Chapter 7: Found
Nessie's POV
The first thing I felt was an ice cold hand gently caressing my face. Then I felt ice cold lips kiss my forehead. Odd. Very odd. Either this person was very cold or I was still so feverish that even someone's normal body temperature felt cold to me.
I groaned.
"You're waking up," a velvet like voice stated. "Carlisle she's waking up," his voice was no louder than a whisper but a second later I heard footsteps fast approaching.
Was it a bad thing that I was waking up? Who were these people anyway? Was I in a hospital?
I opened my eyes ever so slowly and carefully. I realized several things at once. A. That I was wearing a breathing mask that was connected to another machine. B. There was a needle in my arm connected to an IV. Great I hated needles. Just the sight was enough to make my stomach queasy. C. I was not in a hospital at all rather I was in a stranger's house.
I only remembered the presence of the two other people in the room when I heard movement. I looked up and saw two inhumanly beautiful people. The first guy was a blond man who I assumed was a doctor by the way he was dressed and examining me. The second was a boy about my age. A boy who looked so much like me that it kind of scared me actually. We had the same hair color, same facial features, same long piano playing fingers. The main difference was his golden eyes. They both had them. They were both inhumanly beautiful.
Or maybe I was too hopped up on whatever drugs they'd given me and I was just tripping.
"Nessie how are you feeling? You're lucky Emmett was out hunting when he was if not you may never have been found in time and the pneumonia would've killed you," the doctor said. "He carried you all the way home as fast as he could,"
Pneumonia? I have pneumonia? Wait did he just call me-
"Renesmee?"
"How do you know my name?" I asked him. "Who are you? Where am I?" So many questions and no answers at all.
Both looked at me with a mixture of first shock, confusion and then sadness. The bronze haired boy that looked like me seemed to go through the emotions much faster. His expression looked completely defeated as if my words had somehow destroyed him.
Meanwhile I was waiting for them to give me some sort of explanation that would make sense.
The younger boy was the first to break the silence "It was your ID. That's how we knew your name,"
I was about to call him out on that absolute bullshit because I've never gotten a driver's license or any form of ID for that matter. The boy seemed to go paler when I though that.
I decided it was best just to keep my mouth shut for now though.
"Yes Nessie it's true. It was your ID. Anyway I'm Dr. Cullen but you may call me Carlisle and then is my son Edward," he begun to explain.
The Cullens! Wait could this be the family that-
"As I was saying earlier you're lucky that my son Emmett found you when he did. You have the worst case of pneumonia that I've seen in a long time. That's why you lost consciousness. If it had gone untreated for even a little bit longer there's no telling what could've happened,"
Code for I would've most likely died. I'm not stupid.
"So what's going to happen now?"
"What's going to happen now is that you will give your body the much needed rest that it needs and I'm going to continue giving you the medication that you need. The great news is your body is responding well already so I think you'll make a full recovery without complications. I do have to ask though how is it that you got this sick and never sought medical help?"
"Let's just say I spent a little too much time outside and I got sick with what I thought was just a cold,"
He shook his head. "We'll talk later but for now rest please,"
"Wait you never answered my question about where I am,"
"My house. More specifically Edward's room,"
At the mention of Edward I remembered he was there. He had been so quiet since I asked who they were that I'd forgotten he was even there. As soon as Carlisle left it was just the two of us.
When I realized that I was alone with a boy I didn't even know I got a little scared. Would he try do something to me while I was still vulnerable? Would he try to hurt me like my classmates had? I pushed those thoughts far away from my head. I didn't want to go down that train of thought again.
He looked at me curiously like he was studying me. Many times he looked like he was about to cry.
It made me slightly uncomfortable so my eyes wondered around away from him. I smiled when my eyes landed on a beautiful piano.
"You play?" I think he was even shocked when I suddenly spoke aloud.
"Hmm what?"
"Piano. You play the piano?"
"Sometimes,"
"So do I. I've taken lessons since I was younger. I've even written some tunes of my own. I'd play them for you if I had any strength to do it,"
Just like that some of his sadness melted away. Not all of it but some.
"Well I can't wait to hear it Nessie but for now you really do need to rest," he was about to leave when I stopped him.
"Wait. Please stay. I could use some company,"
"Nessie-"
"I'm all alone in a place I don't know with people I don't know. It's a little scary for me and I'd feel more comfortable if I at least got to know one person,"
Edward smiled and sat down next to me. I could still see the sadness in his eyes. "Sure Nessie. Why don't you tell me more about yourself? Like where are you from? How'd you get here?"
"I'm from Portland, Oregon I think anyway. But I actually grew up in Los Angeles, California-"
"Wait why do you think you're from Oregon?"
"That's where I was found. When I was about four or five years old I woke up in a hospital there with no memory so I can't really say for sure. I was adopted and we moved to Southern California not long after," and my life was hellish after that I added in my head. I wondered if my adoptive mother was even bothering to look for me.
Edward looked extremely concerned all of a sudden. I shook my head. He was strange.
"It's him. Oh my God it's really him," I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard Bella's voice. She had a tendency to scare the living daylights out of me.
"Nessie I've been looking all over for you and here I find you with him. My husband,"
What the f-wait a second! She said her husband's name was Edward Cullen! He is Edward Cullen! Oh holy crap!
"I can't believe after all these years I'm seeing him again. You did it Nessie,"
I quickly glanced at Edward who looked like he was about to faint! He looked at me wide eyed and shocked! He started to hyperventilate. What the hell was-"
"Of course!" Bella said as if something that should've been completely obvious suddenly came to light. "He's reading your mind. Why didn't I think of that earlier,"
"What?" I couldn't help but ask.
"He can't see me but he can read minds. He's reading your mind right now so right now he can see me and hear me but through your eyes and ears,"
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