Hospital Drama
A/N- thanks again for the review's you guys. They mean so much to me!
Disclaimer: Yo, I don't own Twilight. Or any Twilight character, for that matter.
After what seemed like hours of running, I finally made it to the hospital. I lugged Edward into the building, expecting to be attended to right away, considering the dying angel I held tightly in my arms. His whimpers echoed in my conscience making pangs of guilt rush through me. What if I'm too late? I exhaustingly walked up to the front desk.
"Hi, I need to see Dr. Cullen right away. This is an emergency." I breathed deep. What was I going to say when I got to Carlisle, if I got to him? "Yeah, Hi Carlisle. You don't know me yet, but I hold your future son in my hands and he's dying, so can you hurry up and bite him already?" I'm sure that would go smoothly. My sarcastic thoughts started eating at my patience as the secretary was just staring at me like I had two heads. "IT'S AN EMERGENCY! DID I MENTION THAT?" I screamed. "SOMEONE NEEDS TO HELP HIM!" tears poured out of my eyes. "Please," I whispered now, my breath getting caught in my throat as I was choking back sobs.
"He's busy." She said bluntly. "Take a seat." She pointed to all the empty chairs in the waiting room. There was no one else there, how could he be busy. I took a seat in the cold, artificial-leathery chair, glaring the receptionist down. After a few sufficient minutes of staring her down, I gave up and turned my attention to Edward.
I stroked his rosy cheeks and twirled my fingers in his bronzy locks. His eyelids fluttered open, and I got a glimpse of the saddest pair of green eyes I've ever encountered. "Ed, are you ok?" I didn't have time to say his full name, fearing that by the time I finished the sentence he would be gone.
"Bella…Don't leave me. Please!" His voice was hushed. I hugged him reassuringly.
"Edward, I'll never let you go. Never feel like you're all alone, okay?" He smiled before closing his eyes again.
"Miss, I need to see the doctor now!" I said, standing up and walking past her through the doors that you aren't allowed to go through without being companied by a nurse or doctor. My own assertiveness surprised me. I scanned each room in the surprisingly large hospital. Finally, at the last room, I saw him hunched over a desk, writing something down on a slate. His golden hair covered his topaz eyes, but I knew it was him.
"Carlisle!" His head snapped up at vampire speed as I called out his name.
"Um, can I help you?" He asked, clearing his throat.
"Please, He needs help. He has the epidemic!" I nodded my head down towards Edward, indicating that it was him I was talking about.
"Oh no, not another one. Place him over on that bed over there." I did as Carlisle instructed, laying him gently on the sterile sheets and tucking him in. As I rested his head on the off-white pillow, his eyes jerked open and spun around the room searching for something. When his eyes met mine, he physically relaxed. I squeezed his hand that was drenched in sweat. Some people would think that that was gross, but I didn't care. If he could squeeze it, that meant he was still living.
"It's ok, sweetie. I'm here. I didn't leave you." I murmured into his hair. It smelled like strawberry shampoo.
"I need some personal information about him." Carlisle said, grabbing a slate.
"Ok, I'll answer them as best as I can." I answered honestly.
"Ok," Carlisle smiled, "First one. What is his first, middle, and last name?"
"Edward Anthony Cull… I mean Mason." Uh, oh. Here we go.
"What was his last name?" Carlisle raised an eyebrow.
"Mason" I fiddled with the seam on my dress.
"Alright then, next one. What is his age."
"Er… 17." I replied, looking down at the ground so he couldn't see that truly in my eyes I'm lying.
"His address?" Carlisle rose, still scribbling down my previous answer.
"I'm not sure. I know where it is located, just not the numbers." I bit my lip.
"Parents first and last name."
"Edward Mason and Elizabeth Mason. They're sick too, but I think they're in the hospital. They are going to die." The last part I kind of blurted out, not thinking. Carlisle just gave me a questionable look but carried on with the questioning.
"Date and year he was born"
"June 20, Er… 1901." I said, mentally subtracting 1918 and 17.
"Is he allergic to any kind of food or medicine?"
"Well," What does he expect from me, I've only actually seen him technically eat and digest food once, "not that I know of."
"Alright that will be all." He looked like he was about be walk away when I surprisingly bounced out from my kneeling-next-to-Edward stance, stumbled over the flat surface, and grabbed Carlisle's arm before he could go.
"Wait!" I looked around and then lowered my voice. "I need to talk to you about something." Closing the door, I pulled up a chair next to him. This will be awkward, but anything for Edward. "You might be wondering why I was hesitant on some of the questions, and how I knew your name."
He nodded.
"Well, I don't know how to explain this without freaking you out. So I'll start at the beginning." Taking a deep breath I began. "I know you're a vampire." The look on his face was priceless, but he soon shook it off.
"Go on, I'm interested in this story."
"This is going to sound like I'm completely nuts, but please, PLEASE believe me. Edward over there," I pointed, "is your future son, or companion. You see, many years ago, you bit him because he was so close to dying of the influenza. He was like a son to you and you were like a father to him. You guys added additions to your family after that. I don't know if you're familiar with Esme yet, but she's your wife in the future. Well anyways, I'm his girlfriend, and in the year 2006 Edward changed me into a vampire, like you. I was born in the year 1987. But Edward and I died a horrible death… we got burned up in a fire. For some weird reason, we got transported back into 1918. It's so confusing. All I know is that now we're human, Edward's going to die, I can't live without him, I missed you, and I need you to change both of us again. Please, Carlisle." I paused as he took it all in. "Listen, I know this is confusing, I confused myself but…" I started rambling apologies, but Carlisle cut me off.
"No, no. I've heard of this before. When I first became a vampire, I researched all about them. I found out that something like that happens when we die, instead of going to heaven or hell."
I sighed in relief. "Hey Carlisle, you might want to get a better secretary. That one was just plain ignorant." I brought back up the scene in the waiting room.
"Woman's rights," Carlisle cleared his throat. "Please tell me it gets better in the future."
"Trust me, it does." I replied, but before I could say anything else to Carlisle, Edward moaned a heart shattering moan. "Oh Edward," I went next to him and crawled up on the bed, next to him. Edward scooted over, giving me some room on the edge for me to lie on. I was going to be there for him, like he was there through my previous vampire transformation.
I gently lifted Edward's body upward, so he was sitting up, and pulled off his sweat-drenched shirt. By this time, Carlisle had left the room. I slipped his long pants, so he was lying under the covers with only underwear on. Then, with us both under the covers, I pulled him to my chest, hoping to absorb some of his pain and fever. I wish that I could soak up all his problems and he could be happy, if only for a second.
"Edward, where does it hurt?" I asked in a whimper-like voice.
"Everywhere," He groaned.
"If I kissed everywhere, would that make it better?" He nodded at my words, hacking up his other lung. Starting with his forhead, I showered his whole body with kisses, except for the part his underwear was covering (A/N- Sorry to all you pervs out there. This is Teen rated, not Mature.) He smiled as I was doing it, I could feel my kisses numbing the pain for a split second. When I got all the way down too his toes, I pulled away and pulled him in for another hug.
"Bella, don't ever leave me. Please! Promise that you'll be with me forever. Promise me that after we get changed, we'll get married. Promise me to be mine, and only mine, forever and ever. Please." His words brought tears to my eyes.
"I promise." How could I leave him and be with anyone else? "Edward, promise me that you'll never leave me. Promise to always catch me when I clumsily trip over everything. Promise to never regret me being a vampire, and never to regret marrying me when we get changed. And promise to never love anyone else as much as you love me."
"I promise, Bella, how could I ever love someone else as much as I love you?" I didn't know the answer to that one. I snuggled in to him closely and we both drifted to sleep.
When I woke up the next morning, my eyelids felt like they weighed 100 pounds each. My head throbbed. Cool sweat drenched my whole body, along with the fire-like singeing of pain. I knew at that very point that I was another victim of the epidemic. I didn't care that I caught it from Edward. With my luck, I would have caught it anyways.
As my eyes adjusted to the light, I could make out a groggily Edward lying next to me. When his own hazel pupils adjusted to the bright room and he saw my condition, his breathing became shallow and he started muttering to himself.
"I'm so stupid…I gave the influenza to Bella…How could I be so dumb?" I had to stop his grumbling.
"Edward, I'm fine. I would have caught it some other way, sooner or later." Edward started shaking his head, and I frowned. "It's me we're talking about. You said it yourself that I couldn't even walk across a flat surface without tripping over something. I would have caught it, trust me." He groaned, but finally seemed to accept that I would have got it.
I started sinking into the cool, unconscious water. I was shallow enough to mutter out 3 simple words. "I love you."
A/N- Sorry for taking so long. I'm going to Colorado on Monday and I'm going to be gone for a week, so I won't be able to update till at least another week and a half.
