Disclaimer - I do not own any original Twilight characters. I just like to play with them. All other parts to this story are the property of KF Goodyear, so please don't steal.
Kristen and Sherry (Koshivuh and banshee69) picked through this with me. They are two absolutely amazing girls, and I am so blessed to be able to call them my red sharpies and voices of reason but, most of all, my friends. xx
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Bella didn't have another appointment with Dr. Denali until in the New Year, but that didn't mean Dr. Denali didn't take that into her own hands and call two separate times. Bella answered each one, finding it easier to deal with this head-on rather than to sweep it under the rug. The conversation was actually somewhat pleasant. The good doctor told her how proud she was with how she was coping and dealing with things. She pointed out that this appeared to be a much stronger and mature Bella than the one she first met. Bella wasn't sure if she should take that as a compliment or a jab, but she left it be either way. She set up another appointment for when Dr. Denali would be back in the office after a rather long winter shutdown while she was on vacation. The doctor had worried leaving Bella to her own devices for such a long period of time would be detrimental to the young girl, but after talking to her, decided she was much stronger than ever given credit for.
The night hours, when Bella was alone, she found herself drifting off into old memories all too often, some were just too painful, the ones of her little girl, and she tried to push those aside, not lose herself in the pain of a decision she had made based on the only truth she knew at that time. But, sometimes, thoughts of Edward would lead her in that direction, like the last time they made love. She was pretty sure that was when they conceived their little girl, and just remembering the look of love and adoration in his eyes as he had moved within her was almost enough to cripple her.
During the day, however, she put on a brave face, not wanting her friends to act any differently around her. She went to work, did her job, always smiling. That is, until Ms. Hunter passed away. She had been one of the other lonely souls on Christmases at the clinic, and even though the old woman had been in a vegetative state, she still felt a pang of pain for the woman whose life had apparently forgotten or given up on her. She attended her funeral on New Year's Eve day much to the chagrin of Alice who seemed to think she needed all day to transform Bella into something magnificent. So, as soon as Bella walked in the door at two pm, Alice was all over her, dragging her into the guest room, where she and Jasper were currently staying.
"Holy hell, Alice, it looks like a tornado swept through here."
"Oh, one did," Jasper chuckled as he crept out of the room, "Tornado Alice, to be precise."
Bella couldn't help but laugh at the look of fear on Jasper's face as he made his hasty escape. He was so very right; Alice truly was a force of nature.
It's Thanksgiving today. My turkey is in the oven and I can smell it and all I can think about is eating that damn bird...lmfao
Happy gobble gobble day ;-)
xx
