Edward's POV
"EDWARD! EDWARD! EDWARD!" I look down to see Dorothy she was wearing an adorable striped "Daddy's girl" T-shirt with simple jeans and shoes with a backpack of Stitch. It's been about a week and she has been so sweet to me. She is just like when we were younger so filled with joy. She keeps jumping up and down in front of me. "EDDDWARDDDD!"
"What do you need Dori?" I smirk a bit remembering how annoyed she had been when I had first started calling her that.
She has trouble speaking because she had used up so much breath and couldn't catch it. I start to get worried and I see her pull out her inhaler. After a second she looks back up at me with big eyes. Well I guess she wants something because she knows no one in the house can resist when she uses that face it's so cute. She blinks up at me her eyes widen and finally asks "Eddie can we go to the park?"
She twirls around as she continues to stare at me. I think for a second I think it would be fine I mean I will be right there with her and it is cloudy out so there is no problem with the sun. I checked the time I think not many people go to the park. "Okay we can go to the park. Have you already asked your parents?" It's so odd to ask her but I know it will be worse if she hadn't and they don't know where she is. I've slowly gotten used to the fact she is like this and she see everyone like family she hasn't really had the best lives to go off of. When she looks down I know that she must have not asked them. "Well we better ask them first before we go." I get up off the couch in my room where I had been thinking before she had ran in. She bounces even more bubbling with excitement.
She grabs my hand and leans all her weight trying to drag me. I chuckle at her attempt to do this. "Come on Edward!" She wines as she continues to pull me. I slowly walk as she continues to get more and more inpatient. "Eddddieeeee" I roll my eyes and I pick her up and 'run' down the stairs where I know they would be. I put her down when I get to the living room and sit down as I watch her go up to Rosalie and Emmett. She looks up at them while sucking on her thumb which is what she does whenever she its thinking. Emmett picks her up and puts her on his lap so she is facing both of them.
"What do you want Little Girl?" I hear everyone thinking about how adorable they think she is.
She has her thinking/determined face on as she looks at them. "Can me and Eddie go to the park?" Her eyes light up with hope as she watches them as they glance at each other. They look at me both silently asking in their minds if it was okay. I nod my head and they both sigh as they look at her and sigh.
Emmett answers her after sighing again. "Okay princess you can go to the park-" He is cut off by her yelp of excitement and her hugging him close and then she hugged Rosalie. She bounces of and runs over to me and grabs my hand pulling me again. I smile as I get up and pick her up again walking over to my car and placing her in the passenger seat. After I buckle her in I go around and start the car going to the park I knew she would love. When we get to the park I let her out and walk her holding her hand. After a while of walking we come to the area with the swings and I smile remembering how much she used to love swings. I hear her gasp and run as soon as she sees the swings.
She turns toward me excited and jumps up and down. "Edward will you push me?" She looks up at me and I let out another chuckle nodding my head. I lift her and place her on the swing. I carefully push knowing how light she is and how fast she could fall off. She giggles as she goes higher and higher. I don't realize that she is slipping because I am in a daze thinking about how much I miss her when I hear her cry out in pain. I look at the swing and notice she is gone. I look around scared about where she could be. I see her about 4 feet from the swing set and I run over to her as fast as I could knowing she won't notice from shock of falling. When I get over to her she is sobbing and I can see she is bleeding from a few cuts. Her arm is also at an odd angle. I scoop her up and rush to the parking lot.
"I'm so sorry I've should have paid better attention to you." I hug her close to me when I finally get to the car. I put her in the seat again with some trouble because she is using her good hand to clutch my shirt. As soon as I get in the car I go straight to the hospital knowing Carlisle is still at work. I run in holding Dorothy still. I get to the desk and ask for Carlisle.
We soon are waiting in room waiting for him. She is again clutching my shirt but now is silently crying in pain. "What happened?" As soon as he gets in and asks she looks at him.
I try to calm myself down as I reply to him. "We went to the park and when Dorothy was on the swings she fell off landing about 4 feet away." He looks disappointed that I let this happen to her and I look down in shame.
"Okay well I'll have to get an X-Ray done for her arm and only some Band-Aids for the deeper cuts. None of the cuts seem deep enough to need stitches."
We leave to go home after Carlisle puts a cast on her and I think about how mad everyone is going to be when we get home. On the way I notice Dorothy had fallen asleep. When we get home I get out of the car and see everyone waiting for us. I go to her side and pick her up and start to walk slowly knowing I have a few speeches ahead of me. I get to the door and walk into the living room where they all had been waiting. "Esme, can you please take Dorothy to her room please." Rosalie speaks in a calm voice I know she is about to snap as soon as Esme is gone. Esme comes over to me and takes Dorothy from my arms with the same look of disappointment as Carlisle had. "What happened Edward? How could you let this happen? What was so important that you were not paying attention enough to notice she was about to fall off?!"
Everyone looked mad at me but not as much as I was with myself. I never forgive myself for any of the hurt she has felt in the past or for now. When I answer back my voice holds the emotion that can't come out in tears. "I was thinking about the past of our old life. I was thinking about what was lost. I was thinking about how much I miss my best friend." I can't take being in front of them any longer and run out the front door and I keep running not thinking about where I'm heading and when I will come back again. My only thoughts had been on my Dorothy.