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-Bella-

This is bad, was the only thought that entered my mind when the paramedics insisted I go to the hospital, I couldn't run…and when I didn't comply they said I was being difficult and they had no choice but to take me. When they gave me an option to be strapped down and sedated or sit in the back, I finally weighed my options and complied. I was NOT going to be restrained…it reminded me of too much. The boy who was driving wasn't so lucky, he was strapped to the small bed.

I sat in the back of the ambulance, and the paramedics said it was already out of procedure, but it was the only way I was going with them. Edward sat next to me, also under the rein of procedure. We arrived at the hospital, the boy who was driving smiled at me before they wheeled him off. I glared daggers at Edward, he wasn't human. He can't be trusted. He raised his eye brow, as if saying 'what?'

The paramedics took us to an emergency room. I sat on the white bed, gripping my ribs. A nurse came and told me the doctor would be here shortly. I bit my abused lip…a doctor. He or she would want to do an examination of my body. They would find the scars…they would find injuries that couldn't be created by falling to the floor, under a car. They would find out…

I slid from the bed…I can't let that happen. I can't let them find out, not after….
I walked to the open door, and looked down the empty hallway. The exit was right there… two doors down. I checked the coast was clear again and started walking as fast as I could towards the door.
"Miss" Damn. "Miss, have you been cleared to leave?" I turned to a blond haired doctor. Sickly Pale skin…Golden eyes. I Take it this was Edwards adoptive father.

"Yes, I need to leave." I said, hoping he wouldn't detect the lie.
"Miss…"
"Bella" I said in my barely audible voice, it was a wonder he could hear me…but then again, he wasn't human.
"Miss Bella, would you come with me? Its duty to make sure you've been cleared to leave. I'm Dr, Cullen"

Damn. I nodded slowly. He inclined his head, gesturing for me to go first. I grit my teeth as I walked normally, ignoring the stabbing pain. He followed and took a chart I hadn't noticed from the foot of my bed.
"Miss Bella, you still need to have an examination" He said, disapprovingly.
"Bella, please just call me Bella" I asked quietly. He nodded.

"Well Bella, if you would please lie down, I can start your examination." He said as he drew the curtains around us. I wanted to run…but I obeyed. If Charlie heard I was being suspicious then I would be in for it, worse than I got the other day. I laid down.

"I'm going to expose your stomach, ok Bella?" I nodded slowly. I would blame it on the crash I thought to myself as he pulled the shirt up almost gingerly to the bottom of my bra. I was lucky I only had a few bruises this time, the faded ones almost clear that even my eyesight only saw traces of it left.

Dr. Cullen didn't look surprised when he saw the damage. His ice cold hand ran over my stomach, pressing and feeling expertly.
"3 broken ribs" He said to me after he finished examination on my stmach, he moved to my legs next. Finding nothing he moved to my arms. On the left arm he said
"It feels like you have a fracture, but I need to do an x-ray on your arm and procedure follows with your head as well, Edward said you hit it pretty hard.

"Can you sit up, I need to check your back for Spinal injuries."
"My back is fine" I said… my voice on the borderline of defensive.
"Bella, I need to check for spinal injuries. Please?" I suddenly felt very trusting…and became immediately suspicious. I had sworn never to trust anyone, and I never have…something was wrong. What was wrong with me…did I hit my head too hard?
"Please" He asked again.

With the suspicious trust I felt and the obedience my body was use to I sat up, back to him. He pulled the top up all the way at the back… his fingers moving gingerly over my spine. How could he not see them? They were hideous… I was hideous.

"No spinal injuries" He let my shirt fall back to cover my back and his fingers ran through my hair, feeling the scalp.
"You head seems to be alright, but we still need to take x-rays. I'll be right back Bella"
As Dr. Cullen left, Edward entered. My eyes narrowed.

"You ok, Bella?" He asked.
"I'll survive," I replied sharply.
I closed my eyes, should I confront him about it? No, not in a hospital, then again one of them works here. What are they?

Dr. Cullen walked in with a portable x-ray. He quickly set up and took an x-ray of my skull, it appeared on a little screen on the machine. He nodded, then scanned my arm, nodded again.
"No damage done to your skull, but you do have a small fracture." Edward stayed as he set my ribs and made it so they couldn't unset, then bandaged it up for extra support. Great…sponge baths for a while. He put my arm in a brace. I finally was able to leave… to go back to my personal hell.

-Edward-

I looked at the scars on Bella's back threw Carlisle's mind. Rage shot through me. She should be unconscious with the pain she feels, I'm having a hard time even standing. What is she? Jasper thought. How much was she really going through? Since when did the abuse start? How long has she endured? I was going to get these answers.

Then there was the glare she had thrown at me. What caused her to be so hostile?
"Jasper, what did you feel when she was in the hospital with Carlisle?" I asked
"A lot of panic, and mistrust, and fear especially when Carlisle wanted to check her back. I shot some trust into her and she became suspicious. Really suspicious". Strange.
"And me?"

"Hostility, mistrust, curiosity, and fear" Could she know something. No…she just isn't use to people, likes isolation. No wonder, considering what she has been through. I wouldn't trust a soul, either. She was probably wondering why I bothered to save her.

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