Chapter 26

Vanessa's pov

I woke up in a cold sweat. I saw everybody gathered around me. Their was Jacob sitting in a corner, he looked like he hadn't moved a muscle. Their was my brother, Cody, sitting on the edge of my bed. Edward and Alice standing by my nightstand. And a vampire in his twenties who I was guessing to be Carlisle. Jacob was the first one who saw me flutter my eyelids open. He ran to my side and kissed my forehead."Carlisle" looked at me and said,"Well, you gave everyone quite a scare. I'm Carlisle, pleasure to meet you." So, I was right. I smiled and said,"Sorry." He laughed and said,"Don't apologize for being sick. Your only human." Alice looked at me and said,"Leave it to you to get sick on your birthday. I'd hug you but you look like your freezing." I nodded my head and smiled. I felt like if I tried to walk I would collapse. I had to at least see how horrible look. "C'mon, bathroom, right? To see your reflection." I nodded and she grabbed my hand. She half carried, half led me to the bathroom."Can you make it in by yourself?" I nodded and said,"Thanks Alice." She smiled and said,"No problem. I'll wait here." I nodded and walked in and shut the door. OK, horrible was an understatement. I looked... there were not words to describe how sick I looked. My skin was very pale, and not a cute vampire pale like Alice. This was a "I'm going to throw up on your shoes" pale. Ugh. No wonder they were gathered at my bedside... I tried to splash water on my face, but it just made me feel worse. My head felt warm, but I was freezing. I felt the need to barf my brains out. Is it possible to barf if you don't have a thing in your stomach? I ran to the toilet and started throwing up blood. Apparently it's very possible. I felt a warm hand pull my hair back into a ponytail. I wiped the blood from my mouth and turned around."Please go. You shouldn't see me like this." Jacob took my chin in his hands and said,"It's OK. Nothing to fret over." He acted calm and all but you could see the worry in his eyes. I smiled and turned back around to vomit. More blood, yuck. I felt it sting my throat as it came up. I felt Jacob's hand rubbing my back and I smiled slightly. He's probably the only person who can make me smile when I'm throwing up."Some birthday,huh?' Not like I was surprised. Like I said, my birthdays suck. He nodded his head and said,"Yeah, probably not the best." By the time I stopped my throwing up it was really dark outside. I walked over to the sink and rinsed my mouth out with water, I kind of hated the taste of blood in my mouth. I started to shiver and Jacob took me in his arms and I buried my face into his chest. He pulled me closer and carried me back to the room. I told Carlisle all my symptoms. There was a medium sized list. I was freezing, it hurt when I breathed, not a good sign. My muscles and every other part of my body ached, my head was killing me, and I was exhausted even after sleeping all day. He said it was probably a really bad case of the flu and gave me a bottle of medicine. After that he left and I was glad, I was struggling to keep my eyes was just about to leave when I said,"Could you stay? In case it gets cold?" He smiled and nodded. I was already freezing but that's not why I wanted him to stay. I liked how caring and gentle he was when I vomiting. Like he actually cared, I never had that before. I liked it. I scooted over and patted the bed next to me. He got in the bed and I snuggled into his chest. I was so cold I couldn't feel hid warmth, another not-so-promising sign. But, I just loved having him next to me. A feeling I could get used to. I drifted off to sleep and felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest.