Just so you guys know, Edward isn't going to lose his glasses. They play a very important part in the story- at least they're important to me :P
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--Edward--
"You got everything?" Carlisle asked me. Bella came back into the room with a huge grin on her gorgeous face.
"Yeah, I guess. I can still see a lot of problems with the plan though, like-" I was about to point out a big flaw, but Carlisle held both of his hands up to silence me.
"No, you know your part so let us do ours. Alright?" He said with a smile. I nodded and gave him a little smile in return.
"I wish I could repay you for all of this somehow. Who knows, someday I might." I said with a laugh. Bella took my arm and smeared some stuff over it before she hooked up some cords to another machine. I didn't even want to know. Blood didn't bother me all that much. It couldn't when I was always bleeding somewhere. But I didn't like it ether. Blood was blood. Something you needed to survive. And that was all it was in my eyes.
Bella pricked my vain with the needle and the blood thingy started pumping. I looked up at her face as a distraction. Her lovely butterscotch eyes were once again black, and she wasn't breathing. Her eyes followed my bloods every move as it was sucked out of my arm into the tube and on its way to the blood bag, ever so slowly.
"Bella, could you get me some papers on my desk please?" Carlisle asked her lightly, but I heard the warning in his tone. I knew they weren't human, and Vampire was the most logical thing coming back to me. Especially now, seeing Bella so transfixed on my blood.
"Sure…" She breathed out, licking her lips, not really listening to what her father was saying. She stood there, watching my blood as it came into the bag.
"Bella…" Carlisle said, clearing his throat.
"You know, you guys don't have to be so secretive in front of me. I know you're not human." I said casually. Carlisle's head whipped in my direction.
"Oh?" He asked me. I nodded my head, looking over at Bella who was almost drooling. Her eyes raged from wild looking to guilt and then back, but she never lifted her gaze from the tube.
"I probably wouldn't have been so suspicious if it wasn't for Jacob's story. I guess I'm telling you this since your being so nice to me, I feel I need to be honest with you. You can trust me, you know." I added as an afterthought. Carlisle smiled warmly and shook his head.
"You aren't backing down from this, are you?" Carlisle asked me with a huge sigh. I smiled slightly, but shook my head.
"I could just let it be and never ask about it again, if that's what you want. But you know as well as I do that you guys aren't human, so there's no point in lying about that." I pointed out. I wasn't so certain though, on the inside. It was more of Carlisle's reaction that would point me in the right direction.
Carlisle stared at me for a long while, his wise eyes, so full of ancient knowledge, too old for his young face, gazed at me with a puzzled look. I squirmed slightly under his intense gaze.
Bella's head snapped up, and she gave me a tight smile.
"I need to fill out some paperwork, excuse me." She said smoothly, not looking at either of us. She walked out of the room before ether of us had the chance to say anything.
"Edward, for your own safety, I think you should just let it drop. It's not that I don't trust you, because I honestly believe that you wouldn't tell a soul. But as I said before, for your own safety later in life, it's better that you don't know anything, alright?" Carlisle said finally. I nodded my head, slightly disappointed. But on the other hand, he had confirmed my suspicion about them not being human. And he didn't deny the vampire part ether.
"Alright, all we need now is a few weeks, and for you to get better. You could go home now if you wanted, but I'm betting on that you want to stay for a little while longer." Carlisle said with a raised eyebrow. I nodded my head sheepishly. He chuckled and walked out of the room.
I glanced down at the blood sucking tube thing. The blood loss was making me a little dizzy, and I wondered when Belle would come back.
"Ah, knew that girl couldn't be a nurse. She might have the looks, boy, but she doesn't have the nerves to stomach the sight of blood. I'm telling you, dear, that girl should just be a model like everyone expects her to. It would save us all a lot of trouble." Mary said with a scowl on her face. I felt my temper flare slightly, but told myself to calm down.
"Who are you talking about?" I asked her as politely as I could. She seemed surprised at my tone.
"Why Miss Cullen of course! Heaven knows that girl shouldn't be working in a hospital." She scolded me, as if it was my fault.
"Why not, she's done an excellent job so far?" I questioned as she pulled the blood tube thingy out of my arm. I knew that wasn't true, and Mary knew that too. She raised both of her eyebrows at me.
"I wouldn't exactly call the job excellent when she had to send me in here to finish what she started." Mary huffed impatiently.
"Dear, I don't expect you to talk badly about that girl, everyone has a crush on her, always have and always will, so don't try to be a hero and stand up for her, I don't want to hear it. But let me make it clear to you, that girl has nothing to do here." Mary said, pointing a finger at my surprised face.
"That girl," I said through clenched teeth. "has a name. Bella. And she might not be good at her job, but that doesn't give you the right to talk bad about her in front of her patient." I told her sharply. I would be lying if I disagreed with Mary. Bella wasn't…good at her job, to put it lightly. She mixed my medicin and lost lots of important papers. But she tried at the very least, and that had to count for something.
Mary straightened up and glanced down at me, the blood bag in one hand and the tube sucking blood thing, which for the life of me I couldn't put a name on, in the other.
"Like I said, everyone's in love with her. Only natural to stand up for her." She said in an annoyingly knowing way. I felt my eyes narrow slightly.
"I couldn't care less if Bella Cullen was a fat cow! I don't care about her looks, only her personality. Which is much better than yours, that much I can tell you." I told her loudly, glaring up at the woman, who looked back at me, stunned.
"Now she might suck at her job, be horrible at it even, but she's trying at least. And she's doing everything without complaining, she's making all the old people here smile and laugh without even trying. And what about you? You might be good at your job, but what good is that when you walk around bitching to everyone about everything!" I yelled, and then slapped a hand on my mouth. I cannot believe I just said that.
Apparently, Mary couldn't ether, as we just stared at each other in shock. Bella walked into the room with a small smile on her face, like she always had, but her now butterscotch eyes were sparkling with amusement.
"Well…" Mary breathed, and then turned sharply, stalking out of the room angrily. We could both hear her at the end of the hall screaming orders at the other unsuspecting nurses.
"So I suck at my job, huh?" Bella asked with a laugh. I chuckled and nodded my head.
"Yeah, a little." I told her honestly. She grinned and leaned down, her face mere inches from mine. The smile slid off my face as I stared into her deep eyes. Her smile faltered too as she leaned forward even more, both of her arms going to either side of my face. She yanked the pillow roughly, making me lean forward even more.
I looked from her eyes to her lips, and she was looking at me too with the same intensity. She was about to lean forward, but a throat was cleared behind Bella. She was blocking my view, so I couldn't see who it was.
Bella closed her eyes for a second before opening them again, plastering a big smile, letting her sweet breath fan out across my face. She leaned back and patted my pillow slightly.
"All better." She said in a normal tone. I knew my face was flustered, and my glasses were slightly askew. I pushed them up the bridge of my nose with my index finger and straightened up in the bed, looking up at Emmett, Alice and Jasper, who were all staring at us with surprised eyes.
"Hey guys." Bella said jumping up on my bed. I scotched over and she sat with her back to the pillow, her whole side touching mine. I tried not to focus to much on it, seeing as both of her Big, BIG brothers were in the room.
"Hello." Alice said smoothly, dancing over to one of the chairs. She had a huge basket with her, propped with flowers, candy and magazines, and some clothes.
"OH! By the way, I bought a few items for you Edward. Hope you don't mind. But I just couldn't walk past a gift shop without shopping in it. That's just a crime." She said seriously, making all of us laugh. Emmett was sitting on the other side of the bed, while Jasper took a seat beside Alice. It looked like he was holding his breath, and his eyes kept drifting back to my prick.
I took pity on him and reached over to the nightstand, ripping off a little cotton ball and some tape, placing it over the tiny, invisible wound.
"You shouldn't use money on me Alice…" I said hesitantly, although I was grateful. And I did wonder what chocolate tasted like. I'd never had it before, since my mother wouldn't allow it.
"Nonsense! It was nothing, really." She said with a wave of her hand, digging through the basket. She started putting the flowers in vases around the room, humming to herself.
"There's no point in trying to give it back to her, she won't listen anyway. Trust me, I've tried." Bella said, sending an annoying look to her sister who just laughed.
"So… You're planning on marring my sister?" Emmett said, suddenly becoming serious. I groaned in embarrassment, putting both of my hand over my face, covering my blush. What kind of guy blushes?! Ugh, just my luck.
"I don't know why I said all of those things…" I mumbled over Alice's laughter.
"Emmett, leave him alone." Bella said with a giggle, placing a hand on my knee. My heart gave a little jump and I pulled my hands away from my face.
"No, I'm your big brother, and it is my duty to know this guy's intentions with you. I have to protect you." Emmett said, flexing his huge muscles. I was a little surprised over the fact that I wasn't scared of him. At all. But I guess I knew what sort of pain being beaten up could bring, so I knew that it wasn't something I couldn't handle. Not that I thought Emmett was going to beat me up.
Jasper rolled his eyes at his brother, dragging one hand over his face in exasperation.
"What Emmett is trying ask is if all you want to do with Bella is shag her and leave." Jasper said bluntly, but his eyes were full of amusement. I raised my eyebrows at them, a little stunned that they thought so little of me, even though I could see that they were joking. At least Jasper was. Emmett was actually looking serious.
I glanced over at Bella, who was glaring at Emmett, who was looking at me.
"Well…that was my original plan, but now that you've caught me…" I said, pretending to be deep in thought. Bella smacked my arm lightly, laughing, and I laughed along with her.
"No, I'm not going to shag your sister and just leave. We're just friends." I said the last part without much enthusiasm, making an awkward silence in the room.
"Well that's a relief." Emmett said, making Alice roll her eyes.
"Edward don't listen to him, he just wants to make fun of you." She said, dancing over to Jasper and plopping down in his lap instead of her chair. She pulled out a black sip-up sweater from the basket.
"Do you like it? I think it's your size too. You're always walking around in a T-shirt, it's a miracle that you haven't gotten sick yet." She said, rolling her eyes. I felt a pang of sadness. She had used money on a gift that I couldn't even use.
"Thanks Alice, it's really nice. But…I won't be able to wear it." I said with a frown, not knowing if they knew about the plan or not.
"But you will when you run away silly. I just wanted to get your approval now, really. Oh, I need to ask you something important, black hair, or blond hair?" She asked, holding up to bottles of hair dye. I stared at her, bewildered.
"I called her and told her the plan earlier." Bella whispered in my ear. I nodded my head and pointed at the black one.
"Dude, you're gonna look like Harry Potter!" Emmett exclaimed, breaking into loud, obnoxious laughter. Jasper chuckled and glanced from the hair dye to me and back again.
"How about you blend it and make it brown or something? That would look more natural." Jasper said, grabbing both of the bottles, reading on the back. Alice's eyes lit up.
"Yes! That's a great idea, thank you jazzy." she said with a smile. I shook my head in disbelief.
"I can't believe that you guys are doing this for me." I said, my voice filled with gratitude. Everyone smiled kindly, and Bella squeezed my knee, making my heart pick up its pace. Emmett smirked slightly, in a sort of knowing way.
"Oh stop being so ridiculous, of course we'll help out a friend." Alice said exasperated with me. I smiled slightly, my heart swelling with the thought of actually having friends. It sucked that I had to leave them.
"Still, I've acted like an ass. I really don't deserve your help at all." I went on. Emmett rolled his eyes impatiently.
"Yes, yes, we know. You acted like you had a stick up your butt, we get it! But now that Bella here oh so graciously pulled that stick out of your behind, we don't need to think about that anymore, now do we? Besides, we know why you acted like that, so don't worry about it." Emmett ranted, and I was surprised when he didn't take a huge breath.
"Well...ok then." I said, chuckling.
We spent the rest of the day discussing what I would do when I'd gotten away, possible places for me to go and so on. Finally, after 18 years of solitude, I had friends. The sad thing about that? I had to leave them in just a few weeks.
AN: I know I haven't updated forever, and that's because I've finished up with school. I might not update for a month, cuz I'm going on vecation to USA! Yay me!
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