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The first thing I was aware of was the throbbing pain I had on my back. I had a headache that felt like someone was jack hammering it, and it was hard to breathe. I tried not to groan and just keep my breathing even, I couldn't open my eyes. They felt like they were glued shut and when I tried to move my fingers they felt like a dead weight. I couldn't remember what happened, just that I went swimming. I listened to the sounds around me, and I realized I wasn't at the beach. I then noticed voices around me, whispering softly. It was hard to make out but I thought I heard Alice talking to someone,
"She'll wake up in 60 seconds Edward, relax!" Her pixie voice came to me, seeming too loud for such a quite place
"Alice, Carlisle needs her to wake up so he can examen her" a voice I recognized and guessed was Edwards, soft like velvet although it sounded very angry.
"Edward, I would have seen if there was anything life threatening wrong with her. Now shush, she's about to wake up." Alice hissed, I could hear the exasperation and venom in her voice. I decided that now would be a good time to try to open my eyes, and when I did I gasped.
I was on a white sofa, in a very big and white room. The ceiling was high and I noticed other sofas as well surrounded a flat screen T.V. The room was open, with a window as a wall that faced what I guessed was the backyard. There was a black grand piano over in the corner and I could see the dinning room table. I then noticed the seven pairs of golden eyes staring at me. I could feel my face heat up into a blush as I slowly tried to sit up, only to wince in pain at my back and grab my head. All the light colors made it hurt even worse.
"Try not to sit up dear, you hurt yourself pretty bad." said a small brunette who had a kind smile on her face while she was wrapped in a older blonde haired man's arms. If I had to guess I knew this was Dr. Cullen.
"Bella, you scared us! What were you thinking going into the ocean when it was like that?" Alice practically yelled before she was in front of me in a blink of an eye and had her arms around me, squeezing a little too hard on my back.
"Ow, Alice too tight." I managed through a few pants from the pain
"Oh, so sorry Bella." Alice said, her arms immediatly at her sides. She sat down on the edge of the sofa next to me.
"Hello Bella, I'm Carlisle." Said the blonde haired man, stepping forward and leaving what I presumed was his wife.
"Hello" I said, trying to concentrate on what he was saying through the pain
"Do you think I could examen you? I want to make sure you don't have any injuries and-" I cut him off as soon as I processed the word "Examen".
"No!" I said, standing up, a little too fast. I tried to make it towards the door, danger flashing in my mind. My gut was twisting and then I realized that if the Cullen's were vampires like I had suspected, that drove me to the beach, I probably wasn't getting out of here alive.
Just as I was almost to the front door a white flash appeared in front of me and I saw Edward, who up until now had been silent. His hand was out stretched in a defenseless pose and he had a concerned and longing look in his eyes.
"Please Bella, we won't hurt you. Carlisle just want's to make sure you're okay, and then you can leave. Your secret is safe with us and I promise we will not harm you." Edward said, his voice soft like velvet
"Don't worry Bella, were friends I won't let anything happen to you." Alice said, taking my hand and leading me over to the sofa I had been lying on before. Sitting back down hurt a lot, my ribs were aching and my lower back had a stabbing pain that felt like I was being stabbed.
"Now Bella, tell me what hurts." Carlisle said before checking me over. His hands were cool and gentle, when he probed my ribs and back he was careful not to do it too hard. I blushed when I had my shirt up and I could feel everyone's eyes on me, I felt very uncomfortable.
"Well, it seems you have broken three ribs, and I don't feel any splinters so you should heal well in about four weeks. As for your lower back, I think you have some severe bruising and your appendix is swelled. I'm going to give you some pain medication and some for the swelling. You should be fine by the time you ribs heal but I do want you to either come to the hospital or the house for a check up in two weeks. " Carlisle said, packing up his medical bag and standing up in a smooth motion.
I blushed and pushed my hair back, slowly sitting up more fully trying not to avoid the pain in my back as well as I could. I looked down at my feet, pleading with myself not to ask but I knew I could have some serious damage to my tail, I knew I should have Carlisle look at it. It seemed Edward could tell I was conflicted about something because he chose that time to speek up.
"What's wrong Bella?" He said from his position against the fall wall directly across from me, leaning back with his arms crossed.
"Well, I know this is kind of weird, but do you think Carlisle could uh...take a look at my tail?" I asked, practically mumbling it and when I said tail I was surprised anyone heard me it was so low.
"Of course Bella, you should have said something before." Carlisle said, helping me law down on the sofa again before waiting patiently. I realized that he was waiting for me to make my legs sprout a tail and when I glanced around all the Cullen's were watching me expectantly, their emotions in their eyes ranging from curiosity, to fear, to excitement.
"I need a glass of water." I said, feeling the blush heating up my cheeks. I had never changed in front of someone before, other than my mother. She was the only one who knew my secret and lying here with what I was now convinced vampires just seemed too far out. Maybe I was dreaming.
Rosalie got up and walked into the kitchen, and was back standing in front of me with a glass of water before I could blink twice. I tried to calm my heart down, I thought I might go into cardiac arrest if I didn't calm down. I knew this was a big deal, I was about to show this whole family my tail and I had no idea how they were going to react. I tried to keep in mind that they were the ones who saved me before, obviously they had seen my tail before. With another deep breath I poured some of the water onto my legs, much to Esme's dismay before I felt the tingling in my toes.
I heard their collective gasps when my pale legs were replaced by a much more beautiful sight of my deep blue scaled tail. It stretched all the way across the sofa and my fins were hanging off.
"Bella, blue is definitively your color. I mean look how gorgeous! I know exactly what top to buy you now!" Alice squealed, clapping her hands together.
"Bella, Edward and Alice saw your tail before when they pulled you out of the water, but by the time you got back here you had your legs again. You are absolutely stunning, not that you are not without the tail." Esme said, her smile motherly and loving and her eyes were shinning. Rosalie had a scowl on her face and her eyes were narrowed into slits.
"Your a fish." Emmett said, stating the obvious before being slapped on the head by Rosalie.
Edward came to crouch down in front of me, his eyes seemed pain and when he spoke he seemed to be having trouble. I saw his hand twitch, almost like he was going to grab something but stopped himself.
"Are you okay Bella?" Edward asked, concern evident in his voice before I realized the pain wasn't coming from just my back any longer, but my tail. A deep gash ran from where my ass was to about mid-thigh. It was pulsing and blood was forming at the top of it. There some other smaller, and less deep scratches at the end of my tail by my fins that Carlisle just treated with some disinfectant. As for the gash he seemed at a loss, explaining he never went to veterinarian school and wasn't sure if stitches were the best option because of my scales and what would happen when I phased back. We peridocically would pour some water on me to keep me from changing back while Carlisle was working. He applied pressure to stop the little bleeding and then disinfected it, stalling for time before he could decide what to do.
Carlisle ended up using surgical glue to seal the cut on my tail, telling me that if it did rip when I phased back and forth it wouldn't be as bad if they were stitches or staples. With another comment about my need to care for my cuts and that he will also be looking at it when I come in for a check up in two weeks, I'll be fine. I dried myself as quickly which only took a minute or two before my legs were back.
There seemed to be an air of anxiousness between the Cullen's and I now that I was deemed I would live by Carlisle. I don't think either of us were sure how to carry on from here. I kept glancing between everyone, not sure what to say exactly.
"Well, thank you for checking me over." I said finally, not being able to handle the building silence in the room.
"Of course Bella, we were all worried about you, but please, call me Carlisle." He said, and I smiled back showing I would. and then there was silence again.
"Well Bella, do you mind explaining to us why you sprout a tail?" Rosalie finally asked, her voice thick with venom and I found my self slightly afraid of her intense glare. If looks could kill.
"Only if you explain to me why you drink animals dry." I said, trying to sound as harsh as her. By Emmett's sniffled laugh, I could tell it was probably pathetic.
"Excuse me?" Carlisle asked, surprising lacing his usually calm voice.
"Oh don't play dumb. You cannot expect me to tell you everything about me without you telling me about your self's. I'm not stupid." I said, and now I was actually getting angry. Who were they to try to get me to confess my secrets to them, while they try to act innocent and well, normal?
"How did you find out?" Jasper asked, speaking for the first time today. I felt a bit calmer suddenly, my anger disappearing as quickly as it came.
"I'm friends with the boys in La-Push. When they told me of the legends they didn't think they were real, but I knew. I could tell, and then well, I used Google and that made it kind of official. I was actually trying to clear my head by going for a swim when you all saved me." I said, blushing bright red by the end.
"I see. So what do you know about us?" Carlisle asked, his voice curious but not hostel and I took that as a good sign I wasn't in any danger knowing their secret.
"You drink blood to survive, but animal blood. You are all incredibly fast and strong as well as uh, beautiful. You have golden eyes and some of you have special gifts I have yet to figure out." I said, blushing when I mentioned the beautiful part, trying not to keep my eyes from glancing at Edward.
"Well you are correct about everything really. Our natural food source is humans, but we do not want to be monsters. We choose to hunt animals instead and call ourselves 'vegetarians'. Our eyes are golden because of what we choose to feed on. You are incredibly brilliant Bella for understanding all of this." Carlisle said, backing up everything I said and giving me a bit of knowledge.
"Well it was hard to deny being what happens to me every time water touches me." I said, giving a weak smile.
"Do you mind explaining some of that to us?" Carlisle asked, his eyes suddenly sparkling with curiosity and wonder. I was suddenly very scared of being here. What if I told them and they kept me and studied me? What if they told everyone my secret? I felt my heart quicken and it seemed Carlisle could hear and he quickly reassured me with a gentle hand on my shoulder.
"Bella, do not be scared. We will not harm you and you and your secret are safe with us. We understand how it is to keep a secret." Carlisle said gently and with a look in his eyes I could tell he was telling the truth. I nodded and took a deep breath.
"Well, it will probably be easier if I start from the begging. Only one other person, my mother, knows. When I was living in Australia I went diving a lot. It quickly became my favorite hobby and I went out almost every weekend. One day when I was out the weather took a turn for the worse, and I don't exactly remember everything that happened but I remember being drifted off and finding a cave on a cliff side. The next thing I know I'm on the beach with a bloody tail." I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"You have no idea how you became how you became?" Carlisle asked, his voice filled with curiosity but it did not alarm me this time.
"Nope. I was just trying to figure out what to do when I dried and my legs came back. I quickly learned that if I got wet I sprouted a tail, and when I dried myself completely I would have my legs back. I can manipulate water, but I don't really like to. Although, It comes in handy when I moved here. The rain was a big threat to me, but with my power I'm able to keep it off of me if my clothes or jacket doesn't block it." I said, proving my point by fixing my gaze at the half empty glass of water in front of me and making the water move up slowly out of it, only to let it go so it could splash back into the glass.
I heard the collective gasps in the room, but I tried my best to stay calm. I could feel Edward's eyes piercing into me and I kept my eyes on my feet so I wouldn't lock eyes with those golden orbs of sexy. There was a pause before every one collected their thoughts.
"That is...incredible Bella." Edward said at last, breaking the silence that started to fall on all of us.
"I could say the same about you. I'm tired and I know Charlie is probably worried so I should probably head out. Thank you for saving me, and for protecting my secret." I said, nodding to everyone in the room, even Rosalie.
"Thank you for keeping ours Bella. We will be speaking soon, I'm sure Alice will have you over to the house before your two week check up and we can all get to know one another better." Carlisle said, giving me a one armed hug before Esme enveloped me into her arms and whispered to me to keep safe and it was lovely too meet me. Rosalie actually nodded to me and Emmett gave me a smile before they left the room and went up stairs together. Alice grabbed Jasper's hand and turned to Edward.
"Do you mind taking Bella home? I promised Jasper we would go hunting and we could drop off Bella's truck at her house when were done because with her headache she is in no condition to drive." Alice said, already had a plan.
"Of course, but how will you get it? Her truck is in La-Push and we are not allowed to go there Alice." Edward said, while Carlisle and Esme quietly left the room leaving us four alone.
"I have my ways Edward, just take Bella home and make sure she's safe." Alice said before giving me a kiss on the cheek and with a quick wave good bye from Jasper they were out the back door and into the forest behind the house. I was suddenly aware that Edward and I were alone, and that he would be driving me home as well. I turned to him and tried my best to smile and he flashed me a crooked grin that made my heart melt before leading me out the front door to his Volvo. The whole way I was aware of the hand on the lower part of my back, leading me. His cool skin soaked through my shirt and I had to suppress shivers, and I was pretty sure they weren't from the cool of his touch.
Edward opened the car door for me and shut it quietly before being in the drivers seat in a flash, turning on the car and turning around in the yard.
"Seat Belt Bella." Edward said, flashing another crooked grin my way. I was surprised, he had never been this friendly towards me before and it was a far cry from the hated look he gave me the first day of school.
"Edward, you're a vampire I doubt you will crash with your reflexes." I said, rolling my eyes but buckling up anyway.
"Vampire or not, safety first." Edward chuckled, peeling out of the drive way and towards what I supposed was my house. We were on the out skirts of Fork's, somewhere I hadn't really been before. Green flashed out of the window and it only made my head hurt more. Was there any other color in Fork's besides green? I groaned and propped my head on my closed fist resting on the top of the door.
"Something hurting?" Edward asked, his voice concerned.
"No, just all this green makes my head hurt worse. It would be a miracle to even see some brown here." I said.
Edward let out a small chuckle, shaking his head but not commenting. I probably sounded so stupid but I couldn't find it in me to care at the moment. I then payed attention to the soft music playing in the back ground and recognized it immediately.
"City and Colour?" I asked, shock lacing my tone.
"You know him?" Edward asked, his voice just as shocked
"Uhm Yes, he's one of my favorite artist actually." I said, a small smile on my face. His music was like sex and water, combined that was like heaven.
The car suddenly stopped and I looked up to see we were in my drive way, Charlie's cruiser was gone telling me he was still fishing with Billy. Edward and I both sat there for a moment, almost enjoying the silence but niether of us knowing exactly what to say.
"Alice will have your truck back before your father gets home." Edward said finally, and I knew that it was time for me to leave. I don't know what, but something was telling me it was hard for Edward to be around me than the rest of the Cullen family.
"Thank you, for everything." I said, opening my door and stepping out. I was getting ready to start up the front walk when I heard the window roll down and I turned to see Edward smiling at me, that crooked smile that made me melt, leaning over to talk to me.
"We all loved you being here today Bella, please, do not be a stranger." Edward said, his voice thick and seemed to roll over my skin.
"I won't..." I said, trailing off and really wanting to ask something. Edward sighed and I thought I saw him roll his eyes a bit.
"What is it Bella?" He asked, obviously being able to tell I wanted to ask something.
I huffed and finally asked "Who pulled me out of the water today?"
"I did." and with that Edward gave me a quick smile and was speeding away, out of sight in a matter of seconds.
