I know I know. No Edward yet, but I promise he'll make an appearance soon. I'm trying to work him in so it's not just "Poof I'm here, lets fall in love." I haven't gotten many reviews yet but I'll keep writing till I think that there's no point.

*I do not own any of the Twilight characters. They all belong to Stephanie Meyers.*

Chapter 3

There are times we find ourselves in situations and we don't know how we got there. This is one of those times. I woke up to find myself lying on the floor beside the couch confused and disoriented. As my surroundings slowly became clearer to me and I realized that I was in my own home, I slowly pulled myself off the floor. I tried to think back to what happened, but my head was killing me. I guessed that I must have hit my head on the coffee table and after carefully checking myself over, realized that I was right. I pulled myself up, trying to remain on to feet. The dizziness just wasn't subsiding. I slowly made my way to the kitchen to grab some aspirin to help with the pain radiating in my head and throughout my body. I grabbed a glass of water and quickly swallowed the pills. I sat myself down in one of the kitchen chairs and looked at the clock.

2:45

"Holy Shit!" I thought to myself as I thought back to when I got home at a quarter to 6. I was laying on the floor for about 7 and a half hours. I thought back hard to what happened and finally remembered. I remember sitting down on the couch reaching for the remote to the T.V. and then everything going spinning and going black.

"I guess I passed out from the dizziness. I guess I need to make sure to eat better tomorrow." I thought to myself as I pulled myself up and headed for my bedroom.

I walked to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. I noticed I had a large bruise forming on the on the side of my temple.

"I guess that's where I hit my head" I thought to myself as I turned to turn on the water in the shower.

I quickly took my clothes off and hopped in the shower. I was completely wore out so I quickened my pace in the shower and washed quickly. Once I turned off the water and grabbed a towel, I walked back in my room and quickly put on my black silk nighty. I checked my alarm to make sure that it was set for 6:45 a.m. and crawled in my bed. I knew that my hair was going to be a complete mess in the morning due to not having dried it but I just couldn't bring myself to stay awake any longer. I laid my head down on my pillow, closed my eyes and the last thing I remembered was wondering if I was going to be going into surgery with Carlisle tomorrow to try and buy Cynthia a few more weeks.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

I slammed my hand down on the alarm clock to stop the annoying sound that was breaking into my peaceful sleep. I opened one eye and couldn't believe that it was actually 6:45 already. I slowly pulled myself upright and stretched.

"OW! What the hell?!" I yelled when I reached my arms over my head and felt an excruciating pain radiating throughout my entire body. I guess I must have hit my body harder than I thought last night when I felt. I slowly pulled myself up and headed to grab some more aspirin and jump into a warm shower.

After my shower and the aspirin my body felt a little better. I got dressed in a pair of scrubs and comfortable shoes and headed to the kitchen. I grabbed a cup of coffee, glad that I had set up it yesterday morning for a self run today, and poured it into a travel mug. I grabbed my purse and keys and headed out the door locking it behind me.

I jumped into my 2010 Chevy Trailblazer and headed towards the hospital. After my trusty old truck gave up, I couldn't bring myself to buy a little car that couldn't handle a small bump, and knowing my clumsiness, I needed something that could take a little brunt force.

Once I got to the hospital, up to the pediatric wing and had put my stuff away in my locker, I walked to the nurses' station to find Carlisle already there with the Hertz's and another couple. I stopped a few feet from Carlisle and he turned and smiled at me.

"Good morning Bella." Carlisle said to me, looking at me suspiciously.

"Good morning Dr. Cullen, Tom, Melissa." I said acknowledging the people I knew and wondering what had Carlisle looking at me like that.

"Bella, I'd like you to meet my son Dr. Edward Cullen and my daughter Alice Cullen." Carlisle said finally breaking his stare from me and turning towards the other couple standing there.

"Hello, nice to meet you." I said, turning to the man and woman I had noticed when I first approached.

"Nice to meet you as well." Carlisle's son Edward said holding out his hand.

I shook it and then held out my hand to greet Alice. Alice had a big smile on her face and quickly shook my hand and said "It's so nice to meet you Bella. My father has boasted about you quite a bit over the last few years."

I blushed and quickly turned to Carlisle and said, "So how are things looking?"

"I was just about to fill Tom and Melissa in, so you're just in time." Carlisle said, turning back to the group.

"I have the O.R. booked for 10 this morning. We're going to go in and place the shunt into the cavity around Cynthia's heart. What this will do is allow us to keep an eye on the level of fluid that is around her heart and drain it as needed." Carlisle said reassuringly. "I have asked my son to help me with the operation, along with Dr. Swan of course. Edward has had quite a bit of experience placing shunts and I trust him immensely in knowing the best way to approach it so to keep Cynthia as comfortable as possible after the surgery. Do you have any questions?"

Tom and Melissa shook their heads and Carlisle said, "Okay, Alice is a registered nurse and will be in the operating room with us as well. She'll be in and out to inform you on how things are going. Right now, I need you to go with Nurse Mallory to sign some paperwork before we start the surgery."

"Thank you Dr. Cullen, Dr. Swan. We can't thank you enough for all that you're doing for our daughter." Melissa said, speaking up for the first time in 2 days.

She came over to me and hugged me. I hugged her back and smiled at her before they followed Nurse Mallory to sign some paperwork.

After the Hertz's were out of earshot, Carlisle, Edward and Alice all turned to me looking at me expectantly.

"What? What did I miss?" I asked them nervously.

"Bella, do you want to tell me what's going on?" Carlisle asked with that same expression of concern as earlier.

"About what?" I asked, unsure of what he's talking about it.

"Bella, you have worked for me for 2 years. I have been with you long enough to know that something is going on. It's not every day that you walk into this hospital with a bruise the size of a baseball on the side of your head." Carlisle said.

I gasped. I had completely forgotten about the bruise, or trying to cover it up.

"I know you don't know my son or daughter, but you know me and I want to know who laid their hands on you. You are like a daughter to me, and I will tell you right now, if anyone has been using as a punching back I will call the police." Carlisle said with so much force I had never heard.

At first I stood there shocked and then for some reason, all I could do was laugh. I started laughing like crazy and couldn't seem to stop. Carlisle, along with Edward and Alice, looked at me like I had completely lost my mind and I knew that I needed to stop laughing and explain, and I needed to do it fast.

Yay! Edward's finally here. More to come! I'm not sure how long it'll be before they get together, but this is a Bella and Edward story so it WILL happen.