The Overdose

Disclaimer: Stephenie Myers owns all Twilight and the Characters

I just wanted to see what would happen if Bella and Edward met later in life.

Song(s) for the Chapter:

Sing for Absolution By: Muse

Chapter 8: My Decision

EPOV

I had parked the Volvo a couple of blocks away from the Swan's residence, and was walking towards the house. It was rather a simple house, it seemed perfect for just the two of the them. I noticed that there were no lights on, maybe they were both in bed already.

How would I do this? I needed to know more about her and why she covered for me at work. I walked around to the back of the house and that's when I caught her scent. Like before I went into a frenzy and the fire was creeping up my throat. Her scent lead me towards a little wooded area behind her house, and I decided to follow it. The path was flat and easy to walk. Her scent lead me to an old oak tree with twisted branches that went in different directions.

Why would it stop here? I looked around the tree and noticed a hole in the trunk of it above my head. I reached in and pulled out a box. How clever an old metal Stars Wars lunch box. What would she being doing out here? More importantly why would there be a box hidden in a tree trunk. I sat down on a tree stump and opened the box up. Inside was a zip lock bag that had a journal and a pen in it. I opened the bag and pulled the journal out. On the cover written in her hand writing was "Forget It".

The journal had several entries already written in it:

Why did I decide to move out here? I miss mom and I miss the Phoenix sun. It's to green and always raining here. I promised Charlie that I would give it try here. I don't want to disappoint him.

I shouldn't be reading this journal. This is not who I am but I needed to know more about her. So at one time she hated it here. Here's another entry:

When is Mike Newton going to figure it out that I don't like him. I mean he is dating Jessica, but one girl is apparently not enough for him. He thinks that he can have his cake and eat it too. Because of him Jessica won't speak to me anymore, and she has been my friend since my first day here.

I couldn't believe all that she had written, but I wondered if she wrote about today. I flipped through the pages of the journal until I found the last entry. It was dated for today and the ink had been smeared in some places. It was if she had been crying when she wrote it.

Today didn't go as well as I had planned or hoped for. My morning started off great until my truck wouldn't start. Now I have to ride with Charlie to and from work for a few days. The ride over to the hospital this morning wasn't so bad Mr. Webber took me and told me about Dr. Crowe's retirement. When I got to the hospital I met his replacement Dr. Carlisle Cullen, who seems as nice as can be. I noticed that my day took another bad turn when not only did I see and have lunch with Jessica. I saw Mike and Lauren working at the hospital as well, so it was a mini class reunion. Besides seeing the three of them, I met three other people. There was Seth and Mary who were my new techs and seem nice. Then there was "him", Dr. Edward Cullen. He didn't speak to me, but he did stare at me with a cold expression. It wasn't the fact that he stared at me that made my day awful. It was the fact that he told me that I "never should have come back". Those were the words that made it awful.

I reread the entry a couple of times before putting the journal and the box back. Did I really mean to make her cry? I didn't want to but I had to get out of there. I started back up towards the house with the conclusion that I needed more time to figure her out. I walked around her house to see if I could pick anything up . That was useless, they both must have been in bed, so I headed back to the car.

As I drove back to the house, I knew what to expect everyone would be waiting for me. They would want to talk about the events that unfolded and why I didn't answer the phone when Alice called. Like I thought it over again, if they needed me that bad. Why on earth didn't they call the pharmacy. I pulled into the garage and parked between Rosalie's BMW convertible and Emmett's jeep.

"He'll be in the house in about three minutes," Alice was telling everyone.

"I'm telling you Carlisle, he has gone mental over the chief's daughter," Emmett said. "He told me what he told her and it wasn't good." Why couldn't Emmett keep his mouth shut for once. I'm sure that Alice would have already told them what I said.

I thought about staying outside a few more minutes and listening in. I knew that it would be some sort of an "intervention", but I'll give them there time. Let them think that in the long run they are helping me.

"Emmett," Carlisle spoke. "I met the chief's daughter Bella, this morning. She was nice, sweet, and I couldn't pick anything wrong out about her."

I stood there listening to them, they didn't know how I felt about the situation. I knew that this was going to go two ways. I would make it work and the girl would still live, or some of my family would take care of her for me. I had already made my decision, and I had to tell them that she was going to live. I took a deep breath and went into the house.

"Alice," I said. There was no sense in yelling her name, she should already know that I needed to talk to her. Sure enough she was bouncing down the stairs. Alice had been with the family for almost fifty years, she was small with dark black hair in a pixie cut. She can be annoying at times but she never means to be, she was just Alice.

"What the hell," I told her. "You of all people should know that when I don't answer my phone, you need to call the pharmacy."

"Edward," she started with a clam voice. "If you were really going to hurt her, I would have called the pharmacy. That wasn't the case now wasn't it." I hated it admit it but she was right.

Her faced then turned to almost stone, and her eyes went blank. She was having another vision and I can sometimes see them, but I wasn't in the mood. Within seconds she was back and smiling at me. I knew not to believe that, she was hiding something from me. I would find out what she was hiding, but later I told myself.

"Edward," I heard Carlisle say. " Can you and Alice come into the dinning room."

"Yes, Carlisle," I said.

The dinning room was never used unless it was a family matter. Tonight my situation had to be a family matter. When we walked into the room, Esme, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, and Carlisle were sitting around the table. They were all thinking about different things and it was confusing to hear it all. Esme was worried about me, Carlisle couldn't believe what I did, and Jasper and Rosalie wanted to end Bella's life because of me.

"About what happened today," I started with as everyone was staring. "I know that I shouldn't have told Dr. Swan that she never should have came back. I was in the wrong but it was either that or to kill her"

"Since you have admitted to saying that," Carlisle was speaking for everyone now. "What are you going to do to fix the situation?"

"I have talked to Eric and we have agreed to switch shifts for the next week," I told him. "I have already called Mr. Webber and told him as well."

"That seems like a plan," Esme spoke for the first time tonight. She was a mother figure to me since my mother passed away in 1918. Carlisle agreed with Esme, the two of them never went against each other. Instead they acted as one heart, one brain, and more importantly one person. I was always captivated with their love for one another.

"Look at this idiot, I presume Jasper and Emmett can end her," Rosalie was thinking.

"Rosalie," I was pissed by now. "If you don't want to look for another mate keep your nose out of my business." After I said this she got up from the table trying to match my anger. Emmett got between us, trying to hold Rosalie back.

"We aren't going to let this human ruin everything that we have built," Rosalie stated.

"Rose," Emmett was trying to calm her down. "Let's go outside and cool off."

She stormed off past me and headed outside. It wasn't long before I heard tools being thrown around outside. We never got along, Carlisle wanted her to be my mate, and I wouldn't have anything to do with her. I can't blame myself she is a snob with blonde hair who thinks that she is a goddess. It was normally my job to put her in her place, and I have been doing it rather frequently lately.

"If Edward says that he has dealt with the situation then lets see how it pans out," Carlisle said.

"Now if you all would excuse me," I said and got up from the table. Once out of the dinning room I headed to my room to think over the days' events again. I would do everything in my power to make sure Bella stays alive.

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