ITD2
BPOV
Alice
burst through the hospital door.
"ISABELLA MARIE SWAN! Have
you officially lost your mind?!" she screeched at me.
"You
must be Alice," Edward said, "I'm Edward."
"Nice
to meet you," she said and shook his hand.
"Well?"
Alice said turning to me.
"Alice, I can't begin to tell you
how sorry and stupid I am."
"Well I guess that's a
start," she said. "But you owe me for scaring me half to
death."
"Trust me Alice, I will make it up to you."
"You
better." she said.
"Edward, why don't you get some dry
clothes?"
"I'm fine, Bella"
I
frowned, "Do I need to get Alice to get you to go?"
"Alright,"
he sighed, "I'll be back in an hour at the most." I watched
him walk out, and Alice turned to squeal at me.
"How
incredibly cute was he?!"
"I know," I
sighed.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"A guy like
him has GOT to have a girlfriend." I told her.
"Well
it's nothing that can't done away with a makeover and some tight
fitting clothing." Alice said nonchalantly.
"Alice! I'm
not the boyfriend stealing type!"
She mumbled something that
sounded like 'not if I can help it'. I glared at her.
I decided to
look around the room. I hate hospitals. Everything is clean and
perfect and I don't know I just hate them. You are practically never
there for a good thing. Hospitals almost always mean bad news.
I
looked down and saw an IV I'm my wrist I swallowed and looked away.
Another thing I hate about hospitals: needles.
My throat felt
really sore from all the salt water, and my chest was killing me. I
probably had broken a rib or two. The salt water must have dehydrated
me too; I was unbearably thirsty.
"Alice?" I asked.
She
looked up from the magazine she was reading. "Yes?"
"Can
you get me some food, or tell a nurse to? While you're at it you
should get some food for yourself."
"No problem,"
she smiled. She put the magazine down and went to get me some dinner.
A few minutes later a nurse came in carrying a tray with a slice
of pizza, some jello and a water.
"I never got to ask
anyone," I started, "what exactly are my injuries?"
"Well
you have two broken ribs on the right side, a minor concussion, and
most likely a sore throat, right?"
"Yeah, it's pretty
painful."
"Well here try this," she said. She
pulled out a small white bottle.
"Open your mouth and say
'ah'," she told me.
I did as I was told and she sprayed a
cherry flavored substance at the back of my throat. It instantly
started to numb it, easing the pain.
"Thanks so much..."
I said looking down at her name tag, "Angela."
"Glad
I could help."
She walked out and I started nibbling on by
pizza. I assumed Alice had taken my advice and got some food for
herself.
"You are seriously accident prone."
I looked
up to see a big muscular man standing in my doorway.
"Emmett!!!"
I squealed. If I weren't confined to the bed, I would have jumped up
and hugged him.
I had grown up with Emmett I'm Chicago but when I
moved away, he stayed. He now goes to college at North Western. We
would visit each other from time to time but it's hard because air
fare is expensive.
"Emmett please don't tell me you came just
because of this," I told him, "I'm perfectly fine."
"I
actually had a surprise visit planned for today; it just came at the
right time. And Bella, you aren't exactly fine."
"I'm
fine enough for you not to have to come all the way to Seattle for
me."
"Whatever you say Bells. So what happened anyway?
Alice didn't give me much details over the phone, and what she did
tell me was hard to hear because her high pitched voice was in
overdrive from worry."
"Well, I saw people go cliff
diving one day..." I decided to start from the very beginning
and tell him everything I knew.
"And here I am now," I
finished.
"Well where is this Edward character?" Emmett
asked suddenly getting all protective.
"He went to get a
change of clothes," I stated and glanced at the clock. "He
should be back any minute," I continued.
"Good. I want
to meet him,"
"Well don't get too uptight and crazy
around him okay?"
"Fine," he mumbled.
Alice came
in through the door then.
"Alli-poo!!" Emmett yelled.
I'm pretty sure the whole hospital heard him.
Alice was engulfed
into a hug from Emmett as she told him, "Never call me Alli-poo
again."
He chuckled, but didn't push Alice any further. She
was just an energy bomb waiting to explode.
"Well I came
straight here from the airport so I'm going to unload my stuff at
your place. I'll be back later," Emmett told us. Alice tossed
him a key and he caught it on his way out.
"Here, Bella. I
was able to get a hold of a pen and a notepad. I thought you might
need it," Alice said as she handed them to me.
I smiled at
her, "Thanks."
She knows me better than anyone; I would
need to write a song to get over this.
I sat up and thought for a
minute. I had a few lines of the refrain in my head already. I just
needed verses. When in doubt, make some of it up. I uncapped the pen
and started writing.
Remember those walls I built?
Well
baby they're tumblin' down.
They didn't even put a fight,
They
didn't even make up a sound.
I found a way to let you in,
But
I never really had a doubt.
Standing in the light of your
halo,
I've got my angel now.
It's like I've been
awakened,
Every rule I had you breakin,
It's the risk that I'm
takin,
I ain't ever gonna shut you out.
Everywhere I'm looking
now,
I'm surrounded by your embrace.
Standing in the light of
your halo,
I know you're my saving grace.
You're everything I
need and more,
it's written all over your face.
Baby I can feel
halo,
Pray it won't fade away.
I put the pen and notepad
down, satisfied with what I had. I would write the rest later.
"May
I see?" Alice asked softly.
"Sure," I told her. She
took the note pad from my out stretched hand and looked it
over.
"Wow, Bella. This is really good. You should put this
one to piano instead of guitar this time. It's more of a piano like
song."
"That what I was thinking too." I smiled at
her.
Edward came in through the door. I looked up and smiled at
him. It had been a long time since I smiled at someone other than
Alice, Emmett, or my parents.
He was wearing a form fitting dark
green tee that showed off his muscles and brought out his beautiful
emerald eyes.
I realized I was staring and I looked down. I heard
him chuckle and I blushed twenty shades of red.
"What's
that?" Edward asked me about the notepad in my hand.
"Uhh...."
I stuttered as I tried to think of something. "Its a shopping
list of clothes for Alice to get me because I hate shopping."
He
seemed to buy it and wasn't interested in looked at it, so I let out
a quiet sigh of relief.
Something dawned on me.
"Alice
what time is it?" I asked her.
She pulled out her phone and
said, "Almost ten thirty."
"Edward! You should
probably get going," I told him.
"I just got here!"
he exclaimed.
"Yeah, but it's ten thirty, and it's a Sunday
night. I'm pretty sure you're not much older than us, if you're older
at all, so you must have a class tomorrow."
"Well I'm
starting my senior year so you guessed right," he said avoiding
the subject.
"Exactly. So go back to campus and go to
bed!"
"Bella, don't worry about it. I skip all the
time," he said nonchalantly.
"Edward!" I
protested.
"Fine, fine. You are so stubborn. I put my number
into your phone. Call me if you need anything," he said before
leaning over to kiss my forehead.
"Goodbye Bella," he
whispered and gave me a breath taking smile that made his emerald
eyes sparkle.
"B-bye," I stuttered.
I watched him
leave and said to Alice, "God I'm such an idiot! I can't even
carry out one word without him making me stutter!"
"Oh
Bella, I read that guys like it when they dazzle girls."
"I
sure hope so," I muttered.
"Don't worry, you two are
perfect for each other," she said.
"Alice! Are you high?
You just met the guy a few hours ago!"
"I know these
things," she said and smiled at me.
It's true. She did know
these things, but I just couldn't be sure yet.
I lied down and
let a deep sleep over take me.
Hope ya like this chapter! I'm
super excited for the next chapter, which I'm sure is coming alot
fast than this one. I just had a little trouble writing this chapter.
Edward goes to their apartment next chapter! Eep! Hahah. I'm going to
bed now. As I'm writing it's late, and I busted my toe open my
kicking a cabinet corner and it's throbbing and I want the pain to
leave!! It was an accident and I kicked it really hard and it split
open and I will shut up with the gory details lol so nighty night!!
Happy really late birthday Bella! Lmao.
