Chapter 15: Meeting Dr. Cullen
When the ambulance came for her, Bella knew her father would be right behind them. The ride over to the hospital was short and uneventful. The aid in the back with her asked her a lot of questions; like what her name was, her date of birth, where she was and all that happiness. They asked her multiple times so it was rather annoying. The one thing that really got Bella though was the fact that Alice, the pixie of a girl that haunted Bella's every waking thought and her every dream, had saved her from Tyler's gigantic monster of a van. Alice was literally cased in the metal frame of the van and she survived. They both walked away without a scratch. This whole thing of Bella being in an ambulance to begin with was ridiculous.
When they got to the hospital, Bella was taken out of the vehicle on a stretcher and it was more than the poor girl could take. So when her father caught up with the group she spoke up. "Dad-" Charlie interrupted her saying, "What happened Bella? Are you alright?" Bella didn't know how to answer his first question, but she could answer the second. "Whoa dad, slow down. I'm fine. I don't even know why I'm here. I hate hospitals. Can I please get off of this thing?" Charlie instructed the ambulance techs to at least get his daughter a wheel chair and wheeled her into the exam room himself. A man with bleach blonde hair met with them. "Hey Carlisle." Charlie spoke as he shook hands with the rather young looking attractive doctor. "Hello Charlie. I got the call about Bella only a few moments ago." He walked over to a vacant hospital bed and helped Bella sit upon it. "Are you doing alright Bella? I heard you had a rough day today." The girl nodded as the man examined her. He took record of her heartbeat first. She suspected it was through the roof at this point, reason being was because, she was sitting in front of Alice's adopted father if she wasn't mistaken. The only resemblance the two had were their amber eyes. 'I wonder if they really are related in some way. Maybe an uncle or something.' Bella thought as she stared at the man writing the information down on a sheet of paper.
The doctor shined a light in her eyes next just to make sure her sight was ok. "No blurry vision or anything Bella?" He asked as he took the light away. Then it was her blood pressure. She cringed a little as the strap tightened on her arm. Carlisle smiled and said, "Sorry Bella. I know it's a little uncomfortable." the girl smiled weakly at the man and tucked a stand of hair behind her ear. "If I may ask sir-" Carlisle interrupted her. "Oh Bella please call me Carlisle. Sir or Mr. Cullen just makes me feel old." He chuckled and let the girl continue. "If I may ask Carlisle, have you heard from Alice at all? She-" Bella thought about telling the man the truth and thought against it. "She pushed me out of the way when the van came. I would really like to thank her." Carlisle smiled apologetically. "I haven't heard from her yet, but when I do see her, I'll be sure to send her your way." Bella thanked the young doctor and let him continue his checkup. There was nothing but a little scratch on Bella's knee from when she fell on the ground. Carlisle just gave her some anti-biotic ointment so that it wouldn't scar. With Bella's luck she would forget to put it on and it would scar. Just after he gave her the ok to go home, he got a ring on his pager. "I'm sorry, I have to take this. I'll let Alice know you want to talk to her alright. It was a pleasure to finally meet you Bella. Charlie has told me nothing but good things about you." He walked away after shaking Charlie's hand to tend to his page.
Charlie hugged his daughter around the shoulder and said, "Let's go home Bells." Bella nodded in full agreement and headed out the two double doors leading out to the hallway. A few feet away from the exam room Bella began to hear raised voices. Some were very familiar and one was one she hadn't heard before. She turned her head to look around the corner and Carlisle was there talking to Edward, his daughter Rosalie and Alice! Alice was there talking to her father. Bella looked to see an angry look on Edwards face and Alice looked scared and sad at the same time and Rosalie looked angry but only at Edward. Carlisle had his back to her so she couldn't see him. Bella couldn't hear what they were talking about but she had a feeling it had something to do with Alice saving her. She wanted to go to the young pixie girl but with all the tension in the hallway at that point, she thought against it. While the group talked Bella walked passed with her head down just in case they looked at her. She had to jog a little bit to catch up with her dad but she did take a chance to look over her shoulder and watched as the group walked through the double doors. Alice being the last one, looked over her shoulder as well meeting Bella's gaze. Bella's heart almost stopped in her chest as she looked into Alice's eyes. They were almost black. A thin ring of amber surrounded her black as night pupils. Everything froze in that moment and Bella would give anything to just go to the girl and hug her, thank her, anything, but she knew that they both really needed to talk. So as she kept walking further away, Bella made it a point to confront the pixie next week at the start of school.
The next thing on her list was when she went over to Port Angelus tomorrow, she would go to the library to check up on that Quileute legends book that Jacob told her about. There was something up with the Cullen's. The fact that Alice had protected her from a speeding van was the one thing that really threw her off. There was also the little things too that made Bella a little suspicious of the Cullen family. The ice cold skin, their eyes changing color. It was all very odd but it didn't scare Bella away from her feelings for Alice. Nothing would be able to do that. She felt so much for the pixie. So much for Alice Cullen, and she was sure that Alice felt the same way but she was just afraid to tell her a certain secret. Then a realization hit Bella. What about Jasper? What if her best friend didn't realize the differences, the little things that made her boyfriend seem a little strange? Of course she knew that Angela would always feel that way about the blonde Cullen but it made Bella wonder if Jasper told her his little secret. Bella was determined to find out the Cullen's secret. She had to admit that she was a little afraid but she needed to know all about Alice. She needed to know about her family.