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Chapter Nine : EPOV
I was late. This is what I get for sneaking a crafty cigarette before class. I wandered down the main hall, fruitlessly searching for my classroom. I saw a couple of students lingering by their lockers. I had no clue where I was going but I'll be damned if I would ask someone else for help.
Searching in my bag I dug out my schedule.
"Trigonometry Mr Varner Room 104"
Maybe it's best I couldn't find the room. I DETESTED trig...
I looked at the door closest to me, Room 102, must be round here somewhere then...
Walking down a little further I found it. Taking a deep breath I opened the door,
"Sorry I'm la..." It all happened quickly. Bella was walking down the aisle and the girl who had flirted with me yesterday, Jessica?, stuck her leg out and tripped her.
Most people would stumble but rectify themselves; at worst they'd have a bruised ego. But not Bella.
She decked it.
She fell, her head hit the corner of Jessica's desk with a nasty crack and she just hit the floor.
She didn't move. And I swear my heart stopped beating.
Blood gushed out of her head and it was like I was watching her in slow motion. Was she breathing?
Shit...
Before I knew what I was doing I was crouched next to her fumbling with her wrist trying to find a pulse.
Jessica was panicked.
"Oh my gosh, I don't know what happened, she walked too close..." she looked on the verge of tears. "I...I didn't do anything! You saw it!" Turning to the boy sat next to her "Tyler! Tell them she fell! TELL THEM THE CLUMSY BITCH FELL!"
Tyler looked at her and I saw nothing but disgust on his features. "She didn't fall Jess. You fucking tripped her!"
Jessica stood up "NO! I won't get the blame for this..." she fled the room with panicked tears streaming down her face. Another blonde girl stood and followed her out.
All this was happening on the periphery my main focus was Bella. I found a pulse, it was weak but it was there.
She wasn't dead... My heart did a strange little flip.
Looking up at the teacher I almost shouted "Have you bothered to call a fucking ambulance!" I'd pay for that later but right now I didn't care. And apparently neither did he.
"I, oh of course..." he left the room whilst pulling a cell phone out of his pocket.
Turning my attention back to Bella I realised I had to stem the blood flow on her head. It looked like she was bleeding from two places which was strange. Pulling off my hoodie I bundled it up and applied pressure to her head.
She was really fucking pale...how much blood had she lost?
Why hadn't she woken up yet?
Panicked gripped me as I stared down at her. She was so frail...
"Cullen?" I looked in the direction where the voice was coming from and saw that boy Tyler leaning over the desk. I realised he'd managed to clear everyone out of the class room.
Something I hadn't even thought of.
"Yeah?" My voice sounded thick and heavy.
"I'm gonna go to the front office and grab the nurse, I'm not sure where Varner's got to..." He huffed out angrily "You gonna be okay here man?"
I nodded weakly, "Yeah, I'm fine. Just...hurry alright?"
He nodded and raced out the door.
It was just me and a still unconscious Bella.
"Bella? Bella can you hear me?" No response.
I checked her pulse again, and it was racing. This can't be good.
Somehow she had ended up in my lap and I cradled her against my body as I tried to slow the bleeding.
My grey hoodie was almost completely covered in blood.
Shit, if she didn't wake up soon...
"Wake up, wake up...PLEASE wake up!" I rocked her gently and I noticed that Tyler had returned and was being followed by a small elderly nurse.
What the fuck had happened to Varner?
I looked down at her face and I saw her eyelids flutter. Then all of a sudden I was staring into an endless realm of chocolate brown.
"HEY! She's awake!" I shouted over to whoever would listen to be honest. I was elated
"'ward?" Her soft voice drew my eyes back to her. She looked so weak, and her eyes slowly closed again.
"Bella? Bella can you hear me?" I shook her lightly, and her eyes opened again and focused on my face.
She seemed to take in her position. On the floor. In my lap. And she fucking blushed.
Does she even have enough blood left to blush?
"Wh...What happened?" Her voice seemed stronger and I started to answer her when I saw her skin turn a ghastly grey colour. A sweat broke out on her forehead and her hand slowly reached up and stroked her lift softly.
Was she going to throw up?
Then out of nowhere she started to sob. Heart wrenching sobs that made her whole body quake.
"He's...He's not here!" She hiccupped out.
Who?
"Bella? Bella, love. Calm down" I hugged her tightly to my chest and rocked her slowly.
We sat like that for maybe 10 minutes before someone interrupted us.
Two paramedics walked through the classroom door. So Varner did call them then? Where the fuck was he?
"Excuse me, son? We have to take a look at her" One of the paramedics was crouched in front of me and was trying to manoeuvre Bella out of my grasp.
"Oh yeah, of course." I was still holding my hoodie to Bella's head "She's lost a lot of blood. She has two cuts to her head, one on her forehead the other in her hairline. Her pulse is erratic and I don't know what's going on with her at the moment. She just keeps crying..." Every sob that left her mouth was like a dagger to my heart.
Shit...
"You did a good job, son. Now I need you to step back so we can do our job. Can you tell us what happened?"
Tyler piped up before I could answer.
"Yeah some bitch fucking tripped her and she smashed her head in against the fucking table" The paramedic looked appalled at his language but just nodded.
He propped Bella up into a seated position and looked into her eyes "Sweetie, can you tell me your name?" She just curled herself into a ball and continued to sob.
"Bella. Her name is Bella..." I told the paramedic as I stood slowly.
"Well okay Bella, we're going to take you to the hospital..." he never got a chance to finish before Bella came round.
"NO!" her head snapped up and she looked petrified. "Please, just stitch me up and let me go. NO hospitals..." The sobs were slowly dying down but were being replaced by fear.
"I'm sorry sweetie, you've got to get your head looked at." He tried to calm her "I know you're afraid but we can't risk something being wrong and us missing it" He very slowly laid a hand on her shoulder.
"No, please I can't." Her head snapped up and our gazes met "Edward, please?" Her eyes filled with tears and she looked defeated.
"Erm, maybe my Dad could take a look at her? Rather than going to the hospital?" I asked the paramedic.
"Who's you're Dad? I don't think this is a good idea..." He didn't look like he'd change his mind.
"Doctor Carlisle Cullen" His eyes widened and he looked in awe.
"You're Doctor Cullen's boy?"
"Yes."
"Well, I guess that should be fine, but she'll have to ride in the ambulance to your house..." he didn't like this idea one bit
"Of course, sir" Crouching next to Bella I stroked her face softly. "Hey Bella, ready to meet my parents?" I smiled at her and winked.
Are you fucking flirting with her whilst she injured? You're fucking sick Cullen.
Yeah yeah, preaching to the choir.
Her eyes became glazed over and she just nodded.
Then she fainted.