The Overdose
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyers 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:
A Million Miles an Hour By: Eastern Conference Champs
Bella Notte By: Ludovico Einaudi
Arms of An Angle By: Sarah McLachlan
Nomads By: Carter Burwell
Chapter 15: She will be fine
EPOV
After she spoke my name, her eyes closed and she was out cold again. I carried her towards the main hospital entrance. Carlisle was already at the door waiting for us looking at me. He was always under control and I admired him for that.
"Alice told me," he said. "I got here as soon as I could."
"Thanks," I told him. "Newton's back there near her truck out cold."
"Bring her in," he said ushering me in. "We'll worry about him later."
As we walked into the hospital and headed towards the emergency room people started to talk. Sometimes the ability to read minds was awful and tonight was why I hated it so.
Oh my goodness. Is that Dr. Swan? I heard one nurse think.
Her dad said she is clumsy but I didn't believe him, another nurse thought.
They didn't know what they were thinking about. They had no idea what hell she had just went through. If it was one of them would the others being saying the same thing or would it have a different outcome. I really didn't care I just wanted Bella to be ok.
"I don't know if there is any internal damage," I told him as we made our way through the emergency room past the whispers.
"Edward," he said. "Don't worry about it. You apparently got there before anything horrible happened to her. Someone needs to get a backboard out to the parking lot. There is a male past out cold there."
After he said that several people stopped what they were doing and headed outside. He lead me to trauma one and told me to lay her on the bed. I tried to listen in on his thoughts, but he kept thinking about other things. One of the downfalls to mind reading was that people close to you could block their thoughts. I didn't want to leave her side but I had to at least step to the side. I needed to calm down and regain my self control. Her started working on her as I watched standing in a corner out of the way. This is where the chaos erupted.
"Dr. Cullen," Jessica said coming in. "Oh my goodness Bella."
She looked in shock when she saw Bella laying on the bed and Carlisle starting to hook up the pulse ox.
"What Jessica," he said containing to work on Bella.
"What happened to her," she asked.
"Ask your damn deadbeat husband," I snarled at her. I had to let Carlisle work on Bella and not have to worry about Jessica.
"It's not true," she said turning towards me. "You don't have any proof that he did it."
"Go look in the parking lot near her truck," I scolded at her. It wasn't her fault her husband was an idiot. She stormed out and down the hall.
"Edward," Carlisle said. "Go call her father and tell him that she is in the emergency room."
"Yes," I said turning towards the door. "Is everything ok?"
"I won't know until we get the x-rays done," he said. "Don't worry it will be fine, she will be fine."
When I made it out of the room I turned to go down the hall. Before I could move anywhere, they brought Mike in. I didn't kill him but he did have a black eye, and a broken nose on my initial look. He was still out cold and Jessica was standing at his side crying. I went to the nurse's station picked up the phone and dialed her house.
"Chief Swan," I said when he answered the phone. "This is Edward Cullen."
"Yes," he said. "Bella's not home yet."
"It's about Bella," I told him.
"Is everything okay," he said worried.
"Sir," I said trying to remain calm. "She was attacked while leaving work tonight in the parking lot. Carlisle has her in the emergency room working on her right now."
He hung the phone up before saying anything else. Something inside told me that he would be here in about five minutes or less. Carlisle walked out of the room following Bella who was still not up. The nurse was wheeling her to x-ray and I kind of wished that Emmett was here. He would tell me everything that went on and even let me look at the films. I was worried once more when she was still out of it. I just wanted her to be okay. I was sidetracked when I heard Mike scream. I could think of so many different ways to make him scream in pain.
"Bells," I heard Charlie yell coming into the emergency room.
"Chief Swan," Carlisle said walking up to us.
"Dr. Cullen," he said. "Where is she?"
"She is in x-ray," he told Charlie.
"Who did this to her," he asked. "Did you catch them?"
"I'll let Edward tell you," he said. "She should be just about finished with x-ray."
Carlisle walked back down the hall towards x-ray and left the two of us still standing. While I was standing there I didn't know who I would be talking to. Would it be Charlie the dad or Charlie Chief of Police?
Why did this happen to her? I'm going to make sure that asshole stays locked up forever. He was thinking this and I was actually agreeing with him.
"Chief Swan," I said.
"Please call me Charlie," he said. "Now tell me what happened?"
"Charlie," I said taking a deep breath. Since he wanted me to call him Charlie, I must be talking to Charlie the dad. "I was walking to my car because I left my phone and was afraid that one of my siblings would have call. When I made it to the parking lot I saw what was going on. She was on the ground trying to get Mike Newton off of her."
"Wait," he said. "You mean Mike Newton as in Newton Sporting Goods."
"Yes sir," I told him. "I was able to get him off of her."
"Where is the dumb ass," he demanded. His face was turning red and looked like he would blow up.
"He's in trauma two," I told him. "I did a good number on him."
"I don't care," he said. "You were defending not only her but yourself as well." He was walking towards trauma two and I had more to say.
"Charlie wait there's more," I said to get his attention. She would probably hate me for this but he needed to know. This was for her own good and more importantly her safety. "This isn't the first time he has tried this."
"What do you mean," he asked as her turned back around to face me.
"On Tuesday afternoon I came by to talk to Eric and heard her screaming for help," I said his face started to turn purple.
Why didn't she tell me? he thought. I knew that he was worried because I was too. I just couldn't let him or anyone else know or see that.
"When I opened the door to her office he had her pinned against the wall," I told him. "I got him off of her, and she swore to me that she was fine. So I left her sitting there in her office."
I'm going to kill that Newton boy. He has been giving me hell since he was in high school. He had no idea how much I wanted to rip his head off.
"Thank you," Charlie said. He picked up the phone and called the station. "This is Chief Swan I need a team up here at the hospital. There has been an attempted sexual assault and battery. The victim is in x-ray and the suspect is also in the emergency room." He hung the phone up and took a deep breath. I looked down the hall and saw Bella coming this way and made a gesture to Charlie. He turned around and we both watched as she came closer. At least she was sitting up and awake. He started walking towards her acting like a worried father and not the chief police. "Bells, are you okay?"
"Did you see Dr. Swan," one nurse said to another as they passed by the station.
"Yeah," the other nurse said. "I just can't believe what Jessica said."
"Sometimes I think that girl is blind," the first nurse said.
She shouldn't be blaming Dr. Swan for what Mike did, she thought. So Jessica was going to blame Bella about this. It figures I heard the nurses talking about what happened between them when they first heard that Bella was coming. Apparently Jessica would always blame Bella in high school when her and Mike had problems. When I heard about this I just shook it off as some high school drama. To actually witness this was astonishing, she couldn't believe the evidence that was staring her in the face. Carlisle came up to the nurse's station looking pleased, as if he had some good news to tell me.
"How is she," I asked.
"The verdict is good," he said.
I'm glad that Charlie is somewhat calm. He melted like a little dog when he came up to her. A smile came across my face when I heard him and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Anything broken," I asked him.
"No," he said. "She will have some bruising, a few cuts and a sprained wrist. She'll be fine in about a week."
"Good," I told him. "Thanks Carlisle."
"Now go on back to the pharmacy and get some work done," he said. "If I need you I will call you."
"Sure thing," I told him. "I'm going to go see Bella."
"Edward," he said as I started to walk away. "Only a minute okay."
I threw my hand up in the air to let him know that I understood. I walked to the door and looked inside. Charlie was sitting beside her talking to her, and she was sitting up nodding her head. She looked better she had some color in her cheeks. Besides the bruise and cuts that were there. After staring at her from the hallway, I realized that I was glad that I got there, but wish that I could have been there sooner.
******Knock, Knock*****
"Come in," I heard Charlie say.
"I just wanted to see if she was ok," I asked. She looked up at me and smiled.
"Better," she said softly. "I want to thank you for what you did."
"I'm just glad that you are ok," I told her. "I'll let you rest."
"Edward," Charlie said. "Thanks for leaving your phone in the car tonight."
"Your welcome Charlie," I told him trying not to laugh.
"Good grief dad," I heard her say as I left.
I walked on down to the pharmacy and went back to work. I picked up her note and read it.
Dr. Cullen
Thank you for returning my bag to me. That was very thoughtful of you. I believe what your sister says about you, and how you aren't like that person I saw last night. Thank you so much for the flowers they are beautiful.
Dr. Swan
When I finished reading it, I folded it up and put it in my pocket.
BPOV
The only thing that I remember was saying Edward's name after he picked me up. The next thing I now is that I'm falling in pure darkness with no one to catch me. I was on the verge of giving up when I woke up. I was laying on a table with an x-ray machine over me running. It took me a couple of seconds to realize that I was in the hospital. I waited for the machine to stop before sitting up. The first person I saw was the x-ray tech who then turned around looking at me.
"Someone go and get Dr. Cullen," he said. "Tell him that Dr. Swan is up."
Just before someone could leave, Carlisle walked into the room. Looking at the my chart, and staring at the computer screen.
"How do you feel," he asked me.
"Like a truck hit me," I responded.
"Well considering what happened to you," he said. "I say you probably do feel like a truck hit you. Do you remember anything?"
"I remember that I was pushed up against my truck. Mike had me I bit him and ran. I didn't get really far before falling," I said. "Then Edward picked me up and started to carry me."
"That's pretty much what happened," he told me.
"Is Edward okay," I asked startled. I hope that Mike didn't do anything to him.
"He's fine," he told me. "In fact he out at the nurse's station talking to your dad."
"Oh no," I said. The worst thing to ever happen is for Edward to be telling my dad everything that has gone on. Who knows how he will handle it?
"Your x-rays are clear," he said turning them off the screen. "Let's get you to your dad and talk to him."
The nurse pushed me out of x-ray and into the hallway. On the way back to the room that they put me I thought of everything. Everything that Edward might say to him, what they might talk about, and the trouble that I would be in. The moment that I saw them standing over there talking I smiled. That's when I heard Charlie.
"Bells, are you okay," he asked.
Before I could answer him Carlisle motioned him into the room along with me. I saw Edward looking at me and I swore he looked worried but was smiling at the least. I couldn't tell if he was hurt because he was at the nurse's station.
"Charlie," Carlisle said. "I hope that Edward told you everything."
"Yes," he responded. "We need to talk Bella."
Great I bet Edward told him about Tuesday. How would I explain this Charlie? I'm sure that he is beyond livid with me over that.
"I'm sorry dad," I told him.
"We'll discuss that later," he said. "How is everything Dr. Cullen."
"Besides the obvious cuts and bruises," he said. "You sprained your wrist. My guess is that you did it while trying to fight him off. You will be off from work tomorrow."
"Thanks Carlisle," I told him.
"When will she be able to go home," Charlie asked.
"She can leave in about an hour," Carlisle said. "Let me get the rest of your tests and you'll be good to go."
"Thanks so much Dr. Cullen," Charlie as he left the room. There was a minute of silence that I dreaded. I just wanted him to go on and start lecturing me about not telling him the truth. "Bells, do you have any idea how lucky you are? Not once but twice."
"Yes," I told him. "I just thought that if I left it alone then it would disappear and go away."
"Well that wasn't the case now was it," he said. He wasn't trying to get angry but it certainly came across that way. "I'm just glad that Carlisle's boy was there for you both times."
I couldn't answer him all I could do was nod my head because I knew that he was right. That's when we heard:
******Knock, Knock*****
"Come in," Charlie said. When the door opened it was Edward, and he didn't even have a scratch on him. I was relieved to see him.
"I just wanted to see if she was ok," he asked. I looked up at him and smiled. If I was standing my knees probably would had given out from under me.
"Better," I said softly. "I want to thank you for what you did."
"I'm just glad that you are ok," he told me with a smile. "I'll let you rest."
"Edward," Charlie said. "Thanks for leaving your phone in the car tonight."
"Your welcome Charlie," he told Charlie trying not to laugh.
"Good grief dad," I said as Edward left. "Did you really have to do that?"
"Yes," he said. "Who do you think called me and told me that you were here?"
"I figured it out when Carlisle told me you two were out there talking," I told him.
"Bells," he said. "I'm going to have to arrest Mike over this. Do you understand?"
"Yes I completely understand you," I told him. "Can I go ahead and give my statement?"
"Are you sure you want to do that," he asked.
"The sooner the better," I replied.
"Ok," he said. "Let me go get someone."
He went to the door and was lucky to see one of his men walk by. He grabbed him and told him to take my statement. After everything was in order, Charlie left to go into the hallway and wait until I was finished. I started at the beginning from when he came into my office pinning me against the wall because I wouldn't kiss him and Edward coming in. There was also this afternoon when he was banging on my door basically threaten me. Finally I had to tell him about what I remembered tonight. After I was finished the officer left and Charlie came back in.
"How do you feel," he asked.
"I'm okay," I told him. "I'm just tired."
"You'll be better when we get you home," he said.
A few minutes later Carlisle came in and said that is okay for me to go home. Before Charlie even signed my discharge papers. He had on thing that he had been dieing to do for years. Mike was already in the waiting room being released when I started to walk out of trauma one. He looked as if he got the shit beat out of him. Surely Edward didn't do all of that himself. If so, I really owed him for coming to my rescue twice. I stood by the nurse's station while Charlie approached Mike with cuffs in hand. I could tell that he was beaming with joy when he got to finally arrest Mike for something.
"Mike Newton," he said using Chief of Police tone. "You are under arrest for the attempted sexual assault and battery on Dr. Isabella Swan. You have the right to remain silent."
He gave him the rest of his rights and cuffed him. Mike just stood there, he didn't fight Charlie at all. Jessica was standing at his side crying and yelling that they had no proof that Mike did this. After the officers escorted Mike out of the hospital I walked towards the waiting room. Charlie was signing my discharge papers as I watched everyone whisper and snicker about the events that just happened. I was embarrassed and just wanted to crawl up underneath a rock and hide.
"You ready to go," Charlie said.
"Yeah," I told him.
When we walked outside I asked if we could at least grab my bag before we left. Charlie agreed only if the officers were finished with it. We both walked over towards my truck. I was having a flashback of being thrown up against my truck, standing right next to it. I looked down at the ground and saw my flowers on the ground scattered all over the place. I was heartbroken when I saw them, not because they were beautiful but because they were from Edward. I was happy when Charlie handed me my bag and said that they didn't need it. I climbed into the cruiser and let the darkness take over me again.
CHPOV
What a night! I come home from Waylon's to find an empty house thinking that Bella is running late. Then I get a phone call telling me that she is in the emergency room because she was attacked. The minutes leading me to the hospital were a blur. All I could think about was how bad it was. I saw Edward Carlisle's boy standing at the nurse's station with Carlisle approaching him. I stood there listening to Edward tell me that Mike Newton was the one who did this to her. It was hard to keep the dad and the chief of police separated. I was just grateful that she was okay and that there was no major harm done. More importantly I was grateful for Edward being there and helping her not once but twice.
The one perk from the night was getting to finally arrest Mike Newton. He had been driving me crazy since he was in high school. On the drive home Bells went to sleep and I couldn't blame her. She had been through a lot over the past couple of hours. When we made it home I carried her from the car and into her bedroom. I closed the door and went to bed counting my blessings. That my Bells was safe and well.
VPOV
Somewhere between Seattle and Port Angeles
I had no idea how long I had been running. This was a game, it was our game. I would run and hide sometimes for days at a time. He would track me using my scent. James was my life, as I was his in return. I loved his animal senses that kept me longing for him all the time. I had last seen him earlier today we were about twenty miles north of Seattle and enjoyed the warm blood of a hiker who was alone. I stopped at a fork in the forest and took a deep breath in. That's when he got me from behind and tackled me to the ground.
"You made it to easy," he said in my ear. He had long blonde hair, big bright red eyes, and a body to die for.
"No I didn't," I told him moving my red hair from my face. "You just found me faster."
Before we got up he kissed me with such passion that we could have set the forest on fire.
"I want to play again but I need a snack first," he said. "There's a tent over the hill."
"Ok," I told him getting up.
I followed him up over the hill and saw the tent. We quietly made our way over there and set the plan in motion. I would hold them down and he would get the first bite. There was no one in the tent they were all laying around the fire all asleep. It's more fun if they are awake. That way when you take your first bite, they scream with all their might. We got to the first person and I held them down. Before James could bite the human woke up and screamed waking everyone up. This was more like it and how we liked to play. We got the first one, and finished the rest off before they got to far. When we got back to the main road we found a sign that said:
Port Angeles 15 miles
Forks 45 miles
La Push 60 miles
I took off in the dark as James counted to fifty before we started our game up again.
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