I couldn't sit in there and watch him look the way he did. All I wanted to do was hug him and say everything is okay. But it was not okay. How could he imprint on two people! Or one in half people from what I'm told! She is not even fully human and werewolves and vampires are enemies! This just should not be. I'm literally getting sick thinking about it and I have to ask Jake to leave because just the sight of him is making it hurt so much more. About five minutes after Jake leaves I hear a knock at the door.
"Come in" I say.
I see Dr. Cullen come into the room.
"Hello Kelly how are you feeling?" he asks in a caring voice.
"Let's see, how am I feeling? well... My boyfriend is in love with a half vampire baby, that babies mother tried to kill me and now I am struck her in a house where I am not wanted...by anyone." I say strangely calm.
"Kelly, you are not unwanted here. It is a very difficult situation..."
I could tell he was trying to comfort me but how could he? He and I both knew that there is only one person that could make me feel better and he was probably too busy watching Sesame Street with the love of his life to even care.
"It's fine, just do what you gotta do" I say and lay back.
I feel him check my casts for swelling, checking my vital signs and then he asks if I am in pain. I don't really know how to answer my physical and emotional pain are very blurred at the moment and I can't decipher which is which.
"I'm fine." I lie but I can tell by his face he doesn't believe me.
"Kelly, if there is one person in this house you don't have to hide your feelings from it is me. Doctor- patient confidentiality." He says with a smile.
"Dr Cullen..."
"Call me Carlisle dear."
"Okay Carlisle, I am feeling awesome! I have aches and pains all over my body, a pounding in my head and I can't tell what is real anymore." I say and unexpectedly start crying.
"I'm very sorry Kelly. I can't imagine how this feels for you. Everyone is very confused..." He says and stops as someone comes into the room.
"Carlisle, can I have a minute with her please." Edward says.
"Of course, Kelly I'm going to give you some pain medication for your leg and some medicine for you head ache okay?" Carlisle says and injects fluid into my IV. As he turns to leave
I see that his eyes are black as night.
When he leaves the room I start to get an uneasy feeling. I haven't ever been alone in a room alone with him before. I haven't even ever been this close to him before. There is an awkward silence and we just stare at each other.
"Um Kelly, I don't really know how to say this... But I am... um ...sorry" He says surprisingly.
Out of all the things I would have thought he would say that was definitely not one of them. How do respond to that? It's okay your wife tried to kill me? No hard feelings?
"I...um...thanks" I say.
"Well I also came to tell you that my family is going on a hunting trip. They haven't um... fed in awhile I am ... going to stay here with you. I just wanted to make sure you where at least somewhat comfortable with that" He explains
"Okay, that sounds fine" I say back.
"Good then, Carlisle will be back to check on you before he leaves" he says walking toward the door.
"Um Edward ..." I say and he turns to look at me.
"I really appreciate it, all of it" I say smiling.
I smiles back and walks out the door.
Well that was definitely the weirdest thing ever. I was relieved that Jake would be gone, so I could get out of this room for awhile. My head is feeling a lot better but whatever Dr. Carlisle gave me is making me extremely tired.
...
I woke up and noticed that it was now dark outside. I must have slept all day. I could use something to drink that medicine always makes me so thirsty.
Then I heard a knock on the door.
"Come in"
I look and I see Edward walking in with a glass of water on a tray.
"I thought you might be thirsty" he says and hands me the glass.
I should have known. Jacob told me about his mind reading abilities.
"I didn't think I was thinking that loudly" I say jokingly.
He looked confused or unsure I couldn't really tell but it was weird.
"I um, I just heard you get up, that bed is really creaky" he says.
"Oh I just thought with the whole mind reading thing you just heard that I was thirsty" I say and take another sip of water.
He just looks at me and I start to feel very uneasy.
"I just thought, I mean Jacob told me about it and so..." I say trying to break the silence.
"I ... I didn't... I mean I can't hear your thoughts" he says looking more confused than me.
"Oh, well alright. I didn't really want anyone to know what I'm thinking; I might offend someone and almost get killed for it." I say laughing.
Surprisingly I hear Edward chuckle softly and then sets the tray I hadn't noticed he was holding on the side table. He brought a full breakfast in bed meal accompanied by some pain medication. He hands me the three white pills and refills my water. I take the pills and wash them down with the water. I look at the food a notice just how hungry I am. It's a full spread. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, toast, a cup of assorted fruits and orange juice. I guess I must have slept longer than I thought. I look out the window and see the sun starting to rise. I slept all day yesterday! Well this food looks amazing no matter what especially for somebody that doesn't eat it looks really well prepared. Edward sees me eyeing the food and grabs the side table and wheels it over my bed so that the food is right in front of me.
"Thank you Edward, everything looks amazing." I say and start eating.
I actually sigh because it tastes so good. And I become aware of how strange it sounded because Edward is laughing at me. I have never seen him laugh before.
"Hey, you can't make fun of a cripple!" I say laughing.
"Oh no, I wasn't making fun." he says trying to be serious but just ends up laughing even harder.
"So, do you think I could get out of this room for awhile?" I ask.
"Of course. Where would you like to go?" He says already moving the table, and lowering the bed.
"Honestly anywhere would be better than this room." I say laughing.
"Well then let's get you out of here." He says helping me up.
"Thanks" I say as we walk out of the room. Well more like Edward walks out of the room supporting all of my weight. When we get into the hallway I can see the sun is shining through the window which was very strange for Forks. Then something catches my eye and I notice that it's Edward, he really does sparkle. I can't help but laugh.
"What's so funny?" He asks.
"You realize you are sparkling right?" I say as we get down the stairs.
"I never notice it anymore." He says shaking his head and then laughs.
"What's so funny?" I say mockingly.
"Nothing, it's just that your reaction to my "sparkling" was completely different than um Bella's. It actually is what I have always thought. Very weird." He says.
"It is quite strange. I didn't mean to insult you, it's just you don't see that every day." I say.
"No I get it, and I take no offense." He says smiling.
"Okay I am not trying to make this anymore awkward than it already is but I have a question." I say looking down at the floor.
"Ask away." I hear him say.
"Okay well I think I mean I know that you should probably hate me. I mean Bella is your wife and I totally get that, which is why none of this makes any sense. I mean don't get me wrong I appreciate everything you've done, it's just very odd. " I say quietly.
I finally look up at him and see that he is smiling again.
"Kelly, I don't hate you mostly because I have no real reason to. There is something else though it in itself is very odd." He says pausing.
I wait for him to continue.
"You remind me of someone." He says smiling as though he is picturing them right now.
"Who?" I question.
"Marie, my little sister." He says.
"You have a sister?" I ask completely confused.
"No I had a sister." He says gravely.
"It was back a long time ago, when I was still human. She was only a year younger than me but I always looked after her. She had the same dark brown almost black hair like you. She was a very sweet genuine girl but she had the same spunk I see in you. She was never one to give up and she always and an opinion about everything. After my father died it was very hard on her and she used to come into my room at night and I would sing her lullaby's to help her sleep. When the influenza hit, she got it first. I took care of her for months, just hoping she would get better. But then I too got sick as well as my mother so we were all put into the hospital. I don't remember ever leaving the house my fever was so high that I couldn't even open my eyes but when I woke up in the hospital bed the first thing I thought was where is Marie. I tried calling for her but nobody answered until finally a nurse came in to check on me. I asked her "where is my sister", repeatedly until finally she asked for her name and went to go check for me. When she returned I could tell by the look on her face that it wasn't good news. She looked at me and said "I am very sorry son, but she's gone." I couldn't bare it. I didn't even move and I stayed that way up until Carlisle found me, I didn't even want to live at that point which is probably why I was in such bad condition. I haven't thought about Marie in such a long time. The only person I ever spoke about her with was Carlisle because he had actually been taking care of her before she passed."
Wow. I was not expecting that at all!
"I am really sorry Edward" I say and I notice that we have been standing at that end of the stairs for a long time now.
"Yes, it was a very hard thing and even after 108 years I still miss her. I don't mean to um… creep you out but you really do remind me of her and that is partly the reason I wanted to stay here with you. Believe me Bella was not all too pleased with it but I convinced her." He says.
"Edward, I …um…I don't know what to say."
I really don't know what to say. That was so weirdly sweet that I'm stunned. I don't know what comes over me but I lean into him and hug him. He is stiff at first but then and gently hugs me back. I realize then that if this situation weren't so screwed up we might actually be friends.
"So now that I am like a sister to you does that mean I won't be attacked, at least not as much?" I say nervously laughing.
"Yes, I realize that you may be still afraid of us because of that but we do not all wanted to kill you, well at least not for the reasons you think." He says smirking.
"Yeah well I really didn't mean to threaten your daughter. It was just so messed up and I had no idea. I still have no idea how this is happening. It's like one minute Jacob and I are great and now he is in love with a baby." I say sadly.
"Believe me Kelly you are not the only one who is upset with that." He says.
"Yeah… I mean not that I want you to kill Jake but how are you okay with that." I say.
"Oh I am not okay with it but Renesmee loves Jake too." He says.
Ouch that hurts.
"So I am like the other women now screwing with this happy family. I know what kind of position this puts you in. I mean no matter how much I remind you of your sister I'm not. And Renesmee is your daughter and you want her to be happy." I say.
"That is true. I do want my daughter to be happy but I don't want you to be miserable because of it. This isn't your fault Kelly, this is Jacobs fault entirely. He is hurting you and it is not a pretty sight to bear. Of course I want my daughter to be happy and have someone who loves her but Jacob loves you too. I do not fully understand this imprinting thing but I know what the difference between right and wrong is. What Jacob is doing to you is wrong." He says sympathetically.
"Well can I take back what I said about not wanting you to kill him?" I say and laugh because I know if I don't I will burst out crying and I don't want that.
"Oh you have no idea." He says laughing too.
We both stand there laughing so hard because there is nothing else to do. Edward can't fix this, I can't fix this. We both know that we are inadvertently on two separate imaginary teams not by choice but by fate. I look up at him stifling another laugh because he has never looked more human than the way he looks now.
"Let's go outside." I say grabbing his hand.
"Okay." He says following along.
When we set outside into the beautiful warm breezy day I feel a sense of calm wash over me. That is until I hear someone say…
"What the hell is this?"
