Wow it's been forever since my last chapter. I promise the next chapter of Crimson Secrets by Wednesday night if you are reading that too. I also have chapter 3 of this written out already I just have to type it up. So Enjoy and Review!
Chapter 2- Baseball and Hospitals
At noon Alice and I went to the movies, it was one of those rituals that had developed over the past two years. She was into the romantic comedies but I had a strange thing for horror zombie movies. The only problem with taking Alice to the movies was that she always knew what was coming next, and it just irked me when she'd lean over that sticky cup holder and tell me who was going to die in how many minutes.
Any way, when we returned to her house we found Esme and Rosalie sitting by the bar flipping through magazines. Esme was looking through the pages of Home and Garden, while Rose was intent on finding the best mascara, like she needed it.
"Hey Esme are the boys around?" Alice asked.
Yes, they're setting up outside for your baseball game maybe you should go out and help them."
I couldn't believe what I was about to do, but I wanted Esme to like me so despite my gut instinct to stay away from the snout of the beast, I opened my mouth.
"Hey, Rose." I began." Do you want to come play with us maybe we could play guys versus girls?" Not surprisingly she looked at me like I was offering her some beetle soup.
Her hair was blown out perfectly straight and cascaded down below her shoulders. I envied her body completely, with her long slender legs that looked amazing in her tight jeans. And any top looked like it was worth a thousand dollars on her perfectly built torso. I gave up at trying to be warm to her and followed Alice out to the back yard, where all three boys were standing outside a pile of baseball equipment.
I caught Edward's eye but embarrassed looked down quickly, I felt his eyes follow me as I walked with Emmett and Jasper to set up the bases. He must think I'm really weird staring at him all the time. Emmett couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably at how clumsy I was and it made me feel very self-conscious.
"Alright guys, Bella and Edward versus Alice and Emmett." Jasper called out.
"Actually I think I'm going to sit this one out I'm not feeling the least bit coordinated today." I sighed in defeat, I would just watch them play like I usually did at sporting events.
Edward advanced on me with out warning and bent down to whisper into my ear. I looked straight at Alice who had a sly smirk on her face. " Come on Bella, be on my team. All you have to do is stay in the outfield and wait to throw the ball at Emmett's head."
I smiled up at him not able to help that glow I knew was coming out of my eyes. " I think I can stick with that game plan."
I walked to the back of the yard knowing that as confident as I sounded I would fall flat on my face sooner or later. Across the way I heard Jasper say something to Emmett and both of them started laughing. Alice was preoccupied with a daisy on the ground so I doubt she heard. However Edward who was in earshot obviously was opposed to what was said and threw a ball at Jasper's head. It was about three seconds and all three boys were on the ground wrestling.
"Aw come on guys!" Alice groaned. "Sorry Bella this always happens."
"It's alright." The less actual playing time for me, the better. Alice however seemed quite annoyed with their neglection to the sport.
"ESME!" she yelled. Suddenly all three boys were off the ground trying to dust themselves off before their mother came out.
The back door swung open, and standing there, was Esme with a knowing look on her face.
"Boys, are you fighting?" It seemed like she already knew the answer and their response.
"Off course not, dear mother." Emmett responded mockingly. But she left with a smirk that told them not to start up again.
"Okay, then. Let's play now." Alice said annoyed.
"Your up." Jasper threw Alice the bat, which she caught gracefully and stood at the batter mount.
Edward threw the ball straight into Jaspers hands, before Alice could blink.
"Strike one."
She bit her lip and squinted her eyes the same way she did when she was focusing in school. Edward threw the ball harder and faster this time.
"Strike two!"
I could see the fire coming out of her; she bent her knees and dug the ball of her foot into the ground. All of a sudden she relaxed like she knew she was going to hit it….and lo and behold, she did.
The ball went flying across the yard making it's decent towards the outfield, coming down closer…right at me. All I could do was watch it, like in slow motion come towards me, like my feet were glued to the ground. I had a glimpse of Alice running to second base before…
WHACK!
The last thing I remember was Alice and Edward standing over me and as I drifted off I remembered the blur of green that must have been Edward's eyes.
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I woke up in the hospital bed not sure how I got there. My parents were in the corner talking with another couple. I could hear their hushed voices murmuring something, probably about me.
"We are really sorry about this." The man's soft voice apologized.
"Don't worry Bella is prone to accidents it's not anyone's fault. My mother's voice sounded tired and worried. I hated when I ended up in here. My record seemed to be broken this time with two hospitalizations in less than three months.
My eyelashes fluttered as I pushed my self into a seated position.
"She's awake!" I heard my dad.
"Bella." My mother came to my bedside.
"Hey mom what happened?"
Before she could answer a doctor walked into the room. I caught the glimpse of the reflection of the clock. It was 11:30 pm.
"Ms. Swan?" he asked. I nodded in agreement. He walked over to my parents and introduced himself. "Dr. Levine, of the Neural Psychiatric Ward, I see here," he said looking down at his clipboard, "that your daughter suffered from a minor concussion to her rear memory bank. There's nothing to be extremely worried about, she might suffer from some short-term memory loss regarding the last twenty-four hours."
I still didn't know what happened, but the look on my mother face told me she was in panic mode as usual. The other couple in the room looked very familiar, but I just couldn't place them. As I sat on the hospital cot silent I tried to remember what happened. The last thing that came to me was talking to Alice after Edward and Jasper said goodnight. All else was a complete mystery. Renee came over to the bed clutching my hand.
"Bella dear, how are you feeling?"
"Well, my head hurts a lot, and I don't know what happened, was I at Alice's?"
"Yes, we 're really sorry about this Alice feels awful." The other woman approached me, she looked kind, but how did she know Alice?
"Sorry, but who are you?" I asked embarrassed.
"Oh, you must not remember, I'm Esme Cullen, Alice's mother." She smiled.
"It's nice to meet you, is this the second time?" I laughed a little.
Before she could respond two figures burst through the door. One was tiny and graceful Alice, followed by tall gorgeous Edward. His bright green eyes filled with angst and…fear?
"Bella," She sobbed. "I'm so sorry, I was angry, because of the game, and Edward…anda… bassbul…allmu fult!" As she lay on my bedside crying I couldn't help but to laugh at her hysterics.
"Alice I have no idea what your crying about but I'm fine, and since you can barely speak coherently, I'm not going to ask you to explain anything."
The room broke out in chuckles and even Alice gave a little laugh too. Only Edward stood there, his blue buttoned down shirt stuck to his chest from running, showing every muscle,as if he was slowly suffocating.
"Hi Edward." Strangely enough he seemed to relax a whole lot after I acknowledged him. The adults went back to talking about medical stuff, maybe to give the three of us some time to talk things out.
"So what happened?" I directed at Edward.
He sat in a stiff hospital chair about two feet away from me on my right, staring right into my eyes. I remembered he did this a lot in his room when we talked about his music. It was like being in a trance just staring at him I had to make sure to focus on his mouth when he talked so I wouldn't miss anything, but then again his lips were also distracting.
"After you and Alice came back from the movies, we played baseball in the yard. Do you remember?" He held his breathe.
I paused.
"Sorry, no. What movie did we see?" I turned to Alice.
"Eagle Eye"
"Damn it! …You wanna go see it again?"
"Okay."
"Then what happened?"
He went on to explain how Alice's world record breaking home run had knocked me out. Esme rushed me to the hospital and that was pretty much it.
"Didn't I volunteer to sit out or something, Alice you know I suck at sports."
"Actually you were so pumped, you couldn't wait to be batter. Emmett had to hold you back." She said sarcastically.
" I met Emmett? Oh crap, this sucks, does he like me?"
"Yes, you guys are like best buds. Apparently you two had a deep intellectual conversation about world politics, do you remember?" Edward smiled. I could tell they were pulling my leg about all of this.
"And what, did Rosalie and I have a tea party and chat it up about Gossip Girl?"
"Oh, Bella, you're so smart." Alice grinned.
Dr. Levine was approaching the bed to shoo the two of them away. Once they regulated my sleeping pattern to make sure I didn't go into a coma, I could sleep and spend the night in the hospital.
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I woke up at 4:30 in the morning facing the little digital clock on my bedside. When I turned over to get some water I was surprised to see Edward sitting in the chair that he occupied a few hours ago, but there was no one else here. He was awake.
"Hi."
He seemed embarrassed. His hands closed around the armrests.
"What are you doing here it's 4:30?"
"I'm sorry, Ill go." She said nervously.
"Wait." With out thinking I reached out and grabbed his hand before he could pick it up off the handle.
There was a moment of strange unfamiliar tension between us. My hand was frozen on his and all we could do was stare at each other. It felt like forever before either of us said anything.
" When- when everyone left I stayed back just in case." That suffocated look came back to his face although I couldn't figure out why it was kind of cute. I took my hand off of his and tucked it under my right cheek as I lay on my side.
" I'm glad you stayed." I replied honestly. And once again his suffocation subsided and he smiled the mostly shockingly beautiful crooked smile I thought my heart would burst.
"Beautiful." Oh shit did I say that out loud?
"What?"
"Um, when did I fall asleep?"
"Around half past midnight. How do you feel?"
"My head doesn't hurt anymore, but I'm upset I don't remember a lot about yesterday. Tell me about it."
"What's the last thing you remember?"
"Jasper saying goodnight to Alice, and then us talking till the early hours of the morning, but then I vaguely remember the smell of pancakes and bacon. Is that what I had for breakfast?"
"Yes." He smiled again. " I'm surprised you don't remember Emmett he'll be so down about it, I promise."
"Well it's not every day you get to meet someone for the second first time."
Wow, that was stupid.
But he laughed it off. His laugh was like bells and the light dancing off his face made him look like an angel. He was too good for me. I could see it now. He should be dating some hot super model, someone like Rosalie, not an ordinary art major like me. But he stayed, why would he do that?
"You and Alice should have a sleepover re-do. But this time we play video games instead of baseball."
"I'd probably get hurt doing that too. But, yes we should do this again."
Wait. Am I talking about my sleep over with Alice or spending time with Edward? Who am I kidding? It's definitely the latter.
"You know Bella, I have to be honest, when I heard that the doctors said you would have memory loss I was petrified." I could tell he was starting to ramble, because he wasn't prepared for what he was going to say. How adorable.
"You were?"
"Yes. You see I thought you wouldn't remember me, or Friday night when you know, we…"
"Talked."
"Yes. It was fun I didn't want you to forget, I was…and you know…we…I think-"
"Edward."
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
"Okay."
We stared at each other for I think it was a year in my head but probably only ten seconds, and then with out knowing what the hell I was doing, I leaned over the end of the cot, and placed a soft kiss on his lips. But, before I could pull away, I felt his hand grasp the back of my head and slipped his fingers into my hair pulling me to him. At first his kisses were soft and playful while he leaned over me on my hospital bed but then our mouths opened simultaneously and-
The door flew open.
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