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Chapter 12
I sighed. Another sunny day. What was going on? The Cullen's return and then we have four sunny days in a row. The world really does hate me! On a better note though, I was going home tomorrow morning. I was sick and tired of spending the hours of the day staring out the window or counting the holes in the ceiling. Six hundred and forty-eight. Pretty pathetic really. I hadn't seen any of the Cullen's since my one-on-one with Carlisle two nights ago. I missed Edward, a lot. I missed Alice, and I even missed her annoying me about my fashion sense. I felt depressed. I felt like I was right back to where I was when he first left me. But then at least I had Jacob but he hadn't even been down to see me.
The only constant people in my life for the last four days was Charlie, who came and saw me a couple hours after work and that was awkward and the other was the nursing staff, most of whom I knew by name now. I wouldn't see the nurses for another three hours at least. I have had my morning dose of drugs and wasn't due again until lunchtime.
I pulled out my battered copy of Pride and Prejudice and started to read. I didn't take me long to give up on that idea and I threw the book onto the floor. The thought of a wonderfully happy Elizabeth Bennett with her Mr. Darcy was not what I wanted to deal with at the moment when my own Mr. Darcy was no where to be seen.
I leaned against my pillows and closed my eyes in a pathetic attempt to sleep. All I had done for the last week that I had been in hospital was sleep, be bored and try and process what Edward told me. The more I thought about it, the more sure I had become that he wasn't going to kill me. He would have stopped somehow, well that was what my voice of reason said but as conscious' tend to the voice of doubt started going; he left you once how can you trust him again? I felt like I was in some cartoon and there was an angel version of me and a devil version. I needed to get out of here or I was going to go crazy!
There was a light knock at the door and I opened one eye to see who was there and if I wanted to see them or not. But all I could see was a silhouette of someone. I didn't really care who it was I just wanted someone to talk to.
"Come in." I said, moving slowly up the back of the pillows so I was in a sitting position.
The shadow moved into the room. My face broke into a smile. Jacob.
"Jacob." I practically yelled. If I could have got out of the bed I would have flung myself at him.
"Hey Bells." He said moving closer to the bed, "geez you look bad. No offence."
I smiled, "well its not everyday you get a stick impaled on your leg."
He sat down on the chair next to my bed and sniffed the air, "it stinks in here Bells. How do you cope?"
I laughed, "really? I can't smell anything."
"You're lucky then." He leaned back in the chair looking as if he lived here. "What's been going on then?"
"Nothing really, I have been stuck here for the last week." I glared at him, "with no real visitors."
He threw his arms up in exasperation "I'm sorry Bells, we were out chasing the red-head bloodsucker and I lost track of time." He looked down at his hands; "I'm sorry, I was just so mad and all I wanted to do was make her pay for what she did…" he broke off.
I touched my hand lightly against his, "its all ok Jake, I was just joking with you. Its just been so boring here."
"Surely it hasn't been that bad with the leech back now."
"Please don't call him that" I said annoyed. What right did he have to call Edward that? He didn't even know him, "as it has been sunny Edward and his family have been" I paused, "unavailable."
Jacob grunted then smiled cheekily, "yeah that's why I came down today. Knew with the sun it would make it hard for them to see you." He smiled as if he had planned the weather.
I rolled my eyes, trust Jacob to think of something like that, "so you only decide to visit me when it's sunny? Well you are just lucky that Forks is suffering from a heat wave."
"Ah Bells, its not like that, we were chasing the bloodsucker and then lost her when she decided to go swimming, and then I was tried and hungry, but the sun is a lucky break." He said grinning from ear to ear.
It was nice talking to Jacob. It was like the times after the Cullen's left and before Victoria. Jacob told me about what was going on at the reserve. He was telling me about the most recent wolf expedition when the door opened and in walked a nurse with my lunch and medication. She frowned at Jacob and then proceeded to ask me how I was going. I told her fine and I was looking forward to going home tomorrow. She looked at my charts with an unsure look on her face.
"I think you may have to wait until Dr. Cullen comes in tomorrow morning and looks at your charts before you get too excited about going home."
I crossed my arms against my chest and slumped against my pillows. "I feel fine though." I muttered as she walked out the room.
Jacob leaned closer to me grinning, "Don't worry Bells, if Nurse Annie doesn't let you go I'm always available for operation break Bella free."
"Original title there" I said grinning, "But I may have to use it…"
We talked for a little while longer then Jacob got up and said he had to get back to the reservation to relieve Sam of the 'leech-watching' patrol as he called it. I looked up at the ceiling again and started counting. One, two, three, four… I couldn't wait to go home.
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