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Chapter 2: Yeah Totally Late.

BPOV

I woke up with a jolt; I turned to the pesky alarm to realise that I was going to be late for my first day. 7Am! Shit, I needed to get into gear, as I was showering all I could think; good job I got all my clothes and work gear together last night. I picked a light blue blouse and pinstripe trousers with my small but comfortable kitten heeled shoes. Flying through my morning routine and running out the door with my coffee and toast.

One thing I realised when I launched myself in to the divers seat of my Mitsubishi Shogun and shot out the driveway; how in the hell did I not fall flat on my face at least a dozen times. Oh well I shrugged my shoulders to myself and thought of how my dad would probably kill me if he saw me driving that quick, but hell I was gonna be late. While I was shitting it about my first day, I could not help but get excited about what I could learn. Yeah Seattle has some of the best of everything but anyone could be surprised at what Forks General had hidden in their halls.

Okay so how did I get here you ask? 25 year old running to her brand new job late...on her first day? Well me; Dr Isabella 'Bella' Marie Swan could do this with my eyes wide shut. If I was not running late I would be falling over thin air. Also to this day I wonder how I made it through my education.

Okay so I qualified last year, did the whole skipping a few grades early. Worked my ass off to get where I am, did not party through college like most, just kept my head down and got on with it. Being afraid to lose your scholarship will do that to you. I Stayed in Seattle permanently after I finished my studies; well that was my plan anyway. Now I decided I needed a change of pace, I just felt to burnt out. Then again it has been a shit year. So here I am, moved back in with my recluse father and police chief of Forks.

Hell do not get me wrong I love being back with my dad, we both have a silent understanding. He supports me in everything I do, much more than my mum has ever done… and well I fill his fridge and keep him functioning through his well earned days off; do not forget the football games. It also allowed me to save some money to start towards paying living expenses and hopefully a mortgage for my own place. A girl can only live with her dad for so long.

Trying to get to work was not that hard to be honest, it is not like I have to navigate a huge city and all the traffic. I could drive the route backwards that is how many times I have gone there for my own accidents; and the fact I lived in Forks for most of my life. I soon found myself outside the hospital and walking through the doors of hopefully my much needed new start.

As soon as you walk in to the hospital you are greeted by the main reception area, to the right you can see the entrance for the A and E department. I took a deep breathe seeing that part, that would be my new home for the future. I loved working the accident and emergency department in Seattle. It allowed me to home my skills and knowledge, when I moved here I wanted to start to find my speciality.

Thankfully Forks A and E is not really a big hot bed for huge accidents or disasters. The board of directors explained that everyone is equally rotated throughout the hospital unless you have a speciality or if the department was understaffed. It allowed everyone to find out what areas they wanted to research or to specialise in and also keep their own skill mix up. This also benefited the hospital greatly by allowing them to become a top research hospital.

I took a deep breathe and made my way to the receptionist desk, though I did know most of the layout of the hospital, I have no idea where my office would be or where I would find my new boss. As I got closer to the desk I realised it was an old school acquaintance from school, Jessica Stanley, nothing seemed to of changed. Standing at the desk for at least two minutes her lack of acknowledgement made it hard for me not to judge her. Clearing my throat she still did not flutter her eyes lashes or even bother to look up.

Finally giving up "Hey there Jessica, can I ask where Dr Bennett is please?" No point in pussy footing around, this girl was not exactly my best friend.

The look of acknowledgement met my eyes, the signature sickly sweet smile pulled on her face. "Bella Swan, what brings you back here? Has everything gone wrong for you finally?" See told you, she was not exactly my best friend.

I sighed, she really has not changed, such a shame. "I am here to see Dr Bennett, please if you could point me in the direction of his office I would be grateful."

"Sorry Swan, he dose not take 'house calls', I can pass a message on to him for you? He dose not like to be disturbed." What I liked about this was she still had that fake smile on her face.

I felt like I was about to scream in her face, when I heard a voice from the past. "Oh my, is that my Bella Swan? have you come back to this small town once again?" I heard Angela Weber squeal. I felt genuine excitement, I did not tell everyone I was coming back home and it looks like Charlie kept the secret too.

"Oh my god Angie, I am so excited to see you." We both gave each other an equally excited hug. It was one of those where you rock on you feet hugs, nothing better. Angela was like my best friend in school, she was the only one that like the library as much as me.

"Bella it has been so long! Where have you been? It was like you dropped off the face of the earth! Anyway we can catch up later! What are you doing here? You visiting for Dr Cullen's' conference?" She was firing off the questions a mile a minute, it had been a long time. It made me realise how out of touch I have been this last year.

I took a deep breathe to ward off the bad thoughts, no negativity today. "No sorry Angie, I am actually here cause...well… I am the new A and E resident here!….Surprise" The blank look that crossed her face until the squeal of excitement burst from her. I was soon pulled back in to her arms for a hug.

"Oh my god Bella, that is incredible. I am the Administration lead for A and E, I am so happy for you! I can get you Id and forms for you today when you come down. How you seen Dr Bennett yet?" I could see her genuine happiness for me.

"No actually I was just asking Jessica for directions to him, it has been so long since my interview I can not remember." I turned to give Jessica the same sickly sweet smile.

Before Angela could talk Jessica interrupted. "I was just telling Dr Swan that Dr Bennett is not in today so I offered to take a message for her." I really wanted to slap her, she is more fake than the new set of breasts on her chest.

Angela could see through her know doubt and sighed. She turned to look at me, completely ignoring Jessica. "Well what a shame, Dr Cullen is in though, he is the only other lead in today, let me take you up to him." Angela linked her arm with me and we made our way to the lifts.

Angie pressed the seventh floor. "Okay so Dr Cullen office lives on the 7th floor. Always remember 7th floor and 7th for the door, it is something that helps me remember. This place is larger than it looks. It will help you move around. To be honest you will be dealing with Dr Cullen more than Dr Bennett."

I know I must of given Angela I raised brow; as if to say why? "Well Dr Bennett is half way to retirement and Dr Cullen was given the promotion about 6 months ago. So slowly he is taking more time away and passing over the leads. So he mainly is only working on specialist cases and he is given Carlisle he job of the new starers...Oh you remember Carlisle don't you?" Angela smiled sweetly at me.

"Yeah of course, I remember going to a few family meals with Rosalie his sister. Emmett I think she married right out of high school? The Cullen's are friends with my dad at one point, not sure if he still has much to do with them" I am sure I got that right. I loved Emmett and Rose, completely opposites but they did say fuck you to everyone when they got married. The whole 'must be pregnant if they are getting married now" cliché.

"Yeah that's right, I forgot you knew them a bit more. Well Dr Cullen is lovely, he has a beautiful baby daughter now, little Alice. Esme his other sister married a lovely guy, Richard I think, he is a lawyer." They parents has died young, Esme pretty much raised them. I am so pleased they have done so well, they were such a lovely family. Angela continued to rattle on about them and their family. However all I could think is the blue eyes off Carlisle, hell I had a crush on him when I was younger. Hell who would not. He always had a lovely bed side manner and in his early residency's he patched me up more than once. But he has a family now and almost ten years older than me. So unfortunately I packed away the naughty thoughts.

"Earth to Bella Swan, we are here or you going to continue to look off into space." I was pulled back from my thoughts, I could feel the blush descend my cheeks when I looked over to Angela, we both stepped out of the lift and made our way to Dr Cullens office.

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