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Chapter 12

And then we sat there, together in my hospital bed. Me constantly gliding my fingers over the scars on my face (having them there was going to take a lot of getting used to) and Edward rubbing his ice cold fingers along the scar on my arm.

It reminded me a lot of when we were in Volterra, waiting to go back outside and return to the US.

It was like heaven, right in the middle of the chaos and suffering of hell.

After Edward and I had sat in the hospital room for an hour, Carlisle came in.

"Edward, you need to get up, I need to check Bella to make sure everything is healing," he said when he saw Edward and I sitting together.

Edward nodded and stood up, then sat back down in the chair in the corner.

"Is it really bad, Carlisle?" I asked, my words still slurred.

"It could be a lot worse. You are very lucky; none of the wounds were infected."

That made me happy—the first good news since I had woken up.

"Why did you do it, Bella?" Carlisle asked.

"Do what?" I asked, confused.

"Why did you come to the battle? Alice told me that she had a vision and told you about it. But why did you run into the middle of the battle? It wasn't a very smart thing to do."

I sighed. "I thought that Jacob would listen to me. I thought I was the only person that he wouldn't kill, and that I might be able to reason with him. It wasn't until after I yelled at him that I remembered that he couldn't be reasoned with when he was in his wolf form." I felt stupid, because I knew that I had put myself in a lot of danger.

Carlisle nodded. "Well, at least you were trying to help, and not running into the battle for an even dumber reason than that," he said. "Although, that reason was pretty dumb in itself." My cheeks flushed a light shade of red.

"Anyway..." Carlisle said, "I think you should be okay to go home in a day or so. The only thing really wrong with you was the gashes on your arms and face. As soon as they heal a bit more, you should be free to go."

More good news. Yay.

"Carlisle, she was mauled by a wolf. Don't you think she might need to be in the hospital for more than few days?" Edward asked as he stood up and walked over to my side. That's Edward. Always overprotective.

"I'm pretty sure she will be fine, Edward," Carlisle replied.

"But—"

"Edward, I'm the doctor. I know whats best for my patients." Edward saw defeat and nodded.

"Well, Carlisle," I said, "What do I need to do to get better?"

"You just need to get a lot of bed rest and not go chasing after anymore werewolves," he said with a grin.

"I'll try," I said with a smile. "Ow, ow, ow, OW!"

Edward and Carlisle chuckled.

"Stop it! It isn't funny! How would you like to not be able to laugh or smile or anything?!" I yelled. They were so annoying.

Edward and Carlisle just continued laughing. I crossed my arms across my chest and sat back in the bed. But as I did, I hit my head on the back of the bed.

"Ow!" I said again. Edward and Carlisle tried not to laugh. It worked until I gave them a death glare. Then they burst out laughing. At that point, I laid my head on the pillow and covered my face with the blanket.

I heard Carlisle leave the room and then felt Edward sit down on the bed. He pulled back the blanket.

"If you hide you face, then I can't admire your beauty," he said in an alluring voice.

I hated our easily he dazzled me.

"Edward," I said as I remembered the others in the battle, "how is everyone else doing?"

Edward's happy grin turned into a frown. "Not so good," he said quietly. "Jasper and Rose were badly injured, and Emmett got a few minor wounds as well. Carlisle fixed them up, but they have scars now, too."

"What about the Quileutes?" I asked.

"Esme managed to hurt one of their wolves, I think he was new," he said.

"Quil..." I whispered. Edward nodded.

"And I believe Emmett wounded one pretty badly as well..."

I remembered seeing Jared lying on the ground, blood spilling out of a gash on his leg. I winced.

"Did Alice join the fight?" I asked.

"She chased off the wolf that was fighting Jasper, but I don't think she seriously hurt any of them," said Edward. I was glad of that.

"So, are the wolves going to be ok?" I asked in concern.

Edward narrowed his eyes at me. "Whose side are you on?" he asked. I glared at him.

"I just want to make sure they're ok. They're my friends too. Or, they were..." I said as I remembered my and Jake's conversation.

Edward sighed. "I don't like you spending time with them, Bella. It's not safe."

"Don't worry about that. Jake probably won't ever talk to me again anyway..." I said sadly.

Edward put his arms around me. "Maybe that's for the better," he said softly as he stroked my hair.

I sighed. There would never be any way to convince Edward or Jake that the other wasn't a bad person. They would always hate each other because of what they are. I wished they could see past that.

"You need to rest, Bella," Edward said.

"No, don't go!" I said. He chuckled.

"Don't worry. I'll be here when you wake up again." He leaned down to give me a quick peck on the lips. But I didn't let him go. I kissed him very passionately, and he kissed me back.

"Wow..." he said after we broke apart.

"Uh huh..." I replied, breathing heavily.

"Well...now you need to get some rest," he said. He paged the nurse to give me some antibiotics.

"No! No medication!" I whined as the nurse walked into the room. But she gave them to me anyway.

I began to feel funny a second after she gave them to me.

"I'll be here when you wake up," Edward said.

To my surprise, I giggled.

"Okie dokie!" I replied with another giggle. Edward smiled the crooked smile I loved.

"You're very preeeeeeeeeety," I said. Then I giggled again.

Edward looked at the nurse. "Isn't she supposed to fall asleep?" he asked as he looked back at me. I waved my fingers at him, and grinned.

"Hellooooooooo," I said.

He waved back with a look of confusion on his face.

The nurse looked at the medicine she had just given me.

"Oops..." she said.

"What?" Edward asked anxiously.

"Calm down, Eddie," I said, giggling again. Eddie...hehehe. "I'm juuuuuuuuuuust fineeeeeeeeeee."

Edward looked at me in shock. "Eddie...?" he asked in surprise. I nodded at him and let out a huge sigh.

" 'Edward' is a boring name," I said. "Eddie is cute, just like you!" I touched the tip of his nose when I said you.

Edward looked back at the nurse with a helpless look on his face.

"What is wrong with her?" he asked.

"I think I gave her the wrong type of medication..." she said.

"What?!?!?" Edward yelled. "What did you give her?"

"Morphine...a lot of morphine..." she replied. She looked very embarrassed. "It's my first day on the job," she admitted. "I'm so sorry."

"You need to get Carli—Dr. Cullen," said Edward, trying not to explode at the nurse. She nodded and left the room.

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeello again, Eddie," I said. Why were there two of him...?

"Bella, do you feel ok?" he asked me.

"Actually...I fell like I'm spinning around and around and around and around and around and around and around and around—"

"Anything else?" Edward asked.

"Ummmmmm...I think I kinda want some cake. Or cupcakes. Or pie. Or dounuts. Or—"

"Anything not sugary?"

"Ummmmmm...some hot water would be nice, preeeeeeeeeety please with sugar on top," I said, batting my eyelashes at him.

"Ok..." he said. He stood up and left the room. I looked around me. I still heard that noise.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

"Beep. Beep. Beep," I said with it. This game was fun! "Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep."

Edward came back into the room a few minutes later. He handed me a mug with hot water in it. I took a big drink of it. It burned my throat...it was awesome!

"Yummy!" I said. "But it's missing something. Hmmmmmmm..." I thought for a while. Then it hit me. I knew what would make it taste so much better.

"VINEGAR!" I yelled. "THIS WOULD TASTE SO MUCH BETTER WITH VINGEAR!"

Edward looked at me like I was crazy.

"Vinegar...?" he asked. I nodded furiously.

"Get me some vinegar, Eddie!" I demanded. Just then, Carlisle walked in.

"Vinegar?" he asked. Edward told him the whole story.

It was very strange; the two Edwards were talking to two Carlisles. Edward looked very preeeeetty when he talked. Like an angel. Or a god. Or an albino person. Hehehe...albino. That's a funny word. Albino, albino, albino.

"Why are you saying 'albino'?" Edward asked. Oops. Was I saying that out loud?

"I'll tell you if you get me some vinegar!" I said happily. I didn't know why I was so happy. Oh ya! Because I had been saying the word 'albino'! Albino, albino, albino...

"Bella, will you please explain why you keep saying 'albino,' " Carlisle said.

I shook my head. Not until I got vinegar.

"Alright, Bella, I need to make sure the medication didn't affect you too much. Do you feel dizzy?" Carlisle asked. I nodded.

"Nauseous?"

"Nope."

"Hot and feverish?"

"Sooooooooorta."

"Do you have chills?"

"Uh uh."

"Ok. Well, Bella, I'm going to give you some medication that will make you fall asleep, ok?"

"No! Wait! I want my vinegar water first!" I yelled.

"Bella—" Edward started.

"No! I want vinegar!! Now!" I said. Edward and Carlisle stared at me.

"Alright, fine," Carlisle said. "Anna, will you go get some vinegar?" Carlisle asked the nurse. She nodded and left.

I started playing the beep game while waiting for her.

"Beep. Beep. Beep."

Edward looked at me with a helpless look again, and then looked to Carlisle for help. He shrugged, and then began to play the beep game with me. Carlisle was awesome. I realized that he looked like an angel/god/albino too. Hehe, albino.

"Beep. Albino. Beep. Albino. Beep. Albino," I said. Carlisle joined in on saying "albino" with me. Edward stared at us and then took out his cell phone. I think he was taking a video of us playing the beep game.

Anna returned a few minutes later with my vinegar. I poured it into the glass with hot water in it and took a big drink.

It was delicious.

Lol! I that got drugs/crazy idea from Grey's Anatomy. And the vinegar thing...i actually have a friend who took medicine that gave him weird cravings for things and he woke up in the middle of the night and got hot water and then thought "this would be better with vinegar!" and drank it and loved it. So ya. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter...i thought we needed some comic relief!

Next chapter out in 1-4 days!

Till then—

Danielle