Chapter 3: Drama

Natalie's POV

I ran and ran and ran as fast as my four legs could possibly carry me. I was in the middle of the pack, being neither the fastest or the slowest.

I looked behind me again to see that the strange pack of wolves were still following us. Thanks to me looking back I didn't see where I was going and someone accidentally stepped on my front right paw with a lot of force. Too much force for it too handle.

I felt some of the bones in my paw snap and break. I yelped which caused me to accidentally drop my daughter. I instructed her to keep running and to my relief she listened.

I tried to keep running which proved extremely difficult with only three good paws. The pain was a bit too much to handle and I slowed down dramatically. I could feel my paw healing but something about it felt a bit off and it still hurt a lot.

I stopped entirely. To my surprise someone started pushing me from behind. Our pack leader Jaden.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

He gave me an irritated look. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm helping you that's what!" he shouted mentally. "I am not going to leave you behind what kind of a leader would that make me?"

That's the Jaden that I knew and loved. Yes he is very temperamental and hot headed but when it comes to protecting people that he cares about he will do it in a heartbeat.

"Now come on they're catching up to us. Just don't think about the pain we will deal with that later. Now come on!" he pushed me for emphasis and I started running. Having no choice but to obey the alpha's orders.

I think the adrenaline kicked in because suddenly I could feel no pain anymore and I started running just fine again. Yes, my paw felt strange, but I didn't feel the pain anymore.

It was not until we reached the city again that we realized we had managed to lose the other pack of wolves. At which point we all insisted on going home. We had hoped that if we separated it would be more difficult for the other wolves to find us again. We thought it would be best to avoid them at all costs.

Jaden insisted on coming with me "for mine and my daughter's protection" he said. Out of all of us he seemed to pay the most attention to me. Not that I minded in the least. Ever since I first saw him after I had started the whole turning into a wolf thing, well, it's hard to explain really. But I felt a strange and unusual connection to him that made me want to be near him. Growing up we were always great friends, but this was something new entirely. Being near him always made me feel i instantly happy and calm no matter how upset I was. Maybe that was the reason why I was the only one who could calm him down. Maybe I had the same affect on him that he had on me.

Somehow I managed to keep my feelings a secret from the rest of the pack. I avoided thinking about it while I was a wolf as best as I could but it was really hard. Especially while I was near him.

"I'll be back to pick you up in the morning" he told me once we were outside of my house and we were fully clothed humans again.

"Why?" I asked him.

"So I could take you to the hospital, that's why"

"Jaden I'm pretty sure that I can handle it on my own thanks" I responded.

"Natalie please stop being so stubborn. Let me help you" he insisted.

"Okay, okay fine" I said in faked annoyance. "I'll let you come along with me"

"Good" he said in a somewhat serious voice.

After giving Nicole a quick bath and feeding her I put her down for the night. Then I took some medicine to help with the pain. The medicine wasn't nearly strong enough to kill the pain in my right wrist and hand. I was certain that the bones had fused together wrong.

I went and got a pack of ice to help with the pain and it did seem to numb it a little bit

I didn't sleep very good that night because of my hand. The bones had definitely fused together wrong. The other thing that worried me? How was I going to explain this to the doctor?

Eventually I did get a little sleep. I woke up only when my fully rested daughter had woken up wanting a diaper change and food in that order. I didn't need to hear her thoughts 100% of the time to know what she was thinking.

My parents were already gone when I woke up. Something about having a conference to attend? I don't know for sure.

I looked out the window to discover that snow had fallen overnight. It was beautiful.

I didn't need to wear a winter coat but I knew that I'd look suspicious if I didn't wear one. I put one on Nicole to and wrapped her in a warm blanket though she ran a constant 108 degree temperature like the rest of us did.

Jaden called me when he was outside.

"Jaden you're really going to do this? I mean don't you have-"

"Natalie no matter what you say you're stuck with me today so get over it" he smiled. My heart actually stopped.

"Okay" I said in defeat.

The drive to the hospital was short. The hospital was full of people though. I wondered how long it would be before they called me in.

I hadn't realized that I had fallen asleep until someone shook me awake gently. My head was resting on Jaden's chest which embarrassed me to no end.

"Natalie as much as I would love to let you keep sleeping I can't because they just called your name"

I blushed a bright red.

The nurse did all the usual things to me except take my temperature. I opted out of that somehow.

They were sending me to someone new. Dr. Cullen. I knew that he was new because over the years I had become quite familiar with the hospital. My klutziness usually landed me in the ER once a month I'd say. Sometimes even more often.

Jaden and I walked back together. I saw them in the distance. All five of them. The pale blond man in the doctor's suit. His name tag read 'Dr. Cullen'. With him were two equally pale kids that had his same golden eyes; a boy and a girl. Then there were two other kids with him. One girl with somewhat less pale skin then the others. She looked a lot like me. Her chocolate brown eyes and bronze curly hair were identical to my own. The boy she was standing next to stood out the most. He was extremely tall and beautiful I might add.

All five of them were talking about something. As soon as they heard us approaching they stopped and stared at us. All five of them boring holes into my body with their eyes. My heart actually stopped and skipped several beats before going into a full on sprint.

Jaden placed his warm hand on my shoulder causing me to jump as I had forgotten that he was even there. My shoulders, which I hadn't even realized were tense, instantly relaxed.

"Hi are you Natalie?" Dr. Cullen asked me.

"Yes sir"

He smiled warmly.

"Young lady you don't have to call me sir or doctor. Carlisle will do"

He shook my hand and didn't seem at all shocked by my unnatural core body temperature. Much like his ice cold touch didn't surprise me so much. It was like the Denalis. It didn't escape my notice either how he tried to discreetly touch my daughter's arm.

"Um okay" he was certainly a strange doctor.

I looked at the other four who were still looking at me.

"These are my kids Edward, Bella, Renesmee, and Jacob"

"Hi I'm Natalie and this little baby girl here is my daughter. Oh and this is Jaden. He's just one of my best friends"

I swore something about these kids made me really nervous.

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