Well people, the heat is rising!! Jules moves to Olympia and has officially met Edward and Emmett. Now she's in the hospital and what will Edward do? Find out!!! Read and please review at the end:)

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Chapter 5

First talk

Edward... What the heck was he doing here? I was just the new kid. He only gave me a glance! That's it! Why did he care if I was in the hospital or not? Maybe I should just play along with his game for a while.

"Edward Cullen."

"How do you feel?" Either he was trying to play along with his game or he was actually worried about my health.

"Fine." If I didn't know what was going on, I usually gave small and quick answers. But that answer was a lie. My head was throbbing heavily and the cut from my leg sort of hurt. But I didn't want to show that to him.

"It doesn't sound like it. You had quite the accident back at school." He started pulling covers over me. I wasn't shivering. Maybe he thought I looked cold. I'd put it over him! His hands are still freezing cold.

"I'm fine." My lying wasn't all that bad. I could fool some people. Well, technically just my mom but it still counted.

"What are you trying to prove?" That was unexpected.

"Prove what?"

"Are you trying to prove to me that you're strong or stubborn?" Well, that was rude.

"Excuse me?!" My voice was angrier this time than the others. "Who do you think you are, asking me something like that?!"

"Well, don't take me wrong. You seem like the strong type..."

"Don't even finish that sentence! I don't have to prove anything to you! You might have saved my butt today but it doesn't give you the right to just barge in like this and ask me..."

I didn't know what I said that might have gotten him shocked but something happened.

"What?" I was curious enough to ask that.

"You think all of this happened today?" Edward said with his angelic voice.

"Didn't it?" How long have I been out exactly? I figured I'd just been out for a day... Guess not.

"Jules, you've been out for at least two days." Two days?! Are you kidding me? That hit on the head must have been harder than I thought. "You've lost quite a lot of blood to the head."

"Wow..." I was surprised. I wanted to know everything that I missed and so many questions were left unanswered. I wanted to look at him but I wondered if it was really the time to do that. I did it anyways. His face looked contorted with pain. Did I say something wrong? And something wasn't right... His eyes! They weren't beautiful topaz anymore. They were black! Black as the color but dark as coal. Did I just imagine those eyes? Maybe... it wouldn't be unusual, especially these days.

"I'm sorry." Ok... he's just unexpected this guy! I'm thinking mood swings.

"What are you apologizing for?" I tried to be nicer. I did feel bad about how I was acting. It wasn't like me.

"For many reasons."

"Explain then." Ok, he got my curiosity, again.

"For one, I'm sorry I'm such a jerk right now. My nature isn't to be uncivilized with others. I tend to hang out with my family too much. They must have done something to me. Especially Emmett."

"Oh! So you are related." I thought I saw a familiarity in Emmett that resembled Edward.

"Yeah... Good old Emmett." I loved that smile of his. And that chuckle. It didn't sound like his angelic voice but it was close enough.

"Alright, so you've said one out of your many reasons. What's the rest? Or was that it?" Man, I sounded rude with that... That wasn't me. I had to apologize. I'll do it after he's done.

"The second one is that I'm sorry for hurting you. When I saved you, I tried to push you to the ground so your head wouldn't have had the net as a hat. I tried to prevent injuries from occurring to you. I didn't do a very good job. I must have pushed your body too much to the ground that your head got most of the impact. I'm surprised that—" I didn't want him to continue. It wasn't his fault.

"Stop. This wasn't your fault. I was just unlucky. It could have happened to anybody else. Well, I'm glad it didn't happen to anyone else. But please, don't blame yourself for what happened." I tried to get up but I suddenly realized that I was strapped and bandaged up. My head was now scrutinizing with pain. I closed my eyes in pain and laid back into my bed. Shoot! I was trying not to do that in front of Edward. "Sorry."

"What a thing to apologize for... Just rest for now." Edward came closer and closer to me as he said that. He put his hand on my cheek and I felt his cold hand brush against my cheek. It felt so good. But he removed it in a hurry. Why did he do that? It didn't feel right...

"I am sorry though." I had my time to apologize to him.

"What might you have to apologize for? You did absolutely nothing wrong."

"Yes I did. I was rude when it isn't me. I didn't want to react like that at all before. I didn't know what got over me. I'm sorry." I wanted him to know that he's not the only one at fault here.

"You don't have to apologize for that. I understand. They had you on many painkillers. It can affect your mood." He's trying to hide the fact that it's just an excuse.

"That's still not a reason for me to be rude. I don't ask you to forgive me for what I've done but still; I just wanted you to know that I'm sorry."

"I forgive you."

He started to leave the room, leaving our conversation just like that. I was kind of shocked that he was here and nobody else. Why didn't Sam or Austin or any of the others come? Maybe because I met them for an hour that I would be their friends but I still knew them.

"Why?"

My timing was perfect. He made a half turn to face me in the bed and he was surprised by my question. I wanted to know. I might get it out of him today, if I was lucky.

"Why what?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I was just wondering why you're here. I mean, I only met you for a second under that net and now, I see you in the hospital right by my side. I was just wondering why you're here." I thought it was a good explanation.

"Your father was here the minute they brought you in but had to go back home to go to work. But I was the only one here besides your father." Edward said with his beautiful voice. Man, I never got tired of hearing that voice.

"How long have you been here exactly?" I was really curious now.

"Just try to get some rest." He made that smile that I couldn't resist to look at.

"I'm fine, really."

I realized that there were no needles or IV in my arms. Did they take them out while I was sleeping? But I did have a heart monitor plug on my finger. The door opened and I saw a beautiful young woman with long red hair come in the room with a notepad in her hands.

She took her eyes off of the chart and looked at me. She put on a smile on that beautiful pale face. I guess she was happy that I was awake.

"Well, look who's awake. Good afternoon. And how are we feeling today?"

"Fine." I didn't even know the doctor's name.

"Hello Mom." Edward said with his adorable smile. That's his mother?! Well, I'm not surprised. He does have the same pale face as her and the same golden eyes... well, the ones that I saw the day he saved me.

"Edward, I didn't know you were still here. Well, Jules, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Dr. Esme Cullen. I just came in to check up on you." Dr. Cullen said with a beautiful soft voice.

"Am I free to go?" I couldn't help but ask. I wanted to get out of here! I never did like hospitals.

I started to take off the heart monitor plug from my finger and took the sheets off of my body. I swung my legs around the bed and went to leap out of my bed.

"Wait, Miss Shrike, you're still weak. You shouldn't be up right now." I didn't care. I wanted to get out of here. I needed to go back home and be in my own bed. My head was throbbing even more now with the movements. Edward seemed worried about my actions. I knew that that I was supposed to stay in bed but now that I was awake, why couldn't I just go back home?

"I'm sorry but I have school to go to and I have to go back home." I leaped out of my bed and onto my feet. That was a bad idea. I felt dizzy right away and started to feel light on my feet. I started to fall forward but out of nowhere, something was holding my shoulders on something cold. I felt so weak but I had to get out of here. I didn't want to be stuck here any longer while I didn't have to.

"Easy there." I knew that angelic voice.

"Thanks..." My voice felt weak but I didn't care.

"Dear, why don't you lay back in your bed? You can go back to school in a few days. You need to catch up on your rest." Dr. Cullen wasn't going to let me go off that easily.

"But I want to go back home. I need to be back in my own stuff. No offense, but I've never been a fan of hospitals."

"Well, nothing says that I can hold you here, so if you can get someone to bring you back home, you'll just have to sign this form and you'll be on your way." Dr. Cullen brought her notepad to me and Edward held me while I signed. I could have stood by myself now that I was on the ground. But I guess he wanted to make sure I was able to stand on my own two feet. It was hard to sign my own name but I still did it, even if it was badly written.

"Do you need to call your father and tell him you need a ride?" Dr. Cullen asked me with that soft relaxed voice.

"It's alright Mom. I'll drive Jules back home." Edward was still holding me. Why doesn't he let go? I'm fine.

"Oh no... You don't have to do that... I can just call my dad and..." I tried to continue but his cold finger pressed my lips together to tell me to stop talking.

"It'll be faster if you come with me. You will be able to rest in the car if you'd like." He gave me that smile that started to rub on me. I couldn't say no to that face. It was too... perfect!

"I guess Henry wouldn't mind if I catched a ride with you... Thanks."

"Don't worry. It's the least I can do. I'll see you for dinner Es... Mom." That was weird. I think he was about to call his mom by her first name...

"See you Edward. Don't rush." What was that all about?

We were out the door in no time flat. Dr. Cullen gave me a little smile before I was out the door. Edward was holding my waste to try and hold some of my weight. I didn't realize that I was this light on my feet. I couldn't wait until this nightmare was over.

"Are you sure you don't want to go back into bed? You look really weak." I guess he really was worried about me. He shouldn't be though.

"Positive... I really hate hospitals." I tried to pull my own weight to show a little more strength to the people in the waiting room. It looked awfully bad of me to be limping like this on a stranger I met two days ago for five minutes.

We were out of the hospital in less time than I would have thought. I was happy. I was out of that white room with all the doctors and nurses. It scared me sometimes to be in those rooms. I looked like I was on a deathbed or something. Edward brought me to his beautiful white Mustang. Wow! This guy has a lot of money if he can afford a brand new 2009 Mustang. But maybe I was the one who was cheap. The cars these days are around the same price. This car must be maybe a thousand more than the others. It was so beautiful, just like him.

I tried to bend my head to go into the car but it started to throb a little bit. It's a good thing that the gauze was under my hair. It was less visible this way. I tried not to show my pain but maybe something was triggered when I sat in the seat.

"Try to rest. The throbbing will stop soon." In short moments, he started the car and was on his way out of the hospital parking lot. I tried to get some sleep but I could feel the car going faster and faster with each second passing. I had my eyes halfway closed when I decided to take a peek at the speed monitor. Ninety five miles per hour! Are you kidding me? I didn't know what the speed limit here was but I did see the sign saying that Olympia was many kilometers from where the hospital was. Were we in Port Angeles? Of course, we don't have a hospital in Olympia. It's too small.

"Is the throbbing starting again?" I didn't feel any pain but Edward was worried like crazy. Why would he be? I'm just the new kid.

"No. I'm just surprised at the speed you're going. Do you normally drive ninety five miles per hour?" Maybe he was just trying to get to my house early.

"No." That was simple.

"Oh..."

"I normally drive a hundred." I simply turned my head swiftly to face him. A hundred?! Are you kidding me?! That was total madness! That must be why Dr. Cullen told him to slow down. The moment I turned my head promptly to face him, I felt sharp pains in my head. Too fast... I turned my head slowly in pain but tried to hide it.

"I wouldn't move my head too much if I were you."

"Thanks for the tip..." I sounded weak at that point. It felt like hours that I was in his car. We were at my house in no time. Usually, the rides to Port Angeles took half an hour but it was only a fifteen minute drive. How did he know where I live? I didn't give him any directions. Weird...

"How'd you know where I live?"

"I asked Mrs. Crowley if she could give me your address so I could bring your homework. Every teacher in school's been worried about you, especially Mr. Wood." He parked his car in my driveway and turned off the ignition. He pointed to a folder in the backseat and picked it up for me. I checked inside and there were a few pages of Math and Chemistry. I hope I didn't let Emmett down by being in the hospital. He must have done some work while I was away. God... I feel bad now for missing school.

"Thanks for the ride..."

"Would you like a ride tomorrow to school?" I was about to open the car door when the question popped out of nowhere.

"It's not necessary. I can drive to school..."

"In your condition, you won't be able to. Why don't I come and pick you up tomorrow morning?"

"Are you sure?" I didn't want to be a bother to him.

"Of course. Seven twenty tomorrow?" He had that smile on his face with those dark black eyes. Dang it! Now, there was no way I could say no.

"Um... alright. Thanks..." I got out of the car and started heading towards the door. He drove out of my driveway soon after I was at the door.

I watched him leave. But I wondered about his eyes... They didn't seem normal. I never saw someone with dark coal eyes before. Maybe I dreamt those beautiful topaz eyes. But I was nervous about tomorrow. Why was he being so nice to me? Might as well leave it like that for today. He might forget about tomorrow morning. I got inside and Henry came rushing to give me a bear hug.

"Oh Jules! I thought I wouldn't see your eyes open again!" He backed away and punched me in the shoulder... hard. That really hurt. I already had a head wound. I knew that I would have a bruise in the morning. "Never do something like that again. Do you understand me?"

"Yes." My shoulder was starting to hurt a lot now. I didn't want to rub it until I was in my bed.

"Good. Now, make supper and you can go lay down after." Even after all I've done, he still wanted me to cook. I loved to cook but not with this headache. Was he having a bad day or something? I was afraid to ask. He might hurt me again.

"Alright." I headed towards the kitchen and started on supper. I just made steak and a hearty vegetable soup with potatoes. It was Henry's second favorite dish. I didn't feel like eating so I made only one portion. I gave Henry his meal and went upstairs to check on myself in the bathroom. Every step made my head throb a little. At least the pain was subsiding little by little. The bathroom was small but it was a perfect size for my taste. I moved the hair out from my forehead and could see the white gauze. It was quite thick. I raised the bottom of my jeans to see the scratch across my leg.

Man that was a large cut! It stung a little but not as bad as my head. I wanted the throbbing to stop soon. I couldn't deal with this all the time. I wanted to check on my shoulder and see if there was a bruise forming. I lifted my sleeve to see my left shoulder and there was a large blue circle right on the bone. Well, I can take out the tank top idea for tomorrow when I'm going to pick out my clothes.

Ok, enough of looking at my wounds. It's sickening me right now. I need a shower to cool my head. I needed to find something to cover my leg and head. What to use...? I've got it! Plastic rap! I started running downstairs only to remember that the throbbing started acting up again bigger and worst than ever. I slowed the pace and grabbed the plastic rap and tape in the cupboards. Good thing Henry was watching a game. I crept back up the stairs and raped my leg up. I tried to rap my head but I didn't know how long it would last. Hopefully long enough for me to take a really good shower. It felt good. The throbbing ended until I was out of the shower.

I went to lie on my bed after taking my shower. It felt good to sit on my own bed, not the hospital one. I knew that there was a window open in my room but I didn't care. If I had daydreams now, it wouldn't matter. My head hurt too much to get up. I closed my eyes early and started to fall into the dream world.

I was in the battlefield but the image got a little clearer. The same beautiful pale figure crouched and I could still see his coal black eyes. They reminded me of someone but I couldn't put my finger on it. I still couldn't see his face. Now, the trees started to burn and the figure's face was still shadowed. The flames should be showing his face but it didn't. I fell to a sitting position and was afraid to move. This time, I heard the snarl but he showed his beautiful pearl teeth. It pounced and I closed my eyes before it reached me. I could feel something painful on my head... AGH!

I woke up and got into a sitting position in a hurry, gasping for air. I felt the sharp pain from the wound on my head. So that's what the pain was. It wasn't the figure that attacked me... it was my wound. Or maybe... oh nevermind.

I fell down on my bed from the pain and moaned from the tenderness of my wound. Shoot... I should have taken it a little bit slower on that one. I got up slowly and swung my legs around the bed. I got up without doing the same idea from the hospital accident. I didn't feel as dizzy as the last time but it still hurt. I got dressed and wanted to check on the time. Six twenty three. Too early still. I closed the window in my room and sat at my desk. I moved the keyboard and set the alarm on my watch for six fifty five. I wanted to get a little bit more sleep before going to school.

I closed my eyes without dreaming, thank god. Something woke me from the darkness. It was a beeping sound. I fluttered my eyes slowly and stopped my alarm. I went down to get a quick bowl of cereal and was headed for the door soon after. I went to sit on the front doorstep and waited in the rain, hoping that my ride would come pick me up. I was looking down as I waked to sit but before I could do so, I saw a man in a black jacket with blue jeans and a white T-Shirt waiting besides a beautiful white car.

He actually came...

Alright, now Jules's father is not too happy about today. But what will Jules do about Edward? Please review!!!

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