter 3 – Hospital
JPOV
After Bella's 'accident' my life became a bit of a blur. I had a routine. Wake up, lounge around the hospital hoping Bella will get better, eat where I can and go to sleep again. I didn't hear the beeping of her monitors anymore, I was too used to them now. To be quite frank, life was crap without her. Her chances were looking a lot better and Dr. Cullen gave her 70% chance of survival. So far she had drifted between consciousness and unconsciousness. The first time she woke up was half a day after the incident. She woke up, sat up, said my name and then her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell back down. It was even more terrifying than the shark attack. When you see something like that happen to someone you love it hurts deep inside you. The worry is worse than anything but the doctor said that it was normal for this to happen.
She had a lot of external bleeding and she was lucky not to die of blood loss. She also cheated death in another way. How could the shark be put off its 'prey' that easily is incredible. It only took the sound of a helicopter. I made a promise to myself though if she pulls through, no I hate 'if'. When she pulls through I will never let her be put in danger ever again. I blamed myself for what happened. I shouldn't have let her swim that far out. It was too dangerous.
I was tired so I went to sleep and that was when I had my first dream.
It was dark. I was walking through a forest. I saw Bella standing there alone. I cried out her name but she didn't respond. I tried again, but there was nothing. I heard a gunshot. I saw a thick red liquid dripping down from my shoulder. Blood. I didn't feel the pain. I heard another shot. Bella started running away. That was when I saw the shooter. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was Charlie. He then turned to me grinning. He put the gun in my mouth. And then he fired...
I woke up with a cold sweat dripping over me. I was panting.
"Are you alright?"
I saw the familiar face of Dr. Carlisle Cullen looking down at me.
"I'm fine" I dismissed
He handed me a glass of water.
"In the dream were you alone?" he asked
"What are you a psychiatrist?" I snapped. "I'm sorry, it's just don't want to talk about it OK?"
"That's fine Jake, I was just worried about you."
He turned away heading for the door.
"Wait!" I said. He stopped and turned to face me and raised his eyebrows. "You called me Jake. Not Jacob. Only Bella calls me that."
"I know" he replied, "Bella woke up earlier when you went for food. She asked for you."
Thank God. She remembered me. No she asked for me. She was on the mend.
"Is she getting better?"
"Yes, she should be able to leave here in a week."
"That's fantastic. Thank you!"
"I'm just doing my job"
"I know but thanks!!!"
"My pleasure. Oh and you may want to know, this is my last day here. Dr. Tamara will be replacing me after that."
I was sitting there when she woke up again. She smiled and winked at me.
"How are you feeling my beautiful girl?" I asked.
"Ow!" she winced as she sat up. "What the hell happened to me?"
"What do you remember?"
"We were surfing, we were on the beach..." she paused and a look of horror spread across her face.
"Shark." we both said at the same time.
"When do I get out of here?" she asked.
"In about a week." I answered.
"That's ages!"
"Yeah but you suffered a lot of injuries and lost a lot of blood."
"Did the shark actually bite me?"
"No, it rammed you into a rock."
"Oh OK then."
"Anyway Bells the doctor says that you need to rest."
With that her head slumped down on a pillow and she fell fast asleep. I was about to do the same when Dr. Cullen came in with a determined look on his face.
"What's up Doc?" I asked
"Some guys are here to see you." he replied
Two men walked through the door. They were both wearing black suits. One was big, black and muscular and the other was small with white hair.
The smaller man spoke as the other put a large hand on my shoulder.
"You are coming with us." he said.
The next day...
BPOV
I woke up alone with my thoughts which have been confusing recently but I was worried to see that Jake wasn't there. I was confused because he barely ever left my side after the attack. I waited for about half an hour before I pressed the call button. I knew something was wrong. It took another worry filled five minutes before the doctor came.
"Is everything alright?" he asked politely.
"No have you seen Jacob" I asked
"Who is Jacob?"
"He's my boyfriend, he is always here, he never leaves my side.."
"What does he look like?"
"Tall, handsome with short dark hair."
"Nope I haven't seen him, but I'll keep an eye out for him. Maybe it's because this is my first day here for a week. Bad luck."
"Thanks anyway."
"Do you have his phone number?"
"Yes"
"If you give me that I can call him and ask him to come to see you "
I gave him the number but when he came back he shook his head to signal that there was no answer. I was alone in this mess. Jacob was gone.
Where is Jake? How will Bella cope without him? Next chapter will be a good one.
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