Chapter 3

The next day I began one of my many drives to Forks Hospital.

This time I had no trouble finding a parking space, and again I pulled my car up next to a black Mercedes. This time I was super careful moving around the car, because I did not want to be responsible for paying for any damages to that. I took a deep breath and walked inside.

The lobby wasn't very busy. Some nurses were walking around, traveling from room to room. A few patients sat waiting to be called to their doom. Gertrude was talking to some lady at her desk. I decided avoiding that situation would be best, and I went straight to Dr. Cullen's private office.

The door was open, but he wasn't in there. Indications he had been there moments ago were present though. His computer was on, and there was a full cup of untouched, steaming hot coffee on his desk. The papers on his desk were scattered in an un-orderly fashion, so I gathered them up into a nice, neat, little pile while I waited.

I was getting really involved in my organization, when I looked up, and saw him standing there, smiling at me. I immediantly blushed.

"It's very nice to see you this morning Miss Jeffers." He said.

I nodded and tried to get the words to come out of my mouth. "It's nice to see you too Dr. Cullen."

He laughed. "Your job hasn't even started yet and your already working."

I giggled in response. The kind of girly, flirtatious giggle.

WHAT THE HECK WAS WRONG WITH ME!

He walked over to my side and examined the nice stack of papers I had produced on his desk.

"Wow, I didn't even know I had a calender under all of that." He joked, sticking his hands in the pockets of his lab coat.

More giggles.

I imagined he had to assume I was crazy by now, but no, he just kept smiling and talking to me like I wasn't someone who seriously should be seeking a therapist.

He left for a moment, only to return with a slimmer version of his white lab coat for me. I would wear long white skirts with it, and would look more professional than the nurses who wore brightly colored scrubs.

I looked like a doctor.

I learned a lot of thing in mere moments on my first day at Forks Hospital.

1. My job involves too much running. I run food to patients, I run after Dr. Cullen, I run coffee to people, I run copies, run, run, run, run, and run. I never was in track, so this may prove difficult.

2. Despite the running, I have the greatest job in the entire building.

3. The nurses are jealous of me for having the greatest job in the building.

4. Gertrude is a species of her own.

5. Pack my own lunch.

6. Dr. Cullen is a major flirt. He loves to surround himself with beautiful people that think he's beautiful in return.

7. If the nurses aren't working, they gossip, and talk about Dr. Cullen as if they are married to the man.

8. I pay way too much attention to detail.

My entire first day there was almost a blur. I wasn't really very aware of what was going on. I was introducuced to thousands of people, and remembering their names was proving quite difficult. And for some unknown reason, it seemed as though Dr. Cullen had some sort of power which he could use to turn my mind into mush. It sort of aggravated me.

I was getting ready to leave, gathering my things up in his private office. I heard the rain pounding on the roof of the hospital and groaned. I replaced my lab coat with a rain jacket. I deiced it would be a good idea to look for my umbrella, so I started digging through my purse, searching for it.

I suddenly heard someone laughing at me. I lifted my head up and saw that Dr. Cullen had entered the room, and he too was preparing to bare the rainstorm raging outside the hospital walls.

"What would you be searching for so frantically?" He asked simply.

"My umbrella." Was all I managed to say. He starred at me, and I put my head back down as I continued my search. He was still laughing quietly to himself.

When I finally found my umbrella, I felt I had just made a terrible fool of myself. He was standing there in the doorway, still watching me. Was I really weird enough to be that interesting?

I walked over to where he stood, "Found it," I said in some high-pitched, flirtatious voice I didn't know I had.

He grinned and tapped the umbrella in my hand, "Don't open that thing inside, wouldn't want to have bad luck, would we?" He winked, and disappeared.

I walked back out to the parking lot, trying to put together everything. I had to figure out why I, the girl who can ignore perfectly fine looking guys, was now falling for this gorgeous blond doctor. He had to have something to him that made him this way, and I had to figure it out. I couldn't fall in love. I had to stop this.

The next morning I had a plan all put together. I was going to talk to the one person that would know the most there was to know about Dr. Cullen.

Gertrude.

When I walked into the lobby, I saw Gertrude trying to carry a large stack of papers to her desk. She couldn't see over the top of the giant stack, and she was running into people and objects that were in her way.

I decided that I didn't want to torture the poor little lady, so I walked over to her and took about half the stack of papers from her arms. She blinked a few times, as if she thought she was seeing things.

"Brooke dear? Is that you? Why I haven't been able to see anything for the longest time! Thank you so much! You know I...."

I just ignored her and set my share of the papers on her desk placed out front. She continued rambling as she did the same, and sat down.

"I knew you were wonderful the second you walked in...now where's my...oh darn need to turn on the computer..oh here they are! Dr. Cullen ought to be paying you enough."

I just laughed. "He is Gertrude, thank you for your concern."

She actually was quiet, and starred at the computer monitor, waiting from some sign of life to appear on it.

"Speaking of Dr. Cullen," I said, "What's so special about him that makes everyone in here go crazy?"

She grinned.

Oh no, I just let the monster out of its cage.

"Have you looked at him?"

I laughed, "Yes I have."

"Then that's really all."

"Yeah but, it's not just the looks, what is it he has to him that makes him so...charming?"

"Well he's handsome to boot, rich, funny, sweet, smart, it goes on and on. He has something special to him. No one's quite sure what it is."

I was becoming fustrated. I had to figure out specifically what was his special power so that I could develop an immunity to it. I didn't need to worry about love right now.

Gertrude was still talking, "I don't think anyone ever falls in love with him....people like him and are attracted to him, but it's more like a celebrity crush, like he's too perfect to be able to have, ya know?"

"Yeah I guess I see what you..."

"There's my two beautiful girls." He said, smiling from ear to ear. He had appeared out of no where, and now he was standing behind me. Gertrude giggled like crazy. I blushed, and cursed at myself in my head.

"Good morning Dr. Cullen." Gertrude said, in a very excited tone.

He nodded in her direction and turned to me. "Darling, I have some files on my desk in there that need organized. I have to check up on a patient, but I'll be right back...can you do that for me?"

Could I say no? "Sure thing Dr. Cullen."

He smiled again. He smiled way too much, too much for my own good too. "Very well then, I'll be back in a jiffy." He then left as soon as he had appeared.

Gertrude squealed. "Oh little Brookie he's taken a liking to you!"

I ignored her and went on my way into Dr. Cullen's private office. I noticed the stack of papers on his desk that was intended for filing. I had seen mountains shorter than it. But nonetheless, I got to work, placing the papers in the filing cabinets beside his desk.

After and hour or so, Dr. Cullen came into the office, and was working on turning on his computer. I didn't say anything to him cause I thought that if I didn't hear his voice, I would blush, giggle, or do some other obnoxious thing.

I heard the sound of footsteps coming, and looked up. The same nurse I had talked to the other day was standing there in the doorway.

"Yes Miss Tearinon?" Dr. Cullen said. At that simple sentence, the girl started shaking uncontroablly.

Can't these people get a grip? Gosh there's nothing that special about him! He's just a handsome, charming, doctor. Oh what am I saying, I just named my top three qualites I wanted in my dream husband. I better just shut up.

"Can I um...take the day off tomorrow to drive my cousins to the airport."

He smiled, "Why certainly, tell them that I hope they enjoy their vacation."

She burst into a fit of giggles and thank you's before she took off flying down the hallway, screaming something like "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh....my...gosh!"

Something like that.

"You know," I said, "You should really stop doing that."

"Doing what?" He asked. As if he didn't know.

"Making girls go crazy like that."

He laughed, "I can't help it. Besides, everyone acts that way."

"Not everyone."

"You do." He said, grinning.

"No I don't."

"How so?" He asked, putting his hands into his pockets.

"I don't get crushes," was all I said.

"What?"

"If I see someone that someone would label as "cute" I just ignore them....I have to focus on my career. Marriage, guys, and all that lovey stuff can wait 100 years if it has to."

"So what do you do if you fall in love?"

"I won't...if I think I'm falling in love...I'll do everything I can to stop it."

"But if love wants to happen, it just does...there's nothing anyone or anything can do to stop it." He seemed so shocked, so bothered by my responses.

"Watch me."

Suddenly I heard Gertrude screaming his name, and she burst into the office.

"Oh Dr. Cullen come quick! There's a little kid in the lobby and he's bleeding all over the place! I think I'm gonna faint!"

"Ok Gertrude, I'll be right there." He said calmly, as she took off running the best she could. "Well, it looks like I have my work cut out for me."

"I know, poor little kid."

"No, I meant you."

"What? Me?"

"Yeah," He said with a grin, "Now I have to work ten times harder to get you to have a crush on me." He walked past me and headed for the door, "But it's ok, I like a challenge." He smiled, and left, then reappeared, sticking his head in the doorway. "Oh, and good luck with that love thing." And then he was gone.

This was absolutly crazy. Why after all these years was this one guy the weakness in my shield? It didn't make any sense to me. However, if there was one thing right now it was that....

I had to stop this.

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~Hazl~