They only had one doctor in the ER so I waited while they fixed up Todd. It had only hit the meat of his leg so they just wrapped it and gave him pain meds. I had been so focused on distracting Todd, who hates hospitals that I hadn't even looked at or listened to the doctor while he worked. When he finished I looked up to thank him and froze. Seeing him brought back a rush of memories.
There stood Doctor Carlisle Cullen, husband of Esme, adopted father of many kids, vampire, coven leader, and my adopted father. The Cullen's took me in at age five after my family was killed by nomad vampires. They were great and I loved them. Then I started my period at age 12 and Jasper tried to attack me. By the end of the week I was in NYC starting boarding school.
They kept in touch for a while after that through phone calls and emails, but after a year and a half they stopped. I tried to get in contact with them but was unable to at all. Luckily someone else stepped in to fund school.
I had finally gotten over their abandonment and betrayal after graduation and now they show up back in my life. Judging from the look he's giving me I can tell he doesn't recognize me. I'm not surprised I've changed a lot in the nine years since I've seen him last.
Snapping back into the present I sat on the other bed and let him stitch my forehead and give me a pain pill. I answered his questions in a cold tone and gave short answers. I could tell the others were confused and that Carlisle was too in the change between how I comforted Todd. I rushed us out as soon as we were released.
The boys questioned me about my behavior on the way home but I told them I didn't want to talk about it and refused to answer. I went straight to bed when we got back.
I tossed and turned all night and was haunted by memories when I could sleep. The memories of the good times were harder to deal with than the bad times. I remembered the feelings of hope and the trust I had placed in them and how they threw that away.
Around 3 am I gave up sleeping and settled on the balcony with a hidden pack of cigarettes and my emergency Vodka. I made sure to shower and spray to get rid of any lingering smell so the boys wouldn't notice I was falling back onto bad habits.
The next morning I acted like nothing had happened and made breakfast for the others. The boys had seen me do this before and knew to just go with it. We talked about the show tonight and if Todd and I would be okay to play. He said he was but we called and discussed it with Kim. We decided to go ahead and try but stop if either of us needed to; we can always refund tickets or schedule another show while we are up here.
We split up to do our own thing until lunch and I went to read on the balcony in my room. It was a bit chilly so I grabbed a jacket and spent the whole morning out there. For lunch we had sandwiches and made a mess during our impromptu food fight. As we cleaned up from lunch there was a knock at the door and Jed went to answer it.