Only a short one here but I like it.
It's my One Year Anniversary with my boyfriend today, it's also the first time I've ever made it one year in a relationship. Yay me.
Sorry about the wait, I know it's been too long.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Twilight.
Chapter. 7.
There was lots of noise and everything was blurred, I couldn't see properly and my head was hurting tenfold. I could hear a voice that I recognised, someone I knew, someone I Loved. But who? My brain couldn't picture the person, couldn't put a name to the voice.
Flashes of bright blonde and pale white passed by in my blurred vision. The feeling of freezing hands pressing on my forehead, I know that feeling, I thought as the ice cold hands held mine. But in my suddenly fragile mind, I couldn't place any of it.
People were saying things, I heard something about sedation. I felt something pierce my skin and only seconds later I was blacking out again.
Waking up to noise is always annoying, but doing it multiple times in a row is even worse. This time when I opened my eyes my head didn't hurt. Everything was blurry at first but it got clearer and weirder.
The walls were white and there were lots of funny looking equipment dotted around the room. Next to my bed there was a chair and a disposable bed sat in the corner. And stood across the room from my bed was Billy Black, a guy from the rez I didn't know and, to my shock, Doctor Carlisle Cullen. They were talking about something; I heard the word 'Treaty' and I remembered Jake once telling me about the Quileute's being descendants of wolves, like werewolves or shape shifters or something.
I don't know how they didn't realise I was awake, but I wasn't going to stop them. So, I listened.
"I understand what you're saying but I promise you that this was nothing to do with my family." Carlisle was speaking softly and patiently but I could see that Billy and the unknown Quileute weren't really buying what he was saying.
"Then why were you the first one there? How did you know what happened?" Mr Unknown asked him using a forceful, commanding voice.
"I have been in contact with Isabella, helping her through her depression just as she was helping me through my divorce. I called her to tell her I was back in town and she told me her father was dead, I was worried about her because, believe it or not, I care about her. I used my abilities to get to her and as I checked on her and her father I called an ambulance. That is everything. There was the scent of a human I have never met there but other than that there was nothing." Carlisle put his hands in the pockets of his white Doctors jacket and waited for the Quileute's reply.
Mr Unknown shot a look at Billy and Billy nodded.
"There has been the scent of an unknown vampire in Forks for the past few weeks, she turns up on and off, Billy has even seen her." They both turned to Billy.
"It was a few hours before Charlie," he cleared his throat before continuing. "We were eating at the diner and Bella got talking to one of her teachers who was on a date with the new female." Carlisle was nodding and he looked sympathetic.
"I know this is a difficult time for you Mr Black, I'm sorry you have to deal with all of this as well as the pain of loss. But I need you to try and remember what she looked like." Billy nodded and I was surprised to see him smile at Carlisle.
"Thank you Dr. Cullen, but I don't know I will be any help, I didn't get a good look at her, just the basics. She had dark hair and was extremely pale. That's all I saw. I'm sorry that it won't be much help." Carlisle nodded.
"That's alright, to be honest unless I see her myself I still wouldn't know where to look." He smiled and looked down and for the first time since I'd woken up he looked at me. It was only a glance but then he looked back and I smiled at him. "Isabella." Billy and his friend looked at me.
"Bella, how much did you hear?" Billy wheeled himself over to the side of my bed and smiled. He put his hand on mine.
"Just from when Carlisle was explaining everything. He's telling the truth you know, he didn't have anything to do with it, none of them did. This with my dad, it was a human." A crease appeared between Billy's eyebrows.
"How do you know?" Mr Unknown asked.
"Because I've been around vampires enough to know that no vampire could resist that much blood pouring from someone. There was too much blood there, they wouldn't have been able to stick around and wait for me." They all nodded and Carlisle sat in the seat next to me.
"Okay, Sam go and tell the counsel that Bella's okay and tell them what she told us, I am going to stay here, Bella needs some familiar faces around and I'm sure Jake would kill me if I leave before he gets to come during visiting hours." Billy smiled at me once more as Sam moved towards the door.
"Anything else before I leave Billy?" Sam's deep voice asked from the door right before he left.
"Actually, yes, you can wheel me down to the café so I can tell Renee Bella's awake, I'm sure she'll want to see you."
"My mums here?" I asked, trying to sit up and failing due to a sharp ache in my head.
"Of course, she couldn't leave you alone after what happened to your father." Said Carlisle as Billy smiled and Sam started to wheel him out of the room.
"She's been so worried about you, she'll be happy that you're awake. I'll be back up a bit later, okay Bella." Billy glanced up at Carlisle and I knew he was only watching out for me. A few seconds later and I was finally alone with Carlisle.
There was silence between us. I didn't know what to say, or how to react at the situation. But I didn't have to talk, it only took a few more seconds for everything that happened to my dad, to me, the whole situation finally sank in and I curled into a ball holding myself together because of the pain that was my heart tearing apart.
My dad was dead.
Wet, hot, salty tears started pouring from my eyes and chocking sobs were torn from my throat. I tried to hold it all in but they wouldn't stay in, I couldn't stay quiet.
Carlisle's arms were around me in a second. He placed me on his lap and rocked me. I cried in his arms for what felt like a long time. And I was comfortable crying with him holding me, strangely it felt right having Carlisle comfort me. It was his serenity that got me to calm down. His sweet scent and comforting presence, his strong arms wrapped so tightly around me, letting me know that I was safe, and feeling safe sitting there with nothing but the sound of his soothing voice whispering comforting nothings into my ear. It was all that, that stopped the wrenching sobs and salty tears from escaping me.
There was silence once more as Carlisle held me. I had no more tears left inside me. There was no more pain left to soak his shirt now, only a pain filled silence.
"How is your head?" His whispered question caught me off guard. I hadn't expected him to try and start a conversation, but now that he mentioned it the pain in my head intensified.
"Hurting." He nodded.
"I thought it would be, I'll get a nurse to give you more morphine, you're going to need it." He started to move but I wouldn't let him. I clung to him and tried to stop him from getting up.
"Please don't, I really don't care about getting pain med's I just want you to hold me until my mum comes, I really don't want to be alone." I couldn't help my voice braking or for my words to come out in a whisper. I was glad of Carlisle's vampire hearing, because otherwise I would have been scared that he wouldn't have heard me. But the fact that he didn't move and stayed safely on my bed with me in his lap proved that he did hear me.
"I'm not going to leave you now Bella, not until you ask me too." His words made me smile as I reached up to stroke the soft skin of his cheek.
"You might be around me for a long time then." He chuckled and began stroking my hair softly, rocking me back and forth.
"Good. But I have to warn you, I may not be able to stay away even when you eventually want me to." I could feel my eyes closing as he spoke, all the crying finally getting to me and making me sleepy.
"I'll hold you to it." I said before unconsciousness finally took over and I fell asleep in the arms of my new favourite vampire.
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KV :D
