Chapter Four

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Edward's POV

I raced through the storm. Every second I glanced down at Bella's ashen face. It got paler each minute, and I wondered how much blood she'd lost.

The front door slammed behind me when I got home. I heard a glass pane pop out and crash to the floor, but I didn't care.

Carlisle was waiting, medical bag in hand. I raced up the stairs to my bedroom, gently laying her in the bed.

Carlisle rummaged through his bag and grabbed a pair of gloves and a syringe filled with what I thought to be a painkiller.

"She's going to be sore after this," he said, scanning a practiced eye over her still form. Then he slipped the needle into her arm and pressed the end down. "And infection," he mumbled.

I then started reading his thoughts on the subject. Pus coming out at that rate, it'll be a miracle if the infection hasn't reached her heart yet.

"Will she be all right?" I asked anxiously.

"Yes, I'll stitch up her head first, and then set to work on her cuts. Can you find the ankle brace in my bag? She's twisted it, probably on her fall. I think it's sprained," he felt the ankle gently then said, "Yes, sprained. Put the brace on the grab an ice pack and hold it the exposed skin,"

I quickly put the brace on, and then ran downstairs and grabbed the ice compass, then raced upstairs.

Carlisle was already done stitching up her head when I came back and was gently pressing the skin around the cuts up, squeezing out the pus, then wiping it away with a thick cloth that was already stained a greenish yellow.

"What are you doing?" I asked while I fastened the icepack to her brace. It had a special icepack cutout, "Is that necessary?"

"Yes, I can't stitch it up until almost all the pus is out,"

Bella was starting to wake up, rolling her head back and forth, moaning.

"Bella, Bella love, can you hear me? You're home now." I said stroking her hair.

Her nose wrinkled and she moaned again. Her eyelids fluttered open and she smiled, weakly before biting her lip.



"What hurts?"

"My cuts, it feels like someone's squeezing them,"

"Carlisle is, he has to get the pus out before he can stitch them up," I said now stroking her cheek.

She nodded then closed her eyes again.

"Edward, get the other syringe out of my bag, it holds an antibiotic painkilling solution," Carlisle said still getting all the pus out. He'd now used up three cloths.

"This will help you sleep," he said to Bella while I injected her with the clear liquid.

I resumed my stroking of her long hair, watching her face, and Carlisle's meticulous stitching.

I frowned when he started cutting away her jeans; then saw that her cuts extended down her hip.

It took one hundred and twenty stitches for each cut and twenty for the cut on her head.

When he was done, I called Alice in here so she could change Bella into night clothing.

I left the room so Alice could work her magic.

"Edward!" came Alice's chipper voice from behind the door, "You can come in!"

I pushed the door open eagerly, anxious to see her face again.

Alice was now sponge bathing Bella's arms, feet, face. Carlisle had done the rest, he'd cleaned as he went.

She'd been changed into light blue cotton pajamas. The top was a tank, and the bottoms where polka dotted with dark blue. Alice had pulled her bloody, dirty hair back into a pony.

"I'll do that," I said pointing to the basin and cloth.

Alice daintily left the room.

I sank down on the side of the bed and grabbed the cloth. I gently wiped away the grit and dirt on her face. (Alice had already done her arms and feet.)

When I was finished, I lifted her up and pulled back the sheets, before tucking her in and lying down next to her.

I told you I'd write another chappy!

Um...just a question… I only have like six readers, don't worry I love you all, and in the winter I usually have between twenty and fifty readers. Does this mean that my writing's going down the tube, or that in the summer most people don't have time to read my measly stories?



Sorry I sound conceited, but I genuinely curious! Please answer and review!!