So I took one girl outside with me,
Her name was Londy, she went to Junior High with me,
I said, "Why you up in there dancing for cash?
I got dressed again for work but I was early, I decided to walk down to that cafe where Bella took me since it was close to my work. Getting my favourite tea I took a sit and flicked through my photo. So many Facebook posts about non-important things, it was so amusing. A post by Jessica about one of her many failed first dates, honestly that woman was so strange. Alice has sent me her draft photos that Jasper took of Rosalie, they were stunning along with Alice's clothes. My sister was talented, just in a much different way than Emmett and I. I was always the science student, with straight A's in Biology and Chemistry I was destine for being a doctor, Alice excelled in the Arts and English, with Emmett standing out in the sports. None of us kids were favoured over the other but me following in my father's footsteps did help a little. Jasper's strong point was the Arts and History, a compliment to Alice with his calm stature and quietness, unlike Alice. Rosalie never talked much about her school life but she seemed like the English type of person, smart and precise with the way she talked and addressed people, but maybe she wasn't always like that, I had no idea.
The bell ringed for the door of the cafe, the second person to come in since I got there. It was Bella. "Bella? How have you been?" I asked her, she seem stunned that I was there. She stood there for awhile taking me in, she looked almost afraid.
"Yeah I am okay Edward. Don't you have work or something?" She asked, her voice tired, she didn't sound well.
"Yeah in twenty minutes or so," Did she not want to see me? She then tripped forward, I stood quickly to grabbed her hand to stop her fall. Not only did she hiss in pain but she flinched from my sudden movement. When I tried to quickly let go, more bruises were exposed from under her shirt. "Bella what happened?" I asked once again, she looked terrified now.
"Nothing happened Edward," She whispered angrily, I looked at her sadly.
"Bella, please. Don't try and protect whoever is hurting you," I didn't know if that would work, but she was seriously hurt now, she needed help.
"I'm not protecting him," She exclaimed, but that also meant she admitted that someone was hurting her. She started towards the door but I jumped in front of her, she flinched once again. "Don't touch me Edward," She hissed. I raised my hand in surrender.
"Bella, please," I softly spoke, she looked at me, her eyes clouding with tears. "Don't let someone get away with hurting you, you don't deserve it. You are worth more than that,"
"Edward you don't understand," She said, she was crying now and I hated to see her cry.
"Help me understand Bella. Help me help you," I begged her, she looked at me, shaking her head.
"I can't, he will hurt Ben," That broke my heart, she was protecting her son not herself.
"Bella tell me, I will call the police, you have somewhere to go. Ben will not be hurt," I promised her, she just stared at me, her tears clearing up. She started walking away now, there was no use trying to stop her this time. Her hair swung behind her, I don't know if she was angry or scared but either way I needed to know how to help her. "Bella don't run, it doesn't help anything," I yelled after her.
"Edward, he found out last time. He got so angry, I can't risk that again, what if he hurts Ben? Ben is my life Edward, nothing can hurt him. I can't tell you, I really can't," She seemed so honest in this moment, just like Rose did.
"I'm here for you, we could hire a lawyer, you would be protect, you and Ben. Just get out of it quickly please. No one deserves that," I pleaded with her, I needed something to convince her. She shook her head again, she wasn't convinced. "What if he kills you? You fell down the stairs Bella, you think I believe that shit? It's all a cover up isn't it," I admitted, I knew it was Jacob she didn't need to tell me for me to know.
"How did you know it was him?" She hissed angrily.
"Bella, the way he talked to you. The way he acted to seeing me, of course I knew. I wasn't going to say anything but I knew. I will help you, I swear I will," She needed to believe me. She looked at me straight in the eyes, staring me down.
"I can handle it Edward. Don't bother me again," She swore, She left me standing in front of the cafe alone and I didn't know what to do now. As she walked away I realised I had screwed up, I had my chance to help her and I blew it. I tried to take Rosalie's advice, I really did. I hope she knew that I am here for her, no matter what happens. I wanted to go over and punch Jacob Black so hard, I knew I couldn't though, it wouldn't help anything. I couldn't help Bella if she didn't want me to help her. She needed to believe that I was being truthful, maybe she was too hurt. But I needed to help her before she was killed.
"Dr. Cullen are you alright?" I was at the entrance of the hospital now. Jessica looked at me concerned, I nodded and we headed up together. "Daisy is on her second treatment of Chemo, is there anything else I need to do for her?"
"No I can't think of anything now. Just make sure her parents are informed about everything," I reminded Jessica, she nodded and we headed our separate ways. A little body stopped me on my way to my office.
"Dr Cullen?" She asked me, her large blue eyes round and scared.
"Daisy is something wrong?" I crouched down so I could talk to her easier. She appeared like she was going to cry, I didn't like seeing my patients upset, it was regular of course but it didn't hurt any less.
"What if I get sick from Chemo again?" She asked me, last time her young body couldn't take the chemicals, she was throwing up and running a fever the next day.
"Oh Daisy, it will be okay. Chemo is helping you," I reminded her softly, she nodded.
"I know that but I'm scared. What if it doesn't work for me? I want my parents," She teared up. Daisy's parents couldn't alway come to see their daughter. They both worked multiply jobs to pay for Daisy's care. Visiting hours could only be extended so many times.
"Your parents are working, I know it hard but you are so brave," That wasn't enough for her. "What if I come with you while you get Chemo? I can tell you about my crazy siblings," She smiled through her tears.
"I would love that," She looked excited now so I grabbed her hand and we both headed to the Chemo room down the hall. Once I got her settled in, I began my story.
"My siblings and I were always so crazy. So for father's day we decided to bake our dad a giant chocolate cake. I was only twelve with Emmett being ten and Alice eight. We used cake mix, and despite our mom being a great baker we didn't know how to do it. Emmett brought out mom's large mixer and we added the ingredients, not in the right order though. So this sloppy brown, chocolaty mess came out. We didn't know any better though so we put it into the oven anyway. Well it blew up! Splashing chocolate all over the oven, Mom was so angry but dad could do nothing but laugh at his covered in chocolate mix and sauce all over us. It was an adventure!" I chuckled a little and she laughed. She was such a lovely kid, with manners and nice things to say about everyone.
"What made you want to be a doctor?" She asked me, her bright eyes wide and curious.
"Because of kids like you!" I exclaimed giving her a poke, she laughed. "My dad is a doctor as well but I didn't want to do only surgery like him, I knew I wanted to do something with kids. So this was it," She smiled at my stories, the bag empty and her chemo done we headed back to her room. She was tired now and needed to rest.
"Thank you Dr Cullen," She said before I left, I gave her a smile and left her in her room to sleep. Bella was almost forgotten out the back of my mind, her angry words to be and her reluctance to get help. She was going to get hurt and there was nothing I could do about it now.
I was having a lazy night in and Emmett want to come over and watch the game, so here we were. Emmett in the living room glued to my TV and I cooking. Rose was sitting on the table, half talking to me and half just watching me cook. I was one of the only ones out of my siblings that knew how to cook, Alice could get by but Emmett burnt water. We decided on making risotto, which happened to be one of my favourite dishes. "Rose, I talked to her. Bella I mean, she told me to leave her alone," I admitted to her, I was still cooking, I didn't really want to look at her. "How can I help her?" Rose sighed from beside me, probably in disappointment of me.
"You can't. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be help," She told me, I knew she was right but I still worried about Bella. "She will hopefully come to you,"
"He has threatened the kid. He is just a toddler and he is getting dragged into this. This isn't fair," I told her sadly, mixing the rice into the cream. She fell silent for awhile and I thought how I might of crossed the line with her.
"What happened to me wasn't fair, I trusted him and I was young, naive. I didn't know better," She said sadly, the regret obvious in her voice. "In my need for reassurance that I was pretty, I got in with the wrong crowd, and thought that they liked me for me. How wrong was I?"
"Did he threaten you?" I asked her, I didn't know how far I could go but I needed to know
"Yes and my friends. I believed for awhile but while he was much stronger than me, he wasn't alway going to be stronger than everyone. Why do you think I found Emmett? I knew Royce couldn't beat him," She said his name, I didn't know who it was before. "But it is hard not to believe them when they threaten you, I mean its her child," I understood but staying with him isn't going to protect Ben and I needed Bella to know that.
"What if he seriously hurts her before she can get help, what if he actually does hurt Ben? I can't let this go on if I know what is happening," I reminded Rosalie.
"Edward, I know you mean well but you cannot help her until she wants you to and it sucks to say this but if she does get hurt it is not on your shoulders. You tried to get her help and she refused, that is not your fault," Rosalie reminded me harshly, she was right but I know if Bella was to get hurt the second person I would blame was myself, firstly Jacob of course.
"I don't know if I can do that Rose," I admitted to her, she nodded sympathetically. She was once Bella, a scared girl who wrongly trusted the man she met, if only Bella would understand I was only trying to help her, just like how Emmett helped Rose. I heard an loud cheer from Emmett and that could only mean one thing.
"We won! Go Chicago Bears!" Emmett yelled, he ran over to Rose and gave her a huge hug and she just laughed back at him, she loved his childish antics. I just got used to it over the years. I had food ready so I set it on the table and we all ate together. "I mean you should have seen it Eddie! Cutler did the most beautiful pass to Jeffery and then bing, bang, boom it was all wins for the Bears," Rosalie gave me a wink because we both had no idea what Emmett was on about but we did nod and smile in response.
(Sorry the chapters are getting a bit shorter than before, I'm leading up to something big and I just need all the filler chapters before then to make sure I get all the information in before I get there. And no, I don't know anything about American football, is the wide receiver the one who scores, I don't know but oh well. Did you get the Bears thing, because its Emmett and Edward was from Chicago, ah ha ha I'm so good.)