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"Oh Bella," Carlisle sighed, "It's what Alice thought. You have influenza."
My eyes got wide. "You mean…" I trailed off.
"Oh god," said Alice, "The same thing Edward should have died from. Oh, lord he's gonna flip. This is not going to be pretty. Carlisle, I'm going to cancel his credit card and take all the cash he has. I'll explain later."
"Am I gonna die?" I asked Carlisle, freaking out a little.
"Nope," Alice answered instead, "Not from what I can tell."
"The flu is much more treatable today than it was in 1918. Also, you have a much less potent strain," Carlisle explained, "Back then, there was no way to stop the germs from spreading, and no one knew how to disinfect. I can help you get well, I promise. Now we have to tell Edward."
"Tell me what?" My love was in the door, looking like a Greek god in designer clothes. "Carlisle, what's wrong?"
"Edward," the doctor began, "Bella has influenza. It's not the same strain you had, this is much less severe. She will be fine. I'll take the best care of her possible, I swear to you. Please don't overreact. Bella needs you to be calm right now, so that she can focus on getting well."
Edward clearly wasn't listening to his father. He had sunk to the ground and was shaking. His head was in his hands.
"Edward," Carlisle said, "I can treat this. Medicine has improved so much since you had the flu. There are so many ways to improve her immune system, we can make her well."
"Of course, Carlisle," said Edward, regaining composure, "Bella, love, you will get through this. I promise. We can treat you right here. It will probably be best anyway, that way we can stop the disease from spreading to anybody else."
"Charlie's out of town on a weeklong fishing trip with Billy and Jacob anyway, so he won't miss me," I said, thinking it through, "Just promise me, Edward, that you will be able to stay calm. I'll be fine. Carlisle can take care of me. This is 2009. Nobody except old people and babies die from the flu any more. I'm healthy; I'll be fine."
"Right now, Bella, we need to figure out where in the house to keep you. Personally, I think Edward's room would be best," Carlisle said, "Esme can set up a bed in there quite easily."
"Already done," Esme said, suddenly appearing in the office. Dang, hanging out with people with vampire powers was going to give me a complex. "Alice also got some DVDs and stuff for you too."
"Perfect," Edward said, picking me up and carried me to his room. I gasped at what I saw when he opened the door for me.
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