Chapter Fifteen: The Flu Sucks
I jumped as the phone went off, I groaned rolling over on my side. I squinted looking at the number but I didn't recognize it.
"Hello?" I asked half asleep.
"Bella!" It was Andy's mom.
"Susan? What's going on?" I asked sitting up.
"You have to get to the hospital!" She said in pure panic.
"Why?! Is it Andy?!" I asked getting out of bed.
"Yeah!" She said.
That's all she had to say, I hung up and rushed to the bathroom. Once I was dressed and ready to go I was out the door and headed to the hospital. I couldn't help but think the worst, was he hurt? How bad? Could it be something worse? I pulled into the parking spot, not even realizing I parked next to Edward's Volvo, and ran inside. Susan was waiting at the desk.
"Susan! What is going on?" I asked.
"They found Andy!" She said.
"Is he okay?! Is he hurt?!" I gasped.
"He's fine, a few scrapes and bruises but overall he is fine!" She said crying.
"Oh Susan, that is wonderful!" I said pulling her into a hug.
We went to his room walking in.
"Mrs. Bella!" Andy squealed.
"Hi Andy!" I said.
I walked over to hug him.
"Guess what Mrs. Bella!" He said.
"What?" I asked.
"I got to meet your husband!" He told me.
"You did, did you?" I asked sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Yeah! He is really nice! He gave me stickers and candy!" He beamed.
I smiled, "Yeah, he is pretty nice!"
"Does he give you stickers and candy?" He asked.
"Well, no but he gives me flowers." I said.
"Girls do like flowers. I bought mommy flowers once and she cried." He said.
I laughed looking at Susan who was also laughing while she wiped her tears away. All of a sudden I had one of those random moments when I really missed Edward, but that didn't last long.
"How is my patient doing?" Edward asked walking in to the room.
"I'm fine." Andy said.
Edward walked up behind me bending down and giving me a kiss on the cheek. I smiled looking up at him.
"Well, I looked over his chart and there is no reason why little Andy has to stay over night. You can take him home when you are ready." He told Susan.
He handed her the discharge papers to sign.
"Thank you, Bella you have an amazing husband." Susan said signing the papers.
"I know." I blushed.
He kissed me again.
A Few Weeks Later
"To Edward!" We cheered.
We clanked our glasses before taking a sip. We were celebrating Edward's new promotion at work, it was about time all his long hours paid off. It also took his mind of me not getting pregnant yet, we have been trying for a little over a month now but no luck. He told me I should go see a fertility specialist but I told him that we needed to try a little longer than a month before we worried about that. To make things worse, the flu was spreading like wild fire and I was its new victim. Edward didn't know this yet though, I kept my nausea well hidden from him. I didn't want to worry him because I knew he would turn into overprotective Edward.
"This is delicious Esme." Edward said over dinner.
"Thank you." Esme said.
My stomach began to turn as I played with my food.
"Bella is playing with her food again." Emmett said.
I glared at him.
"Do you not like it Bella?" Esme asked.
"I like it." I said.
I looked down at the spaghetti and tried to take a bite, I dropped my fork before pushing my chair back and darting from the room.
"Bella!" Edward called after me.
I made it just in time, I knelt in front of the toilet and threw up. I heard the bathroom door open and close before someone held my hair back. Round two came before I could look to see who it was, once I was done I wiped my mouth with the wash cloth I was handed and I sat up.
"Are you okay?" Edward asked.
I nodded.
"What brought that on?" He asked.
"I have been sick all day, I was just good at hiding it, but being around the food made it worse." I told him.
"You have been sick all day and you didn't tell me?" He asked brushing the hair from my face.
"This is suppose to be your night Edward, I didn't want to ruin it." I told him.
"You wouldn't of ruined it! Come on, lets get you home." He said.
"No! This is exactly why I didn't tell you! We can stay, I'll just rest on the couch!" I said.
"Not a chance." He said.
So, thirty minutes later, I was laying in bed.
"This is ridiculous." I grumbled.
"Oh stop complaining." Edward said.
"No." I said.
He smiled sitting on the edge of the bed.
"I thought I had dodged the flu, but nope." I said.
"Well, plenty of rest will fix that my love." He said.
"Yes doctor." I mocked.
"Oh stop it." He said kissing my forehead.
He got up and left me alone.
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"Why is this happening?" I gasped as Edward wiped my forehead off.
"Just try to breathe." He reassured.
I have been throwing up in the toilet for two hours now. It was two in the morning and I was getting sick and tired of this.
"Oh god." I gasped.
I clutched the sides of the toilet as I threw up for the ten millionth time. Edward held my hair back and rubbed circles into my back to try to calm me down. Edward helped me stand up once I thought I was safe to leave the toilet. He helped me walk into the bedroom and helped me on to the bed, he covered me up with the blankets before going to grab the trash can. I took deep breaths rolling over to my side, Edward crawled in next to me. He brushed the hair from my face looking into my eyes.
"I think you should make an appointment with Carlisle tomorrow." He said.
"I'm fine." I said.
"No, he can help you feel better." He said.
"You can make it better." I whispered.
"Nope." He said shaking his head.
"Edward please? Just this once?" I asked.
"Bella, you know how I feel on this subject." He said.
"But I am not dying!" I said.
"No Bella." He told me.
I sighed, "You are a weird one Mr. Cullen."
He kissed my forehead.
Edward had this weird "rule" about me being his patient, he said that he didn't trust himself to give me medical care in an emergency. I know, it's stupid.
The Next Day
I was spending extra time with Andy because he was scared that the man who took him could come back. He was showing me how to put together a puzzle in the corner.
"Mrs. Bella?" He asked stopping.
"Yes?" I said.
"Can I tell you something?" He asked.
"Of course, you can tell me anything." I told him.
"The guy who took me? The bad man? He hit me... a lot." He frowned.
"I'm sorry Andy, I'm sorry this had to happen to you." I whispered.
"It's worse." He said.
"Why?" I asked.
"The man is my uncle Mrs. Bella." He whispered.
I couldn't help but gasp and cover my mouth.
"Oh Andy." I said.
He just went back to putting his puzzle back together without another word. How could someone hurt this boy? Family of all people!
The day went by quickly and as I promised to Edward, I went to go see Carlisle, but just to shut Edward up. I sat on the hospital bed waiting for Carlisle, the nurse forced me to put on one of those stupid paper gowns, "protocol" she called it.
"Good afternoon Bella." Carlisle smiled walking in the room.
"Hi dad." I said.
"What brings you here today?" He asked.
"Oh you know, I just thought 'Gee, I would love to sit in the hospital in a paper gown today'" I said.
He laughed, "So Edward made you come?"
"Pretty much." I told him.
"Well, I can give you some medicine to help the flu symptoms you have been having. But I would like to run a blood test." He said.
The color drained from my face, "What?"
"Just to be safe." He said.
"But its the flu... Why do we need to be safe with the flu?" I asked.
"Just to make sure its nothing more serious before I go prescribing you something you don't need." He told me.
"Oh boy." I groaned.
He got out his syringe and walked over to me, my eyes went wide.
"Relax Bella, go to your happy place." He smiled.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath picturing Edward's face in my mind.
"Done." He said.
I opened my eyes again, "Was that necessary?"
"My daughters deserve the best, and that's what they get." He said smiling.
I grumbled.
"Put your clothes on my little grumbler." He joked.
I hopped off of the table and put my clothes on. He said it might take a while to process the blood test, a few days even. Apparently a lot of people were waiting on blood tests due to a short in staff in that department. I drove home where Edward was waiting for me, we spent the night in each others arms and watching a chick flick.
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