Okay. As promised, here is the continuation of CARPOV. I won't go too far into talking, so you can read, but just remember, medical terms, and lots of 'em.

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Chapter 7: Flashbacks for Dessert

CARPOV - Continued

Previously:

"Will you be alright?" I asked apprehensively. She nodded her head, engrossed in those puzzles. She's always been addicted to those things. I kissed her lips once more and walked to the elevator to head downstairs. As the elevator doors opened for a couple on another floor, I was reminded of how it felt the day my life stood still…

FLASHBACK

"You two be careful heading back tonight." I told them both as I hugged Bella at the door. I knew of Edward's plans for tonight, and had agreed immediately to let Alyssa stay here with us.

"And you're sure you don't mind having Alyssa sleep over? We can take her with us if you'd rather have the alone time." Bella looked between both myself and Esme, and while I kept a neutral calm to my expression, Edward's eyes widened perceptibly and shook his head "no" slightly. I almost wanted to outright laugh. I would have goaded him, and made him think he was getting Alyssa for the night, but I knew just how nervous he was for tonight.

"Certainly not Bella, I want some alone time with my little Aly, isn't that right Aly?" I turned towards Alyssa beside me, who nodded her head very quickly.

"Yep. Me and Pops here are going to play tea party with Uncle Emmett."

I smiled and then full out laughed as I watched my son walk into the room. He was wearing a giant feathery neon pink boa, with a sparkly blue tiara on his forehead. When he moved, it shook sparkles all over him. I doubted even by tomorrow he'd be able to get rid of all the sparkles. As I looked over at Rosalie, I could see her rolling her eyes at her husband, but because it was for the little girl in front of us, you could see the glow coming off of her.

"But Aly, I thought you and I were going to play tea party!" He pouted, dimples and all. She giggled the most adorable giggle and ran to Emmett, who picked her up with one arm. She whispered into his ear, but we could all still hear what she said "Emmy, we can't let Pops out of the game. He'll get all sad and cry. I don't want to see him cry, do you?"

Everyone laughed except for Emmett who looked at me, and I quickly pouted back at him. "Oh all right, but just this once. Then it's you and me Alycat!"

Edward and Bella left as Emmett and I started to play with Alyssa. We were twenty minutes into our tea party, and my cell phone rang. At the late hour, I figured it was the hospital, but when I saw Edward's name on the screen I picked it up immediately.

"Son, you couldn't have asked her yet, your not even back at the house."

"…Dad..," was all he said.

"Edward? Edward, what's wrong." I started to panic because I could hear a horn in the background.

Emmett stood up along with Esme, and both of them walked towards us. Rosalie asked Alyssa to go upstairs and help her draw a picture for Christmas morning.

"Dad, I can't… get Bella… stuck. Lights… bleeding on her skin… Help her." I could tell his breathing wasn't right. His breath was rattling, but I couldn't understand some of the things he was saying.

"Edward, were you in an accident? Edward I need you to keep talking to me, okay? Tell me what happened." I watched Esme cover her mouth as tears ran down her face. Emmett was grabbing our coats and we were both running out the door. Emmett got on his cell phone and was calling 911 to tell them of a possible accident on the high way.

"Cold… I can't… feel.. She's not breathing… Dad, it hurts.." I could hear him crying and I gunned the car as fast as possible, praying to God we could get there in time.

"Edward, I need to know how you're doing. Can you tell me, son?" I kept my voice as calm as possible, but I was freaking out. I didn't know what I would see when we got there. I just prayed it wasn't as bad as I felt it was.

"Cold. I'm cold dad. BELLA, OPEN YOUR EYES!" I heard him scream at her, but in the next minute he was whimpering. I knew then that she either couldn't hear him, or wasn't able to do as he asked.

"Hold on son, we're almost there." I could see lights ahead of us, a car was halfway off the road, but I couldn't see Edward's car. "Edward, where are you, can you tell me where you are."

"Tree. Ran… tree. BELLA!"

"DAD!" Emmett yelled and I glanced over at him. There, against a tree over the hill, was the bottom side of a car. It was tilted on it's passenger side, crushed against a giant tree. I could feel my stomach wanting to rip out of my throat, and I threw the car into park, and we both jumped out. I checked the car on the side of the road, and there was a man on the phone with, who sounded like he was talking to the police, asking for an ambulance. His voice was slurred, and right then, I knew he'd been drinking. I wanted to kill him, but at that moment, I knew my son needed me more.

We ran down the hillside towards the vehicle and I could smell the blood from halfway down the hill. I knew that whatever I'd see, it wouldn't be good.

We walked to the side of the vehicle and what I saw will give me nightmares for months. Edward was hanging forward, his eyes closed but he was mumbling to himself. There was a large egg sized bump on the side of his head, and he was bleeding from multiple places. Emmett, being so tall, he could see that Edward's leg was underneath the steering wheel wedged, and his leg looked broken. His right arm hung loosely from his forearm, broken also, and multiple abrasions on it as well.

Bella was in fact actually breathing, but it was so minute, that it didn't seem like she would last much longer. There was blood dripping from her nose, mouth, and a large gash where it looked like her head hit the window beside her. They were both wearing their seat belts, thank god, else wise, they'd have crashed through the windshield and probably dead right now.

As if time started to fast forward, I could hear the paramedics at the top of the hill. I called up to one of the paramedics I recognized, John, and told him of the two victims. They brought the backboards down and after a slow process of removing the car from it's side, and using the jaws, they were finally loaded into the ambulances.

There wasn't room in the ambulances for myself or Emmett, so we followed them as fast as we could to the hospital.

As we raced into the parking lot, we found Charlie, and Bella's sister and brother pulling in with Esme and Rosalie. They told us Alyssa was being watched by Billy, her grandfather, and we rushed inside the hospital. It was absolute pandemonium. I could hear a code being called, and watched Edward being pulled out of a room by two security officers.

Everyone ran towards him, I was stopped by John telling me Edward refused treatment until he was with Bella. They couldn't sedate him fast enough, and somehow was able to get to Bella's room. I called for a gurney and the nurses to be brought over.

God, how could he run on that leg? Even from a distance you could tell it was broken. My only guess would be the adrenalin of Bella. Next thing I know, there's blood all over the floor, and Edward was passed out. We were able to get him up and into another room, but I wasn't allowed in. Even though I was the Chief of General Surgery here, I knew I couldn't operate on my own son, like I knew they were going to have to do.

Everything was coming at me so fast, I couldn't tell which way was up.

I could see Charlie holding Bella's sister, her brother in law trying to keep his cool, and Esme was distraught with Emmett. Rosalie looked like she was in shock and she just couldn't wrap her head around what was going on.

We sat there for hours, waiting to get some type of word on either of our loved ones. Finally after the longest night of our lives, we heard about Edward first. He was placed in an induced coma, due to the amount of injury, and was being taken up to ICU. The prognosis looked good, but only time would tell. They let me see his medical chart and I was able to see the injuries he sustained. After calmly letting the rest of my family that it looked good, another doctor came out calling for the Swans.

We all got up and the doctor, looking at Charlie, asked if we were okay to be given information as well. He whole heartedly agreed and we were given her prognosis.

While Edward had sustained horrible injuries, Bella's were worse. She had a broken clavicle, fractured pelvis, and rib fractures, she also had a TBI, and an aortic rupture. I could tell a lot of what was being said to Charlie wasn't going through well, and I stopped the doctor to speak to him myself.

"Charlie, it's her collarbone, and pelvis and ribs that are the easier mended things. The TBI is a brain injury. Meaning she has some very serious swelling on her brain, probably from when she hit the window. The aortic rupture is her heart. Which is probably why she coded to begin with."

The doctor nodded in my direction and I looked back at Charlie. It still didn't seem to be sinking in completely, so I just gave it my all.

"It's bad Charlie, but she's still alive." I told him, never leaving his gaze.

"She's alive then?" He asked the doctor handling her case.

He nodded, and informed us that while it was a rupture it was only partial, and that they were lucky to get her to the hospital when they did, else wise it could have gotten a lot worse.

Charlie fell into the plastic seat behind him and stared at the ground.

"When can we see her" Her sister asked.

"Not for a while more. The surgery is so… detailed, that we need to keep her in the ICU so no complications arise. She'll be in a blocked off section to keep infection from coming through, so the next few days are critical for her. We'll be monitoring her very closely and we'll keep you posted as often as possible." The doctor finished, and Charlie and I both shook his hand, before he left.

Charlie sat there, numb from it all. We all were. Bella and Edward were both fighting for their lives, but of the two, Bella was much worse off. We all sat down and waited out the next few hours. Billy called in every so often, letting us know how Alyssa was doing, and to get information on what we knew. By morning, the doctors told us both the kids were up in the ICU on the 7th floor, and that we were allowed to go up to the waiting room there for more information on Edward and Bella.

We knew it was a waiting game at this point. Would the kids heal correctly, and come out of this together or would, God forbid, something happen. Esme took my hand and grabbed Charlie as well. I looked around and saw that everyone was getting together, and we all bent our heads, and prayed.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Dr. Cullen?" A nurse called as I was putting a chart back onto the desk of the nurse's station.

I hadn't seen any patients, but I did go over a few charts in my office that needed attending to. I knew that during all of this, I would never be able to give the time and energy required to do my job thoroughly, and I wasn't about to not give my all if I could.

"Yes?" I spoke back to the nurse.

"Your son is awake again. Your wife asked me to get you, personally."

I nodded my head, and informed the charge nurse on the floor that I was finished for the day. I let the ICU nurse lead us back up to Edward's room. I reminded myself that Edward didn't remember the last five months. I reminded myself that he doesn't know the extent of Bella's injuries. I also reminded myself that though Bella's state of coma is medically induced right now, it's very possible she won't wake up, and she'll stay like this. Right before I walked into the room, I prepared myself for whatever lied ahead.

And prayed to God, that we could make it.

Okay, so there's the end of Carlisle for the time being. We're going to be getting back into Edward's time soon.

Just a question. Who all can imagine the pink boa, and blue sparkly tiara on Emmett, because I think he could totally rock it.

Just saying.

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