Chapter 3: Lost Lamb

When I finally finished dressing I ran outside to my truck where Jacob was waiting in the cab his arms crossed over his chest and a sour look on his face. I started the engine and pulled out of the driveway. "Which way do we go?" I asked looking at Jacob. He looked at me "I'm not some blood hound, besides his stink is everywhere so it's really hard to find him even if I was looking for him." He said huffing loudly. I rolled my eyes and pulled the truck over.

"Jacob I really need your help" I said reaching over and putting my hand on his. "Please, I really need to find Edward" I said giving Jacob my best pouting look. He looked at me "No what you need to find is your common sense Bella." He remarked. "Jacob I need to know where to go" I said driving down the road as we headed up the highway."Fine head north he's heading for the Canadian border to hide out for a while." Jacob said looking out the window.

At the next intersection I turned north and drove to the major highway that leads right to the border. I hoped that we could find Edward before he went too far into Canada. I sighed at the silence in the truck's cab. "Jacob I know you hate Edward but if you want to stay my friend then you're going to have to get over it" I said trying to break the ice. Jacob turned his head and looked over at me. "Are you insane, there is no way that I am going to be friends with that oversized blood sucking leech just because he's your boyfriend" he said crossing his arms back over his chest. I took my eyes off the road and looked at him "Jacob Black you can be such and infuriating person do you know that. I don't care if you become his friend or not I'm just asking you to not try to rip him apart every time you see him." I said.

Jacob sighed "Watch out!" he yelled, turning my head back to the road there was a large dairy cow in the middle of the road. I turned the wheel hard and soon my old truck was going through the wooden guardrail and down over a steep embankment. There was rush of pain in my head then everything went dark.

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I groaned and opened my eyes slowly there was steam from the old radiator billowing out of the front of the truck. My head felt heavy and my chest hurt from the seatbelt that held me in place. It took me a minute to remember what happened. Bella had swerved to miss a cow in the road and we went off the road. As I tried to get my bearings the passenger door was ripped off its hinges. I looked over and saw Edward standing there his hand was griping the door so hard it was actually folding in on its self.

"One minute I'm right across the border and the next I smell Bella's blood on the wind, do you realize that I thought I left her with someone who actually had the brains to keep her safe and what do you do? You let her drive off a cliff." He roared with such anger that I never had heard before. I looked over at Bella she was out cold from the looks of it she had hit her head on the steering wheel pretty hard. As I reached over to touch her Edward grabbed me tight by the shoulder and pulled me out of the truck with no problem and threw me aside like I was a small pebble.

Edward climbed into the truck and pulled Bella out slowly in case she was hurt. He held her close as he pulled out his cell phone and mumbled under his breath about no cell service. I got to my feet and walked over carefully.

I knew that he would never go for leaving her with me so I suggested the next best thing "Why don't you take her to a doctor. She has to be looked at." I said looking at Bella, the bleeding had stopped and her hair was stuck to the drying blood. I wanted to hold her and make her feel better but I could feel the anger radiating from Edward in large waves. I watched Edward stand up with Bella in his arms. "I'm taking her home" he growled at me. Bella looked more delicate than ever in Edward's arms especially with her injuries."You have no right to growl at me bloodsucker, you're the one that left and made her worry about you" I snarled back, I felt my body begin to shake this time I didn't bother to hold back as I transformed into a wolf, I snarled loudly and took a couple steps back and snarled louder.

Edward held Bella closer to his chest and backed away from me, I advanced slowly it was because of him Bella was hurt again. I lunged at his free arm and held it tight in my mouth. It was at that moment that Bella began to wake up. I never heard a scream that loud in my life, I was so shocked I let go and watched as Edward put Bella down. "Bella calm down, that's just that flea bitten friend of yours. I'm fine, it didn't even hurt at all" Edward said calmly as he moved closer to Bella and put his cold hand on her cheek. She moved away from him so quickly that she was almost a blur.

"How can you say your fine you were just bitten by a wolf" Bella said pointing at Edward's arm his shirt was in shreds where my teeth had ripped it. "Why aren't you in any pain? that should have hurt" she added backing away still. I was starting to worry "Bella?" Edward asked carefully. "Yes… how do you know my name?" she asked slowly stopping in her tracks she was a good five feet away from us both. Edward's eyebrows furrowed then relaxed "Bella… what's the last thing you remember?" he asked taking a small step forward his hands out in front of him to keep Bella calm.

Bella backed away a few more steps "I don't have to tell you, I don't even know you" she said turning around and taking off in a sprint as best as she could in the woods with the large rocks and downed trees. I gave an internal sigh. I didn't move an inch, if Bella didn't remember anything then it would scare her more if I went after her in my current form.

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My head was spinning and it hurt badly, nothing was making any sense to me at all. There was a young man that was bitten by wolf and he acted like it was nothing. I was starting to feel like I had just taken a trip down my own personal rabbit hole. I looked around quickly to make sure there was no white rabbit running away from me. The most important thing was to get away from that man and just get back to my dad; he would know what was going on. I looked up and saw a guard rail on the top of the hill which meant there was a road there. I saw a path that looked pretty safe and I began my climb back up to the road when I got there finally a familiar cruiser pulled up to me.

Charlie jumped out of the driver's side the moment he put the car in park and I ran over to him "Dad what's going on? I just saw this guy get bit by a huge wolf and he acted like it was nothing and he knew my name." I said starting to panic. "Bella… you were in a car accident, your truck went off the road when you swerved to miss a cow in the road and from the looks of it you hit your head pretty hard on something. Now can you tell me the last thing you remember?" he asked me calmly.

I thought for a moment "Getting off the plane at the airport and driving home to your place, then it kind of blurs into nothing" I said quietly my head was starting to throb. "Can we go now I'm feeling a little dizzy" I said which was an understatement I felt like I was falling. Charlie looked me over. "No I'm going to take you to the hospital first just to have you checked out then we'll go home and you can rest for a while." He said softly as he led me to his cruiser and helped me in.

We drove to the hospital in silence I could feel Charlie watching me closely; when we arrived at the hospital we were led into a private curtained area. I sat on the bed and waited for a doctor, I wasn't waiting long when a young doctor walked in and smiled. "Hello Bella, I heard you got a bump on the head and your memory is a little fuzzy, don't worry about your memory it should come back soon, so let's take a look at the damage" he said as he stood in front of me and pulled the hair out of the dried blood I heard him make a few sounds as he took a wet towel from the nurse and wiped away the blood "Well you don't need any stitches but I want you to run a few tests just to make sure everything is fine on the inside. Now do you feel sick to your stomach or anything?" he asked.

"Just a little dizzy and a bit of a headache and my body is a little sore mostly in my chest, I guess from the seatbelt" I replied. He nodded his head and gave the nurse instructions to take me to get a cat scan and to then get me comfortable in a private room. "Now don't worry, I just want to keep you overnight to make sure that everything is all right" he said as he signed the chart "I'm going off my shift for the night but Dr. Cullen is coming on soon and he'll keep an eye on you all night, it will help to have a familiar face"

I looked at the doctor with a quizzical look "I know Dr. Cullen? How do I know him?" I asked looking at Charlie. "Bella you've been in Forks for over a year now, for some reason you have forgotten a specific amount of time. But once you get some rest I'm sure your memories will start coming back right away" the doctor said as the nurse helped me down from the bed and into a wheelchair. I nodded my head which made it hurt even worse. I closed my eyes to keep my headache from getting worse the last thing I heard was someone yelling.

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I walked into the hospital and waited in the front lobby after asking for Carlisle to be paged. When he showed up finally I had been pacing the lobby for a few minutes. He led me out of the lobby and up to the third floor and down the hall to his private office. I didn't bother to take a seat "How is Bella? The memory loss how bad is it?" I asked in a worried tone.

Carlisle took a seat behind his desk "I really shouldn't be talking about a patient to a non-family member, if you had brought her to me at home earlier then I could say something but there are ethics here Edward so if you want information you're going to have to speak with Charlie about her condition." He said calmly his expression was unchanged. At that moment I wanted to smash everything into dust, Carlisle had never withheld anything I knew that this time he was doing it to build a friendship between myself and Charlie after I had hurt Bella and had a part in destroying part of his house. Without even responding I left the room, I could have read his mind but I was too angry.

I walked down to the first nurse's station I could find and asked for Bella's room number; once I had the number I stormed off and took the stairs faster than a heartbeat, when I got to the waiting area outside Bella's room I saw Charlie sitting alone his head was resting in his hands. The first thought that went through my mind was that something had gone wrong and I was too late. Charlie looked up once he felt my presence; he raked his hand through his hair.

"She's in surgery right now, to relieve the pressure on her brain. Just before she went to have a cat scan she just slipped into unconsciousness. She also has amnesia she doesn't remember her time here at all which is a good thing. She's better off not knowing you at all. Ever since she met you she's started getting hurt more and I just don't mean her physical injuries either." He said to me. I wanted to scream at him for no reason other than he was just pushing me to my limits. I bit my tongue and took a seat far from him. It was only a matter of time before the others got here, I'm sure either Carlisle would call them or Alice would have a vision of my murderous intent toward Charlie.

After a short time Esme, Alice, Rosalie, Jasper and Emmett arrived and took up collective seating around one couch. Jasper and Emmett were sitting on the floor their backs against the couch. I could see Jasper was having a hard time sitting in a hospital but he was doing it for Bella even if she didn't remember any of us at the moment. When Charlie left the area to walk around and clear his head I also stood up in defense as Jacob and his mutt crew walked up the hall with Carlisle. I wanted to rip Jacob black into tiny shreds, it was then I noticed Jasper and Emmett standing behind me, they were ready to hold me back from making a scene. I glared at them as they took a seat on a couch on the other side of the room, I felt a growl ready to rip out of my chest and explode into something larger. I could tell the wolves were there to be supportive for Jacob and to keep order. I knew if I tried to fight Jacob I would be outnumbered greatly.

I paced the waiting area, my anxiety levels were going through the roof. I needed to see Bella and make sure she was all right then I was going to make that wolf pay. It was close to four in the afternoon when Carlisle came back and said the surgery was over and that Bella would be brought to her room in a few minutes. Charlie rose from his seat and followed Carlisle to Bella's room I stood rooted to the spot I wanted to move and follow them but my body wasn't listening to me at all. When my body finally started to move again I sat back down in my seat between Jasper and Emmett. I just stared forward and locked eyes with Jacob it was just the two of us. He knew the moment we alone that I was going to make him pay. I waited for Charlie to come back and allow me to go see her or for him to leave so I could sneak in to see her.

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Bella was hurt because I let her out of the house and I didn't protect her, Sam had told me that she was hard headed and I never would have won if I fought her about looking for Edward she would have gone without me. Edward had a right to hate me. I hated myself for letting Bella got hurt. Getting up from my seat I walked down the hall to just get away from Edward and his glaring eyes. I walked down to Bella's room; I stood outside the door and sighed softly before walking off and heading around the hall and back into the waiting room. I wanted just run into Bella's room and hold her close to me and beg her to forgive me for letting her get hurt. I took my seat again and put my hands over my face.

I groaned and let my head hit the back of the chair that's when I felt a pair of hateful eyes staring at me. I lifted my head and saw Edward staring at me. I jumped to my feet and moved over to him. "You're just mad at yourself and you're taking out on me because you can't deal with the fact that it's entirely your fault that Bella is hurt. If you hadn't run with your tail between your legs then she never would have gone to look for you." I said.

Edward moved in a blur I was barely able to dodge his fist. I was lucky when his brothers grabbed him and held him back. "See I knew it, you're just upset that I'm telling you the truth. You're nothing more than a lousy blood sucker" I added as his brothers pulled him back to his seat before security was called. I walked back over to the others.

"We have to stay tonight, with Bella like this she'll be any easy target for those other two blood suckers, we can finish them off first then we can go back home. Sam can you and the others take outside protection and I'll stay here," I said as the others got up and slowly left their eyes looking the Cullen family over before disappearing out of sight. In the back of my mind I hoped Bella would wake up soon for Charlie's sake, I could sense that everything that was going on was taking its toll on his nerves. I got up from my seat when Bella's doctor walked by. I walked up to him. "I don't like you but I have to know is Bella going to wake up soon?" I asked I knew I sounded weak especially in front of the head vampire of a small clan.

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I opened my eyes and saw Charlie standing beside my bed he looked worried, my headache was gone. "Did I fall asleep?" I asked softly, I wanted to sit up but my body felt heavy so I didn't bother to try and sit up. Charlie smiled at me and took a seat on the chair next to my bed."No, your head injury was a little more severe, you passed out from a fluid buildup and the pressure caused your black out the doctors had to drill a small hole to let the pressure out and so they're going to keep you for a few days to make sure that everything went well. You're going to be excused from school until everything is back to normal." He said smiling at me. I gave a small smile "I hope you didn't call mom it would just make her do something crazy like jump on a plane and fly here when I'm fine."I said reassuringly.

Charlie laughed softly "No, I didn't call her but I plan to later after you're out of the hospital that way she won't worry about you as much. The again she always worries about you." He said giving a quick smile. "When you're feeling better I'm sure Jacob will want to come visit you" Charlie remarked. "Oh right, Jacob is Billy Black's son, you must remember Rebecca and Rachel right?" he asked before continuing. I nodded my head which made it spin a bit. "He's their younger brother than. It would be nice to meet him… again." I said smiling a bit. I looked around the room; my view was limited to the hallway outside my door and the window that over looked some trees and a street.

It was at that moment I felt the urge to look at my doorway, Dr. Cullen walked into the room "It's good to see you're up Bella. We've been worried…especially Edward, he's been snapping at the others for the last hour." He said with a smile. "Is he someone I know from school Dr. Cullen?" I asked. He smiled at me again "Call me Carlisle…and he's very close to you, he's out in the waiting room with the rest of the family. Do you want him to come in and say hello maybe it will help with your memory." Carlisle said staying close to the door. I thought for a moment. "Sure, it couldn't hurt" I said closing my eyes for a moment as I yawned a bit. I kept my eyes closed to help ignore the dull throbbing from the side of my head.

"Is she sleeping?" A soft velvet voice asked. I cracked my eyes open and saw the same young man from the woods. I sat up quickly and ignored the pain in my head. "It's you; you're the one from the woods, the one the wolf bit." I yelled out making my head hurt even worse.

Edward laughed softly. "Carlisle said you hit your head pretty hard… that must have been some dream you had." There was something about that laugh that sounded familiar but I just couldn't place it. "I wasn't dreaming, you were holding me in your arms and a big wolf about the size of a tractor was standing right in front of you and bit your arm." I said determined to not to have my words brushed aside. Charlie looked at Edward for a moment. "I'm getting some coffee then when I get back Bella needs her rest." He said in a low voice as he left the room with Carlisle following behind him. "All right Bella, enough messing around, start remembering stuff already. Without your memories you're a sitting duck." He said moving to the side of my bed. I looked at him carefully something about his voice and he face seemed so familiar but I just couldn't remember anything.

"I just don't remember anything, I'm sorry, tell me the truth were you really there today in the woods I mean or was that just a dream?" I asked softly. Edward smiled "You look tired get some rest I'm sure it will all come back to you soon." He whispered. I wanted to say I wasn't tired but my head was starting to feel heavy again. I put my head down and closed my eyes, I was tired but I couldn't fall asleep just yet. Then I heard Edward humming a tune that sounded so familiar to me but I just couldn't place it. I felt myself slipping into the darkness of sleep and then I was fully asleep.

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I left Bella's room just as Charlie walked back down the hall. "She fell asleep so I let her rest. Look, I know you don't like me because of what I've done in the past but just know this. I would die for Bella she means the world to me. I want to apologize to you first for the way I have been acting. I never meant to hurt Bella at all, I love her maybe more than you love her." I said keeping a calm face. Charlie looked at me. "I know you love her; I see how you look at her, so cautiously. I may have jumped the gun about you." Charlie said putting a hand on my shoulder.

"Edward… I have to ask you something… who is Laurent?" Charlie asked with a calm face.