Wow guys I have got to tell you I'm on a serious roll here. I have like the next several chapters all mapped out and everything. I seriously got done typing the last chapter and then immediately started typing this one. So here's your second chapter for the week, and it may not be the last ;)


Chapter 9

July passed, and August and then September followed it. School had started again, so I wasn't able to work as much as I had during the summer. That was hard, because it meant less time I had to spend with Dr. Cullen. So then if I ever had any free time in between school and work, I spent it with him, or with my family.

Since we had been together, Viviene had actually come home once. But that was two months ago in August, and it was October. She had came for a whole two days, before she left and headed off to...somewhere.

During those two days, I never did get to see her, but Dr. Cullen told me about her. According to the way he talked about her, her visit hadn't made him very happy. I think he was relieved when she finally left. Truthfully, I was too.

Natalie had been begging me for the longest time to do something with her some weekend. I reluctantly agreed to go see a movie with her one Saturday. I really hated giving up extra time with Dr. Cullen, but he told me I needed to spend some time with other people as well.

I didn't even know what movie we were going to see until I went to her apartment to pick her up on the first Saturday in October. She was talking a mile a minute, on and on about costume parties, school, this guy she was seeing, and various other things. I really didn't hear any of it. I starred out the window at the rain, and thought about the guy I'd really like to be with right then.

"I'm so excited for this movie." She told me.

"What's it about?" I asked.

"Well it's a horror film of course, it's only October." She said.

I nodded, I guess I should have known that.

"But it's like...I don't know...a romantic horror film."

I laughed. "What does some guy fall in love with a mummy or something?"

"No I think it's a vampire movie."

"A vampire movie?" I asked. "Why do you think that?"

"Because it's called Blood lust...I think."

"I see."

"I actually don't know too much about it, but it did get really good reviews."

"Sounds interesting." I said, pulling into the parking lot of the cinema.

"Crap Brooke." Natalie said.

"What?" I asked, turning around and noticing the problem. There was Paige.

"Ugh...Natalie...pretend you don't see her and run away quickly."

Too late, she saw us...and came walking our way.

"Hey Natalie....Brookie." She said.

Natalie was giving her a death stare. I loved her right then.

"Paige." I said simply.

"What are you seeing?" She asked, then looked at me. "More like who?"

"What do you mean Paige?" I asked.

"Well you know my Aunt Helen?"

"Yeah...she works up there in Forks at the hospital."

"Well she thinks that there's something going on with you and the Doctor up there."

Natalie looked at me with a very confused expression on her face, and I was trying to find something to come up with as a response.

"Paige everyone up there thinks there's something going on with the two of us. They almost have to think there is."

"Why?"

"Well haven't you ever watched TV?" I asked. "The doctor and his assistant always get together. And news flash...life is not TV."

She looked at me...defeated.

"Besides...didn't I tell you months ago that he already had a girlfriend?"

"Yes." She said, sighing. "You did."

"Paige!" Some guy standing beside a red car called.

She starred at us a bit longer before she finally stormed off without saying another word.

"What was that?" Natalie asked.

"Ugh, Paige just really wants to hook up with Dr. Cullen. She always thought that there's something going on between us."

She laughed as she paid for our tickets. "Well there might as well be."

"Be what?"

"Something going on between you and the doctor."

"Why should there be something going on between us?"

"Well because...you spend a lot of time with him."

I faked a laugh. "Nat he's my friend."

"Sure...your friend...or your boyfriend?"

I hit her playfully. "You have an odd imagination there girl."

She shrugged. "Ah a girl can dream." We took our seats in one of the middle rows. "If I were you, and I got to spend almost all day following him around...I would try to hook up with him."

I stole a piece of popcorn out of the popcorn bucket. "I don't spend all day with him."

"Sure."

I laughed at her. "Please stop doing that."

She laughed, and then quieted as the movie began.

The lead actress was very, very beautiful. She had long, curly, blond hair, and medium-toned skin. She had quite striking features. She actually kind of reminded me of myself. Natalie even thought so. She wore a long red dress throughout the entire movie. She was playing some rich movie star that discovered this castle-like place on one of her many vacations. The owner of the castle was very obviously the vampire. Black hair, pale skin, the cape, and the traditional vampire fangs. The story followed the very common plot that all vampire movies do. The vampire seduced the girl, she fell in love with him, and then of course he killed her in the end. She had been standing by one of the windows, that over looked the woods behind the vampire's house....when she turned around and screamed, and you saw the vampire bite her, and drink every last ounce of her blood.

Natalie loved the movie, and talked about it the whole way home.

But I felt odd about it. It disturbed me for some reason. Which was very, very uncharacteristic of me because I rarely ever got frightened after watching scary movies. I thought maybe it was just because I looked a lot like the lead actress. But I made myself feel better as I drove myself home. After all...vampires weren't real.

But still when I got home, I couldn't sleep. The movie had left me feeling very uneasy. I laid down in bed and tried to fall asleep, but I couldn't. I screamed when I heard the sound of my cat jumping off of the kitchen counter.

I was becoming very frustrated with myself, and I wondered what time it was. I looked at the clock and groaned.

I had laid down at ten thirty, and it was almost one o'clock in the morning.

I looked at my phone sitting on the table beside my bed and wondered if calling him would be a good idea. I really didn't want to wake him up, and it was probably late enough that he was asleep. After debating with myself for a while, I finally picked up my phone and called him. He answered on the very first ring, which caught me by surprise.

"Well what are you doing up right now?"He asked.

"I really don't know." I said. "I think I need a doctor's help."

"Well you're lucky...because I'm very much a doctor."

I told him about the movie, and how I didn't know why it was bothering me. Oddly, he too seemed bothered by what I had to say.

"Sounds like Halloween's just getting to you." He said.

"Yeah I know...I guess maybe I just needed to hear your voice." I hadn't seen him in three days actually, because the past two days my classes had interfered with my work shceduale, and I couldn't come in.

"Yeah, I've missed you." He said. "But you're coming into work tomorrow right?"

"Yes...defiantly."

"Alright Brooke...you get some sleep ok?"

"I'll try...I love you."

"I love you too Brooke, sweet dreams my darling."

I turned out the light and set my phone back down, yawning.

I still didn't fall asleep for another hour, but the need for sleep finally took me over, and I fell into a deep,deep sleep.

The only problem was that I didn't dream sweet dreams.

I was standing in a room, a castle-like room. And it was quiet, very, very quiet. I was wearing a long red dress, and bright red lipstick. The room I was in had a burning fireplace, and I remember sitting down on a blood-red, velvet sofa, and I was just sitting there...starring at the fire. My cat had been beside me, before she got up, and ran into another room. Lightening flashed, and thunder crashed all around me. I lounged on the couch and remained starring at the fire. It was interesting, and I sat there, watching it burn.

I heard a noise, a slight creek in the floorboards. I looked around me, but I didn't see anything, or anyone. I completely laid down on the couch, when the sound of the thunder made me shiver.

I suddenly looked up and saw someone standing there, and I screamed, when he suddenly bit me.

And I couldn't even see my attacker's face. Then the dream faded to black.

I woke up screaming. I was absolutely positive that my neighbors had been complaining about me all night. I turned on the light, and looked at the clock.

4:05 am.

I groaned and got up out of bed, knowing that I was not going to be able to fall back asleep that night.

When I walked into the hospital at nine in the morning I was beyond needing sleep, and had run five cups of coffee through my system all ready.

I had to use the bathroom something fierce.

I'm sure I didn't look too stunning either, and I tried to remember if I had put on any makeup that morning. I recalled that I did, because I clearly remembered stabbing myself in the eye with my eyeliner.

I walked into his office with my bag in one hand and a nearly empty cup of coffe in the other. He was looking at some books over on a bookshelf located behind his desk when he saw me.

He immediantly looked concerned, walked over to the door, and looked out in the hallway before he closed it.

"Are you alright?" He asked me as I collapsed into the chair behind his desk.

"Ugh...I am so exhausted."

"Couldn't sleep?"He asked, coming over and standing behind me.

I turned the chair around to face him. "Oh I slept, for about two hours."

"Just scared about that movie you saw with Natalie or what?"

"Gosh, I don't know." I said closing my eyes. I really wasn't sure if I wanted to tell him about the dream or not. I decided not too for some reason. "Maybe I just can't watch horror movies anymore."

He coughed, and then immediately changed the subject to something that one of the kids did last night. I don't know who he said it was. Edward, Emmett, Eureka....somebody with a name that started with an E. I think I would have found it funny had I been more awake.

I noticed his usual untouched cup of coffee on his desk. "Can I please have that?" I asked.

He looked in the direction I pointed to. "Sure, I don't think I want it anymore anyway."

I looked at the concern on his face and sighed. "I'm sorry, I'm probably not a very amusing person to be with right now."

He smiled. "It's fine, just...stay away from the horror films for a while...okay?"

I nodded, taking a sip of his coffe. "No vampires for me."

He laughed, kind of nervous-like almost. "No vampires for you...huh.." He looked away, kinda shaking his head, almost whispering to himself. "That's...funny."

He was acting weird, but I really didn't care. I re-realized that I still needed to go bathroom.

That day seemed so long, as though it would never end. Gertrude asked me at least a hundred times if I wanted this special pillow she used to help her sleep. I also told her a hundred times "Thank you, but no thanks."

When five o'clock finally came, I lost track of how much coffee I had consumed that day. It hadn't done a thing for me.

Dr. Cullen came in and shut the door, and helped me get into my jacket.

"Do you want to come over and sleep at my house tonight?" He whispered in my ear, as he gently kissed my cheek. "Would that help you feel better?"

Right then I really didn't care if I feel asleep in the parking lot. "Gosh that would be great, but how are we going to pull that one off?"

"Are you awake enough to drive to my house?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Then drive to my place, and Alice or Bella can find you some pajamas. You should be rested up enough in the morning to be able to stop at your apartment and change before you have class. If not, we can find something for you to wear. I'm just gonna call home and tell the kids to make something up for you out on the couch."

He took out his cell phone and dialed his home phone number. It rang twice before someone answered it.

"Edward?" He asked. "Yes, listen could you or the girls or someone do something for me?"

Then his office phone rang. I answered it.

"Hello, this is Dr. Cullen's office...this is his assistant Brooke speaking...how may I help you?" A chill went down my spine when I heard who spoke.

"Yes this is Viviene, is he right there?"

"Um yes he is." I said looking over at him. He was totally lost in his conversation.

"Well can you please get him for me, quickly...my plane's leaving in about ten minutes."

"I think he's talking to his son right now." I said.

"Which one?"

Which one? What an odd question. "Edward...I think."

"Oh...well tell him to hurry up."

"Okay...just a minute Miss." I said. Dr. Cullen was looking at me now, a confused expression on his face.

"Viviene." I mouthed.

He frowned. "Yes Edward...that's fine. I have to go alright...goodbye."

I about breathed a sigh of relief. "Here he is."

"Well it's about time." I heard her say, before he took the phone. He listened to her talk for a while and then motioned for me to go ahead and leave without him, so I did.

As I was driving down the road toward his house, I thought about Viviene. I really just wished that she would finally give up on him and leave us both alone. She was ruining his life.

Which then made me think about him. He had acted so odd that day, very nervous acting, and he was constantly talking to me...almost as though he wanted to stay off of the subject of my lack of sleep.

It didn't make any sense...but I figured that maybe he was acting perfectly normal, and since I was so tired, I just didn't think so.

So I thought about my dream instead, as much as it scared me. Why did I dream about something like that? I couldn't ever remember a time that a movie scared me enough to cause me to dream about it.

But something about this movie felt personal...it almost sort of hit home...and it disturbed me.

Nothing about any of this was making any sense to me.

I pulled into the Cullen's driveway, and walked into the living room, where Bella, Alice, and Edward were there to greet me.

"Brooke!" Alice sang, "We made you a really comfy place to sleep out here on the couch! Emmett is testing it out right now!"

I laughed when I saw a huge blob of blankets curled up on the couch. That I assumed was Emmett.

The blob moved, and Emmett's face appeared.

"Well Brooke, this couch has the Emmett Cullen seal of approval."

"Oh great, I was so worried that you wouldn't approve of Bella and Alice's makeshift bed for me."

Emmett laughed and rolled off of the couch, prompting Alice to rearrange the blankets. Edward walked over to Bella and put his arm around her. They were married now, they had actually got married in August. I had even been a bridesmaid. That was quite an experience. Alice had went way overboard with bobby pins in my hair.

But Bella was different. Different than she was from when I first met her. She looked different, acted different, just everything about her seemed different. She had seemed like that ever since she had came back from her honeymoon with Edward. What I found even more odd, was the fact that her eyes appeared to be almost red in color. I could have sworn she had brown eyes.

But no one else really seemed to notice much of a difference, so I didn't ask any questions about it. It was really strange though.

Dr. Cullen walked into the living room, finally home.

"Good afternoon children." He said, coming over to me and wrapping his arm around me. He glanced back at Edward, and I heard him sigh. Edward and him had a very good father-son connection, almost as if they could read eachother's minds. "Where's Jasper and Rosalie?"

"Ahh Rose is upstairs starring at herself in the mirror and Jasper..." Emmett said, pausing. "Dude I have no idea where he is."

"Jasper decided to go for a hike." Alice answered for him.

They all nodded, as if it was nothing that Jasper had just decided to pick up his stuff and go hiking, in the pouring rain.

"Well it looks like you guys did a really nice job here." Dr. Cullen said, running his hand over the top blanket on the couch. "Did you get Brooke some pajamas?"

"She's about my height...I'll get her something." Bella said, winding herself out of Edward's arms and heading upstairs.

"Edward." Emmett said walking over his direction. "I've been dying to run the Jeep through some mad mud puddles. I think tonight's a great time for that. Wanna come?"

Edward laughed. "You know Emmett that's about the last thing I want to do right now, but I guess I'll go anyway."

"You two be careful!" Dr. Cullen called after them as they left. Oh yeah, now he tells them to be careful, when they drive like maniacs all the time.

Alice bounced over to me. "Do you need anything else? I have some cute stuffed animals if you want one?"

I laughed. "It's fine Alice...really."

Bella came downstairs holding a pair of pajama pants and a plain t-shirt. "You can try these on if you want."

"Thanks." I said, and walked down to the bathroom where I changed quickly and came back out into the living room. Bella and Alice were sitting on the other couch, and Dr. Cullen was sitting on the couch I was going to sleep on.

"Here." He said, laying the pillow on his lap. I curled up in the blankets and rested the head on the pillow in his lap. He ran his fingers gently through my hair, and it wasn't even five minutes before I finally fell asleep.

And the dream didn't come back once that night.

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~Hazl~