Heart in Your Hands

I woke up in the hospital. Bella by my side and a nurse taking my pulse. Tyler sat on the bed beside the one I was at. Dad barged into the room and his eyes found me immediately. "Delilah, are you okay? You Bella, did you guys get hurt?" I shook my head with a smile. He turned to Tyler and scolded him, "You and I are gonna talk." He pointed at the guy accusingly.

"Dad, we're fine. Calm down. It was an accident, but no one got hurt." Bella sighed and roller her eyes. She has been saying I need a full x-ray, to check if I broke anything, but she won't listen to anything I say. Tyler apologized once again, I could tell he meant it, I've only known the guy for a few days, but I don't think he hates me, or wants to kill me. "I know, Tyler. It's okay."

"No, it sure as hell not okay." Dad took the curtain and pulled it close to separate us, I could no longer see Tyler.

"Dad! That's rude." I gave him a glare, he shrugged not caring. "It wasn't his fault, okay? It's not like he can control the weather and suddenly melt away the ice. I'm fine, no one died." Rolling his eyes, he gave bella a look, which she raised her hands saying, 'I'm not getting in the middle'. I was stubborn and they knew it.

"I heard the chief's daughter was here," a very good looking, doctor entered and walked our way. Dad greeted him, Dr. Cullen he said. He shook dad's hand, "Charlie. I got this one, Jackie." Dr. Cullen took the clip board with the information on me and looked through some of the pages.

"You know, I would probably be dead by now." Dad smacked me upside the head, and I groaned, "Dad. I was just joking." I rubbed the spot and nearly combusted when the blond doctor chuckled. "If it wasn't for Edward I would be roadkill, a pancake, more like a waffle if the tires aren't bald-

"Alright, we get it, Sweetheart." Dad, patted my head then turned to Dr. Cullen, "Edward's your boy, right?"

"Yeah! It was amazing. I mean, he was nowhere near me, then he pushed-"I forced a smile when he cut me off.

"Sounds like you got lucky." The doctor smiled closing the file. "Okay, Delilah." I corrected him and he smiled. "Lilah. Looks like you took quite a spill. How do you feel?"

"Meh, I guess I could be better. My head hurts a little and I want my glasses, these contacts are staring to irritate me." I earned a cackle, though I wasn't joking.

Putting his finger out at my eye level he switched on a flashlight and told me to follow his finger. I did it without trouble, "You might experience some post-traumatic stress, or disorientation, but your vitals look good. No signs of any head trauma. I think you'll be fine."

"So, are all you Cullen's good looking or just you?" Bella covered her snort, and dad sighed. Dr. Cullen froze when he stood up straight.

"Lilah," Dad said my name in a warning tone. I gave him a shrug. "You can't just say that to a doctor. I would have to arrest you for Sexual harassment."

"Oh no... I think the crash must have given me- what's the word?" I turned to my sister who said 'amnesia?' I nodded then went back to my acting. "I hit my head so hard, I got amnesia. I was hallucinating I was seeing...This isn't helping, is it?" I turned to dad and saw he was shaking his head. Bella was trying her best not to laugh at me. "Okay, so I think you're good looking. It's not like no one has said that to you before. I just happen to be very open, I believe if someone, like yourself, is beautiful, they should know so. Sue me."

"Yeah, alright time to go." Dad pulled on my arm to make me stand and Bella opened the door for us. Dad carried my bag, while Bella carried her own. Why didn't they leave it in the car? "You should call your mom."

"You called her?" Bella asked. Oh no, she was probably freaking out. Bella walked behind dad to fill out some paperwork, while I waited for them to finish, I pulled out my phone to call mom, then remember I left in my bag, which dad had. I sighed and went to go wait at the entrance of the building when I heard Edwards voice.

"What was I supposed to do, then? Let her die?" I could hear him clearly, even if he was whispering. I peeked around the corner and saw Dr. Cullen and his two kids, Rosalie and Edward. I pulled on my Big Girl pants and walked past them. I didn't look at them as they had their eyes locked on me. I opened the door to the building and walked right out. I heard the door close then open again and slam shut. "Lilah, wait."

"I have things to do, let's talk when we're at school, that way if I ask something insensitive without realizing you can run away again and leave me guessing what I did wrong." I kept walking; I didn't have to look at him to know he was still following me. I made it to the truck and opened the passenger door. About to climb in he pulls me back and cages me against the truck, my back pressed against the metal. "What do you want?" I hissed.

He stammered, his lips moving looking for what to say but his mouth said nothing. "What do you want me to say? You know I was right next to you."

"Oh, ho. No, you were not. Don't try to lie to me. I saw you across the lot, by the school. You were nowhere close to me." He tried to laugh it off and say that I hit my head, but I pushed him away angrily. "You're lying to me. I didn't even hit my head. You made sure I didn't get hurt when You ran to me from besides your car. I am not someone you think you can try and manipulate." I wanted to scream, I didn't even scream, or cry when the accident happened, but somehow being told I was an idiot indirectly was much worse.

"Well, nobody's gonna believe you, so..." His word cut like salt to a wound. That wound being my heart.

'How could he go from being so charming and nice, and making my heart skip a beat this morning to pissing me off in a matter of second? Who ever this is, I don't want him in my life.' I laughed humorlessly, shaking my head. I pushed him away, "I wasn't going to tell anyone. I just wanted the truth! Are you going to do that? Tell me the truth on how you got to me so fast?" My voice lowered but my pressure was high. I clenched my fist holding back the urge punch him. Edward shook his head and swallowed thickly. "Then we have nothing to talk about." I hopped into the truck and slammed the door closed and crossed my arms looking straight ahead. Bella frowned, confused, when she walked out of the hospital and saw me angry ignoring Edward as he stood still for a couple of seconds by my door. He glanced at me once through the mirror then walked away.

"Well, today was fun." I broke into a smile, tears in my eyes as Bella pulled out of the parking lot. She reached over and rubbed my shoulder sympathetically. I thanked her and wiped away the tears quickly, but when they didn't stop and I began to sob quietly. That night I cried myself to sleep, but the worst part was being asked what's wrong and not having an answer, so now they think you should see a therapist because they think you're crying about the accident. In the middle of the I woke up crying, feeling vulnerable. Deep down I knew that Edward was right, no one would believe me. Except Bella, who had seen Edward help me. Save me.