I raced to Bella's house, hoping to find Bella, sleeping peacefully in her bed. When I arrived at the house, it was empty. She had to be at the hospital that was the only place she could be. As if to answer my thought, my phone rang.
"Hello? Bella?"
"No, Edward. It's Charlie. Bella is at the hospital, please come as soon as you can." He cried into the phone
"Is Bella okay Charlie? What happened?"
"Please just hurry Edward."
I raced off to the hospital as quickly as I could. I ran thru the door seeing Charlie and Jacob. What the hell was he doing here? Well I guess that's why Alice didn't see parts of the vision, all Because of him.
"Charlie? How is she? Can I see her?"
"she took an overdose of pills Edward. When they brought her in she was unconscious, her heart was barely functioning. But, your father saved her. Somehow he knew what she had taken, just by the look of it. I guess she-" he was sobbing and couldn't continue
"It was Valium, but it was in a Tylenol bottle." Jacob continued "When I ran into her at the beach, I saw her take something. But she showed me the bottle and said she had a headache. I thought Tylenol, no big deal. Fortunately, she didn't take them all. She still had the bottle in her pocket when she was brought in, and when Dr Cullen saw the pills he knew what they were and how to treat her. Without his quick thinking, she would be dead."
"What the hell was she thinking?" I murmured to myself
"I don't think she was. She seem preoccupied when I saw her earlier, she just seemed off." Jacob said
I knew Bella had seemed a bit down, but I would never have thought she was suicidal. This has to be a mistake. She was never that depressed, never that emotional. Why hadn't Jasper sensed her mood? Why wouldn't he have said anything?
"Dr Cullen! How is Bella?" Charlie said bringing my attention back to reality
"She will be fine. Luckily, I we were able to give her medication, which countered the effects of the Valium. We've given her fluids, and her heart has returned to a regular rhythm. She may not remember much about after she took the pills but she is sleeping now and needs to rest."
"Can I see her now?" I asked
"I can take you to her room, all of you. But please be brief, less than 5 minutes like I said she needs to rest."
When we got to the room, she was tucked into the bed, the heart monitor was registering a solid beat. Except for that and the IV, she was peacefully sleeping. I bent over to kiss her, and the beat picked up speed on the heart monitor.
"My baby girl. Why? I can't understand. I thought she was so happy, at least that's what she wanted us to believe I guess." He said to Jacob
"Charlie, thank God we found her in time. Thank God " was all Jacob said tears welling in his eyes
Carlisle came in and put his hand on my shoulder. "Charlie, the hospital will call you if there is any change. But, everything looks good so far."
"Thank you Dr Cullen. I know she is in good hands with you."
Charlie left, with Jacob and Carlisle and I followed behind. After the others where out of hearing distance " Carlisle, what the hell happened?"
"Edward, humans can be unpredictable. Emotions aren't easy to control for them."
"I was thinking earlier, why didn't jasper sense her pain or sadness? He always knows her feelings and can control them."
""I don't know, he should have been able to tell how she was feeling. But he doesn't have to do anything about it, if he doesn't want to Edward."
"So, why wouldn't he have wanted to help Bella if she was feeling like that?"
"I can't say. We should talk to him. See if he noticed anything."
I looked back into the room and saw Bella stirring. I was by her side in an instant.
"Edward" she croaked "Where am I?"
"Your at the hospital Bella. You overdosed on some medication. But you're going to be fine." I kissed her cheek softly and I saw tears stream from her eyes
"Bella, please don't cry. Everything will be okay."
"No it won't Edward. I tried to kill myself and for what… I 've never felt this way before… like it wasn't me."
"What did you say?" I asked curiously
"What?" she looked confused
"You said 'like it wasn't me'"
"Sort of like someone was controlling my emotions, forcing me into depression. I know it sounds crazy. I think maybe I am crazy Edward!"
"Bella, calm down. You're not sounding crazy. We need to think this about this. When did this start…the depression I mean?"
"I don't know Edward" she sobbed, " It just seemed to come on all of a sudden. I guess a few weeks ago maybe."
"Did anything odd happen a few weeks ago?"
'No Edward, I've spent most of my time with your family. That's all, maybe I've been talking more with Jasper, but other than that."
"Jasper…?" I needed to talk to him; maybe he had inadvertently affected Bella somehow. If he did for his sake, it better have been an accident.
