Ch 37
Ellen woke up in the middle of the night and jumped silently to the bathroom. When she returned back to the bed, she could see Carlisle next to herself. She was afraid that she woke him up. This was for third time this night she needed to get up and leave for the bathroom.
It was almost five a.m., she was tired and wished to fall asleep immediately. What was her surprise when he caressed her hair:
„ You are so beautiful when you´re sleepy…."
She blushed but was grateful that nothing can be visible in the darkness:
„ I am sorry I woke you up…..I didn´t want to…I just need to go…."
„Don´t worry…..I am very easy to wake up…it becomes a habit when you are in the ER, you need to be ready in a second…." „I wouldn´t be able to get used to it…..I am a sleepy head…"
„I have to confirm that….." She cuddled closer: „ I thought about you as a gentleman, dr. Cullen…."
„Am I not?"
„No way….. I doubt it….."
He laughed and kissed her cheek:
„ I just cannot help myself …..I love teasing you ….."
„Very funny, indeed…."
He didn´t want to argue during the night. She wasn´t in a very good mood at this early morning hour. He kissed her forehead:
„ Sleep, Elly….you ´ll feel better…." She closed the eyes and fell asleep after few minutes.
When she woke up in the morning, Carlisle was already downstairs.
She didn´t want to dress and therefore took just the night-gown.
She jumped out of the room and Carlisle was already walking upstairs. He watched her as he carried her in the living room.
He already had the breakfast ready and planned to go to wake her up. But she was faster.
He sat her down on the sofa and kissed her: „How are you feeling?"
Ellen gave her hand on the head: „ My head is going to explode in few minutes….."
He laughed and sat her down on the sofa: „Wait here, I will bring you the breakfast" „No, really, I don´t want anything…."
He came back with the meal and she only took the coffee and drank it with pleasure: „ This is what I needed…."
He handed her the bowl with cereals but she disagreed: „Please….I think I won´t eat today…."
He sat closer and touched her head: „ I think you should stay in bed today…..do you have a sore throat?"
She nodded: „ Yes….."
He checked her and carried her back to the bedroom.
She was just holding her coffee cup. He made her to stay in bed the whole day. She didn´t mind it, she didn´t feel alright. Her head hurt terribly, she almost couldn´t speak and her stomach was floating.
She couldn´t see food at all. He brought her the meal and handed it on the table but she knew she won´t touch it at all.
She would have to spend the whole morning in the bathroom after eating this breakfast.
Carlisle sat down next to her: „ honey,stay in the bed, it will be the best….."
She protested: „ I can´t, I mean what about Patricia?"
„Elly, there are seven other adults that may entertain her…and do you want her to catch this from you?"
„No, never….."
„See, then stay in bed and let us take care of her...my kids are leaving at the end of next week…..they want to spend some time with their youngest sister. "
Ellen nodded: „ And what about you?"
He didn´t understand: „ About me?"
„What if you get it from me?"
He finally seemed to understand: „ Ellie, I am a doctor….and I work with people, I have a good immunity…don´t worry…"
He kissed her hand: „ Sleep tight honey….You´ll be better than…." She mumbled some words of thanks but she was already sleeping. He was sitting next to her and watched her. She seemed so pale. Her red cheeks were gone.
She must have caught something in his practice. He knew that kids diseases may be hard for adults to take but knew that Ellen would be better in few days. They have just five more days till monday.
She should be fine or he will make her stay home. On friday they should go to the hospital for a check up with the leg. He already phoned his friend Dr. Miller. She made an appointment for Ellen on friday. She had the last place free before the end of the year and gladly accepted Carlisle´s girlfriend.
After the accident he took care of Ellen as the doctor but now when they were a couple, he didn´t want her to feel a little bit uncomfortable about this all. Therefore he chose another doctor to check her leg.
He was satisfied when Dr. Miller agreed. He trusted her a lot. She helped him a lot with the beginnings in the ER.
He just hoped Ellen would make it till Friday. They had three more days but he didn´t like to see her like this.
He kissed her cheek and went down to the living room. He changed his mind when he heard noises from the children room. He knocked and entered.
Bella and Alice were showing Patty some new clothes they bought her and Patricia was playing their model.
She loved to walk in different dresses. He had to laugh when he watched her.
Rosalie was trying to comb her hair in some nice haircut and Patricia enjoyed this attention.
When she saw Carlisle she ran to him: „ Dad….how are you?"
He kissed her: „ I am fine, sweetie….and you?" She giggled:
„ I am a model and girls are choosing me dresses to wear…"
He looked amused at Alice: „ I can see you are all enjoying this…"
Patty nodded with excitement: „ Yeah, we do…."
He gave Patty back on the ground and said: „ Sweetie…I need to talk to you about something…"
Patricia waited for his reply and he continued: „ your mum is sick….She is in bed now…so please don´t wake her up…."
Patty looked at him anxiously: „ will she be fine again?"
He smiled: „ Yeah, of course….in few days…"
„Do you promise?" He kissed her cheek: „ Yes….."
While hugging Patty, he whispered to Bella: „ Please, keep her out of Ellen´s bedroom, I don´t want her to catch it too…."
Bella asked: „ How is she?"
He shrugged: „ Well,not fine…it looks like some kind of cold, she has a headache and doesn´t want to eat….."
Bella wanted to stand up: „ I will make her soup…."
He stopped her: „ Don´t worry…I will do it…"
She smiled and turned to Patricia: „ Sweetie…, what about this? Look what Alice prepared?"
Patricia headed to the girls and Carlisle waved to them and left the room immediately.
He prepared the soup for Ellen and carried to her upstairs. She needs to eat at least something for dinner.
She didn´t eat anything for the whole day.
He knocked on her door and she opened her eyes tired: „ What´s up?" He came closer and laid the plate next to her bed. She looked disgusted:
„ Carlisle, I said I won´t eat anything…."
He nodded: „ I know,….but you should try…"
„You want me to end up throwing up right here?"
He laughed: „ No, not really… but….please try….for me…"
She sat down with his help and he began to feeding her spoon by spoon.
After the twentieth one she pleaded: „ No more please…I can´t…"
He stopped and kissed her forehead: „ You´re my sweetheart…."
He took the soup away to the kitchen and when he returned back, Ellen was already asleep.
In the evening he came to her, he felt that she would like him to be next to her again. So he appeared in her room and same as in the previous nights he moved himself next to her. He hugged her and watched her deeply sleeping.
On the next morning when she woke up, she felt much better. The head was fine and the stomach felt alright too. She wanted to get up when Carlisle entered the room: „ How is my patient?" She smiled:
„ Much better…thanks…." „ It is so nice to see you smiling in the morning…."
She blushed:
„ Thanks…..I am much better than yesterday…I would say it´s gone….."
He hugged her: „ That is great…" He sat down next to her: „Elly, I need to talk to you about something….on Friday I will take you to the hospital…..Dr. Miller promised to look at your leg."
Ellen watched him with surprise in her voice: „ I thought that I am your patient?"
He smiled and caressed her hand gently: „ Yes, sweetie, you are….but….now when we are a couple…I should be professional in this…. I don´t want you to feel uncomfortable about this….."
She nodded: „ I wouldn´t feel bad about that….."
„I know sweetie, but this way it will be much better…."
„Will you be there with me?"
„definitely, how can you doubt it?"
„Then I agree…"
„ MAy I go downstairs now? I miss my baby girl…."
He laughed: „ I believe….yesterday she was playing a model for Alice and her clothes…."
Ellen commented: „ She must have loved it…."
„She did…I belive she loves clothes…."
„Where is she? I would love to see her…."
„Erm…Ellie…..she is…. She went…."
„ Shopping right?" „Exactly…."
„Poor girl…." „ Patty?...yes…."
„No, I meant Alice… Patricia can be really hard to handle sometimes….."
He smiled: „ Ellen, don´t worry, Rose and Bella didn´t resist to accompany them…."
„Then I am much calmer…..Bella knows how to deal with her….."
He only nodded and asked: „ Do you wish to change clothes before going down?"
„Yes, please…."
Ellen was sitting in the living room talking and cuddling with Carlisle when the door opened and four ladies entered the room.
Patricia was the fastest running towards Ellen: „ Mum? How are you?"
She kissed her and jumped in her lap:
„ Are you better mummy?"
She kissed her immediately. Ellen had tears in her eyes: „ I am much better, Patty…I was just having some stomach bug….."
„Did he hurt?"
„I just didn´t want to eat….."
„I couldn´t hold this….I love eating…"
Bella laughed: „ Patty, you already had lunch in that restaurant….."
Ellen questioned her: „ What did you eat?"
Patty laughed: „ Fish and potatoes…."
Ellen was reading a book watching Carlisle and Patty drawing some picture. She loved to watch them together. They were so cute together and she couldn´t help it. Her look was always moving from the page to them.
She suddenly fell asleep. Carlisle had no idea first but then he could hear her breath and it was clear to him.
He looked at Patty: „ We should be quiet now….your mum is sleeping…"
But to his surprise, Patricia reacted differently: „ Then we will wake her up….I want her to read me the book…."
„ I can read you the book, just bring it, please…."
Patricia didn´t move: „ I want mum to read it….."
She stood still and wanted to go to Ellen.
He could see her growing anger but spoke up in calm:
„Patty, either bring the book and we will read it or sit down back her and we will finish the picture…."
Patricia didn´t move and waited. Her expression in the face changed and she was now offended by him. He forbad her to wake her mum. Patricia suddenly decided to act.
She wanted to walk to Ellen no matter what he said.
When she did her first step, he gently touched her arm stopped her. Then he added firm:
„ Patricia, I have said something… and you should respect that…come back to sit here please….."
Patty was surprised by his tone of speech, he has never talked to her like that.
He was not smiling at all. She has never seen him like this. But she knew that she wasn´t nice to him either and didn´t obey what he said.
Therefore she slowly returned to the place next to him and sat down. He handed her the pencil: „ And now finish this, alright?"
She nodded and began drawing again. He was helping her again and thought about this.
She has never behaved like this but Ellen already warned him.
Patty can be sometimes pretty stubborn and she wants to do everything according to her wishes.
But he knew that Ellen is still weak and needs to sleep as much as possible.
Therefore he stopped Patty from going to her.
He thought if he wasn´t too strict with her. He didn´t have much experience with this.
Perhaps Patricia is angry at him. He didn´t like that but he knew that she cannot behave this way.
After a second he could hear steps and when he looked up, he saw Edward coming closer.
Edward was looking directly in his eyes and replied silently: „ No, don´t worry, she is not….."
Carlisle smiled and returned back to the paper they were drawing.
Edward came closer and asked: „ What is that?" Patricia replied: „ A farm….and we have animals here….."
She began pointing out every single animal and when she finished, she turned to Carlisle.
He hasn´t spoken to her for few minutes. She hugged him around the neck and asked:
„ Dad, are you still angry with me?" He smiled: „ No, I am not…, but Sweetie, you need to respect what your mum or I tell you…."
She looked down again: „ I know….and I apologise…."
He hugged her: „ Then everything is alright…. sweetie…."
Edward commented it: „ Patty…, you should listen to dad, he repeated this to me many times…..he knows why he says it…."
Carlisle commented: „ Sometimes I think that you haven´t learned it by now….." Edward smiled: „ Don´t believe that Patty…."
Then he looked outside of the window and asked: „ Would you like to go outside for a moment?"
Patricia ran to him immediately: „ Yeah…"
than she looked back at Carlisle: „ May I go dad?"
He smiled: „ go…and enjoy it…."
Edward was already dressing her in the winter clothes and then they ran in the woods full of snow.