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Chapter 3
"Grandpa!"
Carlisle had just set foot into his home when he heard the pitter patter of Nessie feet charging at him. Her bronze curls bouncing with each step she took. She leapt into her grandfathers' arms.
"I missed you!" She cried, giving her grandfather a hug as he held her.
Carlisle laughed, "I missed you to. How was your day?"
Nessie beamed at him. "Well grandma and I went shopping for a new dress! It's pink and blue with pretty bows. Then I came home and daddy and I played hide and go seek out in the woods while mommy went hunting."
Carlisle smiled and sat Nessie back on the floor. He smiled at his only granddaughter. He remembered from all the hospitals he had worked at with the older patients always saying how fast their grandchildren grow up. In Carlisle's case it was more than true. It had been over a year since Renesmee had been born and yet she already looked like a nine or ten year old. Carlisle patted his granddaughter on the head.
"I'm glad you had a nice day." She smiled and ran towards the living room. Esme came in from the garage and she and Carlisle followed Nessie. Nessie had already jumped onto the lap of Bella who was sitting on their beige couch. Nessie was bouncing joyful on her mothers lap. On the other side of Bella was Alice. Alice turned and smiled. "How was your day?" Carlisle chuckled. "Well, it was not how I expected it would be." Alice's smile spread wider across her face, "I thought so." Carlisle could see that she was having to much fun with his future.
After being welcomed home Carlisle went into the woods, unfortunately alone. But while he was at work everyone else had been hunting so he felt that he should do the same. As he walked he replayed the days events over in his mind. It gave him some imaginary warmth knowing his new co-workers already gave him the trust which he felt he did not diserve. But even so, knowing that they did trust him made him happy. Still as he replayed the events in his head he thought about Dr. Cox. It baffled Carlisle that he could not come upon the man anywhere in his memories even though the doctors presence seemed familiar.
Carlisle stopped in his tracks. He felt the presence of Edward, who appeared from the depths of the forest. Carlisle smiled softly, "I heard you had been out hunting."
Edward sighed, "I just want to take extra precautions since we're in a new area. I don't want anything to go wrong." Carlisle kept on walking with Edward now joining his side. For a moment the scene reminded Carlisle of the days when Edward had been born into his new life. They would both walked in the different forests together many, many years ago, side by side.
"I'm sorry." Edward finally said after minutes of silence.
Carlisle stopped, giving Edward a confused look. "Why?" Carlisle went through his thoughts. He didn't think of anything that would give Edward the need to apologize.
Edward chuckled, "No you didn't say anything. I just wish I could help you with your memory of that Dr. Cox."
Carlisle frowned, he wished Edward wouldn't put so much weight on his shoulders. "Edward, please do not worry about it. I do not expect anything out of you."
Edward continued to look ahead into the darkness of the forest. "I know I just feel bad, when I can't help you out."
"Edward you have helped me out in more ways than I can think of. You know this. But it pains me when you think you have to do more." Carlisle smiled, "besides if you figured it out it would ruin the fun for me." Carlisle replayed the words that Edward had spoken only a day ago. Edward smiled as his father ran deeper into the forest, with his son following closely behind.
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It was past midnight when Dr. Cox returned home. He walked into a silent apartment which astounded him. It was a surprise that his son wasn't wailing in his room. and his ex-wife wasn't nagging at him once he had set foot through the door.
Instead he walked in on Jordan silently sleeping, curled up on the couch in her pajamas. Perry looked at the television which was silently displaying a commercial for some sort of kitchen device. Beside Jordan was the baby monitor which let out the peaceful breathing of his sleeping son.
Perry smiled. He wished that he could come home to this every night. He quietly closed the door and tip toed over to Jordan. He took in the scene before him. He loved to watch Jordan as she slept. She always looked so innocent, compared to her normal witch like state. It had always been Perry's favorite thing to do, watching her sleep.
Perry gently placed his hand on her shoulder, softly nudging her. "Jorda-roo, I'm home."
She brushed his hand away, "I …-on't…car-…"
Perry chuckled as Jordan fell right back to sleep. "Time for bed." Perry picked Jordan up and carried her to their room. He laid her down on her side of the bed before heading back out to the living room. All day Perry had been craving the one thing that he always craved from the minute he woke up, a drink of scotch. As he poured a glass he thought about today.
Any other time he would like nothing more than to forget about all his experiences at the hospital yet right now he wondered why he felt so, tense. Ever since he saw the new doctor, Dr. Cullen, he had felt hesitant. At first he had thought it was just his normal hesitance that he had for any new doctor. He didn't know who they were so he watched from afar to see how they would turn out. Yet with Dr. Cullen it all seemed like something else.
Perry had some sort of weird feeling that told him to keep his distance, or approach with caution. It was strange because he also had the need to protect J.D, which was a first. It was a fear that drove him to protect J.D. To keep him and the new doctor apart. It wasn't the fear of losing his Newbie to someone else, no, it was just a fear of something happening to J.D.
Perry would later blame that last thought on the alcohol as his eighth scotch burned its' way down his throat. He stood up heading towards his bedroom. One thing in his mind was for certain.
He had defiantly felt this kind of fear before.
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After the excitement from Dr. Cullen's arrival, the hospital seemed to immediately go back into its' normal state of boring. As I walked out of the elevator I spotted Dr. Cullen down the hall. After his first month here he seemed to always take his lunch breaks by himself so invite him to lunch but be smooth about it. "Hey Dr. Cullen."
Dr. Cullen looked up and smiled, "Hello J.D."
Okay engage him in some light conversation, "Did you know that an elephants pregnancy lasts for about Twenty-Three months?"
Dr. Cullen stared at him confused not knowing whether to laugh or reply, "Really…that's a long time."
Perfect, "Hey you want to eat lunch together?" J.D asked. His eyes hopeful.
Carlisle was confused, "Sure, that sounds good."
"Awesome, see you around noon." And J.D walked off leaving a slightly confused Carlisle, but he shook it off and continued on with his paperwork.
Even though he had been working in the hospital for less than a month it wasn't hard to figure out how everyone worked around here. Everyone treated their patients, yet there was more to it. They wanted to help everyone, not only people who could afford it.
It amazed Carlisle how well these people worked with each other as a team.
For example. J.D had taken in a patient today with no insurance. He emitted the patient anyway using the insurance of a person who had recently passed away. He then got the morgue to sit on the paper work and also got the nurses to play along. They all had their system and Dr. Cullen was glad to see that, for once, he found a hospital that didn't care only about the money that they could get out of it.
Carlisle finished his paperwork and went to each patients room. The time seem to go by as he had looked at the clock. It was about time to meet J.D for lunch.
Carlisle waited for the elevator. Even though he enjoyed working, he didn't mind having a little break now and then. The elevator arrived and opened it's doors, revealing an annoyed J.D and Dr. Cox who seemed to be breathing into his stethoscope while they rested in his ears. J.D looked towards the elevator opening; his face lighting up when Carlisle walked through the doors.
"Hey Dr. Cullen," J.D greeted enthusiastically.
Carlisle glanced over at Dr. Cox who was eyeing the new doctor cautiously. This had been the first time that they had been this close to each other.
Although Dr. Cox had barely been in the same room with Carlisle, his scent was easy to identify. The closest thing to describe Dr. Cox's scent would be an odd combination of oak trees and musk. And right now in the elevator it seemed to be overpowering the scent of J.D whose smell was faintly like lilacs.
"Hello J.D."
J.D sighed, "I was just trying to ask Dr. Cox here if he wanted to eat some lunch with us then decided to ignore me instead,"
Dr. Cox moaned, "Well Newbie I can't help it if your voice makes my ears bleed."
Carlisle chuckled, "Well Dr. Cox would you care to join us?"
Dr. Cox growled, "look Blondie, I don't get invited to do anything, I'll do what I want regardless if I get an invite." Carlisle just smiled, he knew that Dr. Cox would say something like that.
The elevator arrived to the first floor. J.D and Carlisle walked side by side. J.D was talking about a recent article in the news about how bears seemed to be traveling down from the north and attacking some local campers. Carlisle listened as he glanced behind them. Dr. Cox followed them slowly, ignoring Carlisles' glance. Carlisle looked forward and smiled. He knew that Dr. Cox wouldn't leave J.D by himself.
They all three grabbed their lunches and sat at an empty table. "Dr. Cullen aren't you going to get anything else to eat?" J.D asked.
Carlisle had once again grabbed a lone bottle of water. "My wife likes to cook a big breakfast in the morning." he replied.
"You're married Cullen?" Dr. Cox asked.
Carlisle smiled, "Yes, Esme and I have been married for-"
"Perry! I want some food!" Came an angry voice from behind Carlisle, "What do you have…"
Suddenly the cafeteria seemed to disappear from Carlisle's vision as a scene of a forest flashed before Carlisle's eyes. It was a strange nostalgic scene that left as quickly as it had came. He looked up to make eye contact with the brunette woman who had just entered the cafeteria.
She blushed and sat down in the empty seat next to Dr. Cox. "Well hello handsome, you must be new here."
Dr. Cox sighed, "Jordan, why are you here?"
Jordan glared at Dr. Cox, "I happen to have a board meeting," she said, glaring daggers into Dr. Cox's eyes with him doing the exact same thing.
J.D seemed frantic and interrupted their glaring contest, "Jordan this is Dr. Cullen, Dr. Cullen this is Dr. Cox's wife Jordan."
Jordan sighed, "D.J how many times do I have to sleep with you until you remember I am his ex-wife." She then turned to Dr. Cullen, "So Dr. Cullen are you single?"
Dr. Cox growled, "Oh for the love of…Before your banshee squawking interrupted us, Cullen had just mentioned he had a wife so tune it down with the hormones. You're acting like a high school girl."
Jordan sighed, "Perry, I can't help it that I have such a youthful figure."
Suddenly Carlisle's thoughts seemed to race all at once. Memories flooded his mind with scenes from what seemed like years ago. He knew there was an event in his life where he had heard that name before. His thoughts flashed back to the dense forest he had seen only moments ago. "Perry! Perry! Perry!" a scream echoed throughout the forest.
"Perry…"
"What?" Dr. Cox asked annoyed? Carlisle looked around and realized he had spoken aloud.
"I'm sorry I didn't realize your name was Perry," Carlisle said smoothly.
Dr. Cox glared at him, "You got a problem with my name?"
Carlisle laughed, "Oh no it's simply a realization."
Dr. Cox shrugged it off, "so Cullen you figuring out how things work around here?"
Carlisle nodded, "yes, I picked up on your…system rather quickly." Dr. Cox eyed the new doctor. Carlisle smiled in return and took a sip from his water bottle.
This was the first time in many years where Carlisle had been this irritated over something so trivial. As quickly as it had came, his missing memory cut off leavening only the scene of a black forest and a voice screaming for Perry. No matter how irritated he was now, Carlisle was defiantly sure that he and Dr. Cox had made some sort of contact. It made since why the memory had suddenly made it's way back into Carlisle's mind. After the month that he had started working at Sacred Heart everyone at the hospital had referred to Dr. Cox as, well, Dr. Cox. Never once had anyone uttered his name as Perry. And of course he could imagine why.
"Hey Dr. Cullen are you ready to go?" J.D's voice broke Carlisle's thoughts. Carlisle looked at the clock. He had been lost in thought and his lunch had quickly flown by.
"Oh yes. I didn't realize what time it was."
J.D smiled, "Lost in your thoughts? Yeah, that happens to me sometimes."
Dr. Cox snorted, "Sometimes?"
J.D blushed and mumbled, "Well maybe all the time, but that doesn't really matter."
Throughout the rest of his day Carlisle continued on with his work. Even though he wanted to find that memory again he felt that his patients needed him one hundred percent. He walked into a young girls' room who was about to go into surgery for a heart transplant.
She was a cute girl about sixteen who had spent the past month in the hospital waiting for a heart and to Carlisle's happiness he was able to tell her that she would get it in time for her sixteenth birthday.
"Hey Sarah, are you ready for your transplant?"
Carlisle could see her sickly face brighten up. "Yeah, this was one great sweet sixteen present, Dr. Cullen."
Carlisle smiled, "Well when you get out of surgery I'll be waiting for you."
Sarah blushed, "Thanks Dr. Cullen, for everything." Carlisle could here some doubt in her voice.
When Sarah had gotten news that she was getting a new heart she spent hours talking with Carlisle about what would happen and she asked, 'Dr. Cullen…will I live through the surgery?'
Deep down in Carlisle's heart he knew that there was the chance that all patients who go through this type of surgery may not make it though alive. But with Sarah he could see her strength and knew she would be able to. 'Sarah, you have been through a terrible ordeal, but I do not think I have ever seen a patient such as yourself who has as much spirit as you do. You are a very strong girl. Believe me when I say it, you'll be fine, there's no doubt about it.' He knew that she would still have her doubts but he hoped that she would remember his words while her surgery approached.
Orderlies came and began to take her down to surgery. "Dr. Cullen will you walk with me down there?" Sarah asked. Carlisle nodded. "So are you sure this surgeon's good?" asked Sarah.
Carlisle smiled, "he's one of the best." and it was true. Dr. Turk was a very outstanding surgeon who in no doubt about it would became chief of surgery around here one day, he didn't need Alice's visions for that.
"So I'll be okay right?" Sarah asked again before heading through the last doors before they reached the operating room.
Carlisle smiled, "remember what I said Sarah. You're very strong, you're going to make it." Sarah sighed and then smiled,
"Kay, see you later." Carlisle patted her on the head, "See you later."
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Carlisle was very patient when it came to waiting but he was feeling anxious about Sarah. He found himself carelessly wandering around the hallways until he eventually found himself outside. The sun was already setting, creating a tranquil atmosphere around the hospital.
All was calm. All was safe.
Carlisle looked at his watch. "Already time for another break." he stated aloud. Across the entrance from the hospital Carlisle found an empty bench. It seemed like a good place to take a break so he walked on over and sat down. He took a deep breath and stared at the darkness that slowly enveloped the sky.
He remembered the nights when he was a very young child. He would find himself wandering outside and gazing at the night sky. He had always found such a fascination with it. When night had fallen upon the land it felt like some sort of invisible wall had been knocked down, leaving everything floating along a sea of stars. He remembered on some nights he would close his eyes and dream himself away into such a place where he was swimming amongst the stars and planets.
It was nostalgic, looking at the sky. Now he looked at the sky hundreds of years later, with the same fascination that he did when he was a child. Sometimes it doesn't matter how old you get, some of the things you did as a child still stick with you. Carlisle let a chuckle slip.
"What's so funny?" Carlisle looked to find Carla standing in front of him with a warm smile spreading across her face.
"Oh, I was just thinking of some of the things I did when I was younger." Carla laughed,
"At least you act your age now." She replied with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
Carlisle could tell from the moment that he started working here that Carla was the motherly type who saw everyone as her children, especially J.D and Turk. "So why are you sitting out here?" Carla asked, sitting in the empty spot next to Carlisle.
"Just on a break,"
Carla shook her head. "No I meant why are you sitting out here alone?" Carlisle had already come up with a reasonable answer knowing she would ask that.
"I have a patient who's getting a new heart. I'm just worrying over her and I needed a place to relax."
Carla sighed, "You know, Dr. Cullen, when I first started here I was very…awkward. I felt like I was back in high school and had to find a place for myself all over again. Of course I did what all new kids do, hide myself from everyone around me. I didn't want them to see how hard I was taking it, how vulnerable I felt."
Carla's eyes narrowed as she was looking into her past memories, "one day a patient I had gotten very close to died. I immediately went to hide. I didn't want everyone to see how much it hurt."
Then she turned to Carlisle and smiled, "before I could even leave the room someone grabbed my arm and hugged me. I looked and saw Laverne. She took me into an empty room and locked the door. She said to me, 'Hun, if you need to cry then go ahead and cry. But know that we're always here for you. So I want you to cry in here because this will be the last time you cry alone. From now on when you're upset you come to us, because we're your family now.'"
Carlisle was taken aback from her words. She stood up from the bench and faced him. "Dr. Cullen, we don't want you to have to face this place alone. God, knows how hard it is on everyone and how many people around here suffer because they don't rely on the people around them. We're all here together, we're part of a family. Dr. Cullen, we are all apart of your family now."
Carlisle was speechless. Nothing he could describe compared to what he was feeling in his lifeless heart right now. Only the sound of his pager broke his stare from the Latina woman. He glanced at his pager and then back at Carla, "lets go see how Sarah is doing."
AN: OHMEHGEE!! I actually updated! I am SOOO sorry for the overdue update! I hope this chapter wasn't to boring for you. haha above where it says the "pitter patter of Nessie feet", my mom always says that when I'm gone she always misses the pitter patter of emmy feet so I just had to put that in there. also the next chapter may not be updated for a few more weeks! I'm sorry! I'm going to be working on a one-shot thats all Christmas themed and what not and I wanna make it good. So...I guess that's all I have to say right now. Keep checking my profile for news updates about whats goin on with the stories and what not. also find me on Facebook! if you want to add me simply message me and I shall give you meh name! Comeon! I need more friends! well in the famous words of Tigger TTFN Ta Ta For Now!! thank you all for being patient with me!