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The rain stopped around 4; I thought it would last forever. The ride to Forks was roughly 15 minutes from La Push. I didn't notice I was speeding till I saw the red and blue lights in my rearview mirror. Great! That's all I needed a ticket. I pulled over to the shoulder of the road. The cop knocked on my window. I let down the window, making sure I was smiling. The officer was easily recognized as Charlie Swan. I remembered he used to go fishing with my Dad and Billy.
"Hey Charlie." I smiled, though my wrist was killing me. Charlie eyes looked intently at me. "Naomi Slade?" I nodded. "Well I'll be! I haven't seen you since you were knee high to a duck." I chuckled at his expression. "So how have you been?" His expression saddened. What he really wanted to say was 'How have you been holding up since your dad's death?'I smiled, "I have been fine Charlie. I moved in to my dad's house a few days ago." He nodded surprised.
"Do you know how fast you were going back there?" Turning the conversation to my speeding. "Not really, I was trying to get to the hospital." I held up my limp wrist, wincing from the pain as I moved it. "I broke my wrist today." Charlie looked at my wrist, flinching a bit. Did it look that bad? "I'll escort you to the hospital." I shook my head, he held up his hand. "I insist that I escort you." I shrugged giving up. I waited as Charlie got back in his cruiser.
He drove in front of me; if that wasn't embarrassing enough he turned on his lights. I followed Charlie to the hospital. Forks hospital was a good size to be a "small town" hospital. I exited my car using my right hand. My wrist was starting to bruise really badly. "Thanks Charlie." I said as we reached the hospital entrance doors. "Anytime. You go on and get that wrapped up." He smiled, waving on his way back to his cruiser. The hospital was pretty quiet except for a screaming baby.
"Hi, my name is Naomi Slade." I said to the small blonde lady at the check in counter. She smiled, "How may I help you?" I held up my wrist. She blinked at it, "Oh... ok lets get you a spot." She grabbed a few papers and attached them to a clipboard. I followed her to the emergency bed section.
"Ok here we are. Please fill out these forms and a nurse will be with you." She smiled exiting the room back out to her desk. The forms were pretty simple to fill out; I was done in about 5 minutes. The small blonde returned and took the clipboard. I was hoping I wouldn't be here forever. This place gave me the creeps for some reason. Like there was something here. Maybe it was just the eerie hospital feeling everyone gets.
A red head came towards me with a chart. "Hi, how are you? My name is Christy; I'll be your nurse today." I smiled back, "I'm doing ok. My name is Naomi." She nodded smiling; she attached the hospital bracelet to my right wrist. "So let's go ahead and get your vitals." She took my blood pressure, temperature, and respiratory rate. "Christy I can take this one over." The voice was like an angel. My heart leaped in my chest when I saw the face that belongs to the voice.
I was glad I wasn't hook up to a heart monitor that would be beyond embarrassing. Was it even legal for someone to look that beautiful? The blond man in front of me was too young to have on a doctor's white coat. His eyes were a heavenly golden color. He smiled, showing off his dangerously white teeth. They looked funny against his pale skin.
Christy nodded, handing the man my chart. She seemed to be a little use to his ... beauty. "Hi, my name is Dr. Cullen." He said when Christy walked away. "Naomi." I managed to say. He seemed nice, but there was some strange feeling to run away. "Ok, so it looks like you took a nasty fall." He looked down at my bruised limp wrist. "Yeah, it was raining. I wasn't being careful." I said still looking at my wrist. It did look bad.
"Well you probably are going to need to wear a brace for awhile." He said moving toward my wrist. His skin was ice cold as he examined my wrist. I flinched. "We are going to have to correct the placing. I'm going to give you some medication that will help with the pain." I nodded.
Christy came back with a small container and a cup of water. There were two white pills in the small container. I popped them in my mouth and washed them down with the water. I handed Christy back the empty containers. Dr. Cullen took my wrist in his hand. It looked safe and in danger there. He slowly started to correct the setting. It hurt, but not as bad with the medication.
Once he was done, he put on a black brace. "You will have to wear this for about 4 weeks. Avoid lifting heavy items or any strenuous activities." He smiled once he finished. "Thank you Dr. Cullen." I smiled back. Though the eerie feeling was still there, it seemed to decrease in size. Dr. Cullen was a nice man.
I helped my self down from the bed; I waved back at Dr. Cullen on my way to the discharge desk. The small blonde smiled when I approached. "I see you got all taped up." I nodded "Yep." I was glad that the visit hadn't taken that long. I signed the discharge papers and all but ran to my car. The eerie feeling diminished once I drove away from the hospital, back to La Push.
Leah was sitting on my porch once I got back home. She seemed upset, she wiped angrily at her face. I exited that car to see that she had been crying. "Leah, is everything ok?" I was quickly concerned about my friend. "Emily's pregnant." She said breaking out in a new set of sobs. I frowned, wouldn't Leah be happy her cousin was expecting?
"Come on lets talk in side." I said grabbing her arm to help her up. She eyed my brace curiously once we entered the house. "I fell." I shrugged. Her problems were my only concern right now. I led her to the living room and flipped on the lights. I patted the seat by me as I sat down on the couch. "So tell me why it hurts." I said as she sat down. She seemed to calm down a bit. "Sam and I used to date. Everything was fine till Emily came down to visit. Sam fell in love with her. And now I'm the bitter ex who is jealous of my cousin." She said it so fast, I was glad I understood it all.
Sam left Leah for Emily. Wow, Emily and Leah were practically sisters when we were growing up. I hugged Leah with my free arm. "Leah you can't hold on to that. I know it hurts but let Sam go. Once you forgive them both you can live easier. Enjoy life that you have rather than dream of the life you almost had. I'm not telling you to kiss their ass, but just be cordial with them. You and Emily probably can never have the relationship you used to but don't discard them."
Leah nodded against my arm. "Leah you can still live a life you want. There is always someone for every one. And besides you still have time to escape this place." We both laughed. Leah seemed to feel calmer. "When did you become a shrink?" she asked playfully. "Maybe too much cable television." I laughed.
"So do you get what I'm saying? You will feel a lot better when you forgive them, and move on. Capiche?" My tone turned back serious.
Leah nodded, "Forgive not kiss ass." We both laughed. "So are you good?" Leah nodded again. "Thanks for listening and thanks for the advice." "Leah, no biggie. You are my friend, I want to help."
We spent the rest of the day talking about our lives, our dreams. Leah wanted to travel and go to college. I had already gone to college, fresh out of high school. I had been ready to get from under my mother's wing; I had finished early at a community college. I did have plans of going back and doing a different major. It had been nice to talk to Leah.
That night I had a dream. I was running in the forest away from something. I came to a creek. I saw myself, but then I quickly flashed into a deep brown wolf. It looked exactly like the wolf on my keychain. I wasn't alone. Beside me appeared a deep rusty brown wolf, his black eyes peering into mine.
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