Bella’s Point Of View

Light began to appear in spots across my vision and I fluttered my eyelids open. A revolting taste was in my mouth; strong, salty and I could smell rust. This meant one thing – blood. There was a woman standing beside me holding a glass of water, as I reached out to take this from her, assuming it was for me, I felt my hand stretch and pain spark in my palm. A familiar face of a boy was at the end of the hospital bed I was lying on. Mike stood up hesitating slightly before sitting down again. Shuffling around so that I was upright I held out my right hand instead and took the glass. Noisily I gulped down the water and the taste in my mouth faded.

“How do you feel Miss Swan?” the nurse asked politely.

“Fine, I think. Thanks” I sighed “I guess I passed out.” That was stating the obvious since I had been unconscious for the journey from the Biology lab to this hospital bed.

“Are you sure dear – you’re awfully pale?”

My lips twitched slightly. How many times had I been told I was pale? Considering I was supposed to be the tanned, athletic Phoenix girl – I looked pretty ill. The nurse smiled

“Probably best if you sit here and wait for Dr Cullen to check you over, just to be safe.” She turned away and glided over to another bed where a small child was complaining of numerous problems. I didn’t belong here with a scratch the size of a paper cut and a little dizziness.

“I can’t believe they brought me to the ER, I mean it’s a tiny cut. I only broke a test tube for god’s sake!” I whined to Mike.

“It was only a small cut, but the blood…no-one knew what to do, there was blood everywhere, it just wouldn’t stop gushing…”

“Please stop. I hate thinking about it, just the smell made me faint.” I looked down at the white bandage covering my left hand.

“You hit your head too, I think that’s what knocked you out completely” Mike pointed out. Upon instinct my hand moved to my forehead where I could feel the bump protruding out. Great. I bet I looked exactly like the walking disaster I was.