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Edward POV
It had been a week in a half since the incident with Bella and Angela. Alice being the nosy tinker she is asked Angela right away on Wednesday when she saw her but Angela had nothing to offer. She said right after the incident she dropped Tyler off and left through the employee exit. Angela didn't offer any explanation to the story. Just said her and Bella used to be really good friends. Alice insisted her and Angela were good friends, but I think Alice reads way too much into it. Angela seems like a very private person and doesn't want Alice to know to much.
A knock at my office door brought me out of my thought.
"Yes Rose?" I asked my nurse.
"Patients in room A and B." she smiled.
"Thanks." I mumbled as I tossed on my glasses and coat.
I knocked on the door of room A and one of my favorite patients was inside.
"Hi Nessie." I smiled at the little seven year old fire ball. "How are you munchkin?" I asked
She let out a loud giggle as her father Jacob chuckled, "Good Doctor Cullen. How about youuuu?"
"I'm great Nessie. So what's wrong with my favorite girl?" I asked as I looked at her sweetly.
"Umm." she blushed a blush that reminded me of the brunette that had haunted my thoughts the past 2 weeks of my life.
"Tell the doctor what you've been feeling baby." Leah, Nessie's mother cut in.
"Been feeling dizzy and tummy aches." she nodded.
"Hm, have you been eating anything different? Too much candy?" I asked concerned.
"Nope." she said popping the 'P'.
"Well I'm going to prick your finger and we'll run some tests to make sure its not a blood or intestinal problem." I said calmly as I looked towards her parents that nodded worriedly. I left the room quickly to get Rose to get the needle ready. After pricking Nessie's finger and reassuring her parents we'd get back to them by Friday I sent them off and grabbed the chart for room B. Right before I entered the room I stopped dead in my tracks with the door half ajar.
The chart read 'Sophia Breeanna Swan'.
I entered the room quickly and came face to face with Sophia and a very stunned Isabella.
"Hello, I'm Doctor Edward Cullen." I greeted formally.
"Hello Dr. Cullen." Bella blushed. "I had no idea." she stuttered,
"It's very nice to see you Isabella, Sophia." I smiled as I offered a friendly nod.
"Bella, please." She corrected.
"Bella." I smiled.
"So, what are we seeing Ms. Sophia here for?" I said as I sat in my rolling chair by Sophia's feet.
"Well Sophia is very accident prone. Like me, surprisingly." Bella chuckled awkwardly. "She was playing on the playground at school with one of the other children and something happened in her arm. It seems like she can't move it without crying, but when she keeps it still it's fine. Alice told me to bring her here, that Dr. Cullen would fix her up, I didn't know that YOU were Dr. Cullen." Bella said nervously.
I smiled and looked over to Sophia. "Hi Sophia, do you remember me from Mrs. Whitlock's class?" I asked. Sophia shook her head.
"No? Well I am Mrs. Whitlock, you know the lady that looks like tinker bell? Well I'm her brother." I smiled.
"Witwoks Broder?" she asked
"Yes." I smiled. "Do you like lollipops?" I asked.
"Oh Yes." she laughed.
"What color is your favorite?" I asked excitedly.
"BOO!" she yelled.
"Blue like Mrs. Whitlock's door?" I chuckled.
"Boo like da doe!" she giggled.
"Ok." I nodded. "Does mommy want a lolli?" I asked as I looked towards Bella.
She blushed as she shook her head no.
"Ok more for us," I shrugged as I grabbed a blue and green lollipop from my cabinet.
"Oh yay!" Sophia squealed behind me.
I handed her the blue lollipop and popped my green one in my mouth.
"What colla is yos?" Sophia asked.
"Green. My favorite." I smiled widely.
"Oh, mines boo." she said excited.
"Say thank you to Dr. Cullen." Bella smiled.
"Tank you Docta Cuden." Sophia blushed.
"Ok now that we got our pops, can I look at your arm that gives you owies?" I asked slowly.
"Dis one." she said as she pointed to her left arm that she was keeping held tightly to her body. I slowly pushed up her sleeve without jostling her arm and found some light bruises. I pushed up the sleeve on her other arm and found some more bruises.
"Bella did someone do these too her?" I blurted out without thinking.
"WHAT? NO!" she said surprised,
"I'm sorry that was completely out of place for me to ask, I'm sorry." I said taken back.
"Your right that was out of place, but after what you've seen of me you must think I'm crazy." she mumbled as her eyes watered.
"I don't think you're crazy, and you don't have to explain anything." I said reassuringly.
"I promise I didn't make those bruises on her arms." she said as I looked over Sophia's arms.
"I didn't think YOU did." I mumbled.
She was quiet for a few moments and then gasped, "You think Emmett? Oh no never." she said loudly.
"Bella, please. As I said it's not my place. Please pretend I didn't say anything." I said calmly trying to keep the tension in the room at a low.
"No, if I feel I need to explain anything it is this. Emmett would never do anything to hurt her. He is a very nice and gentle man. He loves Sophia and me. He is my best friend, so please don't ever think anything badly about him. You have him pegged completely wrong." she said as tears escaped her eyes.
"Please don't cry." I said sadly as I grabbed her hands without thinking. "You are far too beautiful too cry."
"Why do you do that?" she said breathlessly as she pulled her hands from mine.
"Do what?" I asked confused as I looked towards Sophia who was watching the cartoons playing on the TV, back to Bella rubbing her eyes.
"Act like you can see me, inside and out. Like you know who I am. The way you look at me, like I am fragile." she said harshly and scared.
"No you have it wrong, I wish I could see you inside and out. I want to know who you are, I feel drawn to you and I don't understand why. As far as you being fragile, I wouldn't go that far, but you are precious, a rare precious gem, that I want all for myself." I said without thinking. I felt like with her I didn't have to monitor my words. As if I could say whatever I wanted and she'd understand.
"No, you have it wrong. I am anything but precious, and you can't know me. I'd never let you." she mumbled. I looked at her sad and confused for a moment until a chomping brought me back to the reason for the visit.
"I bid it." the little girls tinkling laughter filled the room as she chewed on her lollipop.
"I hear that." I chuckled slowly. "Ok Soph, I'm going to move your arm a little, tell me if it hurts, ok honey?" I asked her as she nodded.
I moved her arm around slowly and she began crying instantly. Bella started to choke up as Sophia's cries got louder. I felt up towards Sophia's elbow and felt the joint out of place. I straightened out Sophia's arm with her palm pointing upwards, I placed my hand on the ball of her elbow and folded her arm upwards towards her chest. Once I felt the pop her cries turned into soft sniffles.
"Better?" I asked with a smile as she nodded her head slowly and moved her arm around confused.
"She stopped crying." Bella said surprised, "What was it?" she sniffled.
"It's called 'Nursemaid Elbow' it's not un-common for infants between the ages of 1 - 4 to experience this. Her bones are still developing and when someone tugs on the child's arm or grabs too roughly it can cause the three joints still developing to dislodge. It's painful for the child and uncomfortable but once it's popped back into place the child is good as new. As you can see." I winked at Sophia as she smiled. "Now that it has happened once, it's likely it may happen again so I'll show you how to pop it back into place." I smiled at Bella as she nodded.
"Let me see your arm." I said as I nodded towards her left arm. She placed her hand into mine and I turned it over so her palm was facing upward. I slid my other hand up the backside of her arm and grabbed her elbow.
"You're going to hold her elbow so it doesn't move, and then bring her hand towards her chest like this." I showed her as I explained. "You should feel the elbow pop back into place." I said pointedly.
"Ok." she said nervously as she bit her lip.
I looked towards Sophia who was watching TV again.
"She's beautiful." I told Bella.
"Thank you." she smiled.
"Is Emmett your boyfriend?" I blurted out.
Bella looked at me with her mouth agape and looking confused.
"S'cuse me." she rasped.
"Is Emmett your- um- boyfriend?" I stuttered.
"Way more then that." she sighed.
"You're married?" I asked wide eyed.
"No." she said shaking her head.
"I've known him since I was 15. We've always been best friends." she said shrugging. "I want to tell you everything Edward, I do." she choked out.
"Then tell me." I said breathlessly.
"I can't." she said looking towards Sophia.
"Let me take you out. You don't have to tell me anything if you don't want to. I just want to get to know you. Even if it's your favorite color, your job, what car you drive. Normal stuff. We don't have to talk about anything you don't want to. I just need to know you, be your friend. As I said I have this pull towards you. I can't explain what is it, but when I don't see you when I pick up Tyler I feel sad and I wonder what you are doing. I ache to see you just for five minutes. God, I sound crazy, I'm not making any sense. I'm sorry." I said frazzled.
"No," she shook her head. "You make perfect sense. I feel it too. Ever since the day I caught your eye in Alice's class. I want to know you Edward. I just don't want you to know me." She said sadly. "I'm such a mess. I don't want to bring confusion into your life or hurt you in anyway." she cried.
"You may not want me to know you, but I NEED to know you. Please just one night, if you never want to see me again you don't have too. Please just give me a chance." I begged.
"Friday night." she said quietly as I smiled. "We'll meet at a restaurant?" she asked.
"Seven pm at "Ciao Bella?" I smirked.
She smiled and got up to get Sophia. "Let's go SoSo. Say goodbye to Dr. Cullen." I smiled at the cute nickname she had for her daughter.
"Bye bye," Sophia waved. "Tank ooh!" she smiled.
"Bye bye Sophia. You're welcome. Ciao Bella, see you Friday." I winked as we parted ways.
"Friday." she agreed as she headed towards the checkout area with Sophia at her side. I watched her walk down the hallway until she disappeared out of my view. I had to thank Alice for sending Bella my way, and Sophia for being accident prone. I couldn't deny it any longer I was falling for the brunette that was in room B, and not only one of them. Both of those brunettes were stealing my heart, and I hardly knew either one.
I was in deep.
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